Chapter 2
Sakura was a bit red now too, just like how her two teammates had been a while ago. She'd woken up earlier that day and team 7 (minus Kakashi) were roaming around the village with Menma. She had just gotten information about her own future life
"Married to Hinata...I see" Sakura brushed a strand of her hair away shyly, not expecting that.
Naruto was sulking openly by her side, a bit saddened by the news
Menma was annoyed. He had mama? Wait, but this Naruto liked Sakura not Sasuke.. so it made sense
Sakura smacked Naruto in the head.
"Ow Sakura chan!!"
"Get over it. You're lucky enough to get Sasuke kun" She said, some tiny sadness evident in her tone but nonetheless indifferent.
The pink haired genin then clasped her hands together and smiled happily, a victorious look on her face
"Besides, as much as I like Sasuke kun, in the future I married Hinata which means I love her and she loves me so nothing's wrong"
Naruto and Sasuke looked at the girl, one surprised (Naruto) and one slightly amused(Sasuke). The girl had moved on pretty fast
Naruto sheepishly rubbed his head "yea..I guess you're right" he said and looked at Sasuke, making the Uchiha boy glare at him and immediately break eye contact due to embarassment. His cheeks slightly brightened.
Naruto also returned a small glare before looking away, not actually offended.
"And...hm..well I said papa is the hokage and mama is also a shadow hokage, so Aunt Sakura you're actually the strongest kunoichi" Menma said, making Sakura's eyes widen in shock and Naruto perked up, also interested. Sasuke was listening from his silent corner
"Your sensei was Tsunade sama, and you surpassed her. You can activate Byakugou, and you're really awesome"
Sakura blushed and slapped Menma's back harshly, making the young boy almost choke from the force. The girl laughed to herself
"Oh stop the flattery! Heheeh"
Naruto put his arms behind his head, grinning.
"Sakura Chan, you sound super strong in the future. Stronger than granny is a huge thing ttebayo!"
Sasuke nodded, actually impressed by the kunoichi this time. Things really do change in the future, quite a lot.
Menma regained his breath and continued
"And you and Hinata san have two kids"
"Two kids?!" Sakura beamed and almost fainted again,
Naruto wondered about it
"Actually Menma, how did they have children? A woman and a woman can't have sex?"
Sakura and Sasuke both would have choked on their drinks if they were drinking anything at the moment. Sasuke again sent a sharp glare at the blonde while Sakura was about to beat him up
Menma sweatdropped, realising he doesn't know either.
"Actually I ..don't know. But the children are probably biological.. I mean they look exactly like Aunt Sakura and Hinata san"
Naruto nodded and suddenly had another question in mind
"Then how were you born? Did me and teme have sex?"
Sakura and Sasuke this time didn't hold back and lunged at him, beating him up to the ground. Menma pulled back a bit from the trio, watching the scene with a concerned but amused expression
"Ow!! Teme, Sak— chan—"
"Why would you ask things like that Naruto!!" The kunoichi said, grabbing him by the collar of his jacket
Sasuke cracked his knuckles ready to punch the boy, he was all red in the face, eyebrows twitching
Menma stepped in feeling some pity for his young old man
"Hey hey I can just explain it ..uh you know, yeah, you two did have sex, and I guess Ino san had told me because of Kurama there was a like temporary womb in mama and he—"
Mid explanation Menma was also punched and pulled in with Naruto, this time him AND his young old man were getting beaten up by Sasuke.
Sakura had stepped to the side , also blushing and trying to hold her giggles in
Sasuke lectured the two Uzumakis, both sitting down with bruises over their heads and faces, gaze on the ground regretfully
"You don't know when to shut your mouth do you?" Sasuke said to Menma and then turned to Naruto
"He's like you! Can't keep silent."
Naruto peered up, sticking his tongue out childishly "not my fault!"
"You asked the question in the first place!"
"I was curious!"
"N-Naruto kun is that.. you..?"
All three boys and the pink girl looked towards the voice, it was Hinata Hyuuga.
Hinata san? Menma recognised her hair colour and eyes, the voice just a bit younger than what he was used to. She looked so.. different
"And..Sakura chan, Sasuke kun.. you are.." The Hyuuga trailed off noticing Menma.
