Luminescent eyes

 

The KonohaNin stared in shock as the blond smiled at them.

“Hi, welcome to my home. My name is Naruto and you’ve already met my daughter, Sasu-chan – who should offer the guest some tea.” The blond – it was Naruto, oh god Naruto! -  looked down at the pouting child, a brow raised. “One of you are welcome to accompany her, I know how Shinobi are around people they don’t know.” Naruto – fucking Naruto!!!!- said with a slight smile, as he started to turn.

“People we don’t know!” Sasuke exploded – they couldn’t blame him, even if it was a bit shocking that his voice was rising dramatically – “are you fucking kidding me!”

Here Naruto took an unsure step back – they didn’t miss how his hand went into a pouch on his hip they hadn’t noticed before.  “I think I’m missing something…” the blond muttered, pushing Sasu-chan behind him and glancing swiftly between the tense Shinobi. Most couldn’t help but notice that absolutely norecognition had passed through the blonde’s eyes.

“Missing something?” Sasuke all but shouted, stalking forward and causing the blonde to pull out three shuriken and stand at a ready, the look of distrust and confusion stopping the raven in his tracks. “How about the fact that you have been missing the past twelve years!” he shouted.

At this the blond dropped the shuriken, looking around in utter confusion. Sasuke took this time to creep closer to the blond.

“You know me?” Naruto asked in a whisper. He finally looked at them, as in looked at them. They all noticed how his gaze lasted a little longer on Kakashi, and then… Sasuke. But no, he didn’t just stare a little longer than normal, no, he stared.

His eyes squinted a little first, his lips moving as though whispering to himself. He studied the Uchiha intensely. And then he gasped.

“Sasuke!”

What happened next, had the Konohanin glanced away, as if they had no right to watch what unfolded right before their eyes.

Sasuke gave a strangled gasp, before grabbing the blond and hugging him for all his worth, face buried in blond hair and shoulders shaking ever so slightly. And Naruto, he was babbling.

“I remember you, oh kami I do, I remembered you first, oh kami… onii-teme!” the last word was not spoken in anger or insult; it was like a whole phrase and so full of warmth and longing.

The raven haired man pulled away, cupping the blonds face. “Dobe, what do you mean you remembered me first?” he asked; the others had by now moved closer, looking at Naruto in a new light.

“Mama’s memory was locked away.” A voice piped up from behind Naruto.

Everyone, abruptly remembered the small child, looked down at the green eyed girl.  They we’re quite surprised at what she was doing.

She was glaring…

At Sasuke…

With… an Uchiha glare…

Sasuke matched the glare, but all the girl did was huff distastefully at look the man up and down.

“So you’re the one mama named me after.”

“Huh?” was the all-aroundresponse. Sasu-chan smiled toothily, and posed in a pose that was basically trade-mark Naruto and said in a rather louder than her norm voice. “Sasuke Uzumaki, number one kunoichi of the wilderness.”

“You named your kid after me?” Sasuke blurted out rather abruptly. Naruto ignored him, blushing deeply and whacking his daughter over the head.

“Baka! You have to become a genin first you gaki! Now go make the tea!” Naruto said, pointing at the house – which everyone noticed properly for the first time– with a tone that left no room for argument, before turning back to the nin, blush still coloring his cheeks; Sasuke did not miss how some of the men were eyeing his little otouto .

Neji smiled at the blond. “You’ve taken to ‘mother’-hood rather beautifully, Naruto-kun.” The Hyuuga said with a rather coy smile. Naruto blushed again. And Sasuke saw Kakashi glare discreetly at the Hyuuga.

“Thank you, Hyuuga-san.”

Neji looked all too pleased with himself. “You remember me?”

Naruto looked around rather awkwardly. “Ano, no, sorry… it’s the eyes…”

Sasuke smirked at the dark cloud that suddenly seemed present over the pale eyed man. Tenten giggled and Kakashi eye smiled. Lee and Gai were doing… something… nobody was really sure…

“Well, why don’t you come in?” Naruto said, turning. “Oh, and pervvy guy with the silver hair...” He waited for a name. Kakashi blushed slightly, orange book surprisingly missing.

“Hatake Kakashi.”

“Well, Hatake-san, if you want that summons you so discreetly sent to be able to make it back. You going to have to summon him again or he won’t be able to get back on his own.”

~888~

Gaara was on his feet in an instant, sand stirring in the air as he stalked towards the near impassive dog siting before Tsunade’s desk.

“Where?”

“Two days run west of Konoha, near the ‘Unreachable Cliff’”

“Unreachable cliff?” Gaara asked with a raised brow, turning to Tsunade.

“Superstitionamong travelers and Shinobi alike.” Tsunade said absently. “Why is he there, Pakkun?”

The dog looked at her impassively. “He lives in a clearing right next to the cliff with his daughter.”

