Hello! Charlie here!
Happy you guys are tuning in to read the new and updated version of We Are Brothers! Again I'd like to say sorry for slacking so much on the updating side. I really left y'all hanging out there and I'm sorry
But now I'm back so here we go!
"Okay enough joking around," Kushina starts to get everyone back on the same page; "would you boys please fill us in on what all happened before we got here?"
Sasuke and Naruto look at each other and gulp. Then Naruto remembers that Sasuke is the one that did the most damage to the training grounds and got the girls caught up in the blast from his attack. Naruto had a wicked grin crawl across his face in an instant.
"Sasuke and I were sparring at Team 7's training grounds when Sasuke used his Katon Gokakyo no Jutsu causing the whole area to catch on fire. If I hadn't jumped into the stream then I probably wouldn't have any hair left on my head." Before Sasuke could even form a word Naruto had successfully placed him under the bus and parked it right on his face. "Then while we were heading home we came upon Sakura and Hinata, then we brought them back here to watch after them."
Sasuke proceeded to stare at Naruto like a deer caught in headlights.
"Your father will be furious when he hears about this Sasuke." Kushina says as she shakes her head in disappointment. "Plus poor Kakashi is going to have a heart attack when he sees what has happened to his training grounds and Neji-san has already told me all about your previous activities in the village earlier today, so don't think you're innocent in all this Naruto."
"We're sorry Okaa-san." They both say while bowing in respect to their mother.
"You boys are 17, Sasuke you're about to be 18, and Naruto you aren't that far behind him." She scolds. "You both need to start acting your age."
Both the boys flinch and don't meet their mother's harsh gaze.
"You need to apologize to these girls properly." Kushina snaps.
"We're sorry; we didn't mean to get anyone else caught up in our training session today." They say in unison. Kushina clears her throat and the boys sigh heavily and continue.
"I, Sasuke Uzumaki, apologize for any trouble I might have caused you today." Sasuke says curtly as he bows.
"And I, Naruto Uzumaki, also apologize for our juvenile actions in front of you; we were acting like a couple of Genin." Naruto says in a serious tone.
Kushina hits Naruto on the back of the head causing him bow like Sasuke.
"Good, now clean up your mess your father will be home soon." Kushina commands as they stand back upright.
"Yes Okaa-san." They say as they walk back to the kitchen.
"Wow, is it always like this?" Sakura questions after witnessing the crazy drama going on.
"No, the house is usually really calm; that is until the boys do something stupid." Kushina sighs as she picks up the empty glasses on the table.
"And how often does that happen?" Hinata wonders with a soft smile on her face.
"They seem to do something stupid almost every month." She laughs as she remembers some of the crazy things that her boys have gotten into.
"It must keep you and your husband on your toes all the time." Sakura giggles as she hand Kushina her glass. "And I bet that gets pretty crazy with being the Hokage and all."
"Oh you should have seen them when they were little." Kushina laughs. "They were the biggest momma's boys from here to Sunagakure."
"HAHA! You're kidding." Sakura laughs loudly at the new bit of information on her old team mates.
"No, Naruto would cry for days whenever I went out on missions and Minato was so helpless." Kushina chuckles at the memories of all the messages he sent to her, begging for help. "He actually ended up called Jariya-sama over to help him, but that usually ended up with them and half the ANBU looking all over the village for a pair of five year olds."
"Oh I would've paid big money to see the Hokage and one of the Legendary Sannin chasing two kids all over the village." Hinata laughs.
"That's what I said when I got back." Kushina smiles at how enjoyable Sakura's company is.
"Okaa-san we're done cleaning." Sasuke says as he walks into the living room. They look up to see Sasuke pulling a shirt over his toned figure.
"Good and please make sure Naruto puts a shirt on as well, I'm tired of seeing you two walk around this house half naked." Kushina lectures him with a smile.
"Yes ma'am." Sasuke says as he walks off to go find his brother.
Just as the ladies are about to carry on with their conversation they front door open; then close again shortly after, "Guess Minato is home."
"Kushina are you home honey?" calls, a velvety semi-deep, voice from the door.
"In here." Kushina answers with a large smile on her face.
Hinata and Sakura look over to the hallway to see a tall blonde figure walking in.
"It's the Hokage." Sakura whispers as she watches Kushina wrap her arms around Minato's neck.
"Really, I thought that it was the Raikage." Hinata says jokingly to Sakura, than Sakura gives Hinata a light punch to the arm.
"I missed you today." Minato smiles revealing beautiful white straight teeth as he wraps his arms around her waist. He gently presses a passionate kiss onto Kushina's waiting lips. He keeps the kiss short because he notices Hinata and Sakura sitting on the other couch.
"Why hello Hyuuga-san and Haruno-san, what brings you to our lovely home?" he smiles another dazzling smile that makes them feel light.
"Take a wild guess." Kushina adds as she looks up at him with a knowing smirk.
Minato sighs with annoyance evident on his face, "What did they do this time?"
"Why don't you just ask them?" She commands him.
"Naruto, Sasuke!" Minato calls out loud enough for someone to hear from the other end of the house.
