Shorter than usual but that's normal for these kinds of chapters. I had a checklist of things I wanted to get done before the war and I was able to do that pretty easily right here.

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"Blah" - English. You know the drill already.

Warning: Violence, language, pitiful moments, character having no shame.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.


Nope, I am not going near them. In the distance was B and A conversing, well… more like A beating the shit out of B and yelling at him for the scare. Honestly reminds me and how I parented my chibis, but these were two fully grown burly men.

I pat Naruto's back, "Go on, say hi. The one that's rapping is a fellow jinchuuriki, the Hachibi to be exact, un." The moment I pointed out B, Naruto rushed over after A gave B some space. In my peripheral vision, I spot Omoi and his teammates… I have to.

Casually, I walk over to the group, hands behind my back and having a friendly smile, "Uchiha Deidara, pleasure to meet you all."

"We know who you are." The girl, Karui I think is her name, crossed her arms with a glare, "What do you want?"

I pull out a rock and watch Omoi visibly pale, "Is this your rock*?" It took all of my willpower not to cackle at how miserable the guy looked. I'm going to be honest… it feels so good to mess with someone my age.

Lightly tossing him the stone, I watch Naruto and B hit it off instantly. Pleased with this, and also fearing a conversation with B, I create a bird to fly back to where all of my Uchihas were. I miss the sun already, the Land of Iron was way too cold for my liking.

Stepping into the room where I sense everyone, my eye was greeted with bloody bandages and Itachi and Sasuke passed out on futons.

"It went smoothly, you have good students Deidara." Jolting in surprise, I look to my right to see Madara leaning against the wall, arms crossed. Karin and Sakura were washing their hands and medical material and only acknowledge me in passing.

"It was Tsunade-sama that taught them, un." Giving the girls grateful smiles, I kneel by the brothers to examine them. They won't wake up for maybe another hour, but I want to take Itachi home, "Sakura, Karin, mind if I take Itachi back to Konoha?"

Sakura wiped her hands dry before nodding, "Before we put them under, Itachi expressed that if you wanted to take him home that was fine. Sasuke-kun wanted to stay here and go home with everyone once Naruto was done. I'll look out for him." Of course you will Sakura... you love him, he's safe in your hands.

"Karin, did you want to head home, un?" The redhead nodded frantically as I hooked my arms under Itachi's shoulder and knees, lifting him up like he was a baby doll. Karin tossed my cloak over Itachi's body so he stays warm and I create a bird to fly us to Konoha. Madara unsummoned himself, seeing no point in staying out when not needed.

After reaching the village, Kimimaro dropped off the twins at mine and Itachi's temporary home as Konoha was still being rebuilt. Setting them in their beds nearby Itachi's futon, I offer to walk Karin home when Kimimaro raised a hand to stop me.

"Nii-sama, I'll walk Karin home." He looked to the redhead next to me, only to slowly raise his eyebrow to a perfect arch as Karin was eagerly ditching her pants, "Um…"

"What? I have shorts underneath and everyone here is gay anyway." With a flick of her wrist, Karin threw the pants towards me. They WERE mine after all, and I effortlessly caught them too. She then shamelessly plucked at the ends of her shorts, pulling them back down to their normal length… there wasn't much of a difference.

Neither of us blinked at this, Kimimaro because he understood that Karin was merely comfortable in her own skin. For me, it was because I've done that plenty of times myself. There's nothing wrong with a girl adjusting herself.

After watching the duo leave I slip on an apron and start doing some much needed cleaning. I needed to keep myself busy so I didn't go crazy from the silence. Within an hour of doing housework, I sense Itachi stir.

"Dei…?" Entering our bedroom, I see Itachi slowly raising his arm to blindly find me. I would find this endeering if the bandages didn't remind me that he was unable to see.

"I'm here love." Kneeling down by him, I take his hand and slowly pull it to my face, "How do you feel?" I remain perfectly still as Itachi used his hand to map out my face, thumb lingering by my lips before retracting away.

"My eyes… feel powerful, it's hard to describe it. Sasuke's eyes feel so new to me… I haven't been able to see clearly in the past few years if I am to be truthful." He looked away as I see his cheeks turn a soft pink color, awww he's embarrassed.

