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Chapter 36 – Reunion and the search for Tsunade begins…
Naruto saw a red headed girl being brought down to his former bed Hanabi had arrived to let Naruto, Yugito and Shinbo know they could move back to their own personal rooms. Naruto had told everyone in the room that his mother had been found and he had met her. Naruto's heart went out the girl when he saw the blood drip from her and he wondered what type of wound she had received.
"Hinata put Naruto in the chair and come help me." Kikiyo ordered.
"Hai." Hinata replied as she put Naruto in the chair next to the girl.
Kikiyo quickly removed the dirty and torn shirt from the girl. Naruto looked at the girls face and thought he saw something familiar about her but could not place it.
"Hinata, I need you to apply the gauze to the wound when remove the shuriken. And put pressure on the wound until I can heal it. Do you understand?" Kikiyo demanded as Hinata nodded.
Kikiyo and Hinata worked on the girl for about twenty minutes until they had removed all seven shuriken from the girl. Kikiyo and Hinata stripped off the girls pants and put her in a hospital gown. Naruto watched the women as they worked and was impressed with both of their skills.
"Thank you Hinata for helping me this would have taken a lot longer and she would not be in as good of shape as she is now. And thank you Naruto for your patience with us for having to deal with Yuki." Kikiyo complimented Naruto.
Naruto nodded and smiled. "Thank you Kikiyo-san, but I had nowhere to go and I was truly fascinated by both of your ability to work together and to take care of Yuki here. She is lucky she came when she did. Hinata-chan could have been on the other side of the compound putting me in bed. I am glad we were here so that Hinata-chan could help." Naruto said with a blush.
Inoichi walked in with two more girls a very young blond and a raven haired girl. The blond ran up to Yuki yelling "Nii chan! Please be alright Nii chan!"
Naruto rubbed the girls head with his left hand. "She is in good hands with Kikiyo-san and Hinata-chan." Naruto said with a reassuring smile.
The blond looked directly at Inoichi. "Okay neechan is okay. Where is Kaa-san?" The girl demanded.
"Okay Yoshiko, Naruto why don't you come along too. You will find this interesting." Inoichi replied the girl.
Naruto looked at Kikiyo and Hinata longingly. "Go, I can handle it here. Both of you go. She will be okay, I will let you know if there is any change." Kikiyo assured Naruto.
Hinata helped Naruto to his feet as they followed Inoichi.
"Why are they coming to see kaa-san?" Yoshiko asked.
"You will find out soon Yoshiko-chan." Inoichi responded kindly.
Naruto was surprised when they turned into the room where his mother and Mikoto were resting.
"Kaa-san!" Both girls yelled as they ran to either of the women sleeping. Both girls turned to Inoichi. "What is wrong with her?" Both girls asked in unison.
"They are both sleeping." Inoichi answered with a smile.
Inoichi kneeled next to Yoshiko and put his hand on her head. "Yoshiko-chan, I would like you to meet Naruto-kun, your older brother." Inoichi said as he pointed at Naruto.
Yoshiko tentatively pointed at Naruto. "He is my niisan? How can that be? I have never met him." Yoshiko replied as if in shock.
Naruto looked at Inoichi as if to question. 'They are my sisters?' Inoichi nodded. With Hinata's help Naruto kneeled. "Yoshiko-chan is your name?" Naruto asked as Yoshiko nodded. "Well… The woman behind you is my kaa-san too. So that would make me your brother. Would you like to have a brother?" Naruto asked almost not wanting to hear a negative response.
Yoshiko looked as if in thought. "Boys are icky. But if you are a nice brother then I guess it will be okay." Yoshiko responded happily.
Naruto chuckled. "I will try to be a nice brother for you and Yuki. We do have another brother and sister, I adopted them. Actually they adopted me in a way. Would you like to meet them while our mother is sleeping?" Naruto asked with a smile. "Oh and this is my really good friend Hinata-chan." Naruto said as he nodded towards Hinata.
Yoshiko bowed to Hinata. "A plea… pleas… I am happy to meet you," Yoshiko finally said frustrated that she could not say what she wanted to say.
"I am pleased to meet you also, Yoshiko-chan." Hinata replied politely. "Shall we go so Naruto-kun can also get some rest and we don't wake up your mother?"
"You go I will keep an eye on Sora-chan." Inoichi said as he sat in a chair behind a whimpering Sora. "We will go meet with Sasuke and the Third after Mikoto wakes up."
