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Summary: They have a new home, a new life...what sort of new hardships or strains will this bring to Sasuke's and Naruto's dynamic-multi-functional-relationship?

Warnings: XDDD I have to say that I accidentally put myself in here (indirectly at the moment) as well as my sisters and my Mrs. Julie...so if you don't like that then...ya know...you can stop reading because it's said and done and I'm not changing it now. Swearing (as always this should not come to you as a big shock...if it did...get out...-.-), mentions of yaoi (this made me laugh! XD I mean it. You'll see!)

Chapter 25

Naruto sniffled a little. Did it really have to come to this?

"Get a hold of yourself," Sasuke ordered contrary to how he felt.

It had been about two weeks since the strange patchwork-family had made it to Kirigakure. The first few days were spent checking the bank account, buying clothes for Mio as well as for her two boys and of course, the dreaded enrollment of Mio into school.

The dark haired girl looked up at Sasuke and Naruto, the emotional messes that they were at that moment. Her hair was free of dead ends, tangles and dirtiness. It was in a half ponytail with the rest trailing down her back.

Now, because Sasuke and Naruto were about as informed about clothes as a tree branch did, Sakura took her shopping in the few stores that the refugee development boasted. She came home with a good amount of clothes, most a size too big to give her room to grow. Today Mio was wearing a white fitted shirt with lemons, limes and oranges randomly sewn onto the fabric and a pair of simple denim shorts.

She waved her blue plastic lunch box around in front of them, "Get a grip. I'm not leaving yet…I still need breakfast."

"Oh, we know," Naruto told her patting the top of her head happily.

"Then why are you guys getting all sad?" Mio asked all-knowingly.

"You'll understand when you're older," Sasuke said walking away from the scene to see what Sakura was making for breakfast.

The pink haired girl sat at the small table with bowls out for everyone, milk and two different types of cereal. Sasuke looked at her amusedly.

"Careful Sakura, you might actually have to work" he sarcastically warned her.

"Shut up, Sasuke," she threw back rubbing her eyes. "I haven't had a shower yet."

An automatic back up was required. Sakura in the mornings was not a pleasant person unless she had her shower. That much Sasuke had learned back in Konoha.

Sasuke sat down across from Sakura as Naruto and Mio walked in the kitchen, holding hands cutely.

"Okay," Sasuke breathed out roughly. "Now let's move the dresser."

"Sasuke?" Naruto slumped over. "Is it really that important that we move all of the furniture?"

Sasuke gave him a cold glare, "Yes."

"Now," the blond stopped to catch his breath. "Why?"

The Uchiha looked around for a little bit, "It's Mio's first day of school, and Sakura's leaving tonight."

Naruto stared at him, openly confused, "What the hell does that have to do with anything?!"

"Dammit Naruto," Sasuke stressed. "Don't you get it?!"

"No! I don't get it!" Naruto yelled throwing his hands up in the air. "That's what you have to tell me!!"

Sasuke paused for a second, stunned by what his boyfriend said, "You are so stupid."

"Yeah, I'm stupid and you're an asshole," he confirmed. "Now that we have that out of the way can we skip to the part where you tell me what moving our house around and Mio's first day of school and Sakura leaving has to do with ANYTHING?!"

"You're so impossible!" Sasuke countered feeling the need to shout since Naruto was doing so. "This is a distraction!"

Naruto opened his mouth to give Sasuke another yelling but then stopped and looked thoughtful for a moment. "But that doesn't make any sense…"

Sasuke huffed, "It's a distraction from Mio growing up, and from the fact that Sakura's going to be gone soon. Do you remember the last time we were without her?"

A light went off in Naruto's head, "Oh yeah…that was the first time we had sex wasn't it?"

"I'm not talking about that," Sasuke smacked Naruto's forehead lightly.

"I know," he assured taking Sasuke's hand in his and kissing it lightly. "But you can't just do things like this to distract yourself from Mio growing up. Then you'll miss it all." He kissed the soft pale hand again, "And as far as Sakura goes, she'll be back. As Team Seven we've been through too much to let something like the Council take us apart."

