Chapter 6

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Naruto's Baby Chapter 6

"She was murdered?" Kakashi asked the medical ninja. The man nodded, "I'm afraid so, and it appears as though some of her files." Kakashi's eyes narrowed a bit, having an idea of what was missing, "can you look up a patient's file for me. Ai Uzumaki," Kakashi asked, and the medic shook his head, "I'm sorry, but her office is a crime scene for a while longer, if any files are missing, we will have to look up their records on the computer."

Kakashi gritted his teeth behind his mask, but then thought to ask, "I had a request for a DNA test from her, can I have those results please?"

The medic looked uneasy, "we gave her the results last night, but those are missing as well, I can see if there is a copy but if there isn't, we'll have to run another test," he said. Kakashi nodded and thanked the man, "I'll be back tomorrow, but if you still don't have the results by then, please deliver them to Umino Iruka," he said and headed out.

If Renshi was murdered, then I have a bad feeling that it was because of Kabuto. Kakashi had a run in with the spy yesterday, and he was after Sasuke. He knows he's a spy for Orochimaru.

And Kakashi had a feeling that Ai was in danger.

"YOU WANT TO DO WHAT NOW?!" Iruka asked in surprised.

"I want to take Ai with me," Kakashi said.

Naruto, Iruka, and Kakashi were in Ai's hospital room. Naruto looked at him warily and asked, "why? Aren't you planning on training Sasuke? You can't exactly babysit and train Sasuke…can you?" He asked.

"I can, and I will," Kakashi said, "I found out that the daycare will be closed for a while due to the same virus Ai caught going around the daycare," Kakashi said before his turned his head to Iruka, "You're a full-time instructor who does late lessons with students." Kakashi then turned to the blonde, "and Naruto, you're doing training with Ebisu and while he is one of the few jonin who knows of Ai's existence, we both think that she'll be a distraction for you," Kakashi said.

Naruto's eyes widen when heard those words. His eye twitched, "Did you call my child a distraction?" Naruto asked in a low tone of voice.

Kakashi looked uneasy for a moment, but he stood his ground without wavering, "you promised that you would work twice as hard as any other student when you had her, and yet you're behind on fundamentals. You need to know those before you can excel, once you master those, you'll be more open for extra training and specialized jutsus," Kakashi informed him.

"Then why don't you train me?! I want you to train me!" Naruto said.

"I can't train both you and Sasuke and babysit Ai at the same time," Kakashi informed. Naruto huffed and said, "If you don't train me, then you don't get to watch Ai," Naruto said. Naruto was still very concerned about his child's health, and she was awake and watching the adults from where she laid on the bed. Naruto was her mother, and he would stand his ground for his child's well-being.

Kakashi looked at Naruto and said, "while you are her parent, you forgot that you also assigned Iruka and me as her Godparents and legal guardians for special occasions. Training for the chunin exams is one of those occasions Naruto. It'll just be a month, and then you'll have all of the time in the world with her," Kakashi said as he tried to put Naruto at ease. "Besides, you want to get strong for her don't you? To be Hokage? Ebisu practically makes hokages with his training," Kakashi said.

While Naruto was mature when it came to his daughter, he was immature when it came to himself.

Iruka was still uneasy when it came to this situation. His eyes harden on Kakashi's figure, and he asked, "did you ever find out Kakashi?"

Naruto looked over to Iruka, and Kakashi gave him a stern expression, "I don't know, but I have an idea," Kakashi said. Naruto was confused, "find out what?"

"Who Ai's father is," Iruka said. Naruto's eyes widen in fear, and he turned to Kakashi. "What is he talking about?"

Kakashi looked down at Naruto and sighed, "she'll need to know for the future…after all, it takes two to make a child," Kakashi said, and Naruto backed away from him. "Then…who?"

"We don't know. Still, Ai's results don't come in until later today if they still have a copy," Kakashi said, and Iruka was upset with Kakashi. "We agreed not to seek this out."

"Things have changed Iruka. Bad things," Kakashi said firmly.

