Birthright

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I think ten is a pretty strong showing for a sequel's first chapter. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. I'll let you know any time there is a major time skip in the Author's Notes or Chapter Notations.

Chapter 2

Sasuke smiles as the next day he snuggles into his wife. He was still half asleep, but he had been partially awoken the feeling of her fingers in his hair. This was always a pleasant way to wake up.

"Sasuke, did Naruto want you to head to his office today?" Itachi looks at him as the younger Uchiha slowly begins opening his eyes.

The three of them were fortunate to have a large bed. A bed large enough for all of them to sleep together without worrying about space. It also happened to be both a comfortable and a ridiculously sturdy bed.

That last part was especially important. Their lovemaking sessions tended to be quite vigorous and it wouldn't have been good if the bed snapped in the middle of it. He wasn't exaggerating. That was a very legitimate concern in the Uchiha Household.

The elder Uchiha shakes his head. "No. I think he knew that it was going to take us awhile to clean up after the twins' birthday party." Which was true.

Sasuke Ucihha wasn't sure if the glitter would ever come out. It had been worth it though. His son and daughter were only one, but it was obvious they had enjoyed it.

They were the Pride of the Uchiha Clan and as such, special occasions had to be marked spectacularly. It was as much a matter of fatherly pride as Clan Honor. Clan Honor was very important.

Itachi chuckles at that answer. "Yes, I suppose that's true." It was likely that Itachi knew just as well as Sasuke did that it was going to take a lot of time to clean up the District, even with the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

Hinata shakes her head in amusement and snuggles closer to both of them. They were fortunate. Not only did Hinata accept their unusual marriage, but she treated them both equally.

Sasuke knew that it had to be difficult for her to do so, especially at first. Now, it seemed to be more of a habit than anything else. Much like how he enjoyed using Hinata's breasts as his pillows. (Clothed or not, but especially not)!

"Mmm it's tempting to send a messenger hawk to Kurenai Sensei and have her bring Mirai over for a playdate with the twins." Hinata runs her fingers through Sasuke's hair more as she leans over and kisses Itachi.

Yeah! That did sound tempting. Because a playdate for Arashi and Aiya meant that they were going to play!

Itachi nods. "That's true, but we still do have a lot of cleaning to do." He smiles slyly, after returning Hinata's kiss. "Perhaps later."

The younger Uchiha knew that it wasn't very dignified, but he knew that he was likely sulking. If he had his way, it would just be them, the twins, and Hinata. All day, everyday. The rest of the world, minus Naruto and to a lesser extent Taka, was an afterthought to him.

"Mmm alright." She smiles at Sasuke and kisses him. "That means you're going to have to get off though."

Sasuke smirks at her. "Itachi just said that we were supposed to be responsible adults and not do that yet." Her reaction was predictable, but no less amusing.

Her face turned as red as one of his beloved tomatoes. Hinata Uchiha knew precisely what he meant by that. She had been their lover for over a year now. How she was still a blushing bride, Sasuke would never understand.

That didn't change the fact that her naivety was completely gone now. There was no missing the clear implications of his words.

"Sasuke, you shouldn't tease our wife so." Itachi smirks as he kisses her cheek. "Well at least not outside of lovemaking. Now, be a good Sasuke and get off of Hinata so she can get properly dressed."

The younger Uchiha Brother shrugs and slowly slides off their wife. He smiles as Hinata gets up and heads towards the closet. She was wearing a simple, sleeveless light blue nightgown.

Simple, but still sexy. It clung to her ample curves tastefully and came to thighs. Red. His eyes. They were definitely turning red at the beautiful sight.

"I know what you're thinking." Itachi glances at him with his own Sharingan activated.

A little known fact about the Sharingan, it was activated by emotions. Generally, fear or anger. Though it could be activated by positive emotions. Positive emotions like desire.

Itachi could pretend to be a responsible adult all he liked. Those eyes told a different story. He felt the exact same way that Sasuke did.

Hinata slowly slides off her nightgown, revealing lacy lavender lingerie underneath it. Any color would look good on Hinata, of course. Sasuke really liked lavender on her though.

"Both of you behave!" Hinata blushes as she quickly puts on a medic uniform. "I can feel your eyes on me." Those red eyes on her meant that Uchiha Pouncing Mode was about to activate and if that happened, well they likely would get anywhere with the cleaning until tomorrow.

Her lovers were both ninjas. Itachi may have battled a serious illness for years, but he had recovered now. That meant that both of them had rather impressive stamina to put it mildly. (Much to her delight).

