Hello all! This should have come out sooner, but in addition to the difficulties of life, Word decided to bug out on me and in attempting to fix the problem, an idiot technician caused me to delete many of my files. I told him it was in the hard drive, he assured me that everything was backed up on the cloud. Lo and behold, it wasn't and many documents had to be rewritten from scratch.

At least I was able to get this puppy out. Please enjoy!

The morning light finally came to Myobokuzan. Most things in the area received the sunlight directly, but they first had to creep through the windows in Naruto's cabin first to illuminate it.

At some point, he stirred. As his eyes came into focus, he smiled at the sight of Sakura's sleeping face beneath him. He said nothing, just enjoying the look of pure peace on her face. A few minutes later, Sakura's eyes fluttered open. "Hey." She said.

"Hey." Naruto whispered.

"I guess this means I didn't dream up last night, huh?"

Naruto smirked. "Well, I'm not entirely convinced. I feel I've got the most beautiful angel in my bed with me."

"Your pick up lines are terrible." Sakura chuckled. "Thank goodness; otherwise I wouldn't have you to myself."

Naruto turned away, slightly embarrassed. "So…how did-?"

"It was like we never stopped." Sakura sighed, blushing and cupping her cheek. "You were amazing."

"You always are." Naruto said. The two got in close to kiss. However, instead of sighing, Sakura winced. "Sakura, are you-?"

"Naruto, I love you and the last night, but couldn't you have picked a softer bed?"

Puzzled, the two looked down, and found there was no mattress, but the hardwood floor. They looked to the left, the bed right where it was supposed to be, and the cover hanging on the edges and pooled on the floor beside them. The two looked at each other, the realization of how out of control they were the other night leaving them stunned. Naruto began to chuckle, followed by Sakura, their light chuckles becoming full blown laughter. "Oh man, I guess we needed all that more than we thought we did, eh, Sakura-chan?"

"I know, right!"

As they began to calm down, Naruto's brows moved as he eyed his love and new wife. "Well, would you like to go another round with me?"

To his surprise, Sakura gave a rather unimpressed look. "And what does junior have to say about it?"

Naruto looked down, realizing he was not in any shape to perform right this minute. "Uh, maybe you could give me a minute…?"

"I think you'll need a little more than that." Sakura crawled out from under him. Unperturbed by her naked state, she turned and stretched. Either she was indifferent to Naruto starring at her toned rear, or she was deliberately teasing him. No, she was definitely teasing him; no one takes five minutes to stretch when they get out of bed. "Well, I think I'll head into the shower." She made her way to the door, turning to look at him with an even sexier smile. "Feel free to join me."

Needless to say, that was not a hard decision for Naruto to make.

Iori stirred awake in the guest bedroom. "Naruto and Sakura-sensei must have really gone at it last night…" she thought as she sat up to stretch.

She then looked to the bed. She was the sole occupant, as was expected an agreed upon. Yet why did it not make her feel whole?

She was brought out of those thoughts by the smell of something cooking. Quickly, she discarded the sheets and made her way downstairs.

Coming down the stairs, Iori saw Yuji at the stove, scrambling some eggs. "Morning." He said quietly.

"Morning." Iori agreed. "I'm not used to seeing you up so early."

"Well, we've got mouths to feed." Yuji shrugged. It was then Iori noticed he must have used a lot of eggs, judging by the cartons on the counter. "Figured I should get started; they'll be here soon."

Just then, they heard the tiny footsteps come down the stairs. Shinachiku and Hanami, still in their PJs, looked at them curiously. "Shina! Hanami! Good morning!" Iori called.

"Morning." Shinachiku sounded disappointed. "Are Mommy and Daddy back?"

"Shina, we talked this over. Mommy and Daddy are going to be gone for a while." Iori explained. "We're taking care of you until they return, okay? It won't be for long."

"In the meantime, let's eat!" Yuji said as he finished the last of the eggs. The kids were put onto their stools and breakfast was served.

"While I had no doubt you were beautiful, I honestly thought our Naruto was exaggerating when he talked about you!" Ma toad exclaimed.

