Third Person POV-

It had been awhile now since the kids left their house to get food for their guest. This fact made said guest very anxious. He had an iffy feeling about something for some reason. After much time, Shisui heard the door open and close as two…wait no…three? Three sets of footsteps where heard throughout the house. Shisui got up from his position on the bed where he had been sitting, waiting for the children to return. He walked out of the room he had been in with one hand on the wall, feeling his way around, heading to where he had heard the footstep as well as sensing chakra come from. As he got closer, he felt a very familiar charka come from one of the three entering the house, recognizing it immediately. Shisui walked into what he presumed as the living room, and heard a gasp come from one of the children.

"SHISUI!" He knew that voice all too well. Struck with immediate relief at hearing that voice, tears ran down Shisui's face as he felt Sasuke's charka come towards him. The older boy fell to his knees as he engulfed Sasuke in a hug, which was gladly returned. Sasuke gripped his older cousin's shirt tightly as tears of joy and sadness intertwined, weaving a path down the young boy's face.

"Shisui! Ita-Itachi…" Sasuke tried to tell his cousin the horror that had just happened, but more emotions then the young boy could possibly handle where flooding his senses all at once. He was more than relieved to see his cousin, but he was also still trying to coup with the heartbrokenness that came with the events he just experienced.

"Shhh...it's okay." Shisui said as he patted Sasuke's head, trying to calm the boy down. "So he did it. It's...it's done."

Even with the encouragement of his beloved family member to calm down, Sasuke couldn't, he just had to tell him. He just had to.

"Mom and dad! Itachi-" Yet again a sob racked through the young boys body causing him to stop. Shisui was heartbroken hearing his favorite little baby cousin so torn up and upset like this. Knowing so much more about the situation then him made it all the worse, Shisui wanted to tell him, wanted to help, but all the young man could do was hold his cousin, and that left a fire in him. A fire of guilt. Shisui was so caught up with everything; he almost didn't catch the small sniffle that did not come from Sasuke, but from the other occupants of the room. Shisui looked up into the direction of the other charkas in the room. It was the children from before. "So they know Sasuke. Huh…. It may be a possibility then, that they knew Itachi as well."

"Sasuke.." Mercy said softly, her voice very weak and timid, Shisui recognized. "I'm…I'm-" She was interrupted by a small quieted cry of her own. Sasuke's head snapped up hearing her so upset, yes he was in a turmoil of his own but… he couldn't let Mercy suffer because of him. She had already done so much. Sasuke's little hands tightened in to a fist, clenching so hard that his knuckles turned white.

"Mercy, please." Naruto tried to calm down his sister. He was worried for her, she was already so weak from all of today's events, if she got any more worked up, he feared she'd end up hurting herself or worse.

"He's Right Mercy, please it's okay. You did all you could." Sasuke said letting go of his cousin to go to the sweet little girl.

"NO! If I was—If I was just-!" Sob after sob crashed down onto the poor child, from grief, anger, tiredness, and so much more as she tried to take all the burdens of her family and put its weight on her own tiny shoulders.

Shisui listen to the exchange between all of them. He was slightly confused on why the girl was so upset and why she was apologizing so much, but it did warm his heart to hear such kind people looking after his adorable little cousin.

"Mercy, please. You did enough." Sasuke said again as he helped Naruto take poor little Mercy to her room to rest. As they reached the girl's room, the tears had started to dry up as the sobs ceased, Mercy had started to fall asleep from such an exhausting day she had had. The boys then laid Mercy down on her bed and tucked her in before heading back towards the hallway. As he reached the door way, Sasuke stopped and turned back to look at Mercy. "Thank you." He whispered to her sleeping form. "I can never repay you…but…I will try. No matter what." He finished as he clenched his fists hard in determination before turning around and leaving the room completely.

Shisui had gotten up from his place, finding the couch with little struggle, and sat down waiting for the younger boys to return and hopefully explain on what had happened. Naruto was the first to enter the living room and find Shisui waiting for them.

