Sasuke's Finding Chapter 7

Sasuke’s finding chapter 7

As Sakura first noticed Kio rushing towards her with his katana, she was convinced James’ life and her own were over. She closed her eyes, the only thing she could do at that moment, not wanting to see the actual moment of her own death. She waited to feel the blade pierce through her but did not feel anything. Sakura quickly opened her eyes again and saw a tall man with spiky bleached blonde hair. The stranger had a kunai holding back Kio’s blade. He kicked Kio back but as he was thrown backwards, Kio flipped around and got back on his feet.

“What!? “ Sakura spoke in surprise while the stranger quickly turned to her.

“Are you alright?” he asked with a concerned voice.

“Yeah… I am fine… Thank you.”

Sakura now saw more exactly what her savior looked like. He had a long black leather trench coat on that went past his knees. Under it, he wore a white shirt with jet black pants. He also had a diagonal scar on his right eye brow. Sakura noticed he had a sand village head band at the cuff of his right arm of his Jacket. He seemed to be muscular and his eyes were light blue.

“You know, it’s pretty pathetic that you’d attack three kids and a baby. “ He said to Kio.

“Leave. This isn’t your fight.” The ninja replied.

“It is my fight now. I won’t just let you harm children. Who are you anyway?”

“Well since I am going to kill you, it doesn’t matter anyway. I am Kio. Heard of me?”

“I have. You will do any job and have killed many people. Men, women, children. You have destroyed countless families.”

“Yeah, I will do any job, though I enjoy most the ones that involve needless murder and screaming. Many would lie awake at night if they had done what I have, but I just laugh myself to sleep.”

“This your last battle, monster. These kids will be witnesses to your demise. You shall die at the hands of Jakken.“

Kio stood there, grinning, then laughing loudly while he reached in his pocket.

“Why do you laugh at me?”

“It’s only that I just realized that this is your fight after all. I have something to show you, Jakken; my latest joy.” Kio said, pulling out a medallion made of green stone.

Jakken stood frozen to the ground. “Jade…you killed Jade.“

Kio laughed. “Yes, I did. She put up a good fight, but winning from me is impossible.”

“You…you bastard!!!” Jakken screamed at the top of his lungs, going with full force at Kio, but he skillfully dodged Jakken’s attack.

“You will have to do better than that, Jakken. I am at the top of my game and you are just an old man now.”

“I’m only thirty one years old and I have more than enough fight left in me. I’m going to kill you for what you have done!”

Kio pulled out his Katana, a huge grin on his face. “Well, let’s see if you can.”

“You will pay for what you’ve done!” Jakken said, pulling out his own Katana. Unlike Kio’s weapon, Jakken’s was one of the legendary named swords and it had its name written on it in bold letters, “Jin”. Jakken charged at Kio, his entire body drowning with rage. Unfortunately, Jakken was not the only one skilled with swords. Their swords clashed and within the next instant they were heading into the trees to fighting on the branches. But in the end Kio seemed to have the upper hand, creating a diagonal slash from Jakken’s hip to his left shoulder.

“Argh! You bastard!” Jakken said, staggering back with one hand holding his bleeding chest.

“Don’t tell me you’re done already?” Kio asked mockingly.

“Done? I’m just getting started.” He said, gaining back his balance. Their katana kept clashing until finally Kio jumped off the branch and landed on his feet. But Jakken was strangely nowhere in sight.

“Where are you?” He asked with slight panic in his voice.

Suddenly, two hands pushed out of the ground and grabbed Kio’s ankles, throwing him into a large tree. Caught off guard, Kio’s body smashed right into the tree without hardly blocking. Kio was just trying to catch his breath when Jakken charged straight towards him with his hand open and glowing with energy. Kio was barely able to dodge Jakken’s blow which instead pulverized the tree.

Kio stood up, shaking off the dirt. “I underestimated you. It seems your daughter was right about you.”

“I want to know why you killed my only daughter.” Jakken said sternly.

“It goes back to a year ago when I still had other projects besides mercenary work. Six other men who worked for me and I were hunted down by your daughter and she meant to kill us. She was able to kill all of my subordinates but I was able to escape. I vowed I would kill her. After a year of constant pursuit, I finally found her. It seemed that someone had told her I was looking for her and she secluded herself from anyone who could have saved her to protect them.“

“And why did you come to Kohona?”

“Isn’t it obvious Jakken? I came to finish my revenge.”

“You mean…”

“Don’t be so cocky. Not you, but your grandson; the baby in that girl’s arms.”

“My grandson…I didn’t know that was him. I should have realized sooner… I just though your killed him together with my daughter.”

“Jade went to Kohona for the only reason to keep James safe. I heard she left him in an alley in one of the richest parts of Konoha before she left. I intercepted her in the forest to her surprise and we fought. Even though she was fatigued, she fought to the very end. As much as I tried she would not let out where she had left him. After I grew bored with her, I ended her life assuming her child would be with you and your wife. But by the time I had made my way to your village, I heard about a baby being found in the village of Kohona. Sure enough those three kids were looking after them. I tried to take James one time before, but that boy with black hair stopped me. I am here to finish what I started.”

“You might have killed Jade, but you’re not killing my grandson!”

“We will see, Jakken.”

Kio jumped back landing on the top Lake. Jakken stood ready for anything. Kio was doing a lengthy hand sign routine, Jakken knowing the jutsu was going to be huge.

“Water style! Water dragon justu!” He said, a large body of starting to form into a dragon behind him. Jakken did his own hand sign.

“Desert fox Justu!” He shouted, a large fox made out of dirt rising from the ground. Kio’s water dragon lunged for Jakken but his desert fox protected him. The two beasts clashed as both Kio and Jakken tried to get the upper hand. Jakken’s fox bit Kio’s water dragon in the neck which caused the justu to dispel and the water to lose its shape.

“Not too many people survive my water dragon justu.” He said, a bit annoyed.

“Not too many people are like me either… I have a reason to fight.”

“I know you have skills with a sword and you have allot of powerful justu. Let’s see how good your taijustu is.”

“Come here and I will show you.”

Kio, being interested in Jakken’s reply, bolted towards him and ran off the water, throwing a few kunai in Jakken’s direction. Jakken dodged them and they embedded themselves into a large oak tree instead. Jakken ran towards Kio, sliding under him, performing a spinning leaf kick. But Kio dodged it by doing a back flip behind Jakken, grabbing his jacket, and sending him into a large tree where the kunai was embedded. Jakken hit the tree with one leg being stuck into the tree. Seeing Jakken was stuck, Kio seized the opportunity to charge towards Jakken. Jakken grabbed a Kunai.

“That’s it, Kio keeps coming…” Jakken said to himself as Kio came in fast. Jakken waited a second more before bursting out of the tree making a large slash in Kio’s torso.

“Ahhhhhhhhh!”

“Now we’re even, Kio.”

Kio held his hand on his torso. “You…will…pay for that!”

“I only wish I could make you feel every ounce of pain that you have inflicted on so many families.”

“Hmph. Like it’s going to matter if you even kill me. There will be many that will fill my shoes.”

Jakken unsheathed his blade and aimed towards Kio’s neck. But before Jakken could give the death stroke, Kio threw a smoke bomb and disappeared from Jakken’s sight. When the smoke lifted, Kio was back on the water.

“HA HA HA HA! Did you think you could kill me that easily?!” Kio started focusing his chakra. A large ice berg was coming slowly out of the water.

“What? What is that?”

“You’re in for a treat Jakken. You and these kids are one the only few who will ever see this. By the time the villages I destroyed witnessed this masterpiece, it was far too late to escape.” The large body of ice berg finished rising from the lake. It berg was quite large, with Jagged edges covering it which looked quite sharp.

“Water style, Ice arrow justu!” Kio smashed the ice berg, shattering it into arrows of ice flying into the air. Jakken removed his Jack and put it on his left arm while performing a few hand signs.

“Wave of kunai Justu!” Jakken swings his Jack to the direction of the ice arrows, sending countless kunai at the ice arrows. Almost every kunai destroyed the many ice arrows. Instead of sky raining ice arrows the sky was raining fragments of ice, but Kio wasn’t finished yet. Kio brought more ice arrows to the sky. Jakken repeated his justu, but he knew he would not be able to counter every arrow this time. He unsheathed his sword and deflected the remaining ice arrows easily.

“Let’s finish this!”

Jakken was still wielding his Katana as he charged head on to Kio. Jakken ran across the lake with full force. Kio readied his Katana, prepared for the final showdown.

“Shouldn’t we at least help Jakken?” Sakura asked.

“No. This is Jakken’s fight. Besides we must guard you and James. I…almost thought I had lost you.” Sasuke said.

“I thought so too. I didn’t want to lose my mommy.”

“I thought I was going to die too.” Sakura confessed. “All I could think of was poor little James’ life coming to such an early end. We all appreciate Jakken greatly. I just hope his wounds will be ok. Can you see the gash he has?”

“I think he will be ok. As long as his adrenaline is going, the bleeding should be slowed down. I just hope his chakra can hold out.” Sasuke said.

“Come on, Jakken, don’t die please!” Naruto said

As they watched on, the battle went back to solid ground. Jakken made a final slash, destroying Kio’s blade.

“No, it can’t be!”

“Your time is running out Kio.”

“No…Your time is, Jakken. You just gave me a reason to finish you off; I want that amazing sword of yours.”

Just after he said that, a water clone came behind restraining him.

“Your time is running out, Jakken.” Kio grabbed a kunai from his belt and made another slash to Jakken’s chest. Jakken screamed loudly before flipping himself behind the water clone, slashing its throat with a kunai and making its body return to water. Jakken was now in bad shape, bleeding more than before. He was barely able to stand. Giving it one last try he made a run for Kio, only to be punched in his face and then kicked into the lake.