Itachi quirks an eyebrow. "That's not what you were saying last night, My Queen." To Sasuke's amusement, Hinata's cheeks once again turn red.

She was so easy to make blush. It was too much fun not to take advantage of that fact. Apparently, even Itachi wasn't entirely immune from this fact.

"Itachi!" She squeaks and blushes more.

Sasuke chuckles and quickly gets up, getting dressed. It was enjoyable to tease her, but it wouldn't due to go overboard. If that happened, they might get their own playtime privileges revoked and that would be horrible.

Itachi's eyes dance with undisguised mirth as he follows Sasuke's lead. "I'm sorry, I couldn't resist." And with that, he quickly finishes getting dressed and the family heads off to wake up the twins.

Meanwhile Hiashi Hyuga was not a very happy man at the moment. He was currently conversing with some of the elder members of his Clan. While he was middle aged, they made him look like a newborn. Some of them were actually in their nineties, though most were in their eighties with the rare seventy something here and there.

"Hiashi, the twins are adorable." That wasn't a good sign. "Truly, they are. I think that it's time we started thinking of the future though." When Kira started using flattery to get her way, it was generally a very bad sign.

She was the eldest of the Hyuga Elders and something of a ringleader. The Hyuga Patriarch was certain that the woman likely believed she was the real head of this family in all, but name. She was most assuredly wrong about that, but he wasn't going to bother informing her of it.

It was better to let her think that she had more power than she actually did. "And what particular aspect of the future, did you wish to address?" The vain witch was less likely to lash out that way.

She was as deadly as a cobra. Her eyes might have been a beautiful shade of lavender, but they might as well have been made out of ice. Like the "blood" that flowed in her veins. Hiashi was certain, that if he cut her….ice water would flow out instead of blood.

"It's about your grandchildren." Hiashi was half surprised that she acknowledged them as such. "They have the Uchiha last name, but they have Hyuga blood." Considering that.

He glances around the table. Hmm. Hiashi saw a lot of serious faces as he taps his fingers on the handsome oak wood table and allows the stormy gray walls to bring him some measure of comfort.

Those walls had been built shortly after the Leaf. They had been standing for longer than he had been alive. There was something oddly reassuring about that. It meant that theirs was a strong Clan. A Clan that had passed the test of time and he was certain they would continue to do so.

The lavender eyed man gives her a pointed look. "Yes, I'm well aware of their parentage on both sides of the family tree." She wasn't going to make this easy for him.

It would be a shame if the majestic purple carpet of the room had to be stained red. Red with blood. Killing another Clan Member was never something to be done lightly, but she might push him into it.

"Are you planning on teaching them our techniques?" She glances at him.

He hadn't thought about it before actually. Though there was really no need to ask for elaboration about what she meant by our. Our techniques as in the Gentle Fist Style.

Hiashi would have shrugged, if the action wouldn't have been beneath his status as the Head of the Hyuga Clan. He had a reputation to protect, after all. The last thing he wanted was to be seen as not having thought things through.

Instead, he sighs. "That isn't my decision to make." There were gasps around the rooms at that particular announcement.

In particular, Hiashi saw that Kaiden looked less than thrilled. He was Kira's husband. Obviously, the man was insane. He had actually married the woman voluntarily.

Hiashi could have understood it, if he had been forced into the match by a Betrothal Contract. The fact that he had willingly married the woman told him all that he needed to know about the man's mental state though.

"You can't seriously be thinking about condoning this!" Kaiden was obviously outraged. "They may have Hyuga Blood, but they also have Uchiha Blood." Obviously, they did. "And they don't even bare the Hyuga name!"

He fights back the impulse to groan. "Our Clan numbers in the hundreds. Theirs numbered three and only two of them were by blood before the twins." Of course, Aiya and Arashi were going to take the last name Uchiha. That went almost without saying. "It seemed like the only fair thing to do."

There were grumbles, but no one could exactly argue with the logic of that argument. It would have been far too cruel to do so.

"Think carefully, Hiashi." Kira warns him. "For the fate of our Clan might very well rest at least partially in your hands." The woman actually has the gall to glare at him. "And we are not going to become a Branch Clan to the Uchihas!"

This wasn't going to end well. He would have to find some way to reassure the elders or…take more unpleasant actions to ensure the harmony of his household. Hiashi sincerely hoped the latter option wouldn't be forced on him, but he had a feeling that dark times might be lurking just around the corner with threats like that being brandied about.

Elsewhere Arashi giggles as one of his Daddies makes silly faces at him. They were outside now. Arashi liked going outside! It was always exciting!

