Chapter 02: Familiar Faces; Transcending Emotions: Life in the past.

Yuki was having a hard time believing the events that were unfolding right in front of her. She wanted to brush it off as some kind of the dream but she couldn't. In fact, she didn't want to. She looked around the spacious hospital room accommodating so many known and unknown faces that she lost count.

All she could hear was a clock ticking away at the far corner of the room as she could feel the heaviness in the air. The worst part was she was as clueless as the others in the room listening to her brother's revelations. And she could feel there is a lot more to it.

A knock on the door broke the long silence as Jiraya opened it slightly, enough to peek through and identify the person on the other side. He always thought his experience of peeking at women at various places even in the toughest situations will help his reconnaissance skills.

He saw the third hokage and gestured to minato assuring him relax. After all, this is a situation that can get out of hand really fast if word gets out. Both Naruto and Yuki saw the third hokage and a smile lit up their faces. Although it didn't last long when they realised Sarutobi couldn't recognise them at all since they haven't met them yet.

"So did you find anything?" Although he was asking Minato, his eyes were locked onto Naruto and Yukina.

"This is Naruto &…." Minato paused and looked at the mini Kushina as he couldn't recall her name even though Naruto already mentioned once. This proves that he was too distracted in comprehending what his future son was saying is true or not. "Yukina...Yukina Uzumaki" her daughter filled the blank.

"Right, sorry. They are mine and kushina's children from the future. From what he has told us, something devastating happened leading to the destruction of the world leaving nothing behind. They were forced to come back in time to ensure history doesn't repeat itself."

Sarutobi didn't see that coming. Even in his wildest dreams, he never thought something like this could be possible. "What jutsu did you use?" he asked the boy.

"I don't know" was all Naruto could reply.

"What do you mean? You were the one who casted it right?" Sarutobi saw Naruto getting annoyed a bit though he didn't know what he asked to offend him.

"Like I said, it wasn't me who used the jutsu…" he stopped abruptly as if he didn't want to talk about it anymore. It's not a subject he is want to bring up again and again. But he understood the Third Hokage's reaction. He could only think back to the time when he found out the nine tails was actually inside him. The whole world was crumbling around him.

"Sensei, he is the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki. You get what he's trying to say right" Jiraya clarified.

Minato could understand sarutobi's reaction given the situation but he was surprised to see Naruto with the same confused reaction.

"What's a jinchuriki?" Naruto asked.

"You don't know?" asked Jiraya.

"Let's leave the terminologies for later" said the future fourth hokage. He saw his future son frowning and he understands why so. "I will explain everything later. I promise" Minato assured him.

"So what's the plan?" asked the Third.

All eyes were back on Naruto again. He was silently asking Kyuubi but got no reaction. He forgot Kyuubi mentioned it will take time for him to get all the chakra back after the complex jutsu he performed.

Naruto had no idea how to proceed with this situation. And then he looked at minato, "I don't know yet. I have to wait until the Kyuubi gets his chakra. I am not really good at these things. But if you do believe me, I don't mind letting you lead this mission."

Kushina didn't give a damm about the situation one bit. She was in her own world, contemplating how it would have gone down. Ever since she fell in love with minato, she knew the time would come when she has to face her destiny. But she always believed she can handle it with the time came, but looking at these developments, she was not so sure anymore.

She took this opportunity to observe her future children… children she gave birth to. It was always been her dream ever since she was engaged to Minato. She was staring at a carbon copy of herself when she was at Yuki's age. She noticed she was still a little bit different, maybe it was because she had a slight mix of mianto's features too. But she was cute in her own way.

Kushina noticed Yukina was not taking any of this all too well. She could read her expressions so clearly as if it was her secondary body. She wanted to do something to make her feel better but she felt a bit awkward. With minato and Naruto having a serious conversation, she didn't want to interrupt by doing something silly. She wondered why, normally she would have done it without thinking about her surroundings but today was different.

"...like I said…" she heard Naruto saying when she shifted her focus to the serious discussion.

"I don't know who they were or where they came from. I need some time to think it through." Naruto said. He seemed impatient, like he wanted to get this over with and leave this place immediately.

Minato was starting to see more of Kushina in Naruto than him. He was all too familiar with this tone and where it leads to. He signed, giving up on asking him anymore about the future. Although he meant to give him space, as much time as he needs anyway. He didn't know what made him believe naruto's story but he was determined in helping him. Maybe its guilt he thought.

Kushina broke the ice, finding her courage to talk to her daughter. "Yuki-chan, how about we go and get you cleaned up. I have some old clothes you can wear for tonight. I will make something nice for dinner. We can go shopping tomorrow, what do you say?"

Kushina saw her daughter agree. "What about you Naruto?" Yuki asked her brother.

Mianto saw Naruto didn't answer. "He'll come with me. We both will meet you at your house in a while." Minato answered turning to Kushina.