“Jakken!!!” Sakura screamed, but there was no response.

“Ha! I knew you were weak, just like Jade was!” Kio now grinned at the group. As shocked as they were, none was as furious as Naruto. Kio started to walk to them, but a sudden gust of wind made him step more cautiously.

“No… it couldn’t be…” Sakura said.

Naruto started growling as red chakra swirled around his body, the explosive increases in strength pushing out with destructive gusts of wind. “YOU KILLED JAKKEN!!!” Naruto’s eyes started changing from blue to almost a black feline eye.

“What’s happening to Naruto?” Sasuke asked confused.

Naruto was at his max level, gunning for Kio who had made a few water clones. As soon as they were fully formed, they threw multiple Kunai at Naruto… and they all hit. But his chakra pushed them out of his flesh at blinding speed and they imbedded themselves in nearby trees. Naruto grabbed a water clone and then socked him in the face, smashing him into a tree where it shattered into a puddle of water.

“You’re going to pay what you did to Jakken!”

Naruto set his sights on another water clone Kio had made. Naruto and the water clone fought hand to hand until Naruto slid under the water clone. Naruto used his legs to grab the clone’s head, throwing him backwards to the ground while Naruto jumped and put his kunai through the clone’s chest. Ending that clones existence there was only now two clones left. As the real Kio distracted Naruto, the last water clone was back on the lake bringing up another ice berg. Naruto had to stop the water clone but he also had to stop Kio. He would have to be at two places in the same time.

Without even having to make a single hand sign, a shadow clone appeared and it gunned for the clone on the lake while the real ninja kept the real Kio from escaping. Pushing its fist into the ice berg, going though it quite easilt, shattering it to ice fragments which made both Naruto’ shadow clone and Kio’s water clone disappear. The real Naruto stood on the lake, catching his breath.

“You’re good, kid. I don’t where you got that power from, buts it’s no use. I will kill you all, just like I killed that pathetic father Jakken.” At the comment Naruto charged at Kio, but when he set foot on the ground he felt the water ripple behind him. His anger started to subside.

“Jakken?”

The water rippled more until Jakken jumped out of the lake and smashed his fist into the ground. Jakken’s chakra surrounded him like a light blue flame. Jakken’s pupil was now just all white as he stood up. But something was different about Jakken. He had an evil smile across his face.

“Jakken! I am so glad you’re ok!” Naruto screamed

“No… it’s impossible… no man could ever survive your injuries.” Kio screamed.

Jakken laughed maniacally. “Take a rest, Jakken, I think you could use a rest.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

“Oh…I am Jakken’s other side, Marv.”

Marv drove his hands into the ground. Shooting claws up in Kio’s direction. Kio dodged most of them but one claw impaled him in the arm.

“AAAAAAH!”

“How did you like that one, Kio?”

Kio said nothing but threw as many kunai as he could at Marv. His claws receded and he quickly made a shield out of clay. Jakken then stretched his arm out into a giant claw and extended it to Kio’s direction. Kio side stepped Marv’s attacks, finally bringing back his claw arm.

Marv snapped his neck as he once more charged at Kio with lightning speed. Kio had no time to react. Marv first punched him in the chest knocking the wind out of him, and then kicked him straight into the air. He jumped up in the air after Kio, Marv forcefully kicked kio to the ground. Marv landed on his feet and Kio was trying to gain back his balance. But Marv was far from being done with Kio. Marv grabbed Kio, throwing him so hard into a tree that it snapped. Marv calmly walked to Kio’s bruised body. He was still alive, but groaning from his beating. Marv lifted him by his neck.

“How does it feel, Kio? To have your life in someone else’s hands?”

“You won’t kill me, Jakken. You don’t have enough hate in you to kill me.”

“This is Marv, not Jakken. And I do have the hate to kill you. After what you did to all those people. After what you did to Jakken’s baby girl. I should make your death slow, agonizing, but I am not like you. Any last words before I end your miserable life?”

“Well, I will tell you one thing. If you think I am going to have a change of heart or redemption…you’re wrong. I don’t regret what I have done in my life. I wish I could have done more. Oh, one more thing Jakken, your daughter screamed for her daddy before she died.

Marv was about to end it but one of his pupils went back to normal.

“Hold on. I am killing him!” Jakken screamed.

“Jakken, stay out of this. If you go back now you’re going to die then will both be dead.”

“Marv, remember I am the one who raised Jade. I want Kio to die at my hands!”

“Jakken, remember, if it wasn’t for me. You would have drowned in that Lake.”

“I don’t care!” Jakken screamed as he began to get control of his body again. He squeezed Kio’s neck till he finally stopped struggling, dropping his body to the ground. Jakken stared at Kio’s body for a few minutes. Looking at the same person, that ended so many lives. That had filled the hearts of his survivors with pain, anguish and hatred. Worst of all, the only daughter he had was now just a memory. But it was finally over.

He tried to stand but his strength was fading fast from his injuries and the large consumption of chakra. He quickly collapsed to the ground.

“Jakken!” Naruto screamed. Sakura ran over and checked his pulse.

“Naruto, he is still alive! But his wounds are quite deep.”

“Ch…check… my right…po-pocket of my…Jacket.” Jakken said, barely able to speak. She found a few blue pills there.

“What are these?” She asked.

“Ch…chakra…pills…”

Sakura placed them in Jakken’s mouth. With the last bit of strength he swallowed them. In a little bit, Jakken had the strength to sit up.

“Thank you all. You have saved my life.” He said to them, smiling.

Naruto hugged Jakken tightly “I thought we were going to lose you!” Naruto said crying. Jakken hugged tightly, feeling a connection to Naruto. It was strange how quickly he had bonded with these people he did not even know this morning. It might have been the battle which they had fought together, or the baby they both loved immensely, but there was no denying the connection.

“It’s okay, kid. I am here now.”

“We all owe you our lives.” Sasuke said.

“Kio needed to be stopped. If he wasn’t stopped he would have killed many more. He would have killed you and James… my grandson”

“What?!” the group screamed confused.

“It’s true. Kio told me that’s why he stalked you all. After he had killed my daughter he went looking for James. After he would have killed him, he would have come after me and my wife Yuki.“

“Jakken, I don’t want to sound rude since you saved us. But how can we be sure you’re James’ grandfather?” Sakura asked.

“Well, I see you will not just take my word. Maybe this might prove something. Jakken removed his blood stained coat, turning his back and showing a round shaped birth mark on his shoulder blade.

“Sasuke…It’s the same birth mark James has. He is related to Jakken.”

“Please can I hold my grandson?” he asked.

“Of course!” Sakura said to Jakken as she handed him James. A flow of tears flooded Jakken’s face as he held James close to his chest. It reminded him when Jakken cradled Jade in his arms so many years ago. It took him quite a while before he had regained his posture.

“I need to go to Kohona. I have some things to clear up. But I am going to need help to walk. My body is out of commission. And I need someone to grab that large packsack hiding in that tree for me.” Naruto quickly grabbed it for him. “And Jade’s pendant… could you grab it off Kio’s corpse?” Sakura nodded and searched the ninja’s belongings for it.

“Thanks kids. I have some precious stuff in this bag, and this pendant is all I have left of Jade.” He smiled, before looking at James again. “Just this pendant and this guy. Could one of you help me to the village?” Jakken asked as he picked his Jacket and shirt

“Sure.” Naruto quickly offered putting his shoulder under Jakken’s arm. Now they were ready to go to Kohona. The sun was shining as they all walked back to Kohona to fix up Jakken’s wounds and whatever else he had to do. At the very least James would be safe from now on.

End of chapter 7

Sasuke's Finding Chapter 6

Sasuke’s Finding: Chapter 6



Sasuke lay in his bed watching the sunset, having had almost no sleep at all last night. Sakura had stayed up rather later, crying herself to sleep. Sasuke had been up for about an hour, trying to get out of bed but a young genin held on to him tightly in his sleep. Instead of just roughly getting out of bed, he took the time to wonder how this morning was going to turn out. Sasuke tugged on Naruto trying to wake him up, but Naruto was in a deep slumber. Sasuke thought maybe Naruto was having that dream again in which he was the Hokage of the village.

“I bet that’s what it is…” Sasuke said to himself. After a bit more nudging, Naruto started muttering in his sleep

“One day…I will be the Hokage…believe it..!” He said. Sasuke rolled his eyes after hearing those famous two words Naruto liked to stick at the end of each and every sentence.

“Naruto wake up. We have to get ready to meet with the Hokage this morning.”

“What” he asked, his eyes half open and still holding onto this warm entity he could only identify as a big teddy bear “…Oh yeah” he added slowly, opening his eyes completely for just a moment, “…I don’t want to go.” And his eyes were closed again.

“I don’t want to go either, Naruto, but this might be our chance to look after James”

“Right…” Naruto said, slowly letting go of what he now realized was a boy his same age, blushing up a bit as he realized why they were in this position. “Oh… and Sasuke?”

“Yeah, what is it Naruto?” Sasuke asked, finally able to get out of the bed and stretch.

“Thanks for um…looking after me last night.”

Sasuke wanted to be his usual self and ignore the statement, simply walking away silently. But then he realized how much it would’ve taken the proud boy to utter those words and he tried his hardest to respond. “Don’t mention it.” Sasuke said, before walking away to the kitchen.

“Sakura are you around?” Sasuke called.

“I’m in James’ room.” she whispered silently to keep the baby from waking up. As Sasuke walked in, Sakura was leaning over James’ crib and rubbing his tiny arm while he slept.

“How is James doing, Sakura?”

“He is doing well. He didn’t make a sound all night.”

