Reviewers:

WeaponsMistress – thank you so much again for your reviews. I love Hanabi because her, like Tenten are both underdeveloped in the series so I can practically make them my own. I also think that is it very likely that she'd turn out to be a smart ass like that. :P

Liandrid313 – I think that for Neji and Tenten to work that they need a deep level of understanding because their personalities are so different, actually, their probably almost juxtapositions of each other. I think that Neji and Tenten know each other so well that no matter what happens they can always know what the other is thinking, or they will when I am through with them.

Youko-Kuramas-Kitsune – Oh yes, there is going to be a run in with them both. This chapter in a sneak peek at the future so you will see more of what Sasuke has done. It is twenty five years later. I was having a lot of trouble with the next chapter so I posted this to keep you, and the rest of the readers, hopefully happy. The next real chapter will most likely be up with the next week.

I apologize for the wait.

Authors note!!!!:This chapter is not in line with the story thus far. I was having trouble finishing my next chapter so I decided that it was not fair to keep you waiting any longer for a chapter. This is what happens in twenty-five years later, with some of the children. The next real chapter will be up with the next two weeks, most likely within the next five days but I am having a lot of trouble writing it. It is most likely going to be over 10,000 words so watch out.

I put a lot of time into creating the second generation, I hope you like them.

IMPORTANT – THIS IS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HYUUGA SAETSU –DAUGHTER OF NEJI AND TENTEN

AND UCHIHA KATANA – DAUGHTER OF SASUKE AND SAKURA

Find Yourself

Chapter 21 – Sneak Peak

Twenty-five years later…a conversation between Hyuuga Saetsu (daughter of Neji & Tenten and Uchiha Katana(daughter of Sasuke and Sakura)

(a sneak peak at their futures, next chapter will be back to normal time at the banquet. Read Authors note!)

"What are you doing here?"

Katana didn't even flinch. She had sensed Saetsu for a while now. She gave the other girl the brief courtesy of acknowledging her by turning so that they were facing one another. Her sharp black eyes that were an image of her fathers were half lidded in a way that said she didn't give a damn what Saetsu was going to say. She was too important to care. The hair on the back of Saetsu's neck stood up as a strong breeze blew though the Hyuuga compounds training grounds, rustling all the willows and Sakura trees. 'This girl…I never know what she is thinking, her expression in so vague.' Saetsu narrowed her eyes at Uchiha Katana.

"I came to see Arashi."

"Arashi-nii-san?" questioned Saetsu, unable to hide the surprise from her voice.

Katana rolled her eyes offhandedly. "I don't know much about the Hyuuga family but aren't you supposed to address him as Arashi-sama? He is the Hyuuga heir is he not?"

"For now yes." said Saetsu quietly.

Katana snorted rudely. She took a few paces back and sat down coolly on the steps that were leading up to the porch. She looked up and down Saetsu's 5'6' profile. She was standing tall, her thick dark brown hair was done up in its typical high bun, her chin length bangs blowing behind her, eyes that were dark chocolate brown, with no iris. Although her resemblance to her mother was undeniable all of her facial features were that of her fathers, with her Hyuuga pale skin, sharp eyes, nose, thin lips and V shaped hairline. Saetsu upheld the pride of Hyuuga through and through, Katana was sure of it. "I don't think that your father would be so arrogant as to try to take the Hyuuga title from his cousin, Hinata-sama."

"How dare you insult Chichue!" she exclaimed. "He would never." Saetsu strode forward but stopped abruptly, realizing who she was facing. She was up against Katana, the most advanced person her age to ever come out of Konoha. Saetsu was confident in her abilities, and even though she was two years older than Katana at sixteen, she knew that it was almost suicidal to challenge someone as deadly as the girl a few meters in front of her.

"It must be hard for your father. I respect Hinata-sama, after all her husband Naruto is my sensei, but I more than anyone else can sympathize with Neji, a genius who will never have the chance to be the head of the clan." Katana's speech was effortless. She moved with such ease it was perturbing. It was atypical hearing it laced with the soft airy voice of Saetsu.

"Yes. My father is a genius! But even if the fates of Hinata-sama and my father were reversed I would not be the heir. It would be my brother."

