Summary: In a land full of fantasy, one can normally predict what is going to happen next, only, for Naruto, his life just took an unpredictable turn.
Pairing: Itanaru, onesided sasunaru
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Naruto
Beta: xXxFrostyIceCubexXx is a blessing to me
Word Count: 3101
The Beauty Is Mine
Chapter Six
No More Waiting
Hazel eyes were clouded as the rain continued to fall from the sky, her heels sinking into the soft earth beneath her feet. Deep gashes stung as the water fell down onto the wounds on her back, shoulder's, and chest.
Feeling heavy the figure stumbled a bit more before her shoe slid on the mud and she fell forward. Panting she lay there for some time before forcing herself up, the need to get home pushing her forward.
Home with her son and daughter-in-law where it was warm and, aside from her daughter-in-laws attitude, welcoming. Being home with warm food and not having to treck through pounding rain with gashes that hurt whenever her muscles moved.
She had to get home for her son and her daughter-in-law. Just for them and no one else.
Except for her grandchild, she needed to get home to deliver it into this world, a world of sadness and loose. That little baby which would either die old and happy or saving a king that would die along with it.
She saw as her vision when a bit foggy and realized she was crying for that little baby. The poor baby that would suffer because of a wish...
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"Are all the doors locked?" Shizune asked as she and Minato raced around the house, making sure no one could get in. The last thing that they needed was a visit from someone.
"Yes I took care of the back and the east end of the house so unless you didn't get the west end then no."
There was a small noise then as a small baby cried just one note and was silent again, his eyes closed and thus leaving his eyes a mystery. The blood that was caked on his body was beginning to dry and it was uncomfortable and itchy to the newborn.
"Oh you poor baby!" Shizune esclaimed as she rushed over to the baby, "Let me go wash you all up!"
Giggling a bit the baby didn't do anything as the woman reached down to pick him up. Instead he looked a the other person who he was curious about.
"Shizune go use the sink in the kitchen, the baby will fit in it and you won't have to worry about it drowning."
It felt so weird to call his own baby 'it' surely even he coud name him. Unless there was a purpose behind his mothers request. But he himself had seen that he would call his baby Naruto. His visions did not see him changing his name so why not.
"Shizune...when you name a child can someone else change it?" It was a stupid question but why not ask.
The raven blinked, the newborn halfway in the sink was looking around the room with his azure eyes, as if absorbing all information that was around him. "Minato-san you know the answer already. Once a baby is named it can not be changed. Weither or not you name him is up to you. I am sure that Tsunade-sama will come up with a name when she comes back."
Setting the baby down gently in the sink yet keeping a firm hand behind his back, her hand started the water. Apparently she had lots of practice cuz the moment the watter hit the bottom of the sink the baby giggled and reached toward it.
Minato was silent as he thought, debating on if he should keep his promise or follow what he wanted to do. In the end the name he so wanted to call his child was picked, "His name is Naruto."
Here onyx eyes shot in his dirrection. "Your naming him after a fishcake?"
"No i'm naming him after a character in a book I once read."
For a few minutes the two debated, each of them only putting forth half their efforts into the argument and the other half on the little baby boy who was playing with the water, smacking his hands on the surface. The large waves of water in the end has Shizune shoaked and Minato's shirt drentched.
At long last the raven finally gave up, "Well since your set on this name what is his full name?"
Digging into the memory from all those years ago he recited what the announcer had, " Namikaze-de-clarea-akur-Naruto."
"Sounds like a girls name Minato-san..."
His cheeks puffed up as he inhaled sharply, "It is not!"
She giggled and was joined by Naruto who smacking his hand on the bottom of the sink since all the water was on the floor now. Turning her attention back on the newborn the woman lifted him up and handed him, still wet, to his father. "Stay here and i'll get a towel." she ordered before walking off toward a bathroom.
Gently the blond pulled his little boy into his chest, marveling at how much alike they were. The soft color of their hair, the tan skin that glimmered in the light, the tender shape of their eyes. But his mother was also there in his features. Her round face, soft touch, how her eyes seemed to know everything around her, the soft curves of his body were more feminine than any other boy he knew.
As Minato studied his son the little newborn yawned, his hands clenching and unclenching before azure eyes were veiled by sensitive lids. Yawning again he snuggled closer into the warm body that held him close.
Everything seemed to soften as the baby fell asleep, his hands still slightly clenched. Shizune walked in then a large fluffy towel in hand. "Give him here."