There was a beat of silence, Tsunade staring in disbelief at the dog.

“Daughter?”she finally asked, voice coming out strangled.

“Yes… and apparently, he is the girl’s mother.”

“That’s impossible!” Tsunade exploded, nerves too tightly strung.

“No its not.” Gaara interrupted her. “Avessel can become pregnant.” He started simply, not really looking at the Hokage. “A demon is genderless, so man or woman, you can fall pregnant.” The Kazekage looked at the stunned Tsunade. “If i still had the raccoon in me and then allowed one of my lovers to top me, I could easily become pregnant.”

Tsunade was speechless gaping at the red head. Eventually, she turned back to a wide eyed Pakkun, who was watching the Kazekage with a slight green tinge to his furry face. Obviously Gaara was unaware of the ‘TMI’ moment.

“Pakkun, I want you to go back and get as much information as possible as well as the exact location.”

“HaiHokage-sama.” And so the dog got to his paws, and poofed away…

Well, he was supposed to poof away…

Instead he just kinda stood there.

“What the hell? I can’tget back!” the dog said, obviously annoyed.

“What do you-” the Hokage was gut off when the dog poofed away.

“Huh, guess he did it.”

“Now we wait.”

~888~

Kakashi looked at the clearly confused dog now yapping – cursing – quiet thoroughly at him. Apparently the dog didn’t like not being able to find him.

Naruto stuck his head out of the front door, long hair framing his face, and swung past the doorway, now in a long braid.

“Ah, you summoned him back; well come in, I expect your leader will want some information.” The blond said with a smile, before disappearing around the door again.

Pakkun, Lee and Gai instantly followed the blond, while the others – sans Sasuke, he was already inside with Naruto – took that as permission to study their surroundings more closely.

They were in a large clearing, trees shielding the rest of the world from view – they looked purposely placed – and around them were paths winding through a rather extensive garden, which looked wild and so full of life, holding fruits and vegetables, flowers and herbs, even a few young trees here and there. All this led to a house, and it was the house that stunned them the most.

Threes and rock meshed together, rising high off the ground and out of the cliff face, coming together near seamlessly to create a three story house, crystal glistening in the place of glass and tree branches snaking and holding rock all the way up to disappear into the cliff, no roof, just a beautiful bulge that was the house.

They walked towards the two largest trees, which grew to create the front door. They pushed the thick door out of the way, gaping slightly as they saw the complicated walls of rock and living wood that made the hallway. They followed the sound of voices – meaning they followed the rather tearful shouts of youth. They tried to ignore the actual control one would have to have over earth jutsu to actually make the house, something they knew Naruto did not excel at. There was only one person – a person who had been missing for quite some time now – who had the level they were thinking of.

They entered a living room, a rock fireplace holding a roaring fire and warming the mostly rock room. Even the furniture was rock, although they were softened by dry spongy moss. Sasu-chan was just putting tea onto the small table in the middle of the room,  still sulking about her ‘awesomeness’ being trampled on by her ‘bossy’ mother. They heard her muttering purposely loud, obviously so her mother would hear.

They saw Gai and lee standing with anime tears in the corner and Sasuke and Pakkun sitting and listening raptly as Naruto told them what happened.

“- and I remember pain, lots of pain, I was sure I was dead, but my nii-sans looked after me. “ Kakashi noticed Sasuke narrow his eyes at the ‘nii-san’ part. “After a while we realized I was pregnant, and we set about creating a home. Slowly, but surly, I started to remember things, by the time Sasu-chan was due I had realized that I remember things more easily when I’m painting.” Here Naruto blushed, gesturing the paintings and such that littered the room’s walls.

The works were beautiful, nothing specific, just, bits and pieces that were recognizable.

Kakashi saw one of the smaller paintings and gave a happy eye smile. “I see you remember a part of me, even if you don’t remember me specifically.” He said, pointing out a painting with a swirling dark background and two eyes, one grey and the other red and scared.

Naruto looked confused so Kakashi lifted his head band, and Naruto gave a happy laugh as he compared painting and man.

“Who are your nii-sans?” Neji asked, throwing a slight glare at Kakashi, who had yet to cover his sharingan eye – Naruto was now sitting right next to the silver haired man, still comparing his work with the real deal.

“Hmm?” Naruto asked, turning his attention to the pale eyed man.

“Who are you’re nii-sans? It’s not the first time you’ve mentioned them…”

Naruto was quiet, looking at each of the Nin until his eyes landed on the two Sasuke’s, who were sitting next to each other. The elder watching Naruto curiously while the younger looked between her mother and her name-sake. Eventually he spoke.

“I think I’ll wait till we get to Konoha so I can tell your Hokage in person, I don’t feel like repeating myself.” He said airily, waving a hand while Sasu-chan jumped up with a happy shout.

“Yes! I’m ganna be a genin!”

