Time marches on, and with it, progress. Inside of a wooden structure, near a great desert, on a cold October night, screams from a mother to be broke the winds. Kushina was being attended to by Minato, her husband, and Midori and Tori. The redhead woman's stomach had black bubbles popping around where a seal was supposed to be.
Minato was focused on keeping it intact as she gave birth. The wooden structure was far outside of Kuo Kuana, in the off the chance this all went wrong. Midori and Tori were briefed about a month in, taught basic sealing jutsu to help assist. Currently, Tori had his hands over his adoptive mother's stomach, chakra flowing from them into the seal along with Minato's.
They had listened to him, about The Nine Tailed Fox. At first, they were terrified of the prospect of that thing living inside of Kushina, especially since they were in a populated area! However, the more Kushina explained that back in her world that she had little choice to take upon the role, they sympathized.
Besides these very people gave them all new lives, with purpose. If they hadn't come along, the ursa would've gotten them nearly a year ago! Not to mention the bandits, and even then, Mistral would've just kept ignoring the issue at hand.
"Ahh Gods, come on!" Kushina screamed in agony as she grips the bed railing next to her, it bended from her grip before she screams in her home language. "I'm going to kill you, Minato dattebane!"
Minato turns pale as he stood there, channeling chakra into the seal. "Come on out little one, Nine Tails, you stay in there!" He mentally commanded as he saw Midori standing by near a basin of water and having two different towels.
"I can see the head!" Midori screamed out as she, noting the hair color of the baby was the same as Minato's, "It has blonde hair!"
Kushina laughs deliriously from the pain and continues speaking in her native language, "I wanted a mini me, ahh Gods! Minato, why, why would you do this too me!"
"Um, father, what does mom keep saying?" Tori asked while continually focusing on the seal, "She sounds very angry…"
"Oh, she is, she is very upset, apparently because our baby is taking their time!" Minato yelled out before a wave of red energy blasts him back, sending out of the structure.
"Minato!" The redheaded soon to be mother screamed, only to watch him reappear in a yellow flash, and continue holding The Nine Tails back.
He yells out at the seal in their home language, "I thought I said the baby comes out, and you stay in!"
"I can see the arms! I am going for it!" Midori called out as she reaches down, before gripping gently, slowly pulling the baby to help it come out.
Not even a moment later had his feet exited, a shrill scream filled the air! Minato focused on relocking the seal, but tears were feeling his eyes. The screams of the newborn made him weep as he stared up, seeing the baby getting tended to by Midori, who was washing the placenta off. Kushina was breathing slower now, having thrown her head back into the buckwheat pillow.
"Di-did we do it?" She asked while still holding the rails of the bed, hearing the baby in the background of haze in her mind, "I h-hear it…is it okay?"
Minato watches as Midori grabbed the blue blanket before he buried his head into Kushina's stomach. Sobbing as he smiles, "He's okay, Kushina!" the man called out to through his sobbing as she looked up, watching as Midori clamped the cord and then cut it.
The greenette walks over, passing up Minato, "The mother gets to hold the child first, sir."
Kushina shakenly clutches her newborn son, removing part of her robe so he could start feeding. She fidgeted lightly, leaning up with some help from her husband. They looked down at the mop of blonde hair, noting how it was growing into spikes. If this child had violet eyes, it would've been like the two just combined.
However, noting that how much he looked like her body wise and face structure, it looked like her husband won out on the coloring. His peach skin was adorning their child beautifully, the baby's mewling whilst feeding sent shivers into their hearts!
They noted that his face had three whiskers on each cheek. No doubt from the exposure to The Nine Tail's chakra. Kushina and Minato figured that something would've been influenced by him, seeing that his chakra was constantly mixing with hers. She slowly rubs the child's head, whimpering as tears spilled from her violet eyes.
"Our son," Kushina murmured while rocking back and forth, "we have a baby boy."
