Valued Mates

Hana

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
\Thoughts\

Naruto talking in his mind.
'Kurama/Kyuubi'
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Naruto ran as fast as he could away from Kakashi. The man was hot on his tail. The book was placed in his pocket so that he didn't accidentally lose it. The blonde maneuvered around the village like an expert. He jumped from tree to tree, roof to roof. Nothing he did stopped Kakashi though.

"Get back here brat!" Kakashi yelled.

"Never!" He yelled back.

Naruto ran towards the academy and hid behind Iruka. He even handed over the book. Iruka looked at the book and then his husband. He was not impressed.

"Naruto?" He looked at the blonde.

"Hai?"

"Go home."

"Hai." He ran off.

"No Iruka-"

"Don't start." He said. "You go home as well." He said through narrowing eyes.

"But my boo-"

"Keep it up and I shall throw this garbage away." He warned.

"Yes Iruka-kun." He pouted under his mask and left.

"Honestly." The brunette rolled his eyes.

"I love how Naruto always steals his book and he has yet to figure out how and when." Ibiki said as he hugged his husband.

"So do I." He chuckled.

"How did you get a hold of it?"

"Naruto ran over and gave it to me before hiding behind me."

"Smart."

"It was."

"Let's get back before he gets into more trouble." Ibiki said.

"Okay." He chuckled.
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(With Sasuke)

Sasuke arrived home and changed. He then left to go to the hospital. It would be the first day he could finally visit his long lost family. Well, he was only allowed to visit one. It was a little girl around the age of eight. She seemed to be coping well and wasn't as brainwashed as the others. Her name had been 6987 but Sasuke changed that to Hana.

Hana had long black hair and black eyes. She was very pale due to lack of sunlight. Luckily she had been well fed in order for her to stay healthy. The doctors told him that she liked her new name as well as the new clothes he had sent her. He just hoped that she liked him.

"Good evening Uchiha-san." A doctor greeted him. "Congratulations on winning the preliminary rounds."

"Arigato. How is she?" He asked.

"She's excited. She said she was wearing her special dress." He smiled.

"I'm glad she is doing okay. How about the others?"

"Not well. They still believe Danzo to be a god." He frowned. \To think I used to look up to that man. All these things I learned he has done made makes me so sick.\

"I see." He frowned as well.

"I wish I had better news." He said.

So far Hana and another two boys were responding well. The two boys were orphans. They weren't biological brothers but they treated each other as much. The older boy Shin belonged to the Sakakihara clan. It had been believed that the clan had been killed off during the kyuubi attack but it turned out that Danzo kidnapped the heir. He would be released to the Inuzuka family since his cousin married into the family.

The younger boy Sai belonged to the Yanazawa Family. This poor family had moved to the village a year before the Kyuubi attacks. His parents were killed but his older sister married into the Sarutobi clan. He would live with them once he was released.

"So do I."

"This is her room." The doctor said.

"Arigato."

"You're welcome." He walked away.

Sasuke entered the room. His cousin was sitting on the bed. She was wearing a beautiful red dress that had gold flowers on it. She looked up at him and smiled. She jumped off the bed and ran over to him.

"SASUKE-SAN!" She hugged him.

"It's nice to meet you as well." He chuckled and hugged her back.

"I'm so glad to finally meet you."

"So am I." He said.

"Thank you for the dress. I love it." She let him go and twirled.

"It looks good on you. You're welcome." He smiled.

"Will I get out of here?" She asked, biting her lip.

"Hai. The doctors just want to make sure you are both mentally and physically healthy before they release you. I was told you might have another week." He told her the truth.

"Really?" She perked up.

"Yes really."

"Yes! What about the others?" She asked.

He gave her a sad smile. "I'm not sure. They aren't doing too well."

"Oh. Thank you for telling me." She said.

"You're welcome. I wish I could tell you better news."

"What about Danzo?" She looked scared.

"He's dead. He can't hurt you anymore." He assured her.

"Promise?" She teared up.

"I promise." He hugged her.

"Good."

"Yes it is. Go ahead. Let it out." He encouraged.

Hana did just that. She cried into Sasuke's shoulder. He held her close. She eventually cried herself to sleep. Sasuke picked her up and put her in bed. Oh how he wanted to resurrect Danzo and kill him all over again.

He shook his head clear of those thoughts and tucked Hana in. He then sat down in the chair next to the bed. He took out a book and read.