As Lovers Go
Written by: Watch-the-Rain
Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
- "Vindicated" Dashboard Confessional
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Ten years later from the last flashback, being the stubborn man he was, he had to see her.
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- FLaShbaCK -
"Yukiko! Lunch time! Come on in and eat!" a young woman with white/violet hair held in odangos, yelled out the window.
A nine years old girl paused from her training to look back at her small cozy home, with her cold gray/silver eyes. "I'm training!" Yukiko yelled angrily. She sighed in frustration, as she redid her ponytail on her long white hair.
She then had a feeling she wasn't alone. So she looked into the forest, as if she was expecting something to jump out. When nothing did, she went back to her training.
Behind a bush, many feet away, hid the Hokage of Konoha. He was there to see Serenity, but seeing that she wasn't alone, he decided to observe her daughter, Yukiko.
'She's beautiful, like her mother.' He thought, and she was.
She was a bit tall for her age and she was also skinny. Maybe skinny isn't the word, but she was no stick. She was just slender, yet well tone. Her long white hair, reaching just above her butt, made her look paler than she really is. He was surprised to see that she was much paler than Serenity.
From afar, she looked innocent, like any normal child would, but up close you can see that her gray/silver eyes were what made her look cold and deadly. Unlike her mother, there was no warmth in them; they just held hate and resentment.
As he continued to stay crouched behind the bush, observing this young girl, Serenity was in her kitchen setting the table.
Not seeing her daughter anywhere, Serenity looked out the window. Seeing her daughter still training, Serenity stalked out of the house and stood between her and the tree she was beating up.
"It's time to eat." she said calmly.
"No." Yukiko answered, moving aside to hit the tree, but Serenity blocked her daughter's hit, taking her fist in her own hands.
Serenity looked down at Yukiko and smiled. "I made your favorite, and besides, you've been training since dawn."
Yukiko jerked her hand away from her mother. "Maybe if you weren't yapping that big mouth of yours', I would be able to focus and finish my training earlier."
Serenity's eye twitched a bit, before she stood up straight with her hands on her hip. "Well, since you're now a Chunnin, you should know that not being able to focus is no excuse. Maybe you're just mad because you can't even do the technique!"
Clenching her fist in anger, Yukiko moved forward to punch her mother, but yet again, Serenity grabbed Yukiko's fist and pulled her into a hug.
"Why do you hate me so much?" Serenity asked softly.
"Otosan (father) told me that you mastered kenjutsu when you were really young. He also told me about our advance bloodline. If that's true, then why won't you use your skill to help this country? Why do you refuse me to be your student, while you accept others! Why won't you help me understand and help me use my advance bloodline?" Yukiko's eyes turned into a pure silver color, as her voice turned into venom. "You want to know why I hate you?" (Pause) "I hate you, because you - hate - me."
Yukiko then pushed herself away from her mother and ran off into the woods, as Serenity fell onto her knees and thought of what her daughter had said.
Unknown to her, the handsome man with long blonde hair, stepped away from his hiding place and gathered her into his arms.
Feeling two strong arms around her, she wiped her tears and looked curiously up to the person who was holding her.
"Gaijin-chan baka?"
He grinned at her confused face. "You do know I have a name, right?"
Serenity didn't listen to what he had said, as she looked around to see if anyone was around. Seeing that they were alone, she quickly took his hand and dragged him inside her home. Locking the door behind her, she turned to give him a worried look. "You shouldn't be here. If anyone saw you -"
He put his finger over her lips and grinned. "Is this the hello I get? And what happen to your silver locks? They look kind of white now. Don't tell me you gotten old on me."
Serenity took a deep breath and smiled, as she gave him a tight hug. "If my daughter or anyone for that matter see you here, we'll both be in big trouble."
He let go of her slightly, to lift her face up towards him. "I would risk anything just to see you again."
A tear escaped from Serenity's eye, as she kissed him softly.
"Ser-" He started, but she deepened the kiss. Not wanting to hear anything, but their trembling hearts.
Without breaking the kiss, Serenity slowly pulled Yondaime towards her room.
A few hours later, Arashi was sitting up against the futon with Serenity, who was also sitting up, but with her head on his chest, listening to his steady heartbeat. Arashi looked to where the window was and saw the sun was about to set.
'I should leave and come back tomorrow.' he thought to himself.
