Chapter 2

"Looks like we need to get to the sand. Sasuke's attacking and they need our help." Kakashi read the scroll.

"What about the kids?" Sakura asked looking at Minato as he looked horrified and Kushina buried her face in Naruto's chest as she started to shake. "Minato, what's wrong?" She asked seeing how afraid he became.

"He's the one who hurt everyone." He said as he tried to look around to hide. "He hurt mom and dad really bad the one time and aunt Ino almost couldn't heal them. And then he ripped apart our home and then almost hurt us." He was shaking as Sakura moved closer to him. Once she was close enough he latched on to her. "Don't make me go near him." He begged.

"Did you say aunt Ino?" Naruto asked looking confused.

"Sasuke is the one your parents sent you away for?" Kakashi asked making Minato look at him and nod.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked confused as she looked at the frightened boy in her arms then to the girl shaking in Naruto's.

"We better get going. Gaara's not going to be able to hold up against him for long." Naruto said low. "We'll get him to take care of them and keep Sasuke away when we get there." The adults were able to calm the children enough to have them sit to the side while they packed everything up and started on their way to the sand village to help protect them against Sasuke who was trying anything to get information and revenge.

It took them an extra two days, carrying the two children as they ran to help their friends. They hoped Gaara and the sand Shinobi were able to hold up until they got there. As they entered the village, they saw it mostly abandoned. They looked around wondering where Gaara and the others could be. Suddenly Temari and Kankuro came from the shadows.

"It's about time you got here." Temari said as she glanced around. "Hurry up. Sasuke has the village scouted out." She led the group to the safety in a mountain range.

"Naruto." Gaara said as he walked over to his friend. His blue eyes dropped to the girl in his arms. "What's with the children?"

"It's a long story." Naruto smirked and saw Gaara nod before waving him over to the large round table where Gaara's advisors sat.

"Minato, take your sister and stay over there." Sakura said as she knelt in front of the boy. Naruto gently set Kushina on her feet and earned a scared look from the watery teal eyes. Minato grabbed her hand and took her to the side while the three joined the talks.

"Sasuke is camping out watching for our ninja and ANBU. The second he sees them he slaughters them. There's no way we'll survive much longer." One said. "Lord Kazekage. We have to get you out of the village."

"No." Gaara said frowning at the man. "I am safe here and I will continue to fight to keep control of our village."

"Do you know places he's been spotted?" Kakashi asked. He hated when it came to his old student causing harm but he knew they needed to deal with the young man sooner rather than later and risk losing more people.

"Sai is scouting now." Temari told them. "He should be back any minute."

"I can make this easy." Naruto grinned before he woke Kurama to borrow his chakra. Everyone in the room stood stunned at the power. They had seen him use the Kyuubi chakra in the war but standing together in a little room seemed to be suffocating. Naruto opened blue slited eyes. "I'll take care of him." Naruto said and was off in a flash before anyone could protest. Sakura looked at Kakashi worried before she glanced at Temari.

"After this mess I'll explain everything, well what I know any way, but keep those kids away from Sasuke and safe." Temari gave a small nod before Sakura was after Naruto.

"Sakura!" Kakashi called before he heaved a sigh. "Keep us up dated on any reports you get in." Gaara nodded before Kakashi started after his two students. He tried to follow them through the streets but both he and Sakura lost sight of Naruto until they felt the ground shake and saw an explosion of dirt. The two turned and started towards the commotion to find Naruto and Sakura locked in a struggle.

Sakura and Kakashi froze looking at the two. Neither one looked the way they had before. Naruto was taller, with slightly longer hair and wore his black outfit with orange trim and an orange jacket with black flames. Sasuke stood in dark blue pants and a loose white shirt, his hair slightly longer around his face.

"I told you I would destroy everyone and you would be the last to die." Sasuke called as they pushed away from each other. "No matter where you hide them I will find them. I'll make you finally realize the pain you keep telling me you understand."

"You touch my kids and I'll rip you apart, Sasuke!" Naruto yelled as they charged again.

