A/N: 'Kay so this took longer than I thought to get out. I am deeply sorry my dearest readers/reviewers!! I was having a very hectic week getting ready for finals and exams and damn projects. My teachers aren't very sympathetic to the needs of fanfic readers and/or writers. Though I think they should be. THANKS FOR BREAKING THE 100 REVIEW MARK!! -Throws confetti and streamers around- Free fic for all! lol!

Disclaimer: No...I do not own Naruto, but there is a new chapter out today and I plan to read it if that counts for anything at all!

The Story So Far: After picking up a scruffy looking child from the village Sasuke and Naruto learn about what it means to have a real family. Mio learns that Sasuke and Naruto are caring, if a bit too touchy feely with each other. Pakkun learns that he has inadvertently gained a little girl for a compainon.

Warnings: So...the usual, erm some Yaoi (it's not fully Yaoi just lots of making out and such). Swearing (...o.O Swearing in my story...NEVER). Mio being a smart ass (that will become common place though so get used to it!)

Chapter 21

Sasuke's lips trailed down Naruto's neck, liberally sucking patches of skin every now and again. Naruto felt his hands move to rest on Sasuke's tone stomach before his nails began to scratch at the hardened abs through Sasuke's thin shirt. He felt Sasuke's mouth growl against the soft angle where his neck ran into his shoulder.

"Oh God!" a voice lacking in shyness exclaimed from behind them. "Get a room!"

Sasuke's teeth and lips departed from Naruto's skin with a pop noise, seeing Mio shiver with disgust was enough to make up for her interruption for a moment, "We are in a room…"

The thin girl rolled her eyes in response, "You know what I mean Sasuke."

"Heeeey!" Naruto whined immaturely to humor Mio. "Why does he get a name?"

Mio let out a mocking laugh. Naruto deepened his frown. Part of him wasn't too sure that he was just joking now. All Mio had called him since they met her was, 'the blonde one' or some form of the nickname.

"That answer should be obvious," she began in a know-it-all tone. "He doesn't have blond hair."

Naruto's face gained a mischievous grin, "Why you!" he reached forward and grabbed Mio by her small torso.

She gave a shriek of joy and kicked the air as he threw her playfully behind Sasuke and himself. Naruto pretended to pounce on her while his hands tickled her sensitive sides. Mio's laughter and Naruto's pretend growls filled the room and tugged at Sasuke's heart. This was, by a landslide, the cutest thing he'd eve seen.

Naruto had become so-very parental like since Mio moved in. He played with her like this, lifted her up above his head and even pretended like she was exercise equipment and lifted her up to 'build up' his muscles. Every time he saw Naruto and Mio goofing around he wanted to pray to every God in existence that this happiness would last.

The fits of joy stopped and the room fell silent. Sasuke turned around to see Naruto whispering in Mio's ear. He felt a shiver run along the track of his spine. Naruto smiled that devious smile of his and Mio followed his example and smiled sinisterly at Sasuke. Sasuke could feel a plot stirring about their midst but was not ready when Naruto and Mio took a hold of Sasuke's shoulders and pulled him backwards on the bed.

The blond one pinned Sasuke to the bed with his strong arms and legs while Mio poked and tickled at Sasuke's sides.

Sasuke's head thrashed from side to side as his adoptive daughter and his boyfriend-thing tortured him, "S-stop!!"

Naruto looked a little surprised at how much Sasuke was laughing but he continued to smile and enjoy this unrestrained show of mirth. He felt Sasuke roll and wiggle underneath him and he couldn't help but let his mind wonder elsewhere. Sasuke let out a disgusted noise when Mio gave his cheek a long sloppy lick.

"What are you a dog?!" Sasuke asked in a fit of fake anger.

"Woof!" Mio validated his accusation with a cute expression that looked close to a puppy's.

Though on a typical day Mio was a tough-talking eight-year old, when she was involved in schemes with Sasuke or Naruto she tended to act more her age. She acted more like she was a child and less like she was a teenager or young adult, and this made both Sasuke and Naruto so very happy.

Naruto took this moment of Sasuke's stunned state to lick his face as well. Sasuke swatted at him and got kissed hard on the lips when he was distracted by more of Mio's barking.

"EWW!" she exclaimed as her hands flew to cover her eyes. "You didn't say that was part of the plan!! If I knew I was a pawn to get you into bed with Sasuke I wouldn't have agreed!"

