A/N: I know, I know. I'm a horrible, horrible author! I left you guys hanging in favor of my Tsubasa fans. -goes into dramatic Shakespearian soliloque- But TRC is easier to write...Don't kill me...Okay. I am very sorry for the delay. I really am. Every time I opened up this document I swear my brain fell out of my ear. I was finally able to finish it! Thank you for all of your support my dear readers and I hope that you will continue to support me even though I am being so mean to you guys currently! -hugs all of my readers/reviewers- I do appriciate each and everyone of you!
Summary: Perhaps being a normal family is possible for Sasuke, Naruto and their little bundle of joy/sarcasm...
Warnings: Swearing (This is the part where you go "-le gasp- Not in this fic!!"), Shonen-ai (I think we're gonna need some oxygen masks...) and Shoujou-ai (Been a while, eh girls?)
Chapter 26
"This is Yuiko," Kira rested her hand on top of a mop of red locks. This girl was easily the oldest of the five.
Kira moved the slightest bit, "This is Arashi." Her hand grazed the top of the next girl's head as she went on introducing them all.
"Rika," a small chuckle came from the girl's lips and Kira smacked her lightly. Naruto shook his head in his hand while Sasuke tried not to laugh at her.
"Misuzu," Kira placed her hand flat on her head. "And this one here is the baby," she pinched the shortest one's cheek and got swatted at by a proud looking child. "Sumire."
Sasuke bowed a little, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke and this is Uzumaki Naruto."
"I know!" Rika piped in happily.
"Why do you guys have different last names?" Sumire asked looking up at the boys questioningly.
"Because we're not family…" Naruto said confused by the little girl.
"And we're not married," Sasuke added when Naruto's answer didn't seem to satisfy the hoard of girls.
"WHAT?!" Mio screamed in the background.
Everyone turned to see the small child's anger, "How can you two not be married?!"
"If you guys aren't married then why do you have sexual intercourse?" Sumire asked over Mio's yells.
Then all hell broke loose as the five girls began to talk all at the same time. The boys, used to only dealing with one child, stood there petrified as the girls bombarded them with questions and comments.
"Yeah I mean I thought you were supposed to save that!"
"Ever heard of blinds?"
"Oh I don't be so prude Misuzu! It wasn't a bad show at all!"
"Ewwww! You're so disgusting!"
"No I'd have to agree with her Sumire. Look at their physiques. Neither of them are badly built and they compliment each other nicely."
"Stop being such an art dork Arashi. Let's just say that they look nice together so that you can stop imagining what it would be like to draw them."
"You know you were thinking the same thing Yuiko. You're just as big of an art dork as I am."
"I think you guys should draw them in the nu-"
"GIRLS!" Kira shouted after gathering up a voice loud enough to cover over the large group's conversations. "This is not how we behave at other people's houses, is it?"
The five of them simultaneously put their heads down and muttered, "No…"
"Just because they're new here it doesn't mean that the rules change," Kira went on.
"We know," they all solemnly spoke together.
"Okay now go and play with Mio," she dismissed them with a flick of her hand. All at once the group's mood changed from a somber quietness into happy hyperactivity.
"I'm sorry about that," Kira apologized as she turned around to face the two red faced teenagers. "They just get excited easily but they are really good girls, even if they do get out of line."
Sasuke shook the faint blush from his face, "Its okay. I just can't imagine dealing with so many girls on a daily basis."
"It's tough but they make it worth it," Kira got a far off look her eyes. "Here I am getting all sentimental. Tell me about yourselves. I already know about all the gritty details, thanks to Rika, I want to hear about you two."
"I'm kinda surprised that you don't already know about the two of us," Naruto replied scratching the back of his head. "As Sasuke said earlier, I'm Uzumaki Naruto."
"Yeah I've heard about you two," Kira cleared up. "But I want to hear about who you guys are, not about what you guys have done."
"Oh," Naruto was a little surprised by this. "Well…what do you want to hear?"
