Birthright

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Well it looks like the ten year time skip won. So the ages for the "children" are as follows: Aiya and Arashi are 22, the triplets are 19, Kenji is 18, and Hoshi & Shisui are both 16. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.

Story Notations: Special thanks to the Guest Reviewer who came up with the idea where a young ninja gets a one-sided crush on Hinata. Oh and in response to another Guest Reviewer's inquiry, I am still planning on the Itachi x Hinata story. I'm just not certain when I'll post it. So for anyone interested in that, be on the look out. Happy reading.

Chapter 27

"Do you think that your father is ever going to stop giving me death threats?" Kaemon glances as his wife as he pushes the stroller.

Aiya smiles at her husband and shakes her head in amusement. That seemed very unlikely. After all, the two of them had been married for two years already and the death threats hadn't ceased. So it seemed unlikely that they were ever going to do so.

A giggling is heard from inside the stroller. "Candydaddies!" From their daughter.

Emiko was now a year old. "It's unlikely." Their firstborn child was now up and about and very much capable of walking, but there was no way she could have managed the long journey to the Uchiha District. Besides, she loved being pushed in her stroller.

"Yes, Candydaddies." Aiya laughs at the name and then looks at her husband apologetically. "I doubt it, but please don't take it to heart." She smiles. "Just think of it as an affectionate greeting."

Her husband gives her justifiably incredulous look at that. "An affectionate greeting means either threatening to castrate me with a Chidori or lock me up in a Genjutsu until I'm driven to insanity, if I hurt you?" He raises an eyebrow at Aiya in utter disbelief.

The Uchiha woman nods her head and smiles. Yes, by Uchiha Father Standards, it was. Thank goodness.

"Yes, that's an affectionate greeting." She looks down at their daughter and smiles. She was beautiful with her crimson red hair and dark violet or midnight blue eyes. "And before you ask, if they weren't being affectionate…they would actually do it." She had Aiya's skin tone, but Kaemon's ears and nose.

Kaemon gulps at that as Aiya kisses his cheek reassuringly. Not that she would ever allow her parents to do such a thing to the father of her child. She loved Kaemon too much and going without their own personal training sessions would be torture.

"Good to know." There were some things that even Kazekages were scared of. "You'd think they'd be worried about threatening me. It might cause an international incident." Uchiha Fathers were one of them.

She smiles at him. "I'd never let them do it." Aiya leans up on her tip toes and brushes her lips against his ears. "After all, you take such good care of us. Really, protecting you from my overprotective fathers is really the least that I can do." And at this, Kaemon could only smirk in agreement as they made their way towards the Uchiha District.

Meanwhile Sasuke raises an eyebrow. Another one? This was getting rather annoying. Just how many suitors were his daughters going to have?! At this point, it seemed like half of the youth of the Leaf Village was panting after his daughters and the other half were panting after his sons!

"Is she around?" Eli asks with a bright smile, holding a bouquet of roses.

They were very nice roses. Lavender ones. They were much like the Byakugan in color and long stemmed. Which only served to agitate Sasuke more.

"No, Eli." Sasuke shakes his head as he considers shutting the door in the boy's face. "Nara isn't around."

The boy had been following his youngest daughter around like a lost puppy or something. To make matters worse, Sasuke begrudgingly admitted that most would have found Eli to be an attractive boy with his long midnight black hair and dark blue eyes. He was already a Jonin at age twenty as well.

The boy looks at him in confusion. "Oh. Well that's okay. I wasn't asking about Nara." He smiles at him.

That surprised Sasuke. Then again, maybe the boy was just particularly simple despite his battle prowess or he was color blind. The triplets were identical save for their eye coloration, after all.

"Oh." Sasuke rolls his eyes. "Were you looking for Amaya or Miya then?" Because he had bad news for this boy, if the latter was true.

Not only would Miya boop him out of existence, she was also completely besotted by Kami. The two had begun courting shortly after Aiya and Kaemon had Emiko.

Emiko. His adorable little granddaughter who was named after her maternal grandmother. He had never thought their would be a red headed Uchiha, but Sasuke was surprisingly okay with that.

What was had thrown him for a real loopb was Minato. Minato was Akeno and Arashi's two month old son. Those two had tied the knot a year ago and it had apparently been a rather successful Honeymoon, if his blonde grandson's existence was anything to go by.

"Oh I'm not looking for Amaya or Miya either." He smiles pleasantly.

