So, while he had the time and energy for this; or rather had the time and motivation to do it; he was going to call the yearly pack meeting. A few months early; but shit, he had cousins appearing out of the wood work. Seriously; an Inuzuka on his own squad he'd never even heard off until he'd read the kid's records? In his own pack, no less? That was a shock to him. At this point, he needed to know what he had to work with; and who was still around. He hadn't seen hide nor hair of a few of them in months either; and that was very unusual in his clan. Pretty hard to disappear from a clan of dogs without some kind of trace. And as he was Kage and therefore knew or had access to all long term missions; he should have known if they where sent off on duty.

More to the point... if gave his kids a chance to see their relatives; and learn faces of human and canine family. Worked for the dogs as well; gave them a chance to catch up and reaffirm pack bonds.

And it was a gooooood way to kill a long, boring, afternoon. Yaaap.

Grinning. Yup, she was definitely grinning. She hadn't stopped since Amaya had walked into her bedroom, plopped down on her bed, picked up a book, and commented on how she had let the place go to hell with the mess it was in. Not that Ashi had minded the scolding, hell she could still hardly focus on it, could hardly focus on almost anything; she kept finding herself randomly reaching out and touching Amaya to ensure that she was real and not some twisted sick mind fuckery going on.

So, that grin wasn't about to disappear anytime soon, and therefore showed clearly as she entered into the area. She had, of course, dragged Amaya along, which was the reasoning behind her tamer entrance compared to her normal wild running. Of course, Akai still came barreling in like she was on fire or something, skidding to a stop close by Kenta and staring at him with that same "Pet me, please" expression as usual.

Ashi just chuckled and shook her head as she positioned herself nearby Kenta, leaning on a tree as she normally did. "Calm yourself Akai... one day you're going to run someone over like that...", though her tone didn't match her words; she was far too happy to be actually scolding her ninken in any way.

Amaya still couldn't quite understand why on earth Ashi was dragging her along, other than the fact that she seemed to be under the illusion that Amaya was fake or something. The most she had gotten out of her before they headed out of the house was "You're family, you're coming!". It made sense, sort've. Not that she would question it; she was happy to see Ashi that happy, so she let her drag her along to the location without complaint, unable to help herself from chuckling as Ashi acted far more tame than ever before.

"Honestly, Ashi.. you're treating me like I'm going to break like a china doll...", she spoke softly as Ashi finally seemed to leave her side in the presence of Kenta. She smiled gently and went to join Ashi, taking to leaning on her, compared to the rough tree, not that she was sure Ashi was going to mind or anything. She, of course, was still wearing the baggy clothing she had been using to hide her pregnancy.. not that that was working too well now. She then turned her gaze to Kenta, smiling. "Hello... she decided to drag me along.. I think she feels I'll puff into smoke..."

Dax shifted around on the bannister of his porch. His apartment was small but it was quite homey. In fact, he quite enjoyed staying there. Dax swung his feet silent over the edge. The sun was nice and high in the sky while the clouds loomed slowly yet with haste. Dax's violet eyes reflected the sun brightly. What could he possibly be feeling at this time? For one it was happiness. Happiness with a smile. He was always happy, but what more was that he was going to do something quite fun today. Today he was going to meet with the rest of the Inuzuka Clan, or maybe a small portion of it, but still he was going to have a blast. Dax turned his head slightly off to the side to look off into his room. He was looking for a certain someone. Ah there he was. Dax's eyes fixed on a ball of fur that laid curled up in a ball. The small wolf pup slowly raised its head and looked happily at Dax. Dax let out a small giggle and then spoke. "Ready to go?" The wolf responded with a happy yip and jumped off the bed and into his arms.

Dax slowly raised his pup up and placed him softly on his head. The pup became comfortable and then when ready Dax swung off the balcony. Dax fell from the top of his porch down to the top of one of his neighbors roof, and with a little hop in his step, Dax jumped down to the ground. A cloud of dust jumped up into the air when he landed making it seem as though he threw a smoke bomb or was some hero in a movie. Dax laughed at this thought and then began to walk down the dirt path. Dax made his was through the village like he would any other day. He would walk in the middle of the path and waved to every single person he could possibly meet. Most of these people he has never met before. Either way, where would he be without manners?

