Chapter 9: Soon

Light flittered down into a dark room in a mansion. In this room, lay two bodies. One was unmoving, and another was moving around the bed. Soon, two more figures burst into the door, followed by two other ones coming in calmly.

This room that was currently Sakura Haruno's, was now filled with four men and a little boy around the age of four. In her room were:

Deidara

Kisame

Sasori

Hokurai

And…

Itachi.

"Who would have ever thought she could sleep in so late," Deidara stated, looking down at his little goddess in the bed before him. She was currently curled into a ball, with little Hokurai standing over her. He put his hand to her cheek and she smiled.

"Hokurai make her smile in her sleep," Hokurai stated happily. He soon got down on his knees on her bed and hugged her. "Hokurai love mommy," Hokurai said. He soon jumped back at what he heard a few seconds later.

"And mommy love Hokurai," Sakura stated, opening one eye to look at her so-called 'son.' Hokurai went back into his position of hugging her.

"Mommy will make Hokurai breakfast?!" Hokurai asked hoping she would say yes. He saw that her eyes were closed and thought she went back to sleep.

"Mommy will make Hokurai breakfast," Sakura said now getting up. She was wearing an almost transparent white outfit that cut between her stomach and leg area. Her hair had stayed neat, as if she never lay down. The dark lining of her eyes had stayed dark as if they were eye liner that didn't come off. She was very beautiful.

Kisame, who was still snickering at Sakura, soon had an idea. Kisame covered his voice in the cutest thing you could have ever heard.

"Mommy will rub Kisame's toes?" Deidara and Sasori snickered slightly at this. She was still out of it, so no one could tell what she would say.

Sakura walked up to Kisame and looked at him with the softest eyes. Soon her fist connected with his jaw, making a sudden crack.

"Mommy will gladly punch Kisame in the jaw to make him leave her alone," Sakura added in. Everyone looked at her with amazement, except Itachi. How could she punch that hard? Something as small and frail as her punch so hard. Sakura cracked her knuckles. Hokurai climbed on the bed and jumped on Itachi from behind, which surprised everyone that he didn't just punch him of, but adjusted him so that he could hold him in his arms.

"Are you ready to eat, Hokurai?" Itachi asked him, his voice as cool as ever. Hokurai looked at Itachi and nodded his head up and down.

"Hokurai ready to eat, Hokurai ready to eat!" Hokurai chanted. Itachi's gaze went toward to Sakura, who just walked out of the bathroom dressed. She was wearing jeans with a black mini skirt and a shirt that stated "If you touch me, I will surely kill you." Sakura walked up to Itachi and Hokurai.

"Let's go eat," Sakura said as she rubbed her nose on Hokurai's nose, only to make him wrinkle it like a bunny. "You are so kawaii." With that last statement, the six began walking out the door and down the stairs.

"What's for breakfast, yeah?" Deidara asked, him and Hokurai sitting at the table banging their silverware on the table. Sakura looked at them, almost laughing.

"Our usual," Kisame began, "dried oats." Sakura jumped back in horror at this. It was a good thing she came after all.

"There is a little boy among you guys, now," Sakura said, her voice full with authority. They all turned to look at her. Itachi just lifted his eyebrow up. Sakura grabbed a stool and climbed up it to one of the cabinets. She ravaged through one of the cabinets in search of something. Everyone except Itachi and Sasori, gathered closer around the stool that kunoichi was standing on. "Found it," she said. They all looked to see what it was. "But it's stuck!" she yelled back down.

"Yank it down, Kitty," Kisame said, earning an annoyed glare from Sakura. He backed up a little, afraid that his Kitty might attack.

"Come on, Sakura-Chan!" Deidara cheered, with Hokurai copying him. "Use your killer strength like you did with Kisame-Chan, yeah," Deidara added, giving himself a bonk on the head from Kisame.

With that said, Sakura used her strength and pulled it out of the cabinet. Sadly, for her, she must have forgotten the stool that she was standing on. She fell of the stool, only to land on her hands and do a flip. She got back up and felt dizzy. Moving around awkwardly, she almost fell, but didn't hit the ground thanks to Itachi. He pulled her up slowly on her feet. She looked up, only to see that she was looking in his eyes. She looked away abruptly.

