Chapter Eight
Tsunade could not believe what she just heard. Naruto had children! He's a guy for goodness sake, then again with Kyuubi as a legendary fox and female at that…
Oh hell, this had never been in the medical books before in all the years she had studied. Before anyone could ever believe what had happened, Tsunade, the fifth hokage fainted on the floor.
Naruto and the kids were silent and surprised at what they've seen. Never in Naruto's life had he seen a powerful Hokage faint. Kagura looked at her father. "Daddy, did we kill that old lady?" Naruto wasn't sure how to respond because he knew that Tsunade was older than she looked and that it might be possible to kill her with a stroke.
Oh great, first day I come back, I murder the Hokage. Just as he thought nothing else could get any worse, Ramne walked over to the lady followed by Saru at his heels. Ramne stood over the lady, sitting on top of her waist and looking closely at the unconscious woman.
"Hey granny you dead?" Ramne started poking one side of the lady's face while Saru poked the other cheek trying to get the old woman up.
"Her skin feels like rubber, look!" Saru pulled the cheek real hard and then let go hearing it smack into the woman's face. Tsunade was starting to stir and then sat up abruptly so fast and with both boys sitting in her lap so close and that was all to say as Naruto was blushing and covering Kagura's eyes while looking over at his kids and saying, "Everyone cover your eyes!" The kids did but as Tsunade blinked groggily she looked over and saw Naruto's red face, the children covered hands and wondered what was wrong.
"Naruto, what's wrong and why is it that I feel something pressed on my chest…" She then heard muffling noises and looked down to see two blond boys waving their arms frantically in the air, trying to breath as they were being choked against her huge knockers.
"EPP!" She cried as she saw the two-bopping heads trying to get out, screaming as well. Quickly she pushed both boys out forcefully and watched as the two run up towards their father and hid behind his legs. Ramne peeked out first, his face red from being suffocated of the lack of air and having his faced jammed in the woman's breast. Then he looked over to Saru's face and the next thing anyone knew, both boys were screaming.
"Ahhhh! My eyes, my eyes! That woman's coconuts are ten times bigger than any girl's I've ever seen. And she's old and freaky and AHHHHH!"
"Shut up!" Tsunade yelled as she stood up on her feet. "First off I am not that old and freaky and second my breasts are perfect!"
"Yeah right," Yondaime said, standing up for his brothers hiding. "You're using a jutsu to hid your sagging wrinkles and scrunched in face and-"
Tsunade was fuming and annoyed and before she brought her fist over to his face, she noticed something strange was happening to his eyes.
Was it just her imagination or was she seeing those blue orbs of his turning red then a tiny black speck appearing in the pupil? It couldn't be…could it?
She looked at the rest of the children, aside the blonde ones to the dark haired ones. She saw that two out of the four had black eyes except for one blonde who had before followed the other behind his brother 'Ramne'? The black haired and dark eyes and pale like features on some looked exactly like…dear god…
She looked over at Naruto with the question rising in her eyes.
Could it have been possible for him, even as a male? Though with the demon's help.. it might have been possible. Just when she opened her mouth to ask, she heard a loud groan and a grunt as Jiraiya was waking up from the attack he had been collided with. "What exactly has happened? I could have sworn that nine little brats attacked me and-" He looked over and saw the children and their eyes turned hard then screamed.
"AHH, stinking Toad man's awake, he's not dead! Attack! DIE TOAD MAN, DIE!" And the children struck him again before Jiraiya said, "Oh shit…"
Naruto and Kagura and Tsunade watched, before Tsunade looked back at him again. Tsunade's eyes were on the small girl in Naruto's arms and couldn't keep them from staring at her ears. Kagura sensed her watching and burrowed her face deep in her father's chest. "Daddy…" Naruto looked over at Tsunade.
"Naruto, may I see your daughter?" She was quite curious and wanted to see what else there was about the uniqueness of the children Naruto had said to bring into this world.
He looked down at the girl in his arms. "Kagura, it's alright. Tsunade is a good friend and will not harm you." He then handed Kagura to Tsunade. "Careful now, she's nervous around other people and gets scared easily."
But as Tsunade looked at the little girl in her arms, she couldn't help but feel some bond forming between her and the young kit in her arms. She took her time to examine the child more closely, cradling her softly as if it were her own child.
So small with whiskered cheeks and blue eyes that shed innocence and looked nervously around her, her little fox ears wiggling in the air. Tsunade couldn't help but find it cute as she used one hand to pet them. Kagura was a little surprised at this woman touching her but as her father's word reminded her that it was a friend and found the gently running finger over her head relaxing. Her muscles loosened a bit and then started to nuzzle close to the woman and felt her voice give a soft purr.
