"Sakura..." The busty Hokage started, unsure of what to say to her student that was whimpering quietly with a crimson-maned Uzumaki by her side, gently stroking Sakura's pink hair. "I… don't know what you can do…"

Karin looked over at the woman she now believed to be her kage, "The first thing to do is to check whether or not I was correct, Hokage-sama." She said, "You had no time before the war to check if what I found was correct."

It was true. Tsunade had no time to check if what the Uzumaki had claimed she had found to be correct. The war was already underway, and – although it was harsh – Tsunade herself had no time to look over Sakura and check if her possible condition was correct.

And, even after the war, Tsunade was too busy dealing with the costs and bills from the war as well as the new Uchiha citizen – he himself had been given no penalty, as the council was solely blamed for his leaving the village and the want for his revenge, sending the two elders to death.

The blonde brushed aside everything on her desk at the Hokage's mansion. Everything fell to the floor; documents, alcohol glasses and money. "Lie down." She ordered gently to her student that had watched everything silently, but with a little shock.

Karin peeled herself away from the Haruno and moved to the other side of the room, to stop herself from getting in the way of the Hokage and Sakura. "It's alright, Sakura-chan." Karin said gently as she watched her friend shiver from the thought of it all.

The kunoichi slowly laid down on the desk in front of the Hokage and the ex-missing-nin. Tsuande lifted up Sakura's red shirt so that it was ruffled just below her breasts, and placed a glowing hand against Sakura's pale stomach. Slowly, her hand made its way to where Sakura's womb would be located. A pang of chakra told Tsunade that Sakura was indeed expecting.

She checked the condition of the foetus from inside of Sakura. When she did all of the tests with her chakra to make sure the tiny organism inside of Sakura was fine, she pulled away and allowed her hazelnut eyes to soften as she helped the pregnant onna up. "Sakura—"

"I'm… pregnant, aren't I?" She asked quietly, dropping her head. ". . ."

Tsunade swallowed, "Hai… There's no mistaking it. And… I suppose this happened on the mission you were on where you… encountered the Uchiha?"

"Yes… I have been with no other man," Sakura said and turned her head nervously, "I suppose you want me to get rid of him?"

Tsunade rose an eyebrow, "Even I can't make this type of decision, Sakura. It is your choice on the matter; I have no right to make the decision for you."

Sakura's green eyes brightened ever so slightly, "S—So… I can keep it?"

"Hai… on one condition…"

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Sasuke turned his head as he looked at the rosette at his door. He rose a brow as she looked at him with a look that asked for him to let her in. A small sigh escaped his lips as he walked aside and allowed her inside the main house in the Uchiha estate. "What is it?" He asked as he slowly shut the door behind her.

She moved inside and looked hesitant, as if she was unsure to even be here. She slipped past him, finally, and sat down on one of the chairs in the next room. 'Yeah… make yourself at home, Sakura.' Sasuke muttered sourly inside of his head as he followed her into his lounge.

The lounge was in dark colours; the walls a dark blue with the Uchiha symbol on the wall closest to the way into the kitchen. The couches were coal in colour, and were made of leather; two recliners and one three-seater. Sakura had sat down on the three-seater and was playing with her fingers in a very similar manner to that of Hyuuga Hinata.

Sasuke gazed over at the rosette and noticed that she had been crying; her eyes red and puffy as well as being slightly swollen. Her hair was also very messy compared to the usual look she had. It was as if she has stepped out of the shower without brushing it. "What is it?" He asked again, a little softer than what he had done earlier. Something had obviously happened.

The Uchiha was a little annoyed with the fact that she had come here though. Why had she not just gone to the dobe? He would have been a much easier choice than the stoic Uchiha who was not one to offer comfort. And, from the look of things, whatever had caused Sakura to cry was something very important. "Sakura." Sasuke tried again – he was getting a little annoyed with her silence.

"G—Gomen…" She stood up, "I… I shouldn't have come here. A—Ano… I'll just leave…" Sakura then headed off to the exit of the large manor. Sasuke growled and went after her, grabbing her wrist roughly and slamming her up against the door. "N—Nani?"

"What… the fuck is wrong?" Sasuke asked, he tilted his head and watched her. "You wouldn't come here if something was seriously wrong, Sakura." The Uchiha stated as he allowed her to slip to the ground, although his body still formed a cage around hers.

"I—I'm sorry…" She sniffled out. Sasuke noticed that she was crying once more. A guilty pang was felt in is heart; he was always the one to cause her to cry. Why was it always like this? "I… Please, let me leave…" Sakura said and pushed against his chest, asking for him to let her go.

Sakura could have easily shoved past him; Sasuke realized. Why had she not just done that? A bit of chakra, and he would have been forced to let her take her leave. Yet, she has not even bothered to do anything with her chakra. "Then leave." Sasuke said, not moving. "I know that you can leave if you wanted to, Sakura."

The kunoichi opened her mouth and turned her head nervously, "I… can't use my chakra at the moment." Shit. She should not have said that.

The raven-haired male rose an ebony brow and pulled away from her, watching her with a look of confusion. "And why can't you use chakra?" Sasuke had heard of shinobi having their chakra sealed by poison and even jutsu. Surely Sakura would not have had that done to her, would she? He knew – at least from Naruto's point of view – that she was a powerful, young woman now.

"I… can't tell you—"

Sasuke's kekkei genkai activated on its own accord; from both his anger and annoyance. "Why the fuck not? And why the fuck would you even come here?"

