Birthright

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter.

Chapter Notation: This takes place about a year after the last one. The twins are now two years old.

Chapter 5

"Pretty!" Aiya smiles gleefully at the formerly white walls of the living room.

The Uchiha Princess was now two years old. That meant that she and her brother were both able to walk and talk better. That and able to get into everything. Like crayons.

Arashi nods and claps. "Pretty!" While Aiya had found the red crayons and drawn what were supposed to be roses, her brother had found the blue crayons and drawn what was supposed to be the ocean.

In reality, neither of them were particularly success. The red and blue scribbles were everywhere though. Well no great artist had ever been created in a day!

"What's pretty?" Sasuke asks with a smile as he comes into the living room and blinks. "ITACH! HINATA!"

Aiya looks at her Daddy in confusion. Why was he so upset? Didn't he like their drawings? Hmm. Maybe, it just needed more colors!

Yep! That had to be it. So she grabs some other crayons and sets about trying to make a rainbow.

Much to her eternal confusion, her parents seemed displeased by her efforts. "Not pretty?" The two year old's lips quiver in anxiety.

Hinata sighs and scoops up her daughter in her arms. "It's very pretty." Aiya smiles and cuddles into her Mommy, happy that she liked it. "But you aren't supposed to draw on walls."

She wasn't? Aiya looks at Arashi like did you know that we weren't supposed to?" The blank look her brother shoots her in response told her that he didn't either.

Big people were always making up all kinds of silly rules. Aiya didn't understand them half the time. Why would they be upset about the pretty walls?

Itachi shakes his head. "I suppose we could always paint over it." He sighs as he glances at the wall.

Paint over it? Why would they want to do that?! It was pretty! Her mother had said it was pretty! Aiya could feel a tantrum coming on.

Arashi shakes his head stubbornly as he walks over to Sasuke. "No paint!" He crosses his chubby little arms. "We make! It stay!"

That was right! It was staying up! And that was that. Why wouldn't they want beautiful roses and a majestic ocean on the walls of their homes? Aiya bet that no other home in the village had prettier walls than theirs!

Hinata laughs and shakes her head. "Well what if we let the two of you help us repaint the walls?" She smiles at the twins.

The twins look at each other. Hmm. That might be okay.

Aiya and Arashi considers this for a minute. After all, this was a very important decision. After a minute or two, they both nod their heads slowly in agreement. "That be kay." She nods her head again in acceptance.

Hinata smiles. "Good. We'll get some paint later." She smiles and cuddles them both, before setting them down and quickly racing off to the bathroom.

Elsewhere Kaiden and Kira were not particularly pleased. Their invitation to the Uchiha District still hadn't been restored. The petty slight hadn't gone unnoticed by the rest of the Clan.

No one knew how to react exactly. While they were both respected members of the Hyuga Clan, so was Hinata. No one seemed particularly sure of whose side to take.

It was the Uchiha Matriarch's kindness that was the problem. Kira was certain that most of their kin were thinking the same thing. "Kaiden, what are we going to do about this?" Someone as "sweet" as her wouldn't revoke an invitation without a good reason.

Her husband looks at her and sighs. Wonderful. He was completely clueless. That was rather disappointing.

"I don't know. It's been a year." He shrugs.

A year. A year of partial humiliation. The reason for their banishment from the Uchiha District was the subject of much speculation. Kira could hear the whispers when their family members thought that she wasn't within earshot. (She had always had good hearing and the aging Hyuga woman was not above using that to her advantage to eavesdrop on others, even her own family)!

Kira couldn't exactly explain what had happened to them. "We've got to do something." That would likely only make at least half of them take Hinata's side.

"Our concerns are valid, but it's hard for them to see that when they're looking at a pair of cute toddlers." Her husband sighs.

Yes, they were ridiculously adorable when they weren't trying to rip your face off. Those children were going to be demons one day. Just like their fathers.

Oh Itachi and Sasuke might put on a good show these days, but she knew the truth. Itachi was a man capable of wiping out most of his Clan for the greater good and Sasuke had almost, if not more blood on his hands than Itachi did.

She nods in agreement. "Well time isn't on our side." They were already old to begin with.

There was a good chance that the twins wouldn't show their true nature until long after they were dead. How long did she and her husband realistically have? Five years? Ten?

"I know that, but we'll make them see." Kaiden fidgets in agitation. "Hiashi is a lost cause. He's been compromised."

Most children were still innocent at ten. That might be too early to truly see what kind of adults they'd be like, even Sasuke hadn't defected until he was twelve or thirteen years old. Could they hang on that long?

Kira didn't know and that thought terrified her. All her life, she had done what she thought was necessary to protect their Clan. She couldn't let it all unravel after her death. No. There had to be a way to find out for sure.

