New chapter….

After they left the training grounds, the jinchiruukis and bijuus followed Naruto to his office for a private meeting. Over the next hour they covered all the basis they needed to and then decided to retire for the night. On the way out the door , Chiyuuki made Naruto promise to sleep late the next day and leave everything concerning the estate and Palace to her. Since he had used the same time change around the area where his Palace was being built, one hour would actually be two years there , giving the builders a few years to complete it all in one night. It was moments like those that made him glad that using that ability didn't take any chakra or anything else from him. It was just like a normal person opening their eyes when they wake up.

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The next morning…

Hiashi woke with an armful of a certain purring blonde and smiled. He decided that then that this was definitely the way he wanted to wake up every morning. He had tried to convince the blonde to remove the necklace during their lovemaking but the blonde had refused. Naruto had told him that he would save that for a special occasion. Hiashi had reluctantly agreed to it since it meant that he had something special to look forward to. The blonde had then proceeded to give him a work out that had him passing out from exhaustion after the fifth time. He chuckled when he heard the blonde mutter in his sleep about eating bunnies and as he leaned over and began to pet the blondes hair causing him to purr. He continued to do this for a few minutes before getting up and going over to his overnight bag and pulling out a jewelry box. He opened it to reveal a bracelet with a nine tailed kitsune on it studded with precious stones. He had gotten it commissioned a few days earlier for his blonde . He walked over to his blonde and then placed the bracelet on his wrist before settling back into bed next to him. Relaxing this way was nice.

Half an hour later the blonde woke up and groaned a bit as he stretched. He noticed the bracelet on his wrist and his eyes widened in surprise. Taking the time to look at it , he flushed with pleasure .

Turning to his lover he said. " Why did you give me this?" he asked shyly.

Hiashi pulled him unto his lap. "because someone as special as you deserve something special . You deserve more Naruto and I hope that these people will truly see you as I do. I want them to see you. Not the rokudaime, not the king, not the idiot in orange, not the jinchiruuki , just you. In a way , you are still wearing a mask. Let them see that you actually do feel." he told him.

Naruto frowned. " I've given up hope in that Hiashi." he said sadly. " before all they saw was a monster in human skin. A demon who destroyed their perfect little worlds. Then they saw an idiot that was no threat to them and one who would never succeed in anything. After all he was their scapegoat and since he never fought back he must be weak right? Whenever I showed my true self I was hated even more. Then I was a necessary evil to save their pathetic lives from the Akatsuki. They knew that I was only a human child Hiashi, they have always known. Hell even when the Akatsuki started coming after us and stated clearly that it was the bijuus within us they wanted , a statement that clearly differentiates us from the actual demons themselves, they still refused to see. They had the nerve to thank me and compliment me for giving birth to the heirs of the great Uchiha clan, completely disregarding the fact that I was raped. But I guess it doesn't matter since they had raped me themselves before. Then they had the nerve to act as if the past didn't happen. I have yet to receive an apology from the people that hurt me. Now I am a demon like they had always said I was and only now are they trying to pretend that I am human. They need me because I am powerful but they will never love me for who I am or open their hearts to me. It doesn't matter what I do , they'll never see me. They don't want to see me. But that's okay now because I don't see them anymore either. All I see are the few innocent children that live among them or the pure soul that glows brightly among the damned. After everything that's happened I will no longer open myself to them , only to be hurt yet again. I owe them nothing, they owe me. They have all been so busy hating me for what they lost that they have completely overlooked what I lost. On that day I lost my chance of a normal life, I lost my fathers love before I even had it when he sacrificed me so callously, I lost a mother to love me when she abandoned me, I lost any hope of acceptance but most of all I lost myself. Now I have found it and I will not let them take it away from me again. They had one tragic day but I had a tragic life. While there pain all occurred in one day, giving them a chance to heal as they day got further and further away, my pain occurs everyday whenever they look at me but refuse to even see me. I gave up my humanity without regrets." he said coldly.

