A New Summer-Chapter 4

Chapter 4- Dreams and Nightmares

Naruto, the Rokudaime Hokage, stood upon the Hokage’s monument overlooking his village. It was a great day, the sun shining with not a cloud in the sky, birds singing, and a peaceful hustle over the village. Everything seemed right with the world, Naruto was content with everything, but especially with a certain two something’s that where rushing towards him.

“TOU-SAN,” the louder of the two voices called out, echoed by the second, but not nearly as loudly.

Naruto turned and smiled, “There’s my girls, what’s got you so worked up Karin?”

The louder girl just smiled a smile just like her fathers. Karin and Yuzu were both cute girls. Karin, with light pink hair and bright green eyes, was a stark contrast to Yuzu and her long, dark locks and very pale blue eyes. For a stranger, it would be hard to tell they were sisters, aside from the fact that they both had the same whisker marks, both had two on each cheek, and they were both a little short for their age, although Naruto had no doubt they would shoot up like he did in a few years.

“Tou-san, Tou-san, we did it, we learned the Rasengan!” Karin yelled, jumping up and down like a madwoman.

Naruto was dumbfounded, “ARE YOU SERIOUS! YOU HAVE TO SHOW ME!” Naruto couldn’t believe it, he had given them the lessons on how to use it, and, while mildly surprised that either one had the chakra needed to burst the rubber ball, he didn’t think they would get it down alone in a few weeks when it took him months to learn to do it without a shadow clone.

Yuzu quietly held out her hand, and Naruto expected the small, glowing orb to spin into existence, instead, Karin placed her hands next to Yuzu’s and began to move them in a seemingly erratic pattern. After a few seconds, a sphere appeared in Yuzu’s hand and began to spin faster and faster, eventually Karin stopped with one hand held palm down over Yuzu’s, and between them, a perfect Rasengan, which the two of them promptly slammed into a nearby tree, disintegrating a large chunk of it.

Naruto was dumbstruck when Yuzu finally spoke quietly, “Gomen, father, but it seems we can only use it together at the moment.”

Naruto shook his head, and swept his daughters up in a big hug, “ARE YOU KIDDING, I’M SO PROUD OF YOU TWO!” he set them back down and ruffled their hair, “besides, let me tell you something, when I first learned that, I needed a clone to finally make one, and at that time I was three years older than you are now. It was months before I could make one on my own.”

“Really?” the girls were surprised, not only that their father, the Hokage, had as much trouble with this jutsu as they did, but that he had come up with the same basic solution that they had.

“Yeah, besides, this is a good thing; it means you’re well on your way to mastering it, which is way ahead of anyone your age. It also means you two are learning to work together very well, and teamwork is a must for any shinobi or kunoichi. And finally, you two won’t finish the academy for a couple of years still, so you don’t have to use it in battle for a while. And besides that,” he looked to Karin and smirked, “if you need Yuzu to use it, she will keep you from blasting some random kid who insults you through the wall.”

Yuzu giggled a little, while Karin growled a bit and crossed her arms, “Tou-san, that guy deserved a beating, besides it’s just sad when a chunin can get knocked out by a little girl.”

“Onee-chan is right, father, that man had no right to poke fun at our,” she thought for a moment, “family situation.”

Naruto sighed, he knew having two wives was bound to cause some troubles at one point, but they wouldn’t have it any other way, they were a happy family, if somewhat strange. “Well, since you are the Hokage’s daughter, I just wish you would think a bit more before you act.”

A voice came from behind him, “Considering what you were like at their age, you really aren’t the type of person to tell them that, Naru-kun, right Hina-chan.”

Naruto turned to see the mothers of his children walking towards them as the girls ran towards them.

“I’m afraid I agree, Sakura-chan,” Hinata said with a smile.

“Kaa-san, okaa-san, what do you mean?” Yuzu said looking up.

Sakura giggled, “Well, like the time he painted the faces on this mountain, and ended up having to wash them off by hand.”

Naruto crossed his arms and turned his head as his daughters broke out laughing, “Hey, I thought that out before I did that, Sakura-chan, that’s why I was able to escape even though it was broad daylight, that’s skill.”

“And that’s why you’re the best, Naru-kun,” Hinata said before looking at her daughter, “Who feels like ramen for lunch?”

Almost on cue, both girls, as well as their father, started jumping like crazy screaming, “I DO, I DO!”

