Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Path to Greatness ❯ Unwanted Reunion ( Chapter 32 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
Many more months had passed since Haoku had returned home with her friends and the local doctor predicted that her child could be born any time now so Itachi wouldn't let her go any where alone.
She kneeled on the deck watching the sun rise as Itachi came and sat next to her bidding her a good morning. She smiled kindly and stood up brushing herself off.
“Where are you going?” He asked standing up and staring at her.
“I'm just going for a walk, I need some time to think … alone.”
“Just don't be too long, okay?”
She smiled and leaned over kissing him lightly on the cheek before walking away.
Itachi sighed and sat down watching as she walked away, a sinking feeling rising feeling of dread in the pit of his stomach.`
Haoku walked onto a hill with knee high green grass and pink and white flowers everywhere. She smiled as the sun appeared over the eastern horizon.
“So I see you and Itachi are trying to revive the Uchiha clan.” A hissing voice came from beside her
“Orochimaru!?! But … but I killed you!?!” Haoku shrieked
“Too bad you didn't kill my assistant Kabuto.” He smirked “He's still as loyal as ever.”
“Please, I'll give you anything just don't hurt my family.” She pleaded
“How about I take your life instead?”
“Don't you touch her Orochimaru!” Sasuke yelled
“Sasuke-sensei!!!”
“Get over here Haoku, now!” He commanded
She nodded and ran behind her sensei.
“Attacking a pregnant woman, that's low, even for you Orochimaru!”
“Well if it isn't my old star pupil, Uchiha Sasuke.”
“Even after 30 years of that, you're still creepy.”
“Haoku are you oka-“ Itachi yelled running up and noticing Sasuke. “What are you doing here?”
“Uh … hi Itachi … looks like I'm the older brother now.”
“Shut up! You still have no power of me!” He yelled back
“I'm much stronger than I was in the past foolish little brother!”
“Grrrrr, no mercy Sasuke!”
Orochimaru moves closer towards Haoku.
“Uh guys … helloooooo!”
“There's no one to save you now little girl.”
Haoku finally got so irritated from the non-stop fighting and Orochimaru's foolishness that she lost it. She grabbed Orochimaru by the throat and pinned him against a tree.
“I swear if any one EVER calls me little girl again I will kill them!” By the time she had finished Orochimaru's face had turned blue.
“Hey Orochimaru looks like Kisame!” Itachi said randomly as he held his fist in the air before hitting Sasuke.
“I must say it's an improvement.” Sasuke joked
“No hard feelings?” Sasuke asked standing up then helping Itachi up then brushing himself off.
“Nope.”
Haoku dropped the pale serpent sanin to the ground. “Okay … what just happened?”
“I have no idea …” Itachi muttered
“Me either.”
“Who cares? You guys are the best.” She said smiling
“Believe me, I know.” They said at the same time
She smiled then leaned over and coughed up blood as she held her stomach.
“Haoku are you ok?” Itachi asked running over to her.
“Get me back … to the village …” She managed to gasp
Itachi and Sasuke each grabbed one of her arms and helped her walk back to the village.
“Hey ya Haoku!” Ryu said running up. He was merely a boy of sixteen. He had a head of messy black hair and black eyes.
“Ryu … get … my … mom … baby … on … way …” She stuttered
“Oh my … you can count on me Haoku!” He yelled running of towards the Hamagichi household with speed only a ninja could posses.
Five minutes later Haoku was nestled in a futon on the floor alone in the room with the family out side. The only company she had was a lone nurse who simply waited for her to be ready. She looked up at her with pleading eyes begging for the pain to stop.
Itachi paced back and forth his hand behind his back as Sasuke, Ryu, Ferio, Eva, and the rest of her family waited outside.
“Itachi she'll be fine, so sit down and relax.” Eva said trying to hide the worry in her voice.
“No … I … I don't want her to die.”
“Itachi, she won't die, she's a very strong young woman, this is just a step of life for her.”
He sighed and sat down as the instructed him to although it didn't do much good as he still tapped his foot impatiently and fiddled around with a strand of his simple black T-shirt.
Each minute seemed an eternity as family and friends sat out side waiting for the nurse to come out and speak to them. Finally at exactly midnight she came out smiling brightly.
“Congratulations.”
“How is she?” Yaku asked jumping up.
“Don't worry Mrs. Hamagichi, she had a very healthy birth, all she needs now is some rest.”
“Can I see my child?” Itachi asked standing up.
“Uh … about that … it's not child Mr. Uchiha it's children.”
All the color drained from his face “Say wha?”
“Uh, Mr. Uchiha are you ok?” The nurse questioned.
“I … I need to sit down …” He said dizzily before passing out and falling to the ground.
“Ha-Haoku …” He muttered sitting up.
“Are you ready now Mr. Uchiha?” The nurse asked leaning over him
He nodded and stood up and walked into the room where Haoku slept and two infants lay snuggled together on a separate bed with small bars around it. He smiled and walked over to find one in pink and the other in blue.
“The boy is ten minutes older.” The nurse said as she walked into the room.
He nodded but kept his back towards her.
“You can hold them Mr. Uchiha ha they are your children … I'll give you a minute.” She stepped back out as he leaned over and took the little boy in his right arm and the girl in his left.
“Hey ya Tach-san.” Haoku said weakly looking up at him with a dazed grin.
He smiled and kneeled next to her, they look beautiful, just like you.”
“So I'm not just cute anymore?”
“No, you're much, much more, you're Uchiha Haoku. Mother of my drop dead gorgeous children, my lovely wife, and you're also … the love of my life.”
She smiled as tears of joy cascaded down her cheeks. “Again with the poetry … I love you Uchiha Itachi.”
“I love you too, Uchiha Haoku.” He kissed her cheek lightly. “What are we going to name them?”
“I've been thinking a lot about it and I want to name the girl Nayami after you and the boy Nobuyuki after me.”
(((Authors Note)))
Nayami means
Sadness
Nobuyuki means
Happiness
(((End Authors Note)))
“Sounds great.” He said smiling “Nayami and Nobuyuki Uchiha, we're finally one big happy family.”
She nodded “We better face them sooner or later …”
“What are you talking about Haoku?”
“The in-laws …” She said sarcastically.
“Oh yeah, I forgot they were even here.”
“She laughed weakly, you're mean.”
“I know.” He said standing up and walking out.
“Three … Two … One …” Haoku counted down and sure enough when she stopped the room broke out in a chorus of coos and awwws.
“She's so cute!” Eva cried
“He looks just like you!” Ferio chanted
Yaku took a look at them then snuck into the room with out being notice.
“Your brother and sister will return tomorrow, be prepared, I nor your father have told them anything.”
She sighed “Okay, right now I just want to get through the night.”
“I'm proud of you Haoku, just get some rest okay? I'll help Itachi look over …”
“Nayami and Nobuyuki.”
“I'll help him looked over Nayami and Nobuyuki, for tonight then we'll return tomorrow and walk you home.”
“Thanks mom.” She smiled then closed her eyelids which were heavier than she had ever remembered. Before her mother could even turn around she was deep asleep.
Okay, you can't
Say that wasn't
Cute I mean she
had her kids, what
more do you want?
Anyway see how the
rest of her family takes
their new relatives in the
next chapter of
Path
To
Greatness