Birthright
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I was beginning to think that there was just less interest in the sequel than the original. Apparently, nothing brings out the lurkers like the thought of Uchiha Babies lol. We have some very strong opinions about what gender the triplets should be.
Clan Restoration Results: The girls did win out, but we had a lot of passionate votes for boys as well. So what I have decided is there will be Aiya and Arashi, the girl triplets, and one final pregnancy after the triplets at some point. Arashi will not be the only boy. The final pregnancy is not going to be triplets again. I'm not that cruel.
Chapter Notation: No line breaks in this one. It was all one big scene.
Chapter 7
A few months later and Hinata Uchiha was most assuredly not in her happy place! She was going into labor! Labor with triplets!
"It's alright, Hinata. We'll get you to the hospital." Sasuke caresses her cheek. "Your father and sister are going to watch the twins while you're in labor." He smiles at her reassuringly.
Well that was good. Still, it was easy for him to be calm! He wasn't the one who was going into labor! With TRIPLETS! Did she mention she was carrying not one, not two, but THREE babies?!
Itachi kisses her forehead. "Don't panic, My Queen." He gives her a charming smile. "You've done this before." And with that, the Uchiha Brothers Flicker her to the hospital.
"That's good." She glances at Sasuke and then at Itachi. "Yes, but that was with twins. Not triplets! Hinata had no idea how she was going to manage this!
Sasuke smiles at her as they arrive in the hospital room and the two of them help her into the bed. And as much as Hinata hated to admit it, she did need the help. She felt like a Beluga Whale or something!
Itachi shakes his head and kisses her forehead. "I know that this part isn't pleasant." That was putting it mildly! "But soon enough we'll have three new beautiful daughters." That was true and Hinata did want to hold them in her arms.
Of course, she wasn't entirely sure how they would all fit. Three was a lot, but she smiles at that thought anyway. Well at least until another contraction hit.
"Ahhh!" Those were painful!
Tsunade walks into the room and sighs. "I expect it's going to be a very long night." She looks at Hinata with concerned eyes. "We'll try to do a natural birth, but I wouldn't be surprised, if we have to do a C-Section."
A C-Section sounded really good right about now. Hinata would rather take the incision than have to give birth three times in a row! Yeah!
"Alright." Hinata knew that Tsunade wouldn't allow it automatically though.
For now, she'd be a good girl. Itachi was right. It wouldn't be that long until she was holding their youngest daughters in her arms. Hinata just had to remember that.
Tsunade chuckled at their reactions, but Hinata didn't really find the situation amusing. She couldn't believe this! Triplets!
"So what are we having?" Itachi looked at the former Hokage expectantly.
Oh God! There were so many possibilities! Were they all going to be boys? All girls? Two of one gender and one of the other? Hinata didn't know. This could get complicated and quickly!
Sasuke nodded his head in agreement. Hinata couldn't help, but giggle at that. Both Itachi and Sasuke were such anxious fathers.
"It looks like they're all girls." Tsunade smiled.
THUD! Hinata blinked. It looked like one of her husbands had fainted again. This time it was Sasuke.
"Sasuke?" She looked at the unconscious Uchiha laying on the ground with concern.
THUD! Another thud! You had to be kidding her! Not Itachi too!
She sighed and looked behind her. Yep! Her eldest husband was now also laying on the ground. Also unconscious.
"Unbelievable! What am I going to do with them?" She rolled her eyes.
Her husbands had gone bonkers. It was an explosion of pink and glitter everywhere after that. Surprisingly, that had been on Itachi's part. Sasuke had also gotten the girls lots of things.
He insisted that his daughters were not going anywhere near those pink and glittery things. It seemed like borderline blasphemy to him that his Uchiha Princesses would be well…stereotypically so, Hinata muses to herself.
"Where are the twins?" Tsunade glances at Itachi.
He smiles in response. "They're with Hiashi and Hanabi." That answer seems to satisfy Tsunade because she continues going about making the preparations necessary for Hinata's impending delivery.
Meanwhile the twins were with Hiashi and Hanabi back at the Uchiha District. Arashi knew something strange was going on and he was going to find out what.
"Where is mother and our fathers?" He gives his grandfather a determined look.
At three, he and his sister were now far more articulate. Saying mother and father instead of Mommy and Daddy. And they were making the most of their newfound verbal prowess by interrogating their relatives!
Hiashi chuckles at the demanding look. "The Hyuga side of your family tree runs strongly in you." Arashi didn't entirely know what that meant, but he wanted answers and he wasn't getting them.
He might have to play rough here. So the younger Uchiha child looks at his sister. Water was probably better in a situation like this. It was more subtle. Fire might actually hurt his grandfather.