"I figured as much, un." Everytime we are together, and interacting he's always shortening the gap between us. Even besides that, his eyes always had a slight squint. Barely noticeable, unless you're me and get close and personal with his face on a daily basis.

He chuckled softly, "The only times I was ever able to see you without a hint of blur is when you are under Tsukuyomi. The last time I was able to look at you directly and see you clearly… was when we first met."

I blinked, rather owlishly, at Itachi. His sight has been clouded for so long… well, I can assume he can see perfectly fine, but things would be somewhat fuzzy at times.

"Good to know that the most awkward stage of my life in this world is the one you saw best, un." My sarcasm came in waves at this point. I was so embarrassing back then, a little fangirl adjusting to a new environment and a new body.

"Yes… you blushed rather easily at the sight of me, called me a cutie and then became one of Konoha's most infamous manipulators. How you have grown." His smirk only grew when I lightly smacked his arm. I would have kept this up… but I can feel an unwanted presence slithering nearby. My happy moments don't seem to linger for long do they?

"Itachi… stay here, I'll be right back… the twins are in the room and are asleep, un." Silently getting on my feet, I slip on my shoes and head out into the nearby forest. Every 10 paces my steps became faster, until I was in a full on sprint. The trees were nothing more of blurs to me as I kept increasing my speed.

That is, until I was suddenly stopped by a snake.

"You caught on rather quickly, Deidara." Kabuto stepped out from behind a tree, adjusting his glasses like the smartass that he was. I felt my stomach turn at the sight of his scaly skin, I wanted to rip it apart scale by scale until he was a hunk of flesh and blood. But I would rather do it when I had free movement.

I stood perfectly still, leaning my head away as the serpent became too close to my face for comfort, "I have a large territory, and since I'm a parent now… it's my duty to remove pests, un." I had to swallow a grunt when the snake tightened its hold around me. If he thinks that this is his way of intimidating me, he underestimates not only my pain tolerance but my love for snakes.

I could feel the smug bastard's amusement as he got way too close to my oversized personal bubble, "Yes, congratulations on reaching parenthood." I really did not appreciate the tone in his voice in that statement, not at all.

"Are you here to compliment my life achievements or do you have a real reason for being an annoyance? Don't you have an Uchiha's ass that you should be kissing at this point, un?" I kept my eye focused on both the snake giving me a hug, and the snake attached to his stomach… seriously, when I first saw that snake in the manga I thought he became some kind of naga, instead he's some… weird… thing.

"Well, I was thinking about killing you and ridding this war of the risk of you meddling, but then we would lose Madara permanently. So, it would be illogical for me to try anything until you summon him." Note to self: Don't summon Madara right away, "But I have another thing I want to know…"

Ugh, why is everyone so dramatic now? That's my thing. I stare at him blankly as he was waiting for my curiosity to sink in.

"Where is Uchiha Shisui?"

That… was something I didn't expect, "What do you mean exactly?" Of course he's most likely talking about Itachi's best friend, but because my own son is named after him, I need to make sure he's not talking about my baby, "I'm not stupid, I am aware that you know about the original timeline. You were never able to find Shisui's corpse, un."

"Oh, this time I did." Well shit, "And I tried on several occasions to reanimate him, but nothing happened… tell me Deidara…" The snake tightened its grip to a bruising level now, I was struggling to breath, "Where is he?"

"How the fuck should I know?! I promised Itachi that I wouldn't reanimate his best friend and I am damn well not going to abuse his trust by being that stupid, un!" Twisting my wrist, I bite onto the snake's scaly flesh, ripping off a chunk causing the reptile to not only release me, but to also poof away in pain, "Someone else must have reanimated him."

That didn't satisfy him in the slightest, "I know full well that it's just you and me that are using this jutsu… in fact you are using the same variation that I invented, that's how you got Madara to become so young despite him dying as an old man. You've been quite the little manipulator, but I would have to say that your biggest mistake was not killing me off when you had the chance."

He's right about that, but then I would risk Orochimaru replacing him with someone better.

"I think I'll just take you with me back to 'Madara', I'm sure he'll appreciate the gift. Orochimaru-sama's chakra within you will be useful is strengthening my own jutsu." Lifting a hand to his face and a hand seal later, my curse mark burned like a hot knife on my neck.

