Nanny or Mommy

Chapter 12: Hanabi Hyuga

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

"Hello?" The person on the other end finally picked up after the third ring, and he already felt relieved.

"Mom?"

"Naruto is that you?" Naruto sighed and nodded realizing she couldn't see him he verbally answered.

"Y-yeah mom."

"Ahh, how are you doing honey?" He could hear the excitement in her voice that he finally called. Ever since Hinata disappeared his relationship with his parents had been strained on his part.

"Mom I need some advice." When it came to things like this his mom always knew just what to say to make him feel better.

Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze was a very level-headed and cheerful person with an occasional quick temper, and often enough was quite fearless. "What about Naruto?" He didn't mean to put her on edge over something so small and petty. Maybe he should just solve this problem on his own.

"I-it's nothing Mom just wanted to hear your voice I guess."

"No no, you called for advise and I'm going to give it to you. I don't care how big or small the problem is Naruto I'll still help you no matter what." Naruto was quiet after her little speech. He didn't know how he could have gone so long without even hearing her voice.

"Ok but I hope you're sitting because it's quite a story." He heard shuffling and knew she must have taken his advice.

After explaining everything up to just before he called her, he took a breather to catch his breath and his thoughts. He patiently waited for her to say something that would break the tense silence.

"So you like this nanny?" She asked just to clarify.

"I-I guess." The next thing he knew he heard laughter from his own mother. His face exploded red with embarrassment.

"Then what the hell are you asking me about if you like her then tell her." Naruto sighed knowing he would have to explain his side of things.

"One I'm 90 percent sure she doesn't feel the same and two I don't want to ruin what we have. This is the only nanny that both Bolt and Himawari love...and also she has a temper that's just as bad as yours mom."

"Hmm, I think I like her already. Tell you what why don't you spend more time with her to be 100 percent sure she doesn't feel the same. And if you really want my help then come visit but make sure she comes too I really want to meet her."

"I planned on coming to visit before Summers over anyway. Thanks for your help Mom I just hope everything works out."

"Even if she doesn't feel the same way women love guys who don't give up how else do you think your father got a hottie like me." Naruto groaned and cringed at his mother's awful words. "I'm just happy that you're moving on and you seem much happier than the last time we spoke. I'm glad."

"Alright Mom I got to go I'll see you in a few weeks."

"Good luck on filming honey knock em dead dattebane! Oops." They both laughed at her slip up that only happened when she's excited or angry. They exchanged goodbyes and hung up Naruto was now ready to do his part.

.x.

"So how long are we staying there?" Sakura asked as she helped Naruto pack a bag for Bolt.

"Just the weekend it's been a while since I've seen them so that should be enough." He actually wanted to stay longer but with Naruto's busy schedule and Sakura's classes that was impossible.

"I see well I can't wait to meet them." Naruto stopped what he was doing and turned to grin at the pinkette. He was glad that she wasn't nervous and unsure about it anymore.

"I can't wait either like I said they're going to love you. You have a temper just as bad as my mother's." She crossed her arms and glared at him for saying that.

"I do not have a temper." She declared.

"Mhmm tell that to the swear jar—" Sakura punched him in the arm. "—ow see." He was starting to get used to her abuse and call him a masochist, but he was enjoying it.

"You're such a Baka." She didn't want to admit it, but they were getting along much better. Now and then they would bump heads, but there's no way around it. It was keeping them on their toes.

Naruto couldn't be happier not only was he getting along with Sakura but also his kids. Just the other day he began teaching Bolt how to ride a bike. With Himawari, he joined her and her stuff animals at a tea party he even let her add barrettes to his hair. Unfortunately, that allowed for Sakura to get some blackmail material. She wouldn't let him live that down the whole day.

Things weren't entirely sun shines and rainbows. Sakura still wanted him to talk to Himawari about Hinata evidently the picture Himawari painted really made her uncomfortable.

"So where do your parents live?"

"On the other side of the city." She gaped at him the other side of the city was at least a 2-hour drive with how big the city is, and that's without traffic. "Now you know why I don't frequently go especially with the kids. Sakura nodded as Naruto continued packing a bag for Bolt. She already did Himawari's earlier before she left for her class she made sure to leave Bolt's for Naruto to do.

"Sakura-chan I was wondering if maybe you could make dinner?" He nervously asked the pinkette.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelped his voice full of concern with how hard she just smacked her forehead. The sting of pain that she was currently feeling was nothing compared to how angry she was.