Sasuke nearly forgot about how randomly insightful Naruto could be. He stood there, staring at Naruto, just a little stunned by his words. Let's face it, no matter how many times Naruto said things that actually made sense, there was no getting used to it.

"What?" Naruto asked falling back into his goofy self. "Is there something on my face?"

"No," Sasuke stated flatly as he walked over to Naruto.

"Then what is it?" Naruto wondered aloud paying no attention to the fact that Sasuke was closer to him.

"I just forget about how smart you can be, sometimes," Sasuke told him adding a little jab in there to keep the balance.

Naruto's eyes darted between Sasuke's eyes and his lips, "Well you shouldn't. I am quite smart."

"Whatever," Sasuke laughed out as his hand latched onto the back of Naruto's head to bestow a kiss on his lips.

He felt Naruto smile impishly into the kiss. Something in his stomach stirred and tightened. As Sasuke pressed harder into the kiss Naruto's hands found his hips and rubbed circles into the sensitive skin, making Sasuke bite Naruto's lip in response. Naruto broke the kiss, surfacing for air.

"Ya know," Naruto starts with one eyebrow raised. "Mio won't be home until later…"

Sasuke gave Naruto a dry look, "And what are you suggesting, Uzumaki?" his voice dripping with want.

Naruto put one finger on Sasuke's chest and began to push him closer to the generic blue couch that was moved from one end of the living room over to the other, for reasons that Sasuke was only aware of.

"How about some naked activities?" Naruto answered biting the collar of Sasuke's forest green t-shirt.

"Sounds like you had this planned out from the beginning…" Sasuke pointed out already working his hands down and over the seams of Naruto's pants.

"Kinda," he admitted letting go of Sasuke's shirt in favor of pushing him onto the couch in an awkward position before climbing on top of him. "But I had imagined it happening on that bed in there." He jerked his head in the direction of their bedroom, "But this works just as well."

Naruto stretched in the warm sun of the mid-afternoon. He looked at the houses and yards of the neighbors. It was like an assembly line had made this neighborhood, but he figured that it was better that way. If everything looked the same then it would be harder for any enemies to find the houses of their targets. And that's what everyone was here for right? Hiding.

"Hey," a woman's voice called behind him. "You're new here, right?"

Naruto turned around to see a short blonde haired woman holding a water bottle, "Yeah, we moved in yesterday. My name's Naruto."

"My name is Kira," she spoke in an even tone and extended her hand for him to shake. "I'm from the lightning country and I live here with my husband and five daughters."

"Five?!" Naruto questioned as his jaw hit the floor. It was hard enough keeping up with Mio, to add four more girls was just ludicrous.

"Yup!" Kira smiled brightly at this. "I saw that you had one little girl."

Naruto's mind was still reeling from the 'five daughters' image in his head, "Uh Yeah. We kind of adopted her from Wind."

"She's adorable," Kira sighed nostalgically. "All of mine are older than twelve."

"Mio is going to be nine this year," Naruto measured out the time they had known her and figured that his estimation would be accurate.

"Oh!" Kira slapped her thigh as if she remembered the whole reason behind why she was there in the first place.

Naruto jumped slightly when she turned to him, a warm smile on her face and dark circles under her eyes, "I meant to tell you something."

He looked at her confused by what she said, "Okay, what is it?"

"Invest in blinds," Kira simply stated with a silly smile on her face. "One of my kids is home and she saw you guys on the couch when she was taking her meds."

He let his mind process this before turning beat red and burying his head in his hands, "I am so sorry! I didn't know, I thought that we were okay!"

"Nah," Kira waved her hand as if to wave away his worries. "She liked it. I don't think I've seen her smile quite as much as she did today."

Naruto still burned red with humiliation, "I am sorry. I didn't mean for anyone to see that."

"I told you don't worry about it," she assured taking a drink from her bottle. "But now Rika, my third oldest, wants to meet you guys."

Naruto shook his head. Kids these days.