My vision went white for a moment at the sudden pain. I had to blindly dig into my pouches as I felt Kabuto draw near me and throw a premade C1. The explosion not only sent him back, but it also stopped the pain.

Tilting my head to cause a satisfying crack, I slam my foot on the ground after making the serpent hand sign. A giant earth wall created a barrier between him and me as I ran back to Konoha, shoving my hands in my clay pouches just incase. If he was smart, he won't come anywhere near me once I reach the village… and of course he's smart. He's one of the most intelligent characters in the entire show, at least compared to the ones that lived to see the end along with Shikamaru.

Reaching the house, I quickly checked on all of the protective seals Naruto and I spent hours working on. They were all active and none of them have been used yet. With a relieved sigh, I kick off my shoes and made two cups of tea, one for me and one for Itachi of course. Reaching our bedroom, Itachi swiftly sat up and turned his head in the direction of the door. All of my movement must have woken him up, I'm rarely quiet when mad.

"Dei? What's wrong? You're out of breath…" I say nothing as I place the warm cup into his hands, "Thank you. Now please… talk to me…"

"Kabuto talked with me… he was asking about Shisui." I had to steady his hands as they suddenly started to shake. He knew that Kabuto meant his friend, I almost feel like an idiot for assuming he meant our son.

No one outside of a few Konoha shinobi know the names of our children, I haven't even told Gaara or Mei about their names and I kept all documents detailing their birth on my person. Unless Kabuto is THAT good at sneaking, there's no way he could know anything about the twins besides the fact that there are two of them.

"What did he want to know?" If those bandages were not around his eyes, I could tell his sharingan would be activated at this moment. The thought scared me somewhat.

"He… tried to reanimate Shisui, but failed and he wanted to know if I had done anything, un." I winced, expecting an accusation from Itachi on the possibility of me reanimated his best friend, but that wasn't the case. Itachi seemed lost in his own thoughts, almost staring at his cup through the bandages.

"Try reanimating him… I know, we had the agreement, but if Kabuto is trying to reanimate him then I am afraid to know what would happen if he succeeded." Using a one handed hand sign, a very familiar birdie landed on my shoulder, rubbing its head on mine in affection, "Use his eyes as DNA. Please Deidara…"

I bite my lower lip as I stroked the bird. Slowly, painfully slow in fact, I got up and head back outside to try the summoning. It was easy finding a sacrifice, and even easier collecting the minute* amount of DNA from the eyes for the jutsu. Slowly placing my hands on the seal, I bow my head in a quiet prayer. Please let this work, please let me keep Shisui away from Kabuto's control, please… let me protect the person who helped my husband become the man he is today.

"S… summoning jutsu… edo tensei…"

Nothing happened. I let out a breathless laugh at the realization.

The jutsu failed, but how was that possible? It worked when I summoned Madara and Izuna, and their DNA was at least three times as old as Shisui's. With more questions than answers, I release the person that was to be sacrificed and watched as they fled in terror. I didn't have the strength to kill them.

The crow bobbed his head curiously before landing on my shoulder to peck at my neck, "Itachi, I know that's you, send the crow back please. I'll be home in a few minutes, un." But the crow began to frantically peck, causing my neck to bleed a bit, something was wrong.

I didn't think, I just ran. I ran until I heard an unfamiliar wail inside the house and I was greeted with Itachi holding a screaming Shisui. Even blinded, he was able to find the crib and hold our son as he was wailing out of… it seemed fear? What spooked him so much?

I look over to Minami's crib, and minus an expression of mild bafflement at her twin's outburst she seemed hunky dory. That left me even more lost as it was usually Minami that screams first, followed by her brother.

"Itachi, what's wrong with Shisui?" Having my fingertips ghost over Itachi's forearm, he passes me the screaming baby. I rested him against my chest and shoulder and began to rock him, "Hey now.. It's okay honey, kaa-chan and tou-chan are here, un." But he still wouldn't stop freaking out. If he was any older he would be kicking and flailing at this point.