He raises an eyebrow. "Aiya is already married and has a child." Sasuke sincerely hoped the idiot hadn't somehow missed the fact that his eldest daughter was now married to a Kazekage!

Yes, a blonde Uchiha. Sasuke would have been mortified, if Minato wasn't so damn adorable with his lavender eyes and blonde hair. "Oh I know that. I wanted to speak with Lady Hinata." Well at least the boy definitely had his facial structure to mark him as an Uchiha.

Namikaze, Uzumaki, Uchiha, and Hyuga blood all flowed through that boy's veins. It was a bit terrifying now that Sasuke thought about it! Wait. He was getting distracted here.

"If you have a medical issue, you're better off going to the hospital." Sasuke pauses and adds as an afterthought. "And if the roses are to thank her for treating you, leaving them at the hospital is also suitable. There's no need to make a house call."

Eli shakes his head again. "No. I was wondering, if maybe she'd accept me to be her third husband." Sasuke blinks.

Did this kid just say that he was going to propose to his wife?! "Come again?" His Sharingan and Rinnegan immediately activate, upon hearing that outrageous request!

"Well I figured since she had two husbands, maybe she'd like a third." He nods. "After all women, tend to live longer than men…" That was it!

This kid clearly had a death wish. Well if he wanted to die young, who was Sasuke to argue?! He'd happily fulfill his wish!

Elsewhere in the Leaf, Hoshi laughs as he produces a few crystal roses. Roses made out of crystal. It was something that the women of the Leaf greatly enjoyed and well, sometimes he would sell them. A very nice supplement to the money he made on missions!

"You're unbelievable, you know that?" Shisui rolls his eyes good naturedly as he pushes another stroller.

There were some girls fawning over him and his nephew. It was hard to tell who was being fawned over more. Him, Hoshi, or Minato. Apparently, Arashi and Akeno wanted some couple time before the big family dinner later that day.

So he and Hoshi had the pleasure of watching little Minato. Which was fine by Shisui. He adored his nephew and his niece. (Though he doubted Kaemon and Aiya would let the toddler out of their sight anytime soon).

Hoshi shrugs. "Hey, when you got it, you got it!" He grins and hands another Leaf woman a rose.

Hoshi was a flirt, but he was more bark than bite. Shisui knew that his brother was secretly a romantic and was just waiting for "the one" to come along. Until that happened though, he was more than happy to charm almost every single female who crossed his path.

"You're such a damn peacock." He smiles down at Minato. "Always trying to show off his feathers to impress the hens." Shisui nods sagely.

At sixteen, Shisui and Hoshi had both been promoted to Jonins. The two of them were the best Trackers the Leaf had ever seen. It was their job to either find missing ninjas or to hunt down the bad guys.

His Invisibility Technique allowed them to sneak up on the targets and then Hoshi would capture them in his crystals. It had worked rather well for both twins and it was at least a somewhat safer job than being just a standard Combat Ninja in Shisui's opinion.

Hoshi rolls his eyes. "Don't be jealous." He smiles at one of the women. "Don't mind my brother. He's just shy." Hoshi nods as Shisui gives him a dirty look for that comment.

Well at least that's what he thought and their mother was happy enough with their career choice. After all, their parents had eight children, but the Clan was still extremely small compared to most. So it was understandable that Sasuke, Hinata, and Itachi would be reluctant to place them in regular combat positions.

There were now three generations in the Uchiha Clan. The Original Generation which was composed of Itachi, Sasuke, and Hinata. The Second Generation or the Phoenix Generation as they were sometimes called, well that included Shisui and his seven other siblings. Finally, there was the Third Generation. So far that was just Emiko and Minato, but Shisui highly doubted it would stay that small for long.

"Ha. The day that I'm jealous of you is the day that Miya wears a skirt!" He rolls his eyes at the very thought. "And we both know that's never going to happen!" Hoshi laughs.

"They're so cute when they fight!" One of the village girls giggles and Shisui mentally groans.

Their Clan currently numbered fifteen strong, if you included Hinata. It was small, but with the Second Uchiha (and Hyuga) Curse of Good Looks, he really doubted it would stay that way for long. He'd have more nieces and nephews before long. Shisui was sure of that much.

At that same moment, Ibiki blinks as he stares at Amaya and Itachi. Itachi could only smirk proudly. He knew that the poor man was stunned, but he could hardly blame him.