"Yes, we do, princess, we have a son. Hello to the world, Naruto." Minato called out the child's name before leaning down and kissing his head.
The new mother watches him feed from her breast, stroking his little bit of hair lightly. She looks towards her husband, "Narutomaki is his namesake…so what if we kept my last name to his?"
"I've been thinking about that, honestly. You're one of the last Uzumaki out anywhere, and well…Namikaze is just a name, but Uzumaki is a legacy. Besides, I'm just happy to have a son, princess. My beautiful, baby boy, he's going to be a real heartbreaker." He stated before looking at Tori, and smiling, "Want to come meet your brother?"
Tori nods his head, walking over toward Naruto, "Wow…he looks just like you guys put together."
Midori was wiping her brow as she looked at the couple, noting that Sapo was probably waiting for her outside. They had an armed guard all around the small structure, in case any of the rumored militant faction of The White Fang came knocking.
The Taiyō Movement followers were within Kuo Kuana, having turned in for the night after scouting out fertile areas around the city. The intent to was to set up a settlement and start upholding the honor of having been welcomed in by Ghira himself!
They all awaited news!
Hephaestus heard the door to the structure open. Seeing Midori step out, every single armed guard turned around. Some of them were the newest members of the new Shinobi Corps, the best they could've trained up at the moment.
"Lady Midori," Sapo greeted her with a smile, "everything alright?"
"Everything…" Everyone turns to her, awaiting the news, "Went perfectly!"
The soldiers and shinobi alike threw up cheers and whooping into the air. Some of them already using scrolls to text other members of Taiyō back inside the city. No doubt that there would be celebrations, the team of soldiers all relaxed, knowing that their hardest part of the job was done!
"Was it a boy, or a girl?" Sapo inquired as some buddies from the city were asking him on the scroll, "What their name?"
"His name is Naruto Uzumaki," Midori informed them before hearing as Minato stepped out behind her, she turns and greets him, "Sir."
The young leader walks over, shaking the hands of each soldier and shinobi trainee there. Even going as far as to receive hugs from some of them. A few of the older men who were shinobi trainees and fathers themselves, were offering him advice or assistance in the near future. To which Minato had greatly and humbly accepted.
Sapo's webbed hands found Midori's, looking inside to see Kushina feeding Naruto, smiling softly the man turns back toward the city in the distance. "To believe that just a few months ago we were on ships, coming into a city that kind of didn't want us to begin with."
"Ghira is a very honorable man, he promised our movement a home and delivered. If his people view us with distrust, that's because they have been dealt dirty prior. It's up to us to shape the views of those in the future, it's a responsibility that'll even fall to young Naruto in there." Midori stated softly before watching as Ghira Belladonna himself walked up toward them.
He had an escort of guards with him, Sapo lets go of her hand before greeting the large man, "Chieftain Belladonna."
"Tell me, was the baby born healthy? I understand this was supposed to be extremely difficult birth, we've come bringing food for you all, it's been eighteen hours." Ghira told them as his guards sat baskets down, "and some new clothing for Lady Kushina."
"I heard that, how many times I got to tell you stop calling me Lady Kushina, Ghira!"
Minato laughs as he walks over to him, holding out his hand to which the large man gripped tightly. "Keep it up, and she'll come out of there swinging." Minato told him before looking over towards the basket, "Did wife make that?"
"She crochet it over the last month," The Chieftain answered before patting the man's shoulder. "I'll soon join you in fatherhood my friend, Kali is due less than fifteen weeks from now if our daughter doesn't decide come early."
"Daughter, I thought you and Kali wanted to wait?" Minato questioned him accusingly while smirking, "The need to know got to you, didn't it?"
"Guilty as charged," Ghira admitted while holding his hands up, "But I hope that Kali's delivery takes less time than the eighteen-hour marathon that poor Kushina went through…especially since…you know."
"Well, our son was born healthy. Would you like to meet him, godfather?" The blonde man offered as he beckoned him inside, "And you are owed that title since you let us have a home here in Menagerie…I will not entertain anything else on that matter."
