After a grueling two-day journey, the team finally arrived at Konoha's gate. The sight of the familiar entrance was like glimpsing the pearly gates of heaven for them. The clock struck noon as they headed towards the Hokage's office, the anticipation of a long-awaited debrief filling their minds with the promise of a week of well-deserved rest. Kakashi knocked on the door before then opening it, stepping into the room slowly followed by his team with sasuke making sure to stay in the back.
"So I heard this mission took a turn?" The hokage asked, gaining a nod from the group. "Well, give me the brief," the old man continued.
To which kakashi began to reply with the mission details "so the first day went as planned then down the road we got some trouble as expected but it was not bandits and instead the two missing nin the demon brothers without the help of me or shizune the team defeated the two on their own which is when tazuna admitted the mission was much more serious then he explained to you because of the involvement of gato. I believe in my team and go on any way where we meet other missing nin like zabuza the demon of the mist and his two apprentices or what used to be engage in battle with them and hinata and sasuke nearly die while naruto goes into his kyuubi chakra mode. I end up killing zabuza momochi and because the remaining two ninja lost their will to fight from this we take them with us. From their we rest from the battle we had and train the next day then the day after that we go out to the bridge to protect tazuna while he builds and a hoard of gatos men in the thousands comes and attacks us but my team, the other two, and I kill them all with in 5 minutes leading tazuna to finish the bridge the next day" kakashi said as he finished the details.
"Kakashi do you know how reckless all of your actions that you just explained were?" The hokage asks firmly.
Stepping in shizune began to spoke "Yes hokage-sama but when you look at the members of our team it's not all that reckless its actually more of what expected of them" Hiruzen couldn't argue it was clear this team was not gonna be on normal genin level for long and the completion of this a-rank mission would be the first statement of that. Defeated, the man gave the signal for them to shoot before saying one more thing.
"You might not feel the same,but, but I love you grandson" the man said trying to get out a last word before the team walked out and the door slammed. On the other side of the door Kakashi began to inform his team as they exited the building.
"You guys can take this week to rest but dont let all this A-rank mission shit go to your head you guys might be strong but you're not on our level yet." he said pointing to shizune.
"Like hell, I deserve to gloat after this long ass mission!"replied a tired uchiha, getting a face palm from kakashi and shizune.
"Um, so where's everyone going?" Mika said oddly enthusiastically.
"Uh nothing, me and hinata are just going to hang out after we go back home," Naruto answered.
"Ooooh, right I forgot all about that, '' Mika said, acting surprised as a facade for her ominous intentions before walking off in the opposite direction, while giving a telling look to the rest of the group causing them to come. Finally at the realization they needed to follow her. Leaving hinata and Naruto alone.
"So much for helping me get ready," said hinata under her breath as she cursed Mika and shizune.
After processing the weirdness the two went back to their homes to get ready and finally able to lay in their beds even if it wouldn't be for that long.
As Naruto opened the door to his house he barely even stepped in before getting hugged.
"Naruto's home jiraiya!" tsunade yelled to her husband as he walked over to the door, with Naruto still barely able to breath still in his mothers clutches, her large breast suffocating him a dream jiraiya fiends for, "we heard for your first mission out the village you did magnificent". After ripping out his mom's grasp and taking a deep breath he nodded.
"You know we were worried about you and mika but we know you two are capable," tsunade said confidently.
"About that" Naruto said cringing "I would have almost died if it weren't for the kyuubi" his mother almost died the strongest woman on earth and she almost fainted to something like that and it would be a few seconds since, that she would regain herself.
"Okay i'm better now sorry go on what else do you have to say about the mission" tsunade said controlling herself.
"I had my first conscious kill too" The boy admitted creating a somewhat solemn face on his parents.
"Yeah, that's the hard part of the job, it's why I stay in the hospital," tsunade said.
"at least it was your choice this time" jiraya said laughing to which tsunade firmly hit him for his dark joke.
"Where's your sister?"Jiraiya asked, breathing heavily from the hit he just endured.
"I don't know if she's plotting something,once she gets home you should probably have the same talk with her, she's fine but it'd be nice probably." causing his parents to nod. "I'm gonna take a shower, lay down for a bit, then i'm going on a date just so you guys know" Tsunade and jiraiya immediately almost as if reading each other's minds both spit out "finally" while laughing.
To which Tsunade continued "I don't know why you let such a pleasant and beautiful girl like her wait so long".
The boy didn't even play into their antics, shook his head and went up stairs to where he would get the most heavenly feeling of hot water and a bed. When the boy was finished he walked out towards Hinata's to pick her up. The boy had out done himself for his lady. He wore a casual button down with some nice cargo pants and shoes and most notably he'd calmed the beast that was his fiery red hair, his whisker mark crinkling with his anticipating smile. Upon arriving he knocked on the door "wait a sec!'' Hinata called out as the nervous girl scrambled to the door. When she opened it Naruto almost passed out . she'd look stunning so beautiful it was as if light was actually illuminating from her. She wore a purple sundress with her hair in a nice slick back ponytail with earrings and shoes to complement her whole look.
