Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Bonds ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

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7 years later… (told ya it was a huge time skip)

 

“Raiden look out behind you!!” Satoshi yelled seeing an attack on his brother's blind spot. The young raven quickly killed the S-class ninja he was currently fighting, to help Raiden. Raiden not really hearing the call had little time to react when Satoshi pushed him out of the way of the kunai that was apparently laced with poison.

 

The deadly weapon pierced straight through Satoshi's abdomen and embedded itself into the tree trunk behind him. The masked ninja, who had thrown the kunai, smirked. He was glad that he had bought down at least one of the Uchiha brats. Raiden yelled as Satoshi landed on the hard dirt ground with a red and purplish liquid oozing out of the wound.

 

“SATOSHI!!” Raiden yelled quickly getting on to his feet.

 

“Don't worry about me idiot. Kill them!” Satoshi instructed “Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!” The older Uchiha yelled aiming a large fireball at the now disintegrated enemy nin. Raiden was at Satoshi's side in a New York minute.

 

“T-There's two left. It's up to you and Ayame to finish them.” Satoshi said. His eyes faded back to ebony and his vision was soon encompassed by all black. Satoshi passed out.

 

“Don't die damnit! Don't you dare die!” Raiden said into his brother's ear. He quickly stood up again. “Ayame we have to finish this quick.” Raiden said rage seeping into his voice. His sharingan was swirling fiercely searching for the last two ninja. Ayame nodded in understanding. She too wanted revenge on these sons of a bastard. Not too long later, did Raiden find there exact locations.

 

“Ayame, there is one 90 yards to the south. The other is in a tree ready for an opening to attack. Which one do you prefer?” Raiden said quietly.

 

“I'll take the tree dude. Since he's trying to be oh so secretive.” Ayame said.

 

“I guess the coward is mine. Be careful Ayame.” Raiden said disappearing and taking off to find his target. Ayame nodded to Raiden's back and took of to get her target.

 

Raiden raced to the exact location, rage and a murderous intent were evident in the air around him. As the furious male ran into the next clearing, he could tell the ninja had been watching him. Raiden made the first move. He threw a kunai at the bush the criminal was hiding in. The enemy launched himself at Raiden and the fight began.

 

It was nearly two hours later when both Ayame and Raiden had killed the S-class criminals. They met back up where Satoshi's body laid. Ayame had a moon shaped scar across her mid-upper arm down to just below her elbow. Raiden had a straight bloody wound over his left eye and a diagonal, jagged wound across his back. But that was the least of both their worries. Satoshi's wound hadn't stopped bleeding yet. His breathing was hoarse and barely noticeable. He had lost what little pigmentation in his skin he had. With a wound as he was, Raiden raced over to his brother's body.

 

“Raiden we have to get help now.” Ayame said urgently. The blonde gently picked up Satoshi and carried him bridal style. The village had to be at least a day or maybe even more away. What were they going to do?

 

“Ayame, we're going to try and make it back to the village. Are you ready?” Ayame nodded without hesitation. They both leapt off as fast as their legs would carry them. Which, by now, wasn't very fast.

 

They had been traveling for hours and still had a long way to go. Both Ayame and Raiden's vision had become blurred due to blood loss. Then something, a sound, caught Raiden's ear. Not to far off he heard the bustle of a small village and changed their direction.

 

“Rai, where are we going?” Ayame asked weakly glancing at Satoshi, who miraculously was still breathing.

 

“There's a village around here. Hopefully they have some medicine to help Satoshi.” Raiden replied shakily. He felt his arms and legs going weak and he knew that Ayame was feeling the same way. Just as they neared the outskirts of the village they all collapsed. Ayame and Raiden's breathing was heavy and sweat collected on their brows. Satoshi wasn't breathing at all. A tall slender figure approached the trio. Neither Ayame nor Raiden could get a clear view of who it was before they completely blacked out. But they did hear the words it yelled.

 

“CHICHI-UE COME QUICKLY!” The feminine voice yelled. The sound of feet quickly moving filled Raiden's senses before that too faded away.

 

Two days later…

 

“Ugh…wh-where are we?” Raiden groaned cracking his blue eyes open. `If this is hell than it's pretty plain and boring. You'd expect something more fire-y and hot.'Raiden thought bringing his hand up to his forehead trying to sit up.

 

“Ah, it's seems that you're awake.” A small gentle voice said. Raiden moved to look at her.

 

“You shouldn't make any sudden moves or you'll reopen your wounds.”

 

“Where are we?” Raiden asked sitting up slightly, wincing at the pain that rang out through his body.

 

“You're in a small village in the far western part of the land of fire. And at least three days away from Konoha” The female replied.

 

“SATOSHI! HOW IS MY BROTHER?!” Raiden yelled jumping up. He threw the thin blanket off of himself and tried to haul himself off the bed. He immediately fell back down as a loud shrill tore from his throat.

