Chapter 2

Sticking the last piece of medical tape on the forehead of the girl who lay in front of him, Byakko sat back and admired his work. After the girl had been successfully knocked out, the white haired boy had taken to cleaning her wound.

He was mildly surprised to see the previous wound he had inflicted upon her to be already healing to a degree. A scuffle drew Byakko's attention to the well concealed opening of the cave hideout he was in.

"Are you done yet? We have to get going." Yosuke grumbled. Byakko frowned.

"…Yea. I'll carry her though…You'd just damage her even more. You're lucky she only got bruises from your little stunt." Yosuke grumbled.

Byakko bent down and awkwardly picked the younger girl up, carefully setting her on his back, before leaving the hideout, following Yosuke.

Tanaka Yosuke, the 5th child of the most prominent Yakuza clan of a small little village that nobody cared about kicked a small rock with his geta sandal, and ducked under the entrance. Standing at just over 6 feet, the 20-something hired bodyguard fingered his large baggy jacket, which was barely more than forest coloured patches.

Yosuke watched the white haired boy exit the hideout, and felt a pang of anger as Byakko barely tilted his head so it wouldn't hit the entry way. The tall dark haired man absolutely detested this kid, and was furious that his boss had hired him out to protect the brat. So far the kid had been nothing but quiet and commanding, something that ticked him off to no end.

Rubbing the back of his neck, Yosuke grunted again in frustration. He wanted to go home. He missed his more-than girlfriend, Fukakusa Naomi. She was currently in their village taking care of Yosuke's three younger siblings, as far as he knew.

Naomi was a ninja, specializing in medical ninjutsu and using wire that she threaded with a sharp shock of her lightening based chakra. Combined with a razor sharp intuition and excellent leader skills, she more than made up for her severe weakness in taijutsu.

Sighing, Yosuke noticed that Byakko was looking at him oddly. Throwing the kid a glare, Byakko merely raised his brow and turned back to lead.

The first thing that came back to her was her hearing. Two men, two voices she vaguely recognized as the ones from earlier, were arguing. She couldn't make heads or tails of the conversation, but she realized that she was moving as every motion was jabbing a sharp shoulder into her stomach.

Twitching, she moaned quietly. Motion stopped and she felt herself being lowered carefully to the ground. When she gathered enough strength to open her eyes, she had to blink a few times to get rid of the blurriness. Looking up at her captors, she garbled out,

"Wuh…W-where…?" The boy with the white hair held her gaze. His eyes were gentle and made her feel, if only a little, at ease. The boy brushed her hair out of her eyes and said,

"You heal fast. You should have been out of it for another 6 hours, at least. How is your head feeling, Chihiro-san?" The girl shook her head slightly.

"N-no… N-not Ch-chi-chan… Hane-Haneko…" The boy paused his soothing stroking. Looking back at the man behind her, he said something she couldn't make out. The older, taller man, the one Haneko was sure had kicked her, froze as well, his hand half way to brushing hair out of his eyes. The boy with hair like snow turned back to her and said in a slow and comfortable tone,

"Haneko you say? Are you sure, absolutely sure that your name isn't Chihiro?" Haneko nodded clumsily, bringing her hands to her head.

"C-can…water? Please?" Pulling a canteen from his waist, he tipped it into the girl's mouth. Haneko felt like sighing, but drank as quickly as she could. The water was ice cold and awakened some more of her senses. Looking up she said with more strength,

"Chihiro is my 3rd cousin. My mother's cousin's granddaughter… Where are we? And who are you?" The boy hesitated.

"That idiot made a mistake. Look, Haneko-chan--"

"Don't call me that! I'm 15!" the boy studied her and shook his head.

"Well in any case, we were trying to kidnap your cousin, a fellow branch member. So no offence was intended to you, but I cannot just let you go. You'll just have to do." Haneko paled.

"B-but…You…You can't do this! Tou-san will kill you! He's the Hokage! I-I'm the heiress! Ka-chan will kill you too!" Haneko shouted, struggling against her bonds. The white haired boy swore loudly, and the taller man let out a laugh.

"What have I gotten myself into…?" The boy said before bringing his fist down onto Haneko, delivering a world of black to the already pained girl.