"Why, thank you." Sakura said, cupping her cheeks. Not even the most sexually active of couples isolate themselves completely from others during their honeymoon. Today, Naruto and Sakura showed up at the hut of the sages. Sakura genuinely wanted to meet the teachers who taught Naruto their arts and helped him come home from exile. So far, it seemed they were all getting along.

And Fukasaku had to derail it.

"It was difficult for young Naruto." Fukasaku he said. "When he first came here, he couldn't stop thinking of you and your children!"

"You say that like he had to stop." Sakura said, thinking he was joking.

Naruto nearly choked on the grub he was starting to get used to again as the room went silent. Ma quickly elbowed Fukasaku in the side. "Ow!"

"You have any idea how that sounds to a woman separated from her mate?!" She hissed.

Sakura began to get nervous. "Naruto, what are they-?"

Naruto sighed, and put down his chopsticks. Taking a moment, he decided it was best to come clean. "Sakura-chan, I didn't think I would have to tell you, because I believed with the end result it wouldn't matter." Naruto brushed his hair back. "To master the sage arts, one has to be detached from everything. It was a difficult start for me, because I couldn't stop thinking about you and the kids. Missing you wasn't getting me anywhere, so I had to…let you go."

"Let us go?!" Sakura cried. "You mean…didn't care for us anymore!?"

"That's not it at all!" Naruto shouted, as he grabbed her shoulders. "Of course I thought of you! I thought of all the good times we had together! I thought about how you gave me two beautiful children! And I thought about you having a good life…even if I couldn't be there!" Naruto released his grip, and strokes her hair. "Sakura, I could never stop loving you. But I had to accept that we may not always be together, and learn to be content that you could be happy with or without me." The two just stared at each other, Sakura beginning to cry. She gripped Naruto tighter, as he rubbed her back. "Shh, shh, it;s okay. It's okay…"

Ma toad looked to her husband, who scratched his head.

"Dear, you nearly broke her heart!"

"I'm sorry! It's been so long since we've talked with couples!" He said.

"You need to be more delicate with people, dear." Ma sighed.

The twins were starting to get used to their parents not being around, with Yuji and Iori being their guardians. Currently, the two were chasing each other in the sandbox with Iori watching. She should have felt happy for them, but for some reason she wasn't. She thought back to when she was younger, how she was so carefree, but in actuality her father had to protect her from danger constantly. All because she was a daughter of a jinchuriki. And they, being the offspring of another such individual, could also suffer from the same misfortune…

"I believe there's a saying," Iori turned to the right to see Yuji with ice cream in his hands. "A ryo for your thoughts, if I remember correctly."

"That's all they're worth to you?" Iori asked, deadpan.

"I believe yours are worth a precious stone at least." He said, smiling. "But since I don't have any money, would you be willing to let me in for free anyway?"

Iori sighed, looking to the playground. "Kids! Your ice cream is here!"

"Yaay!" They ran forward for their cones.

As they were distracted by their treats, Yuji took a seat next to Iori. "I worry about them." She said. "They may have targets on their backs for the rest of their lives…"

Yuji nodded. "I can't imagine what you had to go through. It's not fair, what happened to your Dad. Or what Naruto-sensei had to go through. Both of them had burdens placed against their will, and the world punishes them for it." He then gripped Iori's hand. "I've a feeling this jinchuriki nonsense will be behind us soon."

"You think so?"

"I'd like to; but I fear that there will be something bad happening too, before that happens." He gripped her hand tighter. "Whatever happens, though, we'll protect them." He leaned in closer. "And most importantly, at least to me, I'll protect you."

Iori blushed slightly, surprised at his declaration. "I, I can take care of myself…"

"My point is still valid…" Iori's eyes began to close slightly, as she had a slight blush and leaned in close. They had kissed before, but Yuji could feel something was different…

"Uncle Yuji! Aunt Iori!" The two stopped, and looked to the tots.

"Y-yeah?!" Iori blurted out as she jerked back to her original position.

"Is it true you can fly?"

"What?! No!" Iori waved them off. "What gave you two that idea?"

