Hello lovelies! Guess who worked on a chapter to celebrate this fanfic becoming a year old? This consists of little snippets that because of running out to of time, not knowing where to put them in the main story, or just feeling like I did not have the writing skills, I did not write them during my original run. There are also a couple of run moments I added out of muses striking me.
Also this contains the only omake for this story. Why is it an omake and not a side story? Simply put: It is optional to consider it canon to the fic or not. I don't but if you readers wish to consider it canon, go ahead.
I can't thank you guys enough for the continued support you all have given this fic even with it complete and going as far as to support my current fic. I hope that this chapter is decent enough for you all. :)
Warning: Language, violence, random antics and all the typical stuff you'd expect from this story.
Disclaimer: I'm sure every fan wishes they own Naruto, but sadly we don't.
Getting the Hyuuga's Blessing
"Come on Naruto, it's just a bunch of old fossils, why are you so scared, un?" I patiently helped Naruto into his stylish orange kimono while he constantly rambled his thoughts and fears about today. Naruto and Hinata were finally 18 and my little brother wanted to ask for her hand in marriage. Sadly, it didn't matter if he was the hero of the Great Shinobi War or if he was the next Hokage after my husband, it didn't matter if they were truly in love with each other.
If those old Hyuugas don't like him then he would not be able to marry her and there would be nothing I could do to change their minds… without permanently removing them from this world that is.
"What if they don't like me, Deidara-nii?!" I held back in a groan as Naruto would not let go of this tension as we headed to the Hyuuga estate. Sasuke had met us halfway to give Naruto an encouraging pat on the shoulder but didn't follow us. What a wonderful wingman.
"I've never met a single person who has not liked you after being in the same room as you for five minutes. Just be the charming knucklehead that made Hinata fall in love with you, un." I patted his shoulder, mindful of the fact that he was getting weak-kneed.
"But- But Deidara-nii, Hiashi is a friendly guy but after what Kimimaro said about these guys-"
I flashed a smiling hand in Naruto's face, "They're all so far into their graves they may as well lay down in them. What really matters is Hiashi's approval and he's liked you for years now thanks to Hinata's growth. They'll all be dead by the time any kids will be born anyway. If I was able to get Fugaku-sama and Mikoto-sama's approvals despite being a man then it should be a walk in the park for you un." I turn my head to look at him as he was blocked by my bangs. Naruto stared at me with wide eyes before slowly nodding with a grunt.
Reaching the estate, Hiashi was already there waiting for us, "Early as always, Deidara?"
I shrugged with a smirk, "Madara-sama is watching the babies while we handle this, shall we head in, un?"
3rd person POV
Naruto was on pins and needles as he followed Hiashi to the main room, "Nehh… Deidara-nii, what do I- uh, Deidara-nii?" He looked around in a panic as his brother seemingly vanished into thin air, "What the hell, dattebayo?!" His brother was in the area, he could sense it with nature chakra, but Deidara always seemed to know how to hide.
"We're here." Damnit, him and his luck. Naruto gulped nervously as he peered over Hiashi's shoulders. There were a fair number of elder Hyuugas, more than he thought were going to be there even if Hinata is the heir, "Uzumaki Naruto, you will sit there." Hiashi pointed at a cushion in the center of the room, becoming stiff as his father and many other main branch members were here to witness this moment.
Naruto awkwardly sat on the cushion, not sure how he is expected to sit and opted for the same position he sits when eating with his brothers, "Uh… nice to mee-"
"You are here to ask for the clan heir's hand in marriage, correct?" The head elder and Hinata's grandfather interrupted Naruto. When the blond nodded he continued to speak, "Under different circumstances, we would have allowed this. But because of Hinata's growth she still the heir even after all these years, what could you offer that would help the byakugan and the clan as a whole?"
Naruto paled as his mind raced to find an answer, 'What do I say?! Oh no, this is bad! Kurama, help!' But the fox only laughed at his host's misery, not once piping in to offer words of advice. The kit is smart, he'll figure it out.
Hiashi himself was also getting nervous, had Hanabi became the heir he would have approved of Naruto in a heartbeat. Kami knows the boy has already proven himself to be the perfect husband for his eldest child. But it seems without his brother being the embodiment of confidence and letting some of that latch onto the blond, things were not going to end we- where is Deidara anyway? Activating his byakugan, he scanned the estate for any signs of the bomber. He found his youngest daughter sparring with Neji and Kimimaro of course, many other clan members were waiting for the news regarding Hinata… and Hinata herself… heh…
The elders noticed Hiashi's ever-growing smirk and they quickly activate their own eyes as well to see what the current head was looking at. Naruto was oblivious to the whole thing and instead was trying to wrack his brain even more to find good reasoning. The entire time, he was unaware that everyone in the room was paling.
Deidara was in the same room as Hinata, drinking tea and chatting about random things. As if sensing that multiple eyes were on him, the Hyuugas watched Deidara's chakra silhouette turn his head in their direction and wave. The message was clear.
'Cheeky kid.' Hiashi held in a laugh. Of course, Deidara would spend time with Hinata. It was the perfect reminder to the elders that while they think they had the final say so... if Hinata wanted to she could marry Naruto with both the Hokage's and the entire village's blessing. Naruto wasn't brought here to actually ask to marry Hinata -despite what the genin thinks-, he was brought here purely out of respect for the clan and the girl in question. Deidara could have the wedding arranged without the boy even stepping a foot in this room.
Naruto finally came up with what he believed to be a good reason, "Um… Uzumaki chakra would help boost the abilities of the byakugan?" He stared dumbly at the Hyuugas, praying that it was good enough of a reason. He loved Hinata, she was the only one for him, but he doubted love would be a good enough of a reason, "I'm also being trained under Itachi to become the next Hokage so I can give her a comfortable life, dattebayo."
The elders had to regain their composure, "W-we-" damn their stutter, "That will be good enough reason. The Uzumaki clan's chakra will be invaluable to the byakugan… treat Hinata well."
The blond nodded fiercely, "Of course! I'll protect her with my life and love her with all my heart just like I've always had and more, dattebayo!" He blinked in confusion as the elders were quick to leave the room and he could hear Kurama all but die of laughter inside him, "What was that about?"
