Indefinite

Chapter One

-Preparation-

A dark haired man sat on the sofa in the Hokage's office, watching his father walk back and forth and ramble on about rules and obligations. Kanamé's pale jade eyes followed his elder. He was bored out of his mind, and really could care less about being Hokage. His chin rested on his open, gloved palm, his elbow propped up on his knee.

He was dressed like most of the Uchiha Clan, wearing tight black pants and a black formfitting shirt that had small sleeves stopping past his shoulder. His eyes followed the elder Uchiha's movements, not a splash of interest on his person. But of course, he needed to know this, since he would be succeeding eventually.

Suddenly his father stopped moving and looked at him with an equally uninterested forest green gaze. "Kanamé, your emo vibe is beginning to bother me, and that's saying something." Akito said. "I know this is all boring, and you understand it completely, but a little verbal affirmation every once in a while would be nice. Even if all you do is grunt, I know that I'm not just talking to an empty room." The corner of his mouth lifted slightly, to show that he wasn't really upset or anything.

"Sorry Dad." He sighed, sitting up fully. "I understand."

"Great." The elder Uchiha clapped his hands, rubbing them together. "Now go on and get out of here, I've bored you enough for one day." He smirked.

He stood, running his hand through his spiky dark locks. "Thanks. Sorry…this just sucks so hard." He smirked, looking just like his father in that moment.

"Just wait until you have to sign a bunch of crappy paperwork all day and talk to the old geezers upstairs." Akito said. "Then things will really suck."

Kanamé let out another annoyed breath. "How come Noriaki can't do it? He'd love the power a lot more than I would. Or Izayoi."

"Because Noriaki would take advantage of his power and have women running around in their underwear just because he thought it was funny, and Izayoi would become a dictator and have this city burned to the ground in no time." His father explained. "Sanosuke doesn't give a crap, and Hayate is too…" Akito waved his hand in the air, as if that gesture alone explained it all. "He'd never really get anything done, nor would he have the patience to just sit in an office most of the day."

"So you're making your first born heir…endure this torture. I thought you liked me Dad." The young man held in the small laugh, a smile tugging at his lips.

Akito walked over and wrapped his arm around his son's shoulders, bringing him closer and shaking him a bit. "I do like you son. I just want you to connect with me on a deeper level than your siblings." He said, feigning a tortured look. Then it vanished and his expression nearly matched Kanamé's. "Besides, maybe this way you'll finally attract a woman you can settle down with. I mean, you're twenty-three. I was your age when your mother and I got married, and she was pregnant with you and your brother and sister shortly after that. On top of which, your grandfather, one of the most antisocial people on the planet, at least got some woman knocked up to have me by the time he was twenty-three. You gotta continue the tradition." He joked.

"But I hate being with people I don't know." He frowned.

"So get to know someone." The elder said simply, patting him on the back before releasing him. "Don't worry son, eventually you'll find someone out there you won't mind being with so much."

"I'm sure mom would love to hear that you 'don't mind' to be with her." Kanamé said, heading towards the door and waving over his shoulder.

"Uchiha Kanamé, don't cause me any more stress than I already have to deal with." Akito said in a warning tone. "You know how your mother gets."

The man smirked, laughing darkly. "What stress could you possibly have Dad? You have one child still at home and you and Mom have sex at least twice a day."

"That does not mean that I get rid of all of my stress." He huffed, crossing his arms. "Besides, if she gets testy, I'm not gonna get laid tonight." Then there was a silence. "On second thought…this might work. She gets a little kinkier when we have makeup sex."

"Leaving now." Kanamé said loudly, holding his hands over his ears. "See you later Dad." He said, leaving the room without waiting to hear a reply. He walked down the steps of the tower and out the front door, looking around the village. He didn't know what he wanted to do now. It wasn't like he had any missions or anything.

Kanamé looked around and with a shrug, decided he would train before heading over to his parent's house for dinner.


"It's so…" an older auburn haired man sighed. "Bright."