"I think you're talking about how we can move through the trees, right?" Yuji asked. "We can do that!"

"Can you show us how to do it?" Shinachiku asked.

"I'm sorry, you're too young!" Iori insisted.

"But, I'm thinking maybe we can give them a sample…" Yuji said.

"Yaay!"

A mere piggyback ride across the canopy somehow became a game of tag, with Yuji and Iori acting as the respective horses of the children. Currently, Iori was racing with Hanami on top of her, while Yuji and Shina pursued her. "Faster, faster!" Shina said.

Yuji and Iori were evenly matched in speed, and simply running up to her was not going to gain him anything. Quickly looking around, he calculated some angles, and acted. "Hold on!" He jumped off like an arrow, zooming towards a seemingly random tree trunk. He quickly planted his feet on the bark, and shot off again, but this time he went off at a different angle.

Suddenly, he was right in front of Iori, using his hand to swing on a high branch and land in front of her. However, the game was not over. Iori suddenly spun with a kick, careful not to hit Shinachiku but Yuji instead, if he was slow enough to get hit. Sure enough, he was safe, dodging with ease; Iori was holding back, plus Yuji's Kekkei Genkai was as sharp as ever. He also countered with a knee, which Iori blocked.

"Get him, Iori!" Hanami shouted.

The two adults exchanged kicks, Iori trying to kick Yuji away while he tried to get in close. As he blocked another kick with his knee, Iori tried to step back and put some distance between them. However, she then felt a wire at the back of her hips. "Wha-? When did he-?" Iori's balance was superb, as she stepped forward before she could fall over.

But in that moment, Yuji put his foot behind hers and pulled her in. Shina reached over and touched Hanami's hand on Iori's shoulder. "Tag! You're it!"

Now Iori and Hanami were supposed to chase Yuji and Shinachiku, but Iori did something unexpected. She set Hanami down…and took off into the treetops. "Hey!" Iori said. "What's she doing!?"

Yuji was puzzled as well. Setting Shinachiku done, he said "Hold on. And don't move; Mommy will be very mad with me if you two break your necks." He too took off.

Iori got a good distance ahead of him, and now that she was unburdened with children, there was nothing holding her back. "Why'd you run?" She heard Yuji call out to her.

"Catch me if you can!" Out of nowhere, she threw kunai his way. Yuji easily avoided them, and landed on Iori's branch.

He quickly came in with a light elbow, only for her to poof out of existence. "Clone, huh? You were always sensei's favorite!" He found her trying to make a break for it on another tree. He fired off a wire, cutting her off and reeling himself in. He landed to engage her in taijutsu again, elbows against fist. "What's your deal?"

"Needed some alone time with you." She said. "Just needed to see if you could keep up with me." She fired a fast punch, which Yuji ducked under. Iori dented the bark, but gave no outward reaction of pain.

"We always worked well together!" Yuji swept under her leg.

Though Iori fell back, she easily landed back on the branch without falling back. "But I want to see if you are worthy!"

"Worthy? Worthy of what?" Yuji said as he got back up to spar with her.

"Win and you'll find out!" Yuji managed to knock her back with a knee. Though she nearly fell off the branch, she stood on the very tip of the branch, which by all rights was so thin it should have snapped under her weight. She quickly formed a rasengan, and charged at him. Yuji just neatly side-stepped the attack, and Iori jumped over him when she felt the electricity coming off his finger tips, no doubt a medical technique.

They resumed hand-to-hand, exchanging attacks that were serious and yet neither were afraid or took the intent personally. They took higher into the trees exchanging more blows. When they landed on the taller of the big branches, Iori managed to get a kick in, knocking Yuji into the trunk. "I guess that's game over."

"The odds do look in your favor," Yuji said. "But this game will not be over until you make the finishing move."

Iori knew something was up, but smirked. "Okay, I'll play along." she thought. She charged…and suddenly several wires came down on her. She didn't have her kama on her, so she tried pushing them off. In all the struggle, she never noticed how Yuji never took the opportunity to attack. When it seemed she was home free, suddenly she felt something yank down on her ankle. She felt herself falling from the tree, and she couldn't stop herself from screaming. Something strong but soft caught her, and she realized she landed on a net. Her hair was a mess, and she was beginning to hyperventilate.

