Hey people! Wow, I never knew people would actually cry at that last update. Like, every review were like "omg im crying right now!" and my first reaction was just like "wow." and thats all i could say. Not "wow" in a bad way but like "wow, that's kind of amazing i can make people cry." lol. A good wow :P

A few questions/statements that i would like to answer first...

1. Is Kana going to die?

-sigh- Am I really considered that cruel? Like, would I honestly make them go through this pain again? Sheesh people, have common sense. I may leave you on a lot of cliffhangers (i love leaving people on cliffies.. teehee!) but remember that i always update very quickly. I hate making people die in my stories. It's horrid, i feel so bad after. So... err.. in short, no Kana is not going to die. She'll come close to it though.

2. Does this sickness only happen in their family, or is it contagious? And does it only happen to twins?

No, it doesn't happen in their family and no its not contagious. And i can openly and honestly admit that i did NOT realise that I put this sickness to twins only. Like, honestly. I only realised i did when you guys kept asking. lol, it was funny. I actually slapped myself being like "wow, how could i not notice that?"

3. Does Michiko know she has a twin?

No. I will explain in this chapter.

4. Where does this sickness come from? Is it real, besides the whole chakra thing?

Beats me. I just created a tragic sickness out of my sick, melancholic twisted mind. Because I am just that good with angst. I wouldn't know if this actually exists.

5. How can they fix this? Why did it happen to them twice?

I'm still actually trying to find a good explanantion to how they will fix it. And Of course, it happened them twice cause i say so. teehee! xD

Yup... and for people who didn't re-read last chapter, I've corrected Sasuke's age. He's 25 when this all happened. It's just when i first typed it out, Ren was two years old so I put Sasuke 21. But then i was like "...let's put it a little more tragic." and i put Ren five years old but forgot to change Sasuke's age to 25. I corrected it, but thats just for you people who are still wondering :P

Anyway. On to the update!

Disclaimer: As all of you know, i don't own Naruto!


"Mommy!" A young pink haired girl shrieked, running through the hallway.

An older pink haired girl looked up, met by a pink blur launching at her. "Mommy, mommy! Ren is being mean again! He scared me with a fake spider!"

Sakura laughed lightly, smiling down at her 4 year old daughter. "Ren is just doing that cause' he loves you." She softly said.

Michiko puffed her cheeks childishly. "Why do you always say that?" She whined, crossing her arms.

Sakura smiled and poked her nose, opening her mouth to answer but was soon interupted as a young boy tackled his sister, laughing heartedly. Michiko screamed in fear but laughed as he started tickling her. "Ren, Ren, stop it!" Michiko breathed in a fake angry voice.

The black haired boy smiled and stopped tickling her, poking her forehead. "Silly! Mom's right! Pulling pranks on you is to show you my love!" He slyly said, grinning.

She puffed her cheeks, glaring at him. "Meanie!" She stuck her tongue out to him.

He laughed and hugged her. "I love you too, sis!"

Sakura smiled, laughing slightly when the two glared at each other, entering one of those glaring contests that they always had these days.

Strong arms wrapped themselves around her body and she smiled, turning her head lightly to see those calm dark orbs staring at their now bickering twins. "They do love each other, in that kind of weird bickering way." He stated, turning his gaze to her.

She smiled at her husband, her eyes growing soft. "When they grow up, they'll grow out of their bickering habit."

He looked at her, eyes glimmering with amusement, before pecking her lightly on the lips. As he pulled back, he took his arms off her, giving her one of those special looks that made her believe that she really was the only one he loved. She smiled cheekily at him before laughing as Sasuke was tackled to the ground by Ren who was now trying to wrestle with his dad. "I'm gonna beat you today!" Ren growled, a playful smile on his face.

Sasuke smirked at his son, pushing him lightly. "We'll see about that!" He retorted, almost grinning as Ren threw him a punch.

