"Ah! It hurts so much!"
"I'm never having kids for sensei again!"
"Ugh..."
"If he doesn't come soon, I won't give birth anymore. Let him do it himself! It hurts like hell!"
The pleasant panting and complaining voice of a woman came from inside the cave.
"Kushina, just bear it a little longer, sensei is almost here."
Then came the helpless but amused voice of a man.
He then sounded a little surprised.
"Huh? Sensei seems to already be outside..."
"Ah... is my husband here?"
The woman who had just been crying out in pain suddenly stood up like nothing had happened. She even shook off the support of two female medical-nin and hurried out on her own with her big belly.
"Wait, Kushina... I'll go bring sensei in. You just wait here."
After much coaxing, the man finally persuaded the woman.
'She's about to give birth, yet she's still so eager to run around...'
"I really don't know what sensei sees in you."
'If it weren't for my gender, sensei would definitely like me more,' the man felt he was at a disadvantage simply because he had a certain part. [T/N: 🙄]
"My husband doesn't like me, would he like you instead?"
'Seriously, if it was Mikoto, that's one thing, but what's Minato getting involved for?'
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"Hurry and go in."
Uchiha Mikoto looked at Uchiha Kage, who was hesitating in front of the cave, and couldn't help but smile and curve her beautiful brows.
Though they hadn't seen each other in a long time, seeing Uchiha Kage so flustered made her feel especially amused.
"I don't even know anything yet...", Uchiha Kage had just arrived at the cave entrance when he heard the conversation inside.
Although he could generally guess what was about to happen, what Mikoto had said earlier made him even more confused.
It wasn't that he had ordered Mikoto to come here, but that she had acted on her own?
How could that be? Could it be that during this time period, he wasn't by Mikoto's side?
Uchiha Kage really wanted to question his wife beside him and pry open her mouth that refused to tell him the truth.
But before he could say much, a blond ninja wearing the Fourth Hokage's cloak walked out from the cave.
The Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.
"Sensei, you finally came!", Seeing Uchiha Kage, Namikaze Minato looked very excited.
"Sensei? Me?", Technically, this was the first time Uchiha Kage had seen Namikaze Minato.
"This big brother... really looks like the Fourth Hokage drawn on the cliff," At this moment, Naruto, who was even more confused than Uchiha Kage, could only make a sarcastic comment based on instinct.
But he wasn't entirely to blame. Namikaze Minato really did look like that face on the cliff...
"Looks like? I am the Fourth Hokage," Namikaze Minato turned sideways and pointed to the large characters "Fourth Hokage" on the back of his cloak, while also boasting to Uchiha Kage like a proud student.
"Sensei, just as you predicted, I've now become the Fourth Hokage."
"I..."
'Suddenly gaining a disciple, who is even the Fourth Hokage,' Uchiha Kage felt a bit unprepared.
'At a time like this, what should I say?'
'Is just smiling enough?'
"No, wait, I'm still wearing a mask. How did you recognize me?", Uchiha Kage suddenly remembered he still had a mask on his face.
"Sensei always wore a mask before, what's so hard to recognize?"
Namikaze Minato had a look like, "Even if you turned to ashes, I'd still recognize you instantly."
"Is... is that so?"
"Husband, hurry and come in! Don't bother with Minato anymore!"
Just when Uchiha Kage didn't know what to say to Namikaze Minato, a female ninja's urgent voice full of anticipation came from inside the cave.
"Kushina is so impatient. Let's hurry in," Mikoto gently pushed the dazed Uchiha Kage from behind and urged him.
"I really don't know anything...", Uchiha Kage walked forward unconsciously while trying to explain to Mikoto.
"I know, I know, don't worry. I'm not jealous anymore."
As the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, once Kushina gave birth, she would definitely be in danger.
The priority now was getting through this critical moment.
Mikoto braced herself mentally.
