Disclaimers: I do NOT own Naruto and I never will. End of story.
Author's notes: Oh my gosh! You guys are so nice to me! I promise that I'll continue to do my best in this fanfic. Feel free to correct me if I do anything wrong. Okay. For a few more explanations. The Atatsuki (?) won't make an appearance in this fic. Naruto might use the nine-tail's power somewhere in this fic. Without the kyuubi's power, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji have the same power. But with the kyuubi, Naruto is far more powerful than them. Only a few could be an equal opponent to him. Certain people like Gaara and Itachi, which would be playing a role here. Jiraiya may also appear here in this story and so would the other ninjas.
Chapter 3:
"We'll be leaving." Sasuke said as he and Neji exited the room leaving the three kids with Naruto inside the room.
Reika went towards the place where she was sitting a while ago and started reading the book that she was reading a while back before the exam started.
Lan went to one of the corners of the room and sat down Sasuke-style with the dark look on his face.
And Keiki?
Well... he just plopped down on the floor as if he has nothing better to do.
That left Naruto still standing by the doorway, totally ignored by the three genin rookies.
"Ehem. Let us introduce ourselves then. Tell your name, your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, and the person you admire the most." Naruto repeated. Reika closed the book she was reading, Lan stared at him, and Keiki just stared at him as he fiddled with his fingers.
"Why don't you start first? It's seems that my father knows you. Why are you anyway?" Reika asked, coldness all present in the tone of her voice.
'Sheesh. This girl's giving me the freaks. She's like Sasuke and Neji combined. Sigh... not a good combination.' Naruto thought. He then smiled brightly and sat down on the teacher's table. "Anyway, I'm..."
"You're not allowed to sit on the teacher's table." Reika cut him off.
"Well... it's not like they'll find out anyway. I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen. I dislike... hmm... let's not talk about that. My dream is... no... what I WILL be in the future is... I will be the future Hokage and all the people will acknowledge me." Naruto said.
"Hn. As if..."
Naruto glared at her. "Now since you LOVE cutting me off, it's your turn."
"Okay. I am Hyuuga Reika. I like books, scrolls, training, and weapons. I don't like people who treat the branch family of the Hyuuga like a tool or something. My dream for the future is to exceed my father's skills and be the best female Hyuuga." Reika said.
"Hmm... so you also have a grudge against the Head family?" Naruto asked. Reika shook her head. "No. Not exactly. The only person I dislike in the Hyuuga head is Hanabi. Why is that? Don't ask. I dislike her a lot. The only person that I like among the Hyuuga head is Ms. Hinata. She's a very kind person."
Naruto nodded as he smiled because someone said something nice about Hinata. He turned towards the sulking Uchiha in the corner. "Your turn."
"Okay. I am Uchiha Lan. I like training and reading. I dislike people who hurt my friends. Hmm... my dream for the future? I want to be a lot stronger than my father." Lan said.
Naruto nodded. "Why? Is anything wrong with Sasuke?" He asked. Lan and Keiki looked at him in surprise. "Hey. Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No one has ever called papa that informally. He's normally called Sasuke- sama, Uchiha-san, and others. He'd never been called by his first name that easily before. The only people who could call him that way are his friends and family members." Keiki explained.
"Naruto-san, what is your relationship with our father?" Lan asked. The dark look from his face was gone.
Naruto smiled at the two boys. "Well... when I was still a genin, Sasuke was my teammate."
"Honto?"
"Yes. Sakura-chan was also my teammate with your dad."
Lan and Keiki suddenly had a depressed look in their face. Naruto looked at Reika who was currently frowning at him.
"Uzumaki-san, you shouldn't have reminded them about that." She said. Naruto now understood. He remembered.
Flashback
"S-Sasuke-kun..."
"Shh... Sakura, don't talk. Save your strength."
"Sasuke, take care of... our little Lan and... Keiki when I'm gone."
"Sakura-chan, please don't talk that way." Naruto said as a tear fell down his cheek. Sasuke held Sakura's hand as if to never let go.
