"Wait." Naruto held up his hands. "Why is she returning early? Did the Mizukage send her back? What happened?"
Shikamaru smiled at him. "Well your plan worked. The Mizukage was so happy that you'd send the best medical ninja we have to help tend to their wounded that they're sending a representative for your inauguration. All five nations will be here."
Naruto was beaming. He jumped up and hugged Shikamaru. "I knew it! I can't believe this is happening!" He was tightening his grip on Shikamaru. "Thank you for helping me convince Granny! I couldn't have done it without you!"
"You're welcome! Now about the kid—"
"We need to make accommodations…" Naruto was mumbling to himself. "I need to revise my speech… Did I order enough guards for all five nations? Who will be their escorts…"?
"Naruto! The kid!" Shikamaru said, snapping him back to reality.
"Who?" Naruto was already stressed out enough.
Shikamaru sighed. "Your son."
Naruto's face distorted in annoyance as if to say: Right. The kid.
Sasuke was proud of both Naruto and Sakura for accomplishing this. Without realizing it he had a smile on his face, but he quickly replaced it for a look of indifference before the other two saw him. "So, if she's coming back early with a representative, we need to get this kid thing under control before she gets here."
Naruto let go of Shikamaru. "If Sakura hears about the kid…"
"She'll kill you." Sasuke smiled smugly.
"No. She's my best friend, she'd never kill me." Naruto didn't sound convinced.
"She's thirty. Unmarried. Never even had a boyfriend. And she did so because she believes you're the kind of man that will unite all five nations. The kind of man that has dedicated and sacrificed his entire life to unite all five nations." Sasuke said simply. "She'll kill you if she finds out you're actually the kind of man that would abandon a son."
Naruto shuddered. He knew he was right. "We need to find that kid. Fast."
Shikamaru sighed. "Listen. I need to head back to work. Tsunade asked me as a personal favor to make sure you guys hadn't killed each other yet. Find the kid. Report to Tsunade by 11:00 AM." He waved goodbye and left the two men dumbfounded.
"Right!" Naruto said making five shadow clones.
"Tsk." Sasuke rolled his eyes and activated his sharigan.
"What are you two doing?" Shikamaru said with annoyance.
"Looking for the kid" All six Narutos said at the same time.
"You can't have your shadow clones running around the village today. We have guests from all five nations here and if they see the Leaf's Hero in a panic that'll cause a huge commotion."
"Idiot." Sasuke said, with his sharigan still activated.
"You can't use your sharigan either Sasuke." Shikamaru sighed.
"What?" Sasuke sounded embarrassed.
Naruto started laughing. "Yeah idiot! You'll alarm our guest and you'll scare the villagers too!"
"Exactly. You two are at the spotlight today. Everywhere you go there'll be eyes on you. If you make it obvious that you're looking for the kid or that you're panicked, all of our hard work will be for nothing. The other nations could leave, or there could be unrest with the people." Shikamaru sighed in frustration. This is why Tsunade sent me to them. He thought sadly.
"So then… what do we do?" Naruto was having a tough enough time as it was. He had to follow up on the movers, prepare his speech, he had a couple of meetings in the afternoon. "There's no way on earth I could take care of a child and do all that I have to do as Hokage." He was panicking. "How did the other Hokages have kids?!" He was screaming now.
He was pacing around, running his hand through his hair, his eyes were wide open. Sasuke let out a small sigh.
"It was a different time and they were worried about one village. You got all of them to worry about." Sasuke said reassuringly. "Besides, he's just a kid." Sasuke placed his hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Together we'll find him easily, even without jutsu, and then we'll figure out what to do with him."
Naruto smiled at his friend. "Thanks."
Shikamaru smiled at them. "Right. You two got this. Good luck." He started calmly walking to the stairs.
"Weren't you in a hurry to report to Tsunade?" Naruto asked with his head tilted.
"Yeah, I was, but something tells me this 10-minute walk to her office will be the last peaceful 10 minutes of my life. So, I'm going to enjoy it." He said simply turning back at the two men with a smile and a wave.
Conclusion will be posted this week. There will be multiple updates.