Dax continued on through the village until he made it all the way to the outskirts of the village. Looking around, Dax put his hands on his hips and let in the nice smelling air. He loved it when he made it to the outer parts of the town. It was always somewhere where he could sniff a tree or even jump up and down if he wanted to. Which most of the time he would do it anyways regardless of the place. Still it was good to see something besides the village. Dax trained his eyes around the area and then began to walk forward once again. If he remember correctly he was supposed to meet them in the forest. But where? This must be training! Dax knew that the only way he could find the other people in the group was by using his sense of smell! Maybe Fubuki could help! Dax looked up at this pup and gave him a smile. The pup returned with a yawn and curled up on his hat.

Dax blinked and then sighed. He guessed he was going to have to do this on his own! Dax began to put one foot in front of the other with his nose in the air. He tried to remember the smell of those he had met. He usually remembers this stuff. If he is lucky he could probably get a draft of wind and find out where the are. Dax continued walked around and taking in every single breath that he could. But for some reason he could not find a single smell besides that wonderful foresty smell. All those trees and grass...Dax stopped to smell a wild flower off to the side. Wait what was he doing!?! Dax slowly backed away from the flower and stopped in the middle of the trail. He needed to find his people! Thats if they wanted him to be found. That was a depressing thought. Dax slumped his head low and let it hang there. What if they lied to him and did not tell him where they were actually meeting him. The clan already didnt like him. What was he going to do?

Dax snapped his head up and let a fiery passion burn inside of him! He was determined to find out where they were! But he could not do it so low to the ground. Dax quickly climbed his was up to the top of a tree and looked out. Taking in a deep breath, Dax let a smile grow on his face. There. He could smell it! There was three people close by! Dax quickly dashed from roof top to roof top. Oh how this reminded him of home! He used to do this all the time! Dax made it all the way until the smell stopped. Just as so Dax stopped as well. How could he lose it!?! They were so close. Dax crossed his arms and then looked around him. All there was around him were trees. Lots and lots of trees. The only reason why the smell wasnt there was because they were...

Quickly like lightning there was a crack from the branch he had been standing on. Dax was was ready for this so he, just like the branch, plummeted down towards the ground. Dax bounced from branch to branch as he fell. He fell all the way until he could get his hands on one branch. Which that didnt last long because his grip instantly slipped making him fall downward onto the ground. Dax hit with a thud. He hit the cold hard earth below him. The world was spinning around and around. IT was making his dizzier. Dax looked up until finally he saw a group of people all very close to him. Dax smiled. He didnt hurt anyone. But still the world was spinning. "I made it..." He said dizzily. He slowly raised his hand and waved it. "Hiyo Sensei and everyone else....Dax Inuzuka from Squad 1 reporting in..." He said just as dizzily as before and his hand dropped in an instant. Fubuki who enjoyed the ride and some how survived it all sat up quickly and yipped in greeting.

Yuki's half sighing whine was his alert that someone had found them; letting him know all he needed. Akai. Hyper dog inbound. Favorite cousin. Awesome. The kids appeared out of the dead tree they had been crawling around; two blonde and one red head appearing from the old, hollowed out bore holes. Aki was sitting at the base of the trunk; a good 5 feet below the kids; ready to catch them if they fell out; while barking at the random squirrels and mice that ran past. His already loopy grin tripled in size when he realized Akai was around to play with; as Yuki was still being a lazy thing and taking her sweet time recovering from weening her last litter of puppies. Kenta released a quick, sharp whistle; summoning his kids and dog to him; presenting them as it where. They where going to be meeting new family after all; as they had no real idea about Ashi and Amaya's relationship; nor that they had a new elder. Dax; the random Inuzuka he'd never know; but a good kid from what he'd seen. Worth being on his squad; for the time being anyway.

"Cousin.~" He even managed a properly happy smile when the women appeared; affection for his favorite family member and one if his few friends evident. Yuki even lifted herself into a proper sit; showing that she did respect her family enough to care. Her attitude was so classic Kenta in origin. "Amaya; how are you?" A light question; easy conversation; but full of tonal context. He genuinely cared about her well being; she was family now, and he was all for protecting his family. More so; she was his personal pack now; not just clan pack. Double importance. Add in her being an actual friend; and one of his bodyguards... yeah. He had a lot invested in her, now; and he wasn't about to cold shoulder her like she was some stranger or half-acquaintance.

Aaaaand then said random new Inuzuka practically fell into their laps. And onto Temaki's head. Which had Yuki and Aki growling haaaaard. The growl from Kenta was less anger and more warning Hiroyuki not to fry his elder's brain for being overzealous; and Yuki from attempting to maul his face. Or Temaki from hitting him with an explosion tag that Kenta had missed when he made sure she wasn't trying to smuggle one out of the house again. "Dax... Good... good job. Please don't kill yourself before we even do anything... kay?"

