His Sunny Place

Chapter 10

I don’t own Naruto.

Tsunade paced in her office, the walls felt so oddly thin as she listened to the chatter in the halls. Every bit of it was about how Naruto and the others were going on a mission to retrieve Hinata. She worried for their safety, as this jutsu was one that had only been used once before. It was the one that had been used to take her from her own time in the first place. Kiba and Naruto were essential in being able to perform the jutsu, as it was one that required both the Inuzuka bloodline and Kurama’s chakra. Kaira Inuzuka had been intent on keeping them from returning Hinata home, ensuring that only one with a similar chakra would be able to do so.

A hand made its way to her shoulder in an attempt to stop her pacing and she looked over to the man. His eyes held empathy for her worries, but his lips were tugged down into a frown. A sigh made its way from her lips and she reached up and touched the hand on her shoulder. She knew he was worried for them as well, but she also knew he was getting irritated with her persistent worrying. She released yet another sigh and sat down in her chair, only to begin tapping her nails on the desk. Jiraiya grumbled something under his breath but did nothing to stop her.

She turned to stare out the window, wondering how the were faring in her grandfather’s time. She wished she hadn’t sent them there but she knew she needed to at least offer Hinata the chance to come home, even if she didn’t return. Her eyes fell to look at the pictures she had found and decided to frame. The option was there, but she knew Hinata probably wouldn’t take it. A soft smile crossed her lips as she picked up the one where Hinata was holding her father and smiling so brightly. She didn’t regret sending Kiba back with a camera and photobook in the slightest, she was getting pictures that she never would have had before.
She reached into the desk and pulled the massive album out of her desk drawer. Her fingers brushed over the cover of the large album and embraced every bit of the worn and frayed cover. She opened it and touched her finger to the picture of Hinata and Hashirama, the shy woman looked nervous to be so close to Hashirama. She glanced to the picture beside it and released a small laugh as Hinata stood with Madara and Izuna, but rather than her normal shy demeanor she knew the woman was irritated with the two of them hanging off her shoulders and grinning.

There was a picture of Mito with Itsuki, where the woman was genuinely smiling. She flipped the page and Jiraiya released a laugh when he saw an uncomfortable Madara with Kaira leaning close to him, the pink tint on his cheeks the tell all sign that the woman was flirting once more. She was more so amused with the man in the background, glowering at the two. The next picture had Kaira on Tobirama’s back grinning while her great uncle just looked fed up with the woman. She knew he loved her dearly though, she could see it in the next picture where they were sitting beside one another. The ever so slight upturn of his lips and their entwined fingers said it all. Not to mention he hadn’t even been looking at the camera, but at her.

The last picture that had been added was her absolute favorite so far.
Every last one of them sat together on the ground. Hashirama and Madara dead center, an arm tossed over each others shoulders and their grins exuded pure joy. Naruto and Sasuke stood behind Hashirama and Madara, mirroring the grins the two below them held, although Sasuke’s was more of a smirk than anything. Hinata sat beside Hashirama, while Neji stood behind her adorning a small smile as well. Tobirama and Kaira sat to Hinata’s left while Shino stood behind Tobirama and Kiba stood behind Kaira. Izuna sat beside Madara on the right side and was grinning as well, while Mito sat to his right with Itsuki in her lap.
She loved every bit of this picture and she couldn’t wait to see more of them.

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Hinata watched with a smile as the three Uchiha sat next to one another, Izuna chatting happily with Sasuke. Madara sat between the two of them looking from one to the other. She couldn’t help the smile that broke out the moment Madara seemed to have an idea pop into his mind. “Ok!” he called out suddenly and the group looked over at him in confusion. “I like this one! You guys can take that one home with you. You can have the pervert.” Madara said with a grin as he wrapped an arm around Sasuke and pointed to Izuna. Sasuke just looked up at Madara like he had lost his mind, while Izuna attempted to choke his older brother for being so willing to give him away. Naruto and Hashirama just burst out laughing, while Tobirama and Shino both sighed neither of them wanted to deal with this much social interaction. Kaira and Kiba just kept grinning at one another, those two were in a whole other world and she wasn’t sure if she wanted to know what their subliminal messages were saying to one another.