"He started screaming just a few minutes ago, his diaper is still dry and he only whimpers when he's hungry when he knows I'm around." Itachi placed the back of his hand against the infant's wet cheek, "I've never heard him make this kind of sound before…"

"He screams when you're not around, but never this much and this loudly…" When I think back on it, he has been a little whiny lately at infrequent intervals. Never wanting to be changed or to be fed, but he also refused to stop making that sound until I held him and sang him to sleep. With a deep breath, I give him my pointer finger to hold and let my vocal cords swap to English, "Come stop your crying, it'll be alright… just take my hand… hold it tight… I will protect you from, all around you… I will be here, don't you cry~"

Like magic, as I kept up the song, Shisui's screaming stopped and his eyelids droop closed with a sigh. Still singing, I lay him down next to Minami, who latched her chubby fingers onto his hand and stared up at me until I finished my tune. With my help, she looked to her twin brother and proceed to stare him down until she too, fell asleep.

"You need to teach me how to sing them to sleep sometime, Dei." I hear Itachi chuckle as he stood behind me as I watched the twins sleep, "His behavior is rather odd for him…"

"It could just be a part of him growing… I hope."

"I don't know, the fact he was perfectly quiet up until you left to reanimate the original Shisui… it feels too much like a coincident..."

We chose not to continue the conversation.

A few days later

Itachi wasn't a prodigy for nothing.

It took him almost no time to figure out his way around the house and even with the bandages, he was able to handle basic tasks like bathing by himself. Provided I do not move anything that he placed. I may have made that mistake after getting tired of my shin hitting the table in the kitchen.

I've developed the skill to laugh and go "aww" at the same time, something I haven't had to do in a long time. Usually if I did I would feel guilty for laughing, but then again… I did look after a lot of kids.

Drying off Minami after giving her a bath, I was greeted with the front door slamming opening. Minami jolted at the sound, but a reassuring hush from me kept her from unleashing hell into my ears.

"Dobe, you shouldn't slam a door open! Especially a screen door!" Wow, Sasuke sounds crabby. Looking at him and Naruto, I saw his eyes were still bandaged. Good to know that he was as blind as his brother at this point, "Seriously, have you forgotten that I can't se- gah!" I had to swallow my wince as Sasuke's forehead collided with the corner of a wall as he was behind lead in by Naruto, who fails at being an eye seeing dog.

"Awww- hahaha, aww... honey," I place a hand over my heart in pity, "honey, sit down before you hurt yourself, un." This was so pitiful to see the egotistical Uchiha that was Sasuke being helplessly dragged around by my hyperactive brother. Taking Sasuke's hand, I lead him to the couch where Itachi was bottle feeding Shisui. Itachi made a little sound at feeling Sasuke's weight on the couch, but other then that was focused entirely on his son.

"This is a pain, when can we take these bandages off?" That is a good question, in the manga and anime, Sasuke spent… Kami knows how long, blind. Where as later in the show and hell, even when Kakashi first receives the sharingan, everyone just popped in eyeballs like they're a new pair of shoes with no problems.

I hum softly as I take Shisui away after he was burped, and filled Itachi's arms with Minami and her bottle, "I'll have Sakura check your eyes, I'm sure you'll be able to take them off by tonight." In the corner of my eye, I notice Naruto watching me solemnly, "What's the matter baby?"

Naruto looked down at his feet, before looking up at me, "Deidara-nii… I met my kaa-chan…" His shoulders began to shake, "She… she said she loved me… and she told me about how her and tou-chan died," tears were leaking from his eyes, "I was able to hold her and she was so small compared to me. I've never been able to hug my mom before, but I held her then… and I she helped me control the Kyuubi… why did they have to die?! What did they do to have that man summon the Kyuubi from kaa-chan?!"

In three long strides, I stood in front of Naruto and pulled him into my arms, "Shhhh… easy baby… easy easy easy..." I kept my voice soft, barely above a whisper as I had him sway from side to side with me, almost like a dance... but at the same time it was rhythmic, like a mother rocking her child, "It would be so easy to tell you why they died… but that is not my place, I was never there…"

"But you saw what happened…"

He had a point, "Mhm… yes… yes I did… Minato did seal the Kyuubi within you… but the beast was enraged, enraged with being imprisoned again. Enraged that he was under the control of the sharingan. Enraged that he was being used as a weapon of destruction for the gain of humans… he aimed to kill you, Naruto. But your mother and father protected you with their bodies, without them you would have died that night… they chose you over themselves, un." I nuzzle my face in his hair, "Just like how I would choose to protect you… Duck-kun… my own children, over my own life."

