Birds sang, tweeting outside the window, open just enough to let the early autumn breeze waft in. A baby lay quietly in his crib, watching little fibers, only made visible by the streams of sunlight, float in the gentle wind. He hoped the man would come in soon, for it was getting a little too cool in the room. Outside his door he heard the nice, pretty lady's voice.

"Jero, could you get Iruka. I'm getting Tsubame ready."

"Sure thing."

There it was! The man's voice! The baby wiggled eagerly in his crib as he heard the footsteps get closer. A face appears over him.

"I swear, I think that baby waits for you."

The baby grins happily and rocks side to side reaching out to the man. The man smiles and picks him up holding the infant gingerly against his chest.

The baby coos softly, looking up in awe at the man who smiles so gently. "She's just jealous of the Umino men and their good looks." the man tells the boy, laying him on a changing table.

The man snaps off the baby's onesy and blows a raspberry on the child's bare stomach, prompting it to squeal with delight. The man slips on a pair of pants and a shirt before the baby knows what's going on and lifts him into the air making the baby squeal wildly. The man laughed as he brought him back down and held him once more. There was no doubt about it, he loved the man. The baby pressed his face into the man's strong, firm chest feeling safe and secure, not even noticing they had made their way to the living room where the nice, pretty lady stood holding the wild little girl who attempted to grasp her hair.

"Are we ready, Jero? Tsubame!?" The baby had shoved her fingers into Naruko's nose.

"Wanna trade?" Jero asked sniggering.

Tsubame squealed in Jero's arms, laughing and kicking the air. Jero grinned and stunned her with a big kiss. Soon Tsubame was quietly resting her head against Jero's shoulder as the family made their way into the city.

" Heeeeyyyy!! Heads up!!" Yoshino made a rough landing a few feet in front of them, loaded down with bags and packages that spilled over onto the ground. Iruka laughed. It's the funny lady!! He liked the funny lady!

"Okay! There was this big sale over there at the baby store thing, and I didn't know what color they looked better in so I got one of each! Oh! And do they have blankets? Y'know winter's coming and you don't want them to get sick!"



"Yoshino, you don't have to get them anything." Jero picked up a teddy bear and handed it to her.

"No! Please! I'm a godmother! It's my thing."

"But, Yoshino we can't…" Naruko started.

Yoshino's bottom lip protruded and her eyes got glassy.

"Fine! Drop it off at the house."

"YAYZ!" Yoshino took off at top speed, crashing into an innocent bystander about 5 yards away and landed on top of him.

"Yoshino!?" The family rushed to her side. Dazed, Yoshino sat up and rubbed her head. "What's the big idea getting in my way punk?!"

"Hey. You're the one that ran into me! What a pain in the ass!" He stood up and stuck out his hand to help her up. She took his hand, but continued to chew him out, so he let go prompting her to fall back on her ass. "You dirty son of a-" she blindsided him with a teddy bear. The family gave them room, finally going about their own business.

"OKAY! OKAY! Stop hitting me! Look! I'll just-Wait-STOP IT!! I'll help you take your crap home! Where do you live?" Yoshino stopped and blushed, kneeling down and picking up all of the baby clothes and stuff off the ground. The guy kneeled down and helped her. Yoshino blushed even more. "No, really you don't have to…"

"No, really. It's a drag, but I just got back from a mission and I don't have anything better to do, so yeah. What do you say?" He stood up with three bags in hand and waited for Yoshino to answer.

"Well, uhh, sure." Yoshino blushed furiously, thinking that this is how Naruko must have felt every minute of every day of her life. She looked up and grinned as pleasantly as she could. "I would like that."

The guy was taken aback for a moment, at how pretty she looked for just a fleeting moment. He coughed awkwardly into his hand to stop himself from staring. He rubbed the back of his neck and followed the girl down the road, not sure of what he was really getting himself into.

"So," He said after a while. "I'm Nara Shikaku. What's your name?"

"Uhh, I'm Yoshino. Watsuki Yoshino." They continued down the road that was getting less crowded with each passing block, stealing fleeting glances when the other was not looking.

"That's a nice name." The boy quickened his pace and walked a few steps in front of the stunned girl to conceal his reddening face.

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Yessss! Heres the first chapter to part deux! Hope ya like it!