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Warning: There is strong language at the end of this chapter.

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Chapter 5

"Are you sure you will be ok?" Iruka asked. He was worried about leaving his boys while he was at the Academy.

"Yes Iruka," Kakashi replied, lightly pushing the chunin to the door, "I took care of myself for years, I can handle one little baby."

"Alright." Iruka still looked uncertain but he trusted the older man, "if anything goes wrong come get me!"

Kakashi sighed and cast his boyfriend a look.

"Ok ok I'm sorry," Iruka said, "I'm just worried about you both!"

"Iruka," Kakashi cupped the brunet's cheeks, "We will be fine."

Iruka chewed his lip thoughtfully before nodding. Kakashi was right, he had nothing to worry about.

"Ok, I'll see you later," Iruka reached up and gave the copy nin a quick peck on the lips.

"Love you!" he called over his shoulder

"Love you too."

The door quietly clicked shut. Kakashi rubbed his eyes and sauntered back into the apartment. Hopefully he could get a bit more sleep before Naruto woke up.

Kakashi collapsed back in bed and was just about to fall asleep when he heard Naruto crying from the other room.

Well there goes my late morning, Kakashi groaned as he climbed out of his warm bed.

The copy nin ambled into the nursery and picked up the screaming baby. Naruto's cries quieted down once he had settled into his father's arms.

After a quick diaper change and a new outfit, Naruto was back to his happy giggling self. Kakashi balanced the baby on his hip while he walked to the kitchen to prepare a bottle.

"Your Papa doesn't think I can handle you by myself," Kakashi said to the baby as he sat him down on the counter while he prepared his bottle, "We'll just have to prove him wrong!"

Kakashi performed a small katon jutsu to warm the bottle up. After checking it on his wrist he turned back to the baby.

Kakashi scooped the baby up and lightly pulled Naruto's fist out of his mouth to replace it with the bottle. Naruto quietly drank the milk, his blue eyes gazing up curiously at his adoptive father. One of his hands clutched tightly to the scarecrows shirt.

Naruto was finished with his bottle quickly. While Kakashi shifted the baby onto his shoulder to burp him he couldn't help but chuckle at how his life had turned out. If only his enemies could see him now, covered in baby spittle and worn out. Kakashi had a feeling Obito was probably laughing at him.

Nonetheless, Kakashi knew he had made the right decision. Minato-sensei and Kushina had helped raise him after his father died. They had taken him in and dealt with his arrogant little genius attitude and gave him love and support. Kakashi knew he wanted to raise their son to be the man Minato had been.

Once Naruto had let out a satisfying burp, Kakashi sat the baby in his high-chair so he could make a cup of coffee and scrounge something up for breakfast.

After a strong cup of black coffee and a stale piece of toast, Kakashi was ready to start the day. Naruto clearly was too, the energetic baby was slapping his hands against his high-chair's tray and babbling non-stop.

The weather was nice outside, the sun was shining and the last of the snow had melted. Kakashi reckoned it would be a nice enough day to bring Naruto to the memorial stone. After they visited the stone, they could check up on Iruka at the Academy.

After locating Naruto's jacket- it was still chilly out- Kakashi scooped the baby out of his chair and grabbed the small brown backpack they used as a diaper bag sitting by the door.

"Let's go pup!" Kakashi chuckled, after he shrugged on his jounin vest and the backpack. Naruto giggled in response and latched on tightly to the scarecrows vest.

Kakashi locked the door and reset all the traps. While he could just transport to the stone, he decided to take the rooftops since Naruto enjoyed the ride.

The baby shrieked and giggled from his position in his father's arms as they jumped from roof to roof. The cold air was refreshing and it helped wake Kakashi up. Kakashi also preferred taking the rooftops because he didn't have to deal with anyone or their persistent questions. He was weary that someone would recognize Naruto as the Kyuubi baby. While he knew he was capable of defending Naruto from anyone in the village, Kakashi didn't want to stir up trouble.

Kakashi leapt down after they had gone as far as the roof tops could take them. Naruto seemed to quiet in his arms as they approached the memorial, almost as if he knew where they were.

Kakashi bowed his head for a few moments and ran through his usual prayers. It seemed like the list of deaths was never-ending. He stepped forward and shifted Naruto to one arm so he could place his hand on the stone's smooth surface.

"Obito, Rin, Sensei…" Kakashi murmured, "It's been a while huh?"

Naruto whined softly in his arms, tugging at Kakashi's vest.

"I brought you guys a special guest." Kakashi bounced the baby on his hip, "This is Naruto. Me and Iruka took him in about a month ago… yes Obito I know how to look after a baby… no Rin I'm not making Iruka do all the work… I hope me and Ruka will make you proud Kushina-san and Minato-sensei."

