Greetings and salutations my reader's, it's Unknown entity328 with a new chapter! Before we get to the chapter, I just wanted to say that the poll has reached it's end and I now have the results and I thank you for putting in your votes. Now that we have that out of the way, it's time to initiate the chapter and I will tell you the results of the poll in the outro!

Chapter Three: Best Gift Given

I couldn't believe what I was looking at. over my father's eyes was a ninja head band for the mist village. I was so shocked that I didn't notice a pair of hands going under my arms and lifted me up. I looked behind me to see my mother Akane holding me with a smile on her face.

"Kojiro, you shouldn't sit on top of daddy like that." Akane said softly as to not wake my sleeping father and she set me down so I was on the floor standing on my feet before kneeling down to look me in the eye. "Daddy's very tired and needs his rest so he can't play with you right now, okay?"

"Mommy, what that?" I asked curiously pointing at the head band over my father's eyes.

Akane looked to where I was pointing and a look of understanding dawned on her as she smiled down to me. "That's a ninja head band Kojiro."

"Nin-ja?" I sounded out acting the curious toddler I'm suppose to be.

She nodded as she reached into the folds of her kimono and pulled out an identical head band to show me. "That's right, both mommy and daddy are ninja, we can many things other people can't."

"Like when mommy made owie go away?" I asked with childish excitement when I thought back to when we went looking for herbs and I hurt myself. 'So that was what that aura was, it was chakra.'

Akane laughed softly when she heard the excitement in my voice and nodded. "That's right, I'm a medical ninja, that means I can make others owies go away." She lightly tapped my nose. "But let's wait until your older before I tell you everything about ninja."

"Awww, why?" I complained pouting which probably made me look cute instead of annoyed if my mother's giggling was any indication.

"I'm sorry Kojiro." She apologized patting my head giving me an apologetic smile. "You're not old enough to know about ninja yet, but I promise when you're older I'll tell you, okay?" I continued to pout but nodded my head anyway even though I already knew what ninja are which made her giggle again as she lightly pinched my cheek. "You're so cute Kojiro."

'Please stop calling me cute.' I inwardly groaned as she let go of my cheek and went back into the kitchen where she came from earlier. 'What's with women and pinching toddlers cheeks? I hope all this baby fat will be gone when I get older.' I looked to my hands and had a thought. 'Wait, if both my parents are ninjas, does that mean I can use chakra too?' I tried concentrating on my hands to see what would happen but nothing happened. 'Guess I'm too young to use chakra right now, that and I don't even know how to manipulate chakra.' I sighed and let my arms fall to my sides. 'All I know about chakra is that it's a mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy.' I stilled as I processed what I just thought and wanted to face palm when I realized what was so obvious. 'I'm so stupid! Of course it didn't work earlier, I haven't trained my body for the physical energy and haven't meditated for the spiritual energy parts of what makes chakra work!'

I heard my father Kosuke groan in his sleep and I turned to see his hand reaching for the head band and pushed it up to his forehead as his eyes slowly opened before sitting up and letting his feet touch the floor letting out a loud yawn as he arched his back in a stretch and I swear I heard his spine pop a few times. "Aaah, that felt nice." He slouched forward letting his arms rest on his lap and looked to the side to see me staring at him and gave me a grin. "Hey kiddo, what are you up to?"

"Nothing daddy." I replied as I waddled my way to him and almost fell and would have hit the floor face first if my father wasn't quick to react and got off the couch and caught me. I looked up to him with wide eyes of surprise. 'So fast, I didn't even see him move!'

Kosuke let out a relieved sigh smirking down to me. "Did I surprise you?" I just nodded slowly as he stood straight holding me in his arms being sure to support my back. "Sorry about that kiddo, didn't want you to hurt yourself." He then walked us to the kitchen where he kissed Akane on the cheek as she was cutting vegetables. "Morning sweetheart."

Akane just giggled, her eyes not leaving what she was doing as she replied. "I already noon, but good morning either way." She walked over to the pot and pulled off the lid and added the vegetables she just cut into the pot before she took a ladle and started stirring. "Lunch is almost ready you two."

"What are we having?" Kosuke asked trying to look over Akane's shoulder to see what she was cooking only to get a ladle to the face that was still hot from the stirring she was doing making him scream and jumping back running around the kitchen being careful not to drop me. "Hot, hot, hot!" I looked up and saw that he had a red circle mark where his nose is and I placed my hands over my mouth to stop myself from laughing when an image of a clown popped in my head.

"That's a secret~" Akane said with a teasing tone in her voice as she put the lid back on the pot and lowered the heat to let whatever's in there to simmer. She turned around to see Kosuke still running around like a headless chicken holding me who was trying to hold down a laugh. She didn't have any problems as she let out a small laugh shaking her head in amusement as she walked over and plucked me out of my father's arms and kissed him on the nose. "There, all better now?"

