A.N.- Hihi everybody! I finally have the next chapter ready. I'm sorry it is short it is just such an emotional chapter and I didn't feel it would do justice to the chapter if I forced something more to happen in it just because of length. I hope everyone enjoys it though :) It is a bit of a tearjerker (at least it was for me as I was writing) Thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: Naruto isn't mine. Sad.

Saiyomi let out a soft sigh as she dropped her tired body into her comfy chair.

Her long ago apprentice entered the room and set a tray on the table before her.

She'd brought tea.

Saiyomi eased herself up and smiled at Sin.

"They're going to mate now." Saiyomi said quietly.

Sin's warm brown eyes met hers, her gentle voice saying, "Isn't that what you wanted, sensei?"

Saiyomi grimaced, it was wasn't it? She wanted Sakura and Gaara to mate and be one. She knew that's what both young people wanted; so she'd offered a tiny bit of motherly help. But now…she was having a case of the mother blues. She didn't want her baby to grow up.

God knows her son she just now met will probably mate soon as well. He was so taken with that sweet Hinata girl.

"Sensei?" Sin's soft voice called quietly.

Saiyomi's ivy green eyes refocused and locked on her former student. "Yes, dear?"

"You have yet to give me a reply about the scroll." Sin spoke carefully, her eyes downcast and shy.

Saiyomi frowned. The scroll. The scroll of revivification and revitalization. It was a forbidden jutsu that not only could bring a dead soul to life but it gave that soul a new revitalized body and the jutsu, if performed on an already living soul, could keep a person eternally youthful and alive forever.

It had been declared immoral and forbidden for obvious reasons. Creating, or recreating as it were, life gave a human the power of God, and being able to stay young and alive forever gave a human the lifespan of God. No human should be a god.

Yet when Sin had heard what had happened to her poor beloved sensei she'd brought the scroll she'd been entrusted to protect. She was offering Saiyomi a second chance at a life with her dear departed Menato. Her lover had died before his prime had ever been reached and she desperately missed him. She wanted so badly to agree and use the scroll to bring him back, she wanted a chance to be a normal woman, as a wife and a mother. She had her son and daughter, having her husband would be the happiest completion of her life.

Saiyomi pinched the bridge of her nose and clenched her eyes tightly as she allowed her headache to remain, she considered it a punishment for even thinking about bringing him back.

There were no records of what happened when the forbidden jutsu was performed; so many complications could arise. They may not be reborn the same as they were, they may not be reborn with their past memories, they may not be reborn as the age they'd died at, they may not be reborn anywhere near where the jutsu took place. So many questions surrounded the mysterious jutsu, and momentarily Saiyomi cursed the old woman who'd burned all of her journals on the jutsu. After creating it, to revive her long deceased son, the woman saw how dangerous this power was and she destroyed all of her notes on it. She'd supposedly been about to destroy the only written document, the scroll, that contained her jutsu when her husband knocked her out and stole it away so that he may save the son himself since she'd decided to not.

This was pure conjecture of course because there was no proof of this ever happening; merely a tale that followed the scroll as way of explaining its origin.

"Sin, I want so badly to bring him back. I miss him so much every day, there are moments I think I feel his touch or hear his laugh and my chest hurts so much from the loss of him I cannot breathe. But you know as well as I do that it is wrong to do this."

Sin nodded, tears in her eyes, "But sensei had an unfair loss. His death shouldn't have happened. Just one time couldn't be so bad. No one else has to know. Sensei deserves her chance at happiness." Sin cried silently, "I want sensei to be happy."

Saiyomi held out her hand to Sin who took it with both of hers and held onto it tightly.

"Sin, I have both of my children with me now, that's a blessing in itself. I am happy. They're both safe and strong and growing more and more each day. If I asked for anymore than that I may be punished for my greed."

Saiyomi felt tears sting her eyes, "I loved Menato, I sill love him. I always will. He was my heart, my world. But I can't resurrect him. It'd be wrong. Thank you for trying to help me, Sin, but you and I both know that if one person breaks the rules and says 'no one will ever know' or 'once won't hurt' is a dangerous thing. For what if more than one person thinks they are the one to get away with breaking the rule? Death is a painful and often unfair aspect of life, but it is necessary. It is a hardship we all must face, in our own lives and in the lives of our loved ones. Changing death, taking control of death, is asking for bad to happen."

