Sorry for the late update, I was busy at school :) But anyway, here it goes. By the way... i'm sorry if the story seems to be a little off from the original Naruto story. I just started reading the latest chapters of the manga, that's why i made a few changes. I hope you don't mind ^^; yurushite nyan :3 - SHINJUCHI
Sakura stopped by a fruit stand before proceeding to the Uchiha's apartment. She thought the children may need to eat something healthy knowing Naruto who visited them frequently dragged them all the time to Ichiraku's.
"Here you go, thank you for buying Haruno-sama." Said the vendor and handed Sakura a plastic full of different kinds of fruit. Sakura smiled kindly and bowed. She continued walking towards Sasuke's place when suddenly she felt a strong familiar chakra. She froze, turning around as she felt a tap on her shoulders.
Back at Sasuke's apartment, Junnosuke sobbed, locked in a tight protective embrace. The woman released him on her embrace and cupped the young boy's face. Sasuke was watching the whole scene very closely with his eyes wide in shock.
The woman looked directly at the young boy's face, wiping off the tears as it fell down again and again. "You're not hurt anywhere right?" she asked him, concerned at the young boy. Junnosuke shook his head softly, still sobbing; "I'm p-perfectly fine." He replied, stuttering a little. He threw himself back at her, hugging her tightly as he sobbed harder, "I was scared thinking we will be stuck here forever, mother!" the young boy cried, tightening his embrace.
'So this is how Sakura looks like in the future.' Sasuke thought as he observed them. He was still in shock. I mean, who wouldn't be, two Sakura in one timeline? Isn't that crazy? Junnosuke leaned back and wiped his tears away, he laughed softly, and "How did you know we're here mother?" he asked. The older Sakura smiled gently at him, "I just know." She replied and turned to look at Sasuke's direction. Sasuke was taken aback a bit, "Sasuke-kun… thanks for taking care of them." She told him as she stood up, with a chuckle she added, "I'm sorry for messing up on your mind though, all of these are supposed to be a surprise."
Sasuke grunted in response, "I know right? Spoiler much." He added and with that both mother and son laughed.
"E-eh… Eeeeh! Sa…Sa-sasuke-kun?" Sakura stuttered with a shaky finger pointing at the man in front of her. She studied him closely; he looks so much like Sasuke except this man looked older and manlier. His hair is still exactly the same but this man standing in front of her is obviously taller. Sakura noticed how handsome he looked, no trace of imperfection found on his face. She blushed just thinking about it. The man smirked and Sakura could instantly feel her heart melting. "Loud as usual, huh Sakura?" he said.
Sakura was at loss. 'Stop smirking! With that I swear I'm going to die before even giving birth to Sasuke-kun's children!' she thought, blushing madly. The man was just observing her, he released a soft laugh. Sakura's eyes widen in surprise, "W-what are you l-laughing about?" she asked stuttering as she wiped her face thinking there might be dirt or something. He stopped laughing and smiled gently at her as he placed a hand on top of her head which made Sakura flinched a little, "You're beautiful as usual, Sakura." Sakura blushed, 'S-s-s-shanarooooo!' she thought
(EARLIER BEFORE THE FATED ENCOUNTER)
In front of Tsunade are two familiar faces. Beside the Hokage is Shikamaru with his lazy expression. It appears that the two people in front of her are the future selves of her very own apprentice, Sakura and the all so mighty Uchiha.
"Tsunade-sama… I know that we are not allowed to hinder the exact movement of time and space but we have no choice but to come here." Sakura said, looking at Tsunade with a determined look.
"I know the purpose of your appearance Sakura." The Hokage replied. She took another shot of her sake, gulping it down at one shot. "I was starting to get worried about those children of yours. They've been here for two weeks now and under the protection of the Uchiha. Shikamaru and the special team I gather for the study seems to be having a hard time finding out answers as to why they were brought back in time." Shikamaru gave off a grimace expression.
Tsunade shook her head and looked at Shikamaru who in turn looked away, "Shikamaru. Tell me what you discovered so far?" Shikamaru grunted in response, "Tsunade-sama, I'm pretty sure you don't need to know any longer now that both Sasuke and Sakura's future selves are in here. I'm sure they can explain what the hell happened." Tsunade turned to look at the two.
