Well… here we are, the final chapter. I won't be going all sentimental in this part of the AN, I'll save that for the bottom one.
Thank you all so much for following, favoriting and reviewing this story. From chapter 1 where everyone was a skeptic about the story, to now, where I see so many familiar reviewers (and some new ones) drop their ideas and thoughts on each new addition to this story.
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jojobrn: I'm glad you stuck through the entire story, finishing this chapter let out a huge weight off my shoulder because I never expected that I would finish this.
VenaHope: Maybe it was because I learned how Japanese pronounce their names back when I first got into anime (and I was friends with a Japanese kid back then), but I never had problems with pronouncing character's names unless they were a tongue twister. Also don't forget to let me know when you finally decide to post that story! My beta and I are excited to read it! :D
Ringo1327: Hope you enjoy the side story!
Lunarella2903: Nope, they're just sticking with the twins since having more kids would have conflicts regarding sharingan.
Meladi1: It was so much fun reading your reviews and seeing how you reacted to each thing. But I will mention that for the most part the fights during the war didn't stay the same due to how powerful everyone was. Some fights happened like Madara vs Gai, but that was about it and none of the chibis died either. I do recommend Kamisama Kiss, it's one of my favorite Shoujo anime/manga of all time. I never recommend Game of Thrones due to how violent and sexual it can get, that's more of a "watch at your own risk" sort of thing. Thank you for giving this story a chance, I know you had planned on dropping it early on, but I'm glad you stuck for the crazy ride. :)
wyattharto8: I was planning on changing his name the moment I realized the brat was going to be born.
Shinobi of the Hidden Leaf: One thing I have noticed about OC and Si stories (specifically in the reincarnation community) is that I can tell that the authors hold themselves back on a lot of things and it is physically painful for me to read them. I have found… maybe a handful that go all ham on their stories and I love them. I'm just glad I was able to do the kids justice.
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Yensia: "If you make a sequel, you better find yourself another beta." - My beta. I won't be doing a sequel, not only because I do not like Boruto, but this fic would have not existed if Naruto wasn't already complete. Since Boruto most likely won't be done for another… 5 or so years? Yeahhhh…. No. Plus, I don't have enough of a muse or inspiration to write one anyway, and I would rather not force myself to produce content that I was unhappy with. But I'm glad you have enjoyed the story as it is. ^^
dragongirlgamer1: Wait, it really tries to change Shisui into sushi? Wow autocorrect… that was unintentional, I don't use autocorrect. Glad you like the story!
brave-story: Oh that boy is around, he's living his life. Didn't really see much of a need to keep having him pop up, but he is living a happy life.
Opl: No, sorry, I really do not like that joke so it's not going to show up.
Menma's dad: Indeed he is, and that joke (as I said to the person above) is still not funny. :P
Warning: language, violence, character deaths, feels, fluffs, all the good stuff.
Disclaimer: Never owned Naruto, but I'm still glad it was a part of my life.
"Kaa-san, Minami mentioned to me that a couple of years ago you told her that you were reborn and knew the future… what does that mean, exactly?"
"Hmm…?" I hummed softly, being unable to talk as I had a hair tie in my mouth. Out of boredom, Itachi allowed me to braid his hair, and so far it was turning out rather well. Humming out a "one moment please~" I finished up Itachi's braid, tying it up at the end, "There we go. Shisui, what you just asked is exactly how I would answer it, un."
Shisui raised a dark eyebrow, looking towards his twin before tilting his head back at me, "I don't get it."
I let out a soft sigh, "Love." Itachi's eyes let out the iconic shing sound and we were soon under the Tsukuyomi, "It's easier if I just show it to you while explaining, un."
With a snap of my finger, memories slowly began to change to match what I was saying, "In my past life, I grew up in a world where this one… was a manga… one that shaped the early parts of my teen years. But one day… I just died." The twins deadpanned at how blunt that statement was, sorry kiddos but I've said this too many times, "The Sage of Six Paths put me in this body in hopes of changing things he was not pleased with." Shisui looked as if he was going to faint seeing a memory that consisted of pale cream hands holding a stack of Naruto manga, slowly flipping through each page.
Minami placed a finger by her lips in thought, "What would have been different if you weren't reborn? Who was…" She motioned to me vaguely, "This?"
