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This is the continuation of the side story about Sayuri's parents.
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From the Beginning
"Nagisa!" a young woman with long black hair called out. "Nagisa!" She tried again as her friend stopped midway and turned around, long silver wavy hair spilling over her shoulders.
"Mikoto?" Nagisa asked, her pretty mismatched blue eyes looking at the Uchiha questioningly. "What is it?"
Mikoto laughed and hugged her friend. "I'm pregnant!" she exclaimed, and Nagisa pulled back to look at her smiling friend again. "I'm pregnant! Nagisa!"
The silver haired woman smiled and pulled her friend into another hug. "Congratulations! This is the second time, huh? I bet Fugaku is proud."
The Uchiha woman blushed at the mention of her husband. "Yeah…"
"Hey there you two are!" Both turned to see a beautiful redhead running towards them waving her hands high above her head.
"Kushina!" Both women called out. The redhead ran up to them and embraced the two.
"How was the honeymoon?" Mikoto asked poking Kushina on the ribs to which she giggled and scratched her head.
"Are you blushing, Kushina?" Nagisa asked leaning towards the redhead who quickly shook her head.
"N-No!" both Mikoto and Nagisa looked at each other before laughing.
"Still can't talk about se-" Mikoto's words were muffled by Kushina as she covered her friends mouth.
"Sh-Shut up Mikoto!"
"Was he good?" Nagisa taunted and smirked as the redhead turned a brighter shade of red as she glared at her silver haired friend.
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The entire tea house was quietly looking at the three konoichi that sat at the corner laughing rather loudly. No one would have thought they'd see what was happening now. From what they heard the silver haired woman had been a hunter nin before she was brought to Konoha. Several of the tea house customers had seen firsthand at how cruel some of the village people were to her and how her two friends stood up for the quiet silver haired woman, rather reluctantly too.
Kushina and Mikoto had made it a point to minimize their interactions with the missing nin but over time they began to warm up to her. Soon the silver haired beauty had found in them very good friends as over the years the tree had become inseparable.
"Aww! That's so cute Kushina! Who knew Minato had it in him." Mikoto giggled as she sipped her tea.
"Sooo?" Kushina turned to the silver haired of the two. "When are you and Yūkan going to get married?" at that the usually stoic woman frowned. "Huh? What's wrong?" she turned to the woman sitting beside her. "Mikoto?"
"They can't get married." Mikoto answered and brought her hand up to stop the red head from an outburst. "The Marihasha clan won't allow it. They said that they won't produce a worthy heir."
Kushina's eyes narrowed. "Heir?!"
"They say that all of their heirs have to be pureblood. If Yūkan marries me our child's blood would be diluted. According to them it would be a weak child." Nagisa finally murmured putting her cup down.
"But…that's insane! They can't just do that!" Kushina slammed her hand on the table.
"Settle down Kushina…" the redhead turned to her silver haired friend. "There was nothing we could have done any way."
"What?" The Uzumaki looked rather confused.
"They had already engaged Lord Yūkan to Chinatsu for years now." Mikoto sighed and glared out the window.
"CHINATSU?!"
"Kushina!" both women called out and the redhead covered her mouth.
"Sorry. But seriously that bitch?!" Kushina spat out clutching her cup tighter. "Why can't these people just let you two get married? I mean you are the heiress to the Mizuchi clan, one of the strongest clans in the water country and you're highly regarded here, what more proof do they need to know that your children would be strong ninja?!"
Nagisa looked down at her cup. "It was just not meant to be." Both Mikoto and Nagisa were startled at the slam of a palm on the table.
"That's a load of bull!" The redhead growled. "You two were obviously made for each other! You shouldn't have to go through this!"
The silver haired woman smiled up at her friend. "But we are…everything will be alright. Don't worry Kushina."
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Minato watched as his wife paced back and forth in their kitchen as he ate. "And then they told her that it's because they won't produce a worthy heir." She then turned to her husband hands on hips. "Can you believe that?!"
Minato sighed and went to rub his wife's shoulders. "It's their business Kushina, not ours."
At this Kushina pouted. "I know but…Can't you talk to them?"
