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Rated: T
She loved Kagome.
Of course she loved Itachi and Sasuke too, but Mikoto was sure she didn't feel like this when she first held them when they were newborns.
She knew the reason.
'I don't love Minato,' The Uchiha matriarch thought, holding Kagome close to her chest, 'But she is not Fugaku's.' A small, but beautiful smile formed on her face as the baby girl snuggled in further and she felt warmth surge throughout her body.
She wouldn't let Fugaku interfere with Kagome.
'No forced training for days on end, no arranged marriages.' She wanted her baby girl to grow up free without the harsh constraints of the Uchiha clan and she knew that she would have to fight to let that happen.
She knew without the rules that Kagome would grow strong and beautiful and–
"Mikoto?"
The woman jumped slightly, jostling Kagome awake as she glanced over to see the wide blue eyes of her former affair, "Minato." She simply said, not that surprised to see him.
"Mikoto," Minato forcibly swallowed as his eyes trained on the bundle of blankets held against the Uchiha's chest, "Is that... Kagome?"
He felt as if his heart would burst out of his chest.
"Would you like to hold her?" Mikoto offered and Minato stepped closer, carefully taking the baby from her mother's hold and propping her against his chest.
She really did have his eyes.
"She's beautiful," Minato murmured, stroking his fingers against the black tuft of hair on her head, "She looks like you." Kagome reached up curiously with her small hands and the Hokage allowed her to wrap her tiny fingers around one of his one.
There was no way he could just see her one time.
Mikoto smiled at the compliment, watching the two as a determination rose up in her chest and she knew that Minato must be thinking the exact same thing she was.
Kagome needed both her parents.
And she would get them.