Itachi POV
I had reached a quiet peaceful village to get some rest before I continued my search for my brother's kids. I was sure they were his and the more I thought about it the more I got this weird feeling in my stomach that I couldn't quite understand, something like jealousy maybe? Nah, I don't have those kind of feelings. But if they were his then they were most likely Sakura's and that meant that they had kids together and to have kids you need to…Ugh! I better find those kids soon and get to the bottom of all this before I continue jumping into conclusions I don't like.
The villagers weren't even aware I was here which made it even better. I was about to go get a room in a nearby inn when I noticed a big commotion on the back of a building. I got a little closer just to see what it was about but not enough to get caught inside some stupid village drama. Then I noticed what it was about.
The villagers were throwing rocks at a little boy and calling him monster. It wasn't any of my concern and I was about to get going when I heard little whimpers that were certainly not coming from the boy. That's when I noticed her. The little pink-haired girl that resembled my past lover so much. As soon as I saw her being hurt by those bastards I couldn't control myself. I felt like I had to protect her. Before I knew it I was standing in front of the two children shielding them from the angry villagers. Then the little girl fainted.
"Leave now." I kept my voice calm but they noticed my tone of voice was not a friendly one. The villagers started backing off but they still wouldn't quite leave.
"They boy stole something from my shop I wont leave until he pays for it," an old lady yelled and pointed a bony finger at the boy who was now trying to wake up his sister.
I threw some coins their way and she quickly picked all of them up and started counting them "I'm sure that's more than enough now leave!" I was not going to remain this calm forever so they better leave soon.
The old lady nodded and started walking back to her shop, the others following her throwing dirty looks in our direction. I waited until everyone had left and then I turned to look at the two children I had just saved.
The girl had fainted as soon as I got here and I took a closer look at her and noticed she looked extremely pale and had dark circles under her eyes. The boy who I now noticed to be the one that looked a little similar to me from the flyer, was kneeling at her side trying to wake her up. I noticed both of their clothes were dirty and torn. The girl wasn't even wearing appropriate clothing to travel. I wonder under what circumstances they had left their village.
I tried approaching them and I kept my emotionless face on as I walked closer to them. When I was a few feet away from them the boy looked up to me fury written all over his face.
"Go away! Leave her alone!" he had activated his sharingan but was a little surprised when he noticed I wasn't looking into his eyes.
"I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to help," I spoke in my usual monotone voice and walked closer. He seemed not to care and turned his attention back to his sister who was still unconscious.
I got to their level on the floor and put the back of my hand to the girl's forehead. As I had suspected she was burning up in fever. The boy then got a tiny bottle from his pocket and tried making his sister drink it. I then understood what he had stolen and why.
"Let's get out of this village, gather your stuff and follow me," the boy decided not to argue, and with the same emotionless look I had, he followed me. I proceeded to cary the small girl bridal style. She was so light it wasn't much trouble for me but I wonder if her brother had to carry her while she was ill.
We made our way to the side of a river not too far from the village. We were both quiet not speaking a word since we started walking. It was going to be hard finding out the truth if no one spoke up but I really had no idea how to start talking to him since he appeared to be uninterested in me and I kept pretending I felt the same way about him.
I set camp next to the river and tried to bring the girl's fever down with wet pieces of cloth. It was slowly working and I figure she should be awake soon. I let her rest and walked over to my backpack to take out a blanket to cover the girl…Wait! What am I doing? Why am I being nice to her? This is the only blanket I brought with me. Should I let her have it or keep it?
My gaze turned to her sleeping form, her chest slowly rising and falling indicating her breathing was back to normal. I felt so attached to her yet I didn't even know her. I just decided to let her have the blanket and try talking to her brother and try to make things in my head make sense.
"Where are you from?" I already knew that but it seemed like a good way to start.
"Hn," Oh this boy was definitely an Uchiha. It was going to be hard getting the answers I wanted if he acted like this.
"Your sister should be awake soon," I stated trying to sound a little more interested but this was not something I did often.
He just looked at me with a bored expression and turned back around to stare into the dark forest.
I was about to try again when I heard the girl talking I turned around to see but she was still asleep.
"Daddy? Where are you? I miss you," she was talking in her sleep. Her voice was so sad and her face looked like she was about to cry.
"Don't worry she does that all the time when she is asleep," her brother stated in the same bored tone I always use.
"Why? Doesn't she know him?" This were the things I had to know.
"None of your business," he went back to looking at the forest.
"I may be able to help you if you answered my questions," he slightly turned his head to look at me but then turned away again. I had given up on trying to make him talk and was about to go to sleep when he finally spoke.
"We are looking for my brother and sister. They disappeared about a week ago from our village," he wasn't looking at me but I could tell he had his attention to me.