A tall blonde with unruly hair and a faded scar across his face gritted his teeth. He was soaking wet, cold and miserable. He would give nearly anything to be at home cuddling with his wife, or playing with his children.

Tightening his fist as he landed on another branch, he swore to kill whoever had laid a hand on his sister. Using his kekkei genkai, he spotted his father a few metres ahead and quickly caught up.

"See anything, Kouden?" Kouden shook his head and deactivated his Byakugan. Naruto gritted his teeth and his eyes flashed red.

"Where's Ka-chan?" Kouden shouted over claps of thunder. Naruto shook his head and said,

She was too distraught to do this. First Hanabi, now Hane-chan. I had Sakura-chan knock her out before anyone told her about Hane-chan. It would do her some good to rest." Kouden nodded. Sasami had wanted to help as well, but Kouden had adamantly refused. She had just gotten over a difficult birth, and there was no way that the blonde Hyuuga was letting her do anything strenuous for a long time.

"Why… Why Neko? A branch member would have been much easier to take…" Naruto frowned at his eldest.

"Don't call her Neko. You know it bothers her." Kouden landed and jumped another branch before replying.

"I'll stop when we aren't siblings." He stuck his tongue out at Naruto and blinked. Stopping on a branch, Naruto jumped ahead a few metres, before catching a thin branch with his chakra. Using his foot, he swung upside down and hung in front of Kouden, letting the rainfall slowly run down up his legs.

"I see a small thicket area that could have been used. It's just over there." Naruto nodded and flashing through a series of seals, sent a bright flare into the sky, a signal for the numerous ANBU that were scouring the forests.

Dropping down from the foliage, Kouden and Naruto brushed and ducked into the thicket and immediately saw the poorly hidden evidence of a small camp. Naruto frowned at the discarded bonds and the various herbs that were torn up.
"Kuso…If only Sakura-chan was here, she could tell us what these were made for…" Naruto growled. Kouden nodded, kicking at the discarded bindings, looking hopelessly for something that would lead them to Haneko's kidnappers.

A scuffle at the entrance drew Naruto's attention, he turned and greeted the ANBU with a gesture of his hand.

"Sensei, did you find anything?" A tall man with hair that was more white than grey took off his ANBU mask, only to reveal another mask underneath it. He shook his head slowly.

"No. Haneko-chan, and the two persons she was with ended at the river north of here. We searched everywhere, but we couldn't find another whiff. It means that they either went upstream, downstream, or found a way to fool my dogs." Kouden frowned. If his teacher wasn't able to find his sister, the chances of her being located dwindled down to almost nothing.

Naruto sighed and put his forehead in his hands.

"Send messages to any and all villages we are aligned with, and to those we are neutral. Offer any neutral village temporary peace if they have any information on Haneko." Kakashi nodded and placed his mask back on. He turned and left in a puff of smoke.

"Isn't Kakashi-sensei too old to be in the ANBU?" Naruto shook his head sadly.

"He's not, technically, but he came out of retirement just to help find Haneko-chan."

"Ka-chan's going to kill you when she finds out." Naruto nodded solemnly.

"If you ever see your sister again, tell her that I love her. I fear I wont be alive tomorrow." Kouden sighed.

"Oyaji…"

Sasami walked through the halls of the hospital silently, a large contrast to the short blonde girl following her. In her arms she held a small and frail looking baby with a tuft of dark hair on his head. Behind her, the girl was carefully holding another baby, this one with tufts of light pink hair.

"Kaede, be careful with your sister." Kaede looked up at her mother and grinned. Sasami sighed, she looked so much like her father it was almost unfathomable. The girl's blonde hair was done up in pigtails that made her grandfather laugh out loud the first time he saw them. She had yet to pry out why the Hokage's eyes filled with mirth whenever his eldest grandchild came to visit him. Her eyes were white, signifying that she was of Hyuuga blood, as was her father.

The baby girl she was carrying on the other hand had eyes as honey coloured as Sasami's own. They lacked pupils, and Sasami figured they would have to wait for the twins to grow older to see if they could use the kekkei genkai that they should have been privy too.