"Hn," she said as she walked toward where they kept the pots and pans. "Thanks," was all she said as she took a pan out.

"So, Kitty, what are you cooking?" Kisame asked, still keeping his distance from her afraid that she might attack him again. Noticing his distance, she nodded her head for him to come closer. He did, as did Deidara and Hokurai. What they saw made them jump for joy.

"Pancakes, pancakes, we are getting pancakes," Deidara and Kisame chanted, jumping around the kitchen. Sakura and Hokurai sweat dropped. Itachi and Sasori merely shook their heads.

Sakura began getting to work.

S-sakura-Chan, a young girl thought as she stripped to take a shower. When she got in she put it on high blast. Where are you? She lathered her hair in violet smelling shampoo. Everyone misses you here. I remember the time that you and I went to get ready for the ball together…it was fun.

Flashback:

"Oh, come on, Hinata-Chan. You look really good in that purple dress," a cherry voice said.

Sakura and Hinata were in Sakura's personal dressing room. Now that she was a singing star, she had everything she wanted. They were currently trying on dresses for the Konoha Abnu Ball.

"O-oh, S-Sakura-Chan, but it's yours. I could never b-borrow it," Hinata said, blushing as she looked away. They were best friends now. Ever since Sasuke and Naruto left they had gotten really close.

"Oh, don't be silly," Sakura began, in an unemotional tone, "you are not borrowing it. You are keeping it!" she said, her voice full with life.

"S-Sakura-," but Hinata was not able to finish. Her mouth was covered by Sakura's hand, as Ino screamed for Sakura to help her pick out a dress from the west side of her closet.

"Come on, let's go," Sakura urged on as she grabbed Hinata by her hand. They rushed to the side Ino was on.

End of Flashback.

Oh Sakura, I miss you, Hinata thought coming out of the shower. She was heading to the mirror to…

Ino was brushing her looking at the mirror.

Oh, forheaded girl…I miss you. I remember the time you let me in your gigantic closet and let me pick an outfit.

Flashback:

"Yes, Ino-Chan?" Sakura asked coming over to her. Behind her, walked a very beautiful looking Hinata. She was wearing a skinny strapped dress. Her shoes were high-heals and her hair, that had grown out, was up high in a ponytail.

"Oh, you like nice, Hinata-Chan," Ino said looking at Hinata. She was quite envious of her. Ever since the day Sasuke and Naruto left they've been hanging out together. She envied Hinata. Even though Naruto came back, they still hung out. And now she was wearing Sakura's second best dress.

"T-Thank you, Ino-Chan," Hinata said as she bowed weakly.

"Sakura-Chan, can you help with my hair?" Ino wined. She wanted for she and Sakura to be closer than Sakura and Hinata.

"Yah, but if me and Hinata do it together, there is no way we can make you look bad, just not as good as Hinata's hairstyle," Sakura said. She looked back to see Hinata blushing. They soon began their work.

Ino was wearing a blue dress with straps. It had a small little flower in the muddle of where her chest was. She was wearing blue flat shoes. They finally finished her hair. It was brought straight down, with highlights they put in it.

"Oh, thanks you guys," Ino said as she headed for the door. "Alright, let's go." And the three made their way toward the Abnu Ball.

End of Flashback.

I miss you forehead. Ino said as she mad her way toward the door to leave for the mission.

Neji was walking down the street to a tree where all the people on his team had promised to meet. They decided to make it under a Sakura tree for Sakura.

Sakura-Chan, where the heck are you? Neji thought looking up at the sky.

Flashback:

Everyone looked up in awe as the doors to the Abnu Ball gracefully swung open. Neji, Shikamru, and Naruto, who were standing together looked up. There they saw Hinata on the right, Ino on the left, and in the middle, Sakura Haruno.

They gracefully walked down the steps. Sakura caught a glance of Naruto and Shikamaru staring at them. She smirked.

