Sasukes pov

Even though it's been just over two years I remember giving birth to my kids like it was yesterday. The midwife was almost as shocked as I was when she delivered twins since none of my scans gave any indication of more than one baby. The reason I refused to find out the gender of my child was because I was torn between the two so it was to my hearts content that I was blessed with both. My beautiful daughter came out with the oddest combination of purple eyes and black hair probably due to the mixture of mine and Naruto's genetics. My son however was a spitting image of his father with ocean blue eyes and bright blonde hair. I always wondered how I would feel if I gave birth to a son that looked like Naruto, I assumed it would be painful but on the contrary I'd never been happier in my life to successfully give birth to healthy twins.

I named my son Seto and daughter Azia, those are the names that came to me when I saw their faces. Seto and Azia changed my life for the better by giving me purpose and allowing me to experience maternal love. Before I knew it they'd grown up so quickly right before my eyes and were already walking talking toddlers.

When I first arrived in America I was in a bad place and struggled to find my feet but after a couple months and becoming a mom of two I'd grown to love my new life so much so that I rarely thought of Naruto.

Seto never let me forget him though. A while ago I was watching Seto and Azia paint a picture of God knows what when Azia greedily requested that Seto give her the paint brush that he was using, he obviously refused since she already had one of her own. This didn't go down well since Azia was truly her uncles niece. She was insensitive, bratty and never failed to act out when she didn't get her way. This attitude of hers caused her to attempt to hit Seto but ironically she missed her footing and ended up tripping and scraping her knee. I watched as she cried and was comforted by Seto despite the fact it was her own malicious intention that caused her injury. This exposed to me that Setos kindness knew no bounds just like his fathers, on top of this the fact that they were practically identical kept my memories of Naruto alive. I couldn't say wether or not I was glad that Seto was a constant reminder of Naruto's existence, all I could say for sure is that I loved my son.

"Mommy!!" Seto screeamed from underneath me causing me to snap out of my day dream.

"Yes baby" I responded in awe of his cuteness.

"Uncle Itachi is here to say goodbye but Azia is upset and crying because she doesn't want him to go." Seto told me. The one thing that me and Azia shared in common apart from our black hair was our overly sensitive natures which is why I told Itachi not to come over and say goodbye before he returned to Japan.

I picked up Seto and made my way to the door where Azia could be seen crying and clinging onto Itachis feet.

"I'm sorry Azia but there's something important I have to take care of in Japan, I've already pushed it back a couple years so I can't wait any longer. I'll make sure to bring you something nice on my way back." Itachi promised Azia with a warm smile.

That guy was full of crap. Something important to take care of ? Yh right. He told me he was going to Japan for sight seeing because he's not as famous in America and misses being harassed by the Japanese paparazzi. Truth be told I think Itachi was just missing Japan so I let the fact that he lied to my child go.

Azia on the other hand, ignored Itachi and continued to cry. Knowing that Seto was better at calming her down than anyone else I gave him a sign to intervene then put him down onto the ground only for him to go over to her and pull her long hair.

"Seto what do you think your doing?!" I shrieked as I really hadn't expected him to do that.

"I'm giving her something to actually cry about because Uncle going on a trip isn't a good enough reason" Seto responded.

"That's really dumb.It's never okay for you to hurt your sister okay ?" I lectured him.

"Yes mom. Sorry mom" Seto apologised.

"It's not me you should be apologising to" I pointed out. He turned and looked at Azia who had stopped crying amidst the commotion and was now pouting.

"Keep your stinky apology Seto I don't want it. I can cry about what I want to cry about. I don't want uncle to leave because he'll probably never come back" Azia squealed in her adorable high pitched voice.

"No baby, he'll be back even if it's just for a visit. Why would you think he wouldn't." I asked my little angel who was clearly misunderstanding the situation.

"It's obvious mom! Me and Seto have no dad because he left and he didn't come back. So if uncle Itachi leaves then he won't come back and we won't have an uncle anymore" Azia said with a pained expression as she looked down at the floor causing my heart to break in two. I stood silent and still not knowing what to say to my daughter who was clearly feeling the absence of a father in her life. I should've been more attentive to the fact that seeing kids around her age in loving family's with mothers and fathers probably made her sentimental towards that. Truly I had no words, there was so much I would have to explain to my children but right now it was too complicated to put into words.

"Don't ever compare me to your bastard father!" Itachi lashed out, unintentionally scaring Seto and Azia.

"Itachi calm down and refrain from using language like that around the kids. Everybody just stop, Azia darling your uncle will come back he's not a liar and as for the matter of your father it's more complicated than you think so don't blame yourself and just..."

I didn't know what to say, I felt like breaking down but I couldn't infront of my kids, I had to be strong. I knew this was a topic that would be brought up eventually but I couldn't bring myself to tell my 2 year old infants that their dad is a married man who doesn't want them.

"Look I'm sorry Azia, I shouldn't have reacted that way," Itachi covered for me seeing I was at a loss for words.

"I promise I'll be back okay." Itachi told Azia before flicking her in the centre of her forehead.

"Okay" Azia responded. She had calmed down after seeing the situation was spiralling out of hand.

"Why does he always do that? he's so weird" Seto observed before walking off. I couldn't tell if our conversation had bothered him or not.

Azia released Itachi from the lock she had previously put him in allowing us to all say our goodbyes to him. After Itachi left I cradled Azia until she fell asleep in my arms then went and put her down on her bed.

I was signing some forms for my company when I was interrupted by Seto who asked me a challenging question.

"Hey mom," he said to me. I pulled him up onto my lap and asked him what he needs and he responded by asking

"Did our father really not want us, does he hate us?"

"I wish I could answer your questions but I really don't know. I'm sorry Seto" I responded him with a heavy heart.

I could see that having no father figure was effecting Azia and Setos sense of identity. Judging from todays events I think they blamed themselves and felt as though they were unlovable which is a mothers worst nightmare.I need to find a suitable father figure for my kids sake, it'll be hard since men aren't typically attracted to washed up single mothers but I had made up my mind that it was best from me to start dating again and move past what Naruto had done to me for the sake of my children who clearly needed a father.