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I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER OR THEIR SUCCESSORS IN ANY SHAPE OR CAPACITY. I ONLY OWN MY FICTITIOUS OC'S.

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Upload Schedule:

Flaming Saga: Sundays

Silence Left Behind: Wednesdays

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Glossary: Scene breaks will be denoted by a line of X's

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Demonic or summons speech"

'Demonic or summons thoughts'

Jutsus shall be rendered in Japanese or English depending on which they are. For example, I will not be saying Almighty Push, I will be saying Shinra Tensei, or Rasengan instead of Spiraling Sphere. However instead of Raiton: Gian I will be saying Lightning Style: False Darkness, I am now starting to consider going only Japanese or English with the jutsu. Please let me know which you would rather.

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"I love coming home." - Freddie Freeman

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Here is the second of my two chapters promised. This one adresses a couple of people I felt I did not bring attention too, and a bit of comedy. Till next time,

~Ardent Chronicler

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Naruto winces in pain, the device on his stomach had been removed a month ago but the feeling of it hadn't gone away. He was just glad the mission report was done, he just wanted to get home, relax for a few days, and spend time with his girlfriend and siblings. After the events of the Land of Snow it had him thinking about points of view. He couldn't fathom the way Koyuki had felt back then in the snow it just seemed so far fetched. Abandon her home for her own happiness? It just didn't click to him it went against everything he was taught and it irked him how it felt so, right. He loved his country, his home, his family, but if he was being truthful. If it came to saving the nation or any member of his family, he would choose his family every time. Naruto unconsciously let a hand fall to his stomach and grip the fabric of his sweater.

"Is it actually worth it?" Naruto sighed and continued with his walk.

It didn't matter if it was worth it to him, it only mattered it was worth it to those he loved. He would always, and he meant always, follow what his heart believed. Iroh was right, Naruto was his own person with passions and feelings that the Yu Yan would never control completely. Naruto knew that this line of thought would have been seen as treasonous but he really didn't give two fucks about it.

Naruto had been absent mindedly walking for the last hour but he was shaken from his thoughts when he arrived at his doorstep. Naruto opened the door and kicked off his sandals not even bothering to completely put his shoes away. Closing the door behind him he stepped into the house and he smelled everything. The strawberry, vanilla, sandalwood, whipping cream, charcoal, honey, it was home. Naruto smiled and stepped into the living room and saw Ty Lee once again on the couch reading a book, his mother holding Yin and in the kitchen cooking something.

"I'm home."

Ty dropped her book, she heard the voice and tears began to stream own her face. He was supposed to be gone for only a month, not three! She ran across the room her stomach doing a flip and her heart fluttering. She crashed into him wrapping her arms around his torso she squeezed him so tightly she thought he would break. She felt his arms wrapping around her lower back and his forehead lay against her own.

"I was so scared. There was no news and you were gone an extra two months."

"I know, I apologize Ty, our boat kind of exploded."

"What?"

"Yeah, one of the ninja who were attacking blew our boat up, so we had to wait for the next shipment."

Ty sighed and closed her eyes just taking in his presence, she would be the first to admit, she may have been over reacting with worry but this wasn't just anyone, this was her Naruto.

"I'm just happy you are home."

"I am, and I have a few days off, some things happened on the mission and I am being given leave." Naruto kissed her forehead and led her to the couch and just like the first week they lived together he sat down and she laid her head in his lap. Naruto ran his fingers through her loose hair rubbing her scalp. Naruto loved the little smile she had, it reminded him of a cat. He leaned down and kissed her, savoring the sweet taste of her lips. He felt her reach up and cup his cheek in her hand. Naruto pulled himself from the kiss and smiled down to her, this, this was his answer. Naruto would do anything for the people he cared for.

"Oh, Naruto, you're home!"

Naruto beamed a smile to his mother and sister, he waved them over and got a hug from both of them.

"How was the mission?"

"Dreadful, I'll tell you over dinner, what time will father be home?"

"Oh, you didn't get told, he was sent back to the clans compound two weeks ago to prepare."

"Prepare?"

"It's official Naruto, we're at war, Iwagakure has invaded the Fire Nation and we are pushing them back as much as we can but, after the attack of the Chunin Exams we barely have enough strength to hold them back with the Nations troops."

"What is the plan?"

"Well, there is one mission you will be sent out on once you are Chunin, maybe sooner. For the rest of us, it is just guerilla tactics and trying to hold the lines so they dont attack home."