Rolling my neck with a satisfying pop, I plop down next to Itachi who answered for me, "Well, neither of you would be born… and the both of us would not only have a strong dislike for each other… but we would also be dead…"
I can honestly say that I have never seen so much fear in my children's eyes before as they watched my memories. But it's best that they know what has changed from us, rather than accidentally learning from anyone else. But… sadly, my children are Uchihas.
"Kaa-san, why is that one part of your mind completely barricaded away?" Minami pointed towards a heavily sealed part of my mind, "Is there something important behind it?"
I let out a nervous chuckle, "Umm… heheh… I read in my spare tim- SHISUI, I SWEAR TO KAMI IF YOU BREAK THAT SEAL!" I had to quickly shut off the genjutsu to prevent the mental scarring of my children, thank Kami I was never interested in Shisui fanfictions… not like I tried to find any. But damn these Uchihas and wanting to snoop.
A few days later (After the Menma's class' genin exams)
Yanking a comb through my messy hair I headed out to Naruto and Hinata's house. Usually, my hair is easy to manage, but thanks to Menma's stupid prank it's all knotted up. Oh well, I had already made arrangements to measure his, and his cousins' current skill levels. With a lack of threats or potential war, many of these genins have become lazy and self-entitled to things. Granted I like video games myself, but Temari told me that Shikadai has been caught playing it in class.
Seriously, if they're going to break the rules, at least don't get caught! It's not that hard!
Just as I reached for the door, it swung open. My body moved with the door out of shock, causing my hand to become sandwiched between it and the nearby wall, the pain was almost instant as my palm mouth also decided to bite itself. My eye saw dots for a moment before a yellow blur bolted past me, inside the house I could hear Naruto yelling out something. He stopped at the entrance just as the door began to free my hand and accidentally slamming it back onto my hand, causing another electric like pain to run up my arm. It's a wonder how I'm not screaming at this point.
"Ah! Deidara-nii, are you okay?!" Naruto removed my hand from its trap, red and pulsing from the pain, "I'll get you ice, dattebayo!"
I let out a long, shaky inhale as I pressed my hand close to my lips, "I'm going to KILL your SON, un…" Following my brother inside, I took the ice with a low growl before sitting next to a stunned Shikamaru. My voice came out just like the growl as I grit my teeth from the cold clashing with the warmth of my skin, "Care to explain... why you and your mini-you... decided to slam open the door... Naruto?"
Naruto scratched his cheek, a habit he's gotten with age, "Sorry about that… Shikamaru and I were discussing a meeting I'll need to attend to tomorrow. Menma heard only a part of it… and thinks that I'm skipping out on him being assigned a genin team. So he ran out, dattebayo." Naruto flopped onto his couch with a groan, head banging the wooden part of the furniture, "Why did this not happen with your kids, Deidara-nii?"
I hummed, examining my still red hand, "Helped that they had each other and I established at a young age that I would not tolerate that behavior. I've had to slap them across the room a few times when they gave me attitude, un." Flexing my fingers I laid the ice packet on the table, "He's a teen, he SHOULD grow out of it."
Shikamaru noticed that, "You said 'should', are you saying he may stay like that?"
I shrugged, "Who can say? Duck-kun would give me the same type of attitude when you guys were Menma's age, and I beat the shit out him for it." Standing up and after returning the ice to the freezer, I head out the door, "I'll be training Sarada and Hakaku at my place, feel free to stop by later… Hokage-sama, un." Chuckling at Naruto's baffled expression, I leave the house and made the long trek back to the Uchiha compound, where a certain blond was waiting with the others.
A few hours later
I can't describe what I'm feeling right now watching my niece and nephews sparring. There was an odd tension and I wasn't sure where it was coming from. Menma and the others passed their exams and tomorrow they will be assigned to their teams, so this could just be jitters from the excitement from becoming genin. I know Hakaku will be on the same team as Metal Lee, despite the two being opposites in fighting they get along fairly well… better than Neji and Lee when they were young at the very least.
"What's your problem with your dad, Menma?" Sarada was glaring intense daggers at Menma as he once again bad-mouthed Naruto, "He does what he can for you guys."
Menma crossed his arms, "He's always gone, that's why! Doesn't help that Kaa-chan always takes his side! Why did I have to have parents that seem to priorities everything but their kids?! I- Uncle Deidara?" Huh… when did I start moving?
I harshly grab his chin and stared into those blue pools, "I wonder…"
Hakaku retracted his bones, "Wonder what?" He and Sarada began to fidget over something, nervously looking at me before looking everywhere else but us.