 

“Your brother is fine. It was tough bringing the male back though, but he's alive. He should be okay now.” The girl replied setting down a bowl of hot water. A dark crimson spot began to form on the white bandages around the blonde male's torso.

 

“Baka, I told you not to make any sudden moves. You've gone and reopened the wound on your back.” The sandy blonde haired girl sighed.

 

“You mean he died.”

 

“Yes he did. If you three had come any later than he would have been a goner for sure. You're lucky you made it to the village on time.” She said removing the soiled bandages.

 

“How about Ayame, is she okay?”

 

“Yes the female is fine. She just has a few wounds but nothing too critical. She's outside talking to my chichi-ue right now. She has wanted to see you and your brother for a while.” The ebony-eyed blonde said finishing re-wrapping the wound.

 

“May I ask what your name is?” This earned Raiden a smile from the female. He looked at the girl confused.

 

“My name is…”

 

“Sweetie can you come here please, I need your help with something.” A deep male voice called out.

 

`Why does that voice sound familiar? And why does this girl look like I've seen her before?' Raiden thought.

 

“I'll be back soon. You lay back and rest while I'm gone.” She said beaming at the confused male. “Coming chichi-ue!” The little girl said leaving the room. She walked out into the small garden in front of their house and saw her dad and Ayame.

 

“You called chichi-ue.” The child said bowing to Ayame. The brown haired female bowed back.

 

“Yes, please check on the male in the other room. I'm gonna go talk to the one that's awake now.” The older male said.

 

“Yes chichi-ue.” The small female smiled. The male smiled back and walked into the house followed by his female twin. The girl went down the hallway to the master bedroom near the back. The blonde male walked to the other room where Raiden was. He knocked on the wooden door jam letting his presence be known. Raiden turned to look at the door expecting to see the small female. But his navy blue eyes widened as they took in the sight of the tall male standing in the doorway. Tears began to blur his vision as he continued to stare at the man in the doorway. The man he has waited so long to see again. The same man that left to protect their family. His chichi-ue.

 

“Ch…chichi-ue…is that really you?!” His voice wavered trying to hold back the tears that he refused to acknowledge.

 

“Yes Raiden, it's really me.” Naruto said gently as he walked over to Raiden's bed and sat down. As soon as Naruto was in jumping range, Raiden latched onto Naruto's shoulders hugging him as tightly as he could. Naruto wrapped his arms softly around Raiden. Tears began to swell up in his own blue eyes. Seven years had been far too long to be away from his sons and his friends. Even in his heart of hearts, through the deepest corner of it Naruto knew he missed Sasuke as well.

 

“Chichi-ue…”

 

“Don't speak too much.” Naruto sniffled pulling away from Raiden. Raiden laid his head on Naruto's shoulder, letting his father stroke his hair. A happy, relaxing silence settled over the room. Both of them wanted this moment to be real instead of some sick and twisted dream.

 

“Raiden what are you guys doing all the way out here? And what happened?”

 

“We were on a mission to bring in or kill some S-class ninja's that were planning on attacking Konoha. During the mission Satoshi was poisoned with a kunai to the gut. It was originally aimed for me but he jumped in the way of it. Aunt Tsunade had warned us to be careful because they were poison specialists. Chichi-ue I hope he is alright. I don't want him to die.” Raiden stifled a sob that was in his throat. Naruto kissed the top of his head.

 

“Ah, it's going to fine. Satoshi is a fighter; he'll be up and on his feet soon. Right now he is resting peacefully in the next room. And he is in stable condition.” Another few seconds of silence passed. Then something clicked in Raiden's head.

 

“THAT'S AMATSUKI!!” Raiden shouted. His head shot up off of Naruto's shoulder, pointing at the door to where Amatsuki last left.

 

`He's a bit slow on the uptake. Ain't he?' Naruto internally shook his head. But he nodded toward his son. After hearing her name called the same girl with golden blonde hair with dark almost midnight black highlights and ebony eyes walked in.

 

“You called aniki.” Amatsuki smiled cocking her head to the side.

 

“You little runt! You knew it was us from the time you found us out in the forest!”

 

“Duh! I wouldn't forget my brothers or Ayame-chan anywhere. No matter how long we've been apart I'll always remember you guys. And besides, chichi-ue wouldn't let me tell you it was us.” Amatsuki ran over to the bed and jumped her brother. Tears steadily streamed out of her dark eyes. A small silent scream of pain was let out by Raiden but he hugged his baby sister anyway.

 

“Amatsuki calm down. Remember your brothers are injured. No ruff housing with them so soon.” Naruto said with a smirk gracing his face. He had to pry Amatsuki off of Raiden. The little girl pouted as Naruto put her down next to him. Then as if having a light go off in her head, Amatsuki's eyes lit up.

