Chapter Seven: An Unknown Relative

"Akemi, I'm gonna clean up the mess Emi made, you can go pick them up while I clean up," Sasuke suggested as he and Akemi entered the house.

"N-no, it's ok-kay, I wanna clean the mess-mess up!" Akemi said adjusting her breathing.

"You sure?" Sasuke asked, he was trying to be more sensitive, it wasn't easy.

Akemi nodded an got a mop and a few other cleaning devices and rushed up the stairs to clean the mess up. Sasuke, couldn't get any of the memories he had just seen out of his head, especially Akemi's memory. He shook his head and headed towards the twin's school. He was honestly thinking about returning to Konoha, since he wanted to enroll his children in the ninja school. As he headed to the school, he couldn't help but remember what Emi had said in her sleep, "Hiroko-sensei can you be my Kaa-san?"

The words echoed hollowly in Sasuke's mind. Just what was so special about this Hiroko that made Emi want her as a mother? Sasuke was determined to find an answer, and he would find one.

Meanwhile with Sora and Emi, Sora was performing on the guitar, really well. He looked so cute, Sakura was smiling at him proud. That's when she pictured an image of Sasuke with a guitar and a light pink became visible. Emi was too young to notice and Sora was too busy playing guitar. "Oh, it's almost time for you guys to go," Sakura sad sadly.

"Awwww," the twins whined.

"But before you go I have a little secret to tell you, okay," Sakura told them eagerly.

"Nani? Hiroko-sensei?" Emi said.

"You have to promise me you won't tell anyone, not even your father okay," Sakura made them promise.

"We promise!" They said cheerfully.

"Will you tell you father?"

"Nope!" They told her.

"Okay, my name isn't really Hiroko," Sakura was cut off with "It's not?"

"No it isn't Sora, it's Haruno, Sakura,"

"Sakura, what a pretty name, we can't tell dad right?" Emi asked.

"No I'm sorry Emi, you can't tell anyone, or else I'll be fired from my job," Sakura hated lying to them, but it was partially true.

"Okay, it's between us three, Hiroko- I mean Sakura-sensei!" Emi said quietly.

"I can keep the secret, I'm worried Emi might not be able to, she tells auntie everything!" Sora complained.

"I can keep the secret too!" Emi whisper yelled.

Just then footsteps were heard. Sakura's eyes opened wide, "okay Sora, Emi, sionara."

"Sionara! Hiroko-sensei!" They said in union before running out the door. "Koneishiwa Tou-san!"

"Koneichiwa, can you wait for me outside, I need to talk to Hiroko-sensei," Sasuke asked them.

"HAI!"

Sakura quickly did the transformation jutsu. Sasuke knocked before entering. "K-koneichiwa, Uchiha-san!" Sakura said nervously.

"Koneichiwa," he replied, "I have a feeling that you are hiding something from me."

"What do you mean?" Sakura said managing to avoid stuttering.

"What have you really been doing with Sora and Emi?" Sasuke interrogated.

"I've been teaching them guitar and violin," Sakura replied honestly.

"I don't believe that, if that's all you've been doing then why is Emi dreaming of you?" Sasuke continued to interrogate.

"She dreamt of me?" Sakura's eyes went wide.

"Are you a ninja?" Sasuke asked out of no where.

"N-nani?" Sakura asked, she couldn't let him find out who she was.

"By the way you are stuttering, I can tell that you are, what are you doing to my children?" Sasuke continued to ask.

"N-nothing I swear!" Sakura said, she had to pretend she was weak to hide her identity.

"Lies."

"I'm not lying!" Sakura bit back, pretending to look scared.

"I don't buy that!" Sasuke said.

"ANIKI!" Akemi dashed into the room.

"Akemi, what's wrong?" Sasuke turned around.

"Huh, where are Sora and Emi?" Akemi asked looking around.

"They should be at the front of the building," Sasuke told her.

"Well they're not there, and they're not at home, they don't have calligraphy today right?" Akemi asked worried.

Sasuke's eyes went wide, before he dashed at top speed out of the room, leaving Akemi alone with Sakura. "That was close eh Sakura-chan?" Akemi asked.

"Yes, but what's wrong with the twins?" Sakura asked poofing back into herself.