"Yes, I know that very well. Kawahitztra would be the heir." Katana leaned back on her hands, gazing adoringly at the somewhat clouded sky. 'There is such little beauty in my life. I appreciate the small, subtle things more than anyone else.'

"You know he hates it when people call him by his full name."

Katana looked down from the sky and at the second eldest of Hyuuga Neji and Tenten. "I know but I find it very strange how a nineteen year old man likes being called 'Kawai'."

Saetsu laughed softly, feeling at ease for once in Uchiha Katana's presence. "Yea well normally girls who are fourteen are more interested in guys then being the strongest ninja within the five shinobi nations."

Katana rolled her eyes. "I guess your right. I of all people can't complain about the oddities of some people. But still I am not calling him Kawai. But please do tell me why you think that Arashi won't have the title of Hyuuga heir for long."

Saetsu placed her hands on her hips. It looked as though she were thinking of the best way to word it. "Well as you know Arashi-nii-san is a very secretive person."

"Oh yes, geniuses normally are." said Katana as though from personal experience. It was evident that she thought a lot of herself. In looks she was a female image of Sasuke, with extremely curly mid back length hair, she had no resemblance to her mother whatsoever.

"Well, Arashi-nii-san never really bought into the idea of inheritance. He thinks that people must earn everything in life. From time to time he even curses the Hyuuga bloodline limit that he inherited from Hinata-sama. He says it makes him ignorant to its weaknesses. He tries his best to do everything possible not to rely on it and because of this that he doesn't want to become the head of Hyuuga family. He has done nothing to deserve it."

Katana shook her head sharply. It was the first time she had shown any outward unease. "What? That's insane, to deny one's superiority. Of course Arashi will eventually claim the head of the Hyuuga family."

Saetsu shook her head sadly, looking down at the ancient stone work at her feet. "I don't think so Katana." She sighed inwardly. 'Arashi-nii-san...I know he is planning it.'

Katana was now sitting bolt upright. "Why would anyone pass up the opportunity at that sort of power? To be the head of one of the two most prestigious royal families in Konoha."

"It is the same reason that you wouldn't." said Saetsu gazing directly into the eyes of the Uchiha girl.

Katana was at lost for words, her eyes full of some sort of longing to understand, to understand Arashi.

"Don't presume to know Arashi-nii-san's desires. You'll only embarrass yourself. He is the most secretive person I know, and that is saying a lot when you're a Hyuuga. Even to his parents, auntie Hinata-sama and uncle Naruto-sama don't know his plans to forfeit his family name."

Katana narrowed her eyes aggressively. "And you think you know his desires, do you?"

Saetsu smiled confidently. She would never have spoken like this to Katana under any other setting; she was calmer at her household than anywhere else. "Yes. Yes I think I do. At our house Kawahitztra-nii-san, Arashi-nii-san, Kenji-nii-chan, Keisha-nee-chan, Kasumi-nee-chan and I are very close but especially Kawai, Arashi and I."

Katana flipped her long dark hair over her shoulder, diverting her eyes from Saetsu. "I think I know him well enough to understand him."

Saetsu scoffed. She was through of being skittish of Katana, no matter what malicious stories had reached her ears. "Don't flatter yourself. I have grown up with him; we've done everything together since we are only a year apart. I know my cousin better than you ever will."

Katana just smirked cunningly, flashing her charming smile. "We'll see, won't we?"

Just then came the pad of footsteps, more than one person. Katana and Saetsu were both drawn to the opening where the shoji doors came open. Framed in the doorway were Neji and Naruto. Neji wore an emotionless mask, as usual, while Naruto had mischievousness dancing in his red-sore eyes. He was a little taken aback at seeing his student. "What are you doing here Katana?"

"I am here to see Arashi."

Naruto snorted. "Arashi? You of all people should know that he is on a mission, after all both of his teammates are your siblings."

"Yes, but then what is Neji doing here? Isn't he their sensei?" she said a little too quickly, trying to make up from her error. 'Damn it. I didn't even realize that Chicka and Seto weren't at home. I just wanted to train with Arashi.'