 

“Chichi-ue can't you make that stuff that helps people heal faster than any normal rate. It would surely help Raiden, Satoshi, and Ayame-chan.” Amatsuki said happily, bouncing up and down with excitement. Naruto raised an eyebrow, actually never thinking of the concoction that Amatsuki had made. The blonde nodded to himself.

 

“What stuff?” Raiden asked confused at the conversation the two were having. His brow was furrowed in equal confusion, trying to figure everything out. Naruto chuckled; it was funny to see that look on Raiden's face.

 

“It's a special mixture that Amatsuki made.” Naruto said in vague detail.

 

“And how did she come across it?” Raiden inquired. Naruto sighed. Amatsuki chimed in.

 

“It first happened when chichi-ue and I were training. It was our own little spar and we were going full throttle. Don't worry I can hold my own against this old geezer.” Amatsuki smiled pointing her thumb toward Naruto. Naruto glared playfully at his youngest, while Raiden suppressed a laugh.

 

“Alright you little instigator, finish explaining.”  Naruto said. Amatsuki smiled and hugged Naruto's waist.

 

“Well anyway, I threw a kunai at chichi-ue. He dodged the initial attack but the blade nicked his arm. So as an experiment, I collected the blood that came out of his arm and began to experiment. Kyuubi-sensei helped me a lot too.” The youngest smirked at her gaping brother. Naruto coughed slightly.

 

“You…you're a little genius in the making, aren't you?” Was the only thing that came out of Raiden's mouth.

 

“Not exactly, but it helps. Right chichi-ue?” She beamed at the both of them.

 

“Yea it does. Okay Amatsuki. That's a great idea. Now why don't you go get the things we need together while, I put your brother back to sleep. Please check on Satoshi too.”

 

“Yes sir.” Amat ran out of the room and into the pantry to get the few items Naruto needed.

 

“So that concoction thing was made out of your blood?!” Raiden asked skeptically. Naruto smiled and stuck out his tongue at the injured blonde.

 

“Yep and few other things that are not important.” Naruto winked. Raiden looked at his father funny. It seemed that over the years the elder blonde had not changed his personality. Truthfully he acted more like a kid now than when he last saw him.

 

“Okay don't tell me what else is in it. I'll find out soon enough.” Naruto nodded and laughed.

 

“What's so funny?”

 

“Oh nothing. Just the look you had on your face. It was like someone just said a stupid joke and you still didn't figure out what it meant.” Naruto chuckled. Raiden pouted as Naruto continued to laugh.

 

“Yea laugh it up chichi-ue.” Raiden sulked.

 

“Don't be like that Rai.” Naruto said trying to stifle the laughter bubbling in his throat. Raiden glared harshly at Naruto.

 

“Chichi-ue, where's Ayame?” Raiden asked still glaring.

 

“Hmm…she went to the village to get some supplies for your journey and for the house. She should be back soon. It's not a huge place like Konoha, so she won't and can't get lost.” Naruto said opening the dark curtains, letting the sunlight pour into the small room.

 

“It seems that you like it here a lot. And that you have a pretty good life.” Raiden said with an underlying emotion filling his voice.

 

“It's nothing like Konoha though. I mean it might be quiet and peaceful but it doesn't feel like home. Plus there isn't much action around here so it's quite boring at times. I miss you guys and everyone on top of all else.”

 

“Then come back with us chichi-ue. You don't have to stay here.” Raiden pleaded.

 

“You know that's impossible for us. This place is nothing like Konoha but that's a good thing. No one knows about Kyuubi no Kitsune so they see both Amatsuki and me for who we are. No one judges us because of what happened in the past. It's great for Amatsuki to be here because she has the pureness of truth and honesty. It's not sullied by the fact of war, hatred, and others judging you by what your parents did. The little one loves it here; she has friends and she is very helpful to every villager here. They all love her.” Naruto said with downcast eyes. They both knew that he wanted to go back to Konoha and his friends, but with the good comes the bad. If he were to go back then Sasuke would be there and Naruto didn't want anything else to do with the bastard, even though he still loved him with all his heart.

 

“But Konoha doesn't feel like home without its number one hyperactive knuckleheaded ninja and dad.” Raiden mumbled. 

 

“Raiden don't sound like that. I'm planning on going back to Konoha one more time and that is to bring your sister back. She might love it here but she does miss her real home. And to achieve her goal she has to go back to complete her training. Amatsuki should return in less than three years.” Naruto said. He laughed wryly at the irony in that last statement. The Kyuubi container felt hot tears make their way down whiskered cheeks. He quickly turned away and wiped at the tears.

 

“That will certainly be the last time you return back to Konoha?” Raiden asked saddening to his deepest level.

 

“Yes, but I will keep both of my promises to you and Satoshi. The spar won't happen anytime soon, but I will be watching over all of you even though you won't be able to see me.” Naruto replied. He could hear Kyuubi groan in his mind.