Kosuke wrapped his arms around us in a tight embrace. "Much." When he released us he took me from my mother's arms. "Well, I'm going to take a bath with Kojiro." He looked down to me and smiled. "I think it's time for some father-son bonding since I'm almost not around a lot, right Kojiro?" I happily nodded since it was true, he's always out of the house for a while or sleeping when he's home. "Now that that's settled, time to go for a dip!" He walked out of the kitchen.

He walked into the bathroom where he put me down and took off my clothes putting them in a hamper before doing the same with his clothes. Without his clothes on, I could see that he was quite fit with a lean build like a runner and a six-pack, I also saw a few scars on his shoulders and his left side. He probably felt I was staring because he looked down to me with a confused stare. "Something wrong Kojiro?" I just pointed at the scars and when he followed where my finger was pointing, a look of realization dawned on him as he smiled down to me. "Oh, these things? Don't worry about it Kojiro, to us men these are medals of valor." He then ruffled my hair with a grin on his face. "Daddy just fine, now let's get you cleaned up." I sat on a stool with my father sitting behind me as he soaked my hair and applied the shampoo as I shut my eyes tightly so it doesn't get in them. "Your hair is so soft Kojiro, just like your mothers."

"It is?" I asked in genuine curiosity since I never felt my own hair before.

Kosuke nodded as he filled a wash basin with water and poured it on top of me to rinse the shampoo out of my hair. He then picked up a bottle of body wash and a sponge and started scrubbing my back "That's right, and you look so cute I bet a lot of girls will be fighting over you."

'I hope not.' I felt a chill go down my spine at the thought of me being trapped in a sea of girls ripping each others hair out just to be near me and shivered a little. My father probably thought I was shivering because of the cold water he poured over me and continued scrubbing. 'Just thinking about it is terrifying, and my own father called me cute!' I turned my head back to my father putting on a curious look. "Why?"

Kosuke chuckled at my response as he poured water over my body to rinse the body wash off and started washing his own hair. "You'll understand when you get older Kojiro." He let out a small laugh as he lathered the shampoo thoroughly in his hair. "Let's just hope you won't be dense like I was when I was younger."

"Dense? You?" I asked tilting my head to the side as he rinsed the shampoo out of his hair and started to scrub his body.

"That's right." My father nodded as he scrubbed his arms and chest before doing his back. "I was so dense it took me two years to realize your mother's feelings for me." He chuckled as he rinsed the body wash off and picked me up walking to the tub already fill with water. "But that's for another time, for now let's just enjoy a nice hot bath." He stepped in slowly lowering himself in a sitting position making the water rise until it overflowed out of the tub placing me on his lap with my back against his chest. "Aaaah, nothing like a hot bath after a long nap." He looked down to me to see I was staring at him. "What's up?"

"Daddy, what's a ninja?" I asked curiously acting the ignorant toddler I'm suppose to be. 'I already know but maybe there's more that the creators didn't add to the anime or manga.'

Kosuke stiffen at the question giving me a surprised stare before chuckling. "I guess you saw my head band huh?" When I nodded he turned me around so I was facing him. "Sorry kiddo, but I can't say until you're older." When he saw me pouting he just laughed ruffling my hair. "I'll tell you when you're older, I promise."

I just turned around and stared at my reflection to see lime green eyes staring back at me. 'Still hard to believe that this is me.' I traced a finger over my cheek as I felt the soft skin. 'I thought Naruto was a just fiction. But here I am, reincarnated into a family that isn't suppose to exist.' I lowered myself deeper into the water until everything but the nose up was submerged blowing out small bubbles as I got lost in my thoughts. 'I feel like I'm in one of those fanfictions where you die in your world only to be reincarnated into another.'

"Something on your mind kiddo?" Kosuke asked noticing that I was quiet for a while snapping out of my thoughts.

'Crap, what can I say that sounds childish?' I mentally panicked as I tried to think of a reply when I saw my refection. 'I got it!' I looked up to my father giving him a confused look. "Daddy, why does everyone call me cute?"

Kosuke laughed at my reply turning me around to face him again. "So that's what was on your mind huh?" When I nodded my head he just grinned and ruffled my hair. "They call you cute because you are. I wouldn't be surprised if you get mistaken for a girl sometimes."

'Me? Mistaken for a girl?' I thought as I looked back my reflection to only see the face of a toddler that could easily be either a boy or girl. 'I guess I won't be able to tell until I get older. I am only two years old after all.'

After our bath, my father helped drying me off and putting my clothes which were now a plain green short sleeve shirt and brown shorts before he put on his own clothes which was a dark green long sleeve shirt and black pants before picking me up and we left the bathroom to return to the living room to see my mother in the kitchen stirring whatever's in the pot again.

