Side Story: The NEXT one?

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto...SADLY

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"S-Sakura-Chan there must be a mistake. Are you absolutely sure this is right?" Hinata said disbelievingly as she gripped the edges of the exam table with a white knuckle grip. Deep down she knew the Hokage's apprentice couldn't mistake this. She just couldn't wrap her mind around this fact.

It had started about one month ago, after the Hokage's annual Kage Fourth of July party. Somehow the Rookie nine all got access to alchol, preferably Sake, and all of them got completely smashed. Hinata didn't remember anything of that night. It was all hazy and a complete blur. But she did remember the morning after, how she was hungover, and in Naruto's appartment. He seemed distant, barely talked to her, and made little eye contact. It was as if he was ashamed of what they did. He had bid her a quick goodbye and sent her on her way.

Hinata had cried on the way home, knowing that even though Sakura had Sasuke now, Naruto still loved her. And he would always see her as only a friend. She couldn't remember what had happened, but she certainly could piece it together, considering she woke up naked in his bed, wrapped in his warm arms, and nuzzling his neck.

There was no mistaking it. She had given her first time to him, and she wasn't even sober for it. She didn't regret it though, because she still loved him with all her heart. Which now brings us back to the current situation at hand. You see for the past couple weeks Hinata had been experiencing lower back pains, nausea, fatigue, and morning sickness. She had at first thought she was sick, but after two weeks she knew something wasn't right, and that she needed to get to Sakura ASAP.

And now, now she was pregnant. Hinata Hyuga, heiress to the Hyuga clan, was carrying the child of Uzumaki Naruto; Village paraiah and the Jinchurriki of Konoha. But he was also the one man her father hated the most. But Hinata wasn't worried about that right now because she was still getting used to the idea of being pregnant. The idea of having another heart beat inside her scared her. Many questions had plauged her mind, how was she going to raise this child? She was only sixteen and just a Chuunin!

But the most scariest thing for her was the fact that Naruto had left the village. The reason why is unknown to everyone except Tsunade, hence the reason he was not marked a missing nin. But it still made her scared because how would she raise this child alone? Could she be a good single mother so young? while these questions surely plauged her mind, she never gave up hope he would return. She was sure he would, because after all he still needed to become Hokage.

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Hinata did a quick once over of herself in the mirror on the wall of the Hyuga compound in the hallway leading to her fathers office, and gathered her self in an organized matter. She had managed to make the redness of her eyes go down, from her crying for the last three hours and tried her best to stay confident. If she was going to break the news to her father she had to be strong. Not only for her self but for Naruto and their unborn child.

Hinata, with one last deep breath, closed her eyes and kneeled down on the traditional taitami mat as she slid open the sliding door. Hiashi looked up from the scroll he was reading and sighed when he saw his eldest daughter. He and her had made amends a while ago, after he realized pushing her away was the worst thing he could have done, and all it took was a beating from Uzumaki, and Neji to pull that stick out of his ass for him to realize how horrible of a father he was.

"Good afternoon father, may I have a word?" Hinata said, respectfully bowing with her forhead touching her hands that were placed flat on the mat in an overlapping fashion making a diamond like shape. "You may, daughter. What is it you wish to speak of? I have many scrolls to examin and look through." Hinata sighed as she prepared herself for the worst.

"Ano...um...father I-I don't know how to say this so I will just be blunt. I am pregnant with Naruto-Kun's child. At the Kage Fourth of J-July party, at my own mistake, I had snuck some sake and got myself wasted father. As a result me and Naruto had sex and I am fully prepared for the consequence that comes with this. I want to raise this child on my own, with my own money, and in my own way. I do not want this child under Hyuga control, so this child will be under the name Uzumaki. However, father, I will only allow you, Neji, and Hanabi to see my child. I know I have brought shame upon this family, and for that I am truly sorry." Hiashi sighed as he rubbed his temples.

"Hinata, I am not angry with you. I am more dissappointed in you and your poor choices. I am happy that I will be a grandfather, however, I wasn't planning on becoming one this young. As for Naruto, I still don't like him, but I will be civil to him. But I guess it was bound to happen, considering most children take after their parents when they grow up. Hinata I know you know what you did was wrong, and I expect you to take full responsibility for your actions. But I want to tell you a story." Hinata's attention perked up at this. Hiashi had rarely told stories of his past and so if you were given the chance to hear one, you never passed it up.

"Ano, father what is it?" Hiashi sighed as he fiddled with the wedding ring on his finger. Even though his wife had died, he could not find it in his heart to remove his wedding ring.

