**Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the quote below. I just own Sintary ^^ Also I do not own the other OC Kokuro. He's my friend
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"Where were you
When everything was falling apart?
All my days
Spent by the telephone
That never rang
And all I needed was a call
That never came
From the corner of First and Amistad
Lost and insecure
You found me, you found me
Lying on the floor
Surrounded, surrounded
Why'd you have to wait?
Where were you? Where were you?
Just a little late
You found me, you found me"
The Fray, You Found Me
"Pick me up, Uncle Sasuke!" A young boy exclaimed raising his arms in the air.
The young man grimaced slightly as he picked up the boy; he wasn't used to being called an uncle yet. He still couldn't believe he was an uncle. For four years, he has had this little energetic child all over him. He looked like his father and his mother.
Speaking of which.
Sasuke looked back at the mother who was laying in the field enjoying the sunlight. Once a month, Sasuke brought them outside. It had taken more persuasion than necessary to get the snake to allow them out, but after the arrangement were made, Sasuke got what he wanted.
Sintary sighed quietly. She had missed the sun… just like she missed the feeling of her chakra. That had been one of Orochimaru's conditions: her chakra needed to be sealed. Without it, she didn't stand a chance at getting away from Sasuke. She had tried once…. And it had not ended well for her.
"Mama! Mama, come play with us!" Her son beckoned.
Sintary slowly sat up and looked at the pair. The one with wild, black hair, and the one with neat black hair like his father. Their facial features were very similar which was to be expected because of their lineage. She wondered briefly if her son's eyes would become charcoal in color as he got older, or if they would stay an ocean blue color.
"I'm coming Kazuki," she said softly and got to her feet.
"I want to go to mommy now," the small child said pushing away from his uncle.
"Okay, okay," Sasuke replied, annoyed as he handed the kid off.
"Sasuke, if you can't handle your nephew, how do you think you'll be able to stand your own children?" Sintary questioned the elder Uchiha.
"Hn. My kids won't be as needy as he is." He replied crossing his arms.
"He's not needed," she said defensively. "You take that back!"
"Hn. Just enjoy your day of sun." He said.
Sintary narrowed her eyes, wishing she could beat him to a pulp. Despite her urge to pumble the younger man, she did do as he said. There was no point in wasting a beautiful day.
They stayed outside until the sun started to fade. Sasuke ushered them into the hideout before following behind them. Sintary worked her way back to the kitchen to work on dinner for the three of them. Orochimaru and Kabuto never joined them after Sintary had nearly gutted each of them on separate occasions. That was fine by her; she didn't want to see them anyway. It would make her loose her appetite.
Sintary sat her son on the floor. "Go to your uncle," she told him softly and ushered him to the table where Sasuke sat down.
The young woman sighed and pulled her hair back before she began to pull out what she needed. She put together a salad for Sasuke to eat; knowing her son would pick and choose what he wanted from his uncle's bowl while she cooked. She sat the bowl down as Kazuki climbed into Sasuke's lap to see what he would want to eat. Sasuke immediately popped a tomato in his mouth. Kazuki tried copying his uncle, but only managed to throw the red fruit at his uncle's chest, not his small mouth.
Kazuki slowly leaned his head back and looked up at his uncle sheepishly.
"Sorry, Uncle Sasuke."
The shinobi leaned down and picked up the tomato that rolled to the floor, setting it off to the side.
"It's fine, Kazuki. You'll get better." He said quietly.
Sintary smiled softly hearing the conversation. She could imagine easily what had happened between the two. She had two meals going: a chicken stir fry for Sasuke and a mac and cheese with chicken on the side for her and Kazuki. The older of the two Uchiha had made it very clear he would not eat "little kid food" and made her make him another meal. Again, she had lashed against him, and it had not ended well.
Once the food was ready, Sintary sat the plates down and pulled Kazuki into her lap so he could eat with her.
"Yay! Thank you mommy!" Kazuki said happily as he used his little fork to eat.
"You're welcome, my little precious." Sintary replied giving him a little squeeze before eating her own food.
"Hn." Was all she got from Sasuke.
After the trio had finished, Sintary got up and did the dishes while the boys went to go bathe. She had won that fight – sorta. It had ended in a compromise. On the nights Sintary did the dishes, Sasuke would take Kazuki for a bath and vice versa.
