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Author Note: Hello again, kind readers. I feel that for the last chapter I should apologize for how short it was, so please accept my humble apologizes. I in all honesty wanted to get poor Naruto out of the hospital and well…I decided to end it with them at home. Now on to the warnings: This story contains Yaoi, so don't like don't read. And this story will contain grammar mistakes, with a pinch of spelling mistakes. For this story is unbeted. Now on with the story:
Chapter 8
Home is where is heart is…even when the home isn't yours.
Shikamaru's Pov
That phone conversation with Itachi was…interesting to say the least; so Itachi believes that the person, who took a shot at me, was really after Naruto and that it just looked like the guy was for me. Then the Sakura, that scum of an assassin, told Naruto all that stuff. But how did she get those letters…Naruto told Itachi that he had letters from his husband. Maybe she got them from breaking into Sasuke's real lawyers place.
I leaned back in my office chair…
From what Itachi also found out in his research of Naruto is that he really is the mom of Hideaki, Yasahiro, and Kohana. So sort of genetic defect…
Well, anyway Itachi is sending over his chief of security…Ibiki Morino. That man is no joke…and he is also going to have installed in my home a security system. Great another number to remember…
I wonder who is after Sasuke's husband…there is only one name that I can think of and it is Pein leader of the Akatsuki. And if it is we could be screwed…
I pull open a hidden drawer in my desk and take out my 9mm. Checking to see if it is loaded, I put it back in the drawer.
God…I pray that I don't have to use this.
But if it is the Akatsuki, then I will have no choice I have to protect them. Those kids are Sasuke's legacy and well Naruto is…
I don't know what he is at this point but he is beginning to be too precious to allow getting hurt anymore than he has.
That man has been through so much…losing your husband. And if my calculations are correct he was barely pregnant with Kohana when Sasuke died. That in of itself makes Naruto a strong person but even strong people can only handle so much and he has had such bad, dare I say, luck.
A man as bright and beautiful as Naruto shouldn't have to worry about this kind of situation that he has stumbled into.
These thoughts are sort of disturbing…with all of the indicators that say we are going to be in for a bumpy ride, I am thinking how bright and beautiful Naruto is…
Not that it's a bad thing but right now to be thinking about him like that could be a problem…
On the other hand…
My ex-wife told me some hard truths about me on the day that our divorce was final.
One being that sometimes a person has to give up a lot to gain even more. And the other thing she said was that when you actually find someone who…how did she put it? Oh, yeah 'rocks my world' that I shouldn't let anything get in the way.
And well I have a sneaky suspicion that Naruto could be the one to 'rock my world'. Well, I guess that it would be worth my time to get to know that beautiful man a little more and then just see where that takes us.
And if he is the one to rock my world…
Well…
Then so be it…
Why do I feel that this is going to be sooooo troublesome?
Oh well, I guess I could use a little trouble in my life…
Naruto's Pov
Well, this is a nice room…
At least I don't have to share with the kids, because Hideaki kicks like you wouldn't believe and Yasahiro snores something fierce.
I smile with those thoughts…
Then I take a better look around the room…
It is a nice sort of room…unfortunately it doesn't have much color too it. It has white bed linins and really beautiful dark wood for the bed frame.
Oh, look a walk-in closet…I love walk-in closets.
So much room to put your clothes and shoes…
Why can't I have one of these in my house? I have such poky little closets…that's the only bad thing about an older home…the closets.
Yeah know…
I have bad guys after me and I am admiring closets. That is really sad…
But a person can't have too many closets. Oh, my God I am sounding like my dad. Great! His curse has come to volition.
I think I am going to take a little time to enjoy the bed now…
That medication that they gave me at the hospital is making me a little loopy.
So I crawl into bed and enjoy the fluffiness of the pretty white covers. Yeah know this man needs to have some color in his life. I mean this room would be entirely white if it wasn't for the dark wood of the furniture.
I guess avoiding thinking about what is going on is working pretty well for me right now.
I could sum it up in about three words…
This shit sucks.
I hope that they can find who is after me and well…
I don't know.
I feel like I will be saying that a lot. Because I really don't know, I have some evil guys after me for what? Hell, I don't even know…
And that is what sucks. I don't know why that woman came to my house and gave me that stuff. Why did I get shot? And why would they have killed my husband…
If it wasn't an accident, that is. Oh, God what is it wasn't an accident and some bastard killed my husband? I don't think I could be my usual forgiving self.
In fact, I might consider doing that eye for an eye thing. If it wasn't an accident then my Sasuke was killed and my kids left without a father.
Stop…
I don't know anything yet. But I…
I hope that is was an accident. That is sort of sad…
I am wishing for an accident rather than murder. I guess that I am hoping for the closure an accident provides and not the uncertainty that murder doesn't.