The faunus chieftain gives a boisterous, and prideful laugh. He walks in at the behest of his friend, watching as Tori stood guard over Kushina. The adoptive son, who took on Minato's last name of Namikaze, stood there with both hands to his side. That child could probably run the gauntlet of three dozen guards before going down! Looks were deceiving, because Ghira had seen Minato take down Grimm, dozens at once! If Tori was his student, under him then he'd would be legendary!
"Hello, Ghira, how is Kali dealing with her third trimester?" Kushina inquired while leaning against the wall of the structure, "Sorry if I look indecent…but I don't give a single flying fu-crap right now."
Minato chuckles as his wife catches herself, the poor young woman was exhausted. He walks over to her, scooping up his son while giving her a passionate kiss, they broke off the kiss as he holds his son, cradling him. Walking over toward Ghira, the blonde man kept ahold of his son before showing the chieftain his face.
"His face, Minato, is your child a faunus?!" The chieftain inquired while looking on as the infant mewled in his father's hands.
Minato bit his cheek a little bit, "Honestly, I think it had something to do with The Nine Tails. Remember when said that her and it's chakra constantly mix, well, perhaps he inherited some portion of it. Which would explain the whisker markings, they're basically birthmarks."
"Well, at least the monster didn't come out. Are two planning on having anymore anytime soon?" Ghira inquired with a chuckle, "Because I need to know ahead of any national security threats to Menagerie."
"Har-har-har…" Kushina gaffed mockingly before crossing her arms, wincing, "Not at least for two years."
"She wanting to wait two years, who knows, we may end up a girl next. So, Ghira, this here is my son." Minato handed Naruto over to Ghira, who held him gently in the cradle of his large arms, "Naruto Uzumaki."
"Uzumaki, like your wife?"
"Yeah, you see where we came from there was a clan named The Uzumaki Clan. They were wiped out because of fear, and ignorance. Since she's one of the last ones, I figured our son and children could carry the legacy of the clan. Namikaze is just a name, but I'm proud to have built a legacy with him." Minato explained while whimpering a little bit, "He's beautiful…never thought I'd see the day."
Ghira smiles before handing Minato back his son, "Be proud, Minato Namikaze. Your son shall be your true legacy, I hope our children will be friends."
"I hope so too, Ghira, any word on that militant faction?" Minato inquired while burping his son, "I got to get ready to practice changing a diaper."
"Hehe, what a segway that was…and no. I don't know whose really backing them, Sienna Khan wasn't too happy with all five hundred of your coming over. She wouldn't have minded a few dozen, have you come up with an area?" Ghira inquired while watching Minato place his son a table, putting a diaper on the baby after discarding the used one into a trash bag.
"Well, it's going to be a distance away from Kuo Kuana, but there's a patch of forest toward the western forest. There's some pretty strong Grimm there, but I've already agreed to take point and clear them out myself." Minato stated before picking up his new changed son, "My people just need a few more months."
"I'll try to convince the elders, but currently there's a lot political infighting going on. Some of them love your people, expressing joys that humans and faunus working together closely…some of them of viewing you though as a pretender. That you really are just some sort of super hunter working for Atlas…and The Schnee." The chieftain revealed to Minato who was strutting back over to Kushina, placing Naruto down in her arms.
"Speaking of Schnee, I got an interesting letter from someone named Jacques." Minato said before turning toward Ghira, "Something about a business deal involving dust."
"Do not accept that deal, I don't care what he offers you, Jacques is nothing but a snake wearing a man's skin." Ghira growled as he looked toward his friend, "Minato, anything dealing Jacques would send my people in an uproar."