As she worked on cleaning, she got a shiver down her spine. She didn't even have to glance behind her. She knew he was there.
"What do you want, Orochimaru?" Sintary spat at him.
He hmphed in that triumphant way she realized he was did when was smirking. "I do believe you're due for a checkup, Sintary."
Sintary sighed. "It can wait until after the dishes are done." She said shortly.
"That's fine. I'll wait right here," he said like he had all the time in the world.
She took her time cleaning up. She put the left overs in the small fridge they had before drying the dishes and putting them away.
"All finished?" The snake asked.
She nodded before following him to his lab section.
"My, my," Kabuto said looking up when they walked in. "Is it time for a checkup already?"
Orochimaru nodded. "If it worked this time, we should know by now."
Sintary got up on the metal table and laid back while they set everything up. She sighed remembering all the times they had strapped her down to this table to do whatever they wanted. Majority of the time, they were shooting her up with something to further their "plans."
She flinched feeling the coldness of Kabuto's hands on her. She wanted to shove them off, but knew what kind of torture they could put her through. She needed to avoid that so she could protect her baby from these villains.
Kabuto smirked and looked at his lord. "You did it this time, Lord Orochimaru." He said removing his hands.
The latter slowly smirked more and more. "We've only been trying for three years now."
Sintary pushed her shirt down and looked between the two of them. "So what does this mean?" She asked wearily.
Orochimaru's lips pulled back revealing his teeth in a sinister smirk. "You're carrying another one of Itachi's children."
Her blue eyes widen with shock. "That's impossible." She stated. "You would have needed Itachi's DNA, and he would have never allowed you to have gotten close."
"We didn't need him specifically." Kabuto said pushing up his glasses. "We have his DNA right here in the hideout."
Sintary's brows furrowed. "I don't understand…" She whispered.
"Kazuki, Sintary." Kabuto replied.
Her eyes got wide again. "Is that what you've been doing to my son!?" She exclaimed. "You would take him after knocking me unconscious only to extract his DNA?!"
Orochimaru yawned. "It was child's play once I got the hang of it. We created a serum that lights up around the Uchiha genes. From there we separated them from yours, and well, we're left with Itachi's DNA. Your body rejected it the first couple of times giving you those nasty rashes and fevers. Then, we gave you too much hormones resulting in dead children and everything else that had gone along during that time." Sintary shuttered. It was like puberty all over again. "Once we got the rest hormone dosage, it was only a matter of time before we were actually able to create a baby. So long as you can carry it to term, we'll have no problems." He said and patted her head.
Sintary glared, absolutely livid. "You're using me as a baby machine." She hissed.
"That's all your good for, Sintary." Kabuto commented. "You're no longer a kunoichi with your chakra sealed, and your reflexes have slowed. Under the shinobi, you are a woman. And women are good for making children. Especially, when we have an entire clan to repopulate."
"We already know you've carried one child to term, and if you hadn't sealed its chakra, he would have been an amazing shinobi. He still might have a shot if I can undo that seal of his." Orochimaru said.
"Not likely. I made that seal specifically because of creeps like you two. You only seek power and use people as pawns. As I told the elders, my baby will not used in such a manner!" Sintary snapped at the two of them defensively.
They laughed in her face. "Power is the only way to get anything in the world, my dear. As humans, all we do is seek to get stronger. There's no point in living otherwise," Orochimaru told her.
"You're wrong on so many levels." She stated fisting her hands.
"Now, now, we don't want to have to knock you out again," Kabuto warned her.
Sintary sighed. She couldn't have that. Who knows what else they would do to her little baby.
"Are we done here then?" She asked just ready to get out of there.
"After your round of medicines." Kabuto said gesturing to the couple of needles he had ready.
She sighed again. One was a multiple vitamin they had concocted to keep her healthy, the other helped her sleep, and the third – she assumed – was to help the newborn growing inside of her.
Sintary soon returned to her room; well, the room she shared with Kazuki of course. It was a couple hallways down from Sasuke's. They had been right next door, but Kazuki's occasional crying had forced the other Uchiha to move them away so he could sleep.
The young mother yawned and stretched before pushing open her door. She smiled softly seeing Sasuke laying on the bed with his nephew curled up next to him, all tired out from a nice warm bath and a nice day in the son.
Sasuke turned and looked at her softly. "What did they do this time?" He asked.
