A.N. - Ok guys! Here is another chapter as well! I figured my other was just too short for how long I'd been away but I hope that one plus this will be enough! I hope you enjoy and I also hope this chapter starts to answer some questions I've so far left unanswered. If you have any more I will gladly answer them if I can. Ok? So anyways! Please enjoy!

Fanggirlx

Saiyomi sighed sadly, she didn't really want to talk about this. She didn't want to reopen this wound. But.

Her ivy green eyes fell on her son and daughter.

They were sitting side by side discussing how they'd always felt they were brother and sister. That it would be no different really because they jut found it official that what they felt was true.

Saiyomi wasn't so sure things wouldn't change. Naruto would most likely become more protective. And Sakura would become more nurturing. If either of those were possible, it seemed in some ways they really had always been family. Sakura already nurtured Naruto and he already protected her. Perhaps since they'd grown up together in a since it had already triggered sibling love…

She sighed again. She was stalling. Saiyomi knew she needed to walk in there and tell them their story. Gaara knew she was there. He kept glancing at her. No one else seemed to notice her.

Last night Saiyomi had made the decision that she would try her hardest to befriend Gaara since he obviously held her daughter's heart. This morning she'd made her first move. He'd been the first in the kitchen and she'd had a nice little conversation with him. He didn't reply much but in her book if she wasn't Sakura and his answers were at least three syllables she was doing good.

Taking a big breath she stepped into the room.

"My, my you two look just like siblings the way you're acting."

They blushed.

"Thanks mom but like we were just talking about. I always called Naru my brother anyway." Sakura said poking Naruto's stomach.

He swatted her hand and grinned at Saiyomi, "Yeah…old lady, she was always my annoying sister. Oh, that reminds me, I'm the oldest right? I was born first wasn't I? Sakura is my annoying little sister isn't she?"

Saiyomi laughed and nodded. The boy cheered happily.

Naruto tapped his sister's nose, "Now you have to listen to me more because I'm older."

Sakura flicked his nose in retaliation, "Ha, like that'll ever happen. Have a good idea or some sense and I will listen. Other than that. Don't count on it."

Naruto wrapped an arm around her and then tossed his other around Hinata who was on his other side.

"I am so lucky I have three awesome girls in my life!" the voice he said it in meant he was playing.

Saiyomi saw the honesty in his eyes though. The three women he mentioned were the world to him. And it pleased her to no end to know that she was the third woman. He accepted her easily. Much easier than she'd thought he would.

She chuckled and made her way over to the chair to sit near the sofa when Gaara stood and motioned for her to sit on the sofa beside Sakura in his seat.

"Oh no, Gaara, I couldn't. She may need your support with this."

Gaara walked over behind the sofa and leaned on the back placing both hands on Sakura's shoulders.

"I see. Well if you insist I will take it then. Thank you very much."

He nodded.

Gaara figured if the woman was going to try acting civil to him he should at least try to return the favor. Feeling Sakura take a deep breath under his grip he squeezed her shoulder reassuringly.

Sakura was trying to wear the brave face so that Naruto would feel better. He knew she was because despite her anxiety at hearing this story she was smiling and carrying on normally.

Saiyomi smiled at them but the sadness in her tone gave it away, "Well I guess now that we've all eaten and are in one place I should tell you the story. And Gaara, Hinata you are both welcome to stay since I'm sure having you here will help Naruto and Sakura face this better."

Saiyomi nodded and after taking one final big shuddering breath, started her story…

A young Saiyomi placed a hand over her eyes so as to block the bright sun from shining directly into her eyes.

She had a great deal of work ahead of her today. Her long pink hair flew out behind her as a breeze played with her soft pink strands.

Laughing happily she quickly braided it and was then out on her way.

She stopped by one rather run down house, "Sin are you ready?"

A small girl with long light brown hair and wide innocent brown eyes popped out of the door.

Her soft sweet voice answered, "Yes sensei I will be right out."

Moments later they were both out and on their way.

Saiyomi enjoyed the sight of the village coming alive in the early morning air..

"Sensei? If I may ask, where are we going first?" Sin asked quietly from her spot beside Saiyomi.