Sakura smiled weakly. Even in the pit of death, she never lost her beauty and kindness.
"N-Naruto-kun, thank you for being a good friend. When Sasuke-kun needs you, please..."
"Shh... Sakura-chan, don't talk."
"...please do what you can to help him. Promise me that Naruto-kun."
"I promise, Sakura-chan."
Sakura then looked at Neji who was also there by the door looking down. He can't bear to look at her. He knew how it feels to lose a love one and he felt bad that he cannot do anything about it.
"Sasuke, my love, raise up our children well. I will be looking forward to see them grow up as I watch them from the skies."
Sasuke can't bear to hold his tears any longer. A tear fell down on his cheeks as he hugged Sakura tightly.
"Sasuke... Naruto... Neji... my sons... goodbye..."
Sakura then breathed her last.
"Sakura!!!" Sasuke screamed. He cried out. Salty tears of pain were wetting the sheets. Naruto looked away.
Neji slowly walked over to Sasuke and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I know how you feel. I also lost Hiana (OC who may not appear in this story), my wife, when my little girl is still a newborn. I understand."
"Neji's right Sasuke." Naruto chirped in. "I may have not encountered a situation like this but I understand you. Neji and I are still here for you. You still have your sons with you. You're never alone Sasuke."
Sasuke looked up at Neji and Naruto. "Thank you guys."
End of flashback
Naruto looked down. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay Naruto-san." Lan said. Keiki nodded. "After all, the past is the past and we cannot do anything about it."
Reika nodded. "Yes. I lost my own mother before I even get the chance to see her that clearly. I have seen her through a picture but it's not the same."
Naruto nodded. "Don't worry. I understand you three. I have experienced the same too."
The three kids had wide eyes at this statement.
"What?"
"I never really had the opportunity to meet any of my parents."
Reika, being the kind and respectful girl that she is (notice the sarcasm here), went towards him and held his hand. "Naruto-sensei, it's alright. We all understand each other."
"What was that?" Naruto asked. Reika tilted her head in confusion. Lan and Keiki were giggling. "What's wrong Naruto-sensei?"
This time, Naruto was fortunate that he managed to control himself. He was about to throw up with what you just said.
"Naruto-sensei?"
Now that was it. Naruto needed to cover his mouth to prevent himself from throwing up. Lan and Keiki were already laughing hard that their stomachs were aching.
"Hey..."
Lan was the first one who was able to control his laughter. "R-Reika! D-Did you just..." He burst out laughing again. Reika started tapping her foot. "Now... what?"
"Did you just call Naruto-san 'sensei'?!" Lan burst laughing again. This was the last straw. Reika started strangling him that he was already choking.
"Eeek! Reika! Don't kill him!" Keiki exclaimed.
"R-Reika... choke You're choking me..." Lan managed to err... choke out. Reika then released his death grip from Lan's neck.
"Now... you were saying?"
Keiki was the first to recover. "Did you just call him sensei?" He asked. Reika nodded. "Why? What's wrong with that?" "Well... it's just so unlike you."
"Hey. I'm not completely a cold-hearted person. I can let my soft side take over when I want to."
Naruto then got back to his normal position. 'Gee... handling these kids will be tougher than I thought.' He thought. "Well... where were we? Okay. Keiki, your turn."
"Yes sir. I am Uchiha Keiki. I like to... uhh... tough one. I like to train so that I will be better than our father. I dislike being left out on our studies. My dream for the future? I want to be the best living Uchiha!" Keiki said as his eyes burned with determination.
Naruto nodded. "Good. I see that you're all not so different. I like that. Well then. Meet me in the forest tomorrow early morning. Make it five in the morning. We'll have a mission."
Keiki's head perked up. "A mission? What kind of mission?"
Naruto raised his pointer up. "A survival mission."
Lan sweatdropped. "Sir, we got enough of that on the academy." Naruto nodded. "Yes. But this is different. Now you all better go to your houses to get some strength. You'll need it tomorrow. Oh. And skip breakfast."
"Why?" The three kids asked in unison.