"I don't know how to thank you Inoichi-sama. You brought back my mother and then you brought me a couple of sisters. I just don't know how to thank you." Naruto said as a few tears fell from his face.
"Naruto-kun, let's get you back to your room and we can visit with Yoshiko, Yugito, and Shinbo." Hinata coaxed Naruto into leaving with Yoshiko.
"So niisan where are we? Why do we not live in the same house? Why is your arm that way? Who are Yugito and Shinbo? Why are her eyes all lavender? Huh? Huh?" Yoshiko asked as they walked along.
Naruto looked at Hinata. "Was I ever like that?" Naruto asked in a whisper.
Hinata smiled warmly and blushed. "Yes are like that when it comes to ramen or jutsu." Hinata said with a chuckle.
Naruto took a deep breath and let out a sigh. "We are in the Hyuuga house and this is Hinata Hyuuga, my teammate and best friend. As for living in the same house we have not known about each other until now, I thought I was all alone. Yugito and Shinbo are two people I met while I was on a mission and we had a lot in common so we became a family of sorts. Hinata is a Hyuuga and all Hyuuga either have white, silver-ish, or lavender eyes, that is part of being Hyuuga. Ah, we are at Yugito's room." Naruto stated happily.
Hinata knocked gently. "Yugito-chan it is Naruto-kun and I, we also have an interesting guest. Can we come in?" Hinata asked through the door.
"Just a minute I am not decent." Yugito yelled back through the door. 'If it was just Naruto-kun and Hinata-chan I would be fine, but a guest, jeez where are my shirts.' Was heard from behind the door as Yugito grumbled about having a guest. "Okay you can come in." (Yugito is wrapped in bandages and considers Naruto a brother so seeing her torso wrapped in bandages would not bother her.)
Hinata slid the door open and they entered. They saw Yugito sitting on the bed with Hanabi. "Naruto-niisan, Hinata-chan, I am happy to see you so soon. Who is this? She is adorable." Yugito said with a squeal.
Hinata set Naruto down on Yugito's bed near the headboard so he could lean against the wall. Hinata then sat down beside Naruto and smiled at him.
"Yugito, Hanabi this is Yoshiko my little sister. Yoshiko this is Yugito my adopted sister and this is Hanabi is Hinata's sister." Naruto said quietly. A moment later the noise was nearly deafening with all the questions the girls were asking. Naruto could only just shake his head as he rested against the headboard.
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"We have lost them all Danzou-sama." A raven masked ANBU stated as he bowed before Danzou.
"This is not good. We must not have our plans pushed aside. The Uchiha boy is still valuable even injured. He could still be able to rebuild the clan." Danzou continued to look stoic. Danzou a man of few words and several sever injuries, a couple so sever he lost his left arm and eye. "I am thinking I must challenge Sarutobi else all we have worked for will be destroyed. Either that or Sarutobi must die."
"I am deeply sorry Danzou-sama we were not expecting the Uzumaki girl to be able to run and take the other two with her. We also lost eight Root operatives including our only Hyuuga recruit. He is now with Ibiki and Hiashi. They more than likely will find out that you have not disbanded Root sir." Raven stated waiting for orders.
"The council will protect me for now. I want Naruto Uzumaki to be captured as soon as possible." Danzou ordered.
"Hai!" Raven replied and then disappeared.
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"Sarutobi we must talk." Koharu stated as she entered Sarutobi's hospital room.
"And what can I do for my old teammates at this late hour?" Sarutobi stated annoyed that both Koharu and Homura had barged into his hospital room at nearly midnight. Sarutobi had just finished his paperwork from his office and wanted to get some sleep. 'What are the old windbags up too?' Sarutobi thought.
"It is time to find a successor." Homura stated.
Sarutobi smiled as he had them right where he wanted them. "I thought the very same thing so I am nominating Naruto Uzumaki. What do you think?" Sarutobi asked with a smile and a glimmer in his eye. Homura looked as if he was going to have a heart attack and Koharu looked like she was having a stroke. "You don't like my choice for the next Hokage? Why not?" Sarutobi asked jokingly and acting like he was hurt.
"Please Sarutobi do not joke about something as important as the position of Hokage. Why would we ever consider that child for the position of Hokage, ever? I would just as soon put Sasuke Uchiha in as he currently is as Hokage then Naruto Uzumaki." Homura asked.
"We know you favor the boy but the safety of the village is at stake here. We suggest that you nominate Danzou as acting Hokage until we get word from Jiriaya as to whether Tsunade-hime will accept the position." Koharu stated more gently.
