[三] Video

[believeit]

[A message pops up, short and sweet, from Luceti's favourite (only) orange ninja.]

Who wants to come to my birthday party next week??

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[believeit]

Great!

[savedtheworld]

I'm glad you were born, Naruto!

[believeit]

....Thanks! [?] I'm glad I was born too!

[savedtheworld]

Good! I mean, you should be. But your birthday should be fun! You have your whole family and everything.

[believeit]

Yeah! My Mom and Dad's here, and even my team mates, and friends..

Plus there's gonna be cake! [Just don't ask how he is going to have enough cake for this many people. He doesn't know.]

[savedtheworld]

I'm glad to hear that. And I love cake, too! What kind will it be?

[believeit]

I dunno. But I'm gonna make sure there's a chocolate one, for Ikki.

[Since they had wanted chocolate cake for dinner back in the valley but for some unknown reason weren't able to.]

[savedtheworld]

That sounds yummy! And very thoughtful. And... it reminds me.

I've been wanting to thank you, Naruto. For... keeping an eye on Ikki, that time.

[believeit]

Huh? Well of course I was going to.

[She was his totally fakey fake daughter, but a proper daughter at the time.]

[savedtheworld]

I know. That's because you're a good person. And it sounds like you were a good dad. You were what Ikki needed that time when I couldn't be fully there for her, so I'm really grateful for that.

[believeit]

It's no problem y'know? [It still sounds awkward being referred to as someone's Dad.]

So are you and her friends then?

[savedtheworld]

Yes, and she's also my granddaughter!

[believeit]

She's you're...

[Aren't you more or less the same age as him?]

Huh?

[savedtheworld]

Granddaughter! From... the future!

[believeit]

That's--

[He can't even begin to explain how weird that is actually.]

Isn't that weird?? Knowing who future you gets married to, and stuff?

[savedtheworld]

I never said I know who I get married to! ...I mean, I do, but that's besides the point. It's weird in a way, yeah, but most of all I just love knowing someone like Ikki. I love knowing that we'll find happiness in the future and that someone like Ikki will be born because of us. And also that my people will get to start being reborn.

[believeit]

Yeah, but if you have kids and grandkids, that probably means you were married too, right?

Ikki's great, though. I dunno how I'd feel if I had some grandkid show up here though y'know? It would be really weird..

[There's a pause.

And now he is totally thinking about the possibilities of GRANDCHILDREN OR FUTURE WIVES SHOWING UP HERE]

This sort of thing doesn't happen often right??

[savedtheworld]

It usually does! I just meant that knowing the grandkid doesn't mean I'd automatically know who the gran-gran is...

Why not? I'm sure you'd have a great grandkid, Naruto! Who do you think you'll have it with?

I don't think it happens often! I've asked around a lot, but no one else seems to have had the same thing.

[believeit]

Um.. I don't know?

[Maybe Sakura. Or Hinata? If that experiment was anything to go by, TENTEN??! Argh.]

I don't wanna think about it!

[savedtheworld]

Oh! Well you don't have to. I was just realizing I didn't know much about your love life. You could already be married for all I know!

[believeit]

THAT FAKE MARRIAGE DIDN'T COUNT OKAY! [Why must people keep reminding him about that argh]

[savedtheworld]

What? You married a fake person?

[believeit]

No! I'm talking about.. the thing! You know, that fake place! Where Ikki was my daughter!

[savedtheworld]

Oh, right! You mean that Luceti Valley place? And your wife was Tenten, right?

[believeit]

Yeah, that place.

[Urgh.]