Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Mokushita Hyuuga ❯ Chapter 39

Chapter 39


Satoshi sighed and leaned the back of his head against the grungy wall of the cave he was currently occupying. The sound of his redheaded partner blowing a loud raspberry, followed by squeals of laughter made him smile.

Tatari laughed along with the barely 6 month old baby that sat in front of her. Leaning down to blow another raspberry on his stomach, she was careful to be gentle around the still unhealed spiral over his heart.

The baby squealed with laughter again, making tears start to form in his ruby eyes. Tatari ran her fingers through his thin mop of white hair and sighed.

“Do we have enough money to buy something other than bread? I think that Byakko-chan here can start eating solids. Maybe a fruit?” Satoshi opened his eyes, but didn’t respond right away. Tatari sighed and focused her attention back to the baby, relishing her prize from that awful night, almost 5 months prior.


Tatari shifted her feet anxiously, concentrating on the sound of her black cloak swishing to keep her mind undistracted.

She had been heartily surprised that Rikuri had died giving birth, as she had gotten the impression that the woman was tough, being from Iwagakure, and couldn’t help but feel a pang of pity for her.

The leader looked unphazed when he deleivered the news to the remaining group, although when he showed his son off, Tatari could hear pride dripping from his voice.

It made her angry, to know that Rikuri had been used soley as a birthing machine. Tatari clenched her fists as she waited for the white haired man to show his face.

“Kasumi no Kiri has failed this mission.” A voice boomed suddenly across the hideout. Yamato flinched, and Satoshi stiffened. Tatari didn’t know what to feel. On one hand, she always felt sorrow for those who die, a remnant of the fact she was a human, and not a proper shinobi tool, and on the other hand, she felt a smudge of satisfaction that she immediately snubbed out.

“H…how?” Yamato croaked out. Tatari saw the leader of the organization called Manjuushage step out from the shadows. In his arms he carried proudly a three week old baby with matching white hair and red eyes.

“Fire, Lightening, and Water were all rescued, and she was on guard. Not much of a guard. You three must fetch the escapees as soon as possible or my plan will go to ruin! You have a week, a week and a half at most to get them back here or Byakko’s chakra system will stabilize.” Tatari shifted.

“Is that the boy’s name then? Byakko?” The leader gazed at Tatari, his red eyes boring into her head.

“Yes. Rikuri wished it on her deathbed. Being a fair and pleasant man, I opted to grant the woman’s wish, seeing as she bore me a healthy and fine son.” Tatari shrank back a little and nodded.

“Now what are you all waiting for? Go!” The leader shouted. Tatari flinched and disappeared in a puff of smoke and leaves.


Holding her injured shoulder, she unconsciously hid behind Satoshi as he performed a jutsu that wiped out the remaining invading nin. Closing her eyes and breathing hard, she could feel every bruise that littered her body.

The tan haired man from Kumo turned to her and quickly healed the gash on her arm so that it was no more than an angry looking scar.

“Are you alright, any other hurts?” he asked her in his low toned voice. Tatari nodded.

“I’m a bit bruised up, but I can live with it.” She said with a shaky smiled. Satoshi gave a rare grin before dashing off into the tunnel that lead to the main chamber.

Tatari had stayed back to gain her composure when a large explosion shook the entire foundation. Pebbles and dust were falling from the ceiling, and worry ripped through her stomach.

Dashing through the tunnel that Satoshi had disappeared into moments before, she came out into the chamber and was promptly slammed into the stone wall, knocking her out instantly.


Drip…drip…drip… was all Tatari was aware of. The steady dripping was calming, but annoying at the same time. The red haired nukenin tried to open her eyes, but found they were stuck shut. Moaning quietly, she shifted slightly and immediately regretted it.

Pain raked her entire body, causing her gasp. But determined not to give up, she slowly moved her arm, the one that felt unbroken, towards her face. Placing her fingertips over her eyes, she felt a crusty substance that had dried them shut.

Tatari shuddered when she realized that it was blood. Dampening her fingers in her mouth, she slowly massaged her eyelids until they came unstuck. Opening her eyes, she was glad that the light was dim.

Carefully and painfully sitting up, she looked around at the room. The entire chamber area was a mess of rubble and bodies. Most of the dust had settled, which made Tatari wonder how long she had been out.