I was more talking to myself than to the chibis in front of me, "I know I did everything I could to ensure Naruto and Hinata had a happy and healthy marriage… I even gave up time with Itachi so he became Hokage later… so why…" Menma tried to look away, causing me to grab him by the hair and forcing him to remain still, "Why did you turn out to become such a spoiled little brat? What did I do wrong, un…"
Oh, the tension has been coming from me.
"Let me go!" Menma squirmed under my grip, only causing my hold to tighten as I dragged him into my house. After a moment of hesitation, Sarada and Hakaku followed suit and watched as I threw their cousin onto the couch, "What the hell was all that for, you bastard?!" His only true response was a large photo album slamming the table in front of him.
Casting my eye over to the others, I give them a small smile, "Sorry guys, mind if we continue this training later? I need to teach Menma here a lesson, un."
Hakaku activated his byakugan to examine the album briefly, "Right… let's go Sarada, I think Aunt Hanabi is making mochi. It would be good training to help her make the cakes the traditional way." Blowing a strand of snow-white hair from his face, he took Sarada by the hand and lead her out the front door. Leaving Menma at my mercy.
Said boy scoffed as he opened the album, "Why would a bunch of photos make me change my min-" he paused as he looked at the first page, "This is…"
"I was going to show it to your parents and everyone else as a celebration for their children becoming genin… but considering your attitude, I doubt you would have paid attention." Sitting down in my usual chair, I rest an elbow onto my leg to prop my head against my fist. With my free hand, I casually point at various photos, "I took every single one of these photos, with some exceptions of course. Helps when you have a bird's eye view of the whole thing…" I tapped the side of my head, hidden behind my bangs where I would usually have my scope equipped.
I focused more on Menma than I did the photographs, watching his face transform with each page. He seemed to have the emotional range of confusion and mirth, typically whenever he saw a picture of his father or Sasuke doing something stupid… but that was only the good side of the album. The first half had the silly moments, cute snippets of childhood glee and friendships blooming.
I watched Menma pale at the midway point.
"You see Menma… your Tou-chan sacrificed a lot to ensure you grew up in a time of peace… we all did…" The photos told their own stories, blood and battles, blurry images of men clashing swords; that perfectly timed photo of two enemies landing blows all laid bare for this boy to see, "You may not care about the Hokage title, but it was the only thing Naruto had to cling to back then, un."
Menma couldn't tear his eyes away from the photographs, particularly the one with Naruto consumed with Kyuubi chakra that was taken by Jiraiya long ago, "What do you mean? He had you and Uncle Kimimaro."
I reach into my shirt and pulled out my locket, somehow surviving all these years of battles, "He had no one before I came to Konoha. 'Monster...'," Menma snapped his head up to look at me, "'freak... You should have never been born… This was all your fault… Don't look at him, you'll be cursed…' He heard those every day when he was little, all because he hosted the Kyuubi." I let out a throaty laugh, "Had things been different, you would have never been born, un."
Turning a page, it held photographs of the Akatsuki, "Many of the people you grew up knowing… Itachi, Kisame, Sasori, and Konan… all were once part of this organization… I almost joined them… if I did I would have helped in the hunt for Naruto. They would have won if I joined… but I didn't, un." Slowly drawing my hands towards the back of my neck, I unclasped the chain, "But I didn't, I gave Naruto what he wanted the most."
Menma took the locket from my hand and slowly opening it, revealing the old photograph from our first New Year's. Despite the photo's age, it was still in perfect condition, allowing Menma to see a younger version of his father crying in my arms.
"A family."
"Tou-chan… Was alone…?"
I nodded, cupping Menma's chin, "Understand this Menma. Yes, your father is busy with Hokage work, yes he may not always be there… but he's alive. He'll always be there to support you and watch you grow up. Naruto may have had me, but I am only a few years older than him. It's not the same as having a parent, I was his sibling… Hell, I didn't know how to raise a child and I kept taking so many children under my wing…" I let out a mix of a sigh and a laugh, "Don't say things that you will regret later, he's trying…"
"I just want my dad… Sometimes I can't even tell if he loves us..."
Slowly getting up from my seat, I went to Menma and sat next to him. Slowly pulling the boy into my lap and hugging him close, "I know little one… but he does love you, un."
I feel him pull a displeased face, "How do you know?"
