Kunais and Paintbrushes

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy the grand finale of Kunais and Paintbrushes and feel free to check out my other stories, if you're interested. Oh and a special thanks to Sweet Villainess for coming up with the name Knockout Kiss Jutsu! (Well at least she was the first person that I ever saw using it anyway). Happy reading!

Chapter Notation: This takes place 13 years after the last one.

Chapter 13

"You can do this, Itachi." Sai smiles pleasantly.

Today was a rather important event in his life. Their eldest son, who was named after his uncle Itachi, was participating in the Chunin Exams and it was his turn to enter the Arena. It was nerve-wracking, but Sai was trying his best to be a supportive parent.

Itachi smiles at him. "I know. Thanks, Father." His unusual eyes sparkling with determination.

Sai wasn't entirely sure when this was decided, but Itachi had labeled him as Father and Sasuke was Papa. All their other children followed suit. In all, they had four children.

"You can do it, big brother!" Sachi smiles at her eldest brother.

Sasuke nods in agreement. "Yes, he can." She was their youngest daughter at the age of four and with those wavy midnight black locks, alabaster skin, and baby blue eyes it was hard to imagine a more adorable child in his mind.

In truth, all their children were adorable to Sai. No matter their gender or how old they got. Sachi had Sasuke's features, but his skin and hair color though.

Granted, it was rather difficult to distinguish between his hair color and Sasuke's, but he could. He was an artist after all.

Her name meant blissful and well she lived up to it. She might have been the youngest of the bunch, but she could a kunai the best out of all their children. Which was really saying something because their other children were quite excellent at throwing them.

"Thanks, Sachi." Itachi smiles at her.

"You're facing Nami." Mikoto looks at Itachi warily. "She's one of my best friends, but she can be pretty…sneaky."

Mikoto was their second child. At 11, she was almost ready to graduate the Academy herself. She was obviously named after Sasuke's mother.

Itachi shakes his head in amusement. "Thanks, but believe me, I know what Nami Hozuki is like." As unpredictable as the surfs and waves she was named after, Sai mentally adds.

"I'm still surprised that the loser gave her Suigetsu's last name." Sasuke laughs at the thought.

So was Sai, but he pawned it off to Naruto just being happy to have a bloodline. Last names didn't matter too much to him and Suigetsu seemed rather happy about sharing his name, so yeah.

"She's probably going to go for your eyes first." Mikoto continues.

She had Anko's lighter hair color, but it was pure silk and styled just like her grandmother's. Her eyes just as dark as the night sky like Sasuke's. Though her skin and facial features were more like himself.

Itachi nods. It was likely that he had already known that from the beginning. After all, he was an Uchiha. A smart person would target his greatest asset. His eyes.

"Yeah. I figured that much." He smiles at the Genjutsu User.

Mikoto's specialty was Genjutsu. Which was a bit ironic. Sai would have thought that would be more Itachi's thing, but while he was certainly skilled at it…his sister was a natural with the art.

Shin gives Itachi a thumbs up. "Knock em dead." At eight, he was their middle child.

Shin had been named after Sai's best friend. The man who had succumbed to illness and taught him about art. It was his way of honoring the fallen ninja.

He was also their most exotic child. With his snowy white, slightly tanned skin, and onyx eyes he stood out in any crowd. Though he had Sai's facial features.

"I will." Itachi grins as he heads out towards the Arena.

Despite his casual demeanor, Shin was the one who most took after Sasuke in abilities. He was making a Chidori by the time he was Sachi's age. And then, there was Itachi.

Meanwhile Naruto watches anxiously as Nami heads off to the Arena. To say the least, the Hokage was nervous as Hell. She was his only child, after all!

"Relax!" Suigetsu smiles at his husband. "She's total badass!" Well yeah, but still. That didn't meant that the blonde wasn't going to worry about their only kid going up against Itachi! (Well the second Itachi, anyway).