Minato shook his head and, carefully securing the slumbering baby in his left arm, reached out with his right for the towel, "You washed him so I'll dry him."
Deciding not to argue she handed the towel over and sat down on a couch, her harms folding over her chest as she watched the new father awkwardly dry his son without waking him up. She had to admit he did a good job when he was determined.
Now she was sure that Minato would be an excellent father no matter what happened.
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The sound of feet pulling out of mud sickened Kushina to no end. How she wished that she could have taken shoes but there were none that were suited for this weather. Besides why take something from that house? She didn't even bother to say good bye to Kyuubi let alone worry about the mud.
Her foot caught then and she hissed in frustration. Only a few more yards and she would be within sight of the road, able to hitch a ride, and get the hell out of this place. It held no more meaning for her now that that thing was here.
Her Minato didn't need her anymore so why stick around to suffer. Pulling her feet out of the mud was more work that it should be, each time her foot caught she had to rest a few seconds before yanking it out.
The rain started to decrease as she neared the road, her brown feet caked and still slick with the mud that clung to them. Each time she stepped down it was like the earth was pulling her back toward the place she had called home.
She would not listen to the earth anymore. Instead she would go somewhere else, outside of Konoha's reach and far enough that no one would look for her.
She would leave and never set foot on this place again...
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Several Days Later...
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"You named him?" Tsunade's hazel eyes were clouded as the pain medication took root in her system. After stumbling out of that forest she had fallen down again and this time had passed out. Luckily there was a farmer who found her, recognized her, and taken care of her transportation home. When she had woken up and seen the familiar colors of her room, the blonde had sighed in relief that she was home.
Then she had been upset to learn that her grandchild had been delivered while she was away. But what upset her more was not that the baby had a name or that her son had given it to her grandchild, it was the fact that her daughter-in-law had disappeared, leaving not a trace of her departure.
Although if she was honest it really didn't surprise her. Kushina had never shown preference to wanting a child and when the first one had died she had been the happiest that the blonde had ever seen her.
Now that the second child that she had to conceive had survived Tsunade could only see her daughter-in-law wanting it dead.
Shizune had been the one to inform her of everything that had taken place and, asked by Minato, was helping around the estate with the baby. "Since you never really showed him what to do once he had one." She had been slightly annoyed yet touched as she spoke of the baby boy.
Now after all of that she was back on the topic of the baby's name.
"Naruto..." Tsunade flashed her eyes at Minato who had finally decided to visit her. "Why that name. It was one of Kushina's favorite names."
"Because I could see nothing else fitting him. Trust me when I say that I went through quiet a few before giving up." Deep azure eyes were empty, "Naruto happens to be the only name I liked too."
"Hmph good for you then," Tsunade childishly turned her head to the side a small smile playing at the corner of her lips. Catching this the blond male frowned, "At least I named him and not Kushina...if she did she may have named him something awful."
And they were back to the painful topic of the mother once more, "I didn't know she would react that way," Minato whispered, "I thought she would love it once she saw it. It was like a miniature me with brighter eyes..."
The drugged woman didn't answer, instead she changed topic, "When do I get to see him?"
Deep azure eyes shown in the light, "When you are well enough to leave. Right now he's sleeping in Shizune's arms." The new father chuckled, "That boy is very interesting. Not only does he not cry but he loves sleeping in someones arms."
"Really? So he's at the estate then...."
"Yes."
"Oh...Minato can I move in with you now? Kushina was really the only reason I didn't, since she basically told me that she preferred just you around and rather see me dead." All the while Tsunade was smiling her beautiful smile.
She saw as her son stiffened slightly at the name. So he was sore about her still, well that was normal of being in love. "I'm sorry son. I'll eventually learn not to talk about her." The drugs were starting to make her limbs heavier now.
"It's...alright. I'm just not use to her not being here yet."
"It'll be alright in the end you know...you'll have a baby to keep your mind off her. If that doens't work then i'll just kick you ass."
"I'm sure you will."
"Damn right!"
"You know for someone who should be asleep by now your awfully talkative." he grinned.
"I know...you better leave then if you want me to sleep..." she sounded drousy even to herself.
He chucked and stood up, "I'll move you tomorrow to the estate..." He bent forward and kissed her lightly on the forehead, "You love him. Trust me."
Willingly enough Tsunade knew that she would trust him. Any child of his had to be lovable.
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Naruto looked up at the new person before him, eyes alight with joy. He knew this person although he had never seen her. It was her voice that he knew.
"This is..." she whispered while her eyes held shock.