"Hey, Hinata-Chan, I think Naruto-Kun is staring at you," Sakura whispered menacingly. Hinata's head perked up, only to be caught in Naruto's eyes. Sakura pushed so hard, she land right on his chest.

"Would you like to dance?" He asked to the blushing Hinata. She shook her head meekly. He took her hand and led her to the dance floor.

Sakura did the same to Ino, who, too, ran straight into Shikamaru. Without asking, he led her to the dance floor, as well.

Sakura walked out to one of the balconies outside. It was windy out, so you could see her hair going everywhere. It wasn't long, but it wasn't short either. Her hair was black. The color changed by the way she was feeling, as did her eyes, which were too black. She was wearing a black-strapless dress that stopped at the beginning of her knees. A man walked over to her.

"What's wrong?" the man asked. Sakura turned, knowing who it was, but wanting to get a better look. It was Hyuga Neji.

"Nothing, I just hate balls that you have to wear dresses for," Sakura stated. She was like an Uchiha now. She rarely talked to anyone, but her friends. Not that Neji wasn't her friend.

He walked closer to her and put his lips on her neck, grazing them up and down slowly. "Haruno-San, even without my eyes activated I can see there is something wrong," she arched into his back. Neji smirked at her actions. He soon picked up her arms and turned her. He looked at her in the eyes. Without notice, he kissed her on the lips.

End of Flashback.

He soon reached the tree where he was greeted by the other members of his team.

"Wake up, Daddy," a little boy shook a raven haired man awake. The man didn't even stir. The little boy huffed in annoyance. "Daddy, wake up!" he said a little louder this time. This time, the man stirred. "Daddy Sasu, wake up. We have to find Mommy Saku," Jokurai whispered in his ear. With this, Sasuke's eyes snapped open.

He looked around in his surroundings, noticing that he was still in Oto. Great, he thought. The only thing really good about this situation was that he had Jokurai with him. He looked down at where the little boy was sitting on his king sized bed and frowned. Jokurai was nearly about tear his little eyes out.

"What is the matter?" Sasuke asked Jokurai in a cool voice. Jokurai didn't answer and slowly moved away from Sasuke. Seeing this, Sasuke moved him back closer to him and wrapped him up in his arms.

"Jokurai can't tell Daddy Sasu because Daddy Sasu will think Jokurai is weak and Jokurai don't want to be thought of as weak," Jokurai explained to Sasuke. Sasuke looked at him in the eyes.

"I will never think of you as a weak little boy," Sasuke said, picking his head up by his chin. Jokurai smiled at this note of action.

"Ever since Jokurai was young, all he ever wanted was a family," Jokurai began. He looked at Sasuke dead in the eye. "Jokurai had a twin brother who was two minutes older than Jokurai. His name was Hokurai." Sasuke gave him a puzzled look.

If he had a twin brother, why isn't the twin with us? Sasuke thought. "Go on," he urged Jokurai.

"When Jokurai was born, Jokurai's mommy died. It was Jokurai's fault," Jokurai looked down at saying this last sentence. "All Jokurai ever wanted was a mommy and when Jokurai here you talk about Mommy Saku, Jokurai wants to meet her. Do you have a brother?" Jokurai asked Sasuke.

"Yes, I do," Sasuke said, looking at the wall blankly. Jokurai smiled at this.

"Do you have a big family?" Jokurai asked him still smiling. His smile soon faded when Sasuke met his face. "Do you have a family?" Jokurai whispered.

"My family was killed," Sasuke said in a monotone of a voice. "By…by my brother, Itachi" Sasuke added in. Jokurai picked up his chin.

"Jokurai has mean uncle Ita then?" Jokurai asked, his head tilted showing his confusion. Sasuke looked at him with sad eyes. Jokurai was waiting for an answer.

"Yes, Jokurai has a very mean and bad uncle," Sasuke smirked, seeing that finally someone understood him. He was actually going to smile.

"Is Mommy Saku bad guy too," Jokurai asked Sasuke. Sasuke looked at him, his eyes widening.

