Hi, I'm back. Sorry that it took so long to update. I really thought that no one liked my work. I admit that I'm not to good at this, but I'm trying my best to keep all of you entertained. After three weeks of having the third chapter posted I got my only review for it, it made my day and it made me hurry up and finish the next chapter. I am writing this as I go along, so suggestions are welcome.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, only the storyline and the oc's.
Warning: nothing too intense, some swearing, and a kiss.
A high pitched wailing woke Naruto from a dead sleep. Rolling over, the blonde reached for his alarm clock. "Hey Kit, that's not your alarm." Kyuubi grumbled. Bright blue eyes cracked open, searching for the source of the sound. Taking in the pitch black room, Naruto's eyes slowly grew accustomed to the darkness. " This isn't my room, where the hell am I?" Naruto asked the seemingly empty room. " You shouldn't swear in front of the kid" the fox said. "Kid?... Oh fuck, the baby!" the blonde yelled. " Language Kit" Kyuubi reprimanded. " Not now, you crazy fox, I gotta find the baby" The blonde searched through the blankets on the futon. Naruto finally found her at the bottom of the futon, completely covered. The blonde reached out to pick her up. "Please don't cry, little one." the blonde whispered softly, " We don't want to wake up Aniki." Holding the baby close to his body, Naruto leaned down and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. The baby's cries slowly quieted as Naruto rocked her back and forth. Hugging her even closer, the blonde felt something wet soak through his shirt. "Oh man, how did I get wet?" Naruto asked the baby. " I don't think that she is going to answer you, but I think the reason you are wet is because she is wet." the fox answered for the little girl. " Do you think so?" Naruto lay the baby down on the futon and unwrapped the blankets surrounding her. Sure enough, the baby was soaked. "Damn fox, why do you always have to be right?" Kyuubi chuckled.
Naruto went into the kitchen in search of the bag of baby things Kakashi got from Asuma. As if she got scared when Naruto left the room, the baby started to cry louder. In his rush to get back to the little girl, Naruto tripped over his own feet and dumped the contents of the bag all over the kitchen floor. "Do you need some help, Naruto?" Iruka asked, rubbing his eyes as he walked into the kitchen. "Sorry that we woke you, Iruka-sensei." Naruto apologized. "What did I tell you about that?" Iruka turned red in anger as he yelled at the blonde. "I am to call you Aniki when in your home. You love me like the little brother you never had and I love you like the family that I never had. Calm down, I don't need the baby screaming any more than she already is." Naruto picked up a diaper and the bottle and walked over to Iruka. "If you could, can you warm a bottle while I try to remember how to change her, please?" the blonde asked. The chunin nodded, running his hand through his loose brown locks. As Iruks prepared the baby's bottle, Naruto walked back into the spare room where the baby was still crying at being left alone. "Shhh... little one, I'm here and nothing is gonna hurt you." the blonde comforted the little girl. He unpinned the towels and removed them from the girl's body. "Hey Aniki, I forgot to bring something to clean her with, can you bring me something?" Naruto yelled. "Sure." Iruka said. Naruto heard him rummage around in the hall closet, then heard water run. A few minutes later, Iruka walked in with a washcloth and the warmed bottle. The blonde took the warm cloth, "Now let's see if I can remember how to do this." "Make sure to clean everywhere." Iruka reminded him. Naruto did as he was told, then grabbing the diaper he looked at Iruka bashfully, "Now what do I do?" "Open the diaper and place the side with the tapes under her bottom, bring the other half between her legs and fasten the tapes to the front of the diaper." Iruka instructed his student. Naruto followed the instructions, only to be told he had the diaper backwards. Turning it around, he had it fastened in place in no time.
