Chapter 2
Hope you liked chapter one!!!! Thanks to those who wanted a sequel, I'm glad I can write a sequel but make it BETTER!! yay!
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Sasuke woke to find Sakura sleeping in his arms. He enjoyed the peaceful mornings they had together. No one else to bother them as they-
"Erm...daddy? Are you awake?"
Sasuke raised his head to view his son standing in the doorway.
"Hai Soukai, what's up?" Sasuke asked, stroking his wife's arm.
Soukai blushed. "I...burnt the bed."
Sasuke widened his eyes. He sighed heavily. "Again? You need to stop practising your jutsus in your bed...well...why don't I wake your mother and-"
"It's your turn..." Sakura said tiredly, eyes still closed. "Your turn to change the bed-not mine."
"How do you do that?" Sasuke asked her in annoyance, kicking off the covers and wrapping a dressing gown round him.
"You can't keep avoiding burn beds forever. That's why he asked you..." Sakura yawned as she happily took up Sasuke's side of the bed and sprawled herself over it. "Hm...your pillow smells nice."
"Tsk..." Sasuke said, slightly amused. "It's because you keep lying all over it." He took Soukai's hand and helped him to his bedroom.
Soukai skipped over to his chest of drawers and changed his pyjamas.
Sasuke tiredly began changing the bed, his eyes wanting sleep. Folding the scorched sheets over and tossing them into the hall, he grabbed the pillows.
"They don't need changing," Soukai said.
Sasuke shrugged. "I will do them anyway for you." He raised the pillow and his heart froze. Underneath it was something he would have destroyed himself, had it not happened to be in his son's possession. A lump formed in his throat-one he could not get away. The muscles in his arms seemed to tighten. An old feeling began to return...
"What is it daddy?" Soukai asked, slightly worried.
"Where.did.you.get.that?" Sasuke asked very slowly, his mind riddling with forgotten thoughts.
Soukai stared at the space under his pillow and frowned. "It's my treasure."
Sasuke bit his lip. "Get it out of my sight."
Soukai gazed up at his father with glistening eyes. "It is just a picture..." He grabbed the picture and stared at it. "He looks just like you daddy..."
"No he doesn't, throw it away right now," Saskue ordered, his voice raising.
"Is he your brother or something?" Soukai asked, refusing to take the hint.
"Soukai, it's not your business!" Sasuke shouted, snatching the picture. He was about to destroy the photograph when Soukai snatched it from his hands and ran to the doorway.
"Why won't you tell me anything daddy? This picture is MY treasure, not yours!" Soukai ran off crying to his mother.
Sasuke lowered his head as he punched the wall furiously.
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Soukai ran to his mother and jumped on her sleeping form, burying his head to her chest. Sakura snapped open her eyes and instantly cradled her son in a matter of concern.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked him, sitting up and humming.
Soukai listened to the soothing song his mother was humming. "D-daddy tried to take my treasure."
Sakura gazed at the object in Soukai's hand. A crumpled photograph. "That's..."
"Do you know him?" Soukai asked hopefully. "Daddy tried to destroy it."
Sakura hesitated. "Soukai...you have to get ready for the academy...we'll talk when you get back..."
Soukai nodded sadly as he jumped off the bed and made his way out of the room. Sasuke appeared in the doorway then, his eyes fixed on the object as his son pushed past him.
After some moments, Sakura approached her husband and gave him a smack on the head. "Subtle."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Where did he find it?"
"I don't know. But you can't keep secrets from him, Itachi is his uncle," Sakura told him.
"He's 4, he doesn't need to know," Sasuke answered, folding his arms.
Sakura sighed heavily. "We woke up 10 minutes early..." She leant against him. "Come back to bed."
Sasuke smirked. "Hn..."
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Naruto paced his office. He groaned heavily. Hinata was away in the Hyuuga household, where they now lived dealing with some problems so he was both doing hectic paperwork and looking after his son. The ninja academy was not open for 3 year olds today, as an exam was being held.
"Where is he?" Naruto asked in annoyance, collapsing into the chair. He had not changed much over the 5 years, except now his hair was longer and he was perhaps near identical to the yondaime.