Sintary regarded him with a placid expression. "They made me a mother again."
His eyes got wide just as hers did. "How? Not with mine I hope."
The idea of her having his and Itachi's kid creep him out. When Orochimaru had approached him with the offer, Sasuke had punched the snake saying if he asked anything like that again, he was walking.
Sintary sat on the other side of the bed and gently stroked her son's back.
"No… they pulled Itachi's DNA from Kazuki… it's his." She replied quietly.
Sasuke let out an angry puff of air. "So we're going to have another whiney kid around here." He huffed.
Sintary sighed tiredly. "In nine months." A thought then occurred to her. "They'll be just about the same amount of time apart as you and Itachi are now. Kazuki will be five by then. I hope they're close like you two were…"
"We weren't close," Sasuke spat at her as he got up quickly. "It was all a lie."
Sintary looked at his back, the Uchiha sign staring her back remind her of the horrors she knew. "Sasuke," she said leaving the sentence unsaid. After years of having that seal on the back of her neck, she had gotten use to not saying anything, but his name to remind him he didn't know the truth.
"Just shut up." He commanded coldly as his hands curled into fists as he left the room, slamming the door and waking Kazuki.
"Shhh… shhh… go back to sleep sweetie." Sintary whispered curling up next to him gently.
She leaned over and turned out the oil lamp before letting the medicine slowly drift her to sleep. Whatever they gave her left her with a dreamless sleep so she no longer saw the Shinigami. Though, she had to admit, sometimes she saw Orochimaru's evil face in place of it in the mirror.
The next couple of days lulled by. Sintary and Kazuki often stayed in their room to avoid running into any of Orochimaru's… creations. It was only when Sasuke wasn't training that they actually had any visitors. He would stop by and play with his nephew a bit. After he got sick of it, he would leave abruptly and go to train again. Sintary would never understand his moods, but she did know when he randomly left, Kazuki would get sad.
One day, Sasuke came by the room.
"Orochimaru would like to see you in the dining area, Sintary. I've been instructed to babysit your child." He stated cooly.
"The dining area?" Sintary repeated surprised. "That's unusual."
Sasuke shrugged, just doing as he was told.
Sintary gave Kazuki some loving before she left him in his uncle's care. She made her way to the kitchen. She gently peaked in to see what she was looking forward to when her chest filled with rage instead of air.
Sitting casually across from the snake was the man that had destroyed any chance of a future with Itachi. Danzo was here conversing with Orochimaru as if this wasn't treason!
Sintary silently grabbed a knife from the knife block and raised it behind her head, ready to throw it. Her plan was thwarted by Kabuto, however.
"Uh-uh. I wouldn't do that if I were you." He said grabbing hold of the knife from behind her. "Now, why don't you be a good girl and go introduce yourself." He then shoved her into the room.
The two looked up at her, and Orochimaru smirked.
"Look who finally joined us. I believe you two already know each other." He said enjoying this.
"Yes. The scheming liar who's been playing the village this whole time," Sintary spat. "You're a traitor."
Danzo regarded her with a blank look. "Even if that were true, there's no way you're getting out of here." He told her simply.
"Should we show her the gift you gave me?" Orochimaru asked just gleaming with joy.
"I would like to see her reaction," Danzo commented getting up.
Sintary's eyes narrowed, not liking this at all. They led her through the series of hallways; none she's ever been down. These hallways had strong glass holding their prisoners in place. Only a few were behind this glass walls.
They soon came to stop in front of one.
"My dear Sintary, Danzo has supplied me with the last piece to my puzzle. Soon, I'll have one of the most powerful squads Konoha has ever had at my disposal. It will be modified of course, since I wasn't able to snag Itachi." Orochimaru said before laughing as he stepped aside.
Sintary gasped, covering her mouth in utter horror.
In front of her, behind the glass prison, laid a leaf shinobi. His body battered and broken from more than just a rough mission or training. His skin was ghostly white, and the bruises were ghastly on his frail body. His hazel eyes slowly opened, and she felt tears prick her eyes. His eyes were void of emotions and hope. They appeared lifeless.
She banged a fist on the glass wall and cried, "KOKURO!"
Itachi slowly looked around the dense forest. He had traveled for days to the Sound Village. His illness was slowing him down, weakening him. He had to stop more frequently than he would have liked, but he needed to reserve his strength in case there were any difficulties retrieving his beloved and his child.
