Baby Blues


"Come on, Naruto-chan, eat the strained peas," Naruto's guardian pleaded.

"No," pouted chibi-Naruto, from his highchair.

"Come on, they're good for you! Don't you want to grow up and be a big, strong shinobi?"

"No!" he shouted, turning his face to the side and away from the offending green vegetables.

"Just a little bit? See, they're yummy! Num, num, num!" the girl cajoled, smacking her lips.

"NO!" growled Naruto, batting the spoon away, his normally-blue eyes glowing red.

The girl screamed, and ran for the door. She wasn't getting paid nearly enough to put up with this.

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Sarutobi sighed, reading the ANBU report. He'd have to place another ad in the morning. He lost more babysitters that way…


A.N.

Most writers seem to think that young Naruto would put up with anything -insults, spoiled food, price gouging, vandalism, beatings, attempted murder- without complaint, let alone striking back (aside from the occasional harmless prank here and there). Ever heard of the 'Terrible Twos'? Kids -especially those with some kind of power to back it up- assert themselves. Naruto would be Hell on Wheels.