"I will take it under consideration." Sarutobi stated bluntly.
"Please see that you do old friend as we could have the council give a no confidence vote on your tenure at Hokage." Homura stated a little too bluntly for Sarutobi's and Koharu's tastes as both scowled at the man.
"Are you threatening me, your Hokage?" Sarutobi questioned letting out so much killing intent that the ANBU stationed close and in his room appeared immediately. "I take what you said as a personal threat Homura-san. I am hoping for our friendship it was not. Now leave my sight I have other appointments and do not need to be bothered by threats from old men." Sarutobi unceremoniously dismissed them with a wave of his hand.
"If you will please follow us…" A bear faced ANBU showed Homura and Koharu the door. They met Hiashi, Kurenai, Kikiyo, and Jiriaya as they left.
"And we missed the old crow's convention." Jiriaya joked, which caused Hiashi to smirk, Kikiyo and Kurenai to both chuckled. Jiriaya waved to the elders as they walked down the hall. Jiriaya waited until he entered the room and shut the door before speaking. "I see they again have left you in a great mood sensei."
"At least you can joke at time like this. They want me to put Danzou in as temporary Hokage until you bring Tsunade back. They even had the nerve to threaten a no confidence vote on me as Hokage." Sarutobi said as his anger started to abate.
"Well our news may not bring you into a better mood. But we do have some useful information." Hiashi stated bluntly.
"Okay I am game with information. I shared mine now you share yours." Sarutobi said jokingly.
"Yes Hokage-sama. As you know we found both Kushina Uzumaki and Mikoto Uchiha being taken from the supposedly abandoned wing of the hospital when we were going to evacuate the survivors." Hiashi recounted.
"Yes I remember, you saying they have been under long term genjutsu." Sarutobi replied.
"Yes they both were under genjutsu. Inoichi was able to break the genjutsu. There are more complications." Hiashi said as he sighed.
"Okay what are they? I know I really don't want to know but let me have it any ways." Sarutobi sighed out his opinion.
Kikiyo took a step forward. "It appears that there are more Uzumaki and Uchiha then we thought there were before." Kikiyo raised a hand to forestall the Hokage's next question."It appears that Mikoto was at least a month or so pregnant when the Uchiha massacre happened, her daughter Sora is a healthy four year old. Kushina has been artificially inseminated twice. She has two daughters Yuki and Yoshiko they are a healthy eight and four year olds. We are running tests as Kushina claims the children are Minato's. We will know if they are by tomorrow. They have taken to Naruto just fine, and has he taken to them too. Kushina and Mikoto are resting comfortably right now and under the protection of both ANBU and the Hyuuga." Kikiyo finished her report.
"This is disturbing that Kushina was used to produce children. Is there more?" Sarutobi asked concerned.
"I am afraid so. I captured one of the ANBU root member following the girls as they apparently escaped from the Root head quarters. Leave it up to an Uzumaki to figure out how to escape a prison with people who have no emotions. Danzou wants power and apparently he at least has your old teammates behind him. I am worried about all the Uzumaki, Uchiha and Hyuuga if they ever get in control. Can't you just have them killed by another village and call it an accident?" Jiriaya asked jokingly.
"Jiriaya we can't just go killing our disloyal elders we would be no better than Orochimaru. Also I would need more proof to be able to do that. I would need enough to prove treason." Sarutobi chided his student.
"Ah, come on it might be fun. And he could be right about at least one thing for once." Jiriaya joked.
"It is people like Danzou and your former teammate that have caused Naruto such grief over the years. How could it not be good to remove them from society? They are evil and they do not apparently have good intentions for the village." Hiashi continued Jiriaya's tirade.
"Both of you, that will be enough out of you!" Sarutobi ordered. "Now I want you, Jiriaya to take Naruto and Hinata to find Tsunade."
"Why take the girl?" Jiriaya asked.
"As you remember she is also a type of jinchuuriki." Sarutobi asked as Jiriaya nodded. "According to Hiashi her tenant will be fully healed in about a week or so. I want her away from the village when that happens if she lets off a large chakra blast as she syncs with her seal, Danzou will know who it is and move to take her. Also it would be a good outing for the happy couple. You can train them while you look for Tsunade. They both have great potential and we will need them later on."
"You also approve of me, me, taking your daughter out of the village?" Jiriaya asked Hiashi, who only nodded.
