As Gai walked down the street—on his hands, of course—he thought about all the reasons he could be called to the Hokage's office. Did he have too much youth? Did the Hokage possibly want some?

Tsunade was standing by the window when Gai got there, flipping back onto his feet with one of his signature beaming grins and thumbs-up aimed at the older blonde.

"I have arrived! Lady Tsunade, you may take as much youth as you need!"

Tsunade slammed a fist down on his head, hoping that for the moment the spandex-wearing man would shut up, but she had no such luck. Gai immediately popped back up and commented on how "youthfully strong" she was.

Gai turned and looked at the young man standing in the corner, wearing all black, piercings glinting in the sunlight. He looked vaguely familiar, but Gai couldn't place him…

"Lady Tsunade, if you don't need my youth, what is that you want?" Gai asked. "Could it be you are ready for the spandex?" He gasped, and the teen in the corner snorted, tilting his head back to reveal chains hanging around his neck.

"No, Gai," Tsunade hissed. "I am not, nor will I ever, be ready for the spandex."

Gai sighed—he knew it was too good to be true!—and pointed to the teen. "Who is that youthful fellow?"

Tsunade dropped into her chair, reaching for the bottle she knew to be in her desk drawer. She groped around for a moment before finding it, uncorking it and taking a sip. She relaxed as the alcohol slipped through her system, ignoring her assistant as Shizune took a step closer to her in warning.

"A very long story. A story that starts with you, Gai." She said. She took another sip."When was the last time you saw Kiku Nakadai?"

Gai froze, eyes sliding to the side to stare at the teen. "No way," he breathed.

"Yes way," Tsunade said. "This is her son. She passed away a few weeks ago, leaving her two children 'orphans.'"

"T-Tatsuo?" Gai whispered breathlessly. The teen looked up and smirked.

"What's it to ya?"

Gai clapped. "Finally! A chance to see my son!"

Tatsuo cringed, eyes slipping closed. "There is no way you are my father." He muttered.

Gai smiled, flipping back onto his hands. He balanced on one and gave his son a thumbs-up. "YOSH! LET US GO, MY SON!"

And he trotted out of the room on his hands, not bothering to hear the rest of what Tsunade had to say.

"Wait!" the Hokage called after him. "Don't you want to know the rest of the story?"

She sighed as a little girl climbed into her lap, her dark hair loose around her face. "Where's Mama?" she asked.

Tsunade smiled gently. "Mama is safe with some friends. Tatsuo and your father will take care of you now."

The little girl, Amaya, smiled back, holding her arms out for her brother to pick her up.

"Let's go follow Daddy, Tatty." She said.

Tatsuo picked her up and moved her to his hip, following his father's footsteps with a sigh.

/\/\

Tatsuo had no trouble following Gai through the streets. The bright green spandex-wearing man—even upside-down—was easy to spot a mile away.

Gai hadn't looked back once, confident that his son was following him. He had no idea that he also had a daughter. Or what had actually happened.

Tatsuo didn't know if he wanted to tell him.

"Gai-sensei!" another boy cried, also clad in green spandex. Tatsuo cringed again; amazed that he could actually be related to this man.

"Lee!" Gai exclaimed, flipping back onto his feet. "What is it, my wonderful student?"

Lee grinned, his bushy eyebrows raised in happiness. "Gai-sensei, I am ready to train!"

"I am so sorry, Lee!" Gai cried out. "But as you can see, "—he turned to Tatsuo and Amaya—"I now have two charges! Meet my son, Tatsuo and his younger sister—"

"Amaya," Tatsuo supplied with a grimace. God, what he would give to be back in the Land of Iron with his mother still alive and still oblivious of how idiotic his father was.

Of course, that was impossible. Kiku had died for her clan, to protect the horrible secret they had that only the Hokage knew.

Now, he was left to raise his four-year-old sister and find his mother's family. Which totally shouldn't have been as easy as the heir of that clan walking up, staring at them, blinking once, yawning, then walking away again, and Inuzuka trailing behind.

It took a moment to understand that that had been the person he needed to understand his mother's past, and that he had to keep an eye out for him again. Who knew the next time he would see him.

/\/\

"Hey, Kiba," Shikamaru said, tilting his head back to stare at the sky as they walked back to his house. The brunette looked over at him.

"Yeah, Shikamaru?"

"You saw that too, right?"

"Yeah. I heard Gai-sensei say that he had children. That can't be good, right?" Kiba said, glancing at his friend worriedly. He knew the secret, he kept it a secret, he just didn't know if Gai knew, or if his children knew. And if they did, if they were going to do anything about it.

"No. That can't be good. Especially with my clan's history with their mother."Shikamaru said.

"Yeah. We better not tell anyone, right?"Kiba asked.

"Right. Do not tell a soul." Shikamaru said. He stopped, turning to look at his friend. "Kiba, I swear, if you tell anyone, I will hunt you down and attack you with my Shadow Strangle Jutsu. You got it?"

Kiba gulped. He nodded. "Yeah, I got it."

A/N: Okay, I cannot believe that I just started a new story. I am ashamed of myself. Anyways, I just happened to be thinking about Gai one day, and then BAM! This came along. At first, I didn't know what it would be. Now I have somehow managed to get Shikamaru and Kiba involved. Oh well. They're like my favorite people ever.

Tell me if you like it and if I should continue it. Please?