Sakura looked at Michiko, tilting her head towards the boys, grinning as Michiko giggled. She stared in amusement as Michiko sneaked towards them and laughed as she launched at her dad, throwing him small punches with hr small fists.

"Michiko!" Ren exclaimed, grinning at her.

She smiled. "We're gonna beat dad together bro!"

Sakura shook her head at their two twins, shrugging innocently as Sasuke glanced at her with an accusing stare. She smiled innocently at him before blowing him a kiss and walking alway, swaying her hips at him.

He could only stare helplessly.


"You can't be in the room when they operate on her, Sasuke." The honey eyed woman explained, a hand on his shoulder.

The raven haired mand barely turned his head away from Kana as he spoke. "Just promise me you're going to save her." He quietly said.

Tsunade's eyes saddened. "You know I can't promise you that, Sasuke."

He snapped his head to her, sharingan activated, a sneer accross his lips.

And tears glimmering in his blood shot eyes.

"Promise me." He growled.

She shook her head. "All I can promise is that we'll try." The woman quietly responded, looking away from him.

She thought she heard a snarl coming from him, but she wasn't sure. It was something between a snarl, a sigh and a choke. She watched the man turn quiet again, staring at Kana's quietly breathing form. It was a sickening sight, she had to say. Not meaning there was a lot of blood because really there was none. She was just wired onto so many machines and there were so many wired that Tsunade just couldn't understand how Sasuke could stand there, looking as though he wasn't affected.

He looked sad and mournful, yes, but the fact she was wired to so many machines didn't seem to faze him.

She then remembered all the times he came here.

From ever since Sakura and himself first started dating.

He often came here to visit her on her shift, but always took his time to stride along the hallways of the hospital. He'd glance in the windows of the patients and stare. Sometimes he'd smirk (meaning it was someone he knew, or that something interesting was happening in there), sometimes he'd have a blank stare )that either meant he really did not find anything interesting, or that he saw something sickening.), sometimes he'd have that tiny smile hanging on his lips (meaning he saw Sakura) and sometimes he would have that saddened look in his eyes (meaning he has sympathy for the people in the room he's looking at). And she'd found him scowling sometimes, and the reason as to why was always because Sakura was treating a guy. And usually when that happened, he would greet her with a hungry kiss, to make the other guy understand that she was his.

She understood now.

Sasuke had seen so much worse then this. Especially since Ren died in front of him.


The heart monitor of the five year old boy started to beep actively at an erratic pace, making Sasuke's features form horrified ones.

"Somebody take care of him!" Sasuke bellowed in a shaking tone.

He grabbed his son's bloody hand tightly, on the edge of panicking as the boy coughed up blood, wheezing painfully and coughing blood again. His body was in spazzing with each staggered breath he took and Sasuke didn't know if he could take anymore of this. His eyes were stinging painfully but he held back the tears as he watched the boy breathe in sharply, tears rolling down his face.

"Da...ddy...!"

Sasuke gripped the boy's hand tighter and brought it to his lips, kissing it lightly. "Hang on Ren, hang on." He whispered to him.

Doctors and nurses rushed in, but they all knew it was too late as the boy's head stilled, blood rushing out of his mouth, his green orbs wide and round. The line went dead sharply and Sasuke couldn't hear anything anymore.

He could only stare.

Stare as Ren's chest stopped heaving.

Stare at his son's emerald eyes softened, his pupil dilating before his eyelids slipped shut.

Stare at his son died in front of his own eyes.

A slight choke escaped his lips.

And his eyes widen as the truth completely sank in.

His loud cry of desperation was heard throughout the whole hospital, and perhaps even the whole village.

"REN!"


Sakura kissed the top of the lonely twin's head, smiling softly but weakly at him, a failed attempt of comforting him.

Akihiko's dark grey eyes saddened at his mother's broken form. She was trying to be strong for them but he could clearly see how broken she was. "Mom...?" He called to her as she started to walked away. She turned to him, her eyes glimmering with tears threatening to fall. "Y...Yeah, Akihiko?" She murmured. He smiled. "It's gonna be alright, you know."