"Trust me. You'll throw up. Bye!" With that Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Now he's weird." Lan said. "Let's go home now. I want to tell papa about this. Let's go home Lan! You better go home too, Reika. Bye!" Keiki said as he pulled his twin out of the room.
"Bye you two!" Reika said as she opened the window and jumped from there to a nearby tree. 'Hn. Why use the door if you could use the window as a shortcut?' With that, she went home.
=Scene Change=
Naruto jumped to a nearby tree, giving him a full view of the Hyuuga head household. What was pleasing was he could see the window of his love one easily. He could see Hinata without the family's knowing for until now, they still don't accept Naruto as the lover of Hinata.
Hinata came by the window and opened it. Seeing Naruto sitting on a nearby tree branch, she blushed. She smiled at him as he smiled at her.
Naruto could read her lips say 'sorry' to him. He nodded as he waved goodbye. Hinata made a flying kiss towards Naruto in which he returned with a kiss of his own. With that, he departed.
=Hyuuga Branch Household=
Reika finally reached the front door of the Hyuuga branch household in where her father is leading. She opened the sliding door and changed in a pair of clean white socks that she have in her bag. She walked through the narrow hallway wordlessly as she entered her father's study.
Neji looked at his daughter silently as she plopped down on the floor next to him. "So papa, don't you have any missions today?" She asked. Neji shook his head.
"No. Tsunade-sama gave us a break for a week. She'll call us for a mission if it is necessary." He replied. Reika gave her father a look before resting her head on the table. "Really? That's good."
"Reika, is that you?"
"Why yes it is. Why do you ask papa?" She questioned. Neji raised an eyebrow. "Because it's utterly strange that you said that." "Why? Don't you want me on my soft side papa? It's true that I inherited your skills and seriousness. But I think I got my soft side from my mom."
Neji looked at his nine year old daughter curiously. "Why did Hiana enter the topic? As I know of you, when you say something that contains Hiana on it, it's important... for you at least. What is it?"
Reika smiled. "You could really read me that easily, eh papa? Well... it turned out the Naruto-sensei, Lan, Keiki, and I have all experienced the same. We all lost our mother. Naruto-sensei told us that he didn't even get the opportunity to know his parents." Reika said.
Neji nodded. "True." Reika looked at her white-eyed father in confusion. "Nani? What do you mean papa?" She asked. Neji stood up from his seat as looked at her confused daughter directly in her innocent but understanding eyes.
He smiled sadly as he closed his eyes and sighed.
"You're really like your mother."
With that, he went out of the room leaving Reika in a confused state.
"Papa..."
=Scene Change=
"We're home!" Keiki exclaimed as they entered the Uchiha household. His little scream earned him a small slap on the back of his head, which was provided by Lan.
"Itai! What did I do now?!" Keiki exclaimed as he glared at his twin. "You're so noisy. Father wouldn't like that." Lan said before he took his shoes off and entered the long hallway and entering his room directly.
Keiki stood there for a while before doing the same as his brother but instead of going in his room, he went to the dining room to wait for dinner to be served.
Keiki stayed that way for about fifteen to thirty minutes until the door opened and his father entered the room. He scanned the room to see Keiki sitting down quietly, eyes drooped down as if he was thinking deeply.
Well... he IS thinking deeply.
Sasuke noticed the difference in his son's attitude and sat down beside him. "Keiki, is something wrong?"
Keiki sighed and looked at his feet. "Some thing's just don't make a difference, ne?"
"What are you say-?" He was cut off by Lan who just entered the door. "Papa, there's a man at the door with silver hair. His left (?) eye is hidden behind his forehead protector. He said that his name was Kakashi. Shall I let him in?"
Sasuke lifted his head up. "Kakashi-sensei huh? Well... alright. Let him in."
Minutes later, the silver haired jounin entered the dining room followed by Lan. They both sat down on the nearby chairs silently as Sasuke stood up to acknowledge them.
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked beside him to see Lan with the oh-so-serious look on his face and looked at Keiki who was currently in a thinking stance.
