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Authors note: Happy about some of the reviews I got so here you go.
Chapter two
Tsunade just sat there, a look of disbelief on her ageless face. "Sakura…" Tsunade trailed off. In front of her was the last person she ever expected to see, Haruna Sakura, Sannin class shinobi of Konoha and her prized apprentice.
"Tsunade-sama, It's great to see you." said Sakura. A light smile adorned the pink haired woman's face.
"Ye-yeah you to." said Tsunade shaking her head coming out of her daze. "What are you doing here?"
The smile on Sakura's face grew larger. "I'm back…for good." she said in a merry tone. She looked at her mentor and sensei's face and saw it was that of surprise, but not exactly joy. Her smile lessened. "Unless that's a bad thing?"
Tsunade shook her head again and smiled. "No…its fine. I'm just really surprised."
The Hokage got up and walked forward to her former apprentice. She gave another smile before she wrapped her in a tight hug. "So where is everybody?" asked Sakura.
"They're all living there lives…the old rookie nine are still alive and well. Kakashi and Shizune are married and trying for a kid." said Tsunade. "And Naruto is head of the Anbu corps. And he's mar-"
Tsunade trailed off as she saw the far away look in Sakura's eyes at the mention of the blond-haired boy. A faint blush was on the med-nin's cheeks. "So he's head of the Anbu now huh?" she said. "I…I have a lot to tell him."
Tsuande's eyes grew wide at this statement. "Sakura he's-" once again she was unable to finish her sentence as Sakura interrupted her.
"I'm going to go catch up with some people…and surprise Naruto." She said. Before Tsuande could say another word Sakura left.
Tsuande stared at her now closed doors and sighed. She opened her top left desk drawer and took out a sake bottle. "It's going to be a bad day." said Tsunade uncorking the bottle.
She wrote a note and sent it on the leg of a bird. "I should warn him."
A one-year-old boy with brown hair sat in his high seat laughing. Globs of food scattered every which way, none of it entering its intended target. Naruto sat in a seat directly in front of the baby. His right eye was twitching as baby food marked his clothes and face.
The baby still remained laughing thinking it was all a game. "Come on Shikamaru." said Naruto. "you have to eat it…to grow up like your old man."
Baby Shikamaru just continued to laugh. Ino had named the child after her good friend and teammate because of a bet she lost. She had bet it would be a girl, and that if she were wrong they would name it after the lazy bum. Looking back on it her logic didn't quite make sense.
"That's not going to work." said the little girl beside Naruto, with a blank calm face. By all accounts she was the polar opposite of both her parents in terms of personality…or at least she tried to be, but her father well…
"Oh is that so Miss Smartypants." said Naruto as he snuck an arm around her and began tickling her from behind. All calm composers were lost to the little girl as she busted out laughing. "Well what should we do then Akane?"
"We have to show him the food is tasty…you have to eat It." she said with a smile as she began to bring back her calm control.
"But it's not tasty…it sucks." said Naruto.
"Really is that so." Ino stalked up behind the two shaking her hips in a seductive way. She was pleased to see it caught Naruto's attention. She leaned down over her husbands shoulder. "Well let me see."
Ino took her pointer finger and wiped some of the food off Naruto's cheek, she then brought it to her mouth and had a taste. "I don't know it tastes pretty good to me honey." said Ino with a playful smile.
"Really is that so then let me have a taste." Naruto put his arm around his wife and guided her closer. There faces drew near each other's before joining in a deep kiss.
Baby Shikamaru stopped laughing and looked at the scene confused. Akane just stood next to him with a blank expression. "Mommy is really weird with Daddy." She said. Shikamaru laughed and nodded, not that he understood her anyway.
The two parents broke apart and Naruto licked his lips. "You lied…that stuff tasted god awful." said Naruto with sheepish smile.
"I know." replied Ino as she laid a plate in front of him. Breakfast was served and everybody ate it hungrily. All except baby Shikamaru who still played and was throwing his baby food around.
"So….Daddy…will you take me to the park today." said Akane looking at her plate playing with her food, doing all she could not to look desperate for it.
