SHF Chapter 5
Truth
"Welcome home!" Naruto greeted Sasuke as he entered his house, the taller raven was silent as their was a familiar figure sitting across Naruto. She was the current pregnant head of the Hyuga clan, she like Naruto was swollen pregnant with a child, the father? Toneri, a man who had tried to kidnap the younger sister and failed multiple times as the young Hyuga had matured into a powerful kunoichi and skilled Sasuke hated to see the young Hyuga 'Queen' with his Naruto he had to admit she was a great companion for the blonde, the two became close after their wedding and even closer now as both were pregnant, Naruto with his fifth child and Hinata with her second. Sasuke removed his cloak and left it in the hook next to the door, he still was silent making the room uncomfortable especially for Hinata who just smiled awkwardly. "What's wrong teme?" Naruto asked as he followed the gaze of Sasuke's eyes, it was always so weird between the two, Sasuke really must have such great distrust. Sasuke walked over and pressed a kiss to Naruto's head, closing his eyes as he took in his smell.
"O-ohayo Sasuke kun, how are you?" Hinata greeted meekly rubbing her large belly, she was about seven months, only two months behind Naruto. He nodded at her dismissively, "where are the kids?" Sasuke asked Naruto kissing his head again, Naruto smiled looking up at him. "the twins are watching Yuu chan and Hima chan" Sasuke's eyes twitched, the little girl was pure evil. Naruto laughed at his expression, "Himawari is a sweet girl, she's not a little 'devil' as you may call her" Naruto said. "She's trying to take Yuuta from us and constantly patronizes me" Naruto deadpanned, "Sasuke she's four, the worst she can do is convince Toneri to kidnap him and i doubt it since he looks like me"
"Sasuke kun" Hinata spoke aloud gaining his attention, "Himawari isn't a little devil, she just... well um" "she just hates you" Naruto helped her finish her sentence. she nodded, "so please don't call her that she'll only want to take Yuuta away more" Hinata said firmly, she loved her daughter, she was very different from herself, she was bold and very confident and wasn't afraid to speak her mind.
"where's Yume?" Sasuke asked as he walked towards the hallway that lead to the rooms heading to check up on the kids, considering the boys were 8 years old and having a toddler and a four year old would be hard sometimes. Though they were used to occasionally babysitting since Yume was in the anbus with Sasuke and Naruto as Hokage was busy. "she said she would be in the storage, she wanted to see some of our old stuff" Sasuke paused, "old stuff?" like stuff from when i was in the Akatsuki? or when i was with Orochimaru? Sasuke thought as his heart dropped, Naruto stared at Sasuke worriedly seeing his expression. He tried to stand up but he struggled, Sasuke went to his side and helped him up, "Naruto be careful, when you need to move just tell me and i'll help you" Naruto flinched as he felt a hard kick next to his bladder and felt the need to pee, again.
"i'm fine i'm not a baby and I've been pregnant three times, you're just a worrywart" Naruto said, "besides why did you make that face? it looked like you were afraid of something" Sasuke shook his head, "nothing i just felt exhausted" he reassured him kissing his cheeks. Sasuke helped Naruto to the bathroom and offered him help to pee but Naruto shrieked a no, he was not that helpless. Though after a few minutes struggling to take off his pants he called out to Sasuke who tried not to laugh at the indignant squawk from Naruto. After the bathroom he half carried the embarrassed Naruto back to couch and left to check on the children.
They were in the twins room as it was the second biggest room in the house, it was right across Yume's which was the smallest and next to Yuuta's room that was closest to the main bedroom. The room and house would be expanded just in case they decided to have another kid after the one inside Naruto or if they didn't use protection, Kakashi jokingly said they were like rabbits in constant heat. Sasuke would like to be mad at Kakashi for saying they were like horny animals but he wasn't wrong, Naruto and him were always doing it, the only time they wouldn't was when Naruto was pregnant as he became increasingly tired when they did try to do it then.