"What bad things?" Naruto asked. He looked over when he felt a tug on his sleeve and saw it was Ai, who was wanting attention. Naruto picked her up and sighed, hugging her close to his chest as she sat on his lap. Kakashi looked uneasy, "I'm not confirming anything, there is nothing to prove, but you need to train, and Ai needs to be watched over. Sasuke's training won't start for a while, so don't worry about her being hurt," Kakashi said. Naruto's eyes twitched. "Kakashi-sensei…tell me why my daughter is in danger."

"Yeah Kakashi, why?" Iruka sided with Naruto. Just as Kakashi was feeling the pressure, there was a knock on the door, and it was the medic from earlier. "Excuse me Kakashi-san," the doctor said, "but I do have your results."

Naruto turned to the medic and said, "are those Ai's DNA results?"

"Yes, we are not able to fully identify her father, but we were able to trace her paternal genetics for any markers that match with anyone in our system," he said and handed the folder to Kakashi. "Thank you," Kakashi said, and when the medic left, Kakashi opened the sealed envelope and read them.

His grip tightened on the paper.

"Kakashi?" Iruka spoke and went to look at the results for himself, and Kakashi sighed, "it's worse than I feared."

"What? What's wrong?" Naruto demanded to know.

Kakashi looked at Naruto, and the sudden image of a certain Uchiha appeared behind him like a shadow. He only wondered why he would ever do such a thing. "Ai shares DNA that indicates a particular kekkei genkai," Kakashi said. "And one that Sasuke shares."

Naruto's eyes squinted a bit as he tried to figure out what that meant, but then he asked, "so…does that mean that Ai and Sasuke are…related?" Once he said the sentence out loud, his eyes widen. He took a closer look at his daughter. Despite her red bumps around her lips, covering her hands and feet, Naruto only saw himself in his daughter. Then he noted her differences.

Her onyx eyes. Her pale skin. She even had a widow's peak.

Iruka's shock was just as large as Naruto's. "How can that be? The only two Uchiha's alive are Sasuke and…his brother Itachi."

Naruto's eyes turned away from Ai and asked, "who's Itachi?"

"Naruto, he's the reason why Sasuke is the only Uchiha in Konoha," Iruka said. Naruto got terrified, "so…if he's the long haired man…he's the one who…and that means…." Naruto's voice only got deeper the more he realized that he might have identified who his rapist is. A cold shiver went down his spine, and he suddenly saw his child, whom he loves so much, in a different light.

He only saw his eyes instead of his child's.

Naruto grew speechless, and he struggled to find the words that would deny all of that. He had agreed to himself that if he ever found out, he wouldn't care. So now that he knew, why did it hurt so much to know? He felt a tightness in his chest. An unspoken pain that he thought he was over now. Just when he thought he was getting his life together, the actual demons within him, not the Kyuubi, was clawing within his mind. "I…I think I need to go," Naruto said as he stood up and placed Ai down on the bed. He hesitated before giving her a kiss on her forehead. "I'm going to go train, so you can watch over her Kakashi-sensei," he said and left the hospital room, not turning back.

Iruka tried to stop him, but Naruto just wanted to be alone. He hugged his arms close to himself as he began thinking about that night. The lack of memory hurt a little, but knowing his assailant's name only seemed to increase the pain.

Sasuke's brother; Itachi.

Naruto stopped and realized that he hadn't visited Sasuke. Sure he wasn't allowed visitors, but he could sneak in. He turned that idea away. Naruto didn't think he could visit Sasuke at the moment knowing what he did now.

Naruto did need his space.

Instead of Ebisu, Naruto began his training with Jiraiya, and he often went back and forth for training. Naruto would admit that his apartment felt empty without Ai's laughs or cries. Even when she slept, she had a soft snore that was easily heard in the dead quiet. He knew she was safe with Kakashi, but he shouldn't have just left like that.

No matter what, she was his daughter, his only family. Naruto treasured Ai. The few days he hadn't seen her had been tearing him apart. He missed his cuddly baby girl. Naruto had noticed that whenever it was just the two of them, she had a special way of clinging to him. Not to mention she was sick at the moment, and she needed him.

