Disclaimer: Alright, listen up. I'm back, and I've come fully equip with the dramatic and cute sequel to AGAINST THE TIDE! I'm so happy. :D:D:D:D
This came to me after reading and examining (Drooling over) MANY Naruto fan comics. They were all soooo cute, and one struck me as the perfect way to continue with my previous story. So here it is!
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CHAPTER ONE: Revelation.
Sasuke stared deeply into the dark eyes, watching for something, anything. His eyebrows were knotted in concentration, a bead of sweat rolling down his cheek. There had to be something there. Or else, nothing would make sense anymore. It had to be there. Why wasn't it? They were just normal eyes...What was wrong here? Something had to be wrong. Sasuke stared with an even more stiff gaze. It had to be there...
Sasuke blinked in surprise when a tiny hand squeezed his nose and fluttering laughter resonated from the owner of the complexing black eyes. Sauske's eyes softened and he leaned into the hand, placing a hand on the tiny black haired head.
"Trying to pick a fight Inui?" Sasuke muttered to the child. He sighed and intertwined his fingers together. "Maybe they're right, you do look a little like me."
The boy smiled up at Sasuke and pushed himself to his feet wobbily. Sasuke lifted a hand to make sure Inui didn't fall from the table, he still could barely walk.
"Daddy!" Inui giggled, successfully jumping on Sasuke's neck. Sasuke chuckled softly and pushed himself out of the chair, swinging Inui onto his shoulders, where immediatly the boy stoll his head band and put it on his own head. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the childish antics and walked towards the kitchen. "Where's mommy?"
"Shopping." Sasuke murmured in reply, fishing out some of Inui's special carrots, that were soft enough for the boy's new teeth that were still growing. He plopped Inui on a chair in the kitchen and placed the small cup in his hands. "How old are you?"
"This many." Inui smiled and lifted up three fingers. Sasuke gave him a curt nod and stared him directly in the eyes.
"Last and first name?" Sasuke said sternly.
"Uchiha Inui." The boy giggled, shoving tiny soft carrots into his mouth. Sasuke nodded once more and couldn't help but grin as once again, Inui managed to get more food on the floor then in his mouth. As Sasuke bent to clean the mess, the sound of the front door opening drew his attention. Suddenly, the kitchen door swung open wide and in walked a vision of beauty.
"Oh Inui, you're so messy!" Mayu laughed, grabbing a cloth and wiping off the boys face and giving him a tiny chaste kiss on the nose. Inui giggled when Mayu began tickling him and accidently knocked over his cup of carrots. Mayu blinked and watched as Sasuke stood up with a sigh, pulling the cup off his head. A small smile tugged at Mayu's lips as she held in her laughter and placed her fingers on Sasuke's cheeks.
She slowly wiped the carrots off his head and lingered on his cheeks, before leaning in ever so gently and placing a tiny, almost non exsistent kiss on the very tip of his nose.
"Ewww!" Inui cried, before shimmying off the counter surprisingly fast and scampering off to play. Sasuke blinked in Mayu's arms, and grinned playfully down at the woman. She wasn't a girl anymore, not at all.
"Do you have to go to work today?" Mayu asked softly, staring up with her large blue and red eyes. Sasuke was beginning to find himself captivated and no longer terrified by those eyes. He stared into them almost everyday anyways.
"Yes." Sasuke sighed, placing a finger on Mayu's cheek and giving it a small rub before letting his lips fall over hers. It was all he could do not to loose himself in her. Marriage life wasn't anywhere near as bad as all the men in the town had said it was. In fact, it had it's benifits. He had Mayu whenever he wanted, and there were no bounderies. Plus, he had a little minurature Sasuke running around the once very empty home. The Uchiha estate was slowing coming back to life with the little boy filling it with childish laughter. Sasuke sighed and pulled away from Mayu, letting his head fall to her neck. "I'll be home in a few hours. It isn't a misson, just paper work."
"Naruto working you hard?" Mayu giggled, hugging Sasuke tight.
"It's not Naruto." Sasuke replied grimly. "It's Ino. She's been on my back constantly about this stupid report...But I can't complain, if it weren't for Naruto being who he is, I might not have made it to ANBU so easily."
"I'm sure you would have done just fine." Mayu giggled and stared deep into Sasuke's eyes. "He may be next in line for Hokage, but he's still your friend. He still cares."
Sasuke let his smile fall as he dipped his head and claimed her mouth once more.
