"Come on!!! We need a better mission, like an A rank or a C rank! Not some stupid D rank!" Boruto Uzumaki had his hands folded behind his head and was standing besides his Genin team in front of his dad. The Seventh Hokage.

Naruto sighed. Having children was really hard. Especially when one was a carbon copy of him except for the fact they had different hair spikiness and one only had two whiskers.

"Really.. Boruto. We've been through this, you have to complete more of these before taking on harder missions. Konahamaru, I'm assigning your team this D rank mission." Naruto leafed through his papers to find the mission details. Upon finding it he handed it to Konahamaru. "I already have a copy so you can keep that one. It shouldn't take that long, maybe a couple of hours." Naruto folded his hands and sighed. If it wasn't for this.. He could be more energetic.

"Right Lord Seventh. Sarada, Mitsuki, Boruto were moving out." Konahamaru took a step towards the door.

"What? Your not even gonna tell us what the missions about?" Boruto gave an exasperated sigh and glared at his sensei.

"Ill give you the mission details when we're on our way. Just come on." Konahamaru left the Hokage office and the rest of the team followed along with a grumbling Boruto.

Naruto smiled softly. Boruto reminded him of his past self on so many levels it was almost unreal. But one thing was for certain. He wasn't going to pass on the nine tails. No matter what. He wouldn't have his children go through what he was going through. Not for a million ryou.

"Well.. He sure is a lot like you Naruto." Shikamaru walked into the room holding the Hokage's next stack of evil paperwork. Naruto worst enemy was paperwork. Even out of all the villains he's fought in the past none of them could compare to the villainous attitude of the paperwork.

"Ahh... yes he reminds me of my self when I was younger. I think he's too much like me.. well.. have you heard anything from Sakura?" Naruto asked Shikamaru. Shikamaru answered with a shake of his head. His former teammate was researching for an antidote and she, Shikamaru, and Sasuke were the only ones who knew about his strange illness. He had to refrain from even going home at all because he had experienced really bad seizures and he didn't want anyone to worry.

Sakura was the one who told him not to tell Hinata though. She said that she could find a cure, even if she died trying she would. She didn't want Hinata to worry cause she thought that she could find one. Naruto knew deep inside though that it was not the case. He was gonna die, no doubt about it. He was gonna give Sakura a few more days before he told Hinata. It was cruel of him to do this to her but it had to be done.

Boruto attitude towards him proved that he made the wrong decision in not going home. He was going home today. He was sick of hurting them, even though he wasn't gonna tell his kids, he had to tell Hinata sooner or later.

Naruto sighed as he weakly grasped the pen in his hand. It was killing him. This illness.. not only mentally straining him but physically as well. Naruto grimaced. I will get this paperwork done. I will go home tonight.

Naruto stumbled up the porch to his house. Every step brought searing pain throughout his whole body but he had to endure it. He fumbled with the spare key he had made when he became the Hokage. He inserted it into the lock and slowly opened the door. He could hear the soft humming of his wife from the kitchen and he could hear his daughter talking to one of her classmates which he figured out was Sarada. He heard Boruto give the occasional sarcastic remark which Sarada reprimanded him for. He quietly closed the door and sat down to take off his shoes.

"Naruto!" Hinata sensed her husband's chakra and went to meet him. "Naruto! Your home!" Hinata ran to the blonde and gave him a warm hug.

Naruto didn't really expect Hinata to be mad at him but he knew he probably deserved it. He smiled weakly as he hugged her back and whispered in her ear.

"I'm so sorry... I'm sorry.. Hinata." Naruto squeezed back the tears that threatened to fall. He had to tell her. He sensed three more chakra signatures approach them.

"Oh.. well there is the stupid old man." Boruto narrowed his eyes at Naruto. Naruto didn't even respond but continued to hug his wife. He reluctantly released his wife and painfully walked to his children.

"Sorry Hima.. sorry Boruto. I really am." Naruto knelt down information front of his daughter and son. He could feel the hate radiating from Boruto.

"Of course daddy!" Himawari hugged her dad while Boruto folded his arms and continued glaring.

"I gave my apology. It's up to you what you do with it." Naruto stood up and smiled at his teenage son. Boruto just huffed and turned away, walking back to the living room.

"Hello Lord Seventh." Sarada smiled shyly at the Seventh Hokage. She had a deep respect for him, and wanted to be like him to a extent. Naruto smiled at her and replied. "Hello Sarada. How's Sakura? Is she missing Sasuke yet?" Naruto chuckled. Sakura was nagging him almost everyday, mad that he sent Sasuke on an out of village mission. She wasn't as bad as she was when they were young due to her being more mature as an adult and that she was really concerned about her blonde teammate.

"Shes okay. She always seems sad though, when I ask her what's wrong she always seems to cry but she won't tell me why." Sarada sighed as she told Naruto about her mom. "It's okay, he'll be back soon. I can guarantee it." Naruto grinned and gave Sarada a thumbs up. He followed his wife to the kitchen.

"Naruto, you'll like what I made for dinner." Hinata smiled genuinely at him. Naruto smiled softly back. Seeing her like this almost made him change his mind about telling her about his illness. He would break her heart and not to mention she would probably be mad at him for not telling her sooner. He grimaced as the pain started shooting through his body. He clenched his fist trying not to react to the horrific pain that shot through his body. He's been through worse is what he tried to console himself with.

Naruto, concentrating on not making a sound almost didn't notice Hinata talking to him.

"Naruto?" Hinata glanced at him concerned. She held a hand to his cheek and she smiled. "Yeah?" Naruto held put his hand over hers and smiled.