"Hello~" Ashi lightly wrapped her arms around Amaya, returning the grin to Kenta as she rested her chin lightly on Amaya's shoulder. "No, love... I just don't plan on letting you disappear from my sight for an awfully long time..." She chuckled again, turning her gaze from Amaya, to Kenta, to the kids with a smile.

Her body then tensed, arms moving to instantly cover Amaya's slightly enlarged stomach, gaze snapping to the new comer, her smile gone. Ashi's own protective instincts were all haywire, between the fact that her pregnant Amaya was here, and Kenta and the kids, there were all kinds of "Kill, Rip, Maul" going on in her brain at the moment. Akai meanwhile had turned, moving her form to Amaya and placing herself, teeth bared, in front of her. Yeaaaah.. over-protective to the core, but that was probably never going to change.

Upon seeing it was Dax however, Ashi's tension evaporated with a sigh, going back to resting her chin lightly on Amaya's shoulder. Akai remained in front of Amaya, but sat herself down, tail wagging as she returned to her happy state of mind, losing that "I'm going to eat your face" look she had had moments ago. But, she wasn't likely to budge from in front of Amaya until given a good reason to.

She tilted her head slightly to the side, resting her own against Ashi's as she placed her own hands on top of Ashi's. Her reddish gaze turned to Kenta and she smiled lightly. "Fine.. tired, though." That of course was an understatement, not that she had a reason to be... Ashi was keeping her mostly confined to sitting, leaning, or otherwise being waited on hand and foot. Still, that was pregnancy for you.... Of course, she was downplaying her response, not wanting to come across as a whining, besides.. it would only give Ashi more reason to continue to be over-protective.

Her own gaze snapped over to Dax upon his entrance and an eyebrow rose. Between Ashi's tension and Akai moving over to protect her all she could do was roll her eyes. She would've opened her mouth and said something but there was no point, Ashi was going to act as protective as she was going to over her and there was nothing she could say to make it otherwise; and apparently Akai was going to do be doing exactly the same thing.

The world was spinning. How does this happen every time to him? He always find himself in a situation where the world is spinning, or he falls down. Is he becoming a klutz? No...he couldnt be. That would mean that he wouldnt be able to walk on his own two feet with out falling over. That also means he wouldnt be able to perform missions that means he wouldnt be useful to the village. He would become an outcast in a minute! All because of falling out of a tree! His world was ending he was sure of it! Oh what unfortunate fate! He didnt even get to experience life to its fullest! All of this was of course going on in his head while he was receiving blank stares from the crowd. Things tend to wander through his mind while he just sits there and does nothing. Dax guessed it was time for him to snap out of the dizziness.

Dax slowly began to push himself up and watched the world slowly get rid of the multitude of dopplegangers of all of the people around him. Dax blinked for a second while rendering in all of the information around him. First he saw a lot of tense dogs. Most likely they were ninken of his Sensei. Actually they were....He remembers most of them on his encounters. Also there was a kid with something in his hand. Dax blinked again and tried to focus in on what he had. The kid had some sort of rectangular piece of paper in his hands. What was he doing origami? No he was doing something else. Maybe writing a haiku? There was writing on it but the world was too fuzzy for him to realize what was going on. It would only take a couple seconds for his vision to come into full view. Slowly the image on the paper began to become clearer until finally Dax saw it. The markings were something familiar. Something that you would normally see on a paper bomb

...

...

A PAPER BOMB! Dax eyes widened in an instant and he slammed his hands into the earth and scooted himself backwards. Dax kept going until he hit his back on the tree that he originally fell from. Dax brought up his hands in a defensive position and was ready to disarm the kid. It was dangerous! That kid was going for his face! He would have died instantly if he didnt notice it any earlier than he did. Dax breathing was a little too rough for comfort but it is what happens when you have a bunch of dogs and a kid with pyrotechnics in his hands. It was something you really dont want to focus on. Almost like a action movie or something.

Dax continued to be defensive until he heard a low growl. His head slowly rose up and looked in the direction. of the voice. It was his Sensei! His Sensei came to rescue him! Luckily as soon as the noise occurred everyone began to return to normal positions. Dax himself found out that he too was lowering his arms. Of course his calming motion was much more abrupt as his arms flopped to the side. Dax even let out a sigh of relief. "Ok Sensei..." He let out in a breath. "I thought I was going to die..." He said in a sighing voice. Thank the ones from above for having his Sensei on the scene. His sensei and some other people.

