Hello there! I am back! With another chapter! I know I know, these are short chapters, but hey, I do update quite frequently for this story! Now, this chapter I believe is going to be the 2nd last chapter before the time skip. Meaning after the next chapter there will be a time skip. I think 9 chapters was enough of a pretime skip build up to the main story.

Also, in regard to the pairing, you guys really wanted it to be AquaXAkane. So, that's gonna be it. I'm sure with a more stable and less revenge focused Aqua the relationship will be far stronger. With that all out of the way I hope you all enjoy this chapter cause I got a surprise for you in the end! Enjoy!

Two Months Later:

Things had begun to calm down as the days passed by as the media slowly started to lose interest over scandal. While Ai's reputation was nowhere near what it used to be at it's peak, she still managed to find steady work and was sure that with given time she would forge a better reputation then the one she had.

"You know, you don't have to push yourself so much." Naruto pointed out as the two were enjoying a small outing, much to Ai's delight.

"I know, but I don't want to be a burden to you after all you have done." She countered to which chuckled lightly.

"You will never be a burden to me, Ai. Afterall, do you remember the promise I made you?" Naruto questioned, to which she nodded as the two fell into a comfortable silence.

"Naruto…what were you parents like?" She asked out of the blue, taking Naruto back with surprise, but shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, I didn't know them growing up, I only met them thanks to my father and the seal he put. But they were just like me. They both were orphans as well, and by the time my mother had arrived at the Hidden Leaf, the Uzumaki clan was all but wiped out with few survivors. But they were good parents or rather they would have been good parents had their lives were cut short." Naruto recalled. His father was one of the youngest to be Hokage and his reign was one of the shortest on account of his early demise.

"Wow, they must have been strong like you." Ai said with wonder as Naruto chuckled.

"Yh. They were strong. During the Third Shinobi War, my father single handily stopped an invasion force of a thousand Iwa Shinobi with the display of his power." Naruto explained to which Ai was just left baffled.

"Naruto-Kun, did your father…kill people?" She questioned him hesitantly to which Naruto nodded.

"That was the way of life for us back in my world. We were Shinobi's soldiers for our villages. My father was a good man and he hated war, but he was willing to fight and to die for the people he loved." Naruto answered solemnly. He was sure that the thought of killing someone was unthinkable for the most part in this day and age.

"But isn't that bad?" She questioned him to which Naruto nodded.

"I agree. The Shinobi world was a world filled with violence and hatred. People fought and killed each other for revenge, resources, and other petty things. It was a disgusting cycle of hatred that plunged many people that I knew into darkness, many who would see the light too late. It's why I promised to end that cycle." Naruto responded passionately as he recalled his promise to Nagato, to end the cycle and bring peace.

"I wanted to create a world where children wouldn't have to become Shinobi's so that they might fight and die." Naruto explained he looked at Ai softly.

"You're a good person, Naruto." She said to which he chuckled before he asked a question of his own.

"Ai, I remember you talking about your mother, but you never went in any detail." Naruto pointed out as she smiled at him sadly.

"Before I came to Tokyo and was scouted out by Ichigo, I used to live out in the country. I never knew my father, so all I ever had was my mother. However, she wasn't as strong or as loving as your parents were. She was abusive, always thinking about herself. And When she arrested and taken to jail, I was put in an orphanage and like I told you before she just…left me there." Ai said sadly. It was because of that she developed an apathetic nature.

"I never know what love was, so I was afraid, afraid that it would all be a lie, my love for my child and…you." She finished with a smile. Naruto moved forward and took one of her hands into his.

"Ai-Chan, never forget that you love your children. You are a kind and gentle soul. And like I said before, your love is as real as you are." Naruto reaffirmed as she grew a large smile, with tears at the edge of her eyes before she nodded. Truly, he was her star in the dark.

"I'm so happy, Naruto. Meeting you, with everything that has happened. I'm just so happy." She cried out as Naruto grinned at her before a look of confusion appeared on his face.

"Um, Ai-Chan…why do you Chakra?" Naruto asked as he tilted his head. Ai looked at him with confusion as well. He explained what Chakra was and how it was possible to utilize it. Apparently, it was like a circulatory system of sort where Chakra pathways all throughout the body that allowed Chakra to be transported, created, and utilized. Ai knew that she had no such system and was something only unique to Naruto in this world.

"I…don't?" She answered, just as confused as him. Naruto frowned as he ruffled his hair. He could feel it, that faint Chakra signature. It wasn't strong, but he could feel it. It kind of reminded him of his own.

"Hmm, I must be losing my touch." Naruto said with a sigh. He had slacked off on his training for a while simply because he didn't need to use his abilities. But that didn't mean he was any less powerful. He had been using Shadow Clones to act as guards for Ai, not that she even realized it. He did recall the first time she had seen a Shadow Clone.

Flashback:

"Naruto-Kun, do you know any cool tricks?" Ai questioned him as he looked up from one of the Icha-Icha novels he was editing with a questioning look.