"uh,erm,so,um,hi"Naruto finally said, still stumbling.
"You look handsome Naruto, is there something wrong? if it was me taking a bit to get ready i'm sorry-'' the boy stopped the girls talking with a firm and passionate kiss to her soft lips. "You're perfect that was all" naruto said pure with bliss.
"So Hinata Ichiraku?" the boy said, taking her hand putting on a cheeky smile. Shaking her head with her empty palm to her face she couldn't help but say yes.
"Fine, but only because it's so good, I still don't get how you can eat so much ramen," she said laughing.
"um…, because it's the best food in the world," Naruto answered, still walking towards the stand.
"Hey don't you think they were acting weird?" Naruto continued. Hinata agreed with the boy's conclusion,coming up with an idea she pulled the boy close to and whispered in his ear.
"I'm gonna use my byakugan. I'll give you a thumbs up if they're watching." The uzumaki played it cool and nodded.
Soon after,the girl gave the signal "on top of the building to our left '' Hinata said, causing Naruto to lose his cool and burst out laughing. "They're so weird, " Hinata said, shaking her head.
On top of the building hinata referred to the rest of the team and began to discuss what they saw.
"Those idiots are doing surprisingly well," sasuke said laughing at his friends followed by kakashi shizune and mika. Back with the couple they began to come up with an idea of their own.
"Hey hinata how about I make a shadow clone to scare them" hinata giggled at the wonderful idea as they got to a place where they wouldn't be seen as naruto summoned a clone. The two kept walking to the restaurant as normal and used the loud screams that could only be caused by a jump scare as the queue to when they would now finally be alone.
"Hey hinata I just got the memories from my clone, their faces were priceless" naruto said causing both of them to laugh.
Soon after they arrived at the stand, "ooooo,Naruto, you've finally brought a pretty lady," Teuchi the raman guy said jokingly.
"Yeah,yeah I'll have the usual please,what about you hinata?"
"Can I just get what you got, I trust you"she replied
"You want 5 bowls of ramen, sounds like a little much for a girl like you" the owner said laughing.
"Oh nevermind then,ill just have one please" The hyuuga said giggling.
"How can you eat that much?" the girl asked, so bewildered.
"How can you eat so little?" Naruto jokes, causing more waves of laughter.
"It's weird I know everything about you and I'm just thinking of a question to ask that I already know the answers to".
"Well you don't really know what the orphanage was like."
"Thats weird i've never thought to ask,tell me about it"
The girl began to answer shyly, "um well you and mika were really my only friends and because of you guys I had a safe place but over at the orphanage it was the opposite I would get bullied a lot for my stutter and eyes, plus the people working their treated all the kids horribly and if it weren't for your family life would be a lot worse"
She finished her eyes glistening from the remembrance of her past.
Naruto hugged her "my life would be a lot worse without you" he said smiling.
Soon the two got their food and talked a bit more until the focus of the date was naruto eating his ramen like a beast. I mean hinata wasn't even done with her bowl by the time naruto was done with 5.
Eventually Teuchi brought over the check "that'll be 16,000 yen" hinata almost spat out her water. She got out 8,000 yen and put it on the table trying to go half.
"What are you doing?" Naruto laughed. "You think the gallant jiraiya would teach me to ever go half with the girl I'm taking out, put your money back i got it" hinata blushed giggling into her hand.
"Oh wow Naruto thank you, what a gentleman" hinata said.
"I mean it was me that caused the big bill and this mission money has me in a fine place to spend." Naruto continued. Before putting the full amount of money on top of the check before walking away with hinatas hand in his.
"Hey where are we going now?" hinata asked. Naruto signaled for her to shush.
"Just come on," he said as he kept dragging her by her hand through the glaring crowds of konoha. But the glares meant nothing. This was Naruto's and Hinata's moment. Eventually they had arrived at the destination the jinjuriki intended,the Hokage heads.
"Oh my god naruto I've never been up here" hinata said with her mouth ajar from the view "Yeah it's beautiful isn't it this is where I go to think" naruto explained. As they sat atop the head of the boy's father their hands slowly approached each other. After giving a squeeze to hinata's hand he slowly moved his to the side of her face as he guided her lips to his with ambience of the city they've spent their lives in below. The two spent the majority of the night left laying down immersing in the expansive sky of stars while talking.
"Hey you ready to go Hime".
The girl sucked her teeth "so soon?"
The uzumaki laughed "it's like 11:30 it's pretty late".
Hinata gave up and let out a sigh, "fine".
"hey hinata even though we've been together all night I forgot to ask when are we seeing your uncle and cousin? since i am your boyfriend now" naruto asked.
