Emi stepped out of the tent after she felt Madara's chakra leave. She couldn't believe the man for bringing her and their unborn child to a battle. She didn't care for his reasoning, the traveling on its own was dangerous.
"Kichi-sama stay inside." Sasuke told her as she stood next to his sitting form. Emi looked at him annoyed.
"You will not tell me what to do." She hissed at him in an angry tone and looked into the distance.
"Kichi-sama it's not safe for you to be out in the open." Sasuke told her and stood up.
"It isn't safe for me to here in the first place yet here I am." She said with a sigh and looked at him.
"Kichi…" Sasuke started.
"He's not here now, you will call me Emi." She interrupted him, she was fed up of being called by her birth name. She hated it, it was her past, a past that would probably haunt her for the rest of her life.
"Emi-sama please go back inside and stay hidden. Madara-sama will not be happy if you get hurt." Emi sighed as she stepped back inside the tent, she gave up, there was no point in arguing with him. Every Uchiha she has met seem to be too stubborn for their own good.
"Correction, he wouldn't be happy if his child got hurt, he doesn't care for me." She told him as she disappeared inside and Sasuke's eyes widen. He thought they loved each other. Anger started to fill his body, how could he be so naive? He wanted to take her away from this but he didn't know where Zetsu was, he was hard to sense at the best of times. If Zetsu saw him taking Emi away, Madara would be back here in no time and find them or he would have to fight a man who he had no idea of his abilities.
Once the last of the Akatsuki started their assault on Konoha, Tsunade sent a team to the Akatsuki base. She was sure that Madara wouldn't bring Emi close to danger, even if he didn't care about her, he at least cared for his child. If they could get Emi, they could stop Madara. She had sent Kakashi, Naruto and Sakura to get her back. She knew that Emi would need to see her father and Sakura would be able check on her condition. As for Naruto, he and Emi were like brother and sister, he would at least cheer her up and protect her with his life. She knew that Kakashi and Naruto wouldn't give up until they had her back.
The remaining members of Team Seven arrived at the base to find it abandoned.
"Where are they?" Naruto wondered out loud as they searched the base, looking for clues on where they were and how long ago they left.
"He took her to the fight." Kakashi spoke as his heart dropped in realisation. She was out there near the war that was starting up. "We need to search the surrounding area, they properly made camp somewhere nearby and left her there." Kakashi explained. "Sakura, what would her condition be like now?" He asked worried, travelling large distances properly aren't good for her.
"Well, Tsunade said that Emi is around six months pregnant. Walking long distances will be hard for her and cause a lot of pain in her feet. I don't think they could have gone far. Half a days' walk would take all day for Emi because of needing to rest. I doubt they would carried her if they were heartless enough to take her to the battle." Sakura explained and Kakashi nodded.
"We search for any signs of a camp. We need to find her, not only is she my daughter and carrying my grandchild. She could be the only way to stop Madara." Kakashi told them and they started their search.
After a few bored hours of sitting outside Emi's tent and listening to the explosions form the fight a few miles away, Sasuke felt a familiar chakra heading his way. He could hear Emi's soft snoring from the tent. He didn't want her getting excited over this, it might not even be them. He waited till the chakra got closer to recognise it. It was his old team, Team Seven, they must have gone to the base to raid it and found that they weren't there. Sasuke thought about revealing his chakra but did he really want her to go back to Konoha? He weighted up the options, Konoha was a lot better choice than letting her stay with Madara. At least in Konoha she had family and people who really loved her.
As he let his charka reveal itself, Zetsu appeared behind him.
"Sasuke-kun you're letting your control slip." Zetsu warned him. Sasuke jumped and quickly concealed his chakra again. He hoped it was enough for Team Seven to notice. Sasuke quickly apologised and looked behind to see him.
"Do you have a message from Madara-sama?" Sasuke asked as he regained his calm composure.
"No, he sent me to see how Kichi-sama and the child is." Zetsu told him and waited for Sasuke's response.