"Remind me why we had to travel all the way out here again?" a young woman asked, her expression mirroring her father's. She had long brown hair with a few streaks of red throughout it. It went just past her shoulders, and her bangs were parted and brushed off to the right side of her face, revealing eyes that matched her father's. Her outfit consisted of nearly knee high black ninja boots, which covered her toes, and laced up the front. She had on some dark grey leggings that stopped just above her knees, a short purple skirt over it. Her top consisted of a black tank top, with a halter top over it. It was the same shade of grey as her leggings, with a black line beneath her breasts, clinging very well to her entire torso. It dipped low, but nothing was revealed, as it was covered by her tank top. She had on black, fingerless gloves, and wrapped around her upper left arm was some white cloth. She wasn't wearing a forehead protector, instead having a black choker on, with the symbol for Mist sewn in silver thread in the center of it.

"Because," an older woman said, placing her hands on her hips. "Mommy and daddy haven't seen us in forever, and they want to see how much you've grown Vitani."

Vitani's face scrunched slightly. "But they smell funny. And grandma always pinches my cheeks."

"I hate them." The man said, not looking pleased. "And they hate me too." He sighed, glancing at his wife with his aquamarine eyes.

Uncaring ice blue eyes looked back. "It's not like we're staying with them dear."

"Well I'm with daddy on this one." Vitani pouted, crossing her arms. "Why couldn't we have just sent them a picture of me along with a letter filled with the same crap we always write to make them feel like we care?"

"Because, they are old, and won't be around much longer. So we're all going to spend some time together as a family. Just think of this as a vacation." Taka said.

Her daughter gave her an unimpressed look. "If this were anything like a vacation, we would have gone to that nice new spa resort that opened up in Waterfall. At least there we would get to enjoy ourselves."

"They have hot springs here Vitani." Vincent smiled, setting his hand on his nineteen year old daughter's shoulder. "And this is where the Uchihas live. I think you'll enjoy it. My buddy Akito's got four boys. One's your age too. Who knows, you could have a whirlwind romance." He smirked, moving his hand to her hair and ruffling up her bangs. "Taka, darling, which is the one who's Vitani's age? Sa…Sat…Sano…Sanosuke!" he snapped his fingers, smiling.

Taka nodded. "Yeah, but I don't want her mixing up with those Uchiha boys. Not only are they all arrogant jerks, but you'd have to be psychotic to put up with them, which our daughter is not."

Vitani reached up and tried to fix her bangs, glaring lightly at her sire before looking at her mother. "It's not like I'm going to go all googly-eyed over one of them Mom."

"She'll just be having fun, love. Besides, I bet our lovely little Vitani could break his heart. Uchihas aren't as hard assed as they appear." The Mizukage smiled, looking pleased.

"But they're still mean, opinionated people, who think that they're the greatest thing to ever walk this planet." The woman pointed out. "And I don't want my baby to get her heart broken."

Tired of this conversation, Vitani began to walk away from her parents, further into the village. "Can we just get this over with? The sooner we stop by and say hi to the old farts the sooner I can explore."

Vincent nodded and pushed them both forward. "Yes. Let's get this over with."

They walked through the village until they came upon a rather large estate. Walking through the gates that led to the place, they went up to the front door, where Taka rang the bell. Shortly after the bell rang an elderly woman answered, with an equally elderly man next to her, their hair already beginning to turn a light grey. "Mommy, Daddy!" Taka said, hugging her parents.

"Baby!" they cried, hugging their daughter. When they released her they turned to Vitani.

"Oh Vitani dear, you've gotten so big! Just like a little lady." The old woman said, reaching out and pinching her granddaughter's cheeks, shaking the girl's head as she did so.

"Hi grandma." She said, her displeasure clearly conveyed in her aquamarine eyes. Then she looked to the old man. "Hi grandpa." She greeted, equally unenthused.

