MINAKO'S POINT OF VIEW

I woke up in a bright room, a familiar beeping sound was repeating. I slowly opened up my eyes to see my silver haired husband slumped over in a chair. He was fast asleep, holding onto my hand with our fingers interlocked. Moments like this make me remember why I married him in the first place.

"Kakashi?" I whispered, my voice raspy and broken from screaming in agony the night before. His onyx eyes fluttered open and I could see him looking at me with emotions welling behind his usually cool persona. It didn't take him long to lean over me while pulling down his mask and leaving me kisses on my lips.

"I am so sorry Mina. I was such a damn idiot. I am so, so sorry. I love you so much and I am so sorry I made you go through this alone. I promise, I will make it up to you and you'll never have to worry about it again." He rushed out. The usually calm and cool shinobi would only spit out words a mile a minute if he was emotionally in distress. I raised an eyebrow, smacking him in the face. His eyes were wide in surprise as he staggered backwards and held his cheek lightly.

"You ripped my heart out and were acting like an idiot ya know. Someone took advantage of your stupidity and could have killed me and the baby. Do you realize that?! Do you realize that an apology won't fix that ya know?! You missed the birth of your fucking daughter! I'm so angry at you Kakashi." The shinobi stood while holding his cheek...and for the first time in forever, he was speechless. How was he supposed to make up for this? Could he even make this up? Kakashi clearly thought out his next sentence, clearing his mind to try and find something logical to say in response. 

"You're right and I panicked. I was afraid of losing you... I was afraid of leaving our child alone if we were gone. I freaked out and I was irresponsible. You don't have to forgive me, I'm just asking for a second chance to prove I'm here with you and those vows I spoke weren't just words."

Tears welled in my eyes as the events leading up to my hospital stay replayed in my head. If Obito wasn't there...if he didn't save me...my baby and I would both be dead. The nine-tails could have been released again and it would have targeted Naruto for the other half of his chakra.

I would have lost everything. And if I didn't die from the fight, I'd die of a broken heart.

"I was so scared...and you weren't there. I gave birth on fucking leaves in a cave. Do you wanna try that? A human being came out of me in a cave. I'm fucking furious." I croaked with a sob as the tears overflowed my already swollen cheeks. I could see the regret lay heavy in his dark eye, the moment replaying in his own mind and having no one to blame but himself.

"I'll spend the rest of my life trying to get you to forgive me if that's what it takes." I heard the oath in his tone, that he was completely serious about that promise. I wanted to hate him for this honestly...but what more is yelling at him going to do? I might feel a little more relief but there's nothing we could change about it now. I ended up fine and so is the baby, thanks to Obito.

I sighed into giving Kakashi a soft kiss on his lips. He looked at me with love in his eyes while deepening the kiss.

"I'm still mad at you," I whispered. He gave me his dazzling smile knowing the fight was over, lifting his mask back up. Something dawned on me and my eyes widened. The beeping sound on the heart monitor sped up dramatically, distracting Kakashi.

"Mina are you okay?" He asked cautiously.

"Where's our baby?" I asked concerned. Kakashi smiled at me and smoothed out my hair.

"Shh... The nurses are with her right now. They are making sure everything is healthy before she comes home." I relaxed back in the bed, the heart monitor slowing down once again. I grinned while looking at Kakashi, the thought of our daughter making me feel elated. He returned the expression, excitement clear on his features.

"So Shinasui is the name you decided on right? I heard you mumble it while you were half asleep." Kakashi asked me. I looked down at my hands and smiled thoughtfully.

"Yeah. 'Shina' from Kushina and 'sui' from Shisui. Do you like it?" Kakashi gave his closed eye smile before nodding.

"I think it's perfect. We get to honor two brave shinobi."

"I can't believe we're actually parents ya know?" I whispered. Kakashi chuckled before running his fingers in his hair.

"Yeah well, we've been parents for years now. Anything will be easier than what we had to go through with Naruto." I looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"Oh yeah? Naruto was hard the first five years but boys get easier. Try coaching your daughter through her first period or breakup. How about when she plans her future wedding or hates a hair cut and throws a tantrum. Or-" Kakashi put his hands up and sweatdropped.

"Okay okay, I get it. It's going to be just as hard as Naruto." I kept an eyebrow raised. He then looked defeated.