Amaya certainly took after him. The woman had an incredible talent for Genjutsu and under Kutenai's (and his) tutelage, her natural abilities had only blossomed more. That meant that her skills with Genjutsu were thus almost unparalleled. (Save for perhaps himself).

"I've never seen anything like it." Ibiki blinks. "Absolutely incredible."

The eldest triplet just smiles at him. "Thank you. Father and Kurenai Sensei have both been teaching me since I was a child." Amaya was luckily also one of his more humble children.

Not that Itachi minded his more boastful ones. They all had a lot to be proud of, but they had eight children. If every single one of them was boisterous and aggressive, the proud father was quite certain he would have already been driven to madness by now.

"I'm aware that you're looking to retire." Itachi nods. "I thought perhaps you'd take her as your apprentice."

Amaya had briefly been a Combat Ninja, but it was obviously not her passion. The woman preferred outsmarting her opponents to killing them. Thus working as an Interrogator would be better suited for her in terms of temperament and skill.

Ibiki blinks once more in surprise. "Well I'd be happy to do so." He sighs and shakes his head. Clearly, he was unhappy to admit to thinking about retirement. "As much as it pains me to admit it, I probably should have retired at least five years ago." He smirks.

Amaya laughs softly. "Which means you'll likely be on Active Duty for another five?" Itachi smiles. That was his girl. (Well one of them, anyway)!

"Yes, that sounds about right." Ibiki chuckles. "Very well. I'll take the girl under my wing." He smiles.

"That is not a girl." Itachi smirks. "That is my daughter and an Uchiha Princess. Meaning she is very much a woman." He smiles and kisses Amaya's forehead. "Now, remember to be home by eight. Aiya, Kaemon, and Emiko are due to arrive soon."

Amaya nods and smiles. She knew that it was a three day trip from the Sand to the Leaf. It was also a three day trip back. Every time that Aiya and her family came to visit, it was at least a week of being away from the Sand for them. Not something that was highly advisable when your husband was Kazekage, but Gaara was always willing to fill in for his son during such occasions though he preferred enjoying his retirement.

"Of course, father." She smiles at him once more and with that, Itachi flits off towards the Uchiha District.

Meanwhile at the hospital, Hinata smiles as she and Nara were finishing their shift for the day. "That should be everything." The bluenette sighs in relief.

"Don't worry, mother." Nara places her hand Hinata's shoulder comfortingly. "I'm sure everyone will make it." She knew how important family dinners were to the Uchiha Matriarch now that everyone was all grown up (or at least mostly grown up, the jury was still out on Hoshi and Miya)!

Hinata nods. "You're right. I'm sure that everything will be fine." It was difficult to wrangle eight children, but young adults was almost impossible! "Let's get going."

Still, Hinata was extremely proud of all her babies and it pleased her that Nara had followed in her footsteps. Nara was now also a medic like Hinata and she was a damn good one. The most mellow of the triplets had found her niche.

"That's the spirit." She nods approvingly. "Come on, they're probably waiting for us right now." Nara shoots her another smile as they head off together.

That was true. Hinata wondered, if Itachi and Sasuke were back yet. Sasuke was more likely to be home though. Naruto tended to skip out the office early, whenever he could. That meant her younger Uchiha was the one who was home first, more often than not.

With that thought in mind, the two women head back to the Uchiha District. It was bound to be an interesting night to say the least!

On the other side of the village, Kenji's eyes widen. Whoa. That was beautiful!

"Yeah!" Safa smiles at him as she turns back into a person. "So that's how we do it." She nods. "That's how we turn into water."

Safa was the daughter of one of his father's teammates. She was a Hozuki and an Uzumaki by blood. That meant, she could use Suigetsu's water affinity to a certain extent.

She couldn't hold the Jutsus as long, but she could do it. And half the time, he expected her to actually turn into a dolphin or a mermaid. He was only half joking.

"Too bad, it can't be copied." The Sharingan could copy almost anything, except a bloodline. "It's beautiful." He smiles at her.

There really was something magical about seeing her become one with the water. Almost as magical as that bikini she was wearing. That little lavender number that his Uncle Suigetsu would have killed him for seeing Safa in. (Suigetsu wasn't his biological uncle though, that was more a term of endearment than anything else, but Kenji digressed)!

Safa laughs and walks over to him. "So are you." The other ninja smiles.

"I'm not beautiful!" He scoffs. "I'm a man!" Men couldn't be beautiful. "Men aren't beautiful!" He crosses his arms defensively.