“That’s good.” He said, going to lean against the wall. There was this silence then, and they both knew what it was about. After a few minutes, Sasuke decided to talk about the big elephant in the room. “I barely slept at all last night…”

“Neither did I, I tried to keep strong but I kept breaking down in tears. Sasuke…” she started, moving over to the ninja and wrapping her arms tightly around him. “I just don’t want to lose James.”

“None of us want to lose James, but we have to prepare ourselves for anything. Maybe things might work for us. Let’s just hope for the best, okay?”

“You’re right. Thank you Sasuke, you always have the right things to say.”

“It’s no problem.” Sasuke said, even thought inside it felt like his newfound happiness had already been shattered.

“I guess we should make some breakfast.” Sakura said.

“Sounds good, but we should leave James sleeping. He needs it more than we do.”

“That’s true.” she said letting go of Sasuke, now looking for some breakfast. Sasuke was about to join her, when he realized Naruto had not come out of his bedroom yet, wondering whether he had dressed himself yet.

“Naruto, are you finished getting ready?”

“Yeah I’m almost finished. I’m just having trouble getting this sleeper off.” As he said that, he clumsily stumbled over one of the legs and bumped his head. Sasuke sighed, realizing it would take forever if he left Naruto to himself.

“What’s wrong now, Naruto?”

“My Zipper is jammed on the sleeper. Could you help me?”

“Alright, hold on.” Sasuke said, coming into the room. Naruto got back on his feet and jumped on the bed to wait for the other boy. Sasuke reached behind the boy and undid the zipper, slipping the soft fabric off his shoulders and getting the whole garment off him, only to find that the diaper underneath was soaked.

“You know Naruto,” he said, getting some changing supplies ready and opening the diaper, “I’m not your daddy. You really shouldn’t be so helpless all the time.”

Naruto tried to look away from the boy, knowing he was right. Being taken care of like this, even if it was by a boy, had always been a dream of his, but there was no way for him to enjoy it now. While Sasuke cleaned him up and got him in a fresh diaper, he just felt weak and uncomfortable to be demanding the ninja’s attention at a time like this.

And it was not like he really felt like Sasuke was his daddy. With all the padding the Uchiha was in most of the time, it was hard to feel he was even a little. They had another kind of relationship, one where they took care of each other, even if Naruto was currently hogging all the attention.

“Thanks, bwo.” Naruto said as Sasuke taped up the new diaper.

“What did you just say?” Sasuke asked confused.

“Never mind…” Naruto said, shaking his head. “I am just tired.”

“Okay, well, just get ready now and meet us for breakfast.”

“I will be there soon, BELIEVE IT!”

“Shhh! You’re going to wake up James with that shouting.”

“I’m sorry.” He said whispering.

“Don’t worry about it, just meet us for breakfast after.” Sasuke said walking to the kitchen. “So what are we having for breakfast?”

“I thought maybe this morning we might have something light, like fruit, because tension is very high right now.”

“You’re right and I don’t think any of us is that hungry anyway. I’m actually too nervous to really eat anything at all.” Sasuke said, sitting down at the table.

“Well, you’re going to have something to eat or I am going to feed you.” Sakura said simply, putting up a grin to lighten the mood. “Babies need nourishment.”

Sasuke did not respond at all. “My hobby is the last thing on my mind right now.”

“I know,” Sakura said, sighing, “but I just wanted to cheer you up.”

“I will be a lot better after all this is done.”

“Hey everyone!” Naruto said, “I’m ready to eat.”

“Come and sit down. We’re having fruit for breakfast.”

“That’s fine.” He said starting to eat of the plate Sakura handed him. Sasuke munched a bit but not a whole lot. Sasuke had many things racing through his mind. For instance, he barely knew Tsunade so he had no idea how to persuade her. Sakura tried to keep as positive as she could but it was really getting to her.

“I think it’s time to go.” Sasuke said finally.

“I think that’s a good idea Sakura said, going into the nursery to get James ready. In a few minutes she had gotten him ready, and filled his diaper bag with all he would need. They all walked out the door feeling a great weight in every step they made. The morning was a bit colder than usual outside, but luckily it was not too far to the Hokage’s residence.

“Alright, let’s show the Hokage we can look after James. We have to be ready for anything she might ask. Since we are only teenagers, they are going to use that against us. “Sasuke said.

“You’re right Sasuke. Let’s shows Tsunade that we can look after a baby.” Sakura said.

“We will get James BELIEVE IT!”

In a few minutes they made it to the Hokage’s residence and it seemed that for a change Kakashi was actually on time today.

“Glad to see you made it on time. Lady Tsunade is waiting for you, but first I would like you to meet someone.” Kakashi said to them. There seemed to be a female doctor waiting for them.

“Hello, I’m doctor Li. The Hokage has asked me to do a full examination on James while you have your meeting with the Hokage.”

“Well, alright. Ok James you be a good boy for mommy ok? I will be back soon.” Sakura said trying to hand James over to Doctor Li. James already started getting nervous the moment the unfamiliar woman touched him, started to cry very loud for being out of Sakura’s arms.

“It’s okay James, mommy will be back soon.” She tried, but with no success.

“It seems you will have to come with me.” The doctor said, handing the baby back to Sakura.

“Will you two be all right?” Sakura asked the two ninja, though she already knew the answer.

“Its fine, Sakura.” Sasuke said, motioning for Sakura to follow the doctor, “We’ll take care of things over here.”

James was now being taken to another room to be examined. Kakashi waited at the main door for them. The group walked to the door, opening the door with Tsunade waiting in a chair with the usual desk in front of her. There were four chairs in front of her. Being nervous, Naruto and Sasuke walked to the chairs and sat down in front of her while Kakashi took away one of the chairs and told the Hokage where Sakura was.

“Well, you two know why you’re here. I was quite surprised to hear of an abandoned infant being found in one of Konoha’s alley ways. So who was the first person to find this infant ‘James’??”

“I was.” Sasuke said, ”I found James coming home from a day of training. I heard what turned out to be the sound of something crying. Curiously I walked towards it and I found James lying in a soaked blanket and sleeper. It was already pretty late and since it’s always the duty of a ninja to protect any members of our village, I could not just leave him behind and decided to take him home. I washed and dried his clothes, and bought any baby items he needed.”

“I see, so how did Sakura and Naruto come into this?”

“Sakura came to my door the next morning. I tried at first to keep Sakura from noticing anyone else was with me, but she heard James crying for me in the bedroom. She found James and agreed to help me take of him.”

“I see. What happened next?”

“She told me that she would help love and nurture James. We even bought him clothes and toys. Naruto got James a crib to sleep in.”

“Well, I am impressed about how much you care about James’ wellbeing. But I see some problems arising. For one, who will look after James on your missions?

“I planned to hire a babysitter.” Sasuke replied.

“Yeah, but you don’t understand that babies need to be cared for twenty-four hours a day.” Tsunade scolded, the boys looking away. They already felt guilty enough about all that. “And with you being ninja in training, you can’t give him all the care he needs. Not to mention that you’re way too young to become parents.”

That was the breaking point for Naruto. “I can’t believe everyone keeps saying that to us! First we hear it from Kakashi-sensei and now we hear it from you!? We have done just fine looking after James and we can do a parenting job just as well as any parent! James already loves us enough that he can’t even be away from one of us for a single examination!” Naruto shouted.

Kakashi sighed, hitting him over the head to shut him up. “My apologies, lady Hokage, for Naruto’s outburst.”

“Well, even though he should show more respect, he does have a point. From what I heard today, it seems like all three of you have showed responsibility for the welfare of James. But next time you’d better make the point without shouting, if you wish to live your live without a crushed skull that is.”

“So… does that mean we can keep James?” Sasuke asked.

“I can’t say for sure. I am going to speak with Doctor Li first. Then I will make my final decision. I will have Kakashi summon all three of you when I am ready. Your are dismissed”

All three got up and calmly walk out the door. Sakura was sitting on a chair in the waiting room with James in her arms and Sasuke and Naruto went to sit by her side.

“How did it go?” Sakura asked.

“I think it was Naruto that was our turning point.” Sasuke replied, bringing his finger over to James to play.

“Do you really think I made that much of an impact?” Naruto asked

“It’s because you showed Tsunade we can look after James. We might even stand a chance of getting custody.” Sasuke said.

They silently sat in the room while they played with little James, who judging by his constant giggling was blissfully unaware of any harm. All that had happened to him was that a hand glowing with green light did something the pink mommy called an ‘examination’.

“Lady Hokage will see all now.” Kakashi said, getting out of the office. He held the door open for them as they walked in, and they quickly seated themselves.

“After some time speaking with your sensei and the doctor I have made my decision. Even though you have shown that you can take care of this child, naturally it is inappropriate for you to take care of another parents’ infant. However, you can keep him until we find another a better foster family for him.” She gave a small pause, but then continued with a sly grin. “Of course, I doubt we’ll find someone better than you three anytime soon.

They were absolutely speechless. At first they did not even believe it, but slowly their confused gazes turned into excited grins. Sakura could not take it anymore and jumped off her seat to hug her mentor, something she had never dared before.

“Oh thank you lady Hokage!” Sakura said, dodging her punches and breaking off the hug before she got seriously hurt.

“Thank you so much.” Sasuke said.

“We did it!” The orange ninja shouted loudly.

“Now, before you can take James home, Doctor Li wanted to speak with you.”

“I must say, James appeared to be in perfect health when I examined him. He seems to be well fed, in perfect shape, and he even has a healthy set of chakra pathways. He’ll make a good ninja one day. Absolutely one of the healthiest babies I have ever examined. He is an infant approximately six months old. Also, he has a round shaped birth mark on his shoulder blade which should help us identify him.”