"If you have this handled, I'm going back to bed. It's 4:38 in the morning, and I want to sleep for a few more hours before facing Tsunade. Iruka handed the blonde the bottle. "Goodnight, Aniki, and thanks for the help." the blonde said. "Goodnight" Iruka responded. Naruto picked up the precious little girl, and grinned when he saw that she was sucking her thumb with half closed eyes. "You are gonna have to let go of that thumb if you want your bottle." Naruto told the little girl. Nudging her hand away from her mouth, he slipped the nipple between her pale pink lips. The little girl began sucking thirstily and before he realized it, she had drank half of the bottle. Removing the bottle from her mouth, he moved her to his shoulder to burp her. Succeeding in getting her to burp, he brought her back down to feed her the rest of the bottle. She finished the bottle slowly, and he lifted her to his shoulder to burp her again. She quietly burped, and Naruto felt something wet sliding down his back. "Ewww." he muttered. Setting the baby at the top of the futon, he removed his shirt and wiped as much of the spit-up off his back as he could. Lying down beside the sleeping baby, Naruto closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
Morning found an irritable Iruka and a cranky Naruto in front of the Hokage's office arguing with the two anbu stationed on either side of the door. "What the Hell is all this commotion." Tsunade yelled while wiping the drool from her mouth and the sleep from her eyes. "BAA-CHAN, I need to see you." the blonde yelled at the hokage. "Brat! How many times do I have to tell you, don't call me that." Tsunade yelled back, her large chest heaving in her anger. "Excuse us for our rudeness, Hokage-Sama, but we have a problem that we would like to talk to you about." Iruka said, hoping that his politeness would calm the angry hokage. "Fine." she muttered, letting them into her office and offering them a seat. "What can I do for you at this Kami-forsaking hour?" "Last night, " Naruto began " I found this baby on my doorstep" "Who in their right mind would leave a baby with you?" the blonde hokage asked, her caramel eyes blazing. "The woman who wanted to go to the orphanage yesterday had this baby with her." The blonde fox explained. "So why didn't she leave the baby at the orphanage?" Tsunade asked "Shizune" the Hokage yelled. Shizune walked in through a door neither man had noticed. "Hai, Hokage-sama?" "Please take the baby and drop it off at the orphanage." Turning to Naruto, Tsunade said "Problem solved" Shizune walked over to the blonde nin and took the baby from his arms. Noticing the change of the arms, the tiny black haired child scrunched up her face and let out an ear piercing scream. Shizune cuddled the baby closer to her body, bouncing slightly in hopes to quiet the baby. The screams only got louder, Tsunade covered her ears and reached for her bottle of sake. Naruto walked up to Shizune and took the baby back. Once she felt his strong familiar arms and hard chest, the little girl quieted instantly. Shizune laughed, "I think that she wants to stay with Naruto."
Turning to look at Naruto, Tsunade saw how easily the blonde was holding the infant, slowly rocking her back and forth. Naruto glanced at the blonde hokage then back down to the infant in his arms. The little girl opened her sea-green eyes and gave a huge toothless grin at the blonde. The blonde nin gave a huge grin back. "Well, that settles it." Tsunade said. "Settles what, Baa-chan?" the blonde asked, confused. "Children who have no families tend to bond with the first people to care about them." Tsunade explained. "It seems that she will only be quiet for you. Would you like to raise her?" "I don't know." the blonde said. "What will happen when I go out on missions?" Iruka looked at the boy he considered his little brother and smiled. "Don't worry, I'll help. She seemed to like me, and I'm sure Kakashi will help too." Looking at the two men, Tsunade said "Shizune, you and Iruka take the baby and give her a full medical check-up, Naruto and I need to talk more." Iruka walked over to the blonde nin and took the baby from him, then walked into the next room with Shizune. "Well Naruto, what do you think, would you like to raise her as your daughter?" The Hokage questioned the nin. "I'm only 16, I don't know if I can do this alone." the blonde said, unsure of himself. "You Baka, didn't you hear Iruka? He and Kakashi will both help, and I'm sure once your friends hear about this, they will want to help too." Tsunade said with a swift slap to the back of Naruto's head. "I don't want to see her go to the orphanage. Chiihakuu said they didn't have enough room or staff to take care of her properly. If I take her, how will I be able to pay for everything that she needs?" "Look Naruto, there is a special fund available for orphaned children. If you take her, you will get a monthly check along with your mission pay." Tsunade started to get a headache. "Okay, I think I'll try...What do you mean extra money for orphaned children. Why did I have to wear rags and fight with the other kids just to get something to eat." Tsunade shook her head and sighed. "I don't know, Naruto, but there is a fund available and it will make it easier to care for her." Naruto scrubbed his hands down his face. "Okay, Baa-chan, I'll do my best."