"Naruto…" Kakashi said as others began to arrive. He looked around and found Sai with Shikamaru.

"We got here as fast as we could." Shikamaru told Kakashi before they heard another clash making them look over to see Naruto and Sasuke going full force at each other. "They look different." Shikamaru commented.

As they watched, Sakura dropped to the ground. "Sakura!" Kakashi said catching her as she was covered in a bright light. The on lookers were surprised to see a different looking Sakura sitting before them. Her pink outfit had changed into a tank top that revealed her stomach, covered with netting that connected to her pink skirt with a longer white, half skirt. Slowly she opened her green eyes and she gave a small smile. "Sakura, are you alright?"

"Yeah." She said sitting up holding her head as she looked around. She saw Sasuke grab Naruto and throw him to the side before turning to take off through the village again. "Where are the kids?" She asked Kakashi quickly.

"With Gaara." Sakura jumped to her feet weakly needing to be steadied by an older Ino as she walked closer with Choji who was helping her walk and an older Sai.

"He's going for the kids." Sakura said glancing to Naruto.

"Sakura, you're chakra's still not back." Ino tried to stop her friend as Sasuke stopped on the roof of a nearby house to look down at them.

"I'll be damned if he lays one finger on either of my kids." Sakura called before turning to glare at the man she had once had feelings for. "You hear me Sasuke?! You go near my kids again and I'll do worse than the last time!" Sasuke smirked before he turned hopping roof to roof. The group gave chase with Naruto, Ino, Sakura and Sai in the lead.

"He's not getting near them." Naruto said as he glanced at Sakura with a small smile who gave a small smile back.

"You better keep that promise you made when Minato was born." Sakura told him making him grin before he ran off ahead. "Don't let him hurt our kids anymore." She whispered.

"What promise?" Kakashi asked curious making Sakura smile.

"He promised to never let them get hurt, to always protect them and to always come home alive." Sakura explained as they neared the Kazekage tower. "Naruto stopped him." She signed. "Ino, Sai, help him. I'm getting the kids out." The two ninja gave nods before turning off to help Naruto while the others couldn't help but stop and watch. Before they could go any farther, they heard two children cry out and they saw the two children from the village dropping from a tall window and running to Sakura.

"Mom!" Minato cried out as he collided with her. "Mommy!" Kushina cried as she wrapped her arms around her mother.

"Sh. It's alright now. He can't hurt you. Aunt Ino, and uncle Sai came back to help your dad and me keep you guys safe." Sakura explained. "You're okay now, you're safe." She shushed as Kakashi and Kiba moved closer. "Can you two do something really important? I need you both to stay with uncle Kakashi. Do not go running off somewhere. I know you're both big and your father's children, but please don't leave his side."

"Okay." Minato said as he looked up at her. "I love you mom."

"I love you too, sweetheart. I love both of you and so does your dad so don't go being stupid like him." She saw her son give a lopsided grin as Kushina still clung to her. "Kushina, I have to go help but as soon as we're done daddy's all yours." Kushina looked up at her mother with her wet teal eyes.

"Promise?" She asked shakily.

"Of course. You're daddy's little fox after all." Sakura smiled as she stood up, leaving her daughter in front of her. "Minato, take care of your sister." Minato nodded before Sakura turned to look at Kakashi. He was amazed to see how much his student had changed. "Take care of them for a little longer." She said softly before she disappeared and was suddenly over top of Sasuke landing a harsh punch that sent him crashing to the ground.

"Nice hit, Sakura-chan." Naruto laughed as she dropped back to his side. "Ino, Sai, make sure he doesn't get past us."

"Yes, sir." Ino smirked making him grin as Sai gave a sharp nod and the two dropped back.

"Aunt Ino!" Minato called as he and Kushina ran to her. "Uncle Sai! You came!" He smiled up at the man as Ino dropped to her knees to hold the hysterical girl.

"They still are not back to full power." An older Gaara said as he walked out with his confused Siblings. "They tell you to drop back?" He asked and saw Ino nod making him sigh.