"boyfriend?" hinata questioned giving Naruto a shocked face, causing the kaguya to laugh so hard at how foolish her boy could be.
"I'm joking, how about the day after tomorrow?" The red head gave a nod before guiding hinata by her hand home.
After about a 14 minute walk they arrived, "so this is it hinata,I had a really good time" said naruto.
"Thank you, I had a good night to be safe on the way back" the hyuuga replied before giving the boy a hug. She began to unlock the door and the uzumaki started walking away. Suddenly hinata's face began to blush at her inappropriate thoughts "Hey naruto wait!"
The boy turned around to the suddenness of Hinata's voice.
"Aren't you gonna give me one last kiss?" the girl said, blushing her hands behind her back as she bobbed back and forth. The uzumaki smiled as he did a u-turn and gave the girl he was so happy to finally be with one last plump and juicy kiss. As hinata walked into her home and naruto walked back towards his. Anyone seeing his walk back could tell just from his stride that he'd won today in some way and knew that he felt like the man.
``Surprisingly good job" the kyuubi said in narutos head.
"You were watching?" asked a surprised naruto.
"Of course, I always am". After his conversion with kurama, naruto soon reached his door and turned the knob and when he came in mika and jiraiya were right there on the couch ready to be nosy.
"so naruto what were you and hinata doing" jiraya and mika said at the same time like it was rehearsed. Tired and ready to sleep for the first time in a while, the boy ignored the antics, walked up to his room and passed out. It was now morning, and at the hatake residence A naked shizune and kakashi found themselves in the same bed. Shizune was the first to wake up and after remembering the events of last night she couldn't help but grow a deep pink blush on her happy face.
Flashback
"AHAHHAHAHAHA" the team yelled as the clone concealing it chakra signature scared them from behind.
"Can you guys just let me be on a nice date?" the naruto clone said.
The team nodded as the clone dispersed into smoke.
"Well the mission failed," Mika said, looking down in defeat. "Wanna just get some food before I go home sasuke? i'm starving" asked mika."
The boy nodded as he rubbed his belly "yeah i'm hungry too".
"Okay then let's go, see you at home shizune" mika said as goodbye but shizune wouldn't be home by the end of the night. After saying bye it was now only Kakashi and shizune.
"Hey Shizune I'm starving too, we shoulda gone with them,"the man said shaking his head "are you hungry?" The man continued to which shizune nodded, "if you want you could come back to my place and i'd cook this time" the copy nin asked slyly.
"If I had to guess, you're trying to seduce me again," the lady said, her left brow raised. "Would it be so bad if I am" retorted Kakashi as shizune blushed, "you're lucky I'm hungry" the healing kunoichi said before she was guided down the building by kakashi. Soon they arrived back at Kakashi's apartment where they both reminisced about the steamy kiss they had enjoyed together last time. Walking inside shizune noticed a change, for one it smelled nice and kakashi had done a lot better at tidying up than last time.
"Hey I'm gonna cook up something you can just on the couch and watch some tv".
"Okay" shizune said, walking towards the couch and kakashi towards the kitchen.
"Hey, how does beef over rice sound?" Kakashi asked.
"Sounds great, thank you kakashi-chan" exclaimed a great fully shizune causing kakashi to grin at the word she put next to his name. After about 30 minutes the steaming gourmet meal was done and the ninja put the big bowl down on his small dinner table.
"hey shizune come eat" At kakashis words shizune was ecstatic to say the 'd be her first home made food in two days.
"Oh wow I didn't know I was a queen, this is very good service"shizune jokes, while playing along kakashi pulls out the only other chair at the table besides his for shizune and bowed which caused shizune to laugh. Within a second of them sitting down they went straight to serving themselves.
"Hey why do you always have the silly mask on? I've seen what's under it, not as bad as I thought it would be,"Shizune said, throwing a flirty jab. Upon her words Kakashi took it off his eye still covered by his head band and took a bite of his meal before replying.
"it adds to the secrecy of being a ninja, you're pretty much the only person alive to have seen it,your face ain't too bad either".
"I know right,"shizune said, playing along as she showed off her face.
"Hey i'm sorry by the way about all the people you lost it must be hard" shizune continued. "Well it's a part of the job of being the strongest jonin in the village" shizune nearly spit out her food at his comment.
"yeah okay, but hey kakashi seriously if things get hard or you're lonely i'm here" the ninja noded.
"Yeah it does get lonely, all I have is Gai sometimes and that can be worse than good you know"Kakashi said, making shizune giggle.
"Hence why I only have two chairs and you're sitting in one of them,"Kakashi continued.
"Well I'm happy to be here," the kunoichi answered. After about 5 more minutes they were done eating their flavorful meal.
"Thank you Kakashi," shizune said as she took both her own and his plate to the sink to wash.
"It's nothing" the ninja said to his co-sensei.
