Dark Temptations | By : Fallenangelz Category: Naruto > Het - Male/Female Views: 1610 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter Eighteen
Time passed and with the passage of time, changes came.
Naruto patiently stood outside of the Academy, waiting for the wave of new Gennin that would soon rush out of those doors. He remembered his own childhood and the tests that he had taken just to become a Gennin. He had failed miserably, able to make only one clone at the time.
While he had been dead last in his class, his daughter was second in hers and he couldn’t have been more proud. Iruka had questioned once how Naruto felt about his daughter being in a class of older students and the blonde had given the brunette a honest answer.
He was proud.
The doors opened and the group of twelve year olds rushed out, cheering happily. Each of them wore a headband with Konoha’s symbol on it, each bearing their mark as shinobi proudly. Behind them, Naruto saw his daughter following with her headband tied around her neck.
She darted past the group and ran over to him, her gentle eyes dancing happily. “I passed!” Mahina said happily. “See? Iruka-sensei had to remind me to stick to what I had learned in the Academy.”
Naruto pulled his daughter into a hug, his blue eyes showing pride. “I’m so proud of you, Hi-Hi.” Naruto said with a smile. “It seems like yesterday you were hiding from Kakashi and Sai and now,” he pretended to wipe a tear away, “you’re growing up.”
Mahina laughed as she lightly pushed her father, ignoring the sounds of disapproval some of the other Gennins’ parents were making. “Hey! You promised!” Mahina said suddenly as she grabbed her father’s arm.
“Oh? What did I promise?” Naruto teased.
“You promised that if I passed, you’d teach me Rasengan!”
The blonde grinned as he pretended to look thoughtful before answering slowly, “I don’t know, your mother might get a little miffed once she figures out that you’re trying to learn Rasengan.”
Laughter left the blonde’s lips as Mahina hung on his arm, protesting loudly. “Grandpa Minato made up the technique and Grandpa Jiraiya taught it to you so now you gotta teach me!” Mahina protested. “It’s a family thing!”
“Hmm… so I suppose that when Hikaru gets old enough, I should teach him Rasengan.” Naruto said thoughtfully.
“Dad!”
“Okay, I’ll start teaching you.” Naruto said with a small chuckle. “Then we gotta get back to the house before the party.”
Mahina nodded excitedly and walked next to her father as they went to one of the training grounds. Learning Rasengan, she knew, was Naruto’s present to her for graduating. “Dad?” Mahina questioned.
“Hmm?”
“What if I hadn’t graduated?”
Naruto looked at the dark-haired girl for a moment before answering, “I still would have taught you Rasengan.”
“What about the party?”
“It’d be a “thank the Gods that school’s out” party.”
Mahina laughed and rested her head on her father’s arm as they walked down the street. Life, she concluded, was much better than it had been four years ago.
Sasuke was silent as he watched Naruto show Mahina the first steps in creating Rasengan. Why the blonde wanted to show the girl such a dangerous technique was beyond him, but he supposed that if he had a child that was his pride and joy he’d do the same. He seriously doubted that the girl was able to take a step without the blonde knowing about it.
Ever since his return to Konoha three and a half years ago, Sasuke found himself remembering why he had mistreated the little girl. She acted so much like Naruto that he couldn’t have helped but hate her. Now, he realized, his actions had left a mark on the little girl that just refused to heal.
Laughter filled the air as Mahina fell down, her gentle blue eyes reflecting her confusion. “I think that was a little too much chakra, Hi-Hi.” Naruto laughed.
Mahina stared in surprise before scrambling back up and trying again only to be met with the same result. Sasuke watched as the little girl’s eyebrows furrowed, almost able to see the wheels turning in her mind. She was going over what had just happened, he realized. “Here, like this.” Naruto said as he calmly showed her what to do. “What I used to do is make a shadow clone to help.”
The girl nodded slightly in understanding before creating a shadow clone of her own. Copying her father’s actions, Mahina grinned when she managed to keep from falling on her ass. “Okay, Hi-Hi, I think it’s time we get home before your mother has a fit.” Naruto chuckled.
Mahina nodded slightly as she dispelled her clone and grinned up at her father. She loved having his undivided attention. It reminded her of the days when she was a little kid and he would pay constant attention to her.