“I never noticed that when I bathed him.” Sakura said, tugging on James’ shirt to reveal the mark. “Did you notice it Sasuke?”

“No, but I have only bathed him once and then I was more concerned about his temperature.”

“It’s no problem. Anyway, he has a clean bill of health and you’re more the welcome to head home with him now.“

“One more thing.” Kakashi said from the door, getting the attention of all three of them.

“Lunch is on me, you have earned it for proving your responsibility to the Hokage and me.”

“Thank you sensei” They all said.

After Sakura got James back they all head down to ramen stand. Naruto by this time was starving for some fresh ramen. Sakura and Kakashi did not eat so much, but Naruto and Sasuke were competing again to see who could eat the most.

“Will you two ever grow up?” Sakura said.

“I’m sure one day they will Sakura. But for now let them act as childishly as they want.” Kakashi said.

Naruto and Sasuke looked up. They asked in unison: “What was that?”

“Don’t worry you two.” Sakura said, rolling her eyes. After their lunch was finished, Kakashi and his students parted ways.

“I’m thinking,” Sakura said, “since we just heard the best news since Sasuke found James, why don’t we go celebrate by swimming? We just have to go get some swimwear and we are ready to go.”

“I could use a swim right now, how about you Naruto?”

“Sounds great! I could go get the swim wear.”

“Alright we will wait at the lake, but you’d better bring enough stuff Naruto.” Sakura said

Naruto ran back to apartment while Sasuke and Sakura walked James firmly wrapped in her arms down to the lake. “Sasuke, isn’t it wonderful we got to keep James?”

“Yeah…it’s great.”

“Is something wrong? I thought you were thrilled you got James back.”

“I am more than thrilled that we got James back, but I wonder how long this will last.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, look at it this way. We are only genin teenagers. Eventually they will find foster parents or they might even find James’ real parents.”

“I never really thought of that.” Sakura admitted quietly. “But let’s not worry about that now. I just want to enjoy this day as best we can. And besides, we have James now, and that’s what matters.”

“You’re right Sakura.” Sakura said a little brighter. “And I think I’ll have a surprise for you tonight.”

“Oh, a surprise? What is it?”

“I’m not going to tell you, but you will find out later on tonight.”

In a few minutes they made it down to the lake on a beautiful sunny morning where the sun was glaring off the crystal blue lake and no one was around but them. In the distance you could see a silhouette of a young boy running down to the lake.


“Hey guys! I came with the stuff!” Naruto yelled from afar, waving excitingly at them. When he got to them, he opened a sack full of clothes for all four of them. Sakura grabbed some clothes for James and for herself and went behind some trees to change.

Sasuke removed his two shirts and his shoes, left only in his normal grey shorts. Naruto grabbed a black pair of shorts and looked for a place to change. But besides the trees where Sakura went to, there was not any shelter. Unable to wait for Sakura to finish, he just quickly undressed out in the open and stepped into the shorts.

He was jumping up and down excitingly, wanting to go swimming and hating to wait, apparently not even noticing the top plastic of his diaper was showing. Sasuke was staring at Naruto’s marking on his stomach, having never noticing them, though that was probably because Naruto usually does not remove his black shirt.

“Something wrong Sasuke?

“Huh? No it’s nothing Naruto.

Naruto finally was able to wait no longer and ran straight into the water. He definitely had the heart of the child. Sakura returned with James. She had a pink bikini on and James had a pair of blue shorts. Sasuke had his eyes locked on Sakura’s body.

“Ready to go swimming, Sasuke?” Sakura asked.

“Um…yeah sure” he said, walking into the water with a slight blush.

The water was warm, but still refreshing coming out of the sun. As soon as James was waist deep in the water, he started splashing the water like a manifestation of giggling happiness.

“I think he likes the water.” Sakura said.

“I think it reminds him of bath time. And it’s good for him to have some fun before his afternoon nap.”

“Yeah, I think we should try to see if he can float on his own”

“If you think he can…”

“I’m sure. They say babies have an easy time floating by themselves. Well, here it goes.” Sakura slowly let go of James out of her arms. James had no problem floating on his own. He still splashed and giggled with no problem at all.

After about an hour and a half, they got dried off and headed back home. But their little secret about James was not silent for long. People had dropped off clothes, toys and other baby items.

“I guess we won’t have to sneak around anymore…” Sasuke said.

“Well, babies do grow out of clothes fast. But now we might have more people wanting to see James. We can’t exactly do the normal things now. Like I can’t just baby you and Naruto all the time anymore.”

“Oh well, we will play like that when we have the chance.” Sasuke said, walking in with all the gifts from the village.

“So, what should we do now?” Naruto asked.

“Well Naruto, actually, would you mind if I would have some private time with Sakura?“ Sasuke asked.

“Well, alright then. I will be back in a little while.” Naruto said, walking out of the apartment. He had been meaning to play hide and seek with Konohamaru for a while anyway.

“So Sasuke, now that Naruto is gone, what did you want to do?”

“Well,” Sasuke said, a bit embarrassed, “since you have been so sweet babying Naruto and me, I wanted to baby you for a change.”

“Oh...” She said, a blush coming to her face as well, “I would really enjoy that. Why don’t you take a shower?”

“Sounds good.” Sasuke said as he walked into the bath room, removing his clothes. But as he got cleaned up, he could only think about how glad he was that they had James back. After finishing up, he got dried and dressed, walking out to find James was playing with toys and Sakura was waiting for him. Sakura was in shorts and a pink shirt.

“So is Sakura ready?”

“I am ready when you are, Sasuke.”

“Alright, I will be right back.”

Sasuke went to Naruto and his room. He picked up two diapers and some baby powder, before making his way back to Sakura.

“Okay, Sakura will you lay down for me?”

Sakura did as she was told. Sasuke was still a bit nervous since he never diapered a girl before. But he started removing her shorts and undies. Then quickly slid one thick diaper under her. Now came a generous pouring of powder, then taping her diaper up snug. Then one more diaper for extra padding.

After it was done, Sasuke looked at Sakura. Sasuke had always thought she was pretty attractive, but he could never have guessed how diapers made her look… well, hot.

“Um…ok Sakura we are done.”

Sakura sat up, feeling her diaper. “I forgot how much I like being a baby…”

“Yeah, I know what you mean. Would my little girl like a baba?”

“I would love one!”

“Alright, just give me a few minutes.” Sasuke said, before going to the kitchen, to see if he could find a clean bottle for Sakura. After a bit of looking he found one and filled it up with milk.

“Okay Sakura, it’s feeding time.” Sasuke said, sitting down on the couch. Sakura crawled over to sasuke’s lap. Sasuke then put the nipple of the bottle into Sakura mouth. Sakura giggled as she drank from the baby bottle. Sasuke smiled as he cuddled her, rubbing her back gently as she finished up the bottle.

“Ok Sakura, I think it’s almost nappy time?”

“But…I’m not sweepy yet…” Sakura said, though she was exhausted from all the drama that had gone on.

“Now daddy knows best.” He said, wrapping both of them in a warm blanket. Sasuke started humming a lullaby softly to Sakura as her eyes began to slowly shut, sucking her thumb, and then laying against Sasuke.

“Well, it seems Sakura needed to get some sleep after all.”

Sakura was sound asleep, lying in Sasuke’s arms. A short time later Naruto walked in, looking a bit upset that Sasuke got to spend so much time with mommy. But he took it in stride, playing with James. Eventually it rolled around to be bed time for all of them. Sakura got the boys ready for bed as usual, and then got herself ready for bed.

Sasuke seemed to have trouble sleeping though. He looked at the alarm clock: “1:32 AM” it said. He rubbed his eyes and got up, careful not to wake Naruto. He figured a nice walk might help him get tired, so he slipped out of his sleeper and got into more conventional clothing, checking if his diaper would not be audible before heading out. But just as he was about to leave, he thought he would check how James was.

As he walked in he noticed a man all in black slowly putting his arms into James crib.

“James!!!” Sasuke yelled out. He ran into the unknown kidnapper and forced them both out the window. But when Sasuke hit the ground, all that was left of the kidnaper had turned into a puddle of water.

“A water ninja! That means he is still close by.” But the ninja was nowhere to be found. Hearing the huge crash, ninja were summoned to Sasuke’s apartment from all over. Kakashi was on his way as well.

When their teacher arrived at the apartment, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura were sitting on the couch. Naruto of course was dressed in a regular par of PJs.

“So…Sasuke, I heard it was you who saved James.”

“Yes, I was going out for a night time walk, but I thought I would check on James. Then I saw someone over James’ crib. I just panicked and threw myself at him. But, it must have been a water clone.”

“Hmm...Why would a water ninja want to abduct James? Well, we are not taking any chances. I will have ANBU guarding your apartment until he is captured. Right now we have ninja combing the village. He couldn’t have escaped already. Well, I am heading home. You have security around the apartment and training will resume the day after tomorrow. You should find a babysitter before then. Have a good night.” Kakashi said, leaving.

After all the excitement they went back to bed, wondering who that person was and why he would want James. So many questions with no answers. Things did go back to normal; people babysat James as the three ninja went on their training with Kakashi. After a month, there was still no sign of the kidnapper anywhere in or around the village.

In fact, they had all but forgotten the incident. Which is why they felt safe enough to go on a picnic outside the village? They decided to eat right by a large lake. As they were preparing to sit down for a freshly prepared lunch by Sakura, Sasuke heard some noise coming from the woods.

“Sakura, guard James! Naruto, stands ready!”

“Sasuke, what's wrong?” Sakura asked.

“I think the person who tried who kidnapped James is near.” Sasuke said, and instantly Sakura and Naruto got out a kunai and got ready to fight.