Strange that I would wish that but I can't change my feelings on that…
I mean who in their right mind would want it not to be an accident? Who really wants it to be murder that took the life of your love one?
I guess that the human mind finds it easier…
I am depressing myself with this kind of thoughts. But really who could blame me?
And if I really want to get royally depressed then I can just think about how am I going to protect my kids? I don't know kung fu…
Or any other martial art…
Hell, I don't know even how to load a gun. But really I have to find some way that I could defend my kids. Maybe Shikamaru could help me learn something…
That could be sort of fun…having Shikamaru help me with target practice.
Wait! Hold on…
That could be the first slightly perverted thought I have had since my husband died.
I shook my head…trying to dislodge those thoughts.
Okay, where was I…
Oh yeah, I bet Shika can get a bulls eye.
I am doing it again…
Okay, brain stop it…
I know he is handsome and sort of cute when he smiles. And…
Stop it! Who in their right mind would want a man who has three young kids and a target on their back?
Oh well, I guess maybe if I get some sleep these disturbing thoughts will get out of my head…
I mean…yawn…it has to…yawn…the medication…yawn…right?
I think…yawn… that I am…yawn… going to…yawn… take a nap…
Yeah…yawn… that is what …yawn…I am going to do…
My eyes close and the lovely world of safe dreams take over.
In another room where four small head conspire to cause evil and discontent…it's their Pov
"Where is momma?" said Yasahiro as he put another block on top of a very large block structure.
"Dad, took your mom into the room down the hall…so that he could rest" said Tobikuma as he looked at his friend's big block structure.
"Oh" whispered Yasahiro.
Hideaki looks up from his book that he was quietly reading to his sister.
"Yasahiro…mom got shot by a gun and needs rest" said the all knowing brother.
Yasahiro looked at his brother and rolled his eyes.
"Duh, Hideaki I know that mom got shot and that he needs his rest…I was just wondering where mom was doing the resting" growled Yasahiro as he turned back to his large block building.
Hideaki smirked at his brother and then he felt a tug on his shirt sleeve. He turned to the interruption…
"Read, now!" pouted Kohana as her tugging of his shirt got more insistent.
Hideaki pulled his sleeve out of his relentless sister's grasp. Kohana put on her best cute pouty face and…
"Peeaasee, big brawther" pouted an extremely cute little two year old.
Hideaki looked at his sister and felt the pull of her cuteness.
'Must resist' thought Hideaki as her cuteness became too powerful for him to resist.
Tobikuma took in the brother and sister interaction with amusement.
'I wonder how long before he gives in' thought Tobikuma as he leaned against the wall.
'One…' thought Tobikuma.
'Two…' thought Tobikuma.
'Three…' thought Tobikuma.
"Alright stop it…I will finish the darn story…just stop with the puppy dog eyes" growled Hideaki.
'Huh, he lasted longer than I thought he would' thought a smirking Tobikuma.
Hideaki then continued reading in a low voice to his sister.
At that moment Yasahiro looked up at his brother and sister and gave a smirk that would have made his daddy proud.
"You could never handle Kohana's cute pouty face…idiot" smirked a gleeful Yasahiro.
Hideaki looked up from his book and gave his brother a death glare. Sasuke would be so proud of his boys.
"Shut up…idiot" growled a very unhappy Hideaki.
"Like you can last any longer in the face of such a cute little face" growled Hideaki.
Yasahiro glared at his brother…
"Oh yeah…" said Yasahiro.
"Yeah" said Hideaki.
"I bet I could" said a cocky Yasahiro.
Hideaki gave into the need to roll his eyes. Then he leaned over to his sister and whispered something in her ear. Tobikuma watched all of this with poorly veiled amusement.
Kohana crawled slowly from her spot beside Hideaki and went to Yasahiro side. Yasahiro looked at his sister with a wariness that reminded a person of the deer in the headlight look. Kohana sat up beside her brother and for a few moments just admired his big block building.
"Yasa…" smiled Kohana.
"Yeah" came the wary reply.
"Read next" smiled Kohana as she looked Yasahiro in the eye.
Yasahiro could feel the eyes of his brother and Tobikuma on him.
'They seem to be waiting for me to fail' thought Yasahiro with contempt.
But the bad thing was his sister was pulling out all the stops to get Yasahiro to give in…
"Peeaassse, Yasa" said the small imp.
Yasahiro feeling the pull of the dark side. He gulped…
"Hideaki is reading to you now so why would you want me to read to you later? Won't you want to play with baby dolls or something?" said Yasahiro.
He tried to avoid direct eye to eye contact with his sister…knowing that he would be able to refuse her better if he didn't have to look her in the eye.