Both Tsunade and Naruto were surprised. Tsunade has never heard a human purr before, then again the child was only half and Naruto who never believed to see Kagura so at ease before with a different person. Kyuubi growled jealously behind her cage.
'How dare that Hokage touch our child!' Kyuubi's thought were turning murderously in her head before Naruto voiced to her, 'Relax, I know how you feel but look at her. Kagura is not being cooped inside herself now and she seem content.'
Kyuubi 'hmph-ed' inside her cage. 'Tell that Hokage that if she does anything to hurt my kitlings, she is going to be losing more than just a precious village. I'll kill the Hokage personally with my bare hands.'
Naruto didn't listen to anymore of the Demon's words as he looked at the now content Kagura in the arms of Tsunade, purring. The rest of the children, that were still plummeting Jiraiya to pulp, heard the purring and turned to look at their sister in the stranger's arms. Slowly they walked over to the two and crowded around the woman. Tsunade who had been busying petting Kagura noticed the other children surrounding her and saw their eyes shining.
"You're not hurting sissy are you?" One of them asked. Tsunade shook her head. "No, and I don't plan to. However there is an issue I wish to discuss with your father. Something very important and need privacy alone, if you are willing to permit?" The children looked at one another and then turn to see the still awake Jiraiya who was shallowly cursing all demon foxes. They turn back to look at Tsunade. "Is the stinking toad man gonna listen in too? We don't trust him; he kidnapped our daddy without our permission. He even made him leave without saying goodbye to us first, daddy never left without saying goodbye first."
"What! I'll have you know that I was under regarded orders of the Fifth Hokage of Konoha to bring your father back to this village and-"
"Jiraiya that's enough!" She then looked down at the children again and smiled sweetly. "You're perhaps right. Jiraiya or what did you called him, oh yes, 'the stinking toad man' did take your father with my orders to find him and bring him here but I had not asked you if that was ok. I must ask for your forgiveness and for allowing you to worry so much about your father for this to come on you. The next time that happens, if I ever needed your father, I'll be sure to ask you then first. But now would it be alright if I discuss it then with your father alone, with your permission?"
The eight kits looked at each other then turn back to Tsunade. "We agree but Kagura has to agree too or it's all or nothing."
Tsunade looked down at the little girl who was looking at her with her blue eyes, "Well…"
"I'll let you talk with daddy, but will you return him later to us?" She then gave a yawn, showing her little fanged teeth. There was more surprise to these kids than what Tsunade expected. Tsunade nodded. "Hai, it will be for a little bit, but something will have to be done for the nine of you." She looked at Jiraiya. "Jiraiya fetch Shizune and have the children wait out in the front and you keep an eye on them."
"WHAT!" Both Jiraiya and the children screamed. "THERE'S NO WAY I'M WATCHING THESE BRATS AFTER THEY TRIED TO KILL ME!"
"THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL BE WATCHED BY A STINKING TOAD MAN!"
"WHO YOU CALLING A STINKING TOAD MAN!" Jiraiya glared at them. Yondaime looked at him. "You, you stinking toad! You smell definitely like one and look like one too!"
"Yeah!" Both Ramne and Saru said, sticking their tongues out at him. Jiraiya and the kids were about ready to have a shouting match when Shizune came running to the door. "I'm so sorry about this, I mean I didn't see these kids. I mean one minute there was fog and then I heard a crash and then-"
"It's alright I have the situation under control. Please Shizune, will you take Naruto's children to the front and have them wait there while I talk to Naruto?"
Shizune blinked, confused at the Hokage's choice of words. "Eh, Naruto, you have kids?" Then before she had enough time to ask more questions, Tsunade handed Kagura to Shizune who had fallen asleep and nuzzled into Shizune's chest. Shizune blushed and then bowed her head low. "Hai Hokage. Well, come along then…" She said to the kids. And just as she was about to leave, Tsunade called out to her. "Oh and take the stinking toad man."
Huh stinking toad man? And Shizune heard Jiraiya yelling at Tsunade, "Don't call me that!"
"Why not? It seems to suit you well…" Just as Jiraiya was leaving he said, "Fine Obaasan." And then came the smack of Tsunade's fist cracking into Jiraiya's skull and forcing him to fly out of the room. The kids stared, surprised and then turned back to see the woman cracking her knuckles.
Ramne was the first to speak. "Whoa, big breast lady has some moves, look how far stinking toad man flew."