"'Cause… I'm scared." The pinkette said quickly. "I don't know what you'll—"

The crimson-eyed man snorted, "If you think I'll hurt you, then you're mistaken; I'm not that man."

Sakura already knew that. She did not need him to tell her that; she found it to be rather insulting. "It's… not that, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke frowned, "Then why are you so hesitant?"

"I'm…" She bit her lip, "Pregnant."

The usually composed Uchiha's eyes widened for a few seconds before he shoved her against the door once more, winding the Haruno. He glared at her as he felt betrayal tug at him. She had slept around with other men after him. "What…?" He repeated through clenched teeth, "Are you saying that you fucked around—"

Sakura looked as if she had been slapped, "I—Iie… You're the only man that I have ever slept with!"

Uchiha Sasuke moved away from her once more, as she slid down to the ground, her legs automatically being pulled up against her. "T—Then it's—"

"Hai…" Sakura whispered weakly, and closed her eyes as she felt more tears come to the surface. Sasuke let out a growl that was very similar to that of a curse. "I… I want to keep him – I understand if you don't want anything to do with me or the baby, but please let me keep him…"

Sasuke looked at her and then crouched down in front of her after he had gained his own composure. Sakura's eyes were shut tightly, and she was trembling ever so slightly. Sasuke reached his fingers forwards and idly pushed away stray strands of cherry blossom hair. "Oi…" He began and closed his own eyes for about a second to allow his kekkei to fade away. "… I'm… not going to force you to do that, alright? Now, open your eyes, Sakura."

Slowly, and cautiously, Sakura opened her eyes and watched the calmer looking Sasuke who was crouched down in front of her, breathing softly and quietly. "Y—You won't?" She hiccupped and wiped away her tears, inwardly cursing herself for crying as much as she has.

"I won't." Sasuke clarified and rested his forehead against Sakura's, allowing his eyelids to slip closed as he stayed silent for a few minutes, doing this type of action. Sakura was at a loss of words – Sasuke did not seem like the guy to do this type of thing. Was he happy about this or something? She was sure that he would have just brushed her aside and tell her to fuck off. But, this made her happy. She closed her own eyes and listened to the gentle pitter patter of the gentle rain outside.

After a good ten minutes, Sasuke opened his eyes. "Sakura." He said. The kunoichi opened her eyes as Sasuke stood up and offered for her to take his hand. She did as he wanted. He took her hand and lead her back into his lounge, and offered for her to sit on the three-seater.

As she sat down, albeit a bit cautiously, he sat down opposite her in one of his two recliners. "When did you find out?" He asked and watched her silently afterwards.

She closed her eyes and rubbed her stomach gently, "… K—Karin mentioned it when we met up in the Land of Iron."

Sasuke's eyes widened; he had… tried to—"After we… on that mission… I didn't—I didn't think that you… would conceive…"

"I… It had never crossed my mind…" Sakura agreed as she dropped her head a little, "I'm… not expecting you to support me during this… I… just thought that it would be best—"

"Has Tsunade confirmed this?" Sasuke interrupted – he was not a hundred percent sure that this was actually true. There was no way that he would have known about this. But, now that he thought about it, he could feel a slight flutter of chakra that was not his own, and definitely not Sakura's.

Sakura nodded her head. "L—Like I said, I don't expect you to—"

"I never said that I wouldn't take responsibility, Sakura." Sasuke stated as he stood up once more and sat down beside her before finally pulling her smaller body underneath his own. Sakura did not bother to fight, but watched the man above her with obvious cautiousness.

His raven locks fell over his face, making his hairstyle look even more so messier than it usually is. His breathing was slow and quiet as he watched over her delicate face. Slowly, he slipped his fingers down to her stomach, watching as she stiffened from the sudden touch. "I won't hurt you." Sasuke promised, dipping his fingers into her clothing as he pulled it away from her body, tossing the shirt elsewhere and onto the ground – leaving the rosette in her black bra. She blushed heavily. "S—Sasuke-kun—"

"Calm." He breathed against her flesh, palming his large hands against her stomach. Sakura's eyes widened considerably. His fingers did not inch closer to other places, as he knew that she would not appreciate that. "I won't do anything."

She nodded her head, and turned it in a form of submission. Sasuke nodded as he pressed his head against the crook of her neck as he gently stroked her flat stomach that would soon be bloated with his child. Her eyes automatically squeezed shut as she tried her best not to flinch from his gentle movements. "Sasuke-kun…" She breathed out quietly.

"Hn…" He grunted back, before pulling his hands away completely. However, he stayed above her and looked down at her body and watched as she opened her eyes and stared up at the Uchiha patriarch. Slowly, he dipped his head down and suckled on the flesh of her slender neck, picking up the familiar taste that he had enjoyed on his ex-teammate.

"No…" She breathed and pushed at him. "I… can't…"

He ignored her and turned her head so that she was forced to stare at darkened, crimson orbs. His three tomoe spun slowly in his eye sockets as he ran his fingers down her jawline, as if she were a piece of china in his hands. Soon, his glossa followed after his digits, dragging against her jawline. "Mine…" He mouthed against her as he pressed his lips against hers – their kiss was a gentle one, and Sakura soon responded, unable to help herself.

Sasuke slid his hands down and fumbled at her bra strap, which was conveniently placed at the front, stopping him from needing to lift her up. Soon, her small but deliciously round breasts were free and he slipped his fingers in between the valley that separated her mounds. He had missed this. He gently pulled at tugged at her nipples, and moved his head back up to kiss her, to show that he had no want to threaten her or make her feel frightened towards this.