Holding her pounding arm close to her, she stood up and tried to limp off her stiffness. Glad to see that most of her pain came from the earlier brusises, and not broken bones, she started to rummage around for survivors.

Each body she saw that didn’t look absolutely mutilated, she pressed her fingers into their neck, only to find no pulse. Sighing, she moved onto the next corpse.

Tatari didn’t know how long she had been checking corpses, but when she placed her fingers on the neck of a young man from Kumogakure, she jumped when she felt a pulse. Looking around his body, she was glad that he wasn’t being crushed under anything, because she didn’t have the strength to pull him out.

Instead she turned him over and dragged him a few feet out into the open.

“Don’t worry kid. If I can, I’ll make sure you live. Kami-sama, what a catastrophe…” The young shinobi gave a small groan, and his lip twitched, but other than that, he remained still. Tatari sighed and left him to continue her search.

A small cry reached Tatari’s ears, and she jumped a foot. After her heart stopped trying to kill her, she tried to find the cry. A good ten minutes of searching led her to a small platform that was covered in debris and bodies.

Poking around, she finally came upon a black cloak. Her gut panged with recognition, and she scrambled up to the ledge.

“A..ah…Leader-sama? A…are you alive?” Carefully placing her fingers on his slender and almost feminine neck, she confirmed to herself that no, he was certainly not alive. The cry sounded again, but it was coming from under the leader.

Rolling him over, she saw that he was laying on a fissure in the rock, and laying awkwardly, but safely inside of the crack, was the white haired baby.

“B-byakko-chan?” She said, the baby cried louder and she reached down and managed to pull the boy out. Surprised that he was not harmed more than a few scratches and scrapes, she held the boy closely, and let him suck on her finger, which, thankfully, made his screams subside. Only giving an occasional gurgle now and then, Byakko seemed quite content with her finger.

“Ta…Tatari…?” a rasping voice called out. Tatari struggled to her feet.

“Satoshi-kun? Where are you? Don’t stop talking!” The voice sounded again, feeble and wordless, but proof that the tan haired man was alive.

Satoshi’s situation was a bit harder than the Boy from Kumo’s. Satoshi leg was under a rock, but thankfully, after using her entire body weight, Tatari was able to push it enough so that Satoshi could pull his leg out.

Collapsing on the ground again, Satoshi was panting, both from pain and exerstion. Byakko was screaming again, and Tatari starting to get a headache. Holding her head and her tears, she put the baby on Satoshi, who was barely able to stay conscious enough to hold the boy, and dragged him towards one of the lesser destroyed tunnels.

“Don’t worry Satoshi. I’ll take you to one of the hidden cellars. We can rest there until we can leave. The cloud must be wondering where their nin are.” Satoshi grunted, and Byakko gurgled as he sucked on Satoshi’s index finger.

It took her a while, but after getting lost twice, Tatari managed to find an old cellar that was filled with scrolls. Propping Satoshi up in the back corner she said,

“Here, keep the boy, I need to go get some blankets, and wood for a fire, and I need to get that other boy. Maybe some food too. Just rest. Rest.” She said. The tan haired man nodded drowsily, and Tatari noticed that Byakkou was starting to fall asleep as well. Smiling, she left the room in search of the items she desired.


“Mmnnnn…Ta…Tatari?” Satoshi said, Tatari jumped. She had been staring at the small fire she had made from a table she stole from the living quarters. The young shinobi from Kumo was still out cold, but he had swatted at Tatari with his arm, proving that he would probably wake up after a few good days rest.

“Satoshi-kun…How are you feeling? I looked through some of these scrolls, and a lot of them proved to be interesting.” Pulling out a strip of jerky, she handed it to Satoshi and said,

“One of them has a bunch of dried food in it. Its pretty cool. Here, have some water too.” She said, handing him a canteen full of suiton produced water

Satoshi drained the canteen and looked at it disdainfully. Tatari made a single seal and from her fingertips poured cool water. Filling the canteen, Satoshi grunted in thanks, and Tatari smiled weakly.

“How long have we been here?” the tan haired man asked.

Tatari looked at the small bundle beside her and said,

“About a week. I want to make that we wont get caught. I’ve been scouting around, placing genjutsu’s to confuse and disguise this place. This morning I scouted and a few more nins had come to look for the bodies in the ruins. We can leave in a few days. When this boy wakes up.” Tatari said, running her hands over said boy’s forehead. The boy moaned and shifted his head.