But Kohana had other ideas. Crawling up into her resisting brother lap, Kohana took her hands and put them on either side of his face. Now Yasahiro realized that he had no choice but to look at his sister. Looking into her big dark eyes, Yasahiro realized he was in for some major trouble.
"No, baby want reeedd, Yasa" pouted Kohana.
Tobikuma and Hideaki looked at the pair…
'She's pulling out all the stops' thought Hideaki smugly.
'Wow, she's good' thought Tobikuma feeling almost sorry for the torture that Yasahiro was currently going through.
'I bet she could break Ibiki with that pout…mmmmm that could be interesting' thought the evil only child.
Somewhere not far away Ibiki sneezed.
The battle of wills continued…
And it seemed that a winner would soon be announced.
Kohana batted her dark eyes and her cute cupid bow lips turned into a very unhappy frown. Yasahiro could almost hear his pride drop to the floor. He was going to lose no doubt in his mind.
But he was an Uchiha and he wasn't going down without a fight. So Yasahiro mustered all of his defenses and…
"Listen Kohana you are now being read to by Hideaki and after I think that you should play with some of your dolls…or maybe play with me while I do blocks" said Yasahiro liking his total big boy logic.
Kohana didn't take the news as well though…
"NO, reeaadd me after" pouted Kohana her eyes started to glisten.
'Oh, no little brother is in for it now…here comes the water works…I wonder if dad had as much trouble with mom as we are with little sis here' thought Hideaki.
'This is amazing it is like watching one of those stupid kid drama's that always come on the kids networks' thought Tobikuma.
As the poor five year old felt he was going to have to read another terrifying princess book to his sister.
He was saved by a yell…
"Kids supper time" bellowed Naruto.
The four kids looked at each other and started laughing. But being the ever smart young man that he is Yasahiro made a valiant retreat. No, I mean strategic withdrawal.
In other words that boy ran out of the room like he had the hounds of hell after his small butt.
The other three watched him run and then got up to leave the room. One was plotting his brothers ultimate demise, one was hoping for more entertainment, and one wanted her princess story.
All in all the poor boy didn't stand a chance.
Shikamaru's Pov
Enough wasting time in the office; I got to get the kids and Naruto something to eat for dinner.
Walking into the kitchen, hoping to be inspired, I started looking at what I had to feed the hungry masses. After opening the frig and all the food cupboards, I decided to make a simple meal of hotdogs and French fries.
While getting out the stuff for supper, my thoughts played some more on my uninvited but not unwelcome visitors. After carrying Naruto's littlest one I would have to say that I am sort of sorry that I didn't have any more kids with the ex. She is so adorable.
Getting everything started for supper, I decided to wake up Naruto. For assume that he took a nap. I walked up stairs and passed the kids room.
Noting with satisfaction that they were playing really well together; I made my way up to Naruto's room door. Standing there a moment, I wondered how he was at watching up. Some people get a little pissed at being waked up and some people are absolutely adorable being woke up. I really hoped that Naruto would be adorable.
Opening the door, I slowly walked in.
And well, I have decided that the sleeping Naruto is VERY ADORABLE. He looked like an angel all sprawled out on the bed. His blond hair seemed to shimmer as if made from fine gold and his tanned body seemed to remind you that it there was no angel there but temptation. And boy, let me tell you that his body is exactly what I would consider temptation to be if it were in human form.
Now let's hope that he wakes up and adorable as he looks sleeping.
So I walk softly to the bed and lightly tap him on the shoulder.
"Hummm, you're…so handsome Shikamaru" mumbled the still sleeping blond.
"Hn, that is very interesting" I smiled and then leaned over to his exposed ear.
"I am handsome, huh" I whispered into his ear.
"Yyeeaahh, I think that I want ramen and Shikamaru for breakfast" again the blond mumbled.
"Really…you want ramen and Shikamaru…what would you do with Shikamaru" I smiled enjoying how uncensored the petite man was being.
"I would eat ramen and then I would…" murmured the blond.
"Would what?" I pressed.
Suddenly the sleeping blond started rubbing his eyes.
I pulled back from his ear, realizing that he was waking up. While smiling at the smaller man as he rubbed his eyes and then slowly opening them he turned toward me.
"Hello, sleeping beauty, so you are finally awake" I smiled at the tousled hair that seemed to defy gravity.
"Yeah, I am awake…how long was I sleeping? How are the kids? And what's for supper?" came the soft but rapid questions.
I couldn't help it…
I just started laughing.
"Well, you were sleeping for a couple hours and the kids are fine. And supper will be hot dogs and French fries" I laughed.
"Oh, okay…so the kids were good?" said Naruto as he made to get in a sitting position.