Dax never really took the time before all of the people went hostile on him to look around. Dax looked at everyone that was around him. Of course there was the dogs and the kids, Sensei, and two girls. Dax focused in on them and noticed who they were. In an instant, Dax and Fubuki both gave a huge smile. Dax raised his hand and waved at both Ashi and Amaya. He was completely oblivious to the fact that Ashi was pregnant and the fact she wanted to kill him just a couple of seconds ago. "Hiyo Ashi and Amaya!!" He let out a giggle. "Its been a while!" He smile and showed all of his teeth in a wonderfully white smile. Fubuki who could not wave for obvious reasons, jumped up and down and spun around himself in a gleeful yipping frenzy. He was happy to see that his friends were all here. Especially Akai. He loved when Akai was there, which he ended up quickly running over and jumping up and down. He did this until he sat down in front of Akai and gave a more proper greeting where he just wagged his tail.

A soft growl was his initial response; a warning to Ashi to calm herself. They where safe here; what with all the dogs and their clan skills; no one and nothing would sneak up on them. If anything; the dangers lay within themselves; between his children's untapped and untrained powers, Ashi's temper, and Dax's eagerness... yeah. Molotov cocktail waiting to happen; unless they managed to stay calm and act like adults. With they where; mostly. Kenta might be the oldest; and still technically a teenager himself... but they where all ranked and trained ninja; even Dax. They couldn't be called kids anymore; not really.

"Temaki love... I have told you before; keep your boom-tags stored until you need them." He shifted a hand; moving it to rest upon her head in his "I am serious, child" gesture; which was thankfully enough for her to just huff and shove it back into her pocket. Well; he'd have to keep an eye out; 1 visible meant dozens hidden; and even a child as small as she was had plenty of places to hide things. Her sister was less amused it would seem; giving Dax a look that almost screamed, "Faaaaaaail". Which, given she normally had an expression similar to that on her face; didn't really mean much. Inheritance from Kenta, oh yeah. And then quiet, sweet, little (or not so much given he was a head taller then his sisters now) Hiroyuki. The boy was too busy inspecting Akai's fur; seemingly too far off in his own little world to care about anything. Kenta knew better; he was more focused then any of them; using the gifts he'd gotten from his other father to track what was going on. Little bugger was likely reading his father's; and possibly Ashi or Amaya's minds right then and there. Dax... didn't need telepathic Genjutsu for; Dax was an open book just from body language.

"I highly doubt you would have died from that fall; kid. If that was enough to take you out; then you won't survive my squad." He flashed a smirk and turned his attention back to the women for the moment; shoving Yuki off towards Amaya like she was half-attempting to do herself. Odd shyness; gotta love his kids. "I think she wants to ask you something; but she's being... shyer then normal. I don't even know why."

Sister is curious... Sister wants to know about new family...

Aaand now for the scaring of the people. Hiroyuki had forgotten; as he normally did; that he wasn't supposed to project his thoughts around strangers; and to use his physical words. But the boy disliked speaking; he found spoken language to be too restrictive; when he could just project the images and emotions and the exact essence of what he meant. "Hiro... words. You have them. Use them, son."

"...Yes... father... I am sorry..."

"Hiro is a scardy-cat!`"

"TEMAKI! DO NOT ANTAGONIZE YOUR BROTHER!"

"But Daaaaaa'! He iiiiiiiis!"

And suddenly: Yuki used Low Kick! It was Super Effective!

Or rather; she caught her sister behind the knee and took her to the ground; using her natural grappler skills to subdue the rowdiest of the three. "LISTEN TO DADDY TEMAKI!"

Make them stop father...

"DON'T MIND-TALK HIROYUKI!"

Aaaand now crying children. Weeeeeee!~

"So... yeah. Welcome to hell; everyone."

Ashi calmed instantly, and didn't grumble about it either; which showed a high as hell amount of respect towards Kenta, as anyone else probably would've been given the middle finger. She simply relaxed herself around Amaya's form, rubbing at her stomach gently. She knew she was being over-bearing, and extremely over-protective, she just couldn't quite help herself sometimes.

But, just as she was beginning to slip into that peaceful calm while rubbing Amaya's belly a voice popped into her head and an eyebrow rose. At Kenta's words she turned her gaze to the boy in question for a moment before looking over to Dax, searching for what ever reaction he was about to have to all of this. Ashi has learned to expect surprises a good while ago when dealing with her best friend; so this wasn't that far off from the norm to startle her, or get much of a response other than an eyebrow raise, and a mental musing of, 'I'm really going to have to start watching my language... even in my head. Don't need anyone picking up on the nasty habits I have rattling off in here when I'm pissed.'

