lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews! You have no idea how much I was grinning at one review due to the fact that Hisoka's biological father is now going to be revealed. So yeah, I had to work this morning which meant being up at five so early bedtime for lostmoonchild (hate early bedtimes) which sadly meant no updates. This working thing sucks cause it messes with updates but then I remember "SoDak, 2012" and all is right again. Anyway, here's the chapter.

Chapter Warning: painfully light lemon (seriously, I was in agony cause I wanted freaking detail and not all dreams go according to what really happened).

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto so don't sue.

Chapter Twenty Three

The room grew hotter as they moved together, the feminine cries of pleasure reaching his ears. Naruto grunted as he pushed into the woman, his blue eyes darkened by lust as he distantly felt her nails digging into his back. "I'm so close!" The woman cried out, her eyes clenched together tightly as her black hair spread over the white pillow.

He didn't remember her name but he knew he'd never be able to forget the floral scent that naturally radiated from her body or the softness of her skin. Naruto picked up the pace and felt his entire body tense as he released into her upon feeling her muscles clench him tightly, screams of ecstasy leaving her lips.

As Naruto rolled off of her, the woman rolled so she was half onto him, soft pants leaving her lips. Gray eyes met blue before the two exchanged a soft kiss, their passion currently sated for the time being. "I heard a rumor that you and your sensei are leaving tomorrow." The woman said softly.

"Yeah."

"That's probably for the best. I need to go home."

"Maybe we can take you?"

The woman laughed a little before answering, "You'd be killed for your name alone."

Naruto grinned sheepishly as he looked at her, almost mesmerized by the love that reflected so plainly in her eyes. He never knew any woman that could easily love the world in all its pain like she could. "Remind me again where you live?" Naruto questioned as he brushed his fingers through the soft raven hair.

"In a small village that's technically no more. There was a family there that was feared and almost all of them were killed. Almost all of my family was killed too."

"What? Who in the hell-"

"What's done is done. One day, a child will come that is from both families and it's my prayer that the child and you will cross paths."

Naruto stared at her for a moment before rubbing his head. "You sound like you already know that the kid's alive and that you love him or her." Naruto told her.

"When the time comes, you'll see why."

Naruto groaned softly as he opened his eyes, distantly remembering that Hisoka had come running in to wake him up long enough to make sure he knew that Shikamaru had arrived with 'a pretty lady' to take her for half the day. His thoughts wandered back to his dream, trying to remember the woman's name and face. The only things that really stood out about her were her eyes, scent, and the feel of her hair and skin. Her name, however, was a total mystery and he was fairly certain that every girl in existence would beat him senseless if they were to find out.

"Idiot. Even with Hisoka in your care you still can't see anything?" Kyuubi growled in frustration.

"The hell's that supposed to mean?" Naruto demanded.

The image of the woman came to his mind with enough clarity that told him that Kyuubi had at least been paying attention to the woman's features. "Look familiar?" Kyuubi questioned.

"Not in the slightest."

Another image crossed his mind, this time of Hisoka. Naruto's mind was blank as the two images were shifted next to each other before the figurative light turned on, sending the blonde onto the floor in shock. "And what have we discovered?" Kyuubi asked lightly.

"That woman is Hisoka's mother?"

"And her father would be…"

Grabbing the first clothes he could get his hands on, Naruto leapt from his window and immediately darted towards Tsunade's office to demand to look at the results of the DNA test.

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Temari supposed she shouldn't have been surprised that the child's mind could easily be compared to a sponge while the words and actions of others served as the water. She also supposed that she shouldn't have been surprised that the girl was naturally aware of demonic chakra. She was surprised though when Hisoka suddenly looked towards the Hokage Tower with a frown on her face. "What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked.

"Kyuu-chan's chakra feels different." Hisoka answered automatically. "I wonder if there's something wrong."

Shikamaru frowned slightly as he looked toward the Hokage Tower, wondering the same thing. He knew just how sensitive Hisoka was to the Kyuubi's chakra and to hear that it felt different was a clue that something was wrong. "How different?" Shikamaru questioned.

"Soothing but it's twisting like your tummy does when you're about to do or see something that's a little scary."

Was there an Akatsuki attack or had Naruto forgotten completely that Hisoka was with them? No, if the blonde had forgotten then he would have just gone with instinct and let the Kyuubi's chakra pull him to Hisoka. This was something else that was bothering him. "I don't know. We'll wait for a bit to see if Naruto comes looking for you." Shikamaru told her.