"Vitani." The man ruffled her hair, completely ruining it. She jerked away from the both of them, frowning as she fixed her hair before rubbing her sore cheeks. She saw the looks her grandparents and father were exchanging and sighed. "You." Her grandfather said, addressing her father, none too pleased. Before anything more could be said, Vitani turned and began to walk back down the path towards the village.

"I'm outta here." She said, waving over her shoulder.

She left her grandparent's estate and wandered through the village. Spotting free maps of the place in a kiosk for tourists, she grabbed one and began to leaf through it, glancing at all of the different tourist attractions. She paused suddenly, her brow furrowing at the page she was on. Oddly enough, the Uchiha District was one of them. Apparently the village wanted tourists to believe that they could just go and check out the place whenever they wanted. Vitani snorted at that. There was no way that the prestigious Uchiha Clan allowed mere villagers onto their land.

As she read the information listed about the place, her curiosity began to build. After everything her parents had ever told her about the Uchiha District, not to mention what she knew of the Uchiha Clan's past from the history books, she wondered what the place looked like. Wanting to satiate her need for more knowledge, she turned to the map of the entire village, quickly locating where the prefecture was and memorizing how to get there. She folded up the pamphlet and, shoving it into her pack, headed in the direction the map said it to be, her anticipation of seeing the place building.

It took her a while of wandering through the streets, but eventually she saw the gate to the district. It was hard to miss actually, with its tall white stone walls, and large metal doors that led into the place, the Uchiha crest painted on the doors. They were closed, and she could only guess that only an Uchiha knew how to open them.

This view in itself not enough to satisfy her, she scanned the area, quickly spotting a tall oak tree that would give her enough of a vantage point to see over the wall. She walked over to it, taking off her pack and dropping it at the base of the tree before leaping up into its branches. She cloaked her chakra as she crouched low and near the trunk as she took in the sights of the many different houses and stores. It made her a little sad though, to see it. She could only imagine how glorious it had been when there was enough Uchihas to fill the entire place, watching over the many shops and thriving in a community all their own. She got lost in her imaginings, and leaned against the trunk as she continued to picture what it must have been like.

"What are you doing?" someone asked from right beside her on the branch.

She gasped and pressed herself against the trunk, her eyes wide as she looked at the source of the voice. "Nothing." She said, taking in the man's appearance. Based on what she'd heard, he had to be an Uchiha. But she never knew they were this good looking. Because he was really hot.

"It's impolite to spy on people's homes." Kanamé straightened, standing a whole head taller than her. "If you really wanted to see it, all you had to do was ask." He informed her. He'd been on his way home from training when he spotted the girl in the tree, and she was someone he'd never seen before. His eyes twisted from their crimson red and returned to a pale jade. "Are you visiting?"

"Yes." She said, seeming to snap from her momentary daze as she pushed away from the trunk and stood straight. She would not allow herself to be thrown off just because an extremely gorgeous man was talking to her. She needed to get a hold of herself. "I'm here on vacation."

He nodded. "Interesting. Well I hope you enjoy your stay. Try not to spy on people though. Not all my family is so calm with others attempting to peek in on our private life." The dark haired man waved his hand a bit and dropped down from the tree, walking towards the entrance and pushing the door open.

"Right. Sorry." She said, hopping from the tree as well. She picked up her pack and shouldered it. "Later." She waved, turning and heading in the opposite direction. Just as she was about to turn the corner, she slammed into a hard body and stumbled back.

"Whoa! Watch where you're going!" she heard a very feminine voice say, and was met with another set of crimson eyes. Suddenly, they didn't look so menacing and the girl who Vitani had run into straightened. "Oh sorry." She said sincerely. This woman looked amazingly alike to the man she'd just encountered. Her hair was dark as night and her bangs covered the left side of her face and the rest of her long locks were pulled back in a jaw clip. She had on some black capris and wore a tight halter top the showed just a slip of her stomach and arm covers from her wrists to her upper arms.

"No problem." Vitani said, lifting her shoulder in a shrug. "I wasn't paying much attention anyways."

Just like moments before, the red warped back into a soft jade. "Hey, I've never seen you before. Are you new? Or visiting?" she blinked, looking intrigued.

