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Sasuke couldn't describe the joy he felt when he heard Hinata's soft words. She had accepted their offer. She had accepted the feelings between him and Gaara as well. He could see her acceptance in those pearly depths as she tried to blink away her tears.

"Hinata-chan, we're both very happy to hear your answer," Gaara said as he leaned his head against Hinata's shoulder.

And when Sasuke followed Gaara's example, the former heiress began to blush furiously. The closeness to the two handsome young men, the warmth, the words, it was all getting to her head faster than you could sneeze.

"Nothing could have made us happier, Hinata-chan," Sasuke agreed as he let a small smile graze his lips as he tilted his head up and placed a soft kiss on her reddening cheek.

"Agreed," Gaara mumbled and did the same.

'I'm going to faint,' Hinata thought as she felt her heart race towards a critical state.

But Hinata's exit via fainting was disrupted as Asahi voiced her opinion. The little girl was hungry and wanted to be fed.

Sasuke laughed softly and moved away and began to prepare the bottle with milk for the little girl. And his smile became a little bit wider as the screams echoed over the glade. The girl surely had a set of lungs that could rival Naruto's.

Gaara fell into the laughs of the Uchiha and he lifted the baby from Hinata's hold and did something that made the Hyuuga to just gap.

Gaara lifted Asahi a bit and then burrowed his head into the baby's stomach, making a purring sound. The baby went silent and looked down at the red haired figure. Gaara repeated it and again until the little girl was blowing bubbles as she made her happy sounds.

Sasuke just chuckled a bit as he heard the happy sounds from Asahi and not to mention the shocked look on Hinata's face.

"Never judge a book by its cover," Sasuke said as he gave Gaara the bottle of warmed up milk. Two seconds later Gaara had placed the baby so he could feed her with ease.

Hinata just nodded as she watched the red haired sand demon... she shook her head. He was not a demon. This was Gaara, one of her two saviours, that wanted to be with her...

Her stomach knotted up again. Her eyes were once again filled with tears as the knowledge began to root inside her heart. She felt a hand on her cheek and she moved her head to look at the raven haired young man next to her.

"Hinata-chan, promise me that you will always speak your mind with us," Sasuke said as he had watched the emotionally display on Hinata's face. His hand gently caressed her cheek, waiting for her to give them their answer.

Hinata gulped down her heart that was beating in her throat and then she nodded.

"I... I will," she answered.

"Good, now... let us enjoy this picnic," said Sasuke as he handed over a rice-ball to the blushing Hyuuga-woman.

Gaara smiled in secret as he watched Hinata and Sasuke talk. Hinata really needed some more confidence. She needed somewhat more spine and yet, her shyness was just that very thing that made up her personality.

And once Gaara had fed the little critter with milk, Sasuke took her and patted her back until there was the normal little burp. After that Asahi was given back to Hinata.

"See... we know a little about babies," Gaara said with a smile that was more like a smirk.

Hinata couldn't help it. She began to laugh whole heartedly. Her soon to be lovers certainly had a way with words that she never had expected.

"It's nice to hear you laugh, Hinata-chan," said Sasuke as he made sure that Asahi had burped as she should before handing over the girl to Hinata.

"You had us quite worried when you closed up your self after your sister's demise," Gaara continued.

New tears began to appear in Hinata's eyes but they were soon blinked away.

"I... I'm very sorry," Hinata whispered in defeat. "I... I really d-didn't mean too..."

"We understand more than you know, Hinata-chan," Sasuke said as he lifted a cup of ice-tea to his lips and sipped some. He could see that Gaara did the same just a few seconds later.

Hinata just blinked with a rather foolish smile.

"So... let us be a family from now on...?" She said with a soft voice.

"I agree with that," said Sasuke.

"I agree with that too," said Gaara.

They all sat there with a rather foolish smile on their lips looking back and forth at each other. Until Hinata couldn't hold it back and she began to laugh again.

Hinata felt at ease in a way she had not felt since her mother was alive. And it was all because of Gaara and Sasuke. They had given this to her. She just wanted to kiss them but as it was at the moment she couldn't because they were fooling around with Asahi.

The two most fearsome ninjas in the wind and fire-country were playing around with a baby. If anyone saw them their reputation would be at stake, but neither Sasuke nor Gaara could care at the moment.

This was heaven if you asked them and with them they had a white-eyed angel. Nothing could be better right now.

"YO!"

If there ever were a time when Sasuke wished that his former mentor and teacher could just drop dead – this would be it. Not that Sasuke ever would show any emotions towards anybody except Hinata and Gaara so...

"Kakashi-san, what brings you here?" asked Sasuke as he tried not to strangle the man that had taught him the secrets behind the Chidori amongst many other things. The masked pervert really had no timing if you asked the last of the Uchiha's.

A soft chuckle came from the masked jounin as he jumped down from the tree he had first lounged in.

"Hokage-sama wants you and her to go on a mission. Ever since your return you've been the talk of the town, Sasuke-kun," said Kakashi as he closed his book and put it into his weapon-pocket.