Naruto's face turned twenty shades of red at the realization that Mio knew what sex was. Oh God, what have I done?! He wondered briefly before letting Sasuke get up from the bed.

"Mio…" Sasuke began as Naruto sat in shock. "Do you know what that means…?"

She rolled her rain-blue eyes to the ceiling as if Sasuke were the dumb one, "Of course…"

Sasuke waited a moment for her to elaborate. When it became apparent that she wasn't going to talk unless prodded Sasuke added, "Then…what is it?"

"Ugh!" Mio groaned out as she flopped her body backwards onto the bed. After a second of silent embarrassment Mio started talking, "It means that you and the blond one are going to lay down and kiss and lick each other!"

"You're absolutely right!" Naruto shouted a little more loudly than what the situation called for.

Sasuke stared at Naruto in confusion, but then understood what he was doing. He was right to 'lie' to Mio. She was faaaaarr too young to know about sexual relations between anybody!

"I know," the girl said with a confident, big headed air about her.

Naruto let out a chest full of stressed air and leaned his forehead on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke kissed Naruto's temples, no doubt there was still stress lingering inside.

The next week Pakkun came to visit them, much to Mio's unhidden delight. Mio and Sasuke had gone outside to see if any of the shops were opened yet when Pakkun appeared in their humble (understatement) abode.

"Hey," he greeted in his usual bored voice.

"Hi Pakkun!" Naruto replied as he flipped over on his bed to get a right-side up view of the dog. He'd been counting the holes in the ceiling since Mio and Sasuke left.

"I've got a lot of news for you and Sasuke," Pakkun informed him as he jumped up on the bed.

Naruto scratched behind his ears, as it was a ritual now. Pakkun wasn't going to complain, the small impromptu family seemed to like to shower love upon him. Who would complain about that?!

"So what's going on?" the blond asked as he stretched out his bored limbs.

"I'm going to wait for Sasuke to come to tell you guys," the naturally gruff voice told him as he also worked out his tired legs.

The door flew open as Sasuke and Mio carried in a few burlap bags full of basic groceries.

Sasuke walked in looking rather annoyed and Mio followed as she made faces behind his back.

"I can see you!" Sasuke yelled before he noticed Pakkun get comfy on their bed.

"No you can't!" Mio refused to believe that Sasuke had eyes in the back of the head. This was honestly the source of their annoyed argument.

She smiled evilly before she too noticed an extra member among their company, "PAKKUN!!" Mio cheered from behind Sasuke.

The excited child made a bee-line to the furry creature and hugged him gently but not without enthusiasm. Pakkun was startled by her outcry but relaxed into the love she was giving him. Naruto gave a wide smile at his daughter, happy that she looked more her age when excited by things like the fact that Pakkun was over. Mio rubber her cheek against his short prickly fur and the dog just sat there and patted her with his paw.

"Okay Mio," Naruto addressed her calmly. "You have to go into the other room. Pakkun has to talk to me and Sasuke."

Mio glared up at him, "There is no other room."

"Then go in the kitchen and cover your ears," Sasuke sarcastically replied as he sat by Naruto on the huge bed.

The girl huffed indignantly at one of her parents and skulked into the kitchen and sat cross-legged on the dilapidated flooring and stuck one finger in each ear. Naruto looked straight across and saw her sitting obediently albeit angrily. He turned back to his Sasuke and their visitor.

"So what's going on?" Sasuke asked a little eagerly.

"Sound has started a civil war," Pakkun decided to get the worst bit of news over first. "So the chances of you guys being attacked are cut at the very least, in half."

Sasuke and Naruto nodded. While they hadn't had any issues lately the two were extremely jumpy when a loud crash was heard. They had once been walking around the village with Mio and some one had dropped a basket containing some local cactus fruits and Sasuke had tossed Mio into Naruto's arms and they made a dash for home. To say the least Mio had been pissed when they got home. They were hiding something from her. They told her that it was a game to see how fast they could get home.

"Hokage-sama had all of our shinobi pulled out of Sound," the summon continued. "With that said, Sakura says she's going to come and visit you guys. Kakashi and Iruka will be here at a later time."

Naruto's eyes went wide, "Wait..." he took a breath. "Did you just say Sakura was going to visit us?"

"Yeah," Pakkun answered feeling a little annoyed that he had to repeat himself.