As soon as visiting hours were opened, Naruto got up and transformed into Natsuko and headed to the hospital. He would be taking his child damn it with him to train, and he would spend as much as he could with her.

"I'm sorry ma'am, but your child was checked out earlier. I was told that you were on a mission, and one of her legal guardians had come to pick her up," the nurse said, reading the information off from the clipboard.

Naruto wanted to choke this woman.

"Which one of the men took her?" Naruto growled in the woman's body. If it were Iruka, he would feel better, but if it were Kakashi…he wouldn't know where he'd taken her.

The woman looked at the release form and said, "Hatake Kakashi," she said and showed him the form. Naruto immediately screamed in a fury. "DAMN IT!" He ran out of the hospital and would be going on a manhunt for the man. If Naruto ever wanted to kill someone, it would be now.

Naruto, still in his Natsuko form, went through the village, running to the usual places. Iruka's place was empty, and he was teaching, and when he went to the academy, he asked where Kakashi was, and Iruka had no idea that Kakashi had already taken Ai out of the hospital. "We were planning on picking her up later today, but not until in the afternoon and we were going to get you. I can't believe Kakashi would do this."

"He's a dead man when I get a hold of him!" Naruto said in a fury that Iruka's only seen once, and this was when he finally graduated from the academy after the Mitsuki incident. "Na-" Iruka started and reached out to touch Naruto, but when his hand landed on his shoulder, Naruto grabbed it and said, "don't touch me right now," Naruto warned and his gripped was tight. He threw Iruka's hand off him and Iruka was…scared. Naruto turned to him, even in his female form, he was terrifying. In fact, Iruka thought he looked even more scary, for, in this form, Naruto actually looked like a mother.

"If you see him, let me know, and take Ai away from him," Naruto said and headed off to look some more.

Naruto continued his search, and just as he was walking through the village, he had the unfortunate timing of running into a particular white haired sannin. Jiraiya was flirting with yet another woman and was failing miserably. The old man turned to Naruto, who's in his Natsuko form, and smiled, "Hey little lady," he went over, "why the grimace expression on your face."

Naruto growled and grabbed him, pulling him in, "BECAUSE A RAT BASTARD TOOK MY CHILD YOU PERVY SAGE!" He screamed in his face and let him go. Jiraiya realized it was Naruto and sighed, "Okay kid, come with me," he grabbed him by the shirt and dragged him along the streets.

Naruto tried to pull away, but he ultimately couldn't fight off Jiraiya's strength.

When they stopped by the training ground, Naruto was let go. "Pervy Sage, I don't have time for training. I don't know where my child is! I'm worried about her." He said, but Jiraiya held him back, "no, use this anger, and control it. You're training officially starts now, and I'll be teaching you the technique I was telling you about.

Naruto felt conflicted. He poofed out of his sexy jutsu and grimaced, "but I need to-"

"Your daughter will be okay with Kakashi. He's watched her before, hasn't he? Besides, I'm in close contact with him, so if anything happens, I'll let you know." Jiraiya said. Naruto's eyes widen, and he said, "where is she? How is she? Does she have medicine? She's been sick! She should have me around!"

"NARUTO!" Jiraiya snapped at him angrily. "Focus. This was why Kakashi took her," Jiraiya stated boldly. "You need to focus, and Ai is a distraction."

"She's my child!" Naruto shouted at him. "My child is not a distraction!"

"Yes, she is! You need to focus on your training if you want to become stronger. To protect her? To achieve your dreams?"

Naruto was very conflicted and gritted his teeth. It reminded him of when Ai was a newborn, and he had the long nights with just her. The lack of sleep was affecting his training and going to class. The third Hokage and Iruka were threatening to take his only family away because they knew he couldn't raise her alone. Naruto remembered running away childishly and hiding in the forest with her and how he held her close, whispering how much he loved her. He also recalled the pain he was in due to his C-section staples being ripped when he ran. He had promised that no one would ever take away his baby so long as he lived. Naruto also remembered how he had promised to let Iruka and Kakashi to watch over her when he was training.