Her husband nodded. "No. It's clan business, and I'm not allowed to mess with that." Kushina turned to lean her forehead on his shoulder and sighed.
"I thought so…" She mumbled as her husband held her close.
She had been lucky. She married out of love and not duty. Yūkan would have to deal with someone he did not care for, for the rest of his life while Nagisa would only be able to watch from afar. Kushina held her husband tighter. That was an awful way to spend the rest of your life.
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The young water mistress looked straight into the eyes of the blonde Hokage, her mismatched blue meeting his azure. The headband that once adorned her forehead now rested on his desk along with a pack of kunai.
"You quit." The Hokage said in a low voice as he watched the woman in front of him. "You do realize that if I let you do this Kushina will kill me."
Nagisa smirked. "I didn't know the grate Minato Namikaze, the leave's Yellow Flash, the Hokage of this village, was afraid of his wife."
Minato chuckled. "You've obviously never seen her mad before."
"I'm sure she will understand. Besides…" the young woman crossed her arms over her chest. "It's not like I'm leaving completely. I'm just going to be the temple guardian for the Marihasha clan. I'm still within the fire country's border."
Minato tilted his head and regarded her closely. "Does this have anything to do with what happened between you, Yūkan, and the Marihasha counsel four months ago?"
"No, of course not." She answered quietly. "They had offered me the post before all this but at the time I had been too busy taking higher level missions that I declined. I had told them to ask me again later and they did. I'm not really doing anything in the academy other than paper work so I figured that I might as well."
"Nagisa…" Minato's azure eyes narrowed. "I hope that you know what you're doing."
The silver haired ninja gave him a small smile. "When have I not, Minato." She turned on her heel and headed towards the door. "Oh! and by the way… congratulations."
"Congratulations? For what?" and the door was promptly shut without an answer. Thirty minutes later his wife burst through the door, a positive pregnancy test in hand.
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A pair of sharp mismatched blue eyes looked over the room before closing the door, locking it before leaving. She slowly made her way to the gates of Konoha taking a mental picture of everything and everyone she passed. Reaching the looming gates she stopped to marvel at them.
"You can't go." Startled Nagisa turned around to meet a pair of blood red eyes. "Nagisa, you can't leave."
"Yūkan…" she sighed her eyes showing a small glimpse of sadness before turning cold. "Of course I can. I have a say in everything I do."
The heir to the Marihasha clan took a step forward. His usually joyous face turned cold and stern. "You can't just make me love you and then leave without even saying good bye…Actually you can't make me love you and leave at all! What kind of sick game were you trying at?!" he demanded.
"It wasn't a game…" she murmured and gasped as he took her by the arms.
"Then what, Nagisa? What the heck are you doing this for?!"
She looked straight into the pools of red that reminded her so much of blood, but not in the horrible death and blood spilling everywhere, instead of the blood that runs through people's veins…what keeps us alive. She moved her hand to cup his cheek and he leaned into it. Slowly she rose on her toes, and he bent down meeting his lips with hers, which she readily took and sighed into.
Pulling away she once again looked at him straight in the eye. "I love you…" she began. "And I will never stop loving you. But your clan needs you because let's face it, they need the best. Without you that stupid clan of yours, no offence, would fall to pieces." She smiled, slipping away from his arms she slowly took one step back, and then another, and another, until she put enough distance between her and him, turned towards the gate and walked into the forest.
I love you. Yūkan thought as he pocket his hands in his pants and stared after her until her silver hair was no longer visible, and even after that.
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"Lady Nagisa!" the woman in question turned to see a young purple haired monk make his way over to her. "How has your day been going, Lady Nagisa?"
"Good, I suppose. And how about yours, Takeo?" the young man blushed at the sound of his name and beamed at her.
"It's been great! Would you…" his silver eyes turned to the ground as he scratched his head. "W-would you mind if I walked with you, Lady Nagisa?"
The silver haired woman smiled gently and nodded. "On one condition."
"Anything, Lady Nagisa!" the monk stated.
"You have to stop calling me 'Lady' I really dislike the title."
