Here's another! There are a lot of flashbacks in this one, the " ~ " will signal when a flashback begins and ends; they will also be in italics. I hope you enjoy!
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Each of Sakura's children had an aunt or uncle that they liked a little more than the others, it was sad but true. Sakura and Naruto knew it but they would not dare say it out loud in the presence of their friends. For Keito it was Sasuke, the young couple knew this the first time Uncle Sasuke was introduced to the children back when they were all three years old.
~ Sakura opened her front door to the face the Uchiha standing before her. He wore the same 'I'm-to-good-for-this' expression he had when they were kids but Sakura knew deep inside he was excited to meet his niece and nephews.
"Where's the dobe?" Sasuke asked coolly with his hands in his pocket.
Sakura gave Sasuke a smile and motioned for him to come inside. "He's with the kids in the livingroom."
The Uchiha gave the pinkette a nod and proceeded to enter her home. Sakura shut the door once Sasuke passed the threshold, and led him to where Naruto and the children were. They made their way into a large livingroom, Naruto was sitting on the floor as the children ran around him laughing hysterically. There was toys scattered everywhere, and that only angered the pinkette because she specifically told her other half to tell the children to clean up before Sasuke came.
Sakura cleared her throat, successfully getting everyone's attention, and pointed to the mess in the room. "Clean this up now." She said sharply, and the three small children went to work with sad faces.
Naruto got up off the ground and beamed a smiled, seeing that Sasuke was in his home. "Teme! I'm glad you could make it!" Naruto said as he hugged Sasuke in a brotherly way.
The Uchiha accepted the hug and gave a slight smile to the blond. "Well, I wanted to meet the kids, especially since I'm the godfather for one of the little brats." Sasuke replied.
Sakura laughed softly at Sasuke, slightly amused by his comment. "Well, let's go sit in the kitchen while they finish cleaning up." The two men followed the woman to the kitchen which was in the very next room, having a decent view to watch the children from.
They sat down at the small table while Sakura poured them the tea she made in preparation for Sasuke's short visit. Sasuke took a sip of the tea before unloading the questions he had for the new parents.
"How old are they?"
"Three." Sakura said as she took a seat next to Naruto.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her response. "All three of them?"
Sakura nodded at Sasuke before answering the question in fuller detail. "They are all born within the same year; Ayaka doesn't have the same birth parents as the boys, and the boys are eleven months apart so she fits right between them. They are only the same age for a month or less before the eldest, Keito, turns four."
"And which one is mine?" Sasuke asked, taking another sip of his tea.
Sakura and Naruto looked at each other before turning to Sasuke and answering his question. "That's why we asked you to visit," Naruto explained, "we are going to let them chose."
"...And what to do you mean by that."
Naruto couldn't help but laugh at the Uchiha's confused expression. "Well Teme, you're going to meet the three of them and which ever likes you best is your god child." He explained.
Sasuke was quiet for several seconds before looking up at the couple. "This is probably one of your most idiotic ideas you've ever had, and it's probably going to fail terribly but whatever... I'll do it."
Sakura smiled at the Uchiha, "Don't worry we know what we're do-"
"Momma?" Ayaka called timidly from the doorway.
"All finished?" Sakura asked, receiving a nod from her daughter. "Alright, bring your brothers in here please."
The small girl left the room for several seconds and returned with her brothers following behind her.
"Come you three," Naruto said softly, "Come say hello to Uncle Sasuke."
Two out of the three children ran to their parent's side; Akaru was shying behind his mother and Ayaka was doing the same behind her father. Keito, the eldest of the three, stood in front of his uncle without any fear.
"Pick me up please." Keito said loudly, his arms outstretched to Sasuke.
Sasuke looked at the child weirdly but picked him up nonetheless. He sat the child on his lap and studied him over, noticing the slick orange hair and the bright blue eyes.
"My name is Keito Uzumaki! I'm three years old," the child said excitedly as held up three fingers, "and I like ramen!"
"Hn. Just like your father, huh?" Sasuke said as he glanced at Naruto who simply shrugged his shoulders.
"Yup!" Keito exclaimed. "I'm going to be like daddy and be a big, bad ninja and I'll be better than Aya and Karu!"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the child but he couldn't fight the smile the was tugging at the corners of his lips. "Oh really? How do you plan to do that?"
"I'm gunna punch and kick and spin..." The small child ranted on to his uncle about how tough he was going to become, and Sasuke just listened intently to the child with a small smile on his face.
Naruto and Sakura watched the two interact with one another as if they had met each other before. Sakura was not surprised to see Keito bond with the older man so easily, she was more surprised to see that Sasuke was actually enjoying her child's company. The pinkette was unsure of her ex-teammate being fit to fulfill the requirements of being a god-father, but as she watched Sasuke with her child she felt that maybe he was capable of taking care of a kid. Maybe Sasuke was capable of showing love and attention to a child despite the cool exterior he had.
"I think we know which one it is..." Naruto whispered to Sakura as he looked at the chatting duo across the table. "Look at teme smiling, Keito has an effect on him."~
From that point on Naruto and Sakura knew that Keito was smitten by Sasuke and vice versa. Sasuke was a major part in his god child's life, and he made it his job to be there for the child whenever necessary which Sakura was pleased to see. For Ayaka, her the choice of who her favorite was came as a surprise to both of her parents. The bond that happened between Aya and the lazy ninja surprised everyone since he was dealing with his own child now.
