Yes I know I'm a horrible person for not updating in so long but I was getting ready to move and had everything packed up when I find out we're not moving so I had to unpack everything! Then I find out we're still moving so I started packing AGAIN! And now half way through packing up it turns out that we may not be moving at all :( So it's up in the air now if we're moving or not. (Make up your damn minds people!)
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Kakashi woke to an unfamiliar room, his head was only mildly throbbing, which was much better then feeling like it was about to implode. The window to his left told him the sun was starting to set, he looked to his right as the door was opened quietly, Obito walked in carrying a glass of water and what looked like a small vial of blue liquid. "Where..." He trailed off, his throat was scratchy.
"Oh good, you're awake." Obito said quietly. "We're in Konoha. Near Ichiraku incase your wondering." He set the glass down on the bedside table and handed Kakashi the blue vial, as he sat on the edge of the bed. "Drink this, it'll make you feel better."
Kakashi did as he was told, trusting Obito to know what he was talking about. It tasted horrible, and tickled his throat on the way down, but after he swallowed it, he could feel his head and throat getting better immediately. "What was that?" He asked as he took the glass of water offered by his raven haired lover.
"Some medicine Tsunade left for you." Obito replied. "You had an allergic reaction to the sedative those Anbu idiots gave you."
"Oh." Kakashi muttered as he handed Obito the empty glass and lay back down.
Obito put the back of his hand to Kakashi's forehead. "You don't have a fever anymore." He said as he moved his hand down to stroke the silver haired shinobi's cheek. "You should be tired for a while longer though, so why don't you go back to sleep and I'll wake you for dinner."
"Hm 'kay" Kakashi muttered already starting to drift off.
Obito left the room quietly, closing the door behind him.
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Back in the living room, five year old Naruto was playing with the pile of toys Obito had sent a few shadow clones out to get when he realized the boy had none at all, tomorrow they would get new clothes for him, and decorate his room.
"What do you want for dinner Naruto?" He asked.
The boy looked a little shocked to be asked but quickly recovered. "I want ramen." He said matter-of-factly.
"Okay." Obito chuckled. "Ramen it is." He went to the kitchen to start cooking. Having gone through pretty much the entire apartment, except for the master bedroom, as he didn't want to wake Kakashi, he knew where practically everything was located.
He put a large pot of water on to boil and then went to the kitchen door to watch the little blonde play. Obito could hardly believe Naruto was already five, it seemed like only yesterday Kayaku-sensei was pampering his pregnant wife and telling his three students the horrors they were going to go through when babysitting the boy.
In hindsight he and Kakashi should have stayed, if only to look after Naruto. It was just so hard losing both Rin and Kayaku-sensei in one horrible night, everywhere they went something reminded them of what they'd lost.
Neither he nor Kakashi had any family keeping them in Konoha, the Uchiha clan having kicked him out when his Mother died. He was a bastard son, his Mother had a drunken one night stand, never knowing who the guy was. He would have been put up for adoption when he was born had his Mother not been the daughter of the former clan head and insisted on keeping him.
His Mother's younger brother, Fugaku had never like him or his Mother, and wasn't afraid to show it. So when he became the head of the clan he kicked them out of the main house, and when his Mother was killed by the Kyuubi, the man stripped him of the name Uchiha entirely. It wasn't more then a week after that, when he and Kakashi left Konoha.
Though even being kicked out of the clan, people still called him Uchiha, a fact which pissed his uncle off to no end.
"Obito-san, what does this thing do?" Naruto asked, holding up a yo-yo.
Inwardly, Obito started fuming, if the little blonde didn't know what a yo-yo was, then there was a good chance nobody had ever given him any toys at all, or ever even played with him! Outwardly Obito smiled brightly at Naruto. "That's a yo-yo." He said as he walked into the living room to show the boy how to use it. "You wind the string between the two wooden parts like this, and then, while still holding the end of the string, you let go of the other part and when it gets to the end of the string you flick your wrist and it comes back up."
After demonstrating the yo-yo to Naruto one more time he let the boy try on his own as he went back to the kitchen to check the water and prepare the rest of the ramen ingredients.
Naruto was having trouble getting this yo-yo thing to come back up. After many tries with no success he decided to see if Obito-san would show him how to do it again. Getting up from the floor where he was seated he walked to the kitchen, dragging the yo-yo behind him.