It still made him feel uneasy.

Naruto let out his frustrated tears that had been building up for a while. He covered them with his arm sleeve, "I just…I just need to know she's safe."

Jiraiya placed a hand on his shoulder, "she is…she's okay…now let's start your training."

Kakashi was in Sasuke's apartment. Since the Uchiha district was no longer livable, Sasuke lived by himself in a small apartment, though newer than Naruto's apartment. It was more modern but very dull. Kakashi was going to pack some things for Sasuke since they would be training for a while in seclusion. Sasuke would need some clothes after all.

Kakashi freed the girl and placed her on Sasuke's bed. Ai was sitting up and was trying to suck her thumb but found her hand covered with socks, so she sucked on them. Those were on her on her hands to help her hands recover from her earlier sickness.

Kakashi found a duffle bag, and as he was going through Sasuke's belongings, he found his photo album. Kakashi picked it up and turned to Ai, "I didn't think Sasuke was one for mementos," he said to the girl with a smile, though it was hidden behind his mask. He gave the girl a sad expression when he thought about her being of the Uchiha descent. Curiously, he opened it and looked through and saw some baby photos of Sasuke. He looked back at Ai, check on her to make sure she didn't roll off the bed, but as he did so, he really saw the resemblance. His eye when back and forth between one particular photo of Sasuke at a few months old. Sasuke looked like such a happy baby. Adorable as well.

Kakashi looked over at Ai and noted Sasuke and Ai's similarities. While Ai did have pale skin, it was gaining color to be a healthier tone, though it would be pale. The skin actually matched the photo's version of Sasuke. Kakashi also noticed that Ai's hair was growing to the thick. Naruto didn't really have thick locks, but he knew Sasuke's hair was thick, even when spiked back. The eye color was a bigger factor as her eyes were a solid onyx color, just like Sasuke's. Itachi's were like that as well, and Itachi had thick hair…or was it a bit thinner than Sasuke's? Baby Sasuke and Ai had the same head shape as well and the same two red circles on the keeps, though many infants had that redness in their cheeks. Ai's eyes shape was a bit different, but she inherited Naruto's eye shape. Hair color was definitely different as Ai was a blonde haired child, same as Naruto. Though is Kakashi didn't know any better, he could swear that Ai could have been Sasuke's sibling, at least from what these photos looked like.

Or his child.

Kakashi put that thought aside and looked at Itachi's photo. While in this picture he was a bit older, they would be able to tell the difference.

While Itachi and Ai had similarities, it wasn't as prominent as it was with Sasuke. "Either you look like your uncle or Sasuke is your father Ai-chan," Kakashi said in a joking manner to the child. Ai looked up from her gnawing. Kakashi knew she was teething still and sighed, "If Sasuke is your father, then I'm a puppy's uncle," he said and but the photo album away and finished packing. Ai made cooing noises since soon, she would be learning how to speak, or at least that was her milestone anyways.

Kakashi knew that Sasuke couldn't be Ai's father.

Then, why did that thought stay in his head?

Kakashi brought Ai to the area where he would be training Sasuke. Though if Naruto saw what he was doing, climbing the mountain with one hand with an infant on his back, Naruto would end up murdering the man he called sensei. Ai was oblivious to the fact that her life was hanging in the balance should Kakashi slip up.

Which he almost did.

When he almost fell from the cliff, Ai felt his body jolt, and she looked down. The movement scared her, and she began to cry. Kakashi tried to hush the girl, but he needed to get to the top. He unlocked the first gate of his body and made a daring leap upwards to closer. Ai still cried, and the movement of jump upward didn't help her.

Sasuke, who was at the top first, looked down. "You're late."

Kakashi laughed and managed to get to the top. Sasuke narrowed his eyes and asked, "why do you have Naruto's daughter?" Kakashi smiled behind his mask and said, "I'll explain but can you unlatch her from my back please?" He asked as the squalling infant continued her screams.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, but he did what he asked and freed the baby girl from the holder. Ai instantly snuggled up to Sasuke, shaken up from what just happened. Kakashi watched and now that he saw Sasuke holding Ai, he saw a greater resemblance between the two.