"Where are they?" Aiya crosses her arms over her chest.
That's how you know that she meant business. His sister could be quite scary, when she wanted to be. Arashi should know, more than once she had hit him with water! And trust him, that wasn't fun.
Hanabi smiles. "They're at the hospital. You're both about to get three baby sisters." Huh?
Mother had been getting a lot bigger lately, but Arashi hadn't really thought much of it. He had pawned it off to her having too many sweets or something. That was okay though.
He loved his mother anyway and his fathers certainly didn't seem to mind. So why should he? Aiya seemed to be of a similar opinion on the matter as well.
"Three new sisters?" Arashi was skeptical of this claim.
There were going to be four Aiyas? He didn't see how. Oh wait. He understood now.
He turns to his sister in surprise. "You learned how to clone yourself?" That was weird! Why hadn't she told him?!
"No. I don't know how to do that." Aiya frowns in confusion.
Hmm. So it wasn't the cloning. Arashi found himself at a loss for how he was getting three new sisters then. Oh well. He'd just have to ask his parents later.
Back at the hospital, Sasuke watches his wife with worried eyes. Hinata had been so exhausted last time, after having the twins. He wasn't sure that it was safe for her to have triplets without Tsunade lending some special assistance.
"Hinata, I love you." Itachi winces.
Hinata nods. "I know. I love you too." She was clutching onto her eldest husband's hand tightly to get through the pain.
Sasuke notices that his brother was forcing himself to smile. "But I think you're going to break my hand, if you don't loosen your grip some." Oh. So that's what was wrong.
Hinata blushes and releases Itachi's hand. "Sorry." Their poor Queen looked so embarrassed.
Sasuke looks at Tsunade. "Is this safe?" He wouldn't let anything happen to his young, but rapidly growing family.
Tsunade sighs and that made the raven haired Uchiha very nervous. Why was she pausing? Was something wrong?
"Triplet births are higher risk than singles or twins by default, but that doesn't make it automatically unsafe." She looks at him reassuringly. "If something seems to be going wrong, we'll take the necessary measures."
Itachi nods approvingly at that answer. "Good because if something happens to our wife or our children, I assure you that the Leaf will be leveled again." And Sasuke knew that Itachi meant it because he sure as Hell agreed with the sentiment!
Hinata winces as another contraction hits and so does Sasuke. He really hated to see his wife in pain, but it was all part of childbirth. The younger Uchiha Brother knew that, but that didn't make it any easier to watch.
Elsewhere Aiya blinks at her grandfather. Three sisters? She only had a brother though.
Hanabi laughs. "That's why you're mother was getting bigger." She smiles at them. "Hinata is pregnant. She's going to have babies."
Aiya knew what a baby was. She had seen a few around the Leaf Village. They were so little though, even smaller than her and Arashi!
Adults really liked babies though. They were always trying to hold them and making silly faces at them. They'd use silly voices too.
""What's pregnant and when will our parents be home with the babies?" She tilts her head to the side in confusion.
Her grandfather looked positively mortified and Arashi looked just as curious as she felt. Well one way or another, she was going to get to the bottom of this. She was an Uchiha and Uchihas did not take no for an answer!
Hanabi glances at Hiashi rather helplessly. That or maybe, her Auntie was looking at him for permission. Aiya wasn't entirely sure, but she did know that they were going to get their answers!
"Yeah! What's pregnant?!" The other Uchiha child backs her up.
She smiles at this. Aiya knew that her brother would always have her back. While he could be annoying sometimes, they were a team and it had always been that way as long as she could remember.
Hiashi sighs. "It's when a woman is expecting a baby. Her belly slowly grows rounder until the baby is ready to be born."
Aiya blinks. Oh. "So that's why mother got so fat?" She was pregnant!
Hanabi giggles and Hiashi chuckles. "Yes, I suppose that's one way to look at it." Hmm. That did explain a lot.
Their fathers had been speaking to Hinata's belly lately. Making silly voices and smiling a lot. Kissing and rubbing it. Somehow, their sisters were trapped inside their mother's belly?!
"Why didn't anyone save them?! Shouldn't we have gotten them out sooner?!"
Hiashi chuckles. "Babies need time to grow. Most of the time a woman is pregnant for about nine months. Sometimes a little longer or a little shorter." That sounded like a very long time.
She glances at her brother to see his reaction. He looked just as confused as her. Well at least she wasn't the only one!
A few hours later, it was determined that the best option was a C-Section. After Hinata threatened to level the hospital more than once. So it was…medical necessity. Kinda.
Warning Delivery Scene
Mercifully, Tsunade put up a curtain around Hinata. Itachi really didn't even want to know what sort of reaction Sasuke would have to the woman making the required incision for a C-Section. A curtain was probably the smarter move.