"Which is why I'm not going to deal with him, I'm going to deal with you, my friend. As long as Kuo Kuana stands behind Taiyō, Taiyō stands behind Kuo Kuana and Menagerie as a whole. My plan was to start getting farmland and waterways going so we'd be able to start paying back for the generosity you've shown." The blonde movement leader revealed to the chieftain, "It'll take a few months…but generally Menagerie's seasons aren't too harsh in the winter."
"Your best bet would be to plant in February, you can potentially harvest in the start of summer here. Anything that helps Kuo Kuana, and her other settlements out would go massive leaps politically speaking. I'm sorry we're talking about this, but you know that our war on political intrigued never stops." Ghira apologized before leaning against the door, and yawning, "We're probably walking into a party tomorrow."
"Father," Tori called over to Minato whilst walking toward him, "Ahi is wanting to know when we'll be back inside the city?"
"Tomorrow morning, if she wasn't sure about throwing a celebration with the other kids, tell her it's okay." Minato told Tori, who smiled and began to text her back on the scroll, "And you can go too."
Without much of a word Tori ran out and took flight, flying back towards the city. Minato shook his head laughing, "Young puppy love, Gods how long was that ago…Kushina?"
She was passed out, still clutching their son. Minato walked over to her, slowly leaning down and kissing her forehead, "get some sleep my princess."
The new father sits on her bed, "Ghira, I'll see you tomorrow…I'm exhausted as well."
"Very well, my friend, I'll see you tomorrow!"
Winter came to Menagerie as Minato and a bunch of the Taiyō movement were working in the forests. Those who could use earth style were slowly building up walls of stone. Their village, which hadn't been named yet, would be near the shore. Trenches running the outside of the village's walls lined up with farmhouses that were slowly being built.
A deal had been made for those who wished to settle here. They'd have to work, but even Minato would join them in the dirty work. A screeching ball of energy dug out from underground, with him emerging as he took a deep breath of hair. A miner's lamp over his head, he rubs his eyes, yawning.
"Hephaestus, what do you think of the tunnels for the water system so far?" Minato asked as he was helped up by the man, "I mean I'm not exactly sure we can get the concrete in time for the tunnels to hold up."
The old engineer smacks Minato's shoulder, "Aye, but it is at least mapped out!"
Small stone houses were being built inside of the walls. The Earth Movers Corps, which consisted of those who used water style and earth style jutsu, were busy. Ahi was currently working with other fire style users and helping metallurgist build up stocks for construction projects. Tori and others were returning with game, and food!
Midori was leading the first established medical division, making sure to heal any number of injuries. Aoi, who was working with some of the better water style users were digging out trenches to lead into the village for the water. They were currently just trying to get it set up to where people could live sustainably, all of the other aesthetics could come later!
It was January, January tenth to be exact. Nine days before Ghira's child was due, and Minato would be heading to Kuo Kuana tomorrow night. He walks around the makeshift village, seeing various people work as snow fell around them, creating small drifts, but nothing like Mistral had been. Several guards were wondering about the area, making sure that no one was stealing anything.
They had some issues with one of the newcomers stealing someone's jewelry the other week. The first crime, and Minato dealt with it harshly. The man's hands were bound behind him, and he was forced to walk around Kuo Kuana with a sign that spelled out his crime for the entire day. Needless to say, when he got back to the starting line, tomatoes caked his face…rotten ones.
Good old public humiliation goes a long way when it comes to discipline!
"So, I heard that your wife has agreed to be Kali's midwife." Hephaestus stated while looking on as other busybodies carried material throughout the village, watching as some of the younger children were building posts into the ground.
"Heads up!" Tori yelled out as he flew over the walls, landing with a slide in front of his adoptive father.
The bluenette bird faunus smiles, giving him a two-finger salute, "Father. My team is coming in shortly, but we spotted a small caravan heading in with supplies."
"Ah, that'll be the supplies that I requested from my old contacts in Atlas." Hephaestus stated before crossing his arms, "Was supposed to be a surprise, but I ended up gathering donations from The Taiyō Movement and bought some combustion dust generators."