Sasuke watched his children pay from the door way, they had grown up so fast, he remembered when they first brought them to the compound and the sleepless nights. It was hard to raise twins as their was a constant back and forth between the two and having to also care for Yume who began to isolate herself from them. Eventually they all adapted and everything changed, Yume began to return to her old self and help them, the twins began to calm down a bit too as they became bigger and thankfully Kakashi retired. Yuuta was very different, he was a quiet child, he would only cry when he needed things which was rare, and he was a very affectionate quiet child. Though the little Hyuga got attached to him the moment they met, clinging and playing with him, like right now as they were playing hide and go seek and she tried to drag him to the closet, the little red head resisted but conceded and lets himself be dragged by the girl. Koji noticed him and grinned and waived at him, he was hiding behind a chair that was full of dirty clothes, his grin as bright as his papa's.
"hi dad" he mouthed as he peered around the chair, Sasuke smiled and petted his hair before heading to the storage room.
"found you!" Kurai stated triumphantly, "that's not fair you only knew where i was because of dad!" Sasuke could still hear their bickering as he walked down the steps, they were so much like him and Naruto.
Yume gave a long sighed and tugged on her collar, beads of sweat rolling down her face, "its sooo hot in here!" she grabbed a large box and dragged it towards her sitting area. The room was large and filled with nothing but boxes stacked together, windowless and had no electrical wiring to put in an AC. She ripped off the ape off from the box with her kunai and opened it, rummaging old things of her parents. pictures, old weapons, old clothes from their genin days and many other things, she even found her papa's old toad wallet. She laughed remembering the story her papa old her when Jiraiya took his wallet and spent it all on alcohol and women. Putting the wallet aside she kept searching and found something else, it was a cloak. "what the? a cloak?" she asked perplexed holding the thing up, it was an old worn out things, rips and tears here and their, the red of the clouds fading away into a dull color."this cloak is old but man is it cool looking!" she stood up and pulled down the zipper of the cloak, whose ever cloak this was, its mine now!" she beamed as she slipped in her arms and zipped it up.
It was too long for her and when she pulled the hoodie over her head it covered almost her whole face, "its huge on me but it's still awesome" she pulled off her hood fixing her hair. She turned when she heard the door knob and creak, smiling at her father. Though her smile dropped as she looked at his expression, fear mixed with anxiety, she never seen her dad make that face before and it scared her. "dad why are you making that face?" she asked worriedly
"where did you find that cloak?" Sasuke asked as he stared at her, memories of his past surfacing in his mind. She didn't answer as his voice was a bit foreboding,
"Yume take off that cloak" he commanded in his anbu voice, a voice he rarely used out of missions. "Dad you're scaring me! Please tell me what's going on" she pleaded, "why do you look like you've seen a murder"
"that is... that's my cloak when i was in the Akatsuki" Yume gasped wide eyed.
"your uncle Itachi was a great man, he did so much for me and daddy" Naruto told little Yume who was curled up at his side, "he was a spy in a group called Akatsuki that tried to hurt me" Naruto said stroking her hair as she looked up at him with wide eyes, "did they hurt you -papa?" she asked and he shook his head, "in many ways yes and many ways no... They took a lot of me" Naruto said his voice cracking a bit.
