So I thought to myself, why not give some people a glimpse of what happened to my OC in the Naruto covers and pics I've submitted to DA (Nikoranasha is the penname if you're interested (; )? I know some of you had to be teeming with questions on how she died and how Sasuke would be like without her (I know for a fact I mentioned they were to be married before she died. And three days after giving birth to twins no less!) so I thought I'd answer them through a two(maybe three or four)-shot. Enjoy!

Warning: Extremely sad but a bit of humor mixed it.

Summary: Squad Seven gathers around in a certain location to remember a certain woman who brought them all together... and gave her own life so they could all live theirs. Her children find out a little more about their mother from her closest companions and their father.

A Meeting with Memories and Regret

Three out of four of Squad Seven appeared in the field where they had their first training session as a team. All but one arrived on time and the others glanced at one another nervously. It wasn't like him to be late… ever.

"It's not like Sasuke to not be here already," Haruno, soon to be Lee, Sakura said hesitantly as she tucked a stray piece of bright pink hair behind an ear. She clutched the velvet box holding a certain someone's necklace inside to her chest tightly and fought off tears. She could remember fighting with a certain female over Sasuke here once only because it was the only place that they could both agree on.

Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage-in-training, nodded and set down the bags of chocolate covered cherries on the grass and crossed his arms. "Wonder what's taking him," was his reply to his friend's statement and looked around the field with a sad look on his tan face. He could remember sparring with that fiery-tempered female as she gave him tips on bettering his skills as a ninja so he could reach his dream of becoming Konoha's greatest Hokage that ever lived.

Hatake Kakashi, their old sensei and team leader of Squad Seven, tilted his head while eying two of his pupils with his one eye. He set the brown paper bag holding a bottle of sake and sake set down on the grass as well and sighed. "He's probably walking here. Give him his space."

The other two members nodded and fidgeted. Sakura's green eyes were still filled with unshed tears as she glanced down at her feet and tried (and failed) to fight off the memories. Naruto's face remained the same as he looked off to the side with a grunt to hide his own tear-filled eyes. Kakashi had his closed-eye grin on his face as he studiously kept his mind blank searching for his final pupil's chakra.

All fought and failed to keep the memories as bay as tears silently coursed down their cheeks. This spot really did have too many memories of her.

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Uchiha Sasuke walked silently through the streets of Konoha with the hand of his daughter clutched in his own and a bouquet of water lilies, white roses, and white carnations in the other. His son walked along side his younger twin sister with both hands stuffed in his pockets, a pose similar to that of his father's usual one. The two six year olds were as silent as their father allowing the Uchiha Family Head, or UFH as their Uncle Naruto jokily called him sometimes, to be within his own thoughts. Not exactly a reprieve for the older male. All it did was make him regret letting his fiancee take the final hit for him and feeding ever last drop of chakra to him and Naruto so they could defeat Obito.

Not knowing their father's thoughts, the twins were sharing a look. The raven haired violet eyed six year old opened her mouth to ask the question her and her brother have been wanting to ask for a little while now only for it to snap shut again. Her brother rolled his eyes but otherwise did nothing else. Sasuke, noticing what they did, gave his daughter his undivided attention a single eyebrow raised in a silent question. She only glanced down at her feet in response and kept quiet after losing her nerve to speak.

"Just ask, Shiori-baka," her brother groaned while secretly wanting to ask himself.

"Shut up, Itachi-nii-san!" she snapped with a weak glare at her twin who smirked at her in reply. A squeeze to her hand brought her out of whatever she was going to say or do in retaliation and told her, her father wanted to know what her question was. Though he did have a faint idea as to what she would ask.

Shiori looked up to stare at her namesake clutched in her father's opposite had and squared her shoulders. "Papa, where are we going?"

She felt him stiffen in an instant to her innocent question and felt guilt override her curiosity. She shot a nasty look at Itachi who ignored it and turned his head away. She looked up at her father's face ready to apologize only to gasp in shock and wonder. He was smiling, albeit sadly and very small but still a smile nonetheless.

"Somewhere special," he said as they continued walking though only the adult knew they stopped. His children began walking again themselves wondering when they stopped in the first place.