Hiashi pulled him even closer . "maybe one day you will see that even among the damned, enlightenment can be found. Until then, please keep holding on. Since you've given us all another chance to live, then give yourself one too. The next time you decide to judge the world once again, if they have not change then know that it is not your fault. You gave them a chance and they failed . Justice must be served." he told him.

Naruto nodded at that , then he smiled. " thank you Hiashi. Both for standing by me and for the beautiful bracelet."

Hiashi nodded and kissed him and the next hour was spent doing something other than talking. Afterwards Naruto asked Hiashi if he could place a seal on him that would let Naruto know if he was hurt as well as allow Hiashi to teleport anywhere Naruto was if necessary. It had the feature to teleport Hiashi to Naruto the minute he got hurt as well so that Naruto could immediately get him medical help. What Hiashi also didn't know was that Naruto had added another feature to the seal. To prevent him from dying unless Naruto allowed it. He did it so that if in that moment when Hiashi was hurt or close to death he decided to accept Narutos offer to live longer, then he would get the chance to ask.

They took a long shower together before going to get the children from their rooms just like he did every morning with Hiashi accompanying him. The children shared one nursery at their insistence and since they were still young and from the same litter he allowed it. The children were all happy to see Hiashi again with him and they all glomped him. The nights hostility towards him completely forgotten. Tsunake insisted on being picked up by her cuddly-sama and squealed in delight when he did before rubbing her cheek against his chest, inhaling both his mothers and Hiashi's scent and feeling comforted by it. She began to purr a few seconds later and everyone laughed at her fondly.

Then they all began making their way to breakfast. As they walked they ran into a few demons on the way that were actually his servants from his palace in the demonic realm and he smiled, as he realized what Chiyuuki had been up to. When they got into the dining room , everyone else was already present and as soon as they saw Naruto they all got up from their seats and bowed before him. The humans did as well since they didn't want to piss off all the demons present for their disrespect. Naruto , already aware of the protocol for such a situation, motioned for Hiashi and his children to sit down, he went to his seat and sat down then motioned for everyone else to sit. Sending a silent thank you to Chiyuuki through there link, he turned to everyone present and greeted them as well as thanked them for being there. Then he ordered breakfast to be served , so that everyone could eat. Since there were both types of people present, the servants had decided to go with a traditional breakfast from both realms in order to make everyone more comfortable.

Everyone had been introduced to each other before Naruto arrived and although Kakashi had been enraged that Itachi was alive and living there even though he knew that he was innocent, no one paid him any mind so long as he didn't do anything hostile. Chiyuuki had also told him that if he tried to harm Itachi, Naruto would be forced to stop him.

As Naruto answered questions from the demons who were all very respectful towards him, the humans realized that Naruto truly did mean a lot of things to a lot of important people and that he really was royalty and as such worthy of their regard. While they had all respected him, they had all still kept the idiotic boy they grew up with in the back of their mind and seeing him this way brought it all home that the old naruto was a completely different person from this king before them. While the core that made up their friend was still there, instead of being the ramen slurping idiot that was clumsy , loud and annoying. This naruto was charismatic, the perfect politician and leader as well as friend and parent all rolled into one. He was royalty and they would have to learn to treat him as what he was, whether they liked it or not. Then as if sensing their discomfort , naruto turned to them and gave them all a genuine smile and they all felt much better as the tension that had been forming within them faded away. That was with the exception of Kakashi of course. He was fuming mad since not even Iruka would explain why all these people were still alive.

He listened to Naruto exchange banter with the demons and the other humans completely ignoring the fact that he was angry and he snapped.

"NARUTO EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE ALIVE?" he asked angrily. "ESPECIALLY THE UCHIHA!"

Everyone turned to naruto to see how he would handle it but it was obvious that the demons were pissed at the lack of respect Kakashi was showing their king.

Naruto calmly took a sip of his tea before saying. " You will refrain from using that tone of voice with me Hatake and I suggest that you calm down. I do not owe you or anyone an explanation unless I feel like it and quite frankly , anymore hostility on your part towards me or my guests will be dealt with. I will not tolerate it." he said as if he was discussing the weather.

