A cry of pain tore from my mouth the moment I woke and I tried to curl into a ball around the throbbing ache tearing at my stomach, but couldn't. My eyes shot open and an unfamiliar woman was staring down at me with a calm expression. She had unbelievably long silver-white hair and bright red eyes set against alabaster skin.

My chest heaved as I gasped for breath and tore my eyes from hers to look down and see two strange looking men holding my limbs down. One had wild reddish-brown hair and eyes identical to the king of Amegakure's and the other had hair similar to the woman's, but not quite as long, and red eyes just a shade or two darker than hers.

Another cry left my lips and my head fell heavily back against whatever table or hard surface I was laying on.

"Are you in pain, Sakura?" Her voice was quite husky for a woman's and held a condescending edge to it. I was too out of breath to respond. "What you feel now is nothing compared to the pain I'm feeling. You murdered my love, my Tenji."

I tried to speak, "I-I-Ino-"

"Your sister and Madara Uchiha are alive, I assure you. As if I would grant any of you the release of death."

My eyes shot open when she suddenly grabbed my jaw and forced her wrist against my lips and I realized she was trying to make me drink her blood. I fought weakly, but some still managed to get into my mouth and then she pulled away.

Slow and steady, the pain in my midsection lessoned until it completely disappeared. My chest still heaved as my limbs shook and I stared at her with half-lidded eyes. Just what type of power does this woman have that she can heal an undoubtedly fatal wound in a matter of seconds?

"How do you know my name?" I somehow managed to ask.

Her pale lips turned up into a bitter smile, showing her sharp fangs, "I know every leaf's name on the tree of my lineage."

My brow furrowed, "Who are you?"

"My name is Kaguya Otsutsuki, but you may better understand if I identify myself as the Tanaka matriarch."

Blood-curdling terror shot through me and my body refused to move as my mind reeled. Is she saying she's an original member of the Tanaka bloodline? That would make her probably thousands of years old. It would mean that there likely wasn't a single other being on the planet stronger than her.

My eyes searched hers in disbelief and she stared down at me in disgust. How has someone so powerful lived so close to Konoha without detection? If anyone knew she was alive, there'd definitely be talk, but I haven't heard a thing. I've never even heard the name Otsutsuki before.

"Put her with the other one, my children."

I was forced upright and onto my feet and then I was moving. When I looked over at the two men pushing me forward, it was like I couldn't make out the features of their faces anymore. Actually, it was more like their faces were constantly changing in the dim lighting. A thick door opened and I was thrown to the ground before it slammed shut behind me.

"Sakura!" Ino helped me to my feet and I threw my arms around her in relief, happy to see the massive wound on her shoulder was completely healed, "Thank God!"

Her body shook as both of us cried for a moment and then she spoke in a choked voice, "This is all my fault. I made you come along and now look at us."

I pulled away and shook my head, "Worry about how you're gonna make it up to me after we get out of here, okay?"

She opened her mouth to respond, only to freeze with wide eyes as though I was speaking and saying something shocking. I leaned closer, giving her a cautious look, "Ino? Are you alright?"

For multiple minutes, she remained frozen and I became more panicked by the second. Finally, she sucked in a gasp before rushing over to the small bathroom through the door across the room and throwing up in the toilet there.

I shakily approached her, "Tell me what's going on, Ino."

She sobbed loudly, suddenly, covering her face with both of her hands. I stared down at her in disbelief. Never in my entire life have I seen her cry like that. She's never lost her composure to this degree, even when she was trying not to attack me in Oto.

I sank down to kneel beside her, voice cracking as my eyes watered up with worry, "Ino, please! Tell me what's wrong!"

Her sobs echoed through the room as she moved her hands down to hold her stomach gently.

My eyes danced between her tear-soaked face and her hands before I started to cry, too, "No…"

A couple days passed and the only time we saw anyone was when one of those strange men from before would bring us food and water. I forced my sister to take a bigger portion of it all since she could barely keep anything down.

Pregnancy among vampires has to be different from humans, but I know that keeping the mother well fed and hydrated was always a necessity regardless of race. They didn't bring her any blood so I let her drink a little of mine each day.

