lostmoonchild: Thanks for the reviews! I figured I couldn't let a date between shinobi end without at least one sparring match although I'm wondering now if Akina wasn't trying to get Naruto to agree for a quick romp in the sack (or romp in the sand anyway) so I'm glad that was liked. I actually got a full-blown flame which made me start laughing cause I was told to *checks flame* "Go to hell please" after the person clearly voiced their dislike over the bit of yaoi. Anyway, I'll continue on afterwards with my view of flamers after this chapter's done.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Chapter Thirty Five
Coffee.
The first intelligent thing Temari could think of when she woke up the next morning was the need for caffeine and that she should really get started on making breakfast. As she drew closer to the kitchen, the smell of food cooking reached her senses. "What the hell?" Temari's eyes widened when she saw the six year old standing on a chair in front of the stove. "Hisoka?"
The girl jumped slightly before grinning brightly at Temari, a smudge of pancake batter across one cheek. "Surprise!" Hisoka giggled.
"Get away from there. What're you thinking?" Temari demanded as she picked the girl up and set her down away from the stove. "You're six! You don't use the stove without an adult around!"
"But everyone's still sleeping!" Hisoka protested.
"I'm not now so no using the stove."
Hisoka stared a moment before asking, "Am I in trouble?"
Temari sighed softly as she looked at the girl before responding, "No, honey. You just can't use the stove without a grownup around."
"Why? Sometimes I use the stove at home when Daddy's still sleeping and I can cook food you can actually eat."
Since she lived with Naruto it wasn't much of a surprise to the blonde-haired woman. "Okay, since we're not at your house you can't use a stove without a grownup. Now let's get this done so we can wake all those other lazybones up." Temari sighed.
Hisoka watched as Temari finished up breakfast, squirming when the woman used a rag to wipe the pancake batter from her face. Suddenly there was a flash and Temari grabbed a knife, prepared to throw it. "Haha, my sister just had a mommy moment." Kankuro laughed, ducking when Temari threw the knife.
"Asshole!" Temari screamed at him.
Laughter left Kankuro's lips as he ran with his sister chasing after him, both followed by a now excited six year old. "What's going on?" Sakura questioned, grabbing the back of Hisoka's shirt and pulling her back.
"Temari and I are playing tag with Kankuro!" Hisoka said with a laugh. "He took a picture and Temari threw a knife and screamed a bad word so now we're playing tag with him!"
Sakura sighed as she released the girl knowing full well that there wasn't a point in trying to shield the girl from everything. "Son of a fuck!" Kankuro shouted from one of the rooms when Temari finally caught him.
Three. Two. One. "Sakura!" Hisoka ran and crashed into the pinkette. "Temari's hitting Kankuro!"
"Siblings do that to each other." Sakura sighed. "Come on, honey, let's see if there's juice."
"Juice! Juice! Juice!" Hisoka chanted happily as she held onto Sakura's hand, skipping the entire way to the kitchen. "Kankuro's gonna be okay, right? Temari's not gonna kill him?"
"Nah. Brothers and sisters fight a lot but I don't think those two will kill each other."
Fifteen minutes later, everybody but Naruto had gathered in the kitchen talking while Hisoka happily kicked her feet while drinking her juice. "Weird kid. Doesn't that taste nasty to you?" Kankuro asked warily.
"Why?"
"It's blueberry pomegranate."
"It's good." Hisoka responded before taking another drink. "I like it."
Gaara smiled faintly as he looked at his goddaughter, seeing that she seemed to be in a pleasant mood today. "Naruto isn't up yet?" Gaara asked patiently.
The girl shook her head rapidly, giggling when her hair hit her face. "Even Kyuu-chan's sleeping and he's usually up when I wake up," she reported.
If any of them had the suspicion regarding a possible reason why Naruto was tired still, none of them dared voice it in front of the child. "Well, I'm sure Dickless will tell us when he wakes up." Sai answered with a look that told them what he was thinking happened the night before.
Sakura sighed softly, thankful that the little girl had moments of pure obliviousness like her father. She didn't think she'd be able to handle life with the child as well if she constantly acted like her mother. "He went out with that Akina woman, right?" Kankuro questioned.
"Uh huh. I like her." Hisoka said proudly. "Why?"
Kankuro shook his head a little before answering, "Sometimes when I go out to have some grownup juice, I see her and she doesn't handle her grownup juice very well."
"So she's lightweight?"
The group stared in disbelief at Hisoka, wondering for a moment where she had learned something like that. "Hisoka, do we want to know where you picked that term up?" Sakura asked warily.
"Granny Tsunade. She called me that once when she let me have a taste of that really gross grownup juice to make me fall asleep before Daddy could take me home and she kept calling those yucky people."
