Vixen

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy the grand finale of Vixen and if you're interested, feel free to check out my other stories.

Naruko talking to Kyuubi in bold.

Kyuubi talking to Naruko in bold italics.

Chapter Notation: This place two years after the last chapter. Oh and for those of you who were wondering what happened to all the Clone Sasuke's, that will be listed in the Kabuto's Scene Section. It does raise a lot of interesting ethical questions and may make people a bit squeamish. So I recommend skipping that, if you aren't in the mood for a medical curveball. Happy Reading!

Chapter 16

"Daddy!" Makato Uchiha excitedly toddles her way over to her father. "Up! Up!" Who had just gotten home.

Sasuke smiles and scoops the one year old up into his arms. He had his beautiful Vixen and his equally beautiful kit now. The battle against the Sound was now nothing more than an unpleasant memory.

Naruko laughs as she watches Sasuke pick Makoto up. "She really likes it when her you play with her." Sasuke smirks at that and nods.

"She's just like her mommy in that way." He knew that he was going to get slapped for that later, but eh he couldn't help it. "Uh oh! Face! Face!" Makoto warns Sasuke.

Yes, Sasuke nods in agreement. He didn't even have to look behind him to know that Naruko was giving him The Face. His wife had such an expressive face that even their toddler knew when the blonde was upset or flustered about something.

The look on her face said it all. Hence why Makoto had taken to call it, Face, Face. She was such a sweet child. Always trying to "protect" him.

He couldn't help, but chuckle though. "Don't worry." He smiles and kisses her forehead. "Mommy isn't really mad at Daddy. She just likes to pretend that she is."

"And Daddy is an arrogant bastard sometimes!" Naruko rolls her eyes as she blushes. "But I love him anyway. So you don't have to worry." She smiles at Makoto as she walks over and joins in the family cuddles.

"You really shouldn't call me that in front of her." Sasuke shakes his head. "She's one. Children copy everything we say at this age."

Well that might be stretching it a bit. Makoto was marvelously articulate for a one year old, but it wasn't as though she was speaking in full sentences yet. Still, she managed to get her point across and seemed to know more words than most children did in her age group.

Makoto and her mother were Sasuke's everything really. Though quite frankly, it was a miracle that he had lived long enough to actually hold his daughter. Naruko had been anything, but serene during childbirth!

"It's okay, Naruko." Sasuke tried to comfort his wife. "Just keep pushing. I'm here."

His efforts were in vein though. Naruko had always been wonderfully or terrifyingly expressive, depending on your point of view. Today was no exception in that regard.

"AHHHH!" Contractions were apparently, very painful. "I'm going to Rasengan your dick for this!" She seethed at him.

Upon hearing THAT, Sasuke wisely took several steps back. He quite liked having all his equipment in fully functioning order. Thank you, very much!

"Naruko, I know that childbirth is painful." He could tell by every scream that made him wince in sympathy for his wife. "But our daughter is almost here. Just a few more pushes."

That was the wrong thing to say. Naruko had actually thrown a lampshade at him! It was at that point, that Sasuke realized it was in his best interest to get the Hell out of there.

"I love you, Vixen." He paused as he looked at her writhing in agony on the bed. "I'll be back soon. I just want to live long enough to actually hold our daughter in my arms."

Naruko half snarled at him. "Coward!" Well yeah! He didn't want his Southern Sharingan Rasenganed! Who could blame him?!

He smiled at her. "Maybe, a little." And with that, he darted out of the delivery room like a bat out of Hell.

A few hours later, Makoto had come into the world with a very loud cry. Having decided that it was safe, he swiftly darted back inside the delivery room.

"Ah there you are." Tsunade smiled at him. "Don't worry. You're far from the first man to bolt from his wife during childbirth." She sighed dramatically. "Actually, it's something of a Hidden Leaf tradition when it comes to our first time ninja mothers."

Fugaku and Minato both chuckled at that as the grandparents followed Sasuke inside. "She speaks the truth." Minato smiled as he walked over to his daughter's bedside. "How are you feeling, Sweetheart?"