"Hinata when I was about 18, before I was a clan leader, I was a Jounin. I met your mother, Saiyuri, who was at the time only 16. We met on a mission, she was a servant for the Ichigawa clan, a prominent clan in Kiri much like we Hyuga's. I was assigned the task of escorting the head of the clan to Konoha to discuss terms for a possible allience between the Uchiha clan and the Ichigawa clan. During the five day journey, I instantly fell in love with your mother at first sight. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.

Long ink-blue hair, lavender eyes not of the Hyuga clan, light and smooth skin, delicate curves, a porcelin face, and the definition of graceful. A spitting image of the woman you have become now. I had gotten to know her really well, and on the last night of the mission, when we knew we would have to leave each other, we let our emotions get the best of both of us. Awhile later, as a result of our actions on that last night, she had told me she was pregnant with you." Hinata gasped at this story. So she was an...accident?

"I know what your thinking and no you were not an accident. Never could I view you as an accident. Sure we were not expecting this at such young ages but never would view you as an accident. It wasn't easy for us at first, because the clan disapproved of our feelings for each other, and the fact she wasn't of royal blood, but after I became the clan leader it became easier. I had more authority to allow and disallow what I wanted. Now Hinata I know Naruto has left the village, which makes it so much harder for you, and when he gets back I will be beating his ass for leaving you, whether he knows you are pregnant with his child or not. But if you need something I'm always here. I know I have not been a great father in the past, but I would like to make up for lost time, and be an even greater grandfather. Now rest up, it is important now that you have a condition such as this."

Hinata nodded and smiled and stood up from her kneeling position, as did Hiashi, and she hugged her father. "Thank you father, and its okay, I forgive you. Just promise me those clan elders will stay away from my child." Hiashi nodded. "I will try my best daughter. They will not like what they hear when I inform them of the recent news well but I will make sure that it does not receive the caged bird seal. Oh and congratulations...my daughter." Hinata nodded before bowing to her father and exited the office and headed twoards her bedroom. After all she needed rest, and that was an order.

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The next day Hinata stood infront of her mirror, clad in only her silk nightie, with a hand delicately placed on her flat stomach. She couldn't believe that there was life inside of her, another human being, Naruto's child. She looked down at her stomach and smiled while silent tears rolled down her face. Naruto may have been gone, but she would still love this child with everything she had, and even though it was unexpected, she was still happy.

She didn't want many people to know yet, it was just simply not the time right now, however, she knew she needed to inform her teammates as well as her cousin Neji. Sakura had promised to keep it a secret with the exception that she had to let Tsunade know.

When Hinata had finally caught up with her team at training ground 8, she mentally prepared herself for how she would break the news. She knew that they wouldn't reject the idea and that they would support her but it didn't make telling them any easier. After all who would expect poor, sweet, innocent, Hinata to get pregnant at just 16.

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Hinata uneasily made her way into training ground eight, where her teammates were sure to be training. She knew she had to tell them, tell them why she had to be removed from the team, and why she had to stop being a ninja all together.

With a final sigh she entered into the area where Shino and Kiba were sparring. She grinned at her teammates, all they did was train. "Shino-Kun, Kiba-Kun!" Hinata called waving her hand in the air as high as her 5'1 body would allow her. She had always been the shortest of the Rookies, with Naruto ironically being the tallest at a huge 6'4.

"Hinata-Chan!" Kiba called with a grin, while Shino merely nodded, always keeping his quiet composure. They ran over to her, slightly sweaty and disheaveled, but other than that relatively okay. "What brings you here, Hinata. I thought today was your day off?" Shino said, mildly curious. Hinata giggled then gave a defeated/tired sigh. "Well you see I have something very important to tell you, something that you might want to sit down for." Kiba nodded and ploped down, Akamaru as well, however Shino remained standing. His mistake.

"Alright Hinata what is it?" Kiba called, his full attention on her. She gathered herself and just outright blurted it. "Well, a-ano, I'm pregnant." Kiba's jaw hit the floor at the sudden news. Pregnant? Just as Kiba was about to reply they heard a thump. They looked to there left to see Shino had fainted. They both looked at each other then started howling with laughter, rolling around on the floor. Shino Aburame had fainted!

"He...he...fainted...i...cant...hahahahah...believ e...it." Kiba said between labored breaths, trying to calm down. "Well I think he took it rather well." Hinata said, finally calming down herself. She didn't need to press further on the matter, she knew Kiba was okay with it. And even though Shino was unconcious, so was he.