At that moment, Iruka and Shizune walked back into the Hokage's office. "Tsunade-sama, she appears to be a very healthy little girl." Shizune announced. "Do you know how old she is?" Naruto asked. "Well considering that she still has part of her umbilical cord attached tells me not more than two weeks. With her weight being only 7 pounds and 6 ounces, which is totally fine, but it makes me think she is a newborn. I would say about six days old." Tsunade grinned. "That would give her a birthday of May 13. Now all she needs is a name" "Has everything been decided?" Iruka asked. Naruto walked up to Iruka and kissed the baby's head. " Aniki, meet your niece." Iruka pulled the teen into a hug. "You are doing an amazing thing." "Okay, Gaki. Now , as a new parent, you get to name her. We will leave you with your daughter to think up a name for her." Tsunade motioned for Iruka and Shizune to follow her out of the office.
Looking down at his daughter, he spent the next half hour waffling back and forth between names. When he figured out the perfect name for her, Naruto walked out of the Hokage's office to where the three sat drinking their tea. "Alright, I've got the perfect name for her." he announced. They walked back into the Hokage's office. "Shizune, bring me the official adoption papers and some sake." Tsunade said, "So Naruto, what is her name?" Shizune sat ready to fill in the papers, "Yeah, what are you going to call her?" "I am naming her Kazue." the blond announced. " What a beautiful name, Naruto, she is definitely your first blessing*."Shizune said approvingly. "Well gaki, what is her last name, Namakazi or Uzumaki?" the blonde hokage asked. "Neither." the nin replied. "WHAT?" Tsunade yelled, startling the sleeping baby. Naruto shifted the baby so she lay upon his shoulder. "Her name is Uchiha, Kazue." "Why Naruto?" Iruka asked. "Something about her tells me that is what I should name her. I don't mind being the last Uzumaki-Namakazi, but having an heir and reviving his clan was very important to Sasuke and this is one small thing I can do to help him achieve that. I also want something written down that when she gets married, her husband must take her last name." Naruto answered Iruka with a smile. "Uh, Naruto, I don't think that you can request that." Tsunade said. "But Baa-chan, you are the hokage. You can do that. It would make me really happy." Naruto begged, "I really want to do this for Sasuke, he is my best friend." "Fine, Shizune, write up the proposal. I'll fight with the council members to make sure it gets signed." Shizune jumped at Tsunade's orders. "And get me Kurenai and Asuma." "Hai!" Shizune left the room "Anbu-san please get Yuuhi, Kurenai and Sarutobi, Asuma, the hokage wants to see them." "Hai" replied the anbu, teleporting quickly away.
