Sakura slowly folds her arms across her chest and waits for the explanation that she hopes is a good one. She loves Kon, and she would hate to have to kill him.

"Mother, Dad-El left me a note too."

Sakura holds out her hand, expecting the letter to be placed in her hand immediately for inspection. With a sigh, Kon says, "It said not to let you see it."

Sakura, while married to Kal, had to learn the fine art of patience. It has never been her strong point, but she likes to think that after five years of being married to Kal she has gotten better at it. However, at that moment she doubts it.

"What do you mean he said not to let me see it? Why the hell would Kal tell me to go to the Fortress and cut off my means of accessing it? Do you understand why this is a problem Kon-El?" Kon flinches, and Sakura knows it's because she said his full name. Most times the usage of his full name means she is about to make it rain hellfire and damnation. "I can't make it there on my own…well, I probably could but that would take quite a long time and time is not something I have. I am pretty sure that Kal left a message for me at the Fortress and if you cannot give me an alternate way to get there, then you will be taking me there. Is that understood?"

"I have an alternate way."

Sakura blinks not expecting that piece of information at all. Her ire cools a little.

"Alright," Sakura places her hands on her hips, "what is this alternate way?"

Kon then tells Sakura his brilliant plan, and then he runs. Which is a good strategy because Sakura would have pulled Kryptonite out of thin air and killed him for his foolhardy suggestion.

A foolhardy suggestion that she would have to take since Kon doesn't appear hours later as she expects. In fact, Kon disappears for days. She suspects he will stay away until she takes his suggestion. If Kal were around, she'd give him a piece of her mind for his high-handed tactics.

Sakura doesn't have friends…well, she doesn't have friends that aren't villains of the Justice League. Catwoman is an acquaintance, and Pamela Isley respects her after she used a jutsu she had learned from Yamato to restore part of a forest. Kal didn't particularly like it for some reason when she developed a fondness for Harley Quinn, so she limited their association out of respect for Kal. And Talia al Ghul…well, they were friends until Sakura decides she is going to kill Batman. That decision dissolved their friendship. And even with all of that, she can never take any of them to the Fortress. It was Kal's safe haven, and he barely trusted Kon and Kara with its location. Sakura can never conceive of telling someone else.

Clark Kent, also known as Superman, isn't that hard to track down. In fact, it is surprisingly easy given who he is. Sakura can argue that hiding in plain sight is a good tactic, but most of her feels like he is putting Kal's body in danger and it makes her angry. So before she knocks on his door, she centers her mind and focuses on her purpose, not her distaste, and certainly not her anger.

Sakura knocks on the door.

It doesn't take her long to receive an answer, and when she does, it isn't Clark Kent that Sakura sees. Rather it's a leggy brunette who recognizes her on sight. Unfortunately for Sakura, she recognizes her as well.

Sakura pastes a thin fake smile on her face on her lips that is met with a curl of the lips that is more a sneer than a smile by Lois Lane.

"What a pleasure it is to finally meet you, Ms. Lane."

"I wish I could say the same." Sakura manages to keep her eye from twitching. She does not like Lois Lane for so many reasons she can write a book about them. Although Sakura will admit that most of the reasons have to do with jealousy. Kal told her that before he became the Dictator that as Superman he had romantic entanglements with this woman. He would have made her his Queen, but she refused it and tried to appeal to his 'good side.' She was also the only person who could report anything good or bad about the Dictator and not have to fear for her life.

"Kent; you have a visitor." Lois then pushes by her but pauses on her way out. "I know you're not the goody two shoes you pretend to be Sakura-El."

"Good." Sakura's fingers twitch using a jutsu to ensure her next words remain for Lois' ears only. "Then you aren't quite as stupid as you look." And with a dismissive gesture of her hand, Sakura enters Clark's apartment and firmly closes the door behind her to find Clark Kent staring at her stunned. Sakura regards him for a long moment waiting to see if he were seconds away from throwing her out on her ear (or at least attempting to.) When he makes no move in that direction, Sakura walks inside his home and looks around silently appraising.