Sakura's face brightened, if only a little, and she walked over and embraced him tightly. "You're going to make a great husband some day." She whispered to him, a true smile on her face. He smirked, the way Sasuke always smirked at her. "Mom..." She giggled. "Goodnight, Akihiko."

"Night, mom."


"Sasuke? Tsunade called, making the man turn his head to look at her.

She stared at his troubled figured for a few seconds, before opening her mouth to speak. "You should go back to your wife, I'm sure she needs you."

He looked as though he was debating himself.

"Look, Kana will be okay for tonight. We'll be running a few tests on her that's all. It'll make it easier for the operation tomorrow."

The man looked at her. "Do you think you'll be able to save her?" He quietly asked, his voice filled with something akin to hope.

Tsunade stared at the man before answering. "Yes, Sasuke. I think we will be able to save her."

The man gave her a half smile, his form relaxing slightly, as if a huge weight had been lifted off his shoulders. "Arigato."

Tsunade smiled. "Now go back to your wife, I am sure she needs you more then you could possibly know."

He nodded and for the first time in so long, he bowed to her. "Thank you, Hokage-sama."


He was standing in their bedroom, his eyes directed to the bed a few meters away from him. His eyes were soft, delicate and shining with something he could truthfully define as love.

It was an adorable sight to see.

She was lying in bed on her side, facing the window, her arms tightly wrapped around a small body cuddled to her. That small body was their almost six year old son, Aiko. He was sleeping sound fully against her, his face pressed into her shoulder, his raven locks sprayed as a mess.

"They've fallen asleep together about two hours ago." A soft voice said.

He turned, met by the sight of his 16 year old daughter holding 5 months old Kazuo. He wasn't asleep but was in fact wide awake, looking giddy and happy. Sasuke found himself unable to hold back the smile grazing his lips at the sight of his happy newborn. He was so uninterested in the unhappiness in this world. Kazuo enjoyed spreading happiness, and it was something he did very well.

"How have all of you been?" He quietly asked, walking over to his daughter.

She handed him the baby, knowing fully he would like to hold him.

She found it completely adorable that her dad loved to hold him that much. He took every opportunity to hold him.

She smiled a bit sadly. "We're hanging." She quietly responded. "Better then mom, that is."

His eyes narrowed slightly. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Kazuo giggled, swiping a hand in the air towards his father's face.

Sasuke shook his head, smirking at his newborn's behaviour.

"She's really torn, dad." Michiko whispered, bringing him back into subject. She paused lightly, remarking the way his eyes flashed with something she didn't have time to identify. "...Dad... Can I ask you a question?"

He looked up to her curiously but nodded.

Michiko shifted lightly, showing she was uncomfortable. "...have you and mom ever been through something similiar to this?"

She didn't like the way her father froze in place, his gaze wandering somewhere else. She frowned at his reaction and listened intently as his mouth parted. He brushed his fingers against the giddy boy's forehead before looking up to her. "...Your mother and I lost our first child, and he had the same sickness that Kana currently has." He paused and interupted Michiko before she spoke. "He was also your twin."

Michiko froze on spot. "My...twin?"


"Ren, wait up!"

A boy with black hair and emerald green turned on his heels sharply, laughing his the-world-is-good laugh before grinning at her. "Come on sis!"

Younger Michiko puffed her cheeks, glaring at him. "I'm not as fast as you!"

He smiled this time. "You want a piggy back right from your better half?"

She smiled and giggled, ignoring the insult at the end. "Please!" She chirped.

He laughed and ran to her, smiling as she hoped onto his back.

"You're the best twin someone could ever have!" She exclaimed, giggling happily.

He smiled.


Here, that's all for today :)

I hope you all enjoyed! I tried not to put it too sad and angsty again, so I threw in some good family moments, some SasuSaku moments and such... lol. anyway.

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