"Is she okay?" Shisui softly asked the boy, which Naruto in turn gave a loud sigh, running a tired hand down his face.

"Yes, she is just upset about what she saw. She hates she couldn't help some people more then she already did." Naruto explained tiredly.

"Some people? Do you mind me asking who they were?"

"Mama and papa." Sasuke answered the question as he walked into the room.

Shisui's eyebrows rose in shock as he asked his next question, "Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha are alive?" If this was true, the plan may have just been ruined than.

"No..t-they died." Sasuke choked on his own tears, but fought to keep it all together. He had to, if not for himself, for Mercy.

Unbeknownst to the two boys in the room, Shisui let a small sigh of relief slip at this new information. Shisui quickly covered it all up though by asking a new question. "Then…?"

"She could only keep them a live for a few minutes at the max before they faded." Naruto continued for Sasuke, seeing it was hard for the boy.

Sasuke tried to clear his throat, in a hidden way; he was also trying to clear all the unfallen tears and sobs wanting to escape his little body. "T-they got to say their goodbyes ... to..me." Sasuke felt a burn in his throat at thinking about everything they had said to him before their last breaths where taken and they left him for good.

Shisui was shocked at this news. This young girl had not only saved his life today, but had given a few minutes to Sasuke's parents to at least say goodbye. The young man figured she could only do a few minutes because she had been weak from healing him. If she was at full power, could she have brought them back to life? Shisui tried to think these things over in his head as Sasuke walked over and sat next to him on the couch. Naruto chose to just lean against the wall he was standing by as they continued there conversation. Feeling Sasuke's charka next to him, Shisui turned towards the boy and hugged him again. He knew this had to be hard for the small boy, I mean his whole life was just demolished in less than a day.

"It's going to be okay. You got me." Shisui reassured the small child. Sasuke sniffed as he buried his head into the man's chest, seeking comfort in this time of distress.

"And you have me and Mercy ya stupid." Naruto added after a minute or two. Sasuke smiled into Shisui's chest, hiding the comfort and joy he felt at those words, before he looked up at Naruto and gave him a nasty scowl.

"Sorry dobe couldn't understand you. I don't speak idiot."

Naruto smiled briefly at seeing Sasuke at least acting somewhat better. "Why you little." He said as he threw up a fist in his rival's direction.

Shisui chuckled slightly at the rivalry between the two. "Maybe we all should go to bed, I'm sure you both are very tired." He suggested.

"Yeah, probably should." Naruto said as he stood up and stretched. "Night." He finished as he walked towards his and Mercy's shared room.

When Naruto left, Sasuke turned towards Shisui asking a question that had been in his mind since he had seen the man. "Why are your eyes closed?"

Shisui inhaled sharply, what should he say? Sasuke had had a lot to deal with already from this night, how could he add more to such a young boy's plate? Taking a deep breath, Shisui opened his eyes, though all he continued to still see was darkness. The boy before him gasped, shocked and sadden at this. Shisui's eyes.. were gone…he…he could never see again. Lifting a small hand towards his cousin's eyes, Sasuke asked another question. "Was…Was this Itachi's doing?" He was afraid of the answer, but he needed to know.

Shisui took another deep breath, thinking about what to tell this small child in front of him. He didn't want to make the situation worse, but he couldn't tell him the truth either…at least not yet. Letting out a long sigh, Shisui answered sadly. "Yes."

Sasuke closed his eyes and breathed through his nose in a pattern trying to calm himself down, while thinking about all Itachi had done all at the same time. Opening his eyes and blinking a few times to clear tears, he turned to Shisui. "I'm ...so sorry." Stopping for a second to swallow the clump of sadness in his throat, he continued, setting his face into a sneer as determination and a fire unlike any filled his eyes. "I…I will… I will make him pay … one day. I will make him regret it all." Sasuke promised as he looked at what his brother had done to their cousin, thinking of everything that cursed man had done to their whole family.

"Itachi…I'm sorry, but…. I think your little brother… will never be like he was…again."