Ah, that explained everything although Sakura had to applaud Kankuro for coming up with the term 'grownup juice' within a few seconds. "So what's she like when she doesn't handle her drinks?" Sakura asked, deciding to turn the discussion back to Akina.
Kankuro grinned a little before answering, "Loads of fun. I'd be surprised if Naruto managed to-"
"If I managed what?" A familiar voice questioned groggily.
"Daddy!"
Gaara raised an eyebrow at how quickly his goddaughter flew into the blonde's arms, nearly sending him back into the living room. "Hey, Hi-Hi. Not so loud, okay?" Naruto asked with a groan.
Hisoka's face suddenly turned into a look of concern, her eyes large as she grabbed her empty chair and dragged it over to the blonde. "Say 'ah,'" she said with a serious expression.
"Akina-san and I just had a little too much to drink last night, honey." Naruto gave her a gentle smile. "Give me a couple hours and I'll feel better."
"Why didn't Kyuu-chan take care of the grownup juice?" Hisoka questioned.
"Because fox demons like to cause hell about as much as our family." Naruto told her. "Now get back to the table and finish eating."
"M'kay."
Gaara stared at the blonde for a moment before answering, "You forgot that we need to speak with you and Killer Bee this morning."
"Yeah, and in all fairness I didn't think we'd be staying out until three."
"Four." Hisoka reported. "Kyuu-chan wanted to talk to me when you got home."
"About?"
"Just that he wants me to be a big girl if you decide to pick up the pace a little and that I shouldn't be worried that you don't love me no more."
Okay, they were all missing something and from how the girl started humming while playing with her food, she wasn't about to tell them. "What exactly did you two do last night, Dickless?" Sai questioned.
"Went out, danced, had a few drinks, went for a walk, then sparred. Then we drank some more at her place." Naruto rubbed his head. "So how come Bee and I need to get talked to again? We already said everything was agreed on."
Gaara calmly looked at the blonde before answering, "It's just to see if either of you are feeling any different. All the ANBU that the other Kages brought have been reporting the Bijuu have been acting strangely."
"It's cause they know they'll get to go home." Hisoka told the redhead. "They said they'd go nicely if everyone agrees to a couple of things."
"Like what?"
Hisoka shrugged slightly. "They wouldn't tell me. They just said to ask if all the Kages can come see them and they'll say what'll make them go nicely. They also said to say that if they got sealed up before they could say what they wanted, they're gonna be meaner than when they thought I wasn't here."
"I'd agree with that." Kyuubi commented. "Ichibi's already insane so that's not much of a threat but think of how much hell the sane ones can raise."
Do I really want to know? Naruto questioned patiently before looking at his daughter. "You'll probably need to stay here and we'll grab you if the Kages decide to go see the Bijuu." Naruto told her. "Why don't you practice your defenses with Sai?"
Sai smiled faintly knowing full well that Naruto just wanted them all to see what Hisoka was capable of doing on a mere whim. "Sounds like fun. Is there a limit to the number of tails she's allowed to make appear on her creatures?" Sai questioned.
"Umm… let's say no more than six."
Moving slightly so she was sitting on her father's lap, Hisoka nestled against him clearly content with the lot given to her. As she looked around at the group she had grown to know and love, she knew that things were okay. The Bijuu could go home and soon she'd be able to go home with her father. "Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Naruto told her as he got his shoes on half an hour later.
"Okay."
Hisoka grinned slightly as Naruto kissed her forehead before looking surprised when Gaara hugged her softly. "Have a good day." Gaara told her. "We'll be sure to stop by and pick you up so you can hear what's been decided."
"Okay!"
Making sure that everybody attending had everything they would need, the group left. Sai looked down at Hisoka, seeing that she wanted desperately to go as well. "Hey, Hisoka-chan." Sai said calmly.
"Hmm?"
"Should we practice elemental defenses?"
lostmoonchild: Oh Goddess, Sai helping train a little kid. Somebody get ready to supervise! Okay, so back to my little rant/message for flamers: This is a work of fiction! I find it funny when people tell me to go to hell. Now, I don't mind flames cause even flames can be useful but I do mind when I'm being attacked for something I wrote for fun. I don't exist to please everybody on the planet. I write what I feel like writing when I feel like it and I'm usually open to suggestions. So if somebody's going to flame my story, flame the story and don't attack me just because of one little scene. I'm not interested in playing war of the words so name calling and all that pointless crap is just a waste of time.
For everybody else: Thanks for the great reviews! I really enjoy seeing what scenes you guys liked and I hope you guys will let me know what you'd like to see in the story. If it won't fit anywhere in this story (prepare for a surprise) there's gonna be another one dealing with a teenage Hisoka. So read and review!