Kakashi unfortunately refused to back down. He refused to let naruto get away with insulting him even if it was indirectly. "NARUTO EVEN IF ITACHI SOMEHOW SURVIVED HIS BATTLE WITH SASUKE, HE IS STILL A THREAT TO KONOHA SINCE HE DID MURDER HIS FAMILY EVEN IF IT WAS UNDER ORDERS? AND IF YOU ARE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM COMING BACK TO LIFE, WHY NOT RESSURECT MINATO-SENSEI TOO. HE DESERVES TO BE ALIVE AFTER DYING TO SEAL AWAY THE KYUUBI AND CUTTING HIS LIFE SHORT. ALSO, WHAT ABOUT ZABUZA AND HAKU? THEY ARE NUKE-NINS WE CANT ALLOW THEM TO LIVE IN KONOHA!"

The look Naruto gave him could have frozen ice. "first of all , they are alive because I made it so. Second I am the hokage of this village not you. I will decide who stays or who goes regardless of your feelings. Zabuza and Haku are a part of my royal army as well as all the other resurrected people. They will however be sharing a sort of dual citizenship with konoha for the time being. They will only be taking orders directly from me , no one else. Especially not the council of this village. About Itachi, and his family, I am behind him one hundred percent for what he did. As a matter of fact my only regret about that night was that he left any alive. I do however take comfort in the fact that if he hadn't, my wonderful children would not be here and that's all. As for the human scum that was my father, the only reason I'd ever bring him back to life would actually be to so that I can kill him myself!" he hissed angrily.

Everyone was surprised to here that except for Hiashi and Chiyuuki who already knew how he felt about his father.

"Surely you don't mean that Naruto!" said Kakashi upset by it. " minato-sensei did the right thing. He saved us all with his sacrifice. Itachi was the one who ruined Sasukes' life and made him betray the village!"

Everyone felt the temperature drop when he said that and they knew that Naruto was furious.

" I do mean what I said hatake." Naruto hissed angrily. "those people deserved what they got and I assure you , they are all still burning in hell for it. Don't you tell me that your scum of a sensei did the right thing! He abandoned and betrayed his son for a bunch of people who would spend the next couple of years of his human life playing 'torture the demon brat' and you think that he did the right thing! People who disobey the rules are scum but people who betray their comrades are lower than scum isn't that your favorite phrase Mr. hypocrite? That was one of the only things you told all of team seven equally when you weren't off licking the runt of the uchiha clans feet! I wonder what the phrase is for people who betray their own family considering that they are closer than just comrades. Tell me Hatake would you resurrect the man who took away your choices and left you at the mercy of the hateful people while he was hailed as a hero for ruining your life? How dare you try to blame Itachi for what his pathetic little brother did. He made a choice when he decided to become an avenger all by himself. He could have risen above what happened to his family and try to move on but he didn't. all the pathetic people of this place worshipped the very ground he walked on but he threw it all back into their face all by himself. I loved him! I knew him better than anyone and I can honestly say that the avenger he became was always there deep inside him just waiting to come out! All he could think of was becoming more powerful than itachi even before the massacre and all he did was envy and hate any one who was stronger than him! I have no doubt that if itachi hadn't been the one to kill his clan, Sasuke would have done it himself one day. As long as it offered him power. Itachi wasn't the one who ran off to orochimaru to be his personal little toy! Itachi wasn't the one who put two chidoris threw me in his quest for the mangekyo. Itachi wasn't the one who violated me that day. Think about it you ignorant , blind fool . If he was willing to try and kill me to attain the mangekyo wouldn't he have done the same to one of his own relatives in order to surpass itachi when he learned about it one day? Sasuke did all those things all on his own so don't try to pass off his sins on someone else! He runs around here acting all self-righteous when in fact he is worse than Itachi . Itachi made a sacrifice and not only saved my life but yours and every other fool in this village. If what you say about the yondaimes sacrifice was true, then isn't itachi even more of a hero for what he did? Many more people would have died if he hadn't. since Sasuke is so wonderful compared to itachi , lets find out shall we. They were both hailed as prodigies but itachi was the real prodigy of the uchiha clan leaving Sasuke in the dust. Itachi killed his family to safe us all, an act of self sacrifice and was hunted and hated by the very people he gave up everything to save. Sasuke was a selfish and arrogant fool from day one, even before the massacre. Itachi only pretended to betray konoha , when all the time he was a spy for the third. Sasuke willingly and knowingly betrayed Konoha for his own selfish greed and lust for power. Itachi kept the Akatsuki at bay, effectively giving me enough time to grow up and become stronger whereas Sasuke repeatedly tried to kill me. Other than kisame, itachi was completely alone and surrounded by enemies while Sasuke was surrounded, loved and protected by everyone in the village to the point of obsession. Itachi earned his power through hard work while Sasuke cheated, stole and became the pet of a pedophile to get power he didn't earn. Sasuke killed his brother and got his revenge what more do you want ?" Naruto said harshly. "I think its time you got a reality check. Demonic Tsukiyomi."

