Birthright
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Well as promised, here is a list the children's current ages and abilities. The ages will obviously change as we progress further in the story though. This is going to be a long list because there are so many children. Sorry about that. Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy this chapter.
Aiya: Eldest child and Arashi's fraternal Twin. Water Style. Sasuke's biological daughter. Age 8.
Arashi: Eldest son and Aiya's twin. Fire Style. Sasuke's biological son. Age 8.
Amaya: Eldest of the triplets. Lightning Style and Genjutsu User. Itachi's biological daughter. Age 5.
Miya: Middle Triplet. Scorch Style (Fire & Wind Style combined) and Taijutsu User. I chose this one because despite it being a bloodline, Sasuke and Naruto were able to use it during a battle by combining chakra. Therefore, there seems to be some flexibility for this one. Itachi's biological daughter. Age 5.
Nara: Youngest Triplet. Earth Style. Itachi's biological daughter. Age 5.
Kenji: Sasuke's middle child and fifth eldest child. Lightning Style and able to manifest a primitive Chidori. Age 4.
Hoshi: Sasuke's youngest son and eldest of the final set of twins. Crystal Style. Due to experimentation at the Sound, the crystal bloodline was injected in Sasuke, but didn't manifest until the birth of Hoshi. Age 2.
Shisui: Youngest of final set of twins. Itachi's biological child. Wind Style. Body Flicker and invisibility. Age 2.
Chapter 14
Two years later, Aiya, Akeno, and Arashi were showing Kaemon around the Leaf Village. All three of them were very proud of their home and more than eager to show off for their friend and the Kazekage's son. Though that distinction meant little to them at the moment.
For now, they were just four children enjoying a lazy summer day. "It's always a lot cooler here." Kameon glances around curiously.
"Oh don't be so hard on your village!" Arashi beams. "I'm sure the Sand is awesome too!"
Aiya smacks her forehead. "He meant temperature wise, brother." She loved Arashi, but he was very much into slang. The boy was far more likely to think cool meant awesome than to be used as a description of a climate.
Privately, she concedes that made sense. Most boys probably would have. Not Kameon though. He was a very literal creature.
Akeno giggles and shakes her head. Aiya didn't really understand why, but Akeno was always, always giggling about something. It was a bit strange, but she was a good friend so Aiya was willing to overlook this quirk.
"Well of course, the Sand is awesome too!" Kaemon apparently felt the need to defend his home. "That's just a given!" Which wasn't surprising, really.
Most ninjas were very proud of their villages, Aiya had learned. It was very rare that you found one who didn't think that their village was the "best." In this regard, Kaemon was no exception.
"Are the old people still giving you dirty looks?" Akeno glances at her friends with concern.
Aiya sighs. She wasn't really sure how to describe that situation, but Arashi didn't hesitate. "Yeah!" He flails dramatically. "I don't really know what their problem is." And honestly, the eldest Uchiha Child felt the same way.
Kira and Kaiden had always been lurking about. Giving them funny looks. For some reason, they weren't allowed in the Uchiha District though and that thought made Aiya very happy.
Their District didn't need to be contaminated by the ancient fossils. The ancient fossils with the dirty looks. The ones who were always staring at them. Whispering about them!
"I don't know either, but you should probably stay away from them." Akeno nods seriously.
"They're Hyugas, right?" Kaemon looks at them. "Your mother's side of the family?"
Honestly, Aiya was inclined to agree. "Yes, they are." Though she didn't see what that had to do with anything.
They were family. So weren't Kira and Kaiden supposed to like them? What was with all the dirty looks?
"Sharingan and Byakugan are two different lines." Kaemon frowns. "They probably don't like the mixing."
Arashi blinks as he processes that. "You're telling us that those bastards don't like us cause we're Uchihas?!" He flails about in outrage.
"Arashi, settle down." Akeno tries to soothe him. "It's just a theory and it doesn't matter." She smiles at him. "You're perfect the way you are."
Aiya was about to agree when she feels herself pulled into a building. Immediately, she starts kicking and screaming up a storm. That didn't last long though. She was quickly gagged as she looks up and sees two pairs of lavender eyes that looked disturbingly familiar.
Meanwhile Sasuke smiles as he, Hinata, and Itachi were giving the triplets a more thorough tour of the Academy. They were now five and that meant that they would be starting their shortly.
"Wow!" Amaya smiles. "This is so fantastic!"
Sasuke nods. He could barely remember it, but there had been a time when he had had a similar reaction. Back when his biggest goals in life were to become a strong ninja like Itachi and to impress his father.