"OH MY GOD!!" Naruto yelled as he jumped up. Joy was pumping through his veins at this news. He was missing everyone back in Konoha so horribly. "Sakura's coming here Sasuke!!" Naruto shook Sasuke's shoulders and smiled so big Sasuke and Pakkun were positive that his face was going to rip from the wildness of his grin.

Naruto grabbed Sasuke's wrists and pulled him into a bone crunching hug to adequately express his happiness. Mio leaned a little to get a better look at her caretakers.

"Hey!" she shouted at them. The boys turned and stared at her, "Who's Sakura?"

"You were listening weren't you?" Naruto accused her with a slight scold in his voice.

"No!" Mio lied. What child didn't eavesdrop on their parents' private conversations?

"You kinda yelled Sakura," Mio pointed out coolly to save herself from being scolded. "I'm sure the next country over heard you!"

Naruto made an immature imitation of his little girl and then stuck his tongue out at her. He walked over to Mio and hoisted her up into his arms. From there he started to dance around with her to show the small girl just how much happiness was running through him. Not that she would really understand.

The next morning Pakkun slipped out of Mio's light grip while she was still asleep and said good bye to Sasuke and Naruto before disappearing from their house in once poof of smoke. Naruto pushed a piece of toast in his mouth and sat down at their shaky little eating table. Sasuke sat down across from him and bit off small sections of his toast as well.

"Do you think Mio will be upset that he didn't say good bye?" Naruto asked as he watched crumbs from his breakfast skid across the hard surface.

"Yeah," Sasuke sighed out with a tired expression. "But I don't think he did it to be mean, maybe he couldn't bear saying good bye to Mio."

Naruto chuckled to himself, "Who would've thought those two would get so attached?"

Sasuke smiled along with him and took another bite of toast as they slipped into a comfortable and sleepy silence.

A loud gasp was heard from the shared bed. Naruto rushed over to it, the only left in there was Mio. His protective senses kicked in as he saw her sit up and scan the bed worriedly. She began to throw pillows off of the bed frantically.

"Mio, what's wrong?" Naruto asked as he took his little girl's hands into his to calm her down.

He could tell that by the way her eyes were still glossy and the way she kept looking down at the bed that she was still in between sleep and consciousness. Her blue eyes met his and she looked as if she was going to cry.

"I rolled over!" she wailed as she tried to tear her hands from Naruto's grip.

Naruto contemplated this for a moment, "Huh?"

"Pakkun!" Mio cried out whilst still trying to wiggle her hands away.

"Oh," Naruto breathed out in realization. "Mio," she was unresponsive, her sleep spelled eyes still darted all around bed. "Mio, Pakkun left this morning."

Mio nodded her head, "Okay…"

At least the guilt of crushing a dog was taken off of her delicate chest. Naruto let her hands slide out of his and allowed her to resume her sleeping. For a moment he envied her. She could sleep in, well into the afternoon in fact, and still she could sleep soundly at night. Perhaps that was common during childhood? He brushed a few of strands of her wild dark hair from her sleeping face.

Naruto indulged for a second more and then stood to go and finish whatever it was he was going prior to Mio's sleepy freak out.

Sasuke pressed his lips firmly against Naruto's, savoring the way Naruto pressed back with a little sigh of pleasure. Slowly he moved his hand to rest on Naruto's well toned thigh and the other snaked around to knit itself into those sunshine locks. Naruto put his hand over the one on his leg and began to show Sasuke just what he should be doing with it instead of letting it peacefully rest there. Naruto groaned in appreciation for Sasuke's guided touch. Sasuke leaned forward to deepen their kiss and with the full intention of laying Naruto out flat on the bed below them.

Hey, blond one," Mio called to Naruto impatiently. By now she knew not to comment on their progress in that area. She usually got told something that made her gag anyways. You live, you learn after all.

Naruto turned away from Sasuke's hungry lips, "Mmmh?" His mind was too muddled to give a real response since Sasuke's hand was still working over his muscles.

"When's the freaky little dog coming back over?" she asked as she squatted down to look under their bed. Mio frowned when she realized it was too dark under the bed for her to see so she began to bat the darkness with her tiny hand.

"Why?" Sasuke asked with a bit of annoyance at being interrupted with Naruto but still continued to rub and grab at Naruto's very responsive inner thigh.

"Yeah, ya miss him?" Naruto threw at her with a waggle of his brow.

"HELL NO!" Mio retorted as she flew up from under the bed.