He gently massaged her left breast before slipping her right nipple into his mouth, slowly sucking as if he were a newborn baby getting nutrients from their mother. She let out a delicate moan as she loosely wrapped her fingers in Sasuke's raven spikes, slowly pulling him closer to her chest that was receiving numerous types of treatments.

She arched her back against the coal-coloured couch and rested her head against one of the cushions as he continued his ministrations. The man above the woman switched to her other breast, giving it the same attention that he had given the other. He pulled back for a moment and stared at her in the eye, before innocently poking the swell of her breast. "They're bigger." He commented quietly.

"N—Nani?" She breathed out in her hazy state; she had not expected that type of comment from the Uchiha above her. He took her hand and forced her to feel her breast, rubbing against the rock-hard nipple, bringing out little moans from the green-eyed cherry blossom. Sasuke smirked in victory as he continued making her palm herself while he returned to her other breast, bringing the whole nipple into his mouth and sucking against it tenderly. "What did you—?"

"Hn. That's not the important thing right now." Sasuke stated as he moved back to kiss her slightly-bruised lips. Sakura gasped and moved her free hand to Sasuke's back—he was shirtless—and clawed at his flesh with her nails. He winced at the action, but did not swat away her hand. Instead, he made her rub harder against herself as a form of punishment. His tongue had become rougher and was now pulling at her nipple.

Sakura let out a small whimper, "S—Sasuke-kun…" She breathed. He growled at her and pulled away completely, getting bored with her breasts. Although… he had enjoyed their softness. He looked down at Sakura and noticed that a thin sheen of sweat had started to appear and that her eyes were now cloudy with lust; he was sure that his kekkei genkai had activated due to it as well, seeing as everything was easier to see, and that his eyes were picking up on everything.

"Can I?" He asked quietly, looking at her shorts intently.

Sakura followed his gaze, and soon realized that he was asking for permission. She bit her lower lip. "Y—You said last time, that when we did this… it was just an act of release on your part…"

Sasuke remembered; he had said that when she said that she wanted to join him in the Land of Iron. Now that he thinks about it, that was a cruel thing for him to say, and the Uchiha is quite surprised she can even stand to be in the same room as him. "I lied." He said quietly, and nudged her lips with his own, although, not falling into an actual kiss. "I said that… because I wanted to see how you'd react, and what you would do." He explained quietly. "I'm… sorry for that."

The kunoichi knew that Sasuke never apologized, so this was a lot from him. "… Thank you." Sakura said with a light sigh.

Sasuke then tugged at her shorts, but Sakura stopped him with her hand resting against his own. He looked up at her, about to ask why she had done that, but she smiled a little at him. "It's okay; I'm not stopping you, but…" The red hue against her cheeks impossibly turned even more so scarlet, "… can we go to your room?"

Sasuke nodded and pressed a kiss against the woman's lips before sitting up and hopping off of the couch. He then reached down and picked her up before heading to his room.

When they reached it, the door was already open. He gently deposited her onto his dark blue bed and went back to the door to close it. Sasuke's bedroom was covered in dark colours; dark blue, coal and dark mahogany all blended together. "Sasuke-kun…" Sakura breathed, and reached out for the raven-haired Uchiha that was now standing at the foot of his bed. He took her outstretched hand in his, and crawled over the bed, watching her lean back down as he supported his weight on his free arm and legs. Sasuke pressed his lips against her hand that he held. "Ano…?"

The Uchiha smirked at her before dropping her hand as it limply fell against her stomach. Sasuke watched the action and then pressed a kiss against her belly. "Hn…" He moaned quietly.

He then left small kisses, trailing down to the waistband of her shorts, as he slipped his fingers against the crease of them, and began to pull down. Slowly, he pulled them off, leaving her in soaked, black panties. "Wet…" He muttered quietly, feeling extremely triumphant. He had not even touched her pussy yet, and she was like this.

He dipped a digit against the most wettest area of her panties, and watched as her legs tightened and she let out a mewled moan. "P—Please…" She begged quietly. Sakura's fingers moved to Sasuke, and forced his head down. He knew what she wanted.

Again, much like how he got rid of her shorts, he pulled off he panties ever so slowly. Sasuke was about to touch her pussy, but Sakura stopped him, pressing her fingers against the Uchiha's head. "Matte."

Sasuke cursed quietly and looked up at her, only to see that she had a grin on her face. He rose a brow in slight confusion, but she turned them over so that she was above him. As much as Sasuke hated not being the dominant one, he allowed her to strip him of his close. She ran her fingers down his bare arms, and watched as he shivered in light pleasure. Like him, she ran her fingers down his chest and stomach, and poked the tip of his cock, watching him gasp out. "O—Oi…" He barked quietly.

She rubbed him for a moment longer, before Sasuke finally had enough of this and rolled them both back over to his original position. "You're still shy." He accused with a small smirk. Her touch against him was gentle, and not animalistic. He guessed that this proved that she was still a little shy and innocent.

"G—Gomen…" She apologized meekly, and looked away with a small pout.

Sasuke moved her head back, "I don't mind, Sakura." He turned his head a little, "Besides, I don't want you to do that kind of stuff."

"Huh?" She was confused by him with that, "What do you mean?"

"… Women shouldn't be down on their knees to pleasure a man… I just… don't find it right."

"Have you… ever…?"