Leaning forward, mindful to not crush the child in my arms, I flip the album a few pages over, "Because… I just know…"
This part was the most beautiful section of the album, and all of the photos were connected to a single red ribbon. Hinata and Naruto's wedding… Hinata and I pranking Naruto to reveal her pregnancy. Naruto doing a silly dance when he learned he was going to have a son. And my favorite… the happy couple's glowing but tired faces, while Hinata held a sleeping newborn Menma in her arms. The next photos were of Menma's childhood until a new photo of the couple, this time Naruto holding Himawari.
Turning the page, there laid a family photo, taking up the entire section.
In the center was Itachi, the twins and I in traditional Uchiha kimono with our hands resting on the shoulders of our children, Madara standing behind me. In reality, we were the only ones in the photo posing normally. Sakura and Sasuke were on our right, Sasuke holding a toddler Sarada who snuck pocky into the photo and was trying to feed her father a stick while Sakura was dying of laughter. Next to them were Neji, Kimimaro, and Hakaku. The couple decided they would try and kiss for the photo and Hakaku was having none of that noise, frantically trying to push at his fathers' faces to keep their lips apart. And of course, to the left of us were Hinata, Naruto, a toddler Menma and a baby Himawari. Menma was resting on his father's shoulder, tugging at his blond hair while Hinata was giggling and nuzzling Himawari's face.
I spoke in a soft voice, "You and Himawari are their greatest treasures…"
I held the boy in my arms until he cried himself to sleep.
3rd person POV
"Naruto! Would you please slow down?" Shikamaru panted slightly as he struggled to catch up with the racing Hokage, "I'm sure Menma is fine!"
Naruto flashed his right-hand-man a terrified expression, "He's with DEIDARA-NII, Shikamaru! If it was anyone else I would be fine, but Deidara-nii would soon beat him to Suna and have Sasori beat him back before anything good can happen with them alone, dattebayo!" He loved his brother of course, but the relationship between his son and Deidara was the shakiest out of any of the children. Why did he forget that his older brother trains the kids on Tuesdays?! It's bad enough that he sent Itachi on a mission, there was no one to watch his brother's temper!
"What a drag… remind me to not have Shikadai be watched by h-... nevermind, Deidara adores my son." Shikamaru still recalls the time Deidara created a clay deer for Shikadai to ride like a horse when he was smaller. Temari still has the photo hanged up somewhere in their house, same with Gaara.
"Exactly!" Naruto turned a sharp right through the rebuilt Uchiha compound, barely dodging Madara who was turning the same corner. Sliding open the familiar door, Naruto barreled down the hallway, "Deidara-nii, please don't kill… oh."
Shikamaru slammed face first into Naruto, "Ow… why did you- oh…"
In the living room of Itachi and Deidara's house, on the couch was Menma, curled up in a ball in Deidara's lap and fast asleep. Deidara was also asleep, one hand resting on Menma like he would to a cat, and head tilted backward. The subtle twitching of his free hand was the only indication that the older blond was even alive.
The Nara smirked, nudging Naruto teasingly, "You were worried for nothing."
"Right…" Naruto slowly walked towards the sleeping duo and carefully removed his brother's hand from Menma. Keeping a sharp watch on Deidara, he picked up Menma and had Shikamaru wrap the boy's arms around his neck for support.
The boy stirred, "Tou-chan…?" The groggy pre-teen turned his head towards his father, slowly blinking away sleep.
Naruto smiled softly at his son, using some of Kurama's chakra to create a comforting cloak of chakra around them, "Hey… go back to sleep, we can talk afterward, dattebayo."
Menma hummed sleepily and nuzzled his face in his dad's neck, "Uncle Deidara is a nice guy…" Without protest he was fast asleep once again, giving the two adults the chance to leave the house.
The next day
"Yamanaka Inojin, Akimichi Chocho and Nara Shikadai will be with Sarutobi Mirai." Shino read the list as the dark haired female entered the room. Waving her new team over, the genin shuffled out of their chairs, walked around Naruto and exited the class with their new sensei.
Menma smiled slightly at the sight of his dad sitting in a chair watching each team leave, "Man I hope we get an awesome sensei."
