Disclaimer: I don't own the Narutoverse. I do own Guardian, Tahylour, and Eleniel.


The Next Morning:

Naruto eats up his pancakes and ramen across the table from Anko who is munching on her own pancakes and eating dango skewers on the side. Tahylour and Eleniel sit on either side of Anko while Naruto slurps up his ramen. He sighs, "Heavenly."

Anko bites off another dango ball from the bamboo toothpick and throws it at Naruto, impaling the table next to his bowl. "Dango is the best food ever!"

"Ramen," growls Naruto stubbornly. Their argument gets louder between bites.

Guardian walks into the room to see Anko being held in place on her side of the table by Eleniel while Tahylour holds back Naruto. He sighs and rubs his temples. He thinks, 'What did I get myself into?' The angel and the elf manage to calm them down by holding them by the shoulders with one hand and waving dango and ramen under their noses. The aroma of their favorite foods calm them down enough for them to go back to eating, though they whisper loudly whose food is the best.

The blue-skinned man drapes his cloak over the back of his chair and clears his throat. Everyone looks at him, only Anko staring. She murmurs breathlessly, "As delectable as dango…"

Tahylour nudges Anko and whispers, "That's my brother you're talking about."

The twelve year old grins, "Than I can keep it in the family!"

Guardian interrupts them by bringing three children from behind him into view. He points to the sandy blonde haired girl and states, "This is Temari, the daughter of the late Fourth Kazekage." He gestures to the two boys. "This is Kankuro and Gaara, the sons of the late Fourth Kazekage. Gaara has cousin Shukaku in his gut." Kankuro waves warily and Gaara holds onto his teddy bear tightly. Temari smiles and bows politely to the group.

Tahylour pats the seat next to her and prepares a plate of pancakes for Temari. Gaara and Kankuro sit to the right of Naruto. The hyperactive blonde says, "You protect everyone too? That's so cool!" He hugs his new friend tightly, ignoring the sand that is trying to pry him off. "You're my new brother!"

Gaara glances at Guardian for help, who peels off Naruto with a fresh bowl of ramen. The two boys get their own helping of pancakes prepared by Tahylour. After a few bites, Kankuro exclaims, "These are good! Lady, you sure can cook!"

"I know," Tahylour smiles brightly. "Thanks for the compliment though. Enjoy your food!" She sits back in her seat near Kankuro who has hearts in his eyes.

He murmurs, "I'm in love."

Guardian nudges him and states, "That's my sister that you're talking about." Kankuro jumps a little at the nudge and quickly starts eating his pancakes.

The small red haired boy slowly eats his pancakes when he is interrupted by a huge hug from behind. Eleniel squeals, "He's so cute with his little teddy bear and he's a red head to boot! Tahylour, you get Naruto. I get this one!" Gaara turns red and freezes up at the unexpected attention. Guardian pulls Eleniel off of Gaara and lifts her off of the ground by the back of her shirt.

"I recall saying that you don't get Anybody because they are People and not Things!" Guardian states.

Eleniel grins at him innocently, "Oh, did you? I don't remember you saying that!"

"I said it just now too, so you had better remember!" Guardian grouches.

Eleniel smirks and slips out of his grip, "You know me!"

"That's the problem," Guardian sighs as he sits between Tahylour and Kankuro. A hesitant knock reverberates from the door.

Naruto announces loudly, "I'll get it!" He rushes from his seat, stumbling and rolling a few times, but he gets back up in stride with his falling and opens the door. Hinata pushes her fingers together and blushes furiously when she sees Naruto.

She stutters nervously, "M-My father s-s-said that I-I am s-supposed to come o-over here to t-train with T-Teacher E-Eleniel."

Naruto asks bluntly, "Have you had breakfast yet?" She shakes her head. "Good!" Naruto cheers. "You can have pancakes with us!" He grabs her hand and drags her to the table, sitting her down on his left side. Naruto seems completely oblivious to her near fainting condition and even allows her to try some of his favorite ramen. Guardian raises an eyebrow at that, since Naruto never shares his ramen with anyone.

"Are we expecting any other uninvited guests?" Tahylour inquires, eyeing the small remaining stack of pancakes on the stove. She sighs in relief when her brother shakes his head.

There is another knock at the door. Guardian growls as he rises from his chair, "Who is it this time?" He opens the door and glowers down at the Hokage who stares at him in amazement. "What do you want, old man?"

"I was wondering if I could speak to Naruto for a few minutes," Sarutobi inquires, staring at Guardian's wings and legs.

"Naruto, want to talk to the old man?" Guardian calls over his shoulder. When Naruto nods, he steps aside and gestures for him to come inside. The Hokage walks into the room and shifts his gaze from Naruto, to Anko, to the Sand siblings, to Hinata, and back to Guardian.

The Hokage takes a deep breath to stay calm and says slowly, "Why are the Kazekage's children, Hiashi's daughter, and Anko here with you, Guardian?"

"Oh yeah, them," Guardian smirks. "Let me see…the shy girl is being trained by the elf with her father's permission, the dango lover is being trained by my sister, and the Kazekage's children are here because I killed him and they need a safe place to stay until the next Kazekage is selected and we have come to an agreement."

Sarutobi's jaw drops, "You killed the Fourth Kazekage?! How? Why? When?"

"Yes, by tearing out his spine and snapping it over my knee, because he tried to kill my cousin who is inside of Gaara, and last night," Guardian says amiably. "Any questions? Stop looking so worried, old man. This won't start a war between Konoha and Suna. Even if it did, I would take on the Suna ninjas with sister and the elf, right?" Eleniel and Tahylour both nod emphatically while eating more pancakes. Guardian grins at the stunned Hokage, "See? No harm done. Do you want some pancakes? Sister made them."

Sarutobi keeps his breathing slow so that he does not go into shock and slowly shakes his head. "I think I will just go to the tower and get my paperwork done for today. This is going to be a load of paperwork like never before," he groans as he leaves the house.

Guardian closes the door and shrugs. "I guess what he had to say wasn't all that important after all." He sits down and piles pancakes onto his plate before starting to eat.

Tahylour inquires quietly to Gaara, "Does cousin Shukaku keep you up at night?"

"Sometimes," admits Gaara. He hugs his teddy bear closer. "But I don't want him to get lonely, otherwise he'll be like me. I stay up to talk to him sometimes if I can't sleep."

Tahylour leans over the table and kisses Gaara on the forehead gently. "That is very nice of you," she says with a smile. Gaara smiles a little and eats another bite of pancakes.

His eyes get wide and he whispers, "Pancakes…are very good." He eats more, trying to feed a piece to his teddy bear. He decides that the bear must not be hungry for it since it won't eat any, so he eats it for his teddy bear.

Anko eats more dango and grins, "And the family keeps growing!"

Guardian mutters under his breath between bites, "And all this because I didn't stop Kyu from attacking the village."

"What was that?" says Tahylour with a wider than usual smile, usually meaning that Guardian is about to be in a lot of trouble.

"Nothing," he replies with a smirk. He continues eating, his wings pinning a hand sized spider puppet against the wall that was creeping up his back. "Cut it out or I kill the spider," he says without looking up from his food. Kankuro shivers at the sight of his damaged spider puppet and starts eating with vigor. Naruto laughs and slaps Kankuro on the back, earning a glare from the older boy.


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