"You know in hindsight I think we prolly shoulda showered first." Shizune agreed, laughing at his statement.
"Well i'm gonna go hop in now, be right back" after he said this he got his essentials and went to the bathroom. Leaving a bored shizune with the apartment to herself. Taking advantage of the time she began to scour for the thing she secretly loved, ichi ichi secret wasn't known to anyone but herself and she'd like to keep it that way if someone found out about her inner pervertedness it would be so unlady-like and embarrassing. This liking of the series all started thanks to jiraya. I mean someone had to pick up all the drafts he left behind for his new volumes. They were far from child appropriate. After so many times she couldn't help but take a little peek at a few. As she soon started to build an appeal to the story and hot characters. Now on a mission for the entertainment of the book she began to look but unfortunately for her Kakashi had hid it well like a true pervert and after a good 10 minutes of rummaging through the whole apartment she FOUND IT! And in a near impossible spot too, under the false bottom of Kakashi's bedside drawer. Finally grabbing the finding she went back to the couch and started her reading. Soon after, time had passed so rapidly and before she knew it, Kakashi was out of the shower.
"hey shizune you can go in now-" kakashi tried to say before being cut off by the sight of SHIZUNE READING ICHI ICHI PARADISE?!. A wet towel wrapped kakashi, his bare skin against the cool air began to laugh maniacally at the red handed shizune.
"Your-your A PERVERT! AHAHAHAHAH!" Now caught, Shizune covered her face with the book in embarrassment.
"Damn you really had to be eager to go look for it and find it too!" Kakashi yelled, laughing even more.
"Kakashi, it's not what it looks like, really," shizune said, trying to plead her innocence.
"You know what I should have known, you live with the author of the goddamn book after all,"Kakashi said, ignoring the plea.
"I bet you enjoyed that kiss we had last time you were here more than you let on too!" Kakashi said laughing so much he almost passed out while his wet hair moved wildly.
"FINE! I do enjoy icha icha and I did enjoy that kiss." Kakashi's laughing now ceased. He'd found a girl that actually likes icha icha paradise?
"I know it's embarrassing you probably think i'm a disgusting pervert but-" before shizune could finish her rambling Kakashi had closed the distance that was just between them now looming over the siting shizune on the couch. His singular eye fully fixated on shizune showing an expression of coldness on his face. Shizune began to shake her head in disappointment with her perverted self,but she was reading kakashi's expression wrong. His coldness wasn't negative but so positive he couldn't express it.
"I think i'm in love with you '' Kakashi muttered out of his mouth quickly. Shizune's face became completely puzzled. He wasn't disgusted with her but instead captivated? Taken aback by this she began to ask,"What-?".
Before getting cut off by the other ninja's kiss his body now lowered with his hand holding shizune's face as they closed their eyes.
Breaking away, Shizune processed what just happened and expressed her feelings through anger and began to yell at the ninja "first of all who do you think you are kissing me like that?" But it wasn't bad she thought looking at his toned mussels and his face that only she had seen. Controlling her side thoughts she continued her rant "and you might have taken a shower but have you looked at me I'm still all sweaty". Taking a deep breath she got to the last part of her rant "And you said you what now?".
After hearing her question an unfazed kakashi began to repeat himself "I think I love you". Paying Shizune's whole rant no mind he went in for another kiss, causing Shizune's angry face to relax as she folded inward to the charming man. Finally letting her impulse take control as Kakashi began to do the same as his towel slipped down.
(end of flashback)
"Good morning Hatake-kun," shizune said, now blissful after remembering the details of last night.
"Good morning shizu, last night was amazing" the woman began to blush at his words before cuddling the ninja deeper and giving him a soft kiss on the cheek.
"How about I start working on some breakfast," shizune offered.
An offer that made Kakashi very happy, "Please do shizune".
At his request, Shizune got up out of bed,"let me take a shower first because you decided to stop me last night".
She said as she covered her naked body with her clothes from last night before going towards the bathroom.
"Hey kakashi do you have any extra clothes I can wear, from the looks of it both of ours are a little dirty" shizune called out from the bathroom as she turned the shower handle causing water to flow from the shower head.
"Yeah just wait" the shinobi said as he went over to his closet grabbing two pairs of boxers and a shirt for shizune. The ninja put on his pair, the snap of the band a signal of him finally being clothed, before he went to the bathroom leaving the clothes for shizune on the sink counter.
"Thank you!" shizune yelled trying to project her voice over the sound of dripping water. After 20 minutes Shizune came out of the bathroom wearing an oversized t-shirt and her now stolen boxers, her hair nice and clean.
"Damn" kakashi accidently said out loud in his mind all he was thinking was how could a woman look so good in the clothing of a picked up on the ninja's feelings and blushed. After drying up a bit more shizune went straight to work on the food. After about 10 minutes the aroma of deliciousness was brewing and unable to resist the temptation Kakashi swarmed shizune like a fly to a lamp.
