At the request of one of my reviewers (and fave authors) vampiric instincts, there will be a second part of 'It's a Secret'

Summary: The secrets out and Naruto and Kagome reminisce with their friends on how they came to be.

Pairing: Naruto Uzumaki x Kagome Higurashi

Disclaimer: Inuyasha and Naruto belong to Rumiko Takahashi and Masashi Kishimoto respectively.

Reminiscent

"So why did you decide not to tell us you were married?" Sakura asked.

Naruto sighed. "Because we wanted something simple and secret, the only person who knew that we were married was Gaara, and that was because he performed the ceremony."

"How did you two decide that a relationship was worth it? I mean, there is a lot of distance between you." Ino said.

Kagome sighed. "Well…"

XOX Flashback – Konoha four years ago XOX

Naruto lay in bed and sighed. He had come back from Suna the previous week and couldn't help but wonder how Kagome was doing. The two had spent the few days of his visit at her ramen stand, talking about everything and nothing, from how they picked their chosen careers to their plans for the future. He sighed again and walked to his kitchen. Pulling a pen and paper out of one of the drawers, he sat down and began to write.

Dear Kagome,

How are you? How's business? All good I hope. Listen Kagome, I'm not the type to normally write letters, nor am I good at expressing myself, but I need to get something off my chest. I can't stop thinking about you, Kagome. I know, I know, we only spent a few days in each others company, but that doesn't change the fact that you are always on my mind. This is probably going to sound so stupid, but next time I come to Suna, I would like to take you out on a date, a proper one. I understand if you don't want to reply to this letter or even speak to me again, but I had to let you know how I feel and that I want to be a part of your life, whether I'm just a friend or not. Hopefully, you will write back.

Naruto

He placed the pen down and rolled the paper up. With a sigh, Naruto decided that he would send the letter off in the morning.

XOX Suna – four years ago XOX

Business was hectic for Kagome so she never had time to check her mail. Walking to the small post office in the Kazekage tower, she unlocked it and pulled out a large pile of letters. Kagome sighed and flicked through the letters; a few bills, a letter from her mother, one from her cousin and one from…Naruto? Walking back to the stand, she put the letters down on the counter and opened Naruto's one first. A smile made it's way onto her face as she read the letter from him. Pulling a piece of paper from the stack toward her, she looked around for a pen; finding one on the other side of the counter, and began to write a reply.

Dear Naruto,

I'm fine, so it the business and I hope you are too. I understand that you are no good at writing letters, and neither am I. I'm flattered that you have been thinking about me Naruto, I have been thinking about you too. I would like nothing more that to have you in my life, you are a very special person to me and a date sounds wonderful. I hope to see you soon.

Kagome

She placed the letter into an envelope and wrote his return address on the front. Smiling to herself, she made her way back to the post office to send the letter off straight away.

XOX Konoha – three and a half years ago XOX

Kagome stood at the gate impatiently. She had been waiting for Naruto for the past two hours. She gave an irritated growl that earned a snicker from one of the guards. She turned to face him "And what, praytell, is so funny Genma?"

"Your impatience Kagome." Genma replied. "Naruto is on a mission with Sakura at the moment, but he should be home either today or tomorrow. Do you have somewhere to stay tonight?"

Kagome sighed and nodded. "Yeah, Gaara gave me a key to his room in the tower. If Naruto comes back tonight, can you tell him where I'll be?"

Genma nodded. "I'll pass on the message for you."

"Thanks Genma!" Kagome called over her shoulder as she walked to Ichiraku's. The walk over was uneventful, Kagome earned a few curious glances from some of the villagers but that was about it. She sat down at a stool. "Hey Ayame, how's business?" Kagome asked the pretty waitress.

Ayame smiled. "Hey Kagome, business is good. How are you?"

"Good and you?" Kagome said.

"Pretty good. I take it that Naruto is busy?" Ayame said as she began to prepare Kagome's regular meal.

Kagome nodded. "He should be back tonight or tomorrow."

"Isn't t hard to maintain a long distance relationship?" Ayame asked.

Kagome shook her head. "For him, it's worth every day we spend apart."

XOX End flashback XOX

"That's so sweet!" Ino said with a dopey grin on her face.

Sakura nodded and smiled down at the year old blonde girl on her lap as she sneezed. "Izumi is so cute! How did it feel when you found out you were pregnant Kagome?"

