Chapter 10 News

Naruto laid in the bed, his eyes staring at the pink bundle that he carried for eight and a half months. He sighed, taking in the soft, calm expressions his child had while she slept.

"Naruto please answer my questions. They'll help me understand what's going on." Tsunade asked in her own way as she walked in.

He looked up to his Hokage and saw the ANBU with the bear mask behind her. Confusion came to him as he wondered why the Black ops member was in the room.

"What's he doing here?" Naruto asked, his motherly instincts taking over as he glared at the man. He held Isami closer to his body as the hair on the back of his neck stood on end. A growl rumbled through his chest, showing he was meaning business.

"I'm not going to cause any harm to you or your child. I'm just here to hear the answers you give Milady. Just answer her questions Uzumaki Naruto." The man explained his presence.

"Fine." Naruto sighed as he got comfortable again in the bed.

"To make things clearer for us being here, a few minutes ago, two unknown men came to the wall around the village. They were identified as Hoshigaki Kisame and Uchiha Itachi. They wouldn't give us anything as to why they were here." The man explained the situation.

"Is your daughter Uchiha Itachi's?" Tsunade asked.

"Isami is his." Naruto answered.

"What happened?" He asked, much like he was interrogating the blond man.

"I don't know." Naruto answered, determination burning in his heart. He wanted to see his love again to show him that their daughter was all right. "Let me see him. Let Isami see her father."

Tsunade started muttering under her breath until she nodded. She was that cold hearted. "Fine. A father needs his child."

Naruto smiled, a whole hearted one since he left the village and Akatsuki. He got out of the bed – all healed thanks to Kyuubi – and walked to the plastic crib that was his child's bed. Grabbing an extra blanket, he held it close to him as he carried her.

She started cooing as she watched the familiar scenery change to something unfamiliar, her blue eyes glancing everywhere.

Naruto patted her back gently in reassurance that she was all right as they followed the Godaime Hokage and ANBU down the hall and through more.

They continued on their way before the two stopped in front of a door. Opening it, Tsunade turned her attention to Naruto with a smile as they heard a chair or something getting slid back.

"Come on. You want to see him right?" Tsunade asked as she moved out of the way with the ANBU.

Taking a well needed deep breath, Naruto walked into the room that could tell him two things. Itachi was well and injured or he was near death.

"Jun – I mean Naruto. Hey there little Hisho." A familiar deep voice called out, making the blond fox look around for the owner.

"Kisame-sama!" Naruto cheered as he adjusted Isami's weight.

"A little early don't you think?" Kisame asked as he pointed a finger to the little pink bundle.

"Eight and a half? A little but a little normal too." Naruto answered with a smile.

"Well you just missed Itachi. He's pretty out of it right now. They gave him morphine so he wouldn't feel the stitches or anything afterwards. Be patient." Kisame explained while he settled back down on the chair with Samehada leaning against the window.

Naruto nodded and settled down with his back against the white wall. "I thought you said Itachi-kun was dead. But here he is alive and well."

"I did and I apologize for it. I wasn't sure if he was going to pull through or not from the injuries he sustained. I was expecting the worst." Kisame said as he looked at his partner that was like family to him.

"You made me think he was dead. I thought I was going be a single parent without him." Naruto growled as he tried to hold his anger back the best he could.

"So can I hold her?" Kisame asked with his arms held open and trying to change the subject so he wouldn't be beaten by a bloody pulp.

Naruto shook his head with a glare on the man that was usually pissed off, moody and ready to kill someone if they pushed it.

"Fine." He gave in, holding her out to the Hoshigaki.

Kisame took hold of her and held her gently as if he was afraid to break her if he did something. And he was. Looking down at the sleeping girl, she was at the purest form in her life that he was taken from. She had no sins like her parents or anyone else who thought they were doing things for the greater good. He knew that full well. Everyone had sins anymore – especially the shinobi.

"Do you know that Yukiko betrayed us both?" Naruto asked as he watched for any sign of anger from the shark nin.

"I was aware of it. I just thought she did it because she hated someone in the organization but she wanted to bring you back home." Kisame explained.

Naruto knew it. He threw a fit because of it. After that, he never saw the red head again. It was like she turned into dust and blew away.

"Have you talked to her at all afterwards?" Naruto inquired as he sighed, leaning back.

"Yeah, we had an argument about it but that lead up to what couples do after that – make up sex." He answered, a sly smile on his face as he looked back down at the infant.

"Okay." Naruto muttered as he turned his gaze to his lover that risked his life to come back to his home where their child was. A home that he left behind for a sin that he had to commit for the sake of that home. He smiled softly at his Uchiha lover.

"That man – Tobi – he isn't Tobi. He's someone entirely different." Naruto said, narrowing his eyes. Getting up, he stretched then walked over to his lover and touched his forehead gently.

"I know. He used to rule Kiri as Mizukage." Kisame answered.