My heart was racing. Akiyo stood in front of me, his lips pressed into a thin line, and his hands in his pockets. He kept himself in a cool posture as he took a deep breath. "Akiyo...?" I asked. He held his hand up, as if he were silencing me.

"I've thought about everything," he said once again, looking into my eyes with the dark ones of his own. His eyes were a light pink from where he had been crying earlier, but he had himself under control. Akiyo was strong inside, no doubt he probably got that from me. He sighed. "It's a lot to handle. And even though I've thought most of it over, I've still got a lot of thinking to do."

"I understand." I said.

"So, what are you thinking, bud?" Naruto asked from beside me. Akiyo looked at him, then looked away.

"Actually, Naruto, I was hoping I could talk to...dad...alone." Akiyo said, hesitating before he said 'dad'. This worried me a little, but then again, I was glad he didn't say 'Sasuke'.

"Oh, sure." Naruto said half disappointed. "I have work to do anyways." he said walking around Akiyo and into his office. He closed the doors shut, leaving me and Akiyo alone in the hallway.

After a moment, Akiyo opened his mouth to speak, but I silenced him with a wave of my hand. Akiyo looked confused and I just raised a finger, telling him to give me one second.

I walked up to the doors, clenched my fist, and punched the door hard, leaving it rumbling from impact. Akiyo gasped as he nearly jumped out of his skin, and I heard Naruto scream on the other end.

"What he heck was that for!?" Naruto yelled from the room.

"I know you were listening..." I said rolling my eyes. Naruto muttered something, but I didn't pay attention to what. I turned to look at Akiyo, who looked both mad and confused. "We'd better go somewhere else and talk." I said nodding down the hallway. Akiyo sighed, nodded, and proceeded to walk down the hallway. I could have sworn I heard Naruto groan, but I wasn't in the arguing mood. I had to speak to Akiyo.

We walked out of the hokage building, and made our way silently to the academy.

He walked quietly by my side. It was really kind of awkward, but I didn't want to push him. When we finally got to the academy yard, Akiyo made his way to a small swing that was tired to a tree, right in front of the academy doors. He sat on it, but did not swing. When I looked more at it, I noticed that it was the same swing that Naruto had always swung on. That was way back in the old days where nobody would have anything to do with him. It was in the shade, not that it was sunny out. I looked up at the orangish sky and assumed it was probably getting close to five o'clock. Guess I wouldn't be going on that mission afterall.

"So..." Akiyo finally said, breaking the silence. He moved on the swing slightly, not quite swinging. "I just...I just have a hard time understanding why you just didn't tell me from the beginning," Akiyo said truthfully. "I just feel like I've been living a lie all this time."

"Akiyo..." I began. "We hid it from you because we didnt want you to feel the anguish of not having a real father. As much as I hate to say it...Itachi never loved you the way he should have. I hate that he was that way...but"-

"So, my father only had me for his own power?" Akiyo asked, trying to keep his tone regular. "I don't understand why he would do that..."

"Well, Akiyo..." I trailed off.

Akiyo sighed. "More lies?" he asked looking down at the dirt ground below us.

"No," I said meeting his gaze at the ground. I sighed. "Well...to be honest, you weren't expected."

"I wasn't expected?" Akiyo repeated. "What do you mean by that?"

I sighed. I should have never said anything, I so badly didn't want to tell him the story of Sakuras rape. It might just make him more upset. Plus Sakura would literally kill me. Akiyo grabbed my shirt sleeve and tugged on it, causing me to look at him. "Please tell me. I want to know everything."

"It might upset you..." I warned.

"So?" Akiyo said simply. "I was already upset once today, just tell me."

"I wasn't happy about that." I said, referring to the earlier episode.

"Just tell me..." Akiyo said, getting annoyed now. I sighed.

"Fine," I spoke, pulling my sleeve from his grasp. I took a large deep breath and closed my eyes. I tried to find a way to approach this. The best way for a ten year old. "Well...your father was in a group called 'the akatsuki.'" I said, the first thing coming to my mind were black cloaks with red clouds.

"Akatsuki?" Akiyo repeated. "Did they have black cloaks with red clouds?" he asked. I looked at him, surprised. It was almost like the boy read my mind!

"Yes...how did you know that?"

"They mentioned them at school, but they never got into names." Akiyo explained. "They told us that they were a group of real, no joke, bad guys. They had some incredible talent."