"I don't know, but if anyone tried to mess with them, they're dead," Akemi said her tone deadly tone.

~X~X~X~X~X~

The twins ran out of the building to find a man that looked a lot like their father. Sora and Emi stared at him blinking once, twice. That's when Itachi, the man, noticed them, and noticed the Uchiha clan mark stitched into the dress. When he looked at Sora he felt like he had gone back in time to when he and Sasuke were kids. There was one thing different this time though, his eyes, they were green. "Koneichiwa," Itachi greeted them in a friendly tone.

Sora and Emi had been taught not to talk to strangers, he was definitely a stranger. When Itachi got no reply he sighed and told them, "I'm tou-san's brother, Uchiha, Itachi."

"Tou-san never told us he had a brother, how do we know you're telling the truth?" Sora asked, he was sharp, his father and auntie had taught him and his sister to be careful and always suspect people they hadn't heard of before.

"Oh, you're sharp for your age gaki," Itachi commented before knocking him and his sister out, "but I'm sure Sasuke thought you were too young to be taught self defense."

Itachi picked up the two unconscious twins and headed towards the woods, where he just barely dodged a fist. "Ah Naruto-kun, what would you be doing here?"

"Where do you think you're going with teme's kids teme?" Naruto spat at Itachi.

"Nothing," Itachi replied calmly.

"Don't screw with me!" Naruto said throwing another punch at Itachi, who dodged and ran into the vast forest, with Naruto on his tail. Six seconds after Naruto and Itachi disappeared Akemi walked up to the school and panicked dashed in.

Sasuke materialized outside of the school and saw very light foot prints leading to the forest. He didn't usually feel fear, but he was struck with fear of what had happened to his children. He dashed in the direction of the light and barely visible trail of prints. Akemi then dashed outside of the school and saw a dust trail and immediately followed it.

Naruto had a bunch of bunshins surrounding Itachi and travleling around him. "What do you want with two innocent children? Huh? Do you want to kill them you damn bastard?" Naruto finally landed a chakra filled blow on Itachi, causing him to lose balance on his next landing, giving Naruto the opportunity to grab the twins and dash away. Itachi wasn't gonna let him go that easily though. He chased after Naruto, going deeper and deeper into the forest, when Naruto took a sharp right, Itachi was surprised by the sudden change of direction and got a kick in the stomach from one the bunshins, send him flying backwards, only to get punched in the back. "Itachi?" Sasuke asked eyes wide, his tone ominous. "What are you doing here?"

Just then Akemi dashed past, catching a glance of Itachi, her eyes widening because of shock, she stopped and looked around seeing one of Naruto's bunshins, she smiled in relief and followed it, trying to catch up to the real Naruto.

"Visiting," Itachi said smirking.

"Hmph, that's not true," Sasuke grunted.

"On the contrary, my foolish little brother, I came here as soon as I found out you were here with my niece and nephew," Itachi replied.

"Who told you of my location?" Sasuke asked furious.

"That's not what is important right now brother," Itachi replied.

"Then what is?" Sasuke asked.

"The future of the Uchiha clan."

"Why would that be important to you?"

"Because I don't wish for the Uchiha clan to die out," Itachi replied.

"Oh really? If you don't then why did you kill the whole clan?" Sasuke asked activating his sharingan.

"I think we should stop hating and detesting each other, brother, I don't want to kill you and leave those poor children without any parents now do I?" Itachi smirked.

"You expect me to forgive you just like that?" Sasuke snapped.

"Yes."

Sasuke's right eye twitched as he narrowed his eyes, "I won't."

"Then die, but before I kill you, who's the mother?" Itachi asked, his smirk growing.

"Why do you care?" Sasuke glared at him.

"I don't."

"I didn't think so."

"Brother, I don't want to fight you anymore."

"Then you shouldn't have made me an avenger, you're the reason my life has been destroyed."

"True, but that only makes it easier for you to forgive me," Itachi replied.

"Baaaka," Akemi's voice rang out as she hit the back of Itachi's head before, poofing.

"A replication? When did she leave that here?" Itachi asked.

"Oh Akemi, she's full of surprises, that's what makes her unique," Sasuke replied as though he was used to seeing this all the time.