She sighs. "That's true." Kira pauses. "Normally, I would say we need to go over his head and speak to the Hokage." That wouldn't work either though.

Kaiden shakes his head and she knew why. Naruto Uzumaki was best friends with Sasuke Uchiha. He would never see those children as potential threats. He simply wasn't an objective observer.

That meant going to the Hokage was useless. Which put them in a difficult situation. Hiashi and Naruto were of no use to them. So who could possibly be their ally in this unfortunate situation?

"We'll think of something." He smiles at her. "We always do."

That was true. Their Clan was a strong one. They wouldn't be defeated that easily and they had time.

As blessed as the twins were genetically, it would be a few years before they were a real threat. Kira was also reasonably sure that Hinata would be a good influence on them and able to quell their bloodlust to some degree. That just meant it was up to them to protect the secrets of the Gentle Fist from Uchiha Clan.

She nods. "Yes, we will." They had to. There was little point in having Clans, if a Clan's Secret Techniques became common knowledge.

Back in the Uchiha Household, Itachi blinks. His wife had been fine one minute and now, she was currently in the bathroom. With the door shut and the sounds of vomiting could be heard on the other side.

"Mommy sick again." Arashi sighs sadly.

Again?! This had happened before?! That was concerning. Why hadn't Hinata told them that she felt under the weather?!

Itachi suddenly felt himself internally panicking. He tries his best not to show it though. He didn't want to scare the twins, but the Uchiha Patriarch needed to know what was wrong with Hinata. Desperately so.

"Mommy surprise Daddies." Aiya nods knowledgeably.

Surprise Daddies? What was that supposed to mean? Itachi glances at Sasuke in confusion. Maybe, he knew what was going on.

The fact that Sasuke shrugs his shoulders in response wasn't particularly reassuring. "I have no idea either." Damn it. They were just going to have to ask Hinata what the Hell was going on when she came out of the bathroom.

"It'd probably be futile to try to get anything out of Aiya and Arashi." Itachi sighs.

They were only two. As articulate as they were for their age, well there were still a lot of gaps to fill. It was just easier to wait for Hinata.

Sasuke nods in agreement. "Probably not." They were definitely gifted in Itachi's mind, but he doubted any two year olds were that gifted.

What felt like an eternity later, Hinata comes out of the bathroom. And in that moment, she looked like a startled deer or something. She had the look of someone who knew that they had been caught.

"Hinata?" He raises an eyebrow.

She didn't look like someone who was worried about being terminally ill. No, she looked like a child who had gotten caught with their hand in the cookie jar and Itachi should now.

The twins did love their cookies. It was rather amusing to watch them try to be sneaky. He didn't have the heart to get irritated with them for their deviousness. After all, it was good practice for when they were older.

Sasuke was less amused though. "Hinata, what's wrong? The twins said you had a surprise?" He hadn't quite picked up on the fact that Hinata didn't seem worried about impending death and thus this wasn't a tragedy in the making.

Arashi giggles. Silly Daddies. Mommy told them him and Aiya not to say anything to them, but the Daddies had asked. It wasn't like he couldn't say something after that, right?

Hinata smiles reassuringly and walks over to her husbands. "I would kiss you, but…well I'm sure you understand." Hmm. What was Mommy up to?

"Hinata, will you please tell us what is going on?" Itachi looks at her with concern.

Aiya giggles. "Mommy tell!" She claps her chubby little hands and Arashi joins in the fun. "Mommy tell!" He copies his sister's chant.

His sister could be a lot of fun when she wasn't being such a girl. He still didn't understand why girls liked playing Dress Up so much. It was weird.

Though it had been lots of fun to color the walls. Soon enough, it sounded like they were going to get a chance to paint them too! That would be even better!

Hinata pauses. "Well it's good news." Hmm. Mommy seemed nervous for some reason. What was Mommy so nervous about?

Sasuke tilts his head to the side. "If it's good news, why do you look so anxious." He caresses her cheek. "Tell us what's going on."

Arashi glances at his sister. Maybe, she knew what was going on because he certainly didn't. Strange. Very strange.

Hinata smiles and places Sasuke's and Itachi's hands on her stomach. "It's still early and I'm not showing yet, but I'm pregnant." The Uchiha woman looks at them. "Again."

THUD! One of his Daddies fell down on the ground. "Silly Daddy!" Arashi and Aiya giggle together.

Itachi smirks. "That's wonderful news, Hinata." He spins her around happily. "And I'm sure that Sasuke thinks so as well." His smirk only continues to grow. "My foolish little brother is just in shock is all."