After all the commotion with Jiraiya and the children leaving the room and Naruto helping put the door back up to give them some privacy, they knew that the big question was about to pop any second. Tsunade then sat back down on her seat and waited for Naruto to take his. There was a moment of silence for the two.
"Naruto…" She first spoke, having trouble to asking what she wanted to ask.
Naruto sighed heavily, it was now or never. "Yes, Tsunade you wish to know? Who it was as you already probably guessed, that I could not be the 'father' to sort of speak as I am already, can't just mate with myself with Kyuubi that way. It would be impossible."
She nodded. She knew that much must be true. To exactly do that would be for plants and some species of animals and foxes weren't in that category as she last recalled. Now as she was putting both pieces of the puzzle to who the exactly 'other' might have been from the children's family resemblance besides Naruto's own and the way one of the boy's eyes were changing color. That much she saw was enough given points to actually lead her to believe who it was. Now only thing Naruto had to do, was tell her if her suspicions were correct and confirm.
"Naruto, tell me, tell me what happened exactly five years ago? Tell me everything."
Naruto agreed, it was time to reveal the secret behind the rape and who the other person was. But he had to ask something first.
"If I tell you, you must promise that this will never leave this room or from you as for what I am to reveal."
She wanted to asked, but something in Naruto's tone told her to keep her silence well in order. She nodded. "Very well then, I vow as the fifth Hokage of the fire village that all the secrets you confine to me shall never leave my lips, upon my life until I die."
Naruto accepted it and then mindspoke to the demon, repeating Tsunade's words. Kyuubi thought it carefully and then she, too, agreed. Naruto then looked slowly in Tsunade's eyes and then started unraveling the tale of the night of the rape.
The children, along with stinking toad man and the woman called 'Shizune' were waiting patiently in the front office. However some were not as patient as it seem.
"What's taking daddy so long?" Yondaime question as he paced the room in circle, nearly making a hole in the floor. Diaya and Hana were sitting next to Kagura who was still asleep by the time Shizune laid her on the couch and the girls taking over to watch her. Shizune then left and then returned carrying a tray of milk and some treats.
"You kids must be starving." And she realized how close to truth those words were when she watched how the kids attacked that tray and globbed the food in a matter of seconds. Jiraiya was scowling at the children with the many cuts and bruises on his face and body.
Wonder how he got those? But it seem the answer was right at the children. Again she was curious about these little kids. Naruto had children, and so many of them looked to be the same age! How was it possible? She even noticed the kid's ears that were atop their heads. She kept thinking of how in all medical science was it that these kids could unless it was possible for the impossible to happen. She sighed then went over to her desk.
Naruko was staring outside the window, watching how the sky darkened and the streets were empty of all people. She wondered now of what was to happen to them, would this 'Hik-aga-e' punish their father and leave them orphans? She hated to think of what would happened if they had to go to some orphanage and had to be sent to separate families. How would Kagura reacted if this were to occur, or the others and herself.
'Please oh mighty Kami. Please be kind and keep papa from facing a fate worse than death…' She closed her eyes and squeezed her hands tight until she felt no circulation but wouldn't care if she would never feel them again unless they let her father lived. 'Please, don't take daddy away…" A small tear leaked out of the corner of her eyes and illuminated brightly under the rising moon.
Tsunade listen intently as Naruto spoke and did not interrupted him by the time he finished.
"…A couple weeks later I found myself throwing up and new life forming inside and my stomach bloating up so fast. And then I guess you figured the rest out."
She nodded. Oh yeah, now that everything was in together at once, she got the whole picture. "But why didn't you come to me then, Naruto? Surely you don't think that I would have turned the other cheek if I had known?"
"Yeah I knew you wouldn't, but what about the rest of the village? Surely they wouldn't be too happy to hear that the Kyuubi was pregnant and was gonna give birth to a bunch of little monsters. Do you know what kind of life they would have if they were here? People ridiculing them, hurting them, having no friends because their father was a 'demon' and they were 'demonlings'. Hell I would have bet they would have come in while I was sleeping and murder my kids in bed while they were still babies if I had stayed. My children's lives are more at stake than my own, Tsunade. And besides the point you, must already know what else might have happened if 'he' knew." He said the last part with loathing as if it left a bad taste in his mouth. She couldn't agree with him more but still…
"Naruto as much as I hate to say this, but half of their genes are his and there are some possibilities that they might even have the same gift as him. This village was hoping to see that restored that so it may not be lost to its last clan member-"
But Naruto slammed his fist on the table. "I don't give a damn if that person was the last member or not! If he knew about them, he wouldn't raised or care properly for them like a family. He would only want to have those with his 'precious bloodline'. If he wanted to do his dirty deed so badly, he had his choice of all kinds of women, chasing after him, praising his name to no end. But no, I was the lucky lady that night in the alley and get knocked up instead. How would you feel if those children were yours and another man try to take them away from you?"
