Title: Daddy
Characters: Inoichi, Ino
Summary: The trials of raising a little girl are numerous and never easy, but for Inoichi they are even harder and more numerous.
Requested theme: Him raising a girl clan heir
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto does I just like to play with his characters because they're fun.
Dedicated to: PenumbraChey in thanks for the points on dA
A/N: Chisaki - the name I chose for Ino's mother - means 'A thousand blossoms' and I thought it was rather apt given the flower shop. Also I took the basic idea of this from a one sentence fic I wrote and always wanted to expand on.

It should have been his wife who had to explain but she wasn't here and so it was left to him. It still seemed highly unfair and he wondered if there was any way out of it, but he knew there wasn't. So, with an exasperated sigh, he grabbed his daughter's arm and pulled her back from where she was staring intently at the young Uchiha boy.

There were a lot of days Inoichi wished that his wife was still alive. Whenever he'd had to change a dirty diaper or crawl out of bed every few hours to give her a bottle it was there on his sleep-deprived mind.

His daughter shared his high cheek bones, his eyes, and really most of his features. She was her daddy's girl and they both knew it. He loved her more than anything else, which was what made the current situation so hard.

If there was one thing Ino got from her mother it was her stubbornness and right then... he really, really wished Chisaki was there. She'd likely have knocked her daughter upside her head, though not literally, for what the six year old had just attempted to do.

Tugging Ino towards the back of the flower shop, Inochi sighed again. "Ino-chan, you can't use the clan techniques on your friends."

Ino furrowed her brow and planted two little fists on her hips. "It's not like I'm trying to read his mind. I just want to kiss him!"

He bit down on the smile tugging at his lips. She was cute and so much like her mother when she did that. Inoichi knew he was the world's biggest push over when it came to his little girl and his dead wife. Ibiki had told him as much and also added that it was a wonder that Inoichi was the head of his clan and his partner within T&I. It worked when they played good interrogator, bad interrogator so Inoichi really didn't think Ibiki should complain. Besides, Ibiki just didn't understand. Ino was adorable.

It took everything he had, but he reined in the desire to smile. It was important that she learn not to do things like that and he knew it.

Clearing his throat, Inoichi shook his head. "It's wrong to make the people you care about do things just because you can."

"But, you do it," Ino huffed. "You make me clean my room all the time!"

He couldn't help it, he laughed. "That's different. I'm not forcing you to, I mean I am, but I'm not using a jutsu to force you to. Besides, that's for your own good."

Ino cocked her head to the side and let out an exasperated breath. "So is making him kiss me."

"What?"

"Well, Daddy," she huffed. "If he kisses me he'll have to fall in love with me. 'Cause you said yourself I'm a princess, and when the prince kisses the princess, he always falls in love with her," She explained.

"Ah..." Inoichi rubbed his temple. "Just trust Daddy, I've tried it and it never goes well. Not ever. When they figure out what you did they won't be your friend anymore or worse they'll get revenge in their own way." Her mother was the vengeful type. Every time he'd ever tried to get her to do anything and used his abilities she got him back ten fold.

Ino crossed her arms and pursed her lips, clearly considering it. After a long moment she sighed. "Fiiiine, I won't use clan jutsu on my friends."

"Good girl, now go clean your room," he laughed, gently pushing her in that direction.

"Daddy!"

"Go." He really needed to learn to be more firm with her and he really wished his wife was there so he didn't have to be.