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Day 396.

Naruto was confused, to say the least. Not only was this the first time she had been called out work while in school, it had been Genma to call her out. Those two things were a first, but she could understand them. Shikamaru sitting next to her in the back of Genma's sad excuse of a car was another thing. She suspected Shikaku had some say in it, but for the love of her life, couldn't figure out what. It looked like Shikamaru was thinking in the same direction, looking at his grim expression that had replaced his usually bored out of his mind standard.

Naruto also suspected that Shikamaru had already figured out more than she had. Which didn't exactly piss her off, since Shikamaru was a genius and it'd probably be a disappointment to himself if he couldn't. Genma parked his car at a familiar building and Naruto glanced at Shikamaru before getting out. Many workers looked up to see two high school students walk through the hallways.

"I&T department?" Naruto asked as she recognized the hallway there were in, mainly because of the grey suits every I&T worked seemed to wear. "Maah, there is something they need your help with" Genma said and Naruto frowned as Shikamaru glanced at her. "Why would they need my help? I'm just a hacker" she said and Genma scoffed.

"Yeah, one of the most elite hackers walking this earth, with a knack for information broking that borders on espionage" he said and Naruto gave him a blank look. "That depends on how you look at it. I never actively try to pry the information from my targets. They all tell me on their own" she said and Genma looked amused over his shoulder. "That's not what Jiraiya told us after he followed you when you broke in in a Russian big shot villa for certain documents" he said and Naruto narrowed her eyes.

"What are you trying to say?" she asked and Genma waved it off. "Despite that we're hackers, we've all had our fair share of espionage. But for this assignment, we'll be needing you because of your skill" he said and knocked on the last door in the hallway, no doubt Ibiki's office. "Then what about me?" Shikamaru asked and Genma looked at him. "Ask your old man about that" he said simple and opened the door when invited in. Unlike like what Naruto had expected, Ibiki's office was open and welcoming. So much, that it actually surprised her visibly. Genma snorted at the confused blonde who then scowled at him.

"Take a seat, if you will" Ibiki said as he pointed at the two silver one-person sofa's in front of his desk. "I'll be going again. They need me upstairs" Genma said and the bald man gave a nod before the door closed behind the part-time teacher. "I'm sure you two have already figured out one thing or another as to why you were called in" Ibiki said and Naruto rested her arms on the armrests as she crossed her legs. "Espionage, I take it. An in and out undercover because the needed information can't be gained the normal way, meaning through hacking or interrogation" Naruto said and Ibiki nodded. "Correct" he said and Shikamaru frowned lightly.

"Does this have to do with Kabuto?" he asked and Naruto looked at him. "Also correct. He accidentally let slip a piece of information which he didn't even realize Shikaku could get a hint out" Ibiki said and Naruto looked back at him. "So, you want me to infiltrate whatever this is and get the needed information? Don't you have actual trained people for that?" she asked and Ibiki rested his entwined hands around his upper-lip as he supported his elbows on his desk.

"Indeed, but the current assignment can't be done by our regulars. One, because we do not possess that many women in our ranks. Secondly, the women we have do not possess the skill needed to infiltrate our current target. Thirdly, you are an elite hacker, who has a repertoire on the, let's call it hands on approach" Ibiki said and Naruto stayed silent against that. She really should have known better than to actually break in some of her past target's properties. Back in those days, she had been so hotheaded and barely made it by winging it and on something called sheer luck.

"What is this skill?" she asked instead, steering clear from the remark of her past break-ins. "Music" Ibiki said and Naruto blinked. "Hold up" Shikamaru said and they looked at him. "Why am I here?" he asked and Ibiki crossed his arms on his desk. "Because Shikaku pushed you forward to assist Uzu- Uchiha" Ibiki said and Naruto looked at him, still not used to hearing her last name. "Just Naruto is fine, don't bother with the whole last name thing" she said and Ibiki looked at her before giving a nod of acknowledgement before turning back to Shikamaru.

