Birthright
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. For those who were wondering about Valentine's Day Candy, that will be explained this chapter. This chapter also makes another two year jump. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and I have listed everyone's age for your convenience.
Uchiha Children Ages: Aiya and Arashi are 12, triplets are 9, Kenji is 8, and Hoshi & Shisui are 6.
Chapter 17
Hinata smiles and watches proudly as Itachi and Sasuke attempt to teach their youngest children the Fireball Jutsu. Hoshi and Shisui were now six and while she still thought that was early, it did seem hypocritical to object. After all, Arashi had been born with the ability to make fire. (Even if it was mostly smoke at that point).
"I know that I said a Genin can't do it because it takes too much chakra and that this is a Fire Clan, but this is ridiculous." Kakashi chuckles. "It's one thing Arashi and Miya to have affinities for this type of thing, but to teach all your children this when they turned six?"
Sasuke smirks. "Don't worry. Our District is fireproof and it's a tradition." He nods smugly as if that explained everything.
"My turn!" Shisui smiles happily.
Hoshi was basically in the same state as his brother though. He was jumping up and down excitedly. It was apparent that they were rather eager to join their older siblings in this right of passage.
Not that Hinata could blame them. They had six older siblings who could produce a fireball. They probably felt left out and she supposed that it was a tradition.
"That's right." Itachi smiles. "It is your turn and your brothers." He glances at Sasuke. "I'll take Hoshi and you take Shisui?"
Sasuke nods and scoops up Shisui, leading him to the peer. Ever since finding out the paternity results, Hinata had noticed they now knew what it was like to be her. They were trying their best not to play favorites and it was possible that maybe , it didn't actually matter to them. Still it had to be awkward.
Both of them knew that half of their children weren't biologically theirs. Well at least not exactly. At a minimum they had four niece(s) and nephew(s). Still, there was a different bond that existed between a child's uncle and their father in her view.
"You breathe like this." Sasuke demonstrates for Shisui as he blows a fireball out of his mouth.
She'd seen them do this before, of course. A few times. It never got any less adorable though.
Shisui smiles up at one of his "fathers." "Okay!" And he tries to do exactly as Sasuke did.
Well he had the basic technique right. Though he had certainly produced far more smoke than fire. That much was for certain.
"That was a good first try." Sasuke smiles at him.
"Well actually, I've been trying to help them." Arashi smiles.
Kakashi shakes his head in amusement. "That's adorable, but you are all lucky that the District is fireproof." His eyes shine with laughter as he flips another page in his book.
"Big sister, I was wondering something." Amaya smiles as she heads over to Aiya.
Hinata activates her Byakugan. That way she could keep her eyes on Shisui and Sasuke and on her eldest daughters. Who knew what sort of mischief, they'd get up to otherwise?
Aiya tilts her head. "What is it?" She smiles.
"Well how come the boys get more candy than us on Valentine's Day?" Oh right.
Hinata turns her attention to Sasuke and Itachi. Both of them were trying a little too hard to look innocent. She had a pretty good idea why her daughter received less gifts than their sons.
Those stereotypical overprotective bastards! She was going to have to have a discussion with them about this. She knew that Itachi and Sasuke loved their children with all their heart, but it wasn't right to treat the boys and girls differently! Honestly!
"Oh well, they know who our fathers are." Aiya smiles and shrugs. "And most of them aren't brave enough to risk more than one set of chocolates, flowers, love letter, or whatever." She nods sagely.
That causes both of her fathers to twitch. It seemed that their eldest had been keeping secrets. Hinata shakes her head at this reaction. Obviously, Aiya's secrecy was to a certain extent rather justified.
Miya tilts her head as she considers this. "Oh. So that's why." She nods. "Well our fathers are pretty scary sometimes."
"I DID IT!" Shisui manages to produce a fireball as the debate was going on and suddenly all the Uchihas (and Kakashi) clap.
Hinata smiles. It was hard to stay annoyed when your youngest child had just produced his first official fireball. He was just so proud!
Itachi smirks. "Yes, you did." He walks over and hugs Shisui.
Kakashi gets out a camera. Hinata giggles at the sight, but she nods her head approvingly. Moments like this should be captured on camera forever.
Sasuke turns his head to Aiya. "Now, what's this about love letters?" Wonderful.
He had thought that maybe, the boys were smarter than that. That his mere presence and Itachi's mere presence would deter them from hounding their princesses the way they hounded Arashi and were starting to hound Kenji.
