SasuNaru, yaoi, m-preg, OC, OOC and unbeta-read

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Sorry for the long wait, guys. I am doing this quickly because neesan is here. >. As always, thank you for sticking around.

Chapter 42: Impostor

Like any kids, Kisho felt trepidation on his first day of school. It didn't matter to him that all his classmate were two or three years older than him. What made him nervous was just the thought that he was going to school, spending most of his time of the day in that building instead of at home or at the day care center. He futilely tried to quell the butterflies that had occupied in his stomach as the class adviser led him to his class.

During lunch break, everybody looked surprised when Kisho pulled out his big lunch box and then envious as Kisho opened his lunch box, revealing mouth-watering food. They kept on taking sideway glances at his lunch and wondered where it all went when 30 minutes later his lunch box was empty. Was it possible for a five-year-old kid to eat a lunch fit for almost three people? What the hell was he?

That same question was repeated when after the class, they spent their free time running around, playing and while everybody was panting, gasping and wheezing Kisho just stood there calmly.

"Aren't you tired?" one boy dared to ask.

Kisho looked at him quizzically. Tired? Were all his classmates that weak that running around for almost 35 minutes made them this exhausted? He shook his head, "That was nothing."

"You're weird," the boy mumbled and the blonde Uchiha could feel eyes staring at him weirdly. Whatever those stares meant, he didn't like it. He may not understand it completely but something tells him they didn't like him, that he wasn't being welcomed.

The next day, during lunch time he only ate one-third of his lunch and shared the rest with his classmates who was more than happy to partake. During their playtime, when two boys crashed on the ground, claiming they were exhausted, Kisho immediately followed suit and started panting. The others looked at him but this time there was now acceptance as they realized that Kisho was not different. He was one of them. The boy had felt that welcoming aura and he smiled as he continued panting, ignoring the slight burning sensation of his lungs at the unwelcome rush of oxygen.

-SasuNaru is love-

"Uwa Kisho," Naruto cried out as the boy stepped into the kitchen, "I missed you!" then proceeded to suffocate the boy with his hug. "How was school today?" he asked as he pulled back.

"I made lots of friends," the boy replied proudly and the man beamed. "Ne, chichiue, tomorrow can you make me lunch good for 7 persons?"

"Not until you give me a hug."

Kisho then hugged him fiercely.

-SasuNaru is love-

Tanabe, the academy principal slid a copy of Kisho's first quarterly report over the table and watched as his former classmates, now Konoha's elders, looked over it. He saw surprised, disappointment and relief rolled into one in their eyes.

"His grades shows that he is neither the top of their class nor the dead-last," Ishii said after awhile. .

"The youngest Uchiha seemed ordinary, doesn't he?" his female classmate Tamura commented off-handedly.

"Overlooking the fact that the animals are scared of him, yes, he is," Tanabe replied.

"What do his classmates say about this?" the male elder asked.

"They think it is cool. They assumed that it is his talent."

"What about his performance? His interaction with the other students?" Tamura inquired.

"He's making friends. He's really an ordinary child despite who his parents are. Or to be more correct, what his chichiue is."

"Which is puzzling because animals are scared of him and yet…" the older woman trailed off, confused. Something was off.

"Perhaps, he couldn't use all of that chakra," the principal supplied.

"He isn't a threat after all," Ishii murmured and received a glare from the only woman from the room. "We are safe for now," he added.

"We couldn't let our guard down," she seemed to snap at no one in particular. "Keep us posted with the child's development."

-SasuNaru is love-

Naruto noticed the frown on his spouse's face. Was Sasuke disappointed of Kisho's academic grades? It seemed so. "At least, he isn't the dead-last."

"But he could do better," he replied. He just knew it.

"Why couldn't you just accept that fact that Kisho isn't like you or Yuuzuki or Akemi?" he said. He couldn't mention Miki because the girl didn't go to the academy. Tsunade didn't want her to as the lessons taught in there were about general stuffs. Under her tutelage, the girl would learn not only those but also others that were important in the field she was pursuing.