Soon enough, a loud cry rings throughout the room. Itachi watches from behind the curtain. He could see three shadows.
One of Hinata lay in on the bed. One of Tsunade. "WAHHH!" And one of a squirming newborn.
"Shizune, I need you to check on this one while I get the other two!" Tsunade's orders are heard throughout the room.
Itachi places his hand on Sasuke's shoulder comfortingly. One down, two to go. It was a nerve-wrecking experience for him. So the Uchiha Patriarch couldn't even begin to imagine what it was like for Hinata.
The mousy brunette races over and scoops up the first triplet, quickly taking her off to be examined. Shizune was so quick, that Itachi didn't even get a good look at the baby.
Sasuke watches the curtain anxiously. "Do you think that they'll be okay?" He looks at Itachi with worried eyes.
"They'll be okay." They had to be.
Itachi couldn't lose them. Not Hinata and any of their triplets. Their wins or Sasuke. They were his entire world. Everything else was an afterthought.
"Oh God!" Their beautiful wife was apparently losing her composure. "Oh God!"
Which was understandable. Itachi didn't think he'd much enjoy being cut open and having three babies removed from his body either. Her reaction was probably fairly tame, when one considered that.
A second cry was soon heard. "WAHHHH!" There was the second triplet.
"SHIZUNE!" The busty Hokage was on a mission, it seemed. "How is the first one?" Tsunade hands Shizune the next child through the curtain.
The brunette takes her and smiles. "Just fine. They all seem to be doing just fine." Shizune pauses. "So far." And with that she carries the second triplet off to be inspected.
That so far part was worrisome. Itachi really didn't need to hear that and Sasuke most assuredly didn't. His foolish little brother looked like he was on the verge of having a panic attack.
Two minutes later, a third cry rings throughout the room. "WAHHH!" The final triplet had been born.
End of Delivery Scene
Shizune quickly scurries over to collect the last of the newborns and conduct the final checks. Hinata sighs in relief and collapses back onto the bed. It was finally over.
"You did amazingly, Hinata." Tsunade smiles as she patches her up and cleans up the bed for her. "Shizune is just checking to make sure the girls are all alright. You'll be able to hold them in a few minutes."
Hinata nods her head weakly. She could scarcely believe that she had done it. No more wading around like a beluga whale for her. Now, she had five presumably beautiful children and two husbands who had better wait on her hand and foot for the rest of her life (and if reincarnation really existed, they had better do the same in their next lives)!
She wanted to see them and her husbands though. "S-Sasuke?" Badly. "I-Itachi?"
Well apparently they needed no further encouragement because they quickly open the curtain. Immediately, Itachi kisses her forehead and Sasuke her cheek.
"You were so brave." Itachi smiles at her.
Sasuke nods. "You did wonderfully." She might let them keep their all their parts attached because of how sweet they were.
Triplets? Really? What was next? Quadruplets? She really had to put her foot down. Five was a good number.
"Congratulations, they're all healthy." Shizune smiles. "And so beautiful." And with that, she sets the three bundles of joy down in Hinata's arms.
Hinata smiles. They were beautiful. At first, she thought they were identical until she saw their eyes.
The bluenette glances out at night and notices it was raining as she looks into the first triplet's eyes. "Amaya." Hyuga eyes. "It means night rain." She smiles at her husbands.
Luckily, they weren't foolish enough to argue with her at the moment. Sasuke and Itachi merely smile and nod their head in agreement.
The middle daughter had two smoky gray eyes. Eyes that were almost black like Itachi's. "Miya." Such beautiful eyes. "It means beauty."
"It suits her." Sasuke smiles proudly and kisses the top of her head.
Itachi nods in agreement. "That it does." He beams, his eyes filled with fatherly pride.
Now, they just needed to name the last one. Hinata smiles. She had one smoky gray eye and one lavender one. An unusual combination, but such a sweet one. "Nara." She smiled so happily. "It means contented and happy."
Sasuke smirks and Hinata knew why. That was the last name of a Clan in the village, but it could be used as a first or last name. "That's going to drive the Naras absolutely crazy."
Itachi ponders the matter. "Well they might take it as a compliment." He smiles at their youngest. "Though there's no denying it's a rather accurate name."
Hinata nods in agreement as she smiles down at the triplets. They were truly beautiful with mysterious subtle shade of purple for their hair and eyes that were similar to Itachi's but slightly rounded. They definitely had Itachi's nose though and her skin coloration. Though the face was all Itachi save for Sasuke's eyebrows and eyelashes. (The Uchiha Brothers had very nice eyelashes)!
"They're perfect." Sasuke kisses her cheek and smiles.
