Through Time

The Rewrite

By: Tilunar.

AN: Sorry it's been so long since I last updated but I was stuck on the ending of the chapter, and College and my boyfriend have been keeping me busy, I would also like to say sorry that I haven't updated my other stories though I have started most new chapters I keep getting stuck on how to end them or I have decided I want to rewrite them and am stuck on what to change and what not too. I will update them as soon as I get more ideas for them.

Chapter Eleven, The Question of Why, Love's Fool, and The Surprising Guest.

~ Uzu no Kuni, Uzushiogakure no Sato, December 30th, Main Household ~

Sakura wasn't surprised by her sons being in her room with Tobirama when she entered, even if she didn't feel their chakra before hand, she knew her sons and she knew her husband.

She closed the door and made her way to the bed, where she sat, Kazuki immediately crawled till his head was resting on her lap. Sakura smiled as her long slender fingers tangled into his curly hair.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Raizou asked from his place leaning against the wall next to Kaname, making her look up at her son.

"How could I look into the faces of my sons and tell them I had damned them to this life?" She asked calmly with a raised eyebrow.

"Damned?" Makoto asked curiously from his place leaning against the headboard while Tobirama sat beside his wife.

"I did not chose this life." Sakura said softly and resigned, looking down at Kazuki as she ran her fingers through his soft hair. "I had chosen death, I was content to let Death take me in it's embrace. But after I woke up, I found out that I would never find death no matter what, no matter how much I wished it." She paused and looked at Makoto. "If you knew that no matter what happened, you would stay the same as everyone around you grew older and weaker and slowly died, knowing you would never join them, wouldn't you think you're damned?"

"You thought we'd resent you for this." Kaname spoke quietly, his eyes slightly wider then normal.

Kazuki gasped and rolled on to his back to look up at their mother as Makoto crawled closer to her and Raizou narrowed his eyes slightly.

He could see that just like Kaname said, their mother had been afraid that they would resent her like she resented Uzumaki Naruto for the life they would lead. It was impossible to even think about resenting their mother, they loved her too much to hurt her in anyway.

Raizou frowned slightly at their mother, he understood in some way the fear she held but in another way he didn't understand. Their mother had always been the person they turned to when they needed help, or comfort, or just wanted to act like children. She had protected them fiercely when they were younger, especially Kaname and himself.

He had many memories of being brought infront of the Elders, Osamu always wanting to thrust them through dangerous training and keep their mother at a distance. His death had been coming for a long time and Raizou wasn't surprise when his mother killed him. She had protected them, she had stood the wrath of Osamu. Raizou wasn't stupid, he knew that his mother had killed assassins that were sent after her by Osamu because of her refusal of allowing the Elder being involved in their lives, her refusal of allowing the Elders make them weapons.

"We would never hate you!" Kazuki cried as he sat up and threw his arms around their mother.

Hours later, Tobirama and Sakura were alone, laying in their bed and their room was bathed in darkness and lit by the moon.

Tobirama sighed as he turned on to his side, not that surprised to meet Sakura's vivid eyes glowing in the dark.

"Are you sure you made the right decidsion?" Sakura asked softly as Tobirama wrapped an arm around her waist and brought her closer to him. "I'm not human anymore."

"It doesn't matter." He whispered as he tucked her head under his chin. "I still love you like I have always loved you."

"Love makes a fool out of men." Sakura mused softly as Tobirama rubbed a hand down her back.

Tobirama chuckled quietly in agreement making Sakura smile slightly, feeling his throat and chest rumble with the honest laugh.

~ Hi no Kuni, Konohagakure no Sato, Senju Compound, Main Household, Janury 3rd ~

Makoto frowned lightly as he felt the chakra coming from the mainroom, it wasn't a chakra he recongized and it didn't feel right.

Worried that his mother's defenses had somehow failled, he grabbed Yasu and together they made their way to the mainroom of their home.

Makoto got there just as his mother appeared and looked at the talll dark red head man that stood in the room with a fond smile on her face.

"Riku-kun." Sakura greeted, moving and hugging her third son, fond amusement lit her vivid green eyes when she pulled back to see a slight blush settling on his pale cheeks.

"Kaa-sama." Riku greeted respectfully and softly making Makoto's eyes widen in shock.

Sakura pulled him down onto the pillows that surrounded the table, her fingers reaching up run through Riku's hair with fondness, her smile gentle at his shy smile.

"Akira-nii-sama came home very angry after he saw you." Riku commented, his voice as soft as ever. "I was wondering why that was?"

Sakura's smile become somewhat unreadable at the mention of her oldest son while Makoto held his breath, his eyes still wide as he witness the moment between mother and son.

"Akira had to finally admit to himself that I can be right and no matter what, I will always be his mother." She said as her fingers traced her son's cheeks, her eyes unfocused slightly.

"I see why he was so unsettled." Riku mused as his hand came to cup his mother's hand.

Riku took a deep breath and wet his lips before he met his mother's eyes.

"We miss you." He said softly, his grasp on her hand tightened slightly.

Makoto watched as his mother closed her eyes like she was in pain before she opened them again.

"I miss you too." She whispered, leaning forward so her forehead rested on her son's shoulder.

Riku's free arm wrapped around her shoulders, and he held her closely.

It was then that Riku turned his head and met Makoto's eyes. Green clashed against Green and Makoto stumbled back making his mother turn to look at him.

"Makoto-kun."

Makoto looked at his mother's calm face, the only surprise she showed was in her eyes that were slightly wider then normal. It showed how much this Riku distracted her.

"Kaa-sama."

Makoto turned his attention back to the tall man.

"Who is this?" He asked as he met calm green eyes much like his own.

"This is Riku." Sakura said as she watched her son almost warily. "Your older brother."

"It is a pleasure to finally meet one of my human brothers." Riku commented calmly, his voice still soft though it held power.

Makoto's mind was spinning as he looked at his older brother. His mother had other children, Demon children. Makoto could tell, he could sense the taint of demon chakra in the man before him.

Makoto should of guessed that his mother had children before his brothers and him, she had been alive for centuries. It would be foolish to believe that during that time she hadn't had a child.

But for some reason, having the fact confirmed that his mother had had children before startled him. It sent him off balanced and made him wonder if he had other siblings other then Riku and this Akira that Riku mentioned.

He also wondered how much it hurt his mother, not being able to see her first-born children much if at all. He knew his mother loved her children more then anything, that she would do anything for them, that she would protect them with her very being. It must be hard on her not to be able to know how all her children were.