"Hey, I'm not done yet, lay down on the couch," shizune said, trying to wave off the shinobi. This however did not work; the man was too caught up with the sight of the fluffiest pancakes he'd ever seen. With his mouth open like a rabid dog he sat gingerly at the table. Causing shizune to laugh at his impatience. Suddenly there was a knock at the door,leaving Kakashi the once eager kakashi to instead sigh,he knew who it was. Looking through the peeping hole in his door he saw green spandex confirming his original thought. As Gai's face closened to the peephole his face now magnified with all his funny features up close.
``I know you're in there! And someone else too, I SMELL PANCAKES!" yelled Gai.
"Hey, Shizune, be cool, '' Kakashi whispered.
"Hey I heard that!" Knowing there was no other option, Kakashi took one more sigh before opening the door.
"Hello Gai'' Kakashi let out in a monotone voice.
"Ha my eternal rival, the man who pushes my flames to rage on more and more every day," Gai exclaimed as he welcomed himself into Kakashi's house without any approval.
"I didn't say you were welcome Gai I have company,plus don't you think that a little gay?" Kakashi replied.
"Nope not gay at all, oh and hey it's the pancake lady, hello shizune, I didn't know kakashi had a lady" the man blurted out causing the medic-nin to blush.
"Gai,Gai social queues, you have to read them," Kakashi said, shaking his head.
"Hmm something different about you, did you get your eyebrows done?" the idiotic man in spandex asked, not noticing that Kakashi's mask was off for the first time.
"You know what it doesn't matter I'll figure it out later but you know what to get our blood pumping. How about a race to 100 push ups?" the man said, ignorant to everything around him.
"Just get out, I'm spending time with shizune right now, let's have our annual competition another time".
"ah ha a forfeit, score 51 to 50 in my favor" the man child said before running out the apartment and probably off to run a few laps around the village.
"That's quite a friend you got there," shizune said, looking down at the pan while finishing the last touches of the pancakes.
"Yup, it can be annoying but he's good at heart," Kakashi replied.
"Welp luckily for you, these pancakes are ready, " shizune said as she began to prepare the two plates, causing stars to form in Kakashi's eyes. It took only about 2 minutes for Kakashi to scarf down Shizune's delicately prepared breakfast, bringing out a lot of laughter from shizune.
"Damn I didn't know I made such good pancakes, '' Shizune said laughing to herself.
"You definitely do, '' Kakashi replied as he held onto his bloated stomach.
"Hey once I'm done with mine I'm gonna head back to my house, tsunade and all of them are probably worrying."
kakashi gave a nod to her statement "Don't you ever want to get your own place?" Kakashi asked.
Taking a pause, Shizune began to answer "Yeah…I do and don't get me wrong, that independence would be so nice but I would miss everyone so much," shizune replied. Kakashi began chuckling "You're telling me you're gonna miss people that are still gonna be in the same village as you at most like 20 minutes away?"
At kakashi's observation shizune began to chuckle as well "Yeah you know what that is true," shizune said thinking upon kakashi's words.
"If you ever change your mind you're free to move in over here the company would be welcomed" kakashi offered,to which shizune accepted.
"I think I'd like that I'll let you know," shizune said before finishing the last bit of her food and bringing both of their plates to the sink.
"Do you have any actual pants hatake-kun? I don't think I can go out in these boxers''Shizune asked, laughing.
"Yeah I got you shizune" Kakashi answered as he went to his room. After a few seconds Kakashi came back out with a pair of jeans for the medic nin.
"Thank you" shizune said as she put them on and went to grab her shoes.
"Hey kakashi i'm gonna head out now" said shizune to kakashi.
"Oh okay, let me see you out," replied the man as he opened the door for shizune. Walking out, Shizune began to greet Kakashi goodbye.
"Kakashi I really enjoyed coming over, thank you"
"I enjoyed your company as well" he replied before giving shizune a soft kiss on the lips as a small parting gift. After a 10 minute walk she arrived back home and it was now late into the morning. The jingling of shizune's keys announced her arrival back home. Upon opening the door, tsunade ,mika, and naruto sat at the table eating breakfast.
"hi nii-chan" yelled Mika greeting her sister.
"Hi guys,Where's Jiraiya?" shizune asked her family as she took off her shoes.
"He had some work to do with his spy network,Where were you?" tsunade retorted.
"I just slept over at a friend's house,"she answered back.
"Yeah right," tsunade said laughing, causing shizune to blush, only confirming Tsunade's suspicions more.
"Aren't you gonna come eat?" asked an undisciplined Naruto who talked with food in his mouth.
"No thank you naruto I already ate" answered shizune as she walked towards the table. "Aunty tsunade can I talk to you?" shizune inquired. Causing lady tsunade to excuse herself and walk over to the stairs with shizune.