Kakashi was shocked to find himself in Narutos, red , orange and black Tsukiyomi world. He looked over at Naruto and shivered when he saw the cold look in his eyes, overshadowed by pain.

"Naruto." he began but was cut off by the angry blonde.

"You'll never truly understand unless you see it for yourself will you Kakashi?" Naruto said sadly. "at least not until you live through it yourself. For the next seventy two hours you will live through everything I have from the minute I was born until the day after I gave birth to my children. While you wont physically get the wounds or suffer irreparable damage to your mind, you will feel the pain of every injury as if it were your own. You will be me in all this and at the end of it all you will regain consciousness. At the end of it all I want to know if you and Konoha are worth saving after everything that you've experienced. Have fun." he hissed and then returned to the real world.

Everyone heard Kakashi let out a blood curdling scream before waking up looking at Naruto and shivering as he began to cry .

"I'm so sorry Naruto , So sorry." he sobbed out brokenly.

Naruto didn't respond, he just beckoned a servant closer. "please take Hatake-san to his room and make sure that he eats. Keep an eye on him as I'm sure he has a lot to think about at the moment."

The servant bowed. "as you wish your majesty." he said then obeyed.

Naruto looked at Iruka and smiled. "don't worry Iruka-tousan , he'll be okay. I'm sure that you'll find him to be less arrogant and more open-minded after this encounter. He's in no physical pain nor is his mind shattered as the Tsukiyomi normally does, all that's wrong with him is the memories he is seeing. He may have a few nightmares for a while since a jinchiruukis life isn't exactly pleasant but other than that and a attitude adjustment, he'll be fine. Just leave him alone gather his thoughts. But if you're still worried then after breakfast feel free to go check on him."

Iruka nodded and resumed eating quietly as Tsunake turned to her mother. " Mother may we annihilate him ?" she asked sweetly shocking the humans.

Naruto turned to her . "why?" he asked , wanting to hear what she would say.

"He upset you." Tsunake said simply. " he has not only insulted our uncle who took the appropriate measures to protect you but he criticized your decisions and by doing so insult our family. As such we believe that the Tsukiyomi is too mild a punishment. We are all in accord with this."

The other children nodded as one to that and everyone waited for Narutos decision.

Naruto sighed. "Thank you all for standing by me but there is no need to inflict further punishment at the moment. While he is in the wrong here a part of me does care for him and I personally think that he cannot handle any more punishment at the moment. You must realize that not only is a humans body much frailer than ours but so is their mental state. I was always gong through my life in pain, he has experienced pain but not to the extent that I have. Even if I was human at the time , too much pressure on his already frail mind would drive him insane. The punishment must always fit the crime that's true, but there will be times when you have to take the person that you're punishing into account. For example while you may execute and adult for murder, you would simply place a child in jail for the same thing depending on the age. Do you understand?" he asked.

The children pouted a bit but nodded. "we will concede your point mother but if he hurts you again he will have to be held accountable. The humans have more than crossed the line in their treatment towards you. We will no longer be forgiving." they told him.

Naruto sighed again but nodded at that.

Tsunade looked at Naruto and then said. " what's the plan for today GakI?" she asked.

Naruto smiled. "well I have a few things that I need you all to do for me ." he told them.