"Visiting." The brunette answered.

She smiled, looking absolutely stunning, and offered her hand out to her. "Well hi. I'm Uchiha Izayoi."

"Terumi Vitani." She shook the other woman's hand, the corner of her mouth lifting slightly.

"Cool. Well enjoy your stay Vitani. I'm actually running late for dinner with the family." She told her, waving and heading past her. "But if you need any help just ask anyone, they're all friendly." She called, disappearing through the massive doors to the clan prefecture.

She shook her head and turned to go to the hotel she and her parents were staying at. As if she would need to ask anyone in this village for help. Though, those two Uchiha probably assumed she was just a tourist, and not a ninja, because the Mist symbol on her necklace was difficult to read unless you were close enough. But whatever. She didn't want them to really know who she was anyways, and didn't plan on seeing them any time during her visit, so no big deal. Once she'd spent as much time with her grandparents as she could handle, she was leaving this bright, happy village, with or without her parents.


"What took you two so long? You're late. And you're never late." An ebony haired boy said. Well, not so much a boy as he was a boy transitioning into becoming a man. He was about as tall as his father, with black hair that spiked in the back, and forest green eyes.

"Oh hush Sanosuke." A beautiful pink haired woman smiled, grabbing her son's arm and kissing his cheek. Even in her middle age, Natsumi kept her body in tip top shape and was wearing some black shorts and a black V-neck shirt that revealed her stomach. "At least they're here." She said, hugging her daughter, who mirrored her smile. "Oh my boy." Natsumi hugged her eldest son next, kissing him on the cheek as well, having to lean up, since now all four of her boys were taller than she.

"Hey Mom." Kanamé said, kissing her cheek as well. "Sorry, there was this girl trying to look into the prefecture and I got sidetracked."

Izayoi looked over to her elder brother, a bit suspicious. "Did she have brown hair? And really pretty blue eyes?" At his nod, she laughed. "I ran into her too. Literally. Some tourist I think."

"Most likely." The eldest nodded.

They all heard the front door open, and Akito walked on then, looking a bit tired from his day. He went right to Natsumi and gathered her in his arms, kissing her deeply. "I missed you." He murmured against her lips, before kissing her once more.

"Dad, do you mind? I would still like to have an appetite you know. Mom made my favorite." The Sasuke look-alike said, his face scrunching a bit.

"Honestly Sanosuke, I'd think you'd be used to it by now." A deep voice said, as the eldest Uchiha entered the room. Uchiha Sasuke looked pretty good for being in his mid-sixties, his hair only a lighter shade of black than it once was, and only having a few visible wrinkles.

Natsumi giggled, feeling just like a teenager in her husband's arms. "Oh honey, please." She purred. "I just washed up."

"Stooooooooop. Save your sex for when I'm back and safe in my own home please." Another, stronger male tone spoke up as the middle triplet walked in, wearing a black low V-neck t-shirt and a pair of loose black pants, the Uchiha insignia on the back, as it was for all clan members. His hair was even more spiky than his elder brother's, and he appeared a bit more wild and on edge. "I agree with Sano. I don't wanna see that unless it's my lady of the evening and she's screaming out in bliss." Noriaki snickered, wagging his eyebrows.

"Uchiha Noriaki!" Natsumi huffed, but was unable to break from her husband's grasp. "You know better!"

The man smirked. "Do I Mommy?" he arched a curious brow, but appeared innocent enough.

"You know well enough not to speak like that in front of your mother." Akito said, glancing over at his son as he nuzzled his wife's neck.

Before anything more could be said the front door opened again, and suddenly in ran a teenage boy that looked scarily similar to Akito, having the same hair style and eye color, as well as facial features. The only difference was that he had a much lighter demeanor than his father. He had on some black pants, and a tight long-sleeved black shirt, with a high collar, like the jounin shirts had. "I did it!" he declared to his family with a yell, smiling brightly as he threw his arms in the air.

