Rin went and checked on the baby lying in the crib only to find him fast asleep. She silently wondered if this was how her sensei looked as when he was a baby save for the whisker marks. When she asked the Third about them, he just said that the whiskers were due to the influence of the nine-tailed fox when he was inside his mother's womb.
Kakashi, Rin and Obito were currently in their Sensei's house. Rin was particularly in the room that the child's parents arranged for the baby. She looked up onto the wall to find a picture of her sensei and his wife. Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki were their names.
Her thoughts were interrupted as Obito ran into the room and asked her how the baby was doing.
"He's doing perfectly fine... Only except for the fact that his parents are not alive..." She finished. Obito was taken aback by her response as he pondered over the truth.
Soon enough, Kakashi entered the room and looked on the sad faces of his teammates and quickly realised what was going on. At the same time, they heard a low crying sound which only a baby could emanate and all three of them looked into the crib to find baby Naruto crying. The child proceeded to open his eyes. One eye was a bright cerulean blue, while the other was a dark purple. He had inherited both his parents' eye colours.
The fact that they were taken aback even the first time he opened his eyes never ceased to change. The child then proceeded to cry for something to fill his stomach. Rin just stared and then immediately realised what the baby was crying for. As she ran ahead to get some milk for the baby she shouted,"You both!! Go ahead and calm Naruto! I'll bring him some milk!"
Obito and Kakashi looked at each other and spoke with their eyes. Then, Obito scooped the day-old baby and began rocking him back and forth. Kakashi peeped into his line of sight and began making weird faces so that the baby could laugh. Rin then entered and quickly collected the baby from Obito's arms and began feeding the baby.
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All three whirled around to find the Third with a camera in hand and he was smiling. The baby finished his milk and began gurgling out small sounds which sounded like laughter. Rin smiled at the child and put him over her shoulder to help the newborn digest his food.
"He seems like a good child, doesn't he, Rin?" Asked the Third. "Yes, he does. Know this Lord Third. Even if he is a bad child, I'll be there for him and let him know what is right and what is wrong.."
The old man just nodded his head and then looked at the other two boys who had matchingly pulled their hitai-ite over their eyes. He took in the three's demeanor and asked them a question which would change their lives forever.
"Are you three ready to take care of Naruto as your own brother for the rest of your lives?"
All three just stared at each other and replies with a chorus "Yes, we do!"
Even Kakashi who was normally a lazy person has accepted. This gave the old man a sense of approval as he continued, "So, is it okay if you are to stay in this house and not ever let Naruto know who his parents were?"
The second part of the question confused the three. But, they finished answering with a unitary yes. Finally,the Third asked them to remove all the pictures in the house and place it 'somewhere Naruto can't reach until he is quite grown up', which, of course they did.
All three then gathered around the baby who was still awake and began playing with him. Rin first laid him on the floor atop a small mattress and proceeded to tickle him. The baby just tried to laugh and failed as he was no more than a day old.
But, they were truly shocked when he did laugh in a little higher pitch. Rin just smiled at the baby as Kakashi and Obito looked on.
Only one of them seemed to have made an observation. "Either you will be a loudmouth loser or a serene once in a lifetime genius", said Kakashi.
The baby gurgled again and then dropped to his side as sleep overtook him. This baby just knew a little on how much loved he was and how his vessel was already filled with love from both his parents. Little did the child realise that he would be ignored for quite sometime by the village. And, a lot did he know that his protective siblings would always be there for him.
The three of the teens then decided on their rooms and decided upon which will take first watch to take care of the baby if he began crying, to which Obito volunteered first.
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