A/N: A little something I am putting together for anniversary of Boruto #1, let me know if you want this to continue as it's own fic right along with this one since they take place in the same universe.


"Daddy hurry, we have to make Mama dinner before she gets home." An overly excited little girl dragged an adult Naruto through the streets of Konoha. Their current destination was the restaurant and bakery owned by the Akimichi clan, to be more precise Choji, a former classmate and friend of Naruto's. Their objective was to order a cake for the birthday of the little girl's mother and Naruto's wife, one Uchiha Satsuki, formerly the last person with Uchiha blood in the village hidden in the leaves until six years ago. It had been some time since she had been in the village; however, she was on a mission thanks to the command of the current Hokage Shizune. Months had passed since the father-daughter pair had seen the woman and with her birthday coming up and her returning to the village either person could not help but to be excited.

"Calm down Izu-chan, we still have a lot of time until we need to be home." Naruto told the little girl of six as she made a beeline for the store. He couldn't help but be swept up in her enthusiasm, it was after all the first year she would get to celebrate her mother's birthday after all. He smiled at her offering enough resistance to stop them in their tracks before lifting the girl onto his shoulders, being careful not to mess up her jet-black hair.

"Papa!" The little girl proclaimed in protest at the action, holding onto Naruto in mild shock.

Naruto looked up at the girl from the edge of his vision with one of his signature grins, bringing his hands up to the girl's dangling legs to secure her on his shoulders. "Since you are in so much of a rush Izumi, why don't we get there as fast as possible so we have more time before your mom gets back Izu-chan." Before Izumi could offer a rebuttal, Naruto had taken off in a dead sprint.

The motion had led Izumi to let out a squeal in surprise then light giggling as the pair zoomed between the traffic of the street, her black eyes shifting every which way absorbing her surroundings. The village had changed quite a bit since the end of the fourth great shinobi war nearly a decade ago, not that she would have been around back then. The area they were in was populated now with high rises and many more storefronts and people than there were even five years ago let alone in the decade that the village was recovering from the constant attacks from the Akatsuki that escalated into their leader Pain leveling the interior of the village. Not before long Naruto rounded a corner much to the delight of his daughter taking a shortcut through an alleyway. "What cake should we get Mama, Papa?" Izumi asked of Naruto.

"I don't know, your mother usually doesn't mind what flavor she gets, but she was always a sucker for chocolate so we can probably get her something in that ballpark." Naruto said cheerfully, not wanting to enlighten his daughter on how he came across that information, choosing to keep that between him and his wife for the foreseeable future.

Izumi let out a cheer at the revelation that her mother shared the same love for chocolate that she had, although for very different reasons. "Yay, I love Uncle Cho's chocolate cake. Do you think that Mama will like it too?" The little girl asked in a chipper tone.

"You bet Izu-chan, I'll make sure that Choji makes his best one yet, believe it." Naruto answered, redoubling his effort to get to their destination. It did not take them long either as the sign to the Akimichi ran bakery was in sight after leaving the alley down the street. Naruto slowed to jog before he was in front of the entrance. He then detached the little girl from his person, depositing her next to him and offering her his bandaged left hand before they both made their presence known. The bakery was not anything special but it serviced the clan that owned it just fine.

The little girl's eyes landed on her uncle Cho as he fiddled with a notebook at the counter frustrated about something. "Yo, Uncle Cho!" Izumi excitedly announced to the man, as the father-daughter pair reached the counter hand-in-hand firing off a grin.

Choji looked up from his work meeting the pair. "Hello Izumi, Naruto… What can I do for you today?" He said looking down at Izumi, putting the notebook away.

Izumi rushed to tell the man their order without hesitation. "Uncle Cho… we need a birthday cake for Mama."

"Oh, do you know what kind Izumi?" He said with notable surprise.

"Chocolate, like the one you made for me." She said with a blush remembering the 'themed' cake that he had done for her. "But… more for grown-ups." She finished embarrassed that she might have asked for something kiddy for an adult.