Naruto clung to my shirt as tears rolled down his face, "Those… those few minutes I spent… talking to kaa-chan and tou-chan… they mean the world to me…" I allowed him to cry in my arms, Itachi and Sasuke remained quiet themselves. We remained like this for several minutes until I felt Naruto's heartbeat slow down to a calm rhythm.

"Tell me about Kushina-san, tell me about your kaa-chan, un." I encouraged him to talk, I wanted to hear about Kushina from his own words. I want to meet Kushina, Kami only knows how she's a true inspiration at making the best out of a bad situation. She was one of my idols.

"She…" Naruto loosened his grip on me, taking a step back only to give me a deadpan expression, "Is way too much like you actually." Okay, that was a blunt statement, "She hit me on the head then hugged me and spoke about how she would beat up tou-chan while they were in the academy. I even got the same vibe from her as I do you, dattebayo."

I hear Itachi snicker from the couch.

"You are very much like Kushina-san, remember our mother was good friends with her, so I met her often." Itachi got up, mindful of his footing and left to put Minami away in her crib.

With a soft snort, I ruffle Naruto's hair, "Guess that's why everyone keeps mistaking us for blood relatives."

"Really?"

I motion to myself, "Name one other person besides Minato-san and you that has bright blond hair and blue eyes, un." A pause, "Thought so. Anyone hungry?" I had to hold in a smirk as stomach growls filled the room.

The rest of the visit was mostly small talk until Sakura showed up. Holding our breath, Naruto and I watched as the brothers removed their bandages, blue eyes were instantly greeted with red.

Sasuke's eyes were exactly as they should be… a kaleidoscope on crack.

Itachi's eyes were actually pretty simple. The red and black had now inverted, and seemed to break into 3 segments. The first, the pupil part, was now shaped in a rounded triangle, like a ouija planchette. The second part had 3 small sickle like shapes attached to the corners of the pupil. And the third part, attached to the end of the first sickles were longer, scythe like curves that reach the edge of his eyes.*

"... Sasuke-kun's eyes look cooler, no offence Itachi." Sakura bites her lower lip to halt a giggle as the brothers stared at each other in awe.

I allowed myself to stretch until it almost hurt, but the relaxation of my muscles was heaven. I didn't realize how stiff I've been, "Bias here, but I prefer my husband's eyes, un." Sasuke's sharingan just freak me out if anything.

Within seconds, Itachi and Sasuke stepped outside to test their new eyes. Sakura turned to Naruto and me, "Can… I talk with you two in private?"

"Sure. Following you, dattebayo!" Naruto shot up from his feet and I followed suit. I watched with confusion as Sakura led us to the newly constructed park… she was complaining about her parents...

This didn't feel right...


Eternal mangekyou sharingan! Now the brothers are even more OP than before. And a lot of other stuff happened too.

* In the anime Omoi throws a rock and briefly thinks that the rock caused the destruction of Konoha… I mostly wrote it to please my beta, so meh.

* Okay, I have a weird level of vocabulary. Minute (pronounced My-newt) is another word for small.

* Look up Itachi Uchiha eternal mangekyou sharingan and it should be the first thing you see in google image. I am using the idea from darkuchiha7 on deviantart as I found their drawing to be the most accurate on what I think his eyes should look like if him and Sasuke swapped eyeballs.

Special announcement: I have been working on my next fanfic for the past several months now, and if things go according to plan I will be posting the first 2 chapters next week along with this fic's updates. Don't worry, it will not hog this fics upload schedule, in fact it will only be updated every other week until I am done with this one. I haven't posted it yet because I wanted 5 chapters my beta approved of premade first. I have 4 made and working on the 5th one.

It is a Naruto crossover and it is experimental in terms of how I chose to write it. What it's crossed over with and who is in it? Well… you'll just have to wait and see. :) Hint on the world: It's one of the animes listed on my bio. Yep… Not a helpful hint at all.

Anyway, next chapter starts one of the most creative Naruto movies I personally have seen. Deidara is gonna need some sake by the end of this mess.

As always, reviews are loved and I will see you all next week.

Bye!