The Hozuki woman just laughs and smiles as she kisses him. "They can be, if I say they are." Kenji's eyes widen and he kisses back. "And I say you are. Now if you have no further objections, what do you say we go skinny dipping?" She gestures towards the waterfall.

On second thought, he could work with beautiful. "N-No further objections!" He nods. "You can call me whatever you want."

"Mmm. I thought so." She smiles and caresses his cheek. "That's a good Uchiha Prince."

His family often had an informal title of royalty attached to their name. Whether it was intended to be an affectionate jest, a mild insult, or a sign of respect varied based on the person.

Not that that bothered him now! "Yeah!" Kenji had more important things to do like skinny dipping with his mermaid! "I've just got to be back at my parents' place by eight."

"That's alright." She shakes her head and sighs. "I have to be back at mine, by seven." She shrugs as she jumps into the water and he notices her clothes were soon discarded on the side of the waterfall bank.

Thank God! "Well that works out nicely!" And with that, he soon joins the other ninja in the water for some sensual swimming!

On the other side of the village, Arashi blinks when he sees Kami standing on his doorstep. Oh boy. He had a sinking feeling he knew where this was going as he sighs and kisses his wife's cheek.

"You're planning to propose to Miya." It wasn't a question.

It was a statement of fact. Only one thing could strike terror into the heart of someone like Kami so easily and that was an Uchiha Father. Not that Arashi could blame him. His fathers could be pretty damn terrifying.

Kami nods. "Yes." Well the man had some guts. "What do you think would be the best way to do it? I figured it's probably better to let your parents know before I propose to her." Most likely.

Akeno giggles. "You look like a dead man walking." She snuggles into Arashi's chest.

Well he kinda was, the eldest son of Sauske, Hinata, and Itachi thinks to himself. Damn. He wasn't sure that he would have the guts to do what Kami was planning, if positions were reversed.

"Just be direct." He pauses for a moment and then adds as an afterthought. "And praise Miya a lot." That might help.

Miya had been absolutely smitten by Kami ever since the Battle Against the Kidnapper. To this day, that's what the Uchiha Children (now mostly adults) still called it. And well, eventually Kami had returned her feelings once Miya fully blossomed that was.

His feisty sister taught Taijutsu at the Academy and Kami now had his own Genin Squad. Though Arashi suspected that wouldn't last long, after their Honeymoon Period, if tradition was anything to go by. Kami would likely try to secure a position at the Academy as well and knowing Itachi, he'd pull some strings and make it happen.

"Yeah. I think I can handle that." Kami smiles. "Well wish me luck."

Arashi smirks. "Good luck. You're going to need it." And that was the truth!

Back at the Uchiha District, Sasuke was glaring daggers at Eli. That was until his wife arrived back with Nara and Itachi wasn't far behind them. As always, his family was a perceptive one.

"Sasuke, what's wrong?" Hinata looks at her husband and the young man in confusion.

What was wrong?! What was wrong was that this brat actually had the unmitigated gall to ask, if he could seduce their Uchiha Queen into allowing him to become Husband Number Three! That's what was wrong!

"Lady Hinata!" Eli smiles as he hands her the roses. "These are for you." He actually gets on his knee and takes her hand in his own. "I was hoping that perhaps you would consider taking me as your third husband. I would of course, accept your children as my own. Just as Itachi and Sasuke have."

Itachi blinks. Then he twitches as his eyes bleed crimson red. He was obviously thinking exactly what Sasuke was. This idiot had to pay for his extreme stupidity!

SMACK! Sasuke's hand goes flying so swiftly that it was a blur as the Jonin is slammed against the wall. "You loathsome, little leech!" Causing the young man to cough up blood and look up at him in a confused daze.

"Sasuke!" Hinata watches in horror.

Itachi shakes his head as he walks over to Eli and grabs him by the throat. "Tsukuyomi!" Sasuke could only smirk at that.

Their wife was less pleased though. Hinata clearly wasn't too happy about a "child" being subjected to that Jutsu. Bullshit in Sasuke's opinion. This kid had it coming. How stupid could someone possibly be?!

In what universe, did this brat think that he was worthy of sharing Hinata's bed?! That they would actually share their wife of over twenty years with a third man that they barely knew?! He was quite simply so stupid, that Sasuke wondered how he even managed to remember to breath!

"He's just a kid!" Hinata glares at them.