"Well at least we instituted the no lethal shots rule." Naruto sighs.

Things had changed a lot since his day. The blonde wasn't going to let anyone die on his watch, if he could help it. Self-Defense was one thing, but if your opponent gave up, you let them be.

Suigetsu nods and kisses his cheek. "Yeah. So don't worry so much." He grins at his husband. "She can handle herself."

The Hokage sighs and cuddles up to his lover. He sincerely hoped that Suigetsu was right. He couldn't imagine life without Nami in it.

"I still can't believe that you named her after waves." He rolls his eyes. "Is there anything that you won't turn into a pun?"

The violet haired man just laughs. "No. Nothing." He smirks as he grabs Naruto's ass. "Besides, don't lie. You like it and you know it."

The Hokage blushes at the ass grab. "You two need to get a room." Karin laughs as she strides over to them with Jugo at her side.

The gentle giant was carrying quite a lot of popcorn and drinks. It seemed like the husband and wife were enjoying one Hell of a date. Naruto didn't really know how the red head had hooked up with the giant, but he figured it was best not to ask too many questions in a situation like this.

There were some things that you truly didn't want to know. He had learned that the hard way. Being a ninja was very good for drilling that idea into one's head early on. (It had just taken a bit longer than usual for the message to sink through his thick skull as the Bastard was so fond of saying)!

"Funny." Naruto grins at them. "I was about to say the same for you too!"

Karin blushes at that, but Jugo recovers swiftly. "Alright. That's fair. So whose up first?" He looks over at the Arena. "Should be one Hell of a show. We've got a lot of interesting competitors this year!"

The sword lover shakes his head and points. "Nami and Itachi are facing off." He smirks seeming rather delighted at this possibility. "And this is going to be so cool to see Sasuke's kid lose to our princess!"

"Um yeah, I know she's a badass and everything, but it's a fifty-fifty shot, Suigetsu." Naruto laughs as he rubs the back of his head sheepishly.

Suigetsu shakes his head as if it was the most obvious thing in the world that their daughter was going to win. And well, considering it was Suigetsu that was probably the truth.

"She's got this." He smirks at Naruto. "Trust me. She's got this."

Nami walks into the Arena and smiles at Itachi. Well he wasn't going to be easy to beat, she thinks to herself as she fidgets with some of her long straight white hair. It was one of her nervous habits. She either fidgeted with her hair or swords.

"Don't worry." Itachi smiles at her. "I'll go easy on you. You're my sister's best friend." Oh he so did NOT just say that! "I don't want to hurt you."

"EVERYONE THE MATCH IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!" The announcer's voice blares across the stadium. "Itachi Uchiha the Second vs. Nami Hozuki!" The crowd was going absolutely bonkers and Nami knew why. They were expecting one Hell of a show.

That was only natural. Itachi was the son of Sasuke and Sai. She was the daughter of the Hokage and Suigetsu. Each of their fathers was an elite ninja. Anything less than an exceptional performance was likely going to earn them boos.

So she wasn't going to lose! There was no way she was going to let that happen!

"Funny!" She unsheathes her sword. "I was just about to say the same to you!"

Itachi smiles slyly and undoes his scroll and his paints. "Very well then." Yeah. That smile was why all the girls panted after him, of course he didn't notice or he pretended not to. "Lets give the crowd a good show then and I do apologize in advance for hurting you."

This guy was asking for it! She would show him who was boss! Believe it!

Elsewhere in the stands, Orochimaru watches curiously. He couldn't be prouder of Sasuke. In some ways, he really did feel like a proud grandfather.

"Lord Orochimaru, why are you crying?" Kabuto blinks as he looks at the legendary Sannin in confusion.

Why was he crying? Well it was just all so beautiful. After all these years, he was finally going to see the results of their medical experimentation!