Aiya squeaks. "Nothing, father." Uh huh. Nothing father.
Sasuke didn't buy that for a single minute. He knew better than to believe that. The Uchiha man wasn't born yes terday.
"What. Did. The. Letters. Say?" He stalks over to his daughter as Itachi laughs and begins to show Hoshi how to produce a proper Fireball Jutsu.
Aiya gulps and hides behind Arashi. Yes, they were definitely going to have to work on that. Of course, Sasuke knew that it was only natural to a degree. They were twins. Of course, they were going to depend on each other.
Sasuke was happy that all his children were so close, but he did worry sometimes that they might be too dependent on each other. Perhaps, it was a good thing that they were being put on separate teams. It might encourage a little independence.
"Aiya, Arashi, what's wrong?" Sasuke blinked in confusion.
His two twins were either actually crying or trying not to. He didn't understand this in the slightest. They had just graduated the Academy. They had their headbands and everything.
Actually, he was pretty sure that today was the day they were going to be assigned teams. So they should be ecstatic. Wait. That was it! It had to be something to do with the teams.
Arashi sighed and looked at his father sadly. "We didn't get put on the same team." Oh. Damn.
Aiya nodded as she clung to her brother. She was quietly crying, even when upset…the girl refused to sob loudly. Sasuke supposed that it was genetic.
Uchihas did have their pride. Rarely could he remember a time save for the Massacre, that he had broken down and just sobbed. Most of his tears had been silent as well.
"There are only three Genin on a Squad." How was he going to explain this to them. "It was unlikely that two of them would be from the same family." Sasuke sighed.
That and there was likely another reason why Iruka had split them up. "And you both have the Byakugan and Sharingan. That makes you powerful assets for any team." The elder Uchiha paused. "Which means they likely didn't want to tilt the balance too much by having two ninjas like you on the same team. This is to be fair to everyone else."
His children were obviously still upset, but they were smart. Arashi and Aiya quieted down after that. His heart still ached for them though.
This would likely be better in the long run though. They both needed more independence and God help them all, when the triplets got split up. Because if anything, they were even more dependent on each other. Sasuke was really not looking forward to that day.
Aiya gulps again and decides to take drastic measures. She hides behind her mother. Sasuke raises an eyebrow amusement.
"Do you really think that hiding behind your mother is going to save you?" That was adorable really.
She glances at him warily. "Maybe?" Her siblings were obviously delighting in the fact that they were getting quite the show.
Itachi looks at the triplets. They were nine. It was probably time to start to taking precautions. It was a bit early, but better too early than too late.
"And I know that you three are getting some of these chocolates and things of that nature as well." He might as well get this over with. "Were any of them love letters or were they just being friendly?" Better him than Sasuke at this rate and his foolish little brother had his hands full with their eldest.
Hinata laughs. "Sasuke, settle down. She's twelve." The bluenette obviously thought she was going to soothe Sasuke when he was in Overprotective Papa Bear Mode. That was cute. Really. Could Hinata really be that naïve? Nothing was going to stop his brother at the moment.
Sasuke was a ninja on a mission. A mission to protect his daughter at all costs and he doubted, even their wife was going to stop them at the moment.
"At twelve, I was constantly being hounded by all of them. Well all of them, except for you." Sasuke shrugs as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Which is a very important lesson for you, my sons. It's always the quiet ones." He then turns his attention back to Aiya.
Hinata twitches. "And what do you mean by that?" Uh oh. Now, Hinata was getting twitchy.
When their wife got twitchy, bad things happened. Bad things like them getting their "training sessions" revoked. God help him, if Sasuke got their sessions taken away because Itachi would have to punish his foolish little brother for being foolish. There would be MANY forehead pokes!
"I meant it in the best way possible." Sasuke rubs the back of his head sheepishly.
"Father is in trouble." Hoshi laughs as he manages to produce a fireball and everyone claps.
Arashi notices his sister sigh in relief and shakes his head. She wasn't etting off that easily. Their fathers were very determined people. There was no way that Sasuke was giving up that quickly.
"No, I'm not." Sasuke looks at Hoshi before turning back to Aiya. "What did they say?"
Aiya meeps. "The usual things." She shrugs.
Arashi chuckles. She was trying to act casual. Though he doubted their father was going to fall for that cheap old trick.
"Uh huh. And what are the usual things?" Sasuke raises an eyebrow.