Serenity looked up and watched his thoughtful facial expression, as he gazed out the window for a moment, until she realized what he was probably thinking. "Don't worry." She started, "Knowing Yukiko, she won't be back 'til late tonight. She's probably training with the Kage, and my husband is out on a mission. He won't be home for another month."
Listening to her calm voice, he abruptly looked down at her. "Why?"
She looked back up at him curiously, as she saw the seriousness plastered on his face. "Why?"
"Yes, why did you go on with it? You knew my intention was to marry you once I settle as Hokage."
Serenity looked down at the Silver Crystal around her neck. "Let me tell you a story."
"I don't want no story, I want -"
Serenity placed a finger on his lips. "Shhh ...Just listen."
(Now I will tell the story with no interruption and blah blah blahness. I'm also going change the story a bit. Hope your enjoying this fic so far. :D)
Thousands of years ago, there was a time of peace called the Silver Millennium. All ten kingdoms in all their respective planets were in an alliance. All of them somehow related to each other.
The smallest amongst all the kingdoms, was the Moon Kingdom. Queen Serenity ruled this kingdom and throughout the whole solar system, she was known for her beauty and kindness. She then fell in love with her best friend Helios.. (I told you guys I'm changing some stuff.) and married him.
Suddenly, millions of light-years away... (Is it light-years?) A great explosion appeared, making a big hole, which set an evil source free. Because of this, everyone was in great panic, and it was said, that King Helios decided to go forth and destroy this evil with his most powerful weapon, called the Imperium Silver Crystal. Unfortunately, he never came back.
Queen Serenity called out all her senshis to go and look for him. When they returned, Queen Serenity was filled with joy and ran out to meet her senshis, but that joy left her when she saw that Helios wasn't with them. The Senshi of Love gave her a hug of comfort and told her that he was gone, and instead found something that the King wanted her to have - the Imperium Silver Crystal. The Queen became depressed for she was with child, and Helios never even knew.
As time pass, hope filled her as she gave birth to a baby girl, who had her father's sunshine blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. This baby was named after her mother, but was called Serena for short. Kings and Queens coming from all ten planets came to visit this young girl to shower her with gifts. Seeing this golden child, all the kingdoms decided they would protect her for they knew she would be a very important role in the upcoming war against evil. So the Queens (who were also Queen Serenity's Senshi), along with their husbands, decided to give the young princess her own set of senshis to protect this child with their lives.
First came Ami, the youngest of the princesses, and was from the Kingdom of Mercury. Growing up, she was known as the most intelligent, shy and innocent of the senshis.
Then there was Rei, who was the oldest of them, and was the princess of the Kingdom of Mars. Growing up, she was known to be the fire in the group. She had a massive temper, but all in all, she had a dark beauty that matched her flames.
Lita was also older and a lot taller, but not older than Rei, yet she was still the tallest. Growing up, she was very well known for her strength, for she did come from the Kingdom of Jupiter, after all. She was like the mother in the group who loves to cook for the people she loved.
Last, but not least, came Mina. She was the second youngest, and was from the Kingdom of Venus. She was known as the small little cupid, with a big heart for romance and for being cousins to Princess Serena. She was the mischievous of them, along with Serena.
On Princess Serena's 18th birthday, the Moon Kingdom was attacked by the evil known as the Negaverse. The young senshis attacked, and so did Queen Serenity with the help of the Silver Crystal, but nothing seem to work. The senshis lost, and the Kingdom was in ruins.
Queen Serenity, who laid on a fallen pillar, weakly looked to her side to find her daughter and her love, fallen in the hands of the Negaverse. Seeing her daughter dead, she knew she had no choice but use everything she had. So she called upon the Silver Crystal one last time, and destroyed this evil. Now, all that was left of the Kingdom was her.
Queen Serenity, still laid there, listening to her slowing heart beat grow even more slow as time passes. Just as it stopped, she had one last wish. It was for her people, and those she loved, to live again in peace. And so the Silver Crystal granted her wish, without her ever knowing. So her people, and those she loved and cared about, were once again born on Earth.
Arashi looked down at Serenity, as she finished her story. After a few moments of silence, he finally asked, "What does that got to do with anything?"
A sweat drop appeared on Serenity's head. She slapped him and said with a huff, "And you wonder why I call you baka, you Baka." She sighed and laid her head on his shoulder, and calmly said, "It has to do with everything."
Arashi said nothing, because he knew if he tried to open his mouth again, Serenity would probably bite his head off. So, he waited for her to continue.