"What do you mean will I cook dinner!?" The redness on her forehead was kind of hard to ignore despite how angry she was he even dared to chuckle a bit. That was a wrong move on his part. He was suddenly standing up face to face with Sakura's beautifully raging face who also happen to be gripping the front of his shirt threatening to wrinkle and tear it.

"I sort of let everyone go on an early break since we're leaving tomorrow. Also, could you maybe let go this shirt wasn't exactly cheap." The button up was 100% silk made in Italy the cost was as high as 1100.

Sakura took a calming breath and let go of the shirt slowly. "Sorry your highness a lowly servant like me will get right on it." She rolled her eyes and massaged her forehead to ease the redness hopefully.

"Oh come on I've never cooked anything like a real meal a day in my life. Pwease Sakura-chan I know the kids would be very disappointed that they won't experience the amazing taste of a home cooked meal from their Sakura-chan." He was trying to convince her and damn was it working. It irked her how good he was at convincing her then again he was an actor.

"Alright but on one condition."

"What?"

"Every head chef needs a sous-chef." She grinned promising him endless suffering for convincing her to make dinner. "You can also be the busboy." She giggled when she saw how his face scrunched up in disgust. He probably never washed dishes a day in his life. "Come on if you're good I'll maybe even make dessert." She left heading towards the kitchen to get started on her tough job. She may have sounded confident in her cooking abilities, but that was all an act. She could do basic things like cook rice and sweets seem to be her forte but whole meals...she'll figure something out.

Naruto, on the other hand, was frozen stiff at her playful joke that he could have sworn had a sexual innuendo underneath it. Was she just flirting with him was she aware that she was just flirting with him? Was this a sign that his mom told him to watch for? "Damn Sakura you're a tricky one." He was so deep in thought that he didn't even hear the doorbell ring.

"Oh, sous-chef!"

He snapped out of his thoughts and quickly replied back. "Coming." He sighed and walked out of the room but not before flicking off the lights. Making his way down the stairs, he could hear footsteps as Sakura walked to the door with both Bolt and Himawari on her trail and answered it since Naruto was taking so long.

Opening the door, they were greeted by the sight of a beautiful young woman that looked quite, to say the least rich.

"Oba!" Both Himawari and Bolt said as they ran past Sakura to hug the long haired woman who the kids claimed to be their aunt. Sakura studied her closely and was slightly jealous of the girl's long glossy black hair, flawless skin, and big lavender eyes not to mention her stylish more than likely costly clothes she looked to be around her own age maybe younger she wasn't sure.

"Hello, Hime And Bolt." She said kindly with a playful but serious undertone to it.

"Hanabi what are you doing here?" Naruto was finally down the stairs and was looking at the girl with a stony expression. Hanabi, his former sister-in-law, looked from Naruto to Sakura it wasn't exactly a friendly gaze.

"I can't visit my niece and nephew?" The silence between them was tense, and she could sense some bad blood.

"Uh, why don't you come inside I was just getting started on dinner." Her cold stare was now on Sakura unnerving her. She didn't understand why the girl was being so intimidating especially around the children.

"I don't think I need your permission to come in." Hanabi stood up from hugging her niece and nephew and walked right past Sakura with an aura of authority. Sakura wasn't sure how to feel about the woman who's acting like such a bitch to her.

"I don't suppose I can get you to leave." The glare he received was more than enough of an answer. "Alright then come we'll talk in my office since you only come around when daddy has something to say." He turned and made his way back upstairs with Hanabi silently following behind him. They left three confused individuals behind wondering what's going on.

...

"Alright lay it on me." They were back in his office with some tea in front of them.

"I'm just visiting. I'm sure my sister would have liked that." She took a sip of the tea with her eyes close to savor the delicious taste of the hot liquid.

Naruto scoffed. Hanabi rarely visited even when Hinata was still here. She only visited about three times a year claiming school kept her busy. Hanabi never liked him but respected her sister enough not to outwardly state it.

"Who is that strumpet that answered your door?" Naruto glared sharply at Hanabi for practically calling Sakura a prostitute without even knowing the woman.

"What daddy didn't tell you anything? Or has he cut you off from knowing things like that just as he did with the company." He knew that what he said was a low blow but she insulted Sakura and frankly he couldn't give a damn.

He could see her eyes narrow dangerously and her grip on the cup tighten. She took a calming breath and fired back with her own insult. "Hmm you seem quite smitten with that woman careful or she'll leave you just like my sister did."

Naruto's smirk of confidence was wiped clean off his face as she fired back with her own low blow. She knew how to fight back with just words alone.