"Okay."

Keeping a cautious eye towards the Hokage Tower, Hisoka returned to her game of jumping over and around fallen leaves while asking them questions regarding various forms of jutsu discovered in their ninja world.

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"I tried to tell you before but you weren't interested in hearing it." Tsunade commented with an amused look as she watched Naruto's shocked expression.

"You had me sign papers!"

"Stating that you had custody seeing as people could argue that she's technically been in her mother's care when she was taken by Orochimaru."

Naruto sat down, his entire head racing. "But that's impossible. I mean her mother died back when Kakashi-sensei was a teenager! I don't even think that I had been thought of!"

Tsunade sighed softly before answering, "When you were traveling around with Jiraiya, did you happen to have sex with anybody?"

The blush on Naruto's face told the Hokage exactly what she needed to know. "And you didn't think to say anything sooner?" Tsunade questioned.

"My sex life is nobody's business but my own!"

"Your sex life resulted in a new life! I bet you didn't even think to use protection!"

The further blush on his face told Tsunade exactly what she needed to know. "Of course not. I shouldn't be surprised to learn that you've picked up on Jiraiya's habits." Tsunade groaned.

"She said she was protected!"

"Clearly not if you have a daughter!"

Then again, not all contraceptives had a one hundred percent success rate. Mishima could have been telling Naruto the truth when they had sex and Hisoka's conception could have been merely fallen into the small percentage. "Well, Hisoka's here so there's no point in yelling at me about it." Naruto replied. "You're absolutely positive that the results are right?"

"Yes. You are Hisoka's biological father. Why Mishima decided to go into the future is anybody's guess." Tsunade suddenly gave a mischievous grin. "So I heard that the client took an interest in you."

"Don't remind me! She was nice and everything but I saw how those guys she turned her attention to walked as soon as they were done."

Tsunade laughed before motioning for Naruto to go ahead and leave her office. As Naruto walked down the street, he could feel everything he had thought and now knew whirling around him. He wasn't his daughter's adopted father like he had believed nor was he a distant cousin. He had actually given her part of his DNA and helped bring her into existence.

Naruto had heard before how if one were to go into the past, the future would be altered. If someone from the past were to go to the future only to return to their own time, could they alter the future as well? Had Hisoka even existed or had Mishima realized that something needed to be done to alter some desolate future? He didn't know and it made him nervous.

Without realizing it, his feet had carried him to the Nara compound where he saw Hisoka playing with Shikamaru and Temari watching. "Daddy!" Hisoka cried happily, immediately jumping into his arms.

"Hey. Were you being good?" Naruto questioned.

"Uh huh. Temari was telling me some of the stuff about Suna that Gaara didn't get a chance to tell me. Did you know that Temari and Gaara are siblings and that they have a brother named Kankuro?"

Naruto grinned a bit before answering, "I knew that and when we go to Suna, you'll get to meet Kankuro. Hey, Temari-nee-chan!"

"One Uzumaki in the world wasn't enough?" Temari teased.

Laughter left Naruto's lips as he shifted Hisoka so she was sitting on his shoulders, feeling her probing Kyuubi's chakra carefully for any signs of distress. "How come Kyuu-chan's chakra got all twisty? Did something happen?" Hisoka questioned as she tilted her father's head back.

Naruto grinned a little before replying, "Nothing's wrong, Hi-chan. I just needed to check something and got a little nervous about."

"Not nervous twisty. Scared twisty."

For all her apparent genius, was this truly the best way she had to describe her gut feelings? A subtle nod from Shikamaru told Temari that, yes, this was indeed the best way Hisoka was able to fully explain her feelings. "Scared twisty, huh? Nah, not so much scared."

"But it was scared twisty."

"I know, honey, and I'm sorry. Does Kyuu-chan's chakra still feel twisty?"

Hisoka furrowed her eyebrows a moment in concentration before she tilted her head slightly. "He says only when he remembers that luck always runs out." Hisoka responded simply. "Was your mission good, Daddy? Did you fight anybody?"

"It was good and no, we didn't fight anyway."

"Did you see Sasuke?"

"No."

"Good. Cause him and the older man want to hurt people."

Naruto took the girl off of his shoulders and looked at her with interest. Shikamaru and Temari listened carefully; both bothered by the girl's words. "How do you know that?" Naruto questioned.

Hisoka frowned slightly before answering, "I had a dream. There were seven things that kinda felt like Hachibi and Kyuubi and they were all mad. I recognized one of them cause Gaara had his chakra feeling and when I asked, the demon said that he was taken away from Gaara and the desert."

