Returning in time
A/N: So I had this idea and told myself why not? I don't own Naruto by the way. I want to thank all those that: follow, fav and review. As I already said in another story I updated: I broke my wrist and in RL shit does happen more than one would like: so enjoy this chapter!
Chapter8: Hide & Seek, ninja style!
Fugaku walked home from the police station in a good mood. People waved toward him both civilians and shinobi from other Clans he returned their greetings with an almost invisible smile and a nod: things had changed since his youngest birth and even if he wasn't a big fan of change the father could see that this one had a positive effect on the whole Clan and maybe the whole village. Sasuke was closer in age to the heirs of the other Clans than Itachi and seemed to easily make friends with them most of all with: Hinata, Neeji, Kiba and Shikamaru. (Yes Fugaku had finally learned the names of some of Sasuke's friends: Mikoto had been proud of him.)
The head of the Uchiha Clan had decided to show the children mercy and had brought them all some ramen: because Mikoto had told him that she would have an evening out with the girls and his own cooking skills where abysmal. They truly where in the last great war Konoha had used his rice balls as projectiles to take some of their enemies out: and it had worked…
When Fugaku opened the front door he immediately knew something wasn't right, nope no parental instinct told him, he closed his eyes to feel the charkra of the occupants and could feel how Itachi's and Shisui's fleered out of control as if they were distressed while Chibi's was none existent. The experienced shinobi decided not to panic, but as if kami wanted to confirm that something was wrong he saw it fit to have Shisui running like a civilian while under attack in the corridor darting from one room to the other while the boy looked paler than usual.
´Why! Oh why do you punish me so Kami?´ Thought Fugaku closing his eyes. ´This is it! I'm going to commit murder!... Wait I better not: I'm going to need all the help I can to find the Chibi. Mikoto can deal with those two latter: what is so difficult about watching a not yet toddler?´ With that Fugaku left the bags with food by the door while he adopted the facet of Clan leader: not father, not uncle turned father and not husband.
"Itachi! Shisui!" Roared the usual stoic ninja and father of two well three Shisui did feel like another one.
The two before mentioned made an appearance even if they kept their distance, appreciating their lives and all: thanks!
"Yes Tou-san?" Asked Itachi: his face gave nothing away, but hesitation was evident in his voice.
"Where is Chibi?" Came from Fugaku he wasn't a man that went dancing around the topic of discussion.
"Napping?" Offered Shisui hesitantly: the Chunnin gulped at the look he received from his uncle.
"How did the two of you lose Chibi? He isn't even two years old yet!" Growled Fugaku frustrated.
"What? No we didn't…. We just don't know where he is yet…." Said Shisui. "That kid is really good at hide and seek…" Mumbled the spiky haired teen, this caused the other two present to sweat drop.
"Itachi explain your cousins incoherent babbling."
"We were playing hide and seek with Otouto, but when it was my turn to hide with him he refused saying that he was a big boy and now we didn't know where he is." Explained Itachi looking ashamed, afraid and concerned.
Fugaku pinched the bridge of his nose, this whole situation was more than what he could deal with that evening: his chakra reserves where very low due having trained the new recruits the whole day and now Itachi and Shisui had lost his Chibi while playing hide and seek: of all things! The dark brown haired man had only wanted a silent evening, but he came home to all this: part of him was tempted to sound the district alarm and order every freaking Uchiha to look for his youngest, but he knew that it would end bad for him…
'Wait! Mikoto made some rules for that game!' Realized the man happily. 'Maybe not all is lost.'
"You played the game with the usual rules your mother gave you? Right? Closing the windows and doors and you are not allowed to leave the house, NANI?" Half asked half pleaded the father.
"Of course we did." Answered Shisui while Itachi nodded. "Do you think us to be temes?" Asked Shisui, but at the look he received from both his uncle and cousin he added. "Rhetorical question!"
"Good let's check all the doors and windows: after that we meet in the living room." Ordered Fugaku and the two younger ninja where all too happy to follow his orders.
They all went into different directions and while the children went to check things upstairs they left the father to do so down stairs. After meeting in the living room and confirming that yes everything was still closed Fugaku was relieved and ordered the two should be babysitters to look even in the most impossibly hiding places for the lost Chibi. With those orders Shisui and Itachi looked into every possible crook upstairs while Fugaku did so downstairs: it was a shame that the man never decided to look up because if would have done so he would have seen his youngest with an almost psychopathic grin on his little chubby face following him on the ceiling. An hour later found all Uchiha's in the living room with still the same results…
"Holly fuck! We are totally screwed: Mikoto is going to strange us with our own intestines!" Yelled Fugaku on top of his lungs and due this he didn't hear a childish giggle: Yeah Sasuke was having way too much fun screwing with his families mind. Shisui and Itachi looked his way in shock. "Why do you two look at me like that: you both know it's true and your fault!" At this Shisui made a motion for him to turn around and to look up: Fugaku did so and saw his youngest Sitting on the ceiling while he held his toy kunai like any other ninja would and gave him a cheeky wave.