Sasuke nodded his head, "Yeah. Only once though."

Sakura bit her lip and looked down. "… You've been with a lot of women, haven't you?"

The Uchiha wished he did not say what he had said. He should have known that she would be like this due to that. "Yeah… that may be so, but that meant nothing to me – you're the one I care about."

Sakura looked back up at Sasuke and noticed his eyes were soft, and emotions of caring and love were there. His kekkei genkai had stopped spinning as he pressed his cock against Sakura's pussy lips, watching as she gasped and moaned, trying to shift his hips so that he was forced to enter her. He chuckled at her display and pulled away once more.

His manhood was tightening even more so, and it was becoming painful for him, but he wanted to give her some more pleasure as he dipped his two fingers—his pointer and middle finger—into her tight sex. He watched as she let out a moan as he began pumping her, nudging his thumb against her clitoris. He was being a little more rougher than he was the last time they were together, and this was showing through with just how quickly he made her come. Sakura's tight inner-walls clenched against Sasuke's fingers a few moments after, and he quickly pulled away, effectively stopping her from finishing.

Sakura let out a whine, but soon, Sasuke had positioned himself so that he could thrust right in, and he did just that – however, he stopped about halfway, watching her with a worried look. "Can I even…?" He was not sure; he looked at Sakura's belly. Would this be a risk to the baby?

"W—What is it?" Sakura looked at Sasuke worriedly, as if she had done something wrong.

"Is this… alright to do?" Sasuke asked, nudging her stomach to show what he had meant.

Sakura's eyes widened before she lifted herself up, and rolled them both over so she was above him, with half of his cock buried inside of her. His eyes widened as she impaled herself with his cock, his eyes nearly rolling back with the pleasure of it all. She pressed her forehead against Sasuke's as he watched her once more, getting over the pleasure he had felt. "It's okay… you won't hurt us…" She whispered and kissed him.

"S—Sakura…" He groaned as he held her hips. "Arigatou…"

She smiled at him as she pulled up, nearly having his member leave her entirely, before slamming back down – allowing a growl to escape the Uchiha's mouth.

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Sasuke gently ran his fingers against her back, gently massaging her as she laid above him, his length still buried inside of her. They were both quiet – save for the light breathing. "Sakura?"

"Hm?" She responded and lazily opened her eyes to watch him, "What is it?"

"Arigatou…" He breathed quickly, drawing their lips together.

Puppet or Not?
Chapter 16 - Unsure Feelings

The Uchiha patriarch pulled back and leaned against a boulder for support, his breath coming out in quick bursts. If anyone knew any better, they would be guessing that Sasuke was hyperventilating. The Uchiha gripped at his shirt tightly and finally, grabbed at his wrists and let out low rumbles which sounded suspiciously like growls. "Why did—" Sasuke turned his head and dropped it, allowing his raven bangs to fall into his eyes so that the crimson hue could no longer be seen, "—she lose it?"

Naruto reached an arm outwards, only for Sasuke to slap it away and glower at him with haunting Mangekyou eyes. The odd shape in the centre spinning out of control as his pain and agony seemed to rise and rise, his eyes were now downcast, and the crimson (although the shapes were still spinning) seemed to darken(1) into a deep mahogany colour, but still had the fiery crimson undertones. "Whoever the fuck Shinji is, I'll fucking murder him with my own hands!" The Uchiha patriarch howled.

"Sasuke—" The blond-haired Uzumaki tried once more and reached his hand out to pat Sasuke, once more allowing the Uchiha to slap his hand away. "Dammit!" Naruto gave up, "Fucking pull yourself together!"

Sasuke smirked in a sinfully psychotic way – a look that Naruto had not seen ever since Sasuke had completely lost his mind. "I will kill that bastard… and he will pay for even touching Sakura."

Toshiro tried this time to quell his father's anger, only for Sasuke to turn on him this time, "Don't you dare! You wouldn't fucking understand anything, Toshiro! You've never had a kid; something you could lose in the beat of a heart! And to top it off, my child wasn't even outside of the womb!" Sasuke then shook his head, and pulled at his hair like some caged animal, begging to be let free. "She… I sent her back… and she might… feel all of this…" The patriarch of the Uchiha kicked at the ground, dust flying into the air as shinobi watched Sasuke with cautious eyes, unsure of whether or not they should stop him. They then scurried away from the raging Uchiha.

"Otou-san, Okaa-san'll be unhappy if you're acting like this." Toshiro said and reached out once more, and again was swatted away by Sasuke.

"I'm sure she'll be as pissed about it as I am." The Uchiha patriarch hissed as he clenched at his clothing once more.

The younger heir frowned and then thought back to the scattered memories he had felt previously before. Naruto, on the other hand, patted down Sasuke as the Uchiha's body broke into shivers – not from the cold, but from the anger and rage he felt; he would fall into the 'fallen avenger' status if this kept up. "Otou-san…" Toshiro looked slightly disturbed, "Someone called me 'nii-san' and promised that they would kill me… or at least, that they would be happy with that."

Sasuke stopped his movements and glanced over at Toshiro, "So you're saying—"

Toshiro nodded his head and frowned to himself deeply, thinking over the talking that he had heard in his head. He was not sure of what to think of a sibling wanting to kill him; there has to be a reason for it. "Then there was Shinji…"

The Uchiha patriach's eyes narrowed as he thought of the one who had caused Sakura to miscarry. "I... said that the only reason I didn't go after Shinji was because Sakura had asked me not to. I don't understand why she would want me to do that; it's…" Sasuke shook his head and allowed his crimson gaze to shimmer away into his normal onyx pools as he regarded Toshiro coolly for a moment before speaking once more, "… as if Sakura actually knew him and cared for him enough that she even asked me not to go after someone."