“Very observant of you.” A man said jumping out of a tree, landing on the ground.

The man was young, maybe about in his mid twenties. He had long blood red hair, blue eyes and a long black trench coat, red buttoned shirt, black pants, and a head band from the Land of Waves.

“Who are you, and what do you want with James!?” Sasuke screamed.

“My name is Kio and I am a mercenary for hire. Now I will give you a choice. Hand over the baby or I will have to kill you.”

“I would rather die than give you James.” Sasuke said.

“As you wish, prepare to die.” Kio said, before running to Naruto and Sasuke. They jumped out of the way to avoid his sword and threw their kunai at him, quickly grabbing another from their pouch. Kio deflected the knives and pursued them. Sasuke grinned as he was able to lure the mercenary away from James. Kio’s water clone grinned as he created the opening for the real Kio to charge at Sakura and James with his katana.

Even though Sasuke was busy drawing the clone away, he constantly kept looking at his charge and Kio running to Sakura did not escape him... nor the fact that he was too far away to stop him. Sasuke screamed.

“Sakura, James… no!!!”

End of chapter 6.

Sasuke's Finding Chapter 5

Sasuke’s Finding: chapter 5


A few hours later Sakura thought it would be a good idea to wake up her baby boys. Sakura first went to see how James was. When Sakura walked in Jake was sleeping soundly hugging his teddy bear plushie. “Awww, you’re the cutest little baby ever” Sakura said rubbing James’ side. James woke up still sleepy. “Hello sweetie” Sakura said picking him up. Sakura went over and laid James down on the changing table, took him out of his sleeper and checked his diaper. He was wet and messy. “Oh James made a tinky.”

James giggled, waving his arms around as Sakura wiped him then applied baby oil to James’ bum which made him giggle. Sakura finished by powdering James then taping him up and putting him back in his sleeper. “Now my baby boy is all clean. And I think it’s time for lunch. Sakura made her way to Sasuke’s and Naruto’s room.

They were both sleeping soundly, just like Sakura had left them a few hours back. But this time they were almost hugging each other like babies would. “Awww” she whispered not to wake them up yet. She still couldn’t believe the two biggest rivals in the village were sleeping soundly with each other. Naruto was mumbling in his sleep. Sakura wondered what Naruto was saying so she got a bit closer. “Oh… Sakura… your skin is so soft.”

After hearing this Sakura burst out laughing, a few times almost dropping James. About a minute later both Sasuke and Naruto woke up. Both turning to look at what it was they were hugging, both of them pulling away immediately once they knew, hoping Sakura had not seen them. “Sorry boys, I saw you both.” She said, making them blush.

“Oh come on you two. You’re both my babies now and you’re not tough guys anymore. Got it?”

They both nodded shyly. “Good, now how about something to eat?”

“Yeah I’m starving. Believe it!”

Both Sakura and Sasuke just rolled their eyes while James started to cry from Naruto’s screaming.

“Shhh. It’s ok James. Mommy is here for you. Way to go Naruto! Scaring James like that.” Sakura scolded.

“You’re such an idiot Naruto.” Sasuke added, joining Sakura in trying to make the baby feel better.

“OK, I’m sorry for scaring you, James.” Naruto said rubbing James back. It seemed to calm him down. In a short time James was all happy again.

“Wow Naruto. You did something right for once.”

“Ah it was nothing. Who knows, maybe one day I will be a daddy.”

Sakura and Sasuke thought about what it would be like with two Naruto’s running around the village… have mercy on the poor village of Kohona.

“Yeah…Maybe one day in the future. Now let’s get some lunch.” Sakura said walking to the kitchen. Both Genin followed Sakura. Sakura now handed James over to Sasuke.

“Now you three play nice while I make lunch, ok?”

They both nodded. They went to the couch to keep James busy. Sakura was boiling some water to make some fresh ramen, which Naruto always had on hand. In a short bit the water was boiled and the noodles were done. As Sakura was preparing the bowls, Naruto, Sasuke and James were playing with some baby toys Naruto had collected. Sakura was now cutting some fruit for James to eat.

“Ok Boys, it’s time to eat.”

All three went to the table and sat down. Sakura had two bowls of ramen waiting for them and some chopped-up fruit.

“Ok. I’m going to feed all three of you but one at a time. I Think Naruto will go first. And do you think you could feed James for me Sasuke?”

“I don’t mind Sakura.”

“Good. Now it’s your turn Naruto.”

“Alright”

As Sakura fed Naruto, Sasuke was feeding James. James munched it back fairly quick. Seeing that James wanted more Sasuke chopped up some more fruit. James ate the rest of the fruit. “Good boy James.” James just giggled happily as he always was, feeling secure in Sasuke’s arm, now burrowing his head into Sasuke’s chest.

Naruto tried to mimic James, taking over the clumsy mannerisms when he ate. He made sure some fell on his shirt so Sakura would have to clean the messy baby, and generally played along with Sakura’s care.

“Ok Sasuke, Naruto is finished. Now it’s your turn.”

“I think I might wait for now Sakura, I think James is comfy right where he is.”

“Alright then, what should we do today? Oh I know, We can go to the lake for a swim; let James play in the water for a bit.” Both Sasuke and Naruto nodded.”

“Great! You both get ready, and I will get James ready.” Sakura said, walking to James’ nursery. “Ok, let’s get our baby in some lighter clothes. “Sakura said getting James out of his sleeper, into shorts and a T shirt, now putting on some socks and shoes. “ Now you’re all done.” Boys are you ready to go?”

“Yeah, Naruto and I are ready. We also have supplies for Naruto too if he needs a change.” Sasuke said smirking.

Naruto Growled. “Shut up Sasuke! It’s not like I wanted to be incontinent!”

“Both of you stop! Sakura shouted” Naruto and Sasuke went dead silent.

“Now, if you’re both done being immature, we can go.” Sakura said. Just before they were about to leave, there was a knock at the door.

“Who is it?”

“It’s Kakashi.” A heavy voice from the other side of the door said.

“What is Kakashi doing here? Quick! Take James and hide in the bedroom.” So Naruto and Sasuke grabbed James, and went hiding in the bedroom. Sakura now walked to the door, opening it.

“Kakashi sensei, what are you doing here?”

“Hello Sakura. I was wondering if Sasuke was around.”

“Um, No he isn’t, did you want to speak with him?”

“Yes I did. I was walking in the village and Ino told me about you and Sasuke taking care of a baby boy in his apartment complex. So I did some checking around and found that there are no babies named James living in the building. Is there something you would like to tell me Sakura?” Kakashi asks.

“N-No Kakashi sensei….” She tried, but before Sakura could say anything else, the sound of James crying a little bit reached them.

“Well looks like you do have a visitor” Kakashi said, following the sound which leads to a nursery room. There were Naruto and Sasuke, the latter holding James tightly and trying to calm him down.

“H-Hi, Kakashi sensei…” Naruto nervously spoke. Sasuke just stared, keeping his attention on James which slowly calmed him.

“So...This must be that James I keep hearing about.” Kakashi said while looking at Sasuke. Sasuke said nothing. “Well? Is this James?”

“It is James.” Sakura said walking in.

“Alright, since James does not belong to anyone from the apartment complex, I want to know where James is from.”

“Do you really want to know?” Sasuke asked, followed with a sigh as he realized it was no use lying to his teacher now. “I was walking home from a long day of training, and I heard crying. I was curious and found James in the alley, cold, wet and frightened. So I took him home. I couldn’t leave him there. And ever since I have been taking care of James. The next morning Sakura came by and found James. Together with Naruto who discovered us a few hours later we’ve been taking care of the little guy.“ Sasuke held the baby tight as he finished his explanation, expressing how much he enjoyed not being alone anymore.

“I see…” he said, contemplating the situation, “Well, fact is, you’re all too young to be looking after a baby.”

“Are you serious!?” Naruto yelled at his senior. “Sasuke and Sakura are like the best people to look after a child! I wish I would have had people like them when I was baby!”

“Wow,” Sakura said to herself, surprised by the blonde’s kind words, “I can’t believe Naruto said that. I never knew he felt that way.”

“Naruto! As your sensei I can’t just let you look after a baby. He needs a home that can look after him. Babies need care 24 hour a day. He looks fine to me, but you’re all ninja and you can’t take a baby on missions with you. You would put James’ life and yours in danger. I have no choice but to take him to the Hokage.”

“Please Kakashi sensei, don’t bring him to the Hokage!” Sakura pleaded.

“I’m sorry, but it’s all I can do. I will go to speak with him right now and I will be back soon.” Kakashi said, leaving Sasuke’s apartment. Sakura started to tear up, Naruto got even angrier than he had been, and Sasuke just held on to James even tighter, realizing that if he let go, he might never be able to hold him again. Sasuke kept looking down at James, wishing so badly he could have just been his father.

“Sakura, could you look after James for a little while?”

“Um sure, are you going somewhere?”

“I need to go for a bit, to clear my head” Sasuke said handing James over to Sakura.

“Ok. You be careful Sasuke”

Sasuke said nothing as he walked out the door, shutting it behind him.

“Wow, Sasuke must be broken up about it all this.”

“Of course he is, he loves James. It’s one of the few things that makes him happy now.”

“But he still gets mad at me for the small things. Are you sure he really cares about James?”

“Are you serious Naruto? If Sasuke didn’t love James why else would he have taken James home with him? Better yet, why would he have kept James at his home and take care of him?”

“I guess you’re right. I may not always get along with Sasuke but if he wants to look after James he should be able to.”

“It’s not just Sasuke, Naruto. I want to take care of James as well.”

“Oh right, well you can always look after Sasuke and me.” Naruto teased, trying to cheer her up.