Miya looks around excitedly. "So this is where we'll learn how to get stronger and I can learn how to kick big brother's butt!" Itachi chuckles at that.
"Well perhaps." He smiles and pokes the little girl's forehead. "Though that will take a lot of hard work on your part. He's three years older than you, after all."
Needless to say, their middle child wasn't particularly happy to her that. As far as Miya was concerned Sibling Rivalry was a way of life. Though for some reason, she was more fixated on Arashi than the others.
She grumbles. "That's okay!" Miya puffs up dramatically. "I'll still boop him good!"
Hinata giggles and smiles as she glances back to Kenji. Kenji was keeping pace well. At four, it wouldn't be long until the "Mini Sasuke" would join the Academy.
Thankfully, Sasuke notes that this version hadn't seen the horrors he had. Kenji was a happy child. A happy child that could spark and/or electrocute people, but still…a happy child.
Actually, it was probably a good thing that Kenji was relatively mellow. He couldn't very well have his eldest son (well potentially his eldest son, Sasuke still didn't know if Arashi was his or Itachi's), going around and electrocuting people for fun!
"This will be fun." Nara smiles as she looks at the Academy.
They were lucky that Miya's competitiveness and Arashi's mischievousness were the biggest things they had to worry about. Now, that Sasuke thought about it…their children were already powerhouses. They could do some serious damage, even if they didn't mean to.
Itachi smiles and nods. "That's right." He messes up Nara's hair affectionately.
That's when Hinata turns her head to Itachi. "Do you really think that it was a good idea to leave the twins with Kisame?"
The Uchiha Patriarch smiles at her and shrugs. "Kisame loves children." That was true, but Sasuke didn't think he was the most responsible adult out there.
"Yeah, but really?" Sasuke raises an eyebrow. "Well at least Karin and Suigetsu are with them."
Kisame and Suigetsu might not be the most responsible adults, but Karin should be able to reign them in. Besides, Hoshi and Shisui were normally so well behaved.
There was just one little problem. Shisui could use the Body Flicker and go invisible. That meant that it was very easy to lose track of him. That was why it was always a good idea to have at least two adults watching him.
Elsewhere in the Leaf, Kira smirks. Finally, maybe they could talk some sense into the eldest. If her parents were unreasonable, there was a chance that she could be reasoned with. And if that didn't work, they'd just go down the line.
"Don't be alarmed." Kaiden smiles at her. "We just want to talk."
Kira soon shrieks when she gets hit with a jet of ice cold water. "I don't want to talk to either of you!" The girl glares at them.
That little brat! Honestly, it must be the Uchiha Blood. Hyugas were never this disrespectful to their elders. No matter though.
Kira didn't need the brat to like her. She just needed to ensure that none of the Uchiha Children ever learned the Gentle Fist. That was her main objective. Not to win a popularity contest!
"Steam Dash!" She didn't get long to interrogate the Uchiha Girl though because suddenly a boil trail of steam comes straight at the married couple.
It was a variation on Mei's Steam Technique. While Kaemon couldn't use sand like his father could, he had inherited his mother's bloodlines and utilized them in a similar manner.
"AHHHH!" Kira and Kaiden fall to the ground in pain, trying to avoid the steam.
That was when Akeno and Arashi dart inside the building. The four children stand side by side as they watch the elderly ninjas warily.
"That's what you get for touching my sister." Arashi glares at them and then turns his attention to Kaemon. "Good shot."
Kaemon nods as he checks to see if Aiya was okay. "Thanks." Kira couldn't believe this! Children! Children had attacked them!
"I'm okay!" She smiles and then gives them a dirty look. "If you don't leave our family alone, I'll drown you…after Arashi burns you."
How dare they?! Were these brats actually threatening them?! They couldn't possibly be serious!
Kira feels herself twitch. "We weren't here to pick a fight. I only wanted to talk to you." Maybe, they simply couldn't be reasoned with. These children were nothing more than demons!
Akeno punches the ground and makes a large line open up. A whole. It was a few feet deep. "You stay on that side!" Wonderful. The blonde girl had taken after her mother.
"She's like Sakura." Kaiden looks at his wife anxiously.
Indeed. She was. The Hokage's wife had trained under a Sannin and thus had gained enormous physical strength. It looked like her daughter had inherited it.
"By attacking them, you're attacking my friends. My friends and Akeno's." The red head glares at them, while still managing to look menacing despite the fact he was clutching a teddy bear tightly to his chest. "Our fathers are Kage. You should choose your fights more carefully."
Suddenly, there was giggling. Hoshi and Shisui were standing in the corner together. Kira blinks at that. What were toddlers doing here?!