"Yes...isn't he perfect?" The man's voice was calming enough that all the baby wanted to do was be held by him. But a part of him also wanted to be close the new person.
"Ga!" He squirmed a bit and pulled his hands free of the blanket, reaching for the lady. He needed to meet her now!
"Minato...hand him over." The longing in her voice was almost tangible in the air as she reached toward her grandchild.
Joyfully the baby felt as he was lifted closer to her, his hands nearly touching her. The soft touch of new hands under him was soothing, almost like he needed so be soothed of something. "He's light.."
She was soft and warm, just like the other lady that held him and washed him. She was nice to him and wanted to hold him close to her. This lady just wanted to be near him, it didn't matter if she was holding him or not. Just as long as she knew him she was happy.
He giggled a bit and lifted his hand to her chin, gripping at nothing, "He really is perfect."
The warmth from her felt good just like when he was surrounded by warmth. "He seems to like you." The man ran a finger across Naruto's hair, earning a small sigh.
"Has he shown any gift yet?" The woman was weird, what was a gift?
"I think this is it...his gift is to be loved."
"What a nice gift...though it would be nice if he had something else too."
"No I think he's perfect already. If he gains anything else he may be too inhuman."
Why were the people saying weird things?
"That may be true...but what if he does have one?"
"I don't know then..." The man rubbed his son's hair again.
Deciding that it wasn't important what they were talking about, Naruto snuggled into the soft lady, his face pushed against her, making it comfortable for him. Sighing he let his conscious reel away from the world of reality and into his imagination once more.
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Twenty Years Later...
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The rustling of cloth was one of the only sounds in the ever large room. That sound and the tender sound of lips touching skin. There was a soft hic before it was silenced at once.
"Shh love," A new sound, this once so soft it was impossible to resist, "Just relax and enjoy."
The soft voice was welcoming yet demanded obedience. Soft azure eyes looked up before eyelids quickly hid them. The pleasure of this moment should not be waisted by staring.
"OWWW!" The daydream was quickly interrupted as a beautiful horse kicked out then, it's hooves connecting with the humans shin, "Bloody hell Kyuu!"
Soft strands of blond hair bounced in the air, azure eyes held annoyance, and the look on the boys face priceless. The horse made a sound that sounded like a laugh. "Damn it don't laugh at me!"
Tripping the blond yelled before he landed in a rather large pile of dung. "EWWWW Kyuubi you did that on purpose didn't you?"
The large animal stomped his hooves on the ground a few times, turning away from the blond teen. Standing up, carefully enough not to touch the dung, he walked to the animal and lightly hit him. "I swear I'll get back at you for this!"
"Naruto?"
Turning the blond looked at the large opening at the end of the stable, "Yeah Baa-chan?"
His grandmother walked in then, her heels clicking lightly against the cobble floor, "Your father needs you to get some bullets from the village for his hunting trip." She walked up to him and looked at his back, "But perhaps you should change first..."
"It was Kyuubi's fault!"
"Of course it was hon."
"You don't believe me do you..."
She laughed, "Of course I do...I just find it hard to believe that a horse made you fall in its own dung."
Huffing the boy stalked past her, hands at his side, "Just take the horses side!" He turned his head and stuck his tongue out, "You always do anyway!" Still walking briskly the blond went out into the bright world.
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"Ha! Point for me!" A loud obnoxious voice called.
"No it goes over here!" A soft voice told another.
A sharp growl echoed in the empty structure of stone as a pair of voices argued over the useless topic. Bright crimson eyes were wide with anger before looking back out the window the owner still growling.
"Sorry master," The two voices held fear and there was a clanging sound as the two raced away.
It had been so long already so why was he still like this? Claws scratched stone as he watched snow fall down. It was the first snow fall of the year and as suck, the castle was getting cool quickly. Hopefully one of the servants would be able to start a fire.
Doubting that they could even do that Itachi looked at his reflexion and resisted the urge to hit the glass that reflected his beauty at him. Over the years not one inch of his body had change although mentally he was quicker at debating with himself and coming up with ideas. These ideas were useless now that he could not help the country around him.
The only areas that would have notice were the poor lands, the war infested areas and his neighbors that surely missed his presence at the meetings they conducted ever ten years. Yesterday it was officially the first day and once again he had been forced to miss it.
He hissed. That witch had better get him out of this now. The hope she had said would save him must be close.
His torment must come to and end...
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A/N: I hope u liked the chapter and guess what! ITANARU SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xD -really happy- Thank you all for the reviews so far!
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