Shino cleared his throat, "Uchiha Sarada, Uzumaki Menma, and Mitsuki… oh…" Shino slowly looked at Naruto, making everyone in the room straighten up. Was their sensei going to be the Nanadaime Hokage? "Will…" Why was Shino-sensei sweating? "Will be under-"
"Aburame-kun, did you REALLY think I would let my adorable niece, nephew, and godson be in the hands of Konohamaru, un?" All hearts stopped.
Menma let out a soft groan, "Noooooo…. We're so dead…"
The classroom door slid open and Deidara entered the room. Black trench coat hugged his frame with the buckled collar strapped up, and the tail flaring out with the wind. The only thing not black on his person is the familiar red ruby ring happily resting on his left ring finger. This wasn't casual Deidara, who prefers loose clothing and a casual posture, this was the ANBU captain who ruled the shinobi with an iron fist…. And he was their sensei.
They were screwed.
"Hello darling chibis, let's put you three to the test. I have a special one just for Team 7, un." Turning on his heel, the three genins could have sworn they heard a bell in his clay pouch.
As they walked out of the classroom, Naruto let out a laugh that was a mix of a whine and a chuckle, "Ohhh boy, do I remember that with Kakashi-sensei… good luck guys."
What did they get themselves into?
The final side story: Deidara rage quits (Takes place during the Boruto Chunin exam arc… yes… I watched some scenes of that for this)
I watched the chunin exam fights with an interest level that ranged from mild to none-at-all, with the exception of Mitsuki's fight against Gaara's adorable chibi, Shinki as those two truly had skill levels that could one day rival our own. Minami and Shisui sat next to Itachi and me, both plotting their future punishment for Menma. The damn brat did something to cheat in his match against Shikadai and I was more than happy to want to join them in the fight. After all, I'm his sensei and he disrespected me and my teachings by pulling a cheap trick… and getting caught. Seriously, he's a shinobi, shinobi do not get caught.
"Oh, so this is the one with the strongest chakra…"
My ear twitched at the unfamiliar voice and I lifted my head… and instantly felt rage bubble inside me. Why are there more of them...?
A small pale man with long white ponytail and horns rested on the shoulders of a larger man who had a matching color scheme. My ears began to block out sound as they introduced themselves… Otsutsuki Momoshiki and Kinshiki… they're related to Kaguya… and they are trying to hurt my brothers. One of them is destroying the arena while the other just kicked Naruto in the face… How am I to respond to this?
"Kaa-san!" I was snapped out of my thoughts as Minami yanked me into the arena with her brother and Itachi. The pale-ass duo was focused on Naruto, Momoshiki almost looked bored of the whole thing.
"Let's end this quick-"
"I am so fucking done with this bullshit, un!"
"What the-" But Momoshiki was cut off when a bomb was thrown at him. Of course, when the smoke cleared, he was unscathed.
I was already in the process of making a dragon, "I swear to Kami, I am going to rip both of you apart, and place your heads on spikes so I don't have to deal with your FUCKING CLAN ANYMORE!" The smaller man stood there blankly, not sure if he was unimpressed by my temper or his brain stopped working due to my vulgarity, "I already know for a FACT that you both are weaker than fucking Kaguya, and the fact that you two barged in this goddamn exam where my goddamn nephew fucking cheated his goddamn fight…" I inhale and allow my dragon to poof into max size, "PISSES ME OFF JUST AS MUCH AS YOUR STUPID FACE AND YOUR DAMN HORNS LOOK LIKE PUPPY EARS!"
Shisui slowly raised his hands to attempt to defuse my anger, "Kaa-san, how about we don't lose our control-"
My hair began to float as per expected, "Shisui, if you and Minami do not get your asses on that dragon, I SWEAR I WILL-!"
"Right, Kaa-san! On it!" Minami gave me a salute then grabbed her brother's arm, "Just do what he says Shisui, you know he needs our chakra for this…"
"B-but, Minami- we- I mean- Kaa-san is- but- Oh… forget it." Shisui bowed his head in surrender as he was dragged onto the dragon. Kinshiki made a move to head towards the clay creation, but he was thrown back by Itachi's Susano-o. That alone was enough to entice everyone in the area to let out their strongest forms to attack, causing the entire arena to be swarmed in overwhelming chakra.
"Well, this is fascinating… so much chakra in one area… the perfect place to grow the tree…" Momoshiki raised his hand and creates a… well, it looks like a bijuu dama but I'm not sure if that's exactly the case. Naruto and Sasuke combined Kurama's chakra with Susano-o to block it, but the dark orb was swarmed in the black flames of Amaterasu, "How annoying…" With a flick of his wrist, the entire thing was absorbed.