"Yo Sasuke. I was wondering if the whole gang would have a little reunion? Just so that we can set our minds off things." Kakashi suggested.
Sasuke looked at him. "When do you plan that to occur then?"
"Tonight in your house if you don't mind."
Sasuke thought for a minute before nodding. "Alright." He said with the same cold voice. Kakashi smiled behind his mask. "Alright then. I'll go and inform the others about it. Bye!"
Keiki and Lan stared at the door before looking at their father. "Papa, so what do we do now?" Keiki asked.
"Go and buy some drinks somewhere. Here's the money." He handed the money to Lan. "Now get going before I change my mind about the reunion."
With that, the two boys left the house.
=Scene Change=
"No! I don't want to go on a stupid reunion!" Reika exclaimed. Neji glared at her. "You are going whether you like it or not."
Finally, Reika gave in. "Fine then. Only if you promise to train me after this whole stupid reunion."
=Scene Change=
"Ayumi-chan!"
Ayumi looked at the door of her room to see her mother, Ino, looking at he with a bag of food in her hand. "Hi mom."
Ino entered her daughter's room and placed her hands on her hips. "Ayumi, what are you doing? We're gonna be late."
"Late?" Ayumi looked at her mother. "Late for what?" Ino sighed. "That Shikamaru. I told him to tell you. SHIKAMARU!!!" Ino exclaimed after murmuring. Ayumi cringed at her mother's voice.
"Ino, not so loud. I can hear you." Her father, Shikamaru, entered her room and crossed his arms. "Shikamaru, I told you to tell Ayumi-chan that we're going to go to the Uchiha Household for a reunion with our former jounin teachers."
"Ehh... sorry. I forgot."
Ino sighed. "You're totally hopeless Shikamaru." Ino faced her daughter. "Now you go and change your clothes for we are going to a reunion."
"Yeah mom. I heard you. I'm coming. Just let me brush my hair then we'll go."
Okay fine. So then all the rookie nine, their former jounin teachers, including Rock Lee, Ten Ten, and Neji were there.
"Ruchi, go and get me another bottle of sake." Kiba asked his son who in turn, grumbled but gave in to his father's orders. Kiba sighed.
"He's been like that ever since his mother died."
Naruto looked around the room. "Where's Hinata-chan. She's late."
As if in a cue, Reika came in with Hinata behind her. "Ms. Hinata's here." She said. Hinata blushed and sat down at the empty seat beside Naruto.
Lee smirked. "So how are the two lovebirds?" (A/N: Can Lee smirk?)
Hinata blushed as Naruto wrapped his arm around her. "Hey. We're fine. And don't you dare do anything to MY Hinata."
Everyone laughed.
"Naruto, what would your test be for the kids tomorrow?" Sasuke asked. Naruto grinned. "Oh just the same test that Kakashi-sensei did to us."
"Naruto, you have no originality." Kakashi said as he raised a visible eyebrow. Naruto laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "Alright I have the disclaimers."
"Naruto-kun?"
"What is it Hinata-chan?"
"Uhh... please take in easy on them. They're younger than us when we became genins." Hinata said. Naruto smiled and nodded. "Alright."
=Hours later=
"So guys," Naruto stood up from his seat. "I better go now. I need to wake up early tomorrow and so do the kids."
Ino looked towards the kids' direction and smiled. "Figures. The kids are asleep already." Kiba laughed. "Is that Ruchi I'm seeing? He doesn't sleep this early. Normally he sleeps at about three in the morning and wakes up at eight."
Iruka laughed. "Figures on why he's always late."
"I'll be going too." Hinata said. Naruto held her hand. "I'll walk you home." Hinata smiled. "Arigato."
"Take it easy on the kids tomorrow!" Ten Ten and Lee said in unison. Naruto laughed. 'I will!"
Author's notes: Whew! I hope I did well on this. Are there any further questions? I'm sorry if there are any confusions here. Feel free to ask me whatever questions you have in this fic. Please review!