"Do I... do I need to go in too?", Hearing the voice of the female ninja inside, Naruto felt a very strange sensation throughout his body, though he couldn't pinpoint what it was.
But seeing the familiar Uchiha Kage and Mikoto walking into the cave, he wasn't sure if he should follow.
To be safe, he asked.
"Naruto, stay outside for now. Let this Fourth Hokage take care of you."
Mikoto looked back with an amused glance at Naruto, who had the same hesitant expression as Uchiha Kage.
For safety, it was best not to let Naruto witness his own birth.
"Got it, Mom!", After hearing Mikoto respond to his question, Naruto finally relaxed and stayed next to Namikaze Minato.
"Hehe, you little rascal...", Uchiha Mikoto was amused by Naruto actually calling her mom.
But really, it wasn't wrong. After all...
"Compared to that troublemaker Sasuke, I like you a little more right now," Thinking of something, Mikoto smiled and winked at Naruto.
"Great! I'm gonna go back and tell Sasuke. Mikoto Mom's favorite son is me!"
"Naruto..."
'If you really tell that to Sasuke, he might actually awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan out of sheer stimulation.'
Uchiha Kage glanced at Mikoto beside him, who was still chuckling and covering her mouth, and shook his head helplessly.
'Mikoto today seems to be... a little willful.'
'But not in a bad way.'
It reminded him of the feeling he got when they first met.
'Only now, the Mikoto in front of me is much more mature...'
'And... bigger...'
'Speaking of which, Sasuke is only six months old, so Mikoto now must be... nursing?'
'No wonder she is bigger than before.'
Uchiha Kage, though unsure how to deal with the female ninja who was about to appear inside the cave, felt reassured looking at Mikoto.
Especially seeing her even more prominent figure than before.
"Kushina's still waiting inside. Tonight... wait till it's over and then I'll let you have some," After being together so long, Mikoto understood Uchiha Kage's little thoughts with just one look.
She kind of wanted to squeeze some out herself too.
She had wanted to ever since they first met today.
Because she'd already seen grown-up Sasuke, Uchiha Mikoto always found it too weird to breastfeed little Sasuke, so she hired a wet nurse.
This led to her having to manually express the excess every day.
"Ahem...", Uchiha Kage almost choked on Mikoto's suggestive words.
Though, yes, he had just been imagining tasting it again...
"Mikoto, you're here too? Where's my husband?", Kushina, sitting on the bed, looked a bit surprised to see Mikoto enter first.
"He's behind me."
'What do you mean "your" husband? He's my husband!'
Uchiha Mikoto wanted to argue with Kushina, but seeing her big belly, she held her tongue.
"Sensei! No... husband, you really came!", Seeing Uchiha Kage, Kushina excitedly stood up again and rushed into his arms without a care.
"You're being reckless, Kushina!", Thankfully, Mikoto used her own body as a buffer ahead of time to keep Kushina's belly from crashing directly into Uchiha Kage.
Otherwise, Uchiha Kage would've seriously worried about hurting the baby.
"I couldn't help it! Besides, my husband definitely has a way to catch me and the baby safely," ever since Uchiha Kage appeared, Kushina only had eyes for him.
Noticing her best friend Mikoto oddly inserting herself between them, she even directly pushed this "busybody" out of the way.
"...", Uchiha Kage didn't know how to handle the situation in front of him.
'I am just a teenager, and now I have to suddenly be a dad?'
'And with a woman I has just met?'
'Then again, it won't be the first time I suddenly became a dad...'
No choice, feeling Kushina's complete trust in him, Uchiha Kage had to do his best to firmly catch her in his arms.
"What should I do now?", Uchiha Kage really didn't know what to do next.
'Wait for Kushina to give birth? Or just turn around and wait outside with Naruto and Minato?'
"Lay her flat on the bed, then hold her hand, look into her eyes, and try to ease her pain as much as you can," As she spoke, Mikoto grabbed a white coat and a pair of medical gloves from the other female medical-nin and put them on.
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