Naruto and Sasuke appear in front of Minato in an instant.
"What happened this time?" Minato questioned while trying not to show how tired he was from the amount of paperwork he had to tackle today.
They proceed to tell Minato everything that had happened throughout the day, where things started to go south, and when everything literally went up in flames. All the while Minato is getting visually more upset by the minute.
"I'm mad that I never realized how much Naruto looks like the fourth." Sakura whispers to Hinata as they both stare at the two standing before them in awe.
"Yeah he definitely has his hair and-" Hinata begins to answer back but is cut off by said two ninja.
"And his bright blue eyes" Minato and Naruto say in unison, but Naruto adds on, "That's why we try not to spend much time together in public."
"It's amazing actually," Sasuke decides to throw his two cents into the whole mix, "Naruto got not of dad's brains."
"Teme." Naruto growls in a low animalistic tone.
Then Sakura starts snickering, "This makes me miss working together as Team 7."
"Sorry, but we should go." Hinata says quickly after Naruto flashes a goofy smile at Sakura.
"Nonsense stays with us for dinner." Minato announces as Kushina nods in agreement to his proposal to having dinner guest. "It's the least we can do after the day you both have had."
"I don't know," Hinata mutters, "My father is expecting me home."
"We'd love to stay for dinner!" Sakura shouts while sporting a big smile as she grabs Hinata's hand in excitement.
"Hyuuga-san, I will send your father one of my ANBU to let him know that you will be joining my family for dinner tonight." Minato says with a comforting smile to Hinata. She nods in agreement to the Hokage's offer.
"Wonderful!" Kushina exclaims to the girls, "Dinner will be ready in about an hour depending on how much help I get in preparing it."
"Well I'm going to have a talk with the boys." Minato says as he stares Naruto and Sasuke down causing a chill to shoot down their spines from their father's intense gaze.
"This time you better talk about the issue at hand and not get side tracked!" Kushina scolds. "Every time you do that they never learn anything and you three always come back laughing your heads off."
"This time will be different I promise." He says trying to hide his goofy smile.
"It better be or you know what will happen." She nagged as the boys proceed to walk out of the house.
"What usually happens when they leave?" Hinata asks Kushina after they enter the kitchen.
"Minato usually praises them for the things they do and then he tells them how he did something sort of like it when he was their age." She sighs as she begins washing the vegetables.
"Wow." Sakura and Hinata sigh as they shake their heads in disbelief of the Hokage's childish behavior.
With the guys
They walk through the woods behind the house with Minato walking a few steps ahead of them. They reach a lake that is shining with bright oranges, deep reds, and purples from the setting sun's reflection. Minato stops and turns around to face Naruto and Sasuke.
Suddenly Minato appears right in front of them and punches them both in the gut forcing them to fall to the ground in a coughing fit. He picks Naruto up and punches him in the jaw. Then he hits Sasuke in the ribs. Both Naruto and Sasuke try to get to their hands and knees. As Naruto gets onto his hands hand knees Minato kicks him in the ribs causing him to fall back to the ground, grabbing his sides, and gasping for air.
"You never seem to think before you act do you." Minato says coldly as he knocks Sasuke on his back.
"What was wrong…with today?" Naruto struggles out with a strained breath as he finally stands up semi-straight.
"You apparently weren't acting your age yet again." He scolds as he punches Naruto in the face again, only this time causing him to crash into a tree, knocking the air out of him yet again. "How is our village going to look to visitors if I have two teenagers running around wreaking havoc on the village like some freshly promoted Genin, when they are actually highly trained ANBU?"
"We're sorry Otou-san." Sasuke says as he stands up breathing heavily.
"I know you two are sorry, but you just don't seem to learn your lesson." Minato says as he punches Sasuke back to the ground again.
"We promise we will act our age, things will be different." Naruto wheezes as he leans back against a nearby tree.
"We swear." Sasuke says as Minato kicks Naruto in the ribs one more time. "Especially after Sakura and Hinata got caught up in our stupidity."
"Good." Minato sighs. "Now how bad did you guys get Neji this time? He seemed abnormally irritated."
Both the boys smile at their father as they lean back to catch their breaths.
Back at the house
"Alright, the boys should be home soon, it's been almost an hour." Kushina says as Hinata puts down another plate set. Right on cue they hear the front door open and the voices of the guys talking about random things follow in.
"We're home." Minato announces as he walks into view.
"Good timing dinner just got finished! DATTABAYO!" Kushina cheers as she brings out a large bowl holding rice.
The boys walk in the room behind their father and all eyes are glued to Naruto and Sasuke's bruised forms.
"What happened to you two?" Sakura exclaims as she runs over to check on her ex-teammates injuries. The medic ninja in her wouldn't allow her to just sit by and see her teammate all cut up.
"I had to teach them a lesson that they wouldn't forget." Minato smirks with pride as he heads into the dining room.
"More like you had to beat the lesson into them." Kushina sighs as she joins her husband in the dining room.
"We're fine honestly Sakura." Naruto smiles as he grabs his side and blood runs down his left cheek.
"You're both covered in cuts, bruises, and blood." Sakura nags, "You're not fine."