"It's just that children grow up so quickly these days." His eyes sparkle with happiness. "It seems like only yesterday, Itachi was a baby and now, he's fighting in the Chunin Exams. It's truly a magical day." The elderly man smiles slyly. "Wouldn't you agree, Kabuto?"

Kabuto nods dumbly. "Yes, I agree, Lord Orochimaru." That was right.

How could this day be anything, but magical. Two of his greatest creations Itachi and Nami were going to face off against each other. One held the Hozuki bloodline and was fathered by the Hokage himself and the other held the Uchiha Bloodline and Sai's….versatility.

This was going to be quite the exciting match. It did surprise Orochimaru though that the proud fathers were so willing to let their children compete with each other. What didn't surprise him were their competitive spirits.

"Blustering starts at such an early age." He chuckles.

Of course, he had been the same way once as a child. Now as an adult, he preferred to get down to business. Though that did vary from ninja to ninja. Some preferred to brag more than others.

Itachi waits for the match to begin. "ALRIGHT, BEGIN! The winner will be whoever knocks out their opponent or whoever is yielded to!" He hears the announcer shout.

"Take this! Water bullets!" Nami cries out as she shoots the bullets at him.

Damn it! She wasn't aiming for vital spots, but those things could hurt a lot. He was going to have to dodge and put up a shield.

So that's exactly what Itachi does as he dodges and quickly draws a wall of earth. "Earth Shield!" The bullets wouldn't be able to penetrate that or if they did, he'd have enough time to dodge them.

"Not bad." Nami smirks. "But you'll have to do better than that!" She jumps over the wall and brandishes her sword at him.

He really should have seen the sword thing coming. So he did what his Papa would do in this situation. He radiates a Chidori along his body.

"Try to hit me and you'll get electrocuted." It seemed only fair to warn her. "Think you can stand the voltage?"

Nami glares at him. "I can handle anything that you've got!" She suddenly forms a lot of Shadow Clones.

Uh oh. This wasn't good. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" The only way to really combat that was by making clones of his own.

Now the clones were fighting each other and he was trying to dodge Nami's sword. She was lethal with that thing. She really took after Suigetsu in a lot of ways. Though she had mastered Naruto's ability to spam clones like nobody's business. He was just lucky that she couldn't produce a Rasengan yet.

Sasuke watches the match anxiously. Of course, he knew that Itachi was more than capable of handling himself. It was just that Itachi was his son. It was only natural to worry.

Sachi smiles at him. "Don't worry, Papa!" Such a sweet smile. "Itachi will be okay!"

"That's right." He scoops her up onto his back piggyback style. "Your brother will be fine. I'm just being a silly Papa." Sasuke smiles at the little girl on his back.

Sai chuckles as he watches them. It was more likely than not that he was already planning on capturing the moment on canvas. After all, that's what Sai did when he saw a particularly cute family moment.

Shin watches his brother fight and Sasuke smiles. Their children were all remarkably close. Which made him happy.

His youngest son might not idolize Itachi in the way that he had his own brother, but obviously Shin did look up to him. That was good. It gave him something to aspire to without making him feel inferior.

"That's a lot of Shadow Clones." Mikoto blinks.

Yes, that was a lot of Shadow Clones. Of course, Sasuke hadn't expected anything less from the Loser's daughter. It was only fitting that she would rely at least partially on one of his trademark techniques.

Time in the Leaf seemed to operate in a circular pattern. Each generation mirrored the last to a certain extent. Sometimes to a rather disturbing degree at that, but the Uchiha Patriarch was done questioning it. That was just part of what it meant to be a Leaf Villager, he supposed.

Sasuke nods at his eldest daughter's brilliant observation. "Yeah. This could get ugly." He sighs as he watches with the worried eyes of a parent.

"What a match!" The announcer's voice blares across the stadium once more. "These two Genin are giving it everything they've got!"

Nami frowns. He was good, but she didn't really want to hurt him and she knew that Itachi didn't want to hurt her. That was the only way that one of them was going to win this match though.