I nodded. "That is true."

"But...aren't all of them dead?"

I shook my head. "Most of them are. But I think there are few who are still alive. But they don't fight anymore. Nobody even knows where they are." I said pursing my lips. "The group included: Pain, Deidara, Konan, your father, Itachi, Zetsu, Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, Sasori, and Tobi." I explained. "Pain and Konan were from the rain village, Deidara was from the rock village, Zetsu from the grass, Kisame from the mist, Kakuzu from the waterfall village, Hidan from the hot springs village, Sasori from the sand, and Tobi and Itachi from the leaf. Orochimaru was even a part of the akatsuki at one time. Now I know you guys have heard of him."

"Of course." Akiyo said nodding. "He was a major threat to the village, right?"

"Yes." I said. I didn't dare tell him how I used to be associated with him. That would bring up another whole topic that I really wouldn't like to talk about. "He was."

"But hes dead now." Akiyo said. It wasn't a question.

"Right." I said.

"But...you said my father was apart of this group...well...? Go on from there." Akiyo said bringing me back to the subject.

"Well, I'm sure you've heard of the nine-tailed fox." I said thinking about whether or not I should tell him about Naruto. Akiyo nodded and waited for me to continue. "Well, lets just say that the spirit is sealed up"-

"Inside a human, I know." Akiyo said interrupting me. "The teacher talks about it sometimes. They never tell us who it is that they sealed it in, but we know about it." I sighed. That would mean that it'd be better if I didn't tell him.

"Yeah, well, the akatsuki wanted the beasts power to use for their purposes. Well it turns out that your mother was good friends with the person who held the beast inside of them." I said, really expressing the word 'was' in the sentence.

"Really?" Akiyo asked.

"Yes. Well, your father came up with a plan...basically meaning that if he kidnaped your mother then if would draw the nine-tails out..." I trailed off.

"Kidnap?"

I nodded. "Akiyo...you don't have to know this"-

"Tell me." he persisted. "I need to know."

I sighed and looked at the ground. "It turns out...your father...raped your mother."

Akiyo gasped, followed by a long silence. The wind blew fiercely, I was almost afraid to look up at Akiyo. But when I did, I was surprised. Instead of expecting a weeping face, I saw his expression deep and in thought. His eyes were closed, his fists clenched, but his breathing even. He bit his lip before speaking again. "So that's what happened..." he said, his voice sounding hurt. "I understand."

"Akiyo, im so sorry"-

"Its not your fault." he said opening his eyes slightly. "Just...give me a minute."

So I did. I looked at Akiyo, calmly on the swing. I saw his eyes fill with tears, but he forced them away. I could feel the tears of my own begin to dwell, but I did the same. I stood there, watching Akiyo, whom I loved as my own son, trying to remain calm from the information he now understood. I couldn't believe he was taking it this way, I had half expected him to fly off the handle and run away or something. But he didn't. He just sat there, relaxed as possible, simply thinking. I couldn't believe the mental strength this child had!

He sighed and unclenched his fist. "You always loved me." he said, causing me to lower my eyebrows in concentration. "Biological or not, you always took care of me. You are...my dad." he said looking up at me with a small smile on his face.

Suddenly, it was like a ton of weight just got lifted off of me. I wanted to pick him up and hug him, very unusual behavior on my part, but I couldn't help myself. I haven't felt this happy since Sakura and I got married. Or when Akira and Akiyo were born. I smiled back at him. "I do love you, son."

Akiyo jumped off of the swing. I knelt down and he jumped into a hug with me. I hugged his small ten year old body tightly, letting him know that I was indeed his father and would always be there for him. I had never been this emotional, it definitly wasn't the Sasuke Uchiha that everybody knew, and frankly, I didnt care. All I cared about was being there now, in this time of need, for my son, Akiyo.

Yeah...Sasuke was pretty OOC, I will even admit that. But in a way...you can kind of get where he's coming from, I think. And you have to remember: when Sasuke came back and married Sakura, he changed a lot. Since Itachi was dead and he has a family now, he is much happier. I know, the mysterious Sasuke is very hot and all, and I know hes OOC. But im just trying to make it as if it were possible. So please don't point out the obvious fact that he is OOC because I know lol. But review. And the ending may be a little cheesy, but hey, its what I got.