"If they're not full power then why are you standing here?" Kiba asked, putting aside the weird fact that these were older and much different looking people.

"Can't disobey an order." Sai said making the others look at him. "Once the Hokage gives an order his subornments are expected to follow them."

"Hokage?!" Several friends half yelled.

"Daddy's gonna make him pay." Kushina said as she peeked around to see Naruto and Sakura both land a hit sending Sasuke back away.

"He sure is." Ino smirked as she looked back at the angry Naruto. "No one touches his kids and get away with it." She saw Minato and Kushina smile as they watched the battle.

"Wait." Choji said looking confused. "Dad? You mean these are…?"

Ino nodded with a small smile. "Naruto and Sakura's kids." A blast of electricity curded towards them making Ino turn to cover the children with Sai in front of her as Gaara quickly made a rock wall to block the attack. "Now you're really going to pay!" Ino yelled as she ran out from behind the barrior.

"Ino." Sai let out a heavy sigh seeing the women fired up. "Naruto said to stay here and make sure Sasuke didn't get past them."

"I know what he said Sai." Ino said. Her anger rising. "Doesn't mean I'm going to stand by and watch him attack like that and let him get away with it."

"neither is Naruto and Sakura." Gaara said making everyone look back out as the force behind the two's attacks became even more. "They won't let him near their children again."

"Again?" Kakashi asked raising an eyebrow. Gaara merely gave a nod and watched his friends fight, waiting until he was needed.

Sasuke sent a blast of flames at Sakura. she couldn't move in time to avoid them and she tried to throw her arms up to block what she could but a familiar blast of light made her look up to see Naruto in front of her, transporting the blast away. "Naruto." Sakura said softly as she put her hands on his back to heal what she could while they fought. He was bleeding from several serious wounds and she took any chance she had to heal him. Naruto sent his chakra arms underground to grab and throw Sasuke again.

"You okay, Sakura-chan?" He asked as he looked behind him, breathing heavy.

"I should be asking you that." She told him with a small smirk.

"You say you want to protect those kids of yours but you merely push and hold me off. I guess you really don't want to protect them from their end. Or else you would have destroyed me by now." Sasuke said walking closer. "Or is it that you're too weak? Well weaker than you were before. There's no way the dead last and a weakling like you two can stop me from what I want to do."

Naruto gave a growl, as he got ready for another bout. Sakura gave a fierce glare as the field went silent, not even the breeze dared make a sound. "You don't know anything!" Naruto yelled. "You keep saying you lost so much, you keep saying you have to get revenge but you don't know anything!"

"You are still as stupid and dense as ever." Sasuke chuckled darkly.

"You went through a lot growing up and you left, but you're continuing on this fight just so you can say you did what you wanted. You're not doing this for your clan, you're not doing this for Itachi. This is all just for you, to say you have some great power." Naruto called across the small distance.

"You wouldn't know anything about my power."

"You're using what power you have to destroy people who had no idea about what happened. To hurt people who considered you a friend, or even family." Sakura added. "Our children did nothing to you and yet you wage war to get to them. I guess you really have lost your way."

"If you're hell bent on hurting my kids after everything, then there's no choice but to kill you!" Naruto yelled before they charged clashing once again.

"You may be the Hokage now but you'll never have the power to defeat me." Sasuke taunted as he shoved off and flipped to the side in time to avoid Sakura's hit that broke apart the earth, cracking it nearly to the on lookers.

"You can't run forever Sasuke." Sakura said as she stood back up. "Not from everyone you've hurt." He watched as Gaara, Ino, and Sai made their way beside Naruto with Kakashi and the others following. "You think you have power but the truth is it's all an illusion. We are the ones with the power to make you disappear. We used to want to help you out of that darkness but you can't be forgiven!" She yelled before she charged with Naruto beside her in a flash.

