Chapter 1
Under the star filled night Rasa and Karura walked while the cool wind brushed by them. Karura was heavily pregnant with the fourth kazekage's third child. Rasa looked over at her with concern, he had not wanted to have the one tails sealed within his unborn child, but karura had had no choice in the matter. He looked up at the infinite amount of starts and hoped that everything would be ok when the baby would be born.
"Do you hear that?"
Snapping out of his daze at Karura's question the kazekage stopped and listened to their surroundings. The faint sound of a baby's cry could be heard.
"You hear that right?"
Karura looked at her husband and then back to a rock formation where the sound was emanating from.
"We should just ignore it and head back to the village." Rasa said as he began to turn around.
"What?! We can't just leave a baby out here in the desert!"
"What if it's a trap?" Rasa looked at his wife with concern and fear in his eyes.
"What if it's a rough ninja or an assassin sent to find us?"
Karura looked at Rasa with such determination that Rasa knew he had lost before she even spoke.
"What if it's a baby who needs our help and will die otherwise."
Knowing that he had lost this battle and that his wife would not back down when it came to protecting children he conceded.
"Fine. I'll go check it out…. But if anything happens, promise me that you will run back to the village, find your brother, and stay safe."
"Fine." Karura agreed as she watched her husband slowly approach the formation.
Creeping slowly Rasa climbed up the few boulders before reaching a shallow cave. Inside he saw the tiny outline of a baby that was crying. Looking around he gently lifted up the child and brought it close to him as he descended back down. As he reunited with his wife she took the child from him and it began to slowly stop its crying and drift off into a peaceful sleep. This did not surprise the kazekage at all, his wife has always been great with kids, especially their own, it was one of her many traits that he loved about her.
"We should take her home and make sure she's ok." Karura said soothingly.
"How do you know it's a she?" Rasa asked slowly lifting his eyebrow and tilting his head.
"I just know." Karura smiled.
Back at the kazekage house Rasa and Karura were about to lie down for the night.
"You know we can't keep her right?" Rasa already knew that her maternal instincts were on overload. His head kept spinning on all the questions that would be asked by the village and the elders. Where had she come from? Why was she left there? Who were her parents? What was going to happen to her?
"Save all your worrying until tomorrow dear." Karura interrupted his thoughts with a smile.
"You're right. Everything will get sorted in the morning." Rasa thought through his plan for tomorrow. He would go to the elders, explain what had happened and ask them to find a nice young couple who wanted a girl to adopt her. He would have to ask the elders to find them quick though. Once Karura got attached to something is was hard to get her to let go.
"You know, I wonder if our child will mind that he wasn't the first one to use his own crib?." Rasa mused as he laid next to his wife.
"I'm sure he won't mind that much." Karura answered with a chuckle. "But, I have a question for you?"
"What?"
"How do you know our child is a boy?"
With a smile and a small laugh Rasa looked at his wife and rubbing her belly he answered.
"I just know."
Authors Note
First off, I do not own Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, or any other variation of the Naruto anime/manga/games. The only thing I own is the idea for the story.
Secondly, thank you for reading the first chapter of my story! I hope you enjoyed it and I will be posting more chapters soon.