Sasuke sighed. "Naruto," he said seriously, "something is off. Something is holding him back."

"No, Sasuke. I don't think there is something. He's still five years old surrounded by two or three years older than him for Pete's sake. Give him some time to adjust. You can't expect all of our children to meet your standards."

The brunette remained silent. He didn't want to start another argument with the blonde, something which was what they had been doing lately and he was already tired. He filed Kisho's report on a folder and placed it in one of his drawers.

-SasuNaru is love-

"No, no, no, no," Akemi repeated almost frustratingly at Kisho. He had taken it as his task to train his brother when he saw his report card but it had proven a very difficult one. Sometimes the older boy was driven close to pulling his hair or banging his head on the nearest hard object or stomping his feet in frustration. "Didn't I tell you not to grip the shuriken too tightly?"

"I'm tired, niichan," the boy lied. He wasn't actually tired but he wanted to think he was. After all, he didn't want to improve too much and to come out better than the rest of his friends. Akemi looked at him in disbelief then in acceptance, "we definitely need to improve your endurance."

-SasuNarui is love-

His sharp senses told him that an object was thrown at his direction but instead of moving immediately, he let it get close to him within seven inches before he moved. Slowly. And let it missed him by hairsbreadth.

Saburo laughed as he picked up the eraser. "Slowpoke," he said, "I threw it almost two meters away from you, y'know." Then he added arrogantly, "I could detect any moving objects within three meters."

He would be put to shame if he knew that Kisho could effortlessly do more than that since birth. He could hear any sounds and smell any scent within seven meters in radius. All along he thought this was normal until he saw how his classmates struggle hard to widen their range of detection. Realizing this, he decided to pretend more.

-SasuNaru is love-

"Did something happen at school?" Sasuke asked as he came home, ignoring the irritated look from his wife.

"No, it was fun," Kisho automatically replied before he continued trudging his way from the study room to his room.

"Sasuke-"

"I don't want to hear it." Sasuke hated Naruto's everything-is-fine speech just as the blonde hated his did-something-happen-at-school-no-it-was-fun dialogue with their youngest child.

"You won't be hearing it if you stop being so paranoid," Naruto snapped in a low voice.

"If only you'd stopped being so damned trusting."

"Aren't you glad he instantly made friends?" Unlike me.

"Not if they would hinder him from being who he could be," Sasuke replied as he followed into their bedroom. He closed the door quietly, ignoring his urge to slam it.

"You still see friends as obstacles?"

He didn't dignify that with a reply.

Soon, both of them were sleeping on their respective side of their bed, filling the space separating them with both said and unsaid words. This sleeping arrangement had been happening a lot lately as both of them were too stubborn to throw away their opinion at the same time obstinate to stop pushing their idea to one another.

-SasuNaru is love-

During the annual event of parents coming to the academy to observe how their children are being taught and how they participated, Sasuke was the one who attended.

"Kisho-kun isn't as intelligent as you, ne Sasuke-kun?" the woman beside him commented in fake sympathy. "It's natural for children to also take after their other parent but..." she trailed off almost in a purr as the brunette look at her. He recognized her as one of his former ardent fan girls or if the way she batted her eyelashes she was still his fan girl. He glared at her before turning his attention back to the activity going on.

He watched and observed Kisho's interaction with his friends and their treatment towards the boy and found nothing wrong.

At the end, Sasuke wondered if Naruto was right about him being paranoid. No matter how he looked at the children's interaction with his son, Kisho was treated fairly so why... Damn when did their world become as confusing as that of the adults? Or was it more confusing?

TBC

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado were the names of the elders in during Tsunade's reign. Since that was a long time ago and both of them had been old at that time, I assumed they were dead when Naruto had become rokudaime. I'm sure none of you would mind if I killed them in my fic or is there?

Chapter 43: Miki's belief and her desperate move. It's not what you think, it is.