Morning sunlight climbed across the windows of the Hokage residence, spilling warm light across soft white sheets.
Soren Uchiha opened his eyes.
Nestled against his arm was Hikari Uchiha, breathing softly, lashes fluttering in sleep. Her lips parted slightly—innocent, relaxed, and still lingering somewhere between dreams and memories.
"…mmh—big brother~"
Her whisper was half wakefulness, half sleep—and full reminder of last night.
Soren exhaled.
So the chaos continues.
Downstairs, the household was already stirring.
Zhili Uchiha prepared breakfast while Kaori Minamoto sat at the table, cheeks warm and eyes slightly glazed, clearly still thinking about the previous night.
Zhili raised an eyebrow.
"Kaori. Guess how long until those two come downstairs?"
Kaori didn't even look up.
"As long as it took us back then."
"And it's fine—they've got Shadow Clones. Work won't suffer."
She rubbed her stomach, half whining:
"But honestly… Darling has completely forgotten his old loves the moment a new one appeared."
"When I drifted off last night he was still promising a 'double celebration'—something about being a reward for reaching Six Paths—"
CRACK.
The dining table shook.
Zhili appeared beside Kaori in an instant—Sharingan already active.
"Repeat that."
Kaori blinked, startled.
"I said when I passed out he said—"
"Not that part."
"Double celebration?"
"Next."
"…Darling became Six Paths?"
"That one!"
Zhili slammed her palms against the table hard enough that plates jumped. Even Kaori—a woman with Kage-tier strength—flinched.
"Last time Soren took me to Crescent Moon Island, he said children would only happen after he reached Six Paths. Something about making sure our child would start life ahead of everyone—"
Kaori's eyes widened in outrage.
"He told me something similar! 'We're still young, wait' he said!"
Her voice sharpened.
"Don't tell me—Darling plans to give the first child to Hikari!?"
"That would be bias beyond forgiveness!"
They didn't wait for a response.
Both women marched—no, stormed—upstairs.
BANG.
The door burst open.
Hikari shrieked and clung instinctively to Soren.
Great. Feels like I'm being caught committing a crime.
Even Soren's Six Paths-level nerves jolted.
He opened his mouth.
"I can expla—"
"No."
"Save it."
Zhili seized his cheeks between her fingers, smiling without smiling.
"You remember what you told me… yes?"
Soren didn't remember.
But he valued survival.
"…Of course."
Zhili nodded sharply.
"Good."
Then she turned to Hikari—smiling sweetly in a way that was anything but gentle.
"Hikari, sweetheart? It's your sisters' turn with Darling. Would you please step outside?"
"No!"
Hikari hugged tighter.
"Big brother said I get the first child! The first!"
The room froze.
Even time seemed to hesitate.
Soren blinked.
Ah. So that's what this is about.
For a split second, even with Six Paths chakra humming through his veins, he genuinely felt unprepared.
Zhili trembled—not with fear, but outrage.
"You—said—that—OUT LOUD."
"That promise was three years in the making!"
Kaori crossed her arms, eyes narrowing with equal fire.
"And you think you get ahead of us? Just like that?"
Hikari lifted her chin defiantly.
"Why not!? Yesterday's birthday wish was exactly that—Hikari will have his child first!"
A vein in Kaori's forehead pulsed.
She stepped forward until she was nose-to-nose with Hikari.
"You think experience loses to enthusiasm?"
Before Hikari could respond, Kaori leaned in—
—and planted a sharp, bold kiss on her.
Hikari froze—eyes wide.
"That," Kaori said calmly, "is a warning."
Zhili cracked her knuckles.
"Kaori."
"Yes?"
"Shall we teach this little cub how seniority works in this household?"
"With pleasure."
Soren opened his mouth—
Kaori tapped his shoulder.
"No escaping."
Zhili pointed sternly toward the hallway.
"And no pretending to meditate, sleep, or use jutsu to 'zone out.' We see everything."
One glance at their expressions told him resistance was useless.
"…Fine."
The tension in the room shifted—not toward chaos, but toward loud family argument, boundaries, and emotional negotiation that only the Uchiha could weaponize this dramatically.
**The rest of the morning became a blur of heated discussion, jealousy, competitive emotional declarations, stubbornness, and unfinished sentences.
Nothing scandalous happened—just three stubborn hearts trying to stake their place in a future none of them fully understood yet.
It was loud. It was chaotic.
And it was very, very Uchiha.**
By the time the sun rose fully, laughter and relief eventually replaced fire.
The Hokage house remained—as always—wild, complicated, and full of life.
Yet far beyond the village, on a long-range naval vessel…
A new discovery was already waiting to reshape their world.
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