I didn't need the ability to read minds like her to know how terrified she was. Not only has she never had a child before, but neither of us know the exact details on how it works for vampires. We don't know how far along she is or if pregnancy even lasted nine months. To add to all that, the Uchiha princes don't know that we left yet and Sai isn't even aware his wife is pregnant.

No one but the two of us know because when she'd frozen up, she'd sensed the heartbeat within her. This entire time, all of us thought she'd caught whatever bug I had, but she was actually with child and experiencing morning sickness.

Ino said she couldn't hear either of the two men that Kaguya had called her children with her mind-reading ability, which only scared us further. The terrifying silver-haired woman said that Madara was alive, but we haven't heard a thing about or from him at all.

On day four of our capture, the door opened to reveal Kaguya herself and I rose to put myself slightly in front of my weakened sister, "Why are you keeping us here?"

The woman's glowing eyes locked onto mine and she spoke calmly, "Sit."

My body shot roughly down to the floor as I gasped. I sensed Ino moving behind me and raised a hand in her direction without turning to look, "D-Don't you dare!"

My apparent ancestor steadily approached to kneel in front of me and my entire body trembled. It felt like my skin was going to freeze off when she raised her hands to cup my face. "Have you ever experienced the loss of someone beloved, my child?"

She didn't wait for my response and leaned forward to press her forehead against mine. My eyes widened. Somehow, I knew she was going through my memories, searching for something to use against me to enact revenge for the death of Tenji.

When she pulled away, her eyes narrowed, "There is something special about you, Sakura. I feel threatened." My eyes searched hers and that's all I could do because her presence was too overbearing.

"I feel a part of myself, my soul, in you. Lord Death has finally begun to punish my evasion by sending my reincarnate." The son that looked similar to her came into the room and she continued speaking as though he hadn't, "No matter. I will defeat your mind. Then I will defeat your body. Tenji will be avenged in full."

She removed a hand from my face and raised it up as her son knelt down so she could press it against his forehead. I watched in disbelief as a light glow erupted from her palm into his skin before she released both of us and rose to her feet.

Her bright eyes danced behind me, onto my sister, and I shakily forced myself to my feet with a threatening glare. She ignored me, "Your child's innocence will keep you safe for the next forty days. Then I will dispose of you."

My eyes narrowed and I stepped in the woman's line of vision. Does that mean Ino will give birth in forty days or that she would kill Ino after letting the baby develop further so it affects us all more?

Every single thing that happens in her presence feels like something out of a fantasy novel. None of what was happening felt real at all.

I watched as she left the room before turning my glare onto her son, only for it to falter when I realized his appearance had changed. No longer was a silent, tall, and intimidating man standing before me, but a child instead. I took a step back with wide eyes. He had messy black hair, lightly tanned skin, and big red eyes.

My voice shook as I asked the question I already knew the answer to, "Who are you?"

His voice was even more soft and cute than I expected it to be, "Shinzo Uchiha."

"Sakura, is this what I think it is?" My sister grabbed my wrist from where she sat behind me and I turned to glance at her with tears in my eyes, "Yeah, I think so."

Our captor said she was going to mentally defeat me. I expected something similar to how Orochimaru had tortured me, but this was somehow worse.

"Don't you recognize me, Mama?"

I yelled, terrified of how this type of thing could potentially affect me, "I know this is a trick. Go back to your original form!"

The small boy came closer and I bristled, wanting to move away, but couldn't bring myself to leave Ino unguarded.

He hugged my legs and it was like I was being shown his life up until this point. I saw myself giving birth, watching him sleep, holding his hand as he took his first steps, and even hearing him say "Mama" for the first time.

A ragged gasp shook my chest and I broke down in tears, "P-Please stop! You're not real!"

Ino gasped, "Madara…" I looked back at her and she stared at the doorway with wide eyes.

The child giggled and nuzzled his face into my skirt, pulling my attention back to him. "Ino, can you please get him off? I can't…I can't do it." I know very clearly that this was not my child and never would be. That didn't change the fact that something within me warmed at the sight of him. My entire being couldn't fathom laying a harmful finger on the small boy.

My sister weakly got to her feet and picked the boy up, making him start to cry as she carried him to the door. She shut the heavy door on him and came down to hug me as we both cried.