“I know, but it’s really not the same. I like holding a baby in my arms, to know how a mother feels.”

Naruto did not know how to respond to that and just sat down on a chair, looking over at her.

“When do you think Sasuke will be back?”

“I don’t know. He looked really tense when he left.”

While Naruto and Sakura waited at the apartment with James, Sasuke was down at the dock. He realized everything that had been going so well, was falling apart before his very eyes.

“All I ever wanted was to be happy again. Why is that so hard? Why is everything I want taken away from me? It’s Bad enough that I have no family now. Something finally works out, and it’s shattered…”

After about two hours of sulking at the dock, Sasuke started to walk home, trying to get his thoughts straightened out on the way. He wondered if Kakashi had come to the apartment yet, in one way not wanting to know James fate. With every step he took, he was reminded more and more of when his first family was taken away from him, his older brother slaughtering his parents and friends.

He clenched his fists, his inner rage visible on his face. But then he thought of James and he realized it did not seem to hurt as much. His glowing smile, the giggling laughter. He realized that he should not be focusing so much on his anger, and be happy with him while he still could. His walk turned quicker, until finally he was running, hoping so badly that James would still be there.

Within a few minutes Sasuke had made it home, and with a deep breath to hide his panting, Sasuke walked in. Naruto was nowhere to be found and Sakura was sitting the couch playing with James.

“Hi Sakura.”

“Sasuke, you’re back!” She yelled happily, a big smile on her face.

“Did Kakashi come by yet?” He asked, taking James from Sakura to hold him a little, feeling much better with him in his arms.

“No, we’re still waiting for him. And Naruto went out for a bit too.”

“Typical. Where did the loser go?”

“He said he was going to the Raman stand, but I think he went looking for you.”

“For me? Why would he care?”

“He didn’t say it, but he does worry about you.”

“Yeah… I guess you’re right. Well, all we can do now is wait for Kakashi to come back.” Sasuke said, removing his shoes and shorts, just being in a diaper and T shirt.

“But Sasuke… what if Kakashi-sensei comes by?”

“At this point, I don’t care anymore if he sees me like this.”

“Alright then.” She said taking James again and carrying him to his crib, “he needs his rest.” When she came back, she seemed to have brought a plushie and a pacifier with her. She popped the paci in Sasuke’s mouth, handing him the plushie and sitting next to him on the couch. Sasuke clenched the plushie deep to his chest, trying not to show that anything was bothering him, even though anyone could plainly see it. Sakura motioned Sasuke to lie against her, so he moved a little closer. She started humming a gentle lullaby to relax him, running her fingers through his black hair, and soon he was sleeping, finally able to not focus on any of their troubles for a while. A bit later Naruto came in.

“Hey Sakura, I see Sasuke came home.”

“Shhh. Sasuke is sleeping Naruto.” Sakura whispered to him.

“Oh sorry,” He said, much more softly. ”did Kakashi-sensei come by yet?”

“No, not yet… I wonder when he finally will.”

“Who knows; never once yet has the king of lateness ever been on time. Remember the first time we went on a mission? He was a couple hours late. And I was starving by the time he arrived.”

“Yeah I know. Well hopefully he will be here soon enough.”

“I’m going to check on James.”

“I just put him back in bed. Don’t wake him up”

“Yeah, yeah I won’t” Naruto said, going to James’ room, slowly closing the door.

“I can be just as good as Sasuke is at being a dad, BELIEVE IT!” Naruto said to himself as he looked at James. Naruto slowly picked him up hoping he wouldn’t start crying. Sure enough, it being the first time he was ever being held by Naruto, James started crying a bit.

“Shhh. Please don’t cry, Sakura will yell at me, or Sasuke will say I can’t look after you.” Naruto tried humming and rocking, but it did very little at all. He finally stopped crying when he smelled some familiar scent on the orange entity, reminding him of his daddy, but was still very anxious. Naruto thought for a bit, and thought maybe he needed a change. So he laid James down on the changing table, the one he hoped to be put on one day soon, and opened his sleeper. Naruto had guessed right, James diaper was soaked.

“Guess I should call Sakura to change him…” he said to himself, before realizing something. “No, I can do it myself, after all, how much harder can it be than changing my own diaper?“ Naruto said undoing James soggy diaper.

“Ok…Undid his diaper, I um…Guess I clean you now?” Naruto mumbled, cleaning James with a wipe.

“Ok. Got you clean, now for a new diaper. Naruto said to James throwing away his old diaper and sliding a new one under. “Ok, I know James needs powder, but what else?
Naruto said as he powdered James, but paused, thinking of what else he needs.

“Oh I know.” Naruto said applying diaper rash cream to him, taping his diaper up, and putting him back in his sleeper.

“Alright, that wasn’t too hard.” Naruto now looked down at James. He was happy and giggling.

“You really are an adorable little kid.” Naruto said picking him up. Playing with him a little by making silly faces, that made little James laugh continuously. Naruto smiled with a wide grin, knowing James didn’t hate or dislike the boy for who he was. After a bit of time, Sakura came in. To her surprise, James was holding onto Naruto tightly.

“Wow, it’s great to see that James likes you Naruto.”

“Yeah… it’s nice to see that James is one of the few people that don’t hate me in the village”

Sakura wasn’t too sure how to say it wasn’t true, even though she knew exactly how much she had hated him when she had first met him.

A bit later Sasuke walked into the room. Also looking surprised at Naruto holding James in his arms.

“I guess I’d better get changed before Kakashi gets here.” Sasuke said leaving the room, getting back into his normal clothes. As they were all sitting on the couch waiting for Kakashi’s arrival, Kakashi finally knocked at the door and let himself in.

“Sorry I was late. It took a little longer than expected.” As much as all three of them want to scream “YOU’RE ALWAYS LATE!”, they didn’t want to scare James with any excessive noise. “The Hokage said he wants to speak with you all tomorrow afternoon. Don’t miss it.

“But what about James? Are we allowed to keep him tonight?” Sakura asked hopefully.

“Yes. Since the Hokage has not decided yet on what is going to be James’ future she thought it would be suitable that James stays here for the night, considering that James has grown so fond of the three of you.”

“This is great, I knew something good would happen today, believe it!”

“Well I’d better be going, I will see you all tomorrow.” Kakashi said leaving the apartment.

“Well, what do my baby boys want to do now?”

“I’m not really in the mood to do anything.”

“Well I’m kind of hungry.

“I have an idea. Why don’t I make some dinner for tonight, at least try to enjoy this evening, it could be the last one we spent with James. Let’s make it the best we can.”

“You’re right Sakura, let’s enjoy this evening.”

And enjoy the evening is what they did. Sakura prepared a large meal for all of them. Even though they were worried of the outcome, it did not spoil the evening at all. After the meal, they all played with James till it was around bedtime.

Sakura got James ready for bed, and as she tucked him in, tears were flowing down her face.

“Good night James. Mommy will always love you” Sakura said crying.

Sakura walked out of the room, heading for her bedroom. Not even saying good night to the other two.

“Hey Sasuke, why didn’t Sakura say good night to us?”

“Isn’t it obvious Naruto? Sakura is upset.”

“Oh well that makes sense. But who will get us ready for bed?”

Sasuke sighed. “Get ready for bed yourself. I’m going to say good night to James. Sasuke said leaving his room, and going into James room. Sasuke walked over to James. Leaning on the crib he started down at the sleeping sound infant.

“Well James, this might be out last time together. Even though it was short and not enough time, I am glad I found you. I hope one day even, I can teach how to be a ninja. But that’s down the road. But I want you to know that I love you James. No matter what happens, I will protect you.”

James smiled in his sleep as he heard Sasuke’s voice. Before Sasuke got any more emotional, he left for his bedroom. He just wanted to go to sleep, but Naruto was still not exactly sure what to do; he stood in his room with just his diaper and was debating whether he should change it since it was just a little wet.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, annoyed about having to pay attention to a baby besides James, and threw the blonde on the bed, ripping the diaper off his body and grabbing a thicker one for the night. Without saying anything, he put it on Naruto and threw him his sleeper. After that, he just climbed into bed, too depressed to change into a sleeper as well.

Naruto sensed the mood and quietly put himself in the sleeper, climbing into bed behind the blue ninja and without any feeling of shame cuddled with him. They could both use the comfort that night. He wanted to say it was going to be okay, he wanted to comfort Sasuke, but he realized that no matter what he would say, it would only end up making things worse. They both tried to make the best of it and just tried to go to sleep, though Sasuke knew it would be it was going to be one of the worst night sleeps he had had in a long time.

End of chapter 5

Sasuke's Finding Chapter 4

Sasuke’s Finding: Chapter 4



Sasuke was in the bathroom getting ready for his shower and Sakura was seeing how James was doing. Sakura walked in the bedroom and James was kicking away on the bed.

Sakura said. “How’s my baby boy doing? Well, I think before we play, we should see if you need a change?”

Sakura removed James’s sleeper, and checked his diaper. James was still dry. “Okay, then we’re good for now. Let’s go play in the living room.” Sakura put the sleeper back on James and carried him to the living room. They went on the floor and Sakura started to play with James with a plushie, James having a blast playing with Sakura. He was smiling and laughing, and it brought great joy to Sakura. A little while later Sakura was getting thirsty. She thought about it and decided to have some milk in a bottle.

Sakura walked over to James and said: “James, mommy will be right back. I’m just going to get a drink.” Sakura went into the kitchen to get some milk in a bottle for herself. When she came back James was gone. Sakura wondered where James had gone she looked around the living room but he was gone.

