Reviving Hatake

Summary: Young, fragile, and confused, Hinata finds herself arranged to marry not a Hyuga but a certain Hatake.
Author: BubbleWarrior32
Pairing: Kakashi H. X Hinata H.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. (Even if I want to)

Chapter Five: Baby Talk

Kakashi could not believe his ears, his eyes, and obviously the woman in front of him. Maybe she was trying to kill him and his soon to be uprising clan?
"My decision is final and irrevocable." the Hokage's eyes were glimmering with excitement, her red fingers scratching her knuckles open with mixed emotions of excitement, worry, and some others unexplainable.

"You cannot simple demand me to-" "I said I will not send you to missions until she conceives. I am not trying to kill you as you might or are already thinking, I am trying to protect not only you but your clan."

"With all due respect. She is still 17 years old, she's not fully matured to-"
"But you had done it with her, haven't you? Maybe she is already grown up for that part. Kakashi, I still am very surprised that after three weeks of marriage she is still not expecting. Does that thing of yours even work or is it only for display?" This woman in exaggerating. It has only been a week. Kakashi's nerves were holding themselves from popping, exploding with mixed emotions.

"Tsunade-sama-" before he could even complete his sentence, she cut him off.
"I am not lifting your ban from missions until I hear the news that Hyuga Hinata is pregnant" A wild tint of crimson flowed on the tips of his ears as he sighed. Now his eyes seemed to narrow, absorbing every detail as he swallows.

"Hyuga council's behind these, aren't they?" His voice low and loud enough to hear, his eyes draping on the piled papers on the table left to be unsigned and unnoticed.

He watched as her eyes' tune change. He read between the lines, heard the things she did not speak of. slowly, her thin pursed lips opened, answering him. "They are"

"Kakashi-sensei!" A pink haired young lady caught the right arm of her teacher as a confused and worried expression painted on her face. "Did you talk to Naruto already?" Her chest heaved from the long day of training, her face flushed and her hair wet on her shoulders.

"Yo. Not yet. I haven't seen him for days" The taller man replied, walking beside Sakura with his pocket book of Icha Icha on the hand. "He didn't mean it" She blurted out, her eyes seeking for his approval, no, more of understanding. All she wanted was peace between the two, to ease the tension between two grown up men.

"Ah, brave young Sakura, now tell me. Where is he? Now that you mentioned him, I believe we have things to discuss"
"Kakashi-sensei, I'll tell where he is...in one condition."

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The blonde man wobbled his way to Ichiraku's ramen place, his eyes searching out for a place to seat until he finds his usual place. Right corner, three more seats open.
"Old man!" He called out, giving him a toothy grin. "Oh, you're back! Ha, I thought you;d be gone for awhile now" The old man teased. "Oh, your sensei is here too! Hehe"

Naruto stole a quick glance on the older man approaching his seat, finally sinking in how much he owed him. His heart beating faster, faster by every step. He didn't know what to do, maybe apologize before he hits him, or bow his head, or maybe act like nothing happened?
He almost jumped off from his seat when a large hand rested on his left shoulder. Kakashi sat next to him, his back hunched and his elbows resting on the table.
"I believe we have to speak?" Kakashi asked, his eyes never leaving the blue eyes of his student.

"Sensei, I-I didn't mean to. Punch me now" Naruto dumbly said, his eyes seeking for anything else than a black mask over his sensei's face and a bored eye staring at him. "I promised Sakura not to kill you though." The older man reached over to the back of his neck and rubbed it across his gloved palm. "I just want to remind you, I didn't teach you to kiss one's wife. Don't ask for my forgiveness, she needs to hear it from you."

"Sensei-"
"I hope there would be no next time. Because I don't find it a crime for fighting for what's mine" Kakashi muttered under his breath, having his voice tuned low as he speaks, wanting no one else to hear his cold voice.
"Sensei, there will be a next time if you don't treat her well" This time Kakashi wanted to laugh, his student had grown up. Still stubborn and proud. He stood, patting his back harder than it should have been.
"It's not a crime to fight for what's mine. There's no regretting killing you next time. Next time"

"At the academy?" He asked again before sipping freely on his newly boiled tea. "I'm earning" Kakashi stated, now standing beside her as she wash his dishes. It was almost 9 in the evening when he came, and instead of finding her sleeping loudly on their bed, she was already cooking him his late meal. "Uh-huh, b-but I don't want to stay here doing nothing" She now turned to him as he steals a peck on her lips then kissing her bare shoulders.

"Hmmm" He mumbles as he inhales her lavender lotion. "But how about raising babies?" He asked, giving her a full view of his eye.
"K-K-Kakashi" She stutters, wanting to hide her burning cheeks from him, right now all she wanted was his approval and his encouragement.

"I really thought about it, m-maybe not? B-But I can also work in the hospital!" She said, bringing up another topic on her soon-to-be-crossed-fingers-career.
"Wouldn't that be time-consuming, how about babies?" He asked again, this time, putting the plates on the table, helping out his disappointed wife who seemed to be wanting to tear up already

"W-w-we make babies at night!" She blurted out, now crimson red with what she just said.

"So...how about we talk that tomorrow and start making babies now?" he asked, kissing her shoulders lighty, trailing his hands on the hem of her night gown as it reaches her mid-thigh.

Then there rang the door bell.

Hinata's face lit up and grabbed her robe before opening the door.

"Kurenai-sensei!" Hinata's blush was painted with another expression of happiness. Her arms open as Kurenai hands her over a baby almost a year old. "C-come in, have you had dinner? I-I could make some if-"
Hinata's eyes then traced on her former teacher's hands. One with scroll and another a bag. "Are you leaving?" Hinata gave her a smile before letting them in their house. Kakashi had quickly placed his mask where it belonged. Over his face.