"I just wanted to know what you thought of the idea of me moving in with kakashi?".
A smirk grew on Tsunade's face, "oh so was the friend whose house you slept over at" she said while making air quotes.
"I support your choice, you are a grown woman after all and it's about time you start dating,plus it gives me and jiraiya a little more alone time" answered tsunade, with the last bit of sentence causing shizune to vomit in her mouth a bit.
"Thank you tsunade, except for that last part".
"Oh come on dont act all high and mighty like I don't know what you and kakashi were up too" tsunade answered back causing shizune to burn up hot pink.
"You should tell them as well, i got jiraiya" to which shizune nodded. Both of them now going back to table shizune cleared her throat.
"emhm" "yes shizune" asked the two siblings. "I will be moving out soon" shizune let out quickly, scared of what her little siblings' reactions might be. Expecting a fit of crying she was surprised when they both didn't.
"DAAMN IT'S ABOUT TIME, I call her room" blurted out naruto to which mika punched him for his rudeness.
"owww! I'm sorry " pushing naruto out the way mika began to share her thoughts.
"well we're gonna miss you shizu but it's not like we're still not gonna see you a lot you're still our big sister and team sensei." Mika replied.
"So are you moving in with anyone special?" Mika asked with a childish grin on her face. With a blush on her face she answered "um… kakashi '' she answered, causing naruto and mika to giggle at shizune's new found relationship while looking at each other.
Before anything else could be said, Shizune retreated to her room. Sitting back at the table the family finished their food as mika and naruto went to wash their dishes. Taking advantage of the ordinary moment, Mika asked a question.
"Hey mom, can I go to sasukes later?".
"Yeah it's fine by me, what are you doing today naruto?" asked tsunade.
"I'm just gonna chill in the house, maybe work on some seals and then tomorrow ima see hinata." Tsunade nodded at his answer as she went to her study.
"This week feels so nice already," said mika.
"Yeah, I didn't know how tiring our first real mission would be, " replied naruto.
"Hey Mika you know you're lucky I don't care enough to do this but I should really stalk you and sasuke like you did to me and hinata," Triggered by naruto's empty threat Mika began laughing at the remembrance of what they did.
"In hindsight maybe trying to sneak up on two sensor ninja wasn't the best idea but we still got pretty far." Shrugging his sister off and finishing up his dishes the two went to their rooms.
At one o'clock, Mika meticulously prepared herself for her visit to Sasuke's place. The sun bathed the village in its warm glow, and a gentle breeze promised a comfortable day. Mika chose a vibrant green crop top that accentuated her athleticism, paired with brown cargo pants and a delicate silver earring adorning her right ear.
"Love you guys, I'm leaving!" Mika's cheerful voice echoed through her home as she stepped out, ready for the short journey from the Senju compound to Sarutobi.
Upon reaching Sasuke's residence, Mika took a moment to collect herself, inhaling deeply before knocking on the door. Kurenai's voice rang out, "Just a sec," and the door swung open to reveal a smiling and expectant Kurenai.
"Mika!" Kurenai exclaimed, enveloping Mika in a warm hug, which Mika graciously accepted. The duo entered the house, and Asuma's voice echoed through the halls, announcing Mika's arrival to Sasuke, "Your girlfriends here!".
"OOOOOOH SASUKE, YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! I WANT TO SEE," taunted a mischievous voice from Sasuke's room. The door burst open, and a cheeky, grinning boy, no older than nine, darted out, closely pursued by a slightly irritated Sasuke. Captivated by the child's cuteness, Mika couldn't help but approach him.
"Who is this cutie?" Mika asked, couching down and playfully pinching the boy's chubby cheeks.
"Hey, stop it! I'm Konohamaru, the honored Hokage's grandson and the strongest in the Leaf!" Konohamaru proudly declared, reminiscent of a young Naruto.
"Well konohamaru im mika, sasuke's girlfriend" The boy looked at some of mikas features and then at his cousin with a cheeky smile.
"Hey sasuke this one here is-" before the boy could finish his inappropriate remark sasuke shoved his face out of his way so he could finally talk to mika.
"Hey Mika, I'm here too!" sasuke greeted trying to get her attention. . "Yeah yeah I know I see you all the time though." she said waving him off "but anyway you really shouldn't push him like that the whittle baby could get hurt" continued mika.
"Yeah right you heard him he's gonna be the next hokage, it builds strength" sasuke replied. "Yeah okay- wait sasuke! you're wearing THE pajamas!" Mika said looking at the kunai patterned pajama set. "I only wore them because I didn't have anything else," he said, embarrassed and grouchy.
"Yeah right, I think you just like them," Mika retorted."Wait, now that I think about it, is this yall kid?" Mika asked kurenai and asuma which almost made the two pass out.
"HELL NO '' Kurenai yelled, making sure everyone in that room knew she was not no mother just yet.