"... Okay, harder... " He sighed. I smiled in victory before a female nurse walked into the room with a document in her hand and a black pen.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hatake, I need your signatures for the birth certificate now." Kakashi took the paper and read over it.

"Mina, look over the spelling of the name." I looked at the paper and read the proper way to spell Shinasui. I grinned at the name and took the pen and signed my name. Kakashi did the same and the nurse put an official seal on the paper. She smiled at us before leaving the room. The door was suddenly slammed open by an excited blond little boy while having an apologetic Uchiha teen following.

"MOMMY!" I grinned and opened up my arms to let Naruto jump up to me. He hugged my sore body and I held him tightly.

"Hi baby. Be careful, Mommy's very sore. The new baby came last night." Naruto's face lit up and Itachi looked at me with a very fond expression on his face.

"I held her last night. She's beautiful just like you Minako Sensei." I blushed bright red and noticed Kakashi mumble under his breath.

"Thanks Itachi. So from what you said, you guys must have brought me in last night?" My student nodded. Kakashi gave me a look before turning to fully face me.

"Mina, who was with you last night?" He asked. I felt nervous and remembered something Obito told me. He threatened that if I said anything about him to anyone, he would have to kill them. After seeing how quickly he killed those men last night and how he annihilated the Uchiha clan, I knew he wasn't kidding. I couldn't put my husband, son, and student in danger like that. As much as I hated to lie, I was more afraid of the consequences. The Obito I knew now was so much darker than the one I knew as a child.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, playing dumb. Itachi narrowed his eyes at me.

"Minako sensei, there were patterns drawn in blood on the ground that were used to calm down the nine-tails chakra as you gave birth. Obviously you didn't kill all of those men so a third party must have been there. Who was it?" He asked. I paused before looking at Naruto who was playing with a strand of my long ruby hair.

"I don't remember. I remember the pain then everything was a blur." I whispered. I prayed that the boys believed me and luckily, it seems that they did...at least for now. A knock on the door alerted us and the same nurse from earlier came in with a small bundle in her arms, my heart beating erratically.

"Mr. and Mrs. Hatake, your daughter." Tears welled in my eyes as I held my baby girl, her violet eyes were energetic and open, her light hair was nearly white in color like Kakashi's father. However, the slightest hue of pink could be seen in the proper light. She was beautiful. Naruto moved more towards my legs to give me space to hold Shinasui, observing her carefully.

"Woah..." Was all Naruto said. I grinned at my son before looking down at my daughter.

"Naruto, this is your sister, Shinasui." Naruto came a little bit closer, his bright blue orbs wide with wonder. He softly touched the fuzz on the top of her head before giving her a kiss on the cheek.

"I'll protect you forever Shinasui. Believe it!" I smiled with a proud look in my eyes then turned to let Kakashi hold her. Kakashi carefully placed his large hand underneath the infant's head, supporting her due to the lack of strength in her neck. Kakashi placed his other hand under her to support her body as he held her.

"She's so beautiful Mina. She does look like a Hatake." I giggled until I leaned back onto my bed, now able to relax since I knew both of my children were with me and fine. Itachi came quickly to my side, observing me to see if I was alright. I took his hand before looking up into his concerned onyx eyes, a faint hue of pink spread on his cheeks.

"Thank you so much for helping me all this time ya know. I truly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart. There are few people I trust with my family but you have always been my number one. Thank you Itachi." Itachi broke out in red before recovering himself and nodding with a small smile.

"Y-you're welcome Minako Sensei." I smiled back at him before turning to face my daughter who began to get fussy.

"Umm Mina?! Did I do something? She just started to cry and I-" I giggled at the slight panic in Kakashi's voice as I took Shinasui back from him.

"She's just hungry Kakashi." He looked relieved before sitting there next to me. I stared at him, nudging my head towards the door for him to leave but he wouldn't take the hint.

"Um Kakashi, can you please take the boys out of the room?" He looked confused.

"Why?" I deadpanned at him before smacking my forehead. Why do I love this idiot?

"So I can feed our daughter." He remained confused.

"Breastfeed our daughter." I clarified. His face went red before placing both of his hands up.