~"Daddy?" Ayaka yelled as she entered the Hokage's office without even bothering to knock on the door.
Naruto looked up from his paperwork, surprised to find his six-year-old daughter standing in his office without her mother. "What are you doing here, sweety? Where's your mother?"
The young girl stood with her hands on her hips and tapped her foot impatiently. "Where is Uncle Shika, daddy?" Ayaka asked, completely ignoring her father's question.
"Shikamaru?" Naruto said, obviously confused on why his daughter was looking for his temporary assistant.
"Yes!" Ayaka said with a huff. "We read everyday," she said as she held up a book, "and he takes me out for ramen on Wednesdays. Today is Wednesday and he's not here!"
Naruto watched his daughter as she got angrier and angrier by the seconds that passed. She had a temper similar to her mother's, and she was surely about to cry if her father did not provide her with an explanation soon.
"Honey, calm down," Naruto said as he walked to comfort his daughter, "Shikamaru has the day off. He's probably at home with his family, Ayaka."
"Let's go see him then."
The young Hokage tried to talk some sense into his daughter but she was stubborn- a little too stubborn- and he soon found himself knocking on the door of the Nara's home because of the young girl. Ino opened the door, a little surprised to find the duo at her door without the rest of the family.
"Naruto, you know do know that today is Shika's day off, right?" Ino said jokingly to the blond.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly and grinned at her, "I know but I was dragged here by a certain someone. Is Shikamaru here?"
Ino nodded with a laugh as she allowed the two enter her home. "He just put the baby down for a nap." She said as she shut the door quietly.
The father and daughter duo took a seat in the living room with Ino, patiently waiting for Shikamaru. "How is Natsumi?" Naruto asked.
"She's good," Ino answered politely, "she's a handful to be honest. I don't know how you and forehead do it; four kids is going to be a lot."
"I know but we raised three so far, we are parenting professionals by now!" Naruto said proudly as Ino laughed at his antics.
Ayaka sat in her seat, and quietly waited for her uncle to make his entrance. She tried to be as patient as possible but her patience began to ware out after several long, painful minutes.
"Ino?" Shikamaru called as he neared the livingroom, "Who was at the door?"
"Come and look for yourself!" Ino responded back to her lazy half.
Shikamaru entered the livingroom and eyed Naruto suspiciously, "You know it's my day off, right?" He asked the blond, knowing how forgetful he could be at times.
"I know," Naruto said with sigh, "but someone wasn't so happy about it..." Naruto glanced at the sulking child next to him, who wanted nothing more than to just read with her uncle.
"Ayaka?" Shikamaru said softly as he kneeled in front of the girl, "What seems to be the problem?"
"Today is Wednesday!" The little girl huffed, "You promised that we would read and then go out for ramen but you weren't there!"
Shikamaru had to keep himself from laughing in front of Ayaka at how forgetful he was becoming himself. "You are right and a promise is a promise, right? It seems that we have a date planned out for us today."
Ayaka's face beamed with delight and she nodded excitedly at the usual lazy man. Shikamaru ruffled the girl's orange locks affectionately and stood up to face the other adults in the room who were watching the interaction in awe.
"Do you mind if I take her out today and bring her home later?" Shikamaru asked Naruto.
Naruto shook out of his state of awe to answer the question. "It's fine, are you sure she won't be a hassle?"
"It's not so troublesome, trust me."~
You can say that hearing those words out of Shikamaru's mouth was a surprise to everyone, even to Ino who spent the majority of the days with him. The intelligent, young girl interested him, she wasn't like other kids he knew. That was another reason why Ayaka was top in her class, she had two of Konoha's geniuses as her personally tutors.
The youngest of the bunch was extremely blunt when dealing with who his favorite aunt was. He really did not see why it was a big problem to let everyone know, so he did it any chance he could get.
~ "Mommy?" Akaru called as he sat coloring on the kitchen table.
"Yes, Akaru?" Sakura answered to her four year old son while she continued to prepare the dinner they were going to have.
"Aunt Hinata is my favorite."
Sakura was surprised to hear her son say that but did not show it as she kept her back turned to him. "And why is that?"
"She's pretty, not as pretty as you mommmy, but she is. She's nice, and she eats with fancy forks and knives. She teaches me who to eat prop... proper..."
"Properly?" Sakura asked with a laugh, finishing her son's sentence.
"Yeah, that!"
"And that's why you like her?"
"Yup!"
"What about Aunt Ino, or Aunt Tenten?"
"They're nice but Aunt Hinata is my favorite, I tell her that all the time." ~
Finished! This is the longest drabble I've ever written! It took me a total of two hours truthfully, I kept changing the children's favorite's around but I finally came to a decision! I said in the previous drabble how Keito picked up traits from Sasuke so that one is easy! Ayaka and Shikamaru seemed like they would get along so yeah! She was orginally going to have Shino as her favorite but I switched it last minute. For Akaru, since he's a lot like his father, I felt that him and Hinata would get along swell so there's that! I hoped you enjoyed it! Leave a review!