"Hey! Watch your language Mio!" Sasuke reprimanded as Naruto attempted to stifle a moan.

"Then you watch your hands!" she threw back at him with her hands on her hips.

While she knew nothing about a male's anatomy she knew a lot about a female's anatomy (you know, being one and all) and her senses were telling her that Sasuke's hands was getting dangerously close to an off limits area. Besides that, Naruto was making weird noises! That was never a good sign!

Naruto put his forehead against Sasuke's and closed his eyes. Why? Dear God, why? He took in a few deep breaths and pushed them out to wash over Sasuke's face. Hopefully that would calm him down enough. Hopefully it would help neutralize the lust that pounded in his ears, heart and loins. Unhurriedly he turned away from Sasuke and faced Mio.

"You're right Mio," Naruto assured her hoping that she would not pick up from their example and go around molesting the few kids that resided in this village.

Mio shrugged, "I know."

Naruto reached out and ruffled her already messy hair and she smiled crookedly up at him. There was a strong knock at the door to pull the small family out of their insanely awkward (or arrogant in Mio's case) moment. Sasuke pushed himself off of their bed and opened the door. His tall and slender frame blocked Naruto's and Mio's sight for the most part but that didn't stop them from leaning over as far as humanly possible to see who was there. Soon Sasuke was turned around and led their guest into the main and only room in the house (save for the bathroom of course).

"Hey, we've got company," he commented as if the two didn't notice.

"No shit," Naruto responded with a sarcastic expression.

"Language!" Mio chided as she tried to mimic the face that Sasuke gave her earlier.

Naruto laughed at her and watched as Sasuke stepped aside to reveal finally who the guest was. A stunningly beautiful face was staring back at Naruto before turning to address the wild child who stood in front of him.

For a second Naruto stared up in a stupor. Seriously, was he dreaming?

"Well," the person began with expecting arms. "Aren't you going to say hello to your teammate?"

This snapped Naruto out of his shocked state as he lunged his body toward her, "SAKURA!!"

He tackled her to the floor, much to the kunoichi's delight. He hugged her like she would disappear if he let go for even a second. Sakura giggled at his display of affection while Sasuke watched on in unashamed happiness. Mio's mouth was turned downward. She'd only ever heard about Sakura so she didn't know what to make of her.

Naruto finally allowed Sakura the pleasure of breathing as he climbed off of her and stood next to Sasuke. Instantly it seemed Sasuke latched his hand onto Naruto's slim waist. Sakura awkwardly made her way toward Mio, still on her knees so that she could see eye to eye with the little girl.

"Sakura, this is Mio," Naruto introduced.

"She's living with us," Sasuke finished as the two boys watched the two girls' interaction, highly interested in how two very prideful girls would react to one another.

"Hi," Sakura began with a friendly smile. "I'm Sakura. I used to be on the same team as Sasuke and Naruto." Her voice sounded a little high pitched as if she was startled.

"Tch, don't talk to me like I'm some child," Mio snidely replied.

Sakura reached out and patted Mio's head harshly, "My, my aren't we cute?"

She turned around and gave Sasuke and Naruto a confused look. Mio was 'some child'. She hadn't even hit double digits yet! But both boys recognized that Mio was feeling threatened by Sakura's relationship with her caretakers and let it slide.

"Don't worry," Naruto whispered. "We found her that way."

Sakura gave Naruto a friendly push for making such a strange joke. Naruto laughed and regained his stance with help from Sasuke.

End of Seconds of Force

A/N: Yup, this chapter feels kinda short but the next chapter should be longer, a lot must happen in order for this to move along. I have to say that Sakura's and Mio's interactions are going to be a lot like the way my two sisters interact. That would only make sense since my older sis reminds me of Sakura (so that's what we named her!) and Mio is based off of my younger sis. I hope that Mio didn't seem too OOC. I thought that a child who's had to fend for herself for most of her life would have walls built up when she is around people she doesn't trust/just met but when she's just around Sasuke and Naruto she'd be less guarded because she knows and loves 'em! But again I hope that it isn't too out of whack for our dear Mio. Like I've said before feedback on EVERYTHING is very nice b/c it helps way more than any of you think!

Preview of Next Chapter: Sakura stood up and surveyed the depleated house. It was cozy but she got the feeling that that was true simply because Sasuke and Naruto were living here with a small child. She turned around and was greeted with the sight of their bed. "Damn, that bed is HUGE!" she exclaimed before letting out a whistle...