After about five minutes, there was a knock at the office door. "Shizune, please let them in." Tsunade said tiredly. "Sorry it took us so long Tsunade-sama, I couldn't find anyone to watch little Eri*, so we brought him with us if that is okay?" Kurenai said apologetically. "That's fine, the reason I brought you here is to introduce you to the newest citizen of Konoha, Uchiha, Kazue." Naruto walked up to them from where he had been standing against the wall. "So this is the reason Kakashi made a late night visit to our house." Asuma said. "She is so beautiful!" Kurenai cooed. The red-eyed woman passed her son to his father in order to take the tiny bundle from Naruto's arms. Eri, seeing his mommy holding someone else, started crying and reaching over to Kurenai. Kurenai shifted Kazue so that she was cradled in one arm, then grabbed her son to see if she could quiet him. Kazue wiggled and squealed until she got her arm free from her blankets and reached for Eri. Eri put his hand close to Kazue, and she grasped his fingers. Eri immediately stopped his whining when Kazue opened her sea green eyes and smiled at him. "Oh, how cute!" Kurenai squealed. "Looks like little Eri has a girlfriend." Tsunade teased the men. Asuma frowned " So what else did you need us for Tsunade, I know that it is more than this." he asked. "Your right, there is more. I would like you to teach Naruto what he needs to know to raise Kazue. You also need to help him shop for all of the supplies he will need." Tsunade told both of the jounin. "That will be no problem." the chain smoking jounin replied. "Then that will be all for now. Naruto, I will need you to bring Kazue back in a month for a check up. Oh, and you will not be taking any missions for a month." the big busted blonde told Naruto. "What? Why Baa-chan?" the young blonde asked. "You need some time to bond with your daughter, it is very important to do so." She explained, "You are all dismissed."
Stepping out of Tsunade's office, Naruto turned to the two jounin, "Well, what do we do now." he asked. Kurenai turned to Asuma and said "Diapers, bottles, clothes, baby swing, formula, baby tub, washcloths, hooded towels, bassinet, baby blankets, baby soap, baby lotion, baby laundry detergent and a rattle.." Asuma nodded once and disappeared. Naruto gave Kurenai a confused look and took Kazue from her, the little girl nuzzled into his chest. "That will get you started, but there will be more that you need as she gets older." the brunette said, "Let me see your apartment so we can decide where you are going to keep everything." "I'll let you handle this, I will see you later." Iruka said as he turned to leave. The blonde grabbed Iruka around the waist in a tight hug "Thank you for everything." he muttered against Iruka's chest. "You are welcome" Iruka replied, then walked off towards the nearest training field. Turning back to Kurenai, Naruto said " I live in the bachelor apartments a few blocks away, Kurenai-sensei." Climbing the stairs of his apartment building, they met Asuma, who was loaded down with bags, and Shikamaru, who was holding a bassinet and a baby tub. Naruto looked at the pony-tailed chunin and smiled. "Hey Shika, I would like you to meet my daughter, Kazue." Shikamaru opened his eyes and frowned, " So this is the reason why I had to get up, troublesome." "Uh, Naruto, it seems that we have a problem." Asuma said, exhaling a trail of smoke as he spoke. "What's up?" the blonde asked. Asuma pointed to a piece of paper taped to Naruto's front door, "It looks like you are being evicted for being too loud." "What?" Naruto yelled, startling the baby, who was sleeping. Naruto handed Kazue to Kurenai and ran down to the landlady's apartment and beat on the door. The frazzled old lady opened the door, "Oh, it's you." "What do you mean, kicking me out?" Naruto asked. " I had ten complaints last night about someone screaming in your apartment. You broke the rules, you are out." the old lady told him. "But,but,but." Naruto stammered, "How long do I have before I have to be out?" "Three days." the woman replied, then turned and walked back into her rooms and slammed the door.
The blonde trudged back upstairs. Looking at the face of the blonde as he came up the stairs, Kurenai looked at Asuma, who nodded and left immediately. Naruto walked up to his door, ripped off the notice, unlocked his door and stormed into his apartment. Kurenai looked at Shikamaru, who just sighed and they gathered all the bags and walked in. "Stupid old lady, kicking me out in only three days." Naruto muttered. "I've sent Asuma to the Hokage to see what she can do." Kurenai told the blonde, handing him back his daughter. Naruto hugged the baby close to his body. Kurenai laid Eri down on the floor with some toys, "Shikamaru, come help me set these things up." "Troublesome woman" Shikamaru muttered. At that moment, Kazue let out a heart breaking wail, which in turn made Eri start to cry. "Well, I guess it's time for the kids to eat." the red eyed woman said. "At least I know how to do this." Naruto said, a small smile started to creep across his face. After the kids were done eating and were put down for a nap, Naruto went to see if he could help Shikamaru with the swing, which for being a genius, he was having a hard time with.
