Emerald and Onyx

Part 10 (Emerald and Onyx)

(Eyes of Sons)

“My sons, remember why you use to ask me where your daddy was? Or why he wasn’t here with mommy?” the twins nodded their heads. “Well your daddy had a mission he needed to complete,”

“Father’s a ninja?” Shoji shouted!

“yes, he started this mission long before you both where born, and well he is back,” The twins head’s snapped up and looked at her in disbelief, “ and he wants to meet you both. Can you let him meet you?”

The twins exchanges glances and whispered it over a few times before they made their decision. Koji was the one to speak, “only if you promise not to cry because of dad mom.”

“So does this mean father will make everything better? That we’ll be a family?” Shoji asked smiling. Sakura looked at her son and smiled.

“Your father alone can’t change everything, you will also have to take part, and help the process along. You two must remember you’ve been playing the roles of children all your lives, he’s just stepped into the role of dad, so give him time.”

“Mom,” Koji’s voice was wavering, he was trying to ask a question, “is, dad, is dad?”

“What is it Koji-kun?”

“Is dad the reason why the village hates us?” Shoji and Sakura turned to Koji with sad expressions. He had figured it out.

“Does it really matter what the other people think? As long as you like yourself nothing is work, Koji-kun.” she said trying to pull off a smile, but Koji started to get mad, he wouldn’t fall for it, that’s what a mother gets for trying to fool her children.

“NO, I bet because of dad, the parents won’t let other kids our age play with us, and well it stinks, I don’t want to play with grown-ups anymore, Lee-san and Uncle Naruto can only be amusing for a wile, but what,” Koji looked at Shoji tears forming, “what Shoji and I need is something that we cant have, I hate them!” He shouted.

“Koji-kun calm down.” Sakura tried to place her hand on his head, but he just swatted it away.

“Don’t you even see the way they look at us?” He spat, “I wish they all would go to-“

“Don’t. Even. Think. About. Saying. That. Word!” Sasuke suddenly shouted out, startling all three of them. The twins turned and saw Sasuke standing in the door way, his face looked a little annoyed, but no anger was expressed.

“Sasuke-kun?” Sakura asked a little surprised he was there when she didn’t even sense his chakra.

“Koji,” Shoji was the only one out of the twins who looked back, Shoji recognized Sasuke’s face immediately, one that resembles both his and his brother faces, that had to be their father, “I think its father!” he shouted

“NO!” Koji shouted, making everyone in the room look at him, he was clenching his fists and grinding his teeth, he was mad, “I won’t accept him, never!” Koji shouted as he jumped over the couch and passed Sasuke.

“Brother, wait!” Shoji shouted as he ran after his brother, his eyes locked with Sasuke’s just for a minute.

“Boys!” Sakura shouted as she walked to the door as she heard them pull it open.

Koji and Shoji ran out of the house with Sakura hot on their heals, screaming for her to go back in and be with Sasuke and to just forget about them. Of course as a mother, she did not, but she knew better than to run after them, that would only make them run faster and farther away from her. She turned back and walked into the house where she found Sasuke standing in front of a picture of Sakura and his sons.

“Sasuke I know it seems like they hate you, but you just have to give Koji some time, it’s a chain reaction if Koji is mad Shoji becomes mad, it’s a twin thing.” Sakura said as she rubbed his back in a soothing manner.

“Is that how…..they really are treated, not even other children will look at them?” Sasuke asked as a tight feeling in his chest began to form, was he feeling something? Anger remorse…maybe even love for his sons?

“Yes, and you sort of took them out of their comfort zones, not many people talk to them, and when people like Naruto, Lee, or Ino talk to them, they can feel like they are hiding something from them. Even when I talk to them, I hid some facts about them. However, you, you literally looked into them and saw the fragile flaws that they have and that made them feel so uneasy.” She said smiling.

“Life can be so much simpler than it is; I just wish things could get betters. They deserve so much better than I could ever give them.” Sakura said as she looked out the window into the now awake village.

“They do need so much more than this true, they need a place that they can grown up loved and That’s why,” Sakura turned to look at Sasuke, “That’s why I want to take you three away from here, to live with me where hate will be least of your problems.” Sakura’s face lit up at those words, Sasuke truly did care about them, about his children.

“Where will we go?” she asked to be totally sure that he wants to leave with her.
“Somewhere, some where other than this place; we’ll be a family, if that’s what you want?” He wasn’t totally sure that Sakura would want to leave her birth village, her home the home of her sons. But he wanted them to go with him; he wanted to be with his family. He wasn’t with them for the last five years, but the best he could do was being with them now, no time like the present.

“We can live as a family?” it was a question, but one that sounded too much like a question that most men ask.

“If your pressing that we’ll have to get married, than forget about it, I’m still too young to..” Sasuke silenced her by capturing her lips with his. At first she didn’t respond to the kiss because she was mad that he dint let her finish what she was saying, but the best way to get him to stop kissing her was to kiss him back.