At this Takeo blushed. "Forgive me La- I mean Nagisa!" he said catching himself. Smiling he walked alongside the beautiful woman through the garden.
"Enjoying yourself, Nagisa?" a deep voice called out behind the two and she froze.
Turning around she met the man whose face had been haunting her dreams. "Lord Yūkan." She said as she bowed. "We weren't expect—" she was cut off as he pulled her up by the shoulders and dragged her towards him.
"Don't Nagisa." He mumbled into her hair. The silver haired woman tried to pull away but found it impossible as he only held her tighter. "Please." He pleaded. With a sigh she relaxed into his hold leaving the purple haired monk to stare in awe at the scene.
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The morning light woke the two up from their peaceful slumber in each other's arms. Her blue met his red and quickly the female of the two stood up and began to gather her clothes.
"This can never happen again." She said as she pulled on her kimono. "You're engaged. This is the first and the last ti—" She was quickly cut off and pulled her back into the bed, with the heir on top of her in a matter of seconds.
She melted into his kiss and gasped as he began to trail down her jaw and to her neck. "I don't promise it to be the last time. Because we will continue doing this until I'm married." His tone left no room for argument as he trailed kisses to her collar bone glancing up at the flustered woman.
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A pair of dark onyx eyes and a pair of golden eyes, watched as the silver haired woman paced back and forth.
"Nagisa relax, maybe it's just stress." The dark haired teen with golden eyes began, as she looked over the one year old blonde child with whiskered cheeks that was currently in her arms fast asleep.
"Kaminari's right. Maybe it is just stress. I mean you still haven't gotten over Kushina's and Minato's death and you're taking care of their child on your free time." Mikoto added as she tried to keep her squirming son from reaching over to the blonde baby boy besides him.
Nagisa stopped pacing and looked at the two before her. "Time's up." She walked over to the white stick on her drawer and hesitated before picking it up.
"Well?" Mikoto asked standing up, her son in her arms.
When Nagisa didn't answer Kaminari put the boy down on the bed and snatched the pregnancy test from the former ninja. "Give me that!" her golden eyes looked over the plastic stick and widened in surprise. "Well who knew my brother had it in him…"
"What?!" Mikoto snatched the test from the teen's hands, eyes widening as she looked at the results. "Nagisa this is…you're…oh my."
With a sigh Nagisa made her way over to the bed, and sat. "What do I do?"
"Tell him." Kaminari answered. "Tell him so that he has an excuse to kick Chinatsu to the curb and marry you!"
"I agree with Kaminari. You and Yūkan deserve to be happy."
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"Absolutely not!" A council member said. "We will not have a hybrid as a clan head!"
Nagisa looked over to Yūkan whose eyes narrowed in anger. "If you do not accept Nagisa as my wife and my child as rightful heir I will not under any circumstances become clan head. In fact I will extract myself from this damn clan and let it fall to pieces as it rightfully deserves to!"
"You can't do that just to be with some…whore and a bastard child! For all you know that thing isn't even yours!" The entire counsel as well as Nagisa, were shocked to see Yūkan holding the man against the wall, katana raised to the man's throat a pure killing intent emanating from his very core.
"Nagisa will be my wife, not a whore! And my child is not a THING!" he slammed the man against the wall before backing away. Helping Nagisa up, he led her away from the compound.
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"You can't leave your clan, Yūkan." Nagisa murmured as she stroked her husband's hair. The brunette looked up, from his position on her chest, in shock and raised himself so that he was at eye level with her.
"I will not leave you or my child alone." His red eyes narrowed. "Understand that?" The silver haired woman nodded as the man she loved moved to his side and placed a hand on her still flat stomach. "What will we name her?"
"Her?" Nagisa raised a delicate eyebrow at him.
"Yes." He grinned at the mother of his child. "I always wanted a little girl."
At this Nagisa eyed him curiously. "Really, now?" she began. "I thought clan heads always wanted a son first."
Yūkan shook his head and gave her a light peck on the cheek. "Not me. If you haven't noticed I'm not much for the traditional ways." Nagisa sighed and moved closer to him.
"I can tell."