Naruko looked around desperately. "Like I want to hold my daughter!" She stared at Shizune anxiously who had a tiny and squirming bundle in her arms. "Is she alright?"

"Oh yes, she's fine." Shizune assured the blonde woman with a smile as she sauntered over to Naruko and placed the newborn in the Vixen's arms. "We just had to make sure of that. She's beautiful." She beamed at Sasuke. "Congratulations, you have a healthy baby girl."

Sasuke smiled down at the bundle in his wife's arms and needless to say, ti was love at first sight. She was absolutely adorable. Their daughter was absolutely adorable.

She had his raven black hair, but Naruko's sapphire blue eyes. She had inherited the classical Uchiha facial features, but she had her mother's whisker marks on her cheeks and sun kissed skin.

"She's perfect." Sasuke smiled.

Naruko gives him a dirty look. "She had better be after everything that I just went through!"

Sasuke had laughed nervously at that and the rest of the day had been spent introducing Makoto Uchiha to the rest of their families and their Summons.

Who also fell in love with Makoto at first sight. Yeah. That's right, even grumpy old Gamabunta!

They had named her Makoto Uchiha because Makoto meant Sincerity. He and Naruko had chosen sincerity because they both sincerely loved their daughter with all their heart.

"Yummy Time?" Makoto looks up at Sasuke with those big blue eyes of hers.

Sasuke chuckles at that and nods. "Yes, Yummy Time." Yummy Time meant that they were going to visit Makoto's grandparents. His mother really was an excellent cook, he thinks to himself as the young family departs towards Mikoto's and Fugaku's house.

Warning Kabuto Scene

Meanwhile Tsunade shakes her head as she waits for Kabuto to give his inventory. As much as she didn't like it, the man was a medical genius and knew far more about Orochimaru's research than anyone.

"Unfortunately, two percent of the organs are no longer salvageable, but the rest are still of transplant quality." He smiles at her.

That smile made her want to punch the slimy creepy. More often than not, she often indulged in the impulse. Still, she wouldn't actually kill the prick. He was too useful for that.

"Good." She nods in satisfaction at that knowledge. "You know your Organ Donor Program is what saved your neck."

All the clones of Sasuke were fully healthy, but they possessed no conscious thought whatsoever. For all practical purposes, they might as well have been flesh and blood robots. So Kabuto had suggested an Organ Donor Program and it had saved his sneaky little neck!

"I'm aware of that." He smiles slyly. "There's no need for all this perfectly viable genetic material to go to waste."

Of course, they had gotten Sasuke's permission first. Tsuande would never go behind a fellow Leaf's Ninja's back in such a cruel fashion. Thankfully, he had seen the practical applications.

That was a lot of Sharingans that could be transplanted into his Clansmen's and Clanswomen's eyes, if they started to go blind from overusing their Sharingans. The bodies also served as excellent backups, should a Leaf Ninja lose a limb or have some type of organ failure.

Of course, Tsunade knew the risks of keeping that many spare Sharingans around. So she had taken precautions. If anyone tried to steal a clone or part of its body that wasn't authorized, the clone would self-destruct.

"So far we've saved at least 12 people from heart failure, donated 20 lungs, 26 kidneys, and conducted at least three dozen successful arm and leg transplants." Kabuto observes with a smirk. "All and all, I would say the Clone Organ Donor Program has been complete success."

Yes, it had. While it was distasteful to work with Kabuto, Tsunade knew the truth. They were saving lives. The Leaf may or may not have been able to treat all those injured villagers properly without this surplus and they both knew it.

"Kabuto, just get back to work before I wipe that smirk off of your face again." She rolls her eyes.

End of Kabuto Scene

Meanwhile Naruko, Makoto, and Sasuke had made their way into the Fugaku's and Mikoto's house. To say the least, the place was jammed packed filled with Uchihas and Naruko's relatives.