 

`Don't say a word fox.'

 

`You're an idiot kit.' Naruto growled at Kyuubi and glanced at Raiden, who had blue eyes covered by thick blonde bangs.

 

“Chichi-ue…” Raiden began but was cut off when someone made a loud noise.

 

“OWWWWW!” The long groan sounded from the room down the hall.

 

“Ahhh, Satoshi must be waking up. This should be fun. Raiden lay down and Amatsuki will check on you in a minute. After that I'll be back with your medicine.” Naruto said quickly, walking out of Raiden's temporary room and down to Satoshi's. Raiden did what he was told and drifted into a restless sleep.

 

“Owww…shit it hurts!!” Satoshi groaned rolling around on the bed as much as it would allow. He clutched his gut in pain. Naruto walked to the door and sighed.

 

“Well Satoshi, if you weren't moving around so much than it wouldn't hurt. And mind your mouth your sister is in the house and within ear shot.” Naruto chastised his eldest. Satoshi's eyes quickly whipped to the door and widened substantially. 

 

“Chi…Chichi-ue?!” Satoshi stammered before fainting from shock and disbelief.

 

“That was unexpected.” Naruto whispered. He removed the stained bandages from Satoshi's mid-section. He replaced them while the raven lay unconscious.

 

`Kit, he's definitely your son. He's an idiot.'

 

`Shut up Kyuubi. At least they didn't get anything from you unlike a cute terror we know.'

 

`Can you blame me?! When you were pregnant with Amat you almost died. So it was either lose her, you, both of you, or be stuck with a living mini Kyuubi for the rest of your lives. The latter sounded the best. Sue me Naruto.'

 

`I hate you fuzz ball.' Naruto childishly stuck his tongue out at the red puffball residing within in him.

 

`I love you too.'  Naruto walked out of the room and shut the door quietly with a soft click. He walked into the pantry to help Amatsuki get the ingredients she couldn't reach.

 

“Thanks chichi-ue.” Amatsuki smiled, taking the jar from Naruto's long fingers.

 

“You're welcome. How about you go and play with your friends for awhile. You've been cooped up in the house all day and it's too beautifully outside to pass up a day like this.” Naruto stated softly rubbing Amatsuki's head.

 

“Okay daddy!” Amatsuki said happily. She ran out the door to find her friends playing soccer in a nearby field.

 

“Don't go too far.” Naruto shouted after her, but it was futile she had already run off. Thankfully Amatsuki had already gotten most of the stuff and mixed it in a large bowl. All Naruto needed to do was add a few more things and then voila, it would be done. The blonde got a medium sized mixing pot from the cabinet and began putting the different herbs and spices into the pot. He added about one and a half cups of water and brought that to a low boil. After he deemed the water and herbs to be completely mixed together, Naruto slit his wrist and let the blood flow freely from the wound into the pot. Kyuubi healed him after a good cup of his blood had spilt into the brew. The clear water, save for the few green specs, turned to a deathly red color. Naruto stirred the items together some more, until it was thicker than water, but thin enough to drink. He turned off the stove and ladled the sweet smelling stew into 3 small bowl like cups. The Kyuubi-vessel took two of those bowls to either his sleeping or fainted sons. Naruto didn't want to wake either of them, but he had to. For the stuff to actually work you have to drink it while it's hot or the blood will lose its healing properties as it cools down. He set one of the brown bowls on the small wooden table next to the bed.

 

“Satoshi, wake up.” Naruto said gently, shaking the younger male slightly. Satoshi groaned, but didn't wake up. Naruto growled.

 

“Satoshi look it's your favorite miso pork ramen with extra noodles.” At this Satoshi jumped up and sniffled the air.

 

“RAMEN? WHERE?!” He yelled jumping up and looked around the room. Naruto raised an eyebrow at Satoshi. The ebony eyes finally fell on Naruto's sky blue ones.

 

“Huh? Is this a dream?” Satoshi asked incredulously, looking for any signs of him dreaming or under a genjutsu.

 

“No it isn't Satoshi.” Naruto said softly, still looking at Satoshi with a raised eyebrow.

 

“CHICHI-UE!!!!” Satoshi yelled attacking the man that was now sitting on the edge of the bed. After Satoshi jumped him, they both landed on the floor with a loud thud resonating throughout the house.

 

“Holy mother of pearl, Satoshi!” Naruto groaned prying the injured man off of him. Naruto glared briefly at Satoshi. But his gaze softened when he saw the tears building behind ebony eyes. Satoshi's tears soon disappeared and were replaced by the infamous Uchiha glare.

 

“Chichi-ue, it's been 7 freaking years and we got not a single letter or nuthin' from you. Not even Gamakichi came to us. Why's that Naruto?!” Satoshi reprimanded letting go of his dad and sitting on his legs.

 

“Hehe…umm…we were moving around a lot and didn't have the time.” Naruto said sheepishly.