He had been in contact with another member, Sasori, who had information on Orochimaru's hideouts. Most of them were dead ends so Itachi was praying this one wasn't.
He studied the supposed opening for a whole day, watching who went in and out to see if it was really used. He saw a nin come out of the hideout; a generic Sound Ninja. Itachi knocked him out easily before taking the man's gear and impersonating him. He copied the shinobi's chakra levels before completing the guise he wore.
Itachi stood above the entrance of the snake hole.
'Sintary, I'm coming for you,' he thought before doing the necessary hand signs and disappearing inside.
His weakened vision made it hard for him to see in the dark now a days, but he couldn't risk activating his Sharingan. Only Sasuke had that down here, and it could set off certain alarms for anyone who saw duplicates.
Itachi cautiously made his way down the hallways that led to an area where there was a pool of chakra. He came to the normal cells that Orochimaru kept prisoners in for experimentation. He looked up and down the cells for Sintary, but couldn't find her. He then continued on his way.
He sensed Sasuke coming from a particular way and decided to head in that direction. He was risking confrontation, but that was only if his little brother saw through his disguise. His chakra was muted to match the level of the shinobi's he was impersonating so he should pass this little test.
The shinobi turned the corner, and immediately spotted the other nin coming from a different hallway. He took in his little brother as he started walking towards him subtly. Sasuke had certainly grown since their last brawl. He could also sense the power emitting from him as well. He clearly wanted people to fear him by displaying all he was worth.
Sasuke, on the other hand, paid no attention to the Sound Ninja approaching him. He stared forward with his hands in his pockets. He had just saw Sintary and Kazuki off to bed, having stuck around for a story.
The two brothers walked right by each other. Two seconds they were next to each other, and that was it. Sasuke didn't stop him or look back at him. Itachi had succeeded so fair.
The older Uchiha turned down the corner the younger had just came from and looked around. There were a series of doors on either side of him. He added a little chakra to his senses to see if he could detect anyone living in the rooms so he didn't have to open any ones he didn't need to.
Majority of those doors were inhabited by any residences. He turned down another hallways and was met with the same fate; although he could sense life in one of the doors.
Itachi headed towards the door swiftly, his heart beating in his ears as he made his rapid approach. He soon stood in front of the door and took a quiet breath. His hands felt unnaturally clammy; as if he was nervous.
He shook his head.
He didn't get nervous.
But what if they did something horrible to his true love?
What if they had made her not love him anymore?
Itachi shook his head again. He was being impractical. He would love her the same, just so long as he saved her from this hell hole.
Taking another breath, he opened the door and peaked inside.
Laying there with his back towards him was a woman with black hair. He closed the door quietly behind him and turned on an oil lamp on dim. All the right features were there. It certainly looked like her in the dark.
Itachi knew one feature that she had acquired though. He looked down at her wrist and saw the scar that she had gotten from the chakra cuff all those years ago.
He sighed relieved.
This was her.
His Sintary was right in front of him.
Itachi then looked beside her and saw a small child curled up next to her. The resemblance was striking. He could easily pick out his features and hers. This was the product of their love…
His heart swelled seeing the two. He was overjoyed he had found them, and that they could be united over all this time.
This was all cut short though.
The compound shook with a burst of chakra… a chakra Itachi knew all too well. But what was he doing here? Itachi wondered. What business did Orochimaru have with his old teammate?
He didn't have much chance to ponder those questions, the explosion had tousled his son and Sintary awake.
"Mommy… there's a creepy man looking at us…" the small boy mumbled shaking his mother.
Sintary groaned, groggily and slowly opened her eyes. She gasped seeing a man staring at her and her son. Immediately she sat up and put her body in front of his own.
"What the hell do you want?" She hissed annoyed.
Itachi stared at her for some time. He had missed the way her face scrunched up when she was angry. He had missed the sound of her voice. He had missed her.
"Sintary." He whispered as his eyes softened.
Her angry resolved softened slightly at the mention of her name. She stared at him a bit longer seeing familiar features.
"Who are you?" She asked cautiously.
He slowly reached up and pulled the hood back and the scarf down.
Sintary stiffened as he heart filled with so many emotions. Her chest began heaving heavily as she stared at him in disbelief.
"Itachi…"
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