In the kitchen, Obito was having difficulties with the noodles, the bag had exploded when he tried to open it, sending noodles everywhere, thankfully, enough of them had landed on the counter and actually in the pot to make ramen for three. Currently he was trying to pick them out of his hair, which was apparently harder then it seemed.
Seeing that Obito was occupied with his precious ramen, Naruto decided to wait. He went back to the living room to give it a few more tries. When the wretched yo-yo thing still wouldn't work for him, he was about ready to throw it at the wall, when he remembered that Obito-san had gone back into the bedroom to talk to someone, maybe that someone would help him.
He quietly walked to the back of the apartment where the bedrooms where located. The door to the first room he looked into was open, but the room itself was empty, just a twin bed, a dresser, and a desk. He moved down the hall, the next room was a bathroom, that only left the closed door at the end of the hall.
Carefully creeping towards it, Naruto put his ear to the door and listened. No sound came from the room beyond. He tried the handle, turning it slowly so as not to make a sound. The door came open quietly. Naruto stuck his head in, on the bed there was somebody sleeping. Carefully and quietly the blonde slipped his whole body into the room and tip-toed towards the bed, picking up the yo-yo so it wouldn't make any noise dragging on the floor.
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Kakashi twitched awake when he heard the door open, it didn't smell like Obito, it smelled kind of like dirt and something sweet, so he kept his breathing even and didn't move. It was only a few seconds before he felt the mattress sink from extra weight being added onto it, and in one swift move, he knocked the intruder to the floor and had him pinned underneath him.
It only took Naruto a few seconds to get his wind back after being knocked to the floor, and when he did, he screamed as loud as he could, trying to kick the guy off him, it was no use though, he could barely move under the silver haired guys weight.
Obito came rushing into the bedroom at the sound of Naruto's scream, after taking a split second to analyze the situation, he slipped his kunai back into his holster, finding no real threat. "Kakashi that's Naruto, you can let him up." He called.
Kakashi let the boy go and stood up, managing to mostly mask the tremor in his limbs. "Naruto?" He mumbled. "What's he doing here?"
"Um..." Obito hesitated. "Well, you see, the condition of us going free was that we stayed in Konoha and took care of Naruto. So... we're taking care of Naruto." He grinned at his lover. "The ramen's almost ready if you don't want to go back to sleep."
Kakashi grunted, stepped over Naruto, who was still lying on the floor, and carefully made his way through the bedroom door.
Obito walked over to Naruto and picked him up. "Are you alright?" He asked.
The blonde in his arms sniffled and nodded. "I was just going to ask him if he could show me how to do the yo-yo thing 'cause you were busy with the ramen."
"Well, Kakashi can be a bit grumpy when he first wakes up, believe me." Obito said sympathetically. "You just have to give him a little time to fully wake up, okay?"
"Uh huh." Naruto nodded.
Obito carried him back out to the living room where Kakashi was currently seated at the couch, glaring death at the plushie dog that was larger than him and looked suspiciously like Pakkun. He set Naruto down on the floor next to the pile of toys and went over to the couch to sit next to his lover. "Like it?" He asked.
"It's hideous." Kakashi declared. "Where did it come from?"
Obito hugged the silver haired shinobi closer to him. "That huge toy store across the street from the Yamanaka Flower Shop. It took two shadow clones to carry it back, and three more to jam it through the front door." He kissed the side of Kakashi's head. "Wanna help find him a wardrobe tomorrow?"
"It's scary how naturally you've taken to raising children." Kakashi said as he relaxed into Obito's arms.
"Yeah, well, I rule." Obito said. "Honestly I thought you'd put up a bit more of a fight though."
Kakashi sighed. "I was gonna, but it's Naruto, so it's not that bad. Just don't pick up anymore strays."
Obito felt a tug on his pant leg and looked down.
Naruto looked up at the two older shinobi on the couch. "Will one of you show me how to work this yo-yo now?" He asked.
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A/N
So yeah I'm starting to write again until I figure out if we're really going to move. (If we do everything will be on hiatus until sometime in october.)
I'm thinking this story will end in a few chapters, I'll have to re-read it and see how far I want it to go.
Anyway hope this chapter was worth the wait, Review Please!