"Oh it was wonderful!" Kagome gushed. "It felt like the best thing in the world."

Naruto reached for her hand. "It was the best thing in the world. The pregnancy was a bit of a pain in the later months though."

"How did you deal with that?" Kiba asked. "I remember when Hana was pregnant with her kids, she had morning sickness something awful!"

Kagome and Naruto exchanged a look.

XOX Flashback – Suna one and a half years ago XOX

"Honey, I'm here." Naruto said as he entered Kagome's apartment.

They had been married for a little over six months and were still trying to find someone to buy Kagome's ramen stand so that she could move to Konoha. Kagome walked out of the bathroom, four months pregnant and smiled at her husband. "Welcome back love."

Naruto walked over and embraced her. "How have you been? Found anyone to take over the stand yet?"

Kagome shook her head. "Not yet, it's getting harder and harder to work there now. I don't know why, but the smell of ramen makes me feel ill."

Naruto winced. "That has got to be hard for you. Come and sit down with me and tell me all about it."

The pair moved to the couch in the living room. Naruto sat down and pulled Kagome into his lap. He placed his hands on her stomach and kissed her cheek. "So, has our kid been giving you a hard time?"

Kagome groaned. "You have no idea. Morning sickness, I've discovered, will occur all day and I'm starting to crave weird food."

"Like what?" He asked.

"Like yesterday when I dragged Temari out for apple tea and green peppers covered with maple syrup." Kagome sighed. "The strange this is, I loved it."

Naruto blanched "that does sound gross."

XOX

Naruto groggily woke up after a well placed shove delivered by his wife. He stared at her with bleary eyes. "What?"

Kagome smiled. "Naruto I'm hungry."

"Then go down to the kitchen and fix yourself something." He replied and rolled over.

Kagome poked him in the side. "We don't have what I want."

"Well what do you want?" He mumbled into his pillow.

"Chocolate covered shrimp and banana's." Kagome replied happily. "With apple sauce."

Naruto sighed and got out of bed and pulled some pants on over his boxers. "I'm going."

He arrived at the all night store ten minutes later and smiled at the clerk sleepily. "Where is your shrimp, chocolate and apple sauce?"

The clerk smiled at him. "Aisles five, seven and ten. Oh and banana's are in the produce department."

"Damn I almost forgot the banana's." Naruto said and looked at the clerk. "How did you know?"

The clerk shrugged. "Kagome is in here a lot for that. I feel sorry for you, it will only get worse from here."

XOX Suna – a little over one year ago XOX

"Come on sweetheart, you can do this." Naruto said reassuringly to his wife. "Jus a few more pushes and we'll have our baby."

Kagome scowled at him. "I'll give you a few more pushes you asshole! When this is over, you are never going to touch me again!"

Naruto winced and looked at the doctor who smiled. "It's normal for a woman to say things like this to their spouses at a time like this. My wife promised to shove an apple up my manhood as revenge before vowing to never let me near her again. That was while she was in labor with our first child, and now we have five. Okay I can see the head Kagome, one more push."

Naruto nodded and smiled back at Kagome. "You heard the doctor darling, it's almost over."

Kagome nodded and did as the doctor instructed. A piercing cry was heard and Kagome slumped back down onto the hospital bed. The doctor smiled and handed Kagome a small pink bundle. "Congratulations, it's a girl."

Kagome held her daughter protectively, her eyes filling with tears. She smiled at Naruto. "She's so beautiful."

Naruto took his daughter from Kagome's arms and gasped. She looked exactly like him. A scrap of beautiful blonde hair and bright blue eyes blinked up at him. "She is gorgeous."

"Do you have a name for her?" The doctor asked.

Naruto nodded. "Izumi Uzumaki."

The doctor smiled. "Alright, I'll leave you three to get aquatinted while I write up the birth certificate."

XOX End flashback XOX

Izumi looked at Naruto with a grin on her cherubic face. "Daddy, up!"

Naruto reached across the table to Sakura and lifted his daughter off of her lap. "Hey sweetheart."

"Hi daddy." She said and pulled on his hand.

"So how does it feel to be a married man Naruto?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto smiled at his friends. "There is no greater felling in the world to be a husband and father."

XOX

Ugh, I hope you all liked this.

Much love always

Squishy xxx