After about two hours of talking (and much explaining) Kiba and Shino had agreed to help anyway they could. They would be, the best uncles they could be.

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Timeskip: 5 years later...Hinata: 21 and Naruto:22 with Minato being 5...obviously.

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Hinata noisly walked into Minato's bedroom and opened the shades that were shut tight, letting a bright light of the sun fill the room and wake up Minato. Minato in turn just grumbled and pulled the blankets over his head. Hinata sighed and ripped the covers off Minato, sending a rush of cold air over his body. "Kaa-saaaaan I wanna sleep. Dattebayo!" After giving birth to Minato, Hinata had decided it was best to move out of the Hyuga Compound (less chances of the caged bird seal) and the fact the elders had no rule over someone who was not a clan member and did not live in the Hyuga compound.

It was by no means easy for Hinata at first. She had retired as a ninja, which greatly angered the clan, but she didn't mind because she was perfectly content in raising Minato. So since Hinata would not be accumulating an income from missions, her father had helped her open up her own bakery. And it was now the most popular bakery in Japan, everyone loved Hinata's Desserts, and Hiashi had Saiyuri to thank for passing on this gift.

Everyone was shocked to hear Hinata, the sweetest most innocent girl in Konoha, had gotten pregnant at the ripe age of 16. Some were angry when they heard who the father was, and some even went so far as to wanting that baby dead. Others were thrilled Hinata had finally gotten her crush, and others could care less. Hinata always made sure the villagers treated Minato nicely, to ensure he would not have to live a childhood much like his father.

bHowever the Elders still made it a point to voice there hatred twoards the boy. When he would come over to visit his grandfather, they would glare at him and call him demon spawn, as well as telling Hinata he is a disgrace to the clan, a permenent mark of shame. To which Hinata would always Jyuuken their sorry asses to Mars, and told Minato to never listen to them. "Minato-Kun it is time to start your first day of the academy, don't you want to learn to be a ninja?" This perked Minato's attention as he hastly shot up and dressed himself in his new clothes he had gotten yesterday.

He wore a white T-shirt with an orange spiral on the front and green ninja shorts with green ninja sandals. He had Blonde spiky hair, a whisker mark on each cheek, signaling that he did inherit some of the Kyuubi, and blue pupil-less eyes. He was literally the spitting image of his father, and had the personality to match. However, he did inherit Hinata's intelligence and bloodline limit. Hell he even acquired her shyness when it came to new people.

He was Minato Uzumaki, unpredictable, loud, a prankster, and determined. Yet shy, smart, and powerful. The perfect blend of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga.

"Kaa-san lets go now!" Minato called as he grabbed his mothers wrist and practically dragged her out of their appartment and to the academy. Hinata smiled fondly as she let her son lead the way, watching him bounce up and down in pure excitement. He reminded her so much of Naruto that sometimes it hurt.

When they finally reached the academy, Hinata stopped her son, turned him around, and gave him one of her world famous hugs. Said to melt even the coldest of hearts. "Minato-Kun no matter what happens or what you do, know that I'll always be proud of you. I will always love you, okay. Now can you promise your kaa-san one thing?" Minato grinned and nodded.

"Sure Kaa-san what is it?" Hinata smiled and ruffled his hair. "Promise to be yourself, never be ashamed of who you are, and give ol' Iruka-sensei a hard time." Minato nodded and replied. "So, Kaa-san be just like my otou-san?" Hinata giggled and nodded, giving him a quick kiss on the forehead. "Minato-Kun you already are the spitting image of him. I love you, be safe, and when the academy is done come straight to the bakery okay?" Minato nodded and ran to the academy door, pushing it open, and having the biggest smile known to man as he walked in.

Hinata sighed as she shunshined away from the academy to the bakery. She may be a retired ninja, but that didn't mean she let her skills go to waste. She was still a very capeable ninja, at least Jounin level. With her finally arriving at the bakery, she put on her apron and started her baking for the day. It was after all going to get quite busy.

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Naruto Uzumaki, a tall man about 6'2 with blonde spikey hair and piercing blue eyes stood atop the gates of Konoha. His black and orange flamed trench coat swaying slightly in the breeze and his Katana was lying diagonally across his back with the hilt of the swoard resting just above his left shoulder.

He had on underneath this coat a white shirt that clung to his body, showing his insanely well built torso and abs, as well as black ninja pants that were wrapped at the ankle in bandages and black ninja sandles. He had on black fingerless gloves and his Kunai holster was on his left thigh.

