Hiiiii! If you haven't read 'Marry Me?', I suggest you do so before reading this, because, well…I mean, this is a sequel sooo yeah, just read the one-shot first then this will make perfect sense! =)

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Naruto frowned.

Uncrossing his arms, he bent to lean on the windowsill, studying his daughter, who was practicing her aim, in the yard below him. She had been going at it for two hours straight, and from the look of concentration on her face, she probably wasn't even aware of the time.

"I'm worried about her, Hina-chan." He muttered under his breath, knowing his wife, who sat in a chair behind him and was in the middle of fixing a hole in Hiashi's pants, could hear him.

Sighing, Hinata stood and crossed the room, coming to rest next to him at the window. She couldn't hold back the smile that spread over her features as she watched her daughter, the scene before her reminding her of Naruto when he was that age.

"Hanako will be just fine, she only wants to make sure she is ready for the chunnin exams." Hinata reassured, laying a comforting palm on her husband's arm. "You know she hates how you dote on her, you promised not to do that anymore…well, to a lesser extent in any case."

She laughed softly at the indignant look that crossed his face.

"Hey, she's my little girl, how can I NOT? You and I both know how rough the chunnin exam can get, how can I not worry?"

Hinata frowned knowing where this was going. "Oh no you don't, you promised Hanako you would let her take the exam this year."

Naruto grimaced. "But Hina-chaaaaan, what if she gets hurt?" he whined, very unlike a Hokage should.

Hinata softened. "She won't. Hanako has received more than enough training. She is ready."

"Are you sure she can't just enter next year?"

"Hanako is 12. The same age we were when we took the exam for the first time. We made it out, and she is stronger than we were at the time. Besides, you know she is still upset that you let her brothers take the exam when they were 10, and you have refused to let her do so since becoming a genin two years ago."

"Hia and Hiza are boys. That's different." Naruto crossed his arms, pouting like a child. "She needs more experience as a genin."

Hinata laughed, leaning up on her tiptoes to kiss his cheek. "You made her wait four years longer than her brothers did to finally gain genin status. She won't forgive you if you make her wait just as long to ascend to chunnin level." She teased. "You have no reason to worry about Hanako, she is your daughter after all." She added in a soft voice.

Naruto softened as he turned to look at her again. She smiled up at him. "She will be fine. You of all people should know how ready she is, you supervised all her training, did you not?"

He frowned at the hint of teasing in her voice. "Heeey, don't say it like that, I had to make sure she didn't get hurt."

"Yes, yes. And I am happy you did so." She answered as she took one of his large hands in between her two dainty ones. "I always did say you would make a wonderful father."

His blue eyes softened as they bore into her lavender ones. "You know, even after all these years, I still can't get over how lucky I am to have you in my life." He said as he lifted their joined hands to his mouth to lay a soft kiss on her knuckles.

Hinata's cheeks were immediately aflame at the compliment and the affectionate gesture.

He chuckled softly as he lowered their hands. "It's also nice to know that even after all these years, I can still make you blush like that."

Hinata's cheeks burned darker than before. "Well, at least I don't stutter anymore."

He chuckled again. "Its too bad really, I always found your stutter cute," his smile turned mischievous as he leaned in, "especially when we- OW!"

Hinata crossed her arms as she removed her foot from his possibly crushed one.

"Hina-chan, that was mean," he whined, "you've been spending way too much time with Sakura. She's starting to rub off on you."

"And you have been spending too much time with Kakashi-sensei, I always did warn you that his books would corrupt your mind."

"Humph, Its times like this when I miss the quiet shy Hina-chan, she would never stomp on my foot." He whined.

She shook her head and smiled affectionately at him. "Well, being the Hokage's wife can do wonders for one's confidence." She laughed as she picked up the pants she had been fixing and walked out the room to go and wash them.

Naruto laughed as he turned around to watch his daughter once more.

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"Aw..phooey."

Hanako pouted as she walked to the giant bull's eye square littered with kunai. She frowned as she extracted all of them, frowning harder as she plucked out the last one…the only one that had missed it's center by about a few millimeters.

"This won't do." She scolded herself. She was practicing for the upcoming Chunnin Exam. She was determined to excel and ascend in rank, not wanting the margin between her and her older brothers to grow any larger. She was 12, and her brothers had made Chunnin at 10 and a half.