Yuji slid down on a wire upside down, the smug little bastard! "Look what I caught in my web!" Iori nearly went tsundere on him again, but Yuji easily caught her. "Careful now! Not a good idea to start a tussle on such a fragile net!"

Iori continued breathing hard, but felt like some kind of wall was about to burst. "Yuji, I-"

Yuji never gave her a chance to speak, as he swung in close and captured her lips.

"What are you doing?"

The two broke the kiss in a panic as they saw Shinachiku and Hanami looking over them from another tree. "N-nothing!" Iori said. "Just having a little chat!"

Yuji righted himself and balanced on one of the wires, having a question of his own, "More importantly…how did you two get here!?"

"We jumped over!" Hanami said.

Jumped over?! They must have left them a dozen trees back!

It seemed these two would grow up to be prodigies…

"You sure, Naruto?"

"Trust me." Naruto nodded with his arms crossed, and that confident smirk on his face he was known for. "I gave word to the toads not to disturb us unless it was an emergency. Now…strip down."

The two had agreed to go all natural in the woods. They pulled this on the training grounds several times before, but they could never do it all day, plus the anxiety of getting caught put a strict time limit on such things. Here, they had no such worries. Naruto watched with glee as Sakura took off her clothes, unperturbed by his staring. Naruto finally got his pants off as she tossed her panties aside and lay on the soft grass. "This does feel good." Sakura sighed. "Hurry up." She suddenly demanded.

"You were always more of a pervert than me." Naruto said as he tossed his own clothes aside. Sakura let him pick her up, as Naruto walked into the forest.

"Slicer charged, but Blister unveiled the discarded nunchaku, trapping his wrist and threw the evil ninja over the roof. Blister held onto to Slicer, being the one to save him from falling to his doom. He then said 'Death comes to us all, Oroku Nagi. But when you die, it will be-' Slicer suddenly pulled a dagger from under his sleeve, trying to finish Master Blister instead. However, Blister jumped back, leaving him to only cut the nunchaku cord, and fell. After he landed, Blister finished, saying 'Without honor.'"

Yuji came back to reality as he saw the two toddlers fast asleep in their beds. Sighing, he tucked them in. "I don't think the movie version was appropriate for their age." Iori said, standing in the doorway.

"Hey, I whitewashed a lot of those scenes." Yuji chuckled defensively.

Iori said nothing, as she walked back down the hallway. Yuji slowly got up, and followed…

When Iori and Yuji agreed to take care of the twins, they agreed Iori would get the guest room, and Yuji would get the couch. Though they had been dating for a year, they never took that step. Yuji felt he was about to take a giant leap tonight.

Approaching the guest room, he saw Iori sitting on the edge of the bed. The lights were off, but Yuji could see she was still fully clothed. Without any words, he entered and sat next to her, touching her hand. The two met, and kissed. They continued like this for a minute, before Yuji gently pushed her down onto the bed. After setting his glasses on the night stand, he decided to go first and discarded his shirt. Iori had seen him like this before, and there were no surprises. But for the first time, she was going to see more. "Iori…if you don't want any of this, you need to st-"

Iori pressed her fingers against his lips. "It's okay, Yuji. I…I love you." After a pause, a realization came to both of them. "I never told you before, have I?"

Yuji gave her a small but sincere smile. "You never had to."

Confident all was consented to, he leaned in for a much steamier kiss.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Sakura stared into the night sky. The humid climate made the outside ideal, and without the lights of the village, it was especially bright. Constellations they had struggled to make out were clear as day (so to speak). "It's beautiful." Sakura said.

"It is." Naruto agreed. "Except for one thing..," Naruto turned to his wife. "I hoped to share all of this with you one day." Naruto sighed again. "But I deeply regret this all came about because of my mistake. I missed 3 years with you and the kids, and we can never get them back."

"It could have been worse." Sakura sighed. "I read stories where husbands were separated from their wives until their children were grown; if anything I consider it a miracle to this day that you were able to make it when you did."

