Bath time went over well but it was obvious that Sasuke was not in a good mood. Sasuke was eager to get out of his soiled clothes and into something clean. He was wearing a dark blue navy footie pajama onesie with a little sailboat on the front. It may be too hot for most kids but Sasuke was always cold because of his weight and they had the air conditioners on since it was August.

He kept asking about his brother every ten minutes or so. Sasuke would occasionally rock back and forth. Obito made note of it but figured it was nothing. He had no idea that the anxiety of the unknown was building up in Sasuke. Obito thought everything was fine until he put cream on Sasuke's face to heal his bruise. That did not go over well.

"Off! No! Ah! Ah! No! Off!" Sasuke yelled as he flapped his hands in distress. He started crying and fussing. It took Obito a minute to register what was going on.

"What is wrong with him?" Kakashi asked stepping into the bathroom to see Sasuke freaking out and rocking back and forth on the counter. Obito was trying to find a washcloth to wet and take the ointment off.

"I put cream on his face to try to heal his injury and he must not like the texture of the ointment. I think he was stressed about today and the ointment was the icing on the cake." Obito grabbed a washcloth and wet it in the sink so he could wipe Sasuke off but he was too upset.

"Sasuke, baby, I need you to let Daddy clean it off." Obito said as he tried to get ahold of Sasuke's crying face. "Daddy will take it off, you just need to let me." They needed to repeat their new names multiple times so that Sasuke could possibly pick up on them.

"Off! Off! Ah! Ah!" Sasuke said still crying out. Obito then grabbed his face which upset Sasuke even more and he wiped off the ointment.

"No! Ah! No Like! Ani!" Sasuke cried. Obito put the towel down then picked Sasuke up and held him close to him.

"Shhh Shhh, Daddy took it off. It's ok baby." Obito said as he held a crying Sasuke. "Do you want to eat dinner?" Obito asked but Sasuke was not in the mood to answer him.

"How about I make him a grilled cheese?" Kakashi asked.

"I think that is ok. I am going to try to calm him down in the family room in the meantime." Obito said as he made his way out of the bathroom.

"Ok, do you want me to put in a movie first?" Kakashi asked as he followed them into the family room.

"Yeah that sounds good."

Obito sat down on the couch with Sasuke and rubbed his back to try to calm him down. Sasuke in the meantime was whining "Ani…" in between cries.

"It's going to be ok baby. Papa is putting in a movie and making you a grilled cheese. You like that, don't you?" Obito asked. Sasuke completely ignored him and continued to mutter for his brother.

Obito knew that the transition was not going to go smoothly. There were going to be many episodes while Sasuke got settled. It was a learning process for all three of them. Obito and Kakashi would be raising a child that was abused, malnourished, autistic, disabled, and brain damaged. There were a lot of things that they had to tackle to get Sasuke's health in order.

Kakashi stepped away from the DVD player after putting a movie in. He made sure that the movie was on a low volume. "I put the one in about the magic fish. I will go make the grilled cheese."

Kakashi left to go to the kitchen while Obito tried to calm Sasuke down. "It's ok baby, I know it is a lot to get used to, but Daddy and Papa want to give you the best life."

Sasuke gave no recognition of listening to him. He kept crying and squirming in Obito's lap. "Do you want to sit on the couch?" Obito asked, knowing he wasn't going to get a response.

Obito placed him on the couch and let him go. Sasuke disliked the change even more. He started yelling and pulling his hair.

"No, no baby. Don't do that." Obito said as he picked Sasuke up again and moved him into his lap while dislodging Sasuke's hands from his hair. "I know baby, it is stressful but we can't hurt ourselves."

Sasuke kept crying and screaming trying to wiggle his hands out of Obito's hold, but Obito would not let go. Sasuke by this time was nonverbal and no longer was calling out for his brother. Obito let him fuss some more while he kept trying to talk to him in a low voice. Sasuke couldn't move his legs so Obito didn't have to worry about him kicking. After five minutes Sasuke's struggles and screams started to die down as he slowed his crying as well.

Obito took this as the chance to try to get him to focus on the movie.

"Sasuke look at the fish!" Obito said as he let go of Sasuke's hands, careful to make sure he was not going to try to hurt himself again. Sasuke, tired, let his hands fall and used them to clutch onto Obito's shirt. He once again gave no recognition that he was listening to Obito and was still not talking.

Kakashi finally came from the kitchen with the grilled cheese cut up into four squares on the plate. He sat next to Obito and showed Sasuke the sandwich.

"Baby, Papa has a sandwich for you!" Obito said. Sasuke after a couple of seconds glanced over at the sandwich but did not move to take it from Kakashi. Obito picked up a piece of the sandwich and brought it to Sasuke's face. Sasuke flinched away and made desperate noises as he fought to get away from the sandwich.

"Do you think he isn't hungry?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke's stomach then let out a loud growl. "I guess that answers our question."

"Sasuke you want to eat? I can hear your tummy. It says you are hungry." Obito said as he tried to give Sasuke the sandwich again. Sasuke still made noises and pushed the sandwich piece away.

"He isn't talking?" Kakashi asked.

"No he had a little episode and I think he is still nonverbal right now." Obito said as he placed the sandwich piece back on the plate. "Maybe he doesn't like grilled cheese?"

