The Sibling Chronicles: My Little Firely
Sakura was sooo happy!
She finally convinced Tsunade to give everyone a vacation.
The Rookie nine and Neji's team were going on an island vacation for a few weeks.
It took some convinving to get Sasuke and Neji to leave.
"Uchiha's son will claim my daughter!"
"What about my daughters,"Sasuke put an emphasis on 's'.
But eventually their wives talked them into it.
So here we are now, while they are packing, about to leave.
"But Mom!",Tomoko whined.
"No complaining, you'll be fine!"
"Mom she's right, we have no child care skills,"Suoh said.
"What are you talking about?",Sasuke questioned.
"Yeah Suoh. You babysat your sisters a bunch of times,"Sakura said.
"Yeah, but I'm 18 now. I've got better things to do," Suoh explained.
Sakura's head snapped.
"With who?",she asked darkly.
Suoh knew what she was getting at.
"I don't just do things with An, Mom."
"Yeah, right."
"Your mother and I trust you to take care of you siblings. If you couldn't do it we wouldn't let you,"Sasuke said.
"So you really trust us?",Tokoiyo said.
"That, and babysitting will keep you away from them."
"Them?",Tokoiyo questioned.
"Your father agreed to come, because babysitting would keep you busy,"Sakura said.
"That way, you can't do anything BUT babysit,"Sasuke elaborated.
Tomoko continued to complain.
Then Suoh had an idea.
When Sasuke and Sakura left he told his sisters.
"We can take turns babysitting, while the others go out,"he said.
"But how can one person babysit three 3-year olds?",Tomoko whined.
"That's the genius of my plan. We can invite someone to help us. I'm sure Yamato would help,"he said glancing at his quieter sister.
Tokoiyo blushed at this.
Tomoko saw this and sighed.
"Fine."
Secretly she wanted to see Reiyou.
Suoh's shift:
An had come over and was playing around with Hoshi.
Suoh was struggling a bit with Hotaru and Haru.
"You guys! Stop fighting!"
"He took my crayon!"
"No! It's mine!"
They started screaming.
Haru and Hotaru tumbled on the floor.
Suddenly they stopped.
They started crying.
Hotaru and Haru both had a scratch on one of their knees.
Suoh sighed.
He took them to the kitchen and set them on the corner.
He took out some band-aids.
"Now you see? You need to stop fighting,"Suoh said.
They knew what came next.
They were trained to do it since birth.
the 2/3 of the trio turned to each other.
"I'm sorry,"they said to each other.
Suoh smiled.
"Now go and play with your brother,"he said.
They giggled on their way out.
"Now don'thurt yourselves!",he yelled after them.
As he said that, he heard a crash and cries.
This time three voices.
"Great, Hoshi too."
He found them on the floor of the hallway.
Obviously they had crashed into each other.
An was there trying to calm them.
Hoshi and Haru were eventually quieted.
But for some reason Hotaru still wailed.
Suoh knew what she wanted.
"Don't worry An. I'll handle this one."
He picked up Hotaru and took her outside.
In the backyard he set her down by a bush.
He took out a jar.
"Remember this?",he said.
She immediately brightened and grabbed the jar.
"Be good and I'll keep my promise,"Suoh said.
Hotaru smiled and nodded her head.
FLASHBACK
The Uchihas were in their backyard at night.
It was summer so it was time for their family tradition.
The triplets were two and couldn't wait to do it for the first time.
Catch fireflies.
Hotaru loved it the most.
Because her name meant firefly.
Only one part was missing.
Suoh had to miss it because he was on a mission.
When Hotaru heard this she saddened.
She wanted her first time to be with everyone.
Still she caught as many as she could with her Mother's help.
When they were done the triplets got ready for bed.
Hotaru moped the whole time as her parents dressed her and her brothers.
Sakura noticed this.
Suoh got home the next day.
Sakura cornered him.
"You owe someone something,"she said.
"Mom, we went to this poor village you wouldn't have wanted anything there!",he quickly said.
"That's not what I mean!"
She brought in Hotaru.
"She wanted to catch fireflies with her older brother."
"Haru isn't that older. He just came out first."
"I meant you!",Sakura said frustrated.
"Oh."
He looked at Hotaru.
"I''ll fix this."
He grabbed Hotaru and took her outside.
He sat down and put her in his lap.
He thought for a moment.
Fireflies started to come out.
"Okay, how about this? Next year you and I can catch firelies together?"
"Will you really?",she asked.
"Yep, even if I have a mission."
"Really!"
"Mhm. Dad might be against it. But your my sister."
"Even if An comes?"
Suoh blushed.
"Gosh! Why is An always used against me?!"
Hotaru, thought young, knew her much older brother had a very busy life.
So for him to set out time to see her.
For those who can't do math, or weren't paying attention, Suoh is about 15 years older than the triplets.
That's considerably older.
Hotaru giggled.
Then held out her pinky.
"Pinky swear!"
Suoh locked his pinky with her smaller appendage.
"Pinky swear,"Suoh promised.
END
Hotaru brightened up and held out her pinky.
Suoh locked it with his.
He did this with her everytime she cried.
They went back inside and had lucnh with the others.
The group heard someone come in through the front door.
"Hey guys!",a loud voice yelled.
Tomoko.
"I brought Reiyou!",she yelled.
"Okay An, we can go out somewhere now,"Suoh said.
"Then let's go to town, I need to buy more weapons!"
Truly the daughter of the Weapons Mistress.
Tomoko looked at her younger brothers and sister.
"We're gonna have some fun today! Right!"
End Part 1