Well that or she'd have to take some rather unorthodox methods to end this fight. "AHHH!" She pretends to fall.

She knew the eldest Uchiha Kid. He'd come a running. He had chivalry or some B.S. like that ingrained into his psyche. It was weird!

"WHAT'S THIS?! It looks like Nami must have taken a hit!" Ha! Hardly, but whatever. "Nami, remember you can yield at any time!" Never gonna happen, but again…whatever!

Itachi took the bait, like the cute sucker that he indeed was. "Nami, are you okay?" He leans down to check on her.

She almost felt guilty about this. Well almost. He was pretty cute and honestly, if he fell for the oldest trick in the book, Itachi kinda deserved it. He was supposed to be a genius!

Wait. She was getting off track here! "Yeah. Now that you're here." He gives her a confused look, but Nami didn't let him voice whatever questions might be running through his head because she preemptively silences them with a kiss.

She was surprised when he actually started kissing back, but this was nice. A little awkward because neither of them seemed to know what to do with their noses or teeth, but still nice. He had really soft lips and damn it, he was distracting her again!

"Damn it!" She mutters as she knocks him out. "You're way too good at that." She shakes her head.

"I don't believe this folks!" The announcer sounds stunned. "It seems that Nami Hozuki has triumphed in this match thanks to the Knockout Kiss Jutsu!" The crowd was torn between laughter and just gaping.

Luckily, Itachi woke up and looks dazed for a moment, before he gets up. "…" He tilts his head. "Well you kissed me so I guess that makes you my girlfriend." He smiles and scoops her up bridal style. "So did you wanna go out for Ramen?" Itachi smiles at her. "I know you like Ramen."

Well she did like Ramen. Nami wasn't really trying to get a boyfriend, but he was cute and a good kisser. That and he was also a good sport. Most boys would have been made about that trick.

"Sure. Ramen sounds good!" She smiles as she is carried off.

"Well…I guess that's an excellent display of sportsmanship?" The announcer couldn't help, but feel slightly bewildered.

Several hours later, Sasuke glares at Naruto. The loser had gone way too far this time. He was going to settle this once and for all!

"Look! It was your daughter who kissed my son!" Not the other way around! "So don't look at me that way!" Itachi was innocent! Ish…

Naruto glares right back at Sasuke. "Well he was the one who carried her off like they just got married!" Well yeah, but that was after she kissed him.

Sai and Suigetsu were both watching them argue, but that was nothing new. What was new was watching his husband twitch. Sai never twitched like that!

"Naruto, your daughter started it. So with all due respect Lord Hokage, I guess we will just have to get used to the fact we'll likely be in-laws one day and can you please get out of our house?!" Sai twitches more. "The kids are safe and sound and that's what matters most!"

Suigetsu just laughs his ass off. "Well I guess we know who wears the pants in this family." Which makes Sasuke twitch instead.

"Sai, you wanna practice your naked paintings again?" He glances at his husband. "Naked portraits of the Lord Hokage and his husband. Without their kunais?" Sasuke smirks.

He loved his husband. His husband was an amazing lover, father, and artist. Though it was Sai's last skill that was going to come in handy in this particular situation.

"What?!" Naruto gapes at Sasuke. "You're not serious! Tell me that you're not serious, Bastard!"

Sai smirks at the flabbergasted Hokage. "Oh he's serious." Delighting in the blonde's episode. "Let me go get my paint."

Suigetsu blinks and grabs Naruto's arm. Suddenly, Sai was doing his best not to burst out laughing. This was absolutely priceless. No wonder, Sasuke fought with Naruto so much. It was amusing.

"Um right." He looks at his husband. "Lets get the Hell out of here before they do something crazy." Suigetsu demands as he drags a flailing Hokage off.

"Well that worked like a charm." Sasuke smirks.

