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Daisuke woke up super excited! It was his birthday. They didn't really have a celebration but his mum made his favourite food and they got dango on the way to the temple and back from it. He was off school and Boruto, Inojin, Shikadai and their entire family came home for dinner. It was always fun. This time however, he wanted to invite one more guest, but for some reason he felt that his Oka San hated that man.
"Good morning my birthday boy!" Sakura said as Daisuke made his way downstairs "See what Oka San has made for you!"
Daisuke's eye's sparkled as his favourite dishes were all laid out for breakfast. He immediately sat down to dig in "Arigato Gozaimasu Oka San! Itadakimasu!"
Once breakfast was done he hugged his mother leaving Sakura a little surprised but happy
"Oka San… Can I ask you for a gift for this birthday?" Daisuke said putting on his sweetest voice yet
"Anything my darling…" She said holding him and trying to fix his hair "Oka san will definitely try to get it for you…"
"Promise?"
"Promise" She said smiling
"I want commander Sasuke to come for my birthday dinner…" He said
Sakura's heart sank. Daisuke saw her face and went "You promised Oka San! You're a ninja and ninja don't break promises!"
Sakura looked at her son and sighed "yes they don't… okay… he can come…"
"Awesome! Can we go tell him after we go to the temple?!" Daisuke asked
"Sure…" Sakura said regretting making the promise in the first place.
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Sasuke was interrogating a revolutionary who had escaped from the mist village called Hassaku Onomichi. Sasuke had him caught in his mangekyon sharingan when Neji arrived to tell him that Sakura and Diasuke were waiting for him outside. Instantly grateful that they now had closed chambers for this kind of stuff, Sasuke dropped Hassaku on the chair he was tied to and left the room asking the guard to keep close watch.
"Commander Sasuke!" Daisuke said happily as soon as he saw him. Sasuke went down on one knee as the boy ran towards him.
"Hello Daisuke, you look all grown up…" Sasuke said smiling at the boy
Everyone in the room stopped as they saw the generally stoic and serious Sasuke Uchiha smiling. Even Neji was shocked and stopped to look at the interaction.
"Really! Thank you! I am turning 6 today! It's my birthday!" Daisuke said excited
"Happy Birthday Daisuke…" Sasuke said smiling "I actually have a gift for you…" he said
"Waaah! Really? " Daisuke said surprised
Sasuke got up and Daisuke followed him to his desk where Sasuke moved some papers to make place for him to sit. He then sat on the chair and opened the drawer and pulled out a package as Daisuke climbed sat on the table. Everyone's jaws were nearly on the floor watching this display of affection and Sakura's heart was beating out of her chest. It took all her training for her to look clam as a raging storm of emotions was going on in her head. Neji was the only one who seemed to sense her discomfort. He walked up to her and offered her a glass of water
"Are you okay?" He asked softly
Sakura just gave him a wan smile and a nod because she didn't trust her words right now
Neji just stood by her in silent support.
Meanwhile Daisuke had accepted the package, waved it excitedly at his mother and then shook it to try and find out what was inside.
"Can I open it now?" Daisuke asked excited
"If you want to…" Sasuke said watching his son with a smile
"Okay!" Daisuke said excited and ripped into it pulling out the gift and looking at it like it was the coolest thing ever. "Is this?" Daisuke asked looking surprised at Sasuke…
"Yes it is…" Sasuke said
"Oka san! Look! Commander Sasuke gave me his headband!" Daisuke shrieked with joy holding the headband with the slash over it.
Sakura looked at it and she knew, it was not Sasuke's, it was Itachi's. She was shocked as was Neji and both looked at Sasuke. But Sasuke was busy looking at his son.
"Now I need you to be careful with it, and keep it safe okay…" Sasuke said "This headband is very precious… before it belonged to me, it belonged to my older brother. He was the smartest and bravest ninja ever. He gave his life to protect me and Konoha, he gave this to me as a promise to become the best Ninja I could be…" Sasuke said seriously as Daisuke listened reverently holding the headband with the utmost respect… "… By giving you this, I'm giving you the promise that I will help you become the best Ninja you can ever be…"
Daisuke leapt off the table and hugged Sasuke who held on to him tightly. "This is the best gift ever…" Daisuke mumbled into Sasuke's shoulder and Sasuke smiled and hugged him tighter thinking "No… You are…"
Sakura was speechless. As she watched Daisuke hug his father. "His father" she thought "He's his father… my son… is an Uchiha…."
"Commander Sasuke, will you come to my birthday dinner tonight?" Daisuke asked
Sasuke smiled at the boy and said "Only if your Oka San is okay with it…"
"Oh she is! That's why we came to invite you!" Daisuke said
Sasuke looked at Sakura for confirmation who was only able to give a curt nod. He looked at her gratefully and then back at his son "Well in that case, I hope there are a lot of sweets, because I love them…"
"So do I!" Daisuke said "See you at 7pm!" He said and ran to his mother pulling Sakura out of her trance…
Once they left so did the warm expression on Sasuke's face. Neji walked up to him and said "You know, you could smile a little at work too…"
Sasuke lifted an eyebrow at him and said "Sure, because asking nicely is the best way to get information from assholes…" he then turned around and walked towards the interrogation room with Neji in tow as
Neji grumbled "Couldn't hurt to try…"
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It was 6pm when Sasuke finally finished all the paperwork on his desk. Neji had already left, the jounins for the night shift were coming in. Sasuke nodded and greeted all of them as he left. He decided to walk home, change and arrive by 7pm at Sakura's. As he walked through the streets he could hear the people gossip about him again.
