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"Jirrraaaiyyyaaa" Orochimaru's piecing scream had instantly halted his very sentence, very word that he was going to say. It had been such a petrifying alarm that he immediately knew that something was very wrong indeed. He could tell from the crowds questioning expressions that they had also heard the cry and he knew that they would not cause him any more issues.

My message has finally gotten across to them...I'm glad.

He quickly step of the back side of the stage and headed towards where his wife and teammate were most likely waiting. As he approached the two of them, his heart began to pound severely as he knew that Orochimaru wouldn't have dared to make such a ruckus if something wasn't terribly wrong.

It didn't take him long to find the two of the hidden away in a blind spot. With Orochimaru's back to him it didn't seem that there was anything particularly to worry about, but as he draw closer, he noticed that pained expression on his black haired teammates face and then he saw his wife.

From a first glance it looked as though she had fallen asleep in Orochimaru's arms but as he taped into the chakra signature he had placed in their child, he immediately realised what was happening. His imprint on Tsunade was fading and that could only mean one thing...his wife had gone into labour.

I wonder how Orochimaru managed to hide her screams.

If they would have been in any other sort of circumstances, he would have probably reprimanded his snake loving friend for daring to hide such a fundamental warning from him. Yet with everything he had just had to fix, he knew that the crowds not being alerted to Tsunade's weakened state actually served to protect the child.

He rapidly came beside Orochimaru and placed his hand onto Tsunade's chest, so that he could gain a better understanding of the situation a hand. And it wasn't much if a surprise that her heart rate had raised exponentially.

"She tried to swallow her pains"

These words had somewhat wounded Jiraiya's ego, as a little voice in his head began to think that even after everything they had gone through, Tsunade would still back out.

He leaned forward and gently took his wife from out of Orochimaru's arms. He hoped that somehow by taking control, he would be able to show Tsunade that he was willing to go the way.

As he rose to his feet and turned towards the crowds once more, he instantly realised that Minato had already set to work by clearing a path so that he could easily get to the hospital. A part of him found it string that his student knew what was wrong with his wife before he did.

He examined that pain stricken face of his wife, and wondered if he would ever be able to prove himself to her. And a few moments later, he began to make a bee line directly for the exit of the Senju shrine. It didn't matter to him who saw his wife in such a state, as her having fainted didn't exactly explicitly show that she was in labour.

He found his fear quickly transforming t excitement when he finally managed to exit into the village, as the thing which he had eagerly been waiting for was finally due to make its entrance into the world.

...

Upon hearing the snake Sannin's panicked yell, Minato could instantly tell that Tsunade, Jiraiya's new wife had gone into the labour. He knew this as he had watched the exchange which had occurred between the two of them. He could not help but marvel at how adamant the lady Tsunade had been in suppressing her cries of pain. Even though his sensei may have interpreted as he not trusting him, Minato knew that she had most likely done it, so that her husband's time in the spotlight would not be interrupted.

Therefore, from the moment that his son's godfather had stepped off from the altar, he had emerged from the sidelines and stood in front of the confused guests. His mere presence alone had made them arise from their seats and become compliant to his commands.

He remained calm as he began to direct people out of the shrine and create a wide pathway in which his sensei could easily lass through. His wife Kushina had already gone ahead with Naruto and Shizune to the hospital. There was a part of him that considered Tsunade would most likely want her student, someone who she could trust to deliver the child.

Minato hoped that his sensei's rather inflated ego would not go haywire when he realised that Tsunade had keep her current condition silenced. He also prayed to Kami that the lady Tsunade would not encounter any unnecessary complications as while she finally brought the child into the world. Especially since from the medical reports which he had seen, he knew all too well that this would be the only child which would be born to the legendary Sannin.

As he made his way through the outside of the shrine and into the village, he contemplated on just how special this birth would be. He was convinced that the lord Orochimaru would never have a wife to bear his children as his general disregard for the other sex suggested that he was not all together heterosexual. Whereas now that his sensei and the Lady Tsunade had married, they would probably dedicate all their time to raising their child (especially Tsunade chances of further pregnancies were impossible due to her age and strenuous profession) and continue the legacy which they had built.

Minato knew that any child born to the Sannin would be under heavy criticism from the villagers and shinobi population combined. And he truly hoped that the three great ninja would be able to protect their child from such a demanding fate.

Please Kami, let their child be born healthy and string, and protect the lady Tsunade so that her relationship with her husband and their child truly flourish into something beautiful.

...

Tsunade suddenly found herself returning from the realms of seemingly perpetual darkness. Her headache seemed to have dissipated and when her vision became focused, she realised that she was within the white walls of none other than Konoha hospital. Temporarily her mind didn't seem to register the pain of child labour as she nuzzled her face into Jiraiya's arms. She felt extremely safe in such a place until suddenly...a stab of pain pushed its way into her conscious mind and she let out a scream.

