LEGACY

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Chapter 25

Fumiko took Hiroto in her hands and cooed on how the tiny baby yawned. He looked exactly like Itachi, with his brownish hair instead of Uchiha's common bluish black hair. It made her wonder, who was their birth mother.

"Should I be worried about their mother?" Fumiko asked him.

"...No."

"What are you hiding, nii-san?" The girl glared.

Itachi pretended to not hear his sister, but the glare she gave him was exactly Fugaku's, making the older Uchiha sighed in defeat due to being uncomfortable. "There was never a mother for them."

"What do you mean?"

"Sasori had access to Orochimaru."

"And?"

"He might or might not steal a little Orochimaru's sample of the first Hokage and his research about mutant cells." Itachi faced away. "We didn't think this research of ours would turn out successful, but yet here we are."

"Here we are indeed." Fumiko hummed. "Your mission's to bring a heir of Uchiha back to me and yet you brought two and they're mutant babies of Uchiha and Senju. Tsunade will be thrilled if she knows you and her grandfather produced two Uchiha babies."

Itachi cringed. "Don't remind me."

Fumiko laughed, genuinely laughed before it turned into a fit of cough with blood spluttered on her palm. "Shit."

"Fumiko?"

"Take H-Hiroto back." Itachi did as she said before Fumiko collapsed on the floor, clutching her stomach.

"Fumiko?!"

The girl cried for a while on the floor before she finally stopped. Her breathing was ragged and her eyes went dull. Itachi had to put both Hiroto and Haruma down before he scooped his sister in his embrace and laid her on a seating near there. He put his hand on her forehead, frowning to find how cold she was.

"You're not okay."

"Ca-can you help me—?" Fumiko nodded at her vest. "M-my medicine."

Once again, Itachi did as he said before taking out her medicine. He plopped one pill into Fumiko's mouth. They sat there in silence until Fumiko felt better.

The girl sat down and leaning on the seating.

"What was that?"

"...I've been sick."

"How sick?"

"Let's just say if you don't plan on doing your suicide obsession, you'll live much longer than me."

"Fumiko." Itachi scolded in worry. "What's wrong with you?"

"It's not important." Fumiko shook her head. "You won't change your mind either way."

"Fumiko—,"

"Nii-san, when did they born?" Fumiko changed the topic.

Itachi was frowning at his sister, but she dodged his stare. "Last night."

"Good." Fumiko nodded. She then summoned her raven to search for Neji. Fumiko looked at Itachi and patted his shoulder. "Nii-san. I'll ask you once again. Please come back to Konoha when the time comes. I might not survive this sickness, but you can with the help of Tsunade. Please promise me you'll come back."

Itachi sighed and took his sister in an embrace. "I love you, imouto."

Then he turned into a pack of crows before flied away. Fumiko sighed, before looking down at the twins. "You can come out, Sai."

An ANBU appeared beside her. "Taichou."

"I need you to pledge to me to not let a single soul know about today's event since you've been spying on me."

"I... I understand." Sai bowed. "I'm sorry, I just worry about your safety since you've been sick."

"Heh," Fumiko chuckled. "out of all people, you're the one who found out."

"Sumimasen."

Fumiko shook her head and laid back down on the seating. "Please hand Haruma and Hiroto to me."

"Ha'i."

As Sai just handed the first twin, the door of the Uchiha hideout was opened with a bang. The twins were startled and started to cry. Both Fumiko and Sai looked up to find Neji was panting. The long haired male came closer and crouched beside his lover. He could see that she was indeed pale, but he believed it was due to her genjutsu.

"Fumiko-sama," He whispered.

"Neji-kun, look." She adjusted the bundle in her arms. "This is Haruma. The one Sai holds is Hiroto."

Neji looked down at the first born with awe. "He... looks exactly like you."

"Really?" Fumiko chuckled. "Do you perhaps wanna hold him? Or Hiroto?"

Neji looked up at Sai and immediately held out his hands. Sai gave the baby, and Neji held Hiroto on his chest. Even though Neji knew that neither babies were his, he could not help but to fall in love. They looked exactly like Fumiko, how he could not fall in love?

"Hiroto," He whispered while rocking the baby. "I promise I'll protect you and Haruma. My babies."

Still standing on the door, both Neji's teammates were looking at them in awe. On the other hand, Fumiko watched the scene with sadness. She might not be able to give a heir for him due to her circumstances.