Birthright

Author's Note: This is the sequel to my story Passionate Kisses. I'm going to write it in such a way, that I don't believe it's necessary to read the first story to understand this one. Anyway, this story is going to focus on the Sasuke's, Hinata's, and Itachi's marriage and their two eldest children's journey from infancy to young adulthood. With some minor to moderate focus on their younger children, once they come along. If any of that bothers you, you might want to turn back now. For those of you still here, I hope you enjoy this story and reviews are always appreciated.

Story Notation: Kira and Kaiden won't be the only threat. ;)

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profit off of any of my stories.

Chapter 1

Hinata shakes her head in amusement as she watches the twins toddle around the conference room. Her son and daughter were now a year old and walking. Well kinda.

"They're adorable." Mei smiles as she watches the twins bound over to Sakura.

Aiya was her eldest. Hinata smiles fondly as she sees Aiya reach for Sakura's now rounded belly. Her eyes were sparkling with delight and a beautiful, dark shade of midnight blue or a rare violet hue?

Sasuke nods proudly. "Yes, they are." Hinata holds his hand underneath the table and smiles at that.

Her youngest husband was every inch the proud father. Then again, so was Itachi. A little known fact about Uchiha men or at least the Uchiha Brothers is they went absolutely bonkers when children were involved. (Well at least their own, anyway).

"I guess I'm big enough now that even the twins can tell." Sakura laughs as she plays with Aiya's long, raven black tresses.

They now reached to her shoulders, which Hinata considered quite long for a one year old. She smiles as she remembers brushing them earlier that day. They were far less spiky than Sasuke's. It was truly difficult to tell if she had inherited those locks from Sasuke or Itachi. Itachi's hair was silky like Aiya's, but Aiya's hair color matched that of the younger Uchiha Brother perfectly.

Naruto grins. "Well you are five months pregnant." The blonde Hokage had married Sakura six months ago. "So it was bound to happen." And judging by the fact they were expecting their first child, well…it must have been quite the enjoyable Honeymoon.

"Well they are very perceptive." Itachi smiles as he watches the twins continue their exploration of Sakura's rapidly expanding stomach.

Aiya smiles widely and giggles. "Big!" Their daughter had her smile, Hianta thinks to herself. That and she definitely had Hinata's ears and chin. The rest of face, well there were features that could have belonged to either Sasuke or Itachi. It was really hard to tell. Though the fact that she had Sasuke's trademark ivory skin, well that did make Hinata wonder sometimes…

The three of them had decided not to get a paternity test. It was just easier that way. This way the brothers would treat all their children as if they were their children and not their nieces or nephews. It was better that way, at least in Hinata's mind.

Sasuke winces. "Sorry about that, Sakura." Though there was really no getting around the fact that the pink haired woman's stomach was a lot bigger now, only a child would lack the social grace to actually say so.

Sakura waves him off. "Oh it's fine. She's only one. Actually, I'm impressed that she's running around and talking as much as she is. The same for her brother." The medic smiles.

Speaking of her brother, Arashi apparently had had enough exploring of the Hokage's wife stomach because he was now stumbling over to Hinata. "Mama!" He holds up his cute, chubby little hands and looks up at her with the most adorable lavender eyes that Hinata had ever seen.

She smiles and scoops him up. "Excuse me. I think he wants to be fed." The twins were now a year old and had been eating solid food for awhile now, having only completely stopped nursing in the past few days.

Everyone nods in understanding as Hinata carries Arashi off. She was lucky to have two husbands who were more than willing to share equally in doing the necessary tasks to care for their children, but this time she'd have to feed Arashi.


"After all, Sasuke is Naruto's advisor." She smiles down at Arashi as they walk. "And Itachi is an instructor at the Academy." They kinda had to be present at the Kage Meeting, but Hinata didn't necessarily have to be. (Though her position as a medic and the Uchiha Matriarch certainly was enough to justify her presence there).