"My children were brought here because of Kakashi's recklessness." This time, the future Uchiha replied. "Kakashi?" Tsunade's brow furrowed. "S-sasuke-kun!" Sakura exclaimed softly. Sasuke just gave Sakura a grunt. "Kakashi's eyes are Obito's. He can use the Kamui which has the ability to control the space and time. It appears that Kakashi couldn't control the Kamui as good as Obito yet."
"But how does that explains those children being sent back into this time?" Shikamaru asked back, Sasuke closed his eyes and continued on explaining, "The Kamui is a powerful ninjutsu that needs time to practice to be able to control it properly. It seems that Kakashi unleashed too much chakra while practicing the Kamui and scattered it throughout the area while he was training."
"Then where is Kakashi? Shouldn't he suppose to be with the children when they got here?" Tsunade asked this time. Sasuke shook his head, "No. The user can control whether to join in with the teleportation or not. But it seems like Kakashi still couldn't get it well controlled." Sasuke replied. Tsunade nodded her head in understanding, sighing, and "I got it. I take that Kakashi brought you here too?" she asked. Both Sasuke and Sakura nodded. "How can you all go back? How can you contact Kakashi?"
"Kakashi gave us a week to find the children and he'll come and fetch us back to our original time. But it seems like a week is too long now that we learned that they are safe here in the village." Sasuke replied as Sakura sighed, finally her mental and emotional torment ended. Sasuke noticed his wife and grabbed her hand, tightly clasping together with his. Tsunade smirked as she watched the couple, "Tch. Who would've thought you'd both end up together." Her remarks made Sakura blushed as she laughed softly. "That's a lie, you all know how Sakura feels about me ever since. She's all head over heels over me." Sasuke replied as he smirked, obviously teasing Sakura. Tsunade and Shikamaru laughed, 'who would've thought you became like this though, Sasuke!' Shikamaru thought in amazement.
After meeting with Tsunade, the two of them were excused.
(BACK AT SASUKE'S APARTMENT)
The future Sakura sat down at one of the chairs in the dining area, beside her is Junnosuke. Sasuke sat down with them too. Sakura knows Sasuke has tons of questions that need to be answered but Sakura thought it's better to answer him when Sasuke's future self arrives. Sakura looked at the younger version of her husband and chuckled, "Ah… looking at you brings back so much memory Sasuke-kun." She said as she turned towards Junnosuke, fixing her son's bangs. Junnosuke laughed, he found the situation really interesting. Sasuke watched them both, slightly feeling awkward. He coughed, obviously faking it, and said "About before…"
Sakura looked at him with a questioning look, "Hm?"
Sasuke looked away, "You don't really have to thank me… it wasn't that hard either." He replied.
Sakura swore she saw a slight blush on Sasuke's cheek. It made her giggle just thinking about it. 'Oh Sasuke-kun…' she thought. Sakura smiled at him, Sasuke started fidgeting making Sakura giggle more. "Sasuke-kun…relax." She told him, getting up of her seat and went towards the living room. Sasuke grunted and followed her. He kept a close eye on her as she bent down to the little girl sleeping in the couch. Sakura thought her little girl looked so peaceful, sleeping so comfortably. She started stroking her hair gently, earning a few body movements from her. Sakura smiled gently at her as she continued on caressing her little Shinju.
A few minutes later, Keisuke shouted happily when he saw her mother. Sakura motioned him to keep his voice down, pointing at little Shinju and trying not to wake her up. Little Keisuke covered his mouth with his two little hands; Sakura chuckled softly and opened her arms facing his little boy. Keisuke jumped excitedly towards his mother's embrace. Sasuke observed them in the living room, deep inside he feels so warm. It's like everything made sense now. After all the pain he's been through, finally he can feel peace and happiness. Without noticing it, Sasuke was smiling happily.
Sakura was crouched at her little Keisuke's level as she gently stroked his face. She missed all of her children so much. She felt like her life came to an end when she first learned about their disappearance. She remembered how she panicked and cried, feeling hopeless and scared for her little ones. Sakura smiled gently at Keisuke while he looked at his mother back. Sakura noticed tiny burns on Keisuke's mouth; she touched it gently as he winced. "W-where did you get this Keisuke?" Sakura asked in a worried tone. Keisuke was stuttering, trying to explain it to her mother. He knows very well how her mother reacts when he gets hurt. Not just to him but it applies to all of her children. Junnosuke decided to step in and explained it to her.