Then the crying started and she could only shake her head with a gentle smile, knowing she was going to have to get used to that sound rather quickly, and soon... or sooner than she had originally expected with what Amaya had last told her.

Akai, being in an overly helpful manner, wandered to the crying children and whined softly, trying to lick at faces to get the tears to stop. She didn't want them crying, she wanted them happy.

To Amaya Ashi said softly, "See, I told you she'd make a great babysitter...", and then chuckled.

Amaya released her hold in Ashi's hand, enjoying the stomach rubbing. She leaned her head back, resting it gently on Ashi's shoulder and just relaxing into her; knowing she wouldn't let her fall if she just so happened to start dozing off.

And she would have, had it not been for the little voice that had been projected into her head. Her almost closed eyelids had opened, first going to the girl who had been moved in her general direction, red gaze narrowing slightly until she heard Kenta scold his son for speaking in that manner. An eyebrow rose at that point, her face taking on a look of awe as her gaze than fell on the boy. She couldn't believe a child could have that much power; that was amazing to her, despite all the otherwise amazing things she had seen and done.

She felt Ashi shifting to look at Dax, and turned her reddish gaze on him too, hoping that the kid wouldn't freak out and end up hurting himself, or causing someone else to hurt him; she really didn't feel like playing doctor at that moment; even if it was pure instinct by this point to help those she saw in need; no matter who they happened to be.

Then she heard the crying starting, and Kenta's statement, and blinked, watching Akai move over to the children as she heard Ashi's voice in her ear. She snorted and shook her head lightly. "Oh, I agree... "

Dax's heart was still pounding from all of the different people around him looking at him. He knew who they were. Well he knew most of them, the little kids were a mystery. Still it frightened him a little. For one thing was that little kid. With the paper bombs and such, there had to be more. He could smell the ink all over the child. He would have to be weary of here. Look at him being weary. Normally he wouldnt care, but that kid had somethings up its sleeve. Yup he used the words its. The kid had some knowledge unknown to him. He guessed that is what happens when you are a child of the kage. How he came to a conclusion was unbeknownst to him. The kids just look similar to his Sensei.

After his Sensei had successfully scolded the kid for almost taking Dax's life so soon, Dax released his inner tension and relaxed. He did this by sitting forward and crossing his legs. While sitting he rocked back and forth looking around at all of the people. So many people. He couldnt believe there were that many in his clan. As he scanned through the group he laid eyes on one of the children. She was giving him a look. Dax cocked his head off to the side and looked at her blankly back. It was either because he was an idiot or he really didnt care what she had to say, he just couldnt make the connection with the emotions she was emitting. Still he just gave her a blank stare and continued on looking at all of the children. He kept looking and smiling until Kenta spoke to him. He of course broke his concentration and focused on his Sensei with every word he had to say that ended with his ever so simple smile and a nice scratch behind the head. Dax did this on point at the end of his Sensei's sentence. "Yeah..." He let out a nervous laugh. Then he looked up at the tree and gave a smile. "But that was kind of fun..." Looking back at his sensei and giving a smile. "I might wanna do it again! It reminded me of home!...Well not the falling part...." He said dropping his glance down toward his shoes.

Everything seemed normal until he heard a voice in his head. Dax snapped his head around and tried to find the location of the voice then it happened. An eruption. Something of complete and colossal destruction happened. All the kids were fighting and going back and forth and yelling. Not to mention that voice that seemed to come out of nowhere kept popping up from time to time. He was too busy focusing on the entertainment in front of him to really try to figure it all out. But still it was a mystery. Dax head shot from side to side wondering how this was all going to end. Well of course it ended with his Sensei screaming. Even that sent shivers down his spine. Dax rocked over on his side leg to see what everyone else was doing while he was looking around. Ashi and Amaya were just enjoying themselves and spending time together. Akai was going around and trying to take care of everyone. But where was Fubuki?

Fubuki was, after not really being noticed by Akai, off trying to get away from all of the madness. Trying to dodge the kids wrestling and the other quieter kids that were crying. He really hated all of the noise. Fubuki realized that there was no safe place to stand or sit so he quickly ran over to Dax and plopped next to him. There he sat and watched the whole dramatic experience unfold. He obviously thought this was madness and was especially freaked out by the boy who was talking with his mind. When he didnt know how to act or do anything he usually looks up at Dax for guidance which he did. Fubuki looked up and gave a quizative look. Qhat he saw was even more puzzling. He saw Dax smiling and laughing.

