I'm the new Sakura Haruno! CHA!

Asuma lives

I charged at Asuma breathing slowly. "Water breathing third form: flowing dance." I uttered, face blank. I was extremely fast, managing to get a large cut on Asuma's arm before he jumped away. I let my form die out.

I saw a flurry of weapons being launched at me and stood there. "Water breathing eleventh form: dead calm." The weapons were sliced in half, going off course and missing me by a few feet. I sighed. My thing warmed up slightly, signaling dad wanting me to hurry home.

I looked at Hidan and Kakuzu, gesturing to their hands. They blinked as their own rings became much hotter.

They looked up. "See you at home Cherry-Chan." Hidan spoke before they left in a poof of smoke. I turned my attention back to Asuma to see him making hand signs. I paused and let him.

I avoided the jutsu that would have burned me and grinned. "Oi Oi Oi. Calm down. I just wanna talk. Now that those two are gone, I can just say I did fight you."

Asuma froze. "What?" He asked, clearly confused. I grinned.

"Ino helped me choose flower colors. I'm paying the favor back by not attacking. You can ask a few questions if you want."

They looked at me as if I had grown another head. "Why would you let us do that? All she did was offer advice on flowers." Shikamaru questioned.

"Because by helping me, I got two girlfriends. I'm repaying the favor." Ino blinked. Then her eyes popped out. Everyone else's soon followed suit.

"HAH?! YOU HAVE GIRLFRIENDS?!"

"YOU'RE GAY?!"

"LUCKY!"

"HOW DID YOU MANAGE THAT?!"

I smiled. "Not a clue." It took them a little to calm down. Shikamaru stood up from his spot on the steps.

"So we can ask you anything right?" I nodded. He visibly hesitated.

"Why..... why did you leave?" I froze. My mind drifted a bit in sadness.

"Simple. You may not have noticed it, but after the village found out about my kekkei genkai, I was treated worse than the dirt they walked on. I was to become nothing but a weapon or if Danzo had his way, a breeding stock. The Akatsuki is not as bad as people think. They took me in at my lowest and built me back up. They became my family. And I will never regret it. My only regret is not saying goodbye." My voice lowered at the end, sadness welling up.

Ino's eyes filled with tears. She couldn't hold herself in place and ran at me. I was hugged tightly by the sobbing girl. I simply sat down and let her cry. I looked up at the others.

"I will try to prevent as many deaths as I can. But the Akatsuki is my family. And family means no one gets left behind." Ino passed out soon after and my ring became hotter.

I looked at them all. "I must be going. Have fun as you live your life." They smiled sadly. "Oh and Asuma. Congratulations on the kid." I left Ino with the stunned man and team. I wiped a stray tear.

I teleported back to the base and took my spot in the unsealing process. There was no rush this time so we sat there for days on end, a little longer than Gaara had taken. Once again a peice of the chakra of the tailed beast slipped into me before anyone noticed anything.

I left it settle and joined my girls. We went to our room and went to sleep, tired from using so much chakra. My status in the bingo book went up very high over the next month as I played with Eri. I grew more suspicious of mom as she was almost never around. Finally I had it.

I walked to dad's office and slammed the door open. He jumped slightly before glaring. "Why the hell did you just slam my door young lady?"

"What the hell is happening to mom?" I asked. He froze. I glared heatedly.

"What the fuck happened? Do I need to hurt someone?" He snapped out of it.

"No Sakura." He sighed. "We've been meaning to tell you this but had no clue on how to say it." I got worried.

"Is something wrong with mom?" I asked as my voice broke. He shook his head.

"No it's actually something amazing. It just tires your mother out very fast." I leaned forward in anticipation.

"Your mother is pregnant." My heart stopped. I felt a large smile break out onto my face as I tackled him over the edge of the desk. I was crying and laughing.

"Do you know the gender yet? I want to spoil my sibling!" I asked. He nodded.

"It's a boy." I grinned widely. "Do you have a nursery yet?" He shook his head. I stood up. "Then I'll make one."

I ran out of the room, heart soaring. I was getting a baby brother! My mind flickered to Asuma's kid that would be born eventually.

I kind of hoped that the two would be friends. I opened the door to my room and my girls looked at me in confusion as I all but zoomed across the room for my painting supplies.

Haku put her book down. "Sakura? What are you doing?" I looked at her.

"I'm getting a baby brother! I need to make the nursery!" I was practically bouncing. Daki grinned.

"So I'll have a tiny brother in law?" I blushed.

"Yes!" Haku and Daki looked at each other.

"We'll help." With that, we all found one of the empty rooms close to Mom and Dad's room and cleaned the dust. We painted the wall white as a base and let it dry for a few hours before doing a second coat. I quickly dried it with an air jutsu, feeling impatient.

We each took a wall and began to paint. I painted birds and a fall forest on my wall and Hake painted a winter wonderland. Daki painted a field of dark flowers with tiny animals. It looked good. We let it dry over he next few days and bought a crib, shelves, baby clothes and all other nessecities.

When dad came to look at it with mom, they looked overjoyed. Dad looked at my girls, eyes going soft.

"I guess I don't mind having a daughter in law or two." I slept happily that night, my girls and Eri cuddled close.