Stepping in quickly asuma began to clear up the confusion, "he's my brother's kid,sasuke's other uncle, we were babysitting but" before continuing his sentence the man paused contemplating "hmm … I guess now… you two can! have fun!". Asuma exclaimed before him and Kurinei vanished into clouds of smoke leaving an angry teen,baby fevered mika, and the baby konohamaru.
"I don't really need babysitting so I'll just be heading out" said konohamaru as he slowly shuffled to the door.
"Fine by me," said a nonchalant sasuke eager to get rid of the nuisance that was his cousin.
"No sasuke, we have to watch him!" said an overly kind mika.
"Can we just drop him at the hokages office?" asked a desperate sasuke trying to rid his cousin.
"You mean your grandpa?" asked mika.
"yeah that guy" he answered back.
"Nope it's our duty to take care of him right now" said a determined mika.
``haha you said duty '' retorted the immature child, ticking off sasuke even more before mika calmed him.
Contemplating mika words sasuke came to an abrupt conclusion, "Fine! only cause you look really nice today".
"I dont look nice every day?" retorted a feisty mika. Knowing he stepped on a land mine he edited what he said and changed the subject.
"Erm, NO not that, I was just saying that you- you know what forget it, the weather is nice today huh some ice cream would be nice" As if a new person mika smiled deeply, quickly shaking her head yes, the same for konohamaru.
"I wasn't asking you, I haven't even made up my mind if we should bring you" the uchiha said coldly to his fellow sarutobi before going off to his room to change. After a minute or two sasuke came back out redressed casually in something just for quick errands.
"All right let's go" sasuke said, grabbing his keys and ushering the other two out the house. After locking up the group began walking.
"Hey sasuke how about heavenly scoops? Their ice cream is really good," Mika suggested. "I know a better spot,just follow me," sasuke said, guiding his two loved ones to the spot. As the three walked sasuke began inching his hand towards mika until the two held hands. Not taking the hint, Konohamaru broke apart the two by walking in between them and putting his hands on both of their shoulders.
``so what flavors are we all getting?" asked konohamaru causing sasuke to get even more pissed off.
Aiming his glare of death at his little cousin he came up with a retort, "I think i'm gonna have some dead sarutobi". Scared of his cousin's death threat he retreated his hands back to his side and stayed close to mika.
"Sasuke, why must you play with him like that?" Mika said giggling.
"You know how annoying he is? How can I resist? "Sasuke whispered in Mika's ear as he pulled her close causing her to laugh even more.
"What's so funny?" Konohamaru asked, being nosey as usual, to which Sasuke returned with another glare.
"O…kay nevermind" Konohamru said, surrendering. After a few more minutes of walking the trio arrived at their destination. It was a small ice cream stand built much like ichiraku with a sign over it labeling the shop "a stand hidden in our ice cream". "What made you want to come here?" inquired mika. "It's a good place," Sasuke answered vaguely. Ignoring her dissatisfaction, Mika and the sarutobi began walking up closer to the stand. Upon walking closer a clear change in the owner's face could be seen. Unexpectedly the man greeted sasuke much to mikas surprise "oh hi little sasuke" the man said. "Hey , can I get chocolate in a medium cup?" Sasuke asked politley.
"Sure thing, what about you two?" the owner replied.
"I'LL HAVE WHAT BIG BRO GOT!" Kohonohamaru yelled out rambunctiously.
"Okay so two medium chocolate ice creams,lastly what would you like young lady?" asked.
"Um… can I have a large matcha cone?" Mika replied.
"Sure thing,I trust sasuke treats you like a queen," Tanaka continued.
To which she replied jokingly, "Yeah he's up to my standard".
Within about a minute their ice cream order was ready.
"Hey sasuke you know what, on the house since you're an original customer, have a good day" said politely.
"Thank You, I appreciate that, you have a good day too!" The group began to walk off.
"How about we go to the park while we eat?" Mika proposed.
"Okay sure I have a question though, is it better than the other spot?" Sasuke asked.
Taking her first bite she analyzed the flavor and the answer was clear.
"Oh my god sooo much better" Mika said, raising her eyebrows in surprise.
"Yeah it's super good," Konohamaru agreed.
"Yeah you're lucky you even got some," Sasuke said laughing causing mika to laugh as well.
Now at the park Mika and Sasuke sat down on a nearby bench to finish their ice cream while Konohamaru went to play in the park, his already devoured and in a nearby trash can.
"So sasuke why'd you lie about the shop? because the guy clearly knew you" mika asked, getting straight to the point while licking her ice cream.
Taking a bite of ice cream before replying, the boy answered "You got me," sasuke said, putting up his hands.
"I lied because… itachi", not being able to continue, the boy took a deep breath.
"We used to go there together, I- I… just didn't want to bring it up" the uchiha said reminiscing the time being carried by his brother while atop his neck.