"That works fine for my team as Shino will be out for a month as he integrates a new hive into his body." Kurenai stated. "Also make sure that Hinata returns as pure as when she left and has not been subjected to any of your perversion." Kurenai threatened.
"What? She is too young and heck she is betrothed to Naruto, like I would want to further that right now. And Naruto always seems to disrupt my research anyways. Okay I will take them. Hiashi I would keep a real close eye on both Yugito and Shinbo. If Danzou figures out we have three demon container and one celestial container he will force us into a fight with the other villages using their power, and more than likely killing them in the process." Jiriaya said as everyone realized he did appreciate and have concern for the containers.
"We will keep a protective eye on all of the Uzumaki. Kushina and the girls are going to be angry that you are taking Naruto away from them so soon after they were reunited." Hiashi promised.
"It can't be helped, according to my sources Akatsuki is on the move they will want Naruto and the others if they find them. Keep the other two hidden. We do not want to lose them to Akatsuki. The family will have some down time when I return. Oh, I would keep Sasuke in the dark until after I get back.
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Naruto had fallen asleep in the greeting area with both Hinata and Yoshiko. Naruto had his head tilted to the left and was on Hinata's. Hinata was asleep against his left shoulder. Yoshiko had fallen asleep with her head on Naruto's lap.
Hiashi and Kikiyo smiled as they saw the sight of the children sleeping. Kikiyo and Hiashi put blankets on all the children but carefully lifted Yoshiko's head so that Kikiyo could cover Naruto. Kikiyo smiled as she put a hand on Hiashi's arm. "They look cute don't they?"
Hiashi nodded as they left the room and turned the lights off. "We will check on them in the morning."
Naruto woke up the next morning and realized he had fallen asleep sitting up. He felt weight on his lap and his arm wrapped around something to his left. He slowly opened his eyes and noticed a blue-black mop of hair leaning up against his shoulder. He then noticed a yellow mop on his lap. Smiling he remembered last night, neither Hinata nor Yoshiko would leave his side so instead of going to his room he went to the greeting room. Apparently they had all fallen asleep and someone had put blankets on all of them.
Naruto smiled as felt the affection of Hinata and his newly found younger sister. "Hinata-chan, Yoshiko-chan time to wake up…" Naruto said quietly.
Hinata stirred first by creasing her brow and talking. "No Naruto-kun, let me sleep with a little longer. Hopefully father won't find us." Hinata then smiled and kissed him gently on the cheek. She then lowered her head back to his shoulder.
"Hinata-chan we are in the Greeting room and could get caught by almost anyone." Naruto said playfully.
"That is what makes this exciting Naruto-kun." Hinata said still not awake and snuggled deeper into Naruto. Naruto blushed at the possible implications of Hinata's dream.
Yoshiko shifted. "They scare me oneechan. Please protect me!" Yoshiko yelled as she brought her hands in front of her face. This woke Hinata from her dream to see the blond girl on Naruto's lap scream.
Naruto shifted and grabbed Yoshiko's shoulder and brought her into a hug. "Sh… You are okay. I will protect you." Naruto said as he tried to be as reassuring as possible.
"Yuki where are you and kaa-san?" Yoshiko opened her eyes and was surprised to see worried blue eyes that looked like hers, she then remember her brother Naruto, and laid her head in his chest and cried. Naruto did all he could to try to soothe his sister. Hinata even tried to help.
After about twenty minutes Yoshiko had calmed enough for Naruto and Hinata to take her to Kushina's room. Kushina was awake and opened her arms, Yoshiko immediately ran to her mother who embraced her with a single arm. Naruto hesitated as Kushina nodded at Naruto who walked up into her gentle embrace. Hinata put her hand in front of her mouth to hide her sadness and happiness from playing on her face as tears ran down her face. 'I am happy for you Naruto-kun.'
Hinata suddenly doubled over in apparent pain. "Naruto-kun…" Was all she could spill forth from her mouth but it was only a whisper.
Naruto felt something tug at him and he turned his head to see Hinata double over in pain. Kushina saw Hinata's distress and let Naruto go. Naruto was at her side immediately. "Hinata-chan what is wrong? Are you okay?" Naruto worriedly asked as he put his hand on her back and attempted keep her from collapsing on the floor. "Kikiyo, we need some help in here now!" Naruto yelled as his eyes became damp with moisture. "Kikiyo!" Naruto yelled again worry written all over his face.