Hinata leads Arashi off to the Academy's Cafeteria. That's where they were in the Academy. The Kages and their closest advisors were currently in one of the conference rooms. Which was convenient because it meant the cafeteria was only a short walk down the hall.

"Let's get you some food." She smiles as she quickly grabs some milk and applesauce." Arashi's parentage was also ambiguous with his creamy white skin and lavender eyes, he was definitely Hinata's son. It was his father that was more of a mystery.

Arashi beams and smiles. "Yay!" His smile was just like Sasuke's and so were his cute ears. Though his eyebrows and nose were exactly like Itachi's and his hair didn't help make it any easier. "I'm hungry mommy!" It was either the darkest shade of blue possible or the lightest shade of black with blue tones to it. Hinata was pretty sure that her blue hair genes and one of the brother's dark hair genes had just collided and decided to split the difference.

She smiles and cuddles to him as he eats. "Of course, you are." He was a growing boy, after all.


Meanwhile Gaara smiles as he watches Aiya play with Sakura. "They're both a wonder." Itachi and Sasuke both nod in agreement.

"We're thinking of trying for our own soon." Mei beams.

Sasuke blinks. He had noticed the lipstick on Gaara's face at Sakura's and Naruto's wedding. He never would have expected it was actually Mei's though.

Apparently, the two of them had had a whirlwind romance and married three months ago. Something about Mei offering Gaara counsel about being Kazekage. Personally, Sasuke was almost positive that had been a flimsy excuse to get the red head alone, but whatever.

Gaara's face burns brightly at that. "Mei, that's really not something that you should announce at a Kage Summit." He sighs and leans over kissing her cheek.

Poor guy. Mei was obviously leading Gaara around by the kunai. Not that Sasuke could entirely blame him. To him, Hinata was the most beautiful woman in the world by far…but Mei was also rather attractive. Attractive and powerful.

The Kazekage would have been an idiot not to be interested. And while he and Gaara had certainly had their issues in the past, the younger Uchiha Brother couldn't call the Kage an idiot. He was highly intelligent in his own way.

"Congratulations." Itachi smiles. "It seems the Five Great Nations are experiencing something of a Baby Boom."

Sasuke smirks. He should probably warn Gaara what he was in for now. "The food cravings and hormones, those are a real thing." The younger Uchiha brother pauses. "And you aren't going to sleep well for months after she gives birth until the child's sleep schedule evens out."

The Kazekage gives Sasuke a dirty look in response to all that. To say the least, that only served to delight the Uchiha further. He had just made a delightful new discovery.

Messing with Gaara was fun. All he had to do was make sure that nothing he said would cause a war and he could indulge in this new hobby. It was truly the simple things in life that made it worth living.

He had a beautiful with, his brother back, two adorable children, a best friend, and now…he could mess with the Kazekage. Life was good at the moment. Very good!

"I'm an insomniac." Oh right." Gaara looks at him. "So that last part isn't an issue. Though I shall take your other advice into consideration."

Naruto chuckles. "Anyway, back to business. Anything you guys wanna address?" The blonde beams at them.

They had these meetings once every six months now. Sasuke figured it was Naruto's way of dealing with problems before they could be allowed to fester. It was a surprisingly smart move on his part.

Onoki shakes his head. "Not that I'm aware of." He looks at the Raikage." What about you?"

"The Land of Lightning is thriving as always." The Cloud Ninja smiles smugly.

Sasuke tries his best not to shake his head at this. Ninjas were almost always proud of their villages. Very rarely would they admit to anything being wrong with them. Only the most dire times usually elicited such reactions.

"Great! Well, I guess we should all be heading off then." Naruto grins. "You guys all have hotel rooms booked, right?" He glances at the other Kages.

Gaara nods. "Of course. This isn't the first time that any of us has traveled." He smiles. "We know how to make the proper preparations." He helps his wife to stand up. "Come, My Love."

