AN: Just something I wrote late one night. It's been sitting on my laptop for quite a while so I thought what the hell, might as well post it. Probably won't continue with it but anyway this is an AU where the Fourth Hokage lives and Naruto is his son. Keep in mind Sasuke's parents and Gaara's father is also still alive in this one although they aren't mention. Oh btw, I wasn't sure how to refer to the Fourth Hokage coz I don't know his name so in this I'm either refering to him as Hokage or Yondaime.

Warnings: Implied malexmale relationships. Beware of spelling and grammatical mistakes. You have been warned

Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto.

Fatherhood

As the Hokage he had many responsibilities, ones that he took very seriously. His decisions didn't just affect him after all. It affected everybody. So it was integral he did everything in his power to ensure the continued peace of the village, even if it meant sacrificing his own life. No matter what the obstacle he would never back down. No, not he, one who had faced off against the legendary Kyuubi and lived to tell the tale. The Fourth Hokage of Konoha was scared of nothing, absolutely nothing.

So why the hell was he suddenly shaking in his boots before the big blue eyes of his only son?

"Um... you see..." he all but stuttered, sounding much like a certain Hyuuga heiress around said boy.

Pausing he rubbed his temple slowly, trying to massage away the incoming migraine as his cerulean eyes glanced down to stare into the curious gaze of a blue so similar to his. He rubbed his chin in deep thought. There were two ways he could go with this. One, tell his son the truth or two, lie for all he was worth. Although the latter was looking more and more appealing by the second he knew he just couldn't do it. Not with chance that someone else might spill the truth to Naruto. He could stand many things, but to see disappointment in those eyes that had always looked up at him with so much trust and admiration was not one of them.

He gazed at his only son with the same kind of despair a father might direct at a daughter who'd just announced she was going on birth control. Not believing the day had finally come Yondaime silently cursed the gods above. For this was the day Naruto asked him the one dreaded question all father's feared, the question he'd been putting off answering until his son was well into his late twenties. Of course, that was wishful thinking on his part. He was actually surprised it took this long but then again he had planned it that way. Oh yes, while going about his everyday duties as Hokage he had added another personal duty to his already full list, one he'd taken more seriously than anything else on his agenda and was still carrying on with even till this day. And that duty was keeping his innocent Naruto exactly as he was, completely innocent. Of course everything comes at a price and his constant coddling had resulted in the hyperactive child stuck within the body of the developing teen sitting before him, bouncing up and down impatiently.

"Yaoi is when..." Yondaime again tried, only to find himself trailing off once more. He swallowed hard. It was then something suddenly occurred to him. He raised a questioning brow and with a frown asked, "Naruto, why are you so interested all of a sudden?"

"Icha Icha Paradise; Yaoi Edition," was the only answer he received.

His eye twitched. With barely suppressed rage he grounded his teeth. There was no way in hell he was going to allow Naruto to remain under the guidance of his old student. Nor was he ever allowing Naruto to train with the perverted sannin he once called a teacher ever again. Whatever possessed him to let those two perverts into such positions of influence over his precious Naru-chan in the first place he would never know, but there was no way in all nine hells was he going to allow it to continue.

Not noticing the sudden build of murderous intent the clueless Naruto decided to fill the silence by saying, "Kakashi-sensei was practically bouncing off the walls when he saw a poster advertising the upcoming release of the book and when I went looking for Ero-sennin to train me he took me off to the bath house and get this, didn't try to peek at the ladies." He paused for a moment with somewhat of a frown, looking thoughtful as he silently contemplated something. "Actually it was quite strange... his eyes keep drifting around when we were in the men's change rooms like as if he was trying to peek on them. "

"Please tell me you used the stalls like I always tell you too," came the panicked plea.

The blond flashed a wide smile, nodding happily as he replied, "Of course I did. I even kept the towel around me just like you said." He tilted his head to one side as he carefully studied his father's anxious expression. "Though I don't know why I have too. It's not like anyone can see me in there and even if they did I have nothing they haven't seen before."

Yondaime slowly shook his head at his poor naive little boy who was obviously still oblivious to the happenings around him and especially to the true intentions of those so-called 'friends' of his. No, Naruto had no idea about those sly glances the Hyuuga kid would once too often direct at his bottom or the 'accidental' brushes the Uchiha always manages to find his hand having with said ass. Naruto had no idea and he was sure his innocent mind still thought all those times the Kazekage's youngest son would grab his legs with sand during a spar and somehow manage to tug his pants down just enough to reveal that same tush was just an unfortunate occurrence that seemed to happen about every single time.

Although those three were very troublesome indeed what was proving to be even more troublesome was the ever growing fan club his son was accumulating. The shy timid Hinata Hyuuga may be the president but there was nothing even remotely close to being shy about the adoration the club showed towards the clueless blonde. A vein almost popped at the reminder of their latest exploit, an exploit that resulted in the circulation of some pictures of a very naked Naruto in the bath house. Though he managed to burn most of the stash he knew there were still some going around and he was sure many of them were tucked safely away in the Uchiha and Hyuuga compound and of course the Suna's brat apartment.

It was cruel, just so cruel. When the news of a newborn son had reached his ears he'd been so relieved with the thought of not having to beat back lust driven males from corrupting his only child. Naruto was a boy after all. He was supposed to be the one doing the chasing, not the other way around. Right? Yondaime shook his head sadly. How he wrong he was, how very wrong indeed. He clenched his fists and closed his eyes tight at the thought of the three he'd so rightly dubbed unholy devils and the vicious club of demons lusting after his boy. There was no way he was going to allow them to soil the innocence of his baby and he just thought of the best way to ensure it never happen. Yes, he got the perfect plan. He snapped his eyes opened, stars shining in his intense gaze as he stared off distantly with his fist now held up in what looked like pure determination, too involved in his thoughts to notice that Naruto was slowly edging away from the horror of seeing his father doing a very good imitation of Gai-sensei.

"Are you okay?" the youth slowly asked. Afraid any sudden movements or sounds may cause an impromptu pose or even worst a teeth sparkle, Naruto remained absolutely still.

"Absolutely fine," came the way too enthusiastic response, causing the younger blond to cringe and jump behind the sofa while his father hopped up with a grin wide enough to rival his trademark foxy grin. He smiled down at the cowering youth, ruffling up his hair as he said, "Sorry Naruto but I have a very important meeting I must attend to straight away."

Without another word Yondaime rushed to the front door in a blur of yellow and white.

"Wha..." was all that came from the young boy as he blinked stupidly at the still swinging door. He shot to his feet, running to the door to swing an angry fist after the quickly disappearing figure jumping from roof to roof as he yelled, "You still haven't answered my question!"

"Go ask Iruka," came the answering yell that seemed to echo all throughout the town.

Naruto lowered his clenched fists and silently stared down at it, a suddenly thoughtful look on his face.

"Iruka," he quietly said, allowing a single finger to straighten. He paused for a moment before releasing another and saying quietly to himself, "Plus talk equals free ramen."

His fists clenched once more but instead of continuing its damning of his fleeing father he pumped it in the air with a grin.

"Yosh, free ramen for me," Naruto chirpily said to himself before going on his merry little way to harass his old teacher. Never knowing all that he was going to get was an extremely confusing talk about the bees and well, the bees from an incoherently stuttering and blushing Iruka.