Chapter Fifty; The Greatest Gift of All

"Sasuke!" Kira cried while Sasuke squatted down in front of her and she flung out her arms and started racing towards him before he wrapped his arms around her tightly and kissed the top of her head. "Shh,.. it's alright child." He whispered as she started sobbing hysterically inside his chest. "Everything's going to be alright now." He told her softly while he kissed her again before she quickly broke the embrace.

"No it won't! Mommy and Daddy are gone!" she cried while tears continued rolling down her cheeks.

"No they're not, not really." He began as he placed a tender hand to her cheek and rubbed them away. "They're always with you even if you can't see them. They'll always be in your heart. Listen Kira, Sakura and I love you. We love you just as much as we love Sasame and Hiro. It's already like you're our own little girl and we want to adopt you. So what do you say? Do you want to be a part of our family?" he asked her before she slowly glanced up at Sakura who smiled back down at her both warmly and lovingly. Then she slowly turned her head glancing over at Naruto who grinned back at her.

"I'd sure love to have another little niece around." He told her before she turned back to look at Sasuke and blinked away her tears.

"Yes, I would really like that a lot!" she exclaimed before she threw her arms around his neck and he lifted her into the air and planted a kiss on her cheek. Then Sasuke and Sakura turned over to look at Sasame.

"Well Sasame, say hello to your new baby sister." Sakura told her with a grin.

"Yes! Finally, a sister! You guys truly are the greatest parents in the whole entire world!" she exclaimed as Sasuke and Sakura just simply grinned at her. "Not that I don't love Hiro or anything." She quickly added.

"Of course you do." Her mother told her before Sasuke carried Kira over to Naruto adjusting his grip so that she was higher up onto his hip. Naruto took a deep breath and heaved a little sigh.

"Well Sasuke, congratulations you're a father again." He told him.

"I know." Sasuke began. "I've got a wonderful son and the two most beautiful daughters that a man could ever ask for." He told him as Naruto smiled sadly back at him.

"Could just please do me one favor?" he questioned.

"Yeah, sure, what is it?" Sasuke questioned him back.

"Take care of Hiro. You never know how much time you have left until it's too late." He told him before Sasuke nodded right back at him.

"Alright I will. But just so you know, I think that Hokori would have been proud of you today. I know that I was. That took a lot of guts. I probably wouldn't have had the courage to do that." He told him while Naruto continued smiling at him.

"Thanks Sasuke, I really appreciate it buddy. That means a lot to me." He told him as Sasuke smiled back at him.

"What do you say that we head back to the palace, grab Hiro, and then go back home to the leaf village where we belong?" he questioned him.

"I think that that sounds like a great idea. In fact, it's probably one of the best ones that you've ever had. Naruto told him before Sasuke turned around with a smile and carried Kira away as Naruto followed closely along behind him.

Three Months Later,…

Sasuke rang the doorbell while he, Sakura, Sasame, Hiro, and their newly adopted daughter Kira stood on top of the doorstep. Sasuke grinned as he held a brightly colored green package inside his hands that had a beautiful red bow tied on the top of it. "I sure hope that Naruto will like my present." He said.

"Oh I'm pretty sure that he will. I don't know how he couldn't." Sakura told him. A few seconds later Hinata answered the door.

"Oh hello Sasuke, merry Christmas." She told him before Sakura flung her arms around her and embraced her tightly.

"Merry Christmas Hinata." She told her.

"Where do you want me to put the rest of the presents?" Sasame asked her.

"Under the Christmas tree is good." She replied. "You can come inside now. Naruto just got out of the shower. He should be out of the bathroom shortly." She told them before she stepped aside and allowed them to come in through the front door. Then she quickly spun around. "Naruto! The Uchihas are here! Boruto, Himawari, come here!" she called.

"Coming!" Naruto responded before he opened the bathroom door and both of his children came out of their bedrooms. "Hey Sasuke," he began with a grin. "merry Christmas." He finished before Sasuke grinned back at him.

"Merry Christmas." He replied. "So how you've been? I haven't seen you in a while." He told him.

"I know, I'm sorry, but I've been sort of busy. You know I've been working on my fire eating and tossing those sticks around, and I've also started taking drum lessons since I'm thinking of starting a band. And then of course I'm really busy at my job. It isn't easy being the hokage you know." He said.

"I know. Listen, you should probably open up my gift first. After all, it's too big to fit under the Christmas tree and it's getting very tiring holding onto it like this." Sasuke told him.

"Alright, sure!" Naruto exclaimed with a bright and excited grin and reached towards the package when all of a sudden he heard a little yip coming from inside of it. "Uh,.. did that thing just bark at me?" he questioned him with uncertainty while he pointed at it with his finger.

"I don't know. You better open it and find out." Sasuke told him with a sly little grin before Naruto ripped off the wrapping paper to find a cardboard box underneath it covered with holes. He let out a rather loud and astonished gasp before he lifted the lid, and then hoisted an adorable fluffy little brown and white puppy out of it. The puppy wagged his long and beautiful fluffy little tail before giving him a lick on the cheek.

"No way! I don't believe it! It's a puppy!" he cried excitedly as Sakura smiled at him.

"I know. It was Sasuke's idea. After since Yoshi died we've known that you've been wanting another dog." She told him.

"Don't forget to read the card." Sasuke pointed out before Naruto slowly turned his head to look back down into the bottom of the box.

"Huh?" he questioned as he saw a red envelope lying there. He slowly sat the puppy down on the carpet beside him and then grabbed ahold of the envelope and tore it open. A beautiful red card with a sparkly decorated Christmas tree with a bright golden star on top of it slid into the palm of his hand. He opened the card before beginning to read it aloud. "For a long time ago a baby was born that brought love, joy, and peace to the world. That is something that you bring to us every day which was what the very first gift of Christmas was all about. Merry Christmas, love Sasuke, Sakura, Sasame, Kira, and Hiro." He read as a bright and delighted smile flashed across his face.

"Thanks guys." He told them before Sasuke sat the box that he had been holding down on top of the coffee table and pulled him into a tight brotherly hug.

"So, what are you going to name him?" Kira wondered before they both broke apart a few seconds later and turned to look down at her.

"Well,.." Naruto began with a grin before hoisting his new puppy back inside his arms. "I think that I'm going to call him Oji." He told her.

"Oji?" Kira questioned him back with uncertainty.

"Yeah, it's another word for prince." He told her.

"Oh,.. I see." She replied as Sasuke smiled down at her while she stretched out her hand and petted the top of his head. "Well welcome to the family Oji." She told him while he wagged his tiny little tail back and forth and started licking her cheek. Then Naruto started to sing.

"Joy to the world, the Lord has come. Let earth receive her king!" he exclaimed.

"Let every heart prepare Him room, let Heaven and nature sing,.." Sakura continued.

"Let Heaven and nature sing." Sasuke sung back to her while they exchanged smiles.

"Let Heaven, let Heaven and nature sing." They all finished together before Sasuke and Naruto both kissed their wives under the mistletoe and then turned their heads to look over at each other and grinned.

"Merry Christmas Sasuke." Naruto told him softly.

"Merry Christmas Naruto." Sasuke told him before the two brothers bumped their fists together. For the love and friendship that they had between them was truly the greatest gift of all.