Dax was smiling and laughing at everything around him. It was like a comedy show. But what really made him smile was the thought of family. Looking over at Fubuki he spoke in a hushed tone. "You know Fubuki.." He looked at him with a smile. "That is what a family looks like..." He giggle softly. "Kind of cool huh! Just look at all of the people there and how much they care for each other." Dax looked back at the group and still smiled and laughed rocking back and forth underneath the tree. Seeing all of these things occurred reminded him of home. He really missed the fights and everyone laughing and playing in the snow. He really missed the sense of family.

Fubuki was confused by this. How was that even possible? All he did was cock his head to the side and look back at the group. All he saw was a bunch of people fighting. He didnt see anything that Dax saw. So knowing that his master had some sort of reason, Fubuki just laid down and kept an eye on all of the kids just in case he would have to move out of the way. With this rowdy bunch anything was possible.

This... was a clusterfuck; and he wasn't even surprised. If anything; he was highly amused; even through his raised voice; broken English-Dog; and growls... he was smiling. Very, very brightly. This was where he thrived; his kids where happy and health and playing and laughing and ohgod; he wished his childhood could have stayed that way. If not for the Incident.... but that was pasted; and he couldn't be bothered to care at the moment. Leave that for when he took his time to grieve and remember; now was the time for happy and warm and laughter and friendship.

They knew better then to wrestle forever; eventually Yuki had Temaki pinned, and Hiro had both their tongues silenced via a little Genjutsu trick that Michi had taught him a while back; which meant the area was now quiet and calm once more. Good, good. "Hiro. Son. Let them speak. I believe that your sister has learned her lesson. And if not; well... a few minutes in the time out sphere will make sure she leaves you alone. Yuki dear; let her get some blood back to her brain; and she does need to breathe. Go sit with Aki; makes sure he doesn't accidentally try to eat Fubuki. He could easily mistake Dax's young ninken for a chew toy. And Temaki. Well. You heard me. Go play with Akai. AND NO SETTING TIMED TAGS ON TREES AGAIN."

Weeeeeee.~ Children.

"So; Ashi, Amaya. Have you thought of names for the little one?"

Ashi yawned softly, resting her head once more against Amaya, more out of comfort than an over-protective need to keep her safe. She knew she was being paranoid, and figured it was time to give it a rest; or try at least. She turned her gaze from the children to Kenta and chuckled. "Well, the baby's a girl... and so we've decided on Aisling as the name. Or Ais for short...." The name itself meant dream or vision depending on the context, and seeing as the pair had never honestly imagined the possibility of such a miracle such as a child, it was rather fitting; or so Ashi thought.

"Though... there was a debate between that or settling for something somewhat related to fire or similar... as Amaya is positive the child will be a pyro." She chuckled. "Was from the second she found out I uh..accidentally... set my toy box on fire when I was three..." Of course... it hadn't been an accident at all. She had been trying, and had been pissed off enough to do it.

Amaya chuckled and gave a light shrug of her shoulders as she lightly rubbed her stomach. "I don't believe it was an accident anymore than I think anyone else will, dear.. but you can keep trying to play it off like it was." She grinned, playfully. "I fully admit I set--"

She stopped speaking completely, eyelids peeling back wide as a look of pain and shock flashed across her once playful features. Her hands went to her stomach as a gasp followed equally filled with pain, her body automatically doubling over from the intense pain that suddenly hit. "Ashi, the baby..", three words, spoken with both fear and pain. Then.. it was very much lights-out for the Uchiha. She dropped limp into Ashi's arms which were still wrapped around her, thankfully, as she was entirely, at least for the moment, unconscious.

Weeeee~ Let the chaos and fun begin~

Well this was an interesting site to see. Everything was going on at once. People were yelling and shouting and, if Dax was not mistaken, there was growling. A lot of growling actually. Dax could just sit there and watch. Rocking back and forth on his butt and sometimes resting his back on a tree, Dax would just watch all of the children playing. He cocked his head to the side and smiled as each of the kids interacted with one another. Dax didnt understand why his Sensei was getting angry at them. They were all having fun! It did seem a little dangerous though. But still that seemed like a lot of fun!