That was going to take some getting used to. Gaara calling someone his love. Yeah. Sasuke couldn't quite wrap his mind around that one.

"No one is ever truly prepared for parenthood." Itachi smiles. "Though I'm sure you'll be better prepared than most."

Naruto laughs. "Alright. I guess that's it." He kisses his wife's cheek. "You should get some rest anyway. I mean you are pregnant."

Swat! Sakura swats her husband playfully for that crack. "I'm pregnant. Not crippled!" Just as Hinata was walking back with Arashi.

Itachi notes with more than a little bemusement himself, that Hinata seemed to find the scene rather comical. Not that he could blame her. If anything, he and Sasuke had been even more overprotective of pregnant Hinata than Naruto was being towards Sakura.

"You get used to it after awhile." Hinata smiles reassuringly at her friend. "We should probably go. The twins' birthday party is tomorrow and we have a few last minute things to go over."

That gets Aiya's and Arashi's interest. "Toys?!" Itachi laughs. Well their vocabulary was growing by leaps and bounds. While most children wouldn't begin to speak in two word sentences until their second year, he was almost positive that his son and daughter were going to shatter that barrier early.

They already seemed to know more single words than most children did at their age. There was every possibility that fatherly pride was preventing the Uchiha Patriarch from making an accurate assessment, but Itachi didn't think was entirely the case. As far as he was concerned, Arashi and Aiya were gifted and that was that.

"They're both going to be horribly spoiled." The Raikage looks at them.

Sasuke raises an eyebrow. "Yes, they are. Is that an issue?" Uh oh.

His brother was extremely protective of their children and so was Itachi. This might not end well. The Raikage really should save his parenting advice.

"It is when we have to deal with them in a decade or two." He shrugs.

Mei shakes her head and looks at the Kage from the Land of Lightning. "I'm sure that it's perfectly normal to spoil your children when they're infants. We should probably head back to our hotels." She smiles. "There's no need for bloodshed."

Itachi nods approvingly at her words. Good. Well at least someone was being sensible about all this.

"You just want to a chance to seduce Gaara again." Onoki chuckles.

Gaara blushes in response. "Well that's true, but that doesn't negate the original point." Mei smiles and heads off with her husband.

Newlyweds. Well technically, Itachi supposed that he was still a Newlywed himself really, but it had been a truly wondrous year. In some ways, it felt like only yesterday. In other ways, it felt like he had been married to Hinata for his entire life.

It was the strangest thing. Itachi still wasn't entirely sure how it had happened. Hiashi Hyuga, Emiko Hyuga, Fugaku Uchiha, and Mikoto Uchiha had all signed a Betrothal Contract. No one had really know about it. Originally, he was supposed to be the one to marry Hinata, but in the end…things hadn't quite worked out that way.

"Daddies!" Arashi smiles at Sasuke and Itachi.

Itachi had been ill for quite a long time. One of the conditions in the contract was having children. He hadn't been sure that he could. Sasuke definitely could though.

So his brother had suggested they both marry Hinata. That way, they knew there would be children and Hinata would still be married to the elder Uchiha Brother.

Itachi smiles and scoops Arashi up, putting him in his stroller. The twins were walking now, but they definitely couldn't make it back to the District without the stroller at this point. "Yes, Daddy." He smiles more and kisses his forehead.

Sasuke walks over and places Aiya in the stroller next to her brother. Hinata smiles and makes sure they were in right, before the family heads off.

It had taken them awhile to come up with the twins' names, but they had eventually chosen Aiya and Arashi. Arashi's name meant storm. It was appropriate since he could already use fire (well mostly smoke) in a vaguely similar way to how Gaara could use his sand. His sister's name meant beautiful silk and she was named after her paternal grandmother. (Because her hair was just like Aiya's in texture).


The next day, the party was in full swing. Aiya giggles at all the people visiting her and her brother. The District was filled with lots of people. Most of them kinda looked like Mommy!