Tsunade looked down at the sheets that Shikamaru had given her. She had looked over it several times. None of the math made sense. It was like some one had just slapped numbers on the sheet and hoped that no one found it. Obviously no one did otherwise this 'Kisa' would have already been imprisoned.

The Godaime had sent Shikamaru to the birth records section of the building. Hopefully that would produce some results. In the meantime she was going to go through some personal finances of the Council. Being Hokage opened many doors to her little search-through of the old windbags.

Already she was filling up the portfolios she had labeled with a few key players in the conference room. If those ones crumbled under the pressure of blackmail then the rest would follow.

She spun in her chair gently. For once things were going to work out in her favor. She would see to that.

Mio came through the door like a storm of sunshine and elation. She squealed and sang as the door was thrown open. Her backpack and lunchbox were both discarded when the small girl began to dance around the living room. It wasn't until she tripped onto the couch that she realized that it was moved.

"Hey!" She shouted indignantly. "Why is the couch moved?"

Naruto poked his head around the corner, he had taken a nap when Sasuke went to the Mizukage's office to pick up some mail, "Sasuke did it."

Mio looked at the couch as if it offended her, "Why?"

He thought for a second, "I'm not too sure."

Of course he knew why Sasuke rearranged their living space but that was something that Mio didn't need to worry about so he censored it from her knowledge. The girl surveyed him for a moment more and then buried her face into one of the pillows that Sasuke had added to it earlier that day.

"So how was your first day?" Naruto asked walking of to his number one girl.

"Ah! Blond one, it was GREAT!" she squealed out uncharacteristically. "My teacher is nice, the kids here are nice, and I made friends on the way to school!!"

Naruto scooped her up and settled her on his lap, "That's great Mio!" He bounced her a little, "Who did you make friends with?"

"First I made friends with four of the girls next door! They said their sister was sick today and that I'd get to meet her tomorrow!" Mio yelled playing with her hands.

Naruto rubbed his eyes with a harshness that turned them red. It looked like the voyeuristic Rika was going to get her wish after all. As Naruto stewed in unreleased embarrassment Mio danced around the living room and right into her room to put away her school things.

"Hey, Hey," Naruto heard some one calling to him from the door. "We have a letter from Kakashi."

His head snapped to the door, "Really?!"

"No idiot," Sasuke began sarcastically. "Just thought I'd tell you that to see what you'd do."

Naruto stuck his tongue out at Sasuke and waited for him to walk over to the couch.

Sasuke and Naruto,

Heard you guys were safe, once again and thought that I should come for a visit.

See you soon,

Kakashi

"Well, he sure is a man of many words," Naruto said a little bit drawn back by how curt the letter was. "He didn't even tell us if Iruka-sensei was coming too."

Sasuke shrugged a little, "Probably. Those two are attached at the mouth."

A light chuckle, "Yeah but we really don't have any room to talk about that."

End of Adjusting to Sunlight

A/N: Kira is my Mrs. Julie. Rika was NOT me, in fact it was my little sis, the same one that Mio is based off of. Later on you'll see the rest of my sisters and me as well. I seriously didn't mean to put us in there, I was just sort of typing and then when I reread it I was like..."o.O Oops..." lol. So if you love this fic enough you'll put up with my self-insertion.

Ooooh Tsunade's plot thickens. I wonder what that will bring. Oh I plan on having one whole chapter devoted to her and Shikamaru's ever-so-brilliant plan. So hold tight for that. I don't think that it will be the next chapter though. I wrote this chapter to basically show that one: Naruto was maturing, as well as Sasuke, in order to raise Mio right and become adults. Of course our boys will always be slightly immature and fun like always but...more grown up, since that is the whole point of raising children. lol. And two: I think that I need to write transitional chapters from them on the run to settling down because the shock of just jumping from running around to settling down would be too much for me to write and for me to keep them IC.

Hope you guys liked this chapter b/c I'm not writing a preview!...Sorry. It seems like I don't have a set plan in mind for the chapters coming up. I'll try to be speedy with the updates, I'm almost done with driver's ed. so I'll have more time on my hands now! Yay!! Only like three more classes!!