"Look at him! He's so handsome…" A girl giggled to another
"Fine young man like that would make any father proud…" A shopkeeper exclaimed to one of his regulars
"…Last week there was a minor break in but it is said instead of charging the thieves, he got them jobs…" an old woman said to another "Waaah… How compassionate…." He friend said
He smirked as he heard the comments. Merely 7 years ago he'd walked by this same street and nearly been spit on. How times change. "If only I hadn't been stupid enough then, if I had learned to just put my pride away sooner…. Oh well….At least I have Daisuke's respect… if not love… " Sasuke sighed at his thoughts.
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At 7pm sharp when arrived, there were several footwear outside the house. Daisuke and Boruto opened the door. "Sasuke Shishō! You're here!" They said in unison
"Shishou? When did I become Shishō from Commander?" He asked smiling at his students
"Well it's a party so Commander Sasuke commander Sasuke sounds too formal, so we decided to call you Shishō…" Daisuke explained
"Well in that case, Gakusei arigatō for making me your Shishō…" He said as they led him in.
Sakura, Hinata and Ino were setting the tables with the help of several Naruto clones. He decided he was not needed there so he went to mingle with Tenmari, Shikhamaru and Sai who were standing in the backyard holding glasses of Sake.
The autumn air was crisp and through the night, Sasuke glanced at Sakura several times but said nothing. Dinner was delicious, he only complimented it once without anyone asking. Sakura had ignored that too. So Sasuke spent his time sitting between Boruto and Daisuke who were discussing stories of previous birthday dinners. It was the most perfect night since that night all those years ago. Then suddenly something didn't feel right. Naruto and he were first to react as a bunch of flying needles came in through the open window aimed at him. Sasuke grabbed Daisuke and Naruto grabbed Boruto as they leapt out of the way. Sakura had picked up a meat knife and flung it through the window.
Hassaku caught the knife and threw it aside. He was bloody and ragged but he was ready for a fight. Before he knew it however, Hassaku and Sasuke were standing in the dimension of floating islands. They fought leaping from one space to the next Hassaku was no match for the Uchiha and Saskue had him pinned before he could run too far away.
"How many?" Sasuke asked angrily. Hassaku said nothing "How many of my guards did you kill?!" Sasuke asked this time punching him for good measure. Hassaku just spat on his face and laughed. Sasuke wanted to kill this insolent psychopath, he wanted to torture him to no end and then have him slit his own throat. "How dare he come into Sakura's home? How dare he try to hurt a hair on his son's head?" As these thoughts ran through his head Sasuke activated his rinneagan and summoned the Gedo Mazo. He had never done this to anyone. Hassaku was confused and then suddenly his life force was sucked out of him his body fell limp on the floor. "A soul caught in eternal torture… That, is apt punishment…." Sasuke said getting up
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Sasuke had disappeared with the assailant and seconds later a few of the night shift Jounin landed in the backyard hot on Hassaku's trail. They asked if everyone was okay. The mother's were checking the kids, the fathers were speaking to the Jounin. Sai ordered a parameter check of the village to ensure Hassaku had no friends on the way. Everyone was rushing and asking questions but the world seemed to have come to a halt for Daisuke. He was stunned into silence. He kept replaying those two seconds again and again in his head.
One second he was about to pick up a pork bun, next second Sasuke Shishou had jumped away from the table with him and several spikes had landed in the place where he was sitting. When he turned to look at Sasuke Shishou, his one eye was red but the 3 comas of the sharing were transforming at full speed. The other eye was like a white Sharingan. "He'd never even heard of a white Sharingan before….The coma's had spun and Sasuke Shishō had disappeared… kind of like he had at the Spring Festival with them…. But no-one else in the world had the Sharingan…. Himawari had told him that and she was the smartest girl there was… she knew everything… so, how did Sasuke Shishō have it?" Daisuke thought
Himawari's hand touching his was what pulled him out of this head "Daisuke?" She asked as his mother manhandled him looking for wounds. Daisuke just looked at her confused and a little shocked. As they waited for Sasuke to return, the kids had been sent to a separate room. Daisuke was quiet and Boruto was going on talking about how cool his Father and Sasuke Shishō were and what lightning reflexes they had. Daisuke was barely listening until Himawari said "except for the fact that he has Pink hair like Sakura Aunty, don't you guys think Daisuke looks exactly like Sasuke Sama?"
Daisuke's head snapped up as he looked at her. At that very moment Sasuke landed back in the hall of Sakura's home holding the lip body of Hassaku and a slightly bleeding eye.
"Sasuke!" Naruto had said loudly and rushed to him. In the room, Daisuke had continued to stare at Himawari. She gave a slight nod affirming his thoughts. That had the young boy running out of the room seeking confirmation for the past 5 minutes of assumptions that had been running in his head.
Red and White clashed with red and red as Diasuke confirmed his thoughts with a question "Sasuke Sama? Are you my father?"
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