"No, Mommy Saku is good guy. She is a good mommy, it's just that…Uncle Ita took mommy away from her home, but don't worry," Sasuke clenched his fist. "We'll get Mommy Saku back…I promise."

"Is Mommy Saku pretty?" Jokurai asked, beaming because his soon to be mommy was not a bad guy, but a good guy.

Sasuke threw his head back and laughed a true laugh. He hadn't laugh this much since forever. He put his hand on Jokurai's head. "Mommy Saku is gorgeous," he said, still chuckling.

Jokurai smiled again and looked down again with a frown.

Sasuke, noticing this lifted his head up again. "What's wrong?" Sasuke asked, his chuckling now stopping.

"W-What if Mommy Saku don't like Jokurai?" Jokurai asked. He had his little puppy eyes in work. Sasuke looked down at him and then smiled.

"If there is one thing about your Mommy, it is this," Sasuke began, looking at him, "she loves all children. Ever since she was young she loved all children." Jokurai smiled again.

"So Mommy Saku will love Jokurai?" Jokurai asked, disbelief in his eyes.

Sasuke merely nodded.

"And you know what else?" Sasuke whispered. Jokurai shook his head 'no.' "She's a medic-nin like Kabuto. So that means when she comes we can get rid of Uncle Kabuttie," Sasuke said, still whispering.

Jokurai has a big smile on his face and began marching around in a circle on the bed chanting:

"Uncle Kabuttie is leaving, Uncle Kabuttie is leaving!" that was all he did was keep on chanting that.

Suddenly, the said gray-haired medic-nin came walking into the room. He looked at Jokurai sternly.

"Where is Uncle Kabuttie going?" Kabuto asked, looking sternly at Jokurai than at Sasuke, who was just sitting on the bed looking emotionless.

Jokurai looked back at Sasuke before answering Kabuto's question. "That is none of your beeswax," Jokurai said, holding his right hand like an "L."

Kabuto grimaced and left.

Sasuke got off the bed. "Come on," he said as he picked Jokurai up and put him on his shoulders. "Let's go get some breakfast and then we can talk more about Mommy Saku."

"Wow, these pancakes are the best, yeah!" Deidara exclaimed while eating his third serving of eighteen pancakes that morning. "You know, if I knew it would be this good having Sakura-Chan on our team I would have asked her to join a millennium ago!" Deidara said.

Sakura blushed.

Sasori shook his head.

Hokurai clapped his hands, while bouncing up and down in his chair between his mommy and daddy.

Kisame ate another whole plate of pancakes and used sake to drown it down.

Itachi merely 'hn.'

Hokurai looked at his 'daddy' and tugged on his cloak. Itachi looked down at Hokurai, his face unemotional. Hokurai chewed his food and began whispering in Itachi's ear. He had brought his head down so he could hear Hokurai.

"Don't you think Mommy Saku makes the best breakfast ever?" Hokurai asked, still whispering into Itachi's ear.

Itachi shook his head slowly.

"Hokurai hope Mommy Saku stays here forever so she can make us pancakes everyday!" Hokurai exclaimed his voice going a little bit above a whisper now.

Sakura caught Hokurai's last statement. She looked at Itachi as he gently smiled underneath his Akatsuki cloak. When he pulled his head up her eyes met crimson. She quickly averted her gaze.

There was a sudden knock on the door.

"I'll get it," Sakura said her voice unemotional.

Sakura walked over to the door and opened it.

No one was there.

She looked on the ground only to see a scroll marked with Leader's ring. She picked it up and ran back in the house, throwing it on the table.

They all looked up. Deidara looked up with a pancake half in his mouth.

"What's this?" he asked, now finishing the whole pancake in one gulp. Sasori was the one to answer his question.

"It seems to be a scroll from Leader-Sama," Sasori answered looking intently at it. They all stared at it for some time. Slowly, Kisame reached over to grab it. Hokurai slapped his hand. Everyone turned to see Hokurai with tears in his eyes.

"What's the matter, baby?" Sakura asked, her voice full with compassion. She picked him up and sat down next to Itachi; Hokurai sitting on his lap.