"How the hell- oh… hell no… that's just…" I let out a gag seeing what appears to be an eyeball on Momoshiki's palm using my scope. Okay, and I thought I had issues with the palm mouths on my hands, this guy just went from an annoyance to a pretty Danzo in less than 2 minutes.
While the other Kages focused on fighting that Kinshiki fellow, everyone else was dealing with Mr. Ponytail over here. He absorbed every attack that was thrown at him… until I started dropping flaming bombs on him. The only problem? The bastard kept escaping all of these attacks virtually unharmed!
I rubbed my temples in frustration as I chewed on some clay to prepare a C4, "Man I hate this clan… stay up here for now, you two… have some popcorn hun, un." Giving the two a bucket of popcorn from out of nowhere, I jumped off the dragon and landing only a few feet away from Momoshiki. I spat out the glob of wet clay and casually crunched it in my hand. For some reason, he stared at me, and then his eyes shifted slightly and his face slowly morphed into fear, "What? Afraid I'm going to mess up your hair, pretty-boy, un?" Honestly, I'm the least threatening person here, why does he look like he's about to piss himsel-
"Now Deidara, I thought we had an agreement? You would only call the women in your lives and your husband 'pretty'."
And, there goes my ego.
Looking over my shoulder, Madara stood behind me with his rinnegan glaring at the Otsutsuki clan members. His face hasn't aged a day since the war, must be an effect of temporarily becoming the Sage of Six Paths but he's only gotten stronger since.
Kinshiki all but teleported to Momoshiki's side, "Momoshiki-sama… that's…"
"Uchiha Madara…" Momoshiki grit his teeth as he took a graceful step back. Wait how do these bastards know about Madara? "We will retreat for now…"
"I think not." Madara tugged his gloves tighter, causing the material to whine under the tension, "It's been a while since I had an opponent that was actually a challenge… let's dance, shall we?"
Momoshiki flinched back, preparing to fly off when Madara stood in the way of his flight path, "Fine, when we kill you we will take the Kyuubi's chakra from this plan-" But he never got to finish that breath, for a pure white… spear-like object penetrated through his chest, turning his white clothes crimson with blood.
"It is your fault that my son was unable to have his match… and it is your fault for causing Nii-sama such distress." Kimimaro rested his head on Momoshiki's shoulder, blankly looking into the pale eyes as he watched the man cough up blood, "You can absorb chakra… but it seems you cannot fight against physical attacks. My bones are made from the highest density levels of calcium, you will die."
"H-How…"
Kimimaro blinked once, then looked at Madara, "Madara-sama's chakra overwhelmed my own presence. Your confidence in yourself hindered your abilities to use the byakugan right. You bring shame to such a beautiful kekkei genkai, I would know, my husband has them and they are stronger than yours." Ouch… aren't the Otsutsuki clan members hailed as gods or something like that?
"Momoshiki-sama!" Kinshiki's fingertips glowed red as he prepared to strike Kimimaro, but a matching bone blade suddenly protrudes from his own chest. Huh… did Kimimaro use a clone? Also Madara, please stop pouting, it doesn't look good on you.
"Tou-san, did I do this right?" I blinked a few times seeing Hakaku's tiny face pop up besides Kinshiki's imposing figure, smiling brightly at Kimimaro. His byakugan sparkled like pearls, "I think I hit his heart! Or was it his lungs…? Tou-chan, did I hit his heart?" Wait, I thought Kimimaro was Tou-san- oooohhhh, Neji.
"Hakaku! I just had that outfit washed, don't get it covered in blood!" Neji was bolting over to the arena, pulling the boy away from the Otsutsuki before blood could get on his light blue shirt, "But you did hit the heart, but you will need to learn how to use both of your kekkei genkai in combat."
"Yessir!" Hakaku chirped before hugging Neji's side, my anger almost instantly deflating at the cute sight.
Momoshiki gargled on his blood, "You… will… regret…" His eyes rolled to the back of his head and the alien fell to the ground dead.
"No, I think we won't regret this." I hummed happily as Kinshiki also fell dead, "Now… I'm done with this whole thing. I'm going to go home, take a bath, and have a nice cup of hot tea, un." As if that was the signal to get down, my children appeared beside me. Giving them quick nods, I headed home with Itachi slowly following suit.
