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Uzumaki Household (2:39 AM)

Naruto was pulled out of his dreamless sleep by sniffling. The half awake blonde rolled over careful not to disturb his still sleeping wife, he's blurry eye fixed on the source of the noise. Kari stood tears rolling down her delicate pale cheeks. "Kari," Naruto pushed himself out of bed, "What's wrong honey?" Ever night for the past week Kari had woke him up at least once. When Naruto got closer he could see what the problem was. Her pajama bottoms were soaked. Naruto walked her back to her room, helping her change out of her wet clothes and into fresh ones, stripping the sheets of the bed as well. Kari had never been much of a bed wetter. She had once accident, and Naruto had given her water before bed, and she had never done it again. Maybe that's why it got him so worried. That along with the fact that she permanently clung on him, her continious night terrors, and her refusal to talk unless absolutely necessary, worried Naruto endlessly.

"Alright Kar, let's get you back to bed." Naruto could see the instant panic wash through her, before she started crying again, hot crocodile tears running down her cheeks. He knelt back down to her height. "What's wrong?" He pushed her blonde hair back. She clutched her stomach, both arms wrapped tightly around herself. "Does your tummy hurt?" The young girl nodded. Naruto picked her up and started on his track back to his room. He pulled the covers back sliding underneath them, letting Kari curl up in his arms her head resting underneath his chin.

Naruto eyes on him and he turned to see Hinata staring at him. She looked at her daughter then up at him her eyes clearly telling him what he already knew but never voiced: No more putting it off.

Uchiha Residence (10:37 AM)

Saki was practically bouncing with enthusiasm. She was ready to go, a day with her dad, and only her dad! No Takuya. No Ryu. She loved her brothers but to be honest she was jealous of their relationship with their father. She wanted some time with their dad too. Was that so wrong?

Sakura smiled at her daughter, the girl was just about glowing. Sasuke walked down the stairs, sliding what Sakura could only guess as a Kunai in his pocket. Better safe than sorry. He stopped in front of the pink haired child. "You ready to go?" Saki smiled hugely, nodding.

"Yeah!" She ran sliding across the floor, sitting down to pull on her sandals. Sasuke chuckled walking over to Sakura kissing her softly.

"We won't be gone late." Sasuke assured her.

"Have fun." Sakura smiled. Takuya and Ryu who were sitting at the table looked up at their father.

"Where are you going, dad?" Ryu asked. He wasn't aware that they had any training planned for today. Not that he minded he was psyched to learn the new Jutsu that Sasuke had promised to teach them. Takuya was also look curiously at his father. Sasuke's onyx eyes flashed over to the boys.

"To town," He said simply. Both boys perked up. Going to town with their father always proved to be a fun experience. Mostly because he took them to the Uzumaki Mansion and Naruto always seemed to make things entertaining. "With your sister. Be good for your mother and I teach you that new Jutsu tomorrow." With that Sasuke left with his daughter. Takuya and Ryu looked at each other as the door closed behind their father and sister.

"You boys are stuck with me today." Sakura smiled leaning onto the table.

Uzumaki Household

Naruto walked down the stairs trying not to trip with how close Kari was walking next to him. He had tried to get her to play with her siblings and cousin to no avail. She seemed disinterested in everything that kids did. She wouldn't even wear her hair ribbon anymore. After a one-sided agreement with Hinata- which wasn't really an argument because he had lost before he had lost the fight even before it begun- and now he was on his way to take Kari to see Ino. He wasn't looking forward to it. "Naruto,"

The blonde in question turned, glad for a distraction even if it was only for a minute. "What's up Neji?"

The Hyuga smile politely at him, "I just wanted to thank you for letting my family stay here. I know it's been a bit, ah, chaotic." Naruto gave him a halfhearted smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. He was tired. Not sleeping and the consent worrying was wearing on him making him look years older.

"No problem." He meant it too. It was ideal timing but family was family, right? Besides Neji always knew how to give space and not over step his bounds, unlike a cocky Uchiha that thought he owned the place.