Naruto sighed his hands messaging Ty's scalp as he let his mind wander about the future. He felt his mother sit down next to him pulling Ty's legs into her lap.

"Ty, you are like a little space heater."

"She is, it's nice at night."

"Naru!"

"It's the truth though, you keep me warm at night, usually I have problems being too cold."

"It's true, Naruto has always been cold at night, even when he was a baby. It's just how he is."

"It's true, even when we went to the capital and I was sleeping in the Fire Lords palace, I was freezing cold."

"Wow, well I guess it is good I am a space heater, I can keep you warm."

Naruto nodded and he let his head fall back, his eyes closed and he just reveled in the moment surrounded by the women in his life.

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Sasuke absolutely hated that last mission, it was too cold, the client was too whiney, and Sakura completely overshadowed him. Not to make the matter blown out of proportion but Sakura was just outclassing both Naruto and himself and he wanted to right that. He was the Uchiha heir, so he should have been the stronger one. He had been trained by his brother and mother all of his life, and even now Sakura was just better than him.

Sasuke had always had a bit of a power trip problem, he always believed he should be the strongest. This was not discouraged by his cousins who practically spoiled him or his brother who did the same. The only one who treated him as if he were normal was his mother, but more recently his secret girlfriend Azula.

Azula had slowly but surely wormed a spot in his mind and heart. Through her abrasive but enduring flirting and just being with him Sasuke had come to care for the woman. She was strange but he liked how she took control of situations. She was strong, in both power and will, and he liked that. She knew what she wanted and had the power to back up any attempt to take it. He respected that, and her claws were set into him, and he liked every minute of it.

"Sasuke?"

He looked up from the road and there she was, Azula and her friend Mai side by side standing in the middle of the road. He looked up and looked her in her golden eyes. He gave her a somber smile letting her see just how exhausted he really was. He saw the rage in her eyes as she stalked towards him. He stopped walking and she stood in front of him.

"Of all the things, you just smile? You bastard, son of a bitch, you ass hole. You, you!"

Sasuke leaned forward wrapping his arms around her body and kissed her forehead. He felt her go rigid in his arms and he placed his chin atop her head and closed his eyes.

"I am alright, just tired Azula. I'm home."

Azula was furious, but with just two sentences she was defused. She had been worried sick for months now, her boyfriend and her brother both disappearing with no word back. It was dreadful. That last thing she figured happening was him kissing her in the middle of the street, they were supposed to be keeping everything on the down low. She just sighed and leaned her body against his own and tried to relax. She was here, he was finally home, that was all that mattered to her in the long run. She looked up and saw his forlorn smile and she saw the exhaustion in his eyes. She took his hand and started to lead him back to his home. She had been staying with Lady Uchiha since Sasuke had not reported back the first month. She had only ever lost one person before and they vanished in the same way, her old guard before Naruto came to the palace. He vanished on a mission that needed his expertise, and he never returned.

"You better be, and if you leave for that long again and not keep in some form of contact. I will end you myself after resurrecting you, do you understand me Uchiha?"

"Crystal, my Lady."

Azula opened the door to Sasukes home and pulled him through, Mai walked in behind them and turning to the noise of running Zuko wrapped his arms around Mais waist from behind.

"Zuzu, I'm going to be staying here with Sasukes family for now, you and Mai can have the house."

"Oh, alright, Mai, let's get home I am very tired from the mission."

Azula heard the door close behind her and she half dragged half led Sasuke to his room and shoved him into it. Closing the door she pushed him to the bed and began removing her shirt.

"I'm just going to have to give you a reward for coming back to me."

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Sakura stretched up high standing in front of the door to her home, she opened the door and lazily kicked off her sandals. She waved at the living room while she passed by saying hello to Hayate. The door at the end of the hallway opened and a nude Yugao stepped out of the bathroom a towel around her head drying her hair. She hugged Sakura briefly and jogged into her and Hayate's room. Sakura stalked into her room and closed the door, she was exhausted, Kakashi had been running them ragged with training and the run home. Yeah, not a nice easy walk home, he had them running as fast as they could, the whole time. Kakashi officially sucked to her.

"Sakura, hurry and take a shower, dinner is in ten minutes."

"Alright mom!"

Sakura placed her pack on th bed and shed her clothes, grabbing a change from her dresser she left her room to go to the bathroom and shower. She could still smell her mothers pomegranate shampoo, it made Sakura feel a tad bit uneasy. Her mom only ever used that shampoo if her and Hayate were going on a date. Sakura sighed underneath the hot water, she made sure the temperature was high, she wanted to feel scalded when it was over. Sakura thought back to her night with Koyuki and smirked, her teenage years were going along swimmingly.