"You mean we'll have power within the village soon?" Minato questioned while smirking, "Nice."
"Yes, with winter about to hit its strongest notes I figured I can get my HVAC teams to start on the houses. I got enough material in there to build a central heating system in the houses, mostly steam. A large boiler facility would need to be built. I got our metallurgist building the cauldrons for it now." The old engineer replied before sighing, "I was going to surprise you on your journey back here, but thanks to young Tori here…"
"Ahh, leave the boy alone," Vern argued as he came walking over. "He's a child, a solider yes, but a child."
"Vern!" Minato greeted his old friend, smiling brightly, "What's going on?"
"Nothing much, getting everything into place for the biggest hurdle. The Earth Movers Corps were taking a rest earlier but are hard at it now. The ocean waters near some our manmade streams would make use for waterwheels." Vern told the two, and then scratched his stubble, "The materials on that same caravan?"
"No, it'll be on the next one. Although generating passive electricity from these water wheels wouldn't be a bad idea. However, we mostly would be using them powered grinders for anything like wheat and such." Hephaestus stated before looking towards Minato, "Sir, do you hear that?"
Minato listens on as drums filled the air, followed by cheering. He and the makeshift council walk over toward it. There they see Ahi using fire style jutsu to put on a show for some of the elderly and children. Hot steam rose from the ground where they had impacted, with several others joining with her.
Ending it by suddenly blowing a massive, combined, fireball into the air! The fiery explosion echoed throughout the village as steam covered the group of villagers gathered. They then seen where Ahi's troop had disappeared in the steam, making an exit befitting a shinobi. Several claps, and whooping filled the air before they got in line for some soup.
Minato hummed as he felt Ahi behind him, "Ahi, what are you doing?"
"Just trying to keep the moral up, me and several came up with the idea of a fireball dance. I thought it was crazy at first, but we've practicing over the last month. You just missed our first performance, sensei. Where's Aoi?" She questioned before the little bluenette bird girl in question flew in on her own wings, "Oh, hey Aoi!"
"Hey yourself, miss cooking duty metal bender!" Aoi shot back before crossing her arms, dirt and mud covered her face, "Minato sensei the western waterways for the fields have been completed."
"Good job, Aoi, keep up the spirited work!" Minato cheered before watching as she nods her head, looks at Tori, "I see where you got a bear!"
"Oh, I know right, it snuck up on me actually, but I was faster!" Tori stated while holding the bloody kunai knife in his hand, "Those Sloth Bears sure are evil."
"Well, that's why I taught you to be fast." The village leader proclaimed before patting Tori's shoulder, "Aoi, why don't you and Tori go with Ahi? Take a break, go play with the other kids for a while!"
Tori and Aoi saluted before they go over nest to the orangenette and flicker away in a feat of speed. Several of the adult shinobi trainees were going towards a class being held by Sapo. Sapo had turned out to have an affinity for earth style techniques, and was very willing to throw himself into the work. Minato noted that him and Midori were getting close together. They were young adults, enjoying young love.
Minato took a deep breath before looking at his impromptu council, "Alright back to work, Hephaestus when those get here off the caravan…set them up."
"Aye sir," the head engineer saluted before walking off, leaving Minato and Vern.
"Hard to believe, almost a year ago today that we were graced by you. There's no other way to put it, we all are indebted you. No doubt, when the village is finished, it'll be you who names it. No doubt also, it'll be you who leads it, Chieftain." Vern stated before punching the younger man in the arm.
Minato shrugs a little bit, "I don't know how I feel about being called Chieftain. However, I've thinking of Hinode for the village name."
"Hinode," the older man hummed before smiling, "Taiyō and Hinode."
"Has some ring to it, doesn't it." Minato boasted before looking up into the sunset sky, "Here soon we'll be looking at a home."
"In all honesty, it'll take decades even fully finish." Vern admitted before looking towards Minato, "The people will be looking at young Naruto with scrutiny."
