Naruto couldn't be happier, he had a new perfect little girl in his life and his amazing wife was doing well. Sakura was laying in the hospital bed watching everyone bustle about and feeling like it was a little surreal. She was sure she had never been in that much pain before but what surprised her was how fast it vanished at the sight of her healthy baby. The pain became unimportant the moment she saw that sweet little girl's face. Cute nurses who had been in the back round at the time of the birth were now busy taking care of all the post birth things. Naruto shadowed whoever had his daughter and questioned everything they did to her. They let him help give her the first of many baths, they checked her weigh, measured how long she was, and how big her head was. She was giving a clean bill of health and she was an impressive size. A nurse wrapped her up in a soft pink blanket and handed her to her mother.

"Well, Granny, the village is going to survive a little longer now that I don't have to let the Demon run it for a week, and you get to enjoy a week of paperwork," the Sixth Hokage grinned at the Fifth.

She scowled but she didn't mind, Sakura would need him so helping the newly formed family by giving the boy a week off was the least she could do but she wasn't going to let him know she how she felt. Give that child an inch and he'd take a mile.

"I don't think the village would have come to ruin but it might be best she isn't in charge yet," smiled the woman he thought of as a grandmother.

Once everything was done, Tsunade kicked all the medical personal out so the new family could have a moment of peace before all their friends and family came to greet the new comer. She kept them out of the room for as long as she could but the visitors were very persistent and a little sneaky. Sasuke for one, saw it as a challenge to get past one of the legendary ninja. While Naruto's demon of a student didn't understand the meaning of the word privacy. Both snuck in with no problems. Sasuke noticed the beam of pride on the Hokage's face as he pulled his best friend forward to see his daughter. A slow smile graced his normally stoic face. The little stealthy student slipped in by him to peek at the baby.

"So, that's what Naruto-sensei would look like if he were a girl," the girl teased.

"You've never seen him as a girl?" Sakura questioned, back in their youth he was pretty famous for turning himself into a naked girl. Naruto vigorously shook his head no at his wife trying to persuade her to not tell his student about it. Haruko came up with disturbing things on her own she didn't need ideas from his interesting past.

"She'll grow out of that right? I don't think my boys will be interested in a girl who looks like him," Sasuke jeered, sticking a finger at the blond.

"Who says she'll even notice your boys?" Naruto retorted.

"Its hard to miss a Uchiha," grinned the black haired man.

"Pretty sure I could hit one right now," threatened the blond in play.

"Just what the Leaf needs, another pint sized Naruto-sensei," laughed his student.

"All of you calm down," Sakura ordered gently, "she may look a lot like Naruto now, but as she gets older that will show less and less but you'll always be able to tell she's an Uzumaki."

"You sound pretty confident about that," stated Haruko.

"A village midwife told me that babies come out looking like the father so that he will bond with them and protect them because the father sees himself in the child. Mothers don't need that because they've had nine months to bond with the baby. Looking at her, I would say she doesn't have an ounce of me in her even though I know better," Sakura explained running a finger over the priceless child's cheek.

"I see you in her, that's part of what makes her perfect," Naruto whispered in her ear then kissed the side of her head.

She felt the tears welling up in her eyes, she was a hot mess and he was making the butterflies in her stomach take flight. Sasuke's knowing look was starting to bug her. Just because the harem king had two wives and nine kids didn't mean he knew how she was going to behave.

"I think that's silly," Sasuke decided crossing his arms over his chest.

"You're calling nature's paternity test silly?" Sakura gawked at the man.

"He's just saying that cause he didn't see himself in all his kids," snickered his student.

He shot her an evil eye before speaking, "it would take someone pretty bold to sleep with the wife of a Uchiha."

The other two members of Team Seven had to agree with that. Tsunade came back to check on the couple to find the room had trespassers. She swore at her former student and the head of ANBU for not listening to her.

"They're fine," Naruto waved away her fretting. He thought of Sasuke as his brother and Haruko as his distant cousin or some other relation that wasn't too close.

An already exhausted Sakura was even more worn out after all the well wishers and congratulations had made their way through to see the new family. Despite everything she could not sleep, too much adrenaline in her system from the delivery. They had moved in a nice bed for the Hokage's personal use so he didn't have to leave her side. He was sleeping soundly as well was their daughter in a hospital newborn bed between them. It was midnight when a blond figure stole into her room.

"Where have you been hiding?" Sakura questioned.

"You know me, if its not all about me I'm not real interested," joked her friend as she came and sat on the bed beside the pinkette.

"Oh Ino, that sounds just like you," Sakura teased back.

"Well, what's really been keeping me busy is the steady flow of Petal ninja to the Torture and Interrogation Force. I'm up to my elbows in Petal headbands," Ino complained lightly.

"I'm sorry about that," the young medic sighed.

"None of that, they were coming after that knucklehead sooner or later," the interrogation specialist scoffed.

The new mother nodded her head, her constant state of being on the brink of tears was getting old. She wanted to feel like herself again.

"When will this end," she sniffled as she wiped away stray tears.

"You'll be back to normal in no time, going out on missions and saving his dumb ass," Ino joked gesturing to the sleeping Hokage.

"I guess you're right," she smiled through the tears.

"That's a beautiful baby you got sleeping over there," Ino coed.

"If you had told me five years ago this is where I'd be, back in the Leaf, married to the man I love, and having his child, I would have punched you in the face for taunting me with things I wanted but thought I would never have. Sometimes I still can't believe he ever forgave me for things I put him through," she spoke quietly, deep in thought of all the crap they had been through.

"We all know Naruto has a heart bigger than others and broad shoulders to carry any burden. Besides, what girl hasn't fallen for the wrong guy and made an ass of herself when the right one was beside her the whole time," Ino lamented sounding like she was speaking from personal experience.

"Why did you choose your career over starting a family, it seemed like you and Shikumaru were pretty serious before I left," Sakura inquired.

"I felt like I was needed in the Torture and Interrogation Force, we lost so many good ninja from that department I had to step up and fill in a few of the missing pieces. Shikumaru felt the same, he was needed other places and our careers became more important than our relationship, but we are still good friends," Ino confessed.

"Well at least you have that," Sakura tried to comfort.

"Anyways," Ino waved away her concern and changed the subject, "what's this little baby's name."

"We haven't agreed on a name yet, Naruto's being stubborn," gripped Sakura.

"What names does he like?" Ino questioned as she picked up the baby who was beginning to fuss to bring to her mother.

"He likes Oka, Narue, and Takara. I've been pushing for Manami or Misaki. But at this point I'm ready to call her Baby Uzumaki for the rest of her life. The silly things we fight about," chuckled Sakura as she started to feed the baby.

"I think those are all good names. But if you want to name her Ino, Ima, or Ine, I will let you," teased her good friend.

"I think one Ino is all the Leaf can handle," joked the woman holding the baby.

"Fine, fine, but its your loss," Ino reached out and touched her friend on the arm, "I wanted to let you know, we got one of the captured to crack and we found out the Petal is going to be on the move soon. Rest up the best you can, they are bringing everyone in a last push to get their Queen back. Don't tell the Hokage I told you. I think he'd think up some painful things to do to me probably involving paperwork. I know how you can get when it comes to him so I had to tell you," Ino smiled a sad smile as she left the room giving the medic lots to think about.

When they attacked she was going to do everything in her power to protect her village and the people she loved. Until then she was going to focus on resting and her baby. The supposed sleeping man had heard the entire conversation. He had awoke when Ino approached the room and she was going find herself as the Fifth Hokage's assistant for the next week as punishment for talking to Sakura and worrying her. He would speak with the Fifth in the morning about the Petal problem.