Toshiro then scowled, "It's as if someone was planning to wipe out the Uchiha, but they're mostly…"

"Yeah. There's you, the baby Sakura's carrying at the moment, and then me. So why would someone bother to—"

"Someone's got a grudge, I guess. Probably from your nukenin(2) days." Naruto interrupted, absorbing all of the information that the two Uchihas were saying. He was a little shocked by it all, and was angry about the fact that the people he cared about most were suffering once again. The reason they had decided to change the future was to make everything right. Now there is a possibility that the Uchiha are being hunted down for whatever reason. The main culprit would be Shinji, however there is the chance that there are other people who are after them. "But…" Naruto was unsure of how to say this without possibly angering the already pissed Uchiha. "… we have to focus on this mission at the moment, Sasuke."

Sasuke opened his mouth to say something else, but shut it when he realised that Sakura would be angry if he failed this mission. He was sure that he needed to make sure that this mission was complete before he decided to avenge his unborn child's death. The Uchiha was positive that she would be upset about it, and that she would be pissed if he failed – more than likely leading everyone in the future to their deaths. He would have to find out more when he returned to his own time, as that is the only logical way to sort everything out. "Hn." He grunted, nodding his head.

"Alright…" Toshiro turned on his heel, "Let's go then…"

"Go where?" Renji asked, silent all of this time, knowing that it unsuitable for him to comment on what was happening with Sasuke and Toshiro.

"Finding Suigetsu and Karin, Renji." Toshiro answered quietly.

Naruto then grinned as he activated his Sage Mode, "I know where to find them."

Sasuke blinked before letting out a noise that sounded much like that of a growl, "Why the fuck didn't you do that before, dobe?"

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The Naruto and Sasuke of this time were fighting against Obito; Naruto was panting roughly at the feeling of the kyuubi's chakra being partly pulled out him as he heard the orange-furred fox snarl out obscenities in his skull. The blond's cerulean eyes fell onto Sasuke who was not in much better of a state then Sasuke is, rubbing his eye particularly roughly – as if it was paining him.

Obito chuckled at the two exhausted shinobi, "Is that all the two of you have?" He shook his head and took a deep breath, his Rinnegan slash Sharingan eyes narrowing ever so slightly as his mouth fell into a sneer. "Maybe I should let you two see my full power!"

The scarred Uchiha moved back a bit, to where the juubi was stationed and ran his hand against the beast's flesh, feeling it squirm underneath his gloved hand. "Hn." The once presumed dead Uchiha felt the beast's chakra flare up, and then simmer back down once more. "Maybe I should use you…" Obito growled roughly as he absorbed the chakra that seemed to leak from the creature.

White began to coat him as the beast began to be absorbed by Obito.

The two ex-friends were then attacked by some of the elder Uchiha's clones, which were created in the fight with the First Hokage. All of which were encased in the tight barrier of the Susano'o. "Shit! Sasuke," Naruto glanced over at the avenger, "How the hell do we break through that!?" It was quite obvious that Naruto was just asking how to destroy an Uchiha's ultimate defence.

"… Dunno." Sasuke muttered, staring at each of the clones as his own Susano'o came to light; the disturbingly human-like ribcage surrounding his form as the purple chakra flared to life.

The longer-haired clones chuckled as the robotic arms swatted at Naruto and Sasuke as if they were some flies that could be taken out with a single hit. Although, that truly was the case when dealing with Susano'o; as it was pure chakra that would burn if touched by a bare hand – other than the Uchiha who controls it, and the people he wants to touch the chakra, of course.

"What!? You don't know the weakness to your own—" A hand flew right between the both of them, causing both of the strongest shinobi in the Alliance to separate. Naruto huffed as he came to a stop on the dusty ground, the dirt looking like brown fog as the dust floated down on them. "Ah… shit… Teme! You all good!?"

"Chidori!"

Naruto blinked, 'Obviously he's alright…'

Lightning streaked the dusty sky as a sword-like chakra flew upwards before slamming back down, making a hissing sound as the electricity zapped. Sasuke's usual cry of a thousand birds resonated as the attack hit its mark. A poofing sound was heard; letting both Naruto and Sasuke know that one of the many clones were destroyed. As the dust dispersed, Sasuke reappeared in Naruto's view, and the Uchiha's scarlet orbs were spinning violently as electricity sparked from his frame.

The cerulean-eyed teen nodded his head, receiving a strict and serious nod from the Uchiha. They both then allowed their eyes to fall onto Madara; one thing the both of them could do, was read each-other's minds – they knew what each was planning to do, and even now, that was no different.

Obito, from near the large beast, had finally done what he needed to do with the juubi's chakra and now took on a different appearance; his skin and hair had become a deathly mix of white and grey, and scale-like skin had formed on his chest. The scarring near his eyes had healed up a little, making it less prominent and noticeable. Most of his clothing was torn and discarded as the newfound chakra in his body basically destroyed it. A long, black cape overflowed from around him, and he was holding a staff which was a replica of the Sage of Six Paths' one. Obito tightened his hand and growled; he had been through the pain of being torn apart by the juubi, that was his test. And Obito had passed with flying colours.