Sasuke placed one had around her back the other tangled threw her hair and pulled her more into him. “Sas-Sasuke,” Sakura said as he pulled away for a split second. Then he kissed her again.

“You have to find them,” She managed to say as she placed her hands on his chest and pushed him away, “they need you to talk to them, go to our sons.” she smiled.

“Does this mean you’ll think about it?”

“Marriage, No, now go and find our sons.” She smiled as she pushed him to the door, she smiled once again as he turned around to say something, but she slammed the door in his face using her chakra for an extra boots of power, probably hitting his nose.

“Man did that feel good?!” Sakura smiled as she turned away from the door, “it’s been a wile since I’ve been mean to anyone, good thing I haven’t lost my touch!” she beamed.

-X-

Sasuke walked in the shadows of the village, he didn’t want anyone else to see him, and cause a seen, and he just wanted to find Shoji and Koji.

‘From what Sakura told me, Koji seems to be the smarter of the two, just like his name. Shoji is a little possessive over his mother, and other things, just like his name.’ I ironic isn’t it, Koji and Shoji are parts of both Sasuke and Sakura’s personalities and images mixed together and split into two people. ‘They are fraternal twins, they have different eye colors, other than that they are identical, funny identical fraternal twins.’ He smirked as he saw Ino taking out the trash, for her family’s flower shop.

Sakura had forgotten to tell him how to find the twins, but in reality they are just like him. So maybe they think in the same way. So it shouldn’t be too hard to find them, he just needed to think about it.

‘If I was them than they would be somewhere that felt comforting to them, some place that feels like home, I know where they are.’ Sasuke quickley traveled to the western side of the village, on the top of the hill that separates the fire county from the village, a row of really old Sakura trees were in full blood. As he steadily walked up the hill, he could make out two raven heads under the trees. ‘Knew it.’ he mad is way to them, but as he got closer he walked slower, he didn’t want them to get scared and run off again.

Each step make him think about what he was going to say, how he should say it, how he could make them understand. All this commotion was making him a little nervous.

‘Nervous? Why am I nervous?’ Sasuke stopped in font of them and realized why, ‘because I’m meeting them for the first time, and they meeting me for the first time, I feel like I’m a child again, I haven’t been nervous in a long, long time.’ Sasuke looked down and saw a crying Koji; Shoji was trying to calm him down. Sasuke stood in front of the twins, when Shoji looked up at him, he squatted down.

“Hey, I think you both got the wrong impression.” Sasuke said in a quiet voice, he would have to keep a good demeanor around them.

“You, you made mom cry so many times.” Koji said weeping; his emerald eyes looking up threw his hair. “And then you yelled at us, and what the village thinks, I hate it!” He cried, Shoji stood and looked up at Sasuke and smiled.

“But brother,” Koji looked at him, “like mother says ‘does what others think about you really count on how you feel about yourself?’” He smiled. “I like who I am, and really don’t bother listening what the adults say. So what if they hate mother and father? We still have our family and friends who do like us, isn’t that enough?” he looked down at his brother and smiled. What Shoji said made Sasuke smirk, is optimism was quite refreshing; it’s been a wile since he came across a kid like him.

Koji abrasively stood and looked at his father, tears still rolling down his face, he flinched and closed his eyes as Sasuke’s hand was on his cheek as he wiped the tears away. Shoji stood at his brother’s side and smiled.

“So, it doesn’t matter right?” Koji asked looking at Shoji, he only nodded then they both looked up at Sasuke and smiled, “sorry for being so mean, and we didn’t get to introduce ourselves.” Koji smiled as he lifted his left hand up and waved; “I’m Uchiha Koji.” he smiled.

Shoji mirrored his brothers hand jester, except his hand was balled into a fist, “and I’m Uchiha Shoji.” he smiled. Sasuke smirked as he stood up.

“Well then, I’m Uchiha Sasuke.” He smiled, at the moment the twins jumped up and tackled their father to the ground laughing.

-X-

Sasuke woke up alone in the room that he and Sakura share in their new house. Her side of the bed was made and neat, she was already away. Sakura is a mourning person and he isn’t so it’s normal for them now to wake up at different times.

“Koji, no fair mother made me the extra waffle.” Sasuke looked to the side to see Koji running into their room with a waffle hanging out of his mouth, Shoji quickley followed crying.

“Well I got to it first Shoji!” Koji shouted sitting on Sasuke’s back.

“Well I want it!” Shoji shouted standing next to the bed. Sasuke smirked at his son, the look in is eye was…cute.

Koji smirked and took the waffle out of his mouth, “what it now?” He smiled. Shoji looked at the waffle and saw spit and chunks missing.

“Ah, no!” he shouted jumping up and tackling his brother, while Koji was sitting Sasuke’s back. Making Sasuke the mat of which they jump on.

“Boys, my back isn’t,” Koji landed on his head, “DOWN!” he commanded, and the boys immediately were on the floor looking up at their father.

“Sorry father.”

“Ya, sorry dad.” they both said together. Then laughing caught their attention, they looked to see Sakura Standing in the doorway holding a spatula and in an apron.

