Baby o' Mine

Chapter 3

-Waking ups Hard to Do

* * * * *

Disclaimer: I don' own Naruto, I don't own Sasuke, I don't own anything, actually, since I'm a minor and I have no legal rights. I do, however, like writing, so...that's how it all goes, y'know?

Notes: Finally to the interesting part! Wow...I'm hoping to make this one longer than the others, just cause it's that torture thing that I really like. I think there's going to be major OOCness, but if you've been reading this you'll have figured it out by now. Also, I realized about the weapons and the name mixer-upper thing, sorry, I'm just a pain in the arse like that.

Jake sux so much ass that he makes an ass sucker look un-ass sucking. There, I'm done. No really, see? That was the very last thing I had to say about the ass sucking that Jake does on a regular basis, it's really just something that I had to get off of my chest since he thoroughly proclaimed himself such an ass sucker by trying to flame me with a flaming sword, nevermind that I myself and a flamer in the gay sense of the word, but he is an ass-/sucker/ so all is fair and good in the world.

Does anybody even read these things? I could put a lemon up here and no one would ever notice, nope. /Sasuke hooked Naruto's legs over his shoulders, exposing a new region of flesh barren of all of his previous touches. Hands, greased with oil, found that hidden place and pushing past.../ See what I mean?

*Music while reading: Simple and Clean, theme from Kingdom Hearts.*

* * * * *

The third Hokage, much older and much wiser than since last he saw the man who now lay in front of him, frowned slightly.

Though he was happy to see the young man who lay there, his face slack in dreamless slumber, he also felt anger that the man was alive. Though nothing to the case of a rival village knowing any of their secrets had been found, the possibility in and of itself was enough to kill the man who a time ago had brought a smile to his face with the multitude an diversity of pranks. He sighed lightly and rubbed his wake weary eyes before looking at the hunter-nin who had recovered the blonde.

Uchiha Sasuke had made it one of his life goals to find this man, and on bent knee he looked to the elders decision on the matter of his lost love. The thought almost made him smile, he remembered his own shock at discovering this before the blonde left, but now wasn't the time.

"Yes, a child does complicate matters." He said. And it really did; most run away ninja did so for a known reason, but if the reason was a /child/? He sighed and rubbed his eyes, all he'd wanted was a nice day of sunshine and maybe a good pot of tea; but no, he had to decide the life of one of his favorite children. He frowned again slightly, Naruto looked at most like a lanky teenager, not the twenty-two year old that he was.

Another problem for another day, now he had to deal with this.

"I feel that a trial is in order, so I want him taken to a holding cell with Jonin guards, no less than two, until he awakens." His second nodded, the man stepping away from the wall he's been leaning against un-obscurely, seeing to the Hokages request.

Sasuke still sat on bent knee, his eyes to the floor. The Hokage 'hummed' before shuffling some papers on the desk, "We'll get to the bottom of this, go home and get a good nights sleep; you're mission is done now, Sasuke-kun."



A brief nod of the mop of hair and he was gone, no smoke, no 'bamf', he was just there one moment then gone the next. The third Hokage looked at the blond with sad eyes, knowing that they were for the moment alone, "I do hope you have a good excuse for all of this, Sasuke's really missed you."

Silence was the only answer he received.

~*~*~ Kohona Village Half Hour Later ~*~*~

Word spread like wild fire that Naruto had been brought back, alive and for the most part unharmed. 'Monster' and 'demon' were the most common terms of reference to the boy, many kept a closer hold on their children, but for one teacher at the local ninja academy, it was all he could do not to rush to the Hokage and beg him to see his lost student.

It wouldn't do anyway; the man that came back would not be the boy that he'd taught the basics to years ago. With time came change in people, but he could only hope that the changes in Naruto were for the better.

Finally, the bell rang and school came to a close. Hurrying the students out, he shut and locked his classroom door, about to go to the Hokage and ask/demand to see Naruto, he turned and found himself staring into the face of the infamous perverted silver haired scarecrow, Kakashi. Falling back in surprise, he grabbed the place over his heart and gasped.

"By the Gods! Don't /do/ that!" He gasped, feeling the adrenaline pump through his veins. Did Kakashi always have to do that? ...That was almost like asking if the man ever went anywhere without 'Icha Icha Paradise'...

From where he was standing on the ceiling, Kakashi gave him a two-fingered wave. "I guess you heard that Naruto is back too, huh?" He asked.

Iruka sighed, running a hand through his cropped hair and smiling slightly, "How could I /not/? The only thing any of the kids were thinking about was that he was back." His expression became slightly more sober, "I can't help wanting to go and see if he is all right."

Kakashi nodded slightly and jumped gracefully to the floor, feet first. He smiled at Iruka with his one visible eye and held out a hand, "I'm going there too, might as well come too."

Iruka smiled in relief, unlike him Kakashi had access to the facility and he might be able to actually see Naruto, see if he was healthy and well fed, that his wounds were treated if there were any. After Naruto had gone he'd had all this pent up motherness that he'd gotten a cat, yes, a cat. Named him Henry too if I remember right...