Asuma conveniently showed back up when everything was put together. "Well, it took some time convincing the council, but Tsunade-sama finally found somewhere for the two of you to live." the jounin told the blonde. "Really, where?" Naruto asked excitedly. "Tsunade figured since you are raising the Uchiha heir, you might as well live on the compound. Of course, you wont be staying in Sasuke's house, but at his aunt and uncle's small house nearby. Tsunade has sent Sakura along with teams 8 and 9 to the house to make it habitable since no one has lived there since, ya know, a long time, along with Iruka and Kakashi, who will be over seeing all of the renovations. They will have it ready in time for you to move in when you have to. All you have to worry about is the baby. Kurenai, the lazy bum, and myself will be here helping you pack. On Monday, Kiba, Shino, Neji, Lee, Shikamaru, and Choji will be here to help you move." Asuma and Shikamaru both reached for a cigarette at the same time. "I hope that you plan on going outside with those." Naruto said. "So troublesome." Shikamaru said as both he and Asuma walked outside. "We will be leaving now. We will be back around nine tomorrow morning. I know that it will be hard, but try to get some sleep. I'll have Hinata come over tomorrow so that you can get some more sleep while she watches the kids, and we can pack." Kurenai said, gripping Naruto in a tight hug. "Thanks, Goodnight." Naruto told the three. Naruto walked into the kitchen to make some miso for dinner. He ate quickly, walked into his bedroom, and picked up Kazue. Giving her a quick kiss on her forehead, he placed her in her bassinet and covered her. Yawning loudly, Naruto climbed into bed. Rolling to one side, he glanced at his alarm clock, "8:30, Kami it's early, but man am I tired." Closing his eyes, he quickly drifted off to sleep.
Monday morning found Naruto rolling out of bed because of a loud pounding on his front door. "What the hell is the emergency?" the blonde yelled at his unsuspecting friends. "Yo! We have to move you today, so let us in to do the work." Kiba replied to the blonde's outburst. "Sorry guys, I haven't had a lot of sleep lately and there is the reason why right now." Naruto explained, as a shrill cry pierced the air. "You mean someone really left a baby with you, the school idiot?" Neji asked, his voice filled with disbelief. "I don't have the time or patience to deal with you today, Neji, so if you can keep your big mouth shut and do your job, we'll get along just fine." Naruto said as he turned to leave the room. Lee followed Naruto down the hall, "Are you okay my youthful friend, there is no youthfulness in your face?" Lee asked the blonde. "I am fine, bushy-brows, but you can meet the reason for all of this." Naruto quickly quieted his daughter and changer her diaper. "Lee, you are one of my first friends to meet my daughter." Naruto turned to his friend with his eyes shining with pride to be able to show off his little girl. "Rock Lee meet Uchiha Kazue." Naruto walked up to Lee and placed Kazue into Lee's arms, making sure that he had a good hold on her.