"Me? My old man wants me to help Naruto infiltrate some place? I'm probably the laziest guy you'll ever meet, and you expect me to do something like assisting an infiltration?" Shikamaru asked confused and Ibiki gave another nod. "It was your father who brought up your name, for several reasons. You are able to think of quick and good plans on the fly, you're observant and you know Naruto best, which makes it easier for you two to work together. It's the safest bet and your father knew this, which is why he suggested you even if he wasn't comfortable with it" he explained and Shikamaru mulled it over before sighing deeply. "So troublesome" he said which was in his case basically giving in and agreeing.

"What's the assignment?" Naruto asked, a bit uneasy about having Shikamaru dragged into it, even if it was his father's suggestion. "Orochimaru's top investor is having a party on his yacht in a week" Ibiki said and Shikamaru looked up at him. "So you want us to infiltrate that party and get information on Orochimaru?" he guessed and Ibiki nodded. "His information should be on his system, and that is what we need. Which is where Naruto comes in" he said and Naruto crossed her arms. "You want me to hack into the system on the yacht during the party and get the information to send through immediately without the possibility of losing the stuck out in the open" Naruto guessed and Ibiki once again gave a nod.

"Then what does it have to do with music?" Naruto asked and Shikamaru frowned. "More importantly, how do we get in that party. I'm guessing it's VIP only" he said and Ibiki smirked. "That's where the music comes in" he said and Naruto sighed. "You want us to pose as musicians in order to get in" Shikamaru guessed and Ibiki once again nodded, pleased by their intelligence. "I don't know if you know this, but never once in my life have I held an instrument. Not even a recorder" Shikamaru said and Ibiki looked at Naruto. "I've heard that the little lady has more than enough skill for two. You just have to say that you are her date" he said and Naruto scoffed at the praise. "I just hope we're going to be in disguise" she said and Ibiki nodded.

"Of course. You will be getting assistance of Kakashi, Shikaku and me behind the scenes while we will also take care of your disguises" he said and Naruto leaned back in her chair. "Can I at least inform Sasuke? He gets antsy when there is something going on" she said and Ibiki gave a nod. "As long as he doesn't interfere or knows too much. The Uchiha corps is informed of the government's process against Orochimaru, so he would know of it eventually" Ibiki agreed and Naruto gave a nod, followed by a long sigh she shared with Shikamaru. So troublesome.

"Funny, how make-up can give you a completely new face" Naruto said and Shikamaru glanced at her. He was still not used to the long curvy black locks falling around her face, or the dark coloured lenses in her eyes. Her face had lost her whiskers and had gotten a bit slimmer, if that even was possible. The power of make-up was scary indeed, but that wasn't the only thing.

From the second Naruto had put on the dramatic red salsa dress, Naruto's personality had shifted slightly. She stood straighter, with more sex-appeal as if that was even necessary with the cleavage the halter dress showed. They were walking up to the yacht that was docked at the yacht club. It was obvious which one they had to be at, since there were light shining and there were people mingling about under the company of classic music.

"This is such a pain" Shikamaru said and Naruto snorted. "We'll do this as fast as possible" she said and Shikamaru sighed. "They're all going to have a stick up their ass and talk politics, aren't they?" he asked and Naruto glanced at him. "More like brag about themselves every opportunity they get, whether you give them or not" she said and Shikamaru grimaced. Right as they moved to step onto the walk on to the yacht, a bouncer in a black suit stopped them. "Invitation" he said and Naruto reached into her black clutch to take out the invitation that had been hacked its way into her possession. The bouncer gave a nod before returning the invitation and letting them pass.