He locked his gaze with both Naruto and Sasuke who were taking down Madara's clones one by one; their power seemed to have become even more powerful with the both of them working together to take down their enemy. Black flames licked at many of the Madaras' feet as Sasuke's kekkei genkai worked effortlessly to do his bidding. Naruto, on the other hand, created bursts of golden chakra that burned Madara's clones to absolute nothingness. Then there were occasions where it was hand to hand combat, with Naruto's and Sasuke's backs pressed against each-other so that they would not have a blind spot which would hinder them in their effort.

Obito grinned manically; these two would be the perfect test of his newfound power, as their deaths would bring down the morale of the Alliance, as both Naruto and Sasuke were the most powerful of the group. Obito was not stupid enough to try to do something that would be cocky; his plan was more important than his power. That much was for sure.

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Madara felt the rise in chakra the moment it happened; the juubi's chakra had been absorbed. Now, the elder Uchiha was pissed. Rods came out of his pale arms as they implemented them into his long-time enemy. Hashirama was pinned against the ground with no hope of moving as long as those chakra pulling rods were in his flesh. Madara crept closely to Hashirama, "Tch. You're hopeless." He breathed, low enough for the First Hokage to hear. The original wood-user looked to Madara who was smirking in triumph.

The elder Uchiha then stood up straight once more, and patted down his armour before looking over to where Obito should be. His eyes were like binoculars; the kekkei genkai picking up on the smallest details and enhancing them like a person who wore glasses. This was a part of his Sharingan; no other Uchiha was known to have such well-trained perceptive skills. At least, it was not heard of. "Stay put." Madara softly commanded to Hashirama, not even sparing him a glance, before heading off to steal the juubi's chakra.

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The rose-haired kunoichi pressed her back against her wall as she slid down against it, being very mindful of her stomach as she stretched her legs out widely. She feels a light stammer from inside of her; chakra. Something was happening, she could feel that. Sakura wanted to badly go out and help both of the boys, but she knew that she would be a mere burden to them, seeing as she cannot properly wield chakra in her condition. She smiled to herself sadly; she was… once again… the weakest link.

'Sasuke-kun…' She whispered quietly inside of her head, the whisper of her thoughts bringing images of the night she had shared with the Uchiha monarch. He was so… different to anything that she had ever seen from him before, and she knew that – in a way – it was a nice change. His touches were gentle as well; something Sakura had never expected from the usually stoic Uchiha – as well as the way he regarded her with soft, quiet eyes that probed her for her emotions as he touched places she would never allow any other man to touch. It also surprised her the way that he tried to convince her that he was not using her; not at all.

As a reminder of the night, she gently pressed a hand against her slightly bumped stomach, lifting the shirt to rub her flesh gently. The baby inside of her was still at the action, but Sakura could feel the pulse of his heartbeat, and the small jolts of his chakra flaring.

Sakura then frowned to herself, "Why would Sasuke-kun even join the Alliance?" She thought to herself, moving her hand away from her belly and shifting it to her chin with an inquisitive look in her eye. "… He doesn't care about anything, so why bother?" She continued speaking aloud, her tone soft and gentle; no passing-by person would hear her talking like this.

A sudden movement caused Sakura to jump; the feeling from inside of her. She frowned, thinking it was merely a piece of her imagination, until another movement caused her hand to fly to her belly. "Did you…?" Sure, she had felt Toshiro move from inside of her, but she had never felt such a hard movement that she could easily feel. Shyly, she smiled to herself. "Toshiro-chan…" Her smile grew into one that would stop time, "… I love you so much." She giggled, coaxing another movement from the unborn baby.

"How did you… get so strong without your otou-san?" She whispered quietly as she kissed her fingers before pressing them against her stomach. "How did the both of us live without him?" Sakura's frown turned bright once more, "But Orochimaru is dead… Then… we'll be safe, ne?"

Her heart then ached once more, "But… what if people will go after you, Toshiro-chan?" Fear flooded her heart; she knew that the weakest of the Uchiha would be targeted for their eyes; it was something that Sakura knew. She was sure that her older self would have had to protect her son from people that were after his eyes, and she was positive that Toshiro would have been attacked, with people trying to tear away the very thing that made him an Uchiha – the Sharingan. But Sakura knew that everything happened for a reason, and that it will happen – unless people come from the future again, of course.

"But… what about Sasuke-kun?" She whispered to herself, holding herself closer, "… He said he won't return to the village – at least, not officially… so… that leaves me and Toshiro-chan…"'Unprotected…'

Her eyes then closed, 'So… he'll only come to visit Toshiro-chan then… but knowing him… it will be months before I would see him again…' She bit her lip before murmuring to herself, "Does Sasuke-kun even care about me?" Her heart clenched painfully as she closed her fingers, pressing her nails against the palm of her hand.

He had asked her to become the Uchiha matriarch, and basically said that he would have no other as his matriarch. Sakura's womb once more became charged with the baby's chakra, causing her to wince from the suddenness of the action. "Shhh…" She could already tell that it was her own uneasiness that was causing the baby's distress. "I'm sorry, Toshiro-chan… calm down…" She cooed, trying to get her son to calm down. Finally, the baby stopped pulling at Sakura's chakra, allowing the rose-haired kunoichi to let out a deep exhale.

'… I know that Sasuke-kun cares for Toshiro-chan, but for me…'

She bit her lip.

'I hope… he doesn't just "care" about me 'cause I'm pregnant with his baby.'