Tsunade looked deep in his eyes and saw the eyes of Kagura and thought how nice the feeling of that small child protected in her arms, nuzzling her and purring. And as she thought of what Naruto described, she couldn't more or less agree. He wanted restoration to the clan and only those with the bloodline would seem suitable to carry on the lineage while he did only god who knows to the others. Naruto was right, for only in the terms would he only want the strongest in his clan and no weak ties.
"Naruto I agree but still I can not go past the possible point that they might have it inside their blood. Someone will have to teach them when the time comes."
"Yeah I guess. But don't you dare have that bastard teaching them, less he decides on kidnapping them I wouldn't push past the obvious."
"Well Naruto, you wouldn't have to worry. He is away on a mission and he possibly won't be back in another four months or so."
Naruto breathed in a sign of relief. He didn't even realize that he was holding it in. Four months without the bastard here was okay, but what would happened when the four months ended and he returned?
"Now Naruto, there's still one last thing I must say before I can allow you to go from this office." Tsunade's voice was now downright serious. "Naruto, as you have left this village without my permission, as Hokage you are to remain here for the rest of your life and have a job due to you having past a Chunnin and Jounin exam the year before you ran away. You will be permitted to do the following requirements except special leave from this village's grounds unless another Jounin is with you at all times or granted I give you those rights again. You and your children will live in this village Naruto and I want no 'ifs' or 'buts'. My decision is final."
Naruto stared in shocked at what the Hokage had just said. Did she just say she was allowing him and his family to live in the village? A part of him felt relieved while the other felt disappointed. He bowed his head towards the Hokage and was getting up to leave when, "Oh before I forget, here take this." And she tossed him a set of keys. He looked at them curiously. These were the keys to his old apartment. "I think you gave me the wrong keys."
"No Naruto, those aren't the keys to your apartment. It's to your father's old home, the one he left in his will when he would allow you to live in when you're eighteen. His gift to you."
Dad, his father left him a house? Again he remembered the time he dreamed of his father and how he had been glad to see him. He nodded and said, "Arigato, but where can I find the place?"
"Don't worry, Jiraiya knows the way. He'll take you. And oh Naruto, I expect you to be at the Jounin lounge at eight. I'm sure everyone will be glad to see you."
"Um, yeah sure, I'll be relaxed when they don't decide on killing me first." He waved goodbye and left the office.
'Cheer up Naruto, it could have been worse, you could have been executed and the kids orphaned and such.'
'Yeah I guess your right…but still four months from now…just four months.'
Kyuubi growled inside her cage. Four months until the bastard return.
Tsunade now stand in her office alone, looking at the closed door and then standing up and picking up a big book from one of the shelves. Things were needed to be done, Naruto had to enroll his children into school and then later have teachers assign to them. She was having maybe one or two ideas on who those teachers would be. Kakashi she was certain would be more than honored to take some of them into his group, if he allowed them to pass.
Kakashi's son or daughter would be in that team, making Naruto's own welcomed as they had already shown signs of the Sharingan and Neji and Hinata Hyuuga with their Byugagan. But to place them on same teams wouldn't be fair, there were far more important ones than just based on bloodlines.
"Yosh." She opened the big book and started looking at the teachers and seeing which was suitable when graduates were to be assign to. Graduation was two and a half months away for all classes and it would seem that Naruto's kids would have to catch up with lots of things. She wondered if his sons were going to act like class clowns or be genius prodigies? The daughters on the other hand, didn't seem to show any hint of wanting to be fooling around.
"Hmm, now let's see." She started flipping page after page, reading status on the teachers before and questioning if Naruto's son or daughter would fit in with the team and teammates. After flipping through fifty more pages, she came across one where a dark hair, ivory skin young man was, staring emotionless with it's glossy pitch-black eyes.
Eyes that held dark secrets and betrayal she thought.
Before he had been acclaim a hero but after his downfall from which he would go and betray his village, well still people went and forgiven him. But in her heart she couldn't, after what Naruto had told her, she just couldn't. She wanted to cross that picture away and tear it from the book. But instead she stared accusingly at it, thinking of the person behind the picture had done to Naruto.
"What have you done? Why did you do it?" She asked it and it remain silent. It's silence was enough to make her tear the picture off and form a fire jutsu and watched as it burn to nothing but ash in her palm. She let the ashes fall into the trashcan beside her desk.