"We haven't had the chance to look at Itachi's paperwork yet. Let me go grab it and we can check." Kakashi said as he put the sandwich on the coffee table and walked over to the papers on the counter.

Kakashi walked back to the couch and flipped to the food section of Itachi's notes.

Food habits

-Sasuke is severely allergic to nuts, cherries, and strawberries.

-He does not like lettuce, mustard, ketchup, and sweet things (except fruit)

-He can only eat finger foods by himself. His brain damage has messed with his fine motor skills and he cannot hold utensils.

-He likes his juice watered down because they are often too sweet for him

-He needs a lid on his cups. His hands shake too much and it will be messy without it.

-He doesn't like skin apples, peaches, and plums

-He does not like spicy or overly crunchy food

-He likes to eat his cereal dry with his hands

-He does not like the texture of gelled foods

-He does not like hot food, he likes it warm so it doesn't burn him

-He loves sandwiches of any kind, but he refuses to eat them unless the crust is taken off and it is cut into four triangles

"Aha! We found it." Obito said as he continued to stroke Sasuke's hair to calm him down.

"I'll go make a new one for him. You can eat that one." Kakashi said as he got off the couch.

"We really should read that fully tonight." Obito said.

"We can, let's feed him and get him into bed first."

"Can you also get him some watered down apple juice? He must be thirsty from all that crying."

"Sure thing, Koibito." Kakashi said as he disappeared into the kitchen.

Obito tried again to get Sasuke to pay attention to the movie but he was not having it. He just held onto Obito and stared at the corner of the room. His fists were still bunched in Obito's shirt. Obito started to eat the mistake sandwich.

Ten minutes passed and Obito had long finished with the mistake sandwich. Kakashi came back with the corrected sandwich and a sippy cup of apple juice.

"Look what papa has Sasuke!" Obito said trying to get Sasuke's attention. "Papa has another sandwich for you and some juice."

Kakashi sat next to Obito still holding the sippy cup and the plate. He pushed the plate in front of Sasuke who saw the sandwich and hesitantly reached out and picked up a piece before taking a bite.

"I think it has his approval." Kakashi said. Kakashi waited and let him eat slowly for five or six minutes. "You want juice, Sasuke?" Kakashi then tried handing the sippy cup over to him. Sasuke finished his piece of the sandwich then looked at the juice cup taking it slowly. He then gave an experimental sip. After deeming it safe, he continued to drink the juice.

"I filled it maybe a little less than half of the way with water. I didn't think he would like it, but it looks like he does." Kakashi mused as he still held the plate in front of Sasuke.

"Uchihas are very strict about their diet, but I doubt is parents cared enough to drill that aesthetic into him. Its probably just his personal preferences." Obito mused as Sasuke dropped his juice cup so he continue eating.

"He looks really tired." Kakashi said as he reached down to pick up the sippy cup.

"Yeah I was thinking that we show him to his room and then try to put him to sleep. We can worry about dinner after." Obito continued to stroke Sasuke's hair. Sasuke finished his sandwich and then looked around for his sippy cup. Kakashi gave it to him and Sasuke took it and leaned back into Obito while holding it with two hands. His eyes were drooping slightly.

"I think he will be drifting off soon." Kakashi noticed.

"Yeah, let's wait for him to fall asleep then we will put him into bed. The new room may be a bit too big of a change for him." Obito continued to run his fingers through Sasuke's hair. The only noise that could be heard was Sasuke slowly pulling from the sippy cup and the low volume of the magic fish movie.

It only took about ten minutes before the sippy cup was forgotten and Sasuke was sleeping.

"Let's put him to bed." Obito said as he slowly got up, careful not to jostle Sasuke too much.

Kakashi led the way and took him to the small toddler bed that they purchased. The bed had rails along the side to prevent Sasuke from accidently rolling. Kakashi pulled down the sheets. They were white and had black shuriken and kunai all over them.

"I'm pretty sure his diaper is clean, I changed him less than half an hour ago." Obito slowly placed Sasuke into the bed and pulled the sheets up to cover him.

Kakashi went and grabbed a stuffed black cat off the shelf of toys they got for him and placed it next to Sasuke. Sasuke unconsciously and reached out to grab the kitty and hugged himself close to it and buried his face in the cat's fur. The cat was almost the size of Sasuke.

Obito and Kakashi took turns giving Sasuke a kiss on the forehead and then quietly made their way out of the room. They decided to leave the door open just in case Sasuke woke up.

Obito and Kakashi began to make dinner, trying to keep it quiet to avoid waking Sasuke.

"We should really sit down after dinner and go through the paperwork that Itachi gave to us." Obito said as he picked at his teriyaki vegetables.

"Yeah, we can. Relax koibito, we will be the best daddies we can to Sasuke." Kakashi said before he pulled his mask down and began to eat.

Hey guys, sorry for the wait. On ALL my stories. I am finishing up my Master's degree right now and this past school year has taken up a lot of time because of my thesis. My classes are ending in August and I get a little bit of a break and I am excited. I have planned out my Fanfiction and I have an idea of where my stories are going. The next chapter in this story is going to be Itachi's notes that he left behind, then the chapter after that will go back to the story. I figure that will be the easiest way to tackle the notes.

I promise when my schedule frees I will be able to actually continue these stories. I am looking to make updates on Mambo Italiano (an NCIS fic) and Hopeless Hanyou (an Inuyasha fic) next.

Please review, I love hearing from you!