"She's such a sweet little thing." Hiashi smiles down at his granddaughter. "And her brother is absolutely fearless." He glances at the lavender eyed boy in the stroller next to her.

Aiya giggles and reaches for the man. She knew him. He did give her Daddies dirty looks sometimes, but Mommy seemed to like him. Plus, he always cuddled her. So it was okay. She liked cuddles.

Her Daddies were watching him like a hawk anyway. Nothing was going to hurt her when that was happening. She didn't know much about what it meant to be a ninja yet, but she knew her Daddies were really strong! So was her Mommy!

He scoops her up. "Can you say grandfather?" She had to be right? Why else would her Daddies be so afraid of her? And whenever Mommy said the word couch, they automatically did whatever she wanted. That was a powerful Jutsu!

The man always wanted her to say grandfather. "CandyDaddy!" It was a really big word though, but Aiya figured she should at least try.

Hinata giggles as she looks around in amusement. The District was filled with people, but most of them were crowded around the Main House. There were banners and glitter everywhere. She didn't think they'd ever get rid of all that rainbow colored glitter. The largest banned hung from one end of the house to another and said, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AIYA AND ARASHI UCHIHA!

It was almost like a real festival. There was festive music playing in the background and more food than anyone could ever hope to eat, even Choji. Some tables had been laid out that were piled high with food, drinks, and birthday presents for the twins.

Hinata sometimes wondered if people remembered they had two children. Not two hundred. Oh well. She was sure that Arashi and Aiya would enjoy all the attention anyway.

"CandyDaddy?" Hiashi raises an eyebrow at this as he sets his granddaughter down.

The bluenette's eyes sparkle with mischief as she makes her way over to her father. "Well grandfather is a bit of a mouthful for a toddler. Candy is somewhat similar to grand." Hinata pauses. "And she says daddy instead of father. So does Arashi."

The human population of the Uchiha District weren't the only ones having fun though. Garuda was streaking through the sky and showing off. Aoda was allowing some children to use him as a rather large and scaly slide. Then there was Gamabunta smoking his pipe and trying out some of the food while he was talking to Sakura's Slug Summon.

"Yeah. The brat is going to be a father soon too." Puff. Puff. "How time flies."

The Slug Princess nods in agreement. "It seems like only yesterday, they were all children themselves."

Hiashi shakes his head and seems to accept that answer. Though the Hyuga Patriarch certainly wasn't going to stop trying. "Alright." He smiles and picks up Arashi. "How about you? Can you say grandfather?"

Arashi tilts his head on confusion. Hmm. He was really determined about this. "CandyDaddy!" So he'd just do what his sister had done.

After all, Mommy was giggling about CandyDaddy. That meant she liked it. And if she liked it, well the other adults probably would as well!

Hiashi looked positively mortified and sighs. "I hope your husbands didn't hear that." They'd likely never let him live it down.

Arashi giggles more as he sees his Daddies walk over. They were both smirking about something. He wasn't really sure what, but he knew that they made that face, when they were happy! He liked happy Daddies!

"Oh we heard it." Itachi smirks.

Sasuke nods in agreement. "And we're never letting you live it down." Another smirk.

Arashi giggles at the expression on his Daddies' faces. He then coos. Usually when he did that, someone would pick him up.

Right on schedule Itachi did so and jiggles him around. "I think your grandfather quite likes the new nickname." Arashi squirms in delight. "That you and your sister gave to him. Why don't you say it again?"

Hinata laughs and shakes her head as her sister makes her way over. "How are you, Hanabi?" She smiles at her.

"I'm good. I just never thought that I'd hear someone call father that." The younger Hyuga woman lets out a few giggles of her own.

"Wee!" Arashi felt like he was flying. "CandyDaddy!" He liked this a lot better than getting wet.

He still didn't understand why his sister liked baths so much. It made no sense to him. Maybe, it was a girl thing.