"What's that?' asked Iruka.

Naruto took a sip of his tea. "Iruka-tousan , Tsunade-kaasan, I want you two to go over the people in the Academy and Orphanage and then pick all of the outcasts and dead lasts from the groups that you think would make excellent seal masters. You can pick as many of them as possible and if they have failed the Academy and are still young , you can look at them too. Tsunade, you will be looking for student with near perfect chakra control to add to your medical school. Iruka let me be cleari do not want any arrogant, cocky, rookie of the year, genuises and hopefully no children from famous clans unless you have a very good reason. The only way I will take a child from a clan is if they're dead lasts. Please choose as many as you can from the orphanage and under no circumstances will I train a fan girl. If there are any children like lee I want them as they will not only be learning about seals from me. When you have chosen, I want you to explain to me why they were chosen so I will know what to do with them. All the children from the orphanage that didn't make the cut as a ninja will go to me as well. The children who are in the academy will all continue to go , they will just be receiving extra training that's all. For the other children in my program , we will be creating a special program within the academy that will hold deal with these children. Also , they will be living here after we move out." he explained.

The two of them nodded . "Why no child prodigies?" asked Kisame curiously.

Naruto looked at him. "because a genius cant better a hard working man and because almost all the prodigies I've met so far have been nothing but blind fools. I would rather work with a blank slate than and arrogant self centered shmuck. While in the academy I noticed that the most of the teachers would only help the geniuses and ignore the dead lasts, this is my way of helping them catch up." he said coldly.

They all nodded in understanding as Iruka frowned.

Noticing the look on his face Naruto said. "What is it Tousan?" he asked.

Iruka flushed nervously and looked at Hiashi before shivering a bit. "W-well its just that there is one child that reminds me so much of you as a child. He is slightly above average in my class but is completely closed off. In fact if I hadn't learned about your idiotic mask then there was no way that I would have known that he is silently falling apart. His father died during the sand/sound invasion and that day when you fought Gaara in the forest , he had been playing training alone nearby and you saved him. He aspires to be like you and the only reason he actually talks to me is because of our relationship. He also told me that he met you alone once when he was in the hospital from a training accident. You were making your usual rounds and really pregnant and he was in his room all alone. Apparently you asked him why he was there after introducing yourself and you also asked him if any of his friends had visited him yet. He told you that he didn't really have any and that only his mother and Hinata had gone to see him since he had been there . You not only stayed with him for most of the evening but you talked to him about seals and music. The second time you saved him from punishment was when he came home late and was in a part of his home that he shouldn't have been. He said that you sensed him and when his clan head was about to catch him, you um … distracted him , thereby giving him enough time to get away. His name is Tohru…"

"Tohru Hyuuga, branch clan member." Naruto finished for him , surprising them. "yes I remember him. You may add him as well. He also has two cousins that he told me about , Kirie and Arisa. Add them as well. Arisa hurt her leg a long time ago and wasn't able to become a ninja and Kirie cant produce chakra , much like lee. It so happens that after meeting them I began working on a few seals to help with their problems since there was nothing that human medicine could do. The ones I was working on for lee is also completed, among others. Its one of the many things that I need to take care of after this battle. Please make sure that they are at the top of my list since I will have to help them first. If everything goes well, I will be teaching it to you Tsunade for future use on injured ninja." he said calmly.

Iruka nodded with a pleased smile and Hiashi said. " Why didn't you ever tell me that you knew about them?"

Naruto shrugged. "I wanted to be sure so that I wouldn't be giving anyone false hopes. Also with everything that's been going on lately, I forgot." he said honestly.

Hiashi nodded in understanding. "Will you look at my father when you have the chance?" he asked.

Naruto nodded. " I already know what wrong with your father and have already managed to create a seal for that. I'll just need some of his blood. It is also why I taught all of the medics in this room about seals. As soon as the Akatsuki is dealt with I will."