Now when he thought about it, he had fallen for that trick multiple times. "BAKA! BAKA! BAAAAKA! Baaaka! Baka! Baaaka-sama! Baka-sama! Baaaakaa! Antawa Baka." Sasuke smiled at the number of times she had managed to hit him like that, each time she would say baka.

"Aww I didn't know you would ever really compliment me!" Akemi said stepping out from behind a tree.

"Shouldn't you be following Emi and Sora?" Sasuke asked his jaw hitting the ground.

"No, they're in safe hands, no need to do that, when my two cousins are about to have a battle royal," Akemi said pulling out a bowl of popcorn.

"I must agree, she is full of surprises," Itachi agreed eyeing her wearily.

"Now, Itachi-san, do you really wanna get on even terms with Sasuke, or do you still want him to commit homicide?" Akemi asked throwing a handful of popcorn into her mouth.

"Don't tell me you honestly believe he's sorry," Sasuke groaned.

"I never said that," Akemi folded her arms, opening her eyes revealing their deep purple hue, "but it Itachi-san seems to truly want to get along with you."

"How do you know?" Sasuke then looked to her eyes, and then back to Itachi.

"Why are you going against my brother?" Itachi asked looking her straight in the eyes.

"Because, your intentions are pure, I see that clearly," Akemi said.

"Oh so you trust me?" Itachi asked, thinking she was naïve.

"Nope."

"Then how can you assume my intentions are pure?"

"I'm not assuming anything," Akemi retorted, "I would suggest you learn more about me before you start thinking I am naïve."

"Can you read my mind?" Itachi asked suspiciously.

"Who knows?" Akemi shrugged before quickly performing a large number of seals.

With that she began her most treacherous and evil jutsu, they would see one another's memories, and they would feel each other's pains, and she would eat popcorn.

~X~X~X~X~X~

"Who are you?" Sora asked frightened.

"It's okay, I'm your father's old team mate," Naruto spoke kindly and in a reassuring way, "my name is Uzumaki, Naruto."

"Naruto? That sounds familiar," Emi said trying to remember where she had heard that name before, "Ah! Auntie would mention you every once in a while!"

"Tou-san told us that you thought he was like your brother, I guess we can trust you," Sora said.

"Yes, you can, so hmmm, wait here," Naruto ordered the two to stay in front of the house.

Naruto went to the camp he had set up a month ago and searched his pack for the picture of team 7; he had carried with him for luck. "Aha!" Naruto exclaimed as he pulled it out of his pack.

"I'm back! Here look at this, Naruto handed them the picture.

"You and tou-san look like you hate each other," Emi said scrutinizing the image.

"Eh-hehehe, well he is my rival!" Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Rival?" Emi asked.

"And friend," Naruto added.

The twin's eyes went wide as they noticed the pink haired female in the picture. "What's Hiroko-sensei doing in this picture?" Emi pointed to Sakura.

"Umm, well her name isn't really Hiroko-,"

"We know her name is Sakura, but Emi was just pretending she didn't know her real name," Sora explained.

"So tou-san met Sakura-sensei before we went to school?" Emi asked.

"Yep!" Naruto said.

"Where was this?" Sora asked.

"Oh, we were in Konoha back then," Naruto grinned at them.

Emi took a small bundle of the hair that was streaked and compared their pinkish tint, to the pink hair in the picture, funny they matched. "Hey your hair and Sakura-sensei's hair are the same color," Sora pointed out.

'I hope they don't figure out that Sakura-chan is their mother!' Naruto panicked regretting that he ever showed them the picture. "Okay, now can you give it me please?" Naruto asked them kindly.

Sora handed him the picture. Naruto took it and quickly ran to his camp and put it in his bag and ran back to the twins. He opened the door and they took their shoes off before entering. "Can you tell us stories about when daddy was ninja on your team? Onegai?" Emi asked eagerly.

"Sure!" Naruto said before he started talking about his school days with Sasuke.

~X~X~X~X~X~

'What is this jutsu?' Itachi thought.