"That was one" Shikamaru said under his breath and Naruto hummed. "Let's hope everything goes this smooth" she said and Shikamaru grimaced again. "I doubt it" he said and Naruto snorted. "As long as we don't end up getting drunk or drugged, we should be fine" she said and they stepped onto the boat. Some people looked up curiously at their arrival as Naruto obviously drew all the attention. Shikamaru himself got some attention too, though he too was disguised with another face painted up with his hair stuck under a black wig and a goatee glued on his chin. Of course Naruto had laughed at him and took a picture to send to Temari. Of course Naruto knew about Shikamaru and Temari flirting, since Gaara was even worse than an old fishwife when it came to sharing gossip with her.

It didn't take long before they found their way to the buffet table where dozens of bottles wine were displayed. Naruto picked out a wine she was familiar with from her time in France, which she knew to be tasty. They pretended to hold a conversation until their target appeared next to them, already pretty drunk out of his mind.

"Hmm? I can't remember inviting you. Who are you?" the man asked and Naruto blinked fast, acting surprised as if she was struck by his good looks. She had to admit that he looked very good, but next to Sasuke, everyone just turned 'meh'. "Oh, I'm so sorry. My apologies for not introducing myself sooner" Naruto said, laying on a thick Spanish accent as she shifted her wineglass from hand and before holding it out. "Roana Zermeno" she said her cover name and the man took her hand, bringing it up to his lips as he held eye contact. "What a beautiful name for a beautiful lady" he said and Naruto held back a gag. Shikamaru turned away seemingly uninterested as the man gave him no attention.

"But you still didn't tell me who you are. You see, this is a VIP party, which means that you must have some talent" the older man pried and Naruto gave a smile. "Oh my, I wouldn't exactly call it a talent. But my forte is music, especially violin" she said and the man clapped his hands. "Oh my! Then surely, you wouldn't mind to play us a little something" he said and Naruto gave a shy smile as she turned down her chin. "If you would allow me, it would be my pleasure" she said and the man's eyes got a certain glint to it as Naruto strategically held her wrist in front of her body, effectively putting her chest on attention. Honestly, men were so disgustingly easy to play sometimes.

"I would like for you to hear me play and judge me. A man of your standing should have heard quite a bit and I was actually hoping on some… guidance a keen ear like you could give me" she said, laying on the praise thick to stroke his ego. It worked perfectly as she was walked to the stage by him, his hand on her back. She already wanted to wash it off with bleach. The crowd looked up at her as she accepted the violin that was held out when she asked for it, the violinist's eyes stuck on her chest. This was why she was self-conscious about it. She had a rack on her, so what?

Using her anger at being stared at like a piece of meat, she placed the violin under her chin and started playing, putting down the first notes of 'chaconne' with a strength that made it bounce through the room and off the walls. Closing her eyes, she recalled the notes and let her hands do the rest. Who cared if it didn't sound exactly like the piece was supposed to. While she was playing it, she owned it and nobody could tell her any different. When the last tone died down, she lowered her violin and opened her heavy made up eyes. The room was silently staring at her until the applause broke out. Naruto made a bow before straightening up and smiling as she gave back the violin to an awestruck young violinist.

As soon as she stepped off the stage, her target rained praises over her in the hope to get between her legs, his eyes hungry on her body. Somehow, that look told Naruto that they would have to change plans. The look Shikamaru send her, held the same message, as did the voice coming through the little earpiece in her ear that was connected to the sparkly hair-ornament pinned close to it. So instead of sneaking away with Shikamaru, Naruto followed the man into one of the rooms after making sure he was completely drunk out of his mind.

When the man was about to turn around to grab his prize, Naruto chopped the side of her hand into the back of his neck, hard enough to make him black out. She caught his falling body and quickly dumped it on the bed. After making sure his clothes were askew with a few articles thrown on the floor, she left the room. Shikamaru stood a bit further, leaned against the wall. He pushed himself as he saw Naruto and with the two of them, they made their way to the mechanic room.