When she went into the hallway she saw James sitting by the bathroom door waiting for his daddy to come out. Sakura smiled. Sasuke came out and almost tripped over him. He was a little annoyed but it subsided when he saw the innocence in James eyes. Sasuke picked up James and walked into the living room with Sakura. Sakura grabbed the bottle and proceeded to drink from it.

“Sakura, I never knew you use bottles.”

“Of course I do. After all, I am a TB.”

“You are right about that. By the way, I wonder where that idiot Naruto is.”

“Who knows? For all we know, he could be at the ramen stand.”

“I’m getting tired of waiting for him. Let’s leave him a note and leave.”

“But what about James?" We can’t just leave him here.”

“We’ll take him with us. I think it would be good for him to get some fresh air.”

“Right. I will write Naruto a note and then we can go.”

“Hey, wait a second. We are going to need some supplies for when we go out.”

“Well, do you have a diaper bag or something?”

“I have a packsack we can use. If you write the note, I will pack up the supplies.”

“Okay then.” While Sasuke was packing up the supplies, Sakura was writing a note for Naruto. “I hope this is simple enough for Naruto to read.”

“I’m ready to go Sakura.”

“So am I.” Sakura picked up James and headed out the door with Sasuke. While they were making their way down, many people stopped and looked at Sasuke and Sakura. They were wondering if they were looking at James or at them. Some did come up to them saying how cute James was. They were getting close to some stores where they could shop but were stopped dead in their tracks. It was Ino Yamanka.

“Hi there Sasuke. Oh hey Sakura. Oh Sasuke, whose cute little baby is that?”

Sasuke was getting worried. “It’s uh… my neighbor’s baby. His name is James”

“Awww, he is so cute. You know Sasuke, if you ever need a hand looking after James, I’m not busy.”

Sakura replied. “Thanks Ino, but me and Sasuke are fine looking after him. Oh, Ino, can I talk to you for a minute?”

Ino and Sakura walked away from Sasuke. ”So what do you mean you and Sasuke are looking after James?”

“I’m going out with Sasuke.” Sakura had smirk across her face.

“WHAT!?" How did you get Sasuke to go out with you!?”

“Is that jealousy I hear in your voice, Ino?”

“I don’t believe you… I’m going to ask Sasuke!”

“Go ahead. Sasuke will give the same answer.” Ino walked over to Sasuke.

“Sasuke is it true that you are going out with Sakura?”

“Yeah we are going out.” Ino’s jaw dropped to the floor.

“I… have to go. I will see you later Sasuke.” Ino walked away very saddened by the news.

“Sakura, what happened to Ino?”

“Oh, nothing. She was just surprised I was going out with you. But let’s go shopping.” So both genin went to the stores and found some clothes for James. After buying some clothes they went to the toys store. When they walked in they were greeted by the owner which Sasuke has known for a while. “Hi Sasuke, it’s been a while. And is who is this little baby boy?”

“Hi Mr. Hayabusa. This is James, my neighbor’s baby.”

“Oh he sure is a beautiful baby. I’m sure you and this lovely girl are taking good care of him.” They both blushed.

“We are doing fine. We just came down to buy some toys for him.”

“Take a look around and see if you find anything.”

Sakura and Sasuke started to see what they could find. They did find some toys and a few plushies. James though had his little eyes on a big brown teddy bear. They looked at the price tag. “Sasuke this is a little expensive. We have spent a lot of money on the clothes.

“I guess we’ll have to wait on the teddy bear.” Mr. Hayabusa came around the corner.

“Sasuke, did you say that James likes that Teddy bear?”

“Yeah, he does. But I don’t have enough money for it. I’m buying some other things for him.”

“Hmm. Tell you what. The teddy bear is on the house.”

“I can’t do that, it’s too much.”

“No, it’s fine. You are my best customer, Sasuke. And besides, he is so adorable.”

“Thank you Mr. Hayabusa.” Sasuke paid Mr. Hayabusa and started to walk back to their apartment.

“Sasuke what did he mean about you being his best customer?”

“I buy a lot of stuff from him. Where else do you think I could get baby toys in this town?”

“Oh, that explains it.” James looks very happy with his new teddy bear. They got back but noticed Naruto was still gone.

“Where is that loser Naruto?”

“Should we check his apartment?”

“Might as well.” So they went to Naruto’s place. Sure enough Naruto was walking up to his apartment door, with the crib. Sasuke screamed loudly at him.

“Naruto!” Naruto jumped.

“Where the hell have you been?”

“Sorry, I got uh… sidetracked. I got hungry so I went to the ramen stand and then I went back to my place to get the crib. I was heading to your place then I saw Iruka Sensei. So I was running back to my place so he wouldn’t see it.”

“Well, since we are here might as well stay here.”

“Sakura,” Naruto asked with a big grin, “Does that mean you’re going to baby me?”

“As soon as I ‘m done with James. Then I will baby both you and Sasuke.”

“Alright! This is going to be the best day ever, BELIEVE IT!” Sakura and Sasuke rolled their eyes. Afterwards they went into Naruto’s apartment. Naruto brought the crib into a bedroom and came back.

“So, what are you going to do with James?”

“Well, since he hasn’t had a bath yet, I thought I would give him one. Do you have a bathtub Naruto?”

“Yeah I do. Why?

“Well, that’s a surprise. I’m going to wash James in your sink.”

“Alright then. Sakura started some water in the sink. Sakura undressed James and placed him in the water. At first James was a little nervous but then he got to enjoy the water. He started giggling and splashing the water. Meanwhile Naruto was getting thirsty.

Hey Sasuke, do you want a drink? Cause if you do, I have a couple of bottles hanging around.”

“Sure. I will take milk.” Naruto came back with two bottles of milk.
Naruto passed Sasuke one of the bottles. They started to drink from the bottles, but then Naruto had an idea.

“Hey Sasuke I bet I could finish this bottle of milk before you.”

“Alright then, we see what happens. Ready… Go!” Both Sasuke and Naruto started to drink as fast as they could.

Sakura was finishing James’ bath. She pulled out a new sleeper for him, a dark green one. She powdered James, fastened James with a new diaper and put his new sleeper on. Before she went to see them, she left the jug of milk on the counter for later.

Sakura carried him towards the couch to see how her other two babies were doing. When she saw them they were still trying to see who was going finish the bottle first.

“Ugh, Boys… When you are finished, I have to ask Naruto a question.”

“What is that Sakura?”

“I need to know where I can put James down for his nap.”

“You can put him in my nursery where the crib was. “

“You have a nursery?”

“Yep. I made it that way because I thought I would be able to use it one day.”

“Thanks Naruto. When I get back, it’s you and Sasuke’s turn.” Naruto smiled.

Sakura walked to the Nursery with James and his new teddy bear. When Sakura walked into the Nursery she was overwhelmed by how good it looked. The entire room was had had wall paper with clouds on it. There was an abundance of plushies and a changing table.

“Wow. And I thought I had ideas for a nursery.” Sakura placed James down into the bed with his teddy bear. She pulled the covers up and tenderly kissed James on the forehead.

“Goodnight, James. I will see you in a little while. I have to look after your two brother’s now.” she giggled.

Sakura walked over to the bathroom. She ran some water with bubble bath. When she was done, Sakura came back to the living room where Sasuke and Naruto were sitting.

“So boys are you ready?” Sasuke and Naruto both nodded their heads.

“Okay, then follow me.” Naruto and Sasuke followed Sakura to the bathroom. When they walked in, there was a half full tub of water and bubble bath.

“So, are you going to give me a bath, mommy?” Naruto asked.

“Well, you’re close. I’m going to bathe both of you.” Sakura smiled.

Both Naruto and Sasuke screamed: “WHAT?!”

“Oh, come on you two. It’s not that bad. After all, you are both my babies.”

“I know, but I don’t want to undress in front of Sasuke!

“I don’t want Naruto seeing me naked either.”

“Alright then, if that’s the way you feel…” Sakura said, slowly approaching the boys, “I guess I will have to undress you both. And don’t try to stop me either. You wanted a mommy, you have one now. Sasuke, I’m going to start with you.”

“But sakura I…” Sasuke tried, but once he felt Sakura’s hands on his body, he did not feel the urge to fight it anymore, somehow liking the fact that she was in control of him like that, the helpless little boy.

“That’s a good baby. This will only take a moment.” Sakura started to undress Sasuke in front of Naruto. Sasuke was getting red in the face, and Naruto, being as Naruto as he always was, snickering a bit.

“This is great, Sakura undressing you.” Naruto said through his giggles.

“Just wait, loser. Sakura will be undressing you in front of me.” Naruto went dead silent. Sakura was done undressing Sasuke.

“Okay Naruto, it’s your turn.” Sakura now was undressing Naruto. Even though he liked Sakura, he was still very nervous about it. When Sakura removed his black shirt, she noticed allot of markings on his stomach but didn’t want to ask. She then removed his pants. Naruto had a full diaper.

“Naruto I need you to lay down on the floor for mommy.”

“Um alright then.” Naruto lied down on the floor. Sakura unfastened his diaper and removed it.

“Alright then you two, let’s get you cleaned up“. Sasuke and Naruto went into the tub.

Sakura picked up a cloth and started to clean Naruto. When Sakura started to clean around Naruto’s stomach he started to giggle.

“Watch it Sakura, I’m ticklish!”

“Is my baby ticklish? We’ll see just how ticklish you are.” Sakura tickled Naruto even more. Naruto was laughing uncontrollably.

“Pl-please Sakura, please stop I-I can hardly breath.” Sakura started to let up. Sasuke was smiling at what he was watching.

“I didn’t think this was going to work, but it was a great idea.”