"Together." He said reaching out and grabbing her hand. The two smirked as Gaara sent a wave of sand at Sasuke to knock him off balance as Sai sent a tiger drawling to boost their speed. It was a team effort to fix what they had let run amok for much too long. Naruto and Sakura sent their fist, covered in as much chakra as they could at Sasuke, making contact, sending him deep into a creator.

"Ino!" Sakura called as she flew through her hand signs to take over Sasuke as much as possible. She fought to stay in control as Choji caught her limp body and gently lowered it to the ground. Gaara pulled his sand over Sasuke to restrict his movements while Naruto and Sakura stood beside each other flying through signs.

"Ino!" Naruto called and Sasuke's body jumped before Naruto and Sakura slammed their hands to the ground sending a seal all around Sasuke before covering him.

"you can't hold me forever!" Sasuke screamed as he was locked into a metal box. Naruto and Sakura dropped to their knees breathing heavy as everyone ran to them.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Kushina cried as she and Minato ran through the crowd and into their arms. Sakura held Minato tight and smiled as Naruto pulled Kushina into his arms and cradled her against him as she cried.

"It's okay, Kushina." He told his daughter. "We're here now." Kushina looked up and gave him a bright smile.

"Mommy said you're all mine now." Naruto looked at Sakura and smirked.

"Is that so?" He asked. She nodded and he could not help but smile and pull her back into a hug.

"So what are you going to do now?" Kakashi asked as he walked forward. Naruto stood with Kushina in his arms looking around with a bright smile. Minato was content holding Sakura's hand as she stood up next to him.

"We're going to go back to our time and handle things there. We still have a lot of cleaning up to do after all of this." Naruto told his teacher before he glanced around and grinned at Gaara. "I'll get this place fixed up first." Gaara just nodded at him.

"What about Sasuke?" Shikamaru asked.

Naruto glanced at the box behind them. "He'll be locked up to make sure he can't hurt anyone again." Kushina laid her head on his shoulder and he ran a hand over her blond hair with a smile. "We can't let him run around any longer."

"Especially since the Snakes taught him that jutsu." Sakura added as Naruto nodded. At the confused looks, they got from their friends she gave a small smile and glanced at Minato. "Did Minato tell you how they got here?"

"For the most part." Kakashi nodded. "He's very smart for his age."

Naruto smirked and looked at his son. "Takes after his mother." He chuckled. "He gives you and Shikamaru a run for your money a lot of the time. Kushina's right behind him." He smiled proudly as he looked back at his old teacher.

"They do their names justice." Kakashi smirked. He could not believe how adult and changed his students were now. "Nine years old and it seemed like I was talking to a teenager most of the time. Had us going in circles for a while with who they were."

"That would be Naruto's part." Sakura laughed. "They are still their father's children no matter how you look at it." She ran her hand over her son's wild red hair and pulled him against her with her arm around his shoulders.

"We need to get back." Naruto said.

Gaara walked closer with Ino and Sai. "You need to rest." Gaara told him but Naruto just rolled his eyes. "The villages can do without their Kazekage and Hokage for a little while longer. Especially now that the threat is gone."

"Besides." Ino said. "Kankuro is taking care of the Sand with Temari and you have Shikamaru and Kakashi watching over the leaf until we get back. The villages can survive without you for a few more hours. You need to build up your chakra again, and Sakura needs to rest." Naruto sighed and looked at Sakura, thinking everything over.

"Fine, you can be bossy this once." Sakura said making Naruto smirk as he looked back at Ino. "We'll give in but once we're back don't think I won't level you."

"At least she's better than the first time." Naruto grinned as Ino laughed but quickly hid it as she saw the glare from Sakura. "I was only kidding Sakura-chan." He gave her a smile she knew was only ever given to her and she felt her anger melt away.

"Let's go in and rest." Gaara said. "We can talk more there."

Naruto nodded before he turned to face Sakura and handed Kushina over. "I'm going to fix up what was ruined real quick." He told her making her smile and takes the little girl. "Minato, you want to help?" The boy grinned up at his father nodding happily before he took his father's hand as Naruto led him off to the side and Sakura backed everyone up. Gaara used his sand to carry the metal box away from the area and the others watched as Naruto knelt behind Minato.