"Of course you may ask, Sin. And we are headed for the front gate first. I heard a guard got shot with an arrow last night and I want to tend to him since he is still on duty for a few more hours."

Sin nodded.

When they reached the front gate they saw an jounin from another village trying to get in.

"No I don't care if I have no papers granting access! I have a little by here who will die if he isn't tended to. Now your medicnins are rumored to be the best there ever were! I'm just asking for a little time so they can tend to him. Please?"

The man was tall and had wild spikey blonde hair. His deep blue eyes were filled with fury at the fact that the guard was still saying no.

"He's going to die!" the blond man shouted, "I don't have time to make it home! Help him please."

Saiyomi rushed forward, instructing Sin as she hurried, "Sin, I want you to locate the injured guard and tend to his arrow wound I know you can do it, have faith. I'm going to see if I can help this man."

"Yes, sensei."

They went their separate ways and as she hurried forward his blue eyes locked with her ivy green.

Saiyomi's breath nearly stopped.

He was gorgeous! No man should be that beautiful. Really, it should be a crime.

"Kei, is there a problem here?"

The guard shook his head, "Oh no Miss Saiyomi ma'm. not a problem, just a lost jounin asking for directions."

The blond frowned furiously.

"Kei, I could hear from all the way across there what this man was seeing. Please do not lie to me. Asking if there was a problem was my way of inviting you to tell me the situation so I can fix it for you. I realize this is your post but we in the Mist do not have to be completely rude when someone is in dire need of help. Now open the gate and let him in."

"I am really sorry Miss Saiyomi ma'm, but I cant do that. What with the attack last night this could be a trap."

Saiyomi nodded, "I understand."

The blond thinking his one hope was turning against him he shouted, "Now see here we did no such attack. I was training my genin team. We were on a mission to carry a message. That was it. Konoha would never send genin out to do an attack. That's too dangerous!"

Saiyomi smiled at him and he shout his lips fast.

"Thank you. I never thought you had. Kei, is merely being precautious." she told him.

Kei, if you will be a dear and open the door I will go out to his genin boy in danger of dieing. They will not have to come into our village if you feel so petty as to deny a small child a chance to live long enough to hit puberty."

Kei blushed his embarrassment. "I'm sorry Miss Saiyomi ma'm."

"Its fine just please hurry and open the gate." she said.

He did as told and she rushed out, nodding her greeting to the blond man, she asked, "Now where is the boy?"

"Right here, and thank you so much for this."

Saiyomi smiled at him, "Its not a problem at all."

He lead her to a group of three children. There was a girl with short brown hair who was holding the sick boy's head in her lap while another boy with tall spikey white hair stood close by looking on with a worried expression in what part of his face covered mask she could see.

"His name is Obito and he's very sick. I…don't know with what. He just started acting this way today." the jounin explained.

Saiyomi touched his tense shoulder, "Don't worry dear, I'll help him. He'll be as good as new in no time."

"Thank you." his relief evident in his expression.

Saiyomi knelt down beside the girl.

She sounded as if she'd been crying when she told her worriedly, "He…he stopped talking back. Menato sensei told me to keep him talking but he stopped. He just stopped."

Saiyomi sushed her gently, "Its fine. He's just tired. Here let me see him. You did a good job sweetie. What's your name?"

"Ren." she sniffled. And then she pointed to the other boy, "He's Kakashi."

Saiyomi smiled at him.

Then her full focus was on Obito.

She poured a calming chakra into his small shaking body, found the sickness and saw that it was a rare form of fever that acted slowly, so slow the carrier didn't even know they had it until it was practically too late.

She carefully surrounded the viral fever and pulled it out of a tiny cut she made on the boy. Once finished taking the fever out she healed his cut and carefully regulated his body back to normal.

"There. That should do it."

She took the fever she'd taken out and bagged it.

"He should feel much better when he wakes up. I'd say he would be back to his old self instantly but I don't know that. People react differently to fever extraction some are fine immediately after and others suffer fatigue for about a day. Either way once you reach the gates of your village your little Obito will be exactly as he should be.

Menato smiled gratefully at her, "Thank you."

Ren nodded fiercely, "Yes thank you for saving him!"

The spikey haired boy nodded his thanks as well.