Hiashi sighed, "Don't worry about it Naruto. Your brother is going to watch Kimimaro and Neji train Hanabi, I'll go inform Hinata that the wedding shall be planned." The Hyuuga head stood up and left the room, leaving Naruto to sit there lost.
'Soooo… care to explain, Kurama?'
'Let's just say that you didn't need your brother to be in the room to get approval.'
'Oh, so that was the right thing to say, dattebayo?'
'Sure kit… sure…' Damn was this kid just precious.
Meanwhile with Deidara
Deidara's POV
"Deidara-san, you're so cruel sometimes." Hinata half-assed her scolding as I was dying of laughter on the floor, "... But thank you."
I shrugged after recovering from near-collapsed lungs, "If Kimimaro and Neji deserve happiness together, you two should also find happiness, un." I reach over and give Hinata a tight hug, "I cannot wait to call you my imouto."
Time to meet Danna!
"Kaa-san~ Why do we have to wear this stuff?" A pouty four-year-old Shisui struggled in Itachi's grip as I applied on more and more sunscreen on the both of the twins. Not only that but I also dressed the two in airy clothing that Gaara recommended for the children.
"Because if I don't cover you two in sunscreen, you'll turn very pink. And pink hurts the skin, un." Shisui tried to give me the puppy dog look, but I quickly smothered his face with the cream before putting a hat on his head.
"Dei, are you sure they're old enough to travel to Suna with you?" Itachi adjusted Shisui's robes while I focused on Minami, "Most children never leave the village until they are genin or if their parents move."
"Sasori has been wanting to meet the kids for a while now, and we both know how much he hates to wait. I think he wants to get to them young so they don't inherit my style of art, un." I rolled my eye. I had received a letter the other day from Sasori, it was a formal invitation for me and the kids, but I could almost here Sasori saying "brat, bring your other brats here or else." And how could I say no to my lovely Danna?
Itachi sighed but soon released his son, "Will you need anyone to escort you?" He paused and watched my visible brow raise, "Nevermind, you can watch yourself and Gaara will be there."
"Damn straight." I place a kiss on his cheek before picking up our bags, "We'll be home by tomorrow morning at the earliest, chibis, say bye to daddy."
"Bye, daddy!" The twins chirped in unison and to my utter gleeful enjoyment placed kisses on Itachi's cheeks. Oh, they're so adorable when Shisui isn't being a little tyrant of course.
Helping them onto my clay bird as they were too little to ride a chocobo, the bird flapped its powerful wings to take off into the sky and headed east for Suna.
One ride later
Maybe bringing two 4-year-olds was a bad idea…
"Mommy are we there yet? Why is there so much sand? Do the people in Suna fight with sand like you with clay? Is it always hot here? Are we there yet, mommy?"
Minami has been a bubbling pile of questions the entire flight, nearly giving me whiplash with how many times she would run around the massive bird. Shisui seemed pleased with just sitting in my lap and away from the sun since I was wearing Itachi's Akatsuki hat. I love my children but I cannot wait to relax and catch up with Sasori.
"Minami, please sit down. It's a desert and they have a lot of sand, Gaara-kun fights with sand, deserts are always hot and yes we are there, un." I allowed my lips to curl into a grin when Minami jumped for joy before squishing herself next to her brother to sit in my lap like I'm a cuddly palm tree. Though now I'm the one close to overheating, with two sets of fire chakras cuddling with me and the fact that I insistently wear my black trench coat, I was thankful Naruto invented cooling seals so I didn't die.
How I've not died from stubbornness yet, I'll never know.
We landed with a harsh thud as I still was not used to the sand, helping the kids off the bird, I was greeted with the familiar red panda, "Gaara-kun!" As per usual, Gaara stood perfectly still as I bolted in his direction and tackled him in a tight hug, lifting him up despite his gourd weighing as much as I did, "Did I ever tell you how much I love that I can do this every time I see you?"
"I never minded it." Gaara returned the hug and looked to Minami and Shisui when I removed myself from him, "They're starting to look like you two. I'm sorry Sasori was demanding you show up so suddenly."
I felt my chest puff out with my large ego at the praises for my kids, "It's alright." I motion for the twins to walk over here, though they were having trouble because their feet sank into the sand, "I... didn't think that through…"
I bent down and scooped up Minami while Gaara took it upon himself to pick up Shisui. Neither child complained as they got free rides and we walked over to a relatively large house in comfortable silence. I had to rely on Gaara the entire time as a guide, I still could never figure out how to sense things through sand and it gets irritated every time I visited.
Gaara set Shisui down, "Sasori is in there. I'll be in my office if you needed anything." Looking down, we both notice the kids staring up at Gaara expectantly, "... Just this once." The sand around him wrapped around his ankles and he was soon lifted into the air on a giant sand cloud and flew off. The kids almost instantly had a blast watching that and cheered when he was lifted off the ground.
Giving the door a gentle push, it swung open with relative ease. I quickly took off my shoes and the kids did the same. With a single step on the stone flooring, I got a mental map of the entire building, along with the location of a certain puppet.
Walking up the stairs, on the first door on the right, I wave the twins to stand out to the side. It's not every day I get to let out my inner Disney and this will be a good time to startle Sasori, who hasn't sensed our presence. Time to scare the puppet!
Tilting my body back and raising my left leg, I shot it out to kick open the door, "Haha! Boom baby- shit!" I had to bend my body to a full crab pose to dodge a poisoned kunai that aimed for my chest, "Really Sasori-no-Danna? What if that hit me, un?!"
"I have the antidote, you should know to not sneak up on people after living with Uchihas." Sasori didn't even look up from his puppet to ensure if I was okay, "Your children were not in any danger, I'm more terrified of the consequences of hurting them than hurting you, brat."
"Tch, asshole. I'm feeling the love here." I push my legs up to do a sorta flip back onto my feet, "Care to stop messing with your oversized dolls and say hi to the twins you oh-so-wanted to meet, Danna, un?" I once again had to dodge a kunai.
Sasori slowly turned his head to look at the twins, who at that point hid behind me, "They look like Itachi." He stated matter-of-factly and stepped away from his puppet, "Hello, I am Akasuna no Sasori."
Minami's eyes went wide, "But I thought your name was Sasori-no-Danna?"
I smacked a hand over my mouth to swallow a snicker, hearing Minami's tiny voice say that was a bit too much for my brain, "H-honey, that's just what I call him."