"Lucky thirteen."

Sakura quickly scrubbed herself raw, shampooed and rinsed and left the bathroom for her own room. She pulled a small box from under her bed and reached into her bag. She pulled a pair of panties from her bag and tossed them into the box under her bed that contained twelve other pairs.

"Getting pretty good at this seduction stuff, too bad it's only girls for now."

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Ame felt horrible right now, she was nearing the end of the trimester and she felt like a bloated whale. Though it could be worse, she could be dead. Minato had been a kind benefactor and got her everything she would need, and even sometimes satisfied her cravings, she hated cravings. She still remembered when she asked him to get her chocolate frosting, pickles, and okra. The look on his face was priceless.

She wanted to reach out to Naruto, to tell him what she did and apologize, but Minato had laid the laws to her. She needed to be in her childs life but she also wanted her childs father to be in their life. She knew how impossible it seemed, nonetheless Zarehya and Muy hated her for what she did. She managed to argue Minato down to allowing her back into the general populous, albeit under watch. She can never be a shinobi again, nor could she train, but she was ok with that. Over the last few months she has been changed. It sounded cliche but she meant it. In the beginning this baby was meant to be her weapon, her blackmail, but now? Now she loved this baby, even more than herself or her petty squabbles. She would live for this child and would live only for it.

Th sound of knocking on her door brought her from her musings.

"Ame?"

"Ah, Minato, please come in."

Minato opened the door and saw the blue tinted hair of Ame Uchiha. He still felt off about her but he was putting his trust in her.

"You wanted to talk?"

"Oh, um, yeah. Minato, I know I sound like a broken record but please. Isn't there a way Naruto could be there for the baby?"

"Ame, I said no the first dozen times, why would I say yes now?"

"Minato, please, my baby deserves to have their father in their lives! You of all people should understand not having a father!"

"Don't bring my father into this."

"Minato please."

"ENOUGH, I have told you no, and I mean no. Ask again and I will just kill you and take the child. You mistake a whim of my own as caring for you. Do NOT act like you know me."

"So you are going to deprive my child a father for what, your whim? Please, you try to be heartless but your heart is written on your sleeve. Even if I died you wouldn't leave your grandchild in an orphanage anymore than you could leave your sons."

"You misread my intentions, no one who doesn't know about this child already will learn of the child. I am going to take the child when it is old enough, train it into a weapon benefiting Konoha, and that is all there will be. You will not be a true mother, maybe a few years because I want to see the hope ripped from your eyes faster than you could even realize it. I want to see you break, and then, then I will kill you."

"You bastard."

"No, I wasn't a bastard, but your child is, and it will stay as such."

Ame burst into tears once Minato slammed the door behind him. She needed to leave, she needed to get out of Konoha. She couldn't stay, Minato was insane! She would have to find a way, maybe when her chakra was back up to snuff she could break through the seal and escape, but until then she would have to bide her time. This child mattered more than anything to her and she would see it born.

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Hanataro doesnt understand, she woke up, that shouldnt have happened → She tried to move but the seals restraining her to the bed were causing her pain if she moved → Looking around she saw two people, Kakashi and a blonde haired man → Kakashi talks with her and apologizes for his absence → Hanataro asks why she isnt dead → Minato confronts her and asks why she has the genes of him and his late wife running in her veins

Everything was foggy, her eyes opened and her eyelids fluttered, everything was blurry. She looked around, she shouldn't be able to look around she should be dead. What happened, the last thing she remembered was dying after finally kicking off that damn seal. She turned her head and saw a grey haired man with his face buried into a book and a grown blonde man standing next to him speaking.

"-asking and asking, she just can't understand, no means no!"

"Maa, Master, she's awake."

Hanataro shook her head, her ears were ringing, she couldn't understand what was going on.

"I'm sorry for the absence and also for your coma Hanataro."

"Kakashi? My head, why am I alive?"

"I managed to keep you in stasis due to a sealing scroll. Long enough for Tsunade to take over your care."

"What?"

"HAnataro, I am Minato and I need to ask you something very very important."

"What? What's going on?"

"Hanataro, why do you have mine and Kushina's DNA? I don't remember Kushina popping you out."

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Yes, Sakura is collecting the panties of each female client she has seduced and had sex with. I a aware Sakura is underage. Till next time,

~Ardent Chronicler