Softly, Sakura shifted upwards to stand up, feeling a quick zap of nausea, but not to the point of her running to the bathroom to throw up or something along those lines. "… Hm, pregnancy really does have its bad points; although…" She looked down at the small, barely noticeable, baby bump forming in between her pelvis. "… it's… nice to feel you… moving inside of me, Toshiro-chan…"

She groaned and slipped her hand onto her wooden floor, shifting upwards a little, preparing her exhausted and pregnant form to get up. Slowly, she got into a standing position before moving over to her bed and sitting down on that; the wind from outside blowing into her room softly as her hair gently blew alongside the breeze. Sakura took a deep breath, her eyes becoming softer and brighter. "Then again… Sasuke-kun made me his matriarch, and that is something different altogether from him." The kunoichi was not stupid; she knew that Sasuke held his clan up above everything else that he cared for. It was always like that with him.

Finally, Sakura gave up on these thoughts and giggled to herself. "This is silly… I need to stop worrying myself, ne?"

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Green chakra flowed out of the medical-nin's hands as she hurriedly worked on a victim that had been impaled by a chunk of debris that crushed his bones in his arms and tore at his muscles. "Suigetsu!" She called and looked to the shark-like man who was watching the Uzumaki silently, not making any comments or movements. The red-haired woman lifted up the passed-out shinobi's body and motioned that she wanted the relative of one of the Seven Ninja Swordsman to pull out the sharp, metal object. Slowly, Suigetsu listened and pulled the debris away, ignoring the hisses that flew from the injured man's mouth.

Karin laid him back down gently, and started to work on his injured arm, splintering back together bone with a sick crack that made Suigetsu wince slightly. "It's okay; I'll fix this." She breathed slowly, knowing that the injured-nin might hear her. When the healing was finally done, and a fellow medic-nin arrived, Karin wiped her brow, pulling away sweat as she took a deep breath. "Sheesh…" She was lucky that an Uzumaki's chakra was large to begin with, or else she would have been screwed.

"L—Let's go." She said, a slight stutter in her tone as she wiped away the blood onto her purple shirt, the crimson liquid staining her attire. Suigetsu nodded his hand, and reached out for her hand, blood seeping onto his own hand as well.

But before they could go any further onto the frontlines, a wisp of black smoke appeared in front of them. Suigetsu growled and pulled Karin back, shifting her into a position that allowed his body to be before his, and made it seem as if he was protecting her, like a male wolf protecting his mate. Suigetsu's shark-side came out as he bared his teeth in an aggressive way. Finally, the black smoke dissipated and there stood future Sasuke. "Who the fuck are you?" He snarled, his voice rough and thick with malice.

"Hn. I guess you don't know anything then, ne?" Sasuke muttered, more to himself than to anyone else. His dark eyes fell back onto the white-haired teen that had one arm outstretched, over Karin and protecting her from his view. "I'm from the future, seeing as you don't know about it. I'm in no mood to explain, however."

"You're… from the future?" Karin asked, voice quiet as she watched the older looking Sasuke quietly. She had no idea what to think of this. However, Karin could tell that this man had the exact same chakra as the leader of the group she used to run with. "Why are you here?"

Suigetsu shot a glance to the Uzumaki before raising a brow in question, "Wait… you believe him? There's no such thing as time travel – I mean, it's just not possible."

"Hn. Anything to do with the Rinnegan is possible. Now, I have a favour to ask…" The time-traveller said quietly.

Karin looked at Suigetsu who seemed unconvinced with everything; although, it was understandable; the Sasuke he knew was a trickster and a traitor; both to his allies, and the people who cared about him most. So, Suigetsu stared at Sasuke with an extremely blank look. "Why should we do any favours for you, Sasuke – at least, if you're actually Sasuke?" Suigetsu took a breath before continuing, "And even so, you attacked Karin-chan—" the red-eyed kunoichi nodded her head, "—and then you attacked the woman pregnant with your child!"

Sasuke turned his head and snorted rather rudely, "And for me, that was a while ago." He looked back at the seething, white-haired man. "Also… Sakura has forgiven me for that." His voice suddenly became harsher and angrier.

Karin shivered as she felt the Uchiha's chakra fluctuate and become even more so darker than before. It was a frightening sight – or well, feel. "What's wrong?" She blurted out, unable to help herself from asking. It was obvious that something was up with Sasuke, and Karin was not too stupid to ignore this; from what she had experienced with Sasuke, she knew that his emotions could pull him along without restraint, and that he would do anything to feel better after an intense moment of rage – including killing people.

"Tch…" Sasuke watched the both of the shinobi in front of him with slitted eyes, and allowed his eyes to fall into a crimson state. "You don't need to know."

Karin swallowed in nervousness as she looked away from his dangerous eyes, feeling his intense glare on her. "G—Gomen…" She squeaked out quietly as she gripped at her purple shirt with tight fingers. Suigetsu let out a low growl at the behaviour of the Uchiha patriarch.

The Uchiha took a deep breath and looked aside, "I need the both of you to go to the Hidden Leaf…" He muttered, tone quiet.

"Doushite?" Karin asked quietly, hoping that Sasuke will not get angry at her for asking a question that he may not want to answer(2).

Sasuke looked over at both of them, "Madara might go after the Sakura of this time; I want you two to watch over her."

"Do you really think we can do anything against your crazy grandfather?" Suigetsu snapped. He looked at Karin from behind him. "I mean, he's meant to be one of the most powerful Uchiha? I mean, even I have heard of the Uchiha Madara."