Kikiyo came running in only a night shirt and panties."What is it Naruto?" She asked frantically until she saw Hinata crouched in pain. She kneeled beside Hinata and started to ask questions."Are you in pain?" Hinata nodded. "Where does it hurt?" Hinata pointed to her stomach. "Can I take a look?" Hinata sat down gently with Kikiyo and Naruto's help.
Kikiyo opened Hinata's night kimono not realizing she was only wearing panties beneath. Naruto saw Hinata's bear chest and blushed profusely. He then saw the seal on Hinata stomach as it glowed a dark purple. Naruto fumbled with his own kimono and opened it. 'Hinata-chan and Hime need our help!' Naruto thought to the fox.
Naruto's seal appeared on his stomach and red chakra leaked out and touched Hinata's seal. Kikiyo watched as Naruto's eyes rolled into the back of his head and a look of utter pain washed over his face. Naruto gritted his teeth. A few seconds later Hinata's seal turned lavender and faded. The red chakra receded and Naruto collapsed next to Hinata. Hinata went limp at the same moment.
Yoshiko and Kushina had looks of fear and terror on their faces. "What is wrong with niisan?" Yoshiko asked frantically.
"You will have to wait for an explanation later. Orderly get Hiashi and Jiriaya here immediately." Kikiyo yelled as she gently set Hinata down and closed her kimono to preserve her dignity.
Hiashi came running down the hall a few moments later. "What is wrong? What happened?" He asked frantically as he saw both Naruto and Hinata lying on the floor. Hiashi also noticed Yoshiko had her head buried in Kushina's embrace as Kushina wore a worried look. "I will explain it all soon Kushina-chan." Hiashi spoke as Kushina just nodded.
Jiriaya entered a couple minutes later. "What happened?"
"It looks like it is time for the seal to merge with Hinata. We need to get her out of town today. Naruto did something to help avert something but it seemed to hurt him as much as it hurt her. They need to leave today." Kikiyo stated as an orderly wrapped a lab coat around Kikiyo.
Jiriaya nodded. "Hiashi have their stuff readied by noon, we leave then. I want to put some distance between Konoha and us before this happens again. Are you going to come along Kikiyo to monitor Hinata?" Jiriaya asked.
"I will go with you until Hinata is out of the woods and then I will return as I have too many patients to stay away from the village for more than a week." Kikiyo answered.
"Okay I will make all the preparations. I will send an escort out before you and after you for a few miles outside the village, that should deter anyone from pulling something." Hiashi stated.
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A/N: First I would like to assure you that both Yuki and Yoshiko are Minato and Kushina's children. Artificial insemination would only need sperm from Minato to work, as male sperm are more delicate they would not survive the freezing process as good. Also we are talking about people who are nearly at cloning technology thanks to Orochimaru and the like.
Yes Hinata is having problems with the final merging of chakra from Hime into herself. Naruto with the help of Kyuubi were able to stop a chakra pulse and giving away the fact that Hinata has something sealed in her. Thus the reason they want to take her out of town to have the release go more smoothly. Yes the Kyuubi understands what will happen if others find out this suddenly. Kyuubi helped in so far as rechanneling the chakra, this caused both Hinata a lot of pain as their chakra networks were taxed.
I would also like to thank my loyal but small fan base for this story. I thank you all for your patience dealing with my errors and stupid mistakes for my first fiction attempt. While this is my least popular by hits per chapter, story I like it the most. So thank for your loyal reading. I will endeavor to improve my writing and I am hoping to return to the earlier chapters and improve and fix this story.
Now to my answer session:
Neito: that would be neat if I did that but he needs to fester for a little while.
Nebula1701: Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke are all 12. It is early July and Sasuke will turn 13 soon.
I am Telgar: Kushina is in no condition to fight right now. She has micro fractures in her bones and has been in a coma for nearly 13 years. Currently it would not be a good fight at Danzo is still more powerful than Naruto, but not by much with the Kyuubi's help.
RevenGrand…: Danzou has some protection from the prosecution as the elders currently back him. But don't count on him keep the support of the full council for a long time.
Summer.Kiss: As for who Lee and Haku connect up with… I'm not telling… yet anyways. Sorry.
Next episode… I mean chapter… Naruto and Hinata get close and personal… IN FRONT OF JIRIAYA!! Yuck… poor kids. Who is that having lunch with the great blue beast of Konoha (Lee)? Hiashi comes clean with Kushina. Yuki wonders who is Naruto and who is this annoying girl named Yugito Uzumaki…