"Okay…on three." Hanako muttered to herself as her piercing blue eyes zoned in on her target.

Her eyes shone with determination, her hand clamping down on the kunai she had been twirling by the handle, as her gaze zeroed in on the bull's eye, roughly about 50 paces from where she stood.

One.

She inhaled deeply.

Two.

This time for sure, she would hit that bull's eye.

Thr-

"For the last time, Hia, we do NOT have a Kekei Genkai like that!"

Or not.

Hanako sighed in defeat, replacing the kunai in her pouch as she turned around to observe her approaching brothers.

Hizashi and Hiashi walked towards where she stood in the middle of the sparring area their Father had set up for them in the yard.

"Oh come on Hiza," the other brother whined as he matched his twin's pace, "I'm telling you, the Talk no Jutsu is invincible, no enemy can avoid or escape it."

Hizashi sighed irritably and pinched the bridge of his nose. Hanako barely managed to suppress a giggle, for her brother never quite showed this much…er, feeling. Whatever he and Hiashi where arguing about, they had probably been going at it for hours.

"Okay, first of all, that is a stupid name for a Jutsu, you just made that up," Hizashi snapped, trying to calm down by breathing through his nose. "Second, Father would have told us if we had a Kekei Genkai like that…IF it existed, which it does not."

"I'm tellin' ya it exists!"

"It does not, stop being stubborn."

"We have another Kekei Genkai besides the Byakugan?" Hanako asked curiously, when they reached her.

"No, we do not." Hizashi snapped before his brother could answer.

Hiashi glared daggers at his twin before turning back to grin at their younger sister. "Oh we do!" he grinned wider.

"What is it?" she asked, noticing Hizashi's eyes narrowing out of the corner of her eye.

"It's called the Talk no Jutsu!" Hiashi cheered with a flourish of his arms.

Hizashi's scowl tightened, his pale eyes narrowing to mere slits. Hanako looked less than impressed.

"It does not sound very…impressive." She commented, her face scrunching up thoughtfully.

"It sounds stupid." Hizashi deadpanned. "And it does not exist."

"It does TOO!" Hiashi huffed indignantly, "Kakashi-sensei told me about it himself! It's like Dad's legendary legacy, kinda like how Grandfather was the Yellow Flash."

"I thought Father's legendary legacy was the Fuiton Rasen-Shuriken of The Sage." Hanako replied, her thoughtful frown making her brow furrow. "Legendary, because only he can execute it without suffering any fatality to his person."

"It is," Hiashi answered impatiently, "but he's got more than one, he didn't get the title of strongest ninja in the village for nothing you know."

"Okay, so then what is this Speech no Jutsu you were arguing about?" she asked.

"TALK no Jutsu." Hiashi corrected.

His siblings simultaneously rolled their eyes.

"I think Speech no Jutsu sounds more impressive."

"I'm in no way consenting that this Jutsu even exists…but I concur with Hanako. Her's definitely sounds more…regal, less stupid." Hizashi said with a smirk, when an irritated vein popped up on his brother's head.

"Whatever," Hiashi rolled his eyes. "Anyway, it's a Jutsu where you can convince the enemy to back down and rethink their mission, even their morals and ideals if you are as good as Dad is at it, all simply by talking, no fighting, no genjutsu, and no wasted chakra. How cool is that?"

Hanako stared blankly at him. "So…you basically just..talk… to your enemy and they suddenly turn good and see the error in their ways?" she asked flatly.

"Exactly!"

"But that doesn't..sound like a Kekei Genkai at all. Father just has amazing diplomatic skill, and easily befriends people…right, Hiza?" she asked turning to her more rational brother, who nodded at her.

"And even if it WERE a Kekei Genkai, wouldn't more people have it?" he piped in.

Hiashi sighed and rolled his eyes. "Obviously not! We are the only Uzumaki's around, and its only unique to us duh, like how the Byakugan is unique to the Hyuuga and the Sharingan to the Uchiha."

Hanako's eyes shone with excitement. "Wow, so then its okay that I don't have the Byakugan after all! I probably have the Speech no Jutsu and you guys don't!"

"Hey, who says we don't have it?! And it's the TALK no Jutsu. TALK not speech."

"Stop filling her head with nonsense Hia." His brother warned, lightly bumping his brother's head with his fist. "Remember what Mother said last time."