"The door is locked" Shikamaru stated as he looked at the electronic number lock next to the door. Naruto however, made quick work of it before they entered the room. "Well shit" Naruto said as she looked at the security camera screens that showed how the security had increased and were looking around for their disappeared master. "Shika, how do we get out?" Naruto asked as Shikamaru spotted the same problem. "Give me a second" he said as he looked at the screens, a frown between his brows. Naruto trusted him and turned to the computer system, attaching a hardware to it and letting her avatar enter the system. She watched it disappear to establish the hidden connection as she typed the coded orders out on the keyboard.

"I've got a plan" Shikamaru said as he turned back to the blonde as she disconnected her hardware again. "I'm done here, let's go" she said with a smile and Shikamaru nodded. Thanks to Shikamaru's plan, they got out easily enough with only a few hold your breath situations. And maybe a bottle of wine in tow. As soon as they were back in the hotel-room the government had rented, they shared a high five before opening the bottle of wine with the three elders and finally taking off the disguises. Naruto send a text to Sasuke, telling him that the infiltration was over and a success as she went back to the office to help go through the files. Her infiltration might be done, but she still had a long night to go. Maybe even more if there was just that much information. But honestly, the more there was, the better. If it meant that they could finally lock up Orochimaru for his crimes, Naruto would gladly spend a week without sleep.

"Hey there, handsome. Can I get you something?" a voice came, annoyingly trying to seduce him. Sasuke glanced up at the redhead that was obviously leaned onto his table, trying to push her chest forward. She was biting lightly on the end the temple of her red glasses, sending him a look she hoped was sultry. Sasuke only felt disgust but kept his face straight. "A small bottle of the red wine I just had" Sasuke said and the girl smiled, thinking she had done something good. She slipped a card onto the corner of his table, touching his arm in the progress.

"Whatever you want, beautiful" she said and Sasuke held back a shiver of disgust as she walked away. He glanced down at the card to see a number and a name. Karin. With a grimace, he crumpled up the card and dropped it on the ground. A happy but boisterous laugh came from behind him and he looked over his shoulder. His wife of three years stood behind him with a wide smile, looking at him with one hand on her hip. Sasuke was once again left staring at her, much like the other men in restaurant. His wife was dressed in a pair of white bootleg trousers, an orange sleeveless wrap top, the brightness of her royal blue shoes sticking out from under her trousers and a royal blue square purse hung on her shoulder with a golden chain. Sasuke honestly wondered when he would stop feeling so confused as to how he had landed himself his wife and managed to keep her next to him for the past three years.

"You're seriously always getting hit on. I can't take you anywhere or you're being seduced" Naruto said as she stopped next to him and leaned down to kiss him. "It's not being seduced if it doesn't work" Sasuke said as Naruto sat down across from him. Naruto rolled with her eyes as she looked at the menu. "I'm fucking starving" she said and Sasuke smiled. Honestly, she hadn't changed a bit. After graduation, Naruto had decided to keep working for the government as hacker and stay home instead of looking for a second job, which had been offered to her by Hiruzen as a student councillor.

She had rejected it in favour of staying home as a 'housewife', though she had told the old headmaster that she would gladly help whenever there was a problem student. Sasuke, as second in command in the police force, was fine with whatever she decided to do. But he did enjoy coming home to her welcoming him. Every year, they went on two vacations. One in the summer and one in the winter. Last time, they had gone to Russia and Sasuke could still remember every second Naruto had spent bickering with Yagura, who they had been staying with, who was also one of the jinchuuriki. To sum it up, Naruto had taken him around to meet all of the jinchuuriki and introduce her friends to her husband as if she had been showing off. That was the only reason he could stand the small Russian hacker. The waitress named Karin came back and looked displeased at the blonde.

"Have you decided?" she asked as she turned her back at Naruto while putting down the small bottle of red wine Naruto loved. Sasuke was slightly insult by the blatant disrespect for his wife, but knew that Naruto wouldn't care as long as she got her food. After they had told their order, the red-head had winked at Sasuke before leaving. "I thought you hated mushroom" Sasuke said, pointing out Naruto's order of mushroom and chicken risotto. Naruto shrugged and smiled. "I just felt like eating it, or can't I?" she asked and Sasuke gave a light smile.