"I already know, I am going to raise him to be like me and his mother. I want him to have her passion, but I want it tempered with my mindset. Somehow, I believe he's going to be more like her than me," Minato held his hands at the hips. "Well, we better get back to work, because once I'm gone, I know you're all gonna slack off a little."
"Tch, well we're going to be hard at it then, c'mon!" Vern ordered everyone who was freed up, going down the makeshift street.
"Indeed, we are Vern, indeed we are."
Kushina swaddled Naruto whilst walking over to Kali. The younger woman reached out, taking baby Naruto into her arms. "He's precious," she cooed before looking at Kushina.
"Well, here in about four days you'll be induced, and then welcome to the mother's club." Kushina cheerfully stated before getting his bottle, "Then it's all down hill from there."
"Aww it can't be that bad, look at him, he's an angel." Kali stated before watching him mewl, only to stop when the teat of the bottle was put in his mouth, "See he's just hungries yes he is~"
"Well, when Blake wakes you up in the middle of the night eight times in a row, you'll be coming to me. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but you'd be surprised at the amount of sleep you'll lose." The redhead told her before crossing her arms, "Minato should be arriving shortly."
"If you two hens done clucking," A tiger faunus stated before coming into the room. "We've ran into some issues, Lady Kali."
"Oh no, what's going on?" Kali asked her husband's lieutenant before looking over her shoulder to see White Fang with weapons, "Sienna?"
"The Schnee Dust Company have reportedly set up a mining outpost in the northern wastes. It's an illegal operation, it'll probably be disavowed if taken apart. Still, they're being backed by Mistralian Huntsmen." Sienna explained before crossing her arms, "Basically they think they're above international laws."
"Sienna, you know how my husband feels about violence amongst the ranks. We're not supposed to be warlike, we're a faction of peace." Kali argued lightly but watched as the tiger faunus sneered.
Sienna argues back, "I think the Schnee need to be taught a lesson about coming Menagerie uninvited."
"That's called revenge, nothing ever good comes out of it." Kushina retorted before watching Sienna glare at her, "What?"
"No offense, Mrs. Uzumaki. However, you know not of our struggles. Your husband is an honorable man, as such I keep my words light to you, but when it comes to White Fang business…you best steer clear human." The tiger faunus growled out before looking at Kali, "I'm rounding a squad of volunteers…and you can inform your husband of my actions later."
"Sienna!"
Kali's yell on deaf ears as Sienna turns and walks out of the room. She leans back, holding her pregnant belly, "I hope my daughter doesn't inherit madness."
"I hope so too," Kushina agreed before placing her hand on Kali's stomach. "She's very lively, soon you'll be having contractions and then hello labor~"
The cat faunus woman just smiles, "You know to how to lighten a mood, Kushina."
"Well, best that we become friends, so our children can as well. Are you, and Ghira, planning to have more?" The redhead questioned while leaning back in her chair, hearing arguing down the hall, obviously Ghira found out. "I'm guessing Ghira just found out about Sienna."
"Damn it…" Kali groaned as she held her stomach, "Of all of the times…"
Ghira bursts into the room, fuming mad as he closes the door. "Damn Sienna, she waits until I can't be actively out there to stop it!" he raged as he took a seat by his wife, leaning back as he hears her groan.
"Chieftain," Kushina greeted him politely before starting to hear baby Naruto cry, "I got him Kali."
The woman grabs her son from her friend, bumping him up and down in her grasp on the chair. He burbs, spitting out gunk onto her shoulder. "Eww," Kushina groaned as she felt it roll down. Kali and Ghira laugh a little before realizing that they were soon to be on the same chopping block.
"So, Kushina, how is motherhood treating you?" Ghira inquired with a small smirk, knowing full well how it's been treating the woman.
Kushina shoots him a playful glare, "About as good as a cavity getting something sugary in it."
"Oof, rough, I'm pretty sure that our daughter will be temperamental." The man stated before looking at his wife, "She'll mostly get from her mother."
