Three days have passed, not a word from Gaara. I didn't really know how to interpret it. Did something happen and he was in trouble? Or is eveything going smoothly? I pace back and forth through the living room, craddling Shiro in my arms. Ever since Tsunade told me that he was blind I've been paying closer attention to him. Kuro sneezed, bumping his little head against my back as he was in a sling that held him against my body. Sasuke stood talking to Kinabi on the porch. I could already tell that She was going to be daddy's little princess. I smiled at the thought of her and him playing together. Making the ever so manly Sasuke reduced to a hair braiding, nail painting, flower crown wearing, tea party prince, puddle. I let out a giggle as the images pass through my mind. Apparently he had heard me because he turned around and looked at me standing in the door way.
"What's so funny?" He asks looking over his shoulder.
"Nothing." I tell him shaking my head with a smile. He turns and gently kisses my forehead.
"This is the longest they've been quiet." He says, looking down at Shiro in my arms.
"I know. It's a miracle." I smile.
"You know, I was thinking, maybe we should have one more." He says looking up at the sky as birds flew over.
"Have one more what?" I ask, rocking Shiro back and forth. I smiled down at him, not as if he could see it, but he was smiling as well, like he could feel me looking down at him.
"Baby." He replies. My head snapped up looking at him in disbelief. I have only given birth a little over a month ago and now he is saying he wants another one already?
"Are you crazy? We already have six, and I literally just had three of them." I say to him like he had lost his mind.
"Techinically, I only have three, you have six." He argues.
"But you agreed to take responsibility. So you have six." I retort.
"The more children we have, the quicker our clan will be restored. I just want a future for my clan." He says, looking down at Kinabi. I glare at him. After all this time he is still going on about his clan. His clan this. His clan that. Blah blah clan. I can't believe him. "Plus, would it be so bad if Kinabi had a younger sister?"
"It's not garaunteed that it would be a girl and even if it was...What am I saying, I can't even talk about this right now. We have enough on our plate as it is. Just take things one day at a time." I tell him.
"Maybe you're right." He nods.
"Of course I am." I say.
"But, I've always wanted a big family." He says this still looking down at kinabi. "I've always hid it because I never felt like I could really tell anyone." His words catch me by surprise. He seemed kind of anti-social, even though he didn't mind being around people, he would never really talk to them. Now his is saying he wants to have a big family? Was six kids not enough?
"You want a big family, or to restore the clan?" I ask suspicious of his answer.
"My family is the clan. Thanks to you, I have a chance of having a clan again. You're the only one that can give me that." He says looking to the ground now. His words catch me off guard once again. Suddenly I feel ever more important. I'm the only one he wants help from to restore the clan. My blood may as well have been platnium to him.
I shake my head and sigh. "Fine, I'll entertain the thought of another child...In about for years, so remind me when I'm supposed to reconsider this crazy idea of yours. There is no garauntee! I said I'd entertain the thought...Meaning I'd think about it...I didn't say it was a for sure thing." I tell him as I turned to go back into the house. Sasuke stood smiling, as if he wouldn't drop the topic until he had gotten his own way.
"Ka~tsuki-Ch~an!" I hear Naruto call. I stop in the door way and turn around hearing his voice. Running along side him were the twins and Nanase. As the boys struggle to open the gate, Naruto hops over it and throws his arms in the air. "I win!" He calls running over to me.
"What are you doing here?" I ask looking at him in surprise.
"I just got back, The Chaos retreated." He says just before Hikaru tackles him.
"What, why?" Sasuke asks looking down at him.
"I don't know, they were losing? It was really weird. One minute they were fighting for their lives, and like two seconds later the were running. We stil have a squadron over there watching the shore to make sure they don't come back. Gaara is back in the sand village trying to plan out counter measures for if they return." He explains. In a way I'm relieved. I didn't want this to turn into another big war but, at the same time, their actions were a little suspicious. Something about them didn't add up.
"Have you told Tsunade this?" I ask.
"Yeah, that's where I ran into the boys when I went to see her, they were there visiting her on their way home from school." He smiles, still wresting with Hikaru.