Author's notes: Oh my gosh! You guys are so nice to me! I promise that I'll continue to do my best in this fanfic. Feel free to correct me if I do anything wrong. Okay. For a few more explanations. The Atatsuki (?) won't make an appearance in this fic. Naruto might use the nine-tail's power somewhere in this fic. Without the kyuubi's power, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji have the same power. But with the kyuubi, Naruto is far more powerful than them. Only a few could be an equal opponent to him. Certain people like Gaara and Itachi, which would be playing a role here. Jiraiya may also appear here in this story and so would the other ninjas.
Chapter 3:
"We'll be leaving." Sasuke said as he and Neji exited the room leaving the three kids with Naruto inside the room.
Reika went towards the place where she was sitting a while ago and started reading the book that she was reading a while back before the exam started.
Lan went to one of the corners of the room and sat down Sasuke-style with the dark look on his face.
And Keiki?
Well... he just plopped down on the floor as if he has nothing better to do.
That left Naruto still standing by the doorway, totally ignored by the three genin rookies.
"Ehem. Let us introduce ourselves then. Tell your name, your likes, dislikes, dreams for the future, and the person you admire the most." Naruto repeated. Reika closed the book she was reading, Lan stared at him, and Keiki just stared at him as he fiddled with his fingers.
"Why don't you start first? It's seems that my father knows you. Why are you anyway?" Reika asked, coldness all present in the tone of her voice.
'Sheesh. This girl's giving me the freaks. She's like Sasuke and Neji combined. Sigh... not a good combination.' Naruto thought. He then smiled brightly and sat down on the teacher's table. "Anyway, I'm..."
"You're not allowed to sit on the teacher's table." Reika cut him off.
"Well... it's not like they'll find out anyway. I'm Uzumaki Naruto. I like ramen. I dislike... hmm... let's not talk about that. My dream is... no... what I WILL be in the future is... I will be the future Hokage and all the people will acknowledge me." Naruto said.
"Hn. As if..."
Naruto glared at her. "Now since you LOVE cutting me off, it's your turn."
"Okay. I am Hyuuga Reika. I like books, scrolls, training, and weapons. I don't like people who treat the branch family of the Hyuuga like a tool or something. My dream for the future is to exceed my father's skills and be the best female Hyuuga." Reika said.
"Hmm... so you also have a grudge against the Head family?" Naruto asked. Reika shook her head. "No. Not exactly. The only person I dislike in the Hyuuga head is Hanabi. Why is that? Don't ask. I dislike her a lot. The only person that I like among the Hyuuga head is Ms. Hinata. She's a very kind person."
Naruto nodded as he smiled because someone said something nice about Hinata. He turned towards the sulking Uchiha in the corner. "Your turn."
"Okay. I am Uchiha Lan. I like training and reading. I dislike people who hurt my friends. Hmm... my dream for the future? I want to be a lot stronger than my father." Lan said.
Naruto nodded. "Why? Is anything wrong with Sasuke?" He asked. Lan and Keiki looked at him in surprise. "Hey. Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No one has ever called papa that informally. He's normally called Sasuke- sama, Uchiha-san, and others. He'd never been called by his first name that easily before. The only people who could call him that way are his friends and family members." Keiki explained.
"Naruto-san, what is your relationship with our father?" Lan asked. The dark look from his face was gone.
Naruto smiled at the two boys. "Well... when I was still a genin, Sasuke was my teammate."
"Honto?"
"Yes. Sakura-chan was also my teammate with your dad."
Lan and Keiki suddenly had a depressed look in their face. Naruto looked at Reika who was currently frowning at him.
"Uzumaki-san, you shouldn't have reminded them about that." She said. Naruto now understood. He remembered.
Flashback
"S-Sasuke-kun..."
"Shh... Sakura, don't talk. Save your strength."
"Sasuke, take care of... our little Lan and... Keiki when I'm gone."
"Sakura-chan, please don't talk that way." Naruto said as a tear fell down his cheek. Sasuke held Sakura's hand as if to never let go.