Her cry had immediately caused her husband to turn his face towards her, and then she saw his calming grey eyes pierce into her very soul. It also made her feel good that he was already clad in the blue gown required to enter into the birthing chamber.

And then suddenly the strenuous predicament she was in didn't seem to be so bad.

Within only a few seconds she saw Shizune approach her and she was wearing a long white medical gown. Even though such apparel meant that her student was most likely going to deliver their child, she still felt the need to affirm her suspicions.

She stretched out her arm and struggled to call her name:

"Shizune...!"

As her student approached them with a warm smile on her face, she could not help but reach out to grab onto her. She didn't care that the other medics were rushing around them, because she was more intent on getting his wishes across.

"Please make sure that nothing happens to our baby" her voice was defiantly becoming weak.

It seemed that as her adoptive daughter approached them, Jiraiya had slowly lowered her, so that they could be on the same level.

"I promise that nothing will happen to you or your baby"

With those words, Shizune had hurried away and entered one of the operating theatres, and if her mind didn't feel so foggy then she would have probably realised that they were preparing the room for her.

"Tsunade...nothing...absolutely nothing will happen to our child"

At the mention of their child, Tsunade found herself shifting to look towards her husband's neutral face.

"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you before...I just wanted..." she suddenly winced again in pain and before she could process what was happening, Jiraiya had placed an affectionate kiss onto her forehead and she felt so much better.

"Its fine, love, I understand..."

Tsunade was about to relax when suddenly the operating room doors burst open to reveal Shizune and two assistant doctors.

"We are ready for her now"

Tsunade then felt Jiraiya carry her into the large clandestine room. Sure she had been in such a place before, but she hadn't yet had the experience of delivering a child let alone bearing one.

The room they entered was organised in a very meticulous manner. The large surgery bed was placed in the centre of the room, and rolling trays were located to the sides of the bed. There were also a few chairs around the bed and Tsunade suddenly screamed out, and she knew that she could no longer hold back her labour pains. The baby was now coming and she no longer had the strength to stop it.

She suddenly felt Jiraiya hurry forward and place her onto the surgery bed.

Everything occurred very quickly from that point onwards. She kept her eyes on her white haired husband, as she felt Shizune change her into a hospital gown and begin to feel around her stomach to gain a better understanding of the situation at hand. As the pain begin to get closer together, that she found herself gripped onto Jiraiya's hand as tightly as she possibly could.

"Alright on the count of three, you need to push my lady"

"One" Tsunade felt Jiraiya's aura gently passing into her own, and she felt her strength stabilising. The feeling of helplessness slowly dissolve away as she felt the pain prepare itself again.

"Two" Jiriaya began to caress her hand, and she felt warm and safe.

"Three" She suddenly thrust her head back screaming, and she obeyed Shizune when she spoke her command.

"Push...!"

She immediately complied and she felt her muscle contracting and relaxing, and then she felt the child beginning to slip out of her hold.

"Good...good my lady...on the next pain, push...!"

Tsuande gazed towards her husband, and she saw his reassured face. And then she felt a stab of pain and she pushed once more, and she heard her student's excited exclamation.

"I see a head of white hair"

If she would have been aware of Jiraiya's face, she would have seen it lit up on the mention of 'white hair'.

"Again"

She let out a scream and pushed onto more, and she felt the child slipping out even more. The pressures of child birth were beginning to lessen, and her fears of perishing in the process had disappeared. She may have been older then the ideal mother but combined with her husband's potent chakra, she now understood that she wouldn't be one of those unlucky few who wouldn't be able to see their child grow up.

She felt the child slip out a little more and she heard Shizune's jolly murmuring.

"White hair...white hair...a mini Lord Jiraiya...a mini Lord Jiraiya"

From just how seriously Jiraiya was staring at her pained face, she could tell that he hadn't heard what her adoptive daughter had muttered. The last push was defiantly the most difficult, and she felt even single muscle in her body clenching and after so much time of bearing the pain, her entire body was covered in sweat. But Jiraiya didn't seem to care in the slightest, as he leaned forward and placed a loving kissed onto her fevered forehead. And before he pulled away, he spoke some heart warming words into her right ear:

"My love, you will never be alone again. We shall be a family forever"

It was at the very moment that he had pulled back; that she had felt the pressure release and suddenly the room was filled with the cries of a newborn infant.

"Congratulations Lady Tsunade for you have given birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl"

As she heard those words, she relaxed and watched as Shizune cleaned the squirming child in warm water. Her heart fluttered, as she saw Jiraiya eagerly receiving the tiny bundle of perfection, and she felt extremely proud that she had been the one to cause such tears of joy to escape from her husband's eyes.

Their family was finally complete.