Characters: Naruto, Hinata, Four Children, mentions Hanabi
Rating: T, Adult Themes non-sexual
Word Count: 1301
Summary: Death of a Hero
A/N: Well I'm still looking for a Beta reader so I'm editing all my own work (Which i will add I suck at). Anyway, please tell me what you think. If, you think I should add anything, (better character descriptions, better writing) tell me. I hope you like it!

On a side note my friends messed with my auto-correct on my laptop so when I type Kushina I get Ke$ha automatically. I fixed it, but it was annoying.

D if for Death

The whole village was wearing black. The man who pulled them through so much was now gone. A picture of Naruto stood on top of the casket. Hinata thought back, this was the third time that a Hokage had died in her lifetime.

First was the Third. She couldn't really remember him, it was too long ago. She remembered being sad, but that was it.

Second was the Fifth. That was 25 years ago. She remembered that clearly, it was a cloudy day, everyone cried. The Fifth had named the next Hokage and retired only days before. It was to be Naruto. The Sixth Hokage.

And now it was his turn. It was his turn to join the greatest ninja in history. It was a sunny day. A thought crossed Hinata's mind. He would like it like this. The ceremony was simple, every person he had helped along the way of his life was there. Hinata looks over the massive crowd. Ninja from every village had come to give their respects, and then give her their condolences.

She was the first person to place a flower on the table for her husband. Hinata stood next to the table as people passed. She heard a small child ask who this man was. The father replied that this man was the hero who saved the world, a man who never gave up on anything or anyone and was someone she should try to be like.

Again Hinata's thoughts wandered. This is the image that he wanted; he wanted to be acknowledged by everyone. She smiled to herself, she did not want to be rude. You did it Naruto.

With the funeral and cremation over, Hinata carried the jar home with her. By her side strode her four children, all incredible ninja in their own rites. She looked over her children. Her oldest daughter Kushina, has Naruto's blond hair and Hinata's pale eye's. Along with the byakugan she inherited the Uzumaki trait of having astounding amounts of chakra. It turned out to be a terrifying combination that no one in the Hyuuga family could match. Kushina admires both her mother and her grandmother, from whom she got her name, and in honor of them decided from a young age to ware her hair long.

Her second daughter has blond hair with natural black streaks, named Maaka. She did not inherit the byakugan eyes; she instead got Naruto's personality. Although she never did pull pranks on the village, she just pulled pranks on her parents. Hinata giggles at some of the memories, remembering how upset she used to get at daughter.

The elder son, Tou, is totally black harried. He was always and still mostly is, shy. Hinata had to work for years to pull him out of his shell. He also inherited Hinata fainting habit along with the diehard love that accompanies it.

The youngest son Hinata named Neji. While Neji was nothing like his namesake who had black hair and a very serious attitude, he did possess the same die hard determination that is father did. He was the only one of his siblings to not place top in the academy.

Thoughts crowded Hinata's mind. The council will want to meet immediately. I never get a moment rest. Hinata had arrived home. She looked at her home she smiled at all the memories it held. Right after she married Naruto he got all of their friends to help build this house. It was a two story house. She closed her eyes and imagined herself walking inside the house and seeing Naruto on the couch with his feet on the table reading a book about something or other to Tou. She would scold him about putting his feet on the table, he would laugh and take them off and apologize. Then she would giggle and wrap her arms around him from behind and give him a small kiss and ask what he was reading to Tou.

Her mind moved to the kitchen, seeing Naruto cook something for her. His large grin would emerge as he saw her enter. He would wave, then Maaka would enter the kitchen distract Naruto and he would end up burning dinner, and they would go out as a family to dinner, usually Ichiraku.

She thought of the garden upstairs, how she and Naruto would spend hours up there and just talk. Talk about how wonderful their lives were. He was the Hokage, how stressful it was, but he loved it. How well their Kushina was integrating into the Hyuuga's. Hanabi thought of naming Kushina as the next heir to the Hyuuga's as now anyone could become a the head so long as they had the proper qualifications, which was having a mastery of the byakugan, along with all clan techniques, and be approved by eighty percent of the Hyuuga elders. Picking an Heir was a difficult task, but Kushina wanted to be the Heir and she succeeded. It was a month long process with lots of long debates but her being the daughter of a Hokage helped a lot.

She then thought of the bedrooms that she and Naruto would put the kids to sleep in. The girls had their own room while the boys had another. She thought of her son Neji having a bad dream and Naruto waking up to put him back to sleep. She remember walking out to see what he was doing and remembered seeing him singing to Neji to help him sleep.

Hinata's thoughts moved to their bedroom and how he would talk to her about all the things that happened over the day. Things that he did not know how to handle, she would advise him as best as she could. Then when they were done talking they would lie next to one another he would give her a kiss on the forehead then fall asleep. She could never fall asleep until he did, the sound of his snoring let her know that he was there. The deep breaths he took soothed her, lulling her to sleep.

Tears rolled down Hinata's face. She collapsed. "Mom!" She her one of her son's yell it was probably Tou, but she did not know.

Hinata woke up in bed she rolled over to touch Naruto's face, but he was not there. She sat up and put a hand to her head. What am I going to do without you Naruto?

Hinata did not know how she was lost in thought before she hears a small knock on the door. Hinata looked down at herself to make sure she was decent, which she was. "Come in." Her daughter Maaka entered her room and bowed her head.

"How are you feeling mother?" Maaka asked.

"I am feeling fine. What happened to me?" Hinata responded

"I don't know. You just fainted. You walked up to the house, took one look and closed your eyes for a minute. Then you started crying and collapsed."

"Hmm. I am sorry." Hinata hung her head slightly.

"You don't need to be. Tou caught you before you hit the ground and Neji grabbed Dad's ashes before they spil-"

Hinata's head shot up. Naruto's ashes. "Where are his ashes?"

"On the table downstairs, we figured you would want to put them up on the mantle. Oh, and the council wants to meet with you." Hinata brushed passed her daughter, and rushed downstairs. He eyes caught the urn on the table. Another wave of sadness passed over her. She slowly walked over to the table, and with her family watching she picked up the urn and placed in on the mantle next to a picture of a young Naruto. Hinata and her children said a prayer.

Be at rest my love.