A/N: Chapter 2! Be proud of me!

Kakashi stared at the children in front of him for a moment, trying to figure out what they ate. He knew Itachi could probably eat some solid food, seeing as he was three, but Sasuke couldn't. He was barely a year old. It didn't help that practically the only thing he had in his kitchen was ramen, alcohol, and milk and cereal.

So he stared, like, 'Maybe if I stare enough, there will be a sign on what they eat.'

Kakashi knew nothing about children.

He had somehow survived the night, eventually figuring out how to change Sasuke's diaper, even if it took probably a million different tries for him to get it done right. Thank God, Itachi was potty trained. If he wasn't, Kakashi would not have made it through the night with his sanity still intact.

Then there was the whole feeding thing. When Minato said people had prepared his apartment for him, he obviously had not thought of food.

Which brought us to the staring contest between shinobi and children. Kakashi was about ready to rip out his hair in frustration.

"Fine!" he shouted, throwing his hands in the air. "I give up! I'll find someone to feed you."

He put his vest on, made sure his mask was in place, before picking Sasuke up off the couch, grabbing Itachi's hand and leaving his apartment. "Who would be up this early?" he muttered to himself, ignoring the fact that Sasuke was asleep and drooling on his shoulder.

Let's see. . . Minato and Kushina, maybe, seeing as Naruto is Sasuke's age. . . Anko, my wonderful, scary friend. Asuma, Gai.

He really didn't want to face Kushina's wrath if she wasn't up, and Asuma was murderous if he was woken up before ten, and it was only seven, so he was out of the question. Gai . . . well, knowing him, he was probably out doing some outrageous exercise, training for their next "youthful meeting", as Gai would call it.

He was halfway to Anko's house when he realized that there was one other person he could go to. Iruka.

He had talked with Iruka a couple of times. He had been to his apartment once when he had been injured on a mission and had outright refused to be taken to the hospital, and as far as he knew, Iruka had not moved. He would be able to help him with this problem. He was and Academy teacher.

He changed course and started walking in the opposite direction. Itachi whined at the sudden change, and Sasuke shifted in Kakashi's arms, fully awake, but Kakashi ignored them. He just hoped that Iruka would be up this early.

Kakashi waited for the elevator, and when it came, he led Itachi in and pressed the button for the third floor. There was another woman in the elevator with him, and she was outright staring at him.

"What?" he asked her. She squeaked and turned away, her face bright red. "Well then. . ." he muttered.

He exited the elevator, almost dragging Itachi behind him in his haste to get to Iruka. Sasuke was hurting his ears with his ear-splitting screams of hunger. Kakashi knocked on the door he knew to be Iruka's urgently.

A sleepy-looking brunette opened the door. Iruka rubbed his eyes, looked at Itachi, Sasuke and Kakashi, blinked, and looked again.

"Kakashi?" he asked, leaning against the door frame.

"Hi, Iruka!" Kakashi said happily, wincing when Sasuke howled again. Itachi had covered his ears, and he was looking up at Kakashi expectantly, telling him to feed his brother before he started screaming. "Can I come in?"

"Sure?" It came out more as a question. Kakashi pushed past him, depositing Sasuke in the other man's arms, and picking Itachi up instead. Kakashi slipped his sandals off at the door, following Iruka into the living room and placing Itachi on the couch. "Why are you here?"

"The Hokage wants me to take care of the Uchiha kids; their parents died on a mission. He got this crazy idea in his head that I could take care of them, but I have no idea what I'm doing."

Iruka sat down and nodded his head towards Sasuke, who had fallen silent and was watching his older brother. "So, is he hungry, or something?"

"I think so. I didn't know what they ate, so I dragged them out here," Kakashi said, shrugging.

"And what makes you think that I just happen to have food for babies in my kitchen?" Iruka asked.

"Do you?" Kakashi leaned back in his seat next to Itachi and closed his eyes. 'Please say yes, please say yes. . .' he thought urgently.

Iruka sighed before getting up, gesturing for Kakashi to grab Itachi and follow him. He led the way into the kitchen, and he waited for Kakashi to set the older Uchiha in a chair before giving him Sasuke. "Watch carefully." He said, turning to the fridge. Kakashi sat down in the chair next to Itachi, moving Sasuke so he was sitting in his lap.

The Jonin watched as the brunette searched the fridge for something. Iruka pulled a jar of applesauce from the back of the fridge and unscrewed the lid. "You can feed a baby pretty much anything, as long as it's mashed. I would use applesauce, mostly, just because it's, you know, sauce. Just make sure it's not too hot or cold," he said, pulling a bowl from one of the many cupboards. He poured some of the applesauce in the bowl, turning away from Kakashi a moment to search for something else.

When Itachi started tugging on his sleeve, Kakashi knew he was hungry too, and wanted food. What to feed a three-year-old?

Iruka took Sasuke from Kakashi, sitting down in a vacant chair, and started to feed the baby. Sasuke giggled and opened his tiny mouth, greedily swallowing the food Iruka offered him. "Find something for Itachi; as long as it's cut into small amounts, he can eat almost anything," Iruka offered, adjusting Sasuke. Kakashi sighed and stood up, making his way over to the fridge.

"Okay. . ." he muttered to himself, looking through the items. "There's some ramen, milk, fruits. . . Ah ha!" He successfully pulled out a plastic bag of leftover pizza. He opened cupboards until he found a plate, and utensils, and almost skipped back to the table. If Itachi could eat pizza, his life would be way easier!

He cut the pizza into pieces and slid the plate over to Itachi, who dug in to his food, not using his fork. Kakashi relaxed in his chair, nearly falling asleep from his tired night of diaper- changing and crying children, when Iruka plopped a sleeping Sasuke in his lap. He pointed to Itachi, saying, "I think you should get them home. You all need your sleep. If you need anything, just come back and I'll help in any way I can."

Kakashi thanked the brunette, and shook Itachi awake, leading him back over to the door. Iruka closed the door behind them, and Kakashi made his way back to his apartment.

A/N: Okay first of all, about the whole elevator thing, I do not live in Japan, so I don't even know if they have elevators, so don't yell at me if it turns out they don't. Just pretend for the sake of this story that they have elevators. Second of all, I want at least five reviews this time. Please, please, please, please? Pretty please? Pretty please with a cherry on top?

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