Uzumaki House

Naruto stared at Sasuke who was still fast asleep on his couch his eye twitched. Then looked over to where his kids were playing and smiled mischievously.

Naruto walked into the kitchen kissing Hinata on the cheek from behind her, where she was cooking. "You're in a good mood for it being so early in the morning." Hinata said eyeing the blonde suspiciously.

"Well, it a beautiful day." Not a minute later did they hear Sasuke's yelp followed by a series of colorful words and children laughter. Hinata turned shooting Naruto a disapproving look. "What? Staying here a night I can get- Sakura can be scary. But it's almost been a week and he's still sleeping on our couch!" Hinata just turned shaking her head, not wanting to get involved in her husband childishness.

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The moonlight cascaded on Hinata's slim figure, making the strands of hair that fell around her face shine the rest of it clipped messily to her head. She wore a small black dress that was low cut and fell just below her knees. "I had a lot of fun tonight Naruto. It's nice to go out just the two of us every once and a while, even if it is only to Ichiraku's." She said smiling brightly at him.

That was true. After life started getting really busy, a couple months after the war, Naruto had lost sight of priorities for a while. He was truly lucky that Hinata was a loving, forgiving woman. After that he had been careful to make sure that they went out at least once a month. It was a good investment.

"I'm glad you had a good time." Naruto grinned, wrapping his arm around her pulling her to his chest kissing her passionately. Hinata smiled as he pulled back, trying to catch her breath. She snuggled deeper into his arm, letting a content sigh. Her black heels clicking as he led her up the sidewalk to their house.

He unlocked the door a smiled at what he heard. Nothing. Silence. The babysitter was sprawled out on the couch asleep, a magazine lying open on her chest. Hinata woke the woman up. She jumped slightly and her cheeks went red, embarrassed that she had fallen asleep on the job, for the Hokage none the less. Hinata assured her it was okay, paid her and sent her on her way.

Naruto walked down the hall checking on his children. It was a habit he had picked up since the first night Rini had been taken home from the hospital. First it was Rini's room. She was curled up under her blanket, her closed hand resting by her pale face her blue hair falling around her face her mouth opened slightly breathing quietly. Naruto walked over to her and pushed some of the messy locks out of her face and kissed her cheek. She made a sound of protest then rolled deeper into the covers. He chuckled getting up and heading for the door. He turned and gave her one last look before closing the door.

Naruto stood in the doorway of Kyo's room and tried to hold back a chuckle. Kyo was lying on his back and he looked like a cat trapped in a blanket while it was trying to stretch. He was in a cocoon of blankets with his left leg sticking out and his back pressed hard against the bedding. Naruto walked up to the crib knowing it wouldn't wake Kyo. He could sleep through anything; like father like son. He put his hand on his head and Kyo sighed dropping his foot and rolling on his stomach. Naruto pulled the blanket back down around his foot and mussed his hair.

Then he walked to the last room, the door was left slightly open. Naruto pushed it open more to find the bed empty but the window open. He didn't think too much of it at first. Kari often climbed onto the roof at night to look at the starts. Naruto never stopped her because he did the same thing when he was a kid. But then as he searched for her, he couldn't feel her presence either. His body instantly tensed and his heart stopped cold and dropped into his stomach. Naruto went out the window to the roof but she wasn't there. His blue eyes flashed to around the surrounding rooftops wildly. He had a bad feeling. He saw something shimmer in the moonlight. He jumped off the roof easily landing on his feet. He could hear a voice calling his name from upstairs but it seemed like it was miles away. He crouched down and picked up the scrap of orange fabric.

It was Kari hair ribbon.

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Naruto stood in front of his desk where seven ANBU were lined up. "You know your mission; locate my daughter and bring that bastard who took her back here. Go!" They all disappeared in a flash. Naruto was pissed. As soon as he had found out that someone had taken Kari he had wanted to run after them himself. He just about did too. It had taken three special ANBU units teams to keep him for leave the village.

For the first time in his life Naruto truly hated being Hokage. His dream finally put a restriction on him that he couldn't stand.

He couldn't go after the bastard that had taken his daughter. He couldn't tell anyone what had happened because it could raise panic. He couldn't comfort his wife because he couldn't do anything useful! He just had to sit here and wait for the ANBU's to try and find his daughter. He didn't trust them. ANBU Shinobi are great at what they did, they had to be or they would be killed. But he just didn't feel all that great about putting his daughter's life in their hands. Sue him.

He had seen things in war that he could never erase. He still to this day woke up with nightmares about the things he had seen. The things he had done. To think his daughter was now with someone who may be doing something similar to her. It killed him.

He didn't know what to feel. But he sure felt it, whatever it was. Every emotion seemed to be mixing and fighting each other in his stomach. He could only name one emotion; anger.

Not just at the Shinobi who did it either. He was mad at himself.

He got out of his chair so fast that when the chair hit the ground it splintered. It felt good.

What ifs ran through his mind at lightning speed. What if Sasuke had been there? He had been the one to send Sasuke on a mission. He had given it to him to get him out of his house and off of his couch. But if he didn't Sasuke would have been watching Kari. He would have sensed an intruder and captured or killed him. What if he had told an ANBU to keep watch on his house like many council members had told him to do. The suggestion he had shrugged off so carelessly.

What if-

Naruto's body tensed as he recognized the feeling that had been rushing over his body. A feeling he hadn't in years. His anger mixing his and the nine tail's chakra. He looked down at his hand and could see the transformation had already started. He then looked around his office and noticed it was completely trashed. But he didn't remember doing any of it. A gasp made him turn around.

Kagura, his assistant, was standing at the door. She had, no doubt, heard the noise and came running.