Disclaimer: I dont own Naruto. sniff sniff

A/N: I'm glad i finished this because it was becoming tiring. If it is boring I'm sorry i ran out of ideas midway.
I will be making a part two for this one so expect it sometime this week. Well, within the next few days. But if its late, its because I'm working. Enjoy!!

Ja
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Sakura looked under the couch, behind the stove, in the refrigerator, in the cabinets, in the tub, in her husband's study, and in the washer and dryer but she couldn't find him anywhere.

Where is he? I've searched all his usual hiding places. There's only so many places a three year old can hide.

She was beginning to get frustrated. It was midday and she needed to find him before it became too late. Her shift at he hospital was in an hour and fifteen minutes and counting. It usually didn't take this long to find him.

Maybe something is wrong.

At her initial thought she froze and started to panic.

"Oh god! He's hurt somewhere and I can't find him! Yuichi!! Yuichi sweetie, where are you."

I'm a horrible mother. I have to find him. I have to find him.

Breathing hard, she looked left then right, hoping to notice a clue to where he might be. Thankfully, luck was on her side. She saw the remains of watery foot prints on the floor. No one in the house had feet that small so she knew right away that it was her son Yuichi. Her floors were always clean, except for when he and Naruto were playing, so it was easy to distinguish the smooth gray tile from the puddles of water. From the looks of it, he just ran out.

How could I have missed that? He could not have possibly been that quiet.

She followed the trail and it lead her to her flower garden in the back yard. The sun was shinning bright and the wind was blowing at a slow pace, just strong enough to keep you from overheating under the sun's rays. The entire yard was covered with fresh cut grass and a few Sakura trees. Surrounding it was a stone white wall reaching twelve feet high. Naruto insisted that they get it because he wanted to make sure his son and wife were safe, so she calmly agreed after a small debate. He also wanted to paint it orange but she had to step in somewhere. There was no way she was living there with the wall being orange. They'd might as well put a big target sign on their whole property. Thankfully, that argument only lasted a good four minutes.

Getting back to the purpose at hand, she continued to look for her only son, wishing that he would just come out and save her the trouble. She only had another hour to get dressed, eat, drop him off and get to work on time.

THERE!

In his orange jumpsuit sitting on the ground was Yuichi. He was small for his age, so he could hide anywhere. The jumpsuit only made it harder to find because it blinded in with her Tiger Lilies. He was huddled in a ball and when he felt another presence nearby, he looked up and gave a little cry of surprise.

"Ah!"

He tried to get up and run away but Sakura was bigger and faster. She swept him off of his feet and brought him to eye level. His blue eyes were dulled with fright and shame. Usually, he would not have been so easy to scare but he knew he was in the wrong, and so he was afraid to face his mother's wrath.

"Yuichi, why were you hiding?" Sakura growled out. He looked everywhere but her face and after a good shake and stern warning from Sakura, he looked up.

"Cuz'…"

She could tell that he was thinking of an answer by the way his tongue was sticking out the corner of his mouth when he looked up. Oh, he was definitely thinking of some way to get out of this one. So she decided she would let him think about it now and answer later because it was really getting too late. They didn't have any time to lollygag around. Sakura saw that he had the jumpsuit on that she specifically told him not to wear today because he wore it yesterday. And even though it was washed, wearing that bright color everyday was just annoying. She would let him have his way today though.

She walked back into the house and made a mental note to wash the spots on the floor later. Setting Yuichi down, Sakura grabbed his and her lunch, found his shoes and told him to put them on while she did the same. When they reached the door they found Sasuke already there. Good, that would save them the extra trouble of going by the Uchiha mansion.

"Great, Sasuke you're here. You can either watc…"

He cut her off. "I can't watch him today. I have a mission."

"But… What am I suppose to do? There's no one else to watch him and… Wait, did you say mission? Since when are you able to go on missions?"

"Since now. Naruto…sama thought that I was ready to begin going out again."

"Wow, that's great Sasuke-kun! When are you going to be back?"

"Tomorrow afternoon at best. It wont take long since its an escort mission."