"How old are they?" I'm guessing they were looking for the other two kids on the missing flyer.
"We are all 5," Whoa did he just said that they were all five. Even the little girl who was currently asleep next to me. I kept a normal face but inside I was surprised. Those that mean that they are quadruplets or something like that?
"So you are Quadruplets?"
"Not really, but close," What did he mean by that? He took out a blanket from his backpack and laid down a couple of feet away from me. When he took the blanket out I noticed a little book had fallen out as well.
"What is that?" I pointed to the small purple book that was not far away.
"Sayuri brought it. I think it's a photo album." I remember the girl's name from the flyer. He stood up and grabbed the book skimming through it a little.
"May I see it?" He wasn't sure at first. His face emotionless but still held the book tightly with one hand. After a couple of minutes of us staring at each other he decided to let me take a look at it.
The first pictures were of Sayuri with her brother and then some other ones with the other two kids that were missing. Then I came across a picture of two children really similar to each other. They were a girl and a boy, both had black hair. Their eyes were the same as Sakura's. Those green emerald eyes that would look at me with such love and compassion all the time. They gad huge smiles on their faces and you could tell they were full of energy.
"Who are they?" I asked the boy who was almost asleep, showing him the picture I had found.
"They are our brother and sister, Kiyoshi and Yuki, they are 5 as well," He said it like it was the simplest thing in the world. So you are telling me they are all sextuplets? I kept looking through the book looking for a different child to make sure there weren't any more.
I turned to the last page and I stared at it for a long time. It was of a tired-looking Sakura in a hospital bed. She still looked gorgeous as ever. In her arms were two babies, and there was other four laid in her lap. She was looking at one of the ones she had in her arms. Her eyes told so much on how she felt. She looked happy and you could tell she loved all the babies in the picture with all her heart. I took the picture out of the book and turned it around, there was something written on the back. It read 'We love you mom 07-20-07' it was probably the date they were born.
I realized I was letting my feelings show, I quickly put the photo back on the book and placed it aside. The boy had fallen asleep as well, but I couldn't sleep I kept thinking about Sakura. I remembered the date they were born and I started making some counting on my head. The dates kind of made sense and I realized that there was a really big chance that this kids were not Sasuke's but mine.
I was slowly falling asleep when I realized something. Am I the father of sextuplets? That's way too many kids.
Next Morning
I woke up really early and started packing stuff I put the photo album back on the kids' backpack and put away my stuff as well.
"Who are you sir?" a small innocent voice asked me from behind. I turned around and noticed that Sayuri was awake. I turned the other way to see if her brother was awake but he wasn't.
"I will be helping you and your brother find your missing siblings," I talking to her as nice as I was capable of.
"Ohh," she looked around a little confused "sir this is your blanket," she handed me the blanket with a sweet smile. This girl was just like Sakura and I knew she was going to make me soft in a couple of days. I returned her smile and took the blanket.
Her brother woke up and walked up to her.
"How are you feeling Sayuri?" he sounded a little concerned.
"Much better Daichi," she answered with a huge smile on her face. Get a hold of yourself Itachi don't let this little, sweet, innocent girl get to you.
After we had finished packing I told them it was time to get going. As we walked through the forest Sayuri kept throwing me curious looks. She was so much like Sakura.
"Do you have any idea where they could be?" I asked the boy in a monotone voice.
"No, but I think I have an idea on why they left," he was starting to talk to me more. He must really want to find them.
"And what is that?" I asked him.
"My brother Ryuu has always wanted to find our father, and my sister Michiko must have followed him when she found out he was leaving," he kept looking forward as he talked without emotion.
"Who is your father?" I realized I was asking to much questions and I doubt it he will answer this one. But as I waited for the answer the silence was killing me on the inside. I didn't know If I wanted them to be mine. What would I do? But if they were Sasuke's then that meant that Sakura had been cheating on me or something like that and that was worst.
"We don't know exactly…we just know his name." On the inside I was dying to know the damn name but I had to keep my cool and ask normally.
"What's his name?"
"Itachi Uchiha," Sayuri, who had been quiet until now, yelled out the name with a cute smile on her face. "Our mom says he was a good ninja and she tells us stories about him. He is the most bravest and strongest ninja in the whole world." The girl had a huge smile as she talked about her father.
…Itachi Uchiha…wait a second that's me! I'm their father!
Do you guys like it? :D it took me a long time to write it because yesturday in my taekwondo class a boy dislocated my elbow with a kick so yeah it hurts really bad :p but your awesome reviews made me want to write and if you review again i will write again ;) and i noticed that Daichi and Sayuri are the populars in this story jaja well my favorite one is Michiko :) remember that any questions, ideas, and suggestions are appreciated ^.^