"What do you mean he is her family 'ttebayo? I thought Sakura didn't have any family other than her parents." Sasuke sighed, they didn't have time for this.

"Well apparently not. Itachi took a hair sample. Whoever Pein is, he's definitely a Haruno."

Naruto let out an "oh" and the three of them got ready to leave the compound.

Sasuke and Naruto went back up to their rooms to grab some weapons, and when they returned back downstairs Gaara was leaning against the doorframe.

"Where are we going exactly?" he asked.

"The place where me, Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi met for the first time." Naruto replied as he henged himself into a young child that looked no older than eight. Sasuke followed the blonde's lead and henged into an elderly man.

The kazekage raised an eyebrow but henged into a middle-aged man nonetheless.

"Oh no you don't. You gotta get with the theme Gaara!" Gaara sighed and after a moment of hesitation he henged into an old woman. Naruto's henged face lit up into a cheeky grin,

"That looks perfect. Now, let's go baa-chan," Naruto slid his tiny hand into Sasuke's wrinkly one and the two of them proceeded to exit the compound. With a sigh, Gaara followed them.

Nobody spared the three of them a second glance as they walked, thankfully. And after some time, they arrived in the red light district.

"You lived here?" Gaara asked, badly hidden disgust in his tone.

Naruto nodded, having just dropped the henge, "Yep! Man-" The blonde inhaled deeply as they entered his, Sasuke's, and Sakura's old shared apartment, "It smells like...like-"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Like stale instant ramen and old hair products."

Naruto glared half-heartedly at his teammate, "I was going to say nostalgia,"

Sasuke chuckled and patted the blonde's head, "That's a big word. Don't try to strain your brain too much."

"Are you calling me stupid?!"

"No, I'm just being a good boyfr...teammate and looking out for you," The Sharingan user replied as he fought the growing blush spreading across his face.

Meanwhile, Gaara was slowly inching away from the scene. Don't get him wrong, he definitely thought those two needed to make it official ASAP. He just wished they wouldn't flirt so blatantly in front of him at such a bad time.

"Can we get going?" He asked after clearing his throat, drawing the two ninja's attention away from each other.

Naruto shrugged, "Yeah sure, you sense Kakashi anywhere?" Gaara paused for a moment.

"I sense two chakra signatures coming from over there," He said as he pointed at a door on the far side of the apartment. Naruto's eyes brightened.

"That's probably him and Sakura dattebayo!" He rushed into the far bedroom before Sasuke and Gaara could react. There was a large crash and a loud "EH?!" that sounded less than pleased.

Without thinking Sasuke sprinted in the same direction Naruto went and flung the door open. The blonde was rooted to his spot as Sasuke scanned the room, expecting to see either Sakura or Kakashi. He was not expecting, however, to see his brother standing in a corner and to have a bandaged sword pointed at his face.

"Fancy seeing you here," Kisame began, his sharklike teeth bared in a sinister smile. Sasuke's gaze darkened as his Mangekyo activated, and without warning he ducked under Samehada and aimed a punch at Kisame's abdomen.
The nukenin's grin grew wider as he stepped aside to avoid the attack. He then used the ravenette's own momentum against himself to slam him into the wall. The impact itself did little to faze him, but it caused the nearby furniture to rattle, which then led to something falling off the shelf and onto his head.

Sasuke let out a grunt, still not completely sure what happened. He looked to the ground, somehow managing to stay upright. And though he hadn't completely recovered from the blow, thanks to his Sharingan, he could make out a pile of dirt and broken shards of a reddish ceramic pot.

A freaking flower pot fell on his head.

Why there was a flower pot in their apartment in the first place was unknown to him, and Sasuke didn't have much time to ponder because suddenly he saw Itachi's red eyes in front of him and then everything went dark.

"Don't worry, I'll get you two to Sakura. We're all counting on you to end this once and for all."

"Kisame," Itachi began, hoisting both Naruto and Sasuke up and slinging them over his shoulders like sacks of potatoes, "I'll leave the Kazekage to you, don't blow up the complex."

A smirk tugged at the blue man's lips, "Alright," he said, dodging Gaara's sand. Itachi nodded and left.

"Well, lover boy, how about we make a deal? You defeat me, and you get your girl back."

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"So you see, Sakura. I am not actually your second cousin Yahiko. This is merely his body that I am using," Sakura swallowed thickly as she sat across from Pein and the two Otogakure ANBU, who were actually her parents all along.

"I understand," But she didn't understand. She didn't understand any of this.

Using corpses to carry out world domination was sick. But the fact that her parents were aware of this, and were only sticking around to collect Yahiko's body after Nagato, the person who was supposedly in Yahiko's body, was done with it disgusted her even more.

Had she really wasted two years blindly searching for people who abandoned her as a child? What exactly did she expect to happen when she reunited with them? A warm welcome and a home-cooked meal perhaps? A joy filled reunion filled with bright smiles, hugs, and tiny unicorns dancing in the background? Maybe even an awkward dinner where she introduced them to Gaara?

"This is my boyfriend. He's also the Ichibi jinchuuriki who has crazy sand-manipulation skills and just so happens to be the Godaime Kazekage. Oh, and just as a warning, don't be afraid if a hormonal talking raccoon suddenly appears out of nowhere and starts spewing nonsense, it's a totally normal occurrence and you learn to tune him out."

Unfortunately, she didn't get food, or a hug, just two look of surprise and an "Oh? Sakura, is that you? You've grown" Yeah no shit, it's been like 10 years.

A part of her wished they would look at her the way she saw parents look at their children at the Academy, with a gaze full of pride and unconditional love. But as she studied her biological parents, she could not detect a trace of either emotion; their gazes were foreign to her, in fact, there was nothing familiar about the Kizashi and Mebuki sitting in front of her.

And suddenly she was struck with the realization that when she thought of family, not once did the image of her biological mother and father cross her mind. Her family-her real family were the four people she left in the Uchiha compound last night.

So so so so sorry for not updating for like a month! I had no time to write because my family and I went overseas for spring break and at the same time I didn't really know what to write because I had (and still have) severe writer's block for this work. I'm still trying my best to finish it up for all of you though ;D 

Despite all this thank you so much for all your kind comments throughout this and especially on the last chapter! You're all so nice and honestly make me smile so much everyday it's insane XD 

Also I've been tagged again and this time I remembered to do it (is it okay if I just put it here?)

tagged by Satanz_Spawn

1) iPhone 6 Plus

2) Nope

3) March 2

4) Unfortunately they don't have Wattpad accounts

5) needles, stitches, and cruise ships (I'm weird like that)

6) It's a tie between the Noragami Aragoto opening, (old ik XD) Wilson by Fall Out Boy, and Sick Boy by Chainsmokers

7) Brown

8) Does study hall count? If not then Physics or Math I guess

9) Basketball

10) Tag 20 people...

@ anyone who wants to do this