Itachi stood in the center of swirling colors, with Sasuke standing in front of him. Then a small area of the swirling colors became black, then the murder of Shisui Uchiha became visible. The two Uchihas watched this, Itachi tried to look away, but no matter where you looked, you would see the murder take place. The scene changed, it was the scene of the Uchiha massacre. They both tried to look away, but no matter where they looked, they couldn't run away from the treacherous sight. Sasuke screamed, his screams bouncing off the walls of the bubble they were trapped in. Itachi looked at his brother, feeling even more guilt about killing the clan.

The next scene was something that Sasuke would like to keep private. But in this bubble he was in, nothing was secret, everything was public. "I love more than anything!"

"It's just as I thought you're still annoying."

Itachi's eyes widened as he watched the scene play out in front of him. The next scene was of Sasuke fighting Naruto full force in the valley of the end. "STOP!" I don't want to remember anymore!" Sasuke yelled. "I know you can hear me! Stop your stupid jutsu!"

The next scenes were all of Sasuke and Itachi, back when they were like real brothers, back when Itachi was a good brother. Then some memories of Itachi's dark past showed up. Finally the bubble they were in turned back into swirling rainbows and Sasuke looked Itachi in the eyes, and Itachi unwaveringly met his gaze. They both looked at each other with eyes of Sympathy and then they heard, crunch, crunch, crunch. Their heads both snapped in the direction of the sound. They found Akemi sitting cross-legged eating popcorn, "So guys, did you enjoy the show?"

"How could we enjoy any of the things we just saw?" Sasuke asked her coldly.

"So Itachi-san, do you plan on being a good uncle?" Akemi asked changing the subject.

Itachi nodded, "Do you forgive me now brother?"

Sasuke nodded, and the bubble disappeared, and the forest setting they were in reappeared. Sasuke and Itachi smirked at one another, before they threw their heads back and started laughing like crazy idiots. Akemi stared at the two and sweat dropped, 'Bakas,' she thought. "Well, while you guys decide to stay here and laugh like maniacs, I'll go check on the little angels!" Akemi said jumping off. The Uchihas instantly stopped laughing and followed.

~X~X~X~X~X~X~

"Sigoi! I wanna be just like tou-san when I grow older!" Sora said his eyes wide.

Naruto had just finished telling them the story of when they went to Wave, it was the most appropriate story to tell them. "Naruto?" Sasuke asked as he walked into the house.

"Sasuke!" Naruto cheered.

"AH! It's the man from before!" Emi shrieked pointing a finger at Itachi.

"Emi it's not polite to point," Akemi walked in.

"Gomen, auntie Akemi," Emi said looking down.

"It's okay Emi," Akemi replied.

"Tou-san! Naruto finished telling us the story of when you went to the country of Wave!" Sora exclaimed. "I wann be a great ninja! Just like you when I grow up!"

"Naruto," Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

"Tou-san, why didn't you tell us Hiroko-sensei was-,"

"Ahahaha! Gomen Sasuke, but they wanted to hear a story about when you were young!"

"Hey I was talking!" Emi pouted.

"Hey kids do you want something to eat?" Akemi asked shoving the kids into the kitchen.

"Wait Akemi, what was that you were saying about Hiroko-sensei?" Sasuke asked Emi.

"Hiroko? I didn't hear Emi say Hiroko," Naruto said.

"She did, now Emi you can ask the question, what didn't I tell you about her?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh come on Sasuke! I think your brain's been mushed up after that whole going reminiscing in memories with Itachi, she never said Hiroko!" Akemi suggested nervously.

"Be quiet you two and let Emi speak!" Sasuke ordered angrily, they were starting to work on his nerves.

"Dad why didn't you tell us Hiroko-sensei was on team 7 with you?" Emi asked.

"What?" Sasuke glared at Naruto and Akemi.

"Because I didn't know, she always disguised herself as a brunette with blue eyes," Sasuke told her, "Go have dinner, I need to talk to Naruto."

"But I'm hungry too!" Naruto whined.

"That excuse won't work, you aren't getting yourself out of this Naruto," Sasuke told him grabbing the back of Naruto's shirt before he could run away.

Naruto stopped trying to run away and turned around. "You're gonna tell me everything," Sasuke told him.