Elsewhere Hiashi was meeting with Kakashi. He didn't like doing this, but it had to be done. He had to go behind his own Clan's back to potentially protect his grandchildren.

"I'm afraid I don't understand why you came to me." Kakashi pours them both sake. "Naurto is Hokage now."

The Hyuga Patriarch sighs. "I believe that we both know that while Naruto has many talents, understanding Clan Politics is not one of them." That much was obvious.

He was inside Kakashi's fairly modest apartment. It was a nice apartment, but the man was clearly living a lifestyle that clearly was far more modest than he could have chosen to. Hiashi didn't really understand it himself.

It was one thing to rough it while on missions, but why would you voluntarily not indulge yourself? He much preferred the grandness of the Hyuga Estate to an apartment. No matter how cozy, it might be.

"I'm afraid that I do have to concede that point." Kakashi chuckles and Hiashi nods.

He needed to figure out a plan. Kira and Kaiden were obviously not going to stop their scheming. They were too smart to do anything that he could use as definitive proof of their disloyalty, but he could see in their eyes.

When the time came, they'd betray him. They'd betray him at the first opportunity. Whether they actually wanted to harm his grandchildren or merely wanted to ensure they never learned the Gentle Fist, he was uncertain.

He sighs as he sips his drink. "That's because you're an honest man." Which was good, but did nothing to help his current situation.

"Well thank you." Kakashi sighs as he rubs his temples in frustration. "I wish that I had something concrete, but they haven't actually done anything." Kakashi shrugs. "Either by Leaf or Clan Standards."

Sadly, that was true. He couldn't even nail them on the grounds of disrespecting Hinata's wishes. As far as Hiashi could tell, neither of them had made a direct move to enter the Uchiha District without an invitation.

Well as far as he could tell, but that didn't mean they hadn't. "What do you suggest?" There had to be something that they could do.

Kakashi smiles. "We could speak to Shino and borrow a few of his insects." Ah. That was quite clever. Yes, Hiashi understood where the CopyCat Ninja was going with this now.

"And we can use the insects to spy on them." Hiashi smiles slyly. "I knew that I came to the right man."

Yes, that was a good plan. While he didn't have any proof yet, Shino's insects might provide all the proof he needed and neither of them would ever suspect a bug of spying on them. It was perfect!

A few minutes later, Sasuke wakes up and looks at his wife in confusion. He was laying on the bed and Hinata was looking at him with great concern. His jerk of a brother was smirking though.

"Are you alright?" Hinata kisses his forehead.

Sasuke nods. "I t-think so." She was pregnant again?! Had he heard her correctly? The twins were only two. They had only recently stopped using the Jutsu.

After all, Hinata needed time to recover and all three of them had agreed it would be best to allow Aiya and Arashi to become a bit more self-sufficient. Their son and daughter could walk, talk, and could use the bathroom by themselves now. Those were the key issues in Sasuke's mind.

While he had been better at changing diapers than Itachi, he wasn't in a hurry to change three sets of them at once. That would have been rather annoying. Though Sasuke would do anything for their children, even something as unpleasant as that.

"Foolish little brother, now you can't tease me for fainting when I found out they were twins." Itachi smirks.

Oh yes, that was right. When they had first found out Hinata was expecting twins…Itachi had fainted. Something that Sasuke never failed to lord over his brother. The great Itachi Uchiha had fainted.

Sadly, he had last that trump card now. Sasuke sighs. Oh well. He'd just have to find something else to tease the other man about. It was as simple as that. Surely, something else would come up. Eventually.

He grumbles. "Fine. I won't tease you." He smiles at Hinata. "This is wonderful news." And kisses her.

Soon they would have three children instead of two. Maybe four. Though having two sets of twins so close together would be quite the handful. If that was the case, clones would have to be heavily utilized. It would be worth it though!

Hinata smiles. "Good." She was so glad they were both happy about the news. "I wanted to surprise the both of you." That hadn't worked out exactly how she planned, but she wasn't going to argue with the results.

"Well we were most assuredly surprised." Itachi chuckles.

Sasuke nods in agreement and Hinata laughs. Well perhaps, that was only to be expected. She had hoped to inform them of her second pregnancy with a little more tact.

Oh well. It was very difficult to plan things like these out. It didn't matter though. She had two husbands who loved her and their twins and now, she had two husbands who would love her and their three children.

Well that our their four children. "Good." Though Hinata was hoping it would just be one this time. She would do anything for Aiya and Arashi and her other children, but she would rather not have to deliver two babies in a row again. That had NOT been fun!

"Now, don't be stubborn this time." Itachi smiles at her and kisses her forehead.

Sasuke got pokes. Hinata got kisses. It was an Itachi thing, she supposed. Hinata still didn't get Itachi's fascinations with foreheads, but she didn't mind.