Shisui crossed his arms and glared at Sasori, "Well we met, can I go spend time with Uncle Gaara?" Gee, guess who doesn't find puppets to be cool. That or the kid was smarter than he acts and knows what Danna means...
I bopped Shisui on the head, "Be polite, you'll get to spend time with panda when we are all done visit- MINAMI NO!"
Both my hand and Sasori's hands reached out and grabbed Minami by the arm before she could touch Sasori's puppet, I don't know what's worse. The fact that he decided today to work on weapons or the fact that Minami willingly went to a puppet to touch it!
"But it looks so cool! Can I learn how to make puppets?" Minami's eyes sparkled with interest at the creation, "Please kaa-san? Please…" She pauses, before making her eyes extra sparkly, "Danna?" I could hear Shisui nearly dying at the doorway.
My hands slowly traveled up to my face, cupping themselves over my mouth and nose, in the process, I released a sound that sounded like a deflated balloon as Sasori and I stared her down. She's too cute. She's too cute and she knows for a fact that she is cute, but now she's calling Sasori "Danna" as well… ohhhh boy, Itachi is going to have to give her a long talk after this.
"I don't take apprentices… and I can tell that your fighting styles would not be suitable for puppetry, especially with your Uchiha bloodline." Sasori wasted no time in crushing her dreams right then and there, "But when you are older and if you still have an interest, I'll send Deidara kits for you to learn how to make poisons."
Hah! Even Sasori can't resist my kids!
I had a clone pick up Shisui and sent him to Gaara's house since he obviously hates Sasori based on his chubby-face glare. Minami seemed content with just watching Sasori work on his puppet… under the rule that I make her wear gloves, goggles, face mask, apron, duck tapped her sleeves against her arms, tucked her legs under her robes and stay at least 2 feet away from the work table… Yes, I am positive that there is still a child under all that gear. By the time we agreed it was time to leave, both kiddos were passed out.
"They're less like brats than I thought they would be." Sasori mused to himself blankly while watching me put them on the clay bird to return home, "You know you can always stay the night in Suna."
I stared at him like he's gone nuts, "I cannot sense a goddamn thing in this village and I have little to no trust in this sand. Nooooooo thank you, un." Hopping onto the bird, I gave Sasori a wave and took off, knowing fully well that I would not be getting any sleep tonight.
That following morning
Minami stood in front of me the next morning, cheeks puffed out in annoyance, "Kaa-san, I didn't get to say bye to Danna!" She stomped her food as if that would prove her point.
A very un-Uchiha like sound escaped Itachi's nose as he nearly snorted his tea, recovering he stared at me with kicked puppy eyes, "Really Dei? Why is she calling Sasori that word?"
"Don't look at me, Sasori didn't correct her, un." I shrugged, kissing him on the cheek as I handed him a napkin to clean his nose, "Itachi, you're going to have a runny nose if you snort your tea…"
A hand slowly went up to Itachi's face as he pinched the bridge of his nose, "Well… as long as she doesn't call me that by accident… I can tolerate it. It's not like Sasori shows up in Konoha often, the people are still not fond of most of the former Akatsuki."
"They'll see things differently when the old farts die out, un."
Dating
3rd person POV
"Heeeeyyyy Shisui! Can I-"
"Before you ask Tatsuo, the answer is no." Shisui blankly stared at his reluctant childhood friend.
The boy had grown to look like a perfect mixture of his mother and father, but taking his fashion sense from his uncle Haku. Hakama type pants with a kimono top, a peculiar scroll seemed to always be strapped at his hip now, though no matter how much Shisui asked all he would get would be a shrug. His bright orange hair hung to his shoulder with some of it in a half-pony, barely an hour has passed and at least 5 girls have asked if he was in a band… the hell does long hair have to do with being in a band?
Tatsuo threw his arms into the air, "What?! I haven't even asked anything yet!"
"Were you going to ask to marry my sister?"
"No!"
"..."
"...I was going to ask if I could date her."
"No." There was no hesitation in his voice as he kept on walking, "I'm not going to let her date someone like you."
"Come on, what's so bad about me?" Tatsuo easily caught up with Shisui to interrogate the Uchiha, "Is it my hair? Where I'm born? Is it the teeth?" He gave Shisui a wide grin, "It's totally my teeth, isn't it? I can't change it, I'm blessed with my father's looks."
Shisui's eye twitched, "It's not your teeth!" It was sooooo the teeth, "I just don't think Minami should be dating anyone… besides, I'm not the one you should ask that question to, Tatsuo."
"Oh, I already got your mother's permission." Shisui had to stop himself from tripping over his own feet, "I just wanted to get your permission too." Tatsuo let out a dramatic sigh, "But since you keep saying no… I'm just going to go ask her!"
"Good luck with tha- wait, NO!" Too late, Tatsuo was already bolting off in the direction of Minami, "Tatsuo! Get back here and don't talk to my sister!" Shisui was fast, but he was still working on his body flicker technique that he had mastered in his past life… but again, he was still fast.
"Hi Minami, I was wondering if you and I could possibl- GAH!" Before Tatsuo could even finish his sentence, Shisui barreled him down to the ground, firmly placing his forearm on the back of the Kiri shinobi's head, "Fo... fhan nah pfate*!"
Minami slowly blinked at her brother and her close friend, half-eaten dango stick sitting in her mouth as she tried to translate the code, "A date? Hmmm… Kaa-san did say I could date when I become a jonin…" She rested her chin against her hand while Shisui stared at her with pure betrayal, "You'll need to prove your worth first, I'm only going to date someone who can stand their own against me in a battle."
From the earth, Tatsuo hummed a tune of agreement while also presenting a thumbs up. Pressing both hands on the ground, he ungracefully threw off his buddy and spat out the dirt in his mouth, "Yuck… think I ate an ant…" Getting up and brushing himself off, Tatsuo eyed Shisui before blinking and started to jump around like an overactive puppy, "When do we fight?"
There was a long silence after that, the only sound was Minami chewing the sweet dessert that was her dango. With a gulp and a happy sigh, Minami jumped from her seat and winked in the direction of the boys, "Now." Without much thought, she pulled out a smoke bomb from her pocket and threw it to the ground, rushing outside the shop with her sharingan activated.
