A/N: This epilogue takes place seven years later so Naruke is seven. Itachi and Kisame's kid is now nine and Gaara and Neji's daughter is eight. Also I'm sorry for the wait but Black Friday is one of my favorite holidays.
Chapter Seventeen: Epilogue
"Dad!" Naruke cried as she ran down the hallway in search of her father. Her blonde hair miraculously tame and down her back, her royal blue ears moving on her head happily. Chasing after her was a dark haired blue eyed little boy with lion ears and a lion tail. Following after the two was another little boy with blonde hair and onyx eyes who was a black deer with white spots. All three children were running, screaming, and laughing. "Keto, Nasuke stop!" Naruke screamed-giggled.
Naruto groaned as he heard his and Sasuke's kids running towards them. "Get off of me." Naruto grumbled. Sasuke chuckled and even though he was only sitting next to his mate, he moved a distance away knowing he was about to be tackled soon and his pregnant mate wouldn't appreciate being involved at all.
A few moments later there was loud squealing then a rush of motions and the kids were piled on top of Sasuke giggling while Sasuke pretended that they were really heavy. Naruto chuckled from the other end of the couch. After playing with their dad for awhile Naruke, Keto, and Nasuke grew bored and went in search of something more entertaining.
Sasuke snuggled up to Naruto and held the man close, caressing his mate's stomach. "You are an amazing father." Naruto said.
"You are an amazing daddy and mate." Sasuke replied kissing his mate on the lips, lingering a little before pulling away.
"Not as amazing as you. The kids love playing with you." Naruto mumbled insecurely.
Sasuke looked at his mate a little shocked. "They love playing with you! They just know you need your space when you're pregnant. And they also don't see me as much because of my duties so when they do get the chance to play they take it."
Naruto sighed and leaned into Sasuke more. "I love you."
"I love you too, beautiful." Sasuke responded.
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"Kakashi! Hurry up or we'll be late." Iruka yelled to his mate as he slipped on his shoes. Iruka turned around just in time to see Kakashi carrying three little Kakashi look-a-likes. Kakashi set the boys down and they started running around.
Kakashi immediately looked annoyed, "Shiru, Akaru, Ishi, put on your shoes!" Kakashi demanded he boys quickly scrambled to do as their father said. Iruka grinned and strutted over to a stressed looking Kakashi and kissed his check before wrapping his arms around his mate. "Our children look like you and are so handsome, but they also act like you used to when you were a kid." Iruka said teasingly.
Kakashi sighed, "Yeah. At least they weren't born human, we's never be able to tell the apart." Kakashi said. Both Iruka and Kakahi took a moment to look over their sons. They all looked exactly like Kakashi without the mask except Shiru was a hamster, Akaru was sea lion, and Ishi was a leopard.
"Yeah, you're definitely right about that." Iruka said.
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"Dammit!" Itachi shouted, "We forgot to pack the baby's pacifier! Turn this damn thing around!" Itachi yelled and there was a shift as the carriage changed directions. Itachi held the baby boy in his arms tighter and marveled at the little gecko giggled at being jostled in his almost-asleep-state.
"Turn this damn thing around, turn this damn thing around!" Itachi and Kisame's three year old kangaroo Kichi and four year old stingray Itame repeated.
"Great job, babe." Kisame chuckled as he shushed the kids and laughed as Chime, their bear cub and oldest, rolled her eyes and continued playing with her stuffed bunny.
"Oh shut up." Itachi huffed at Kisame as his mate tried to quiet the boys.
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Kiba sat relaxed in a huge chair-and-a-half with a pregnant Deidara cuddling into his side. Kiba was glad they decided to arrive early and not have to worry about rushing at the last minute; especially because rushing would stress his mate out.
Kiba rubbed Deidara's pregnant belly as they relaxed. They had come a long way in the last few years they had trouble getting pregnant and Deidara had a miscarriage. Kiba and Deidara were being extra careful with everything, especially since Deidara was due to deliver any day now.
"Mmm Kiba." Deidara mumbled and Kiba grinned before placing a kiss on top of his mate's head.
"Yes, sweetheart?" Kiba asked.
"Stop thinking about that. Worrying about those things won't help." Deidara responded still relaxing against his mate.
"I know, I know. I've just wanted to give you the children you've wanted since the beginning. We're so close and I just want our baby to be delivered healthy and as beautiful as you are." Kiba sighed.
"I know and you are giving me what I want, you have been since you decided you wanted me as your mate. I love you." Deidara said.
