Year One
Go Fish
"There's food for her in the fridge. Her favorite teddy is in her crib, she doesn't like loud noises, she doesn't like to be alone, she likes…"
Itachi closed his eyes. He knew all of this, he had known her since her birth too. He knew better than to leave hot drinks around her, he knew she would throw things around so don't leave anything valuable on the ground or in reaching height. He knew she was learning to walk but she was too afraid to let go.
Ino was going somewhere. She hadn't told him and he hadn't asked. Had she wanted to share Ino always shared: if it was something Inokoto did, that her feet smelled or anything in between. Ino loved to talk and had no filter.
Itachi had guessed that she was going to see one of her teammates, or both, but she always brought Inokoto with her then. She had the idea that Inokoto and Shikadai already were best friends. They hated each other, nobody had the heart to tell her, besides Shikamaru.
This was the first time Ino would leave her daughter and the first time Itachi would be alone with his daughter.
Sure Sakura was on maternity leave and would be close by, but she was also very pregnant now a days. Sasuke wasn't too much help to be honest. He didn't know how to tell Inokoto no and she had him wrapped around her tiny fingers.
"I know how she works, I won't let her play with knives."
"Not kunais, swords, sharp forks or explosives either."
Itachi had learned by now that it was best for the both of them to just let her worry. Itachi knew better than to let his baby play with explosives, but there was no explaining this to Ino. She would never listen and never understand.
How were even forks sharp?
"She'll be in good shape when you return, alive and in good health."
Ino kissed her goodbye for the third time and she was off.
Itachi walked over to her play room, opened the door so that the spring sun would shine on her. Hadn't Ino said something about sun screen?
"Inokoto!"
The girl turned around from her crawling on the floor, playtime with daddy was always great fun.
It had started out innocent, peek-a-boo, hide and seek, reading, using daddy as a jungle gym, practicing walking then things got out of hand.
"ITACHI! Why is our kid sitting in the koi pond?!"
This was the first and last time in a long time daddy was allowed to watch the kid alone.
"She tried catching the fish, then she fell in and I thought the damage was already done so she could just enjoy herself."
Ino ripped the kid out of the pond, Inokoto seemed to be happy her mother was back again and wanted to show her the new exciting playground she had found. She pointed to the pond and laughed.
"She fell in? Did she hurt herself? She could have drowned!"
Itachi had full control and had even found her some toys that were floating. She had loved it, but there was no changing her mother's mind on what was safe and not.
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I've been trying to figure it out on my own, but I just can't seem to find it. Do any of my dear readers know when they traditionally start the Academy? I find various graduation ages, and the normal one, but I can't seem to figure out when they start.
Guest: One a day it is then! Thank you for your response. Haha, it's just a Inokoto thing for now, I think. I just wanted her to maul her father and Ino had been eating super healthy when she was eating during her pregnancy.
A fan: How can she not be super gorgeous with the parents she has? She'll grow into her man-jaw in time and it'll just be a jaw, right? Haha! I tried to get the link to work but sadly I'm technologically retarded .
Okami: I'm afraid it'll give me and the readers cavities soon!