Fur Raising Switch

Chapter Three

 

          Sarutobi looked at the moon on top of the Hokage tower.   A shadow appeared right beside him.

          “Don’t you think you should be with your son at this time?”   He asks as he then turns around to look at the familiar grim look on Fugaku Uchiha’s face.

          “I cannot help it.”   He says as he looks up into the sky.   “I’m just worried about the outcome of this.   Ever since we found out that Mikoto was pregnant, I have been worried.   Then she disappears a few days later.   I’ve always loved her since the day I first met her and after we got married, she gets pregnant with Itachi.   That made me the most happiest.   Even with the fact that one of my dearest friends starts stressing when he is nominated as your successor.   He ends up following his heart and everything.”   Fugaku stares at the moon.   He looks at Sarutobi and smiles.

          “Yes, I was hoping he would find some good friends.”   The man smiles.   “You boys have all been the bane of my existence since you’ve hit puberty.   The times you and my two boys gotten into fights is all I can remember.   Then of course, Minato always took your side over his adopted brother’s sides.   They always complained that you two were more like siblings.”   He turned to look at Fugaku.   “I know Minato wasn’t my son by birth.   But I have always thought of him as my son.   I have a request.   Would you hear me out?”   He looks at the moon again.   Fugaku nods.

          “Anything you need just ask, Hokage.”   Fugaku answers smiling at him.   “You were here for me more than my own clan.”   Sarutobi chuckles.

          “Childhood antics aside, I remember it all.”   He turns to the young man.   “You and Minato were practically brothers so this is a request to a family member.”   He sighs as he closes his eyes.   When he opens them, he has a serious look on his face.   “I need you to be a foster or adoptive parent to Minato’s child when we get all of the children back.”   Fugaku’s face holds a shocked look on it.   “Of course he will hold the Uzumaki mark since he is the last descendant of the clan.   But he will also probably bear at least some resemblance to your best friend Minato Namikaze.”   Fugaku smiles as Minato’s face pops into his thoughts.

          “I would be honored.”   He smiles brightly.   “Minato has changed how my life would have been.   I believe that if he weren’t my best friend I would have an unhappy and grim future ahead of me.   As of lately the Uchiha’s have lightened up and listened more to suggestions put towards them.   I see the children of the Uchiha clan smiling more and more each year.”   Sarutobi smiles.

          “This is partly you and Minato’s accomplishment.   This is why I feel you would be best to take care of the baby.”   He turns serious.   “The reason I am asking is because there might be a chance Kushina has already been destroyed by the Kyuubi she held captive to protect everyone.   Her coming from the sacred Uzimaki clan was a bonus, but also the fact she doesn’t show too much personal dislike of being one of the pure blood demon sealers.”   Fugaku bows.

          “I will think of the babe as one of my own.”   Sarutobi puts a hand on his shoulder.   “It would be my honor.”

 

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          “Kakashi, come closer.”   Tsunade says as the blond babe starts crying because Kakashi is further away from her.   “If you don’t stay close with him you will have them both start to release the Kyuubi’s chakra.”   She says to the teen.   His only eye revealed looked down at the babe whose face scrunched up.   He got up to move closer and the babies both calmed down.

          “I’ll never get babies and how they are.”   Kakashi answers and then looks up as Ibiki and Asuma walked in with four baby-covered medics.   “Boy are we a sight.”   Ibiki looked confused.

          “What’s wrong?”   Asuma asked as he looked at Kakashi.

          “Well, we have multiple babies and aren’t even sure which clan they are from.”   Asuma looked at the other babes.

          “Well, those, no.”   He looked at Kakashi.   He leans in to look at the babe strapped to his chest.   To his surprise, the baby looked at him with a stern look.   He starts laughing.   “I know that look.   He has to be Fugaku’s.”   He moves over to the baby Tsunade is holding.   He had his eyes wide open with a little bit of a smile on the cherub lips.   Asuma gasps.

          “What Asuma?”   Tsunade asks.   Asuma’s eyes teared up.   The young man smiles tearfully.

          “We’re not going to lose him after all.”   She looks down at the blue eyes.

          “Huh?”   She asked.

          “He’s a spitting image of my brother, Minato.”   He tells her.   “Granted, he isn’t my brother by blood, but since his father is best friends with mine he was brought into the family when his father died.   He was just a little boy who always held that smile.”

          “Then that means he is my godson as well.”   Jeraiya said as he approaches the group.   “That shall benefit me.   Since he will be my only family left.”   He leans down and rubs a finger over the baby’s cheek.   He stood up.   “Okay, now that we are all together let’s get back to the village.”   Tsunade and Kakashi stood up and they all ran off towards the village.

 

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          “They will arrive any second now.”   Sarutobi said as him some ANBU and medical core stood by the front gates.

          “Yes, sir.”   They said as soon as the sun rose over the mountains.   As it starts to light the pathway up they see the group approaching slowly.   The Hokage starts to count out the people and noticed one of the medical core ninja was missing.   He then looked at Tsunade who had her arms around a baby just as the sun hits Kakashi showing that he had one as well.   He stepped forward.

          “Where are the mothers?”   He asked and Jeraiya stepped forward.