"Such a good boy." Itachi smiles down proudly at him and kisses his forehead.

And he liked cuddles and kisses too! Though he still didn't get what that thing was that adults did sometimes. They tried to suck each other's face off or something. Though they seemed to like it. It was really, really weird!

Sasuke nods in agreement. "We're going to need a lot of clones for this." He looks around mournfully.

"How does one get glitter off of grass and well everything else?" Hinata blinks.

Hmm. He wondered what his Mommy and Daddy were talking about? Big people often used words that he didn't understand. He doubted even Aiya understood them half the time.

Speaking of Aiya, he glances over and notices his sister was sleeping in the stroller. Apparently, she was just fine with sunbathing and napping for the moment. Pft.

How could she nap, now? The Sun was out and there was shiny stuff everywhere! Didn't she know that meant playtime?! What was the matter with her?!

"Aiya!" He nudges his sleeping sister. "Up! Up!" The toddler was sure that would wake her up.

Her response was less than satisfactory. She swats him in her sleep. That hurt! So Arashi did the only thing that any toddler would do. He starts crying.

Itachi sighs and scoops up Arashi. "It's alright. She was just asleep and didn't realize what she was doing." Unfortunately, Arashi wasn't the only twin that was now crying.

His confused daughter was now bawling her eyes out as well. Most likely because she had been woken up rather rudely and the sounds of her sibling's distress had disturbed her.

Sasuke quickly scurries over and scoops up his daughter. Itachi smiles at the scene. Aiya was definitely a Daddy's Girl, but Arashi seemed to favor Hinata somewhat.

Though he was being ridiculous. They were one. It was probably best not to read too much into anything at the moment. That was more an example of projecting his own thoughts onto them than anything else. Well at least that was the most likely scenario.

"Are they okay?" Hinata rushes over to them.

Her voice was filled with concern. Their wife was such a good mother. So dedicated. So sweet and more than likely, Sasuke was probably already secretly plotting for them to try for number three.

Itachi wasn't opposed to it. They did have a Clan to restore and while that had always been Sasuke's goal, the elder Uchiha had never thought that he would have children after what he had done. Now, that they were here though. Well Itachi couldn't imagine a life without his little family.

He nods reassuringly. "Yes, they're fine." Itachi smiles. "I think Arashi wanted to play and Aiya wanted to sleep. That's all."

A little sibling rivalry was healthy. God knows, he'd had the same reaction as Aiya a few times. Just Sasuke had been bigger than Arashi at the time. Though he had been exhausted with missions, he tried his best to make time for Sasuke. He hadn't always been successful though.

Still, that Bubble Eyes Jutsu of his had been lethal. Itachi was almost positive that their children would have the same Jutsu. God only knows, that Hinata's beautiful lavender eyes could talk him into almost anything as well. If they didn't inherit them from Sasuke, they probably would inherit the Bubble Eyes Jutsu from Hinata.

Sasuke shakes his head and rocks Aiya soothingly. "Well I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later." He smiles down at their daughter. "It's okay though. He was just playing."

Itachi nods in agreement and sighs as he forms about a dozen clones. This was going to take forever to clean up and he still had no idea how to banish glitter.

Aiya sniffles and cuddles into one of her Daddy's chests for comfort. She had been sleeping and something had swatted at her. The young Uchiha didn't like having her nap interrupted. So she had swatted back.

The injustices didn't stop there though. Then a loud crying had woken her up. It was her brother. How dare her brother ruin her nap and scare her like that?! Hmpf!

"Maybe, you guys should get them some food and I'll get a head start on the clean up." Hinata suggests as she forms her own Shadow Clones.

That's when the other Daddy also makes lots of copies of himself. Aiya still didn't completely understand this, but there could be a lot more than two Daddies and one Mommy, when they wanted. It was some kind of magic, she guessed!

"Our clones can give you a hand, but good idea." And with that, Aiya finds herself carried off by one of her Daddies. Along with her brother. "We'll be back in a few minutes." Her brother who had foolish earned her wrath! He would pay!

She tries to reach over and swat him! Take that! And that! How dare he interrupt her nap!

Itachi chuckles. "Sibling rivalries begin very early on, it seems." Wahhh! She was too far away to hit him!

Sasuke nods in agreement. "True enough." Her Daddies definitely weren't taking this seriously! "What should we get them for breakfast?" Hmpf!

She sorta knew the word breakfast now though. That meant food. Aiya wasn't really hungry though, but she guessed she could humor her Daddies! She loved her Daddies! Oh and her Mommy too!