Shisui easily followed, having activated his own sharingan, "Really sis? Why are you giving him a chance?!"
Minami shrugged, "I think he's sweet. Kaa-san did say that the best kinds of guys are comparable to sweets, and he reminds me of mochi: full of potential and requires you to hit it a dozen times before it's juuuuuust right." She kissed her fingers the same way their mother would when making something foreign, an "Italian chef kiss" as he calls it.
"But you hate mochi!"
"And it's fun making it with Aunt Hanabi!"
Kami help him. Shisui let out a groan as his sister lead them to their usual training grounds. As soon as Tatsuo's chakra entered the area, a thick mist caked the land. The Uchiha twins had to duck as the Kubikiribōchō came swerving above them and catching a tree, Tatsuo landing on the hilt just like his father taught him.
Finally inherited Zabuza's sword? "Sushi, stay out of this, I want to see him at his full power."
Grumbling, Shisui obeyed and sat in a tree, ready to pounce if he saw a single drop of blood on his sister.
One fight later
Half of the training ground was flooded while the other half was scorched to blackened ash. Shisui blinked in surprise as he watched his ginger friend flop to the ground with exhaustion, his sister barely had a scratch on her though she was also breathing somewhat heavily. Guess it really did pay to be trained under someone like Madara.
Tatsuo sighed, "Guess… there won't be a date huh…?" His voice oozed pure sadness as he looked at his hands, "Man… I trained so hard too…"
Minami hovered over Tatsuo with a victorious grin plastered on her face, tips of her dark bangs tickled the end of the ginger's nose, "I'll see you at 6, I like purple flowers." Standing straight and giving her twin her trademark loving smile, she walked off with a purposeful sway of her hips to return home, leaving both boys to stare at her in shock.
Shisui sat in the tree stunned at his sister's obvious flirtatious body-language, sure she developed their mother's confidence but flirting?! He blinked a few times before looking at the boy still laying on the ground, and his mind began to do a happy dance, 'That's got to scare him away now! Minami just kicked his ass in a spar! He'll go home and look for some Kiri woman and leave my sister alon-'
"I'm in love…"
Huh?
"The way her eyes lit up in the heat of battle, her body moving to the rhythm of her own heartbeat as she prepared to gut me alive! And her boldness!" Tatsuo threw his arms into the air like he was reaching for the clouds, "It was as if a war goddess graced her presence in front of me, demanding my respect and to show every ounce of my strength to gain her approval!" Tatsuo sighed lovingly as he allowed his arms to crash beside him in the earth. Suddenly, his head made a sharp turn to look at Shisui with a dopey grin, "I swear on my sword that I will marry her one day… She is the one."
Shisui's brain ceased all functions as he watched the Momochi boy walk away to plan his date. No… this wasn't the plan! He liked Tatsuo, one of his most trusted friends to be precise beside Itachi, but how the hell did he catch his sister's eye? Minami's never even looked at boys up until now… ugh… he needed help… sadly Itachi was on a mission and Madara doesn't care.
Deidara's POV
I was busy preparing for a mission when I felt a face press against my back. Naturally, I knew Shisui had come home but I didn't expect him to come straight to me at this moment, "Yes baby?"
"Mfffffff! Mnhphpi hff a dfaft wif haf gfsfgr*!" The muffled gibberish was soon followed with my son making a sound that sounded like a mixture of a teenage boy getting a bad report card and just a singular note of distress. Honestly, it kinda tickled.
I couldn't help but chuckle as my son refuses to remove his face from my shoulder blades, "What's wrong with, Tatsuo-kun? He's a sweetheart and always has been, un."
Finally, I got a proper response, "But Minami shouldn't date yet! Especially not with some guy!" I had to hold back a smile as Shisui was going from a 5 to a 15 on the panic scale, "I mean have you seen him?! He has shark teeth! What if… oh Kami, what if he hurts her? Uncle Kisame's bitten me before when I poked his cheek and he wasn't even trying when I started bleeding!"
I roll my eye and finished up my packing, "Minami is strong enough to handle things herself, besides that Tatsuo is more like his Uncle Haku than he is like the other Swordsmen of the Mist when it comes to women. He and Minami like each other, right?" Shisui looked away from me, "Let them have this date, and if it doesn't work out… well, there's always Mirai, un." I let out my laugh as Shisui went pale at the idea. Okay, so it wasn't just Tatsuo he had a problem with but Minami dating in general. Oh well, he'll learn to accept this.
"But he's…" I made Shisui pause when my pointer and middle finger jabbed his forehead followed by a boop on the nose, "But…"
"No buts, she's the right age to test out the waters… besides…" I tap my foot on the ground, "If he tried to hurt her, I would know."
That night
3rd person POV
Shisui couldn't stop bouncing his leg as he impulsively checked the clock again for the 10th time in 5 minutes. He couldn't help himself! It was almost 10 o'clock and his sister was still on her date!
A quiet knock on the door made Shisui sprang up to his feet and run for the front entrance, he could hear his mother laughing his ass off in his bedroom but the teen ignored it. Without hesitation, he flung open the screen door and was greeted with a smiling ginger.
"Hi Shisui, sorry for being late. Minami uh…" Tatsuo adjusted his arms and Shisui quickly spotted Minami comfortably sleeping, being carried piggyback style. He blinked when he suddenly felt the weight off his shoulders and sharingan staring him down, "Woah, we just went for dinner, movie and then I showed her this cool lake where we spared and talked. She fell asleep on the way here."
Shisui blinked a few times, deactivating his eyes as he processed this information. Looking down at Minami, he happily noted the content expression on her face, "Thanks… Tatsuo…" Turning on his heel, Shisui went back into the house while the other boy gave him a soft smile and headed out of the compound.
Once in their room, Shisui laid his sister down on her mountain of pillows that he is forced to call a bed… seriously, her pillow collection could make 3 mattresses at this point. He turned to head to his own bed when a hand grabbed his wrist, "Yeah Nami?"
"He's nice… I really like him… He thinks my eyes are pretty…"
"Your eyes are beautiful sis, of course, he would think-"
"My sharingan. He said they were beautiful…" With a blissful sigh, Minami snuggled into her pillow party and fell back asleep, releasing her hold of her twin.