She smiles. "That I'm pretty mostly. Sometimes they say that I'm strong or mention my Water Jutsus. That I'm smart. Things like that." This wouldn't end well.
Arashi may have only been twelve, but he knew how overprotective their fathers were. Yeah. This wasn't going to end well.
"I see. Well I would like names." The raven haired Uchiha gives her a look as if daring her not to tell him names.
"It's okay, father." Aiya darts over behind Kenji. "I don't like them that way, anyway and the triplets don't like their admirers either."
Did she think hiding behind the adorable Kenji was going to save her? Wow. His sister could be really naïve sometimes!
Kenji gulps. "Why are you hiding behind me?!" Arashi laughs. It was obvious that Kenji was way too smart to get in the middle of this!
"Because you're little and cute." Aiya shrugs as if that explained everything.
Well maybe, it made sense in a way. It wasn't a bad strategy, but still. That wasn't going to save her.
"I don't get what the big deal is." Nara smiles. "We get letters like that sometimes too!" The youngest triplet clearly didn't realize the landmine that she had just stepped on.
Itachi twitches. "Sasuke, it seems as though we're going to be very busy in the near future." Children grew up way too fast these days.
Hinata smacks her forehead and Arashi blinks. Uh oh. Now, their mother was getting in on it.
"Both of you stop it." She shakes her head. "It's all innocent Puppy Love and apparently one-sided anyway. Besides, if you keep acting overprotective of the girls, but not the boys… you're both getting your training session privileges revoked!"
His fathers must have really liked their training, Arashi decides. They always gave up rather quickly when mother threatened to take them away.
Meanwhile Sagara was getting some food as he ponders his mission. Two years. For years, he had been after the Uchiha Children. Unfortunately, his mission wasn't going well.
Ideally, he would find a time when they were all alone. If he had to pick them off one by one or in small groups, the parents' suspicions would be aroused and that just wouldn't do.
"Thank you." He smiles at his waitress as he takes his order and begins eating his rice balls.
The last thing he really wanted was to go up against Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha. Hinata would also be formidable in her own right. No, that simply wouldn't due at all.
"You're welcome." The waitress smiles at him and heads off.
Though there was one thing that was now in his favor. The eldest set of twins had just graduated the Academy. That meant they would be going on missions soon. That would provide some opportunity .
The windows would be slight, but he had no problem with that. A ninja had to know when to strike, after all.
He rolls his eyes. "Though not even certain that they got their wish." It was possible, even likely that at least some of the children had been taught the Gentle Fist Style.
Still, he knew that he'd get paid. It wasn't like Kira and Kaiden could actually check. He smirks at the thought. He was going to be rich.
Back at the Hyuga Estate, Hiashi smiles as he watches his youngest grandchildren stumble around. Hiruzen had been named after his father's grandfather. The Third Hokage.
He was an adorable little thing with lavender eyes and brown hair. His chubby cheeks and sweet smile truly made him a joy to behold.
"We should probably visit them soon." Hanabi smiles as she cuddles her son and looks at Hiashi.
Hiashi nods. A visit to the Uchiha District was almost mandatory. After all, Aiya and Arashi had recently graduated the Academy. They should be helping them to celebrate their achievement.
He had to admit that he did worry about them. They were talented children, but they were still children. He knew that that once you went off on missions, anything could happen.
Woe to the village, if anything happened to the Uchiha Children. Sasuke and Itachi would likely level the place and the Five Nations. The very thought made Hiashi Hyuga wince and he was not a man who was easily cowed.
"Yes, that would be a good idea." He smiles.
Konohamaru nods. "Yeah. We can make a day of it. Maybe, Naruto and Sakura will want to come as well." That was true.
Sasuke and Naruto had maintained their friendship even after all these years. Hiashi didn't think that he would ever understand it. Those two had nearly fought to the death on more occasions than he could count and yet, they seemed to have put that all behind them.
Naruto was a truly forgiving person. Hiashi would have argued that he was loyal to the point of absolute stupidity, if it wasn't for the fact that the Uchiha Brothers seemed to have been completely transformed by their marriage.
"Yes, we'll ask them as well." He smiles at his youngest grandson. "Can you say grandfather?"
The little boy giggles. "CandyDaddy!" Not this again!
Obviously, he had been influenced by his cousins. There was no way that was a coincidence. Most likely Hoshi and Shisui were causing a little mischief by encouraging the boy to call him that.