"Not many know this story, and we try not to share our past with others who are outside of our clan. I'm not really sure how the MizuKage heard of this story, but he also heard of the myth. Or well, more like a prophecy." She paused, rubbing her head with her index finger, thinking of the rhyme her mother would tell her every night.
"The prophecy was about the royal courts' reincarnation. My mother would tell me this myth in rhymes. She seemed to have always had the knack for rhymes. I'm having a hard time remembering, but I believe it was about…" She took a deep breath, "Queen Serenity will give birth to a key. A key to what, I am not sure. But it will be in a form of a child, who people believed holds the power to life, power and eternity. As she grows into her given destiny, she will bear all sorts of powers from the respective planets. For this to happen, she will need the help and guidance from the other children who were known for love, wisdom, strength and fire. Together they will become a strong army. Stronger than many you have seen, yet alone they aren't much of a threat. The key, I am not so sure about. But I believe she could be the key to peace."
"So what you're trying to say, is that the MizuKage believes that you are the reincarnation of Queen Serenity?" Arashi asked.
Serenity moved to look at him, and said seriously, "What I'm trying to say is that I am this reincarnation."
"So Yukiko is this princess..."
Serenity shook her head. "They don't understand. I don't want them to understand, but when they heard this myth, they were told so little. Yukiko is not the princess... The real princess... my former daughter, must be born out of love."
"Why didn't you tell MizuKage this?"
Serenity shook her head even harder, as an unnoticed tear slipped down her cheek. "They must not know." She pulled her legs to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, as she rested her chin on her knees. "Every day, they would come, ask me again and again; if I was sure that I wasn't the reincarnation. Every day, I would say I was sure and tell them that I know nothing about this story. Again, they would keep asking me about the key. I don't even know myself the answer to that, and even if I did, I would never tell them. They believe that the key somehow links to Yukiko, and because of that, they are now training her to be some sort of assassin. They call her the Silent Killer. From what I have heard recently, they are trying to find the Senshis reincarnations. I'm scared to just think of what they might do to them."
He leaned against her, as he wrapped his arms around her, silently giving comfort.
- EnD FLaShbaCK -
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He remembered that ever since that day, they would secretly meet as much as they could, and from that, something wonderful came out of it.
She had sent a letter last December, explaining she was with child, and that she has plan to leave the Mist secretly and would come to Konoha with their child so they can become a family, just as it should be. Hearing this, he became much happier than he had for months, and everyone around him was beginning to know this change. But the only ones who really know about the good news were Sandaime, Jaraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru. They haven't decided yet, whether to tell the village or keep it a secret, so they all decided to wait for the arrival of Serenity.
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((Author's Note 06/07/06)) I will be placing two chapters in one. I have also made some changes. Hope you like this.
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And
I wonder
When I sing along with you
If everything could ever
feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good
again
The only thing I'll ever ask of you
You've got to promise
not to stop when I say when
She said
-Everlong (Foo Fighters)
-AbC-
The Hokage shook the memories out, as he was smiling to himself.
Yes, I believe that no man has ever been so happy in his life. He continued to walk down, but abruptly stop when he heard footsteps behind him. He looked back to see a dark figure walking towards him.
Quickly reacting to this, he found himself in a fighting stance waiting for it to make the first move, but seeing the figure stopped in its track, made him even more tense. Then something unexpected happen; the figure suddenly collapsed.
Worried, he ran to the figure, and knelt beside it, as he placed its covered head onto his lap. Slowly, he lifted the hood back to find a deathly paled, Serenity. Scared for her life, he quickly checked her pulse on her neck to find it very shallow. He then felt something moist on his left hand. He looked over to his moist hand and his eyes widen in shock to find it covered in blood. He looked more closely to where his hand was which was close to the abdominal area, and found that she was bleeding fast and heavy.
Just as he was about to lift Serenity off the ground, he heard a loud wail that sounded like it was coming from inside her cloak. That was when he noticed, she was clutching onto something against her chest. He slowly spread her arms apart and opened her cloak.
That was when he saw a baby girl, who looked to be almost two months old, with golden sunshine hair, and big sparkling blue eyes.
When the baby saw this person above her, she stopped wailing and looked up at the intruder as she curiously tilted her head to the side. After a moment, she made a small squeal, as she happily clapped her hands together. Seeing all this happen before him overwhelmed him greatly, he felt that he couldn't breathe.
Serenity moaned as she tried to open her eyes. "Baka?"
"Don't speak. I have to get you to the hospital."
