They went back inside, Sasuke informing the members that they would pay a visit to an old relative. Karin complained, saying how they shouldn't be wasting any more time than they already were.
"If you want to stay, go ahead," Sasuke told her.
Karin became flustered and so looked away, but not before she gave Sora a hateful glance. Sora rolled her eyes. Sasuke and Sora parted; it was a long way but they reached nonetheless fairly early. Her stomach was churning; she feared Renn's reaction upon seeing her. She told Sasuke to wait hidden from view as she knocked on the door. A fair-skinned girl opened it, her dark eyes contorting into confusion.
"Sora!" she squealed, embracing her tightly.
She took a look at her, examining her face or any changes that Sora might have gone through over those past two years.
"What'd I tell you?" Sora said, smirking and pinching her cheek.
Renn invited her in, leaving the door open, and walking her to the sofa. They sat down and stared at each other.
"Did you kill that son-of-a-bitch?" Renn eagerly asked.
"Your vocabulary sure has grown," Sora said, laughing at Renn's choice of words.
Before Sora could reply, Renn noticed her ring and excitedly said, "It's so pretty. Who's the lucky fellow?"
Sora's smile faded and Renn noticed the change. She looked up to the door and saw a shadowy figure. Her face became angered when she recognised his features and so she charged at the man. Sora immediately stood up after.
Sasuke grabbed Renn's wrists and said, "That's no way to treat your brother-in-law."
Renn looked back at her with shocked eyes. "It can't be... Sora, you said..."
"I know what I said. But things have changed."
"...How much?" her voice lowered and her head dropped.
"You can't kill him," Sora said in distaste, "and I bear his child."
Renn struggled with Sasuke, he finally releasing her. She trudged over to Sora and the next thing she did surprised Sora. Renn slapped her so hard she tasted blood in her mouth. Renn's eyes were filled with tears.
"How could you have let him do that to you?" she croaked out.
Sora rubbed her cheek and hugged her. "I'm sorry, Renn. But please don't hate the child. Hate us if you must."
"You're so stupid, Sora," she said in a soft voice, her face buried in Sora's chest.
Sora lacked words to say. She decided it would be better for her not to say anything and just let Renn relieve herself of all the emotions she was feeling at the moment. She sniffed, picking her head up from Sora's chest. She glanced at Sasuke, telling him that he was welcome to sit down. He did so, looking about the room. Sasuke made Sora sit next to him and she complied. Renn clicked her tongue in disgust and shook her head.
The following words that came out of her mouth made Sora shiver, "I guess the caged bird stopped singing."
Sora knew what she meant. She had changed. She was no longer the wild, free-spirited girl that had left her sister at the tender age of four. She had become submissive. Her sister was right. She stopped fighting for her freedom. She stopped using her talent.
"Would you like tea?" Renn asked Sasuke.
"No thanks," he replied.
"I'll get some for you, Sora."
She went to the kitchen and served some tea, pouring it in two cups. She brought out the tray, placing it on the table in front of them. She poured the sugar and stirred it, later offering Sora the cup. She took it, sipping it. Renn prepared hers and sat back down.
"If you thought I was going to poison you, then you're really paranoid," Renn muttered to Sasuke. "After all, I'm going to be an aunt. I wouldn't want my niece to grow up without a father."
She looked at Sora, bitterness still reflected on her eyes. Sora casted her view to the tea and moved her hand in a circular manner. She made her ring clink against the porcelain cup to ease the silence. Sasuke remained quiet throughout the conversation.
"Do you have a name yet?" Renn asked.
"Not yet," she said. "You're welcome to provide any if you like."
"I don't have any," she curtly replied.
"Renn, this must be awkward for you, I know," she began to say.
"No, you don't know. You promised me something and now I won't be able to carry through with it. You said that you'd be back, but not with the same man that took you away from me. How could you betray this family? Mommy and Daddy..."
"Renn! There is no more family. Mom and Dad are dead. We're the next of kin. So deal with it!" she snapped at Renn, her voice quivering at the fact that she was yelling at her little sister.
Renn looked at her with hurt eyes and pressed her lips together. She then parted them, soft words emitting from them, "Why, Sasuke?"
He was taken aback. "I thought she'd be a good mother. I saw how she took care of you."
"Anyone but you!" she spit out. "I don't know your past but do you know how much it hurts to lose a sibling? To be let down by her?"
"I do," Sasuke said. "My brother killed everyone in my clan. He did betray my trust and abandoned me."
Sora was surprised at his willingness to share his past with Renn.
Renn's face portrayed surprise. "Did you ever find him?"
"Yes. And I killed him. That's why I decided to restore the Uchiha clan."
Renn put her hands to her mouth, running into the bathroom. Sora scolded Sasuke, hitting him on the shoulder.
"Look what you've done. Now she'll hate us even more."
Sasuke groaned and stood up, hesitantly walking to the bathroom door. He knocked on it, patiently waiting for Renn to open up. However, she was taking longer than usual. Sora went over to Sasuke and knocked on the door.
"Renn, open up. It's me," she said.
The door creaked open. She peeked inside and found her sister doing the hand signs to perform their Kekkei Genkai. She hummed a different tune than the one Sora usually did and with that, Sasuke couldn't move. She sung him all the way outside, Sasuke trying to budge. Sora followed, a little sceptical of what Renn wanted to do.
"Say now, how about I just stop your breath?" she asked to Sasuke, grinning.
"Renn, don't!" Sora warned her.
"Sora, stay out of this! If you couldn't take care of it, I will," she replied.
Sora was shocked at how confident she was. "Respect your elders," she said.
Renn laughed and then said some words that made Sasuke begin to squirm and grunt. Sora feared that her skills were good enough to actually kill someone with just her voice. She charged at Renn, making her fall out of her trance. But she was immobile once she hit the floor. Sasuke stood normally, also not moving. She pondered for a bit what it could have been. It was the Sharingan! She touched Renn with a strong current of chakra and she jerked up. She was huffing quite hard.
"I can't let him be the father," she cried out.
Sasuke ran to her full-speed with his katana while screaming, "I won't let you get in the way, then."
"Sasuke, no!" Sora shrieked, throwing herself protectively over her sister and shutting her eyes, waiting to feel the stab of his katana.
But nothing came. She fluttered her eyes open and saw Sasuke standing back with his katana in hand, panting and glaring at them. He groaned in frustration and turned away. Sora sighed, checking her sister to make sure she was fine.
She wobbled up from the ground, helping Sora get up too. "I think it's best you both leave," she said.
"I'm sorry, Renn."
"No more apologising. Just inform me when the baby is born." She ran back to the house without saying her farewell and shut the door.
Sora caught up to Sasuke. He turned to her and grabbed her by the shoulders, his eyes piercing into hers. "Don't ever do that," he growled.
"She's my sister," she reasoned.
"I almost killed you." His words were concise.
"I thought that's what you wanted," she remarked.
He lowered his eyes. "Not when the child is still developing inside."
"Treat me like a vessel, why don't you? Take your fucking baby when it's born!"
He lightly tapped on her bruised cheek and she winced. He kissed her with passion, the unexpectedness leaving her no room to breathe.
"I really want to make this work between us," he murmured, grabbing hold of her hands. "Not just for the child...but for us."
"Itachi was gentle and made me feel protected. You don't."
"He didn't want a family. He destroyed the one he had."
"And you think you do? Don't tell me you don't want revenge? That's not healthy for the child."