Kakashi glanced down at the baby who was reaching out to touch the stone as well. Kakashi bent forward so the baby could brush his hand along the cool surface.

The silver man ran his thumb over two names further down, "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Umino, I'm sorry Iruka couldn't come visit with us today. He misses you both so much," Kakashi continued, "Thank you for giving me your son and letting me love him, I don't know what I would do without him." Kakashi was silent for a few moments in respect.

Despite his name not being there, Kakashi still chose to speak to him at the memorial, "Father? I know I haven't spoken to you in a really long time. Are you watching over me?" He looked up at the sky, "I'm a man now, and I have precious things to protect," Kakashi paused as his breath hitched, "I don't think I will ever truly understand why you did it, but I think I am starting to forgive you."

"Gwahh.." Naruto squeaked, resting his head on Kakashi's shoulder.

Kakashi squeezed his eyes shut to flush out any tears that had gathered. He hadn't meant to get so emotional, but the pain of losing his comrades and former sensei was still very recent.

Kakashi spoke for a few more minutes, updating everyone on his life. When he was finished, Kakashi straightened up and Naruto returned his hand to grab onto Kakashi's vest. Casting one last look at the stone, Kakashi turned and headed away, his nose pressed into Naruto's soft blonde hair.

Once out of the site Kakashi smiled at the baby, "How about we check up on Papa and the little hellions?"

Naruto squealed at Kakashi's playful tone, reaching up to tug on a strand of Kakashi's wild hair. Kakashi chuckled and let the baby pull his hair as he walked back to the town.

…

"Can anyone tell me about the founding of Konoha?" Iruka asked, turning from the black-board. He was met with twenty four blank stares.

Luckily the lunch bell rang, signaling the end of Iruka's history lesson. The hoard of five and six year old's hastily stuffed their notebooks back in their bags and ran out of the classroom.

Iruka sighed and erased the board. He would have to go over this material tomorrow. Placing the eraser down, Iruka went to his desk to pull out his hastily made lunch. He slept past his alarm so he only had time to grab an apple and some left over rice from dinner the night before.

The brunet reclined back in his desk chair and munched on his apple while he graded some tests from earlier in the week. He became so engrossed in marking that he almost jumped at a knock on the window.

"Kakashi!"

The older man grinned, waving cheekily at the chunnin sensei while the other hand cradled Naruto. Iruka scrambled to open the window, stepping back to let the jounin jump in.

"What are you doing here?" Iruka asked, leaning a hip against his desk.

"Maa, cant a man come visit his lover at work?" Kakashi grinned, sneaking forward to try and steal a kiss.

"No Kakashi!" Iruka placed a hand in front of Kakashi's face, pushing him back. "We can't! I could get into trouble! What if one of the kids were to come in?"

"We can be careful?" Kakashi pushed the hand away.

"No!"

Naruto let out a whine as he reached out his chubby arms for Iruka. Iruka smiled at the baby and gladly took him from his boyfriend. He pressed the baby close to his chest and breathed in his scent of baby powder and shampoo.

"I think he missed you. He was looking for you this morning," Kakashi said, resting a hand on Iruka's waist. Thankfully, Iruka didn't brush him off. He was too busy coddling the giggling baby.

"What did you guys do today?" Iruka asked, looking up from the squealing blonde.

"Well the pup woke up pretty soon after you left so we had an early breakfast," Kakashi began, "The weather was nice this morning so I took Naruto to the memorial."

Iruka placed his hand over Kakashi's that was resting on his waist and rubbed it softly, "How did it go?"

Kakashi curved his eyes in a smile, "Naruto was very well behaved. I talked to sensei and my old teammates for a bit and I said hello to your parents."

Kakashi was surprised when Iruka placed a small kiss on the corner of his mouth. The brunet was touched that his boyfriend had spoken to his parents.

"I also talked to Father…"

Iruka squeezed Kakashi's hand again. He knew it had been a long time since Kakashi had spoken to his father. Kakashi had told him the full story of his father and his death. Even though Kakashi tried to hide it, Sakumo's death continued to be very hard on him.

Iruka gave his hand another squeeze before pulling out of Kakashi's light grasp, "I'm glad you brought Naruto."

"Me too."

Iruka's stomach growled loudly. The brunet sheepishly chuckled, rubbing the back of his head, "Sorry. You guys interrupted my lunch."

"Maa sorry," Kakashi said. He glanced down at the table and saw the half eaten apple and the left-over rice, "That's all you have to eat?"

"Well I woke up late," Iruka explained, taking a bite out of the apple, "I didn't have time to grab much."

