Sakura woke up when she felt mild warmth on her soft cheeks. She sat up and looked around. Her room was as dull as ever. A table, a dresser, a closet, Sasuke... Sasuke? She blinked a few times to make sure that her vision was alright and found that it was the real guy. It wasn't a dream.

Sasuke felt uncomfortable at her confused stare and frowned. "Are you going to stare at me the whole day?" he asked irritatedly.

Sakura snapped out of her daze and shook her head. "Sorry..." she mumbled, "I thought you left." She picked up her brush and started to comb her hair.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "I thought you had more faith in me than that."

"Hiya!" Hikaru shouted and lunged at Sasuke from out of nowhere with a kunai, "Get away from my mom!"

Sakura gasped. "Hikaru!" she yelped, "No, don't!"

Sasuke just had an emotionless expression on his face and calmly blocked the attack by grasping the boy's hand. "You again?" he asked, "Haven't you learned your lesson from last time?" He began to twist Hikaru's arm and brought him to his knees.

Hikaru grunted in pain. "What are you doing here?" he hissed.

"Sasuke, stop it!" Sakura pleaded, "You're hurting him!"

Hikaru was shocked. "Mom? You know this guy?"

Sasuke just smirked and released him. "He should've been able to handle such pain if he was truly my son, Sakura. An Uchiha thrives in it." His smirk widened when he saw Hikaru's face turn ghost pale.

"You're my father?" Hikaru asked, ignoring the Uchiha remark. He stood up and leaned on the wall, trying to register everything that was going on in his mind. "But...You...Mom...What?" He then remembered the Forest of Death. "The resemblance!"

Sakura looked down at the floor. "I'm sorry I never told you about your father, Hiakru," she said, "I just didn't think it safe if you knew."

"What do you mean by that?" Hikaru asked angrily.

Sasuke turned away as he muttered, "I was a missing nin...and a student of Orochimaru many years ago. I guess your mother didn't want you to have the same destiny as I did." He glared at his son. "I had a very rough life. Be thankful that yours has gone smoother."

Hikaru glared back. "I can't believe you had me and Haruka with this guy!" he spat at Sakura, "He's the worst influence ever! What were you doing back then? Playing?" He then slipped out a very harsh, "You slut!"

Sakura gasped as tears fell from her eyes and ran down her cheeks.

Sasuke heard every word and rewarded Hikaru with a punch in the face. "Don't you DARE talk to your mother that way!" he growled, "She raised you and your sister by herself and struggled everyday just to keep you two alive! How ungrateful are you?"

Hikaru fell to the floor and wiped some blood from the corner of his mouth. He glared at Sasuke, but then quickly looked away, trying to hide the small tears trickling down his pale cheeks.

"Mom, I'm home!" Haruka cheered as she entered Sakura's bedroom. The scene in front of her made her gasp and tremble. "W-what's going on in here?"

"Meet our father," Hikaru said grudgingly. He pointed at Sasuke and then stood up.

"You?" Haruka squeaked, "You're our dad?" She then smiled and hugged the Uchiha. "This is so cool! I knew mom had good taste!" She giggled.

Sakura wiped her damp eyes and sniveled. "Thanks..." she whispered, a blush tinted on her cheeks, "But...Haruka, you've met Sasuke before?"

Haruka looked up at the man, her eyes asking his permission. He nodded. "Yeah, I did," she said happily, "It was the night when I came home late and that you got mad at me. He said not to tell ANYONE about him 'cause he was a visiting friend of yours."

"Did he now?" Sakura asked, giving Sasuke a slight glare, "Visiting friend indeed."

"Why are you so happy?" Hikaru shouted at his sister, "This MAN betrayed Konoha many years ago and was under the wing of Orochimaru! Can't you feel the shame, Haruka?"

Total silence. It seemed as though that the slightest noise would set Hikaru on fire and burn down everything.

"Hn," Sasuke simply huffed.

Haruka slowly pulled away and stood next to her brother. "Is that true?" she asked Sasuke.

Sasuke nodded.

Haruka gulped as she held back tears. "A-a shinobi shows no emotions..." she mumbled, her voice shaky, "No matter what the situation is." She tucked a few strands of hair behind her ear, "I will do exactly that. I accept the fact that I am your child... I feel no pain." She bowed politely and left.

Hikaru wiped his damp eyes with his sleeves. "I'm with Haruka," he muttered, "I also accept the fact that I am the child of a traitor... I feel no pain in that." He glared at his parents and left also.

Sasuke felt his heart drop, yet his face remained neutral. "That went well," he grumbled sarcastically.

"I was worried that this would happen," Sakura whispered, "They need to get used to your story. They don't even know what clan they belong in...and how important it is." She smiled. "They'll accept you, Sasuke. I just know it."

Sasuke smirked. "I agree with you. But when will they?"

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Hikaru stepped out into the backyard and found Haruka on her swing with her head down. "A shinobi shows no emotions no matter what the situation is," he repeated the phrase, "Pft! Give me a break! Where did that come from?"

Haruka stopped swinging and murmured dangerously, "I learned it at the Academy." She turned around to face him. "Didn't you?"

Hikaru was surprised that his sister's face remained emotionless...just as she promised. "Yeah, I did," he replied and sat down on the grass. "I just can't believe mom would ever... Ugh!"

Haruka didn't smile, but looked up at the cloudless sky. "I can't believe it either. But, you have to understand. They were probably young and...you know... Those things happened."

"So you mean we were just an accident?" Hikaru asked, his tone cold and deadly.

"No," Sasuke's deep voice piped, "You two WEREN'T an accident." He stepped out from behind the tree and glared at the two. "It was intentional."

"Eavesdropping!" Hikaru hissed, "Just what a bastard would do!"

"Watch your mouth, Hikaru!" Haruka scolded, surprising the teenager, "Let's hear what 'dad' has to say." When she felt her brother's aura ease, she said, "Continue."

"You two are VERY important children," Sasuke stated, "You are both of Uchiha blood...my blood."

"We're Uchihas?" Haruka asked, stunned, "The clan that was famous throughout Konoha?" She gasped. "Too cool!"

Hikaru huffed, "So you used mom as a 'baby-giving machine'? You're just plain sick!"

Sasuke held himself back from punching his fowl-mouthed son for the second time that day. "I would never do such a thing," he said through gritted teeth, "I loved your mother very much... But I was forced to leave her and the village after my return many years ago." For the next few minutes, he explained the story of what happened to him and received shocked looks from his children. "Do you understand my situation now?"

Haruka couldn't help herself. She lunged at Sasuke with open arms and embraced him, tears streaming down her face. "I'm so glad you're our father!" she cried, "We're sorry for being so cold and rude!" She felt even more happier when she felt him return her hug.

Sasuke remained calm, surprised at his reaction. He looked up at Hikaru and received a 'smile'. "I'm glad that I'm no longer scorned by you two," he mumbled, "It hurts to have me see my children glare at me all the time and turn away."

"So what are you gonna do?" Hikaru asked all of a sudden, "You can't remember your feelings for mom...and you hardly even aknowledge us as your own."

Sasuke smirked, "I know exactly what I'm going to do."

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Sorry it took me such a long time to update. I was sulking in the last two days cuz my freakin' teacher gave me a '0' on my math test for starting it early and I lost the paper that I was supposed to turn in for P.E class. If anyone lost that paper, they'd get an automatic 'F'. But things turned upwards later on, cuz I found the paper and I can make up for the test so I was able to update. Yay!