How is it...That you say what I want to hear most, in the time I need to hear it the most?
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"Inui." Sasuke called. The boy looked up from the hole he had been carving with a stick in the dirt and a wide smile came to his lips as he ran towards his father. The stick was forgotten as he fisted a hand into Sasuke's pant leg. They walked together in peaceful silence until they were out of the Uchiha estates. "Have you been practicing your kanji?"
"Yup." Inui smiled. "I'm best in class. Sensei says if I keep this up, I'll be quick to graduate."
"I'm sure you will." Sasuke murmured, staring down at his son. Inui was staring off into the distance, his eyes so full of wonder at the world around him. For a three year old, he was the smartest kid Sasuke knew. Sasuke couldn't have been prouder of anyone other then his son. He was so perfect.
"Will you teach me how to be a ninja daddy?" Inui asked suddenly, looking up expectantly at Sasuke. The look in his eyes absolutley begged Sasuke to say yes.
"Of course I will." Sasuke sighed, placing a firm hand on Inui's head. "But first it's the basics."
"OK!" Inui smiled and ran ahead to greet some of the shop owners and see new things. Sasuke stared at Inui. He'd been expecting some type of complaint towards how boring the basics were. Even Sasuke had complained about that when he was young. Inui was different then the other kids his age, heck, he was different then Konoha.
Inui was Sasuke's son.
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"I'll never get used to that." Said a laughing voice as Sasuke turned around. He had jsut dropped Inui off at the school when out of nowhere, a loud blonde haired man stuck his head out from the leaves of a tree. Sasuke blinked in surprise.
"What?" Sasuke asked and Naruto laughed and dropped to the ground. Naruto sighed and leaned against the tree. A top his head sat the traditional headband, and his hair was a blonde as ever. He had complete control over Kyuubi, even without the seal. Sasuke had never seen such tremendous will power in his life. But of course, it was Naruto after all. The only ninja who could surprise everyone endlessly. No matter the limits.
"You with a kid." Naruto replied. His arms were crossed over a black breast plate, his black pants outlined and hemmed by his ever present flashed of orange. "It's so bizzarre. But I guess it had to happen someday."
"Can it." Sasuke sighed, turning around and shoving his hands in the pockets of the new ANBU black-ops uniform. Everything was black and form fitting, but not restricting in any way. Strapped to Sasuke's back, was a long sheathed sword.
"Don't get me wrong, I think you're nicer to talk to ever since you got a kid." Naruto laughed, drooping an arm around Sasuke's ever tense shoulders. It had been four years since the entire fiasco with Mayu and her 'father'. As it turned out, he wasn't her biological father. He was some creep who stole her from her mother, a woman who had died giving birth to Mayu. It had taken awhile for Mayu to dredge up all those memories, but they'd worked through them. "Seriously though, I think Mayu's done you good. I mean, you're not trying to kill me every second you get..."
"Naruto! Sasuke!" Sakura and Ino came walking down the street, waving their hands in a sign of greeting. When they finally approached, Sasuke's eyes fell on the large bulge on Ino's stomach. "What's up?"
"Going to work." Naruto grinned and patted Ino's stomach. She swatted him away playfully. Over the years, there was no limit to how much they had all grown together, how close they had become. Sasuke even participated in some of their conversations, when he felt like it that is. He still couldn't get used to actually being involved, unless it was with Inui and Mayu, that was a different story all together. "How's Asuka?"
"Kicking too much." Ino sighed, patting her stomach. "But other then that, everything is fine."
"And Shikimaru?"
"He's been doing great." Ino replied. "Thanks again for getting him into ANBU. We're doing great finacially now, Asuka will have a great life thanks to you."
Naruto sighed and shrugged, looking smug.
"Carefull or his head might explode." Sakura teased, rapping Naruto playfully on the head. Naruto pouted as they all walked towards the ANBU's headquarters. Naruto wasn't officially hokage, he still had a lot to learn, but he was Tsunade's pupil. When she died, or even retired, Naruto would be next in line. Finally, he had acheived his goal in life. The one thing he'd truly wanted. And he had a girlfriend to share it with as well.
Sasuke watched his feet as the walked idily, surrounded by good feelings and inccurable friendship. It bound them. Sasuke tried to figure out what exactly was happening, why he felt, that this couldn't possibly last...
I'm so back, and I have BIG plans for this story. It's twisted. I know it's getting really ahead of Naruto, and I must sound like an idiot writing it, but it's in my head...
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