Amaya looks around curiously. Who were these big people? Oh wait. She recognized their voices. So this must be Mommy and the two Daddies.
Obviously, she recognized her other sisters. Hmm. They were outside now. There was a lot more room to stretch around at the moment. That was good. Oh and Mommy was nice and soft.
"Is it safe to come in yet?" She hears a masculine voice call out from behind the door.
Tsunade chuckles. "Yes, Hiashi. She's delivered three beautiful girls and they're all doing fine." Hmm. Who was Hiashi. For that matter, who was the woman with balloons on her chest and the mousy looking woman? They definitely weren't Mommy.
Hiashi smiles and comes inside with Shizune. That's when Amaya notices two other children. They were bigger than them though! Then again, everyone seemed bigger than her and her sisters at the moment!
"Meet your baby sisters." Hanabi tells them with a smile.
Oh wait. Those kids were her big brother and big sister then? Hmm. Okay!
Amaya wasn't the only Uchiha Child adjusting to her new world though. Miya's eyes were also scanning the room. First things first, she was hungry. So she starts nursing as she looks around more.
There were so many people! She wasn't worried though. She recognized Mommy's voice and the voices of her Daddies. They'd keep them safe.
After nursing for a minute or two. She notices as boy get in her face. He was bigger than her. She boops him on his nose.
"Hello, little sister." He smiles at her.
She boops him again. After all, it was importance to assert her dominance early. Just because he was bigger, didn't mean he was in charge!
He laughs at her. "You're gonna be a Taijutsu User!" She didn't know what that was, but she boops him for a third time! He was going to learn that she was in charge here!
"They're adorable." Hiashi smiles. "Truly, Hinata."
As Miya was trying to exert her dominance over Arashi, Nara smiles and looks around. She coos happily at everyone. They all seemed so happy to see them!
Hanabi smiles. "You're glowing." She smiles at her older sister.
Hinata laughs and Nara coos at the sound. It was a beautiful laugh. She didn't know much, but the youngest Uchiha knew that. Her Mommy had a beautiful laugh.
"I wasn't glowing a few minutes ago." The bluenette smiles. "I don't really recommend giving birth to three children at once, but the results are worth it." She cuddles them all to her chest lovingly.
This was nice. Nice, warm, and soft. Nara was quite content with her positioning at the moment. Oh and she was hungry.
So she starts nursing. This prompts Amaya to join in. It looked like her middle sister, Miya, was already full though!
That was okay! More for them! (It wasn't like she knew that Hinata's breasts would just keep producing milk as long as their was a need and she was sufficiently fed). For some reason, she was hungry. Really, really hungry.
Sasuke smiles. "Alright. I know that they're adorable, but it might be best for it just to be us." He pulls Arashi and Aiya over to him and hugs them. "We're going to go home and let your mother get some rest, alright?"
Hiashi smiles at the scene. While he still might not be that fond of Itachi and Sasuke, it was a heartwarming moment. His daughter was glowing and the Uchiha Brothers apparently couldn't be prouder of their growing family.
Not to mention, his new granddaughters were absolutely beautiful. Though he knew what this meant. Kira and Kaiden would only grow more insistent on seeking their assurance that none of the Uchiha Clan would be taught the Gentle Fist Style.
Well except for Hinata. "That would be best. Goodnight, daughter." She had been born into the Hyuga Clan and had already mastered the technique, after all. "Get some rest. You've more than earned it." He smiles as he kisses her forehead.
"Yes, father." Hinata smiles as she relaxes in the bed and nurses her daughters, except for Amaya. (She had fallen asleep after feeding).
Arashi and Aiya were too fascinated to go anywhere though. They seemed to find it utterly enthralling not to be the smallest people in the room anymore.
Itachi chuckles. "We'll stay for a little while longer and then head home." He hugs them both. "Though don't mind, if your mother falls asleep." The Uchiha Patriarch smiles at the twins. "She's had a very long day.
Hiashi laughs. That was putting it rather mildly. He smiles though as he watches Hanabi bid farewell to her sister and assure her that she would be back tomorrow.
"Come, Hanabi." After all, they still had much to do. "We'll have to inform the rest of the Clan of the wonderful news."
His youngest daughter nods and bounds over to him. While Hanabi was certainly feisty, there was no denying that for the most part she was an obedient daughter.
Which was a damn good thing. The Hyuga Patriarch already had his hands full with dealing with Hinata and her husbands. If Hanabi was rebellious, that would have been simply too much for him ot handle.
She nods. "Of course, father." And with that, the two of them walk off as the young family gets better acquainted with their newest members.
It was a good day. He would deal with the repercussions of this tomorrow. For now, it was time to celebrate the arrival of three more Uchiha Princesses.