Both women sweat dropped, ‘some things will never change’ they thought as they picked up their daughters. Naruto went to follow, but after a few steps, his vision began to blur…

Hotel Room

Naruto opened his eyes, and was greeted with the sight of a dark ceiling, Damn it, why did I have to wake up, I wish my life could have been that good.

Why can’t it, kit? Just lay claim to them before you get back to the village, make them both yours.

Naruto turned a deep red, Ero-aniki, that kind of thing might be normal for foxes, but humans are only supposed to have one wife.

Who says?

Naruto just drew a blank for a moment, That’s just how it is, I don’t think it’s even legal.

Who cares, the fox scoffs, after the crap you’ve been through, you should get them both, and maybe a third, the fox added with a chuckle.

The blonde was getting upset, as well as embarrassed, First off, Hinata and Sakura definitely wouldn’t go for it, let alone some third girl, if there is even another girl who would like me, and it would probably be uncomfortable and unfair to all of them. And besides that, their families would kill me, or disown them for being with me, and I don’t want them to lose their families on my account.

But I don’t think they’d care if they were with you, and besides, I doubt you would even be able to choose, since you’re so worried about hurting them, so just get them both.

Just drop it for now, I’ll focus on the mission, let’s handle this one thing at a time, Naruto thought as he went to the window, it was still dark out, not even a hint of dawn’s red light on the horizon. We still need to send that symbol to obaa-chan to check it out, but it’s too early for the messenger service to be open, Naruto thought for a few minutes, then smacked himself in the head, Of course, why didn’t I think of that last night?

Naruto scribbled down a quick note, put it on the table, and left through the window.

A Few Hours Later</i>

Hinata woke in the late morning with the sun shining over her, giving her body a pleasant warm feeling. Despite the fact it wasn’t more than a few hours, it had seemed like the best night’s sleep she’d had in years, and it had been filled with dreams of her and Naruto, some were nice images of the two of them with little blonde byakugan-users running around them, and some dreams were of the two of them MAKING the little blonde byakugan-users. Someday, I’ll make THOSE dreams come true, she thought with a determined blush.

Hinata got dressed and went to the next room, and found Sakura working on a late breakfast with a faraway look on her face. She hadn’t even noticed the Hyuga until she spoke, “Good morning, Sakura, where’s Naruto-kun?”

“Oh, good morning Hinata, he left a note,” she said motioning towards a piece of paper on the table, which Hinata grabbed.

Dear Hinata-chan and Sakura-chan,

I’ve gone out to do a quick sweep for any suspicious people, and I thought I’d send the paper Hinata-chan found to Tsunade-obaa-chan with one of my toad summons (sorry I didn’t think of that yesterday) I’ll be back in a couple of hours for lunch

Naruto

Hinata blushed a bit at the suffix her love had used, but then turned her attention to her fellow kunoichi, who seemed to space out again, “Is something wrong, Sakura?”

The medic turned to her friend with a smirk, “Wow, Hinata, not even one stutter yet this morning, did something happen last night?”

The heiress turned beet red and started to twiddle her thumbs, “W-w-well, last n-night… I-I mean… me and N-Naruto-k-kun…”

“Don’t worry, Hinata, I know, you confessed to him.” Sakura said, with a sad tone, as she turned away from her friend.

Hinata put her hand on the girls shoulder, “Sakura, I’m sorry, but…”

“No, Hinata, I’m sorry,” Sakura said as her eyes a little teary, “I…I confessed last night too. I didn’t know you had already, and there was this horrible dream I was having, and he came in and was worrying about me,” and she told the pale eyed girl the whole story, about the dream, about the corpse the day before, Naruto thinking she had feelings for the Uchiha, and her confession, “I’m so sorry, Hinata, I didn’t know you had told him, but I couldn’t help myself.”

“So I guess you get what you want,” the Hyuga sounded angry and was getting loud, “I guess the two of you will be a happy couple when the mission is over, and leaving me alone until…until,”

“HINATA,” Sakura yelled, trying to calm her friend down, “we aren’t dating.”

“He, he turned you down?”

“No, he said he needs time to think about it, he said he told you that too,” Hinata nodded, “but I’m worried that I made things worse for him when I told him.”

“What d-do you mean? “ Hinata asked, her anger dying down a little.