Kali reaches out, grabbing one of his ears, "Or she might get her father's lack of tact."
"Ouch-ouch-ouch!" Ghira groaned before breaking away from Kali, "That hurt woman, please tell the grip strength weakens birth…I plan on holding her hand."
Kushina nearly bawled over laughing, she clutched Naruto close to her, "Oh dear Gods. Ghira, you need to learn not to promise that."
"How bad could it possibly be?"
"How good is your doctor?" Kushina inquired before getting sly smile on her lips, "Because you won't using your hand for anything for a little bit."
He pales before looking at his wife, the small woman had sinister smile laced on her lips. Sighing to himself in defeat, "I should really think things through…"
"You don't, but that's what I love about you, you big hunk of man~" Kali flirted with her husband before kissing, making Kushina get a little awkward.
"Can I get some of that?"
Kushina, Naruto, Kali, and Ghira all jumped at the same time as Minato suddenly was sitting by her on the loveseat. They all pointed out at him, "Don't do that!"
Minato had made it game to suddenly appear without his signature flash sometimes. It caught everyone off guard, all the time. His prank was something to get back at Kushina for putting pink hair dye in one of his shampoo bottles while they were in hotel in Kuo Kuana's city center. Needless to say, that Kushina had been gotten back several times over.
Ghira got his when the man decided to try and play a joke on Minato. It wasn't a good joke, but it wasn't something that was rude. Minato had marked Ghira, and waited for the perfect time. That perfect time ended up being when Ghira was in the hot spring. The man liked private bathes, Minato could understand, but it didn't save him.
Needless to say, Ghira had just about feel asleep in when Minato suddenly got into his ear. The amount of feet that the panther leapt up was record breaker, nearly clearing the wall the separated the men's and women's side.
Kali was collateral damage, especially today when the woman suddenly doubled over. "Ow…" she groans before holding her stomach, "I can't wait to get you out of me little one."
"How much did Naruto weigh?" Ghira inquired, curious as Kali's stomach was looking a little bigger than Kushina's when she was pregnant.
"Um, we weighed him the next day. He was around ten pounds, which is a little big, but then again…me eating ramen like crazy during the last few months didn't help either of us." Kushina giggled before sitting back down next to her husband, handing Naruto off to him as he started whining for his father.
"Hey there buddy, look at you, Gods mom is feeding you like crazy. Ow," Minato winced when Kushina pinched him a little before he made some faces that made the baby giggle.
He sputter before oohing up at his father, hands outstretch. The little baby's eyes opened to reveal cerulean blue eyes, much like his father, except they were just a shade darker. Kushina's violet eyes fell onto her son, bending down and kissing his forehead.
"I love you, my baby boy."
Those Who Endure!
Kali screams out as she grabs Ghira's hand. The large man groaning in pain as she squeezes down hard. Minato was outside of the room with Naruto. Kushina was currently looking at Midori, who was preparing the water basin for the little baby girl on the way.
"Okay, Kali, still nothing. Good thing you took those meds because we're in hour twenty of this!" Kushina stated while wiping her brow, "You're fully dilatated though."
"Oh, joy, thank you captain obvious! I didn't know that, meanwhile, Blake is trying to kill me!" The chieftain's wife screamed out before getting rocked by more contractions, "Aww Gods wh-y-y-y!"
"Kali, honey, it's going to be…"
Ghira didn't get to finish as his wife looks up at him before yelling, "You finish that fucking sentence I'm going to break your goddamn hand off and shove it up your ass!"
"Oh my…" Midori blushed while looking toward Kushina, "Lady Kushina…could she…"
"I hope for Ghira's sake that she's exaggerating from the pain. Hang on dear, let me try something, it may hurt!" Kushina yelled out before pressing her palm on Kali's stomach, pushing downward slightly.
"Ah what the hell are you doing!" Cried out Kali who was gripping the bed with her other free hand, "That fucking hurts, sto-o-op!"