"Well, yes I do, but why do you ask?" Naruto questioned as he put the pen down. Ai pouted as she crossed her arms.

"I was watching one of those superhero movies! What was they called? Oh yh! Metal Man! Anyways, the movie's got cool characters that have many different powers! So, I was just wondering if you had any cool tricks." Ai answered as she played with heir hair. Now that she thought about it, it sounded kind of dumb for her to ask such a thing. She was broken out of her thoughts by Naruto's chuckle.

"Well, here's an ability I have and it's my signature!" Naruto exclaimed as he brought his hand up and made it into a single seal.

"Shadow Clone." Naruto said as the room was filled with smoke. Ai waved the smoke away as she sweat dropped.

"Naruto-Kun, creating smoke out of nothing isn't a cool trick." Ai whined, but as the smoke cleared her jaws dropped. Right in front of her were two more identical Naruto's!

"W-What!?" She shouted in surprise as she rubbed her eyes, wanting to make sure they weren't deceiving her.

"These are my Shadow Clones. They are my perfect copies, but they are just that, copies." Naruto explained before he quickly threw one of his pens at the one of the Shadow Clones, causing it to burst in a cloud of smoke.

"While they are my copies, and are just as strong, they are easy to defeat if one lands a good hit. Although, I doubt anyone can actually land a hit on them – Oh she passed out." Naruto broke out of his thoughts as Ai passed out, her head hitting the table on her way down, causing Naruto to cringe. He got up and went over to her side as he knelled down.

"Multiple Naruto-Kuns…hehehe." He heard her mumble with a giggle causing him to sweat drop at that.

"I think she might be a closet pervert." Naruto said to himself with a sigh. Why was it that wherever he went he was surrounded by perverts?

Flashback end:

He had realized after that, Ai, was indeed a closet pervert, a fact he would never let her down.

"Well, I guess I'll figure this out later." Naruto said with a shrug as the two headed back home. It was getting late as the sun had already set and Tokyo's nightlife began to take over the streets. The two arrived before nine and had some time to spare before bed.

"Mama, papa!" Ruby called out as she rushed at the two of them as they entered the house. Ai opened her arms and caught her daughter with a spin.

"Ruby-Chan! Aren't you supposed to be asleep by now?" Ai questioned; all the while Naruto chuckled.

"You should know by now that Ruby doesn't like to sleep when we are not around." Naruto pointed out to which Ruby pouted at that.

"Aqua-Baka didn't want to play with me and went to sleep." She said, annoyed at her brother at the moment.

"So, he did as he was instructed to do?" Naruto questioned, causing her to blush embarrassingly. Well, if he put it that way…

"A-About time the two of you arrived." Miyako said as she stumbled out. Taking care of the twins was hard work, but Ruby was even more eccentric. The girl simply wouldn't go to sleep without Naruto and Ai being at home.

"Oh, Miyako-San, thank you for taking care of them." Naruto thanked the women. Miyako sighed as she waved them off. Despite the twins running her to the ground, she enjoyed babysitting them.

"I don't mind. I just wish that Ruby was sometimes more like her brother at times." She responded, causing Naruto to shake his head.

"Well, you might say that, but Ruby is fine just the way she is." Naruto said as Ruby waved her hands excitingly.

"Yeh! See! Papa gets me!" She pointed it out causing the adults to chuckle at her antics.

"Now Ruby-Chan, its time for you to go to sleep." Ai exclaimed, while Ruby pouted the whole time, but relented. Miyako checked out for the night as she started to gather her things before leaving. Naruto and Ai offered her the guest room, but Miyako turned them down and gave them a sly smile.

"I wouldn't get a wink of sleep if I did that." She pointed out, causing the two to blush madly as she laughed on her way out.

"I guess I should some noise cancelling seals." Naruto thought, not wanting them to scare the twins or anyone else that might stay the night. While Ai went to go put Ruby to bed, Naruto thought about what he had senses earlier. That was definitely Chakra he had sensed earlier, but that was impossible.

"People here can't use Chakra. It would be impossible for them to do so! You'd have to be born with Chakra pathways! And the only one that possess Chakra pathways is me." Naruto thought as he ruffled his hair in frustration. Time's like this he wished he paid more attention in the academy! He sat down on the bed and sighed. All this thinking was just giving him a headache!

"Dammit. Just how is this possible?" Naruto grumbled out as Ai walked into their room and giggled at him. Naruto raised an eyebrow at her. She pointed at him with a giggle.

"You look cute when your thinking so hard." She pointed out, to which he sweat drop. Here he was trying to figure out how it was possible for her to have Chakra signature so similar to him! Naruto sighed as he closed his eyes and gathered nature Chakra, maybe this would out things into perspective.

"Naruto-Kun?" Ai questioned as Naruto kept silent before he opened his eyes. They were like that of a toad, and she could feel the power he let off, though like before it was calming and warm to her. Naruto stood up as he walked over to her.

"Ai-Chan, can you hold my hand?" Naruto called out to her, to which she nodded and held his hand. It was warm and pleasant, and she felt stronger for some reason.