"I also wanted to let you know that we'll be out of your house soon." This caught the wavering attention of the Uzumaki.

"You're not planning on going back to the Hyuga compound are you?" Because that would piss me off.

Neji shook his head, "No, we won't be going back there. I found a new place, in a week the owner said he would have all his stuff out and we'd be able to get settled in." Naruto smiled a real smile.

"That's great Neji. And I'm not just saying that because it's getting you out of my house either."

Middle of Konoha

Sasuke was walking down the street with Saki beside him. They had left the house almost a half hour ago and they had been walking in silences since. Sasuke knew that this would be a different experience. He hadn't taken Saki out by herself since before she could walk. Now he wished that he could think of something to say. Saki had since lost her enthusiasm and seemed to have taken a turn towards awkwardness. Sasuke looked at her from the corner of his eye. She was walking next to him arms in front of her hands clasped together fiddling with her fingers. Sasuke could help but see Sakura in the pink haired child.

A couple more step of silences and Sasuke knew that he had to say something or this day, just him and Saki, was going to end on a sour note. "Are you hungry?" A basic question but it would suffice. Saki faltered a step surprised by the sudden question. A smile lit up her face.

"Yeah," She stopped looking up at him. "When are we going to eat?"

"We'll find a place now. What do you want?" Sasuke watched his daughter as she paused to think about this, tilting her head to the side pressing her lips together.

"What about BBQ?" Saki said finally, looking up at him for approval. Sasuke was a bit surprised by this request. They didn't eat much BBQ at the Uchiha household. It wasn't that they didn't like, they did. Just a bad experience when Takuya and Ryu were young. The mess the two terrors had made was horrendous. After cleaning that mess up for days, Sakura swore she would never do it again. She was true to her words. The only time they had it was every once in a while that Sakura was sent out of the village on a mission and Sasuke didn't want to cook. He didn't know that Saki enjoyed it so much. His stomach clenched, Is there anything about her that you do know?

Akimichi Residence

Naruto sat on the Akimichi's couch, with Kari sitting practically on his lap, waiting for Ino to be finished feeding Nori. Choji offered them something to eat which Naruto had declined. His stomach was in knots; he was sure if he ate anything he would just throw it back up. A couple minutes later Ino walked in. Her hair in a messy ponytail, most of it fell out at some point and was now hanging messily around her face, her clothes were baggy and unflattering but Naruto could still see the glow. The maternal glow, the one that made even the most exhausted woman look amazing. He knew the glow well; Hinata always seemed to have it.

"Just give me one second," Ino gave him a tired smile which he returned knowing full well how it went with a new baby in the house. Ino started rewrapping the blanket around the newborn before carefully handing him to Choji. Ino walked over to them, "And how have you been sweetheart?" Ino asked sitting gracefully down on the coffee table in front of the couch the Uzumaki's were sitting on. Kari leaned more into her father's side shrugging. Ino blue eyes analyzed her every movement. Ino knew that this wasn't easy for Naruto. She could tell that he still didn't want to believe this was actually happening. "Naruto," She nodded over to the hallway and got up. Naruto gave Kari's arm a squeeze. He walked over to Ino. They stood in the hallway, a far enough distance that Kari couldn't hear what they were say but could still see them. Naruto told her what had been going on since Kari left the hospital. "Alright," Ino ran a hand through her locks, "You should go to the Hokage Tower."

"What-Why?" Naruto asked baffled. Ino rolled her blue orbs at him.

"You are Hokage, don't you have work to do? You can't keep handing over your job to others forever." Naruto went to object but Ino cut him off before he could say anything. "I need to see Kari by herself to get a better idea of what is going on." She raised her hand as Naruto opened his mouth, "If you stay Kari will continue to use you as a shield. And it's not helping her Naruto, it only making it worse."

Konoha Streets

Sasuke smiled as he listened to Saki ramble on about virtually nothing. Once they had started eating the conversation had gradually started picking up. He hadn't realized that there was so much to know about such a young child. Sasuke was pulled out of his musing by Saki, "Daddy, what's going on over there?" Sasuke's eyes followed where Saki was pointing to. A group of people were huddled around two boys that were fighting. Two teenage boys- Genin. Sasuke figured he should probably break them up.