Shisui stood there for a moment, watching his sister sleep before returning to his own bed and hid under the covers. Most people that see her sharingan for the first time cower in fear or try to kiss up to her because of her Uchiha bloodline, never actually complimenting her eyes outside of usefulness. Maybe his sister dating someone wasn't too bad after all… even with teeth that look like could rip apart metal.
Omake #1: Time travel… sorta?
Deidara's POV
I slowly shuffled into my living room after a long hot shower, chakra depleted and my brain wanting nothing more than to shut down for the rest of the day. Today's mission was an absolute disaster. Naruto wanted me to train the new ANBU recruits but to also let them handle the mission. Why me of all people when I should be training Team 7? I'll never know. Needless to say, the entire squad got a bit too big for their britches and I had to take over to make sure no one died. Never again, I'll stick with training genin and leading professionally trained ANBU groups. Itachi can have the newbies. At least they listen to him.
I have to meet with Menma and the rest this evening, so I had dressed in a black kimono top with the Uchiha flag on the back, and the rest is just standard shinobi gear. I'll most likely be late, and the last thing I need is to forget my clay in a half-awake state.
Using what little chakra I had left I shuffled my feet against the floor to sense the area. Madara is at his house, Itachi, Obito, and the twins were nowhere to be felt within the compound… well, no point in pulling out the futon. With as much grace as a panda, I flop facefirst into my plush couch and relax my body. Finally, this is what I needed, some well deserve res-
"Kaa-san, check out this scroll Minami and I found on a mission!"
Out of pure maternal instincts, I shot my head up to look at my twins who seemingly materialized out of nowhere. They paused, most likely noticing my exhausted expression, "No… come on… show me what you found so I can sleep without worry, un…" I motion for them to approach so I can look at the scroll. Minami unraveled it for me to look at it, "Um… where did you two find this?"
Minami shuffled her feet, "We think it was the old tomb of Tobirama, we only found this because we had our sharingan on since it was hidden behind a bunch of seals. But we can't read this, can you?"
How could I? This was written in extremely cursive calligraphy, "No, I can't read this. I could barely read your father's handwriting when he was Hokage… go show this to Madara-sama, he may be able to read Tobirama-baka's handwriting, un." And with that, I slammed my face back into my pillow and was out like a light.
3rd person POV
"Kaa-san does have a point, we should have asked grandpa Madara first…" Shisui took the scroll from his twin and headed out to the elder Uchiha's house. They've been there so many times that there wasn't any need to announce their presence, and Madara was almost always in the exact same place, "Grandpa Madara?"
Madara calmly sat on a large, smooth rock in his yard, meditating when he heard the sound of Shisui's voice, "What is it?" He opened his eyes and watch Shisui open the scroll to him, "You found a jutsu scroll?"
Minami nodded, "Yeah, but we don't know what it's for. Kaa-san doesn't know how to read it and we wanted to know what it may be for before we try to use it." She nudged her brother to hand the scroll to Madara, "We think it belonged to Tobirama."
"Of course Deidara doesn't know how to read calligraphy…" Madara took one glance at it and his face turned sour like a bad lemon was shoved in his mouth, "Oh this is Tobirama alright. I know this writing anywhere."
Minami's eyes lit up as she bounced at her spot, "What does it say?"
"I said I know this is Tobirama's handwriting, not that I could read it, that's how I know it's his scroll." Madara examined it, his eyes going from sharingan, to mangekyou, all the way to rinnegan, "Still cannot read this no matter the eyes… I swear this is how the First Great Shinobi war was started…"
Shisui snorted out a laugh at that comment before his face fell, "So, you don't know what it is?"
Madara shook his head, momentarily entrancing the twins with his hair and Minami's hand twitched at the sight of the fluff, "No, I know what it could possibly be. It's an incomplete jutsu that Tobirama was most likely developing shortly before his death, it seems to have a time limit. If anything, I would assume it was to help prevent the war in the first place…"
Minami's face scrunched up, "So… like time travel?" She winced when both males gave her odd looks, "Kaa-san and I like to read from his memories… it was his favorite type of-"
"No, I know what Deidara liked to read in his past life, you don't need to finish that sentence." Madara rubbed his face, still traumatized from all those years ago, "But in a sense… I believe so. Which is why it seems to have a time limit, Tobirama didn't want to stay in the past…" With hesitance, he handed the scroll back to Shisui, "Though… it seems like it won't work, or it will have a different effect… so if you plan on using it, be careful."
Shisui pocketed the scroll, exchanging smirks with his sister, "We will, we'll use the jutsu with Kaa-san nearby." Turning on his heel, Shisui bolted off to return home with his twin hot on his tail.
Madara sighed, "I doubt it'll have normal effects… oh well, they'll be fine. Deidara can scold them later." With a long inhale, Madara returned to his meditation.
Back at the house, Shisui laid the scroll out on the floor by his sleeping mother while Minami collected supplies just in case things go wrong, "Got everything Nami?"
"Yep! Medical supplies, rations, money, and extra weapons just in case." She happily patted her pouch which contained the scroll, "You ready?"
"Ready as I'll ever be… what could we even change if it works?"
Minami paused at that, "Kaa-san already did so much…" She crossed her arms, "Hm… what about Jiraiya-sama? Kaa-san always said that was his biggest regret..."
"..." Shisui looked over at Deidara before sighing, "Let's hope it works then… maybe we'll even get to see everyone before Kaa-san converts them."
"You make it sound like Kaa-san is a cult…" The two had to smack their hands over their mouth to prevent a series of giggles to erupt, "Okay, let's do this before he wakes up. If this doesn't work as we hope then all we have to do is wait for the jutsu wears off then burn the scroll."
It took several tries, but by the 5th time decrypting Tobirama's handwriting, they got the right-hand signs. With one last look at each other, they slammed their hands on the scroll and a white light engulfed the three in the room.
Deidara's POV
'Something doesn't feel right…' Call me crazy but I think I'm on the ground. I open my eye to see nothing but green… and my house doesn't do green, 'Yep… ground… Who do I kill?'
"What the fuck…" With a groan from a sore spine, I push myself up to a sitting position to look around, spotting Minami and Shisui out cold nearby. We're in a forested area that's for sure, but something felt off about these lands. Whatever, I just need to pump some extra chakra into my feet and look for Konoha- WHAT THE HELL?!