Holding her son closer to her chest, Sasami quietly pushed open the door to the room that held her mother-in-law. Hinata had her eyes closed, but any experienced shinobi could tell that she wasn't sleeping.

"Mama, how are you feeling?" Sasami called, pulling a chair up beside Hinata's bed. Hinata opened her eyes and rested the lavender orbs on her grandson. Smiling she said,

"I'm alright for now, I suppose. It just came as a big shock. How are the twins? How are you? I heard that you just got out of the hospital yourself. Should you be walking around?" Sasami rolled her eyes and said,

"Mama…I'm fine. The twins are fine. Touya's really quiet though, but Sayuri makes up for him." Kaede muttered something and caught the pink haired woman's attention.

"Kaede… Give Sayuri to Oba-chan." Kaede handed the bundle to her grandmother and said,

"Baabaa! Are you ok? Where is Jiji? And Papa!" Sasami looked down at Touya's face, hoping Hinata couldn't see the worry in her eyes.

"Why I don't know… I suppose Jiji is at home by now, and Papa is probably waiting for you at your home too." She looked up at Sasami as if to confirm with her. Sasami shrugged.

"I have no idea, the last I saw him, he was going out with Shiro-kun for a drink or too. It's his day off." Kaede frowned and puffed a cheek out. She fingered her bright orange sweater and sat down on the floor. Hinata turned her attention back to Sayuri, who was gurgling in her arms.

"What are your thoughts on their eyes, Mama?" Hinata gazed at the baby's pupiless brown eyes.

"I don't know, honestly. I've never seen a Hyuuga without white eyes. I'm not sure what part of the gene allows for a Byakugan. But I think it's because these two are getting diluted genes…in the older days, before I was born and when I was a child, it was custom to either marry a cousin, or if one married outside the clan, that child marry a cousin in the clan again. My mother was my father's 4th cousin. Although, selective marriages is why most of us have dark hair." A slight blush formed on Hinata's cheeks and Sasami coughed.

"I know that Byakugan is a dominant gene, and Naruto's blue isn't, but your Brown eyes seem to have over powered Kouden's genes. Well, we'll find out more as they grow up."

Sasami nodded. The door opened and Kaede scrambled off the floor.

"Sakura-baa!" She yelled, hugging the medic around her legs.

"Kaede-chan! It's nice to see you! How is you mother… Oh! Sasami-chan How are you? I was going to stop by on the way home…" Sasami smiled and said,

"I'm fine, just a little tired, but I thought I owed Mama a visit, she hasn't been able to see the twins since they were born." Sakura smiled sweetly and said,

"How are they? Are they sleeping alright? Eating?" Sasami nodded.

"They're fine. Oh, but look! Sayuri's hair colour is starting to show!" Sakura peered at the baby in Hinata's arms and smiled widely when she saw the fine tufts of pink.

"Another girl with Haruno blood in her." Sasami nodded.

"I received a message from Nii-san yesterday, his wife just bore him a baby boy, and apparently he has a full head of pink hair as well. Speaking of men and pink hair, how is Osshi-kun? I haven't seen him in a while." Sakura frowned.

"He's pulling an extra shift. I just popped in and Hiro-kun had just woken up, but he didn't see anything." Sasami frowned with worry and Hinata looked up from the baby.

"Hiro-kun? Are you talking about Kimihiro? Haneko-chan's little boyfriend? What happened?" Sakura shut her mouth and Sasami hesitated before saying,

"O-oh? Nothing. He fell and hit his head pretty hard when him and Haneko were fooling around. And they aren't so little, Mama. Haneko's almost 16. Hinata nodded and looked out the window.

"They grow up so fast…" Sasami looked at Sakura and the older woman nodded, her falsely young features looking worriedly at the Hyuuga.

"Well, I have to take over for Osshi. He has to go home to his harem." Sasami smiled slyly.

"Oh, Ne-chan… You sound distressed about that. Isn't he fulfilling Sasuke-san's dream?" Sakura sighed.

"I just wanted him to settle down with one girl and have a few kids. You know that. Not that I don't love everyone of my grandkids, as well as their mothers…it's just that…well, 13 grandkids, and I'm not even 50." Sakura sighed again and shook her head. She waved at her cousin and left the room.

