Familiar Faces

Sasuke couldn't take his eyes off Naruto and Sakura. They were acting too weird! Normally Sakura would've punched Naruto into next week if he had done that, but instead she had giggled, and commented in a teasing voice.

It wasn't long after, that they had finished with their snack, and Sakura had begun to collect the things. Sasuke was soon lifted up, and strapped into the baby carriage, where she had draped the blanket over him again. Why can't I sit up? Sasuke asked in his mind. Being laid down in the carriage, his only view was Sakura, and the sky, and unlike Shikamaru, he didn't really enjoy cloud watching.

He tried to struggle to lift his hands up toward Sakura, and unbeknown to him, he was whining while wiggling around, in his restraints. Sakura hadn't been paying attention to him at the moment, but was quietly engaged in a conversation with Naruto, until she heard him whining.

"Sorry can we stop for a moment, there's something wrong with Sasuke?" Naruto just eyed the babycarriage a little, and shrugged, "Sure". Sakura stopped, and brought Sasuke up into her arms, as she laid him against her shoulder. "What's wrong?" Worry resounding in her voice.

"Uhm...I-I don't like laying down!" Sasuke said a bit unsure. Both Naruto and Sakura lifted a brow at this not sure what he meant. "Sasuke what exactly do you mean?" Ugh why don't those idiots get it? It's too embarrassing to explain that I don't want cause I feel lonely...

"I-uh-I don't wanna lay down!" Sasuke said trying to sound more determined. "Sasuke I'm sorry, but I can't let you sit, you could fall out, and I can't carry you, and neither can Naruto." Sakura said, looking sympathetically at him, as Naruto shrugged. It's not like he could.

"But...but I-I really *sob* don't wanna!" Sasuke said hitting his hands against Sakura's chest when he finished. Sasuke was growing more and more upset, and kept hitting Sakura, even though she drew him into a hug, and tried comforting him, even if she was unsure why.

Naruto looked on at the scene, as Sasuke kept sprouting insults, and saying he didn't wanna. "Oi brat, stop causing a scene and throwing a tantrum!" Naruto set, as he lightly bumped Sasuke over the head, actually it was more of a pat. Naruto stood right behind Sakura looking intently at Sasuke's sobbing face.

Sasuke open his eyes looking directly at Naruto's cerulean ones, blinking. Though it hadn't hurt him, the action itself was enough to set Sasuke off completely, and he began screaming louder.

Suddenly he felt himself being shifted and turned over to another pair of hands. Thinking he was in the hands of Naruto he opened his eyes, ready to throw more threats, but the sight he was met by wasn't a moody looking Naruto, but rather a cooing Ino.

He turned his head and saw Shikamaru and Choji standing on either side of him looking with a mild interest.

"Ohh he is sooooo cute! I can't believe this is Sasuke as a toddler!" Ino kept cooing at him, telling him how cute he was. He had totally forgot his reasons for being upset and ended up just looking curiously and shocked at the newcomers.

"Aww Sakura, I'm so jealous you get to take care of him! I could just eat him up." She was holding him under his armpits, and placing kisses on his cheeks. Because of the way she held him, he began to fidget a bit, and Sakura took him back, setting him on her hip to let him face outward.

"Yeah he really is cute! Though he doesn't beat Azuki* at that age" Shikamaru exclaimed crossing his arms while puffing at a cigarette. "*munch munch* He looks hungry, can he have a chip? *munch munch*"

Sasuke learned forward to accept the treat, though he was pulled back before receiving it, as Sakura shook her head, stating it would upset his stomach. Sasuke crossed his arms and puffed with unhappiness, earning a few chuckles from the crowd.

"Ha ha, thats the Sasuke we know" Naruto stammered laughing a bit harder than the others. "Well me, and Ino and Choji should get going, we're on our way to a small mission, you guys take care, and hurry and heal up Naruto!" And with that the trio left, leaving the other trio behind.

"Well it's getting late, we should head home for lunch. You're joining right Naruto?" Naruto nodded as they began strolling along the water back to the Uchiha compound, this time with a toddler willing to be in his carriage.

"Sooo any chance ramen'll be on the menu?"

*Azuki is a name I made up for Kurenai and Asumas kid, since I figured Shikamaru'd turn out to be a pampering dotting "uncle/sensei" to their child ;D

This ones a shorty I know -_-'