"Somewhere special?" the twins suddenly echoed while sharing another look, this one unreadable to their father who was eying them out of the corner of his hazel-gray eye. Sasuke smirked and held the bouquet of flowers closer to his chest while giving his daughter's hand a reassuring squeeze.

Somewhere special, indeed…

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"So do you guys have any names picked out for the twins yet?" Sakura asked her former love as her mentor continued to check on the twins inside the mother's womb. A small, tinkling laugh was her answer and a small grunt of amusement followed. Her mentor smirked and shared a knowing look with her favorite student.

"What do

you think, Haruno-san?" a soft female voice asked and the pinkette looked up with a sheepish smile and a shrug before giving her friend a reprimanding look at the use of her last name. The woman only smiled to show she was teasing.

"Knowing you two, I'd say they were picked out as soon as you realized you were pregnant," she replied with a laugh of her own and the light brunette before her gave a small smile in return. Sasuke only grunted again and looked off to the side. He wanted to know if his children were okay then leave. Done and get out.

"Actually, it took a bit of convincing with a certain name for the boy. Sasuke was refusing to name him after his older brother and I finally got my way when I threatened to kick him out of the house," the woman laughed as the Fifth Hokage and her apprentice looked up at the woman in shock. Sakura could only blink while her mentor narrowed her eyes at her current patient. "He only agreed because I was pregnant and couldn't be left on my own. I proved him wrong by sneaking out and going to Naruto's. I think Sasuke about killed him when he finally arrived."

"Should I slap you upside the head or your fiancee for your guys' idiocy?"

"I say my fiancee, Lady Fifth. I happen to be pregnant."

Sasuke scowled and flinched but didn't say anything. It was idiotic that they fought over the name of their son which lead to his very much pregnant fiancee to leave because her hormones got the better of her judgement. It wasn't exactly the best feeling in the world to wake up in the middle of the night to realize that the love of your life pregnant with your offspring wasn't within the house or close to the vicinity.

"It wasn't that bad," the last Uchiha mumbled causing a snort from the love of his life, a slap upside the head, and a sigh of exasperation. All in all, it wasn't too bad of a bad hospital visit.

Sasuke snapped out of the memory of the final time they had a check-up on the twins when his fiancee was still alive and pregnant when his daughter tugged on his hand to get his attention.

"It's Naruto-oji, and the others!" she said with a bright smile at her father. Sasuke fought off the tears that came rushing forth at the spitting image of his former fiancee and only grunted in response to his daughter's enthusiasm. Put her and Naruto together usually meant some sort of disaster. Their devious natures called out to each other.

"What's up, Shi? Your papa decided to bring you and your wussy of a brother along this time?" Naruto called out with a smile while discreetly wiping away the tears on his face. Sakura and Kakashi did the same and smiled warmly at the Uchiha twins. Shiori let go of Sasuke's hand with a high-pitched giggle and raspberry at her older twin brother who was glaring fiercely at the blond before him.

"Baka and Shiori-baka make a wonderful team of bakas don't they?" he asked his father loud enough for everyone to hear. Shiori and Naruto both stopped doing their secret handshake to glare at the Uchiha heir.

"Careful, Itchi-nii-san," Shiori said with a big close-eyed smile. "You don't want what happened last time to happen again, right? Who's the baka now?"

Everyone gazed at the child before them while Sakura, Naruto, and Kakashi sweat dropped at the murderous aura the six year old had.

"My, aren't you... chipper today!" Sakura laughed before her eyes widened and she jumped up with a gasp. "Oh! I almost forgot something!" She clutched the velvet box in her hand a bit tighter before walking over to the six year old female Uchiha-Kannahime mix and held it out to her.

"It was your mother's. She wanted me to give this to you when you turned seven but I think I can give it to you now," she said with a sad smile and Shiori eyed it before hesitantly taking it out of the pinkette's hand and opening it. She gasped at the black music note on a silver chain with the word 'kibou' engraved on one side and looked up to meet the green eyes of the ninja before her.

"I... I recognize this from one of Mama's paintings! How did you get it?" Shiori asked as Sakura took it out and put around the six year old's neck.

"She gave it to me the day she died," was her answer.

A tad bit of humor there at the end but overall still very sad. Explanation for this fic is in my pic description on DA.