A mischievous smile played on Naruto's lips. "I don't know…I mean I'm so bus-"
Naruto stopped mid-sentence as a small tapping on the window caught their attention. Little Akane's heart sank…she knew that sound well. A small brown bird tapped at the window, a small piece of paper was attached to its leg.
Naruto let out a small sigh, he felt terrible about what it meant. He had initially been joking when he was about to say he was 'busy' but now it seemed he actually would be. He got up from his chair and walked over to the window, he quickly opened it up and grabbed the note from the bird and unfolded it.
Ino snuck up behind him and placed her arms around his waist as he read. "Is it another mission?" she asked. Worried and disheartened that her husband would most likely have to leave them for danger. "Can't you just say no…it's your day off."?
Naruto let out a sigh. "It doesn't say it's a mission…it just says come to the Hokages office as soon as I can." Said Naruto. He looked over at Akane, the girl was looking down and her fists were clenched. Naruto couldn't see her eyes but he knew she was crying.
The blond Anbu Captain walked over to the little girl and bent down to give her a hug. "Hey…listen to me…did your dad teach you to be a downer." said Naruto. The little girl shook her head. "And you know my policy towards those that smile…they get what they want."
Akane looked up with tear filled eyes not sure what her father was talking about. "If you smile all while I'm gone…then I promise you I will take you to the park when I get back."
The girls face instantly brightened up and the tears began to reseed back at the prospect of what he just said. Her father never broke a promise. She nodded a few times and gave him a hug. "Hurry back." Was all she said before she walked off.
Naruto turned to Ino and planted a kiss on her silky lips. "Come back safe." said Ino.
Naruto let out a small chuckle. "You know I will, and besides it may not be a mission…the old hag might finally make me Hokage." Naruto busted out laughing at this. Ino hit him over the head.
"Like they'd make a bum like you Hokage." said Ino jokingly. Naruto feigned being hurt, however it didn't help when little Shikamaru cheered at his mother's statement.
"Everyone's against me." said Naruto. He walked over to his son's high chair and ruffled up his hair. "Later squirt, you know the drill, be good."
And with that Naruto disappeared in a flash leaving no trace. Ino simply turned around and began cleaning up the kitchen, humming a tune to herself.
Naruto appeared directly outside the Hokage doors, surprising the secretary like he always did. "Hey, can I go in?" he asked already knowing the answer. The secretary gave a nod. Naruto opened the doors with a smile and peeked in. Tsunade was surprisingly awake for once. "Hey old hag, finally ready to retire."
Tsunade let out a sigh and a vain appeared in her forehead. Before Naruto knew what hit him…actually that's not true, Naruto knew exactly what hit him, it was her giant hundred pound paper weight. "I'll take that as a no." he said falling to the ground.
"Get up oh magnificent Anbu Captain." said Tsuande her voice dripping with sarcasm. However all jokes now aside Tsunade gained a very serious expression. "Naruto…I didn't call you here for a mission I called you here to tell you something."
"And what's that." said Naruto rubbing his chin where the paperweight had struck. He got up at a quick enough pace, but still acted hurt.
"Naruto…Sakura…Sakura's back."
Sakura wondered through town looking at the note in her hands. She had just come from the flower shop in hopes of finding Ino. Only to find out she had moved to a different part of Konoha. Ino's parent's though were thrilled to see her and gave her directions. It was really great catching up with her best friends parents, but she couldn't wait to actually catch up with her best friend herself.
She soon came upon the house that matched the address and was surprised to see a rather large mansion. Apparently Ino was doing rather well for herself, obviously having a source of income greater then the average Jounin salary.
She admired the beautiful craftsmanship of the house as well as the bright garden and yard that lie around the home. It was truly a rich and gorgeous place to live. Sakura soon found herself at the front door. She gave a deep breath; it was going to be hard seeing her best friend after so long without a word.
Sakura knocked on the door and waited expectantly. It didn't take long before she heard the rushing of feet to the door. The door opened and Sakura was at a loss for words as a mini version of Ino with a darker shade of blond hair appeared at the door. The little girl was no older then four.
"No way…did Ino have a kid." thought Sakura. Sakura knew it must have happened not long after she had left because of the child's obvious age.
"Can I help you?" asked the girl.
