The dew on the grass was fresh on her face like a pillow of lace the grass cradled her and her baby, the fox child sat near by leaned

against a might oak tree dreaming of becoming hokage someday. When she awoke Akane looked around it was nearly dawn and the sun

was just waking its eyes to great everyone. This was the first time Akane had seen a sunrise in many a years. Kirato fussed a bit when she

woke up crying out in his tiny voice "Five more minutes' mommy" but no one understood what his yawning mutters of gibberish

meant. Akane looked over at Naruto and smiled and gently woke him up.

"Naruto time to wake up, I need to get back to my husband now."

Naruto yawned and stretched out his arms he looked so cute when he was sleepy like that "Uh…oh kay um I'll come with you" he

said kinda hoping that she would make him some ramen. Ohhhh Yummy Ramen I wonder how she makes it maybe with a fried eye

on top oooooooooh I cant wait. He got up and seemed to have a lot of energy now thinking about the ramen he would eat. He didn't

even notice the name plate on the house when they arrived.

"Can you wait here please I just want to check and make sure that it's alright for you to come in." She smiled so sweetly to him one

would never have guessed what a fighter she really was. In many ways she was like Kabuto she could hide her true potential really well.

Sasuke was sleeping in a chair that was leaned against the wall next to the room where Kabuto slept. She tapped him slightly and he fell

over hitting the floor with a bit of a thud. "Sorry Sasuke……are you alright? Um you know you don't have to stay here on my behalf

you can leave if you really want to." She said looking down at him.

Getting up Sasuke brushed off the dirt and his cold expression he was famous looked at her now "I'm not here for you. I'm staying

here so that I can fight Naruto again and also" he sighed "Kabuto might not make it they said that they would know in the morn…"

but before he could finish Naruto came barging into the house.

"Sorry it's just that there was a really scary looking dog out there and…" Looking up Naruto saw Sasuke and a bit of friction

sparked between them "You! What are you doing here!" They both said at the same time.

Akane feeling a fight was going to brew put Kirato in his little strap around she wore to so she would have her hand free and grabbed

both of them by the ears. The look on her face clearly was that of a pissed off mother and woman who was annoyed at how childish

these two where acting in someone else's home with a baby and dieing man near by. She dragged them both out of the house and

tossed them onto the ground and put her hands on her hips. Naruto and Sasuke both could feel her chakura and held each other in fear of

her.

"You two I cant believe you two would act like that in someone else's house espicaly when Kabuto is dieing and I have a baby trying

to sleep not to mention my in laws are most likely trying to get some sleep too. I don't care what your beef with each other is but if you

want breakfast you two had better act civil or not Ramen with Fried eggs on top with steamed beef dumplings on the side. You

understand!"

Naruto and Sasuke both looked in dread "No ramen…with…fried eggs on top" he whimpered looking all pathetic.

"No Steamed beef dumplings …" whined Sasuke.

Akane nodded "Now shape up or ship out you two I wont have it in my in law's house." She turned to go back inside.

Naruto turned to Sasuke "Alright lets call it truce for right now kay?" Sasuke nodded and they shook on it.

It just then hit Naruto that Akane had mentioned Kabuto being inside dieing and that this was her in laws house, looking at the name plate

his jaw dropped in disbelief "…Kabuto is her husband! And he is dieing! And …he is the father of her baby?"

Sasuke nodded "You baka of course he is. Sigh it took you this long to figure that out. Oh and before you ask he is dieing because he

got in a fight with Orochimaru over how Orochimaru was acting … well unprintable words towards her to say the least"

Naruto still couldn't believe it he wasn't sure what had surprised him the most the fact that Kabuto had stood up to Orochimaru and

actually tried to fight him or that Orochimaru had been acting that way to a girl ((Orochimaru always struck me as the Michael Jackson

type doesn't he?)) Naruto thought quietly to himself. Naruto was still angry at Kabuto for betraying him like he did but knowing that he

was Akane's husband and the father of Kirato he decided it to be best not to mention that in conversation. Walking inside the boys could smell breakfast cooking "Oh Boy ramen hahahahah" Sasuke tapped Naruto on the shoulder "What cant you se I'm busy

Sasuke?" Sasuke pointed to the room where Kabuto was, the door was open and Akane was inside crying holding Kabuto's hand.

This was the first time Naruto had seen Kabuto like this his body was wrapped in strips of cloth his hair was down and he no longer had

his glasses or headband on he looked very pale even paler then normal. Naruto walked over to the bed looking at Kabuto he felt like he

was going to cry too because he felt terrible that Kirato might grow up with out a father. Kabuto looked up at Naruto and gave a small

smile like he did during the exams "Hey Naruto... looks like this is last time we will ever meet. I'm sorry for deceiving you like that.

But it looks like I'm finally paying for all my crimes." Clenching his fist in rage Naruto yelled back at Kabuto.

"Dieing is not how you pay for you crimes… abandoning you child and wife will not make up for what you have done! You have to live

to repay this village Kabuto that is what a shinobi should do. If you have any honour left as a shinobi you will live YOU HEAR ME!"

tears where falling from his eyes as he spoke he knew what it was like with out a mother or a father and he didn't want Kirato to glow up

with his father's sins still not repaid hanging over him all his life.

Kabuto was a bit in shock when Naruto started to yell at him but smiled when he was finished. "Alright Naruto…I will live." He said

closing his eyes to sleep.

Akane pulled the cover up more on Kabuto so he would be warm and placed Kirato into a crib that had been placed in the room. She

then turned towards the boy with the stripes upon his face and gave him a hug. "Lets go eat now boys." She said her hands on their

backs leading them out of the room and to the breakfast table.