"You could have told me! Me and the pup could have brought you a lunch!"

"Don't worry about it Kashi, I'll be fine for one day without a proper lunch," Iruka chuckled.

The bell rang signaling lunch break was over. Iruka jumped up and began pushing Kakashi towards the window.

"You guys need to leave before my students get here," Iruka exclaimed. He gave Naruto one last kiss and pried his shirt out of the baby's fist.

As soon as Iruka had handed over the baby, Naruto began to wail. He reached out for Iruka, obviously upset at the sudden change of hands.

"Shh Naru-chan," Kakashi tried to calm the baby down, "don't you want Daddy to hold you so Papa can go back to work?"

Naruto ignored his father and continued to cry. Iruka also looked like he was about to cry too, "Kakashi my class is heading back! What do we do?"

"I'll transport away and try to get him to calm down," Kakashi said, "He's just unhappy at being jostled. I'll try to put him down for a nap."

"Ok. I'm sorry!" Despite his reservation, Iruka pulled down Kakashi's mask and kissed him on the lips quickly. "I'll see you when I get home!"

Kakashi tried to give the chunnin a quick smile, but with the constant wailing it was a bit strained. He flashed through the hand signs and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Seconds later Iruka's students burst through the door.

"Sensei! I heard a baby crying!" Keiko-chan exclaimed, looking around the classroom. A few of her classmates nodded in agreement.

"Eheh, maybe you guys were hearing things," Iruka chuckled, rubbing his scar nervously. His students were still casting him suspicious glances. Damn, they're pretty perceptive for five and six year-olds, Iruka thought to himself.

"How about we go outside and do some weapon practice?" Iruka exclaimed, hoping to distract them.

Instantly any suspicious thoughts were gone as the children all began shrieking in glee.

While he followed his students out to the training grounds Iruka felt guilty for Kakashi. Hopefully Naruto would get over his fit soon.

…

Naruto would not stop wailing. Kakashi had rocked him, changed his diaper, attempted to feed him, and even tried to sing to him but nothing would do the trick. Kakashi decided to use his last resort. Surely Pakkun would know what to do?

"Brat this better be important, I was taking a nap," Pakkun growled, appearing in a puff of smoke. The pug looked up at his master who was trying to juggle a screaming baby. What had he gotten himself into this time?

"Pakkun, what do I do!" Kakashi said, trying to hush the baby. Naruto's cries were relentless against his father's shoulder.

"How should I know brat? Your pup, your problem," Pakkun growled, leaning down to cover his ears with his paws.

Naruto turned to look at the new voice. Instantly his eyes widened at the pug and his cries began to stop. The baby reached out to touch the pug, the last of his snot and tears still running down his face.

"Oh no. No no no," Pakkun snarled, "I was not summoned to be some pet." Naruto whined and continued to reach for the dog, "I am a ninken! Not some domesticated pet!"

Kakashi grinned and leaned down to let Naruto grab onto Pakkun's scruff. The baby cooed at the fuming pug, grabbing on tighter when Pakkun tried to pull away.

It looked like Kakashi had found a solution after all.

…

Kakashi awoke with a start to something warm and wet was pressing against his face. The copy-nin sat up quickly, hand already reaching for a weapon. Instead he was greeted by Bull wagging his stubby tail excitedly.

"Wha-?" Kakashi mumbled, sitting up fully as Bull tugged him up.

Looking past the hulk of excited dog, Kakashi saw what had everyone so excited. Naruto was crawling unsteadily after Guruko and Bisuke who were encouraging him along.

"Naruto! You're crawling!" Kakashi gasped, trying to blink the sleep out of his eyes. He remembered summoning the entire pack when he had gotten tired but he never imagined he would fall asleep on the floor. Taking care of a baby was exhausting. Regardless, Kakashi was amazed that Naruto was already so mobile. It was still quite early for the pup to be moving so soon.

"Hmph," Pakkun said, "While you were taking a nap, me and the pack taught him that."

Naruto turned his head when he heard the voices behind him. Seeing his father was awake, the blonde let out a squeal and turned to crawl towards the older man. Kakashi grinned and held his hands out, scooping the baby up and blowing a raspberry on the baby's cheek.

"Good job pup!" Kakashi chuckled.

"Oy where's our praise?" Pakkun sniffed, "I think we deserve a reward."

Kakashi grinned at his ninken and patted the pug on the head, "Good work everyone."

"No problem boss! Your puppy is very well behaved!" Guruko barked, licking Naruto's cheek.

"Hmph, you shoulda seen the brat earlier today," Pakkun growled, shivering from the memories of the baby's screeching.