"Naruto's been teaching the kids since they could form chakra." Sakura smiled. "He tries to teach them a little bit here and there, to keep them ahead. Never know what they'll need once they graduate. Minato is taking his exam next year so he might be going out on missions soon."

"Being not only the Hokage's kid, but the kid of Naruto and Sakura they're likely going to be targeted more than usual." Gaara added.

"That's why when Minato graduates we're placing him with you Kakashi-sensei." Sakura smiled. "You dealt with team 7 and kept Naruto safe through everything. We know you'll do the same and be able to handle Minato and his team." She smiled as Kakashi smirked.

"He's actually pretty good." Ino smiled as they looked back as Naruto was reaching around Minato and they both preformed the signs needed before they put their hands on the ground and sent chakra through the ground erasing the small creator off to the side.

"I did it!" Minato yelled as he looked at Naruto with the same goofy gin he always wore. Naruto smiled proudly at his son.

"Now go work on that one." Naruto told him before he stood up and went to the large creator while Minato worked on a smaller one. Naruto knelt down and ran through the signs again before pouring his chakra into the ground. It took a minute but the ground was replaced where it originally had been. Naruto walked over to the others as Minato finished with his signs. "He's a little slow with his signs when he first learns them but he's got Sakura's control of chakra." He smiled as Kushina reached for him.

"And your little fox takes after you." Sakura smiled as Naruto grinned.

"Little fox?" Kakashi raise a brow.

Naruto nodded with a smirk. "Minato's a natural ninja, and Kushina's sly and sneaky like a fox. It's nicknames I've called them since they were little."

"What about you're new one?" Ino asked. "You got any names for that one?" Naruto looked at Sakura who smiled.

"We have plenty of names. But none you're going to hear until after it's born." She stuck her tongue out at her friend.

"Oh come on!" Ino protested. "I told you my kids' names before they were born."

"Because you were so excited about them. You know Naruto and I don't tell anyone the names we picked until after it's born."

"Wait, wait." Kiba said stepping forward. "You're saying you're gonna have another kid?"

"Yup." Naruto grinned as he held Kushina in one arm and wrapped his other around Sakura's waist.

"And you have kids?" He asked Ino who smiled and nodded.

Sakura laughed softly at the look Kiba gave. "Kiba we're 28 years old. Everyone has gotten married and has kids." Kiba looked at her making her smile. "You've got twin sons who like to wreak havoc with Kushina, Ino's son, Shikamaru's daughter and Neji's son. Now the village has Naruto as a Hokage and a group of pranksters." She gave Naruto a look making him laugh.

"Mom!" Minato called as he ran over. "I fixed the ground! Did you see?!" Sakura bent down with a proud smile as she nodded.

"I saw. You're getting more and more talented every day." He grinned as he put his hands behind his head. "Come on. Let's go inside for a bit." The group moved inside to talk for a while, to catch those who had come to help up on what had happened in the future.

"Naruto." Shikamaru said. "When did you become Hokage?"

"I was offered the title soon after the war but I turned it down." Naruto said and saw the shock on everyone's face. "I couldn't be the Hokage, protect the village and be stuck there when Sasuke was still running around. They offered it to me again after Sakura and I got married but we were still chasing down Sasuke. When Sakura was pregnant with Minato, we started thinking about it more and they offered it to me again right after he was born. I was nineteen when they swore me in."

"Why did you wait?" Shikamaru was confused. It had always been Naruto's dream to be the Hokage.

"I didn't want to have to stay in the village when Sasuke was fighting and causing trouble." Naruto shrugged. "We were determined to get him back but after we found out we were going to be parents the fights changed."

"We were afraid that Sasuke would land some hit that would hurt the baby or that if we continued one day our child would be left alone without parents." Sakura took over the explanation. "We backed off while I was pregnant and when Minato was born we decided it was time. Naruto accepted the title and I took over as head of the hospital so we rarely if ever are in battle. It was our way of making sure our kids had their parents."