"You are all very welcome. I'd invite you in so you could feed him once he woke because that is usually very helpful, but Kei seems to be proving difficult today."

Menato thanked her again then grinned slightly, "Do you usually manage him easier?"

Saiyomi chuckled, "Actually yes he and a few others are usually quite helpful to me, but after last night' attack where his friend got shot with an arrow he is a little out of it today. I'm sure as soon as Ryo is feeling better Kei will be nicer.

"By a few others you mean entire male population don't you? I can see why they would all listen to you." the blond man asked with a devilish smile.

Was he…flirting?

"Well no not entire male population some are too old to care or are already married, though that hasn't stopped all of them."

He laughed.

"Cute." was his only reply.

"Yes well I enjoyed meeting you Mr..?" she waited for him to give his name, Ren had said it but she wanted it from him.

"Menato, and no Mr. on that please. I feel old enough with these three calling me sensei."

Saiyomi giggled, "Well I assure you from a young woman's perspective you are most certainly not old."

His smile grew, "Good to know."

"I know what you mean though sensei certainly makes one feel older."

"You teach?"

Saiyomi nodded, "Just one right now but she's good. Best I've ever had. May be better than me someday."

"Sensei?" a soft sweet voice called out.

Saiyomi smiled, "Speak of the devil."

She turned and waved to Sin, "I'm coming Sin, I'll be right there."

Turning back to bid him good bye Saiyomi was not expecting the kiss on her cheek.

Menato smiled at her, "Thank you again, Saiyomi."

"Y-you're welcome."

Damn she'd reverted back to her stuttering! No. absolutely not. Saiyomi focused hard and smiled sweetly at the blond man, "Perhaps I'll see you again next time you are in Mist."

"Perhaps you will." he nodded.

With that he turned and guided his two walking and carried his final sleeping team member back towards their village.

Saiyomi smiled to herself and then hurried to meet Sin.

The next time she saw him was sooner than she thought.

Saiyomi was coming home from her final job for the day as long as no emergencies took place when she noticed a strange feeling. It felt as if there was an unfamiliar chakra signal in her small home.

She slowly entered and with a kunai drawn began to search her home.

"Looking for someone?" a voice behind her asked, a smirk in the tone.

Saiyomi whirled around ready to attack when he snatched her kunai and shook his finger in her face.

"Ah, ah, ah. Is that any way to greet a guest?"

Saiyomi smiled hesitantly, "Menato? But…what are you doing here?"

He dropped the kunai to the floor where it stuck.

She stared into his vibrant blue eyes.

"Saiyomi I am a man who can usually tell what he wants. I make decisions fairly easy and then follow them according to plan. No problems."

"That's very nice, but um, you know I'm not a mind doctor right? I don't do pysch work."

He smiled, "I know."

"Then why are you telling me these things?"

"Because, Saiyomi, for these last two weeks I have not been able to eat even though I knew I should. I have not been able to sleep even though I wanted to. And most importantly I have not been able to forget your smile even though I knew I needed to. I could make the decision to do it. But I could never once follow through."

Her eyes were wide.

He took a step towards her, she took a step back.

"I keep thinking about you." he said taking another step forward.

She took another back.

"Like how you risked your safety to come help Obito. There was no proof I had a sick genin. You just came." he took another step forward.

Saiyomi stepped backwards yet again.

"And how you treated those children as your own almost, comforting Ren complimenting her."

Another step forward from him one more back for her.

"Or how you flirted right along with me."

He stepped forward yet again.

Saiyomi stepped back and her back hit her hallway wall.

"And I have the hardest time not thinking constantly about my little kiss. My lips on your silk skin. How sweet you smelled. And how beautiful you're blushing smile had been."

He took the final step towards her.

Their bodies were touching.

Saiyomi nearly fainted.

"W-what are y-you t-trying t-to say?" she stuttered out.

"You stutter when you get flustered. That's cute too. Dammit is there nothing perfect about you?" he sounded frustrated as he placed his hands on the wall on either side of her head.

With good reason she figured. If what he was saying was true the poor man was falling in love with a woman from another village. It was highly frowned upon to be with someone from a village not your own. In some villages it was even illegal. She pitied the poor…man…

Her thoughts railed off. He was talking about her though! She was who he was…oh no. oh dear.