"So?" Sasuke said. "What does it matter if he's some legend in shinobi history? That doesn't make him unbeatable."

The Uzumaki tugged at Suigetsu's purple clothing, "I want to make sure that Sakura-chan is fine, Sui…"

The beady-eyed shinobi let out an exhale and glared over at Sasuke, "I swear to kami that if this is a waste of my time—"

"I'll send you there myself; you don't have to wander around needlessly."

A flash of gold appeared besides Sasuke, "'Ey, did you—" The blond saw Suigetsu and Karin, "Oh, hey."

"Baka." Sasuke grunted and activated his Rinnegan.

Naruto rose a brow and rolled his eyes, "Seems like you two are being taken to… God only knows where… with Sasuke's Rinnegan."

Seconds later, Karin and Suigetsu disappeared. Naruto glanced over at Sasuke who had already deactivated the swirly eye jutsu. "Um… so what happens of you sent them to the past?"

"I didn't." Sasuke said, "Unlike you, I'm not an idiot who doesn't know how to use eye jutsu." He said and placed a hand on his hip before looking back over at Madara. "Hn… we should get going."

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"How did he—" Karin looked around, "—get us back into Konoha so quickly?"

Suigetsu looked weezy and was looking around for something to lean on; there was nothing there and he stumbled over comically, before leaning against Karin for support. "Yeesh… Transport sucks. Like seriously." He stated.

"I wonder… how he did that…" Karin said, pressing a finger against her mouth innocently.

The shark-like man shrugged his shoulders, "Dunno… but his eyes looked weird, and it was not the Sharingan; I'll say that."

"Hm… perhaps another level of the Sharingan?"

"Doubt it. That guy's eyes are as powerful as they can get, at least with the Sharingan, I would think." Suigetsu drawled out and stopped leaning against Karin when the world stopped spinning. "We should go and see Sakura-chan before that bastard guy at that gate(4) tries to get us back into jail. Shit… she'll be in trouble with that tomorrow."

Karin nodded her head and headed off to where Sakura's house was – she had kind of snuck out of prison and met up with Sakura before in her home. Although, Sakura had basically gnawed her ear off for that. "Come on, Sui."

Suigetsu caught up to her and linked their fingers together as they headed off to the pregnant cherry blossom's home.

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"Shit!" Sasuke yelled, dodging a swipe with some weird staff that looked a lot like those DNA strand replicas that are found in a science lab. Naruto was in the same sort of position, however, he was dodging dark spheres that were hurled at him as if they were playing dodge ball. Well, dodge ball of death. The Uchha's Sharingan was back in its basic form as he was growing tired from all of this. They had been going like this for a good ten minutes, and each swipe sucked away at his chakra. His chakra pool was not exactly the largest.

Naruto reached a golden arm out and swiped Sasuke away. The Uchiha growled out another curse, getting annoyed at being brushed aside. "What the fuck, dobe!?" He snarled.

The cerulean-eyed man nodded apologetically at the annoyed matriarch of the Uchiha. Obito smirked manically, now able to focus on one of those two nin. … Then Naruto poofed away into nothingness. Sasuke and Obito were both shocked, and looked around for the—now missing—Uzumaki Naruto.

Slam!

A Rasengan was slammed into Obito's side. The Uchiha coughed up blood and was brushed aside, unable to make himself intangiable. 'What?' He thought to himself as he slammed into one of the many boulders on the battlefield.

Sasuke looked over at Naruto and felt envy burn through him, 'Fucking hell… he's gotten stronger.' Sure, he was irritated about this; Sasuke was the one who was meant to be the stronger one, not Naruto. The idiotic dobe deserved to not know of any power.

"'Ey!" Naruto called over to Sasuke, "Stop spacing out, Sasuke-teme!"

The Uchiha's crimson eyes fell onto the golden-toned Naruto, "Tch… How the fuck am I spacing out, dobe?"

"You just are!" Naruto snapped, "Get over your fucking shit at a different time!"

Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction, "Shut the fuck up, dobe."

"Iie—" Naruto was slammed backwards out of nowhere. He looked back up and glared over at Obito. "The fuck man!?"

Sasuke rose an eyebrow, "Nani?" 'That was quick.' He thought to himself with a scowl as he watched the wounds Naruto had created be healed by the juubi's chakra.

Obito cracked his neck and knuckles, "Hn… this will be easy… That didn't really hurt, Naruto." 'Although… I can't actually change myself into a state where I can't be hit.'

"Che…" Sasuke summoned his Susano'o, "Are you really expecting us to fall down easily?"

"You will…" Obito said quietly, although loud enough for both Sasuke and Naruto to pick up on. "… give up, and beg for mercy…"

Both Naruto and Sasuke felt a little fear with that threat.

(1)– Sasuke's eyes do go all weird from lust, but sadness is another reason why it happens as well.
(2)—Nukenin means missing-nin, rogue ninja and all of those.
(3)—Karin is very cautious of Sasuke, due to everything that had happened between the both of them. It also doesn't help that he's older, and therefore, stronger than his younger self.
(4)—The guy at the gate that was put under a genjutsu from Karin – I think he was Genma from memory.

Disclaimer; none of the manga references are mine, nor are the original NARUTO/NARUTO SHIPPUDEN characters mine. I am merely borrowing them.

All the mistakes are my own.
I accept constructive criticism (nothing too harsh).
Please review.

Notes; All I'm gonna say is; blame fucking school.