Hiashi nodded when he heard that and Naruto turned to Sai. "Sai, since I've already assumed command of Ne, you have a few assignments as well. According to the reports, there are a few children who had just been brought in. you will try to find their parents and return them but if they are orphans then give Iruka their names and add them to my list as they will now be under my personal protection. As for the rest of Ne, have them learn about the laws and policies of this village and code of conduct among civilians for now. Since they are not a part of konoha forces and will definitely not fit in with them, they will be wearing my royal crest instead and will only follow my commands. that's the only way that I can ensure that there rights are not taken from them again. Itachi as soon as the war is over, you will be working with Sai as well. You two need to get to know each other as you will be partners. The demons already know what they'll be doing so I don't need to elaborate on that. We will be having a few more houseguests and some will probably become permanent parts of my household. The first three you should know about are angels so learn to get along with them regardless of your personal feelings. The rest will be shinigamis. Some are only here for the battle tomorrow, but some will remain by my side permanently at fathers request. The ones who will remain here will be in humanlike bodies so that they can walk among you normally so you don't need to worry. Any questions?" he asked .

"Yes." said Shizune. "Why did your father insist on Shinigamis staying here with you permanently and what about the angels? Why are they here?"

Naruto sighed. " because father has decided to exact his full parental rights and as such refuses to let his only child be unprotected by some of his own men. Needless to say I have no choice in that as it was either him or them. As for the angels, Kami is sending them here to actually act as liasons with me. She knows that I am angry with her and this is simply the first step to reconciliation between us. It was fathers idea." he said pouting a bit.

The others chuckled since it meant that his father had bullied him into it but knew better than to say anything. Shortly after that breakfast ended and itachi asked Naruto if they could speak with each other alone for a minute and Naruto agreed and quickly led him to his office.

"What is it Itachi?" he asked as soon as they were alone.

The stoic uchiha looked at him. "Thank you." he said simply.

Naruto understood and didn't need for him to explain further. "its okay Itachi, you don't need to thank me. Friends stick up for each other remember? You saved me that day so long ago so now its time that I save and protect you. Always remember that you have a home with me and that there is no need to return the Uchiha compound if you don't want to. In fact , I would prefer if you stayed with me as you need a fresh start away from all those memories. I also want to thank you for always watching over me." he said sincerely.

Itachi nodded. "it was all worth it." he replied.

Naruto nodded , then got down to business. " I have an assignment for you and Draco while I'm at the council meeting today. You are to go to the daimyo of the wind country and strengthen our alliance with him. I will be giving you a scroll for him to sign as well that already has my signature on it. It will need to be written in blood. Since he is in charge of Gaaras lands, I want him as an ally for now. It must be done with the outmost secrecy and you will be traveling by demonic portal so you'll have more than enough time. If he doesn't agree then erase his memory of the meeting and return here. I will just have to deal with him at al later date then. Also give the other scroll to Shikamaru and Drakyo and send them to Amegakures Daimyo. It needs to be done without alerting the Akatsuki. Do you accept?" he asked.

"hn." Itachi replied nodding.

Naruto thanked him and left the office with him before going to join the others. Since the shinigamis and angels hadn't arrived yet, Naruto told Chiyuuki to deal with them when they came until he returned. Then he left with Tsunade and the others for the council meeting.

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Meanwhile…

With Gaara…

Gaara was in his office doing last minute paper work with Kankuro since he would be leaving in a few minutes with his family for Konoha and was thinking about the letter he had received from Naruto yesterday via a demonic kitsune that came through a demonic portal. The contents had shaken him to his core. It went as follows…

