Chapter Sixteen: Father and Son

Sasuke slowly opened the door and quietly walked inside of Sachi's bedroom. Sure enough she was fast asleep inside her bed. He smiled warmly and lovingly at her as he bent down and tucked her in before planting a kiss on her forehead and tucking her in. Afterwards he went to go check on Ami. Sakura was already in the nursery looking down on her. "How is she?" he whispered.

"She's fine." She began. "Kakashi and Sachi really did a good job with her." She told him. "I can't help but wondering who's going to wind up adopting her. Do you think we should?" she questioned him quietly while glancing up at him but Sasuke just simply shook his head at her.

"No. We already have a baby on the way and it's very hard to take care of one enough as it is. I know that Keiko and Sachi won't be very happy to hear that but once you get further enough along in your pregnancy we have to find a permanent home for Ami. Hopefully we will still have a chance to be in her life though." He told her. "Come on, both of the girls are already asleep and we should start getting ready for bed too." He said before he planted a kiss on her cheek and then walked out of the room as Sakura watched him and then followed him a few moments afterwards.

The next morning Sasuke made French toast for breakfast which was one of Sachi's favorite foods to eat while Sakura attempted to feed Ami some oatmeal and finally after about the sixth or seventh try she accepted it. "That's it Ami, very good girl!" Sakura exclaimed excitedly. "Mommy's so very proud of you!" she cried while Ami cooed, giggled, and clapped her hands together.

"I'm surprised that Sachi isn't up yet. I know it's Saturday but she has the nose of a bloodhound." Sasuke said.

"Well, she was up kind of late last night." Sakura pointed out.

"I just hope that she won't be too angry with me for leaving and then on top of that finding out that we can't keep Ami." He said while heaving a sigh.

"I'm sure that she'll understand once we tell her the reason why and reassure her that Ami will be going to a good home." She told him and all of a sudden as if on cue Sachi's bedroom door opened and she went into the bathroom. Sakura gave Ami another spoonful of oatmeal and then wiped her mouth with her bib. "Sweetheart, why does it always seem like more food is getting on you instead of in you?" she wondered to herself aloud.

A few moments later the toilet flushed and a few moments after that Sachi turned off the light and then walked out of the bathroom. Sasuke just simply grinned at her. "Ah, there's miss sleeping beauty." He began. "So how did you sleep last night?" he asked her as she rubbed and then yawned and stretched afterwards.

"Alright,.. you?" she questioned him still a bit groggily.

"Yeah. And checkout what I just made for my most favorite niece in the whole world." He told her.

"I'm your only niece in the whole world." She pointed out.

"True,.. but even if I had other nieces you would still be my favorite." He told her while continuing to grin at her. "Anyways, I made your favorite,.. French toast." He said.

"Gee,.. thanks Uncle Sasuke." She told him while she walked into the kitchen and grabbed a plate.

"Thanks? That's it? I thought that you would be a bit happier than that." He said.

"How can I be when I know that you're leaving for your mission today?" she wondered.

"Well, you still have Aunt Sakura, Ami, and Keiko here with you. And all of your other little friends." He pointed out.

"Yeah Sachi, speaking of the rest of your little friends there's something that your uncle and I were wondering." Sakura began. "You wouldn't happen to know a boy around here that lives with his grandparents would you?" she questioned her.

"Yeah, Kizashi. He's a couple of years younger than me why?" she wondered while she finished serving herself and then sat down at the table.

"And he doesn't have any idea who his father is?" Sasuke questioned while he grabbed his meal and then went to sit down with everybody else.

"No." Sachi replied with a shake of her head.

"Well, he does now. It's Kakashi." Sasuke told her before all of a sudden she started choking on her French toast.

"Are you alright?" Sasuke asked her before she quickly took a sip of her orange juice and hit her chest and swallowed.

"Kizashi is Kakashi's son?" she inquired with complete and utter astonishment and disbelief. "Does he know yet?" she wondered.

"Probably not. Kakashi-Sensei doesn't even know his name right now so I'm guessing that his child doesn't know yet either." Sakura told her.

"Boy even if the boy was born ten years ago, Kakashi still wasn't exactly a spring chicken when he was born." Sasuke said with a chuckle.

"Sasuke, this isn't any time at all to make jokes. You have to remember that Kakashi-Sensei is an Anbu Black Op too, and I think we should tell him about Kizashi so they at least have time to say hello and goodbye to one another before he has to leave." Sakura told him.

"Boy, that's probably going to be extremely hard for Kizashi to handle." Sachi began. "He hasn't known his father for his whole entire life and now that he's finally getting the chance to meet him he won't be able to stay with him." She said while heaving a sad sigh.

"I know but once our mission is over, they'll have more of a chance to get to know each other." Sasuke began. "Since Kizashi already lives with his grandparents right now he might still stay where he is but at least he'll finally have his father in his life." He said while Sakura started texting Kakashi as they all finished eating their breakfast together.

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Sakura, Sachi, Naruto, Keiko, and Ami all gathered around the exit gates to say goodbye to Sasuke. Sasuke squatted down and held his arms out wide before giving Keiko a tight embrace. "I'm really going to miss you big brother." She began. "You better come back home to us safe and sound." She told him.

"Don't worry darling I will." He told her before he planted a kiss on her cheek and then glanced over at Sachi.

"Is Kizashi on his way? We have to leave really soon." He told her.

"Yeah, he should be here any minute now." She began when all of a sudden Kakashi felt butterflies inside his stomach since he knew that today was the day that he would be meeting his son for the very first time. Sure enough, a few minutes later Kizashi arrived with his grandparents. Kakashi glanced down at the child that was now standing in front of him and sighed.

"He doesn't look a thing like me." he began. "But he looks exactly like his mother. It looks like you and Sachi have an awful lot in common." He told him with a warm and affectionate smile as Kizashi just simply looked up at him. He really didn't know what he should do at that point, but before he knew it he was racing straight towards him. Kakashi bent over and hoisted his son up inside his arms and embraced him tightly and they both suddenly burst into tears.

Sachi smiled as she watched them and deep inside her heart she really wished that was her, but she knew that both of her parents were dead she would never have a chance of seeing either one of them again. So with that she slowly turned around and started walking away.