I don't own Naruto!

All Rattled Up:

Chapter one: A Strange Jutsu

"Naruto, stop it!"

"Heheheh! This is awesome!"

"You're pissing him off!"

"So? He's always pissed."

"Well, stop anyway."

"Make me."

SMACK!

"OW! That hurt!"

"It was suppose to."

"Sakura..! Why do you always have to be so mean..!"

"Stop whining. Let's just get this over with. Right, Kakashi-sensei?"

"Right, Sakura. Now listen up you two. This is a bad situation and as we all know, the Hokage isn't the most patient person in the world. She's also very busy. So let's just get right to the point and let me do the talking. Ok?"

They nodded.

Together, they pushed open the doors to Tsunade's office. They found her sitting at her desk. She looked up the moment they entered. Before she could say anything, Kakashi spoke up.

"Sorry to barge in on you like this. I know how busy you are, but could you please take some time out to hear us out?"

She gestured for them to speak.

Kakashi cleared his throat. "Thank you. Ahem.. As you know, we just came back from a mission not too long ago, and it was a success. However, uh… We ran into some difficulty with a, uh… jutsu… And it sort of… hit Sasuke."

"And?"

"And… This."

Kakashi held up the small bundle in his arms. The small bundle shifted around, which turned out to be a very small version of… Sasuke Uchiha.

His big dark eyes narrowed and he turned his small head away, folding his chubby little arms.

Tsunade just blinked at him.

"It seems that the jutsu was some sort of time-reversal technique. But Sasuke seems to still have his normal mind. By that, of course, I mean that he can still reason and knows who we all are. It's as if only his body were changed, but his mind remained the same. It wasn't altered at all as far as I can tell. I've never seen one like this before. That's why I hoped that you could do something about this."

Tsunade let out a combination of a groan and a sigh. "You too, huh?"

Team 7 blinked. "'Too'? What do you mean by that?"

"Just what I said. You, too? They have the same problem."

She pointed to the other side of the room where Lee and Tenten were standing with a bundle of their own in their arms. It was a small version of Neji. He had the same expression on his face as Sasuke: Humiliation, rage and annoyance. Why hadn't they noticed them before?

"They came in here a few minutes ago with the same problem. I know this jutsu. It's a very rare jutsu that not too many people know about, much lees perform it correctly. It transforms the target into the body they had as a child. Basically, they're both babies."

"But I'm perfectly aware of exactly what's going on around me!" Sasuke squeaked. He shut his eyes in horror at the pitch of the voice coming from his mouth. It was so embarrassing.

"I know you are," Tsunade went on. "The jutsu changes you physically. Not mentally. Don't worry. I can fix this."

They all breathed sighs of relief.

"But it will take a while."

"HUH?!"

"Well, yes. I've heard of this jutsu, but I've never seen it used before. Nor have I ever reversed it. I'll have to research it further before I can do anything about it. After all, we don't want anything to go wrong. With a jutsu like this, if I were to mess up, you could either spend the rest of your life like this, remain this way until you grow out of it, or end up with the mind and body of a baby. It's best if I research it more before I try any sort of counter jutsus. We can't be too hasty with something like this."

"Then what do we do about this?" Naruto asked, poking Sasuke's round baby belly. Sasuke glared at him and slapped his hand away.

"Until I can find a cure," Tsunade said and paused. She seemed to be trying to chose her words very carefully. "… You'll have to look after them."

"Say what?"

"You're teammates, aren't you? You have to stick together. So Naruto, Sakura, you take care of Sasuke. Tenten and Lee will look after Neji. Until I'm sure that I've found the proper cure, you'll have to baby-sit them."

"What?!" Neji stopped abruptly as he heard his squeaky childish voice and quickly covered his mouth with his tiny hands. This was so embarrassing.

"You heard me. In your state, normal minds or not, you two are still babies. As such, you can't perform the tasks you normally could do on a normal basis. You're so small and helpless…"

"Helpless?!" Sasuke brought his hands up to his mouth to stop the high noise he was making before he could embarrass himself any further. He hated his new high-pitched baby voice.

"Yes, helpless. You can't cook, pick up after yourselves, train… You can't even make it up the stairs on your own, you're so small."

"Did you say 'train'?"

"Yes. As long as you're like this, I forbid you from training. And besides… as babies, your chakra levels are so low, you wouldn't be able to use any jutsus. Even the most simple ones. And I don't want you to try, either, just to prove me wrong!"

They both shot her a look.

"Anyway… Here are the rules. There is to be at least one 'adult' with you at all times. They are to take care of you like a responsible baby-sitter should. They will feed you, take you places, tuck you in… Do all the stuff a parent would for their baby. Until this jutsu is broken, these two are your responsibility. Understand?"

Lee saluted. "Yes, ma'am!"

Tenten bowed, still holding Neji in her arms. "Yes, Lady Tsunade."

Sakura nodded. "Sure thing! No problem at all!"

Naruto groaned. "Ohhh..! Do we have to?"

Kakashi stepped forward. "And me, Lady Tsunade?"

"You are a strong and capable jonin, correct, Kakashi?" she asked. "I can't have you taking care of Sasuke when Naruto and Sakura have a good handle on it. What if I need to send someone out on an important mission? Sending one jonin in place of two genin seems more profitable if you ask me. I can't keep a jonin behind to take care of a baby. That's D-rank stuff. Hardly seems fair. Kakashi, you will continue to go on missions as normal. These two can do the job, I'm sure."

He nodded. "I understand."

Sasuke shifted around in Kakashi's arms. "Psst! Kakashi-sensei…"

"Hmm?"

He whispered something into his ear.

"Oh." He glanced up at Tsunade. "Uh… Lady Tsunade…"

"Yes?"

"It seems that when they changed size… Only they changed, if you know what I mean. The clothes they're wearing… are still their usual size."

She looked at the large shirt wrapped around Sasuke's small form. That was when she realized that they were naked.

"Oh. I… I see…" Her cheeks turned slightly pink. "Well, umm… Hmm… Uh, perhaps the first thing you guys should do is… uh… look for some new outfits."

Sakura jumped up and down. "You mean..! Oh, I mean… Since we have to take care of them and all… You mean, we have to pick out their clothes for them, too?" There were stars in her eyes, twinkling hopefully.

Tsunade nodded.

"Yay! Hooray! I get to take Sasuke out shopping! Are the stores still open? I saw the cutest little jumper in the baby store a few days ago. I hope it's still there…" She grabbed Sasuke roughly from Kakashi's arms and into hers. "Come on, Sasuke! We have shopping to do! And don't you worry. I'm going to take really good care of you!"

Sasuke's eyes widened as Sakura skipped out the door with him tightly in her arms. Oh, God… What's going to happen now?!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Ok! This was the winning story from the polls! You wanted it, you got it!

I hope you're liking it so far. But if there's anything you want to see happen to them, I'll try to fit it in somewhere. Just put it in a review if you want.

Thanks for reading!

Nice reviews, please!