"How long was I asleep?" Kakashi asked, stretching out his aching back. Sleeping on the floor was not a good idea.

"Probably an hour or so," Pakkun replied.

"Wow. I must have been more tired than I thought."

Kakashi watched Naruto crawl around. The baby had no fear at all. Every time he stumbled he would push himself back up and continue.

Kakashi heard the scrape of the lock turning at the door. Iruka was home.

"I'm home!" Iruka called from the entrance, sliding out of his shoes and flak jacket.

"We're in here!" Kakashi replied. Guruko barked excitedly.

"Hi Kakashi's mate!" Guruko yipped, running up to the chunnin excitedly.

"Hello Guruko," Iruka chuckled, reaching down to scratch the ninken's head. Noticing the rest of the pack Iruka smiled at them, "Hi everyone!"

"Baahh?" Naruto squealed, turning to his father. The baby was sitting next to Bull, his fists were pulling on the ninken's fur but Bull didn't seem to mind.

Iruka began to walk over to the baby but stopped when he saw Naruto turn towards him and crawl. The brunet gasped. His baby was crawling! Kakashi and the ninken grinned at Iruka's reaction. The brunet had scooped up Naruto and was planting kisses all over his face.

"Did this happen today?" Iruka asked, sitting down next to Kakashi with Naruto in his arms.

"Yep! The pack taught him that," Kakashi replied. The ninken all barked in agreement.

"Aw I'm so proud of you Naru-chan!" Iruka said, cuddling the baby close to him. Naruto snuggled into his Papa's warmth, all of today's excitement had worn him out.

"Looks like someone needs a nap," Kakashi chuckled.

"Well if our work here is done, I think we'll be heading off," Pakkun said, watching as Iruka shifted the baby to let him rest against his shoulder.

"Thank you for your help," Kakashi said, giving the pack a nod.

"Bye Iruka! Bye Naruto!" Guruko said, tail wagging excitedly. The other ninken barked in farewell before they poofed away.

Once the ninken were gone, Kakashi stood up. He held out a hand to the brunet to help him up. Iruka shifted the Naruto in his arms.

"I'm going to set him down in his crib okay?" Iruka said, heading towards the nursery. After the brunet had carefully changed the baby out of his day clothes and placed him in his crib, he headed back out into the living room.

"How were the little hellions at the Academy today?" Kakashi asked, pulling the younger man into his arms.

"They were fine," Iruka replied, "we did weapon practice after you left. Only two of them managed to get injured so I'd say it was a success."

Kakashi chuckled, placing a kiss on top of Iruka's head. The brunet snuggled into Kakashi's embrace. With Naruto, it was sometimes hard to find time to be a couple.

"Naruto's down for a few hours…" Kakashi purred into Iruka's ear. He let his hands slip further down the brunet's back.

The chunnin flushed bright red, sputtering at Kakashi's suggestion, "It's the middle of the day!"

"So? When has that ever stopped us?" Kakashi grinned.

Iruka squeaked when Kakashi hauled him over his shoulder, "put me down you bastard!"

"Maa, how about no?" Kakashi patted the brunet's bottom, carrying him to their bedroom.

…

"Where is he?" The man hissed, pointing his finger in the former orphanage matron's face.

"I'm telling you, I don't know!" She balked, "I gave him to one of your lot to dispose of!"

The man growled in annoyance, grabbing the women's shoulders and turning her to face him. He needed to know where that Kyuubi brat was now. He was done playing games, he wanted the brat dead.

"I have a whole group of people who would be willing to help me make you talk!" He hissed.

The women whimpered at the sight of the kunai in his hands. She didn't want to mess with any ninja. This was all that stupid Kyuubi brat's fault. She was forced to care for the monster because no one else would look after him. It was terrible. People constantly ransacked the orphanage looking for the brat. She had tried neglecting the baby and letting him starve, but she knew she would be punished for killing him.
The only solution was to make someone else kill the brat. She had given the Kyuubi to someone who had told her he would dispose of him. Little did she know that the fool would chicken out and ditch the kid in an alley. The Sandiame eventually found out and fired her from her job.

"I gave him to someone to dispose of but the punk chickened out and left him in an alley. Sandiame-sama found out and fired me. All I know is that someone must have found him and adopted him! There is only one orphanage in Konoha and he is not there!" She wailed as the man pressed the kunai to her throat.

"Who the fuck would adopt that shit?" He snarled, "You better be telling the truth women!"

"I-I-I am!" She whimpered. That damn brat had cost her her job at the orphanage and now he was going to get her killed. A thin line of blood ran down her neck.

"Damn, I don't have time for this," the ninja hissed. He pulled away and was gone.

The women sank against the wall in relief. What had she gotten herself into?