Seeing her youngest, Natsumi ducked from Akito's arms and wrapped her arms around him, showering his face with kisses. "Congratulations sweetheart! I'm so proud of you." She told him and then laughed. "Now what exactly did you do?"

"I finally confessed my love to the woman I'm going to marry!" he said, hugging his mother back. Then he pulled away from her, looking a bit worried. "But I want you to approve of her first Mommy, cause' if you don't like her, I promise I'll find somebody else."

Sanosuke rolled his eyes, muttering something that sounded like ridiculous under his breath. To this he received a smack on the back of his head by Akito, who knew better than to question the youngest Uchiha's love and devotion to Natsumi.

Their mother smiled brightly, "Oh sweetheart. You know you would never fall for anyone who wasn't perfect for you. But yes, I have to approve of her." She laughed, hugging him once more. Kanamé rolled his eyes, as did Noriaki.

"Well I'm starved from all the sex I have." Noriaki emphasized, sticking his tongue out at his dad. "So come on Mom, feed me." He smirked, disappearing into the dining room. Natsumi shook her head and kissed Hayate again, releasing him and flicking her husband in the ear.

"Punish your son, you know he gets his vulgar language from you."

Izayoi snickered and nodded, walking after her elder brother along with Kanamé and Sanosuke. Akito and Sasuke entered as well, and everyone took their seats at the table as Natsumi went to get the dinner she had prepared. Akito looked to his youngest and raised a brow.

"So Hayate, is the sex with this girl good? Because if it isn't, I don't think you really love her." He said, causing Noriaki to snicker. Both knew that it was safe to ask this question while Mama Bear was out of the room.

Hayate gasped, looking offended. "Dad! I am not even going to try anything like that with her until we're married! Like a proper gentleman." He said with a nod.

"Well, then how is the sex you have with her in your head?" his father asked.

The sixteen year old snickered, actually appearing just like his father in that moment. "Frickin' fantastic."

"Excellent. Then you have my blessing." Akito smiled.

"That's disgusting." Izayoi frowned, shaking her head at her brothers and father.

"Whatever Izayoi, you're a slut. You've no room to talk." Noriaki said, leaning back in his chair.

The only Uchiha girl went wide eyed and glared at him. "I am not a slut!"

"I don't think you're a slut Sissie!" Hayate said, smiling at his elder sister.

"Noriaki." Akito said sternly, in that voice that let everyone know he meant business. "Do not speak that way about your sister. Now apologize." He ordered.

The middle triplet met his father's glare in a challenging manner, the table falling silent as the battle continued. "I shouldn't have to apologize when she flaunts herself like a floozy, attracting all kinds of eyes."

Kanamé decided to speak up now and diffuse the situation. "Dad, relax, it's just Noriaki's way of being over protective of Izayoi." He said simply.

The woman growled, crossing her arms. "With you people as my relatives I'm never gonna get laid, nonetheless married."

It was then that every male's gaze turned to her, all the same, hard stares, even Hayate. "Izayoi, you are not to give yourself to any man until after you are married, and that is only if we all approve of him." Akito said, causing the other Uchiha men to nod in unison. "Do I make myself clear?"

"And that's only if he can defeat each of us in a battle of our choice." Sasuke added, crossing his arms.

Kanamé and Noriaki, who happened to be sitting on either side of her, hovered over her. "Sorry, but you're most likely dying a virgin." They said together, their tones almost the exact same pitch.

"Oh all of you need to back off." Natsumi said, walking into the room and setting the platters in the center of the table, most of them consisting of massive meat portions. "Akito don't be like that, once she finds the one she loves she can do whatever she wants."

She sat down then, indicating that it was time to begin. Which meant…free for all. All of the Uchiha men picked up their forks and dove in, stabbing for the best pieces of meat. Kanamé and Noriaki stabbed into the same piece in front of Izayoi and began their tug of war and glare off. "Release it Nori."

"You release it Kanamé." The younger of the two retorted.