"Naruto-Kun?" Ai called out to him, but he didn't respond as he closed his eyes and focused in on the Chakra signature he was feeling. And he felt it, that faint Chakra signature within her, but it wasn't hers, it was…He gasped at that as his eyes snapped back open as he looked at her, his hand trembling, which in turn caused Ai to look at him in concern.

"Naruto-Kub?" She called out to him again, but Naruto just kept looking at her, her hand still in his as he began to guide it down and resting it on her belly. She looked at him in confusion before Naruto finally got the words to form.

"A-Ai-Chan, I think your pregnant." Naruto spoke as she looked at him, a million things going through her mind before she finally spoke.

"Eh?" Was her intelligent response as Naruto automatically nodded. He was sure of it. He could feel the growing Chakra within her, the Chakra of their child.

"I'm going to had another child." She whispered as Naruto nodded.

"Yes." Naruto answered as she blinked at him before her eyes widened as it all caught up to him.

"We're going to have a baby, Naruto-Kun." She said again as tears welled up in her eyes. She didn't think she would ever have more children after Aqua and Ruby.

"Yes." Naruto answered before she hugged him tightly.

"We're going to have a baby!" She shouted as Naruto lost his balance and they both fell back down onto the bed.

"Ai-Chan! Careful!" Naruto called out to which she simply snuggled into him, enjoying the moment.

The Next Day:

The next day was a whirlwind of activity. Ai was practically in a good mood, much to Aqua's and Ruby's confusion. They hadn't informed the two about the new development, mainly because Ai wanted to confirm herself and after a quick pregnancy test, she was indeed pregnant as Naruto had pointed out.

"What's got mama so happy?" Ruby questioned innocently, which caused Aqua to stiffen up nervously before he sighed. He could think off one…reason…why Ai was in a good mood. He cleared his throat, getting Ruby's attention.

"W-Well, when a man and a women love each other very much – ugh!" Aqua started before Ruby smacked him on the head.

"Baka! I know that!" She shouted at him with a blush. She had spent her whole life in a hospital, of course she knew how all that adult stuff worked!

"T-Then why did you ask…" Aqua questioned through the pain as Ruby gave him a stink eye.

"Because look at her! She's way more happier then usual. Aqua sighed as he turned to look at Ai, who was happily working in the kitchen, with a critical look. He narrowed his eyes as he studied her.

"Now that I look closely, Ruby's right." He thought as crossed his arm, going into his thinking mode, as Ruby referred to it.

"You're doing that thing again…" Ruby said with a sigh. Seriously, he was really weird at times. Aqua ignored her as he hummed before his eyes slowly started to widen. The last time he had seen Ai this happy was…

"No way…" He thought as he turned his gaze to look at Naruto, who had that stupid goofy look on his face.

"Holy crap…" Aqua whispered to himself as he couldn't believe it.

"What?! What is it?!" Ruby questioned him as she started to shake him.

"Stop shaking me!" Aqua shouted mentally. Must she shake him?!

"Oh, I think I killed him." Ruby said to herself as she stopped and looked down at a passed out Aqua, droll coming the corner of his mouth.

"Aqua, Ruby, lunch's ready." She heard Ai call out as Ruby turned around and quickly ran off to the dinner table. Aqua, for his part, had to push himself off the ground with a sigh. If his hunch was right, then today would no doubt be a day to remember.

As the four ate their lunch in peace, Ruby kept looking at her mother and papa as she ate. Aqua knew something that she didn't, and she hated being left in the dark. Ai finished her food as she looked at Naruto, who nodded, before she turned to face the twins.

"Ruby-Chan, Aqua-Kun, how would you two like a young sibling?" She questioned the two causing Ruby to look up at her in surprise while Aqua's suspicions were confirmed.

"Eh!?" Ruby shouted at being asked that. Ai merely smiled at the two.

"You two are going to be older siblings." Ai declared before Ruby spring into action as she jumped up and down. She was going to be an older sister! Aqua for his part didn't show it on the outside, but he was also happy. He didn't have any siblings in his old life, and he and Ruby were born mere seconds apart in this new life, so it would be nice to have a younger sibling.

"One more person I must protect." Aqua thought. He would protect his family, no matter the cost, and he'll do that by first dragging out his biological father and brining him to justice. He was sure that it was that man who had tried to have Ai killed. If he was still out there, his family was still in danger. What Aqua didn't know was that Naruto himself was thinking along the same lines. He didn't have any use for these powers in this world, but he'd make sure to use them to protect his family.

Annnd done! Now how was that for a chapter? Ai is now pregnant with Naruto's child. And what's more, the child has Chakra! Now how will Aqua and ruby deal with a younger sibling that has unexplainable superhuman abilities? I can think of various hilarious moments and situations between the three of them.

Also, the younger sibling will be a girl, and no I won't go with the canon names from Boruto. I was thinking of name the girl along the theme that Aqua and Ruby are named. Give me ideas and I'll decide! So, leave your reviews, likes, etc and I'll see you all later for the next chapter! Bye!