"Don't come complaining later, usuratonkachi" he said as he reached out to pour the blonde a glass of wine. To his surprise, she refused it with a hand on top of her glass. "I'll have some water instead. You're with the car and you've already drank" she said and Sasuke shrugged. Instead, he poured her a glass of water. "To the anniversary of locking that snake away" Naruto said as she raised her glass. Sasuke did the same with his wine and toasted it against hers before sipping from it. It had been three years since the situation with Orochimaru finally came to an end. On the yacht, which Naruto and Shikamaru had infiltrated, Yamato had found a link to Orochimaru's main system. It had given them more than enough to round all of Orochimaru's forces and lock them up in prison for their crimes.

Of course, there were still some small fry that followed the crazy scientist out of fear, but Sasuke didn't think they would rise. And if they did, he wasn't exactly afraid of them. He was more worried about the government, which had taken a rather big blow when some of its members had been involved with Orochimaru's dealings. Even three years later, it was still a bit shaky, but with new members, including Kakashi and Shikaku, things were starting to look up again. And if Sasuke had to admit it, things were looking better than ever. Shikamaru had taken his father's place in the government and was going steady with Temari, who was the diplomat between there government and the government Gaara, the Ichibi, worked for.

Ino had taken over her family's flower shops and Sakura had gone in training with Tsunade and Shizune to become a doctor. The others had also found their path in life and the married couple met up with them every other week, just to catch up. Last time Ino had announced that she and Sai were dating, while Sakura and Lee were obviously courting even if Sakura didn't want to admit it. Sasuke watched his wife eat down her main course, thankful that they didn't have that much drama in their life.

They were already married and had been so for three years. Sex was awesome and the make-up sex after fights were even better. Of course they had fights every now and then. They were Naruto and Sasuke. It just wouldn't be right if they didn't exchange words every now and them. Mostly it ended up with either of them cracking up, storming out or just dragging the other to the bedroom.

"What's wrong?" Naruto asked as she felt self-conscious under his stare. "Can't I look?" he asked and Naruto scoffed. "Of course, but you can't stare at me as if you're doubting to eat me or tie me down" she said and Sasuke huffed. "As if you'd stay down" he said and Naruto laughed as she looked up when a small plate was put in front of her nose, a piece of hazelnut chocolate cake making her practically drool. "Here you go, handsome" the waitress, Karin, said and leaned down next to Sasuke after placing down his tiramisu. "If you ever want to feel what a real woman is like, you have my number" she whispered not too silent and Sasuke saw Naruto's eye twitch.

"Sweetie, don't bother" she said and Sasuke smiled at her. "First of, he doesn't see you as anything more than a cockroach that's in the kitchen. In fact, he has more feelings for that little insect than for you" Naruto said and gave the redhead an emotionless look only Uchihas could use as Karin had an eyebrow raised at her with a haughty expression. "Secondly, he's married and his wife would be me" Naruto said and held up her ring that was on her finger, like always with formal stuff. "I'm just warning you, you'll get hurt. You're better off with giving up. After me, there is still a whole fanclub after his ass. So if you want to continue to try and get in his pants after knowing this, I won't stop you" Naruto said and smiled as she tilted her head. "But you're better off trying for someone else, who's first choice will be you" she said and Karin's face was just as red as her hair. She was just about to open her mouth as Sasuke chuckled.

"Really, Usuratonkachi. That's how you react? I expected you to be more jealous" he said and Naruto scoffed. "I'm sorry, but if you give a woman other than me a second glance, give me a sign so I can call the newspaper" she said and Sasuke leaned back. "Most women would be happy if they could say that" he said and Naruto hummed. "I am. But after woman 34, I start to pity them, you know" she said and Sasuke looked up, noticing that Karin was still standing next to them, glaring at the blonde though it had dimmed.