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Deep blood red eyes stared intently into similar aging ones as the two men, one father the other son, took each other in.
"Yūkan, the clan needs you."
"Nagisa and my child need me."
"Your sister won't take the position as clan head."
"Find someone else then."
"Yūkan…" his father's now aged face looked tired. "You really love her, don't you?"
His son nodded once and ran a hand through his hair. "I don't know what I'd do without her."
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"Oh!" Nagisa awoke with a start and placed a hand on her now swollen belly.
Sitting up Yūkan looked over to his wife. "What is it?"
"The baby moved again…" she whispered a small smile on her lips.
Yūkan took a look at the clock on their bedroom wall. "It's ten till 7…" he yawned and watched as the sunlight slowly illuminated the room. "She's been waking you up at sunrise every day now."
Nagisa merely smiled and rubbed her belly tenderly. "You're an early one, aren't you…" she whispered.
Early…Yūkan thought, and then turned to his wife. "Sayuri!" the silver haired woman looked at him in confusion.
"Sayuri…?" Nagisa echoed softly.
"Yes! It means Small Lily but if you change the Kanji it means Early Lily…" he looked at his wife with joy in his eyes. "What do you think?"
Nagisa sat up and took one of his hands and placed it on her stomach. "I like it." He watched as Nagisa leaned down. "Do you like it? Sayuri…?" a couple of seconds passed and the baby kicked. Yūkan looked at his wife startled. "Sayuri?" the child kicked again. "You like the name then?" she laughed lightly as her baby proceeded to move around some more.
"I think she just likes the sound of your voice." Said the man as he kept his hand on his wife's round stomach. Nagisa laughed as the child moved once more.
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The head of the Marihasha clan paced back and forth in the hospital's waiting room while his sister and the Uchiha family watched a particular hospital door intently. The Hokage made his way over to the small group and smiled at the 7 and 1 year old boys that were playing with one another.
"Well Yukan, I never thought I'd see you so stressed out in your life." The old man chuckled as the tall brunette turned.
Standing up Kaminari, Mikoto, and Fugaku bowed "Good morning Lord Hokage." Mikoto turned to her husband who gave her a small smile before turning to the opening door.
"How is she? How about the baby? Are they ok?" Yukan rushed over to the doctor looking quite stressed.
With a sigh the doctor stepped aside and smiled at him. "Take a look for yourself."
Yukan took in the scene of his wife holding their child, small clump of brown hair on the baby's face. Moving quietly over to them Nagisa looked up at him and smiled.
"Do you want to hold your daughter?" she asked and he nodded. Carefully he cradled the baby in his arms and gently stroked her pink cheeks, causing the baby to make a small sound and turn her head over to his chest, slowly opening her eyes.
His red ones widened as he stared down at his daughter amazed by what he saw. "She has your eyes..." he commented.
"Ah…but not their color." Nagisa added, looking over at her husband who couldn't tear his gaze away from the little girls, whose eyes danced around the room.
Her right eye is ruby red, and her left is sapphire blue. He thought as he held her and continued to stroke her cheek. Does this mean that she has the kekkei genkai? He wondered but quickly pushed that thought aside. It didn't matter.
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"Itachi!" A small four year old girl smiled as she ran over to the young eleven year old boy.
"Lady Sayuri." He smiled as he patted her head once she latched on to his waist. Looking behind him the young girl grinned and rushed over to his company.
"Sasuke!" she laughed as she hugged the six year old who turned scarlet. "Sasuke? Do you have a fever?" she asked as she looked up at him still attached to the boy's torso.
"N-no!" he shook his head vigorously behind them Itachi smiled.
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Yukan stared at the clan counsel as they finished speaking. The group of grown men looked taken aback by their leader's decision.
"Lady Sayuri, will not become a ninja?" one of them asked after several seconds had gone by.
"That is correct." Yukan answered, his blood red eyes focused on everyone in the room daring them to challenge him.
"But…why?" asked one of the younger members a look of uncertainty on his face.