"Do you think they could eat cake yet?" Sasuke looks at his wife as he kisses her cheek and tickles Aiya's belly.

Hmm. Cake was a new word. Arashi briefly wonders what cake was, before allowing himself to be distracted by playtime again!

Hinata pauses. "Maybe the bottom part. No frosting though." She frowns. "That would probably make them sick."

Hiashi nods in agreement. "Yes, you are not to give my grandchildren frosting." He gives Sasuke and Itachi a rather firm look. "At least not this early on!"

CandyDaddy was trying to be serious. Arashi recognized the serious face. Adults tried to do that a lot. It usually didn't last that long around him and his sister though.

For some reason, big people tended to make silly faces and voices around them. That was okay. He liked them!

"Are you sure that it's safe to have them sliding off Aoda like that?" Sakura looks at Sasuke with concern.

Itachi chuckles at her concern. It was only natural, but honestly unwarranted. Aoda was Aoda.

That was surely a golden retriever in a snake's body, he thinks to himself. He had never seen a Snake Summon take to children so well before. And the same could be said to a lesser extent about Garuda. That hawk loved to show off.

Sasuke nods. "I'm sure. Don't worry about Aoda." The Uchiha smiles. "He's harmless. Well at least when he's not on the battlefield, anyway."

That was true. The snake wasn't going to be an issue. A puppy or a kitten would have been a more traditional choice, but they were ninjas. Itachi supposed in an odd way, it made sense that their choice in "pets" would reflect that.

"Oh. Alright." Sakura smiles uncertainly. "Well, if you're sure."

The Uchihas nod in agreement. They were sure. Very sure.

Naruto grins at Sasuke. Oh boy. Itachi knew where this was going. Well at least he had a very good guess anyway. The blonde was about to say something completely outrageous. He just knew it.

Of course, that didn't take a genius to figure out. Naruto Uzumaki was the master at such things. He had more than earned his nickname as the Leaf's Number One Hyperactive Knuckleheaded Ninja. It was just that he was also a war hero now and one of the saviors of this world.

"So do you think the twins can handle blowing out the candles?" He winks at Sasuke.

That fact hadn't changed his personality. Itachi chuckles at Naruto's question as Sasuke nods proudly. "Trust me, they can handle it." Hinata looked less than convinced though.

Itachi supposed it didn't matter. Kakashi was already heading over to the biggest cake. A giant white cake in the shape of a castle with lavender frosting horses on it and prepares to take the picture.

"Try your best." Hinata smiles kindly at her child as she helps escort them over to the cake.

"What?" Aiya and Arashi look confused at they look at the truly massive cake. It was something of a miracle that it wasn't bigger than them!

Itachi smirks as he leans over and mock blows on the candles. He wasn't actually trying to put them out though. Just showing the children what they should do.

He does it again, just to drive the message home. "Blow out your candles." The Uchiha Patriarch encourages them.

The twins blink and then grin widely as they blow as hard as they could on the candles. Of course, they were only one. So it was pretty challenging for them.

A large crowd had gathered around them. Everyone seemed to think that it was a rather cute sight and well, Itachi couldn't disagree with that assessment. Watching one year olds try to blow out the candles on their first birthday cake, well that was quite the memorable occasion.

"Did it!" Arashi grins.

"Did it!" Aiya giggles proudly as she and brother stare at the cake smugly.

Hinata giggles. There were few things more beautiful in the world than the sound of his wife and children giggling, Itachi decides. And he knew that Sasuke felt the same way.

Now all that was left to do was to survive this party in one piece. There were entirely too many people crammed into too small of a space. The Hyuga Clan was vast, but the Rookie Nine and Senseis had also stopped in. The place was packed.

"It's going to take forever to clean all this up." He looks at Sasuke.

Sasuke smiles and nods. "Yeah, I know." He smirks. "But it was worth it." And Itachi certainly couldn't disagree with that. It was most certainly worth it.