"It shouldn't have happened in the first place." Naruto stated.

"Maybe, but you know what? You made something beautiful out of all this. Your new skills, our wedding…" Sakura slowly rolled on top of him. "If this was the price to pay, I think it was worth it."

Finally Naruto smiled again. "Fine, if you say so. But I've no plans to repeat that."

"Agreed." Sakura said. Naruto began to feel her move, and his breathing hitched. "Enough with this angst." Sakura said as she slowly rocked him. "We didn't get away for sob stories."

"Good point." Naruto agreed.

Morning came back into the Uzumaki household, but the morning light graced a different event of intimacy. Various male and female clothes were strung about the floor, and Yuji and Iori were naked under the covers. Yuji was hugging Iori close like a teddy bear, unmoving as she started to stir awake. For a moment she panicked at seeing his face so close. As she calmed down, she smiled. She thought back to when they were kids. How he was once a pathetic child who could not stand up for himself, and the man he had become. Seeing his parts and allowing him to touch hers was frightening and exhilarating. Neither were technically very skilled, but she was happy they were each others' first. And hopefully their onlys.

Yuji finally woke up with a big yawn. Iori nearly pushed him off the bed as an unusually pungent breath assaulted her nose. What did he eat last night?! Then she remembered the answer, and her face turned redder than even her own hair. She DID know what he had; it came from her, after all!

"Hey." Yuji whispered, smiling.

"Hey." Iori responded in kind.

"I…I don't know what to say." Yuji said nervously.

"You don't have to." Iori said, embracing him. "Just…just lie here with me a bit longer, okay?"

Yuji smiled, cuddling closer. "I think I would like that very much."

As they got closer, Iori felt something. "Really?" Iori said, giving him the usual stink eye.

Knowing what she was referring to, Yuji chuckled nervously. "Surely, you've heard of morning wood?"

"This feels more like morning granite." Iori said plainly.

Yuji gulped. "Well, since you haven't pounded me…would you like to go another round?"

Iori rolled her eyes. Still… "Fine. But make it quick."

She rolled on her back, and Yuji rolled on top of her. They shared a quick kiss, and Yuji got ready to… "Yuji! Iori!"

The two froze and turned to the door in panic as the Uzumaki siblings stood in front of the doorway. "K-kids!" Iori stuttered, absolutely mortified. "What's wrong?"

"We're hungry!" Shinachiku complained. "Yuji needs to make breakfast!"

"R-right!" Yuji tried to get the situation under control. "Give me a sec-" That was when he realized he forgot something.

"Yuji, why aren't you wearing Pajamas?" Hanami asked.

"Gah!" Yuji got a pillow to cover himself. Iori could only partially cover herself with the thin sheets. "A tornado blew them away!" Yuji answered hastily.

Hanami looked around. "Really?"

"We were hot, okay?!" Iori yelled. In all fairness, that was not far from the truth.

The final days had passed, and Naruto and Sakura had certainly made the most of it. For the next couple of days, they hardly talked to each other verbally, instead using touch to communicate their feelings. Their lovemaking for the most part had slowed to more gentle activities, until the last night, where they went at it as hard as their first.

Sakura held her forehead as she smiled and panted, Naruto hugging her from her side. Both were flushed, and felt completely satisfied. "Ohh…" Sakura moaned. "We needed that."

'I know." Naruto chuckled. "So…I guess we have to stop once we get back?"

"Oh, don't you dare!" Sakura lightly smacked his shoulder. "Yes, we can't go full pornstar and run around the house in our birthday suits. But we'll still be making love, okay? Just plan it out so no one sees something they're not supposed to!"

"Understood." Naruto chuckled snd sighed in relief. "Still, I'm so happy to have had you all to myself quite literally."

"Me too." Sakura turned her head to look him in the eyes. "But we can't sequester ourselves from the world forever. Besides…I miss our children." Sakura gave him a nervous smile. Would he resent having a brief vacation only to be distracted by children he was still getting to know?

To her relief, Naruto's smile only grew wider. "So do I." Naruto stroked her cheek. "I think I'm off to a good start being your husband. Now, I want to go back to learning to be a father."