          “Dead, Sarutobi-Sensei.”   He looks at the others who looked down at the ground.   “The babes were cut out of them.”   There was uproar in the crowd.   “They were also cut up so bad that you cannot tell who was who.   Let us go and I’ll show you what happened.”   Jeraiya looks at the Hokage.

          “Very well.”   He turns to an ANBU ninja.   “Go and round up the waiting fathers and bring them to the hospital.   We will do a medical evaluation on the babies and check to see if we can tell who they are by what their mothers looked like.”

 

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          “They are here.”   The ANBU ninja says to Fugaku.   He looks at the hospital.   They both stand outside and hear the babies’ cries.   As the door opens, you could see the Kyuubi’s chakra.   His brother stood beside him and is holding his nephew Itachi in his arms.

          “Fugaku, this is…”   He stops when Fugaku glares.

          “It doesn’t matter anymore.”   He looks at the chakra.   “The Kyuubi was sealed and that’s that.   Anyone treats the Jinchuriki any different than a normal child will have to answer to me.”   He says as he enters the door.   Itachi looks at his father’s back.

          “Why are we here, Father?”   Itachi asks as they kept on walking down the halls.   They noticed more people behind them.

          “Looks like we are all here.”   Fugaku looks and saw only six.   “What happened to the other three parents?”

          “They were killed in the Kyuubi’s disaster.”   The ANBU said as they arrive in the large examination room.   He saw two babies emitting the Kyuubi’s chakra.

          “That must be them.”   Fugaku approaches the two.   “Move the beds together.   They will stop as soon as they are together.”   The men did as said and Fugaku smiled as the babies looked at each other then at him.   “Look Itachi.   These are your new siblings.”   He looks at the nurse.   She smiles.

          “They are both boys.”   He smiles and rubs both of the babies’ hands.   They both smile up at him and grab onto his fingers.   Itachi struggles out of his uncle’s arms and slowly walks over to the babies grinning on the table.   He looks up at his father.

          “Daddy, he looks like me and he looks like Uncle Minato.”   Fugaku looks proudly at him.

          “That’s right.   He was originally your Uncle Minato’s son but since we lost both of his parents we will be his family now.”   Fugaku explains and his smile turns tenderly to both of the babies.   “Itachi, there is something I’m going to tell you that you will not like.”   He pauses and Itachi looks up at his father.

          “What is it, Daddy?”   He asks while his little hands rub up the babies legs.

          “Your mommy died after she had your little brother.”   He looked into his son’s eyes and saw the tears brimming.   “You know how sweet she was, right?”   Itachi nods.   “Good, then you would know that your mommy would want this baby to be one of your little brothers, right?”

          “Of course, Uncle Minato will come back to be his daddy?”   Itachi asked.   Fugaku frowns and tears come to his eyes.

          “No, son, his daddy died to protect the Leaf Village.   His mommy died after yours did.   So now he only has us.”   He explains to his five-year-old son.   Itachi starts crying loudly.   Fugaku’s eyes shed tears.   “What’s wrong?”

          “I feel sad for him.”   He looks up directly into his father’s eyes.   “He doesn’t get to know how great his daddy was.”   He sniffles loudly then a thought came to him, making his face light up.   “Okay, that settles it.   I will share my daddy with him.   I will be the best big brother to them.”   The babies reached for Itachi.   His small hands grabbed one of each of theirs.   They giggled up at him.   “What are their names?”   He asked his father.

          “I was thinking about naming this one Sasuke like your mother wanted.”   He looked at the black haired baby.

          “What about this one?”   Itachi asked.

          “His name will be Naruto.   His father chose that name from my book.”   Jeraiya said from behind them.   “I’m glad you chose to raise him.   Me being like I am would be unsuitable.”

          “We’ll take great care of him.”   Itachi said proudly.   “He’s now my little brother.”   The three grown men had tears in their eyes as Itachi raised the babies’ hands to their lips.   I will always protect them.”   In the background, you could see the other families around the babies.

 

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          “Alright, everyone listen to Tsunade about the findings.”   Sarutobi said as Fugaku and the six other fathers’ are standing in the circled laboratory.   Tsunade clears her throat.

          “What I will reveal to you is not going to be easy for you to hear, nor will it be easy for me to say.”   She paused with her lip trembling.   “But under my examination of all of the bodies our assumptions were correct.”   A tear slips out of her eye as she turns to face the men.   “They are your wives.”

          “What?”   Fugaku and Shikaku both burst out.   Tears came to everyone’s eyes.   Tsunade continues as more tears run down her cheeks.

          “As you know most of them were kidnapped right after they found out they were pregnant with the exception of Kushina Uzimaki.   They look like they were experimented on while Orochimaru imprisoned them.   From the chakra traces he was injecting into them is of the same variety that Kushina had put through the placenta to the baby that she carried.”

          “Explain to them the meaning, Tsunade.”   Sarutobi said.

          “It means that they could most possibly have Jinchuriki-like abilities.   Also, they have removed multiple different organs after they cut the child out of them.   It seems that Orochimaru kidnapped the baby after Kushina had him.   Because Minato Namikaze succeeded in sealing the Kyuubi inside of him.   There is no telling what they are doing with said organs.”   She stops and stares strongly at them.   “With that I am sorry that this all has happened.   If you would like we can show you the bodies.”

          “What did they do to our children?”   Shibi asked.

          “We do not know anything else right now but we will find out as time passes.”   Tsunade says.

 

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