Hashirama was trying to take down the enraged Fuinjutsu master and the damn evil goo, while Madara struggled with the chains that kept his body still while fighting off the birthing pains. He knew that there was no way back, his baby´s head was in the conduct and he need to get out before it could harm him. He pushed hard, his vision burry. It was already night, he could see it through the window, but… it was white. A white night sky… Hashirama was right, the baby´s name was Byakuya.
"Hashi nii-san!" screamed Tokka, entering with Tobirama after they finished with the white monsters. They weren´t even that much. She looked around, locating the laboring Uchiha and the fight mere meters away. "Tobi nii-san…"
"Yes, I help aniya, you take care of that" the woman nodded and went away, kneeling between the raven´s legs. The baby´s head was nearly out, so she prepared to grab it as soon as he was ready for that. The Senju brothers engaged into combat with the rouges, Tobirama against Mito and –Hashirama against Zetsu.
"I won´t let you touch them" frowned the Hokage. The goo cursed under his breath, not liking this. He knew how weak he was despite his grand heritage. That´s why he needed the chakras of Indra and Asura to free his mother. The fight went on and suddenly it was interrupted by a wail. The female Senju handed the newborn to his mother, lifting herself from the ground to protect them after.
"Damn…" Mito said. The redhead was very hurt and powerless after her fight with both Senju and neither of them has sweated yet. Kaguya´s Will grabbed her then, as he still need her, and startled their retire. In the last moment he saw Byakuya´s umbilical cord along with the placenta on the ground and managed to steal them. Maybe this was not as much as a loss of time.
"Madara, are you okay? And the baby?" asked the brunette, kneeling down near them. The Uchiha was sweaty and tired, holding the crying bundle near him. The father took a very good peek at them, he has never seen one of their children just after their birth. He raised his hand to pet his hair, but stopped before, as to ask permission.
"Our Byakuya is okay" answered the man.
"Byakuya? You finally agreed!"
"Yes, it was the best name for him" Madara bounced the newborn slightly. "When I was birthing him the night sky turned white…"
"It was because of the pain" interrupted the moment Tobirama, approaching to look at his nephew. "He is a brunette…"
"What were you expecting? An albino? There is no way that one of my children would take after you!" said the raven like a spoiled brat. This startled the baby, so he reassumed his bouncing. "We need to introduce him to Maki"
"I will go get her" said Tokka and got up. She walked to the daycare and asked for the child, that was now worried because of their lateness. The girl ran towards her with her school things in hand, hugging her when she arrived.
"What happened?! And my mama?! Is he okay?!" she cried.
"Yes, but… guess what? You are an older sister!" smiled the older female. "Your little brother has just arrived, his name is Byakuya"
"Byakuya? Otouto!" she clapped happily. They ran towards the house, the child climbed the stairs at full speed and finally enter to her parent´s bedroom. She found her mother holding a little bundle that seemed to make strange sound when he was not close to his mom. She approached and saw the little face with a lot of brunette hair. "He is so little…"
"All babies are little, sweetie" answered Madara, showing her the baby. "Just wait until he grows a little, you two will play a lot"
"And train" added Tobirama, who wasn´t leaving. He wasn´t going to say it in front of his brother, but he didn´t trust the mother of his niece and nephew… or any Uchiha outside Kagami. He was going to keep a close eye on Madara while he was raising his children, so he didn´t teach them anything funny.
"That when they are old enough to wield a weapon, don´t you think?"
"Five years is old enough to wield a weapon, we all did so at that age" answered the albino, crossing his arms.
"We are not stuck in the War Era anymore!" Hashirama entered the room with some fresh clothes for the baby and saw his lover and brother fighting. A sweat drop felt from the back of his head, this wasn´t going to end, no? Not even if they were now technically of the same family.
"Okay… what happened now?" he asked.
"He started it!" they both said at the same time. After the explanations he agreed with Madara that five was too young to wield a weapon and that they would start in the academy years. The Uchiha looked at him, he knew the Senju and he wasn´t that serious. "What happened?"
"It´s just that… in the way here some kids intercept me. They wanted their friends back in the Academy" he frowned and the clan head lowered his head. "I was trying to explain to them that they weren´t fit for shinobi life when…"
"It´s hard, no?"
"I´ve been thinking about a method to allow them to become ninja, but it has to be approced by the council…"
"What?"
"Well, how about them having a medic jounin sensei? That way they should be able to get the attention they needed in a mission. And revisions before every mission… that should work for them"
"Yes, but there is still a number of things that could go wrong" got in Tobirama. "With all restrictions maybe they couldn´t get out of genin rank and they training would have been a waste of time. Or not even that…"
"Tobi-chan, you are a joykiller, I just want to give them a chance"
"To risk their lives?"
"To achieve their dreams"
-In another time-
Many times passed in the year the Uchiha twins spent in the past. First, Sasori banished. He didn´t die, he just used his battle with Chiyo and Saskura as an excuse to banish. Deidara was still there, but Kai and the twins disappeared from the base too. Both girls knew their father was still alive and waiting for his lover to go to him. Zetsu probably knew it too, but he was not about troubling that pair of psychos. He partnered with the blond and returned from his last mission without his new partner.
"What happened?" asked Tsubaki, waiting for him just outside the base.
"He exploded himself" grunted the plant man. He was telling a lie, of course, as he knew that the artist just faked it, but then again, his children gave him the creeps. "Uchiha Sasuke was the culprit, he betrayed Orochimaru and went on his own."
"He killed the snake?"
"No, I´m sure not" he answered and walked away. Since their failure at extracting the Kazekage´s Bijuu he has been on a sour mood. The thing was that the bomber and his danna managed to capture the brat, but before they could extract his monster some Konoha shinobi and then Suna ones found them, managing to screw all their hard work. Having victory slipping through his fingers was not something he liked.