"I love you too." Kiba said
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"Naara Ji, are you ready to go?" Neeji asked his daughter as he leaned against her door jam looking around her room to make sure she hadn't forgotten anything.
"Yes." Naara Ji replied as she sat at her vanity brushing her hair in the mirror. She had her dark hair cut short, similar to her dad's and she was careful not to bump the ram horns on her head. Her green eyes scanned the room, before she sat the brush down, grabbed her bag and followed her father out of her room.
The pair made their way downstairs, where Gaara waited patiently for them at the bottom of the stairs. "Dad, Father, I would like a sibling." Naara Ji said calmly once she was able to stand in front of the both of them.
The only sign that Gaara had heard his daughter was that his eyes grew wider a tiny bit. Neji crossed his arms over his chest and looked at his daughter scrutinizingly. "And may I ask why you are requesting your parents give birth to another child." Neji asked.
Naara Ji rolled her eyes. "Because it's so obvious Dad wants another child and hasn't said anything because he thinks You or I will reject the idea." Naara Ji replied before taking her bag out to be out in the carriage.
Behind her, Naara Ji knew her dad was actually blushing refusing to meet her father's eyes, something he never did, and her father was starring at her dad gobsmacked.
She sighed, men made things so hard, even her intelligent dads.
Kurenai sat peacefully on a large couch as she watched her mate try to round up their children.
"Why did we have so many brats Kurenai?!" Anko asked as their six kids toppled onto her.
"It isn't my fault you wanted kids." Kurenai replied smugly.
"It's not like I really thought about the fact that you will always have litters and not just an simple one-at-a-time pregnancy." Anko sighed as she lay on the floor with the kids crawling over her like little ants.
Kurenai giggled before standing up, "Children it's almost time to go, you need to gather your things." The kids immediately stopped and ran off to see who could do what their mother asked first.
"You're so good with them." Anko said as she wrapped her arms around Kurenai's waist and her tail around her mate's leg.
"Thank you." Kurenai replied, then leaned in and kissed her mate. Anko kissed back willingly, she nipped Kurenai's lip, who got the hint and opened her mouth so they could deepen their kiss.
"Hey you two cut it out!"
The two women pulled away and turned to see Tsunade shaking her head, her hands holding her bags, and her husband drooling a little.
"We don't need you two making us late because you're horny." Tsunade said, as she set her bags down next to the door.
The two nekos sighed and hesitantly moved away from each other knowing Tsunade was right.
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Mikoto was so happy. Everyone had arrived for their planned dinner-movie-game-night weekend.
At first she was a little weary of inviting everyone worried that they wouldn't want to spend time with someone as old as her husband, because she was quite youthful. She was also worried that everyone would be too worried about their children to attend the planned weekend.
"Hello my babies!" Mikoto said cheerfully as she hugged everyone of the kids, even the ones that weren't biologically hers.
"Mikoto, you spoil them too much. They know they can just come to you and get whatever they want." Naruto said low enough that the children wouldn't here.
"Yes, yes. I plan to have them return the favor during their rebellious stage, when they're ignoring you, they'll be loving me and doing anything I ask." Mikoto said sweetly.
"Ah, so your aren't as innocent as you look." Naruto snickered a little. "Oh well at least they'll be here when they want nothing to do with Sasuke and me." Naruto sighed.
Everyone was gathered in a large family room. All of the children were surrounding Mikoto and Fugaku giving their favorite grandparents all of their attention.
Naruto sat on his mates lap, turning to peck his mate on the lips and wrap his arm around Sasuke's neck. "I'm so happy. Everything is perfect, except maybe that your mother is plotting against us."
Sasuke chuckled, "Yeah, she has a crazy streak when it comes to kids." Sasuke replied, his arms wrapped around his mate.
Naruto and Sasuke sat and watched their family around them. Everyone couple was sitting on their own couch. Neeji and Gaara were sitting quietly caressing each other. Deidara and Kiba were laughing and looking fondly at Deidara's baby bump. Anko and Kurenai were playing with each other's tail, purring. Itachi and Kisame were not-so-subtly fondling each other. Tsunade was scolding Jiraiya and the man was hardly listening, seeming to be day dreaming.
Naruto sighed, "I love you. Thank you so much for being so amazing and accepting me."
Sasuke held Naruto tighter as he replied, "Thank you for allowing me to love you. I love you so much too, beautiful. I can't where else fate takes us."
The End.
A/N: Thank you very much to everyone who has followed, favorited, reviewed, or viewed my story.