"Hokurai don't wanna leave to go back home with Hokurai's grandpa," Hokurai said now sobbing. "The scroll probably says that grandpa wants to take Hokurai back and Hokurai don't wanna go back to Leader-Kun."

Sakura hushed him by kissing him on the cheek. Everyone looked at Sakura and the crying boy.

"It's ok, It's ok," Sakura hushed. She then remembered a song that her mother used to sing to her when she was about to die. "You want to know what my mom used to sing to me when I was younger?"

Hokurai merely nooded.

Everyone looked at Sakura, except Itachi who was now holding Hokurai and looking at the little boy. Sakura, who was sitting right next to them, stared to look at Hokurai and sometimes Itachi. She took a deep breathe.

I still hear your voice

when you sleep next to me.

I still feel your touch

in my dreams.

Itachi looked up at Sakura and their eyes met.

Forgive me my weakness,

but I don't know why:

Deidara, seeing Itachi's and Sakura's closeness, scowled.

Without you

it's hard to survive.

Kisame and Sasori looked at them. Sakura held Hokurai's had in one of hers and absentmindedly the other one was in Itachi's.

'Cause

Every time we touch

I get this feeling.

And every time we kiss

I swear I can fly.

Itachi and Hokurai just looked in Sakura's eyes as Hokurai fell asleep.

Sakura's voice went down to end the song.

Don't you feel

my heart beat fast-

I want this to last,

Need you by my side.

She didn't sing the whole song because Hokurai was already sleeping. She let go of Hokurai and Itachi's hand slowly, missing the warmth of the taller one's hand.

Deidara now sat right on the other side of Sakura. "Wow, you have a really good voice," he commented. "It put the kid to sleep."

Sakura looked down at her hands and then up at the scroll. "Right, well let's open it." Sakura grabbed the scroll and slowly opened it. What she read made her almost faint. Her head fell, but Itachi caught it with ease.

Deidara looked horrified as did Kisame and Sasori. They all wanted to know what it said. They looked at Itachi who had just finished reading the scroll.

He looked up at them. "We have to go to Sound," he said as dryly as ever.

Sakura hearing this was now wondering something. Does he know that his brother is now in Sound?

Sakura sat up again, shaking her head. "We have to capture Uchiha," Sakura said her voice dying, "Sasuke."

When she finished everyone looked at Itachi. His face was as unemotional as ever. They all jumped out of their seats and began to get ready.

"You guys ready?" a white-eyed young man asked. It was none other than Hyuga Neji. He was talking to his team which consisted of:

Uzumaki Naruto

Hyuga Hinata

Sai

TenTen

Nara Shikamaru

Yamanaka Ino

"I'm ready to rescue Sakura-chan!" screamed everyone's favorite loud-mouthed ninja. He looked at Hinata who was now smiling.

"I, too, a-am ready t-to rescue Sakura-Chan," Hinata stuttered out. She was her friend and she would not let anything bad happen to her. Ino looked at her with hate in her eyes.

"Come on, we can do it! There's no way we can lose!" Ino cheered on. She wanted to make her appeal better than Hinata's.

"Yeah, I guess I do miss the ugly of our team," Sai added in. He didn't want to say it or show it, but he really did love her.

"Whatever," was a lazy reply. This could only be made from none other than Shikamaru.

"Yeah, let's do this," TenTen said nonchalantly. She really didn't want to rescue Sakura, but couldn't tell the others that.

They would hate me and I could never stand for any of that. Especially Neji-Kun. When we find her I'll just have to find a way to get rid of her…permanently.

"Alright team, let's head out," Neji commanded as they all began to walk in single file. Naruto looked around at the team and noticed something.

"Hey, Neji-Kun, where are Jiraiya-Kun, Kakashi-Kun, and Gai-Kun?" Naruto asked looking puzzled.

"They are joining up later on, along with Kiba-Kun, Lee-Kun, Shizune-Chan, and Tsunade-Shishou," he stated, not looking back at him. He was so intent on finding Sakura.