"And didn't have a life like mine." Naruto added as Sakura grabbed his hand. "A lot of us took up positions in the village so we were only sent out when we had to be. That way we would be there for our kids."

"The war really scared a lot of us." Ino said making everyone look at her. "It still scares me that my kids are in the academy to become ninja and that they could be put into situations that we had gone through and barely made it out. I know that some missions will be tight and my kids might be the ones not coming home." She felt tears welling up as she looked across the table at Sakura.

"It's the life of a ninja." Choji said softly making Ino smile and laugh softly.

"That's what you always tell me when I get over worried." Choji looked at her confused.

"So all of us are married and have kids?" Kiba asked breaking apart the conversation. Sakura nodded. "So who's with who and all?" He asked curiously.

Everyone looked at Naruto as he chuckled. "Don't worry Kiba, you got Hinata." Kiba looked at him. "You guys have a daughter and twin sons, Shikamaru and Temari have three daughters and a son, Neji and Tenten have a son and a daughter. Lee and his wife have a son; Shino and his wife have two sons."

"Choji and I have a daughter and a son." Ino added with a smile.

Sakura looked around at her friends. "Kakashi-sensei, you have a son. he's usually the peace keeper with the kids." She smiled as he looked at her in shock. "Gaara has two daughters and two sons."

"That you're children make wild." Gaara said making Naruto laugh.

"We all have families. Naruto, Gaara and the other Kages have actually been working together to keep the unification on some level." Sakura said. "We are all our own countries and villages but we work more closely when it comes to fights and agreements."

"It helps that Naruto's friends with all of the Kages." Ino laughed as Naruto smirked and looked at Gaara who gave a nod.

"We need to go now." Naruto said as he put Kushina on her feet and stood up.

"We'll see you all in a couple of minutes." Sakura smiled as Sai, Ino and Gaara walked over to the two and their children, Gaara still holding the metal box in his sand.

Gaara flipped through signs as Naruto went through another set. Suddenly there was a bright white flash. Everyone looked around slightly confused. "Thank you for coming so quickly." Gaara was the first to recover.

"We'll report back to the village that everything fine again." Kakashi nodded as the others held their heads. They remembered coming here to fight Sasuke, but the details were all hazy. "Let's go." The group nodded and followed him without a word all still trying to figure out why they felt to groggy and hazy on the details of their battle.

Naruto and Sakura looked from the window of the hospital to see their two children running around with the others laughing. It had been six months since they had to fight Sasuke as he nearly destroyed the village trying to get to their children, to be able to hurt them beyond repair. Sakura had gone into labor the day before and they now had two beautiful new children. Naruto smiled as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. They could not believe what all they went through to be standing there today. Nearly dying as they fought their way through life, missions, war, all to be standing in a hospital room about to take their newborn twins home.

The parents turned as the twins started to cry at the same time. "Already going to start your fussing?" Sakura said as she lifted her newborn daughter into her arms and Naruto pulled his son into his.

"Let's just hope they don't live up to their names." Naruto smirked. "Not in the bad ways anyway. My little sanin will be just as great as who their named after but without the temper of Granny." Naruto chuckled.

"Or the perverseness or lord Jiriaya." Sakura smiled at her husband. Their children would carry on the names, beliefs, and jutsus of four of the greatest ninja to ever live. Naruto could not believe he was so lucky to have his parents who gave their lives so he could live and become a great ninja, Jiriaya who taught him and cared for him when they went on missions and Tsunade who took care of him and treated him like her own in the village. All of these people changed him for the better and set him on his path to becoming the Hokage, with Sakura by his side and his four children to carry on the legacy of those who had started it all.

"Let's go home." Naruto said as he moved closer to Sakura. The two smiled at each other as blue met green and the world around them left. They leaned close melting into a deep loving kiss before the twins started to fuss in their parents arms. "Okay, okay. We're going." He chuckled before they left the hospital with gather their children and were met with their friends wanting to see the new additions.

Life was better than back to normal.