It was just a quirk that was unique to him. They all had their quirks. For Itachi, it was foreheads and for Sasuke it was well breasts.

Though Itachi did seem to appreciate her breasts, Hinata had noticed he preferred her backside. "I'm not going to be stubborn this time and I wasn't last time!" Oh wait. She was getting off track here.

Sasuke shakes his head and brings her hand to his lips, kissing it. "Yes, you were." He smiles. "How far along are you?"

Hmm. Well that was a difficult question to answer. Hinata knew that it was likely she was at least six weeks. Though she might be two months. That was about how long ago they had stopped taking precautions.

Honestly, Uchihas were overachievers in everything they did. Apparently, that included Clan Restoration. Her husbands (or at least one of them, she didn't really know yet) didn't seem to have any issue in getting her pregnant.

"I'd say at least six weeks." She smiles. "Maybe two months."

Two months would have been during that brief diplomatic mission to the Sand. The Sun wasn't the only thing that could get hot in the desert. Needless to say, it had been rather enjoyable.

Oh and Mei and Gaara were now the proud parents of a beautiful red headed baby boy with Mei's eyes. He was going to be a real heartbreaker one day. Hinata knew that much for sure!

Sasuke smiles. "Good. Well let us pamper you some and try not to traumatize us with those food cravings again." He chuckles.

"Yes, they were rather frightening." Itachi agrees with a nod.

Hmpf! She couldn't help it, if she had wanted lots of ice cream during her pregnancy. Honestly, they should be happy that her cravings had been so normal.

Hinata had heard of lots of women who wanted the strangest foods. At least, hers was a common one. So there! Hmpf!

She gives them a half-hearted glare. "Such cruelty." The bluenette grumbles.

Itachi and Sasuke shake their heads as they pull her into their arms and hold her tightly. She didn't mean it. Not really. She had only been teasing them, but they tended to overreact to such things.

They were both still so sensitive about their pasts and sometimes, it was easy to forget that. To Hinata, they were her devoted lovers and the fathers of her children. To themselves though, they were that and other things. Most of them unpleasant.

"You know that we love you." Itachi smiles at her.

"And that we're only teasing." Sasuke nods.

She giggles. Of course, Hinata knew that. That didn't mean that she was going to let them off that easily though. Oh no.

There were some perks that came along with being pregnant. One of them was that she could get away with almost anything, even more so than usual. Which was saying something because her husbands seemed to worship the ground that she worked on.

Itachi smiles and kisses her cheek. "You should get some rest, My Love." And so does Sasuke.

"Alright. I left the twins with a clone." She settles into their bed. "Perhaps, one of you could go and check on them?" Hinata smiles.

Sasuke nods and he hopes off of the bed and Itachi takes his place almost immediately. This causes the younger Uchiha Brother to glare and Hinata to laugh. There was never a dull moment at the Uchiha Household. That much was for certain!

He smiles at her. "I'll be back in a few minutes." And with that, her youngest husband dashes off.

She smiles. They were both so attentive. Hinata just hoped that she was wrong about the Fire Daimyo or if she wasn't, that would be the last time they had to kill for their children.

"Do you think this one will be a boy or a girl?" Itachi kisses her stomach, causing Hinata to giggle.

It was hard to think about such things for long though. When moments like this happened, she couldn't reconcile the possibility that her loving husbands had assassinated the Raiden.

Hinata giggles. "Mmm. I don't know." She smiles at him. "It doesn't really matter though."

"I know that. Still, it can be quite fun to speculate." He smirks. "Not nearly as fun as conceiving our child, but still an amusing way to pass the time."

Hinata could only blush at that. Itachi Uchiha was secretly quite the deviant. So was Sasuke. Though she had a suspicion that her elder husband had just naturally been born a deviant. Sasuke became one after he was introduced to the wonders of the Carnal Arts. (Though he quickly made up for lost time)!

Slowly, but surely she nods her head though. "That's true." Hinata smiles as she gets over her embarrassment and Sasuke returns a few minutes later.

"They're both fine." Sasuke joins them in bed. "Sleeping soundly in their beds." Oh good.

To be a parent meant that one had to practice constant vigilance. Luckily, they were blessed with two healthy children who were generally quite content. Though the Terrible Twos were a bit of a trial, Hinata wouldn't trade them for the world. That or her wonderful husbands.

She smiles at him. "Good." All in all, Hinata Hyuga was a very lucky woman.

Eventually, she'd have to deal with Kira and Kaiden though. The Uchiha Matirarch knew that they were bound to cause trouble sooner or later. For now though, she would just enjoy being pampered by her lovers and deal with that when the time came.