"How long are you going to stand there?" he asked, his voice colder than when he spoke to his wife. He just couldn't help it, it happened without him even figuring it out. Karin stormed off in anger and Naruto send a pitying look at her back. That same look was completely forgotten when she put a piece of cake in her mouth and actually moaned around it. Sasuke chuckled at her antics as she closed her eyes, her shoulders sagging as she enjoyed her dessert. "Ne, Sasuke, I got to tell you something, actually" she said in the middle of their dessert and Sasuke hummed. "I'm pregnant" she said as if she was talking about the weather. Sasuke once again hummed, until the words sank in and he froze.

"What?" he asked stupid as he looked up at her. Naruto looked up at him as she cut another piece of cake off with her fork. "I'm pregnant. Preggo. A bun in the oven. Preggers. Carrying our child. You put your seed in me and a bud sprouted. Knocked up" Naruto said, using all the slangs she knew as Sasuke stared at her with wide eyes. He continued to gape her as she waved her hand in front of his face and even snapped her fingers, calling his name in amusement. "How? How far?" Sasuke finally asked and Naruto smiled. "I went to the Tsunade yesterday and she said 16 weeks. And we're having twins" she said, dropping the second bomb.

"But, 16 weeks? You didn't notice any sooner? I didn't notice any sooner? You're not showing, is that bad? Twins?" Sasuke asked, feeling confused and having lost his brain mouth filter. Naruto laughed soft as she reached into her purse, handing over the first ultra sounds. "Yes, twins. And it's possible that you didn't notice yet because I'm not exactly wearing tight clothes and I'm not showing that much" Naruto said as Sasuke was stuck staring at the ultra sounds. "And I did feel symptoms, but I just waved them off" she said and Sasuke looked up at her. "Are you serious? This is not a prank?" he asked and Naruto scoffed.

"You really think I would joke about this? I can barely fit in any of my clothes" she said and Sasuke was out of his chair in the blink of an eye, knocking it over in the haste to cross the distance and smash his lips on his wife's. Naruto chuckled as Sasuke carefully laid his hand on her stomach, feeing the rise of it under her flowy blouse. "Why didn't I notice before?" he questioned himself and Naruto shrugged. "I wasn't exactly showing until three weeks or something. It was then I noticed something, but I wanted to wait" Naruto said and snorted. "We'll have to go look for a way to tell your family, though" she said and Sasuke reached to grab his phone. "No! We're not doing it like that! Don't be such an ass and take away my fun" Naruto said and Sasuke huffed, not satisfied when he wanted to yell it out from the top of his lungs. If he hadn't been an Uchiha, he would have done it, most likely.

Naruto and Sasuke had invited Sasuke's parents, Itachi and Madara over to their house for dinner. The raven could tell his wife was nervous, but so was he. "I'll go get dessert" Naruto said as she stood up from the table. "I'll help" Sasuke said, earning a raised eyebrow from his brother and a pleased look from his mother. "Sasuke, grab the plates" Naruto said as she opened the fridge to retrieve the cupcakes she had made before. "Be careful" Sasuke said and Naruto send him a dry look.

"Really, Sasuke? I'm not handicap, you know" she said and Sasuke placed down the rectangular plates. "I know that. But you are pregnant, so there is nothing wrong with being careful" he said and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, resting his hands on her bump. Since she was dressed in a loose flowy maternity blouse, her bump was not visibly. But that didn't mean that Sasuke's hands weren't all over it whenever he had the chance, to Naruto's irritation. "Just take the plates" Naruto said as she took three of the plates, holding one on her wrist. Sasuke took the three others before following her back to the dining room. Naruto placed the plates down with a smile that was rather deceptive.