"Sasuke, you never wanna bring him up," the senju said with an empathetic face of sadness.
"I know but would you? if everytime you brought him up everyone thinks you're crazy," Sasuke asked.
"I don't mean to sound ignorant but didn't he kill your clan?" asked mika.
"NO!" yelled sasuke causing mika to flinch at the suddenness and konohamaru to stop playing for a sec and look back.
"He didn't kill anyone. I was there, he was framed, a man with a mask killed them all,not him! That's not how he was asuma knows it too."
"Why'd you never said anything about this?" Mika asked.
"There's no proof to anything I say, for all I know I could have been under a genjutsu. And my grandfather." he said, taking a deap breath before continuing. "He wants to kill one of the last people I love. I can't forgive someone who's meant to be the strongest yet cant see that I'm not crazy. And- and the last thing I would want is for you to think I'm crazy too."
"What? That's what you think of me? Sasuke, if you believe in your brother's innocent whole heartedly, I do too!" Mika expressed as she grabbed his face before passionately kissing his lips, breaking through his solemn expression.
Pulling away, Mika continued "I believe that you'll find him and the truth". Hearing mika words sasuke gave his girl a hug. Soon after, the two took a break from the serious topic and joined konohamaru in the park and played for the first time in a while. After about 20 minutes of fun they began to walk back to Asuma's house. Upon arriving the group could tell asuma and kurenai were still out doing whatever they were up to. Deciding to just chill in the living room and talk. "So konohamaru since you're so into me and sasuke's relationship what about your love life?" Mika asked, gaining a blush from the sarutobi. "Well ,um there is this one girl, Moegi?" Konohamaru's blush deepened as he tried to defend his position. "No, seriously! We're just friends. She's always following me around, though. It's kind of annoying."
Mika smirked teasingly, "Sounds like someone has a secret admirer."
Sasuke, still enjoying the moment, chimed in, "Maybe she just can't resist the charms of the future Hokage."
Konohamaru rolled his eyes, "Yeah, right. Future Hokage or not, girls are weird."
The trio continued their light banter, sharing stories and laughter in Asuma's living room. It was a rare moment of peace and joy, a stark contrast to the serious discussions they had earlier. As they chatted, the door swung open, revealing Asuma and Kurenai returning.
Asuma and Kurenai exchanged glances, taking in the scene before them. Sasuke, Mika, and Konohamaru sat together, chatting and laughing in the living room.
"Well, well, looks like our little babysitting mission went smoothly," Asuma commented with a smirk.
"Oh how I hate you uncle, leaving me with this brat" Sasuke said angry and his uncle's tricks.
"Sasuke don't change your mood now you enjoyed it '' Mika said laughing and revealing sasuke's true feeling.
Asuma chuckled, "Well, well, it does seems like you guys had a good time."
Kurenai raised an eyebrow, "Smooth babysitting, Sasuke?"
Sasuke shot his uncle a glare, "Don't get used to it. It was just this once."
Konohamaru chimed in, "Yeah, he even let us have ice cream! Sasuke, you're not as grumpy as you pretend to be."
Sasuke's scowl deepened, "Don't push it, Konohamaru."
Asuma, sensing the tension, decided to lighten the mood, "Well, it looks like you survived the babysitting, Mika. I guess you're officially part of the sarutobi babysitting club."
Mika laughed, "Oh, I can handle him. He's not as tough as he thinks."
Kurenai joined in, "I never thought I'd see the day Sasuke would be babysitting. What's next? Will he start sharing his secret stash of kunai-shaped cookies?"
Sasuke shot daggers with his eyes, "That's classified information, Kurenai."
Asuma grinned, "Alright, alright. No need to reveal all your secrets, Sasuke. But seriously, Mika, are you sure you're up for more of this?"
Mika winked, "Bring it on. I can handle the Uchiha grumpiness and the Sarutobi mischief."
As the banter continued, the group settled into a relaxed atmosphere, sharing jokes and enjoying the camaraderie. Asuma and Kurenai joined in on the laughter, and soon, the serious ninja facade they usually wore melted away in the warmth of the moment.
Sasuke, despite his attempts to maintain a stoic demeanor, found himself chuckling at the playful banter. It was a rare occasion for him to let his guard down, and he couldn't deny that the presence of Mika and Konohamaru had injected a sense of joy into the day.
The evening continued with more stories, laughter, and shared moments, proving that even the most unexpected situations could lead to unexpected bonds. The living room, once filled with seriousness, transformed into a place of genuine connection and understanding.
As the night progressed, the group decided to order some takeout and continue their gathering. It turned out that the unexpected babysitting mission had not only brought Mika and Sasuke closer but had also created an unlikely bond between the Uchiha and the mischievous Sarutobi. Asuma and Kurenai, witnessing the transformation, couldn't help but appreciate the power of love in the ninja world.
