Chapter Fifteen: A New Father

The next few days went by rather quickly. On Sasuke's last night in the hidden leaf village he and Naruto went out on a double date. Sasuke brought his wife Sakura and Naruto brought his recent girlfriend Hinata. Naruto's eyes widened in complete and utter shock and bewilderment when he realized how much Sakura was eating and he had brought this to Sasuke's attention after supper.

"Hn." Sasuke began with a grin. "Maybe she was just extremely hungry." He said but that's when suddenly Naruto placed his hands upon his hips and simply just stared at him.

"Yeah right. Since when have you known Sakura to be a pig?" he questioned him.

"Or maybe it was because she was eating for two." He admitted with a rather sly grin.

"Aha!" Naruto exclaimed while pointing a finger at him. "I knew it!" he cried.

"Alright, alright just keep your voice down!" Sasuke snapped inside a whisper. "The girls will be out here any minute now and it's supposed to be a surprise. So you better not tell them or anybody else,.. especially Keiko and Sachi that I told you got it?" he questioned him warningly.

"Okay, okay don't worry about it I won't say a thing alright?" Naruto questioned him back before all of a sudden Sakura and Hinata walked outside together.

"I'm sorry that we took so long but the line for the women's restroom took forever." Sakura said.

"Gee Sakura, didn't you know well enough to go to the bathroom before you left the house?" Naruto questioned when all of a sudden Sasuke elbowed him in the ribs. "Ouch! Hey!" he cried while Hinata simply just looked confused.

"Yeah,.. but I had to go again. I drank a lot of lemonade during supper." She explained.

"Ah shit now I have to go!" Naruto cried.

"Sorry Hinata, I'll be right back." He told her before he turned around and hurried back inside the restaurant while Sasuke just simply shook his head and rolled his eyes. That's when suddenly his cellphone rang and he realized that it was Sachi calling him.

"Hello?" he answered.

"Hello Uncle Sasuke it's me, I was just wondering when you were coming back because I'm having a really hard time trying to get the baby to sleep. I think she's running a fever too." She explained.

"Well,.. we'll be back shortly but why don't you try getting ahold of Kakashi? He might be able to help you." He suggested.

"I can't." she began. "I don't know his number." She told him.

"Well I can go ahead and give it to you. Then I want you to give him a call. He's the closest person to the house other than Naruto." He said.

"Alright then I will." She told him before he gave her the number.

"Okay. I love you and I'll see you when I get back." He told her before he said goodbye to her and then hung up afterwards.

Meanwhile Sachi was doing her best to keep Ami calm while she called Kakashi by sticking a pacifier in her mouth and turning on her music box that played "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star." A few moments later Kakashi answered the phone. Sachi explained to him the situation and then he told her that he would be right over. Sure enough a few minutes later the doorbell rang and Sachi quickly ran to answer it.

"Thank you for coming Sensei." She told him.

"You're welcome Sachi, but I feel like I must warn you that I'm not very good with babies." He admitted. "There's a reason that I never had any children of my own. I just can't deal with changing diapers and all of the crying and responsibility." He told her.

"I know, but all you need to do now is check Ami's temperature because I think that she's sick." She said as Kakashi heaved a heavy sigh.

"You are aware of where the thermometer goes at her age aren't you?" he questioned her.

"Exactly and that's why I really need your help because I don't want to hurt her." She told him.

"Fine." He began. "Your aunt and uncle better be back soon though because I'm not staying on baby duty for long." He told her. "Where do they keep the thermometer?" he asked her.

"In the top bathroom drawer." She told him before he heaved another deep and heavy sigh, turned around, and walked into the bathroom.

"It's alright Ami, Kakashi-Sensei will take care of everything I promise." Sachi reassured her as she quickly hurried back into the nursery and then quickly plugged her nose as Ami spat out her pacifier and started crying again. "Oh no, what have we been feeding you girl?" she questioned before she slid her arms underneath her and then lifted her up onto the changing table.

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Sasuke pulled into the driveway and then he and Sakura stepped out of the car and Sasuke unlocked the front door before going inside afterwards. "Sachi, are you still awake?" he wondered before quietly shutting the door behind him. That's when suddenly Kakashi went to the door to greet him.

"She just literally fell asleep." He whispered softly.

"Alright then, I'll go ahead and stick my head in a few moments. How's Ami?" he questioned.

"She's asleep too. I just got off the phone with the doctor a little while ago and it looks like that it's just a case of the common stomach flu." Kakashi replied as Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh good, thank God." He began. "Thanks for coming over here and helping me out. And it's a really good thing that you're so good with kids because you'll never believe who we ran into tonight." He said with a sly grin.

"Really who?" Kakashi questioned him suddenly finding himself filled with curiosity.

"The sister of somebody who you used to date. She wanted to know how her nephew was doing." He said.

"But I don't have any children so how could she possibly have a nephew?" Kakashi inquired.

"Well apparently her sister had him without your knowledge after you two broke up." Sasuke explained.

"Really!? I've only dated one person and she died a long time ago!" Kakashi cried while feeling his heart starting to pound frantically against his chest. "Did she tell you his name by any chance?" he asked him but Sasuke just simply shook his head.

"No I'm sorry, but there can't be too many suspects. He's around Sachi's age and he lives with his grandparents. She'll probably know who he is. I'll go ahead and ask her about it tomorrow." He told him.

"Wait Sasuke, I'm not sure if I can do this. I mean,.. I don't think that I'm ready to be a father yet or that I'll ever be." He confessed before Sasuke placed a comforting hand on top of his shoulder.

"Sure you are. You'll be a great father. You know, I didn't think that I was ready to take care of Sachi at first and I was really shocked when I first found out about her,.. but it didn't take me long before I wound up falling in love with her. She's a really bright kid and a real powerful ninja. I see myself along with Itachi inside of her personality." He explained. "Once you get to know your son, I'm sure that you'll feel exactly the same way I do." He told him.