However, he felt sorry for his Sensei. He had his hands full. All those children. It must be a blast at home. Except for the little one with all of the paper bombs. Dax and Fubuki both had their eyes one her. She was running around and putting them all over the place. How could a child so young be able to create so many of them! She must steal money and buy all of them. For time to time, Dax would raise his feet up and shift himself just a little bit in the opposite direction when she began to get a little to close to him. Or anyone one of them for the matter. Each of them seemed to be a little bit special. So if one could hide thousands of paper bombs then the others must have something up their sleeves and Dax did not want to find out what it was.

It was like the saying goes, it was all fun and games until someone gets hurt. From what it seemed all of the kids in the area were killing each other! Dax could just sit and laugh at them all! Except he really didnt laugh when he found out one of his Sensei's ninken could chew up Fubuki if he wanted to. At that note Dax quickly grabbed his wolf pup and sat him in his lap. Then after the wolf adjusted itself in his lap, Dax began once again with the laughing at all of the nonsense. After a while though, the nonsense became a little boring and kind of repetitive. One person choking the other. Another sitting and "speaking" to the dogs. The same child placing paper bombs all over the place. Dax needed something else to amuse him. Looking around the place, Dax laid eyes on Ashi and Amaya. They were all talking to his Sensei. That would be fun! Going over and talking to the Adults!

Dax quickly rose and scooped up his ninken and made his way over to his Sensei and Ashi and Amaya. They were all talking until something changed. Dax was in mid stride and smiling when a weird smell came about the place. It seemed to be coming from Amaya. It smelled like water or something close to it. Dax blinked while walking over until he saw Amaya passing out. Then Dax began to sprint over and stand next to the group. Dax looking around frantically at all of the faces. "What happened!?! Is she okay!?!" He tried his best to keep out that nauseating smell Amaya was emitting. Dax was frozen and all he could do was stop and stare at her. Without a sound, all he could do was stand.

.... Well fuck. That was... a way to end this little meeting. New pups; awesome. But.... h'uh boy. This was not going to end well. If it had just been himself and his hellspawn there.... nah. No problems. But Dax and his pup where almost unknowns; and with Ashi's temper and instincts; there was no telling how badly this was gunna end. A sharp bark: that was all he needed. His kids where in line and behind Yuki in an instant; with Akai helping in the protecting process. She'd gone to protect Dax from her own master; just in case. Aki; that big old horse of a dog was all kinds of serious now; something very, VERY, rare for the fun loving idiot.

The command was simple enough; Protect.

The kid's knew that command. Get back; stay safe; protect each other. Yuki; protect the children. Aki knew to protect the most vulnerable; experience telling him to go to Amaya; just like he had with Michi years ago. Akai going to Dax? That was... easier then expected. Smart dogs where smart; and that made him happy.

"Ashi... let Aki take her. He'll have her in the hospital faster then either of us." Not only faster; but safer and in better shape. Amaya was not heavy-weight; but she wasn't a feather either; and Kenta lacked the strength for that kind of a haul. More to the point; his natural speed would do more harm then good. Ashi was too impatient; she would end up taking the absolute shortest route; and end up endangering them by free running there; even without being able to fully balance and with the lack of arms. Not a good plan either.

Fuck it. Speed was his. Easy enough; slip in between them and remove the arms; taking the heavy weight with a grunt and settling her down over Aki's back. A bit of adjustment; a quick wrap of a rope around them both to keep her from falling; and Aki was gone; slower then normal but long legs adjusting for the added weight. Kenta's attention was right back on Ashi now; grabbed her by the wrists and shifting into an "You will listen or I will put you in a body lock so painful you'll never move again" stance.

"Calm. Aki will get her there. We need to follow. Can you do this without destroying shit; or am I taking you in unconscious too?"

Amaya's words didn't register until her full weight was left slumped in her arms. With her back against the tree, still, she was fully able to support the dead weight of the other female. Though.. while her body was up for the task, her mind was doing all kinds of "WHAT THE FUCK! WHO DO I KILL? HOW DO I KILL THEM?!" All her mind could figure out was that something was wrong with Amaya, and whatever hurt her, had to die... Simple, logical... and not doable since it was Amaya's own body right now that was the problem.

When everyone moved she snapped back into focus, her face flashing through several different reactions. The joy that had previously been there was erased to be replaced by pure rage. Following that was fear. Fear, and a lust to protect Amaya at all costs.

