Chapter 95 – Meeting Sasuke Again
"Hm, you found him," Guren entered a building, seeing Sarada stand near a pillar, with Sasuke near her. Ever since they got out of the village, things had been a mess. First, they got attacked by a boy with Sharingan and Mangekyo Sharingan, and Seventh had to come to save them.
Along the way, he shared some tidbits about him and Sasuke, and now they were here at the rendezvous point between Naruto and Sasuke.
"Sorry Sasuke, we were delayed a bit," Naruto walked in, right behind him with Chocho.
"Naruto, what is going on? Why did you bring the children?"
"Because he's a decent human being?" Guren took a jab, followed by another, "Or wait...now I can't decide who is worse? Seventh who stays in the village but can't go home or my Dad who doesn't come back to see his children and wife all together?"
Naruto's mouth twitched, "Don't drag me into this."
"Wait, Lord Seventh just told us that he's your Rival, Dad," Guren innocently blinked, "Are you two competing who could be the worse father or something because hands down-"
"Guren!" Sarada spoke aloud, clenching her fist, making Naruto and Sasuke look at her and Guren stop taking jabs at him.
"I came here! I came here to see you, Dad!" Sarada shouted, sadly looking down, "I found out Lord Seventh was coming to see you...and so I followed him here. There is something I wanted to ask you, Dad."
"Then, what is it?"
"Is Mom...my real Mom?" Sarada's eyes trembled, dreading the answer that might come.
Guren blinked, bursting out in a laugh, "Right, was Mom like a surrogate mother? How do you end up giving birth to an Uchiha with an eyesight problem?"
"Wow, triple strike, you are on a roll," Chocho scarce her presence.
Sarada nibbled her lip, "Answer me now! Is she my real mother?!"
"Did something happen?"
"Did something happen? You have stayed away from my whole life! Why won't you stay and live with Mom?! Do you even care that you have forgotten what your daughter looks like?! And who is the woman in the photo wearing the same type of glasses as me?! Is this something a daughter can ask her mother?!"
Guren poked her shoulder, "I don't want to interrupt when you are on a roll, but I have Mom's hair...and we are twins...so you know..."
"Oh," Sarada was struck by the absurd realization, her eyes becoming blank in embarrassment, her face turning tomato red, "Right...sorry...forget it."
She walked past Sasuke, hastening her step when she heard Guren's voice, "But Mom could have been a surrogate. Maybe Dad made two women pregnant, and to save the embarrassment, Mom had to bear two children? Wait, is that even possible...medically?"
Sarada stopped again, feeling her head spin in confusion and doubt, when Sasuke looked at her, speaking, "This has...nothing to do with you."
"Hun?" Sarada widened her eyes, sniffling, closing them, running out, "Forget it!"
"You are a super insensitive person," Chocho pointed at Sasuke, "You could never be my true Dad."
Sasuke didn't even look at her as she rushed out; his eyes remained on Guren, "You have a bad personality."
"Oh come on, it's fun messing with Sarada a little," Guren smiled, "She's just going through that age where she needs a father..."
"And you?"
Guren blinked, innocently smiling, "You might not be surprised...but I don't genuinely care about you, Dad. Not as my father. After all, you were never around to bond."
He walked away, smiling, "I'll be with Sarada, so she'll be fine."
Sasuke watched his back disappear, "He's just like you said..."
Naruto pressed his lips, "You could have told them, you know...at least the reason why you are gone for so long. Guren and Sarada are both intelligent; they'll understand."
Outside,
"Wait, Sarada."
"Please let me go! If no one will tell me the truth, then I'll find it myself!"
"Just try talking to Sasuke one more time!"
Guren was walking towards them with a smile when his footsteps stopped. He looked up, seeing a portal open in space, and two humans with snake white skin came out of it. He narrowed his eyes, seeing the numerous Sharingan's on one's body and the Sharingan in the boy's eyes, "Mangekyo..."
The older man threw numerous black rectangular tools towards Naruto's back, who wasn't looking.
Guren looked towards Naruto, he had no doubt that Naruto could stop it, but it was a rare chance to fight. He took out a scroll taking out an arm-length shuriken, throwing it towards them, "Shadow Shuriken Jutsu!"
"Huh," The sneak attacker was surprised for a moment, but there wasn't a sign of worry; the projectiles he threw tore apart the tens of shuriken that were meant for him. A few shifted to move towards Guren, but Guren used quick steps to appear beside Naruto, who used the Kyuubi's chakra to form a defensive, blocking the projectiles.
"Guren, are you ok?"
"No, just hurt my pride," Guren scratched his cheek, "Never got shut down so quickly. At least I know his Mangekyo Sharingan is not the ability to control metal...there was a lot of force behind his projectiles. It wasn't just from a throw."
"You heard that? Sasuke?"
"Yeah," Sasuke appeared in front of them, outside the protective barrier, intercepting them in their mid-fall.
The bigger one brought out numerous more blades from the sleeves of his right hand, throwing them towards Sasuke, expertly controlling them. But Sasuke used his Sharingan to follow all of them before striking them away. He moved towards the intruder, slashing his sword towards him, but the intruder caught it with his hand, albeit getting hurt in the process. The smaller one used this to attack Sasuke, but Sasuke used his Rinnegan to switch places, "Fire Style! Fire Ball Jutsu!"
The fireball was about to hit the adult. Still, the kid's body unnaturally moved, appearing behind him, taking the hit for the other.
Sasuke turned back, landing inside the Kurama defense Naruto created.
"I see. I need those eyes. I want to revive the Akatsuki..."
"Akatsuki? Who are you?" Naruto became severe, looking at the man.
"I go by the name...Shin Uchiha."
"Shin Uchiha...?" Guren and Sarada exchanged a look, knowing it was the same of the guy that attacked them before.
"You can speak the truth freely after we have captured you. Shut up for now."
"Boy, who told you to rest, get up," Shin ordered the boy, getting on his feet.
"Yes, father."
"Are they father and son, and he used him as a shield?" Naruto raised his eyebrows.
"Wow, I am starting to feel like we have a new nominee in the shitty father list," Guren clapped his hands.
"Guren! Stop joking at a time like this!" Sarada clung to him, shouting.
Sasuke glanced back at Guren's cheerful face, "Naruto, take care of them."
He walked forward a few steps when they all heard a tug, seeing Sasuke's sword embedded in Naruto's stomach, inserting itself.
"Huh?"
"What the hell just happened."
"Seventh," Sarada worriedly knelt down.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine...Sarada," Even as he said, his defense wavered, freeing the blades that rotated coming towards Sarada. But Sasuke created Susanoo, covering them, "Naruto..."
"I am fine," Naruto removed the blade, and his wound's healed, "I was careless."
"Susanoo...I need that eye more than ever," Shin narrowed his eyes. When they abruptly widened, feeling a punch tear his stomach apart, "Stay away from my family!!"
"Mom?!"