"Wow, these look gorgeous, Naruto. Did you make them yourself?" Mikoto asked as the blonde sat down. "Yes, I did. Sasuke helped" Naruto said and Sasuke's lip twitched upwards. On the small rectangular plate were two cupcakes presented. One with a light blue frosting and the other with light pink frosting. "They look spectacular" Mikoto commented as Itachi looked up at Naruto with a confused but thoughtful frown. It turned back to the cupcakes before turning blank and back up at the couple. It took all Naruto had not to start snickering. "They're very good, Naruto" Madara said and Naruto smiled. "I would hope so. We'll have to wait and see" she said sweetly and Itachi pulled his face back in something resembling normal. He couldn't keep the smile off his face, so he just covered it with his hand. Fugaku frowned at his oldest.

"You're not going to eat?" he asked and Itachi shook his head. "I will. Just waiting until the coin drops" he said and Naruto bit on her lip behind her hand as even Sasuke struggled to keep a straight face. "Until the coin drops?" Madara repeated curious and the three elders looked back down on their cupcakes in confusion. Suddenly, Mikoto shot out of her chair with a loud scream. The two elder Uchiha's next to her looked shocked by the outburst as Naruto bit on her lip, muffling the snickers as Mikoto looked at her. "No!" she said but screamed again before Naruto could even answer. The scream switched over to hysterical laughter as she skipped around the table while clapping her hands. Madara looked slightly terrified, but also amused and confused while Fugaku just looked confused.

"Oh my god! Oh my god! We're going to be grandparents!" Mikoto cheered and Naruto and Itachi chuckled as Sasuke watched his father's expression blank, much like Itachi's had done before. "What?" Madara asked and Sasuke looked at him. "We're expecting" he said and Madara blinked as Mikoto stopped behind her husband. "How far along are you?" she asked and Naruto smiled. "17 weeks" she said and Sasuke stood up to retrieve the ultra sounds from the cupboard. "You're pregnant?" Fugaku asked over the sound of Mikoto cheering. Naruto nodded as Itachi looked at Naruto. "Do you know the gender?" he asked curious and Naruto smirked.

"Want to see the first ultra sounds?" Sasuke asked as he put down the strip of pictures on the table between Fugaku and Madara. Itachi and Mikoto looked over the two men's shoulders as Sasuke laid his hand on Naruto's shoulder as he stood next to her. "Twins?! You're having twins?!" Mikoto cried before she bound over to the young couple, dragging the blonde of her chair for a hug. "I can feel the bump!" she said as her eyes streamed full of tears. Naruto laughed soft as she hugged her mother in law back, the two elder Uchiha's silently shedding a few tears behind the exited raven. "A boy and a girl, huh" Itachi said as he congratulated his younger brother. "You want to hear the heartbeat?" Naruto asked and Mikoto looked like she was about to faint. "Yes!" she said as she wiped away her tears.

"How did you keep this a secret for so long?" she asked and Naruto chuckled as she shrugged. "I've only known since last week when I started showing. My menstruation has always been irregular and sometimes I went a month without. I thought nothing of it until I started craving things I normally don't eat and I didn't fit in most of my pants anymore. I didn't even have any morning sickness" Naruto said as Sasuke came back with the Doppler, which he used every evening.

A sharp pain travelled through Naruto's stomach as she felt something warm down her leg. "Ow, okay" she said as she stopped with moving the mop in her hands. "These are no Braxton hick" she said as she put one hand on her swollen belly. She had been noticing them since they had started during the night, but they hadn't been as hard as they currently were. Since they had been nothing more than uncomfortable, she had written them of as the fake contractions. But as she leaned onto the table, breathing through the contractions between walking around, she could scrap that thought. She reached into the pocket of her sweatpants, pressing on one of the speed dials.

-Naruto? Is everything alright, dear?-

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just in labor and my water broke" she said and there was a light gasp on the other side of the line.

-Hang on, I'll be right there-

Naruto put her phone back in her pocket before walking to the toilet to change her underwear and put in a pad. After switching her pants, she walked up to the door to take her hospital bag. It didn't take long for Mikoto to arrive and help Naruto in her car after putting a towel on the chair. "On a scale of one to ten, how much pain?" Mikoto asked as she set out to the hospital as Naruto closed her eyes as she focussed on her breathing. "I don't know. How much worse can it get?" she asked and Mikoto gave a light pitying look.