Seeing the protective stances everyone took, including Akai, her mind snapped back into the danger mode. But she couldn't quite figure out what they were all protecting themselves from. Then she realized it, as Kenta removed Amaya's weight from herself and transferred it to Aki. She.. she was the problem. She was what was currently dangerous. The grip Kenta took on her only confirmed it. Why would they think she'd hurt someone? Oh right... might be that murderous rage building up deep inside of her... or the fact that she has the strongest urge to smack Dax, though she couldn't remember why for. Kenta? Was fine. The kids? Peachy too. Even the dogs she had no inkling to want to lash out at. But Dax... Dax she didn't know, at least not as well as Kenta, his children, or the dogs.

But, she very well couldn't follow Amaya with that mentality going on now could she? So she focused on Kenta's words, thinking them over several times before she gave a shake of her head. "No.. I'm.. I'm fine. Lets just go."

Amaya was entirely unconcious and completely unaware of what was going on outside of the darkness in her mind. It was like being in a room with no windows and no door. A box of sorts, where no matter how hard you tried you just couldn't find the light switch and turn it on. It wasn't exactly scary, which in itself was scary enough... She couldn't understand why she wasn't afraid of the darkness that seemed to spread everywhere and yet no where at the same time.

She could feel herself, from time to time being moved, she could feel something soft and warm... and moving? Only the slight movements of the dog she had no idea she was currently lying on gave away that she was moving at all. Even then it was barely, as her mind was just far too distracting with all this darkness around everywhere... But, towards Konoha's hospital she went...

Dax just sat there and began to blink. All he could see was Amaya passed out in front of him and Ashi sitting behind her. Everyone else was scrambling around in a panic. Dax just sat there and blinked. Of course, he was a little edgy himself. Everyone was fine but for some reason Ashi was giving him a death glare. Dax turned his head slightly to the side. Why was he getting that look. He didnt do anything wrong. All he did was run over there and ask what was going on. Unless that wasnt allowed. Was it allowed? Dax looked around frantically to see if he was the only one who asked such a question. Everyone had worried looks about themselves. So maybe they were all asking the same thing and he was the only one who had the guts to say anything.

Next thing he knew Akai was walking right up to him and sitting next to him. A ninken leaving its masters side!?! That could only mean that Akai was doing something to protect the master. What could it possibly be? Dax was no threat and Akai did no bare fangs at him. So that means...that means...Dax crossed his arms and tried to think. Normally Fubuki did all of the thinking. Right now Fubuki was just sitting there and processing all of the information around him. Nothing was going on. Nothing that could have interested him anyways. Dax turned his head to the side again. He opened his mouth the speak but then quickly he shut it. He didnt know what to say...then he thought of it. Raising his hands to hide himself from the glares of Ashi and sputtered out. "I...I...I am innocent!" He just sat there with a stupid smile on his face. He was a little bit worried though.

Next thing he knew. His Sensei moved into action. In a flash, the Kage grabbed the unconscious Amaya and carried her to his oversized ninken. Dax blinked at the oversized dog. He never really noticed the size of the dog. It was HUGE! Just look at that beast! It was like the size of a horse! Dax looked over at Fubuki. Would his Ninken get that large. Dax tried to picture his wolf the size of a tree. His jaw dropped at the thought of a extremely large wolf running in the wind. "I wanna ride..." He accidentally said aloud. Blinking slightly and then watched as everyone started to move. Dax slowly rose and stood besides Akai. He looked down at the dog and then at Fubuki who was now in his arms resting. He guessed he should follow along...

Dax slowly began to move. Everyone would be experiencing something different after all. Was it going to be something fun? He hoped it would be...

Okay... that was... easier then he'd expected. She was at least mostly rational still; which was a good sign. He could get her there; keep her quiet until she could get to Ashi; make sure that no one was hurt; and they could keep the casualties to a bare minimum. Dear god; Inuzuka clan births where fun.

And then he remembered the kid and mentally facepalmed. Of course he was going to be confused; and the rest of them where too focused on other things to realize that he'd been even speaking; none the less doing anything.

"Dax. Take off. Akai will lead you back into thee village. I will contact you again when this is over. It's gunna be a few days before we can meet up; It's gunna be crazy busy until Amaya is safely home."

Another bark had the kids vanishing into the bush; the white streak of Yuki racing ahead to lead them to their aunts and uncles in the clan compound; until Michi could pick them up later in the day when he got home. "Ashi, just follow me. No free running, no stunts. We'll go together. It's safer for all of us that way. Akai can go ahead of us to help Aki get her there; alright?"

Fuck waiting; he didn't have the time or patience. He needed to get into town. He needed to get to the hospital. He needed to beat the Elders and their dogs to the punch. Amaya and Ashi's child was a goldmine to them; same as his own had been. He wasn't about to let them get their greedy paws on her.

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