Kakashi woke up to miserable crying—from what seemed like everywhere. Apparently when you have four babies in one house it's impossible to get sleep.
"Tsume," Kakashi groaned, rolling over in an attempt to get away from the noise. Unfortunately, he forgot that he had fallen asleep on the couch, so he fell onto the floor. "OW!"
"Tsume," he whined, rubbing his sore arm. He knew that she had fallen asleep in the arm chair. So where was she? "Make them be quiet."
"Kakashi!" Tsume's sharp voice cut through the thick fog that his mind had fallen into. He blinked, letting his eyes adjust to the darkness. When he finally located the Inuzuka, she was glaring at him with narrowed eyes.
"Get Sakura," she ordered, bouncing a child up and down in her arms gently. Kakashi couldn't tell which one it was. Tsume nodded up the stairs. "She's in Hana's room."
The masked shinobi muttered to himself as he dragged himself up the stairs. Why, why did the Third Hokage think he was the one to take care of these kids? He could barely take care of himself most of the time!
He looked down the hall and tried to find Hana's room. Why were there so many doors?
"Hmmm . . ." he hummed absently. "My room is there, and that's Tsume's . . . I think. So maybe…"
He opened the door closest to him, expecting to find a bedroom, but what he found was the bathroom. Well, he thought, at least I know where the bathroom is.
He continued down the hall, opening door after door—okay, so there wasn't actually a lot of doors, it just seemed like that to a half-asleep Kakashi. When he finally found the six-year-olds room, he was close to falling asleep again.
The gray-haired ninja could hear Sakura whining behind the closed door, and Hana's soothing voice singing to the baby quietly. It didn't seem like it was doing much, but Kakashi wasn't sure. He wasn't exactly an expert here.
He pushed the door open quietly, half expecting for a dog to jump at him—you never could tell with the Inuzuka's—so when he wasn't attacked, he sighed in relief. He glanced around the room quickly, trying to find the two girls in the dim light, and he finally found them near the window. The moon provided just enough light to for him to get across the floor to Hana, and he smiled—which was only indicated by the curve of his eye—and held out his arms to take Sakura.
The young girl smiled gratefully—she needed her sleep, she had things to do tomorrow!—and handed her over to the Hatake. He adjusted his arms so that Sakura would be comfortable, and then made his way back to the door, closing it behind him silently.
He walked back downstairs in the dark, not bothering to find a light switch, trying vainly to quiet the baby in his arms. "Here," he said to Tsume, holding out Sakura. The Inuzuka glared at him, rocking both Kiba and Naruto in her arms. How she did that, Kakashi would probably never know.
"Does it look like I can hold her?" she hissed. He shrugged.
"Maybe?"
"Wrong answer," Tsume muttered, but she didn't dare try to yell for fear of making the situation worse. She didn't even know where Sasuke was.
"Turn some lights on or something," she said. "We need to find Sasuke. Who knows what he's gotten into. . ." she trailed off uncertainly, not sure what he could actually get into. "Oh, God…"
Kakashi turned back around with a sigh, planning to search on the first floor before going upstairs. "Sasuke," he called softly. "Where are you?"
There was a soft cooing sound from his right, and he sighed in relief when he turned to find it was the dark-haired Uchiha. Sasuke was sitting in the kitchen, petting Tsume's nin-dog, Kuromaru. The massive dog was growling low in his throat, eyes closed while Sasuke ran his through his dark fur. Kuromaru opened his eyes to stare at Kakashi.
"Can you watch him for a while?" Kakashi asked, wondering if maybe he could take care of Sakura before Sasuke. The Uchiha seemed fine, and if Kuromaru agreed, maybe this wouldn't be so bad after all.
The dog bowed his head slightly, shifting to glance at Sasuke.
"Thanks," Kakashi said, turning to walk back to Tsume.
The Inuzuka was still trying to quiet Naruto, while Kiba was playing with one of the family dogs—or well, not really. The baby was lying on the ground while the small dog pranced around him. Kakashi half expected the dog to step on Kiba, but Tsume didn't have a problem with it, so he figured it was okay.
"Where's Sasuke?" Tsume asked suspiciously.
"Kuromaru's watching him."Kakashi answered, sitting down on the couch. "What should I do with Sakura?"
Tsume shrugged. "Check her diaper; maybe she needs to be changed. I know Kiba did."
Kakashi sighed, but resigned himself to his fate. He was going to have to do it sooner or later. He set Sakura down on the floor, carefully peeling her clothes off her and dropping them to the side. He wrinkled his nose when he saw—and smelled—that she did in fact need to be changed.
"Tsume," he called uncertainly. "How do I change a diaper?"
A/N: Hehe. I love torturing Kakashi. It's so fun. Anyways, tell me what you think, and if you want me to add another chapter. I might find time in my busy schedule to type up something. The only reason I was able to type this chapter was because I ran out of things to do.