Hiashi rolled his eyes, letting out an exasperated sigh. "Hey, all I did was tell her the story of how Dad learnt the Summoning Jutsu from Jiraiya-sama. How was I supposed to know she would go jump off a cliff?!" he snapped, crossing his arms across his chest.

"So..the Kekei Genkai?" Hanako drawled irritably, not liking how they brought up her near-death stunt. Sheesh, all she wanted was to learn how to summon, how was she supposed to know she didn't have enough chakra to summon the Toad Boss like her Father had done when he was her age.

"Its not a real Kekei Genkai, Hanako, don't get your hopes up." Hizashi warned.

"No, no, no…arrgh! I'm telling ya it is too a Kekei Genkai!" Hiashi yelled, stomping his foot for emphasis. "Dad used it to save many lives in battle, it worked on a lot of people!"

"Like…?" Hanako was really curious now.

Hiashi raised his hand and started counting off his fingers.

"Well, there's the current Kazekage, Zabuza of the Hidden Mist, Nagato and Konan of Hidden Rain etcetera etcetera…oh even our Uncles Sasuke, Sai and Itachi!"

Hanako's eyes widened. That was an impressive list of some very strong shinobi. Even though some of them were gone, like Zabuza, Nagato and Konan, she knew from stories told to her by her mother that they all had legendary skill and were widely feared shinobi.

"Wow..even the Kazekage and a legendary swordsman, and a bearer of the Rinnegan…" She breathed out. It awed her that her father had managed to get through to them all with just…words.

"Yeah I know, we have the coolest dad on the planet." Hiashi smirked, as if reading his sister's thoughts.

Her eyes snapped up to meet her brother's. "Wait Uncle Sasuke, Uncle Itachi and Uncle Sai too?"

Hiashi nodded eagerly. "Yup…He saved them from turning into rogue nin, Wanna hear how he did it?" he asked as he flopped down to sit on the grass. Hanako nodded as she sank to the ground across from him.

Hizashi sighed and sat too. "You know technically, Uncle Sasuke does not count in this list of yours, seeing as Aunt Sakura also helped save him from going rogue."

"She did? What happened? I always wondered how they got together…wait…rogue nin? As in he wanted to leave the village? Why? Mother has never told me this story before…what happened?"

"Relax, I'll tell ya," Hiashi answered, rubbing his nose triumphantly at having garnered her attention.

Hizashi sighed in frustration. "I think you should just ask Aunt Sakura to tell you if you want to understand, Hanako."

"Hey! I can too explain it properly. Anyway! Moving on," Hiashi interrupted loudly.

Hizashi was just about to scold his brother when their Mother's voice interrupted.

"Hanako! Boys!"

The three Uzumaki siblings turned to see their parents walking towards them.

"Yes, Mother?" she asked when they reached them.

Hinata handed her a brown bag. "Those are cookies," she explained. "I would like you to take those to the Uchiha's. I promised your Aunt that I would bake some for Mikoto."

"Boys," Naruto addressed his sons, "You are to escort your sister and make sure she gets there and back in one piece, understand?"

"Can't Hiashi take her there by himself? He's more than capable." Hizashi asked, with just the barest hint of a whine.

Hiashi let out an exaggerated gasp. "Are you disobeying the Hokage, Hiza?"

Hizashi scowled at his brother. "Will you STOP doing that already!"

"You just don't want to have to deal with Mikoto-chan, riiiiight?" Hiashi teased with a smirk.

"And you just want to go and bother her." Hizashi shot back.

"Heeeey, I don't bother her." Hiashi whined, offended.

"Actually, you do. She thinks you're annoying. She told me so herself." Hanako said as she snickered.

Hinata and Naruto chuckled nervously, both imagining the many times Hiashi had been snubbed by Sakura and Sasuke's 12-year-old daughter. And yet, the boy persisted.

"Oh, this is my chance to ask Aunt Sakura!" Hanako suddenly cheered. "You guys are horrible story tellers; let's go, the sooner we go the sooner I know." She said grabbing a hand from each twin and pulling them along behind her.

"You're just as mean as Mikoto-chan is." Hiashi whined as the three walked out of the Uzumaki compound.

"They are best friends. It would stand to reason that they have similar traits." Hizashi intoned, bored.