As they arrived at the hospital and Naruto went through the check-up, she was put in a private room for delivery. Call her immature, but the nurses passing by were all chucking when she said she felt like eating some Chinese delivery. It didn't take long for Sasuke to storm into her room, still in full uniform. His mother scolded him but Naruto had predicted it and send him into the bathroom with a change of clothes. A couple of hours later, Naruto was in the recovery room with a little yellow wrapped bundle in her arms. Little Menma was asleep, two lines on each of his cheeks resembling whiskers and a black tuff of hair on top of his head. Sasuke was seated in the comfortable chair next to her bed, a purple bundle in his arm.

Baby Mina was awake, unlike her brother, popping her lips at her father who was staring down on her like he held the stars in his arms. Mina resembled her brother greatly, the same pale skin, whiskered cheeks and black hair. Naruto vaguely wondered if they would keep their light blue eyes or if they would change into a different colour. Mikoto was the first one to come and take a look, together with Tsunade who worked in the hospital. Tsunade and Mikoto smiled at Sasuke, who wiped away his tears and was extremely reluctant to give up the baby from the safeness of his arms.

Itachi was next, followed immediately by Fugaku, who had both taken a break from work in order to visit the new additions to the Uchiha family. Madara had come by right after they had left, bearing one of the biggest balloons Naruto had ever seen. By the time Naruto was discharged from the hospital with her two babies, the whole Uchiha family and their friends had come to visit. In the first month after getting home, team Ro and the jinchuuriki had come over to see the little newborns. Jiraiya had taken a bit longer, for what reason, Naruto was not going to ask. She could guess what it was anyway. She had hoped her parents would have been alive to become grandparents, but they hadn't. It was just something she would have to live with.

And later, when Menma was a boisterous prankster with a fear of fangirls and Mina a calm and collected young woman with a far more girly side than she showed, they would know about Minato and Kushina from the stories Naruto told. Because that was the only thing she could do. It was okay if they didn't know them, as long as they knew they had grandparents, even if they weren't around anymore, it was all Naruto could ask for. And maybe that Sasuke wouldn't freak out over every possible boyfriend Mina took home, with her Uncle Itachi trying to calm the chief of police down, only to become worse than a spy interrogator when he was alone with the boy.

As if the Uchiha's weren't imposing enough, they had to gang up on teenager over a little flirting that had good intentions. Naruto sighed as she watched the two Uchiha's tower over the teenager cowering on the chair between a laughing Menma and an uninterested Mina. The short haired blonde, taking pity on her son's best friend and daughter's fresh boyfriend, wacked the back of her husband's head and flicked Itachi's ear.

"Honestly, how old are you two? What are you going to do if she decides to get married?" Naruto asked but dreaded the words coming out of her own mouth. Maybe she should have thought that through before she put that idea in their minds. "I won't allow it!" the two Uchiha brothers said resolute and Naruto sighed as Sasuke turned to Itachi. "Nii-san, where can we find a chastity belt?" he asked and Itachi hummed. "The internet" he said and Naruto and the three teenagers stared at them as they left the room. "Mom!" Mina wailed in her own lazy tone. "Relax, sweetie" Naruto said as she took her smartphone out of her pocket.

"Nobody's doing anything on the computers" she said and tapped on a few buttons. "Usuratonkachi! What did you do?!" Sasuke's voice came from upstairs and Naruto rolled with her eyes. "I love our family!" Menma laughed and Naruto smirked at him. "You know, Menma. You should really learn how to delete your browser history" she said before turning around to go into the kitchen. "Mom!" the raven haired boy cried indignant as his best friend and twin sister snickered behind their hands. Ah yes, not a day went by in their family that was boring.

Thank you for Reading! :)