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Warning: Yaoi, angst, violence, and stuff happening also, Gaara's major OC'ness
I'm sorry this chapter is so late, I have been busy with writing Uni applications, and so much other paperwork that I had no time to write. So I do hope that you forgive me, and enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter 16: Chibi Uchiha!
"Well this certainly is a problem..." muttered Snape, as he rubbed his chin.
"You think?!" replied Naruto in a sarcastic tone.
Naruto, Snape, and the rest of the team watched the infant sitting on the table; he had curly black hair that framed his chubby cheeks, and his wide black eyes stared up at the people while he suckled on his little fingers. A cloak covered Sasuke's now small chubby frame, since his ANBU uniform would not fit him.
"How old is he?" Gaara asked.
"I'd say at least six to eight months since he can sit upright on his own." replied Snape staring calculatedly at the child.
"So how long till he returns back to normal?" asked Naruto, his voice slightly laced with worry.
"That depends on his size and weight it could take a while...how old is he?"
"Seventeen."
"Seventeen, and doing this kind of a job? How the world has changed..." no one replied to what he had said, because it wasn't exactly normal for anyone that young to turn into a killer.
Snape noticed the silent hostility that was starting to rise and quickly changed the subject. "It could take a few weeks, he tipped over five cauldron, he's lucky that he didn't de-age into an embryo with that amount."
"Well can you reverse it or something?" Naruto asked motioning at Sasuke.
"I can make another potion but that will take time, either way it will be difficult to say how quickly he will start aging again. We'll have to see how it turns out tomorrow morning; till then I'd advise you to see the nurse, and pick up a few childcare items."
Neji rubbed his temple and stared at Sasuke "It's too early for this kind of stuff."
Naruto sighed and picked the young Sasuke up, the baby stared at him with a pout and then broke into a fit of light giggles; Naruto smiled and secured the cloak around his frame and started walking out of the classroom. Gaara nodded at the Potions Master and followed Naruto out while the rest of them went with him.
"What are you going to do now?" Gaara asked, as he followed Naruto.
"There isn't much we can do, so I'll just have to go to the Nurse and get the childcare stuff. You guys might just want to return back to your posts." Gaara nodded and the rest of the team split off in to different directions.
Naruto waited a few seconds before he turned his head to look at a spot by the wall. "You can take that cloak off now Harry."
Naruto heard a light gasp escaping from that empty space, and then the sound of shuffling and Harry removed the Invisibility cloak. "You know how creepy that is when you guy's know where I am?"
"What are you doing out here anyway? You weren't in school at all, in the morning."
"Er...I had a...headache?" he said hopefully.
"Headache? Then why the cloak? Why not just rest in your dorm?"
"Well...I don't have one anymore, so I just decided to take a walk..."
Naruto stared at the other teen, and then shifted his gaze to his bandaged hand. "How did you get injured?"
Harry's eyes went wide and pushed his hand behind himself; he gave a small smile and quickly started walking away. Naruto arched his eyebrow but didn't do anything, instead he balanced baby Sasuke in his arms so that he could use his both his hands, and quickly made a few symbols. Smoke erupted beside him and in a 'poof' there was a copy of himself grinning beside him.
"Follow him." the other Naruto nodded and followed Harry through the shadows.
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"Oh by Merlin's beard would you look at the cute little baby!"
"He's adorable, being attached like that on the guards chest. Who'd have thought that, that angry looking guy would make such a cutie!"
"Yea, he may be hot, but he is always so grumpy looking."
Yes the news, just like any other gossip, had spread like wildfire through the school, and the evidence proving this rumour was strapped onto Naruto chest in a pink holster. Sasuke was chewing on a little soft rabbit shaped tether; on occasions gurgling and looking wide eyed at the great hall and its floating candles.
"I see Uchiha is still a little baby."
"No thanks to you Sai; why do you and Sasuke fight all the time?"
"It's just some friendly rivalry, Naruto-chan." Sai smiled again and bent down slightly to have a look at Sasuke; his smile spread as the infants face started scrunching up in distaste.
"Maybe I could look after him for a while." Sai removed Sasuke from the girdle and held him up high, Sasuke was startled slightly and then his lips started quivering while he sniffled and his wide eyes started watering up; then without any other warning, he cried out wildly. Naruto quickly reacted and grabbed the baby off Sai and glared at dark haired teen.
"Stop that Sai, Sasuke doesn't like you teasing him like that." The blonde turned Sasuke around so that they were facing each other. "You don't like that at all do you Sasu-kun? Meany Sai scared you didn't he?"
"Don't talk about me like I'm not here dickless." Naruto slapped the dark haired teen over his head.
"Don't swear around the baby Sai." Naruto huffed and started walking away. Sai was gaping and watched the retreating figure of Naruto, and he noticed the glint in Uchiha eyes, he could have sworn that the baby was smirking.
"Oh so that's your plan Uchiha; trying to win Naruto over with cuteness? Well two can play this game..."