"Can't the old lady use someone else?" Sasuke asked as his lip curled upwards.

"Afraid not, I've been ordered to retrieve you," said Kakashi as he used his one eye to roam over the trio. "And I'm very sorry indeed. So, Hyuuga-san, have the boys proposed to you yet?"

Hinata answered with a violent blush which was answer enough for the masked copy-ninja. He chuckled and fished up his book again.

"When ever you're ready Sasuke-kun," he said as he flipped open the newest edition of Icha Icha Paradise.

There had been quite the few times when Gaara felt that he wanted to kill people, but never as much as now when the Copy Cat Ninja opened his damned pork-trap. The masked bastard interrupted their little quality-time and that did not go well with the red haired sand-nin.

"Do you know what the mission is about?" asked Sasuke as he rose to his feet and stretched his legs a bit.

"No clue what so ever, but then again – I never can tell with that woman," said Kakashi with a glint in his eye.

"Very well then," said Sasuke as he lowered his head and kissed Asahi's cheek, and then he moved over to kiss Hinata on her lips and then he moved to kiss Gaara just as quickly. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

Kakashi's visible eye widened when he saw Sasuke kiss the former Kazekage on the lips. 'I think I have missed something here,' he thought as he tried to keep his surprise under check. And the thought became more valid as he saw the trio grab each other hands before parting.

"Let's go," Sasuke said as he reluctantly turned his back against Hinata, Gaara and the baby.

Kakashi nodded and two seconds later they were gone.

Hinata couldn't help but worry about what kind of mission awaited Sasuke. She felt Gaara's hand on hers and she looked at the red haired sand ninja.

"I'm sure it's an easy mission," Gaara said, trying to comfort the white eyed young woman. He could see that she was upset that Sasuke had been taken away from her, from them. And to tell the truth, so was Gaara, but he didn't show it because he didn't want to worry Hinata more than necessary.

Even Asahi could feel the tension that suddenly was building up in her mother and she began to cry. Gaara handed over the baby to Hinata and it took her a few minutes before she managed to calm the little girl.

"If you want, we can go to the Hokage to find out what she wanted with Sasuke?" Gaara suggested as he brushed a few wild strands of hair from Asahi's face.

Hinata nodded almost violently.

"Let's pack up and then head for the Hokage's tower," Gaara continued.

Tsunade watched the young Uchiha heir as he stood proud on the other side of her desk. He looked as if he really wanted to be somewhere else at the moment.

"Uchiha-san, you know that you left Konoha and became a missing nin?" Tsunade started.

"Yes," answered Sasuke.

"You betrayed Konoha with that act."

"I know."

"What are you plans now that you're brother is out of the picture?" asked Tsunade.

"To wed Hyuuga, Hinata together with Sabaku no Gaara and make Hyuuga, Asahi as our daughter," answered Sasuke.

Tsunade blinked and then she looked at the jounin, Kakashi, for confirmation and the masked man just nodded in reply.

But Tsunade really couldn't grasp the fact the Uchiha-youth said to her.

"Come again," she said.

"I want to wed Hyuuga, Hinata together with Sabaku no Gaara, " Sasuke said agin.

Tsunade blinked.

"Come again."

"You heard me, Hokage-sama," growled Sasuke.

Tsunade just blinked again.

"You mean that you want to wed both Hinata-chan and the former Kazekage?" Tsunade asked.

"Yes." Sasuke answered.

"But the former Kazekage is a man," Tsunade pointed out.

"I know," answered Sasuke. "And Hinata-chan is aware of my feelings for Gaara and she knows about his feelings for me and yet she has accepted us."

"W-what?" Tsunade stuttered.

"Hinata-chan knows and she accept it, she has accepted it all so what's the problem, HOKAGE-SAMA?" Sasuke asked.

"Well... Uhm... " Tsunade started.

"If there's nothing else, my I take my leave?" asked Sasuke.

Tsunade cleared her throat before calling out once again.

"Do you think she wants to carry on the sharingan-bloodline?"

"I don't know. All I know is that I want to be with Hinata-chan and Gaara. If she wants to be the mother of my children so be it – but I will not ever force her to carry them. But she is the one that I want to be with," Sasuke said as he grabbed hold of the door.

"Until next time Hokage-sama," Sasuke said as he left the Hokage's office.

Tsunade just blinked as the raven haired youth walked out of her office.

"KAKASHI!!!" she called out after a few seconds.

"Yes mam?" he answered.

Tsunade swallowed the bile in her throat.

"Did you know about this?" she asked.

"Not until today," Kakashi answered truthfully.

"Is it a trick?"

"No, I don't think so. Sasuke-kun has feelings for both the Hyugga-girl and Gaara," Kakashi said.

"You're sure about this?" Tsunade asked.

"Yes," Kakashi answered without hesitation.

"Do you think there will be children out of this?"

"Yes," was Kakashi's answer.

"Good, I don't need you any more so go back and do... what ever you do when you're free and off duty," Tsunade growled.

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