Aiya loved her brother, but sometimes…he could be really annoying. Like when he woke her up like that! So she was going to get him back. Just you wait. Next bath time, she'd splash him or something! Ha!

"Hmm. Not sure." Sasuke smiles. "Let's see what we have."

Meanwhile Hinata continues trying to clean up. They probably should have been a little more careful about the birthday party planning. Oh well. Lesson learned. They'd try to ensure the District was still in one piece next year.

She smiles as she watches all the Itachis and Sasukes flit about, trying to help. There were times when Hinata just couldn't get over how beautiful her husbands were. She knew that beautiful wasn't really a word often applied to men, but well it fit too well not to use it.

"Well I guess there's no use putting it off." She sighs as she continues working.

It was hard to concentrate though. She shivers as she watches her lovers flit around. That was a lot of gorgeous male muscle on display.

They hadn't really used clones much before. After all, she had two lovers. Maybe, they could incorporate it somehow.

"Hinata, are you alright?" One of Sasuke's clones asks as he walks over to her.

Damn. He must have noticed that she was spacing out. Hinata really hoped that she wasn't shivering. If she was, her husband was definitely going to ask about that. She knew that much for a fact.

She nods quickly. "Yes, I'm fine." The fact that Sasuke raises his eyebrow at her let Hinata knew that she had said that just a little too fast.

He was now suspicious of her. And a suspicious Sasuke, meant a suspicious Itachi. Damn it. That was two against one. That or like a dozen vs. two dozen. That really wasn't a fair "fight."

"Why don't I entirely believe you?" Itachi smirks as he saunters over to her.

Itachi had a really great saunter. It was all predatory grace. Hinata didn't know that one could saunter in a masculine way, but Itachi had a way of surprising her.

Actually, they both did. That was impressive, really. They had been married for a year and the two of them were constantly surprising her with their creativity and with small things about their personalities and mannerisms. Small things like Itachi's saunter.

Sasuke smirks. "Because our beautiful wife is a horrible liar." Sasuke wraps his arms around her waist.

It might have been a clone, but that didn't make the action any less erotic. Because Hinata knew one very important thing. The clones were relying all this information to her husbands.

Her husbands who would be back soon. Judging by the fact something hard was pressing up against her backside that was most definitely not an actual kunai, Uchiha Pounce Mode was about to activate. She squeaks at the thought.

"Adorable, truly." Itachi chuckles and walks over to her, kissing her forehead.

Hinata couldn't believe that she had just squeaked like that. She was a grown woman with two children. Mothers weren't supposed to squeak! Or sulk. Not that that was currently stopping her from doing so.

Sasuke nods in agreement as the real Itachi and Sasuke walk back over to her. Sharingans activated. Right…it was going to be a very long and enjoyable day. There was no point in putting it off any longer, she supposed.

"I'll send a message to Kurenai." She blushes.

Sasuke smirks and the clones all vanish. "That's our wife. Beauty and intelligence." He caresses her cheek.

Hinata smiles at the praise. To hear Itachi and Sasuke tell it, she was some kind of Goddess. To them, she practically walked on water.

Well to be fair, sometimes she did walk on water. Though almost any ninja could do that. It was something most Genin learned, very early on. Oh wait. She was getting off track.

Where was she? "And I feel the same way about my husbands." Right. Her stunning husbands were likely going to spend the rest of the day ravishing her.

Well sometimes she ravished them. Most of the time though, the Uchiha woman was more than happy to let one of them take the reigns. One or both of them really.

Whether it was kind words or heated touches, they always made sure to make her feel loved. It was worth even the pain of childbirth really. That and she loved her daughter and son fiercely. So that also made it worth it.

"Good." Itachi smiles rather serenely at her and Hinata nods dumbly as she takes out a scroll and begins writing a rather hasty letter.

About two minutes later, the letter was flying off with a messenger hawk. That meant that Kurenai would be here soon. Which was good because her lovers weren't the most patient men.

Sasuke tilts his head to the side. "How long do you think it will be before she arrives?" He kisses Hinata's cheek.

"Mmm." Hinata pauses as she considers it. "Maybe twenty minutes? Fifteen if we're lucky."

Itachi sighs and shakes his head. Hinata giggles at her eldest husband's less than enthusiastic response to that answer. "It's going to be a very long twenty minutes."

That was true. She could only hope that her former Sensei would get here fast. Twenty minutes was a lifetime when you had two lovers who were hotter than the Amaterasu!