Dear Gaaranii,

I had hoped that we would be face to face when I tell you this but things don't always go as planned. Have you been feeling extremely tired even more than you did in your first life? Do you feel as if a certain part of you is missing ? That is because it is. You and shukaku had been halfway merged when the extraction occurred. When chiyo brought you back , she could only get the half of you that hadn't finished merging yet and that's why you're currently alive. didn't you think that it was odd for Shukaku to be sealed while you were not only free but could still manipulate the sand at will ? The fact is that you can no longer live without each other anymore. All the letters I sent you was always coated with my chakra and the reason that you didn't realize it was that whenever you touched it, you would immediately absorb it into yourself subconsciously. It was the only way to keep you alive after what happened. The chakra I poured into you to help you give birth was part of what made it possible for us to share energy. Shukaku understands this as well and after killing restraining the priest that was within the seal with him, he is no longer insane. To be honest, I think that there was something else about your seal that was making him crazy as well. There is no need to worry as I have the solution to the problem, you will have to merge with Shukaku as I have with mother. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you but this had to be kept secret so that you wouldn't refuse my help and choose to die. You are to come here tomorrow with your family as it is very important that you are restored. Yes, you will become a demon but what is worse? Being a demon and being with your children or dying and leaving your family. Also if you are wondering when I found out about this, it was about a year ago when I decided to check over your timeline and watch your sealing so that I would know the best way to unseal the bijuus.

Today I was attacked by Konan and Zetsu but I neutralized the threat. All the others plans are coming to fruition, albeit a bit faster than I had planned and the war is in two days, not counting today. There army will be coming and I will be destroying them once and for all. You don't need to send troops as I will be using my own. Pack enough for you and your family for at least a week then leave Kankuro in charge and come here via demonic portal by tomorrow. I will need to fix your seal and check you over. Your family has to come as they will be safer here. Everything will be okay aniki, I promise. I will fill you on everything else when you get here."

Your otouto,

Naruto.

And that was why he was currently making sure that Kankuro had everything he would need to run the country while he was away. He still had a lot of questions but he trusted Naruto completely as he knew that the blonde would sooner kill himself than hurt him.

Finally done doing the paperwork for that day and making notes for Kankuro, he got up and said goodbye to his brother before going to join his husband and their children. They were all packed and ready to go. Saying nothing, they went into the courtyard of his estate and the kitsune demon opened the portal and allowed them to go through. They appeared just outside of Konoha.

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Gaara could feel the power of the barrier around the village and was pleased when it let him and his companions in without killing them. They slowly made there way through the village to the Hokage tower. They ran into shizune there , who told them that they were to go to the estate and settle in until Naruto arrived. Since gaara was beginning to feel a bit fatigued, he agreed and went to the estate to lay down for a bit. At first, when he had come back to life he had felt normal if only a bit empty. It wasn't until a few months later that he began to feel the way he had when shukaku wouldn't let him sleep. He had thought that it was just his body making up for lost time and had slept accordingly but as time went by it began to get worse and it wasn't until Naruto began sending his letters almost every day that he began feeling better and staying awake longer. Now that he knew why, a part of him felt relieved. He knew that Naruto would come through for him. He always did. Now all he could do was relax and wait on his otouto.

Upon reaching the estate, he saw Kisame and the others and arched a none existent eyebrow. Although Naruto had told him all about his plans for them , it was still a bit unnerving to be talking to a former Akatsuki member.

"Hello." he said in greeting.

"Kazekage-sama." Said Kisame politely.

The others all exchanged greetings as well and Gaara was pleased to meet the jinchiruukis and their bijuus. He was about to leave the room to rest for a minute when one of the three platinum-blond haired men said. "Sabaku no Gaara, your soul is not complete is it? It is why you need so much rest."

Gaara was surprised by that since he hadn't shared that information with anyone but Neji and he knew that Naruto wouldn't either. "how did you know?" he asked.

The man got up and walked over to him. "I am Michael Tenshi." the first blonde with curly hair and glasses replied. " I am an angel who is here on orders from Kami-sama." he said in one of the most beautiful voices he had ever heard.

Gaara was again surprised by that but he nodded at that. " a part of my soul is still within the seal." he replied.

Michael nodded. "you're brother will restore you soon. For now it is best that you sleep so that you do not waste your spiritual energy."

Gaara nodded again and then left with Neji following behind him. His children had ran off with Narutos at there insistence. He knew that they were in good hands so he wasn't really worried. He went and laid on the bed in the room that he often stayed in. he looked over at Neji and thought about telling him about Narutos relationship with his uncle but thought better of it. It would be amusing to see his husbands reaction when he found out. With that in mind, he went off to sleep knowing that Naruto would wake him when he returned. Neji decided to stay with his tired spouse and went to sleep next to him.

TBC.

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