"I already know that you're the Nine-tails, and that Sasuke killed Orochimaru," she said. "But what I really want to know is how you two got together. I mean you two are total opposites."
"That one's easy!" Naruto exclaimed waving his hand at her. "We were in the same team when we were kids."
"Idiot that's not when we got together," Sasuke hissed as he hit Naruto's hand out of the air. "When I was taken back to Konoha our genin team had to live together as part of my rehabilitation into normal society."
"Ah," Kira sighed out as she visibly relaxed into the love seat across from the two men. "So you guys were childhood friends?"
"Kinda," Naruto replied. "We wanted to kick each other's asses all day every day. But, I guess you could say that we were friends."
"You guess?" Sasuke questioned raising one eyebrow condescendingly. "Who was shouting about 'Best Friends' at the Valley of the End?"
"Valley of the End?" Kira asked tilting her head.
"The border between Konoha and Otogakure," Sasuke explained. "Also where he tried to beat some sense into me before I left to go to Orochimaru's." A brief flash of regret fell on Sasuke's face but then Naruto nearly strangled Sasuke with a hug to his neck.
"Awww but you were my best friend Sasuke!" Naruto yelled painfully in his ear. "You just didn't know it yet, apparently."
"Thanks for making me deaf you idiot!" Sasuke shouted in Naruto's face with a hint of laughter.
Kira shook her head and laughed at the pair. Their reputation made them seem like big, bad mature ninjas who were going to rule the world, but in reality they were still just a couple of teens enjoying their lives.
"How long have we been looking for this stuff?" Shikamaru asked offhandedly as he flipped through a few dusty files in the birth records department.
"Probably somewhere close to a month," Tsunade replied from the other side of the filing cabinets. "Why?"
The teenager shrugged, "Dunno, feels like longer."
The Godaime laughed a little at him, he would make a great captain (or teacher!) one day, "Yeah, yeah. But the sooner we find enough information on these windbags the sooner Sasuke and Naruto get to come home."
"One of the few perks, I guess," he said with almost enough humor to consider it a joke.
The Hokage laughed again when her eyes caught an all too familiar name.
"Watakaze Kisa…"
Mio looked up at her sort-of-fathers with a confusion laden face. There were many hand gestures, smacks to the back of Naruto's head and scowls at Sasuke. This very well could have been a game of charades. But, no.
The boys were trying to explain Kakashi-sensei in a nutshell.
As they found out, that was a task that was damn near impossible to do.
"Erm…" Naruto grunted in frustration. "How about we just wait until he gets here so that she can figure him out for herself?!"
Sasuke looked at Naruto in a shocked way. Though his idea was shouted in confusion and frustration, it was a fantastic idea!
The only way that anyone could get a clue about how Kakashi acted was by meeting him! Naruto could have such amazing moments of accidental genius!
"Sounds good to me blond one!" Mio exclaimed saluting him and sliding off the generic couch. "Can I go over to Kira-san's house until he gets here?"
Naruto waved his approval and the ball of energy bounded for the door. She swung it open and saw two unfamiliar figures. One was standing, a piece of paper in his hand, a thoughtful look on his face and his hand poised to knock on the door. The other was slumping in the background, looking rather bored with life in general.
"Oh!" The one in front almost squeaked out when he realized that there was a little girl in front of him. "You must be Mio!"
"And if I am?" she questioned crossing her arms over her chest.
"I'm Iruka, and that's Kakashi," the brunette jerked his thumb back to indicate to the jounin. "We're here to visit Sasuke and Naruto."
"Dammit!" She swore; Iruka reeled back at her language. "Now I can't go to Kira-san's house…" Mio pouted for a second and then sighed. "Well the blond one and Sasuke will be mad if I don't let you guys in."
She moved aside and allowed the men entrance into her home. Iruka slid off his shoes and walked into the living room. Upon entering the public room the teacher caught an eyeful of his students on the couch, kissing each other like there was no tomorrow.
Behind Iruka, Kakashi coughed, "It's nice to see that you two haven't changed."