"Their fine to go on missions themselves, their seventeen and eighteen. There is no need for me to go with them, and there hasn't been for a while." said Neji evenly.

Katana for the first time in a long time felt slightly humiliated. She refused to let it show on her face. She knew that she should have known better. Mind you, from the look on Saetsu's face she didn't know that Arashi was on a mission either, then again, with a household of over twenty it's hard to know who's on a mission and whose not.

"The team left this morning. Arashi woke me up at four in the morning to tell me, little brat, he knew that I was up late last night. It was an S rank mission to the Lightening country." said Naruto sulkily.

"Lightening Country? The hidden village of the cloud? Why wasn't my team sent instead?" asked Katana, her tone stated that she didn't like being left out of the mission. "Plus my team has a score to settle with the Raikage."

"Your team is not skilled enough for the mission." Neji, unlike most adults didn't fawn over Katana's talents, and although he was impressed by her he never treated her any differently that anyone else her age.

At this Katana's lips turned up into a cunning smirk. "Not skilled enough eh? Do you want to back it up?"

Neji eyed her impassively. "It is because of that very same attitude that you were not sent on the mission."

Katana's narrowed eyes flashed dangerously. "Naruto-sensei, I say that our team should challenge Neji's team and see who the better one is."

But before Naruto could come up with an answer Neji spoke. "You can not simply challenge anyone who defies your skill. You must learn through experience. I do not underestimate your strength for it has already gotten you praise in all of the shinobi nations, but I do know that you have a lot to learn, perhaps not in jutsu's or any kind of training but maturity, and knowledge to make a mission a success."

Katana stood in front of him with wide attentive eyes, which held no hostility or anger, only a desire to learn. This surprised both Saetsu and Neji who had expected her to charge at the later. Naruto on the other hand knew her as well as anyone. When she was given advice from a superior, even if it was presented in a slightly blunt or unkind way she took in all the information that she could. To better herself, to improve as much as she could, that was her life goal and she was going to achieve it through every means open to her and that included listening keenly to Neji.

She nodded to him. "Okay, but I still can't help but be interested in who would win between our two teams."

He withheld a sigh. "Have you not listened? Of course my team would win."

She smirked at him again. "Are you willing to back it up?" The she turned to her sensei. "Come on Naruto-sensei! My team can take them."

"I could go for that. But I don't like it when you call it your team. It is team Naruto even though both you and Nori are jounin and Kasumi will most likely be inducted soon." Only then did Naruto's apparent hang over seem to present itself through his half lidded eyes.

Neji looked a Naruto with a slight frown growing on his face. "I do hope that my cousin doesn't have a hang over as well. You should know by now that Hyuuga's can't drink. Plus I thought I made it clear that I didn't want any alcohol in my house anyway."

"Oh loosen up Neji." said Naruto lightly, patting the taller ridged man beside him. "So do you accept the challenge?"

Neji turned his nose up. "What will you do when your team looses?" asked Neji smoothly.

"Well we will---wait wait! I don't think so! What are you going to do when you loose!?!" demanded Naruto shrilly pointing a finger a Neji who was as at ease as ever.

Saetsu was looking between her father and her uncle with wide eyes, her mouth hanging open slightly.

"Naruto-sensei!" exclaimed Katana. "You are nothing compared to Arashi but could you please train me. We can think of the specifics once Neji's team comes back."

Naruto sighed in defeat. "Fine." He turned back to Neji. "This isn't over."

Neji just smirked slightly. 'It never will be.' He watched as Naruto was led by his student out of the training grounds, and off the main house of the Hyuuga compound. 'Uchiha Katana…I hear that the Uchiha's, especially the girls are something to fear in the future, this one in particular. I have never seen someone as skilled as her at such a young age, although I am sure Arashi would give her a run for her money. Kawahitztra as well could challenge her. It is rather disturbing though, to have a girl who is as of fourteen able to fight evenly with Kawahitztra, who is at least equal to me when I was his age…as well the kunoichi are holding their own this generation. They may not be overall as powerful as the male shinobi but the elite like Katana and her sisters are going to be just as strong if not stronger than the best males.' He looked down at his eldest daughter. 'Yes, the kunoichi are holding their own.' He turned on his heel and was on his way up the steps. 'Yes, there is one thing that is certain, absolute, the new generations will always surpass its predecessor. We did it to our parents, and now our children doing it to us. Our time is ending and theirs is about to begin.'

