Hello people. This is my first of hopefully many Naruto fanfics, so please, please please review but don't fame because those are just totally useless.

READ THIS (it will make more sence): I do have to explain one thing before hand. This fic ties in with a really big fic thats still festering in my head and the senerio is that Sakura & Naruto saved Sasuke from himself and convinced him it wasn't worth giving up everything to kill him brother (I really think thats the way it will end up) anyway so Itachi's still alive and Sausake & Sakura and happily together. This is set when everyone is about 26. I think that's it so enjoy.

Oh ya I don't own Naruto but like many I wish I did. ENJOY


It was an uneasy situation for the ninjas of Konoha. All around was an ambiance of unwanted distress. Every ninja, weather off-duty or of assignment was on high alert; all senses attune for any abnormalities. They could not be too careful with him once again within the city limits. Rumors quickly spread of his capture the night before; how he and his comrade, the blue sharky fellow, had been ambushed by two well experienced ANBU squads, too the complete surprise of both parties. Their actual capture was pure luck on the part of the Konoha ninjas. The rumors went on to describe a bloody battle in which no one wished to be a part of.This is how the rumors reached her, in the all to real forms of two dead and all badly wounded. A frantic nurse banging for all she was worth on the wooden door had waked her up very late at night. The younger woman was screaming up a storm when the door was finally slid opened. And it took her another few minutes to calm down enough to be auditable. Luckily, for both of them, all of her over-zealous wailing had not awoken the two small children also asleep inside. They would have to be left alone for a few hours until this emergence was taken care of decided the young mother and heard on with the nurse. What awaited her at the hospital was nothing short of chaos. She jumped in with both feet, as she should do, as she was trained to do.

When it had finally ended, she collapsed into one of the waiting room beaches, happy to be at last off her feet. The adrenaline that had carried her though the last few hours had all drained away. It left her lying on the bench, eyes closed; her whole body relaxed. Then in a split second tense again as she heard footsteps approach. The blond haired man now leaning over her had little in common with the rambunctious boy of their youth. He had grown up physically and mentally in that time. Now in his third year of being Hokage, he looked upon the green eyed women with the utmost respect and warmth.

"You did great tonight, Sakura." She smiled up at him wearily. "I'ld suggest you get home and back to bad"

"Ya, I better," She answered, "I left Haruko and Naota alone in the house. Who knows what disasters they've caused." The young Hokage gave a small snicker at that, himself a father of two. He lent his hand to the medical-nin as she tried to re-steady herself on her feet and together they ambled toward the hospital doors. They had made there way outside before either of them spoke.

"It's ironic, isn't it? We actually catch him now, when Sasuke's on a long term mission." The same idea had crossed her mind. She gave the only answer she had thought of, which wasn't really an answer.

"It's probably for the best. He'ld never except someone else capturing him, but at least this way we have some control." It troubled her how professional she sounded. It was that tone of voice that emerged whenever she had to be sadly right. That was the worst part being right, as she was tonight. If he had been here, the man she married would have vanished in an instant to be quickly replaced by the lonely, cold boy from the past. The simple idea of loosing him again left her breathless and the two ideas prowled around in her head while they walked in silence. As they approached her home she swallowed it down, to be buried in the back of her mind.

As the unpleasant ideas were pushed away an odd question pop into their place. Why had Naruto walked her all the way home? He had his own family to go home to and he knew perfectly well that she could take care of herself. The answer didn't take long to come. When she reached for the door, Naruto reached softly for her arm.

"Sakura, I have a favor to ask." His voice sounded nervous, which was her first indicator. "Your gonna hate me for it, but you're the only one I can trust with it." He paused for a moment. Sakura wished he'ld just ask it, so she could say yes and go back to bed. "I want you to look in on our unwanted guests tomorrow." Her whole body sank. She'ld almost read his mind. "They need medical attention to be of"

"I'll do it, Naruto. You don't have to convince me." She gave him another weary smile and slid open the door.

"Thanks. You really are an amazing medic. You'll even have the old lady beat pretty soon." Sakura answered with a sarcastic laugh and they both stepped inside. A serine silence encompassed them. The home felt so innocent now; its violent past was forgotten for a time, as it was filled once again with little feet. Naruto said his good-byes at the door, eager to get home to his own simple abode. Sakura proceeded to take off her shoes and hang-up her coat. When she turned around to enter the main building, she was surprised to find a little girl standing a little ways down the hall.

"Haruko, what are you doing up?" The trained ninja had of course shown no surprise, but she was rather sure the little girl already knew she had succeeded in sneaking up on her mother. She showed no sigh of knowing though. She just stood there innocently in her pajamas; her long dark hair framed her round face and small shoulders.

"Where did you go?" she asked. Her voice held nothing that a normal child's would. There was no fear, or anger or guilt for being up so late, just curiosity. There would be no answer to her mother's question until one came to her.

"There was an emergence at the hospital, sweetie. I didn't want to wake you." Sakura spoke softly, choosing each word carefully. Her daughter was very observant. There would be no reason for an emergence, just that there was one. And of course she added a sly, but sweet smile. Haruko smiled back, which was a reliving sight for her mother. It didn't happen very often.

"You didn't wake me up. I had another dream and I wanted to tell you. It was different this time." Her voice had changed. It was much more light and childlike now.

"Let's go into the kitchen and you can tell me all about it," said the mother as she reached her daughter and begun to walk her further into the house.

They settled into the kitchen as Haurko thoroughly explained her wakefulness. It started with a dream that had reoccurred several times in the little girls life. But of course this time it had been different. As before she started out running, at night. She was somewhere in the big compound, in the streets. There was again a figure in front of her and again it was only a silhouette. Even though she always knew it was her father, just out of her reach. This time had been the same except, as she ran she noticed that the moon had turned a bight red color. It didn't seem to cause any problems though, so she just ignored it and stayed focused on her target. Tonight she would make it. But as she continued a second silhouette appeared out of a building along the side. It was taller than the first and was moving toward it. As it came very close to the first, it reached out and struck it, forcing it down. Then the first silhouette pulled out a sword and started stabbing at the first. Haruko said she immediately stopped running and just stared. She said it felt odd to watch as someone was murdered and that she also kind of felt scared and worried because the first silhouette was supposed to be her father. The oddest thing of all she said was that he didn't fight back as this man killed him. That was odd because she was sure her father would never be murdered especially without fighting back at all.

"Then I woke up and came to find you," finished the 7-year-old. She looked up at her mother, to find the women staring wide-eyed back at her. They stayed like that for a long moment until Sakura shook herself out of her shock. What worried her most was not the dream itself, but the lack of emotion from her daughter. Any normal child would have been horrified. Haruko said she had been only a little scared and worried and those feelings had obviously not followed her to reality.

"Well, since we've both had such eventful nights, why don't we both get back to bed." Haruko gave a smile and nod to this and gulped down the rest of the milk she'd been working on. Then mother and daughter together ambled further into the house and finally to bed.


Second Chapter will be done as soon as I write it, which might be alittle bit but I promise it will come. In the mean time please review and feel free to point out any convention or grammer mistakes (their not exactly my strong suit) Bye Bye for now. Geospark525