The Fox and The Weasel at Red Dawn: rewrite!

Chapter 32: Goodbyes

"Daddy," Ino questioned as soon as she heard the words 'Daddy's little girl'. Naruto turned towards them with a surprised face, as if he hadn't expected them to be here, which he probably hadn't. All of them had wanted to see Naruto, but it was as if he had been hiding, and then they heard the rumors, and they all had wanted to know if they were true or not. Now they find that they are.

"Well, you all better come in then," Iruka sighed as he had a baby in his arms. "Come on, Naruto, we wouldn't want your babies to get cold."

"You're right," Naruto stated as he entered the house. Iruka was surprised when some sand came and picked Shou up from his arms, but he smiled when Shou started laughing and clapping. "Gaara, you tease him too much."

"He loves it," Gaara shrugged, and Naruto couldn't help but shake his head.

"Naruto, where's your lover," Iruka questioned. "As I see that he's left a mark on you."

"He had to stay home, since we're leaving again," Naruto replied.

"What," Iruka gasped. "But you guys just got here a couple of weeks ago. That's too soon!"

"And we haven't seen you at all," Ino complained.

"Sorry, but when you gotta go, you gotta go," Naruto stated. "Besides, we have to fix up the nursery since we were only expecting one little munchkin, weren't we, Airi? Weren't we now?" Airi started laughing loudly and clapping, and Naruto couldn't help the wide smile that appeared on his face.

"So, who's the mother," Shikamaru questioned.

"I am," Naruto said, as he looked at each of their faces to see their reactions. They all were emanating surprise.

"That's impossible," Choji stated as he dropped his chip bag, forgetting about it when it hit the ground.

"Well, not for me," Naruto stated. "Isn't that right, Airi? Aren't you my little girl?" Airi started clapping again.

"Who's the father then," Shikamaru questioned.

"Dead," Gaara answered for Naruto, knowing that this was a touchy subjected. The others must have seen it also, as it was never brought up again.

"Wait then," Ino stated. "What was Iruka talking about a lover?"

"Does that not mean that I can't have a boyfriend," Naruto questioned. "Just because I was impregnated by another man, it doesn't mean that I can't love someone else."

"But wouldn't you love the one that impregnated you in the first place?"

"Not if I was raped," he answered, and they were all shocked. "That's why I left; I've had enough of the abuse of this village, and I don't want to come back again."

"But what about us," Kiba questioned, and Akamaru barked also. "What about your friends?"

"I can always write," Naruto replied. "And if you are in a mission somewhere near where I live, I'll join you possibly, but I don't plan on living in Konoha."

"So, why does Airi, is it, doesn't look like you, while the one on Gaara's sand, didn't you say Shou, look like you exactly," Choji questioned.

"That's because Airi looks like his mother," Kakashi answered.

"Hey, Kakashi, you never did tell me of my parentage," Naruto remembered. "Who were they?"

"Your mother, was Kushina Uzumaki," Kakashi answered.

"The 'Red Death'," Ino gasped.

"Yes, she was referred to it," Kakashi reminisced. "It was very fitting for her too, especially with that sword of hers."

"His father was Minato Namikaze," Shikamaru stated.

"How did you know," Kakashi questioned.

"The fourth Hokage," Hinata gasped, as she remembered that name all so well from all of the history she had to learn.

"My dad was the fourth Hokage," Naruto stated, dazed. "Why was I never told of this?"

"Your father had a lot of enemies," Kakashi answered. "That's also why your mother and father's marriage was kept secret; so they could protect each other."

"Wow," Kiba stated. "That's so COOL!" There was a knock at the door, and Iruka went to get it.

"Who would that be," Ino mused, as the door opened. It was the Akatsuki.

"Is it time to go now," Naruto questioned. Pein nodded. "Bye Kakashi; bye Iruka; bye guys!"

"Wait, you are going now," Ino stated. "But we just got to associate again!"

"I'm sorry, but I really have to go," Naruto replied as he made his way to the door. Soon they were out of sight.

"So, Naruto has finally decided that he's had enough," Shikamaru stated, still looking out of the door.

"What do you mean," Ino questioned.

"Don't you remember all of the abuse that he had gotten when we were children; even some of our parents detested him," Shikamaru reminded her. "If I were him, I would have given up a long time ago. He's the strongest person that I have ever met." The others nodded in agreement, before they parted separate ways while all of them thought, 'Hope to see you again, Naruto.'