Where is the village?! Where are any of the villages?! There should be mass activity happening somewhere but all I feel are small pockets of people!
Fidgeting with my ring, I look to examine it. The sapphire was still glowing with Itachi's chakra but it was dimmer than normal, "Great…" Standing up, and having to pause to let the blood return to my head, I go to nudge the twins with my foot, "Minami, Shisui, wake up babies, un."
"Nngh…" The first to stir was Shisui, "Did we go back in time…?"
"Oh, we went back in time, way wayyyyyyy back in time. If you wanted to learn more about the Warring State era I could have just done some digging for you, un." I ended my sentence with a snort, "Honestly, how could my own children do something so stupid?"
"The Warring State?!" Shisui shot up, accidentally kicking Minami awake in the process, "That's almost a hundred years ago! We only wanted to go back 16!"
"Owww… Shisui you kicked my shoulder…" Minami stood as well, rubbing her shoulder, "How did we go back so far?"
I roll my eye, "Obviously the jutsu was made to go back to this time period, most likely Tobirama-baka wanted to change some things. I swear… what were you two thinking?! What if that jutsu had sent you back farther than this?! Do you even know if the jutsu can be reversed?!"
Minami flinched, backing up slightly, "It… it has a time limit, it'll wear off. We… wanted to save Jiraiya-sama…"
Jiraiya? They wanted to-? "Honey… that's not how time travel works…"
Shisui frowned, "But all those stories you read-"
"Are just that. Stories." I placed a hand on my chest, "I was able to change things because I am not the product of time travel, but because someone with powers equal to the Kamis restarted everything and added in a new variable. He basically created an alternate dimension, do you understand me?" The two bowed their heads, nodding, "Nothing we do here will change our time. Even if it did then the differences would have existed originally*. If anything, I'd bet your father's addiction to dango that this isn't even our dimension, un."
Minami snuck a peek at me, "Then… we just have to wait for the jutsu to wear off?"
"Well, it's best we at least figure out which clan's territory we're in. Our clothes have the Uchiha crest and you two look like Uchiha, it'll be a pain if we run into the Senju clan… If anyone asks, your mother was an Uchiha who died at birth, un." I pinched the bridge of my nose and did a once-over of the twins. Shisui looked too modern for this era and Minami… I don't even know if women fought during this time, "Hide your headbands."
Minami giggled and after hiding her headband hugged her twin's arm, "Does this mean I get to act like a princess?" She chuckled jokingly but batted her eyes daintily at us.
Shisui snorted and nudged her off, "Nami, I love you more than life itself but you are anything but a princess. A war princess maybe, but Minami-hime doesn't roll off the tongue now does it?" He skillfully dodged the blow to the head aimed at him.
I create two chocobos and hopped on one, "Comparing status of our time to back here, by all means, she is a princess. Being the heiress to the Uchiha name and the daughter of a former Hokage, not to mention my political position. A princess usually meant a wealthy man's daughter, un." At least that was the case in ancient Japan, no idea how the feudal system works in this world.
"In that case," With fluid movement, Shisui grabbed Minami by the waist and hoisted her up onto their chocobo, "please refrain from falling, Minami-hime."
Minami's face slowly went from confusion to a child that was told to eat their vegetables, "Please never do that again Sushi, or I will kick you."
Shisui chuckled and hopped on the bird in front of her, knowing that Minami has no sense of driving one of these, "Whatever you say, Nami."
I kept the birds to move at the same speed as a normal horse trot. Painfully slow for all three of us but in all honesty, I don't even know if we are in the Warring State era and I'd rather not create too much attention.
"Kaa-san, I just had a thought. Wouldn't chocobos cause unneeded attention since these birds don't exist?"
I am going to ignore my urge to slap my son upside the head, "If needed they make a fast getaway." The only real downside is I can't exactly sense much.
Oh hey, the Universe is still active!
Several men in bright red armor and one blue appeared in front of us, "State your names and your purpose for being on Senju territory!" A very familiar man with long, straight brown hair pointed at us in a semi-dramatic fashion that reminded me too much of Naruto.
Well… we found Hashirama and Tobirama, lovely. I cautiously placed a hand in my clay pouch to start eating clay when a voice from behind us shouted, "They're with the Uchiha clan!" I could also hear the sound of a sword being drawn.
There wasn't much thought put into my next actions. Flipping off my clay bird I land my leg right onto the Senju that shouted, not killing him but it was enough to knock him flat on his face into the dirt, "I would greatly appreciate it if fully grown men didn't draw their swords onto children, un."
"Children?" Tobirama stepped forward, "This is war, and those that are old enough to hold a weapon are soldiers, those two are anything but innocent kids." He pointedly ignored the glare he was receiving from his brother.
"Oh, I never said they were innocent, but we are not involved in this stupid, senseless fighting." I rested a hand on my hip and had the other hand mold clay, "An Uchiha kills a Senju, to avenge the fallen comrade another Senju kills 2 Uchiha. Then an Uchiha kills 4 Senju, someone kills children, someone kills innocent women and elderly. An endless cycle of blood that I thank every Kami out there that I have kept my children out of, un."
Hashirama perked up, finally noticing Minami having blue eyes, "Are they actually part of the Uchiha clan?"
Hmmm… to lie or not to lie… that is the quest-
"Our mother was an Uchiha who left the clan to escape creating war children. She met our father here and died giving birth to us." Shisui jumped off the bird and stood at my side, "We wear the clan mark to honor her, and we were planning on finding the clan so we could learn how to manage our eyes."
Hashirama's eyes softened at an instant, ah yes, the dead mom story always works on softies it seems. However Tobirama and a few other Senju were not thoroughly convinced, "A likely story, but even if you were telling the truth, we cannot let you go into Uchiha territory. You have seen too much."
"Shisui, help me down my butt is numb." Shisui twisted his body and helped Minami off the chocobo, "Thank you." Cracking her knuckles, Minami stormed over to Tobirama which made my anxiety spike up, "Listen here snow rabbit! None of us would be in this mess had you and your little lobster friends just kept to following us quietly instead of harassing us like we're wanted criminals! We are going to the Uchiha clan to learn how to use our eyes so we don't go BLIND thanks to stupid genetics and then we are going home because your stupid war is pointless! Just kiss and make up, make a stupid village, have everyone sing love songs and all that peaceful stuff, AND LEAVE US OUT OF IT!"