"She's resting, the journey tired her out. She and the child are fine." Sasuke told him and Zetsu nodded before melting into the ground. Sasuke let out a sigh of relief, Zetsu hadn't picked up on what he was really doing.
As Team Seven ran through the trees, Naruto felt someone's chakra nearby before it quickly disappeared again.
"Kakashi-sensei, did you feel that?" Naruto asked as he ran a little faster to keep up with Kakashi.
"Yes, head in that direction." He ordered and picked up the pace.
Team Seven reached a clearing and stayed hidden the trees. They could see Sasuke sitting in the camp. Naruto went to run out into the clearing when Kakashi held him back. Kakashi wanted to do the same, he wanted to get his daughter back. He wanted to march right up to Sasuke and demand his daughters' whereabouts from him.
"Not yet Naruto, we don't even know if she's here or how many enemies there are." Kakashi told him calmly as he dragged Naruto into more of the undergrowth.
"But Kakashi-sensei what if we don't attack now and more enemies arrive." Naruto protested. Sakura sighed, annoyed with them both. They had a shot at getting their old teammate back too and they were only concerned with Emi.
"Sasuke-kun." They heard a women's voice call, they knew then that Emi was there. They watched as Sasuke stood up and looked inside the tent he was sat outside. He was having a conversation with her before looking through a backpack by the camp fire. Kakashi noticed that the camp seemed to be deserted apart from Emi and Sasuke, he couldn't sense any other chakra signals.
Sasuke got out some food and sighed. He knew that Team Seven where watching but he didn't dare let them know he knew. He went back to the tent and passed Emi the food.
Kakashi decided to make a move. He sent Naruto and Sakura to the other side of the clearing and to stay in the undergrowth until he signalled otherwise. He stepped out of hiding and Sasuke looked at him.
"I was wondering when you would come out of hiding." Sasuke spoke calmly. Emi froze and slowly moved to the opening of the tent. "Emi-sama stay inside." Sasuke warned looking at the tent as he heard her move. She sighed and sat down where she was before.
"Sasuke-kun I just want my daughter back." Kakashi pleaded as he walked towards him. Sasuke smirked slightly. Emi heard her fathers' voice, she wanted to run to him but Sasuke would be able to hold her back. She refused to use her sound jutsu, she didn't know if it could hurt the child or not.
"I'm not stopping you." Sasuke answered as Kakashi slowly got closer. Sasuke moved away from the tent and allowed Kakashi to enter it.
Emi looked up at her father and gasped with a wide smile on her face.
"Dad!" She shouted with happiness as she jumped up to hug him. Kakashi smiled and held her in her arms gently. He looked down and sighed. He was upset that he couldn't save her from Madara until now. They pulled away slowly and he took her hand, gently pulling her out of the tent.
"Sasuke-kun you can come with us too." Kakashi said as Sasuke stood in front of them. Sasuke shook his head and smiled.
"No, my hate will only poison the village." He told them as he stepped forward and kissed Emi's knuckles. "Forgive me Emi-sama." He whispered on her knuckles as his lips touched her skin. Emi smiled.
"You are Sasuke-kun. Please come back to the village, my child may need your guidance one day." Emi told him as he looked up at her. Sasuke smiled again before looking at Kakashi.
"I may come back to the village but not until I am sure the Uchiha curse won't infect the village again." He told them and allowed them to pass. "Go quick, before Zetsu comes back." Kakashi nodded and smiled at his former student.
He picked Emi up in his arms and ran towards Naruto and Sakura.
"Emi-chan!" Naruto cried happily and smiled as he bounced on the spot due to his excitement.
"Why isn't Sasuke-kun coming?" Sakura asked as she looked back at Sasuke who had sat back down outside the tent.
"He's choosing to stay." Kakashi told them and set off back to the village. Sakura looked back at Sasuke with tears in her eyes. She wanted him back but she had tried, everyone close to him had tried and they failed each time. Maybe he would come back in his own time.
They entered the village from the back to avoid Madara from seeing them. Sakura had decided it would be best to take Emi to the hospital after finding out that Emi hadn't seen a doctor since she was two months pregnant.