Part 45
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Part 45
By the time four months passed, Rue allowed herself to be cut off from her friends. A month after Gaara had left, Naruto failed numerous attempts to bring Sasuke home. Then Naruto left.
Only he didn't go rogue. He went to train with that pervert Jiraiya. Rue saw them off and wished her brother figure luck in his training.
After that everyone else also buckled down in their training or went on missions. As Rue had predicted they would. And at first she did try to continue these friendships. Well some of them. Neji and Shikamaru are the ones she actually really liked spending time with.
So between their training and missions, Rue spent time with one or both boys. They'd catch up and talk about life. She also took them to see Ias and Taryn, bringing them to learn one of the few secrets she kept.
She hadn't really meant to keep it secret from anyone. But she didn't want to hear any baby advice from strangers. Rue liked having only the people closest to her knowing these sorts of things. Naruto was her self proclaimed brother and Gaara was her best friend so they needed to know. Temari was her closest female friend and Sage and Trinity were watching the babies.
However, Rue soon distanced herself from Neji and Shikamaru. She still had plans to leave Konoha to return to Suna. She was just waiting for the twins to grow up a little.
She'd take up the now vacant time with learning child care; changing diapers, preparing bottles, that kind of stuff. It was all harder than she had thought it would be.
She also had Gaara's letters to fill her time. He sent them at most twice a month. He also sent three at a time. It felt like he didn't know what to tell her. Or he needed to add something but he already finished the letter, so he just wrote another letter.
Then sometimes there was a letter from Temari in there as well.
Rue'd tell Gaara everything that was happening. She even told him about her distancing herself from the guys to learn to care for the twins.
His reaction of displeasure amused her. He didn't seem to like Neji but he also didn't want to just cut her friends out of her life. But he did also seem proud to hear... well read about the parenting lessons she'd been getting.
So after four months had passed, Trinity released the twins into Rue's care. Ias and Taryn were strong and healthy and ready to be with Rue full time. And Rue was ready to have them.
"Alright. They are cleared for release. Do you have everything you will need to care for them?" Trinity asked with a smile. Trinity had been a big help over the last four months.
She had made a list of things Rue would need, gave the younger girl parenting books, she even taught Rue to properly hold, swaddle and clean an infant.
"I believe I do. Thank you for all of your help." Rue answered with a confident smile.
Sage helped Rue take the twins back to Naruto's apartment. Sage and Trinity had helped to baby proof it. Now it had two cribs , a baby dresser/ changing table, a bookshelf of parenting books and baby books and an obscene amount of diapers.
The walk to the apartment was more like a big reveal than anything else. People kept approaching them to ask about the babies. Or too admire the babies.
Rue avoided most questions and just told their names. Ias and Taryn loved the attention.