"Oh baby!" Kushina smiles as she makes a beeline towards Makoto. "She's growing so fast! Makoto, you're absolutely precious!"

"Women, it doesn't matter the species. They always fawn over kits." Kurama sounded amused. "Though I must admit that Makoto is an exceptional spawn."

Naruko rolls her eyes at Kurama. Damn fox. He really never knew when to keep his mouth shut.

"Of course, she's exceptional!" As if she could ever be anything else. "I'm her mother and Sasuke is her father!"

"Naruko, you're rolling your eyes again." Sasuke raises an eyebrow. "Was it Kurama?"

After being married for a couple years, Sasuke had grown rather used to her spacing out on him. Her husband had come to expect it really. Well at least he knew that it wasn't Naruko's fault. It was the furball's!

"I am not a furball!" The furball who could hear her thoughts. "I am the Nine Tailed Fox and you will treat me with respect!"

The blonde woman rolls her eyes at Kurama's antics, but smiles as the grandparents all make their way over to Makoto. No one could resist her adorable little bubble eyes or that cute face!

"Awe look!" Suigetsu smirks as he heads inside with his wife Karin and friend, Jugo. "She's such a cutiesy wootsie little baby!" He grins widely. "Hard to believe she's Sasuke's sometimes!"

Makoto shakes her head. "Face, Face!" And that was the only warning that the white haired man got before he was punched by a very irritated looking Naruko Uchiha!

"That's it, Kit! Protect your Kit!" The Nine Tails sounded positively gleeful at the violence. "Come on! I want to see some blood!"

She rolls her eyes at that. "It's bad enough that I've got to listen to Kurama's dumb comments, but I'm not putting up with it from Suigetsu!"

"Is he really bothering you again?" Sasuke taps her forehead and goes inside Naruko. "Let me fix t hat." He activates his Sharingan and quickly gives the Fox a "time out" so to speak, before reappearing back in the room.

Jugo blinks at that. It was as if the gentle giant truly didn't know how to process the scene before him and well, Naruko couldn't blame him if that was the case. Not everyone knew that Sasuke could just shut up Kruama like that!

"It's okay, I just used my Sharingan to dispel the Nine Tails for awhile." Sasuke shrugs as if it was perfectly natural. "Sometimes, the easiest way to shut him up."

He nods at that seemingly accepting it. "Well that's good." Which was probably the smartest thing that one could do in a situation like this, really.

Karin whacks Suigetsu for good measure. "You idiot!" Which makes Naruko laugh, of course. "Why would you say something like that?!

"Owe!" He grumbles. "I was just teasing him!"

Sasuke shakes his head at that as the family sits down to eat. It wasn't a surprise that Taka had joined them. After Orochimaru's plot to take over the Leaf had failed, the group had turned over well a new leaf. (Sorta).

They would probably never be model citizens, but now they were productive ninjas of the Hidden Leaf. Karin with her medical skills. Jugo with his tracking skills and special chakra. And then there was Suigetsu. The man with a sword fetish and Hozuki bloodline.

"Whatever." Sasuke rolls his eyes again. "Let's just have dinner."

The others nod and everything was going normally, until Jugo asked one very important question. The question that most of the Leaf Village had never gotten a very good answer to.

"By the way, whatever happened to all the clones?" He looks at them curiously while biting into his steak.

Thankfully, Itachi was there to save the day. "Tsunade took care of it." It wasn't a lie, but it wasn't the full truth either.

Mercifully, Jugo and the others appeared to accept that at face value. Sasuke wasn't really sure what would have happened if they didn't. That would have been awkward at best and a disaster at worst.

By the time the Sun set, the young family had departed from the family meal and made their way back to their own home. With one very sleepy Uchiha Princess enjoying a ride in her stroller as they did so.

"She's such a good girl." Naruko smiles proudly.

Sasuke smirks and nods. "Yeah if it wasn't those whiskers and those beautiful blue eyes, it'd be hard to believe that she was your daughter." He paraphrases Suigetsu earlier.