So they walked on in a semi-tense silence as they hurried along to the Main Governmental Building, going past people who's whispers fell upon acute ears; Monster, Demon, Foolish...so many words that described the exact same person. Kakashi watched Iruka tense even more whilst they said these things, Kakashi remained stoic to the comments that flew around him, as he always was.

They met Sakura at the door, as she was trying to get inside to see Naruto as well. At seeing her two former teachers the Chuunin smiled in relief. "Kakashi-sensie, Iruka-sensei." She nodded, then brought her hands around the front of her to poke her index fingers together and look at them childishly; "Can I go in with you guys?"

Iruka smiled, but looked at Kakashi for confirmation since the Jonin was the only one of them that could actually go past the guard.

One lazy eye looked at the girl before nodding. She smiled again, before he waved at the annoyed Chuunin guard, who stepped aside and allowed them entry to the old building. Through identical halls and through identical rooms they walked before Kakashi stopped outside of the Hokage's office. His two companions looked at each other before looking at Kakashi, whose head was peaked in.

The Hokage looked up at Kakashi, he'd guessed them being there about ten minutes earlier, but you really couldn't put a time limit on something like this. With a sigh he gave the masked man a nod before going back to his paper work, trying to not have to think about the trial that he'd have to perform.

Kakashi gave a small bow before pulling his head back and closing the door, giving his companions the thumbs up. Both smiled in relief before Kakashi started down another corridor, keeping his eye trained on something that neither Chuunin could see.

"What's he looking at, Iruka-sensei?" Sakura asked quietly.

Iruka frowned a little, "I'm not quite sure, Sakura-chan."

Kakashi gave them both a look, "I'm following Naruto's residual chakra trail," He said, "how else would we know where they'd taken him?"

Silence fell again, each with their own thoughts on the matter. Iruka was a parental figure about to see his lost child; Kakashi was looking forward to seeing a missing student, and a friend. Sakura...

Inner Sakura: That idiot! He runs away and makes Sasuke go mad because Sasuke and him were close friends! GRRR...I would /kill/ to have Sasuke have gone and done something like that for me! Why? Why cruel fate do you treat me so?!?!?

...We'll just leave it at that.

Soon they arrived at another door; Kakashi knocked before opening it. Inside, two Jonin guards nodded at their elder before going back to their card game. Inside of the barred cell sat a thin figure, faded denim jeans and orange red shirted, the young man looked wearily lost as he wrapped his arms around his drawn up knee's and rested his chin on his knee's.

"Na... Naruto..." Iruka said, taking a step forward. The Jonins looked up at him and he stilled, but his words hung in the air.

The blonde looked up at them, his clear blue eyes crinkling at the sides as his mouth smiled, "Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Sakura-chan..." He smiled, unfolding himself to push into a standing position, putting his arms through the bars and resting his head on one of the horizontal dividers. "I missed you guys." It was simple, with him it was almost always as such, but it still spoke volumes.

He sighed and looked at the guards, "Don't suppose that telling you that I wasn't going to try and excape would let me hug them, would it?" His question wasn't answered, so he sagged against the bars a bit and looked at the people just two yards in front of him, "Gods I missed you guys, but I understand why they're doing this; I'm a run away, if they didn't treat me like this I'd know that there was something wrong."

Rubbing his forehead he sighed, "How's Sasuke been?"

Sakura frowned, remembering her anger at Naruto for causing Sasuke to be so hurt. "How do you think Sasuke-kun is? you leave without a trace and just expect him to be fine and dandy? He's spent the last seven years looking all over the place for you!" She fumed, "You should have seen him! Everyone thought that he'd gone insane or something!"

Kakashi watched in semi-annoyance at his former pupil before puuting a hand on her head, "I think that should be enough, Sakura." He said, before turning back to Naruto, "You could tell us exactly /why/ you left, you know." He said.

The face which had grown taught during Sakura's rant slackened a little, before the head shook slightly against the bars in a no fashion, "I can't tell you guys, you'd be even more disgusted with me than you already are." Running a hand through his nose length bangs and pushing them back he looked at Iruka steadily before speaking once more.

"Iruka-sensei...I know you're probably mad at me, I would be to if I were you, but I have on last favor to ask." The voice was steady, and held a sense of maturity in it.

Iruka raised a brow; "I'll do it if I can." He said, feeling a small bit of ice form in his stomach.

Naruto smiled wanly, before sighing, "If...they bring in a little boy, he's six years old, black hair, blue eyes, he's really pale...could you take care of him? I know it's a lot, but I'm getting the distinctive feeling that I may not be around to take care of him too much longer."

An eerie calm fell, before Iruka nodded, "If it's at all possible, I will take care of him." A frown came over his face, "What's his name?"

Naruto smiled, "Iruka, Uzumaki Iruka."

* * * * * *



Hmm...I think I may add onto the whole friends' reunion thing, since it holds so many evil possibilities, but then again, I may just go to the trial.

I'm uncertain weather I want to kill Naruto or have him make up with Sasuke and have another child, which would be weird to say the least, and I kinda wanna blow up my own villagers, is that I bad thing?

Again, the review counter sux almost as much ass as Jake, who sux his on mum's ass, but you didn't hear that from me, okay?

Ja