Closing his eyes briefly he turned to him and addressed him directly. "I lost my wife six months ago, and my sister barely two months after. The man who murdered my wife was a ninja…probably someone who had ill will towards her from her time as a ninja in both the water and fire country. And my sister died protecting my daughter from ninja." He looked the men straight in the eye, his purple orbs met Yūkan's red. "I can't help but believe that being a ninja only brings misfortune. I will not have my daughter become a ninja and allow her to go through something similar."
"That won't protect her forever, Lord Yukan." One of the elders began. "Eventually someone will want her out of the way and-"
"That's what the clan is here for!" the head of the Marihasha growled. "There are ANBU in the clan. It's their duty to protect her. It's our duty to protect the future head." Yukan stood. "I will not change my mind. Sayuri is not to become a ninja." And with that the tall brunette left the meeting room.
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A five year old Sayuri struggled to stifle a sigh as she sat next to her father while at the clan meeting. Her eyes began to wonder at the older children that had come in with their own fathers to attend the meetings and take note of what they will someday be doing as well.
These things are so boring! She eyed the three older children and their headbands. They're ninja too? She looked down at her lap and nibbled on her lip. Why won't father let me go to the academy? Like the rest of the children…and let me become a ninja? She glanced over at her father as he listened to the lightning country's clan head with a passive look on his face. I bet if mother was here she'd let me do it…
Once the meeting was over father and daughter turned to leave the meeting room. Yukan glanced down at his daughter giving her a gentle smile before offering his hand, which she gladly took. Both walked back towards their home quietly hand in hand.
"Sayuri?" the young girl glance up at her father. "Do you want some ice cream." The young girl beamed at him and nodded furiously, her father leading the way over to the vender who gladly handed the little girl a cone. "Let's sit." Her father said as he guided her towards a bench near the park.
Sayuri kicked her legs as she happily liked her frozen treat, all the while her father kept a close eye on her. The five year old looked up just in time to see three older boys with headbands walking past them happily chatting about their mission. This time Sayuri let out a soft sigh before returning to her treat.
"Tell me, Sayuri, what's the matter?" her father asked his full attention on the girl besides him.
"I-its nothing father." She replied blushing a pretty red.
"You know…" Yukan began. "You're a horrible liar." He grinned at her as her blushed deepened. "Come now, what is it?"
She looked up at him biting her lip. "Promise you won't get mad first." At her request Yukan raised an eyebrow.
"Now why would I get mad? Is this about a boy?" Sayuri made a face and Yukan laughed. "I won't get mad."
"O-ok." Taking a deep breath she gathered her courage and began. "I want to be a ninja!" she blurted out.
Yukan stared down at her his expression now serious. "I'm sorry Sayuri, but that's not possible."
"Why not?" she began feeling irritated. "Mother was a ninja…and so was aunt Kaminari, a-and grandmother too, and she's old! So why can't I?!"
With a sigh Yukan brought himself to Sayuri's eye level. "Your mother and aunt died because they were ninja. When you're a ninja, you have enemies that want to hurt you…and I…I couldn't stand it if they took you away too." Sayuri's brow furrowed at the sadness in her father's face, and she reached up to touch his cheek.
"But you're a ninja too." Sayuri said confused. "Will you leave like mother did?"
Yūkan shook his head. "No, Sayuri. I will never leave you."
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Red eyes narrowed at the old man before him. His father was on the ground behind him completely unconscious. He watched as one by one the people around him began to drop. His vision was blurring he could hardly breathe.
"What…" he began with much effort. "What's the meaning of this Danzo?"
The man smirked. "Dear boy, it's nothing personal. It's just that certain sacrifices must be made for the good of the village."
He growled and rushed at the man but he proved to be agile as he dodged Yūkan's attempts and quickly kicked him back. The Marihasha felt his senses dull as he struggled to stand. He watched in a haze as the old man began to walk away.
"Sayuri…" he heard his father call out. The poison was taking its effect on both of them. "Yūkan…?"
His daughter the brunette thought. He promised he wouldn't leave her. Pushing himself up he took out a kunai and threw it at Danzo's back. The old man moved away quickly before throwing senbon at the heavily poisoned man. Yūkan fell back his vision turned black, his last thoughts on his daughter.
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