Though Choji noticed he ignored her embarrassment, Choosing to continue the line of questioning, and turned his attention to Naruto. "Anything in particular you want? Guessing the missus does not care for sweets if our time at school and on missions together is anything to go by." He questioned.

"I wouldn't say that…" Naruto said, rubbing the back of his head nervously. He went on to outline what they wanted for Choji, all the while Izumi left Naruto's side to explore.

As the two adults talked the little girl noticed the entrance door open and a dark-skinned woman with a toddler in hand walked in, Izumi instantly recognized this woman as Akimichi Karui, a for Kumo kunoichi and wife to Choji. "Yo, auntie." Izumi proclaimed much to the surprise of Karui.

Karui got her bearings looking down at the six-year-old with a surprisingly monotone smile compared to the thousand-watt grin she was getting in return. Interacting with the girl was always an awkward affair, how was she supposed to tell a little girl that she had beaten her father half to death to find the location of her mother from him to outright murder said mother, whom the little girl barely knows as is. It was a sickening feeling, to say the least, and was a major reason that she would avoid Naruto when she could, and particularly left Kumogakure after the war. Despite this, she would act as friendly and welcoming to the little girl as possible, to the point that Karui being called auntie by the girl did not bother her as much as the first time it had happened. "Hello little Izumi, long time no see, what are you doing here?" She crouched down to pet the little girl's head, readjusting the younger girl in her arms.

Izumi let out an appreciative giggle forming a small blush at the touch before answering. "Me and Papa are getting Mama a birthday cake."

Karui looked up at Naruto speaking with her husband as the man took whatever they were talking about down on a notepad. "Is that so?"

"Yep, yep. Mama is coming back from her miss… mission soon and she is going to be here for her birthday." Izumi confirmed with a wider grin if that was possible.

Karui turned back to the girl to address her, she has never had the best relationship with Uchiha Satsuki, from the attack on the Kage summit to Satsuki getting a receipt for that beating that her former team did on Naruto, she hasn't had much interaction with the other mother mostly out of fear and guilt considering that Satsuki and Naruto put their lives on the line numerous times to save the world. As if sensing the woman's nervous energy the toddler she was carrying stirred from her slumber and began crying. "Shh, shh, Chou Chou." She instantly reacted rocking the little girl in her arms trying to get her to calm down.

The crying, like an alarm, alerted the two men at the counter Naruto looked over believing that it was Izumi that was upset but sighing in relief when he saw it wasn't her. However, both he and Choji jumped into action with the three ladies to see what was going on. Choji moved to his wife's side trying to distract the crying girl while Karui checked for any immediate problems. Pulling some funny faces for the girl she immediately calmed down and started giggling. Reaching out to him Karui passed the girl to him. "There we are, what's wrong sweetie, had a bad dream?" He asked her, getting more giggles in return grabbing for his face in response.

"I'm sorry, we didn't mean to disturb you two." Karui apologized for the outburst, getting up to stand next to her husband while Naruto took his place behind Izumi.

"No, we were just chatting, we just finished." Naruto was the first to reply.

"Yeah we were just catching up, it feels like it's been years since I have seen Naruto." Choji continued the train of thought.

Karui exchanged pleasantries with Naruto before moving past them and entering a back room. With arms around his daughter, he looked over at Choji. "Well, that was brief." The joking tone was clearly in his tone.

"You will have to forgive her Naruto, your wife can get pretty scary when she is angry…" Choji started, adjusting the grip on the toddler he was holding. "Anyway, I will work on finishing the cake for the twenty-third. Is that cool with you?"

Naruto brought his bandaged hand up to his chin in mock thought, the date was the day of his wife's birthday so he didn't know, though a thought did occur to him. If Izumi was able to distract her in the morning it was possible for him to sneak out and come here for the cake. "Yeah, that's cool." He replied with one of his signature grins.

"Alright, consider it done." Choji held his free hand in a fist towards Naruto who held out his bumping fist. With a final goodbye to his friend, he watched as the father-daughter pair left the store, Naruto carrying Izumi on his shoulders as they made their exit.