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Come What May

[Demons]

I want to hide the truth, I want to shelter you

But with the beast inside, there's nowhere we can hide

No matter what we breed

We still are made of greed

This is my kingdom come

~Demons by Imagine Dragons

Akane peered into her father's office, wondering if she should let him know she was there or to just leave him alone.

"What is it Akane?"

She jumped when he suddenly spoke- unaware that she had been spotted. "Nothing daddy…"

Sasuke looked up from his papers to gaze at his little girl, his heart warming. "Are you hungry? It's almost lunch time."

Akane nodded happily. "Can you make grilled cheese?"

Sasuke had to keep from rolling his eyes. Every weekend Akane wanted grilled cheese for lunch. "Sure." He went to the kitchen and began making their lunch.

"Daddy," Akane called softly from her seat at the kitchen counter. "Where did mommy go?" she fidgeted with the hem of her skirt. "I know that she left me…but do you know where she went?"

Sasuke paused, slightly shocked at what she had just asked. She had asked when she was three, but he didn't expect her to ask again. "I don't know where she went honestly. Maybe back to the town her parents live in or maybe she moved to another city."

"Why didn't she want me?"

Sasuke sighed, not wanting be give her the shallow answer. He didn't answer for a few minutes, finishing up the grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup- placing it in front of her. "She didn't want to be responsible for you. She wanted to put you up for adoption, but I wouldn't let her." He moved a few pieces of wavy hair out of her face. "I could never do that to you."

A small smile graced the little girl's face. "Thanks daddy."

"Don't thank me. I'm glad I have the chance to raise you."

The two were silence while they ate, before Akane piped up with one more question that had buzzing around in her mind. "What was her name?"

It took a lot of will power not to put a curse word in front of her name, but he managed to calmly state: "Karin."

How did everything go to hell so quick? One moment he was on patrol around the fort, the next he was on his back gasping for air- gun fire all around him, soldiers shouting orders.

"Come on Uzumaki, no time to get shell shocked."

Naruto was hoisted up to his feet and steered into the direction of the battle, gun clutched in his hands. "Kakashi what's happening?"

"Isn't it obvious? We're being attacked."

Naruto found himself running, dodging gun fire the best he could. He had always been fast, but after getting the wind knocked out of him he felt slow. Concentrate, Naruto! He locked onto his target, looking down his sight, and pulling the trigger- shoulder shot. The enemy crumbled to the ground, letting out a string of curse words. Sorry, but I have to get back to home to my wife.

The ambush seemed to go on for hours, but in reality it only lasted about ten minutes. Naruto, suffering a few cuts and bruises, made quick work of finding those who were severely injured and helped them back to base.

"How are you holding up Uzumaki?" Second Captain Yamato asked, making his rounds through the crowded infirmary.

"I'm fine," He replied, wrapping up arm with white bandage. "Do you need me for something?"

"I'm sending you on a recon mission with Second Captain Neji Hyuuga, Sai, and Shikamaru Nara," He replied. "You leave tomorrow morning."

Naruto stood up to salute his superior. "Yes sir!"

Around 5 in the morning the four men were sent out into enemy territory- looking for traps, enemy base camps- anything that would help them keep their base safe and win this drawn out war. They walked through the sand for hours and didn't take a break until they arrived at the forest that the enemy was most likely hiding in.

"We've got a few hours walk before we find anything interesting," Shikamaru stated as he looked at his map. "If the intel we have is correct their main basses are here, here, and here." He took out a black sharpie and circled the areas of interest.

"What if they've moved?" Naruto questioned, staring at the map.

"That's the problem," Neji replied, also surveying the map. "We obviously need to be on guard at all the time, but we need to make sure they are still in one place. That way it's easier to make a direct attack."

"Sounds interesting," Sai commented with his easy, but fake smile on his pale face.

"Let's go, we're wasting day light," Neji said.

Naruto stood up from his crouched position, stretching his arms. "It's only like ten in the morning."

"Am I hearing insubordination, Uzumaki?"

"No, sir!" When Neji's back was turned Naruto smirked, he loved getting under Neji's skin.

Just as Naruto was readying his gun, everything went to hell again in a blink of an eye. Smoke filled the air, making his eyes and lungs burn. He heard Neji shouting something, but wasn't sure what it was. He heard someone fall to the ground. Lastly, he felt someone tackle him to the ground and put something over his head. He tried to reach for the pistol on his waist, but found his hands tied.

"This is squad three requesting back-" Neji's call over help over the radio was cut off. By what, Naruto wasn't sure. He had heard no gun shots, which was good, but there were other weapons used in war as well.

"Let me go now, dammit!" Naruto shouted, finding his voice again. He struggled and struggled, but found it was useless. He was carelessly dragged and throw into the back of what he guessed was a truck. He felt two more bodies get thrown beside him before the truck sped off. Clutching his hands in anger the question that ran through his mind was: who was left behind?

She hadn't heard from him in two weeks. It was going on a month and a half since his departure and knew he was busy; but she still missed the sound of his voice. She missed being held at night; she missed having someone to eat dinner with; she missed not being scared when she turned on the news.

"Sakura, do you work at the hospital tonight?" Hinata questioned, looking at her tired friend.

"No, thank God," Sakura replied, tying her hair in a messy bun. "Ever since we hired more nurses I've been able to get more days off."

"That's good!" Hinata said. "You've looked really tired lately. Are you sleeping well?"

Sakura shrugged. "As well as I can I guess. I've been really…slow I guess you could say. My body just feels weak sometimes."

Hinata looked at her with concern. "Are you eating regularly?"

"Yeah, I eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner so I don't know."

"Sakura, you don't think you're…you know…"

Sakura looked at her curiously. "Huh?"

"Pregnant?"

A chill went through Sakura's body. She never even thought of that as a possibility. "I don't think so. I really think I'm just stressed out."

"You should still take a test just to be sure though," Hinata replied.

"Y-yeah," Sakura said numbly. She loved babies, and she wanted kids of her own, but not now. Not when she was working two jobs with no husband to help her right now. She thought back to the last time she had sex with Naruto. Thinking about it, the symptoms could show up around this time, but Sakura would stay in denial until she knew for sure. She wasn't ready for a child, not when she was barley taking care of herself.

Author's Corner:

~So we found out who Akane's mother is and how the battlefield is treating Naruto

~Hmm..I wonder if Sakura is pregnant or not...hmmm