"I understand" she lifted herself and walked to her mother´s bedroom, where Itachi was putting on his Akatsuki cloak. He was much better than before, now breathing easily, thanks to Izuna´s fine work. "What are you doing?"
"It´s our turn to hunt the Yonbi" answered the weasel. "Then we will go somewhere…"
"I know" she answered bitterly. "We will go with you"
"Yes" added Kazumi "besides, there is something else we need to do"
-In another part-
After Sasuke´s betrayal Orochimaru was weak, wandering around with Mitsuki without a place to stay. He cursed at his luck, not only the Uchiha has gotten the best out of him, but Kabuto stole some of his power. He was trying to find some milk for his baby when…
"It seems that you have problems" a very known voice scared him.
"Jiraiya" the white haired pervert waved at him. The man looked at the pitiful sign of his former teammate struggling to stay on his feet from the hunger. He got down from the tree he was sitting on and helped the man. "Aren´t you going to kill me?"
"Not really, I don´t want you dead. I just wanted to return you to the village, where you belong" answered the Sennin, managing to lift both mother and son.
"Put me down!"
"Come on, I will take you to the next village and inviting you and your precious baby lunch" he touched one of Mitsuki´s cheeks and the little boy caught his finger. "Ohhh, he is a smart one… and a handsome one too. I don´t know who he got it from… I mean, you are cute, but in a very feminine way and…"
"Cut the crap, Jiraiya" barked the man. "I´m not killing you just because you promised to invite me dinner" the snake made his child release his hold on the Toad, cleaning his hand afterwards. "By the way, what are you doing here? I though you would be in Konoha with Tsunade."
"I´m on a mission, a personal one. I´m visiting that cute trio of orphans I trained some time ago. I bet you remember them, the ones in the Rain…" the dark haired man frowned, then his eyes widened. "What?"
"You can´t do that, they are Akatsuki" this surprised Jiraiya. "They will kill you in sight"
"I can´t believe…"
"No, heard me out" he looked right into his eyes. "Those orphans are aktsukis"
"They appeared in the information about that organization that Tsunade received, but…"
"Her information was correct" tried to convince him Orochimaru. As Jiraiya was resisting, he put a hand on his face. "Please, look at me in the eyes and tell me if I´m telling the truth or no. Konan and Nagato are Akatsukis"
"Damn…" the pervert dropped to the ground. "Still I have to go… even if it is to die" then turned to his former teammate. "Why are you doing this? Why warning me?"
"Well, I…" he looked at the baby, then sighed. "Maybe I have some leftover friendship for you. I will get rid of it soon."
"I hope not" the white haired man lifted and grabbed the other´s hand. "Come on, I´m not just buying you lunch, you deserve breakfast too!"
"Him too" answered the snake before they took off "Wait!"
-In another place-
"Do we have to be here?" asked the older twin.
"It´s their jutsu, they should know how to go back to our own time" answered the younger. They were walking on a desert, searching for a den buried on the ground. They finally locate it with the help of the Sharingan. Now there was another problem, how to dodge the parents to talk to the psychos? The answer came in the form of a very well hidden little window. "I see their likes has not changed"
"Do you expect them to do?" the room was littered with broken toys, music instruments and paint that none would dare to touch. "Let´s finish soon"
"Okay… Hana, Ryuuren, I know you can understand me. Appear now" the babies looked at them with too adult eyes for their age. They made hand signs and there appeared manifestations of their adult selves. "We need to speak"
"Surely we have" said the redhead, as usual the mouth of the team. "You definitely changed many things, this is great un"
"And you haven´t destroyed anything"
"We are currently satisfied un"
"Well, we are using your time travel no jutsu and we need help to return to our time… in the right moment" she stared at the twins with hate. "I need the reversal jutsu, no tricks. If you try to do so, I don´t care how powerful you think you are, I will destroy you"
"Ow… is that a warning?"
"More like a threat"
"You think you can kill us? We are babies, not helpless un" the older twin waved. "But your predicament amuse me… what could be easier than to do your own counter jutsu un?!" she laughed while her brother kept the serious face. "But okay, okay, I will give it to you. There, it is in that scroll over there un" Kazumi picked it up carefully and opened it. The identical twins revised it to make sure it was not a trick. "Use it and you will return"
"I see, then we should leave"
"So soon un? I would like to have some more talking…"
"I´m not crazy enough to make another deal with the Devil" they left, carefully watching their backs. The two of them stayed there in adult form.
"Side effects un"
"I know un. But they only asked for the reversal jutsu, not for the one that avoided the side effects un" she smiled, amused. "This is going to be fun. Do you want to see what happens with the timeline?"
"Un" nodded her brother.
"Un"
-In another part-
"Are you really going to go even with my warning?" asked Orochimaru. He didn´t know where all those strange feelings for his former teammates came from, he has spent so much time without thinking about him… but then again, he never before had his baby. He looked at the little thing, who was currently asleep on a futon.
"Yes" answered the pervert.
"And there are just two futon in this room"
"I couldn´t pay for more"
"And where goes all that money you make out of your books?"
"Ehhh…"
"Ugggg, don´t tell me" Orochimaru layed on the other futon. "You, out"
"I don´t think so" Jiraiya entered too, making the other man uncomfortable. The last time they were so close… his cheeks burned just remembering it. He struggled but it was no use. "Come on, why don´t you want me to sleep with you? We are both men"
"It´s uncomfortable!"
"Don´t be like that…" Jiraiya shut off the light and went to sleep. "Goodnight"
"Go die" Orochimaru closed his eyes and tried to sleep. Well, at least he was not drunk now and will control himself.