Thankfully, that incident from back when the two kids caught their sitters was seemingly forgotten about. Most everything else went well, and now the sitters were making sure the house was spick and span. They didn't make a major mess, but it was still best to make sure the Uzumakis could see they were doing their best to maintain the place, if not leave it better than before. "Dishes washed?" Iori asked.

"Check!" Yuji answered affirmatively.

"The rooms cleaned and toys put away?"

"Check!"

"Dusting?"

"Like it's brand new!" Yuji said, giving a thumbs up.

"Great!" Iori smiled. The two stared at each other. Then Iori began to look pale, sweating.

"What's wrong?" Yuji asked.

Iori shifted to him whispering. "You don't think they're going to tell them…do you?"

Now Yuji looked terrified for a moment. "Uh, what's there to tell? They walked in before we could begin!"

"They saw us naked!" Iori hissed.

"We bathed with them before…"

"NOT TOGETHER." Iori pressed.

Yuji held his temples. "Just…just calm down. They didn't dwell on it, I doubt they even remember."

Iori slapped her cheeks, trying to calm herself down. "Maybe you're right."

"Well, just try to relax. They'll be here anytime today, the house looks good and the kids did fine. Everything will be alright!" Just then, there was a knocking on the door. "Damn it, sometimes their timing is TOO perfect!" Yuji hissed.

"Hey! Anyone home!?"

Yuji moved to open the door. "Hey!" He smiled. "Welcome back!"

Naruto and Sakura, dressed casually, entered the house. "So good to see you!" Naruto said. "And thanks for watching the place!"

"Are the kids okay?" Sakura asked.

"Mommy!" The twins ran down, hugging her by the legs. She chuckled, hugging them close. "I missed you too."

Sakura was about to remind them to hug their father, but as soon as they got reassurance, they jumped right to Naruto. "Hi Daddy!" Shinachiku said.

"We missed you too!" Hanami declared. Sakura smiled; it seemed they had truly accepted their father.

"Well, I think our job is done." Iori said. "Guess not much to tell about your trip?"

"Not unless we're planning to write a new Icha-Icha series." Naruto said. "Which we aren't. Those books are boring." Sakura had to admit, the double meaning on Naruto's part was clever.

"Then, I think we should leave you two to settle back into the home." Yuji said. "We'll stop by again when we can."

The two left as they waved goodbye to the family. After they closed the door, Yuji grabbed Iori by the hip and pulled her in for a kiss. "Whoa!" She fidgeted away from him. "You really couldn't wait?"

"Sorry; it's just that we abstained after 'that'…and if you have nothing else planned…I was hoping maybe we could spend some time together?"

"We can spend time…"Iori began as she eased herself out of his touch. "But there's no guarantee we're thinking the same thing."

Yuji just stared at her sternly. "You're a terrible liar, you know that?"

Iori grinned, and pulled him in for an even steamier kiss. "Hurry up." She said huskily after breaking it again. She took off, Yuji not far behind.

"You just slept around?" Shinachiku asked at dinner. The kids asked what was so fun about where they went. Obviously they couldn't tell them the whole truth, but they seemed underwhelmed by that answer.

"Pretty much." Sakura shrugged. "We visited one of Daddy's masters too."

"Could we see them?" Hanami asked.

"Depends. Do you like to eat bugs?" Naruto asked.

"EWW!" The two gagged.

"Neither do we. But we have to be polite if you're going to see them." Naruto brought a piece of beef to his mouth. Though he almost wished the honeymoon never ended, having home-cooked meals was bliss for him. "Honestly, though, we'd like to bring you there sometime soon. I want to make it a vacation spot for our family."

"I don't want to nap all the time." Hanami moaned.

Sakura chuckled. "We'll figure something out for you all to do."

"Do you sleep without PJs?" Shinachiku suddenly asked.

Surprised but not panicking, Naruto answered "Sometimes, why?"

"Yuji and Iori don't." He said.

"Oh." Sakura shrugged. At first, they dismissed this as an innocent question. But when they thought about it, they realized there was no reason for him to ask that question. Unless… "Uh, you saw them without PJs?" Sakura asked.