Ichibi? This child had dreamed and talked to the very monster that had tormented her littlest brother for most of his life? Temari couldn't help but feel some fear towards the child but from the lack of concern that showed on either male's faces, this was something normal. "Really? And they told you that there was an older man?"

"Kyuu-chan said so too! He said the older man made him leave the red-haired lady's tummy after her baby left her tummy." Hisoka replied with frustration in her gray eyes. "He said the older man made him attack Konoha when he just wanted to go home. The others want to go to home too and they said that the older man won't let them. His eyes are bad like Sasuke's and they make the Bijuu do what they don't want to."

"Uchiha?" Naruto mouthed to Shikamaru.

"Maybe." Shikamaru mouthed back.

Naruto looked at his daughter, seeing that it bothered her what was happening to the Bijuu. "How come you're upset?" Naruto asked.

"Cause I don't want Juubi to come back."

"Hi-chan, there's only the nine." Shikamaru told her.

"No! They told me why the man wanted them! If he gets all nine put together then he can make Juubi come back!"

A ten-tailed demon? The fear in Hisoka's eyes told them that she wasn't sure if she could even control anything above the Kyuubi. "You're absolutely sure?" Shikamaru asked.

Hisoka nodded. "The man didn't know that they could hear and understand him. The lady doesn't think the man even knows that I'm almost big enough to find them even when they're locked up."

"What lady?"

"The lady that looks kind of like me. She says that I came out of her tummy and she put her memories in my brain so if I saw the loud lady with red hair, I could tell her that it was okay but I think the loud lady's dead cause Kyuu-chan says that he was in the loud lady before he was in Daddy."

Just what in the hell had Mishima been thinking? Why would she use their daughter like this? Maybe it wasn't so different than what his father had done to him but it still pissed him off that a mother could easily use her child for something like this. "Naruto, maybe you'd better have Hisoka tell Lady Hokage what we were just told." Shikamaru told the blonde. "I don't know if you realize it, but your daughter can help bring Sasuke back."

"I don't want Sasuke-teme to come back! They'll let him get away with hurting me cause he'll make it seem like it was my fault!"

Uh oh, she was beginning to pull hard on Kyuubi's chakra. "Hey, remember what I told you about Sasuke not getting away with anything?" Naruto questioned sternly. "Your mother did what she thought would protect you and that backfired but I'm here now and there's no way in hell I'm going to let anybody do anything else to you. Understand?"

Immediately the hard pulls decreased to soft tugs. "But Sasuke has bad eyes like the older man." Hisoka said softly.

"Yeah, I know." Naruto hugged her tightly. "But I'm your dad and since your mom isn't here to be scary, I'm gonna have to be scary enough so Sasuke will leave you alone."

A giggle left Hisoka's lips as she tried to imagine her father being scary enough to chase Sasuke away. "You're not scary." Hisoka giggled.

Naruto grinned slightly as his blue eyes danced with excitement. "Oh really?" He playfully growled and tipped her upside down, holding her legs against him with his elbows while he tickled her.

Squeals of laughter left Hisoka's lips before Naruto picked her back up. "Not scary." Hisoka laughed. "Funny, but not scary."

"Yeah, just wait until I go all Kyuubi on Sasuke and anybody else that wants to mess with you." His eyes were full of mischief as he looked at her. "So how about I teach you some fun ways to mess with people that are looking to kick your butt?"

"Yeah!"

"Just don't teach her anything illegal or immoral." Shikamaru said with a small wave of his hand. "Yuki's parents will kill me if he picks up anything like that."

"I make no promises other than she's not learning my Sexy Jutsu."

Thank the gods for small miracles and as they watched the Uzumaki family leave, they could see the excitement that glowed from both father and daughter. "So how long before he teaches her something illegal?" Temari questioned softly.

"He's had her for about a year now so I'd say in a month of two he'll focus on trespassing. After that, anything goes."

Great. Not only would her little brother be forced to decide again in ten years if the girl would live or die, Gaara would have to take into account all the things that Naruto taught her. Gods have mercy and help keep that little girl from learning the wrong things from Naruto that would ultimately get her killed.

lostmoonchild: Is it sad that I can actually see Naruto teaching Hisoka something illegal and/or immoral? Anyway, so according to my schedule, next Friday is an on-call day which I'm almost hoping turns into a day off so I shouldn't be late again except for if I have a repeat of this week. So read and review!