"Y-you l-love m-me?" she asked quietly.

Menato smirked, "I think I might. Which is awful since I know nothing about you besides what I just said. That may tell me a little. But I want to know the whole woman."

"A-after o-only an hour?"

"Yeah, I fell for you in under an hour." he bent his head down and kissed her cheek again.

"Please. I know the risks. Trust me I do. I'm hoping to be Hokage soon. Getting involved with you would ruin any hop of that. But I don't care. I will risk it for a chance to hold you. Will you take the risk with me Saiyomi? Will you give me a chance to learn about you? To love you? To hold you? Can I have that?"

Saiyomi knew from the heat in her face she was redder than any cherry ever would be.

"I-I-I-I-" she shifted trying to get away, but when she did she brushed against him.

Menato went stiff, "Saiyomi. Please. I…I can't concentrate. A few days ago…I was training Kakashi and he nearly got me because I couldn't think on battle I could only think of you. I may loose being Hokage if I be with you. But I will definitely loose it if you say no. I will not be able to meet the standards needed and they will move on, simply because I will be unable to see, think, and breath anything besides you."

"Oh my…"

"Oh my is right." he whispered and for the first time he sounded very weak to her.

Saiyomi gathered her senses about her and straightened herself against the wall.

"Just how long have you not been sleeping and eating?"

Looking downright sheepish he answered, "About two weeks…"

"This…whole time?" she gasped out.

The tall blond nodded, "I tried hard to get over this crazy notion. I didn't want to drag you in to it. But…I couldn't. And so here I am."

Saiyomi nodded, "Yes here you are, all worn and weary. You come with me. The first thing you are going to do is eat something. Then you are taking a good long nap."

Menato quickly gripped her hand in his when she tried to walk away.

"Is this a yes?" his hopeful blue eyes boring into hers.

Saiyomi smiled and nodded, feeling his grip on her hand tighten. "I am offering you a chance to join me for dinner and sleep in my bed. What else would it be, Menato?"

He laughed happily, "then the first thing I am going to do is not eat."

Saiyomi cocked her head to the side, "Then what?"

He had her in his arms faster than she could follow and his mouth was crushed to hers ravaging her mouth and mind before she could do anything.

He pulled back and asked in a low voice, "Will you be in the bed with me, Saiyomi?"

She laughed shyly and answered, "Yes if you keep kissing me like that I will be."

Grinning like a young boy he nodded, "Consider it my top priority mission to ensure you are then."

Saiyomi laughed lightly but her laughter was cut short when his mouth claimed hers again.

And so Saiyomi and Menato continued to secretly see each other for many months. Meeting either in her home or off on a trail between their two villages. And every now and then on her way home from a mission he would appear to 'ease the stress away' as he explained it.

She didn't care he came to see her so much because he was so sweet and gentle with her. Constantly telling her how much he loved her and how great she was.

And she in return healed all of his injuries, loved him in return, and made him feel comfortable enough to be his true self. The one that wasn't always a stern and serious jounin. Menato also enjoyed having fun and laughing but so rarely got to. With Saiyomi he was encouraged to be himself.

Things were looking wonderful until they met each with news of their own. This was when things started getting difficult. But that never discouraged Menato. No. he reacted just the opposite to Saiyomi's news than she'd expected.

"Twins!?" he'd cheered twirling her in the air.

"I'm going to be a father of twins!" he threw her up and caught her easily.

Menato kissed her, "Imagine, the Hokage of Konoha with twins."

Saiyomi cheered this time, "You did it? You're Hokage now?"

"I'm Hokage now!" he replied laughing with her.

"Oh Nato that's wonderful!"

Then her fears kicked in.

"But how can we explain the Hokage is having two babies and he isn't even married? And what's worse? Its only with a lowly medicnin from Mist."

Hey, hey there is nothing lowly about you, from your pink hair-like the shorter hair cut by the way- to your adorable tiny feet-are those new shoes?- do you understand me? I love you and we will figure this out."

"I got it cut because the pregnancy makes me feel hot a lot and yes I had to get newer softer shoes. And oh, Menato you are a sweet and wonderful man but I m already six months along with twins. People are with out a doubt starting to notice things. And with each observation comes questions."

