Moonlight Baby
Chapter 3
Sakura woke up exhausted with bags under her eyes; she dragged her feet to the bathroom. Her long pink hair was sticking up everywhere; there were bags under her green, bloodshot eyes. She combed ritually through her hair and tried her best to disguise
the bags. The baby cried every 2 hours in the night. She walked back into the main room, Naruto was sprawled out in the bed he had to share with Sasuke, she giggled when she remembered the argument.
"No way why do I have to share a bed with this jerk!" he screamed "Sakura, can I-" She held her fist at ready, he backed off.
"There is no way I'm sharing a bed with you and defiantly not Kakashi." she thought of everything that could happen with his dirty mind.
"Shadow Cone Jutsu!" Naruto shouted, she punched him before he could finish the hand signs. She rolled out the mat she would be sleeping on and went to comb her hair before bed.
Then the bay arrived she thought. The door suddenly swung open, Naruto was standing there in just his underwear.
"Pervert!" Sakura shouted as she punched him hard. He looked up at her as he rubbed the large bump on his head, he seemed genuinely confused.
"What was that for, Sakura?" he asked.
"Oh, he must have been sleepwalking." she muttered.
"Knock before you enter next time!" she shouted, she needed a good reason to punch him so hard. She stalked out of the room, Kakashi and Sasuke had just woken up.
"Well, you three need to decide what to do with the baby." Kakashi said as he left the room.
"We give it to an orphanage." said Sasuke. Sakura's inner voice: No! It's only been with us for a day but I love it already!
"No." Naruto said there was anger and determination in his voice "I made a promise to the mother that I was going to take care of this baby no matter what!" he was shouting now.
"Naruto" Sakura tried to calm him.
"The baby is a bastard; we can't train and take care of it. Just give it to the orphanage where it can actually have a chance." Sasuke was so tense.
"Sakura, you're the winning vote, what do you want?" Naruto and Sasuke gave her intense stares. As much as she didn't want to hurt Sasuke, she just couldn't give up the small thing.
"I say we," the stares got more intense, "we keep it!" she shut her eyes and heard the yells from Naruto declaring his victory over Sasuke. Kakashi walked back in.
"What do we name it?" he said.
"Sensei, how did you know we decided to keep it?" Sakura asked.
"Because, I know all. And Naruto is extremely loud." he said plainly.
"I vote on calling it Naruto Jr.!" screamed Naruto with his hand in the air. Sasuke, disgusted by all this, left the room.
"Sasuke." cried Sakura.
"I'm going for a walk." he slammed the door.
"So Sakura, what are we naming it?" inquired Naruto.
"Well, she was born on the full moon, so something that means 'moon'". Sakura decided.
"I don't know any names that mean 'moon'"
"Don't worry" Sakura pulled out a large scroll labeled "101 baby names and meanings"
"Why do you carry that with you?" he asked, she didn't want to admit that it was because she planned on her and Sasuke getting married.
"Um, classified." she stammered. She rolled out the scroll.
"Uwah, so many names!" Naruto was starting to get dizzy.
"Here's one! Tsukiko! That's pretty." She rolled up the scroll satisfied with the name she chose.
"Tsukiko, eh?" Naruto said looking at the baby. Sakura picked it up and held it in the air.
"Tsukiko, Tsukiko, Tsukiko. Do you like it?" the baby giggled; her voice was so sweet and pure.
"Alright, let's check out and leave." Kakashi said as he picked up his pack. Sakura stole a sheet and made a sling for the baby to ride in.
"Check out." Kakashi said as he handed the room key. Sakura was cooing over the baby. The attendant looked at her confused, she didn't remember them coming in with a baby. They all left the motel and started on their journey, Naruto's eyes avoided the
alleyway, knowing who lay there cold. The sun was shining bright today, they had to walk in direct sunlight too. Tsukiko whined and struggled throughout the entire journey, only when they were in the shade did she settle down.
"It's so strange." Sakura said.
"What?" Naruto answered.
"Tsukiko, she always fidgets around and cry when she's in sunlight, but in the shade she's completely normal." Sakura stared into the baby's bright silver eyes. She was always mesmerized by them.
"It's amazing; she can lift her head, smile and laugh. Those are things that a baby 1 month old should be doing. She's only been alive for a day." Sakura never took her eyes off the child.
"Maybe it's just really smart or something." Naruto said as he bit into a sandwich.
"This isn't smart, it's abnormal." said Sakura. From there she knew that this wasn't an ordinary baby.