“Well, he told you about his…fur ball friend, as he puts it. Because of that, and the fact Naruto is an orphan, I don’t think he knows much about dating or anything like that. He’s probably too worried about hurting one by choosing now that we’ve both confessed to him. He might even think the one he doesn’t choose will hate him,”

“But I-I could never hate N-Naruto-kun, no matter what,” Hinata interrupted, then she smirked a little, “but I think I might resent you quite a bit.”

Sakura chuckled a bit, “I could understand that, deep down I would probably flat out hate you if you won him over,” Sakura’s eyes shot open in realization and she sighed, “and that’s another problem, I guess. Even if we convince him we won’t hate him, he might start to worry about the friendship between the two of us.”

Hinata nodded, and was about to say more when the girls heard a clicking in the door, and in walked the object of their affections.

“Hey, girls what’s for lunch?” then he noticed their serious looks, “Is something wrong.”

Sakura smiled, “No, we’re Fine Naruto-kun, we were just talking about something we will need to do when we get back.”

“So, did you f-find anything, N-Naruto-kun?”

Naruto’s look turned a bit more serious, “Unfortunately, no. I tried asking some of the people who have lived here a while if they had seen anyone out of the ordinary, but no one could think of anything. Before that, though, I gave that paper to my friend Kosuke, and he’s pretty fast so I will have to go wait for him at the town limits.”

“Why?”

“Well, I didn’t think it was a good idea to call one of the larger toads because it might spook the villagers…”

Sakura sighed, “No, I think she means why you have to meet him outside of the village?”

“Oh, I didn’t think it would be a good idea to have a large talking toad going around the town looking for me, and although Kosuke is faster than most humans, but he’s not a real good fighter yet, and I wouldn’t the bad guys to catch him, or for him to scare a villager. Now, I think I’m gonna grab some of the instant ramen I brought, do either of you want some?”

Hinata and Sakura, whose late breakfast had burned while she talked with Hinata, happily helped themselves to some of the blondes’ favorite food. They sat quietly around the table eating their ramen in peace.

Isn’t this a nice family moment, a man and his wives, Naruto heard from the back of his head.

Not funny aniki, I thought I told you to drop it.

I did, and now I’m picking it back up.

Look, I told you, it doesn’t work like that for humans.

Just go for it, you know you want to, maybe that’s what that dream was meant to tell you. Claim them, make them yours.

JUST SHUT UP!

“N-Naruto-kun, is s-something wrong?”

Naruto looked up to see both girls staring at him with worried looks, “Sorry, I didn’t sleep well last night, I had a…strange dream.” He said, turning a light red as he finished, which both girls noticed.

“Oh really, Naruto-kun, what kind of ‘strange dream’” Sakura asked.

“I’d rather not talk about it,” he said, constantly turning redder.

“Ooooh, I’ll bet it was something perverted, wasn’t it?” Naruto shook rapidly his head.

“Sakura, p-please stop teasing him,” Hinata said before she turned to the young man, “Naruto-kun, you c-can tell us.”

“No I can’t, you’ll think its stupid, and Sakura-chan will probably whack me in the head.”

Sakura’s smirk was replaced with a sad smile, “Naruto-kun, I won’t hit you, so don’t worry, you can tell us.”

“Well, I was Hokage, and it was a nice day, and these two little girls came up to me, and they were my daughters. They were so happy because they learned to work together to use the Rasengan like I used to with my shadow clones.”

Hinata was very interested, “What did they look like?”

“Well they both had whisker birthmarks like mine,” he turned to Hinata, “Yuzu was a quiet girl with dark hair and very pale eyes, that had a blue tint,” then he turned to Sakura, “and Karin was a little ball of energy with really bright pink hair and bright green eyes. They were half sisters,” Naruto scratched the back of his head, “see, that’s what was weird about the dream, I had two wives, the two of you.”

Both girls blushed and thought the same thing; Me, married to Naruto-kun!? And we had a daughter, which means we would have…

“Oh look at the time, I should probably go see if Kosuke has gotten back yet,” Naruto said as he bolted out of the window.

Town Limits

Naruto was panicking, why did I have to tell them, why didn’t I just lie?

Stop complaining, kit, it’s probably not as bad as you think. Besides, deception isn’t really your style, and they would have known you were lying anyways.

The blonde sighed, but now they probably think I’m some weird pervert now, Naruto’s thoughts were interrupted.

