After their chat in the small cafe, they walked to the elementary school together. Naruto kept making jokes, grinning as he heard the snorting sound, he wondered what it would sound like if Shukaku laughed.
The blonde had stopped first to take out a black bag which had different masks. He put on a white with orange Japanese fox mask which only showed his cerulean blue eyes, then he offered a racoon Japanese mask to the redhead, stopping once he realized that it wouldn't fit due to the dark sunglasses "Sorry, that was insensitive of me." The blonde murmured, rubbing the back of his head.
"There is no need to apologize, thank you for the thought." The redhead responded and that was that.
Once at the school they were greeted by the staff and students, Naruto gave the masks to the children, smiling down at the young boy they were meant to meet.
"Thank you for coming, Mr. Kyuubi, Mr Shukaku." The mother stared at them, staring longer at Shukaku "Oh wow...you are so much younger than I imagined...both of you!" She covered her mouth, blushing. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean to sound rude...anyways, I am Emily Anderson and this is my son Emmett Anderson."
The little brunette stared at both of them quietly then pointed at Shukaku "Mommy...why does that mister not have eyebrows? Is he a monster like me?" The boy innocently asked, the mother moving to quickly apologize.
"I am sorry about that...Emmett dear, we don't point or say things like that, remember?" She quietly scolded him.
"...It's okay, I am used to it." Shukaku calmly responded, the little boy moving to hide behind his mother.
"And his voice is really scawy as well!"Emmett exclaimed.
"More scarier than mine? Raaaawwr!" Naruto stepped in, fake roaring and laughing which seemed to ease up the young boy who started laughing as well.
"He's my special friend and just like you he's been called a monster...but monsters are just superhuman...like Iron Man or Superman!" The blonde added.
"Thank you again for coming...my Emmett is a bit different." Emily moved to pull up the left side of the little boy's pants up, showing a prosthetic leg "This is why he's called a monster." She sobbed out.
A bell rang and the teacher came to get them. They were meant to have a rally race but Emmett didn't want to participate since the other kids kept making fun of him.
"Welcome everyone to our annual relay race, today we have two very special guests, let's show them all of our hard work preparing for this event!" The principle said, the small kids each had a mask that Naruto brought. It ranges from frogs to birds and canines. Emmett had on a dog one with green marking on it.
Shukaku was next to Naruto and Emmett. They could hear some of the children whispering how slow Emmett was and noticed the way that some of the parents looked at the little brunette with pity.
Everyone moved to grab the hand of the one next to them except for the redhead, there was a countdown and then all of the little kids began to run.
Naruto started running as well, laughing and giggling. The redhead followed much slowly, stopping when he realized that Emmett had remained in the start line.
"...You can either choose to remain weak forever and have your mother protect you...or you can choose to become strong in order to protect those you care about...what will you do?" Shukaku asked the child, quiet enough so only the two of them could hear it. "You won't always be protected."
Emmett stared up at the redhead for a moment then started to weakly run, only to stumble and fall, by now Naruto had run back and everyone had stopped.
"I-I-I want to become strong and protect mommy! I want to hear mommy laughing again instead of crying everyday because of me!" The brunette firmly said "B-But I am still weak."
"You can do it, Emmett! You can get up and keep fighting, believe it!" The blonde brightly said, getting everyone to start cheering for the little boy.
"Emmett, Emmett, Emmett!"Everyone cheered.
Naruto moved to slowly help the little boy up but Shukaku stopped him with a shake of his head.
"He can do it." Was all the redhead said, watching as the little boy struggled to get up since his prosthetic leg didn't fold too well but after a bit of trying he managed to get up.
The redhead and the blonde ran slowly, staying by the little boy's side as they crossed the finish line together then everyone cheered and Emmett smiled brightly.
Emily was laughing and crying, hugging her son "Thank you...thank you so much for making my Emmett happy again...thank you, I don't know how I could ever repay you two." She sobbed out.
The brunette woman stood up and hugged the blonde first then hugged the redhead before he could pull away. Shukaku stood frozen in place, Naruto having to check up on him.
"...Shukaku-san?" He asked a bit worried.
"...Is this a mother's love, Kyuubi-san?" Shukaku quietly asked.
The blonde felt his eyes widened at the question but then smiled brightly and nodded "Yes, this is part of a mother's love." Naruto replied softly.
They bid their farewell to everyone and walked back toward Naruto's car, the blonde taking off his mask.
"I had a lot of fun with you today...thank you again for accepting this request. Tomorrow we have the divorce one, when and where would you like to meet?" The tanned male asked, wishing that they could spend more time together but unable to understand why he felt that way.
"Same as today." The redhead replied.
Naruto moved to touch Shukaku but stopped himself and smiled warmly "I really am happy that we met, Shukaku-san. This is the most fun I've had in a long time. See you tomorrow." With that he got inside his car, giving one last wave to the redhead before driving away.
Maybe Shukaku and he could become good friends, that should be alright.
A.N:/ Next chapter the boys get to see what 'Falling out of love' looks like and Naruto loses his temper a bit.