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Naruto sat outside on the grassy ground and beside him sat Baby Sasuke; he gurgled happily trying to catch Naruto's waggling finger. Naruto laughed as he swiped his hand away before Sasuke could reach the digit, the Uchiha pouted cutely and Naruto started to do it all over again. Sai watched from the distance, his dark eyes never leaving the two; he put on a wide smile and strutted over to them.
"Naruto." he said waving over to them. Naruto looked up and frowned slightly, what was Sai doing here?
"Can I help you Sai?"
"Well I thought that you could use some help, and I swear that I won't call you any names." He said giving a brilliant smile. Naruto raised an eyebrow and then gave a curt nod. Sai's smile widened and he sat down beside Naruto, grinning mockingly at the pouting Uchiha child.
"Oh darn I forgot, I have to write a missions Report to Baa-chan, she'll kiil me if I don't give her weekly reports. Take care of Sasuke, Sai; I'll be right back!" Sai nodded and watched Naruto jog away, he turned to face the Uchiha and his grin widened.
"Well then Sasuke-kun lets have some fun."
Sasuke glared at Sai, his dark eyes tinged crimson as he glared at the other man. "Ah I see you can use your sharingan even now Uchiha, too bad it won't be much use at your age." Sai laughed making Sasuke scowl angrily at him.
"Ah, we three make quite a little family don't we Uchiha? Naruto as the mother, me as the father, and you as our little spawn." He laughed out aloud.
If Sasuke wasn't stuck like this he would have ripped him to shreds; but his physical strength was that of a baby. There had to be a way to keep Sai away from Naruto; he stopped listening to Sai's inane ranting and looked around for something, anything that could help him. That's when he spotted the kunai pocking out from Sai's vest; stabbing him would do that creep no good. Sasuke started calculating other possibilities; Naruto would be back soon, he had to do something quickly. A spark of innovation flowed through him, and he grinned, he was a baby now right? And what would Naruto do to Sai when he sees a poor defenceless baby holding a dangerous weapon?
Sai didn't notice it as Sasuke reached slowly inside his pocket and drew out the kunai. He pushed the kunai behind him, while keeping his face in a scowling expression, so that Sai didn't notice anything; not that he would with his continual ranting.
"And we'll hug, and we'll kiss, and we'll be sweethearts..." Sai continued in a sing-song voice. (This is actually from a song called 'Barbie is a Bitch', watch it on YouTube it always makes me laugh.)
Sai seemed to have drifted off into his own world; Sasuke looked around and saw the Kitsune vessel walking towards them, and perched on his arm was Yami. He grinned and started dangling the kunai in his small hands, staring curiously at the black polished metal while keeping an eye on Naruto's approach. His eyes widened in anticipation as he saw how the blondes face gaped comically, and then he glared at the older dark haired teen.
"SAI! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Naruto shouted out.
Sai broke out of his trance and stared at Naruto in surprise, he then looked from the angry blonde to Sasuke, and gaped at the baby who was holding a kunai. Sai panicked and tried to grab the kunai away, but Sasuke held on tightly, giggling and gurgling all the way. Naruto released the falcon and marched over to Sai, his hands pressed to into tight fists, and his face set in a murderous glare. Sai was ready to run away at that moment when he noticed the look that Naruto passed him; but he was to slow. Naruto grabbed Sai's shoulders, his blue eyes blazing red and a low growl escaped his throat, with a swift pull he managed to haul Sai back.
Sasuke cringed and looked away; but he sneered when he heard the howling and screaming of pain, and the sound of fists connecting with flesh. It all came to a stop in a few minutes and Sasuke turned around to see Naruto dusting off his hands, while Sai was a crumpled figure on the ground covered in bruises. The blonde quickly jogged over to Sasuke and picked him up; he took away the kunai .
"Aw poor, little Sasuke, stupid Sai can't even look after you. Don't worry I won't let him anywhere near you." Sasuke giggled cutely in reply, and gave a slobbery kiss on Naruto's cheek. The blonde blushed slightly and then glared at Sai.
"Let that be a lesson to you Sai, if I see you giving Sasuke such a dangerous weapon again, I may just end up killing you." He snarled out and walked away, with Sasuke comfortably in his arms.
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Gaara sat on a wide open window, his legs dangling over the edge while he watched the passing clouds, he felt the familiar presence of chakra behind him and his posture instantly went rigid. Neji watched as Gaara relaxed shoulders stiffened and stopped his movements; the Hyuuga sighed dejectedly and ran his long fingers through his long dark hair.
"How long are you going to ignore me, Gaara?"
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"It doesn't even help, that I don't even know what I did wrong to anger you in such a way." Gaara still didn't reply and kept staring forward, watching the slowly darkening sky.
"We may have been civil to each other this long Gaara; but we need to talk. Misunderstandings can lead to problems, as we all have learned form in the past few days." Gaara's body stiffened again and relaxed. The red head sighed and then turned to look at Neji, his teal eyes burning into Neji's pale ones studying his face carefully.
"What is going on between you and Ten Ten?" Neji raised his eyebrows and stared at Gaara.