“You’re coming back with us?” Tenten asked with a hint of surprise in her voice.

“Of course, not only do I seem to actually mean something of importance to you all, but I was planning on moving there withSasuke so she could become a genin. She wanted to go a while back already but nii-san told me how much it sucks being a prodigy so I decided to keep her back a few years.”

“A few years? How old was she?” Sasuke asked, while several people looked like they agreed with the blonde.

“oh, when she was six she beat her ji-san in genjutsu… and let’s just say that while it’s not his best subject he still has a few,” here he actually giggled a little, casting a glance at Sasuke and Kakashi – which confused them – before rolling his eyes. “Advantages, even if he if a bit nutty.”

Sasu-chan, who had left the room, suddenly popped back in and pointed an accusing finger at her mother.

“Nutty! Try completely bat-shit crazy!”

“Go pack!” Naruto shouted back, slightly scaring his guests when he looked at them again, a sweet smile on his face compared to the sharp toothed look he had had just previously.  He then turned to Pakkun and told the dog he might want to go and inform the Hokage that they were on their way.

“Whycan’t I just bring them here?” the dog asked with a tilt of his head.

“Silly, you can’t pass the seals without eithermyself or Sasu-chan with you; even if you have been here before.”

And with that, Pakkun vanished.

“Hmmm” Naruto seemed to think for a moment before he made some hands sings, making about six more Naruto’s appear.

“Go make food, seal some herbs, write the notes for nii-san, hide the cookies and serve some more tea.” He then turned to the Nins. “I’m going to go get changed and pack.” And with that, he shunshined away.

They were still for a few minutes, Kakashi and Neji kept sending glares at each other, until Sasuke gave a sigh and got up, muttering that he was going to go help the Dobe.

He followed the sound of humming, going up the stairs and coming to a hall way lined with doors. The first was wide open and he could see Sasu-chan running about chucking stuff here and there. With a smirk he carried on, looking at the doors as he went. So far he could see only eight doors in the hall way. He looked to his left and saw another staircase, and an actual direction sign. He found this amusing, stopping to read quickly.

This floor: bedrooms.

Next floor:          study

bathroom

art room

‘nurse’ room

play pen

 

Sasuke was slightly weirded out but went down the hallway, looking at each door and finding them decorated instead of having name plates.

The first door – right across from Sasu-chan’s room – was slightly disconnecting, so mixed with color but childish at the same time, it seemed to tell a story. Nailed to the door was a sign in neat but childish hand writing – he suspected it was Sasu-chan – saying ‘enter and prepare to go nutterzzz’ so Sasuke suspected it was the ‘bat shit crazy’ uncle Sasu-chan had mentioned earlier’s room. He continued onto the next two doors facing each other, one was completely black with some weird symbol that looked familiar but Sasuke couldn’t place it; it was a circle around a triangle..The symbol was painted in red, looking a bit like blood dripping down the door. Sasuke was disturbed.

The door across from symbol door was rather breath taking; it was analmost life like painting of greenery, as though you could reach forward and separate the leaves and find some wonderland. Flowers and plant life he had never seen before adored the door. Sasuke shook his head; turning to the hall again he looked at the next two doors. The one on the right was and explosion of reds, yellows, blues and whites. It was simple but captivating, like you’re mind had just exploded – Sasuke was confused about why words like ‘explode’ and ‘boom’ kept popping up into his mind when looking at the door. 

The one opposite that showed a sort of carnival scene; there was a man held up with strings, dressed in a bright yet gloomy outfit, a crowd of faceless people surrounding him. Sasuke shivered when he saw only a blank stare on the stringed man, pupil-less white eyes staring at him – and it seemed that no matter where he moved it still stared at him - and no other emotion on his face. Sasuke shook his head, going onto the last two doors in the hall. The one on his left – he could hear humming from that door – was full of color, fragmented scenes shown all over the place. The door in fact looked incomplete, as if it could never be finished…

It looked like memories.

He let loose a breath he hadn’t known he was holding and turned to the last door, purely out of curiosity.

What he saw made his heart clench and his breath quicken, for reasons he couldn’t tell.

It looked like something seen through a glass of water, distorted and fuzzy; it was an image of two boys against a dark background, one obviously older than the other. Both boys had dark hair, and pale features. The bigger holding the smaller on his back. The younger boy had one arm wrapped around the older neck, the other arm thrown out in obvious joy. The two figures looked so familiar, held such joy in each other’s company that Sasuke found it hard to breath, as he looked at the smiling yet indistinctive faces – they had no eyes. The one smile large and bright, the other just there, but so obvious…

“Sasuke?” a soft voice pulled Sasuke out of the feeling of drowning; he turned his head to see Naruto watching him sadly. The blond stepped forward, running his slim fingers over Sasuke’s cheek. “You want to help me pack?”

Sasuke nodded, eyes fixed on the blonds glistening fingers.