Thankfully, their children were sleeping because Sasuke felt like it was time to celebrate scaring off the Hokage Family and their eldest son getting his first girlfriend. This was going to be fun.

"Sasuke, why are you smirking like that?" Sai tilts his head in confusion.

The Uchiha Patriarch's smirk only grew and he was sure that his lover didn't know, if he should be excited or terrified. Which always made things more fun.

One of the most important things in a happy marriage was variety. Well at least in Sasuke's mind. There were of course classics that every couple had, but it was important to keep an artistic mind like Sai's from getting bored.

"You'll see." He smiles at Sai slyly as he heads upstairs to their bedroom.

A bored Sai was a dangerous Sai. Sasuke wouldn't put it past his husband to do something absolutely crazy when he got bored. Like drawing kunais all over the Hokage Mountain and he wasn't talking about the metallic ones!

Sai follows him as Sasuke knew that his husband would. He smiles and performs a Soundproofing Jutsu around their room, before locking the door after Sai. They had learned that lesson the hard way.

"No reason to traumatize the children further." He kisses Sai happily. "Remember what happened last time?"

It was safe to say that Itachi and Mikoto had both already received the talk about Kunais and Pouches. (That and kunais and paintbrushes and pouches and pouches, just in case). Their eldest children had overheard their lovemaking one night and walked in concerned for their safety.

Needless to say, they had both gotten an eyeful. Both of them were traumatized and had a lot of questions. Though Sasuke wasn't sure who was more scarred by the ordeal. Them or well him and Sai!

"Mmm that's true." Sai smiles happily at his husband, after returning his kiss.

Sai really as such a good kisser, Sasuke muses. He could never get enough of his husband's kissers. That or his other more erotic touches. Not to mention the things that man could do with his mouth were utterly incredible and…he was getting a bit distracted.

Sasuke smiles as he pushes Sai on the bed and begins to undo his shirt. "Do you remember what you first told me about kunais and paintbrushes?" He smiles at his lover.

"Well not really." Sai shakes his head innocently. "I have said a lot to you about those topics over the years." He smirks.

Well that was very true. Their Honeymoon in particular had been a rather spectacular occasion. Though that wasn't the point.

Sasuke slyly grabs his lovers clothed arousal and starts stroking him. "A paintbrush is like a kunai." He strokes him more. "You have to know what you want to do with it, grip it properly, apply the right amount of pressure, and know when to release it to use it effectively." Obviously, kunai in this context had more than one meaning.

Sai groans in pleasure and smiles. "Ah. That's true." He smirks at that.

"I did say that. I'm so glad that you remember your art lessons with such stunning detail."

Sasuke smiles kisses him. "Well I had a very good teach." And he smiles when Sai returns it.

"And I had a very sexy Uchiha, who I made my husband and the father of my children." Sai smiles as he caresses his cheek. "I love you and I'm so glad that Kakashi sent me too you."

Sasuke smiles at that. "Me too." He pauses and smirks. "I should send him some kunais and paintbrushes for his birthday. Do you think he'd get the reference?"

"I doubt it." Sai laughs as he snuggles close to Sasuke and turns off the light. "Which just makes it even more amusing. Perhaps we should send him an erotic painting instead!"

Sasuke rolls his eyes as he rests his head on Sai's chest. "No. Never going to happen. We're not sending him an erotic painting." His husband made a damn sexy pillow t hough.

"Alright. Alright." Sai laughs. "Kakashi doesn't need the erotic paintings, but we can always add a few more to our collection."

Now, THAT sounded like a good idea. Maybe, he should give his lover some inspiration for a new painting. Just as long as the kids didn't see it.

"That I can go along with." He kisses Sai.

The rest of the night passed in a blur of heated moans, passionate kisses, and tangled limbs and once again, Sasuke was reminded of just how damn useful the Soundproofing Jutsu really was. This was especially true, when you had a sexy husband like Sai with a very large kunai!