The boys jumped apart, their senses alert from the sudden voice. When they started to relax their breathing, which was heavy from not getting enough air, they let their guard fall and they went to greet their teachers.
Thus far, Kakashi had not spoken to the small girl that pestered him with questions. Questions like: 'Are you really a pervert?' 'Did you actually bury Sasuke when he was younger?' 'Is it possible to have gray hair naturally?' were thrown at him from the curious child. Kakashi was a pro at ignoring kids, after so many teams what did you expect? He simply folded his arms over his chest and spoke to whoever was in front of him and not child-shaped.
Iruka hit his chest a couple of times to make the stubborn man relent. This of course did not work but it did entertain the chunin for a little while.
"Little one," Kakashi indicated to Mio. "Don't you get tired of not being answered?"
Mio cocked her head at the nickname, "My name's Mio."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," he brushed her comment aside. "Aren't you bored of following me around yipping about pointless things that Sasuke and Naruto told you?"
"Since when did I become little one?" Mio muttered looking darkly at Kakashi.
"Are you going to answer me?" Kakashi asked letting a sigh out from his chest.
Mio scowled at him, "I'm not little."
"Fine," he conceded. "Small one, are you bored with me not answering you yet?"
"ARGH!" Mio screamed in her frustration. "It's Mio! M-I-O!! It's not that difficult is it?!"
Kakashi stood up fully and walked away, a little more pleased with himself than before the conversation.
Dinner was an awkward affair. Iruka attempted to talk to Mio, but she wouldn't hear a word of it. She was still upset that Kakashi didn't seem to know how to put those three little letters of her name together. But, as far as Kakashi went he wasn't going to apologize for the little nickname he bestowed upon her.
In fact, he rather liked it.
Naruto leaned over to Sasuke and whispered, "What's going on?"
Sasuke took the opportunity to place a small kiss on Naruto's face, "Kakashi won't call Mio, Mio. Instead he's calling her small one."
"Really?" Naruto asked excitedly. Sasuke nodded as he chewed at the food that Iruka made for them. "That's kinda cute."
"Argh!" Mio yelled. She pointed at Naruto, "No it's not! It's annoying!"
"But you are small Mio," Naruto informed her.
She didn't take this news too well, as most children her age, "NO…I am not!"
Naruto shrugged and went back to his dinner. Sasuke hadn't really been focusing his attention towards the conversation and continued to eat as usual. Kakashi grinned like a mischievous cat beneath his mask. And Iruka…Well Iruka wondered why he had chosen such an arrogant lover.
"Ah! This is GOLD!" Tsunade shouted from within her dingy office. She spun in her chair, nearly kicking over the towers of files Shizune acquired through questionable means.
"How did you find this Shizune?!"
The assistant shifted her weight from one foot to the other, "It was just a hunch. After I thought about it I went down to the building and they gave me the records."
Tsunade grabbed the woman by the back of her neck and gave her a hard pressed kiss to the lips.
"You're absolutely brilliant, love!" she praised flipping through the files. Though she would normally cringe at this information right now it was one huge pole-vaulted leap in the right direction.
Tsunade kissed Shizune again, a wide smile playing across her lips. Shizune kissed her back, giving a meek smile in response.
Unbeknownst to the two victorious women a certain ANBU/Chunin teenager had taken that moment to walk in to check on the esteemed Hokage's progress.
"Why do I always walk in on these troublesome moments?" he muttered tuning around to leave.
End The Guests
A/N: I'm not quite sure where the first part came from, but I like it. Trust me, that is how we usually are. When the five of us get together it almost takes a megaphone to talk over our 2839487289347928 conversations going on. Anyway~! Let's move on. I think that Tsunade's and Shikamaru's chapter should be coming up soon...But then I've got a hard choice to make...Hmmmm. I'll figure that out when I get to it. I hope you guys liked this chapter. It was kinda cracky (especially with Kakashi and Mio) but I want Sasuke and Naruto to have a good time. Haven't they been through enough?!
Preview of Next Chapter: None...:( Sorry my dears!