The night was crisp stars littered the moonless sky. The wind blew through the leaves making a slight rustle, the only sound to be heard. In a valley resting at the base of a large crescent shaped mountain a quiet village sat peacefully silent. Carved into this mountain at it's most prominent point were five great stone faces.
A young blond man paced the halls of the village's hospital. His blue cuffed sandals created steps just as silent as the night outside. Inside the pockets of his orange pants his hands fumbled nervously. Muttering to himself he looked up at the numbers of a single room, which read 213. He pulled his hands up to the long black tails of a headband he was wearing, light glinting off the leaf emblem of the metal forehead protector, he tightened it around his spiky hair.
Dull thuds from down the hall diverted the blonde's attention to the source. Approaching him was another man his black hair slicked back into a poofy ponytail. His dark brown eyes met that of the blonde's he stopped when he reached his side. The two conversed quietly the blond nodding now and then they both turned back to stair at the door intently.
Clouds began to form in odd formation, spiraling around the mountain range, but not the village itself. A dark shadow stood on the first of the stone heads. It's figure hidden by a tall collared cloak, and a straw hat that hid the rest of it's face. A lightning bolt struck the back ground as a down pour started the clouds moving into the village, now resembling a normal thunderstorm. The figure remained motionless eyes fixed on the hospital.
Back in the halls the door of room 213 opened as a nurse slowly exited to look into the tall blonde's face as a warm smile appeared on her own. She nodded slightly as she stepped out of the way to the entrance. Turning to look at his friend the blonds expression looked worried, but a motion from the dark haired man gave him encouragement to enter. Passing the nurse the blond peered into the room, and paused when he saw a dark blue haired girl sitting up on the hospital bed. She rose her violet-white eyes to meet the bright blue of the blonde's a smile on her face. "Naruto come see your daughter."
The blond tried to keep a straight, serious face, but that was impossible as he inched closer to the side of the bed and looked down into the girl's arms to see an infant sleeping soundly, clean and wrapped in a pink blanket. A choked cough of happiness escaped the blonde's throat as his eyes watered up he knelt down to be at eye contact of the newly born baby. A struggled whine came from it's tiny form as the mother handed it over to her husband. Falling back against the pillows of the bed the mother smiled as she watched the two bond.
Naruto lifted the baby girl up to get a better look. Very pale blue, wide pupiless eyes opened to gaze up into the face of it's father. A weak smile came over the infants face, which had two black stripes going across each of her cheeks, as Naruto lifted her closer to kiss the top of it's soft head. He then looked over to his exhausted wife and placed a hand to her cheek, "Hinata, I'm a father" he spoke words caught in tears. Taking the baby back Hinata nodded bring it close to her. Naruto stood and turned to the door and saw his friend standing his arms resting in the pockets of the green vest he wore. "Shikamaru, I'm a father!" He shouted as he rushed toward his friend throwing his arms around his neck shaking him vigorously as the nurse closed the door so they wouldn't disturb the infant.
Pushing his overly excited friend off Shikamaru smiled. "Easy Naruto" giving a thumbs up he added, "welcome to the club."
The baby lifted it's small head to look out the window and shuddered at the bolts of lighting and heavy rain. The infant girl yelped and pressed it's face into Hinata's chest as it witnessed a shadowy figure disappear from the top of the stone faces. Hinata rose a brow of concern as she looked out the window seeing nothing but the mountains. She smiled and cuddled the baby closer.
-That was eleven years ago-