Naruto sighed to himself, and then grinned. "So it's been five years already. Guess I better see Tsunade first."

Hokage's Office

Tsunade sighed as she poured herself another cup of Sake and continued away at the mountain of paperwork on her desk. She was getting to old for this job, she just couldn't really keep up anymore, and she just wanted out. Things hadn't been the same since Naruto left, he was the only reason she came back to Konoha in the first place, and with him gone everything wasn't as lively.

So for the thousanth time that day Tsunade sighed and was nearly scared out of her wits when all of the sudden something flew in from her window and landed right in front of her. The said figure grinned and spoke in a deep yet non threatening voice. "Baa-chan it's me Naruto. I'm back!" Tsunade grinned and went to hug Naruto, but instead clocked him upside the head sending him slamming into the wall.

"You worried me to death Gaki! Leaving unannounced, with only a letter saying not to mark you as a missing nin? What the HELL were you thinking?" Naruto sighed and droped his happy ficade for a second, showing his true self.

"Baa-chan I went away because I was becoming dangerous. The seal was weakening and Kyuubi said that if I didn't learn to control all his power then I would be a walking time bomb. So I left to train and I now have complete control of Kyuubi, I found a seal master, and well now I am so to speak the Kyuubi itself. We fused, see?" Naruto said dropping his henge to reveal orange fox ears and nine orange and white tipped tails swaying behind him. Tsunade gasped in shock, she was utterly amazed.

"Then I take it you know all about your parents?" Naruto nodded and smiled, he was very proud to be the child of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. "Then you know about you inheritance?" Naruto was about to say yes but then shook his head no. "Well you parents weren't exactly poor ya know so they left you with their compound and a bank account." Tsunade said handing him a piece of paper with an account number and address.

"Thanks Baa-chan! Oh and whats happened since I left?" 'How is Hinata-chan?' he added mentally but wouldn't dare say it out loud. Tsunade took a breath. "Well Sasuke came back after defeating Itachi and started to rebuild his relationship with Sakura and Konoha. Neji, Sasuke, Shino, and Lee all made ANBU and Neji is a squad leader. Shikamaru, Kiba, Ino, Sakura, TenTen, Chouji all made Jounin. Your actually the ONLY Gennin left of your age group Naruto." This made Naruto sweat drop, he was well above Kage level and was officially ranked a Genin.

"What about Hinata-chan?" Tsunade sighed and put on a thinking face, debating on telling him ALL of the story or not. After about a minute she decided to leave out the part about him having a son. "Well due to some special circumstances Hinata retired from being a ninja and now owns the most popular Bakery in the Land of Fire. You should try the apple pie, it isTHE best pie I ever tasted in my life. Hell even Danzo and Hiashi eat there! Thats saying something." Naruto nodded happy for Hinata yet curious as to why she quit being a ninja.

"Thanks Baa-chan! Bye." Naruto said a little to quickly, dashing out the window, and running into the town square in Konoha by all the shops. Tsunade smiled evily. Oh Naruto you were in for the surprise of your life. And she decided to leave the beating part up to Sakura, knowing Hinata was far to nice to do that to Naruto.

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The smell of fresh baked cinnamon rolls filled the medium sized bakery as one beautiful Hinata Uzumaki (though not legally) took them out of the oven, frosted them, and put them on a tray to cool. It was almost time for Minato to return from the academy and she couldn't wait to hear all about it, and how she knew he would exaggerate it, just like Naruto used to. Hinata sighed at the thought of Naruto. It had been five years since he left and each day Minato was becoming more and more like him. From the massive appetite for ramen to the uncanny look alike he was to the younger Naruto.

The next thing Hinata knew the bell rang on her shop door signaling a coustomer or in this case her son, Minato. With a happy aura to him and a big smile he hoisted himself up onto the counter top and started talking to his Kaa-san. "Kaa-san! Kaa-san! I did just like you said today and I made sure EVERYONE knew who I was and I told them I was going to be Hokage and I made Iruka-sensei mad because I put sticky glue on his desk and I made a new friend and..." Hinata just kept smiling and baking as she listened to her son go on and on with his tales of the day.

She had to laugh to herself as her son mentioned a girl who got a red face when he tried to talk to her and he asked if she had a fever and she said no. And he wasn't convinced but he let it slide, however, Hinata would not let her son be like Naruto in that department. No she would make him less oblivious in time. Save the girl some trouble.