Naruko twitches and smacks Sasuke upside the head. "You really are such a bastard sometimes! Just for that, you're putting her to bed alone." That jerk! "I'll see you in our room in a few minutes." She storms off to their room in a huff.

She'd show that bastard who was boss! Believe it! It was days like this where it still felt like they were Academy Kids, but they weren't.

No. They were a married couple with a young child! And right now, the blonde was going to teach that bastard that Mother Knows Best! Believe it!

"Are you still sulking?" Sasuke raises an eyebrow as he comes into their room a few minutes later. "You know that doesn't actually scare me, right?"

Sulking?! She was not sulking and yes, yes it did scare him! Naruko was sure of this! Well maybe. Hopefully. Damn it!

"You should be afraid, Bastard!" She puffs up. "Very afraid."

Sasuke shakes his head in amusement as he pulls his shirt off. "Yes, Naruko." He chuckles. "I'm utterly terrified of the cute little Vixen sitting in our bed."

Now, that wasn't fighting fair! He couldn't just start stripping in front of her like that! How was she supposed to argue with a half naked Sasuke?!

"Put on your shirt!" She grumbles and crosses her arms. "I wasn't done fighting with you and that's distracting!"

He smirks at that. "We were fighting?" Sasuke feigns ignorance as he reaches down and slides out of his sandals.

Shirtless Sasuke. She had to focus here. Damn. Those abs. Wait! She had to focus!

"Well kinda!" Naruko gives him a dirty look. "You made a very mean joke! Bastard!" That's right! She'd give him The Face!

Sasuke laughs and slides out of his pants, standing only in his boxers. "Yes, alright." He sighs and tries to look apologetic. "I was mean." Yes, yes he was! "I'm sorry." No, he wasn't!

Naruko knew that he was just teasing her. The Bastard did that a lot. Sometimes it was verbally and sometimes it was in a frisky fashion. Of course, she preferred the latter, but wait…damn those abs! They were still distracting her!

"Yes, you were mean and you should be sorry." She eyes him warily. "And you should put on your shirt!"

Sasuke chuckles. That was Naruko for you. She could pretend to be made all she wanted, but she was definitely his Vixen.

"Or you could take yours off and we could be even." He smirks as he walks over to the bed and sits down, pulling her into his lap. "I personally like that option better."

"You would, you pervert!" She tries to give him, The Face.

Sasuke wasn't falling for it through. He knew the difference between a genuinely angry Naruko and one who was only pretending.

He caresses her cheek. "Well I never denied that." Sasuke kisses her neck. "But you've always seen to enjoy that aspect of my personality very much and I do believe that is how we got Makoto…so perhaps, you should just indulge my deviancy."

Naruko mews cutely at the kissing. "Mmm." Bingo.

Resistance was really futile after this point. They both knew what was going to happen now. Once, Naruko mewed…she was putty in Sasuke's hands (and the reverse was also true).

"So do you wanna kiss and make up, My Vixen?" He playfully nips her collarbone.

Naruko squirms at that and nods. "Alright, but you had better impress the Hell out of me." She tugs off her shirt, revealing her orange lacy bra. "Because I was thinking that Makoto could really use a baby brother."

Sasuke smirks at that. "I'll see what I can do." He definitely liked the sound of that. "You know, I never thought of orange as a sexy color…before I saw it on you."

he blonde giggles at that. "Mmm well I'm glad that I've successfully converted you." Yeah. She had converted him!

"Only on you though." He shakes his head. "It'd look horrible on anyone else."

The rest of the night was spent in a blur of tangled limbs and heated moans. Sasuke might be a Bastard, but he was her Bastard. And he was a Bastard who really knew how to play well with Mommy when he wanted to.

The next morning, they all went to enjoy breakfast with the rest of their family and Naruko smiles as she sits next to Sasuke and situates Makoto into her high chair.

"Well I'm glad to see that it's such a happy marriage." Minato smiles at them. "We were a bit worried at first when we suggested it, but high collars are most certainly indicative of a happy marriage."