Tatari’s red hair brushed over the white haired baby’s stomach and peals of laughter echoed off the walls of the cave Tatari and Satoshi lived in. The boy, who never gave his name, had woken up and freaked out. He knocked Tatari out with a rock, and escaped. Satoshi was still too weak to stop him, so he did his best to make sure that Tatari wouldn’t have a headache when she woke up.

“I can see if I can get a small job guarding or something tomorrow morning. Maybe at the hospital or shelter, or whatever they have here.” Tatari smiled and said,

“I can bring Byakko-chan with me and get a pity job.” Satoshi grimaced but brushed his hand across her cheek.

“Don’t worry. Everything will work out, and Byakko will not starve, and neither will we.” Tatari smiled and a tear made it’s way down her cheek.

“I love you Satoshi-kun. I hope you know that.” Satoshi smiled and nodded.

“I know. I love you too.”



“Katoki-kun, wait a minute…” Hinata said, her face a shade of red. Naruto looked over his shoulder, covering his grimace.

“Is everything alright?” Hinata looked down and blushed.

“A-ano…Do you think we can stop…My ankles and my back hurts…” Naruto almost laughed, but decided that laughing at a pregnant woman wasn’t the smartest thing he could have done.

“Ah…Can I carry you instead? We’re kinda on a time limit. Right, Ero-sennin?” Jiraiya twitched at the name.

“Gaki, how many times have I told you not to call me that!” Hinata stifled a laugh, but couldn’t help but think how similar these two behaved compared to the times she saw the Gama Sennin when she was younger.

“So can I carry you? I’de rather not stop now…” Hinata blushed again and said,

“Yes…I supp-OSE!” Hinata shouted as Naruto swept her up bridal style and following Jiraiya’s lead, continued to dash in the forest.

Hinata stared at Naruto’s chest and watched a small bump swing methodically. Without thinking much, she raised her hand up and touched the bump. Naruto twitched and looked down at her.

“Hinata-chan…?” Naruto said. Hinata’s hands twitched back to her stomach.

“C-can I s-see your neck-k-lace?” She said nervously. Naruto shifted uncomfortably.

“Wha- Why? What’s interesting about it?” The blonde said nervously. Hinata watched him shift his cerulean eyes and said, in a slightly stronger voice,

“I saw it once…at Matsuri-san’s house. It reminded me of something…can I not just fiddle with it? I swear I wont lose it.” Naruto looked frantically for a reason to refuse her, but finally nodded his head. Hinata smiled a little and reached up around his neck to slip the necklace off. As she pulled it off, her nails grazed his cheek sending shivers down his spine.

Twirling the green stone in her fingers, Naruto desperately hoped she didn’t recognize it.

“Who…who gave it to you? Do you remember?” Naruto gave a curt nod.

“A woman who I considered a mother gave it to me.” Hinata smiled and turned it around in her fingers again. Putting the necklace on herself, she smiled up at Naruto.

Naruto gave a weak smile and tightened his grip on the pregnant woman.


Jiraiya raised his arm and held his hand up straight. Naruto nodded and stopped running, jerking Hinata awake.

“A-ah?” She mumbled. Naruto placed her gently on her feet and looked at Jiraiya.

“Gaki, change your shirt, and take your leg pouch off. You two are entering the town separately. I’m too well known, and right now, I’m not exactly safe. Hinata-san, change into a dress, if you have one. If not, then something that doesn’t scream ‘shinobi’. Look for the café called Cat’s Eye. There is an inn above it. Stay there for tonight. I will meet you there tomorrow morning. I need to get some information.” Naruto snorted and Jiraiya shot him a look.

“Hai.” Naruto said sharply. Jiraiya nodded and left via trees. Naruto put his bag down and pulled out a baggy civilian shirt.

“Hinata, did you pack any dresses?” Hinata shook her head.

“I don’t have any that fit me while I’m like…this.” Naruto nodded and pulled out another civilian shirt he brought.

“Here. I know you have some, but mine is thicker, I don’t want you getting sick.” Hinata was about to protest, but decided to roll her eyes instead. Taking the shirt, she quickly changed, and Naruto shoved her jacket back into the bag. Hinata rubbed her arms, and Naruto draped his cloak around her shoulders.