She notes that his home is similar to hers in its simplicity. In a sense, she didn't disapprove, but it is just another nail in the coffin stating that Kal is gone. She moves past Kent and settles herself on his sofa, legs crossed at the ankle, back straight, and eyes calm. He moves to sit across from her reminiscent of a time earlier in their acquaintance.

"Are you here to continue the interview?" Kent finally ventures.

"Mr. Kent I'd like to make a compromise."

"How so?"

"You came to me before seeking assistance. Is that something you still require?"

"I-um, yes."

Sakura nods. "I need assistance as well. In exchange for your help, I'm willing to provide my own."

It is then that Superman starts to grow cautious. "What is it that you want?" Sakura feels her lips twitch because he should have been suspicious the moment she showed up at his door. Sakura is starting to believe that Superman is a bit naïve.

"I have your word that the nature of visit stays between the two of us?"

"If you are doing something illegal…"

"Define illegal," Sakura demands because she doesn't know the status of Kon's potential safety within the world. After Kal's death, everyone has been focused on her—especially since Kara and Kon were off planet at the time of his death. Sakura silently thought that was part of the Batman's plan in the first place. He had no desire to take on Kal, Kara, Kon, and her (although she is sure Batman didn't know then that she was even a contender). It wouldn't have ended well for him.

Kon acted of his own free will 'unlike Kal' who was 'under the influence' of a newly found Kryptonite. Sakura barely manages to keep from rolling her eyes at that. She learns later that Kal's state of mind is the result of exposure to a particular kind of Kryptonite on a mission with the Justice League. Unlike other forms of Kryptonite, the effects did not wear off once he was a safe distance away from it. No…to reverse the effects required something else. Sakura forces her mind not to go back to that day and focus on her son.

Kon hadn't done much to the general populace, he had done some, and that was enough. Enough for her to worry about his safety in this world. She will send him back to Kara if she thinks for a second that he isn't safe. She doesn't know how she will do it but come hell or high water she will manage it.

There is a long moment of silence where the two look at each other weighing the pros and cons of the conversation.

"Have you done anything to cause harm to someone?"

"No."

"Then whatever you say will remain between us."

"And do I have your word on that?"

"I'm not the type of man to make an offer if I'm not willing to uphold my end of the deal."

Sakura shrugs. "You'll have to forgive me, Mr. Kent," he flinches for some reason that Sakura doesn't understand. "I don't have many dealings with people whose word means anything." Sakura pointedly doesn't say present company included.

"I mean what I say." Sakura can't say why but for some reason she trusts him. So with a small sigh, Sakura relents.

"My son came home recently."

"You have a son!"

Superman screeches like a scandalized virgin. Sakura's lips twitch. "I'm sure in your research of my life you've heard of Kon-El."

Kon, the genetically engineered clone of Superman. Kon who was held captive and manipulated by Cadmus, the same organization that had tortured her for a year. Kal had wanted to destroy the group before merely because she wanted to, but with the discovery of Kon…if Sakura didn't have a silver tongue she developed one then. Sakura and Kal had been unable to conceive, and Sakura had been more than willing to take the boy as her own. In the future, Sakura thought it was entirely possible for them to develop a child that they could raise from infancy with both their DNA. As much as she wanted Cadmus destroyed, back then, they were worth keeping around for that one fact.

Kent clears his throat. "I hardly think—"

Sakura cuts off his words before he says something she will make him regret. "He came home, and he brought me a letter from Kal that he wrote before his death." That makes Kent's mouth snap shut. "Because of that letter, I think it would best if I make sure that my husband hasn't done anything…unfortunate. So I need you to take me to the Fortress."

Sakura stares at Clark's face that is like an open book and can only think two things:

He knows.

and

Oh, Kal. You're such a troublemaker.