Sakura smiled weakly. Even in the pit of death, she never lost her beauty and kindness.
"N-Naruto-kun, thank you for being a good friend. When Sasuke-kun needs you, please..."
"Shh... Sakura-chan, don't talk."
"...please do what you can to help him. Promise me that Naruto-kun."
"I promise, Sakura-chan."
Sakura then looked at Neji who was also there by the door looking down. He can't bear to look at her. He knew how it feels to lose a love one and he felt bad that he cannot do anything about it.
"Sasuke, my love, raise up our children well. I will be looking forward to see them grow up as I watch them from the skies."
Sasuke can't bear to hold his tears any longer. A tear fell down on his cheeks as he hugged Sakura tightly.
"Sasuke... Naruto... Neji... my sons... goodbye..."
Sakura then breathed her last.
"Sakura!!!" Sasuke screamed. He cried out. Salty tears of pain were wetting the sheets. Naruto looked away.
Neji slowly walked over to Sasuke and placed a hand on his shoulder. "I know how you feel. I also lost Hiana (OC who may not appear in this story), my wife, when my little girl is still a newborn. I understand."
"Neji's right Sasuke." Naruto chirped in. "I may have not encountered a situation like this but I understand you. Neji and I are still here for you. You still have your sons with you. You're never alone Sasuke."
Sasuke looked up at Neji and Naruto. "Thank you guys."
End of flashback
Naruto looked down. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay Naruto-san." Lan said. Keiki nodded. "After all, the past is the past and we cannot do anything about it."
Reika nodded. "Yes. I lost my own mother before I even get the chance to see her that clearly. I have seen her through a picture but it's not the same."
Naruto nodded. "Don't worry. I understand you three. I have experienced the same too."
The three kids had wide eyes at this statement.
"What?"
"I never really had the opportunity to meet any of my parents."
Reika, being the kind and respectful girl that she is (notice the sarcasm here), went towards him and held his hand. "Naruto-sensei, it's alright. We all understand each other."
"What was that?" Naruto asked. Reika tilted her head in confusion. Lan and Keiki were giggling. "What's wrong Naruto-sensei?"
This time, Naruto was fortunate that he managed to control himself. He was about to throw up with what you just said.
"Naruto-sensei?"
Now that was it. Naruto needed to cover his mouth to prevent himself from throwing up. Lan and Keiki were already laughing hard that their stomachs were aching.
"Hey..."
Lan was the first one who was able to control his laughter. "R-Reika! D-Did you just..." He burst out laughing again. Reika started tapping her foot. "Now... what?"
"Did you just call Naruto-san 'sensei'?!" Lan burst laughing again. This was the last straw. Reika started strangling him that he was already choking.
"Eeek! Reika! Don't kill him!" Keiki exclaimed.
"R-Reika... choke You're choking me..." Lan managed to err... choke out. Reika then released his death grip from Lan's neck.
"Now... you were saying?"
Keiki was the first to recover. "Did you just call him sensei?" He asked. Reika nodded. "Why? What's wrong with that?" "Well... it's just so unlike you."
"Hey. I'm not completely a cold-hearted person. I can let my soft side take over when I want to."
Naruto then got back to his normal position. 'Gee... handling these kids will be tougher than I thought.' He thought. "Well... where were we? Okay. Keiki, your turn."
"Yes sir. I am Uchiha Keiki. I like to... uhh... tough one. I like to train so that I will be better than our father. I dislike being left out on our studies. My dream for the future? I want to be the best living Uchiha!" Keiki said as his eyes burned with determination.
Naruto nodded. "Good. I see that you're all not so different. I like that. Well then. Meet me in the forest tomorrow early morning. Make it five in the morning. We'll have a mission."
Keiki's head perked up. "A mission? What kind of mission?"
Naruto raised his pointer up. "A survival mission."
Lan sweatdropped. "Sir, we got enough of that on the academy." Naruto nodded. "Yes. But this is different. Now you all better go to your houses to get some strength. You'll need it tomorrow. Oh. And skip breakfast."
"Why?" The three kids asked in unison.
