Kei-Kei Yuki: I love writing fluffy moments with the Uchiha family! They are just so cute~! I'll try to write a fluffy chapter featuring the entire Uchiha family.
Hinako: Enjoy the chapter everyone~!
Daisuke: And don't forget to drop a review!
Pairings: Naruko x Sasuke, Fem!Iruka x Kakashi, Sakura x Lee, Hinata x Kiba, and the rest are canon.
Beta: Ana-DaughterofHades
Hero
Naruko stood in the kitchen humming. Beside her stood her cute little helper, Hinako, wearing her cute pink apron. Covering the kitchen counter were flour, sugar, eggs, and a bunch more ingredients as mother and daughter were in the middle of making cookies. Hinako mimicked her mother, holding a small plastic green spoon, stirring the cookie batter while humming the song of her favorite morning cartoon when they heard a pair of feet barge in and yell,
"Kaachan!" Naruko felt something hug her leg. Smiling, the mother of four looked down and saw Sasuke's mini clone hugging her left leg. "Oh, I see, someone has finally woken up from their nap." After playing a fun game of hide-n-seek with Hinako earlier, Daisuke took a nap. Due to Hinako's request, the Uchiha girls started to make a variety of cookies to snack on later after lunch.
"What'cha doing?" Soft raven locks framed that cute chubby face as he peeked around her leg, big blue orbs curiously staring at the counter.
"Hina-chan and I are making cookies!" answered Naruko, adding chocolate chips to the batter.
"Does Dai-chan want to help?" Hinako asked her brother, who was one year younger than her.
"Mmh! Dai-chan wants to help!" Seeing Daisuke nod his head eagerly, Naruko just wanted to pinch those chubby cheeks. Placing the bowl on the table, Naruko left to get Daisuke a stool so he could see.
Soon all three were busy making cookies, when Hinako asked, "Kaachan, when is Papa coming back home? I miss him!" Naruko could hear the sadness in Hinako's voice and decided to choose her words carefully. She couldn't just explain the duties of a shinobi to a seven-year-old, knowing she would be unable to grasp the concepts.
Naruko remembered how Iruka told her that being a parent took a lot more than just sprouting words but also needed actions and genuine commitment. Something which both Naruko and Sasuke were trying to do, but with their busy schedules, especially since Kakashi was about to retire and Sasuke recently picked up information talking about the creation of yet another terrorist group, it was hard to spend time with the kids.
"Don't worry, Hina-chan! Dai-chan will protect you 'cause I'm the man of the house!" Daisuke proudly stuck out his chest and boasted. Eyes on her youngest, Naruko had to refrain herself from bursting out laughing. Remembering how Konojamaru told her after his last meeting with Daisuke that the young Uchiha called himself 'man of the house'.
'Can't wait to tell teme about this!' Naruko could imagine Sasuke's face of amusement. But recalling what Konohamaru said about Daisuke feeling no connection to Sasuke bothered Naruko. When Naruko gave birth to Ryustuki and the twins, Sasuke was still around enough to bond with them. Only Daisuke got the unlucky straw as it was soon after his birth when Sasuke got word of a terrorist group forming in the dark, performing illegal trading and experimentation.
It caused him to spend longer times away from home, and whenever he did come home, his visits were always short—leaving the two little time to communicate and form a bond with each other. Despite how other people, Sasuke included, assumed that Daisuke and his father acted nothing alike, but the truth was quite the opposite.
"I don't know when Papa is coming home, but... no matter how far away Papa is, he misses all of you like crazy and would rather be here than out there."
"If he wants to be here, then why is he away?!" Daisuke crossed his arms and pouted, earning an affectionate poke in the forehead from his mother.
"It's because Papa is a hero. A hero who fights to protect others and to keep this family safe!"
"Wow! Papa sounds so cool~!" gushed Hinako while Daisuke hmphed and turned his head to the side.
"Tch, kaa-chan is still much cooler!" Seeing that he was just as stubborn as his father, Naruko reached over and began tickling him, wiping that cute frown from his face as she kissed his cheek and said,
"Papa is way cooler! After all, he is the guy that managed to steal your kaa-chan's heart~!" Naruko's boisterous laughter filled the kitchen. Back then, Daisuke was still too young and did not know enough to understand the love between his parents. But in the future, after a sudden attack from three Ōtsutsuki members who invaded and destroyed the third exam of the chunin, Daisuke would later recall these precious words his mother said to him.
Konohamaru was on his way to the training field, minding his own business when a little speeding bullet came flying his way, yelling out, "Dynamic Entry!" Catching the short ankle-that was neither Lee nor Gai, but the boy he viewed as his little nephew, the newly appointed jonin sighed,
"Daisuke, what are you doing?" Konohamaru was not in the mood to deal with the little prankster who, without a doubt, inherited such traits from his mother.
"I'm training to be a ninja! Be awed by my might!" boasted the little chibi hanging upside down, earning a dull nod from Konohamaru.
"Uh, huh, what is the real reason as to why you're here?" Konohamaru hung around the youngest Uchiha enough to know when he was up to something or had caused some trouble. Caught guilty of treason, the young raven sheepishly scratched his whiskered cheek.
"I may have broken kaa-chan's new computer!" After hearing his mother's angry scream when she heard a crash come from her study room, Daisuke wasted no time in booking it out of there
"Tch, so running to escape trouble." Konohamaru shook his head at the boy, finally setting him upright on his feet.
"N-No, I'm not, I'm just waiting until kaa-chan calms down," stuttered Daisuke, lying through his teeth as he knew how his mother tended to get whenever she was upset. Deciding to take pity on the boy, who would have to face his mother's wrath when he returned home, Konohamaru decided to treat him to ice cream.
"Wait-Say what?" The two sat at the park, eating ice cream, when Daisuke was yet again complaining about his dad. The man, from what Konohamru recalled, was in the middle of some top-secret investigation that only a small number of people were informed about the details.
"Since kaa-chan, Hi-chan, and Sa-chan only have me to rely on, I must step up and be the man of the house!" Daisuke proudly replied, arms folded over his chest with his head held high. Such a look left Konohamaru speechless, thinking to himself,
'Your kaa-chan is the strongest woman in the world and is even stronger than your tou-san. So being the man of the house is pointless.' Konohamaru stared blankly at Daisuke. Seeing as he didn't want to break his nephew's feelings, he kept the truth to himself. Reaching out a hand to ruffle those soft ebony locks of hair, he grinned and said, "Just focus on being a kid, ya brat!"
End of Hero
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