"Yes…is your mother home…I'm a very old friend of hers." said Sakura smiling. She soon found that the girl gave a light smile back, but tried to hide it.
"Yes right this way please." Said the girl. Sakura entered the house and it was just as beautiful on the inside as the out. She walked through the hallway and instantly saw the form of Ino.
Ino lounged comfortably in her slim clingy silk robe that made her look somewhat of a seductress. She lay on the coach in such a suggestive way that any man would drool. She didn't do it on purpose; no she did it because she had always done it like that. She flipped the next page of her exciting romance novel written by the great wonderful stupendous and undeniably hunky Viperflamer.
Sakura observed how healthy and beautiful she looked. As she had guessed Ino was now married, as was proof by the ring on her finger. At her side sat a small brown haired boy sleeping soundly in a rocker. Ino's hand was gently rocking the chair back and forth while she read her book. Sakura couldn't help but notice how right the scene seemed with her best friend in a mother's role.
"Ehem." coughed Sakura.
Ino looked up from her book and instantly dropped it out of sheer surprise. "Sakura…Is that you." A smile came to the blonde's face as she got up and rushed over to her. "My god you look great where have you been?"
"Around, but I'm back for good now…and look at you married and two children." said Sakura. Sakura looked genuinely surprised, though the scene earlier had looked right Sakura found it hard to believe that Ino was now a wife and mother.
However the pink haired girl was very happy for her. She was about to ask whom the father was when the baby stirred. "Huh, Shikamaru your such a troublesome child." Said Ino with a light laugh.
Sakura looked at the baby and drew a conclusion of who the father was. She had always thought Shikamaru and Ino would be perfect together. And it looked like baby Shikamaru had been named after his father, who probably thought it was too troublesome to come up with a different name
All the thoughts of babies and getting married soon got her thinking of Naruto. Before she knew it another sound entered the house. Someone had entered through the front door. Sakura saw the little girl from earlier run towards it shouting. "DADDY!!!" merrily.
"Oh honey are you home what did the Hokage want…never mind actually guess who's here?" shouted Ino to the hallway.
Sakura put on a smile and looked from her best friend to the doorway waiting for Shikamaru to enter. "It's been a long time Shi-"
Sakura trailed off. Blond hair and a smiling whisker marked face entered threw the doorway. He wasn't looking at Sakura or even in the room. His attention was on the girl in his arms…his daughter. Naruto looked up and saw the face of Sakura.
For that moment they just stared. Sakura was confused, and she could hear her heart breaking. Uzumaki Naruto the boy she now knew she loved, was married, had children, was happy, and was all these things with her best friend Ino.
Life suddenly got more complicated and Sakura now wished she had never left that day four years ago. Or at the least…never came back.
Authors note: a bit of a cliffy but its not a big deal, this isn't a story that is long enough to keep people in suspense. I decided to give this one or two more chapters. Not because I've decided to add content but because instead of putting it all together I'm going to split the story even further. I had originally planed to add maybe twelve or so more pages to this chapter thus ending the story, but now it's going to be a little longer. Hope you enjoyed it, and once again sorry to those who thought it was a waist of my time and to sappy.
But I need this sap out there so I can move on and focus on my other stories, however…I like sap and I do enjoy writing this story. Hope all you NaruIno fans are happy, yes this is NaruIno no NaruSaku at all in this story. Okay maybe a little but its more of the conflict thing as Sakura trys to show Naruto her feelings. In the next chapter more is explained and Sakura thinks that Ino and Naruto are only together because Ino became pregnant. This will lead to conflict between Ino and Sakura. Naruto does end up with Ino. And Sakura is NOT bashed just thrown for a loop in this story that surprisingly has a plot.
Also as to why baby Shikamaru has brown hair. Are any of you familiar with the basic gene code in every person? Basically there are dominant traits and non-dominant traits. Like blond hair versus brown hair, in this case blonde hair is the dominant trait for both parents however they both still carry a brown haired trait, Baby Shikamaru only inherited the brown haired trait and not the blond. Little Akane like her parents has both blond and brown hair traits in her.
That's a little thing I learned in a Biology room. However I probably explained it all wrong, but the concept is true.
Anyway enough of my ramblings REVIEW!!!!!