The sound of his sobs ended the moment it latched and for that I was grateful. Kaguya wasn't kidding when she said she was going to affect my mental state. Ino could hear Madara when the door was open and said he was being treated to a similar illusion, but seemed to be handling it a bit better.

The type of powers these people had were unreal. I remember how shocked I was to learn that Ino could read minds, but that felt like a party trick compared to all this.

A couple more days passed and I woke up to Ino shaking me frantically. I sat up, worried she'd been hurt, "What is-!" My words trailed off when I lay my eyes on her, only to be stunned into silence by the very visible bump under her shirt.

"It wasn't like this yesterday, Saku! Is this normal? Is there something wrong, do you think?"

My hands grasped onto hers and I did my best to calm her, "I think Kaguya meant you'd give birth in forty days. That means everything's probably fine. The boys will definitely save us before then." She nodded, as desperate to believe me as I was.

Before we knew it, three more weeks passed. Something warm was against me as I slept and I instinctively cuddled it closer. My eyes slowly opened and I nearly screamed in surprise when Shinzo lay in my arms with his face buried against my chest as he slept.

Ino was asleep nearby, something we both realized she now needed to do because of all the energy her baby was sapping from her. Her stomach was noticeably bigger. Anyone who looked at her could tell she was pregnant and not just a little bloated or something along those lines.

My eyes dropped back down to the child in my arms' face and tears rose up when I couldn't bring myself to push him away. An overbearing protective feeling had come over me and it took me a few minutes to realize it was likely my motherly instincts.

My heart sank when his big red eyes fluttered open to meet mine, "Mama…"

My brow furrowed and I glanced at Ino to make sure she was still sleeping before whispering hesitantly, "Who's your papa, Shinzo? What's papa's name?"

It was obviously one of two men and both would traumatize me, just in different ways.

"I'm not sure…"

My chin quivered as my chest shook with sobs as I nodded, "Yeah…That's what I thought you'd say." My arms tightened around him and I buried my face in his soft hair as I cried.

His little arms tried to reach around my waist and he hugged me, "Don't cry, Mama. It's okay."

This child looks like he belongs to Sasuke.

My mind wandered to the Uchiha prince as I tried to keep my sniffles quiet. We thought he and his brother would come to our rescue immediately upon realizing we were gone, but it's been over a month and nothing's changed.

I told Sasuke about Sonokuni before he left so he had to know where to start looking. The massive wound on my stomach was still bleeding when I first awoke wherever we were so it couldn't be far from the inn we were attacked in or else I would've bled out. Something was telling me we were underground.

The door to the room suddenly opened and my grip around Shinzo immediately tightened as a familiar face shoved Madara inside. I sat up, careful not to hurt the child in my arms, "H-Hidan!?"

Ino sat up slowly, taking in what was going on as the drowsy look faded from her face. The silver-haired man grinned, "Hey, Baby. Did you miss me?"

I looked over at Madara, who was glaring at the vampire with glowing eyes, but not moving. Even I could face Hidan, to an extent, so there's no way he's the one overpowering the Uchiha elder.

"What's going on, Mama?" I looked down at the small boy in my arms before hugging him closer against me, ignoring his question.

"What are you doing here?"

"Surely you've pieced it together by now. You're not that stupid."

My brow furrowed in confusion and he rolled his eyes, "Who told you to visit Sonokuni Village?"

Ino growled out in disbelief, "Konan…You guys are allies with these people, aren't you?"

"Ding ding ding! We have a winner!"

Hidan nodded his head at the Uchiha, who was still glaring at him, "Your lover here said he'd behave if we brought him here, so keep him in check, will ya? He's been a real pain in the ass." The Ame vampire gave me one more smug grin before shutting the door.

"Mama?" My brow furrowed and I lessened my hold on Shinzo so he could crawl off of my lap.

Ino grabbed his arm and tugged him away from me. In a blink, I instinctively reached out to stop her, but Madara had a tight grip on her wrist.

She squeaked in shock before releasing the boy's arm, "What the hell, you guys? He's not real!"

I shoved Madara roughly, seething once I realized how tight his grip was, "Don't you touch her!"

He turned his head to lay his blazing eyes on me before letting her go and scooping Shinzo up into his arms before sitting back with the boy sitting in his lap. Ino and I both looked between him and the illusioned child in disbelief.

"Oh shit…" Ino summed it up perfectly.