 

“Didn't have time my butt. It sounds more like you forgot.” Satoshi huffed.

 

“Like Amatsuki would let me forget to write. But about a year or two after we left it seemed like someone tipped off Sasuke that I'm still alive and he began his search again.” Naruto said. His hands shot up to cover his mouth at his slip up, but it seemed like Satoshi didn't take any notice.

 

“Whatever chichi-ue. What's the red stuff on the nightstand?” Satoshi asked stretching his neck to see over into the bowl. Naruto chuckled.

 

“Satoshi, stop before your neck begins to hurt. And that is your medicine.” Satoshi made an `oh' face. He stood up wobbly with the help of Naruto. The young raven sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the ceramic bowl. He studied and sniffed the red liquid before asking a million questions.

 

“What's it's supposed to do? What's in it? Why is it red? How long does it take to work? Where are Raiden and Ayame?” Satoshi rambled.

 

“The last question was just plain random, just to let you know. The medicine is supposed to heal your wounds faster than normal. You should be completely healed by tomorrow morning. As far as what the ingredients and why it's red go, I ain't telling you.” Naruto smiled.

 

“Is it safe to drink?”

 

“Then I wouldn't be giving it to you if it wasn't safe to drink. Now drink it or I'll force it down your throat.” Naruto threatened.

 

“You wouldn't do that to an injured man would you?”

 

“No you're not a stranger you're my son. And I'll force it down you throat if I have to.”

 

“Alright, Alright. I hope it ain't nasty or it's coming out the same way it went in.” Satoshi mumbled, brining the bowl to his lips. He gulped the mixture down in 2 large gulps. He quickly took the bowl away from his mouth and stuck his tongue out in disgust.

 

“It might've smelled sweet and looked a bit appetizing but that was DISGUSTING!”

 

“Oh shut up. As long as it helps you heal faster you have nothing to complain about.” Naruto laughed as he watched Satoshi try to clean his tongue of the gross goop. Naruto walked out of the room still giggling and hearing the gagging noise.

 

“Quit with the gagging, Satoshi. If you throw it up, you're not getting any more.” The Kyuubi vessel yelled. The gagging quickly stopped.

 

`Thought so.' Naruto smiled entering Raiden's room, seeing that he was just waking up.

 

“Sorry, did we wake you up?”

 

“No, chichi-ue. I was up before Satoshi started gagging. It was more like when he yelled and you two went tumbling to the ground. What was aniki gagging about anyway?”

 

“Oh that. I gave him something that will help him heal. By the way here you go. Drink it all or it won't work properly.” Naruto handed the bowl of red, warm liquid to Raiden. The younger blonde pleasantly sipped at the liquid as if it were green tea. He finished it all and seemed unfazed by the taste.

 

“It wasn't bad. Satoshi was just being a wuss.” Raiden sighed setting the bowl down on the nightstand.

 

“I am NOT!” Said the limping raven that was now leaning against the door jam. Raiden cocked a blonde brow at Satoshi. Naruto smirked.

 

“Yea right aniki.”

 

`I give it three minutes.'

 

`I give it two.'

 

“See you're feeling better already. Even though you just took the medicine and it should be taking affect right about now.” Naruto said from the wall.

 

“Yep that medicine really is doing the trick. It works like a charm.” Satoshi replied jumping up and down. Grinning like a fool the whole time.

 

“Satoshi it might work like a charm but you still can't…”

 

“Owwwwwww that hurt!” The raven winced, clutching his still healing gut. Both the other males in the room gave a heavy sigh.

 

“…overdo it.” Naruto said completing his unfinished sentence.

 

`Kyuubi you win.'

 

`Yea and I want my day worth of freedom too.'

 

`Yea, yea you'll get it too. Shut up fuzz ball.' Kyuubi smirked inside Naruto's head and purred contently. Naruto had to keep himself from rolling his eyes.

 

“Chichi-ue he gets too hyper and won't listen to the best advice someone can give him at the time, like a certain someone we all know.” Raiden said blinking innocently at Naruto.

 

“Shut up! Raiden just because I get hyper doesn't mean anything. At least I'm not a sour, overbearing, possessive, asshole like you. And also at least I answer a damn question when asked unlike you.” Satoshi retorted, plopping down on the bed next to his brother.

 

`Just like…the bastard.' Naruto thought sadly. He let a small yet sad smile grace his lips.

 

“Alright you two, enough bickering about your personality issues. Both of you should be resting and letting the medicine work.” Naruto chided.

 

“But we're fine, chichi-ue! We can make it through anything that gets in our…ouch.” Satoshi groaned/whined.

 

“Speak for yourself you hyper nut. Unlike you, I'm letting the meds work. You should to Satoshi.” Raiden said wisely.