"Yeah, they are quietly playing in Tobikuma's room" I said as I helped him get into an upright position.
"What time is it?" said Naruto.
"Oh, it's about 6:00" I said after looking at my watch.
Naruto shook his head and then he pulled back his covers. I helped him get up, for it's hard to do that when you have only one arm. After helping him get into the upright standing position.
I made my way toward the door and Naruto followed me out. We were silent going down the stairs and to the kitchen.
Then I made the way to the frig after I had Naruto sit down at the kitchen table. I opened the frig…
"Do you want something to drink?" I asked as I pulled out a beer for me.
Naruto nodded…
"What do you have?" asked the still sleepy blond.
"I have milk, tea, beer, and soda" I ran through the list of beverages in the frig.
"I would like some tea…thank you" Naruto said.
"One cold tea for the Georgia man" I said as I got out the tea and then opened it for him.
Setting it in front of him, I turned back to finish supper.
Naruto looked at the tea, and then he gave me a very confused look.
I smiled at him…
"You are wondering how I knew that you liked iced tea….which in my opinion is the most disgusting thing ever…am I right?" I smiled at Naruto.
"Well, yeah I was sort of wondering…and how you have such an American meal for supper" asked the confused man.
"Well, Itachi found out where you live and so I thought that since you live in the American south I figured that you like iced tea…and well the meal…that was easy…the last time I was in America I stayed with a friend you had kids about your children's age and the little boy he had just tore up hot dogs and French fries…so I thought that would make the kids feel a little more comfortable here" that was the longest speech I had done in a long time.
Naruto's look was priceless…
His face gave a mixture of emotions: shock, amazement, flattered and last but probably the most predominate emotion was happiness.
It was almost tiring to see so many emotions run through his face like that.
"That Shikamaru was the most considerate thing that anyone has done for me in a long time…in fact the last time anyone was that considerate was Sasuke" said the grateful man.
"It was really nothing…Naruto" I said.
"No…it was more than not nothing…it was…Thank you" Naruto looked at me softly with a hint of tears in his eyes.
"Really Naruto…I just wanted you feel like you were at home" I said slight embarrassed with his emotion.
"Thank you very much…for everything you are doing Shikamaru" Naruto whispered.
"Look let's call the kids for dinner…do you want to…or do you want me to?" I said trying to change the subject.
Naruto smiled…
That smile is breathtaking…who would have thought ice tea and hot dogs with French fries could invoke such a beautiful smile.
"I will if you don't mind" said Naruto as he got up from his chair.
"Okay" I said as I turned back to get plates down from the cupboard.
I wasn't ready for his method of calling the kids for supper…
All of the sudden, I hear a bellow that to be perfectly honest made me jump.
"Kids supper time" bellowed Naruto.
He came back into the kitchen with a devious grin. I looked at him and just couldn't help but join him in the smile. I mean really where does such a small man get such a big loud voice?
Very soon after Naruto came into the kitchen…we heard the tell tale sound of kids rushing down the stairs.
Hmm, they must be hungry…
It wasn't long before everyone was at the table…and then everyone started eating with relish.
I couldn't help but think how nice it was and how full the house seems to be with all these adorable little people in my normally quiet home.
Hell, even my son seems to be enjoying it.
I fixed my hot dog then proceeded to watch the very control chaos. I am truly amazed. This isn't going to be troublesome at all.
Outside just a little down the street two men with very evil intent watch the house where two men and four children are enjoying their hot dogs and fries. This is their POV.
"How long do we have to watch this house,un?" asked a very feminine looking man.
"Well, until Pein says that we can leave…or until we are relieved Deidara" said a stoic red head.
"This sucks Sasori…un" said Deidara.
"Yeah, I know but I think that Pein feels that the only way to truly get Sasuke back for refusing him is to make is husband suffer…so that is why we watch" said Sasori while he looked back at the house.
"But we had Sasuke killed already…why are we after his precious people, un" said Deidara.
"I think…well this is only my thoughts on it…but I think that he wants to destroy…what's his name…Naruto that's it…Naruto, I think that he wants to destroy Naruto because he knows that it would be the ultimate revenge on Sasuke" said Sasori.
"But Sasuke is dead, un" said Deidara as he sat back in the passenger seat.
"Yeah, I know" said Sasori.
Both the men sit back and continue to watch the house in silence.
TBC
A/N: I hope that you all have enjoyed this chapter. Thank you for taking the time to read. And I would also like to thank the people who have reviewed: purropolis princess, twilight serius, -siarafaerie-101-miss, animegirl 1305, and demarra. And to all of you who have put the story on alert and favorite status thank you. And last I would like to thank all of you who put me on your favorite author list.
