Strongest Shinobi

Another couple of months passed in which Itachi became five. Another piece of joyous news was that Kushina was pregnant.

Izana went by to congratulate Minato and Kushina.

He saw their scene of them yelling at each other, "I'm going to be a mother!" "I'm going to be a father!".

They both seemed very happy and he didn't want to spoil the moment and was planning to sneak away, yet was caught by Minato's eyes.

"Izana, I'm going to be a father!"

Minato grabbed Izana tightly, hugging him fiercely.

"I'm happy for you Minato-nii, Kushina-nee."

Izana smiled at them both, happy from the bottom of his heart.

[I'm happy for both of them, though it will be a hard experience.]

Ryuujin said, spoiling the moment.

"What do you mean Ryuujin?"

Izana said in his head.

Izana was shocked at Ryuujin's words.

"Then Kushina-nee will die?"

[She won't, it should be fine if handled with care. I'm just a bit worried that something unexpected happens. It often does when Kurama is involved.]

Ryuujin shrugged, not planning to talk anymore.

Izana, sighing deep in his heart, didn't pursue the matter any further.

He quickly went home, thinking of what to do if something unexpected might happen.

[Don't worry if it does, we'll fix it.]

Ryuujin immediately brushed away his worries.

"Un, lets make sure nothing bad happens."

Mikoto, who was scheduled to deliver later this week, was already giving birth.

It wasn't something to worry about; it was just that the family was unprepared.

Screams could be heard from inside the house.

They had been too late to move her to the hospital, so she was giving birth inside her room.

Izana, not expecting the screaming, was really anxious. Was it bad? Is she hurt badly? She won't die right?

Plagued by these thoughts, Izana was pacing back and forth in front of the room.

Itachi, who could no longer watch him, gave him a chop on the head.

"You're making me nervous too, so stop it. It is normal that it hurts. Just wait. The screaming will stop in a moment."

Itachi said as he calmed Izana down, though they were both still nervous.

Itachi, who met Izana's eyes, went together with Izana inside the room.

What came into view was an exhausted Mikoto with a newborn baby boy in her arms.

She smiled at her second son, happy at the additional member to her little family.

"Sasuke. Fugaku and I both chose the name, after the Third Hokage's father."

Mikoto smiled happily as she dozed of with Sasuke in her arms.

Izana and Itachi both held the sleeping Sasuke, amazed by how small he was. Feeling the warmth of a new life Izana swiftly wiped away the tears that were about to fall. So this is what life is like.

Izana was truly happy with his current life.

He was getting fond of the little Sasuke, even if he was only just born; he already loved this little life with the bottom of his heart.

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When Itachi introduced Izana to him, Shisui proposed to let Izana watch to learn from the spars.

Izana was eager to agree, hoping to learn many new things.

Itachi continued the spar with Shisui and Izana quickly discovered Itachi to be on the losing side some of the time when he sparred with Shisui, while other times it ended in a draw.

He was really skillful as he used many techniques and taijutsu styles. Izana who was mostly watching from the sidelines with his sharingan, learned many things throughout their spars.

With every mock battle, the three of them became stronger.

At the end of every spar, they would visit the little Sasuke.

The little boy would laugh every time Itachi or Izana held him.

It was really cute and endearing.

Besides training with Itachi and Shisui, Izana was also practicing with Ryuujin. Like a Jinchuriki, Izana was also able to use a tailed beast cloak. Yet the one he used wasn't nearly as harmful to his body as with other Jinchuriki. It still hurt, but the damage was negligible.

Izana managed to enter his full tailed beast form, The body of Ryuujin, but wouldn't be able to do it for long due to the lack of chakra.He could only manage it for a few minutes. When he was in the shape of Ryuujin, he could soar high across the sky, enjoying the feeling of shooting through the sky.

Because they hadn't tried it a lot, the assimilation was a bit strained.

The only way to enlargen the time in Tailed beast mode, was for Izana to become older so his body could handle the strain.

Still, Ryuujin was happy with the time they got.

He had felt a bit caged when he had been stuck on the ground for too long.

Even though he had a lot of time when Izana let him take control, Ryuujin still felt a bit smothered and was a bit grumpy because of it.

Now Ryuujin was back to his usual talkative and proud demeanour.

[You know Izana, there is really nothing that can compare to the feeling of flying through the sky. I can't help but wonder how you humans don't feel smothered, living so closely near each other. I'll let you experience it more often. For now you're the one on the ground and I the one in the sky.]

Izana couldn't help but agree with Ryuujin's words, the love of flying and his proposal.

There was nothing that could compare with flying through the sky.

Ryuujin seemed to enjoy it very much. He often encouraged Izana to try too. Izana was not used to flying and would always first fall before he could fly decently with Ryuujin's help.

Whenever he was falling, Ryuujin would always laugh at his clumsiness.

Not that they would get any accidents. They shared everything they did, so it was impossible to truly fall. When they would almost crash, Ryuujin would take control, but not before he was laughing at Izana's funny display.

"You know Ryuujin, it's become really peaceful lately. There haven't been any incidents like when we were trapped. Now we can go and do what we would like to do. Within limits off course."

[Don't say such things too soon, for trouble might be brewing.]

Ryuujin warned as they glided downwards from the sky towards the forest.

They transformed back and rushed towards the house to play some more with the little Sasuke.