 

“Can make it through anything huh, Satoshi?” Naruto walked over to the raven, who eyed him confused. The elder blonde poked Satoshi hard in the side. Satoshi yelped and leapt away from the chuckling blonde.

 

“OUCH THAT HURT CHICHI-UE!!” Satoshi yelled.

 

“I told you. Now of to bed with you, Satoshi.” Naruto said. He took Satoshi gently by the arm and walked him back to his room, but not before telling Raiden: “Get some more sleep. The next time you wake up, your wounds should be completely healed and you'll feel like you did before your mission.” Raiden nodded and laid his head back on the soft pillows. He took in the faint scent of peaches and dirt.  All of a sudden his eyes became heavy and he fell into a dreamless sleep.

 

“But chichi-ue we can triumph through anything if we put our minds to it.”

 

“Satoshi how about you concentrate on healing your wounds? And when you wake up tomorrow morning then you'll be able to triumph through anything. Before you go to sleep, when was the last time you hung out with Lee and Gai-sensei? Because Satoshi, you sound just like them.”

 

“Um…we all hung out right before the mission and…well we sorta went on a spring time of youth thing. You don't want to know.”

 

“No I don't. Goodnight my little raven.”

 

“Goodnight chichi-ue.” Satoshi yawned. Naruto walked out of Satoshi's room. He quietly closed the door after hearing the soft snores already coming from the room. The Kyuubi-vessel went back into the garden. It was covered in different colors of flowers, ranging from bright yellows to the darkest shade of purple. There were two large rose bushes on either side of the front door. A small place off to the left, there was a small garden filled with tomatoes, beets, carrots, potatoes, and other various vegetables and herbs. In between the rose bush and the front yard there was a pathway that held a bench big enough for two to sit on. Naruto sat on the wooden bench, looking at the dirt path that lead to the village.

 

He began to think. Just think about how his family was. Of course he had made the three day journey to see how they were faring over the past seven years. From his perch it seemed everything was ok. The bastard seemed to be spending more time with the boys than ever, but that was only what he saw from where he was. Naruto wasn't able to see what laid beneath the mask of happy smiles and fake laughter. His mind wandered to his friends who seemed happy. And then to Sasuke. The blonde's heart still ached even to think about the bastard. Naruto knew he still loved him and that was the only thing that kept Naruto from moving on. Sasuke had Naruto's heart under his lock and key and the bastard didn't even know it. Even after everything that happened, after the murder attempt…both times, after the baby scare and the abandonment, after the betrayal, Naruto stilled loved the damned Uchiha and he always would. The last time he had seen everyone was over four months ago.

 

“I still wonder how they're all doing.” Naruto whispered into the air, speaking to no one in particular.

 

“Who?”  A small voice asked from beside him.

 

“What?!” Naruto yelped. He looked beside him to a chocolate brown haired female next to him. It took him a minute to register that it was Ayame standing there.

 

“Who? How are all you doing?” She repeated politely.

 

“You heard that?” Naruto said sheepishly scratching the back of his head out of habit.

 

“Yes, Uzumaki-san are you okay?”

 

 

“Please call me Naruto. And everything is fine I was just wondering if everyone in Konoha was okay and what was happening? But before you answer anything, did you get your medicine that was on the counter. I'm sure when you met up with Amatsuki she told you.”

 

“Yes I got it and thank you. You're very sharp for an old man Naruto.”

 

“Hehe, thank you Ayame.”

 

“Would you like me to fill you in on everything that's been going on n Konoha?” Ayame asked sweetly.

 

“Umm…” Naruto wasn't so sure if he wanted to hear the nitty-gritty stuff yet.

 

`Kit, just say yes. You know as well as I do that you want to know what is happening in your friends' lives. Don't deny it either.' Naruto sighed at how true Kyuubi's words were. He hated when the demon fox inside him was right.

 

“Yea, sure.” Naruto said a bit hesitantly. Ayame let a smile cross her pale features. Naruto smiled back at her half-heartedly. Ayame nudged Naruto for encouragement.

 

`Sound like you mean it Kit.' Naruto sighed and gave Ayame an improved smile. The dark eyed female smiled triumphantly.

 

“Are you sure Uzu…Naruto?”

 

“Yea. Why not find out how everyone is doing.”

 

“Okay. First off Sakura-sensei had twin baby girls. Their names are Ai and Yuri. Ai has pink hair and black eyes. Yuri has black hair with jade green eyes. Lee-san still hasn't come down from his youth high. The twins, at first, used to jump around with Gai-sensei and Lee-san. But after they turned three they have been trying to come up with ways to beat the youth out of their father.” Ayame laughed. Naruto joined in with a small chuckle. The twins sound like they could actually achieve their goal if they keep at it.

 

“So Sakura-chan has her hands full with twins. That household must be fun.” Naruto said with a smile. Ayame nodded.

 

“Ah who's next?” Ayame said tapping her chin thoughtfully.