“Oi, Naruto,” a knee high, light colored toad called at him. Kosuke was a relatively young toad who always wore a pair of goggles like the one Naruto had as a child. Naruto had met Kosuke shortly before he returned to the village, when he had put too little chakra into a summoning when he was trying to contact Gamakichi. The two got along well, and Naruto used him when he needed a small toad with some speed. The toad held out a small scroll, “Tsunade told me to give you this.” Naruto grabbed the scroll just as his friend disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto opened the scroll and read.

Naruto

The symbol you sent me seems to be from a lesser known religion from the region of the former Yugakure, and it seemed familiar to you because it was practiced by one of the defeated Akatsuki members. It is unclear whether this is connected to Akatsuki, but it seems unlikely. However, to be safe, I have sent Team 10 as backup, they should arrive shortly after this letter. Be careful, this could become dangerous, keep an eye on Hinata and Sakura.

Take care,

Tsunade

P.S. The next time you sent me an official letter addressed to “Obaa-chan” I will punch you so hard, not even the Kyuubi will keep you out of a week’s stay at the hospital, during which I will make sure you are brought up to date on all of your vaccination shots.

Naruto shivered from the thought of Tsunade coming at him those needles. I’d better get this to Sakura-chan and Hinata-chan, he thought before he heard a growl in the back of his head.

Better get going, and fast, kit, I’ve got a bad feeling in my whiskers.

Hotel Room, Just After Naruto Left

Hinata and Sakura sat in silence for a few minutes after Naruto had left, before Hinata spoke up, “S-so what d-d-does this mean?”

“I honestly don’t know, maybe he was caught off guard by both of us confessing, maybe he can’t decide between us, or,” Sakura sighed, “maybe Jiraya taught him more than some jutsu.”

“No, I don’t believe Naruto-kun would become like that.”

“We’ll have a talk with Naruto when he gets back, But we have to make sure he knows we’re not mad, and…and,” Sakura started to feel strange, her eyelids felt heavy, as did her limbs.

Hinata wasn’t much better off, she was barely able to keep her head up long enough to see Sakura fall to the ground before her vision started to fade, and she heard a door open.

“See, I told you using the air vents would work.” One voice said.

“Look again, there’s only two here, where’s the guy?” A second, deeper voice asked.

“Yeah, baka, are you trying to piss of Jashin-sama?” a third, feminine voice yelled. Hinata was barely able to crack her eyes to see three figures in blood red robes, a larger one standing near the door, while two slimmer ones were near the table she was at.

“Oh just shut it, bitch, I’ll get the punk.”

Hinata forced herself to stand, leaning on the table, “You…will stay…away from…Naruto-kun.” It was a struggle to speak, and she slowly fell to the ground.

“Oh, would you look at that, baka, one of them is still able to stand, I guess that’s another job you failed,” mocked the robed one nearer to Sakura.

“Shut your trap, before I shut it for you,” the other person said before turning to Hinata, “and as for your, Naruto was it? Don’t worry; we’ll have him next to you when you’re sacrificed to Jashin-sama.”

“Yeah, we’ll even let you live long enough to see the little punk die,” suddenly there was a sickening crack and a piercing scream. Hinata could see Sakura’s hand squeezing the woman’s lower leg, and could guess from the crack and the scream; she had crushed the bone with the last of her strength. “YOU BITCH! YOU WHORE! YOU LITTLE, PINK HAIRED SLUT!”

The male only laughed, “I guess I didn’t pump enough poison in here, hey, boss,” he turned to the large figure by the door, “What should we do about this?”

Hinata finally faded out of consciousness, “I’ll carry these three back, I guess, while you wait for the blonde shinobi.”

Fifteen Minutes Later</b>

“Hinata-chan, Sakura-chan, I got a reply from Obaa-chan.” Naruto called as he opened the door and was blasted with a face full of dust, and he reacted as naturally as he could, and launched a punch towards the source, and connected with something.

“Ow, you bastard,” a dark haired young man, about nineteen, in red robes was in front of him, his hood knocked off by punch, he pulled a long, curved blade from under his robes, “maybe I’ll take a couple of chunks out of you before I take you out of here.”

“Oh yeah, let’s see you try,” Naruto said, launching another punch at the opponent, but missed completely.

“Oh, something wrong, gaki,” the robed man laughed, “you really aren’t that smart, I hit you with a poison dust when you hit the door, and soon you won’t even be able to move. Now then,” he said as he raised the blade, “I think I’ll pay you back for that punch.”