Disclaimer: I do not own Widget, the World Watcher.

I made my way home on autopilot with several ANBU following us at a discreet distance. I had hoped to use the walk home to come to terms with the situation and figure out what to do, but upon coming to my apartment door I still had nothing. I brought the kids in, and gazed around the house, hoping for some kind of inspiration. I had a small two bedroom apartment which was sparsely furnished. It wasn't childproofed and had little to entertain the kids but the television. I switched the T.V. on to Widget, the World Watcher.

I turned around to find mini Sakura and mini Naruto gazing up at me expectantly. "You are going to watch T.V. now," I informed them. One by one I picked them up and placed them in front of the T.V. and slowly backed away. Realizing they weren't going anywhere anytime soon, I set off to work.

All in all I was rather proud of my creation. It may not have had finesse but it was practical and would get me by in the short-term. Lacking a playpen or those kiddy-proof gates to place in doorways, I had boxed my charges in with an overturned coffee table and other various pieces of furniture. The kids could no longer leave the living room by themselves, and I was now free to work on the rest of the house.

Grabbing clean linen from the closet I made up the bed in the guest room. It was a king-sized single so I figured that they could share. I then went around the house putting any valuables or things I didn't want broken safely away. I made the bookcase more bottom-heavy to prevent tipping, and I also remembered to place any medications, cleaning products, choking hazards or pointy objects well out of their reach. My whole house from the doorknobs down was starting to look pretty bare. Once this was all done I started writing a list of the things I would need: clothes food, power point covers, removable childproof gates, night-lights, booster seats, child cutlery, cupboard and draw latches…

Hmm I should probably get them some toys too. The closest thing I had to a toy was the Sasuke plushie that had been left on my porch by a die-hard fangirl, which had recently taken up residence in my trash can. I really didn't want to go there.

I jotted down a few more things on the list and came to the slow realization that this was going to be a lot to carry while minding two kids, not to say that I wasn't strong enough to carry a lot of stuff, it would just be awkward. I frowned in thought and decided to try and apply for a genin team to go shopping for me. Given how many D-ranked missions I'd taken lately, it would likely be accepted so the new genin would get a chance at the dubious pleasure. I would take the kids toy shopping myself though so that the kids could pick what they'd want. For a moment I pondered on how odd it was that the first mission I applied for as a client would be to buy kid stuff. My ponderings on the strange workings of the world didn't last long though as Naruto began to call for lunch. I decided to apply for the mission after dinner and went to fetch the sandwiches I'd made earlier.

"Once upon a time there was a bunny rabbit… a ninja bunny rabbit named Foo. Foo's burrow was in village called… Vegoha, the village hidden in the veggie patch. Now Foo had a dream. Foo wanted to grow up to be the fastest bunny rabbit of them all… to be quick enough to get past the dogs guarding the tomato beds…

78 min later (text omitted for brevity and to reduce repetition)

"Foo grabbed the secateurs and plunged them deep into Rochi's chest and dragged his hand down to his stomach, disemboweling him. Before Rochi's entrails had even hit the mulch and begun to cool, Foo was already slamming down the rusted shovel onto Klepto the Magpie's head. Seeing Foo distracted Dash the Hound grasped the leftover cord for the whippersnipper as best he could with his remaining fingers. He crept up behind Foo and began to choke him causing Foo's nose to turn an ugly shade of purple and his eyes to buldge as though they were about to pop out of his head and start rolling down the hill…"

For the first time in a long time I took a brief pause in my masterful rendition wanting to make sure I had the audience's full attention before I gave my epic conclusion involving a lot of animals' heads mounted on garden stakes as macabre lawn ornaments and fights that made it look like blood was coming from the sprinkler system. I glanced down to see two very round eyes and Naruto with cold, forgotten ramen half-lifted to his mouth. I started to blink as if coming out of a dream, momentarily distracted by Naruto not actively stuffing his face. Where was I?... Oh yes, macabre lawn ornaments… I glanced back down at my wide-eyed charges… I may have gorten slightly carried away.

"And then Foo killed all his enemies… and he and the rest of the bunnies lived happily ever ever after… and there was enough vegetables to… share with all the woodland creatures… but Foo got extra tomatos… The end."

Sakura and Naruto continued to just stare at me. I stared back. I waited for a response and then stared some more. Clearly my story telling skills had left them speechless. I grabbed Naruto's bowl to place it back in the fridge. "Now get ready for bed you two. When I come back I'm turning out the light."

When I returned they insisted on sleeping with the light on. I found it odd but let them be and headed back to my room to turn myself in after a quick shower. Climbing into bed, I reached out with my senses to see who was around before I eventually settled into sleep. No one was there except us and the ANBU. It took a long time before I felt Naruto and Sakura's chakra settle as sleep finally took them.