"Just two childish Genin. Stay here Saki, I'll be right back." Sasuke walked over to them, they seemed pretty harmless. Nothing like the fights he and Naruto had when they were teens. But Sasuke had underestimated the stupidity of the angry, immature teenage boys. The brown haired one pulled out a Kunai and threw at the other one. The aim was spot on but the other Genin easily dodged it. Sasuke didn't think much of it at first, until he saw the path it was flying. It went straight passed the boy and had taken a beeline to the person behind him. Saki. He knew he couldn't get to her fast enough. He was fast but he hadn't noticed in time. Hadn't thought about the direction or the dangerousness of a Kunai- to him it wasn't really a danger, just a nuisance really. But for a three year old girl with no Shinobi training, it wasn't only dangerous it was deadly.

Thunk

The Kunai lodged itself into the wood of the house in the exact spot where Saki's shoulder had just been. The pinkhaired girl had sidestepped mere seconds before the Kunai had hit. Saki turned looking at the Kunai with wide eyes before looking back at her father.

Sasuke seeing that Saki was alright relief flooded his body but it was quickly replaced with anger of his own. He grabbed the two idiots by the back of their shirts and knocked their heads together. He yelled at the two boys, knocking their heads together. His curse mark prickled. "Daddy," Sasuke paused, dropped the two idiots onto the ground going over to Saki, who was now standing in front of them. He kneeled down to her height, grabbing her shoulders his onyx eyes flashing her over. He knew the Kunai hadn't hit her but he couldn't stop himself from making sure. "I'm ok daddy, honest." Saki assured him in all her innocence. He pulled her into his chest and scooped her up in his arms carrying her over to a nearby bench. He set her down on it, crouching down in front of her.

"Saki, where did you learn to dodge like that?"

Akimichi House

Naruto came back to the Akimichi house about an hour after he dropped Kari off. Naruto wasn't going to lie the time by himself was welcomed but that didn't stop him from the constant worrying about his daughter.

The second he entered the door Kari was clinging to him again with tear running down her cheeks. Ino walked to him a couple second later. Her face was morphed into a mask of concern. "Just tell me." Ino sighed.

"She didn't tell me anything really." Ino crossed her arms over her chest. If Ino looked tired before it was nothing compared to now. Naruto was sure if Ino wasn't leaning against the wall she collapse.

"So, what now?"

"Well there is one other option," Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, "But I don't think you'll like it." He looked down at his daughter. This wasn't a conversation that he wanted to have while Kari was standing right here listening to their every word. So he told her to go to the bathroom before they left. Kari hesitated, and then headed to the bathroom with one last look at them she closed the door. Naruto nodded for Ino to continue. "I could use a Jutsu to seal her memories." Naruto shook his head turning to rest against the doorframe.

"Has it really come to that?" He asked his side to her, his eyes on the bathroom door. Naruto could feel the weight of her eyes on him. He was sure they were filled to the brim with sympathy and pity.

"You tell me," A sigh, "She will always be haunted by whatever happened if we don't. It will affect everything in her life. She will slowly get over it but it will never be gone completely. Kari will never be the girl she used to be. We can wait it out but…I can't promise anything."

"Damn it!" Naruto said slamming his fist against the wall. He turned back to face Ino. "Could you see what happened before you sealed her memories?" Ino looked down away from Naruto gaze. She had figured he would ask that. "Could you?" Naruto repeated with more force.

"Yes, but do you really want to know? I know it killing you inside but knowing what happened won't make you feel any better!"

"I have to know! I have to know what that bastard did to her. I'm not expecting it to make me feel better! But I have to know what that asshole did to my daughter before I go see him. I have to!" Naruto voice had gained momentum until he was near yelling.

"Ok," Ino turned and began walking to her room. I still think it's a bad idea though, she thought to herself.