The smell of food swarmed throughout the house, gently awakening all the sleeping people that resided in it. Naruto wake up instantly when the smell hit his nose, only taking his brain a second to realize what it was, where it was coming from, and exactly who was cooking it. Jumping out of bed, he ran to the kitchen in hurry, not for the food like you might be thinking. Oh no, he was in a rush to do something very different.

Stopping right in front of the culprit, angry as can be, Naruto got after the girl who should not be cooking. At. All.

"What are you doing?!" Naruto yelled at Mercy.

"What's it look like wise guy. Cooking. You want to eat, right?" She sassed back continuing on with what she was doing.

"You're supposed to be RESTING!" Naruto countered.

"And?"

"URG! You should be sleeping, not up and cooking!" Naruto tried to explain to his infuriating sister.

"What if I don't want to?" She said looking at him with a what-you-going-to-do-about-it look.

"That doesn't matter! You need to rest!" Naruto tried yet again to convince his sister.

"We have guests." She replied like it explained why its fine for her to be cooking instead of resting.

"SO! Who cares! You. Need. Rest!"

"What's with all the yelling?" Sasuke asked yawning and stretching as he walked into the kitchen where the two siblings fought…um wait…excuse me.. one sibling fought with a not caring sibling.

"Naruto's just being a poop head." Mercy said casually as Sasuke choked on his laughter and Naruto face turned bright red in anger.

"No I am not! I'm trying to help you!" Naruto shouted still bright red.

"Why? What's she doing that's so bad?" Sasuke asked.

"Exactly, thank you Sasuke" Mercy nodded her head while pointing a wooden spoon she had been using to cook with at Sasuke as if to say, 'look he's smart, listen to him Naruto.'

"Your…welcome?" He replied confused at what was going on.

"NO!" Naruto yelled grabbing at his hair in frustration. "She needs rest! She did a heck a lot yesterday! She is in no condition to be up and doing stuff!"

Sasuke's eyes widened in understanding before he quickly tuned to Mercy. "What are you doing?!"

Mercy groaned loudly at the two boys and their persistence. "And to think I acknowledged your smartness." She replied with a shake of her head in a disapproving way.

"I agree with the boys." A deeper voice interrupted the conversation. All three of the younger children looked up at the new voice to see Shisui looking at them with closed eyes. "You used a lot of charka to do what you did, you need proper rest. Your body is young, it needs more care when it comes to something like healing." He explained towards the young ones.

"Yeah!" Naruto agreed quite loudly with Shisui. Pointing towards the man, he continued." See! He agrees with me!" Naruto spoke as if he had just won the fight, thinking it was now over and had ended in his favor. Oh boy, how wrong was he.

Mercy looked each boy in the eyes that stood in front of her. Starting with Naruto, she pointed her wooden spoon towards them before raising it up in the air. Sasuke and Naruto's eyes widened while Shisui, going by the feeling of something moving the air around them, quickly stepped back. Mercy brought her weapon of doom down upon the two younger boys in front of her, hitting each of them on the top of their heads. "Enough!" She yelled at them while pointing her spoon at the older male who had avoided the beating from the deadly utensil. "This is my kitchen." Mercy said in a tone that scared the heck out of the three boys. "What I say goes, and you all want food, no?" She questioned the trio. Too afraid to speak, they mutely nodded their heads. "Good. Now get! Out of my kitchen and if I hear another complaint." Mercy swiftly moved the spoon slicing the air as it locked onto Naruto, who instinctively moved back in fear. "You'll regret it." She simply stated in a dark and deadly tone, which in turn caused not only Naruto to gulp but also the other two in the room. "Good." Straightening herself up, Mercy turned back to what she had been doing beforehand.

A few minutes passed before Mercy let out an irritated sigh through her noise, "What are you all still doing here?!" She yelled as she turned to look at the boys, still in the kitchen, with a dangerous glint in her eyes. This question caused quite the reaction, with a squeak and faster than fast; all three males ran like heck out of that kitchen, fearing for their lives.

Mercy chuckled slightly to herself as she watched the idiots trip over themselves trying to escape her wrath. "Oh, what a good morning it is."