"Bad lady and man time out!" Hoshi says as he shoots some crystal at them, encasing them in the beautiful prison.
Kaemon looks at Aiya. "Your family is a little scary sometimes." Aiya nods in agreement.
Hoshi and Shisui weren't scared though. Actually, Shisui was positively delighted that they had managed to catch the bad guys! He giggles happily.
"Yeah. I know." She bites her lower lip. "Come on. We should all get going!" There was no telling how long that prison would last!
Shisui and Hoshi dutifully toddle over to their siblings and their friends. Shisui didn't understand why they all looked so scared. Hoshi's crystals had caught the bad guys!
There was nothing to be scared of. So why did they all look so freaked out? Weird!
"Right. Let's get back to the Uchiha District." Akeno smiles. "It's probably safer there."
Yeah! They should probably head home! Maybe, Mommy will have made snacks or something.
It didn't occur to Shisui to worry about Uncle Suigetsu, Uncle Kisame, or Auntie Karin. He was only two. Wandering off was fun. It was just a nice game of Hide and Go Seek.
They'd find him eventually. He could go invisible and Flicker! That meant that he was the best at that game!
"Whatever we do, we probably shouldn't tell our parents about this." Arashi leads them all off. "They'll totally freak out."
"I don't know." Akeno looks at him in concern. "They'll probably find out anyway."
Kaemon looks down at the toddlers and sighs. That or the two year olds might let it slip. Maybe, honesty was the best policy in this case.
"We won't tell!" Hoshi promises.
Shisui nods in agreement. "We no tattle!" Uchihas were many things, but tattlers weren't one of them!
A short while later, the Uchiha Parents make it back to their home and Itachi raises an eyebrow at what he saw. A panicking Kisame, Suigetsu, and Karin.
"Do I even want to know what happened?" He sighs.
"I swear we only looked away for a second!" Oh boy! "And Shisui must have Flickered off with Hoshi!"
Itachi mentally groans. Wonderful. Now, their two year olds were out in the village somewhere. Wandering around without any supervision!'
"Well they can't have gotten fair." Hinata sighs. "I mean the Flicker isn't a long distance technique and Shisui is only two." That was true.
The triplets all looked close to having a fit though. Itachi knew that all of their children were very protective of each other. So for them to hear that the other twins were missing, well that was very traumatic!
Sasuke gives Karin a dirty look. "You're a Sensor." Uh oh and now, Sasuke was in Angry Papa Bear Mode. "Go find our sons!"
That mode was perhaps the most dangerous of all. His foolish little brother had always had a temper, but when it came to their children….that was just magnified by a factor of a thousand.
"We'll split up." Hinata didn't look pleased either. "I can't believe this! Aoda is a better babysitter than the three of you!"
And if anything, that was even worse. When their sweet wife became worried about their children, the kitten vanished. She was soon replaced by a fearsome tigress.
A tigress with claws and fangs. Fangs and claws that she would use to rip people to shreds. It was only natural, Itachi supposed. An instinct.
""It's okay!" Suddenly the pitter patter of little feet is heard as both sets of twins and their friends storm into the kitchen. "We're here!"
Hinata sighs in relief and rushes over, hugging them all tightly. Oh Dear God, these children were trying to give her a heart attack! That was the only logical explanation!
Kisame, Karin, and Suigetsu all sigh in relief and for good reason. Hinata had been about two seconds away from Gentle Fisting the three of them! How dare they lose track of her babies?! What was wrong with them?!
"Hoshi, Shisui, why did you decide to play Hide and Go Seek with your babysitters?" Sasuke sighs as he embraces the twins.
Hinata didn't know how they did it, but somehow she could swear that she saw little halos appear above their heads. So they wanted to act innocent, huh?!
Shisui giggles. "Fun!" Wonderful. "Fun!" Her children thought it was fun to play Hide and Go Seek with their babysitters.
Her son who could turn invisible and Flicker off at any moment. Lovely. And naturally, he was also able to take Hoshi with him! Just to make things a little more interesting, she supposed!
"Playing!" Hoshi smiles.
Surely, that would settle their parents down. Playtime was fun! Everyone understood playtime, even big people!
Hinata shakes her head and throws her hands up in the air. The action confuses Hoshi, but he figures it was a big person thing. There were just some things about big people that he didn't understand yet.
Maybe, one day, when he was bigger…he would. For now though, it was all so confusing. One never really knew what was going to upset them!
"Well we better let Gaara, Mei, Sakura, and Naruto know that their kids are safe." Sasuke sighs. "They knew that Akeno and Kaemon were spending the day with Aiya and Arashi, but after all this…I don't really want to push my luck."
