Anri shuddered at the screams of the people of Konoha. It had been fifteen years since that day. The worst day in the history of Konoha, and the day she lost the only crush that she ever had. She stood in the Uchiha Mansion, a stern look on her face.

She had developed into a beautiful, strong, confident woman. She usually smiled in public, but nothing could stop her from feeling a deep pain in her chest. Her broken heart left her in emotional and physical pain.

Time had healed the wound, but also left a scar. She cried when she thought of the Hyuuga that she had fallen for. His Konoha headband was hidden in her pillow, and, before her husband woke up, she would take it out and gently kiss it. The way he kissed her before he left.

Her husband understood her pain. They were in and arranged marriage, thanks to Orochimaru. The first prodigy that was born would be taken from them, so they never had children. They had come to like each other, but not love. Never love. They still had to act like one of those couples that were head-over-heels for each other.

She felt strong arms wrap around her. She smiled. Once again, he was trying to console her. She felt his hot breath against her neck. "I know it's hard, but you have to stop thinking about him. Noboru's probably dead now," he said.

She turned to look into his dark green eyes. His father and mother's eye colors had mixed into that color. His father's dark hair and his mother's light her had formed a deep red, kind of like the Kazekage's.

Samaru Uchiha. It was too hard to believe. They both had deep emotional scars from being separated from their true loves. Well, he still got to see Tami. They even had a child.

Anri smiled at the five-year-old that stumbled towards her. "Mommy," the child said, "The bad men are here. They're scaring me." Anri frowned. Although the child wasn't hers, only Kiba, Tami, Shikamaru, Samaru, and her knew that it wasn't. Still, no one tried to take her away, because she couldn't use mind techniques. She was viewed as a failed experiment. Tami tried to visit as much as possible, but the child still couldn't know about its mother until it was older.

Anri kneeled down. "You don't listen to those 'bad men', ok Tani?" she said as she tickled the child. Tani giggled and ran up to her room. Anri walked over to the door. Two sound ninja stood there. "What do you want?" she snapped.

They looked at each other. "This is the first day of a new month. Any news?" one of them asked. Anri scowled. "Of course not! Can't you see? We don't want to have anymore children. We already had one and that was the requirement!" she snapped and tried to slam the door.

One ninja stopped the slamming door. "Orochimaru is impatient. If the Uchiha prodigy is not born, you do know what the consequences are," he said and then fell over, shuddering. Anri looked at the other one and he started shuddering. They died in a few seconds. She slammed the door and came face-to-face with Samaru.

She felt tears sting her eyes. She leaned onto his chest and started crying. A hand moved onto her back and held her closer. Yes, she knew what the consequences were. All of her friends would be killed off one-by-one. Their children first, then her friends. She also knew that she couldn't stand knowing that her friends were going to be killed off one by one. Orochimaru knew that as well.

Samaru let go of her and looked out the window at the two dead ninjas. "You killed them. You've gotten better at controlling your abilities. Do you think you can take down Orochimaru?" he asked. Anri shook her head. "I wish. I have to keep practicing."

Tani ran downstairs. "Mommy, are we going to Hinata's house?" she asked with cheerful eyes. Anri smiled. "Only if you get ready," she said. Tani ran up to her room.

Anri turned to Samaru. "We're running out of time. We're going to have to give up," she said with tears in her eyes, "As you know, they don't know how emotionally dead we are. They don't care about anything except the Uchiha prodigy." She looked down as Samaru frowned. "You never gave up. What happened to the old Anri?" he asked.

She shook her head and walked upstairs. Samaru decided to answer his own question. "She died with her feelings and spirit." He slowly walked up the steps.

Anri and Samaru walked down the streets of Konoha. Today was Naoto's birthday and the Hyuugas were throwing a huge party for him. Tani skipped after them. Nowadays, everyone either hid in fear or tried to pretend that nothing was wrong and go about their daily lives while the sound ninja kept watch.

Anri was dressed in the usual, a black kimono with a flame-like pattern. The Uchiha symbol was on the back of it. Tani wore the same kind of kimono and had her hair tied up in a ponytail. She smiled; unaware of the fact that Konoha hadn't always been like this.

Tani stopped to look at a man with white hair. "Mommy, who's he?" she asked. She was always curious about different people. Anri frowned and muttered, "A total asshole." Samaru chuckled. The man looked at her. "What was that, Anri?" he asked with a smirk. Sunlight reflected off of his glasses and Anri closed her eyes for a minute. "Nothing, Kabuto," she replied.

Tani walked towards Kabuto and gave him a huge grin. "Hiya, Sir," she said. Anri gave a weak smile. "Tani, let's get going, we don't want to be late and make Naoto mad do we?" she asked. Tani giggled and grabbed Samaru and Anri's hands and pulled them ahead.

Anri made Tani let go of her hand and turned to face Kabuto. She flipped him off with both hands and smirked at his shocked expression. She mouthed, "Fuck off," before she turned around.

When they finally made it to the Hyuuga Mansion, they knocked on the door. Hinata greeted them and let them in. She showed Tani to where the other kids were while Neji led Samaru to one room while Hanabi led Anri to another.

Anri…

When Anri walked into the room she sat down and began talking to her old friends. The older women: Tenten, Hinata, Sakura, Kurenai, Ino, and Temari sat on one side of the room. On the other side, were Tami, Yoshi, Kozakura, Ginama, and Choukata.

Ginama smiled. "I can't believe it, you're pregnant again! I thought you only wanted one child!" Ginama exclaimed. Yoshi shrugged. "Shikaro and I went against that," she said.

Anri smiled. Tami looked at her. "How's Tani?" she asked. Anri looked at her. "She's doing very well. She always brightens everyone up in the mansion," she said. Tami just smiled.

Ginama spoke up. "Kazuhiro doesn't brighten up the mood at my house. He's always asking questions about the sound ninja. His father and I are trying to keep the reason that the ninjas are here a secret," she said, shaking her head. Choukata rolled her eyes. "Well, he probably knows! He is a Hatake after all," she said.

Kozakura smiled. "You think that's bad? Inohiro and Choumaru bicker 24-7! It's very annoying. I haven't been able to rest for the last few days," she said.

Anri laughed. "That's easy to tell," she said, "You're crabbier than usual." Kozakura raised an eyebrow. "So, how has it been around your house?" she asked.

Anri frowned. "Sound ninjas stopped by this morning, Only causing scars to turn to wounds," she said. The other women frowned.

Tami wrapped her arms around Anri. "It's ok. I'm sure that wherever Noboru is, he'll be back someday," she said. Anri nodded and tapped her lips. The lips that hadn't been kissed by someone she loved in years.

In the outskirts of Konoha, two figures stood on a cliff. "Out of all the foolish things you've done, this is the most foolish," one of them said. His deep blue eyes scanned the village below. The wind ruffled his short, blonde hair.

The other man smirked. "You sound like Deidara, Daichi. Now I see how you two are related," he said. Daichi shook his head. "You vowed never to return here, why did you choose this mission?" he asked.

The other man frowned. "To get rid of a few scars. Plus, I want to kill the fiend who did this," he said. Daichi gave a weak smile. "You sound like you love this place." The other man shook his head. "I don't love this place, it's one of the people in it," he said.

Daichi chuckled. "You broke your ties with the village." The other man shook his head. "Not all of them. It's hard to forget someone when you have a broken heart." He held up a kunai with a fang-like mark on it. "I'm not leaving without her." His white eyes looked down. "We'll have to blend in." Daichi smiled. "You would know how to do that, Noboru."

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