"So I move you to another village and there we wait until you have had your babies." he answered pecking her lips gently.

"And then? How can I just show up in Konoha with two babies and then suddenly marry you?"

"I'm not sure. How about when you have them, I take one and say that his mother died in childbirth and so I have no choice but to care for him, then a few weeks later you come with the other and I 'meet' you and quickly become intoxicated with you much like it actually happened. It'll be like starting over but with two bundles of snot and poo added to the mix."

"Snot and poo?" Saiyomi giggled.

He nodded, "Yeah that is the majority of what babies are made of. That's about all that comes out anyway."

She laughed and leaned into him, Menato wrapping his arms around him welcomed her embrace.

He jumped though when one of them kicked and he felt it.

"Whoa."

Saiyomi giggled, "It's a boy and a girl. At least as well as I can make out with my chakra scan of each. They're both healthy but the boy keeps kicking me and the girl keeps kicking him."

Menato chuckled and placed his hand on her pregnant belly, "Sounds like bunches of fun we're looking forward to, huh."

"Oh, yes very much fun. Especially if they turn out anything like you." she teased.

"Oh? And what if they get your temper miss volcanic eruptions?" he said tapping her nose gently.

Saiyomi giggled, "I don't erupt often."

"No, but if you mix your temper and mine one of our children will be a regular dynamo."

"And if we mix your sillyness-"

"Silly?" he whined, "But Yomi I'm not silly at all. I'm Hokage." he said sticking his chest out.

Saiyomi poked it and he deflated, "Yes you are but you're still silly. And I love you for it."

"Yes well if we mix my…charm-

"Sillyness." Saiyomi insisted.

"With your stubborn streak we'll have a real handful won't we?"

Menato laughed happily as he cuddled closely to her, "I can't wait to meet them."

"Neither can I."

They shared in a sweet kiss and sat talking about their future long into the night when they had to separate again. Which made Menato a little depressed since with everything going on with him becoming Hokage, he would not be back until almost due time for the babies. And he'd just missed five months of her pregnancy for the same exact reason. But Saiyomi insisted to him that she was fine and that she was incredibly proud o be the soon to be wife of the Fourth Hokage.

The next time they saw one another she was screaming in pain because her little boy refused to come out without a fight.

Once Menato took her hand Sin who was as skilled at birthing as she was everything Saiyomi taught her, had no trouble delivering the baby boy.

He came out and head a fuzzy blond head.

Menato laughed, "Yomi he's a little me."

She smiled tiredly and was then attacked with the pain of her baby girl pushing through.

A while later as Menato held the boy she was holding a pink fuzzhead little girl.

"They're beautiful aren't they?" she whispered.

Menato laughed, "I would not use beautiful to describe these two."

His merry blue eyes locked with hers and he smiled sweetly, "But I would for you."

"Nato, thank you, you're sweet, but no. I have helped women birth babies. None of them looked beautiful once they were done."

He shrugged, "You're hair is still just as pink-and not that awful red color anymore thank god that mission was over quickly-your eyes just as green, your smile just as cute. You may be a tired sort of beautiful but you're still beautiful to me."

She cried softly as he kissed her.

Then she giggled quietly, "Nato, you said the red looked good."

Menato nodded, "Yes but you were a pregnant ninja armed at the time. You think I'm going to voluntarily say I hate it because its not the beautiful rare pink I met you in? No, Yomi, I am sometimes a foolish man, and have also been known to be a little reckless but neither to the extent of telling you that then."

Saiyomi leaned against his shoulder and chuckled lightly, "You are too sweet sometimes."

"Yes but don't tell anybody else. I hear I currently have reputation for being a real badass Hokage."

"Nato, language. You're around the babies. Our sweet adorable babies."

"Oh so you are going to be one of those types of mothers, eh?"

"And just what sort is that?"

"The kind that rises her kids to be model children and spoils them every chance she gets. And laughs good naturedly when they turn out to not be model children."

"And you shall be the father who simply plays and never scolds and always tells them to go ask their mother if they ask a difficult question."

He laughed, "Would you have it anyway?"

"Would you?"

"Never in a million years." he replied kissing her.

Saiyomi smiled brightly, "Me either."