Serenity made no reply, as she wrapped her arms around her special bundle of joy.
Arashi lifted her in a bridal fashion and ran as fast as he could to the hospital. When he came in, the nurse at the desk quickly saw the situation and called for Tsunade. The nurse then immediately walked towards the Hokage and took the child Serenity was holding.
"Follow me, please." She said, in a soft tone.
The nurse led them to the closest available room, and told him to lay her on the bed. As he did this, the nurse said, "I will get this baby cleaned up. So, please stay here and wait for the doctor to arrive."
Arashi nodded, taking the nearest chair, and sat down close to her. With his elbows on the edge of the bed, he grabbed her right hand, with both of his.
Serenity opened her eyes slightly, coughing. "Her name is Serenity." She told him softly. He said nothing, as he kissed her soft, cold hand. "She's our little Serena." She softly said again, with a small smile, before she closed her eyes again.
There, he waited for Tsunade to arrive, not knowing tears were falling from his eyes.
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After receiving the call from the nurse, she quickly ran to the room Arashi was in.
Afraid that something very bad had happen to their young Hokage, she opened the door to the room, saying, "What happened!"
She then stopped to find him sitting beside the bed, holding someone's hand.
"Her name is Serenity."
Tsunade's eyes soften, when she heard his voice crack with emotions. She quickly placed a hand on his shoulder and told him to wait outside so she can help her.
He was hesitant at first, but knowing that Serenity was now in great hands, he agreed.
When he left, Tsunade inspected the damage and found that not only did she lose a large amount of chakra, and so many cuts and bruises, but she was stabbed in the stomach and had lost a large amount of blood. She then took a deep breath, as she quickly started to do what she could.
With all this work that has to be done, it would be a long night for Tsunade.
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After calling, Sandaime, Jiraiya and Orochimaru, Arashi sat down with his head in his hands. After a few minutes of silence, he realizes that he now had a daughter.
Quickly, he went to the nursery and found the nurse from earlier, wrapping a pink blanket around the baby girl.
The nurse looked up at the Hokage and smiled, "She's all cleaned up now." She told him, as she held the baby and grabbed a warm bottle of milk. "Do you mind feeding her? I have to get back to the front desk."
Arashi just nodded as he stared at the little girl in his left arm, and then to the bottle in his right. He sighed, walking towards a wooden rocking chair, and sat down. He looked back into his little girl's wide, bright blue eyes.
He smiled at her gently, as she looked at him, to the bottle and back to him curiously. Her mouth began to open and close like a goldfish, making a gurgling sound, as she was kicking her feet a little.
"Are you hungry?" He asked, waving the bottle in front of her.
She smiled, kicking her legs even harder, with excitement. He held the bottle to her mouth, as the baby began to greedily drink it. He looked at her some more in silence, and then decided to make some sort of conversation with her.
Little did he know Sandaime, Orochimaru and Jiraiya were standing by the door, watching him.
"I'm a father now." He said to himself, then said it again, but much slower, as if he was realizing something for the first time. "I'm... a... father..." He chuckled and looked down at the little girl. "Who would have thought, that I would be a father?"
"Not me." Orochimaru said, with a calm voice and a bored look on his face.
Sandaime and Jiraiya came in after Orochimaru, with huge, happy smiles on their faces.
"We're uncles!" yelled Jiraiya, who was running around the room, as he was waving his hand in the air.
"Let us see this Princess of Konoha." Sandaime said as he took the small baby into his arms.
Arashi stood up and smiled at them all. "I'm glad you guys came."
Jiraiya laughed out loud, as he slapped his hand on Yondaime's back, knocking the wind out of him. ( (O.O ) - Arashi's face). "Of course we would be here. I'm your sensei. I've known you since you were this small," Jiraiya started, as he put two fingers close together, showing how small he meant. "And Sarutobi-sensei has helped raised you."
Jiraiya then eyed Orochimaru, and nodded his way. "I don't know why he's here, though."
Orochimaru eyed him angrily and hissed at that comment.
Arashi chuckled, seeing the exchange of glares between his sensei and Orochimaru-san.
"Besides that, we'll always be there for you." Jiraiya continued.
Sandaime began to make funny faces at who he now refers to as the Princess of Konoha.
The little girl giggled, as she reached for his long beard and tugged hard on it.
"Oh, she sure is very strong for such a little princess." Sandaime chuckled, trying to pull back his beard from her grasp.
Arashi had a proud look on his face and said, "She got all that from her daddy. Isn't that right, Serena?"