"Hanabi we can go at it all day that still won't change how we feel about each other now what are you doing here?" He was getting impatient much to Hanabi amusement. She won the battle but she hasn't won the war.

"I came to ask you...if I could spend a week alone with my niece and nephew? Father would really like to see them as well." Naruto looked at her like she was stupid not only was she rude to his nanny but also insulted her and insulted him. The request was so silly he almost wanted to laugh at it.

"You've never wanted to spend quality time with them before why now?"

She shrugged, "a change of heart." He couldn't believe her usually the girl no woman was witty and tactful in getting what she wanted that was why she was considered to take over the company at one point. But now she wasn't even trying to sound convincing.

"I'm sure you wouldn't mind having some alone time with the "nanny" downstairs." She sat back in her chair sitting patiently while Naruto was freaking out on the inside.

"Wh-what do you think is going on between Sakura and I?!" He incredulously shouted annoying the younger woman.

"I can only guess what's going on in that small brain of yours." Once again she shrugged irking Naruto's already rising temper. If he didn't get this woman out of his sight soon he was going to lose it.

"A weekend take it or leave it."

"Five days."

"Four."

"Five."

"..." They were locked in a staring match until finally, he cracked. "Fine but not this week."

She smirked taking her victory. "She's making you a big softy there's no way in hell you would have let me take them not even for a day. Or maybe my assumption was right." She pretended to think it over just to get a rise out of him she was not disappointed.

"No! I mean it's not like that." He sighed and rubbed his temple trying to combat his quickly approaching headache. "Are you staying for dinner or no?" The quicker they had dinner the faster she'll leave.

"And miss telling the kids the good news and torturing you with just my presence I'm definitely staying." He glared and stood up and walked out of the office with Hanabi right behind him snickering. Hinata hated when they would go back and forth like this Hanabi saw it as a way that made them closer and understand each other despite their dislike for one another.

"What's going on in here?" Naruto said as soon as he walked into the kitchen to find not only Sakura but his children with chocolate on their faces.

"We made some cupcakes." Naruto watched as Sakura used a cloth to wipe off the chocolate from their faces. They must have been talking longer then he thought if dinner was already on and they just finished making dessert. "Too bad I had to replace my sous-chef." She playfully pouted after cleaning Himawari and Bolt who ran over and distracted Hanabi.

He couldn't help but think about how cute she looked with some chocolate on her cheek and those plump pink lips pouting. His body was way ahead of his brain because if it weren't he would not be doing what he was doing.

Naruto walked closer to her. "Sorry I had to take care of some business but, I'm still your busboy." Sakura was going to say something but was silenced when she felt him wipe off some chocolate that was beside her lips. Agonizingly slow he cleaned the chocolate off and tasted it himself. "I like it."

"Uh—bu—Uh—I" she was failing to form a complete sentence after his unexpected show of...affection? She was mentally kicking her brain to get it going and command her legs to distance them and her brain to form sentences. But that wasn't happening especially when he did it again on the other side of her lips. She silently hoped and prayed that she'd get out of this uncomfortable and embarrassing situation. She could feel the butterflies in her stomach fluttering all around.

"Sakura-chan I—" the sound of a phone ringing finally snapped her out of the spell she felt he put on her. She backpedaled until she reached the other side of the kitchen she decided to distract herself by setting up the dining room table.

"U-uh I'll go set up the table." She reached up and quickly grabbed a stack of glass plates before he decided to do anything else to throw her off.

Naruto watched her retreat silently before answer his phone. Without looking at the caller id, he tapped the answer button. "What?" He growled with massive frustration in his tone.

"Is that any way to talk to your most favorite person in the world? Especially one that managed to buy you some time for auditioning for your possibly next major role." Naruto relaxed against the kitchen island and sighed.

"Thanks, Jiraiya this just isn't the right time." Really he's thankful but what he just did was now sinking in and was making him slowly lose his mind.

"You sound stressed what's up?" He gave his manager credit he did sound concerned.

"I'm still working on it myself...look I'll talk to you later Jiraiya I'm about to have dinner." Even if it was going to be a painfully awkward dinner at that.

"Alright, Gaki just call me if you need anything and tell your parents I said hello."

"Alright Jiraiya I'm sure they'll be happy that you thought about them." They exchanged goodbyes and hung up. Standing alone in the kitchen gave him enough time to keep it together and not wallow in his self-pity. He was going to face the music one way or another he just wished he had better timing for this. He also wished he regretted his actions but no matter how hard he tried he couldn't.