"Well, okay then. I guess I'll just have to take Yuichi with me. Hopefully, he wont cause any trouble, but knowing him he will." At the mention of his name Yuichi looked up. "Me go bye-bye?"

"Yes honey, your going with mommy today and she needs you to be a good boy. Can you do that for me? Can you be a good boy for mommy? If you do then I promise you I will take you out to the park for some ice cream after work."

Sasuke just snorted at her 'baby talk' and waved his hand in departure. There was only so much of that he could take.

"YEAH YEAH!! Me be good fo' ice cream!" He collided with Sakura when he tried to give her a big hug. After he was put down, he grabbed his lunch box and Sakura's, then headed out of the door with his head held high. Sakura just giggled at the funny scene and closed the door. It was going to be a long day.

Lets hope for my sake, he doesn't get into any kind of trouble.

Unfortunately, her wish would not be granted.

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It was all ready noon and she had a headache. Apparently, having her son go to work with her was not such a good idea. The daycare center had a hard time trying to make him stay put, and seeing as he has never been to the hospital, (other than when he was born, but that hardly counts) he wanted to know what everything was and how it was used. He wanted to help out, but even though he had good intentions, they don't always go the way he expects.

So far he's lost some old lady's dentures, scared a patient into hysterics, destroyed a heart monitor ( Naruto is not going to be happy about that if he finds out) AND a window, gotten juice all over Sakura and himself, 'borrowed' the nurse's glasses as well as tied her shoelaces together (That was one nasty fall. Luckily nothing was broken…just bruised), gotten lost (Six times might I add), dyed his hair (Don't ask), and had to have stitches in his arm.

But the worse things he has done has been blowing up stuff. She has no idea where he gets those ideas but every time she leaves him alone, something almost always end up in flames. The first time it was his breakfast. Even to this hour, she didn't know how that happened. The next was the secretary's computer, but part of the blame would have to go to her because she couldn't see. Yuichi took her glasses, so theoretically, it was his fault. But he blamed it on her saying, "She made me do it." Yuichi said that she asked someone to help her find glasses since she couldn't see, and because he was too short to see over the counter, he had to reach with is hand. Apparently, he pulled a wrong wire and there goes the computer.

Next, the heart monitor was acting funny and the patient asked him to look at it and make sure it was plugged in right (But who would ask a three year old to do that? Obviously Yuichi wasn't thinking when he said that). His answer for the mini explosion was as usual, " He made me do it!" Emphasizing his point by pointing his finger at the man lying in the bed with feathers on his head.

This day is going horrible. How could one little kid be so bad? Oh, I know, he's my kid.

Oddly, this wasn't something new to her since he gets into things all the time.

Sakura just sighed and went on to her next patient. Yuichi was asleep in her office. She had just finished feeding him and changing his clothes. Thanking Kami that she would always carry extra for him when ever they left the house.

She knocked on the door, then after a few seconds walked in.

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After checking in on the patient she made her way to Yuichi. He was still asleep when she arrived but woke up at her arrival.

"Did you have a good nap honey?"

He just rubbed his eyes with his tiny hands and nodded his head. Smiling, Sakura picked him up and took him to the daycare center where he was staying for the day. Maybe this time they could keep an eye on him since it'll only be thirty minutes until her shift was over for the morning. When she dropped him off again the employees gave him an annoyed look but put on a smile when they noticed Sakura was looking. She put him down and looked him in the eye and told him very clearly, "If you blow something up again you will be in serious trouble young man. Not just that, but I'm going to tell your father what you did instead of taking care of what you did myself." He shook his head vigorously and sat down.

Good, he understands.

About twenty-two minutes later, Sakura was on her way to pick up her son when she heard a boom and then a crash that followed. Immediately, she took off running to the source. When she reached the daycare center, the door was blown away, as well as bits and pieces of the wall. There at the entrance was Yuichi, blinking away the dust and smoke from his eyes. There was a little boy standing next to him with a shocked expression. Yuichi coughed once then looked at me than at him, took an intake of breath, fully intended to explain, but the little boy beat him to it.

"He made me do it!!"