Chapter 28 The Ride Home
"Hay Mom, hay Dad." said Sakura with a smile as she hugged her parents.
"Mommy who are these people?" asked little Kushina for a moment her grandparents were stunned.
"Well do you remember the photo of your grandma back home?" asked Sakura as Kushina looked at Rin before her eyes widened.
"That is grandma?" asked Kushina
"Yes." said Sakura as Kushina ran over and hugged her grandma.
"Hello. Grandma" said Kushina as looked up and smiled.
"Well you have grown last time I saw you, you were still in dippers." Said Rin
"Yes, I am a big girl now." said Kushina
"Yes, but I bet you will always be your daddy's little girl." said Kane as he looked at his granddaughter for the first time.
"Ya." said Sakura as she remembered how Naruto acts around his kids. She couldn't help but smile as she remembered years ago before Minato was born the time she came home from work on one of the few days Naruto had off to find Naruto asleep on the couch with a sleeping Kushina on his chest.
"Naruto always says Kushina looks so much like me but she looks so much like Naruto to me." thought Sakura "Her smile is Naruto's smile a pure smile."
"And who is this?" asked Kane as he walked over to look at Minato who was back in his mother's arms after a brief stay with Katara.
"Well this is Minato Kane Namikaze." said Sakura as she said her son's full name. Her dad smiled as he heard his grandson had his name for a middle name. "Naruto wanted to name him after you and I wanted to name him after his dad so we settled on Kane being the middle name."
"I am honored any way." said Kane
"Do you want to hold him?" asked Sakura as she held out her son. Kane slowly took his grandson into his arms.
"Hello Minato." said Kane as he looked at his grandson more closely. "He has my red hair."
"Or it could come from Naruto's mother, she had red hair." Said Rin
On the edge of the dock Saaya, Katara and Saito stood watching the scene play out. "It is nice to see a family reunited." Said Saaya
"We are a family." said Saito "I don't even know these people."
"Saito, face the facts those are Reiji's real parents Dad isn't his father." said Katara "Hell if you want to get tactual Reiji is Dad's brother-in-law."
"If you want to get even more tactual once you guys are not related to Reiji or Naruto. Also once you turn 17 you can ask to be separated from Naruto and you can take the Uchiha name." said Saaya
"Why would we want that name?" asked Saito as he crossed his arms.
"I was actually leaning toward taking the name." said Katara as Saito's head snapped toward his sister.
"What, you want to have the same last name as a monster who started a war?" asked Saito
"No but you have to remember an entire clan can't be bad." said Katara as she glared back at her brother "I want to try and give the clan a good name. Because lets face it we are not Namikazes like Dad, Sakura and their kids or Harunos like Reiji. We are Uchihas."
"I can't believe you said that sister, we have lived together for ten years we are a family." said Saito
"I never said we weren't." said Katara
"You don't you have to be related by blood to be a family." said Katara
"I am going to go talk to Shikamaru." said Saaya as she walked over to Shikamaru who was making sure the money and other supplies taken were unloaded safety. While they had been placed in scrolls there was a lot of them.
"Ya, Saaya." said Shikamaru
"I see everything went well." said Saaya
"Yes." said Shikamaru "We left the leaf in the middle of a riot, it was entertaining to say the least."
"I bet." said Saaya as she reached into her vest and pulled out a letter "Your wife gave me this before I left, it seams she figured out your plan and wants you to deliver this."
"Have you figured it out?" asked Shikamaru as he took the letter
"Pretty much, you tend to follow the same pattern in a game of chess." Said Saaya "Based on what you tend to do, I am pretty sure of your plan."
"You and Temari are probably right." Said Shikamaru
"Well all three of us are geniuses aren't we?" asked Saaya as she looked at the village chess champion. Their game last year lasted three hours and came down to a couple of pawns but he won. "Just make sure you finish this game in time for the Ice Village Chess tournament I want to take back my title."
"We will see." said Shikamaru with a small grin, over the years Saaya had become best friends with Temari and Sakura "Next time you see Temari tell her I love her."
"I'll tell her." said Saaya "You know your little girl is going to ask were you are."
"Ya." said Shikamaru he hated the fact he had was away from his family more so since Temari was pregnant. "She will understand. Can you make sure this cargo gets back to the Ice."
"Sure, you better hurry off the sooner you carry out your plan the sooner you can be with your family." said Saaya
"What is our damage?" asked Danzo as he looked around at the ANBU captains
"We took heavy damage, we managed to get the perimeters up but not until around ½ the Uchiha compound was burned down. " said the ANBU
"The Uchiha kids?" asked Danzo
"They are fine." Said the ANBU
"What of the Haruno's did we find them?" asked Danzo
"No, they appear to have gotten away along with 90% of the Leaf Village trading company holdings including a shipment of weapons that was bound for the war." said the ANBU
"We need to crack down hard on everyone who crossed the walls into areas they were not allowed to be." said Danzo
"We are looking sir, but there where so many people who cross the lines that it will be hard to pick out a single person." said the ANBU
"I didn't ask for excuses I want them." snapped Danzo "You have no idea how bad things are now, we lost a lot of money and we are waging a war."