"Oh Kakashi, Hinata...can I ask you a favor? Shikamaru got home very injured from a mission and I had received a mission a minute ago. I will be needed minutes later at the Konoha's gates. Since there's no one else I can bother, would you please look after Azuma for three days?"

Hinata blinked.

She never had heard Kurenai ask her a favor. Her smile was wide as she looked over at Kakashi who was too, looking at her. "No prob." Kakashi nodded, his arms on his wife's waist.
"I will surely get back soon as I can" Kurenai smiled, her arms longing for Hinata's embrace as the younger woman stepped and let her former sensei hug her with the baby between them as barriers.

"Surely mama will be back as soon, perfectly safe as ever." Hinata assured the wide eyed baby as Kurenai kissed him on his forehead before stealing a quick glance over the newly weds.

"I am taking this as a great favor. I owe you a big one. I left some notes in the bag, Hinata-chan" Kurenai said giving her a genuine smile. "I will be going now" Kurenai said, as she noticed the ticking clock over the counter.

"Don't worry Sensei, I will take care of baby Azuma now. Take care!" Hinata smiled before her sensei waved goodbye and gave both Hinata and Azuma a kiss on their cheeks and ran her way to the gates.

Kakashi blinked. He was banned from missions and now Kurenai is getting his loads from his shoulders. If this gets more often, it will be the end of his sanity.

Hinata dropped her heavy robes and sat on the couch with the baby still in her arms and his bag over her shoulders. "How is our little genius over here?" Hinata asked, peaking at the baby's wide eyes with his mouth open with wonder.

"Hin-cha" He said, recognizing the beauty infront of him. The same woman who took care of him when he was a lot younger. "Ah, he remembers me!"
Kakashi looked at the baby with him looking back. Slowly, the child smiled and opened up his arms to the tall man.

"I think h-he wants you to hold him?" Hinata smiled and handed the baby over to her husband. A smile almost freely escaping her lips as she opened the bag with baby clothes, bottles, milk, diapers, soaps, powder and the likes.

The black haired baby found his way to reach up to Kakashi's mask, pulling it down a little. Giving up, Kakashi took off the mask that seemed to continuously bothered the toddler.
His little fingers traced the scar on Kakashi's eye as he leaned over to his shoulder and gave him a long hug. "Is he asleep?" Kakashi asked, not being able to look around on what was happening.
"No, he's far more than asleep"

"My back is wet. Hinata. My back is wet." Kakashi wanted to curse. The baby indeed was painting him with his own saliva. Hinata rushed to his back and gave a gentle giggle before wiping off the white fluids.
"You look like you're gonna be a good father" She joked as she retrieved the baby back in her arms and shook the bottle before sitting on the couch and feeding him.

Hinata's long legs were still visible from the short night wear she had on, her long hair that reached her waist hugged her back and some of it being played with the baby in her hands. Her eyes focused on the baby, who was slowly falling asleep.

"Where do we lay him?" Kakashi asked, almost wondering why he hadn't thought of it before.

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"Is he asleep?" Kakashi asked again, his eyes locked on the ceiling, his fingers brushing on his hair. Silently, he wished he didn't break the oath he swore when he had his tiles removed and replaced with carpet: he should have never walked with his sandals on his carpet.
The small and thin futon was making his back ache, he never liked the futon he brings when he's in missions. They were too small.

Why had he asked such question? Now, he's on the floor - carpet - where he is temporarily sleeping for three days. The bed, unfortunately failed his attempt to squeeze in with the baby in between them. The bed was smaller than it looked like when they were the only ones sleeping on it.

"Almost." She replied after a soft yawn. her arms over the baby who snuggled close to her chest as she pat his small thighs, easing his sleep.

Slowly, she carried the baby to the other side, softly and gently, not waking him up; before she had her feet on the carpet and walked over to Kakashi. "G-good night" she smiled, her expression being shone with by the moon peaking at their open window.

"And thank you, for not hurting Naruto. Sakura told me" Her hair silently brushing over her shoulders as he reached out for her, resting on his elbow with the other hand on her cheeks. "Good night"
Slowly, she leaned over and gave him a kiss on his forehead before standing and tucking herself in a peaceful sleep.

Her eyes then searched for the answers she was throwing out in her head. Then her lips parted, "K-K-Kakashi?"

"Un?"

"You'll make a good father"

A pregnant silence came, leaving him speechless. Finally, he admitted he was smiling, his eyes closed.
"You'll make a good mother too, Hinata."

"K-K-Kakashi?"
"un?" He replied, an excited beating of his heart turned into a scared and anxious one. "W-W-Were you serious about babies, the one we talked of in the counter?"

"Kind of...after all, what is this marriage for?" "I see" her silent answer filled his heart with coldness. He shrugged her like an ice over his shoulders. His thoughts were on the topic Tsunade had him thinking early in the morning before.

Why was the council rushing them for?

But before he could drown himself with all the thoughts in his head, he heard her sigh as she took all her courage and speak. "I want to bear your child - children - I'll...I'll do my best to make you happy."

"I already am."

With her words. He let himself smile under his mask, his light footing reached her as he laid a quick kiss on her temples. Her smile slowly growing under his gaze.

someday. we'll see.

END OF CHAPTER

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know I as harsh for not updating as soon as I could. No more excuses tho. I hope you liked it! More controversies winding up soon. Hope you guys REVIEW. Leave a COMMENT. FOLLOW. FAVORITE? :)