"We're back." Kosuke said getting Akane's attention from the pot.

"Just in time, I just finished." Akane said as she took the ladle out of the pot and placed it to the side as she reached into a cupboard and pulled out three bowls and three spoons and carried them to the table. "You two took a long time in the bath, I was worried that you both passed out from staying in there."

"Come on Akane, you know I'm not that careless." Kosuke said with a chuckle as Akane set the bowls in front of two chairs and a high chair. "All we did was enjoy the bath and talk." He looked down to me and had a smirk on his face before looking back to Akane. "In fact, Kojiro asked me why everyone calls him cute."

"Oh Kojiro." Akane said with a smile walking over to me and took me from my father's arms. "The reason everyone calls you cute is because you are."

"That's what daddy said!" I complained causing both my parents to laugh. 'Whatever high being that's listening to me out there, please don't let me look like a girly boy when I grow up like Haku! I'm begging here!'

"Well, we better have our lunch before it gets cold." Akane said as he placed me in the high chair and went to the kitchen to get the pot she was using.

"You going to tell us what we're having Akane?" Kosuke asked taking a seat in the chair to my left resting his arms on the table before giving a playful smirk. "Not another ladle to the face I hope."

Akane gave a light laugh bringing the pot with a ladle inside to the table and placed it in the middle. "Luckily for you it isn't another ladle." She took the lid off for us to see she made a kind of stew with meat and vegetables. I could see diced carrots, onions, meat, and other ingredients on the surface.

I saw my father's eyes widen in surprise and looked to my mother. "Is this what I think it is?"

Akane nodded giving my father a soft smile and I couldn't take my eyes off her as she looked absolutely beautiful when she smiles. "Yup, it's the same stew I made when we first started dating." She pointed to the other side of the room and we looked to see she was pointing at the calendar to see that today was circled in red ink. "I hope you didn't forget that today is our anniversary."

Kosuke looked back to Akane and gave her a smile and got to his feet and walked over to her placing his lips against her in a kiss before pulling away. "I could never forget, I even had something ready for you." He reached into his pocket and pulled out a rectangular pink box with a blue ribbon wrapped around it. "It wasn't easy to find, but it was worth it." He held it out to Akane. "Happy anniversary, Akane."

Akane took the box and unwrapped the ribbon before lifting the lid and placing it on the table to see what was inside. When she saw what was inside she gasped with a hand over her mouth and tears in the corners of her eyes before she picked up the item inside the box for me to see it was a hair stick with a blue flower on the end. When I looked closely at the hair stick I noticed that it was quite old covered in dirt, dust, and what I think was a small speck of barely noticeable blood.

Akane had a big smile on her face as tears flowed from her eyes and gave Kosuke a hug. "Thank you, you don't know how happy this makes me." She let go of him and looked to the hair stick with a nostalgic look on her face. "This hair stick belonged to my mother when we came to the village, we were attacked and she..." She held the hair stick close to herself as the tears continued to flow down her face. "I thought I would never see this again, I looked everywhere with no lead." She looked to Kosuke wiping away her tears giving him her best smile. "This is the best gift I could ever ask for, thank you Kosuke."

'So that was why she seemed so disappointed yesterday when we went to gather herbs.' I thought in realization as my eyes focused on the hair stick in my mother's arms. I remember whenever we went to gather herbs that my mother looked like she was searching or something else and always had this sad disappointed look on her face when we come home. 'She wasn't only looking for herbs, she was also looking for that hair stick.' I had a small smile on my face as I watched my parents smile at each other and hugged. 'I'm happy she has something of her mother's now.'

My parents released the hug as Akane wiped away the remaining tears in her eyes. "We should eat now, don't want the stew to get cold."

"Good idea." Kosuke said when my stomach decided to make itself known by growing causing the two to look to me. Kosuke laughed when he heard the growl . "Looks like someone can't wait any longer."

"I'm sorry Kojiro." My mother said giving me an apologetic smile as she and my father took their seats. "I got so excited having my mother's hair stick I forgot about lunch." She took my bowl and used the ladle to pour some of the stew in it before placing it in front of me. "There you go." She did the same with both her's and my father's bowls before putting the ladle back in the pot and took a seat and clapped her hands together with me and my father doing the same before saying at the same time. "Time to eat." Then we started to eat the stew that was really delicious.

And that's it for chapter three readers, I hope the wait was worth it. Again I would like to thank you my readers who voted in the poll, it was thanks to those votes that I have made my decision. I hope you will look forward to the next chapter as I look forward to reading your reviews. Now onto the results of the poll. And the results are drum roll please

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YES! With that decided, I will revise my plot to fit in Kojiro being the jinchuriki of Isobu. I hope to see you all again!