"Wait a minute!" The redhead smiles before looking up, "I see the head!"
Ghira bends down to look before fainting, Midori barely catches him and pushes back onto the seat. Kali groans as she mewls on the bed, pushing when the contractions hit her! She looked up at the clock, it was nearing six in the morning, January nineteenth. With a scream of pain, agony, and motherly desperation Kali feels her husband's hand break under her grip.
She'd make it up to him later! Right now, she was delivering the results of one of these makeups, and leaned her head back before sweat rolled down in reverse. It burned her eyes when it got into them, and they widened when she felt the baby being pulled from her womb.
The screaming came next, with her looking up at Midori, who was currently cleaning her off. She noted that she had catlike ears on the top of her head! Kali lulled back, breathing hard before sobbing. Ghira himself was starting to wake up, and heard the screams of his newborn daughter.
"Kali…ow my hand, did you do it?" Ghira asked while looking down at his wife before looking over as Kushina clamped the umbilical cord, "Kushina?"
"She's fine, just getting washed of the placenta. She'll be ready for you in a few minutes," the redheaded Uzumaki matriarch stated before standing up. "Kali, the good news is you won't need stitches down there."
"Joy…" Kali breathed before whimpering as she sees her daughter wiggling around in her pink blanket. "Oh, Ghira, she's beautiful!"
"Yes, she is," the large man started to breakdown. "Oh Gods, she's beautiful Kali, you did such an amazing job love, I don't give a damn about my hand, let me see our daughter!"
Midori took baby Blake over to her parents, setting her gently down into Kali's arms. Ghira sobbed openly, snout running down his face as he looked. "Look at her, my love, our little Blake. She has your hair my love, and your lovely ears." He stated before looking at Kushina, nodding his head.
"Thank you, Kushina."
Kushina smiles and looks over to the baby, "She is feeding?"
"She is, I'm sorry for cursing you out all out earlier…" Kali apologized before groaning a little bit, "Oh man, that took the wind right out me, Ghira…"
"It's okay, my love, we all forgive you. Just rest now, well, best we inform everyone of the good news!" Ghira stated before leaning down and kissing his wife, "We're parents now, you and I."
"I sure hope our daughter doesn't grow up being a handful," the new mother apologized before looking down at her feeding daughter. "We'll be batting boys away with sticks probably!"
"If she's anything like you, my bellflower, she'll be breaking all their hearts!" Ghira stated proudly before leaning down to see Blake open her eyes, her little cat ears twitching.
She had the most beautiful set of yellow eyes in the whole wide world!
Author's Note!
Well, we're finally ladies and gents, the story proper begins! Remnant is about to be forever changed, and with it perhaps it's destiny? What will happen in the future, no one knows, not even me! Come back next time, and let's see how these two grow up!
See you next time!
Meanwhile…somewhere in the dark north of Remnant…
Upon her throne, sat the witch. She saw through her crystal ball, that blue-eyed man and his power! She reviewed it several times, concluding that no doubt that the Gods were involved somehow. Her return was imminent, and in reviewing this she felt threatened!
"This man might be trouble for us," She called out to her council, "Recently she has given birth to a son. I want that baby, for he could prove to be a great weapon if he truly has the same potential as his father."
"My lady, if I may," a man with a scorpion tail called out. "I think, perhaps the best course of action for these people is to embed ourselves into them."
"Very sound, Tyrion, honestly I was thinking along the same type of lines…" She swished around a wine glass in her hand, "We need someone young…perhaps a girl old enough to train under them. It'd be better if she stole some information as well."
"I heard of a girl being held as a slave by madame in Atlas," A scientist stated before looking at his own wine glass. "Someone kept in that kind of captivity for long makes them obedient to anyone who frees them, Lady Salem."
Salem smirks before drinking her wine glass, "And I suppose the name of this girl?"
"Yes…her name is Cinder Fall."