I had multiple theories in my head as to why Minami got angry so fast, one is because she's my daughter and thus has her mother's temper, or because of hormones. But my brain clung to only two things from that, "Snow bunny and lobsters?"
Shisui snickered behind me, "Albino fluffster and the men in red look like lobsters. I- uhhh…" I look back to the Senju to see Hashirama in an emo corner. Yes, babies, I am 100% positive that this is the future founder of Konoha and Shodai Hokage, Senju Hashirama.
"I've never been scolding and insulted at the same time indirectly by someone younger than me before…" Wow, Hashirama must not pay attention to his surroundings then.
With Hashirama's depression, Tobirama burst into a sigh, "You three will be coming with us and then we will discuss what to do with you."
My vision was blocked by my hand colliding with my face, "Or you could let us leave peacefully so we don't learn were your damn base is, un." Not like that meant anything, I could feel it less than half a kilometer away. It was so easy to sense things when the population is this small, I could even sense… oh, oh dear. This really is a different dimension.
Spinning around, I grab Minami and Shisui and yanked them to the ground, "Get down!" Tobirama was already casting a water jutsu when several mass fireballs barreled through the trees, clearing out a path pretty quickly. So this is how so many clearings exist in the current time!
Twice the number of Uchiha as there were Senju appeared in front of us, two of them being Madara and Izuna. I made sure that as I stood up and brushed off Minami and Shisui that their Uchiha symbols showed in their line of sight.
"So, you're resorting to kidnapping Uchiha, Hashirama?" Madara had his arms crossed, seemingly not afraid to talk bad to his rival.
Hashirama seemed to do a tally in his head, "Retreat, do not engage!" Clasping his hands together, wood sprang out from the ground to temporarily distract the Uchihas, giving the Senju enough time to flee.
"Tch! Hashirama! You coward!" Madara huffed in annoyance, snapping his head to look at us staring at this whole thing dumbly, "Explain yourselves."
I shifted my foot slightly to get a good feeling of everything, yeah, this was definitely a different Madara, he's slightly off, "I'm-"
"I could care less about who you are, as far as I can tell you're not from the Uchiha clan, I'm speaking to the other male."
What. an. Asshole.
Shisui patted my shoulder in sympathy, "It's okay, I got this…" He bowed deeply to Madara, "My name is Uchiha Shisui, the woman is my twin sister Uchiha Minami and the blond is our father Deidara. Our mother was a member of the Uchiha clan, but she died giving birth to us." As if sensing the Uchiha about to call bullshit on them being Uchiha, when Shisui stood tall and proud his sharingan was activated. Behind him, Minami also activated her eyes.
Izuna inclined his head at me which made me raise my hands up in mock surrender, "Don't look at me, I don't have the sharingan. I have enough kekkei genkais to deal with, un." The chocobos poof into a puff of smoke and returned to being mini figurines, which I simply pocket for later.
Izuna's eyes lit up in interest, "You can make animals?"
I slowly nodded, noting that Minami took a step closer to me, "Yes, Minami inherited my chakra nature along with the Uchiha bloodline. We were actually on our way to look for the Uchiha clan, un."
Madara took a step forward that I guess was suppose to be intimidating? Sorry, I got distracted by the wind making his hair move, "Why would you come looking for the clan? Choose your words carefully."
I paused, face going blank… and then I sneezed, "Gah… ow." I sniffled casually and nearly smirked when Madara's tough facade broke for a split second. I've known a different version of him since I was 16, calling him my father on occasion and honestly lost my fear of him when he kicked down his coffin and screamed Hashirama's name in a dramatic fashion, "As I was going to say, these two awakened their sharingan a couple of years back, and I felt it would be best for them to train with those who were masters, un."
The lies all fit together in a silly story. Minami and Shisui already mastered their sharingan, the mangekyou is nearly impossible in a time of peace but even if it happened, they can swap eyes. But as far as this Madara and the other Uchiha were concerned, I was just a simple father wishing for my children to survive a war-torn world. Heh… simple, that's funny.
Madara considered this, "You will be blindfolded for the journey, no one outside of the Uchiha bloodline can see the compound from the outside."
"Fair enough." I didn't make a move when an Uchiha tightly wrapped a cloth around my eyes, I didn't have my scope on me sadly, "Minami, I am putting my life in your hands, honey."
"Right." I could feel her internally dying at my helpless facade. Of course, I didn't need a guide, I could follow them blindly. But that would just cause more problems than what my pride was worth.
The walk took a while, but not as long since once Madara noticed I wasn't having any walking issues he began to experiment. First by slowly increasing the speed of his walking, then he ran, and within a few short minutes, we were all bolting through the trees like it was a race. The other Uchihas were struggling to keep up with Madara, Izuna, the twins and I, I almost pitied them. I'm supposed to be the "blind, helpless, not shinobi person" and here I am making them eat my dust.
The blindfold was only removed when we reached the Uchiha's land and holy shit there was a lot of sharingan staring at us. The background Uchiha vanished within the masses of other men while Madara led us to a more secluded area, "So you wish to train under Uchihas?"
Minami nodded, "We believe it would be the safest way to learn without harming ourselves. We learned some skills with Tou-sama-" Heh, so polite, "But not much, please be kind to us."
Madara smirked, and easily removed his armor, "Then show me what you two are capable of."
I sat next to Izuna while watching Madara fight with the twins, he wasn't even trying and was toying with them, avoiding giving out fatal blows. Despite acting like they have no idea what to do, Minami and Shisui moved like a machine, neither one moving without the other doing another thing to help. Most of the time, Minami focused on using explosive release while Shisui used his sharingan to predict the explosions and maneuver around them.
Izuna raised an eyebrow, "I thought you came here for them to train, they seem pretty good as it is. Did you train them?"
I hummed to myself, "Yes, because of my kekkei genkai they learned how to dodge and weave around attacks pretty quickly, un."
"How did they manage to awaken their sharingan?"
"A man attacked them and a friend of theirs unprovoked when they were younger. The man injured their friend and Minami awakened hers in a protective rage, Shisui awakened his out of fear that his sister would get hurt, un." There was no reason to lie about this, "When I realized that the Uchiha clan's eyes awoken under extreme stress, I made them work on relaxing their minds at all time and when I deemed them old enough we went looking for you guys, un."
