At Naruto's home it was dinnertime ,we find Naruto's entire family ,enjoying their bowls of ramen ,all except Naruto who is just playing around with the noodles in his ramen ,he even has a depressed look on his face, hoping no one will notice .
But Hinata notices,and asks in concern "whats the matter dear,your not eating your ramen ,is there you want to tell me?" Naruto hears this, and says "oh its nothing,just Hokage's trouble",rubbing his head, and hiding his troubled look with a goofy grin.
Hinata knew some of his tricks ,so she said "nice try Naruto ,now tell me whats gotten into you ,what went on in that meeting ?" seeing how his wife and daughter where both looking at him in concern, he had to tell them what Tsunade told him.
"Alright I'll tell you , today I've been assigned a mission to the land of snow ,along with my friends, from the Sasuke retrieval team"Naruto confessed ,after hearing this ,Hinata then said "well that's nothing to worry about Naruto ,we will cheer you on in our hearts ."
Naruto who is still depressed, said "that's not the trouble though, the trouble is, I heard granny Tsunade say that the mission will possibly last 10 months ", this got Hinata shocked in fear, saying "then that would mean you wont be here ,to see your baby boy be born."
Naruto nods in shame hoping Hinata would handle the news well ,only to find tears lightly roll down his wife's cheeks, looking like she's gonna cry ,feeling bad for this Naruto comforts his blue haired wife ,with a a warm hug saying "dont cry Hinata, its not like I'm leaving forever ."
Hinata however said to Naruto ,while crying on his chest ,"it'll feel like forever to me if you leave, I want you to stay home with me, and our children " Naruto felt so much pain inside him after hearing his wife's plea , he couldn't bare to see his wife cry for him.
And to make matters worse ,Midori heard the news ,and her voice started to crack up ,asking "daddy?" Naruto saw this and was he concerned ",yes whats the matter Midori ?" he asked ,only to see his 5 year old little girl ,run up to him and leave behind a trail of tears.
Seeing this, Naruto was surprised to see her so worried for him this much, she then hugged her daddy and mommy on the side ,while crying on her daddies shoulder, while saying"daddy no, don't leave me and mommy, I want you to be here too, I love seeing you at breakfast time with mommy when we eat together ,and when I go to sleep ,I like how when I have nightmares, you would always hug me to make it all better and at-."
Naruto allowed Midori in the comforting hug ,and said in a calming manner "I know how you feel Midori, but I can't make granny Tsunade change her mind, I'm sorry honey but this mission puts everyone's life at risk, yours ,your mommy's ,Kakashi senseis ,your uncle Konohamaru's "this gave Naruto an idea.
He then said to his family ,in a happy tone "but don't worry about me ladies ,I'm not actually going to leave you alone", this made the two ladies stop crying ,and look up at their man of the house.
"What do you mean Naruto"replied Hinata still crying tears but not much ,making Naruto answer" Granny Tsunade said it would possibly be 10 months ,so I can just finish the mission early ,and be home in time for our baby boy to be born."
Hearing this made Hinata and Midori stop crying completely, as Naruto continued "here's what Ill do ,when I'm gone Ill send over two of my shadow clones, one to check up on the baby ,and another to play with Midori all she wants ,problems solved " this made Hinata feel a little bit better ,but not better for Midori .
Naruto saw Midori in a sad look, and asked "what's wrong Midori ,don't you like daddy's idea ?" Midori replied by nodding her head ,"I don't wanna play with a cone, I wanna play with the real daddy " was her answer, before hugging Naruto tightly again.
Naruto didn't want to see his daughter unhappy, but he also didn't want to resign from saving his village from total destruction, he then asked "Midori do you also love to play with your auntie Hanabi ,and uncle Konohamaru?" Midori heard this ,and said "yeah allot why?"
"Well what if I ask them to come play with you ,until daddy comes home?" Naruto says ,hoping that will cheer her up ,and it did ,now she was feeling a whole lot better.
In fact she said "OK daddy ,I'll play with them ,until you come home " then she went back to her seat to finish her ramen in joy, but she was really thinking "it still won't be the same without daddy" ,Hinata however said to Naruto "you really do have a way with girls Naruto," in a heart warming tone,making Naruto blush.
Later that night ,while his family were asleep ,Naruto stayed up packing ,and training for the enemy he'll soon come to fight tomorrow ,soon he got some well earned rest for tomorrow.