"Trust me. You'll throw up. Bye!" With that Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Now he's weird." Lan said. "Let's go home now. I want to tell papa about this. Let's go home Lan! You better go home too, Reika. Bye!" Keiki said as he pulled his twin out of the room.
"Bye you two!" Reika said as she opened the window and jumped from there to a nearby tree. 'Hn. Why use the door if you could use the window as a shortcut?' With that, she went home.
=Scene Change=
Naruto jumped to a nearby tree, giving him a full view of the Hyuuga head household. What was pleasing was he could see the window of his love one easily. He could see Hinata without the family's knowing for until now, they still don't accept Naruto as the lover of Hinata.
Hinata came by the window and opened it. Seeing Naruto sitting on a nearby tree branch, she blushed. She smiled at him as he smiled at her.
Naruto could read her lips say 'sorry' to him. He nodded as he waved goodbye. Hinata made a flying kiss towards Naruto in which he returned with a kiss of his own. With that, he departed.
=Hyuuga Branch Household=
Reika finally reached the front door of the Hyuuga branch household in where her father is leading. She opened the sliding door and changed in a pair of clean white socks that she have in her bag. She walked through the narrow hallway wordlessly as she entered her father's study.
Neji looked at his daughter silently as she plopped down on the floor next to him. "So papa, don't you have any missions today?" She asked. Neji shook his head.
"No. Tsunade-sama gave us a break for a week. She'll call us for a mission if it is necessary." He replied. Reika gave her father a look before resting her head on the table. "Really? That's good."
"Reika, is that you?"
"Why yes it is. Why do you ask papa?" She questioned. Neji raised an eyebrow. "Because it's utterly strange that you said that." "Why? Don't you want me on my soft side papa? It's true that I inherited your skills and seriousness. But I think I got my soft side from my mom."
Neji looked at his nine year old daughter curiously. "Why did Hiana enter the topic? As I know of you, when you say something that contains Hiana on it, it's important... for you at least. What is it?"
Reika smiled. "You could really read me that easily, eh papa? Well... it turned out the Naruto-sensei, Lan, Keiki, and I have all experienced the same. We all lost our mother. Naruto-sensei told us that he didn't even get the opportunity to know his parents." Reika said.
Neji nodded. "True." Reika looked at her white-eyed father in confusion. "Nani? What do you mean papa?" She asked. Neji stood up from his seat as looked at her confused daughter directly in her innocent but understanding eyes.
He smiled sadly as he closed his eyes and sighed.
"You're really like your mother."
With that, he went out of the room leaving Reika in a confused state.
"Papa..."
=Scene Change=
"We're home!" Keiki exclaimed as they entered the Uchiha household. His little scream earned him a small slap on the back of his head, which was provided by Lan.
"Itai! What did I do now?!" Keiki exclaimed as he glared at his twin. "You're so noisy. Father wouldn't like that." Lan said before he took his shoes off and entered the long hallway and entering his room directly.
Keiki stood there for a while before doing the same as his brother but instead of going in his room, he went to the dining room to wait for dinner to be served.
Keiki stayed that way for about fifteen to thirty minutes until the door opened and his father entered the room. He scanned the room to see Keiki sitting down quietly, eyes drooped down as if he was thinking deeply.
Well... he IS thinking deeply.
Sasuke noticed the difference in his son's attitude and sat down beside him. "Keiki, is something wrong?"
Keiki sighed and looked at his feet. "Some thing's just don't make a difference, ne?"
"What are you say-?" He was cut off by Lan who just entered the door. "Papa, there's a man at the door with silver hair. His left (?) eye is hidden behind his forehead protector. He said that his name was Kakashi. Shall I let him in?"
Sasuke lifted his head up. "Kakashi-sensei huh? Well... alright. Let him in."
Minutes later, the silver haired jounin entered the dining room followed by Lan. They both sat down on the nearby chairs silently as Sasuke stood up to acknowledge them.
"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked beside him to see Lan with the oh-so-serious look on his face and looked at Keiki who was currently in a thinking stance.