Meanwhile, with everyone else
3rd person POV
Menma's mouth was hanging open from what he had just seen. His dad was actually powerful, his cousin just helped kill someone and his uncles were… more terrifying than he thought, "Did… Uncle Deidara just… rage quit? OW!" He rubbed his head slightly as Naruto just whacked him on the head.
"If Deidara-nii rage quit, he would have blown himself up… no, that was just him losing his temper." Naruto raised a sly eyebrow at his son, "Plan on obeying him now, Menma, dattebayo?"
Menma shivered, "Yes…"
"Good… now, about the cheating…"
Back with the Uchiha family
Deidara's POV
After drying my hair I made my way into the living room where the others were already getting comfy. Minami and Shisui had changed into their pajamas while Itachi stuck to sweats and a T-shirt, my own outfit was some cotton pants and a soft kimono top. Nudging my son with my foot I sat down next to them and grabbed the remote, temporarily ignoring the tea in front of me, "Movie time?"
"Hn."
"Fine, Minami can pick, un." Damn Uchihas…
One hour later
Running a hand through Shisui's hair, both twins had fallen asleep on us halfway through the movie. I was also feeling my eyelids beginning to drop, doesn't help that Itachi makes the best pillow.
"Do you regret… anything, Deidara?" I blink away the sleep when I feel soft fingers interlace with mine. Itachi was looking at me, also looking somewhat sleepy… it was a good look on him.
Sighing slightly, I look down at the twins sleeping on us, "Some things… Jiraiya being the biggest one… and sure, I wish I could have given these two a younger sibling to tease but… nah…" Snuggling next to my Uchiha, I feel him press the power button to turn off the T.V.
"I wouldn't trade this life for anything, un…"
I didn't know how I wanted to kill Momoshiki and Kinshiki… but then my brain told me to use Kimimaro and his son, and I agreed with my brain. Also all of the photos Deidara's ever taken have finally found their resting place in an album for Deidara to share with his family... also that rage quit tho. XD I knew Deidara would snap at the sight of those guys and I just allowed my mind to blank out... and I ended up with that beauty of a rage.
Now for the sentimental stuff.
So, as many of you know, I made this story because I was tired of all of the SI stories out there that either did nothing to the plot, were discontinued, or the SI was reincarnated as Sakura. I wanted to make something that I wanted to read, and that is what I have been doing since chapter 1… and I honestly never expected the story to grow into this. I didn't plan on having Deidara marry Itachi, or saving characters like Karin (originally, I was going to kill her), or even make the bonds that I did. Hell, I was going to have Deidara JOIN the Akatsuki originally after a few chapters and let them win because... why not? This story is what made me hate Sasuke less, made me see more sides of Sakura besides useless, and also made me appreciate Naruto's character more… and frankly the Sasuke part is what shocked me, I've HATED him for YEARS now, but all it took was for me to write the precious little ducky and now… I hate him less.
But I'm so happy with how this turned out and I'm so grateful for the support you guys have given me. This went from a "Meh… no one is going to read my trashy writing…" to gleefully smiling every time I got an email telling me someone reviews, or began following the story. Some of my favorites moments from you guys was whenever I got a new reader that mentioned how they normally don't read SI stories, or yaoi stories, or even started to like Deidara. As someone who wants to be a teacher, seeing people take risks and trying new things brings a smile to my face… so… I guess… thank you.
I'm not going to write an SI story for a while, and if I do, the next one won't be from Naruto. My beta (who is my best friend) said that I should try a different anime or franchise so I can take a breather, because if I just jumped right back into Naruto, no doubt I would be repeating myself. I don't want that. If I'm gonna fuck with a plot, then I'm gonna make sure it's not going to be like this one. I'll most likely make another Naruto one someday, but not right now. I also won't be rewriting this story anytime soon.
I am working on another fanfiction right now, a crossover between Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Naruto. No SIs or OCs… just certain characters witnessing the FMAB plot and all of it's dark secrets. If you're interested, feel free to take a look. I'm still trying to grasp the idea of crossing over, but so far it seems to be turning out okay. But no fic is perfect by chapter one… I mean… look at this story. It was a bloody trainwreck in the beginning.
As always, reviews are loved... I would say I will see you all next time but… this is the final chapter. I hope that I was able to inspire some of you to write your own stories, and to try out new fanfics that show up in this community.
Bye! :)