"So then, white-eyed wonder, who will take care of the village?" Sai asked, using his favorite name for Neji. Neji grimaced at this.

"Tsunade-Shishou will be assigning someone to watch over the village due to her absence," Neji answered restraining from punching him in the jaw for what he called him.

"Who do you think it will be, Neji-Kun?" TenTen asked in her sweetest voice. She would do anything to get him to like her.

"It would probably be-," Neji was cut off by Naruto.

"You know, maybe I should go back and stay with the old hag to make sure everything is okay with her. I could come back later," Naruto said slyly. Everyone turned to look at him with skeptical looks.

"Naruto, I doubt she'd pick you," Sai said, getting a glare from Naruto.

They all soon continued their journey with Naruto grumbling and mumbling, until Neji's fist connected with his head.

"Daddy Sasu, Jokurai want ice cream!" Jokurai screamed so that the whole of Oto could hear him. He was standing on a stool near the kitchen trying to get into the freezer. Sasuke pulled him off of the stool and onto the island.

"Jokurai," Sasuke said, ready to scold him, "ice cream isn't really breakfast," Sasuke said smiling slightly. Jokurai looked down.

"But Jokurai loves ice cream," he said, his eyes filled with water. "Jokurai loves any kind of cream."

"Really?" Sasuke asked looking at Jokurai. Jokurai looked up at him. Sasuke had his finger under his chin looking thoughtfully at the ceiling.

"Does Jokurai like hot chocolate?" Sasuke asked, a smirk coming on. Jokurai shook his head cautiously. He wondered was going on in his daddy's head.

"Does Jokurai like whipped cream?" Sasuke asked again, now looking at the little boy sitting on the island before him. Jokurai, again nodded.

Sasuke left Jokurai sitting on the island to go into the pantry. He pulled out chocolate.

"Jokurai, will you go in the cabinet and get me a deep pot?" Sasuke asked him as he went to the fridge. He took out vanilla whipped cream. Jokurai nodded and did exactly what Sasuke had told him to.

Sasuke put the stuff on the marble counter next to the stove. What he saw next almost made him laugh.

Jokurai was walking down the corner of the island and had the big pot on his head. He was swaying back and forth due to him losing balance.

Sasuke couldn't hold it in anymore. He burst out with laughter.

Jokurai stopped and under the pot he gave a look full with puzzlement.

Sasuke walked over to the little boy and took the pot off of him. He smiled down at him only to receive a beaming smile right back at him. He put his hand on Jokurai's white hair.

"Remember when you asked me if Mommy Saku would like you?" Sasuke asked him looking straight into his golden eyes.

Jokurai nodded.

"She won't like you," Sasuke said with a frown.

Jokurai's smile turned into a frown, too.

"She'll love you," Sasuke finished. Jokurai ran up and hugged his daddy.

Soon Jokurai

we will be reunited

with your mommy. Sasuke thought.

Soon.

The song i used was by Cascada, "Everytime we Touch" slow version.

Okay, chapter nine finshed. Do you guys like it. Ok i need you guys to go into my profile and check out my website. It is so cool. Another thing, u guys rule. this story has bnot received a flame yet. My sister must have luved u guys. Ok here's whats going to happen in the next chappie:

"We came here for Miss Sakura Haruno," one of the nins said. neji looked at him wiith disgust.

"She isn't here."

Sasuke looked up at the red coated nin. It was a girl and was in an Akatsuki cloak next to his brother. He held Jokurai behind him.

"Who's that?" Jokurai asked.

"It's mommy-,"

Itachi looked at Sakura who was holding Hokurai. "I guess we will have to share a room," he said plainly.

Sakura looked up at him. "Hn."

Ok so that's the next chapter and here is another previwew.

1. Neji and team will get a piece of Sakura's past.

2. Jokurai meets his mom.

3 A little fluff between Itachi and Sakura.

Ok now i have a question for you gous. Hokurai and Jokurai look the same, have a name that rhymes, both think of Sakura as a mom, are both four, and they have been four for a while. Why do you think this is?

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