"Why?" Yume asked covering her mouth, as she grew up she understood that Akatsuki was an organization that wanted to take the bijuus from their host, but it would cost them their life. Sasuke sighed pushing his hair back, "well you know your uncle, he did so much for me, all the sacrifices he made and i... i acted foolishly, he wanted me to defend the village to keep peace and I lashed out like a brat"
"I was filled with so much hate for the village, i wanted to destroy it. All that was in my mind was that they betrayed my brother, they abandoned him and they had to pay" Sasuke looked at Yume, her expression empty. "So i joined the Akatsuki, i knew their objective and i didn't care as Naruto was part of the village"
"we, Taka soon got a mission to capture the hachibi" an image of Killer bee appeared in her mind, "uncle bee?" Sasuke nodded, yes, i didn't care who i hurt or what i had to do, as long as my revenge was met nothing else mattered" Yume flickered sad emotions on her face, "luckily we failed but it was the point of no return for me, well i thought that at that moment. I reunited with Naruto and things didn't go well, if Obito hadn't stepped on i would have killed him" Yume looked down her bangs shrouding her face. "After that we went to transplant Itachi's eyes in me to receive the full mangekyo sharingan i was numb and full of darkness, i felt no guilt as i used my companions like tools. Didn't even blink an eye when i sacrificed one of my comrades, it was no problem to me"
"The look in Karin's eyes when i stabbed through her meant nothing to me" "congrats Sasuke you have a daughter!" Karin announced handing the new born child to Sasuke. "The many people i hurt, those who i betrayed and hurt. Many gave up on me when i was in the dark but Naruto didn't and i hurt him the most, Naruto never stopped trying and eventually he got me"
"Even in the war he kept faith in me, though he did waiver in faith in himself" Sasuke eyes scrunched at the thought of the Hyuga heiress, "Hyuga snapped him out and prevented him falling, maybe that's why i hate her... She was the only other person to reach Naruto's heart in the same way i did, she saved him and loved him like i did, she was my only rival"
"Anyways, i digress" he said, "i did so many horrible things when i was in the Akatsuki but i don't regret any of it, if i didn't have that past i wouldn't be the person i am now, i wouldn't be with the person i love, i wouldn't have a great family" Sasuke closed his eyes and lowered his head.
"I know you must hate m-" "dad shut up" Sasuke felt a gentle hand on his head, "i love you!" Sasuke looked at her daughter and was amazed to see her smile so brightly.
Her smile became small and she looked to the side, "i know what you did was horrible, no doubt about that" she said in a soft tone, "i am shocked that you were in the Akatsuki but that was in another time, even if it hurts to know you were one of the people that tried to take papa i know that wasn't the real you" Sasuke stared at her silently, " The real you is a broody kind man" broody?
"Papa has the ability to see the good in others, he's the kind of person who would do anything for the people they know that could be saved and he saw goodness in you, i don't know maybe he thought he could take you before you were swallowed completely and i'm happy he did" Yume began to tear up and she quickly wiped her tears away, she was so emotional," papa believes in you and so do i"
"Yume" she sniffed as her dad embraced her in a tender hug, "thank you" he whispered softly, she smiled and hugged him back rubbing her head on his chest.
Naruto turned off the stove and headed to the boys room to tel them dinner was ready, Hinata and Hanabi left hours ago as it was getting dark as the time schedule had changed. He smiled when he found the three boys picking up the room, the twins had scratches on their face, another fight between the two, he cleaned them up and band aid their faces. Yuuta yawned and went to his bedroom where he slept in his bed, he curled up with his stuff animal, Naruto kissed his head and draped a blanket over his small form. He ushered the twins to the kitchen who readily ate their food, Naruto smiled as he headed to the storage room, he wondered if the two were still looking through things and creating a huge mess, though he doubted that since both were organized and neat.
He opened the door and stopped short at the sight of Sasuke and Yume sleeping, Yume's head on his shoulder and Sasuke arm around her protectively. Naruto tip toed over not to wake them up grabbed the cloak that was on the floor and covered them, kissing their foreheads lovingly. "Sleep tight" Naruto said, it hurt to bend down but it was worth it, he loved to see his family so peaceful.
"papa eat with us" Koji took his hand looking at his dad and older sister, they looked so calm. "okay say night to daddy and nee san" Koji nodded and pecked them both on the nose as that's where he could reach. Sasuke smiled when he woke up hours later to find that they slept in the storage room,he picked up Yume and took her to her bed and then went straight to his bedroom where he hugged sleeping Naruto tightly in his arms, Naruto was his eternal happiness.
