GENIN DAYS AND ANOTHER SURPRISE?!
Aoi was grinning when she made her way to the training ground where her husband was training his "cute little Genin," and Satoshi was smiling as the two of them walked, holding hands as a small basket of prepared food was in her other hand. Little did her Okami know was that she had gone just before to the Doctor's since she had been feeling a little off for almost two weeks now, and had gotten the most wonderful surprise for her husbands ears.
As she and Satoshi made it to the training grounds, her son squealed in delight when he saw his father doing some Taijutsu training with Sasuke and Naruto as Sakura seemed to be taking a break as she sat against a tree and drank some water. Sasuke and Naruto had become like big brothers to Satoshi in the little time they had been around one another; Kakashi had even complained that his students were taking away his 'daddy-son' time with Satoshi when the small boy had run right past him one evening when Team Seven had been invited over for dinner and into Naruto.
"Na'to! Sa'kay!" the little boy called out, letting go of his mother's hand to run as fast as he could on his little legs towards the two, his smile widening when his father turned towards him, "DADDY!"
"Hey Satoshi! Did you come all by yourself to visit your dad?" Kakashi said playfully, looking over at his wife as Naruto and Sakura immediately came over to greet their sensei's son.
"I just thought you guys would want to take a break and eat something that wasn't ramen." Aoi said while she laughed, ruffling Naruto's hair when she mentioned ramen, knowing it was the boy's favorite food and what they ended up eating because of Naruto, no matter how bad it was for him to eat all the time.
"Alright! Aoi's sandwiches- Hey jerk, that's mine!" Naruto yelled at Sasuke, the two boys entering a staring contest as Sasuke took small bites of the sandwich Naruto was going for.
"Then be faster next time, you dead last." Taking another bite, Sasuke turned away from the blonde as he sat down on a raised tree root even when Naruto followed him, yelling more as Sakura tried to get in between them.
While the two boys were arguing, Aoi turned to Kakashi, pulling a piece of paper out of her wide sleeve. "Okami… Take a look at this."
"Huh? What is…." Kakashi stopped dead in what he was about to say, seeing the top reading that it was from the hospital and a little plus sign on the bottom after a bunch of medical related stats and charts of different chemical levels. "Aoi… You mean?...Again?"
"Yes, Okami… Again," she said, smiling as she wrapped her arms around her husband.
"Mama… wha' wong?" Satoshi had stepped away from watching his older brother figures arguing when he spotted his mother giving his dad a piece of paper and saw the look of surprise on his face (Satoshi had learned what face his dad was making even under the mask) and was curious what she had told him.
"Oh, nothing is wrong sweetheart… It's just… how do you feel about being a big brother?"
"Bi brotha? Toshi's gonna be like Na'to and Sa'kay?!" Satoshi's eyes that were a perfect replica of his mother's widened in wonder as Aoi nodded, finding her son's reaction as cute, if not more so, than her husband's to the happy news.
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Team Seven's reaction to their news was close to Kakashi's, only with Naruto jumping around yelling he was gonna be the best big brother (this caused a small argument with Satoshi who claimed the title for himself), Sakura was gushing about babies and everything that was cute about them, and Sasuke remaining quiet, if only looking at her flat stomach that would later expand with a curious look in his eyes.
Besides the news, Team seven's Genin days had not changed much, nor the kind of missions they were getting around the village; from pulling weeds out of gardens to dog walking to cleaning up trash in the rivers.
One day, however, this all seemed to finally get to Naruto, who all but blew up in front of the Hokage after they had been sent to find and retrieve the cat belonging to the Daimyo's wife, demanding that they be given a better mission since they were real ninja now. Thankfully, the older Kage didn't think too much of it and assigned them their first C-rank mission of escorting a bridge builder by the name of Tazuna back to his home country.
As the team and escorted builder stood in front of the village gates, Aoi said her goodbyes to each and everyone of Team Seven. "...Naruto, don't you forget to use your manners and eat your vegetables- yes even the green ones. I know you don't like them, but how are you ever gonna be Hokage if you don't get strong… Sasuke, I know you and Naruto don't get along, but keep an eye on him, please? As a team, it's a part of your training to look after one another…"
"I think they get it, Aoi… We'll be fine, don't you worry." Kakashi said, calming down his wife with a kiss on her forehead.
"Be safe, Okami…" Aoi said, wrapping her arms around her husband and pressing a kiss to his masked lips. "Love you… And don't forget to bring back some pictures to show Satoshi!" She said, handing him the camera that he always took with him on longer missions. She had always heard that Wave Country was beautiful this time of year from one of her cousins who had liked to travel.
"Will do…"