Suddenly Izuna looked offended, "Why did you show no fear around Nii-sama?"
A scoff passed my lips, "Because my only fear is that one day I may not be able to protect the ones I love… Besides, you two are rather rude. You know our names but we do not know yours?"
"Seriously? You don't know us? Have you been living under a rock?" Wow, I forgot Izuna was a rude little brat!
"In a literal sense, yes, our house was made of stones." Oh man, he's sputtering, "You remind me way too much of one of my brothers." Indeed, Izuna and Duck-kun would be best friends.
Izuna huffed and looked away, only focusing on the sparring match in front of us, "I'm Uchiha Izuna and that's my older brother Madara, the leader of the Uchiha clan."
Madara stopped two blows aimed for him by grabbing Minami by the wrist and Shisui by the ankle, "I've seen enough." He releases them, making Shisui fall on the ground, "You two have a ways to go, but there is potential in your abilities, especially with mixed kekkei genkais… Deidara wasn't it? Show me your kekkei genkai this evening."
I shrugged, "Easy, un." I miss watching Madara make those odd choking noises, "But first… Shisui, can I look at the scroll?"
"Scroll?" My son stared at me with a dumb expression for a moment, "Oh! Yes." He scrambled to me and gave me Tobirama's scroll, "What are you-"
I brush my bangs away from my face, open the scroll and open my other eye, "I want to read- Holy- Kami, that is bright!" My eye nearly tears up at the sharp contrast in vision while looking at the white paper, "Okay… yikes, never doing this again."
Letting my eye adjust, I scanned the scroll to see if there was some kind of way to undo the jutsu. Let's see… it lasts for 12 hours… lots of kanji that I can't read… some more kanji that I can't read… screw it, "What were the hand signs?"
Shisui slowly showed me the hand signs, careful not to release any chakra and I nodded in confirmation, "Alright, let's try doing the signs in reverse." I mean it works with the edo tensei, why not an incomplete time travel-dimension hopping jutsu?
Madara bristled as he didn't recognize the jutsu we were seemingly trying to perform, "What are you doing?"
"Oh, we're from the future. About 100 years or so. You and Hashirama make a village and by the time my youngest brother takes over it, the world is almost completely at peace. Don't listen to plants, don't listen to anything involving the moon, keep your brother's ego in check… oh and please get laid, you're so uptight that it's easy to tip you over. Bye, un!"
With a blinding light, we vanished from that timeline.
3rd Person POV
Madara stood there, staring at the ground where the strangers once stood. From the future? Impossible! But if it's true… then his and Hashirama's dream is real-
Izuna snickered, "You really should find a nice woman Nii-sama, you can be pretty uptight."
"My place is on the battlefield, not with a woman."
"... How about a man then?" He quickly ducked to avoid his brother's kick, "Nii-sama, is that just your way of agreeing with me?"
Madara's sharingan spun into mangekyou, "We're sparring. Now, Izuna."
Deidara's POV
Once the light went away and I saw my house, all the photographs the same and not a single wrong chakra in my line of senses, I violently grabbed the scroll and headed for Madara's place with the twins in tow, "Kaa-san what are you doing?!"
"Tch…" Kicking open Madara's door, I storm over to the poofy-haired shinobi, "Got any new memories of me, un?"
Madara opened an eye, "No. It's only been a few minutes since Minami and Shisui showed me the scroll. What's the matter?"
I flung open the scroll so fast that it smacked him in the nose, "Burn this scroll. Destroy it so no can stupidly use this jutsu again, un." Madara and I had a staring contest, which ended with him slowly taking the scroll from my tense hands and leaving the compound to destroy one of the few jutsus I curse Tobirama for making.
Shisui let out a high pitched, nervous laugh, "W-Well, that fixes everything. U-um, Minami, how about we go train our cousins?" But before they could run away, I grab them both by the back of their collars, "S-sorry, Kaa-san, we truly wanted to go back to help Jiraiya…"
"Again, no matter how good the intention, you cannot change the past when it is already written out, un." I let out a low growl, "When your father gets home, you two are so grounded."
Two hours later
"One month training genin in Amegakure and if they are unable to pass even the first round of the upcoming chunin exams, another month being restrained genjutsu by Madara and taijutsu by Rock Lee with genin level chakra." Itachi stood next to me with the disappointed dad look as he spoke out the twin's punishments. Minami and Shisui were staring at us in horror at the mention of Amegakure, as much as they love their aunt Konan, they cannot fight in the rain to save their lives. I fondly remember taking them to Amegakure after becoming genin and they always seemed to manage to step in a puddle of fall into one. Minami's hair made it even more difficult.
The two opened their mouths, but only an airy noise was made. Their heads bowed low and they slowly shuffled into their rooms, accepting their punishment and seemingly preparing themselves more for Madara and Rock Lee than the genin, "You know you could have just stuck with the retraining, un."
"Perhaps, but they need to learn responsibility and it gives them the chance of redemption without making it be a full punishment." Spoken like a true Hokage, "Dei, I saw that brand of tea you favor in the market, shall we go?"
"Sure!" Hugging Itachi's arm affectionately, I followed him to the busy streets of Konoha. If the past could change, we would have seen it in this timeline and not new memories being made. My mistakes are my own and the twins do not need to fix them for my sake… but I also can't help but love them more for taking Jiraiya into consideration.
Believe it or not, I spent over a week working on a different version of the omake where the time travel/dimension hopping went to Shippuden, but I hated how it was turning out and redid it… total pride killer there. But I love it and how it turned out, just a nice little story to read. And yes, it was a dimension hop.
*"Go... on a date!"
*"Moooooooommmmm! Minami has a date with that ginger!"
*I'm going with the HP version of time travel where the present is just what the future you already changed, so you don't know what the original looks like.
I highly doubt I'll post anymore chapters, I have so many different projects in mind that I'm just happy to give you all this little anniversary present. I'm even working on a 3rd fic at this moment that will be released when One Year is at its final stretch.
Again, thank you guys so much for your love and support, this fic would have not been the same without your inputs. If anything, the story could have been much more different if no one read it. So… yeah, thanks. :3
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