"Yo Sasuke. I was wondering if the whole gang would have a little reunion? Just so that we can set our minds off things." Kakashi suggested.
Sasuke looked at him. "When do you plan that to occur then?"
"Tonight in your house if you don't mind."
Sasuke thought for a minute before nodding. "Alright." He said with the same cold voice. Kakashi smiled behind his mask. "Alright then. I'll go and inform the others about it. Bye!"
Keiki and Lan stared at the door before looking at their father. "Papa, so what do we do now?" Keiki asked.
"Go and buy some drinks somewhere. Here's the money." He handed the money to Lan. "Now get going before I change my mind about the reunion."
With that, the two boys left the house.
=Scene Change=
"No! I don't want to go on a stupid reunion!" Reika exclaimed. Neji glared at her. "You are going whether you like it or not."
Finally, Reika gave in. "Fine then. Only if you promise to train me after this whole stupid reunion."
=Scene Change=
"Ayumi-chan!"
Ayumi looked at the door of her room to see her mother, Ino, looking at he with a bag of food in her hand. "Hi mom."
Ino entered her daughter's room and placed her hands on her hips. "Ayumi, what are you doing? We're gonna be late."
"Late?" Ayumi looked at her mother. "Late for what?" Ino sighed. "That Shikamaru. I told him to tell you. SHIKAMARU!!!" Ino exclaimed after murmuring. Ayumi cringed at her mother's voice.
"Ino, not so loud. I can hear you." Her father, Shikamaru, entered her room and crossed his arms. "Shikamaru, I told you to tell Ayumi-chan that we're going to go to the Uchiha Household for a reunion with our former jounin teachers."
"Ehh... sorry. I forgot."
Ino sighed. "You're totally hopeless Shikamaru." Ino faced her daughter. "Now you go and change your clothes for we are going to a reunion."
"Yeah mom. I heard you. I'm coming. Just let me brush my hair then we'll go."
Okay fine. So then all the rookie nine, their former jounin teachers, including Rock Lee, Ten Ten, and Neji were there.
"Ruchi, go and get me another bottle of sake." Kiba asked his son who in turn, grumbled but gave in to his father's orders. Kiba sighed.
"He's been like that ever since his mother died."
Naruto looked around the room. "Where's Hinata-chan. She's late."
As if in a cue, Reika came in with Hinata behind her. "Ms. Hinata's here." She said. Hinata blushed and sat down at the empty seat beside Naruto.
Lee smirked. "So how are the two lovebirds?" (A/N: Can Lee smirk?)
Hinata blushed as Naruto wrapped his arm around her. "Hey. We're fine. And don't you dare do anything to MY Hinata."
Everyone laughed.
"Naruto, what would your test be for the kids tomorrow?" Sasuke asked. Naruto grinned. "Oh just the same test that Kakashi-sensei did to us."
"Naruto, you have no originality." Kakashi said as he raised a visible eyebrow. Naruto laughed nervously as he scratched the back of his head. "Alright I have the disclaimers."
"Naruto-kun?"
"What is it Hinata-chan?"
"Uhh... please take in easy on them. They're younger than us when we became genins." Hinata said. Naruto smiled and nodded. "Alright."
=Hours later=
"So guys," Naruto stood up from his seat. "I better go now. I need to wake up early tomorrow and so do the kids."
Ino looked towards the kids' direction and smiled. "Figures. The kids are asleep already." Kiba laughed. "Is that Ruchi I'm seeing? He doesn't sleep this early. Normally he sleeps at about three in the morning and wakes up at eight."
Iruka laughed. "Figures on why he's always late."
"I'll be going too." Hinata said. Naruto held her hand. "I'll walk you home." Hinata smiled. "Arigato."
"Take it easy on the kids tomorrow!" Ten Ten and Lee said in unison. Naruto laughed. 'I will!"
Author's notes: Whew! I hope I did well on this. Are there any further questions? I'm sorry if there are any confusions here. Feel free to ask me whatever questions you have in this fic. Please review!
