"Okay, now raise tour arms,"
The little redhead did as he was told. Once he raised his litttle arms, his father then soaped his whole body, making it all bubbly.
It was already around 6 in the evening, and Yamato-taichou wanted to know what it feels like to be a daddy. Because of this, he decided to act all daddy-like, and gave his son a cold bath.
"You know what, dad?" said Satoshi. "I could just... you know... take a bath by myself and all..."
"Aw, c'mon, Satoshi-kun! I'm just trying to feel the essence of being a father!"
Yamato smiled at the kid with a face full of bubbles. Sasori smiled back too.
"When I was young, no one helped me take a bath..." he thought.
Sasori was somehow entertained by the massive amount of bubbles on the white tiles of the bathroom. But when he touched the surface of the delicate thing, they disappeared.
"It's beautiful," he thought, "if only its beauty could last eternally..."
The two stayed in the bathroom for almost 10 minutes. Thhe brown haired-nin rubbed the delicate skin of the redhead with soap, and he tried hard to make lots of bubbles, for the sake of entertainment of the little one.
Indeed, Sasori had fun.
He continuously popped the little spheres of soap, enjoying the silent sound it makes. They seemed like tiny firecrackers of beautiful and swirling transparent colours. As he did this, he remembered Dai-chan's words...
"Art is a bang, hmm!"
He smiled inwardly, and tried to remember what his partner used to tell him all the time. Yeah, Sasori of the red sand can't forget the times he argued with his partner about the true meaning of art.
"That brat could be right in a way..." he thought.
After much soaping, they decided that it was time to rinse off all the dirt.
SPLASH!
"Whoa! I-t's c-c-c-cold!" he complained.
"Yep. But any ninja can stand this much cold. That's why even taking a bath can be called training."
"Ooooooh... I didn't know that, dad."
He continued pouring water, and Sasori was shivering like a puppy in a snowfield. He was never used to this kind of feeling, because he already lost his sense of touch a long time ago.
But it came back, and he is not enjoying it.
SPLASH!
"B-r-r-r-r-r-r!"
After rinsing, Yamato wiped the kid and covered him up in a massive towel. Then, he carried the tiny boy in his arms.
"Uh... Dad...? You know, I can walk so carrying me isn't that necessary."
The wood using nin just smiled at his boy.
"But to me, it is..."
"What's taking them so long, hmmm? I need to take a bath already!"
A certain blonde was walking around the room, in a very impatient way. Training was tough, and it made him sweat all over. The sweat makes his beautiful skin filthy, and that's why, he sooo needed to take his bath.
He first walked to the door, and then strolled up to his bed. The kid just stood there, thought hard and long, because he had nothing much to do anyway. He started walking around his bed, and somehow discovered that it bounced with every step he made.
And because he was a kid right now, he did what any kid should've done.
He jumped up and down on it.
"Wheee-boing-eeeee!"
Boing... boing... boing... boing...!
Huff... boing... pant...!
Boing... boing... boing...
"Ah!"
He lay down on the surface of his bed, and breathed heavily.
"Impatience is hard to control, un."
The blonde then sat up straight, and stared at the closed bathroom.
"If only I had THAT, I could use it to explode the door and – "
At that moment, the door to the lavatory opened, and out came the two. Yamato looked wet all over because of his soggy shirt, while Sasori was biting a part of the big towel, for it seemed a bit chewy to him.
And he looked like a cute li'l wet kitten.
"Congratulations, I'm already a hundred years old, yeah!" complained the little brat.
"C'mon Dai-chan! Your turn!"
The brown-haired man put down his redhead, and motioned to grab his other kid. But Deidara dodged right away.
"I can take a bath by myself, un!"
"Dai-chan..," said Sasori, "just let dad help you do the bathing!"
He then smiled at his partner, but then shot him a 'better do it now or you will die' face.
"Fine..."
"That's my girl." said a happy Yamato. He quickly carried the little kid in his arms, and trotted happily to the bathroom.
"You.. You are a... a... a b-b-b-boy, Dai-chan?" asked a shocked Yamato.
The blonde just stared at him with tiny, angry eyes.
"Yeah, so what, hmm?"
"Well, nothing. It's just that all this time... you looked so cute and girly... why do you wear pink pyjamas anyway?"
"Cause Tenten-nee gave them to me," he replied. "And she told me to wear those every night."
The wood-using nin sighed inwardly. Never did he expect this during bath time.
"Anyway..." he said in a bewildered manner, "let's get started, shall we?"
Yamato poured cold water on the little blonde's fragile body.
SPLASH!
"C-c-c-c-cold-d-d-d... y-y-y-yeah!"
"Take this as if it were training." said Yamato as he continued to pour water on him.
"Training?" he asked in an innocent way.
"Yeah," replied the older nin. "This is the kind of water temperature most ninjas face when doing battle on rivers, lakes or seas. But sometimes, the temperature could be at least 20 times colder than this."
SPLASH!
"N-n-n-now way, yea-a-a-ah...!
Yamato smiled at Dai-kun, and continued to pour him with cold water.
"Good night, Satachi-san."
Kakashi kissed Itachi on the forhead, and he tucked the little boy.
He went to the next bed and did the same with Kisame.
"Good night, Sameki-kun."
"G'night dad..."
He walked towards the door, switched off the lights and proceeded to leave the room.
"Wait, Dad!" cried a tiny voice.
It was his little blue shark boy.
"Why putting us in bed early? It's like... 7 pm! In my time, I could compare that time to 3 pm, cause you just have just enough time for fun and all when it's 3 pm."
Ittachi smiled and pointed a Kisame.
"Yeah! What he said!"
He switched the lights back on, sighed, and sat on a chair placed near the boys' bed. He rubbed his temples, and looked like he wasn't going to say anything.
The two just observed their father, waiting for him to say something.
"Ah... you see, boys..." he said, "there is something very important that we need to do tonight, and that's why you all need to sleep early."
"All? You mean the other guys too?"
"Yeah."
"But... are you guys going to do something good for Konoha?"
The older ninja smiled, and patted the head of the tiny Uchiha.
"That, my boy," he said, "is a secret."
He then motioned towards the door, and looked at the two for one last time...
"Just sleep peacefully, okay? Don't mind anything or be too curious – it might just hurt you guys. Remember, curiosity kills the cat."
With a friendly goodbye, he teleported away.
Itachi then looked at his partner with serious eyes, but with a tiny hint of evil.
"Sameki."
"Hmmm?"
"We are SO going to find out what they're doing tonight."