"Sounds like you had a very fun day Minato-kun. And I am sure Iruka-sensei's expression was very funny. Now how about a little treat for your first sucessful day at the academy. We could go get Ichiraku ramen?" Minato's face lit up like a kid with thousands of presents on Christmas at then mention of Ichiraku. "Yeah I wanna get some ramen dattebayo!" Hinata giggled at her sons little catch phrase he picked up from Konohamaru. "Let me just finish up Minato-kun and we'll go." Minato nodded as his mother finished decorating a cake and wiped down the counter tops and hung up her flour stained apron.

She grabbed Minato's tiny hand and flipped the sign from open to closed, switched off the lights, and walked out into Konoha and onward to Ichiraku.

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Naruto sighed defeated at having no luck in finding Hinata's bakery and decided just to eat at Ichiraku ramen since he hadn't had that in five years. So having been there somany times, he knew the path by heart and at no time at all he found himself lifting up the flaps to smile at old man Ichiraku. Completely unaware of Hinata and his son siting on the stools to the right of him with Minato in the middle.

As Naruto was about to order a voice caught his attention and he raised his eyebrows in surprise when the kid stole the words right out of his mouth. "Hey old man give me three miso and five shrimp ramen. I'm starving!" The old man Teuchi smiled and nodded while Ayame started to talk to Minato. All the while Naruto was staring in shock at this boy. He looked like a younger version of himself. And thats when he looked at the mother and his jaw nearly hit the floor.

There sat Hinata, more beautiful then ever, in the most sexy yet modest civilian clothes. She was the definition of graceful and she had a motherly glow to her. Then his heart sunk when he realized she had a child. She had probably moved on and he couldn't blame her, being so distant to her that one morning after he and her had both swapped virginities and then he just up and left.

"Minato-Kun watch your manners!" Hinata told him in a stern yet playful tone. Teuchi let out a harty laugh, "It's okay Hinata, he may call me what ever he likes. After all without Naruto here I kind of miss that nickname." Hinata sighed then nodded. "Hai, it is rather lonely without Naruto-kun here. I really miss him but he will return. After all he has to become Hokage!" Ayama laughed then nodded. "Hai, I know he will." Minato all the while was scarfing down his ramen like crazy. And thats when Naruto finally got the courage to make himself known.

"H-Hinata-chan is that you?" Hinata froze like a deer in head lights and looked to her left. There, sitting next to Minato was Naruto. And she gasped at just how similar they looked. "N-Naruto-Kun your back? Your Back!" she yelled as she bolted out of her seat and tackled Naruto to the ground. Completely forgetting the past just for the moment and focusing on him. "Missed you too Hinata-chan. And we need to talk." Hinata nodded and got up, brushing herself off. Naruto grinned at her and then looked at this little boy. "I'm Minato Uzumaki and I'm going to be Hokage someday believe it!" Naruto's eyes grew wide as dinner plates when he heard the last name.

He looked at Hinata then pointed to himself. Hinata nodded not sure how he was going to take it, but was all too surprised when he grinned and picked the boy up. "Not before your father you little squirt." Minato gasped as he looked Naruto in the eye. "So your my Otou-san?" Naruto nodded as he smiled at the bouncing five year old in his arms. Minato grinned and hugged his daddy.

They made their way to the park after that, Minato going on and on about his first day at the academy, using exagerrated arm motions and everything, just like his father. Naruto grinned at the boy as he walked between him and Hinata. Boy, he didn't know what he was missing till now.

When they finally reached the park, Hinata let go of Minato's hand and let him run twoards the big slide while Naruto and Hinata sat down on a park bench. Carefully making sure Minato was safe, of course.

"Hinata-chan I..." Hinata interrupted him. "It was tough Naruto-kun, raising him on my own. I missed you so much, and everyday Minato grows more and more like you. It hurt me when you pushed me away that morning, five years ago. And when you left and I found out I was having your child, I was devistated. I retired as a ninja, Naruto-kun. I now own the most popular bakery. Its funny really, if someone asks me if I could go back, would I? and everytime I answer no, I wouldn't trade Minato for anything. And so seeing you accept him, and love him, I can forgive you. Just promise me, promise me you'll never run away again."

Naruto laughed as tears of joy ran down his cheek. Hinata didn't hate him after all! "I promise Hina-chan. I promise to always be by your side...plus...I want to be hear for the next one." Naruto said whispering the last part as he kissed her cheek.

"The NEXT one?" And with that, Hinata had done something she hadn't done in years. She had fainted, with that ever present blush that Naruto adored.

"I guess some things never change huh? My Hina-Hime."

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