"Well we've never felt better." Naruto smirks as Sasuke wipes some blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Sure ya haven't," Kushina sighs, "anyways go clean up then come eat with us."
Ten minutes later the boys walk into the dining room, Sasuke and Naruto sit across from Sakura and Hinata. It doesn't go unnoticed by Sakura that both the boys are already healed up by the time they come back in for food.
"Yummy, these rice balls taste a lot better than the ones you usually make Kaa-chan." Naruto smiles as he downs his third one.
"That's because I didn't make them, Hinata did." Kushina smiles at the now blushing Hinata.
"You're cooking is amazing Hinata!" Naruto smiles, "You're going to be a great wife for someone some day."
"Th-thank you Naruto" Hinata blushes even harder as Naruto smiles at her.
Kushina and Minato glance at each other and smile when they see this.
"So Sakura I hear that you have an interest in medical jutsus am I correct?" Kushina asks.
"Yes ma'am I've actually trained under Tsunade-sama for a few years now." Sakura smiles widely as she speaks of her master.
"Well that is definitely an accomplishment!" Kushina beams, "Not many people can survive Tsunade-sama's training style."
"How about you Hyuuga-san" Minato asks, "Do you have any specific field that you enjoy?"
"I'm mainly only working on fully mastering my Byakugan and perfecting my Ti-Jutsu." She whispers softly.
"Well are you two entering the Jonin exams?" Minato asks with a large smile.
"Yes, I believe its next month." Sakura answers, "We've been studying for the entrance test."
"Yeah it's the weekend before Sasuke's 18th birthday." Naruto smirks as he sees Sasuke blush at the mention of his birthday.
"Are you two participating in the trails?" Hinata questions without stuttering.
"Hell yeah, we would miss it for the world." Naruto shouts as he pumps a fist in the air.
"Naruto watch your tongue in front of young ladies." Kushina scolds her overly excited son.
"Sorry." Naruto mumbles.
Naruto turns to Sasuke and flicks his tongue out quickly causing them both to bust up laughing.
"I still have a lot of training to do before I even think about calling myself a Jonin." Sakura sighs.
"If you want you can train with us." Sasuke asks with piercing Onyx eyes.
"That sound like a great idea Sasuke!" Naruto cheers at his brother's plan.
"Okay let's not try to kill them again, alright boys." Minato says as he puts his glass back down on the table.
"We'd love to train with you guys, just tell us when and where." Sakura smirks with a face that matches the intensity of Sasuke's challenging stare.
"Tomorrow morning; at our training fields, we'll practice there." Sasuke tilts his head causing his bangs to fall into his eyes.
"We'll be there." Hinata says with a new found confidence.
"Well dinner was fantastic girls." Minato smiles as he tries to change the subject.
"Arigato!" The girls all smile in gratitude.
"Well I'll take care of dishes." Kushina says as she gets up.
"I'll take care of it mom." Naruto says as he begins to clear the table.
"I'll help you with that Naruto." Sasuke smiles as he picks up Sakura's plate.
Naruto smirks as he walks into the kitchen.
"Anyone up for dessert?" Minato asks as he stands up and enters the kitchen before anyone can even respond.
Minato joins Sasuke and Naruto in the kitchen.
"Okay I give what are you two planning?" Minato asks them when he gets out of the girls' ear shot.
"Why whatever do you mean Otou-san?" Naruto asks in his most oblivious voice.
"You two never invite people to train on our training grounds with you." Minato states in a questioning manor.
"So why can't we change things up a bit." Sasuke asks with a straight face that could rival Sai's.
"Just please don't do anything stupid." Minato sighs as he gives up.
The boys look at him blankly.
"Okay that stupid." He sighs.
The boys nod and smile at their dad as he grabs dessert from the oven.
"We're going outside boys." Kushina calls out to inform the boys in the kitchen.
"Coming." They yell in response.
They walk outside and see Kushina sitting on the long outdoor couch on the balcony, and Sakura and Hinata leaning on the balcony looking at the last glimpses of twilight.
"Sasuke would you please?" Kushina asks as she points at the fire pit in the center of the balcony.
"Sure Kaa-chan." Sasuke says as he begins going through a series of hand signs. Then he takes a deep breath and blows out a steady flow of warm controlled fire.
"Wow, it's beautiful." Sakura sighs softly as she feels her entire core heat up.
"Thank you Sasuke." Kushina smiles warmly. "What would I do without you?"
"Why don't you boys show our guest the grounds?" Minato says softly.
"Hai." They nod in agreement with their father.
Naruto and Sasuke jump over the railing with ease, following close behind them are the girls. They land gracefully on the ground, both hardly making a sound at all.
Then Naruto whistles a soft tune as he walks up to a large hammock swing that could easily fit three people.
"What was that tune you're whistling?" Hinata asks as she joins Sakura on the hammock.
"I was calling the boys back," Naruto smiles. "They've been doing Kami knows what since I summoned them earlier today."
Alrighty! There's the new chapter 2!
Hopefully I'll be able to put up 2 more chapters by Wednesday.
Hope you enjoy. Don't forget to review!