Chapter 97 - 97. FAMILY

"I... wanted to ask, did you speak the truth? Is Rin really alive?" Kakashi stood still, a thousand thoughts went through his mind. He wanted her to be alive, but at the same time, he didn't know what he would do if she was.

Monari simply blurted, "Yup, she is."

*THUD* He fell back. He was not prepared for the blunt shock. Before, he thought it was just his ears ringing after he saw Monari, but it turned out to be true.

"H-How? I killed her myself," He asked with stutters.

Monari chuckled, "Hmm, not something to be proud of for sure. Well, Rin carried the three-tails in her, she was about to die and also get the Saint Beast killed. How could Shiro see that happen? So, he saved her just after you hit her. You fell unconscious and he took her away in all that mayhem."

"How is she? Does she remember me?" He inquired.

Monari shrugged, "I don't know. She has not woken up since the day you tried to kill her. Physically she's completely fine, but mentally there is something wrong going on. Anyway, she's going to be waking up soon since Shiro has found a way. All right, good night, I'm hella tired."

She patted his shoulder and left Kakashi to cry alone. He didn't need a shoulder to cry right now, but instead alone time where he could shout. Kakashi did exactly that and went to Obito's grave that had nobody in it. He happily talked to him and told him he would not let anything happen to Rin this time, no matter what.

...

Monari silently returned to the Uchiha District. There she found Shisui was already waiting for her. "Lady Monari, I caught Sasuke Uchiha. Lord Dama said I should tell you."

"What's Shiro doing?" She inquired.

"Sleeping."

Monari had a face like she just saw a ghost. "Sleep? Him? Hmm, that's new. I guess he's trying to act like a normal human. Fine, lead me to this little Uchiha boy."

Shisui led her to an underground room. Sasuke was kept there, unconscious still. He went ahead and cancelled the justice he used.

Sasuke woke up, rubbing his eyes and looking all broody. He saw Monari standing in front of him. His purpose of coming here was met. He stood up and proudly talked to her. "Do you have the Mangekyo Sharingan?"

"Yes, I do. Why? You want to pluck them out?" She asked him jokingly, which made Shisui uneasy.

"Wait, I think I have seen you somewhere." Sasuke suddenly pointed to Shisui.

Monari took over, "He's Kawasaki Honda. A student of Lord Dama. Now you answer, why do you want to know about my eyes?"

"I want to attain the Mangekyo Sharingan too," Sasuke claimed.

Monari took a seat, seeing this was getting interesting, "Why?"

"To get my revenge and kill Itachi." He answered, with a burning fire in his heart.

"Pfft... Boy, do you even know a thing about your brother? In addition, the Mangekyo Sharingan makes the user blind after a few uses." She revealed.

But Sasuke didn't believe her, "Then are you also blind?"

"Nope, that's because I have Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan, as the name suggests, it's infinite power with no setbacks. How I got it is something even I don't know, maybe Shiro did something." She herself fell into deep thoughts.

"I want you to teach me how to attain all this." He said, and it didn't sound like a request.

Monari ruffled his hair, "Kid, you're a thousand years too early. And you better learn how to behave in front of elders. Besides, if you were to find out why your brother killed the clan, you might not even want to kill him anymore, making all your hard work and brooding for nothing. So go home, cook a nice cup of ramen and go to sleep."

"What must I do to make you teach me?" Sasuke asked before she could leave.

"Hmm, I don't know, get a life maybe. Find a good hobby, stop acting emo all the time and actually have some friends. Also, become a Jonin first." She gave plenty of conditions.

But Sasuke didn't look disappointed at all. "Fine, a Jonin, I can become that quick."

Monari nodded and cheered him, "Good boy, you are the hope of the Uchiha clan, grow up and have thousands of babies. Now take care."

Red-faced, Sasuke silently left the Uchiha district. He arrived at his home and took out his family photo. He looked at his brother. Itachi used to look like a demon in his eyes.

But today, after the doubts Monari created in his mind, he saw Itachi as an enigma. ~Why did you kill mom and dad, Itachi? Why?~

...

That night, Minato and Naruto didn't sleep, because they were busy talking to each other. Naruto was interested in finding out about his mom and dad while Minato wanted to know more about his son.

And to his complete honesty, when Minato learned about all his life's experiences, how he was treated and everything. Minato was sad and angry, not on anyone else but himself.

~I should have used the Demon seal the moment I saw the beast. Maybe then...

Naruto could have had a mother.~ Minato's mind dozed off to what-ifs.

"Dad, tell me more about mother, how did you two meet?" Naruto asked.

Minato smilingly told him everything. How Kushina was called tomato and bullied, how she hit them back. And how he saved her from the kidnappers, and that was when their story started.

But then Minato asked a very important question, "Naruto, I heard some words that you kissed a boy in the class? I... You can tell me honestly, I won't judge you for it."

*COUGH*

Naruto coughed as he choked on his own saliva, "D-Dad... No, I only like girls. What happened in school was a mistake, I fell on Sasuke."

"Is that so..." Minato replied while looking at his face.

Naruto raged, "YOU STILL DOUBT ME? I like Sakura-chan, that's it."

"Do you want me to talk to her parents? Oh, Kushina would have already engaged you two." Minato suggested.

"NO! And she does not even like me. She likes that Sasuke." Naruto dejectedly said!!!

Minato seemed as if he had a revelation, "AH! So that's why you decided to kiss Sasuke, so Sakura may feel jealous?"

(•ˋ _ ˊ•)

Naruto didn't even know what to say.

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Next Morning,

"There's always room for the family! *VROOOM*"

"WHAAA! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? GOD! IT WAS THE WACKIEST DREAM EVER! No wonder I don't sleep." Shiroken jolted awake. His eyes looked bright red and his face showed frustration.

"What happened?" Monari suddenly came running to see why Shiroken shouted.

Shiroken held his head with his hands and answered, "I don't know. It was a dream, Monari, a very strange dream. There was this bald man, he... he drove some strange metal carriage that ran without horses. He used to race other people. But... He acts like a saint, talking about his big family and how it's important to stick together, but he at the same time went on to destroy thousands of families. Killing people left and right, what about their family? Argh... what did I just see? He also loved putting the word 'family' in every few lines. That bald bastard. If I ever see him in real life I would slam the moon on him."

"WHAT DOES THIS DREAM MEAN, MONARI?" He asked.

Monari scoffed, "Huh, you are your dreams. I remember you dreamt about some blonde boy-dragonking taking over the world with magic and whatnot last time. You didn't sleep for a year after that.

"And about this dream, I guess because you also like to say the word family all the time, you saw this. Come on, don't think too much, I prepared dumplings for breakfast."

"DUMPLINGS! YES!" Shiroken threw away the blanket and ran downstairs. He always acted like this after his sleeping sessions every few years or months.

"Geez... act your age now, Shiro, *Sigh* I guess you really need a good homely wife." She nagged and followed. Soon, they all sat by a large dining table that Shiroken made with the wood release.

"Can I also eat with you?" Kimimaro came and asked all of a sudden. He had changed slightly and gotten very cheerful.

Shiroken smiled kindly and nodded, "Sure, there is always room for more family..."

"AAAA... THE BALDNESS! IS... TAKING OVER MY MIND!"

[A/N: I got many Dominic gifs as comments in paragraphs where Shiro talks about his family passionately. So I decided to make it official. XD.]

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