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Chapter 45


Kakashi's POV

I arrive at the Kazekage's tower and go up to his office. I knock on his door and I walk in when I hear him give me permission to enter.

"Kazekage-sama, I hope I am not interrupting anything."

"No Kakashi-san, I was actually going to send someone to summon you in a bit. Temari will be coming with Sakura-san after lunch to give me an update on the goings on of the hospital and then review the medic nin's applications for entrance to the medical school."

"I was hoping to also speak with you about something that happened yesterday with Sakura and Tamari-san."
He sits a bit straighter and then says, "Please sit down."

I take a seat in front of his desk and he says, "Tamari told me about what Chiyoko-san said yesterday. I know that this is a personal matter but since it was one of my citizens I had to have been made aware."
"I completely understand that and we don't have a problem with you knowing. Sakura and I are worried that if this gets out though, our children might be targeted, well more than they will already will be."
"Yes, I understand that the both of you are high-profile shinobi and you must take precautions more than most shinobi would never think about. I will write a message to Tsunade-sama, assuring her that although a prophecy was made in Suna and we hold the official documentation, we will keep the information sealed until your children are of age. I take it you would want to deliver the message yourself?"

"Hai, Kazekage-sama."

"It will be done, Kakashi-san. While we wait for my sister and Sakura-san to arrive, tell me how the preparations are going for Naruto's inauguration?"

"We have most things prepared but we wish to capture the attackers before he takes office but we have increased security regardless."

"That's good, let me know if there is anything that we can do to help. I have told the council that I will be taking a diplomatic mission to welcome the Hokage of Konohagakure but I wish to keep this a surprise for Naruto. Will informing you be sufficient to give you proper security notice?"
"Hai, Kazekage-sama. My ANBU teams will be heading security for the whole village during that week."

"Good. On another note, Kankuro told me what Uchiha Sasuke did in the written exam."
I tried to figure out if he was upset or not but Gaara's face was unreadable.

I rub the back of my head and say, "Yeah who knew the kid had a sense of humor, huh?"
He smiles a bit and says, "I take it he is getting along with Naruto then?"

"Yeah their bonds of friendship have been slowly mending over the last couple of weeks."

"That is good, Naruto has that kind of power to draw out the best in people."

We hear a knock on the door and then Gaara asks them to come in.

Matsuri comes in and brings in a tray with tea and bows to Gaara and then to me, "Kazekage-sama, Kakashi-san, Temari-san is on her way to the office and will be here shortly."

Gaara nods in her direction and watches as she heads to the door.

When she gets there his gaze softens and he says, "Matsuri-chan… Thank you.."

She blushes a bit and then walks out of the room.

I turn to look at him and he notices how my eyes had widened a bit.

He smiles and then says, "I seem to remember someone saying that we must take happiness when we can get it."

I smile and shake my head and say, "Well everyone has to start somewhere…"
The door is then opened and Tamari walked in followed by Sakura. I felt the Leaf ANBU station themselves along the rooftops above us.

Gaara stands up and says, "Sakura-san, I hope that everything at the hospital went well."

I stand up from my seat and have Sakura sit down so she could rest.
"Hai, Kazekage-sama. I have compiled a list of some things that can be improved and the things that they are excelling in. I was really happy to see some familiar faces there."

She hands him the scroll and then tells him about possibly having a course for already trained medic nins to take when they want to refresh their skills or learn new techniques.

He thinks about this and says, "It makes perfect sense to me, Sakura-san. If Tsunade-sama is willing to incorporate it into the curriculum or find a way where maybe one of you could travel to the shinobi countries then it would benefit a lot more medic nins without them having to travel. I would certainly approve of my medic nins attending."

"If you would allow me to send a message to Tsunade-sama I could explain this to her and be able to give you an answer before we leave from Suna."

"Of course, Sakura-san. If you need to get in contact with your Hokage just let me know and I will send someone from the aviary to come and get you so you can send any message that you wish."

"Thank you Kazekage-sama."


Sakura's POV

Tamari takes a seat on a nearby couch and then says, "Gaara-kun, I think that part of the prophecy is already being fulfilled."

We all look at her and I say, "Tamari what do you mean?"
"Oh come on Sakura, you heard what Chiyoko-san said. You and your family would bring peace to where you go. What you did for those two was amazing. You have an aura about you that I hadn't seen before."

I begin to think about what she is saying and then I remember what Sasuke said as well.

Kakashi's hand is on my shoulder and he gives it a gentle squeeze but looks at Tamari and says, "Tamairi-san, please elaborate."

Tamari begins telling them what I did for Daisuke and Hideki-san.

"You sure have a way with children Sakura. I wanted to see what my brother thought about this but I want to take you to Suna's orphanage. I want to see if there is anything we could improve there. If we are doing this in the hospitals, why not the orphanage? Gaara-kun here funds the orphanage with village funds and then gives part of his own personal salary for the upkeep. I know that this would be a great thing for you to help us with while you are here. What do you think Gaara-kun?"

"Tamari, you know how I feel about the orphanage and if there is anything that Sakura-san would suggest that would help, I would make sure that it is done."

He looks at me and then I say, "It would be an honor Gaara-sama."

He smiles at her and she relaxes a bit.

We begin to go over applications for the school and I tell Gaara-sama what we are looking for in potential medic nins.

He takes notes and then gives me a couple of suggestions on candidates that he thinks have great potential. Kakashi is going over the candidates personnel files to see if there are any potential risks in taking them into Konoha.