Walking out of the kitchen he found Sakura anxiously setting the table while Hanabi Bolt and Himawari chatted. He wondered what was for dinner and instead of making a move on Sakura he should have asked.

"Hey, Pinky what's for dinner anyway?" He glared at Hanabi for being so disrespectful. Dinner was going to be a disaster with these two women's personalities clashing.

"I'm sorry who are you?" Sakura said through clenched teeth her grip noticeably tight on the plate. She, of course, knew Hanabi's name but just to get the woman back for calling her by such an atrocious name she decided to sound sugary sweet but with a disrespectful undertone. "To answer your question I made onigiri and miso soup." Onigiri and miso soup were one of the few dishes she couldn't possibly mess up no matter how horrible she was at cooking.

Hanabi covered her mouth to muffle her laughter, but it wasn't working that well. Sakura was sure she was well aware of how ineffective she was in stifling her laughter. Sakura set down the last plate before she ended up shattering it with her bare hands. "Something funny?"

It took her a moment to compose herself, but she was able to do so. "Such a basic meal that a five year old could make. Guess you should have chosen a nanny that could cook as well ne?" She said speaking to the glaring blonde with a smirk on her painted lips.

"Hanabi you don't have to eat it or stay here," Naruto said taking a seat at the head of the dining room table which he only used when he had guest. Naruto could tell it was taking all of Sakura's strength not to snap at the Hyuga. The blonde raised his hand and rested it on Sakura's to not only calm her down but silently say sorry for everything.

She seemed to understand and visibly became less tense. "I'm going to check on dinner." She left in a hurry before her mouth said something it shouldn't.

"Kids go play I have to talk to Oba Hanabi in private." He said but never once veered his eyes from Hanabi who was staring right back at him. The kids looked at each other sensing the tense atmosphere but weren't sure why. They didn't hesitate to run off to play to get away from the tenseness.

"What is your problem?" He crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair a scowl marring his usually naturally carefree face.

"God you can't be any more obvious I was kidding earlier about you two but from what I just saw...it's disgusting. You've never looked at my sister like that..." She said softly looking away from him with an oddly sad expression. He could see why she had such a problem with Sakura.

"Hana—"

"I mean how could you just look at her like that without even trying yet not my missing sister!?" He was silent not having anything to say to the upset young woman. Ever since Hinata went missing, he rarely saw Hanabi and she only ever came to check on the kids it seemed that things that should have been come up are spewing out now. He supposed he deserved it. "S-she loved you, and here you are loving another you don't even know, more than you ever loved her. It's disgusting you're disgusting!" She yelled angrily glaring at the floor.

"Hanabi I've been alone for so long sinking into a deep depression. It was like I was a machine I didn't care about anything but work, hardly even my own kids. Hinata left a gaping hole in my heart and our family...she ruined me, and the worst thing is I don't even know if she's alive. This is the most alive I've been in a while, and I can see that you don't like that. You want me to still be miserable over Hinata just like you are. I'm still sad about it but moving on is the next best thing I can do for my family and Sakura-chan is a big help. She was your sister, and I'll admit I should have treated her better and paid more attention to her maybe she would have stayed..." Hanabi quickly wiped her eyes when she noticed Naruto's voice steadily get closer to her.

"I'm sorry that you're hurting, but there's nothing we can do now." He set a hand on her shoulder to comfort her, but she just shrugged it off.

"I'll never forgive you."

Little did the two know behind a door with a pot in hand listening shockingly was Sakura. She just learned so much about the blonde and his ex-wife that she wish she heard come from him to her and not overhearing it. Sakura decided that the conversation wasn't going to go anywhere positive and interrupted.

Taking a deep break and plastering a false smile on her face she burst through the door cutting off any more conversation between the two. "Dinner is ready!" She said loud enough to summon the kids in the other room playing. They came running back in taking a seat at the table each on one side of Naruto who went back to the head of the table.

"I-I hope you guys like it." Everyone except Hanabi who sat beside Bolt grinned at Sakura thankful for the food. Serving everyone they were now settled in and ready to eat at the awkward table.

End

A/n: was hoping to get to Minato and Kushina this chapter but then my brain said nope let's add some drama. Hanabi hates Naruto because she believes he was the reason Hinata left presumably dead. Naruto also blames himself and to comfort Hanabi expresses how miserable he's been ever since but since Sakura came along he's become much happier. I didn't go into detail on how Sakura felt about the intimate moment because I plan on doing that next chapter. Also next chapter Sakura confronts Hanabi one on one.

Revised: 12/15/18