“I’m glad you are enjoying yourself Sasuke. I will be with you in a minute.” Sakura finished cleaning up Naruto and started to work on Sasuke. Sasuke was not really ticklish but that just meant she tried all the more to make him laugh. Sasuke though was enjoying the moment. After always having been alone, he was now being babied by his girlfriend.

“Okay, I’ll just go check on James.” She said, reaching for a towel to dry her wet arms, before heading out of the room. “You can entertain each other, right?”

Naruto and Sasuke nervously looked at each other, before starting to play bashfully with the water like infants. No matter how much Sakura had tried, they still felt like two teenagers, both male, sitting naked in the same bathtub. It just did not feel right. At least, until Sasuke accidentally brushed the other boy’s foot and made him giggle. Within seconds, they were playing like toddlers, completely oblivious of the other’s lack of clothing, having the fun that brothers were supposed to have.

“Alright boys, you are done.” Both genin got out of the tub, still giggling from their play. Sakura handed them both a towel.

“Naruto, could you get me some changing supplies for mommy while Sasuke and I wait for you in the living room?”

“Ok mommy.” Naruto went to do as he was told while Sasuke and Sakura waited for him with their clothes. Naruto came back with some diapers and a bottle of baby powder.

“So who wants to go first?” Naruto stepped forward.

“I will go first.”

“Alright then Naruto. Will you lay down on the floor for mommy? Naruto laid on the floor. Sakura opened the diaper, lifted Naruto’s leg and slid the diaper under him. She then powdered him and fastened the diaper.

“All done Naruto. Now it’s your turn Sasuke.” With hesitation Sasuke laid down on the floor. Sakura went through the same process with Sasuke and in no time he was just as padded as his brother. Sakura handed both of them their shirts. They put on the shirts but they were both short enough to see their diapers.

“So, what’s next Mommy?” Naruto asked.

“Well I thought I would give you both some milk and put you down for a nap.”

“But why? We aren’t that sleepy.”

“Well, I though since we all did so much running around today, and I thought a nap would be good. And warm milk will make you sleepy. You two wait here. I’m going to get some milk. Sakura filled up two bottles of warm and came back and handed to them. They both finished the bottle I no time. Naruto was still awake but Sasuke was getting tired.

“How do you feel boys?”

“I think I’m going to need at least another bottle.” Naruto said.

“Same with me,” Even though Sasuke was pretty tired. Sakura went back to fill another two bottles of milk. After the second bottle of milk both Sasuke and Naruto and Sasuke looked very tired.

“So, are you two ready for your nap?”

“Yes… We are.” they both said

Alright then, take mommy’s hand and we’ll put you bed. Sasuke and Naruto took Sakura’s hands and they went to the bedroom. While Naruto and Sasuke got into bed, Sakura picked up a plushie and a pacifier for them. She first put a pacifier in Sasuke’s mouth and gave him a plushie to cuddle with, before she kissed him on the forehead.

“Goodnight, my love. Sweet dreams.” Sasuke tried to speak but was too tired to do so. Sakura now went to over to Naruto. Naruto was already sound asleep when she came over. She did place his pacifier in his mouth and gave him a plushie to cuddle with. She also kissed him on the forehead. Naruto smiled a bit in his sleep. Sakura pulled the blanket over them and shut the door.

Sakura went into the living and wondered what she could do. So she thought while the three were napping, she would do some training. She would just have to be careful not to wake any of her three babies.

End of chapter 4

Sasuke's Finding Chapter 3

Sasuke’s Finding: Chapter 3

It was about 11 am at Sasuke’s apartment. James was still asleep in the bedroom. Sasuke was still sleeping in Sakura’s lap. Sakura was so tired that she fell asleep as well. Sakura woke a little later, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. There was knocking at the door. Worried who it might be, she responded quickly.

“Sasuke, wake up.”

“Hmm? What… what is it?”

“Someone’s at the door.”

“What! Who could that be?”

Sasuke got up from the couch, still in his diaper and his house coat.

“Sakura, could you hide the bottle?”

Sakura went into another room to hide the bottle while Sasuke walked over to the door and opened it. Naruto was standing on the other side.

“Um… hi, Sasuke.”

“What do you want, Naruto?”

“Well, I was wondering if Sakura was here.”

“And why do you care?”

“Just tell me if she’s here!”

Sakura came around the corner. She came to the front door and placed her arm on Sasuke’s shoulder.

“Oh, hi Sakura. I was wondering, since Kakashi is sick, I thought maybe you would like to spar a bit with me?”

“I would Naruto, but I can’t. I’m little bit busy.”

“Oh… okay then.” Naruto looked disappointed… until he noticed something on the couch.

“Hey, Sasuke, is that a baby diaper on the couch over there?”

“Uh… Um… A friend of mine was over last night with his child and must have left it here.”

“Alright then, but what about that bottle of baby formula on the kitchen counter?”

Sakura stepped in. “Sasuke, I think we should just tell him.”

“No! I don’t want to tell him! He’ll blurt it out to whoever he sees.”

“Come on Sasuke, how long have we been a squad now? We shouldn’t keep secrets from each other.”

“Alright, Naruto, I will show you our secret, but you need to promise to tell us yours in return.”

“Alright then. Now I want to hear this secret of yours, BELIEVE IT!”

Sasuke sighed. ”I can’t believe I’m saying this, but come on in Naruto.”

Naruto walked into Sasuke’s apartment, eagerly awaiting to hear what Sasuke’s secret was.

“So what is it? Tell me!”

“Follow us.”

Naruto followed Sasuke into the bedroom. When Naruto walked into the room he saw James lying in the bed, hugging his plushie in his arms. Naruto’s jaw dropped.

“I-I can’t believe this. Sakura, when did you have a baby?”

Sakura’s fist landed on Naruto’s head.

He screamed. “Ow!!! What the hell was that for!?”

“You idiot Naruto! That’s not MY baby! Sasuke found James in an alley last night.”

“Oh that explains everything.” Naruto said simply, more than eager to accept the explanation given by the beautiful pink haired girl. “So, what are you going do to with him?”

“Sakura and I are going to take care of James.”

”Are you serious!? You can’t look after a baby.”

Sasuke was getting mad. “If you can’t be helpful, Naruto, then just keep quiet.”

“Sasuke, he didn’t mean that, now did you, Naruto?”

“I guess… I didn’t? I’m sorry, Sasuke.”

“By the way, Naruto, what is your secret?” Sasuke smiled at Naruto.

”Uh…. I don’t really have a secret, hehe. Well, I’d better go. I’ll see you later.”

Naruto was about to leave the room. “Hold on.” Sasuke said, walking to Naruto. “I’m only going to tell you this once.”

Sasuke grabbed Naruto’s shirt and pulled him closer.

“Don’t tell anyone about James. You hear me Naruto?!”

Sasuke suddenly heard an odd crinkle coming from Naruto’s pants. Sasuke looked down, and saw a bit of white sticking out of there, over the blonde’s muscular tummy.

“Naruto... you’re wearing a diaper.”

Naruto’s face went red. Naruto tried to speak, but was frozen with fear.

Sasuke smiled. “I can’t believe this.”

“Well Sasuke, you are wearing a diaper too.” Sakura added. Sasuke went silent after that. Naruto stopped trembling and started to speak.

“What? You mean you wear diapers as well?”

Sakura said “We all do. Guess we are all equal now.” She smiled.

“So, why do you and Sasuke wear diapers?”

“Hold on, Naruto. Before me and Sasuke tell you, you must tell us why you wear diapers.”

“Well, this is hard to say, but I’m incontinent.“

“You’re incontinent?” Sasuke asked.

“Yes, I am. Ever since I was born I have been incontinent. It was hard enough being alone, but then having this weight on my shoulders made it even worse. So, Sasuke, are you and Sakura incontinent to?”

Sasuke started to freeze up with worry. “I uh… You see…” he sighed as he gave up his defenses. “What’s the use hiding it anymore? I told Sakura, so I might as well tell you as well. Naruto, have you ever heard of infantilism?”

“Yes, actually, I have…” he said, turning a bit more red than he should be.

“I’m an infantilist. I kind of like to act like a baby, even wearing diapers and such. And so does Sakura.”

Naruto was shocked. “No way! You are both Teen babies?”

Both Sasuke and Sakura replied: “Yes.”

“I have something to tell you both. I am a TB/DL too. You two are the only ones that know this. I have never told a soul before.”

Sasuke asked: “Why did you tell us then?”

“I wanted to tell you for two reasons. One, I want to stop hiding this from everyone. And two, I was hoping… someone could baby me sometime.”

“Naruto, I will make you a deal.” Sakura said.

“What is it?”

“I will baby you just like Sasuke if you help us look after James. Deal?”

“Deal! I will do whatever you want me to do.”

“Well, we are going to need a few things for James. A crib would be a good start.”

“I have a crib at my apartment.” Naruto said simply.

“You have a crib at you apartment? Why?”

“I… um… have it in case if after someone helped me with my genjutsu, I would be able to turn into a baby and use it for a bit. But since James needs it, he can have it. I’ll go pick it up from my apartment.”

“Thanks a lot, Naruto.” Sakura smiled. Naruto walked out of Sasuke’s apartment to get the crib.

“Sakura, I’m worried about Naruto.”

“What are you worried about? He is going help us look after James.”

“Yeah, that is true. But what if he tells someone?”

“He won’t. Besides, you told him he would be dead if he did.”

“I guess you’re right.” He said, before laughing. “Now you will have three babies to look over.”

“Even though I will have one more baby, you and James are still my real baby babies.”

“So what are we going to do when Naruto gets back?”

”Well, I thought we could go shopping. James needs some clothes and some more food.”

“That sounds good. Now I’m just going to take a shower before we have to go.”

“Alright. Then I’m going to see how James is doing.”

End of chapter 3