"It's gonna be great." he said with a content sigh as he hugged her closely to him.

Saiyomi simply nodded her agreement as she drifted off into sleep in his safe embrace.

He stayed a few more hours with her and then was forced to leave to answer to the obligations of being Hokage.

He took their son with him instructed to call him something she would love and to keep him safe and warm.

The plan was to wait four months and then she would be transferred to Konoha in a treaty deal with Mist village since she was Mist's most skilled medicnin.

But unfortunately the one plan Menato desperately needed to go right…didn't.

The night Saiyomi was to arrive a nine tailed fox demon attacked.

So he could not go meet with her.

Because he did not meet with her Saiyomi and baby Sakura had to travel alone. And were attacked by a band of robbers not too far outside the gates. It seems they were thinking everyone was going to die in this fox attack so they were taking what they could and were then hitting the road out of Konoha as fast as possible.

Saiyomi struggled to defend the four men off but with her luggage strapped to her and her baby in her arms it didn't work. They cut her down grabbed her things the baby included.

Seeing that it was just a baby they threw the tiny thing down to the ground.

Horrified Saiyomi pushed through the pain and crawled to her daughter as the men ran off.

The slash in her torso was leaking blood fast. She didn't have much time or chakra.

She'd heal herself but only after checking her baby.

To her horror her little Sakura head based her head on a rock.

Saiyomi hastily healed her baby. Repairing the head wound with slight difficulty as her vision blurred.

Seeing that her baby was safe she held her tightly and rolled over on her back.

Starring up at the stars she saw an image in a billowing white coat dashing across the sky as he fought a horrendous fox beast.

She prayed that he made it safely, and that her babies were taken care of well.

"Goodbye Menato." she whispered as she sighed her last breath.

As if hearing it he turned and his eyes connected with hers while her heart slowly faded.

The last image Saiyomi saw was Menato moving to come to her.

Saiyomi buried her face in her hands and tried to stop her tears.

After a moment she looked up and met all four sets of eyes.

Sakura was crying quietly and though it looked as if each tear were his death blow Gaara stood and soothingly rubbed her shoulders the best he could.

He was not good with comfort or emotion, yet he was trying hard to help her.

The sight made Saiyomi want to cry even more. She really had judged him too quickly. Too harshly.

And then her eyes fell on Naruto. The grim set of his mouth and the intensity in his eyes showed his feelings. But when Hinata shyly wrapped her arms around his middle and hugged him tenderly he snapped out of his daze and returned the embrace, burying his face in her shoulder.

A motion Saiyomi had felt Menato do several times.

He was so so much like his father, it was uncanny.

She took a steadying breath centered herself and spoke again, "I am not sure how Sakura ended up with the Harunos and I do not really know how Naruto wound up alone. But from what I know I am sorry either happened. Perhaps your father and I did things wrong. Maybe we had no control over our dieing and would have anyway even if we'd acted differently. I don't know. But, I do know that we loved the two of you with all our heart."

Sakura cocked her head to the side.

"Mama, if…you died then how are you here?"

Naruto nodded showing he was thinking the same thing.

Saiyomi stared down at her hands.

