Kei-Kei Yuki: So funny thing, I was going to do the whole Land of Snow movie as my fillers, but after typing the chapter and sending it to my beta did I realize my mistake. Can you guys guess what it was? If so, let me know, lol~!

Beta: Ana-DaughterofHades

Drabble Twenty-Eight

Sasuke Hair and Aoi-chan

It was a nice warm sunny day, and after helping repair damages to the village, Team 7 was doing some bonding training. Such as learning how to better control their chakra by doing a calming meditation exercise. For once, all three were quiet. Sakura wasn't requesting a date from Sasuke, Naruko wasn't arguing with Sasuke, and Sasuke... well Sasuke wasn't scowling for once. All was well until the chirping of a bird was heard, causing the two girls to peek open their eyes to see where the distraction was coming from.

Sasuke had heard the chirping as well but decided to ignore it, but when he felt himself being stared at, he peeked open his eyes. "What are you two looking at?" Sasuke cooly asked his two teammates, wondering why Sakura was acting all flustered and Naruko was the same way, holding a hand over her mouth as she was trying to restrain herself.

"Chip~!"

"Bwahahaha! Teme... Your head! Look on top of your head!" Naruko bursted out laughing, pointing towards Sasuke's head. Not getting what Naruko was talking about, Sasuke got up and walked over to the pound that was nearby. Staring at his reflection, Sasuke saw what had Naruko and Sakura acting funny and it was a small bluejay that was currently using his hair as its own personal nest.

"I always did say that your hair looks like a duck butt!" Naruko laughed even harder than before while Sakura turned to glare at her.

"Naruko, stop teasing Sasuke-kun," Sakura lightly chided Naruko, though even she couldn't help but giggle and find the whole situation adorable.

Kakashi arrived to check in on his team only to see Naruko lying on the ground, crying tears as she laughed, and pointing at Sasuke. His interests piqued when he saw that even Sakura was giggling and looking away from her crush. Kakashi finally turned towards the last member and what greeted him was a ...

"Chip~!"

"Sasuke, I didn't know you had a child."

Naruko laughed harder and Sasuke wanted to sock Kakashi in the face with a Chidori.

After training came to an end, Naruko and Sasuke went grocery shopping, and Naruko was happy that Sasuke ventured into a store where the owner didn't discriminate against her. Even though times had changed and most people had calmed down, treating Naruko only as an annoying nuisance, there were still those who outright hated her existence and didn't like her visiting their stores or shops.

Glancing towards the scowling boy to her right, Naruko let out a laugh which earned her a heated glare from Sasuke. "Seems like Aoi-chan refused to leave daddy's head. I wonder if it's a she or a he?" Naruko teasingly inquired, causing Sasuke to walk further ahead of her.

"Shut up, dobe, and let's just get the groceries so we can leave."

"Now, now, teme, if you start being such a grouch, Aoi-chan is going to start taking after you." Naruko had already named the bird. After team training, Sasuke tried to get the bird to leave his head but it refused to leave its new nest. Watching Sasuke fight with a cute tiny bird was the funniest thing Naruko had ever seen.

After picking out vegetables, mainly tomatoes as they were Sasuke's favorite, Naruko threw in some boneless chicken breasts and thighs, ground beef, and since Sasuke was paying, steaks as well. Once down the snack aisle, Naruko threw more stuff in the basket; knowing Sasuke didn't like sweets, she threw in some savory tasty snacks for him. She, on the other hand, didn't mind sweets.

When Naruko saw a bag of crispy miso-ramen flavored potato chips and reached for them, she cursed when her short height became a hindrance to her. Sticking her tongue out, standing on her tiptoes, she tried her hardest to reach them. Only to have a pale hand come to her aid, snatching the bag right off the shelf.

Turning around, Naruko saw Sasuke holding the bag of potato chips that she wanted and was about to thank him until the bastard just had to make a snide comment about her height.

"You need to eat more vegetables, dobe, and maybe you'll grow more."

"You jerk! Just you wait! One day, I'll grow up into a tall beauty just like this! Oiroke no Jutsu: Busty Beauty!" Naruko transformed herself into stunning raven-haired beauty, wearing a stylish short dress, shooting a wink towards Sasuke.

"Dobe, that jutsu is useless and will not work against real ninjas," Sasuke bluntly replied, ignoring the male civilian that fainted with a nosebleed after catching sight of the busty raven beauty.

Returning back to her normal self, Naruko folded her arms over her chest and responded by saying, "It worked on Ebisu, Kiba, and even the third Hokage!" She smirked at Sasuke's face who respect for the deceased Third Hokakge was sadly shot down to half.

Naruko was just about to leave after fixing dinner when the skies turned dark and lightning sparked around the skies that heavy rain poured down from. Despite the severe weather, Naruko was still about to make her way out until the door was slammed in her face.

"Idiot, the weather is bad and won't clear up until the morning. Just... stay here for the night and leave in the morning," Sasuke told Naruko before throwing her a pair of his clothes.

"Teme, why did you give me a pair of your old clothes?"

"So you have something to wear after you take a shower, dobe." Sasuke walked away from the door and took a seat on the couch, feeling Naruko's eyes following him. Honestly, Sasuke felt a little uncomfortable with the situation. He was allowing a girl to stay the night, and even though Sasuke knew he wouldn't do anything towards the knucklehead, the pre-teen boy still couldn't help but feel nervous which he tried desperately to hide.

"Maybe you're not such a bastard after all, Sasuke!" Naruko called out to him before leaving to take her shower.

At least an hour had past when Sasuke suddenly found himself surrounded by the stench of death, a younger him crying over his dead parents who were lying before him. Precious memories of his dearest onii-san suddenly ripped to shreds as he recalled the one who was responsible for taking everything away from him. An overbearing pain filled his chest as Sasuke felt himself choking from holding back his screams that threatened to rip forth from his throat.

Until suddenly everything stopped and Sasuke felt a light feathery touch combing through his hair. Peeking open his eyes, onyx immediately locked with azure blue. "Shh, I'm here now. Go back to sleep, teme," Naruko softly whispered, fingers steadily combing through his hair as Aoi now sat on his stomach. Listening to the gentleness of her voice lulling him back to sleep, for the first night since the massacre happened, Sasuke actually had a good night of sleep.

Opening his eyes, once again Sasuke could feel the sunlight bearing down on his back and something soft smothering his head. Moving his head just a bit, Sasuke felt something breathing down on his neck and pointed his eyes up. The first thing he noticed was chubby scarred whisker cheeks, realizing that his arms were tightly wrapped around something.

Slowly it began to dawn on Sasuke that his arms were actually hugging Naruko's waist who in return was hugging his head to her chest, explaining the soft cushion he felt before. Feeling the warmth and growing curves of the girl in his arms, heat consumed Sasuke's entire body, just now realizing that sometime during the night Naruko must've carried him to his room as this was definitely his bed they were lying on. Thinking that the situation could not get any worse, Sasuke unknowingly jinxed himself.

"Chip~!" Sasuke felt something move around on his head and groaned. Yep, Aoi-chan was still here and from the looks of it, it was not going anywhere anytime soon.

End of Drabble Twenty-Eight