Fugaku nods in agreement. "That's most certainly true." While the grandmothers giggle.

Naruko blinks and looks at them in confusion. What the Hell were they talking about?! Of course, it was a happy marriage. Though she really wasn't sure what high collars had to do with anything.

"Kurama, do you have any idea what they're talking about?" Because Naruko didn't have a clue.

She hears an amused chuckle from within the deep recesses of her mind that could only belong to the Nine Tailed Fox. "They know that you're wearing the high collars to hide the lovebites that your Mate gave you." Who was apparently hell-bent on making her blush!

Sasuke just smirks as he caresses her cheek. "Yes, it's a very happy marriage." He smiles at her as he kisses the same cheek he'd just caressed.

"How many beds have you broken this month?" Itachi laughs.

Sasuke just shrugs and looks at his brother without a hint of shame. "We're getting better at spotting sturdier furniture." He smirks. "So only two."

Kushina shakes her head and laughs. "Well I'm glad that the Honeymoon Period isn't over and that you two are getting along so well." She smiles and plays with Makoto.

Naruko blushes deeply. She really wished they would all stop talking about this stuff at the table! Sheesh! That stuff was supposed to be private.

"Um yeah." She smiles at Sasuke. "We get along great and he's the best dad in the world to Makoto!"

Sasuke snorts in amusement. "Nice save." He was of course, not the only father at this table.

The last thing either of them really needed was to start off some sort of fatherly rivalry. Naruko just shuttered at the mere thought of such a thing. They'd probably all get spandex and strut around like Bushy Brow Sensei! Yuck!

Well on second thought, maybe spandex would be okay on Sasuke. He did have a really sexy ass. Actually, he had a sexy everything. Oh wait. She was getting off track here!

"Yes, I thought so too!" She smiles at him.

Sasuke just smiles back and kisses her. "She's a handful. Don't get me wrong." Hmpf, she thinks to herself as she kisses him back. "But I couldn't imagine my life without her now."

Awe. That was so sweet. Naruko smiles at that. "And I couldn't imagine may life without him."

Sasuke nods approvingly. "She's my Vixen and the only woman on the planet who could possibly make slurping down Ramen and wearing the color orange sexy." He smirks.

Predictably, that draws roars of laughter from his family. Well that and some sulky flailing from Naruko. That was just fine with Sasuke though.

He knew exactly what happened when his wife got angry enough. She'd jump up and down in a really animated fashion and he would get to see the Jiggle.

The Jiggle is what he called it when his wife's breasts jiggled. "You're such jerk sometimes, but I love you anyway." And he loved her too!

Sasuke loved his families with all his heart. Both the one that he had been born into and married into, but he loved his wife and daughter most of all.

"And I love you." He smiles and kisses her again. "My insanely beautiful and infuriatingly stubborn Vixen."

Fugaku chuckles and shakes his head. "Well it looks like we shall be babysitting Makoto tonight." He glances his wife slyly.

"Oh that'll be fun!" Mikoto smiles. "I got her a few cute dresses that I can't wait to try on her."

Naruko rubs the back of her head sheepishly. "Um she's not actually a doll. You know?" Sasuke nods in agreement.

"Oh it's best just to humor them." Itachi shakes his head in amusement as he sits by his wife and child. "Never get in the way of a grandmother playing Dress Up with their grandchild."

Izumi laughs at that. "My husband is such a wise man." And she wasn't the only one laughing, so was Sasuke's nephew and the rest of the Uchiha Clan.

"Right." Sasuke shakes his head in amusement. "Well thanks for babysitting Makoto." He smiles at Naruko. "You wanna go see how sturdy those Academy Desks are?"

Naruko flails and blushes at her husband! "You're evil!" Sasuke couldn't help, but laugh as he scooped her up Bridal Style. "But yes." The blonde whispers quietly into his ear.

"Yes, I know." He smirks as he carries her towards the door. "Though if you wanted an innocent angel, you never should have married an Uchiha, My Vixen."