"I give up." He sighs. "I suppose he'll learn to say it eventually."
Hanabi giggles and nods in agreement. "That's true father." Yes, it was. Well he supposed that he should know better than to expect perfect speech out of a child this young.
Back at the Uchiha District, Aiya sighs in relief when it seemed that everything had calmed down. Thankfully, Hoshi and Shisui were more than happy to show off and distract their parents.
"Got our Reports!" Shisui grins.
He really did have the cutest smile. Though Aiya could apply that just as easily to any of their brothers and sisters. Good genes, she supposed. They got lucky. Both sides of their family tree were rather fortunate when it came to looks.
It was shallow, but she was just worldly enough to realize it was also to their advantage. People were easily distracted by things like good looks. For example, Uncle Naruto still used the "Sexy Jutsu" sometimes. (And that actually worked on grown men, aye aye. It was kinda pathetic really).
Sasuke smiles. "Good. How about we have a look at them then?" Thank goodness for her little brothers. The heat was now off her!
"Okay!" Hoshi bounds over to Sasuke and presents him with a letter.
Hoshi Uchiha: Age six. Crystal Chakra. Written/Oral Test Scores 8/10. Taijutsu 9/10. Genjutsu 8/10. Ninjutsu 10/10. Hoshi is a rather mischievous and cheerful boy who is often seen playing with his twin brother Shisui. Perhaps his greatest weakness is he sometimes doesn't take things seriously enough.
Aiya laughs. Well that did sound like Hoshi. He was a rather cheerful little guy. That and he was glued to Shisui. Not that she could judge. She was extremely close to her own twin.
Hinata smiles. "That's very good, Hoshi." She kisses her son's cheek affectionately as Shisui presents his own report.
Shisui Uchiha. Age six. Wind Chakra. Written/Oral Test Scores: 9/10. Taijutsu 7/10. Genjutsu 9/10., Ninjutsu 10/10. Shisui is also a very cheerful child who loves to get into mischief. He is very protective of his classmates, but seems to question authority in his own quiet way. He constantly wants to reorganize things.
Itachi chuckles. "He's just like his namesake then." The Uchiha Patriarch smiles.
"So does this mean we get to go out for ice cream?" Aiya smiles. "I mean the twins learned how to use the Fireball Jutsu." This seemed like quite the cause for celebration to her!
Sasuke laughs. "Alright." He smiles. "Come on. Maybe, I'll pick up some wine for the Summons as well."
It was strange, but apparently Snake Summons loved wine. Aiya didn't understand it either. Then again, she lived in a ninja village.
She had grown used to illogical things happening everyday. It was something of an unofficial rule when you lived in the Leaf. After all, a ninja should expect the unexpected!
"That sounds like a fine idea." Hinata smiles as gestures for the children and her husbands to follow her.
Kakashi chuckles. "What about me?" He quickly follows the happy family.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow and Aiya knew what her father was thinking. He wanted to see Kakashi without his mask again. She still didn't understand why the man wore that thing! There was absolutely nothing wrong with his face!
"Of course, you can come as well." Hinata smiles at him. "Though I'm not really sure how you're going to eat with that mask on your face."
Aiya and the rest of the children giggle. It looked like her mother had been thinking the same thing! It was only to be expected though. She was tempted to just Fireball Jutsu that mask!
Kakashi chuckles. "Well it's a gift." He smiles and heads off with them.
It was quite the grand process, Aiya noted. Eight Uchiha Children, three Uchiha Parents, and one Kakashi. Somewhere in there, she knew there was probably a song or a really bad bar joke.
Her fathers would definitely disapprove of a bar joke though. It was just that occasionally you heard things around the village. Most bar jokes and knock knock jokes really sucked though.
"Sure it is." Sasuke shakes his head as he lets Hoshi ride on his back and Itachi does the same for Shisui.
Sadly, her piggyback riding days were long since over. That was also the case for the triplets and Kenji could only occasionally Bubble Eyes Jutsu his way into getting one.
At a certain point, you just got too big for it not to be awkward. Shame. Piggyback rides were really fun!
Kakashi nods in mock somberness. "Yes, yes it is." The silver haired man could be really silly sometimes, she muses.
Oh well. It was just another day in the Leaf Village. Her youngest brothers could now literally spit fire and they were going out for ice cream. Oh and some wine for giant talking snakes. And for some reason, this all struck Aiya Uchiha as being perfectly normal.