Serena squealed, as she let go of Sandaime and clapped her hands together.
"Orochimaru - here... Why don't you hold the baby?" Sandaime said, holding the baby towards Orochimaru.
Orochimaru looked at the baby with disgust, but knowing he had no choice, he took the baby.
Jiraiya and Arashi eyed Orochimaru, observing him in how he interacted with the baby.
"Achooo!" The little girl sneezed. She laughed at herself, kicking and squealing.
Orochimaru raised his eyebrow at this little girl, but then saw a small crescent shape moon, glowing on her forehead. Curiously, he brushed his finger on her forehead, to find that it had disappeared.
Seeing him touch her forehead, she squealed and laughed once again, as she grabbed a fistful of his hair and stuck it in her mouth.
Jiraiya took the baby away from Orochimaru and gave her a funny face. "Now, now... Don't be putting the snake's hair into that pretty little mouth of yours. You never know where it has been."
Orochimaru glared at Jiraiya, for the comment he had just made. "hn."
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- A week later -
It was in the middle of the night, when Arashi, who was holding baby Serena, quickly left his home to the hospital.
In the hospital, was Tsunade, waiting for Yondaime in the waiting room.
"Tsunade-san, is she finally alright?"
Tsunade smiled at the young man, who had just entered. "Why don't you go see for yourself?"
Arashi sighed in relief, as he gave Serena to Tsunade and rushed to the room Serenity was in.
Tsunade shook her head and smiled at Serena. "Young love..." She sighed, and then began to walk down the hall Arashi had just passed, to Serenity's room.
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Serenity was sitting up on the bed, playing with the silver crystal that was hung from a silver string. Many of her people had believed the silver string was really a strand of hair from the first line of Serenity's to have ruled the Moon Kingdom. She smiled softly at how the moonlight, from the open window made the crystal glow.
"Serenity?"
She abruptly looked up when she heard her name, to find her baka, standing by the door. "Baka."
Arashi smiled, as he rushed to hold her in his arms. "You don't understand how much I have missed hearing that."
Tsunade, who was already by the door, heard the young Hokage, and chuckled, "How can you miss that, when you hear it all the time from us?"
Arashi glared at Tsunade. "I meant from her."
Serenity laughed at her love's annoyed expression. After her laughter died down, she held out her arms to Tsunade. "May I hold my baby?"
Tsunade nodded, as she handed Serena to Serenity.
"Hello, my little Moonbeam. Did you trouble your daddy?"
Serena giggled, as she took her mommy's finger and began to suck it like a pacifier.
Tsunade then spoke, breaking this special mother-daughter moment. "I must say... I'm not sure what happened this past week, but it seemed that no matter what I do, your body refused to let me heal it."
Serenity didn't know how to respond, not wanting anyone to know her secret. "I'm very sorry. It's just that my body has always been able to heal itself since I was a child. I never really had the need for medical attention, unless I'm really near my death."
Tsunade nodded, not really understanding, but thought to ask about that later. "Well, once you begin to feel better, Sarutobi-sensei, the other two sannins and I would like to get to know you better."
Serenity smiled and nodded her head in response. Tsunade returned the smile, and said her farewell, but Serenity called out to her. Tsunade, who almost reached the door, turned to Serenity.
"Do you mind if you tell no one else of my existence? Leaving the Mist the way I did, I wouldn't be surprised if I am now a missing-nin."
Tsunade made a gesture with her fingers, moving them across her lip, as if saying 'my lips are sealed'. "If that's what you want."
Serenity smiled greatly at the young looking woman. "Thank you."
Tsunade smiled, and then left the room.
Serenity looked down at her now sleeping baby, deep in thought. After a while, she turned to her lover. "I would like to make residency here."
Arashi looked at her in confusion. "That's impossible... Serenity, the only way you can make residency here, is if you were to have permission from your Kage."
Serenity bit her lip, as she began to think of a way to go around this. "Arashi-chan.. (A/N: I just want to thank Mystik for providing the Yondaime's name. So, thank you so much! You are so awesome! ) What if I change my name, will it work then?"
Arashi began to think about it, but then shook his head. "You will need to have a head shot, and because of that, you can be recognized."
Serenity pouted, leaning against Arashi's shoulder, and stroking her sleeping baby's soft head. Suddenly, a thought occurred to her. She moved away from Arashi, and gave him a hopeful look. "What if I can change my appearance? Will I then be able to register?"