"Well, the girl, Sin, my student. She saw the two of you with Sasuke and Kakashi in the Mist village once and seeing Sakura's hair…Okay let me back up. Sin was a very special little girl. She had incredible power. But she hadn't been born with it. When she was a little girl she'd wanted to be a medicnin out on the field. For that to happen she had to be trained in the ninja way as well as healing. Her teacher sought to create the ultimate warrior so as to ensure the strength and protection of the Mist village. He discovered one day that Sin had a strange and rare chakra that could easily be manipulated and changed, and it restored quickly. She had a pink aura. People with a pink chakra aura were said to be capable of doing any type of attack or specialty. Any jutsu known to man could be done by a person with a pink aura and quite easily I might add. He took her, promising her he'd help her be exactly what her mother wanted if she worked with him.
He locked her away in a small shack outside of the village and experimented on the poor girl. And to make matters worse he burned her families home down trapping them all inside. Her mother, father and brother all died. He eventually had her perfect. She had amazing power. With the snap of her fingers and a bit of concentration at the age of nine Sin could create explosions anywhere she saw with an almost nuclear strength. She was fast, and fairly strong. But she was miserable. I found out and stopped him. But by law I could not take her in then. So she had to go live with her wicked aunt and uncle. They hated her, they'd known from her birth that she was 'weird'. They also blamed her for the deaths of her family.
I offered Sin an escape. If she worked under me as my student then I would allow her a way to stay out of that home and away from their abuse for a great deal of time. Hesitant due to her recent history she in the end agreed and I found very quickly that Sin could heal almost anything with the amazing amount of chakra she had. It took just about only a single touch from her to heal many wounds. So I taught her the other ways of healing as well, and she must have been really smart because she picked it up like it was nothing. Well anyway I had to leave her in the mist village when I left to meet Menato in Konoha. I was going to ask him to have her transferred soon though. However I died before any of that could happen. Well after I left she was still living with her aunt and uncle. Mostly for the sake of their two children, such precious little girls. Twins as well I think. Identical though. They'd be about your age I think. Anyway she was beat sometimes and once the uncle got too rough and her head was slammed against a wall. It knocked her out and wiped her memory. She'd lost everything.
But after seeing Sakura's pink hair it triggered her memories. She remembered me first and then everything else fell into place. Though she claimed to still have some holes here and there. She heard that Sakura's last name was Haruno. My name was not Haruno. Not then anyway. So she asked around to see if maybe I had just changed it. But I had not. Sin found out about my death. Horrified and sad she broke an ancient rule and used the forbidden jutsu of resurrection to revive me. Unfortunately, she had not recovered enough or something along those lines because instead of being revived exactly as I had been when I died like I should have been, when I was brought back I didn't remember a thing. Sin told me everything but it was like listening to a nice story, it wasn't my story. Well a few years go by and I am struck on the head by a falling piece of wood one day. It knocked me out. But when I came to my memories were slowly returning. As soon as I was well I thanked Sin for her help and hurried to Konoha to find Menato."

Saiyomi wiped her eyes and continued, "But I discovered he had died that night the fox attacked and there was no record of him having any baby. I bet it was because people didn't want their Hokage associated with the demon fox though if he had not sealed that thing in you Naruto the village would have been destroyed. I think it was absolutely heartless of them to leave you all alone the way the did. Anyway, I stayed in Konoha because I felt closer to my Menato when I was there. And the giant memorial to him on the mountain didn't hurt, you know. It may have been stone but it was his face I was seeing every morning."

She chuckled softly and wiped at her eyes once more, "Then one day I saw Sakura walking home and I knew. I knew she was mine. Just like the instant I first saw you here, Naruto, I knew you were mine as well. My fear then had been that you and Sakura were dating each other. I was worried about how to break this to you and break your hearts at the same time."

Sakura and Naruto laughed at her thinking them dating.

"I would never date Sakura. Gaara can keep her for sure!" Naruto said chuckling.

Sakura glared at the boy, "And just what does that mean Naruto?"

"Nothing. I like Hinata is all." he said hugging said girl who was next to him and he grinned at his sister.

"After I found Sakura it wasn't long before we moved. And that brings us to here. Now. Any questions?" Saiyomi asked.

Sakura shook her head, "No none right now. Thank you, mama, I know that was hard. But we really needed to hear it. So thank you."

Sakura stood and took Gaara's hand. He followed her out of the house.

Naruto followed Sakura's example and stood holding Hinata's hand.

"Yeah, old lady. It was a good story. You sure made dad sound great. I mean I always heard he was some awesome fighter and that I was his 'spit and image' but no one would ever tell me what the guy was like. So thanks. It's kind of cool knowing I had more in common with him than a giant toad and my face."

Saiyomi hugged him and whispered, "You are an amazing young man just like he was. And I sincerely can not wait to see how much more you will grow."

"Thanks…mom." he added mom softly before gripping Hinata's hand gently and leading her upstairs.

Saiyomi let out a breath of relief and put a hand to her heart delicately.

"Oh Menato. You were right. They are amazing children. I wish you could see them. I'd give anything if you could. And if I could hold you again."

Saiyomi buried her face in her hands and cried but stiffened when it felt like she was being hugged. But nothing was there. Then a warmth spread through her, calming her completely.

She smiled to herself, relaxing.

Menato…