Tsuki: Chapter 7 everyone! I'm going to skip way ahead now, to their childhood days! You'll get the down-low of Kayako and Ryuu's lives! This time the Disclaimer is by Deidara-san!

Deidara: Tsuki-chan doesn't own, un…

Tsuki: Yay Deidei-san! Un… haha, you crack me up! *Deidara: sweatdrop* Here we go, now!

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"Papa!" Sasuke slid the shoji door open, the sun just beginning to fall in the horizon. His son, Ryuu rushed out of the kitchen to greet him, tackling his dad in a hug, and making them both fall to the floor. Both his kids were six now, and in a year or so they'd be in the academy, time flew. On the flip side, his next child would soon be coming, yes Sakura was pregnant again, and he already had three children, because yes they not too long ago had a boy, Satoshi (Quick-witted), who was two. Their next was to be a girl, who they will name Suzu (Bell); she was due in a few months time.

Hinata had little Shiori who was a few months younger than Ryuu, and Ino had a boy, Katsuro (Victorious Son), who was a few months younger than Kayako. "Papa guess what I did today!" Ryuu cried. He looked like a young Sasuke, but with green eyes, the same hair even. On the back of his hair though, the tips were fiery red.

"What?" Sasuke asked to amuse his boy. Sakura walked in from the kitchen and leaning on the doorway, her hand on her stomach.

"I was practicing Phoenix Flower Jutsu, and look!" Sasuke's face went pale as his stood up, and did the appropriate hand-signs.

"Ryuu, hold on…"

Before neither Sasuke nor Sakura could interfere, Ryuu puffed his cheeks up with air. "Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Ryuu cried, sending a ball of flame hurdling at (and hitting) his father. Sasuke cringed as he felt the sharp burn and Sakura gasped.

"I'll heal you, Sasuke-kun!" She ran over to him and began to heal his burns, as Sasuke flinched. Ryuu looked at the pained expression on his father's face, and felt tears threaten to spill.

"I'm sorry…" He whispered, and Sasuke saw the look on his face.

Try to act more like your brother… Fugaku, Sasuke's own father's words rang in his head. He reached his hand out, and pat the top of Ryuu's head, his son looking up at him with sad eyes.

"I'm proud of you, son." He smiled, and his son hugged him again. Sasuke had always wished to hear his father say those words, but he never did. Sasuke would make sure all of his children knew that he was proud of them. "Where's Kayako?" He looked to Sakura.

"She's out with Shiori, getting ramen. I'm afraid that girl might end up being as ramen driven as Naruto." Sakura laughed heartily, and Ryuu blushed upon hearing Shiori's name. He really did have a soft spot for the young girl. Ryuu tugged on his dad's Jounin vest (Yes, Sasuke had decided he wasn't going to be an ANBU, he didn't want to risk losing what he had finally gained).

"Aa~ Papa, can you take me on a walk?" He asked innocently, and Sasuke nodded, lifting his little boy onto his back, without the least bit of embarrassment. "Bye Momma!" He waved, and she waved back.

"Bye Ryuu, be good, don't bother the towns people." Ryuu was exactly like the young Sasuke, very nice, and innocent, but had a tendency to get into trouble.

Sasuke left the compound, it was midsummer and birds flew about, bringing with them the warm, sun-soaked air. With his son on his back, Sasuke made his way down the village roads, where the citizens waved and smiled at him like he never thought they could have. Acceptance felt so wonderful, it made him almost drunk with happiness.

"Ano… Papa its Naruto!" His son pointed out to Sasuke's blond best friend, clad in his Jounin vest, and yes folks, his Hokage jacket, passed down to him last year from Tsunade. Naruto turned at the mention of his name, and smiled when he saw the two.

"Oi Sasuke, Ryuu, hey!" Naruto high-fived Ryuu, and smiled at Sasuke, who graciously smiled back, but this soon turned into a scowl as he looked around.

"Naruto is Hinata watching my daughter, or are you?" Naruto looked around.

"They were just here a second ago…" He murmured, and then turned back only to be faced with an increasingly furious Sasuke.

"Where…is…Kayako?" He seethed.

"Daddy-kun!" Kayako jumped out from behind a building with Shiori in tow, both smiling brightly with dirt smeared on their faces. "Me and Shiori-chan were planting a garden, and then we saw a kitty that looked just like Jinxy, but white, and no gray fur! So we followed it and…" Kayako rambled on and on, holding onto her father's leg. Sasuke let his son down to kneel down to listen to Kayako. When Ryuu saw Shiori, he blushed and hid behind his dad who smiled and nodded as his fair-pink haired girl told her story.

"Hey Ryuu-kun!" Shiori waved, smiling a signature Naruto smile, little fangs and all. Ryuu smiled and waved back.

"Hi Shiori…-chan!" The two children laughed, and Kayako gripped her dad's leg.

"Daddy-kun, drag me home!" She yelled, not letting go of his leg.

"Alright, alright, well it was nice seeing you Naruto, I'm going to take these two home. Bye." Sasuke walked on, Kayako still holding onto his leg, and Ryuu walking behind them smiling at his crazy sisters' antics. Ryuu was a very calm child, but was still quick to smile. Kayako on the other hand was just like a young version of her mother, always squealing with delight, and laughing at everything. She was never terribly shy, but she knew when to be polite, or as polite as a six year old could be anyway. She was more brain than brawn, but she was still strong. Her brother was smart, but he was quicker to learn jutsus, genjutsu being his favorite, he also liked ninjustu though.

They neared the compound when Kayako let go, running towards her house and into her mother's waiting embrace.

"Momma!" Both her kids called, their little brother clapping and chanting with them. Ryuu pat Satoshi's head and Kayako gave him a little kiss. "Momma, where's Jinxy?" Kayako asked, looking around. Finally the cat walked out after hearing its name. Jinxy was not a young cat anymore, she had gray hairs sprouting in her once lush-black fur, and her eyes had lost some of its spark. Kayako went over to the cat and swung her around, Jinxy putting up with it all the while.

"So I'm guessing you saw our sixth Hokage?" Sakura giggled, to her it was still so wonderful to be able to call Naruto the Hokage, his dream had really become a reality.

Sasuke nodded, and took off his shoes as he entered his humble abode. "How was your day?" He asked, giving his wife a kiss.

"Oh fine, the team is doing great, it's hard to see them leave, but hey, they're going to be Chuunin now!" Sakura's team, Team 7 ironically, had taken the Chuunin exams last week, and all three of them made it. Now she was just seeing them off, it was pretty hard for her, but not terribly. The team hadn't been that rough, there was never any conflict, and she was hoping that she's have a team like her old one. The real, original team 7 of her days. "Can you believe it, one day our kids will be off to the academy to become ninja's! It's so strange…"

He nodded, watching his kids run around playing ninja in the garden. One day, before they could have time to realize, they'd be real ninja's, running around and doing missions. Sasuke knew it would be happening soon than they imagined. And he knew his children would be ready for it, but would he?

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Tsuki: Aw, I so love Ryuu and Kayako! Don't you guys love them? Ryuu's so cute! Kiya~ Well alright this was chapter 7, poor Jinxy's getting old… *sniffles*

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