Soon the hospital room was empty with the clock ticking away as everyone went their own way.

"So, what would you like to have for dinner?" Kushina asked desperately, trying to start a conversation. They have walked half way through and none of them said a word. She was curious what's going on inside her daughter's head. She didn't want to seem pushy.

She noticed Yuki blushing when she heard her voice. "Anything is fine" came the reply.

Kushina found that so sweet and adorable. It was like looking at herself filled with emotions she rarely experiences. But her mission was a success. She was able to break the ice and next part should be easy, or so she thought. She didn't say another word till they reached the house.

As she opened the door, Kushina led the way in to her room to find some change of clothes for her future daughter.

There were too many emotions flooding Yuki's mind. But for now, she was just living in the present. She had no idea how to talk to her young mother without giving away her obvious emotions, but she was sure her mom would have noticed from her facial expressions. She scanned through the house, right from the entrance to the far end of the drawing room, spacious enough to accommodate a dining table just in front of a neatly kept kitchen. She also noticed a few doors leading into other rooms. She saw her mother coming from a small space which she assumed was a storage place.

"Here" kushina handed Yuki the clothes she was carrying. "It is my old dress I used to wear when I was your age. I hope it fits you"

After a pause she continued, "You can use the bathroom over there. Freshen up and I'll make some dinner. Call me if you need something." Kushina pointed to the room as she gave directions.

She saw Yuki was just standing there without moving an inch, staring at the dress. Kushina knelt down closer to her daughter. "What's wrong?"

It startled Yuki who quickly recovered and noticed for the first time she had a close look at her mother. She noticed her face was so identical to hers as she could she her reflection in kushina's eyes.

"Um.. Anoo.. I will change later…" Yuki said hesitantly, her voice losing sound as she completed her sentence.

Kushina couldn't fully grasp what's going on with her daughter and more importantly she didn't know how to further proceed. She has no clue what it's like to be a Mother and she was contemplating so many things so that she doesn't make the situation more awkward for her daughter.

Just then, she heard the main door open as Minato entered with Naruto. Kushina noticed even Naruto hadn't changed or washed up. He had bandages and his yellow jumpsuit was torn in many places.

Minato saw Yuki and immediately understood Kushina had more or less the same problem. "The same situation here huh" he said to his future wife. "I carried a pair of my old clothes, thought you might have had some success"

Kushina just signed and nodded in agreement. She saw the mood was heavy with both of her children and had no idea how to take things further.

Yuki finally spoke up noticing the trouble she had caused her mother. "I am sorry to cause you trouble. I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. I am just not in the mood to do anything right now. Maybe it was because of the stress. I haven't slept for the past 2 days"

At that moment, Kushina felt emotions completely new to her, overflowing with feelings of love. All the ice breakers she had tried till now seemed irrelevant as words naturally formed inside her mind. It was like she knew exactly what to say and she had no difficulty saying it.

She knelt down once again noticing a tear rolling down Yuki's face. She used her thumb to gently wipe it away. "There is no hurry. Take all the time you need. I will keep something, just in case you felt hungry later on. Sleep tight for tonight and we will figure things out tomorrow morning"

Minato was just admiring the touching scene playing in front of him. He realized his life has just took an interesting turn and was looking forward to how his life will be from now on. She saw Kushina lead Yuki to her spare bedroom, trying to cheer her up along the way.

"How about you Naruto?" Minato asked his son.

"I'll be fine in the couch" came the short reply. That was pretty much all he had said ever since they left the hospital. But like kushina pointed out, Minato understood their situation and decided to take things slow. "Alright, I'll bring a Pillow and a blanket. Nights are cold during this time of the year" Minato said as he cleared some stuff from the couch and setting up the couch for his son.

Later that night in Kushina's room…

"Two children huh…" kushina said, staring at the celling as Minato was right next to her in the bed. Both Yuki and Naruto were asleep.

Minato turned to face the beautiful red-haired woman he fell in love with. He knew what kushina meant and he was also happy to have given birth to two beautiful twins.

"You did a good job today, with Yuki. I had failed terribly in convincing Naruto. It's a new beginning for us. Life as parents even before we got married. I don't know if we are lucky or not" Minato said, moving a strand red hair that was cover Kushina's face. She was as beautiful as she was from the moment her fell in love with her. The moon light in the background sparkled in her eyes.

"They have been through a lot and to think we died…" kushina said as she recalled everything Naruto said at the hospital. Before she could continue, Minato gently placed his fingers over her mouth, sealing her lips.

"Don't think too much into it. Sleep well for now. I have a feeling we have a long day ahead tomorrow. We need all the rest we get." He leaned forward and kissed her lips.

Kushina blushed deeply her red face in sync with the moon light spreading across the room. "Good Night, I don't know what I'll do without you" she kissed him back, the light in the room dimmed slowly as the moon snuggled behind a passing cloud.

~Chapter-02: The End~

To be Continued on Chapter 3!

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