"Yup." Shinachiku nodded.

"You mean, you saw Yuji, and then Iori later on?" Naruto asked, hoping against hope the answer would be yes.

"Uh-huh. They were together." Hanami answered.

Naruto and Sakura just looked like they were starring into nothing at first. Then came the sweat. Finally, Sakura snapped her chopsticks. "I'M GOING TO KILL THEM!" Her scream seemed to cause the whole house to jump in surprise.

"Oh gosh…" Iori panted. She and Yuji were sharing the bed, doing exactly what you expected. Iori held her arm over her eyes, flushed and completely satisfied. Yuji just lay back with his arms crossed, looking smug. Their first time, while good, was rough. Now that they had a few rounds of practice, they felt they were getting a good idea of what their partner wanted. Especially Yuji. "I take it that was okay?" He reached over, patting her shoulder.

"For once, Yuji, I'm going to tell you not to sell yourself short." Iori said.

She then rolled over him. "Still coming back for more, huh?" Yuji smirked.

"If you're up to it?"

Yuji grabbed Iori's back of her head as he gently pulled her in for a kiss. They were about to start again, when they were suddenly interrupted by a familiar noise they did not expect. "THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING HAVING SEX IN FRONT OF MY CHILDREN!" Sakura's voice rang out as she rammed through their apartment door and into their bedroom.

"Damn it Sakura!" Iori screamed in fear, shock, embarrassment and anger all at once as the two desperately covered themselves. Even Sakura felt the anger fly away as the color drained from her skin, seeing them in this awkward position.

"S-Sakura-chan, please don't do this!" Naruto came running after her. He too saw what made her froze, and this finally broke the young couple out of their stupor.

"DAMN IT, SENSEI!" Naruto then caught a dresser to the dace.

Eventually, the new couple was allowed to dress, as they got in seiza to have Sakura lecture them. In the meanwhile, Naruto licked his wounds on the couch. He could have let himself pass out, but he had to stay awake; a clone was outside watching the kids.

"Why is mommy angry?" Hanami asked.

The clone, having felt himself on the verge of poofing out, did his best to keep himself together. "Nothing you need to know about until you grow up."

Shiguri made his way to his grandfather's apartment. He made a motion to open the knob, when the "Hokage", Maryu, stepped out. The two stared at each other, before he nodded at Shiguri. Shiguri looked back, and snorted.

He made his way inside; Danzo pouring himself some tea at the table. "Didn't think the Hokage made house calls." Shiguri noted as he kneeled on the floor.

"I may never officially be Hokage, but I can still shape the village in my image…before my time is up." He pushed a cup towards Shiguri, who made no motion, not even to refuse. "I found it." Danzo said. "The final peace of the puzzle." Shiguri's brow twitched, but said nothing. "I believe I found your mother."

Shiguri breathed deep before opening his eyes. "What do you require of me?"

"One last thing…" Danzo nearly sneered. "To finally eliminate our enemies."

I said in one of my other fics that I normally don't like to talk about politics, mainly because that's not this site's format and it's not what you're here for. Sometimes, I make an exception. As for why, it is kind of related to things I have done with my fic here.

I'm sure you heard about the decision to overturn Roe v Wade. I won't go as far to say we're doomed…many states will still provide services…but many others will not, and those who can't afford to travel will often need it the most.

As I said before, I am very much pro-choice, even if I don't like the idea of it. Now, I doubt any of the justices read my fic, but I can't help but feel since that has been mentioned here, I may have given some wrong ideas.

The first time was me being edgy, and was very much the opposite of what normally happens. Second time with Sakura's pregnancy wasn't meant to dissuade anyone if they felt they needed it.

I think there are a lot more well spoken people than me on the issue, and there are endless arguments and rebuttals I would like to make, but that would take forever. I think the best advice I could give is read up on where your state stands on the issue, use protection as always and have a plan on what to do if that doesn't work (even if you are certain you would never do it).

That's all on the matter I will say. Take care, and I hope in the end this leads to something that will work out for everyone.