Of course, she reminded herself, she was now ten years old. She didn’t need her father’s constant attention, especially when he had a wife and a child that had his blood flowing in his veins. They were a family and nothing would change that.
“Are you ever going to tell her, dobe?”
Naruto glanced at Sasuke, seeing the look in the Uchiha’s dark eyes. “She’s happy, teme. Do you really want to ruin that happiness?” Naruto questioned.
“I think she deserves to know the truth. One day she’ll get a mission that takes her out of the village. Do you honestly believe that she’ll always be ignorant about her blood family?” Sasuke asked patiently. “Somebody will blame her for her family and she won’t know why. Do you honestly want her to find out about her family the same way that you found out about Kyuubi?”
No, not really. Mahina deserved to find out any truths from him instead of from somebody that hated her. Hell, he remembered how he had been told about Kyuubi and he didn’t want his daughter to feel the same fear and anguish that he had felt.
“Just remember that the party starts at seven.” Naruto said finally.
“Promise that you’ll tell her before she starts getting missions.” Sasuke told the blonde. “I know that I’ve done some awful things to her, but I’m attempting to atone for those actions. If somebody recognizes her, they won’t attempt to atone. They’ll simply attempt to kill and if there’s one thing that you’ve instilled in that daughter of yours, it’s to value each human’s life.”
Well, at least he knew that he hadn’t fucked his daughter up big time. “I’ll talk to her.” Naruto confirmed with a sigh.
“Oh no! It’s Hikaru.” Mahina laughed as she scooped the toddler up into her arms.
Hikaru giggled and put his hands on either side of Mahina’s face. “Mah sissy.” Hikaru said firmly.
“That’s right. I’m your sissy.” Mahina answered with a smile as she hugged her little brother.
“How’d you do today, Mahina?” Hinata questioned.
Mahina grinned at her mother before showing the woman her headband. “I passed!” Mahina announced happily. “Bye-bye, Academy!”
Both adults laughed as they looked at their children, smiling when Hikaru started clapping. His white eyes were dancing with happiness as his spiky dirty blonde hair started to fall in front of his eyes. “Somebody’s going to need a haircut before too long.” Naruto said with a chuckle as he took his son from Mahina’s arms. “What? No ‘Hi, Daddy’ from my little man?”
“Ha, Da.” Hikaru said with a bright smile so much like his father’s.
“Hey, little man.”
Hinata smiled warmly as she watched the exchange between father and son before looking at Mahina. “How’d you get covered in dirt?” Hinata questioned lightly.
Mahina grinned slightly before answering, “Applied too much chakra to a jutsu.”
Immediately Hinata felt her instincts kick in as she began looking the ten year old girl over. While most children that had recently learned chakra control struggled to make sure that there was enough chakra put into a jutsu, Mahina struggled to make sure that she didn’t add too much.
Maybe they should invest in some kind of chakra inhibitor that would teach her how to keep from adding too much chakra.
The white-eyed woman didn’t care too much if somebody thought that she was being fussy. Her kids were hers and she’d be damned if she let anybody lay a finger on them. Hell, even Sasuke had learned that lesson the second that the woman had seen him glaring at Mahina.
Thinking back on it now, she was certain that Naruto didn’t know whose temper to be more wary of. Of course the blonde had a habit of making friends with women that proved to have one hell of a temper.
Eh, she was just pleased that even Sasuke feared her wrath enough to force himself to be civil.
Once she was satisfied that the ten year old had suffered no injuries other than a lightly bruised tailbone, Hinata sent the girl to get cleaned up and changed. “You were with her when she attempted whatever jutsu it was, weren’t you?” Hinata questioned, her eyes warning the blonde that lying would be a bad idea.
“No damage was done to our daughter.” Naruto answered quickly. “She added too much chakra and got knocked down onto her butt twice before she figured out how much chakra to apply.”
Hinata eyed Naruto for a moment before nodding. “Fine, but if I hear that you’re teaching her something that she’s not supposed to know, I’ll give you an excellent guess as to where you’re sleeping.” Hinata warned the blonde.
From the look in her eyes, Naruto knew exactly where he’d be sleeping if he taught Mahina anything that was inappropriate for a Gennin to know.
He just prayed that she wouldn’t find out so he wouldn’t have to sleep on the couch.
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