"Don't worry mother. Father here has been training with Keisuke. Right father?" Junnosuke said and looked at Sasuke as he nodded in response. Sakura looked at Keisuke's burn closely, still worried, "But…don't you think he's too young for it?" she asked. Sasuke noticed how Sakura's facial expression changed. She looked so concerned and it reminded him of his own mother. He sighed and walked closer to them, "Rest assured, Keisuke did really good during our training." Sakura shook her head, "That's not what I want to know Sasuke! I don't like it when they get hurt!" Sakura replied with a slightly stronger voice. Sasuke was taken aback. Sakura can get a bit frightening when she's mad. But before Sasuke could reply, the door opened.
Sasuke was sure it was Sakura, the younger Sakura. Beside him was a man, Sasuke's eyes went wide. 'That's me!' he thought, shocked. The two went inside the apartment; the younger Sakura placed the fruits at the table and went back to the living room. She can feel how heavy the atmosphere became. 'Great… this is so awkward!' she thought as she kept looking down. She decided to stay beside the younger Sasuke. The younger Sasuke with a surprised facial expression, turned to look at her as she stayed closer to him.
The older Sakura stood up from her position; she held Keisuke's face gently, pointing at the burns, showing it to the older Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun! Look at Keisuke's mouth!" The older Sasuke turned to looked at his younger version, "Goukakyuu no Jutsu?" the younger Sasuke nodded.
The older Sasuke smirked, "Don't worry Sakura, it's normal to get burns while learning the Goukakyuu no Jutsu." He told her. He can feel Sakura's vein popped in anger. He sure knows well how Sakura can get too protective towards the children. "Sasuke! Keisuke is still eight years old! How could you say that!?" she shouted at him. The younger Sasuke and Sakura exchanged looks, they felt really awkward watching a married couple fight in front of them, but what's more awkward is knowing it's their own selves, their future selves.
The older Sasuke tried calming older Sakura down. Little Keisuke looked worried now too; he was also scared thinking his mother might ground him later. The older Sasuke sighed, walked closer to Keisuke and picked him up. He carried him as he looked at the burns on his son's mouth. 'Seems like you've been training hard…' he thought. Keisuke gave a sad slash worried face, Sasuke ruffled his son's hair, "You did a great job Keisuke. I'm so proud of you." He told his little boy, smiling. Older Sakura grunted at them.
Keisuke hugged his father, resting his head on his shoulders. Older Sasuke stroked his son's back, the younger Sakura observed him closely. 'You've changed so much Sasuke-kun…' she thought, turning her gaze at the Sasuke beside her. The younger Sasuke felt Sakura's eyes on him and looked at her; Sakura blushed as they caught each other's eyes. Sakura looked away, feeling embarrassed. 'Why do you always look away when I look at you?' he thought curiously.
The older Sasuke motioned his eldest to come and hug him too. Junnosuke chuckled and went towards them. He smiled and hugged his father. The eldest Sakura watched them and sighed in defeat. "Fine Sasuke…play safe now. This is the last time, you hear me?" she told him as he just smirked at her. "Stop smirking!" she shouted at him, making little Keisuke and Junnosuke laughed at their mother. Sakura noticed little Shinju woke up from all the noise, she shot Sasuke a glare. Shinju sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Hello sweetheart…" Sakura said, hugging her little girl. Shinju, who was still half awake, continued rubbing her eyes. "Huh? What's happening?" she asked as she yawned. She looked at the woman beside her and suddenly she squealed. "Mother!" Sakura laughed softly at her little girl's cute actions. Sasuke put Keisuke down at went towards his little girl.
"Shinju…" he said softly, as he sat on the couch, taking the little girl onto his arms. Shinju squealed happily, as older Sasuke hugged her tightly. "I miss you father." She said as she cupped her tiny hands onto his father's face. Sasuke chuckled sweetly at her, "I miss you too baby girl." Shinju pouted at his response. Sasuke, knowing the reason why, laughed. "No matter how old you get, you'll always be father's favorite girl. Okay?" Shinju nodded, smiling widely.
The younger Sasuke and Sakura just observed them. They looked like a perfect family. Sasuke couldn't ask for anything more, he felt so happy just observing them interacting with each other. Sakura feels the same way too. Younger Sasuke turned his gaze towards the Sakura beside him. He watched as her eyes gleam happily as she observed the family. 'Hmm… now the question is, how can we become like that?' he thought as he returned his gaze towards the family in front of them.