The next day Naruto got up bright and early ,and went to Konohamaru's place to ask him and his wife Hanabi to take care of his family ,like he promised Midori.
But when he asked him ,Konohamaru said to him ,in a tired voice "sorry boss but I already promised miss Tsunade yesterday ,when she came here, that me and my old squadmates are responsible for bringing your wife to the hospital when she goes into labor ,plus I've got my own work to attend to ,for the rest of the months " this got Naruto to stumble over himself.
"And what job would that be" Naruto asked in a weak voice ,which Konahamaru replied "preparing everything for the chunin exams coming after the holidays, and boy its more harder than I thought ,I have to set up the arena, prepare the seating arrangements ,all that so sorry my hands are tied ,tell Midori I said hi though."
This made Naruto faint in exhuastion ,because now he has no one to take care of his family, other than his shadow clones.
Later that following day at the Hokages office ,Shikamaru Nara ,Neji Hyuga ,Kiba Inuzuka ,and Choji Akimichi where all together ,listening to what the Hokage had to say,"you all know the reason why I called you all here?"Naruto asked.
The four just guessed random situations ,that might involve Naruto, starting with Kiba yelling out in excitement "your quitting your job as Hokage?" ,followed by Shikamaru guessing "you want to start the Chunin exams early?", "you want to brag about how you beat me in the Chunin exams again" Neji guessed ,"free barbaque at the barbaque place"guessed Choji.
Naruto replied ,in the reversed order the guessed "no, no ,no ,and not gonna happen dog boy ," he then told them "the reason I called you all here ,is because you have been chosen by my councilwoman Tsunade ,to acompany me on dealing with a rogue Shinobi terrorizing the land of snow."
"You mean like bodyguards" Shikamaru guessed in curiosity, Naruto nodded and said "no as my fighting team ,but since I'm Hokage ,I'm giving you all a chance to say goodbye to your loved ones before we leave today, because what I heard this mission will possibly take ten months to accomplish."
This made all 4 Shinobi give out a shock ,"no way your kidding right?"Kiba asked in worry, " Choji then asked"aw man Ino is gonna be real mad ,when I tell her the reason why I'm missing dinner tonight ."
Naruto then explains to them "I know it'll be rough, but if we don't act soon against this rogue Shinobi ,he'll probably attack this village, and everyone in it ,so its up to us to take out this guy as the Sasuke retrieval team ,even if it means making great sacrifices for this mission ."
Later on they did what Naruto told him ,and said goodbye to their families, Shikamaru to Temari and his twin kids ,Choji to Ino and his 6 year old son ,Kiba said goodbye to his little nephew the son of Hana ,and Neji to Ten ten and his 3 young triplet boys.
Finally at the hidden leaf gate we see Naruto saying his final goodbye to his family ,he then knelt down to Midori and told her "now Midori ,daddy wants you to be strong for us ,and take care of mommy while daddy is gone OK," since he already told them what happened earlier,before saying his goodbye .
Midori said "I promise daddy ,I will take good care of mommy" but behind her she was making a handsign for a Jutsu.
Naruto then turned to Hinata ,who was crying just a little bit ,he hugs her and says "dont cry anymore Hinata ,I promise Ill be home in time for the babies arrival ,before you can say Ichiraku Ramen."
The others arrive afterwords ,packed up and ready to head out, "alright lord Hokage we said our goodbyes as requested ,shall we head out" Neji asked.
"Yes lets go everyone its time" Naruto said ,then they all walked out giving their last goodbye to the village ,walking out the gate ,but before Naruto could walk out ,Hinata shouts out"Naruto!"
He turned to see what she had to say ,and it was "I salute you lord Hokage ,and wish you a happy journey" this made him smile, and say "thanks Hinata ,you are very meaningful" he then walks out ,waving back to the village.
Hinata then stood there looking at her beloved husband leave before her eyes ,she then closed her eyes and started to stutter out"I-I-Ichir-r-r-rak-k-ku R-R-R-Ramen,I-Ichir-rak-ku R-Ramen."
As she started to tear up ,she started to cry out "Ichiraku Ramen", then she cried her heart out ,while hugging her daughter ,saying "Naruto come home early ,I miss you already please" ,she then looks up to see that it was a substitution Jutsu.
She must have went to her uncles place already she wondered ,then she went back to crying ,softly saying"please come home ealy Naruto ,I want you to be with me for my baby."
Finally its done and now I need reviews from you and if you want tell me what should happen next during Naruto and his crews quest and Ill update the next chapter real soon