"Between me and Ten Ten? Nothing; we are friends, team mates, and nothing more."
"Then why did I see you kissing her?" Gaara asked, his dark green eyes hardened and he glared at the Hyuuga who seemed to be both shocked and surprised. Gaara gave a small scowl and was about to walk away.
"Wait! What?"
"The day I came to Konoha, I searched you out and found her slung over you."
"That innocent peck on the cheek?"
"So you are not denying it?"
"Of course not! Ten Ten already has someone, that day she asked me to help her pick out a gift for him, since asking Lee would have been a grave mistake. So I helped her out, and all she did was thank me."
Gaara looked over Neji with a calculative gaze, he didn't say anything but glowered at the other teen, his brain weighing out the options. On the one hand he could believe what Neji was telling and be happy, or he could get all paranoid over a possible misunderstanding and get into the same mess as Naruto. The choice wasn't made any easier as he gazed into those pale depths.
Neji noticed the hesitation, and before Gaara could do anything else, he grabbed the Kazekage's hand and pulled his towards him. Gaara, in a rare moment was surprised, he stumbled over his own feet and landed on Neji; who positioned himself so that their lips met in the impact. And that's how they stayed, bodies pressed together, with Neji's hands gripping the red head's own hands and keeping them in place; their lips locked with his tongue swirling and beckoning the other one to keep up his ministrations.
Gaara didn't know what to do, he felt he was being pulled in by a warm force, he felt his body relax slightly, and Neji loosened his grip, his pale hands trailed around the smaller boys middle and pulled him closer. Gaara moaned into the kiss, his own hands winding around the taller teens neck, pulling him closer and so deepening the kiss.
"Do you believe me...?" Neji whispered between the kisses.
"I guess you wouldn't be kissing me like this if there was nothing..."
"Their is no one else for me, Gaara." And Neji started up the kiss again. His fingers trailing gently through Gaara's red hair; Gaara gasped and broke the kiss gazing deeply into the Hyuuga's pale eyes.
"Not here Neji, we could get caught; quickly! TO THE RACON NEST!!...um I mean... MY ROOM!" Neji raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything; maybe Naruto was influencing him to much.
As they walked away they didn't notice the blushing portrait of an old woman, with blood trickling down from her nostrils.
They almost reached their dorm rooms when Kiba jumped out at them, his face flushed red, and his breathing laboured, he must have run all the way.
"What is it Inuzuka?" Gaara bit out his voice impatient, he didn't want to be disturbed.
"Shikamaru and I heard one of the traps being set off right by the forbidden forest; but when we got there we found a dog."
"And what is so important about the fact of you finding a dog?" Gaara asked gritting his teeth together in rising anger.
"Because it doesn't smell like a dog, it smells more human! Shikamaru things that it may be a spy, that's why we need Neji's Bayakugan to confirm it." Gaara's eye visibly twitched, he spared Kiba a glance, who looked just as determint to have his way, as he was.
Gaara sighed in defeat and gave a curt nod to indicate that Kiba should lead the way.
Kiba lead them outside and to the far corner of the school grounds just at the border between the school and forest. Shikamaru waited for them there, his back leaning against a near by tree while he watched the struggling creature that was pinned onto the grassy ground. It was a large black dog, the same size as Akamaru, with tuffs of fur missing. It was a scraggly thing, mostly just skin and bones; but it was still strong enough that it took Shikamaru to use his jutsu to secure it before they placed it in a net.
He looked up and saw Kiba walking towards him; behind him was Neji and the Kazekage, who looked very annoyed to say the least. The dog stopped struggling and also looked at the approaching figures; it was these small actions, coupled with what Kiba told him, that there was something more to it then it lead on. The creature looked from the approaching figures to him; his unusual silver eyes seemed to be filled with confusion, till it seemed to completely give up struggling and just settle down to whining pitifully.
"Took you long enough; I almost fell asleep just waiting." Shikamaru said in his usual bored tone.
"You would have fallen asleep either way Shika." Kiba replied, he then turned to Neji. "Alright then Neji do your stuff."
The Hyuuga nodded and activated his Bayakugan, the veins around his eyes throbbed and chakra flowed through the nerves enhancing his vision. He stared at he large dog; pin-pointing its chakra flow, his pale eyes widened, and then he turned his gaze to Kiba.
"It looks like you're right, animals and humans chakra flows are different; but this dog has the same chakra system as that of a grown man. It is human for that I am certain."
"But how is that possible?" asked Kiba, as he scrutinised the dog in front of them.
"This magic seems to make everything possibly; it doesn't seem like an illusion, or any other henge that I have seen." replied Neji.
"Alright then let's take it with us; maybe we can make it turn back." They all nodded and agreement, Neji stepped towards the dog, and grabbed a pressure point by its neck so that its body when limp, and Kiba picked up the body and they started taking him away.
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Oh, what will happen now?! I mean really, cause I haven't got a clue, I just make up stuff as I go along.
Look forward in the next chapter for:
Friendships getting mended, and Sasuke re-living his childhood!
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