Sasami grinned.

Osshi sighed, unaware that his mother was doing the same thing. She was coming to take over his shift, and then he could go home, have one of his lady friends make him something hot to drink, and then go to bed.

Uchiha Osshimakuru's situation was an interesting one. Always one to please the ladies, a distraught one-night-stander appeared on his doorstep one day, claiming she was with his child. He was 18 at the time and did the only thing he could do when one's parents were two thirds of the Legendary Sannin, he panicked.

Of course Osshi wasn't very good at hiding things because Sakura soon found out about the girl and gave Osshi a very stern talking too. Neither him nor the girl wanted to marry, but she agreed to keep his baby. He offered her one of the many vacant houses in the Uchiha district, which is how Sasuke found out.

Surprisingly, Sasuke was in support of this idea and told her that as long as the baby had the last name Uchiha, she could live in the house free of rent for as long as she wanted. The girl was estatic, and shortly after moving in she bore the first Uchiha grandson.

Sakura and Sasuke weren't so happy about the next woman showing up claiming that she was pregnant. Or the next. Or the next.

To date, Osshi maintains healthy and happy relations with all 6 women, and is a loving a caring father to all 13 children, 6 of whom inherited his pink hair.

His first son, Sasuke, or Little Sasu, as Sakura calls him, skipped ahead in the academy, and is almost ready to become genin, almost 7 years old he has bright blue eyes like his mother, and hair black enough that Osshi secretly suspected Shiro was his father for a few years.

The creaky door of the hospital main office alerted Osshi to another's presence and broke him out of his thoughts of home. Looking up, he saw his mother's young face smiling kindly at him. A green diamond on her forehead a constant reminder of her physical abilites.

"Are you ready to go home to your harem?" She asked, a tinge of what Osshi thought was sarcasm in her voice. Osshi nodded and flashed a ladykilling grin at Sakura, who just rolled her eyes.

"It's that grin that landed me with 13 grandchildren. Speaking of, how is Yura-san? I heard she had a scare with Taichi-chan…" Osshi shook his head.

"It was nothing. He doesn't cry very often, Yura-chan thought something was wrong." Sakura nodded and Osshi stood up and bent down to kiss Sakura's cheek.

"I'll see you in three days." Sakura nodded again and smiled as her pink haired son left the office. Sakura picked up his clipboard and sighed at the doodles in the margins.

Kimihiro laid in the hospital bed, staring at the ceiling, and unconsciously scratching at the bandage wrapped around his head. The day was coming to a close, and his mother was probably worried about him.

"Ahh…Kimihiro-kun. How is your head feeling?" A voice said, startling the black haired boy.

"U-uh…It's fine…Hurts a bit though." Hiro sat up and Sakura shined a small flashlight in his eyes for a few seconds.

"Well, your concussion is gone, I trust you no longer feel nauseous," Hiro nodded, "good. Well, as soon as we change the bandages you can go home. It's almost 11, I'm sure your mother is worried." Hiro nodded again as Sakura used a small chakra scalpel to slice off the gauze.

"Hmm… Be sure not to pick at this please. Come back at the end of the week and I'll check the stitches, but those will have to stay in until the wound heals all the way, ok?"

"Ok…Umm…Uchiha-sama?"

"Sakura-san is fine."

"S-Sakura-san? Is Hane-chan alright?" Sakura paused for a moment but continued to wrap gauze around Hiro's head.

"I don't know. Naruto just got back with the search party. I'd suggest waiting until tomorrow to go see him though." Sakura pinned the loose end down and Hiro nodded solemnly.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be more of a help…" Sakura patted the boy on top of his head.

"It's ok, we'll get her back. You'll see. By tomorrow she'll be home safe and sound. And here, take these when you get home, and then again when you wake up. After that, take two whenever you get a headache." Hiro nodded and smiled weakly, before sliding his legs over the edge of the bed.

O WOT WOT? UPDATE? Lol, crazzzyyyyy.

Don't expect another one soon, I'm totally killing curfew to get this to you guys.

Not much story, sorry, needed to fill up space with character updates! Yay! Reveiws are loved!

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