"Who asked for your opinion?!" Hiashi snapped, irritated. He just found out that the girl of his dreams thought he was annoying, and his sister thought he was a lousy story-teller, so forgive him if he wasn't in the mood for his brother's banter.

"Be safe!" Hinata called as she waved at their retreating backs. She smiled when she heard their monotonous reply of "Yes, Mother."

"Any idea what that was about?" Naruto asked as he took Hinata's hand and pulled her along with him.

"Not a one." She said as she chuckled. "Now where are you taking me?" she asked curiously.

He gave her a mischievous grin as he went behind her to cover her eyes. "It's a surprise."

Hinata giggled as they walked along.

She froze when they suddenly lurched to a stop. "Hina-chaaan…NO Byakugan. Deactivate it."

She pouted. "But I want to know where we're going."

"It won't be a surprise if you see it coming." He pointed out.

"Alright, fine, I will wait." Hinata conceded.

Naruto chuckled as he maneuvered them around the house and into the back gardens.

There was a spring that ran through the middle of the garden, a grassy bank on one side. On the other side, a huge array of Hinata's favorite flowers grew and bloomed. Naruto had had them planted and tended to, specifically for her as a present when they had first moved into the house. The garden was meant to be a replica of the one Hinata's mother had on the Hyuuga estate, a place where Hinata had shared many happy days with her mother before she died.

Naruto smiled faintly when he remembered her reaction when she had first seen it. She had of course, cried in the middle of thanking him for the very sweet memento of her mother's memory.

"Here we are." He said as he removed his hands. "Surprise." He said softly.

Hinata gasped.

In front of her on the bank of the spring was laid out the prettiest picnic she had ever seen. She noticed some of her favorite snacks laid out too.

She turned around to beam up at him. "When did you…?

"While you were washing Hiashi's pants." He answered. "We haven't spent any time alone together in a while. I know I've been buried in paperwork lately, and you have your hands full with the kids and running the estate…I just wanted to spend the afternoon with you, just the two of us."

"Is that why you sent both of the boys with Hanako?"

"Yes…I don't want us to be disturbed."

Hinata laughed and threw herself into his arms, which turned out to be a bad idea when they toppled to the ground. Naruto laughed when she sat up, cheeks burning. She smiled widely when she noticed that he had brought out her paint set too. Following her line of sight, Naruto gave himself a pat on the back at her expression of glee.

"I thought you might want to paint some pictures of the flowers or something." He said smiling down at her. She thanked him softly, squeezing his hand before getting off him and walking to the picnic blanket.

She reached out for the brushes and started to set up her canvas as Naruto reached for the bottle of wine, intending to pour them both a glass. He promptly frowned when the screw wouldn't open.

Hinata who was looking around for a flower she wanted to paint almost laughed out loud when her eyes landed on her husband wrestling with the wine bottle. She knew exactly what to paint.

After wrestling with the bottle for the better part of half an hour, Naruto gave a victorious war cry when the cork popped open, and then wailed when it hit him in the eye. Hinata was by his side in an instant.

"Are you okay?' she asked worriedly. "Let me see." She instructed, taking his face in her hands to scrutinize it.

Naruto sighed, inhaling her strawberry and maple scent happily. And then he saw her half finished painting. "Hina-chaaaaan." He whined.

Hinata blushed and giggled. "I thought the kids would like it."

She had painted him wrestling with opening the bottle, a very frustrated and un-Hokage-like look on his face.

He pouted like a child and crossed his arms. "But I look totally uncool." He complained.

Hinata chuckled again. His inner child was showing again. She went back to him and turned his face towards her with a finger. "Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?" she smiled up at him.

"As a matter of fact there is," Naruto smiled mischievously down at her as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "I want some of those cookies you baked for Mikoto." He sang with child-like glee.

"I thought you would ask me to make you ramen again." She chuckled as she pulled away.

"No," he scoffed as he pulled her back, "that would mean us moving from here and going to the kitchen, and I for one am very happy with our current position." He said before leaning in to kiss her.

When he pulled back the grin on his face widened when he saw that she was blushing again. He never got tired of seeing her blush.

"What is it?" Hinata asked when his grin was replaced by a thoughtful frown.

"I just realized that getting the cookies also means moving from here." He sighed.

Hinata giggled as she shook her head up at him.

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