"Um well yeah okay guys time to go." I sighed as the men left the room, letting me and my baby girl alone in peace. I noticed as Shinasui got fussier, her cheeks began to get a hue of three little black whisker marks. I sensed, as small as it was, a tiny spike in her chakra as she continued to cry. I rubbed her head delicately and she paused the crying, opening her eyes and looking up at me. What I saw caused me to gasp, self-loathing devouring me.

Her eyes were a pale red.

I gave Shinasui some of the nine-tails chakra in the womb.

Oh no.

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A FEW MONTHS LATER

"NARUTO GET IN HERE!" The young boy was sluggish to walk into the kitchen where I was sitting with a cup of tea in one hand and a letter from the Academy in the other. Kakashi was walking around the house with Shinasui, naming objects for her and playing with her as I had one on one time with my son. I gave the blond boy a glare as he crossed his arms and gave me a sassy grunt.

"What?" He said. I felt an angry vein pop on my forehead as I showed Naruto the letter.

"Iruka sent me home a letter telling me you have been disruptive, destructive, and causing problems. What do you have to say for yourself young man?!" Naruto rolled his eyes, shrugged and turned around.

"Pshh...like I care." I paused for a minute as my red hair rose and an angry expression painted my face.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?!" Naruto had a quick look of fear before stepping back slowly. He then started to hold his ground and yelled back.

"It's not like you would understand! You were always so good at everything! You and Kakashi! I work so hard to accomplish NOTHING! You would never understand what it's like to do everything wrong and be the class idiot! Everyone looks at me like they hate me and I HATE IT! I HATE IT!" He yelled until he cried, getting out what he needed to. He bolted out the front door, leaving me stunned in the kitchen.

"Kakashi." I called out. He poked his head out of the doorway with Shinasui's cute, chubby face peaking out too. I walked over and kissed my silvery white-haired baby's head before looking at Kakashi seriously.

"Naruto is having issues at school. I'll be back as soon as I can." He gave me an understanding nod before smiling at Shinasui.

"How about we go to the park baby girl?" She giggled at her Daddy before laying on his chest. She was a total and complete Daddy's girl. I left the house to look for Naruto before coming across him alone on a swing outside of the Academy. I saw a look on his face that Obito wore many times. Loneliness. Naruto had a few tears slide down his face, dripping onto the dirt ground. I quietly came to him, kneeling down and hugging him tightly, his face burrowing into neck.

"You wouldn't understand Mommy. You wouldn't get it." I hushed him before cradling his face, giving him a smile.

"Naruto. Let me tell you a story." He looked at me interested before silencing himself.

"When I was a little younger than you, I met this friend of mine that changed my life ya know. Every time you go through a problem, the more and more you remind me of him. He was the class clown, the idiot, the one everyone thought was different because he wasn't like the rest of his family. I always admired him however because he tried harder than anyone else, including myself. He tried so hard for people to accept him and for him to be strong. It's true, I was number two in my graduating class, one point off from Kakashi. My friend was at the bottom of the class, barely passing." Naruto looked down at his feet, but his eyes peered back up when I affectionately rubbed my thumb against his cheek. I continued.

"Let me tell you though that to this day, Kakashi and I would not be alive if it wasn't for him ya know. He is our biggest hero with our utmost respect. Sometimes Naruto, people won't look past your immediate actions and will label you with what they think you are. I know it hurts and it pains you, but you are stronger than all of them because you know that pain and you will overcome it ya know. You are stronger than the hurt inside that you feel, you are better than the words they call you, and some day you will become the guy everyone looks up to in a time of need. You're my hero Naruto and don't you ever forget that." Naruto's cerulean eyes stared at me wide open before they were flooded with tears.

"I-I l-love you M-mommy!" I smiled before kissing his cheek and hugging him again tightly.

"I love you too baby. Now let's go find Kakashi and your sister." Naruto quickly sent me a grin before darting off back towards the town center.

"I'll race ya!" He yelled as he left me in the dust. I felt a hand on my shoulder, seeing my masked friend standing by my side.

"I never knew that you were telling stories about me now Mina. Can't get me off your mind?" I chuckled slightly before patting his arm.

"You wish. Now what are you doing around here? You never come out in the open like this." He paused before turning away.

"No reason." He went to go and vanish like he always does but a little white hair on his black cloak caught my attention. A little white baby hair.