Sasuke, Naruto, followed by Itachi so that he couldn't run away, walked out into the backyard and sat down on the cold grass. The sun was setting, and from the shadows, Sakura saw the three men. 'Naruto? What have you been doing behind my back?' Sakura felt betrayed, how could he meet Sasuke and not tell her? She wasn't going to sneak any further, she would force all of the information out of Naruto when he got back.

"What did you show Emi and Sora?" Sasuke interrogated.

"I showed them a photo of team 7," Naruto replied.

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I decided to follow Akemi, since I was curious where she went every month."

"You became curious after 5 years?" Sasuke asked giving Naruto an irritated look. "Tell me the truth, you wouldn't have known Hiroko was Sakura unless-,"

"Unless we had a mission to gather information about you? Yeah."

"So she knows about the kids?" Sasuke asked.

"Yep."

"Did you tell her, did she figure out-,"

"Oh so a girl called Sakura is the mother?" Itachi jumped in.

"Nope," Naruto answered Sasuke's question.

He sighed in relief. "What's the problem if Sakura-chan found out?" Naruto asked.

"She would probably want to kill my brother," Itachi replied, "and I wouldn't blame her, but how does she not know about her children?"

"Remember Akemi?" Sasuke asked Itachi.

"Of course," Itachi replied.

"She has a series of bloodline limit jutsus that deal with the mind, and one of them is to lock away memories, another is bend memories, another is the implant false memories, her purple eyes allow her to automatically read everyone's minds," Sasuke explained.

"So you convinced her to lock the memory away?" Itachi asked.

Sasuke nodded. Itachi sighed. "Sasuke-nii-san!" Akemi called.

Sasuke got up and walked into the house, with the other two following him. "tou-san who's that man in the black dress?" Sora greeted Sasuke as he entered the kitchen.

"It's not a dress Sora, it's a coat," Sasuke told his son, "and he's your uncle, my brother, Itachi."

"Oh so, you weren't lying? Gomenasai Itachi-san," Sora apologized.

"It's okay," Itachi rubbed the top of head, messing his hair up, "he looks just like you when you were his age."

"I noticed," Sasuke replied.

Sora put a fist up saying, "YUSH! I will be a mini tou-san!"

Everyone but Sora and Emi laughed at the statement. Everyone inside that house made up one large family. "If only Sakura-chan was here," Naruto thought aloud.

"Yeah," Sasuke agreed.

"Oh! I need to go!" Naruto said quickly dashing out the house.

"Bye Naruto-san!" The twins waved.

The adults just stood there, blinking once, twice. "Sheesh, he's still the same as when we were young," Sasuke smirked closing the door.

Akemi gave a mature smile, and Itachi smirked along with his brother.

"Alright time for bed!" Akemi said.

"Awwwww!" The twins said.

"Matte! I have one question!" Sora said.

"Nani?" Akemi sighed.

"Tou-san, what was kaa-san's name?" Sora asked.

Sasuke took a deep breath, "her name was… Haruno, Sakura."

Sora and Emi gasped! "THAT'S HIROKO-SENSEI'S REAL NAME!" Sora exclaimed.

"And you were afraid I would be the one who didn't keep the secret," Emi gave him an irritated look and crossed her arms over her chest, "so that means, that Hiroko-sensei, is…"

"Your mother yes," Sasuke nodded.

"Then how come you didn't notice her?" Emi asked.

"Let me explain," Akemi said walking into a different room.

She transformed into a girl with olive hair and blue eyes. After that she walked back into the room. "Ah! Who are you?" Emi and Sora asked at the same time.

Poof! Akemi poofed back into herself, "see? It's called henge no justsu, it allows you to change your form, and/or appearance so that a person doesn't recognize you."

"Oh. So H-Sakura-sensei used that to disguise herself in front of tou-san?" Emi asked.

"Yup!" Akemi nodded.

"Sugoi," the twins said together.

"Now don't go to school and tell her she's your mother okay! It's a secret!" Akemi told them.

"Hai!" They nodded and headed upstairs into their rooms.

"I'm gonna make them forget that she's their mother," Akemi told Sasuke.

"You don't have to, she'll find out tomorrow that I know she's here," Sasuke replied.

"I have an idea of how you can expose her," Itachi smirked.

"Ooh! Care to share Itachi?" Akemi asked.

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