Sin nodded and bowed her head, resting her forehead on hers and Saiyomi's joined hands.

Together the two women sat in pensive silence for a long while. Finally, Sin stood and walked to the kitchen saying she was going to do the dishes.

Saiyomi struggled to not cry. Hugging herself tightly she closed her eyes and pictured her lover's handsome smiling face.

"I'm doing the right thing. Aren't I Menato?"

His gentle smiling face gave no answer, but it gave no judgement either.

A tear slipped by her will powered dam and slid down her cheek.

"I miss you so much, my beloved. She is right, we were dealt an unfair life. But it is wrong to bring you back. Right?"

Bending over and folding her arms she rested them on her knees, burying her face in the cradle they created.

"Right?" she whimpered.

"Right."

Gasping she sat up with a jerk.

"Menato?" Saiyomi asked hesitantly, reaching her hand out to the blonde in front of her.

Quickly his face morphed and it was no longer Menato, it was Naruto, her son.

He was crouching in front of her, his young handsome face grim.

"I…I never knew him; my dad. But I know what you're saying is right. We can't change how things happen. Even…even when it hurts. And, and you really want to. And from what I've been told, he was a great leader. So he'd say the same thing." Naruto told her quietly, his words coming out slow and shaky as if each word a painful stab.

Saiyomi lunged for him and wrapped him in a tight sorrowful hug.

She cried on his shoulder and Naruto, at a loss for what to do simply held her; his mother.

He'd give anything to see his dad, to talk to him and know him. To hear great battle stories and be trained by him. But he'd died, defending the village he loved, the woman he loved, his children. His dad had truly known the way of the ninja, he'd truly been a great leader, and he'd truly been a good man. So Naruto had to believe that even if his dad was watching and missing them, like he hoped the guy was, Naruto hoped his dad knew it was right for him to stay where he was and just keep watching over them.

He stared up at the ceiling, pretending he could see through it to the sky and straight on to heaven.

Dad? Are you watching? I'm doing right aren't I? Am I making you proud?

As if reading his mind Saiyomi leaned up and brushed her soft hand down his face, "He'd be so proud of you. You are so strong and you are strong in who you are. Thank you, Naruto dear, for saying what I needed to hear. You will be a great leader like your father was."

Naruto blushed and then grinned chuckling as he rubbed the back of his neck, "Yeah, you better believe it, mom. Cuz, one day I'm gonna be the Hokage!"

Saiyomi kissed his whisker marked cheek and smiled, "I have no doubt of that, baby, none at all."

Blushing darker Naruto leapt up to his feet and stammered out, "I, uh I came out to get some water for Hinata. She's probably wondering what happened so I better go get that to her."

Saiyomi watched him dash out of the room and she felt her smile fade a bit.

Menato…please forgive me for leaving you where you are, as much as I'd love to have a family with you, and grow old with you, I'll do what is right. Keep watching over us, love, keep protecting our children. Guide them and keep them safe. I'll see you again one day, my love. Just not yet. I have to stay here until they no longer need me. Then we can be together once more.

A.N.- T-T Poor Saiyomi. And Naruto, he's growing up. :) His daddy really would be very proud of him. As I said, sorry it's short but I hope you still liked it.

On a side note I'd like to announce something. I am in a very inspired mood right now and story ideas keep hitting me, I know alot of you want me to focus on the stories I have posted, especially this one, but one particular idea sounds like so much fun I just have to write it. I've actually already started...eh heh heh... And if I can't stop myself from writing it, why not go ahead and post it instead of leaving it to gather cyber dust? I'm telling you guys this because it is another Naruto fanfic and I don't know if you guys are totally dedicated to the GaaSaku pairing or if you just love Gaara with anyone or if you have a few favorites. But if any of you just enjoy reading romance about Gaara (and maybe a few other characters I may choose) you may be interested in this new one. It is a yaoi fic though, :D my first public attempt at it actually. I'm super excited about it! It'll be a love triangle (sort of) between Gaara, Naruto, and Sasuke. I'm calling it Judge and Jury and I will be posting the first chapter soon, so please if you like that type of story check it out for me. I'd really love to know if I am doing the yaoi genre justice.

Thanks for reading my second note guys! Love you!
Fanggirlx