 

“How's Iruka-tou-san and Kakashi-tou-san?”

 

“Ah their good. Kakashi-sensei is perverted as usual but Iruka-sensei is the only one he has eyes for and will ever love. Anyway he's still afraid that you'll come out of no where and chop off his balls because he broke Iruka-sensei's heart. Iruka-sensei is still coping with you leaving and not sending any letters.” Naruto bit his inner cheek, feeling guilty.

 

“But don't worry Naruto, he knows why.” Ayame said quickly, seeing the guilty flashing through blue eyes. Naruto nodded.

 

“How are Kiba and Hinata?” Naruto asked.

 

“Kiba-san and Hinata-chan are raising a litter of hyper active knuckle heads. Now they have about 5 kids running around. Hinata-chan just can't keep Kiba-san off of her.”

 

“Poor Hinata-chan. But I bet they're both happy and glad they have so many kids.”

 

“Yea. It's really cute to see them walking down the holding hands, kissing, and surrounded by funny little children.”

 

“It must be a sight to see. How about Shino?”

 

“Believe it or not Shino-san and Kankuro-san hooked up. They are quit the odd couple but they are kinda adorable together.” Naruto raised an eyebrow. The last time he checked those two still hated each other. Seeing the confusion all over Naruto's face Ayame continued.

 

“After they had their second uninterrupted battle, finally, they hooked up. They found some type of common ground.”

 

“Oh. That's a couple you would've never expected, interesting.”

 

“Who you want to hear about next?”

 

“Hmm…Kurenai-sensei?”

 

“Ok, let's see…Kurenai-sensei is doing just fine. Mika is growing up pretty fast. She's going for her ANBU level in a few weeks.” Ayame nodded. The Kyuubi-vessel was about to ask another question when Ayame cut him off. “Oh and Yamato-san and Kurenai-sensei hooked up about three years ago.”

 

“Say what?! Kurenai-sensei and Yamato-taichou hooked up. Wow interesting. That's another unexpected couple. Yamato-taichou better not piss Kurenai-sensei off.” Naruto smiled.  Kurenai-sensei can be evil when she is pissed off and you better run if you were the one that she was angry at.

 

“Yea, Yamato-san already did that plenty of times and had almost wound up in a coma or broken limbs. He's learned his lesson…at least I hope he has.” Ayame giggled.

 

“Great, just what Konoha needs another pervert roaming around.” Naruto mumbled to himself.

 

“Ah, Kakashi-san and Jiriya-san have had a bad influence on him.”

 

“Perfect just perfect. Moving on to Shikamaru and Temari. Are they still together?”

 

“Shikamaru-kun and Temari-chan are still together. They have one son. His name is Kiyoshi. He has short spiky brown hair and has an attitude like Shikamaru-kun but a short temper like Temari-chan. He loves watching the clouds and even can tell when a storm is coming just by the few that are in the sky. He can be quiet and to himself a lot, but once you get to know him he's a pretty funny guy. But, Shikamaru-kun is as lazy as ever. Temari-chan tried her hardest to get him out of that state but so far nothing has worked.” Ayame replied.

 

“Sounds like Shikamaru hasn't change. But Temari's temper seemed to have cooled down. Well it had to if she was involved with Shika.” Naruto chuckled. Ayame nodded her head. “How are Chouji and Ino?”

 

“Ah they're fine. They got their relationship back together. It was a tough road for them both but they got through it. Ino-chan almost left Chouji-kun though. But the whole village is happy that they are back together. They seem to complete each other in a strange way.”

 

“That's really good. Ino and Chouji did seem to fit each other perfectly while we were growing up so it shouldn't be any different now. Glad that they worked everything out.” Naruto said with a sad smile. Ayame gasped, she had forgotten how close to home their situation was to Naruto's. Naruto saw the worry flash through her eyes. “It's alright Ayame. What was done in the past stays in the past. Don't dwell on it too much.” Naruto winked at her. The dark-eyed female sighed but gave a small smile.

 

“Alright Naruto who's next?”

 

“What about Neji and Gaara?”

 

“Gaara-sama is a freaking pervert when he's around Neji-san. He doesn't even try to hide that him and Neji-san are a couple. You can see them walking down the street harmlessly one minute then you see Gaara-sama stick his tongue down Neji-san's throat. Even on `good days' you see them having sex in an alley covered by sand.” By now Naruto was on the floor rolling. His laughter drifted into the forest on the light breeze.

 

“Oh…ha…my…ha-ha…god! Gaara being that outright is hilarious. Neji seemed to have bought out, dare I say it, the worse yet oddly the best of Gaara.” Naruto said through laughter.

 

“It kinda creeps out the villagers from time to time but for the most part they got used to it. Gaara-sama and Neji-san still commute to see one another. Even though it's mostly Neji-san that goes to Suna. I heard that Neji was thinking about moving to Suna, but haven't heard any more than that.”