He gave her a weird look, but then shrugged. "If that is possible, then why not?"
Serenity's smile brightened by his response. "Then give me two forms to fill."
Arashi sighed, not sure what was going in Serenity's pretty head.
-AbC-
The next morning, Arashi left Serena in his old family home with Jiraiya, while Sandaime went to substitute for him. Leaving the home with a small duffle bag, given to him by Tsunade, he went off to pick up Serenity.
As he entered her hospital room, he saw someone else who looked a bit like Serenity, except she had blonde hair that wasn't in odangos and it went straight down to her mid-back. She was also a bit tanned.
When she heard the door opened, she turned to find her lover standing by the door, looking at her in confusion. She walked over to him, smiling like a little girl who can't wait to explore the village. "Ohayo, baka!"
Arashi looked into her eyes for a moment and realized that it was Serenity. "How did you..."
"It's a secret." She said happily, with a mischievous look in her eyes.
Arashi just smiled, not caring as he wrapped his arms around her slim waist and gave her a deep kiss.
Serenity deepened the kiss even more, wrapping her arms around his neck. She looked up at his happy blue eyes. "When are we going home?"
When he heard her say the word home, his smile brightened knowing that he finally got his wish. He lifted a duffle bag and handed it to her. "We'll go as soon as you change. I don't think you would want to be walking around in a hospital gown."
Serenity rushed to the restroom with the bag. She couldn't wait to settle in, in her new home.
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As Arashi was dragging Serenity down a street to her new home, she noticed how everyone was staring and pointing at her. Being the shy young woman she was at times, she looked down towards the ground, trying to hide the pink tint forming on her newly tanned cheeks. She then slowly looked up to the baka in front of her.
"Arashi-chan, why are you in such a hurry?" Serenity whined, as he continued to drag her. She just couldn't keep up with his pace anymore and she was now losing her breath. Seeing that happy look on his stupid face, she just didn't have the heart to tell him to stop.
Arashi turned back, slightly, still continuing with his fast pace. With a smile, he replied, "I want to show you something."
Serenity sighed, as she let herself get dragged down the street.
-AbC-
They both finally reached their destination.
Serena looked at the cozy white house she would soon call home. It was two stories high, along with a white picket fence and blue shutters. It was every little girl's dream house.
Arashi watched her awed look for a bit with satisfaction, then took her hand and dragged her inside. "There's something I want to show you." He told her, grinning as they both walked up the stairs.
When they finally reached a white door with a pink bunny painted on it, Arashi told her to close her eyes. Serenity looked at him with a suspicious glance, but then did what she was told.
Arashi opened the door and gently pushed her in. When he placed her into the middle of the room, he came up beside her and said, "You can look now."
When Serenity opened her eyes, she was just speechless. The room was covered in pink with white bunnies. There were three windows, all covered in white curtains. There were also white shelves filled with toys, stuff animals, books and baby essentials.
In the corner of her eye, she noticed Jiraiya was also there, sitting in a corner playing with her Serena. She smiled softly at them, and then turned back to a small crib.
She walked towards it and glided her hand over the wood that was painted white. She then touched the pink beddings and small stuffed white bunnies and tigers, hanging from a motion mobile.
Turning to her right, she saw an old wooden rocking chair. It was plain and looked out of place. She went towards the chair and sat on it. Slowly, she looked over at Arashi with tears almost spilling from her grayish-blue eyes.
"Thank you." She whispered softly.
Arashi rushed to give her a comforting hug. "No." He started, "I should be the one who should be doing the thanking. I have a daughter... and I have you. There is nothing in the world I would want more." He tilted her head up to look at her eyes. "I love you."
She smiled, tears spilling down her cheeks. She couldn't say anything; she was still trying to take everything in. All she could do was wrapped her arms around his neck and pull him closer to give him a kiss, but that was all interrupted by Jiraiya's perverted mind.
"Look, Serena-hime. Your mommy and daddy are going to do the kissy kissy."
o.O Arashi and Serenity slowly turned to the other two, to find Jiraiya holding up Serena as if trying to give her a better view of their moment.
"Jiraiya-sensei, can you not be perverted around my daughter?" Arashi said in an annoyed tone.
Jiraiya chuckled, "What? It's all a part of nature. Beside she's going to learn sooner or later. Better sooner I always say."
The young Hokage and Serenity both groaned.
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((Author's Note 06/07/06)) Serena has finally grown up in the next chapter. Hope you guys enjoyed.