"I have something to tell you before we get started," Kakashi said, "but first, let's set up camp. I brought you some clothes," he said, but that duffle bag was on a scroll, along with other supplies, and they were in his ninja pouch.

As Kakashi set up most of the camp, Sasuke looked at the infant in his arms and felt very awkward. Yes, she did quiet down, but this was the first time he ever held a baby. He held her out when he felt that she was too close, and the girl looked like she was about to cry. Kakashi looked over and said, "Infants need to feel secure Sasuke."

"Yeah, like how you were climbing up the cliff with her like that," the Uchiha remarked and pulled Ai closer. The girl smiled and reached up, and yanked on his long bangs. Sasuke nearly dropped the girl and was crying out in pain as the girl seemed to be tugging. "Get off! Get off!" He said as he managed to get the girl to let his hair go. Ai giggled at the funny faces the man was making, and Sasuke was already frustrated. "She's definitely Naruto's brat…and she'll grow up to be as dumb as him I bet," he said as he put her down on the ground. He was walking away, and Ai began to crawl toward him. Sasuke turned and saw the girl following. "No, you stay here," he said, and Ai didn't listen.

Kakashi looked over once more and said, "don't put her on the ground like that. She'll get dirty!" Kakashi went over and picked the girl up. Ai began to cry once more. Kakashi tried to rock her softly and said, "you need to learn how to treat infants Sasuke."

Once everything was settled, Kakashi had decided to give her back to Naruto tomorrow, though he still needed to talk to Sasuke.

"You're lying," Sasuke said immediately.

"DNA results don't lie Sasuke," Kakashi said firmly. "She has the markers for activating the Sharingan," Kakashi said as he held the infant in his lap. The two were sitting by the campfire and Ai was sleeping now for the night. "She resembles you significantly," Kakashi said, and Sasuke was quick to reject that thought. "So you're saying she's Itachi's child? My niece?"

"We don't know any other Uchiha's other than you and we know you didn't create her," Kakashi said firmly. Sasuke looked at the girl, but all he could see was Naruto's image. He couldn't see his brother anywhere in her. "So she'll have the sharingan then?"

"One day, yes, she'll be able to activate it," Kakashi said. Sasuke didn't know how to think about that. Could this child ruin his plans for revenge? Or was she the start of the Uchiha clan's revival?

"But why would Itachi…do this?" Sasuke asked.

Kakashi gave him a looked of 'how should I know?' "Why did Itachi kill your clan? I don't have all of the answers Sasuke. The point is that now, there is one more Uchiha in the world, and she'll be a target for many enemies."

Sasuke looked uneasy, and he looked at the girl but said, "she's Naruto's child first, so I don't have anything to do with her upbringing," Sasuke said.

"You don't want anything to do with your only family member?" Kakashi asked.

"It's not like she can help me achieve my goals. She's a distraction. Maybe when she's old, she'll be useful, but if she's anything like Naruto, then I don't want anything to do with her. She's not my kid."

Kakashi gave him an uneasy look and then looked down to Ai. He was sure to teach her with the sharingan once she activated it. He knew Sasuke would change his mind later in life, but for now, he was right. Ai wasn't his responsibility.

"So now that you know, how do you feel about her now?" Kakashi asked.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi and said, "she's just a reminder to kill off Itachi. Not only did he kill our family but now he's a rapist. That's messed up. I don't understand why he would do such a thing. Now seeing her makes me mad as well."

Kakashi stood up, trying not to wake Ai up and said, "I guess I'll return her to Naruto. If I don't make it back, know that I was more likely killed by him. I didn't exactly get his permission to watch over her after all. See ya…maybe," Kakashi said and poofed with the infant in his arms.

Sasuke stared at the fire and couldn't get Ai out of his head. She was his family…his clan…it was so hard to believe. Now he had someone to call family once more. He was still upset over this, but he could only imagine how Naruto felt.

Sasuke questions why he would be thinking of Naruto right now.