"Chibi!" Exclaimed Fugaku relieved before it sank in that his little over a year old son was actually sitting on the ceiling instead of the floor like a normal baby. "What the fuck are you doing up there Chibi get down!" Ordered Fugaku and Sasuke had half a mind to drop and land on his feet, but didn't in fear of giving his father a cardiac arrest.
"Hn." Was all Sasuke said before walking from the ceiling to the floor using the nearest wall.
Once he was on the floor the boy was picked up by his father who looked him over looking for the tiniest scratch, he didn't found anything to his relieve.
"What in Kami's name where you doing up there?"
"Hidding." Answered Sasuke with a what else look on his face.
"Let's say I got that part. But how did you do so?" Asked Fugaku a little afraid what would happen if some of the elders got wind of Sasuke's ability: the last a child so young had shown such abilities was before the villages foundation, when they were still a clan full of warriors and even toddlers where send to the frontlines.
"You can, Shi-nii can, Aniki can, Kaa-sama can, Nii-san can, I can…" Fugaku interrupted Sasuke's list of people he knew who could use their chakra to walk onto the ceiling. Sasuke just grinned he loved messing with his families minds!
"Ok, ok, I can understand that using that logic I shouldn't be surprised you did so: but why did you suppress your chakra?" Asked Fugaku feeling more than a little exasperated, Sasuke just smiled and came closer to his father to whisper something into his ear.
"Kashi-nii does when he hides so I hide like that too!" Whispered Sasuke and Fugaku could hear his son beaming: Sasuke was just beaming for another reason than the one his father throught. 'Ok who through it to be a good idea to have Hatake living in the compound?... Oh yeah that was me: not my brightest moment…..'
"Ok that still doesn't explain HOW you are able to do so at this age, but I'm too tired to think of something else so I will conclude that you are some kind of genus or something…." Stated the father. "Shisui like genus not Itachi like: thank Kami!" Stated Fugaku: the crisis was avoided and he wasn't going to look a gifted horse in the mouth, even so he still needed to make a list of Sasukes' abilities and how to suppress them while teaching to boy to use them responsibly…..
"What's wrong with me tou-san?" Asked Itachi.
"Oh! Well… Nothing son: I just believe that your mother" and I "would like to baby Chibi a little longer." Answered the man telling his eldest only half truths, but he was a shinobi: people wouldn't expect him to be honest would they?
"Yeah I guess that an Otouto isn't half as good if he doesn't behave like one." Said Itachi after thinking about it for a while. Sasuke wanted to murder his Aniki for pinching his right cheek, but decided to level him with a glare instead.
"OI! Are the two of you calling me childish?" Asked Shisui getting angry: Fugaku decided to stay silent knowing when to speak his mind and when not too while Sasuke started to bable over his kunai while he played with his fathers hair wisely.
"I'm sure that Gai-sempai would say something about the spirit of youth, but since we don't really believe in that crap: yeah pretty much." Said Itachi, causing his father and baby brother to facepalm, he was unaware that this had been the wrong thing to say…. Until he was being chased around the room. This caused Sasuke the sweat drop in his fathers arms: there in front of him where two of the strongest ninja to be born in his clan reduced to well whatever it was that they were reduced too.
"Chibi do me the favor of having better people skills then your brother, even I am not that bad, and more of a brain than your dearest cousin." Pleaded Fugaku holding his youngest closer to his chest as if he was trying to protect him from whatever had gotten into Shisui and Itachi.
"Hn, Tous-sama." Nodded the Chibi much to his fathers' relieve.
"Kids get the bags of ramen I brought from by the door." Ordered the man: because really those two were fighting and not even using the right fighting stances, they were just biting each other! What where they Shinobi or villagers?!
"Cold ramen?" Asked Itachi with a frown.
"It's that or my rice balls." Stated the head of the Clan.
"I'm going to get the ramen don't worry Uncle!" Declared Shisui happily dragging Itachi with him: Shisui had heard the horror stories about his Uncles culinary art…..
That was the story of why Itachi, Shisui, Fugaku and Sasuke ended up eating cold ramen while Mikoto had the night off.
A/N: Ok that was just some kind of random chapter I wrote and had to get off my chest, but it's important for the rest of the story! I hope you liked it!