"Then maybe we should end the war." said an ANBU
"Kill him." ordered Danzo for a minute the ninjas didn't move "Did I stutter? Do it our I kill you all."
"Sorry." said an ANBU as he cut his fellow ANBU in half.
"Any one else want to give me advice on what to do?" asked Danzo
"No sir." said all the ANBU
"Good." said Danzo
"I am so happy there is a train I don't think I could have walked to your village." said Kane as he sat in the train car.
"Ya, it really makes it easier to get around." said Sakura
"Reiji."
"What is it Katara?" asked Reiji as they sat on the other side of the car from Kane, Rin, his sister and his nephew and niece.
"How did your Dad hurt his leg?" asked Katara
"Well it happened before I was born but from what I know it happened while he was in charge of a cavern of food for the trading company he worked at." said Reiji "Apparently there was a riot as people tried to get the food in there. They pushed over a cart full of food and it fell on his leg, he was lucky to even to even have his leg."
"So they attacked the person bring them food?" asked Saito
"No, he was in charge of taking the food away from the local farms which was owned by the company." said Reiji
"They were taking food away from a staving village?" asked Saito
"The Hyuga's in charge only cared about money and at the time they could sell the food for a higher price in the ninja villages then they could in the farming village." said Reiji
"Why would your Dad do that?" asked Saito
"To save my sister life." said Reiji "At the time she was imprison for speaking out against her master's death. He was worried that they may kill her. As he told me a goods man's first job to keep his family safe no matter what."
"I see." said Katara "He had to do something bad in order to protect his family."
"So what is the story behind Katara and Saito?" asked Kane as he looked to the back of the car where the three teens were talking.
"What do you mean?" asked Sakura "They are the kids of Kya, a woman Naruto knew."
"As in they are his kids?" asked Kane "Because I thought you and Naruto were in love."
"We are Dad." said Sakura as she placed her hands over Kushina's ears so she couldn't hear. "Kya was one of Naruto's friends who was rapped and after she died in childbirth Naruto took them in."
"I see." said Kane "Do you know who their father is, they look filmier."
"Itachi." said Sakura
"Uchiha?" asked Rin
"Yes, we confirmed it by using some of Sasuke's blood to confirm they are related." said Sakura
"Does Sasuke know?" asked Rin
"We know he does." said Sakura "I also know for the fact that Reiji has a major crush on Katara, the girl with black hair."
"Really?" asked Rin as she looked at her son. "How much?"
"As bad as Naruto was with me, only he hasn't asked her out." Said Sakura
"What about Katara how does she feel about him?" asked Rin
"Well she may not have the Uchiha last name but she is almost hard to read but ya, I think she likes him." said Sakura "It will be hard on Reiji to move into with you guys."
"Ya, we will give him as much time as he needs." said Rin "I mean you and Naruto have acted like his parents longer then we were."
"Mom, he always knew you were his parents and he never called Naruto or I Dad or mom." Said Sakura "You are his parents it will just take some time."
In the villages of Mountain, Moon, Bone, Blade and Ice ANBU's team rushed toward where the keys to the demon gate located.
"Open it." said the ANBU captains to the guards standing outside the maximum strength safes. Slowly five doors opened and of those five doors three of them were empty. Only the Blade Village's Key and the Ice Village keys were still in their safes three of the other keys were gone.
"You're late." said Sasuke
"It took time to get here, we didn't want any of their forces to spot us but we got they keys we stole during the attacks on the villages." said Shino as he appeared beside Sasuke at the demon gate.
"Do you have them all?" asked Sasuke
"No, our Blade operation was killed before they could reach the key same goes for the Ice." said Shino as he handed three move quarter circle keys to Sasuke.
"I see." said Sasuke as he placed the keys in and three more seals broke, now only a center seal and the one running along the top.
"We will leave at once to get the remaining keys." said Shino
"No, I have a new mission for you." said Sasuke "You are going to take command of the army in demon country; I need you to push deeper into Ice country."
"What of the keys?" asked Shino
"That is my mission." said SasukeNight had fallen as a man walked over a sand dune. He came to the top only to spot the lights of village hidden in the sand. Slowly he walked down toward the gates the moment he neared the gate ninjas jumped out of the darkness.
"Halt." said the sand ANBU
"Long time, no see Kankuro." said Shikamaru
You guys are in luck, my of my profs turned an exam into a take home test so I had more time to write. I hope you liked this chapter. I no too much happened in this chapter I am setting the board for the next set of big battles to come. I would also like to thank everyone who voted in the poll for the next story I will do. I am happy to say that I will be posted the story Animals Within today for you all to read. It is my first M story so please read and review this story and the new story. Thank you Wilkins75.