"Chichue!" called Saetsu's from behind him.

Neji stopped in stride. "Nani?" he asked without even turning to face her.

"Face me please Chichue." she requested fairly. Her voice sounded as an elf maiden within a parallel universe of lord of the rings.

Neji obliged and turned.

She bowed her head in thanks. "Train me Chichue."

He raised an eyebrow at her. "Why should I?"

At this she smiled. "I don't think that you want your eldest daughter to get slaughtered at the jounin spars next week."

Neji shook his head. "What are you talking about your not a jounin-" but then he stopped abruptly to look at Saetsu. Her expression told him everything.

"You're a jounin?" asked Neji. He found that he was a little short of breath.

Saetsu bit her lip, trying to contain her smile and apparent bliss and nodded.

Neji strode quickly down the steps and paced towards her, stopping a foot in front of her. He placed a hand on her shoulder. "I am proud of you Saetsu."

Her smile just grew bigger. "Well I am my fathers' daughter." She was beaming. She never received this sort of praise from her father. His complements were normally reserved for Kawahitztra only.

He nodded. "Yes I suppose you are. But you are also your mothers' daughter, never forget that. Don't forget that no matter what level you reach, no matter how skilled become you can not be consumed by it. Never sacrifice yourself for the selfish obsession of power. Power is worthless if you have nothing to fight for. I made that mistake and I almost paid for it dearly. I almost lost your mother, almost let her go."

Saetsu laughed. "Good thing you straightened out then."

Neji's eyes softened slightly. "Yes...it is. Who inducted you as a jounin?"

"Naruto."

Neji's eyes widened in surprise. 'That Naruto…why didn't he tell me. Maybe I should have just not told him when I inducted Arashi as a jounin.'

"Chichue, we are wasting time. Train me. I am sick of hearing this talk of the five golden jeweled daughters of Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke. Why don't we show them what Tenten and Hyuuga Neji's daughters can do."

Neji smirked slightly and got into his Hyuuga fighting style stance. "Byukagun."

Saetsu took a few paces back and opened her chocolate brown eyes. "Byukagun."

Translations

Kawai – cute

Chichue (Otosan too but I like Chichue more) - father

Okasan – mother

Nii-san - older brother

Nii-chan – younger brother

Nee-san – older sister

Nee-chan – younger sister

Family relations (now there may be others that I haven't introduced yet) –

Hyuuga household

Neji & Tenten – Kawahitztra 19 (boy), Saetsu 16 (girl), (and at least one younger daughter, maybe more, you'll find out)

Naruto & Hinata – Arashi 17 (boy), (and more that haven't been introduced yet)

Hanabi & (guess who :P)

Now Kenji, Kasumi and Keisha are all Hyuuga's (all fifteen and under), their children of one of the three above couples. Guess whose? I will reveal it either next chappie or the next one after.

Uchiha Household

Sasuke & Sakura – Chicka 18 (girl), Seto 17 (boy), Katana 14 (girl), (now there are obviously more. First off I have obviously planned a way for Sasuke to return to Konoha, and if I do say so myself, it is awesome. As Saetsu says 'five golden jeweled daughters'. So they have five daughters, and I promise you more than one son. I got to think that after Sasuke finally settles down he is going to want to repopulate the clan & Sakura, with her medical skills has found a good way to do it, which I will reveal in good time)

Other

Nori – a member of team Naruto along with Uchiha Katana and Kasumi (a member of Hyuuga) and a son of two characters already shown.

Raikage – may or may not be the same as before (Kiyoshi)

Authors Note – please tell me if you liked it, if you didn't. I won't know if I should do another one like this sometime if I don't know. How do you like their children? Personalities? Or do you think I should keep to the normal story and just wait for the kids to come around rather than jumping back and forth. Or would you like me to do another chapter like this in the future.

Thank you so much for reading.

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