“This looks a bit shinobi-ish, don’t you think?” Hinata asked, as the two made their way to the road. Naruto shook his head and said,

“Bah. We look odd, without our uniforms on. It’s good enough.” Hinata giggled, but was cut off as they approached the gates.

“Halt! Who goes there?” The guard said. Katoki stepped forward and said,

“Please, sir. We’ve been travelling for a week, and my wife needs proper rest…she’s having my child, as you can see…” Naruto said in a slick voice as he pushed Hinata forward. Hinata made a show of rubbing her stomach, but still blushed heartily.

The guard looked at Hinata, but said,

“Alright. If you want, I can give you the name of a good comfy place to sleep.” Naruto shook his head.

“That’s fine. I was recommended a place by a friend already. Thank you though.” The guard nodded and paused before saying,

“Oh? Really now. Which place? I can tell you if it’s good or not.”

“It’s the Ca-”

“Uhhhn…My baby…” Hinata said, clutching her stomach, and successfully interrupted the two’s conversation.

“Hi..Hina-chan! I’m sorry, I must get her someplace to rest.” Naruto said as he ushered Hinata into the village. Hinata continued to moan and grab her stomach until the guard was out of sight. Stopping, she looked up and said,

“Katoki-kun! You almost revealed our place of stay! You’re an ANBU act like one!” If Naruto had fox ears, they would have flattened.

“G-gomen… I almost let it slip…how stupid.” Hinata shook her head and gave Naruto a peck on one of his scars.


Hinata sighed and tapped her fingers against the window of the café inn. It was raining, and her sight of the street below was wavy as the water fell in sheets down the windows. She had taken another small nap in their small room, but when she woke up the self proclaimed Uzumaki found herself alone, with not even a note to explain Naruto’s disappearance.

In her other hand she held the green stone necklace, slowly rolling it between her fingers. She had seen it before, she was sure.

The green stone glinted in the feeble light of the bare bulb that flickered occasionally whenever the wind blew especially hard. Two small metal beads accompanied the stone, which clinked softly when they hit the main stone.

BAM! Hinata jumped and her heart pounded furiously in her chest. The door had been slammed open, and a shout was heard from down the hall. A soaking wet blonde strode into the small room holding a parcel into his chest.

“What is wrong with you! I wake up and find you gone, no note, and now you burst through the door, giving me a heart attack?” Naruto took a step back when he noticed that his very angry girlfriend was staring at him with her fully activated Byakugan, which only made her look angrier. He took another step back when he noticed that she was starting to collect chakra into her hands as if to charge a Jyuuken strike.

“Hi-Hinata-chan…?” Hinata slid her foot back and said,

“Don’t you Hinata-chan me! Explain yourself!” raising her hand, Naruto jumped and said quickly,

“I bought us some food! You fell asleep and I didn’t want to wake you up because of the baby, you need your rest.” Hinata felt most of her anger drain away. A small blush of embarrassment threatened to rise, but Hinata fought it down.

“I-I forgot a note…sorry, I didn’t think that you would wake…I bought you dango…” Hinata lost her battle and her face flushed so fast that spots started to dance around her vision. Sitting down sharply and put her hand on her face and Naruto rushed to her side.

“Are you ok? Is everything alright?” Hinata nodded and said in a quiet voice,

“G-gomen...I-I d-didn’t mean t-to yell…” Naruto laughed and kissed her, his cold, wet lips feeling slightly gross to Hinata.

Suddenly, Hinata backed her head up. Both her hands flew to her stomach and she made a strangled noise.

“What, what? What’s wrong?” He said looking down at Hinata’s protruding stomach. Hinata rubbed her stomach for a moment before jumping again.

“Whaaat!” Naruto bordered on whining. Hinata grabbed Naruto’s hand and pressed it against her stomach.

“He kicked! Can you feel it?” Hinata pressed Naruto’s hand into her stomach, and the baby kicked again, this time startling Naruto.

“Wow he can kick! Takes after his old man!” Hinata giggled and Naruto flashed a trademark grin.

“So…uh…does it hurt?” Hinata looked up at Naruto.

“Does what hurt?” rose dusted Naruto’s cheeks and he said,

“When he kicks, or moves, or anything?” Hinata smiled gently.

“No, it doesn’t hurt. It just feels like a small shove. He doesn’t move very often, it’s too early for that. When I was pregnant with Kouden, he didn’t start moving around a lot until I was about 7 months along.” Naruto smiled, and sadly watched the mother of his children hide the pain in her lavender eyes.