Sanosuke, who was across the table from his older brothers, stood up and reached across, slicing the piece of meat in half in one clean cut with his knife. "There we go, problem solved." He said, sitting back down and beginning to eat the food he had managed to grab.

They both stared at their meat, looking displeased with the proportions but ate them anyways. They all piled food onto their plates, Natsumi just smiling and eating her own much smaller portions. "Ah, don't you just love family dinner time?"

They all made noncommittal noises, too immersed in their food to actually vocalize a reply. Akito stopped eating then and looked to his wife, sighing. "So…you're not going to believe who's in town." He said, though he didn't sound all too excited about it.

"Who?" she blinked, not fully catching his displeasure.

"Vincent and Taka." He frowned. "They brought their daughter too, but I don't remember what her name is. I didn't care enough to pay attention to that part when he was telling me earlier today."

She frowned as well, letting out an annoyed sigh. "Oh…well nonetheless we should be hospitable and have dinner with them and welcome them. After all Taka is originally from here, no matter how much of a bitch she can be, we should attempt to play nice."

"But what if their child is just as annoying as they are?" he half-whined. "Not to mention the idiot was spouting off something about it being funny if one of our boys fell for her, since she's Sanosuke's age. Something I told him would never happen even if hell froze over."

Natsumi rolled her eyes. "You're totally right Akito. Cause love makes so much sense. And parents definitely have a say. Oh wait," she glared at him, making all the offspring sit back and pause in their eating. "No they don't, so you back off mister." She pointed her fork threateningly at him. "You used to hate Satomi, and now you guys play mahjong every time either of you visits the other because you enjoy the silence. And said 'no way in hell will your depressed sister fall for that irritating ball of sunshine' and what happened? Married with a son. So shut up." She warned. "If I remember correctly, Sasuke kind of hated me at first."

"More like a strong dislike." Sasuke said, taking a drink of his water.

"I'm just saying. I don't want to be related to either of them." He said, giving her a pout.

"Well you don't have to worry about me Dad, cause' I already found my woman." Hayate smiled.

"I'm just gonna do what Grandfather did." Sanosuke said, appearing uninterested in the conversation.

Natsumi shifted her glare to Sanosuke and shook her head. "You better not." She pointed at him. "If you love me at all, when you procreate it will be with someone you love and want to protect."

Izayoi shrugged. "I don't have to worry about anything."

"I just like having sex…when and if I get married, I'll make sure to pick a nice breed."

"What about you big brother?" Hayate asked, looking at Kanamé.

The eldest just shrugged, "I don't know…I can't really see myself getting married at this point in my life or even in the future."

"Well anyways," Akito spoke up once more. "I guess I'll invite them over for dinner tomorrow. Which means," he pointed his fork at all of his children. "No fighting over the food. We will use our manners, and pass the platters around. Okay?"

"Yes Dad." They all sighed, not looking forward to such an evening.

After that the family finished their dinner, chatting about one thing or another, and even sharing a few laughs. When it was over, each child stood and began their assigned chores. Hayate cleared and cleaned the table, Sanosuke took care of all the leftovers and trash, Izayoi washed the dishes, Noriaki dried, and Kanamé put them away. By now they had everything working like a well-oiled machine.

Once that was done with everyone got ready to say their farewells, as it was getting late in the evening. "Bye Mom, bye Dad." The triplets said together, each hugging their parents in turn before bidding their grandfather goodnight as well.

"Bye." Sanosuke said, doing the same. He shook Sasuke's hand and said goodnight to him before walking out the door behind his older siblings, off to his own house.

Hayate came up and hugged both of his parents. "Night guys!" he smiled. "Thanks for dinner Mommy. It was delicious, as always." He kissed her cheek.

"No problem sweetness. Love you. Sleep well." She told him, walking Sasuke out with Akito and watching him leave until he was no longer in sight. She sighed and looked up at her husband. "Ready for bed?"

"More than ready baby." He said, looping his arm around her waist as they walked to their bedroom together, before helping rid the other of the day's stress, as they did just about every night.