Hmm. Daddy sounded tired. Hoshi didn't understand why. Maybe, he'd had a hard day at work or something!
"Perhaps, it would be best just to send a crow with a scroll." And just like that, his other Daddy pulls out a scroll and begins scribbling on it.
Hoshi didn't really know how to write yet. He could scribble and draw, but not write. So it always fascinated him when one of the big people did it!
Hinata nods approvingly. "Good idea." She sighs heavily and looks around, doing a quick head count. "I don't want to risk letting one of them out of my sight."
"It's okay, mother." Amaya smiles as she hugs the Uchiha Matriarch's hip. "Everyone is okay."
Hmm. Big sister, well one of his big sisters, seemed to think that Mommy was very upset about something. That wasn't good. That wasn't good at all.
Hinata sighs and hugs her closely. "I know. It was just really scary."
Itachi sends a crow off with the letter and walks over. He smiles and kisses her cheek. Well his Daddies always knew how to make his Mommy feel better! Hoshi knew that much!
"It's alright." Another kiss to the cheek. "They're fine."
Sasuke nods and then twitches. Uh oh. His second Daddy was not a happy camper. Someone was in trouble! Big troubles!
Hinata cuddles to him and to Sasuke when he walks over. Well at least she had her husbands and her children. They were all safe now.
She'd strangle Taka and Kisame for losing the twins later. Well her second set of twins, anyway. Hinata still didn't understand why she had had so many multiple births.
Apparently, Uchihas were overachievers. That applied even to things like fathering children. Four boys and four girls. Sasuke and Itachi had eventually "tie" each other.
"Right. Well, we're just gonna be going." Suigetsu grins at them as he sneakily makes his way to the door.
Hinata's eyes narrow. He was going to just get Gentle Fisted. That idiot. She couldn't believe the three of them couldn't handle watching two toddlers!
They had eight children and these three amazing ninjas couldn't keep track of sweet little Shisui and Hoshi? Honestly! They were completely hopeless!
She glares at him. "And you'll be Gentle Fisted later." Hmpf!
Karin gulps. Hmm. Good! The Sensory Type should be terrified! No one was going to lose her children and get away with it!
"Um we'll see you guys later." The red head streaks towards the door.
That was when Kisame seemed to get the same idea. Such cowards. Ha! Well at least they knew better than to face the wrath of an angry mother! Hinata supposed that there was something to be said for self-preservation instincts!
He grins as they dart out the door. "Cya!" Oh. He was foolish, if he thought that he was getting off that easily!
"Don't worry, Akeno and Kaemon." Sasuke leans down and smiles at them. "Your parents will be here soon and you aren't in trouble."
Nara giggles. "That's right! Uncle Kisame, Uncle Suigetsu, and Auntie Karin are in trouble though!" Hinata laughs because that was very true.
Labor and pregnancy was not a fun process, but Hinata knew that she was very blessed. All of their children were happy and healthy. Not to mention gifted and bright.
Honestly, the bluenette didn't know how they had ended up with children who had such a diverse range of abilities, but she supposed that was good. Her own Clan had become too specialized in her opinion.
Speaking of that, Hanabi was preparing to take over for their father. "I wonder, what she and Konohamaru will do with it." Hinata muses.
"What they'll do with that?" Sasuke looks at her expectantly.
"The Hyuga Clan." Hinata smiles at him. "They're married now, so they'll be leading it." Konohamaru and Hanabi had gotten married only the month before, but that didn't mean much.
When Hiashi stepped down, Hanabi would step up. Konohamaru would be the new Male Head by default. Now, that was certainly going to be interesting.
If Kira and Kaiden were upset about their children potentially learning the Gentle Fist, they were going to throw an absolute fit about this. Their children had Hyuga Blood in their veins. Konohamaru did not.
"I suppose we're about to find out." Itachi smiles at her kindly and Hinata nods.
That was true. Thankfully, Kira and Kaiden were on their last legs. It might not matter what they thought. They were elderly.
Hinata knew that it was awful to ponder such things, but they had only caused their family trouble. Those two were going to harm the Hyuga Clan, if they didn't change their ways and Hinata didn't want that. She was a proud Uchiha now, but she loved her birth family.
"Well I suppose that we might as well get started on dinner while we wait for Akeno's and Kaemon's parents." She smiles and suddenly a lot of ears perk up at that word.
Dinner. There was something rather magical about that word. It was a good thing that they had revived the Uchiha Fields and were raising some livestock now. Otherwise, Hinata would have spent most of her time grocery shopping. (Their children were all growing so fast and all of them had very healthy appetites, after all)!