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Chapter 8

Two hundred and thirty six. That was the number of people the either died or got hurt during Oto's attack. Among them were three normal citizens, the rest being soldiers or knights. These three were buried with honor for they tried to save Naruto and Sasuke's children from Orochimaru's men. Their families were proud of them for standing up to such cruel men. Of the other two hundred and thirty-three, five of them had bodies so badly burnt and in pieces, that they were cremated before handed to their loved ones. Zen's body had been the only one recognizable and fully intact due to Takeshi being on top of him. Out of the two, Takeshi had taken most of the bomb's force. Both of his arms and legs were missing as well as a part of his head. The symbol on his sword showed who his family was and his ashes were correctly given to his family. Zen on the other hand was buried. He had no family left to receive his ashes. Leon was buried next to him as the secret of their relationship had been brought to light by one of the survivors. Of the leftover two hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and four of them were dead. They were split between being cremated and getting buried in the soldier plot. Those that were cremated got their names engraved on a memorial stone, placed in the center of the cemetery. The other twenty-two people were hurt in some way, Sasuke, Kakashi, and Tomomi being three of them.

Kidomaru, Jirobo, Saiko, Ukon and Tayuya were beheaded and their heads were put on spikes. The council weren't sure if it was right to have Tayuya beheaded as well but Madara told them that if she could be a knight, she could accept the same punishment her fellow knights had. So, with Madara's prompting, the five heads were place on the edge of the Uchiha Kingdom, facing Oto. Kabuto was brought into the torture room first. His screams made their way to Orochimaru who shuddered at the thought that he might have to go through the same thing. His fear increased when with each day that passed, he was left alone. It was once Kabuto's screams became non-existent that Orochimaru realized it was his turn.

Ibiki reported to Sasuke about Kabuto and Orochimaru's deaths about a week after the attack. He told him that he was a bit sad that they didn't last longer but Sasuke promised that if anyone else was foolish enough to mess with the Uchiha Kingdom, he'd send them to Ibiki. Ibiki smiled before taking that promise and returning to the dungeons to read about other ways to torture.

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When Naruto got back to his room, he told Kotomi to leave the children with him. Kyuji, Itsuki, and Ageha instantly jumped on the bed, hugging Naruto. Ryuu hesitated until he saw the look on Naruto's face that told him that Naruto needed him right now. And Ryuu knew that he needed Naruto just as much. Naruto sat with his children surrounding him, Ageha and Itsuki already asleep. Kyuji played with Naruto's hair as Ryuu watched over his siblings. About an hour later, Sasuke knocked on the door. With permission from Naruto, the man entered the room.

Sasuke let out a sigh of relief. "When I didn't see any of them in their rooms, I panicked. I thought maybe someone got to them."

"I can't be away from them right now," Naruto said as he moved a piece of hair out of Itsuki's mouth.

"I don't blame you," Sasuke said. "I was thinking of moving them into my room to sleep together tonight."

"You can join us if you want," Naruto said.

Sasuke's eyes widened before he nodded. He locked the door behind him and moved to check the windows. No one was getting in this room without his say so. He then discarded his sword on the bedside table. He hesitated for a few seconds before taking off his robe. Bandages covered his body. He carefully sat down on the bed next to Ryuu, pulling the covers over his lower half.

"Do they hurt?" Ryuu asked.

"Only a little," Sasuke admitted. "But you needn't worry. I'm fine." Ryuu nodded.