"Are you okay?" Hinata asked him. Naruto nodded in affirmation. The pain had subsided and he could pay attention better to his family. Sarada had been invited for dinner and had accepted seeing as her mom wasn't gonna be sane enough at the moment to make dinner. Ramen was on the menu.

Naruto grinned at his wife as she placed the bowl in front of him. "I didn't know you were coming home but I had a feeling I should make Ramen. Boruto wanted burgers though.." Hinata let out a slight chuckle as she glanced at her son. Boruto was talking excitedly with his sister and teammate. The kids barely gave them any attention except when to thank Hinata for the food.

Naruto finished off his bowl fairly quick and wanted time to stop. Tonight was the time he was gonna tell his wife. He didn't like seeing her sad so this would be hard for both of them. He glanced at his wife who was quietly eating her food. You could see the joy as she sat besides her husband, which rarely happened any more. He hadn't been coming home for the past week and although he knew she should be mad at him, he knew Hinata wasn't like that.

"You were too!" Sarada voice broke him out of his trance and he turned his head to see what the commotion was about. He was met with a handful of noodles on his face. The room was silent as Boruto registered what just happened. Sarada and Boruto were fighting about what had happened at their earlier mission andBoruto had gotten mad enough to throw food at her but missed entirely.

Naruto smiled as he wiped the food off of his face. Hinata grabbed a napkin and wiped off the broth.

"That was hot Boruto.. ya'know." Naruto closed his eyes and smiled. Boruto chuckled nervously when he was met with the killing intent of his mother. He eeped and crawled under the table to get away from his mother.

"Boruto.. come up here and apologize right." Hinata activated her Byakugan and glared at her son under the table. Boruto reluctantly popped out of hiding and sat in his seat. Sarada glared at her teammate. Himawari silently stared at her ramen bowl. She didn't like it when her mother got mad but he disliked even more the fact that her dad was unlike himself. She noticed earlier when he was clenching his knuckles till they were white and his face comforting in pain. She didn't know the reason and she had a feeling he didn't want them to know. She would ask him later.

Dinner continued as usual after Boruto apologized. Sarada engaged Naruto in a long conversation about Sasuke. She noticed that he wasn't boasting about himself being better than 'that Jerk' as he said, when she went with him and Chocho back when she went to find out about her mother. She also noticed that he looked over tired. She chalked it up to him being Hokage.

Hinata didn't notice anything since she was just really happy that her Naruto was by her side. She felt really bubbly inside. She remembered all the past missions she took with him before he had become Hokage and after they got married. He always protected her. He was always that bright light standing in front of her.

"Daddy, can you tell us a story?" Himawari asked her father. After dinner, the whole family gathered in the living room. Sarada was going to stay a little bit longer due to dinner being over early and having enough time.

"Sure Hima.. what story?" Naruto leaned back in his seat and threw his arm around his wife's shoulders. Boruto Hima and Sarada sat on the other side of the couch. Himawari thought of a story but before she could answer Boruto surprised everyone.

"I will pick. Please Hima?" Boruto smiled at his sister who pouted but gave up her choice. He turned back to his dad. "I want to hear about Uncle Sasuke. When he was younger." He could hear Sarada sigh but he didn't care. His idol had to have been really strong when he was young. He must have been really cool too.

"Well... the emo kid with a stick up his a-" Hinata glared at Naruto and clamped her hand over his mouth. "Language Naruto.. children." Naruto shuddered and nodded. Sarada shot him curious glances every now and then.

"Okay.. Sarada, has your dad told you about his childhood at all?" Naruto asked the black haired Genin. She shook her head.

"Well.. that narrows down the amount of stories I could tell.. let's see.. how about Sasuke.. man I don't have any really interesting stories.. Hinata, your a better story teller than I am. Why don't you give it a try." Naruto grinned at his wife. She nodded hesitantly.

"Okay.. I will tell you about Sasuke and Naruto." She smirked slyly at Naruto who groaned. "Their story." Sarada perked up her ears at the mention of her father and her idol. Boruto huffed and folded his arms since the man that he admires isn't going to be the only character.

"Now it started like this.." Hinata soft voice started and Naruto began to fall asleep.

Naruto awakened with a jolt as he instinctively curled up into a ball. The pain was starting in his stomach this time. He groaned. His bandaged arm clutched at his stomach. He noticed that the lights were off and no one was in the room. That means they must have all went to bed. He sighed.

Hinata..

He stood up ignoring the searing pain shooting through his whole body and stepped up the stairs to his bedroom he shared with his wife. He opened the door quietly to see his wife holding a picture frame and smiling softly.

He walked in without a smiled and sat down next to her.

"Hey.. remember this?" Hinata gave him the picture frame. It was a picture they had taken after their wedding on one of the missions they had taken. Hinata was missing Narutos cheek as he was smiling deviously taking a picture. Hinata was pretty mad at him for taking that without her knowledge but it had somehow made its way into a picture frame and put on her dresser.

Naruto couldn't help it any more. The tears slowly escaped his eyes. Naruto clenched his hands to stop it from being a full blown sob.

"Naruto?" Hinata stood up alarmed and keeled in front of him holding his hands. "Whats wrong?" Naruto couldn't stop it as he leaned down and cried painful sobs into her shoulder. Hinata, as confused as she was started stroking his hair and comforting him. "Naruto?"

Naruto clutched at her shirt and cried harder. All the tears he had been holding back escaped. He was about to tell her but it hurt him so much to even think about it. He mumbled something.

"What?" Hinata stopped moving for a second to hear what her husband was saying.

"I- I'm dying.."

Hinata's body hit the floor with a thud.

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