Glancing at the little girl in his arms, Lee commented, "Naruto, she is a beauty." At the sound of his voice, Kazue opened her eyes and gave a huge grin. "She has such a youthful smile, I will call her the third most beautiful. Guy-sensei would be proud." Lee said while manly tears streamed down his cheeks. "May I be the one to introduce this little one in all her youthful beauty to the others?" Lee asked Naruto. "Sure, just be careful." the blonde replied. Lee walked slowly out to the living room, speaking nonsense to the girl. Naruto shook his head before walking quickly getting dressed. Walking into the kitchen, Naruto reached into the refrigerator and got one of the premade bottles that Hinata had made up for him, and placed it into a pan of water on the stove to heat. Hearing a commotion in the living room, Naruto ran into the other room. In the middle of the room, Kiba was arguing with Lee. "Let me hold her, Bushy-brows." Kiba yelled, trying to grab Kazue from Lee's arms. "No, Naruto said to be careful with her, and you would not be careful with her." Lee yelled back. "Can we get Naruto moved, I've got training to do." Neji asked the others, grabbing Kiba and shoving a box into his arms. Naruto took Kazue back from Lee, a small frown forming on his face, "Everything that is going is in this room, so there isn't much." he said, slightly embarrassed that in his sixteen years he did not have more belongings. Naruto's friends all grabbed several boxes each and took off for the new house. "The rate that they are going, it will only take them two trips." Naruto mumbled. Kazue made a small gurgle in agreement. "Come on, let's get you fed." He said to his daughter, "then we will leave for the new place."
"Iruka-sensei, do you think that having this party now is a good idea?" Sakura asked the chunin. Iruka put the finishing touches on the food table, "It's a party to show Naruto that we support his decision of raising a child." Sakura looked unsure, "But a baby shower?" "All new parents have a baby shower, didn't you go to Kurenai's shower before she had Eri?" Iruka asked the girl. "Well yeah, but women have baby showers, not men." Sakura answered her old teacher. Kakashi had walked into the room in time to hear her reply. "I never knew that you are against men being single parents, especially a shinobi, Sakura-chan." the masked jounin chided the girl. Sakura back pedaled quickly, "I didn't think he would want one, but I'm totally for it." Kakashi shook his head then turned to Iruka, "The boys are here with the first load of boxes, I told them to put them in the master bedroom so it stays out of the way of the party. Lee said that Naruto is feeding Kazue-chan now and will came with the next load. The job will be done after that." "Okay, let's bring out the food." Iruka turned toward the kitchen. "Hey, Iruka-sensei, we have some unexpected guests that just showed up." Ino said as Iruka stepped into the room. "Ino, I thought I told you only close friends." Iruka said. "I think that they qualify." she said pointing at the front door. Standing at the door was Sabaku no Gaara and his brother, Kankaro. "Kazakage-sama, Kankaro-kun, so nice to see you, but where is Temari-chan?" the chunin asked. "Temari disappeared as soon as she saw Shikamaru, but she is here somewhere. We are here because I have a meeting with Tsunade-sama and I wanted to see my friend, Naruto." the stoic redhead replied. "Disappeared with, more like glomped and dragged off somewhere private." Kankaro smirked. "Ignore my brother, Iruka-sensei." the redhead said, "but can you tell me why we are at a party for Naruto in the Uchiha compound?" "Well, Kazakage-sama," Iruka started. "Please call me Gaara, Iruka-sensei" Gaara interrupted. "Very well, Gaara, to make a long story short, Naruto was thrown out of his house and as all of these houses are empty, Tsunade persuaded the village council to let Naruto and his daughter to live here." Iruka explained. Shock crossed Gaara's face before he pulled his stoic mask back up. "What do you mean, his daughter?" the redhead asked. Iruka was about to reply when the boys came into the house with the last of Naruto's stuff. "Naruto will be here in about five minutes." Kiba told Iruka, "we would have been here sooner if a certain lazy bastard wouldn't have disappeared." Chuckling, Kankaro explained "I think Temari is responsible for his disappearance." "Okay, everybody, outside in the backyard." Iruka said as he ushered the boys out. Turing to Kakashi, Iruka smiled as the jounin grabbed him around his waist for a chaste kiss. "Let's go out and greet Naruto and my niece." Iruka said. "Our niece." Kakashi corrected.
Man this is the longest chapter yet, and I hope that my readers enjoyed it.
*Kazue means first blessing and Eri means my protector.
See you soon for the next chapter, and please don't forget to review.