"I know." Sasuke shrugs. "But he's going to learn that you're our Queen. The mother of our children and the woman we love more than anything." Sasuke caresses her cheek. "And there is no way in Hell, we're going to share you with anyone else."'

Hinata sighs and shakes her head. Apparently, she was going to indulge them. Good. This little leech had it coming to him!

A few seconds later, Itachi releases Eli. "Should you ever even think about such an outrageous proposal again, next time it won't be a Genjutsu." Itachi throws him several feet and through the open living room door. "It will be the real!"

The boy stumbled out of their home, like a bat out of Hell. He looked absolutely terrified. Sasuke could scarcely imagine what Itachi had made Eli see, but whatever it was...it had obviously done the job.

"Itachi, what did you do to that boy?!" Hinata glares up at him.

"I don't think you want to know the answer to that, My Queen." Itachi kisses her forehead. "Let us just say, that I doubt he will be trying to "share" anyone else's wife for a good, long while. The little deviant."

Sasuke nods smugly. She was their Hinata and no one else was ever allowed to touch her in that way. Least of all, some wet behind the ears kid!

Hinata sighs and shakes her head. "I don't know what I'm going to do with you two." The same thing she always did. Love them.

"We didn't mean to distress you." Itachi looks at her apologetically.

Sasuke shrugs. "And what would you have done, if some woman had made the same offer to either of us?" That's when his wife's Byakugan activates.

"I would have killed them!" Sasuke could only smirk at his wife's answer.

It made him feel quite happy to hear it. Few things could inspire true violence from their normally gentle wife. Childbirth, their children being in danger, and jealousy being amongst those few things!

Itachi chuckles and smiles. "Good. Because that's exactly how we feel." He takes her by the hand. "Why don't we go and relax before the family dinner?" He smiles at them.

"That sounds like a good idea. Oh and apparently, Safa's and Arashi's teammate decided to start a bakery." Sasuke shrugs. "So they're going to start a weapon's shop. I guess Suigetsu's sword fetish was genetic and eh, at least Kenji will be safe."

Hinata blinks and nods. "Um good to know." Sasuke nods in agreement.

It was very good to know. He wanted his children to be as safe as possible. Recently, Arashi had decided that he was going to follow in Sasuke's footsteps and become another advisor to Naruto.

Amusingly enough, his wife also had similar plans. So it would be interesting to see who "won," but Sasuke suspected in the end they would both be co-kages.

"Very." Sasuke smirks. "So far we have eight children and two grandchildren." He nods proudly. "I'd say that's a pretty decent start to a Clan Restoration."

Itachi chuckles as he scoops up Hinata Bridal Style. "However that doesn't mean that we do not fully intend to ravish you tonight and every night afterwards." And with that, he carries her up the stairs.

Sasuke follows closely behind. "Exactly." He shuts the door behind them and casts the Soundproofing Jutsu. "After all, we've got a few hours to kill and a very beautiful wife who is wearing entirely too many clothes."

Hinata blushes and squeaks. "You're right, My Foolish Little Brother." Itachi's eyes roam over the bluenette's form rather suggestively. "We should fix that. Our wife must be terribly uncomfortable wearing that medic uniform and it's our job as her husband to see to her comfort at all times."

"I agree wholeheartedly." Sasuke smirks.

Yes, their beautiful wife was squeaking. Hinata had very good reason to squeak though. She knew exactly what was about to happen. Hinata was found of calling it Uchiha Pouncing Mode. Sasuke just called it Operation Ravish their Uchiha Queen, but there was little practical difference between those two phrases.

After all, the main point was that they were about to have a very thorough training session with their life and later, they would get to see their grandchildren. He really was fortunate to have such a wonderful life, Sasuke thinks to himself as shirt and bra number 634 gets utterly shredded by one of Itachi's kunais.

Hinata glares. "You two are absolutely murder on my wardrobe!" Well yes. Of course, they were.

Their wife had exceptional taste in clothing, but it was still evil. How dare it get in the way of their Ravishing Operations?! Honestly!

"We'll buy you a new one." Itachi chuckles as he kisses Hinata.

Hinata kisses back and shakes her head in exasperation. "Alright. That's got to be at least the hundredth bra and shirt though." The Queen relents.

"Actually that was number 634." Sasuke smiles smugly because he knew that soon enough, lingerie would be the last thought on their beautiful Queen's mind. "But enough about that." He kisses her hotly. "It's time to make our beautiful Queen scream for us."