“Let’s eat and go to sleep. We are going to be travelling a lot tomorrow.” Hinata nodded and smiled at Naruto.


Tsunade stared at the letter in her hand. Her mouth was agape, and her ears muted out all noises, despite the loud festival that played around her.

A polite letter from the Raikage informed her that Katoki had run off with Hinata again. The various raptors in the delivery room squawked at the noise from the village wide party below. Crunching the letter in her hand, her face turned into one of rage.

Stomping out of the room Tsunade missed the storage closet door burst open. A red faced Shizune and an unmasked Kakashi tumbled out. Shizune gave a drunken squeal before picking herself up to say,

“D-did you hear summat, Kakashi-senpai?” Kakashi waved his bottle of sake around and said, equally slurring,

“Nome, ma’am. I shink you should just…back in closet.” He finished with another wave of his bottle and Shizune let out another peal of laughter, closing in on the copy nin’s face.


4 days of near non stop travelling, and Hinata started to recognize the landscape.

“We’re in fire country!” She exclaimed from Naruto’s arms. Jiraiya gave a quick nod and said,

“We will be at the camp tomorrow. But for now, I want to travel for another few minutes and find a suitable place to camp.” Katoki nodded, and after scouting out a hidden away natural cave, it wasn’t long before Hinata found herself tucked away warmly with Naruto.

“How are you holding up?” Naruto asked. Hinata blushed slightly and said,

“I’m not doing very much running…I should be asking you that question, you’ve practically carried me the entire way.” Naruto plastered a large grin on his face before leaning in to say,

“No matter! You’re light! I consider it training, especially how I have to be careful with the baby.” Hinata scoffed and said,

“I’m not made of glass. I can be jostled around a bit. Kouden withstood a lot more stress that this.” Naruto just grinned and Hinata continued in a low voice.

“Naruto-kun used to say that…He used to say that everything was training for him.” Naruto felt a pang of guilt throb through his chest, and a dark rumble filled the back of his mind.

“Tell her soon kit. Before you meet your own kit. The Vixen deserves to know.” Naruto wrinkled his nose.

“I know, I know. I’m getting on it…” The large fox demon snorted, but didn’t say anything.

“Katoki-kun? Are you ok? You spaced out…” Hinata’s soft voice broke through his thoughts. Naruto put on another grin and said,

“Well, it seems this Naruto fellow was a bit of a bastard for leaving you, but an all around good guy.” Hinata nodded and curled up further into herself.

The sat like that, watching the fire for a while before Naruto couldn’t help but ask,

“Has he been kicking lately?” Hinata looked up and said,

“Not so much now, it’s night, and thankfully he sleeps at night. Kouden slept through the day, and kept me up all night. But here, feel, he shifted, you can feel his butt.” Naruto let Hinata push his hand into her stomach until he felt something hard.

“Does it hurt when I push like that? I mean, it feels like I’m pushing hard.” Hinata giggled and said,

“No, no. It doesn’t hurt at all. It just feels like you are pressing into my stomach.” Naruto grinned nervously and jumped when the hard lump moved. Pulling his hand away, Hinata laughed out loud.

“He just moved, Katoki-kun. You didn’t do anything.”

“You sure?” Hinata nodded and giggled again.

A while passed and Naruto watched Hinata nod off to sleep.

“You’re chance of not screwing things over completely is slipping away, kit.” Kyuubi rumbled at the back of his head.

“Shut up. I don’t suppose you have any ideas that wont get me hit with Jyuuken, do you?” The fox snorted again, but it sounded suspiciously like laughter to the blonde.

“I just might. Wake her up, and press her hand to your seal.”

“What? Why? Kyuubi? Kyuubi!” The fox didn’t answer, but Naruto still felt his presence. Furrowing his brow, he shook Hinata’s shoulder gently.

“Hinata-chan? Can you wake up for a minute or two?” The indigo haired woman moaned and tried to roll over. Naruto shook her a bit harder and she groaned louder, but opened one of her white eyes.
“Nnn, what?” She said, slightly angry that she was being woken up. Grabbing her hand, Naruto lifted his shirt and placed her hand on the black spiral seal that decorated his abdomen. Hinata’s eyes widened when she saw the seal, but after a moment, everything turned black.


Chapter 39 End