We might be allies but Hidden Villages took their security as one of the pillars of their government. When the school was formed and the shinobi nations offered spots for their medic nins they knew that we would be conducting our own personal background check on them. Gaara-sama didn't seem to mind since it was just for the potential candidates and allowed free access to the non-classified files for us to look over.

Dinner time came and Matsuri knocked on the door informing us that she had set up some food for us in the conference room next door.

I thank her and I ask if I could take some plates of food to my guard upstairs. She already came prepared with four packaged meals in a bag.

Kakashi took them from me and said that he would take them to them himself.

Silly man… like I couldn't climb the walls to the rooftop if I wanted to.

I say nothing because I know that he just does this because he takes my safety seriously and he would never forgive himself if anything happened to me and the children.

We eat our dinner and I ask Gaara-sama if he would mind if I took the next morning off to visit the orphanage in the morning and then visit Daisuke.

He said, "Sakura-san, you are free to move about Suna. I will know immediately if you are in trouble and my sand will protect you, even if I am not near, if you are in danger."

I look down at my wrist and rub a finger over the faded scar. "We are very grateful for your trust that you have placed on us, Gaara-sama."

"Think nothing of it, I am glad that we have this relationship. If you excuse me I will take my leave early and see you tomorrow afternoon."

We bow to him as he leaves the room and Tamari walks over with us to the building where we are staying. Before she leaves she tells me that she will be sending a message to Shika tomorrow morning.

If I wanted to send Tsunade-sama a message then she will make sure that the fastest hawk is sent tomorrow morning.

I thank her and go inside the room where Kakashi is waiting for me.


Kakashi's POV

Sakura walks into the room and I immediately go up to her as she locked the room door and I pick her up and take her to the bed.

She starts running her fingers through my hair absent-mindedly and then sighs into my shoulder. I sit with her on the bed and say, "What's wrong love, you have been tense since before dinner?"

I bury my nose in her hair and then take a deep breath. Her scent is stronger today and she keeps rubbing her stomach gently.

"Kashi… the twins sent a jolt of chakra through me while I was walking back to the Kazekage's tower. It wasn't painful, it just took me by surprise and Sasuke noticed and… well I placed his hand on my stomach and the kids reacted to him as well. They sent some chakra into him and… well… his Sharingan activated at the touch."

I tensed up for a second but she places a hand on my cheek and says, "Love it was an automatic reaction, he didn't hurt me in any way. I… I asked him to see with his Sharingan if he could tell anything abnormal or see if the use of the babies chakra was hurting them in any way."

I relax a bit but my mind is now going over different scenarios about my children inadvertently hurting themselves with this undeveloped and unfocused chakra of theirs. If Sakura was worried then this must not be a normal part of neonatal physiology.

"He said that their chakra is like yours but theirs is very pure but unfocused. He said that they can't harness it yet but I am worried. I have never seen this in babies before. I want to let Tsunade-sama know so she can begin to research it."

I nod and then I tell her to write to Tsunade-sama and have her start with any records of my birth. If this was because of my bloodline limit maybe my mother had similar symptoms during the time she was pregnant with me.

She nods and then she says, "Kashi, remember how Chiyoko-san said that we would have to trust our children's sensei to lead them down the right path…"

I nod and then she continues, "Well… when Sasuke had his hand on my stomach he spoke to the babies and told them that he will one day become their sensei."

I am a little taken aback by her words and then she says, "Love, he said it with such certainty, like it was his duty to do this and his words were sincere. I almost cried because I was remembering the prophecy and he began to doubt himself again because he thought I was upset at what he said. I told him that I would be honored if he was their sensei. Do you think I did the right thing?"
I think about what she said and then I think about how much Sasuke had changed since that day when we brought him back.

My mind automatically begins to list the reasons why this would be good or this would be bad.

Ultimately, my heart makes the final decision and I look at Sakura and I say, "Yes, love I will trust him, we have already told him that we would trust our children's lives to him and Naruto, but we should not let anyone other than the Hokage know about the prophecy. I don't want word to get around and I don't want this to cloud Sasuke's judgement in the future training of our children. We also need to find out about the children's chakra flares. If this is not normal in infants then we need to make sure how their chakra systems work. I suggest we ask Hinata-chan to help us once we get back."

She sighs again and then says, "I agree with you, but we should write this in a scroll that has a high level seal so no one other than the Hokage could open it. I suggest we ask Gaara-sama to seal it with his official seal."

She gets up from my lap and then sits by the desk and begins to write everything that she needs to say to her shishou.

She comes to bed once more and I open up my arms to her as she crawls into bed with me. I hold her close and I smooth out her hair as I place kisses on her forehead.

I place my hands on her stomach and begin to tell my babies a story of how my father taught me how to fish with only a kunai and a piece of ninja wire.

My family falls asleep in my arms and I then place my hands on Sakura's abdomen and begin to probe my chakra into my children's tiny bodies.

I can sense the purity of their chakra and how strong it feels like as it intertwines with my own.

I slowly release it and I begin to wonder how Sakura's scent correlates to their chakra activity.

Maybe her emotions are triggering it?

Or, maybe they are harnessing the emotions that they feel around them?

I can manipulate emotions depending on what I can feel, maybe they are the opposite?

Maybe they can take the emotions around them and change them into something else?

Right now I wanted to hurry home to find some answers. Hopefully these next couple of weeks go by fast.

I don't want Sakura to worry about our children if she doesn't have too.


A/N: Things are moving along in Suna and they will be heading home soon. Hopefully Tsunade-sama can have some answers by the time they get back.

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