"Wherrize? Wherize?" Harino repeated happily, using a plastic kunai to destroy his father's uneeded paperwork. "Haku-san! Horsee!"
"Yeah, where is your pet horse?" Naruto said in agreement, placing his hands on his hips.
The door to the office opened. "Sorry I am late...I...had to drop Soukai off to school." Sasuke adjusted his collar as he recieved a hug from his pretend "nephew."
"Liar-your hair is a mess, I know what you were doing!" Naruto scolded him.
Sasuke gingerly straightened out his hair. "Why did you call, oh so powerful one?" Sasuke teased him, taking a seat.
"Problems with Otogakure," Naruto replied casually, handing him a large file.
Sasuke began flicking through the pages. "What is this?"
"The last evidence of Orochimaru's lab work. Notes written by Kabuto, excetera," Naruto told him, crossing his arms.
Sasuke caught his name scribbled on one of the pages. He swallowed. "I didn't know about this..."
"They're against you," Naruto said blatantly. "The jonin I sent there months ago to retrieve this evidence-well, let's just say only one returned and are currently undergoing surgery. They want your head Sasuke."
Sasuke shut the file and slammed it on the table. "Why now?"
"You released Orochimaru's prisinors a long time ago. Now, the sound ninja who served under Orochimaru have no power and want to gain revenge. At first, the sound ninja believed you were more powerful and could bring Otogakure into power, but you left them so now they feel Orochimaru should never have died," Naruto explained.
"And why are you telling me this now?" Sasuke asked, his eyes darkening.
Naruto stared at the file. "You're in danger. It's my job to protect you, for your family's sake. That mission I assigned you to is instead being assigned to Sakura."
Sasuke clenched his fists. "You'd rather my wife went into Otogakure than me?"
"They don't know about you two," Naruto answered. "There seems to be a link between this sudden want for you dead and a person..."
"Who?" Sasuke asked.
"Apparently the rebellions are organising themselves, they must be under a new rule. It has been rumoured for some time, which is why Sakura is going to check it out."
"So they have a leader who wants me dead?" Sasuke asked in confusion.
Naruto massaged his temples. "Gah-I don't know what's going on but their formation is changing. They're no longer killing anyone they see-they're cunning. There must be someone telling them what to do." He took a seat on his chair. "There is all this mess with Otogakure right now-I'm sure Sakura didn't want to tell you most of it."
Sasuke shook his head. "No, she missed out the part of them wanting my head."
Naruto nodded. "Well, I'll see what I can do, but for now, you're staying in Konoha." He gave Sasuke the evidence file. "Take that to Sakura, I want her to look through it, see if it can help us."
Sasuke sighed as he took the file. He couldn't possibly allow Sakura to do this mission.
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More commotion. He was growing tired of it. After already taking control of Southern Otogakure, it was the Northern that would be the problem. They were too brutal, even under Orochimaru's rule. Watching the riots as he had done many times this week, he decided to take a step foward. Entering the mob and standing in the middle he waited to gain their attention. Nothing. The screams of angry men rung in his ears-they were not pleased on this frosty morning. Using a hand sign, a huge pulse of chakra was released from his body, sending 50 rioters away from the center of the crowd and knocking them back. The people paused in their actions.
"Hm, how rude of me," the person announced over the dim. "But all this rioting just won't do." He raised his voice so that all could hear. "You may ask, who am I? Why am I here? Your country has lost its reputation-I can help you gain it...anyone willing to challenge me on that one may step up now, if they do so dare..."
One ninja immediately raised his kunai at the arrogant figure but just as he did so-he collapsed to the ground and a green substance began to seep from his mouth. The crowd took a step backwards.
"We are a united country now, gentlemen! We have a chance to prove ourselves once more-so tell me, who is it that you so desirably detest, which has caused such a riot to take place?"
The noise was like cheering bells to the man's ears as he head the word "Sasuke."
"Hm, I shall give him to you and you may have your fun with him and then, we may have our fun of taking over earth, wind, fire and water-does that sound fun to you?"
A positive reply sounded.
"Excellent..."
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Sorry if this chapter was slightly shorter, please review! OMG i just had another idea to add to this story!!!