 

“Okay, Neji should go to live with Gaara. A long distance relationship is hard to keep.”

 

“Yea. On ward to…?”

 

“Hmm, what about Baa-chan and Ero-sanin and Shizune?”

 

“Tsunade-sama is hitting the bottle hard, but surprisingly she gets most of her paperwork done when she's drunk. And she even does it right, which is amazing. When she's sober she is one scary woman. Jiriya-sama perverted as ever. He's currently in the process of writing a yuri or yaoi book I believe. So right now he's scoping out Konoha's hot spring. He's gotten beat a few good times for it too. Shizune-san is fine; she's still trying to get Tsunade-sama to quite drinking. But Hokage-sama never listens to her.” Ayame said shaking her head. Naruto sighed. He had hoped that Tsunade would've at least slow down her drinking habit not add to her already heavy amount.

 

`Ah, Tsunade will be Tsunade kit. There's nothing you can do about that.' Naruto nodded. Kyuubi had a good point.

 

“So Ayame, how's Sai and Ten-Ten?” Naruto asked. A flicker of sadness crossed her face but soon was replaced by a small smile. Naruto's heart clenched. What had happened?!

 

“Otou-san is fine. He's a lot more talkative then he was the last time you saw him. And much to your delight he's even got a bit of color to him.” Ayame said. Her chocolate brown bangs covered her eyes, but Naruto could see the moisture that glinted in the corner of her dark eyes.

 

“Ayame how is your mother?” Naruto said gently trying to get an answer from her. He brushed away the bangs from her eyes and saw tears streaming down her face. Naruto couldn't help but pull the girl into a comforting hug. Ayame hugged his torso, crying into the blonde's shoulder. “Shh Ayame. You don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. Calm down. Everything is going to be okay.” Naruto said soothingly rocking the female back and forth.

 

“Okaa-san died while giving birth to my baby brother, Kin. She was hemorrhaging and they couldn't stop it the bleeding. Kin lived but Okaa-san didn't make it.” Ayame said through chocked sobs. Naruto hummed in his throat trying to get her to calm down. He hoped it worked as well on her as it did Amatsuki. No more than five minutes later did Ayame's sobs turn into quiet sniffles.

 

 “Are you feeling better?” Naruto said loosening his grip a bit. Ayame nodded against his shoulder.

 

“Thank you Naruto.” Ayame said quietly. She didn't want to break down but not having her mother around still hurts.

 

“No problem. How has Sai been holding up?”

 

“Otou-san says he's okay, but you can tell he is hurting, deeply. He still smiles those true ones but they're rare and it's only when he looks at either Kin or me or when someone talks about Okaa-san.” Ayame sniffled. Naruto shushed her again.

 

“Ayame, you don't have to continue. For now why don't you go inside and rest until the morning.”

 

“Are you sure, Naruto?”

 

“Of course I'm sure. That's what you're supposed to be doing anyway. You're not supposed to be out here getting yourself worked up. Now go inside and get some sleep.” Naruto let go of the younger female. She nodded at Naruto and smiled.

 

“Thank you Naruto.” She said and walked inside.

 

“You're welcome.” Naruto whispered. He smiled and then turned to other side of the house. “Amatsuki you can come out now.” He said knowingly. The young girl came around the house and smiled sheepishly at Naruto.

 

“How long did you know I was there?” She said as she took a seat next to him.

 

“Ever since you first got there. You might be slippery to others but as for me you will never be able to spy or sneak up on me.” The older blonde smirked ruffling her pig-tails.

 

“Hey stop that.” Amatsuki growled ducking away from Naruto's hand.

 

“Alright, so what do you want to talk about?” Amatsuki looked down at her hands. Naruto knew he probably didn't want to hear what she had to say but stayed anyway.

 

“Chichi-ue, why don't you want to go back to Konoha? That's where your friends, Uncle `Tachi, and Otou-san are. Don't you want to be with them anymore?” Amatsuki looked at Naruto with pleading eyes. Naruto's breathing stopped as he continued to look into his daughter's pleading eyes. Naruto sighed.

 

“Amatsuki you want to go back badly don't you?” The blonde girl nodded, noticing that Naruto completely bypassed her questions. Naruto sighed.

 

“Then you will be going back with your brothers.” Naruto said with a sad smile marring his face.

 

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Well there it is ya'll the sixth chappie. I'm sooooooooo sorry for the lateness, writer's block bit me in the ass and it wouldn't let go. Personally I didn't like the whole part where Ayame tells Naruto how everyone is doing. I might change that. Sorry that nothing exciting happened in this chappie beside the kids being reunited with Naruto, hopefully that will change soon. Now I'm going to sleep. Love ya'll and see you next time. Mimi: And don't forget to rate and review! Love you guys much *yawns* Until next update. Ja! Oh Sasuke/Naruto yummy goodness might come soon.