“Now are you two done tormenting your father?” she giggled, they way the twins reacted to Sasuke’s command was very funny. “Leave your father alone and go finish eating.” She didn’t have to repeat herself, the twins where already out the door, and Sasuke was sitting up on the bed, smirking.

“Such a slave driver eh Sakura-chan.” He smiled as Sakura sat down next to him.

“Well one of us has to be the rule maker in this house, and its Me.” she said running her hands threw his thick hair and rested her hands on his cheeks.

“That’s why I’m the fun parent.” He said kissing the palm of her right hand, then he felt her hit him with the spatula on his head.

“Well I don’t remember you changing any dippers Mr. Uchiha.” she smirked.

“We’ll sorry Mrs. Uchiha.” Sasuke said taking the spatula away and pinning her to the bed.

“That would be Miss. Haruno to you.” She smiled as he kissed her neck.

“Soon it won’t be Haruno, so get use to you name Uchiha Sakura.” he said in between kissed. Her hands rested on the nape of his neck.

“Like I said I’m not ready to b-“ Sasuke’s lips where on hers, stopping her form talking.

“And Like I said soon it won’t be Haruno.” He said as he continued to kiss her neck.

“Mother, there is black smoke coming from the oven!” Shoji shouted. Sasuke found himself on the floor Sakura running out o their room shouting “My casserole!” He smirked as he stood to get dressed for the day. Life just couldn’t get better at his moment.

Sasuke’s POV

I remember it so clearly, people telling me that I was a cold as the snow that accumulated during winter. I was use to hearing that before and after what my brother did out the clan. I truly was snow. I was so distant that I would just shut people out and focus on my revenge that seemed to be the only thing that I had on my mind when I was younger. It consumed me to the point where I would even try to kill my best friends.

I remember when I was little, Sakura would always come over and play with me, I remember this one day so clearly now:

“look Sasuke-kun its snowing,” I looked to see her standing on the porch her hands at her sides smiling as she watched the fresh cold snow fall, “say here’s a question for you, when the snow melts what happens?” she asked as she stood next to me, I was baffled at her question, it’s a logical answer.

“Water.” I bluntly stated, we stood there for a wile.

“No,” she said smirking, then that smirk turned into one of her breath taking smiled, “it becomes spring, my favorite season, not just because the Sakura trees; my namesake, blooms at that time.” she smiled, “even when there is a hill of snow, we know that spring will come and melt it away, and that’s why I love spring so much.” she smiled once more.

End

And like she said the cold winter became spring, even at our young ages, I was the cold snow that wanted to be melted, and she was my spring, the fresh vibrant spring that came to melt the snow away.

Even after the massacre the snow continued to melt even without me noticing it. Even while I was with Orochimaru spring always seemed to come and melt it away.

I suppose that’s one of the reasons why Sakura was always on my mind, she always seemed to make me feel alive again, even if I refused to fell at all. And when I was separated from her, I felt as if I needed to feel alive again, I wanted that feeling of spring to be with me, for as long as I was alive.

Now I know that’s why I wanted her to be mine, she was my spring, the opposite of me and my other half. I never knew that I could really feel like this again, it feels so great. I just had to have her, to keep me alive.

And what I didn’t know was that, because she was able to melt even just a fraction of the snow, two other people where created from it, and where given the power to also melt the snow. Our children are capable to keep both of us alive, and together.

I have a family once more, and I love it, I love them. Funny isn’t it someone who was proclaimed a cold hearted bastard can learn to love someone? But I truly do love them, Sakura and my….our sons.

Koji’s POV

I really like the way we live now, no one looks at us they way the village did before, its juts us in the small town not to far for Konoha, I like it, plenty of places for me and Shoji to pay in and get in trouble.

I like Dad, he was a little apprehensive at first. I knew that he was scared to make a mistake with me or Shoji, but he’s pretty good at being a dad, he said they he would train us when we got older. I can’t wait for that.

Shoji’s POV

I like our new house, though I still have to share a room with Koji, which I don’t mind at all. We both still get scared during the night, when we get in bet with mother and father, the bed has less room in it now. One time Father was snoring so loud that we though there was a monster in the room so Koji and I kicked him and he rolled off the bed.

That got Mother smiling when she looked at him on the floor. Our life is really fun, you never expect what’s coming next, I feel really at home with father living with us now.

Both the Twin’s POV

We have a little tradition, every night we walk to the highest kill and watch the sun set, is really fun, we count down the seconds until it goes down. Its very different now, watching one day end and another begins, knowing that things aren’t going to be the same. Sitting there in our parents’ laps watching the sun set with Emerald and Onyx eyes. We wouldn’t trade anything for this to change at all.

END!!

You: what happened to Hebi?

with team Hebi:

The missing Nins where all in cells at Konoha’s ANBU prison, Karin and Suigetsu sharing a cell and Juugo all by himself, things where quite glum for the trio. Karin leaning against the wall crying and clutching her heart.

“Sasuke-kun, way haven’t you come to save me yet?”