The two Uzumakis stood up in a flash, Menma dusting dirt off of his clothes and grinned
"Im Menma...Uzunami" he said. He supposed he shouldn't be explaining the situation to the whole village, and definitely not to this timid looking girl.
Hinata nodded and looked between Menma and Naruto. She noticed they looked quite similar
"You're both...the same." She said, and the two Uzumakis boys looked at eachother.
Sasuke in the back scoffed mockingly "I told you"
Naruto and Menma grimaced and stepped away from eachother
"Ewww I'm not like him" both of them said at the same time, making Sakura chuckled. She came to the front and stood infront of Hinata
"Hinata, wanna go shopping? I got a lot of allowance from Kakashi sensei earlier today!" She said, taking the Hyuuga's two hands in hers and smiling warmly
The Hyuuga kid blushed a bit and stammered "S-Sakura chan are you sure that's fine..."
Without waiting for a proper reply the kunoichi pulled the other genin's hand, heading towards the direction which would lead to the local clothing shops.
"Ofcourse, why would I ask if not?"
Naruto, Menma and Sasuke watched the other two girls leave, leaving only the three of them alone.
They stayed silent for awhile, before finally Naruto spoke up
"Hey, you two, let's go to my house and eat ramen!"
Sasuke frowned and turned away "no. I don't like ramen." He was about to walk away but Menma quickly acted, not wanting to lose time with his young mama either (like how he always did with his present day mama and papa)
Sasuke felt a hand grab his wrist, and for a second he thought it would've been Naruto but he felt the texture of gloves, knowing it was the other one.
He took a glance at his 'son' and was taken aback.
His eyes held some sadness, a slight panic.
"Mama, stay.."
Sasuke gulped. And Menma too. The brunette Uzumaki realised he sounded a bit too pathetic. Naruto, unlike how he usually is, actually sensed the tension and remained quiet
"..." Sasuke had his pride to uphold and he should definitely just turn away and walk off, like he normally does. But why was it so difficult now? He internally cursed at himself. He didn't know how to treat a child— he was a child himself, without parents even. But he felt like he just couldn't walk away from the blue eyes, his own child...
"..fine." He mumbled, but Naruto and Menma heard it, and Naruto beamed pulling Sasuke towards his house as Menma also tailed along right behind them, relieved.
Menma didn't usually, ever get time to spend with his parents. This was an opportunity for himself, to enjoy while he could. He wouldn't let anything ruin the moment
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"Didn't we eat ramen this morning?" Menma asked remembering his first encounter with young old man
Naruto slammed his cup of milk down kn the table harshly, like as if it was beer
"You can never have enough ramen!"
Menma and Sasuke deadpanned at eachother and looked at Naruto tiredly.
Sasuke silently ate his ramen, finding it to taste pretty good, better than he had expected. Of course he wouldn't admit that
Menma was busy bickering with Naruto, and Sasuke looked at them. Although Naruto himself was just twelve here, almost thirteen, it looked like they were having a father son squabble. Sasuke chuckled a bit finding it amusing
The sound gained the attention of the two Uzumakis who stopped arguing and looked towards the Uchiha. Sasuke immediately noticed and stopped, wearing his signature glare again for both of them
"What?"
"Nothing, just..." Naruto trailed off, and continued eating his ramen, looking at Sasuke the whole time.
Sasuke's eyebrow twitched nervously, a bit overwhelmed under the prolonged gaze of his...future husband- Sasuke didn't even want to think of that, but as he did his cheeks were tinted pink
Meanwhile Naruto was also having his own thoughts.
'so I become hokage and marry teme huh?' he thought, eating his ramen slower than normal.
'And Menma..' he looked at his future son. He realised Sasuke was right, they kind of were alike. Just not exactly copy paste type.
Ever since this discovery, Naruto's feelings towards Sakura and Sasuke had changed. He thought that Sasuke was all the things Sakura was now— pretty, talented, scary, everything else. And the little laugh that managed to escape from Sasuke's throat, sounded..cute
Naruto stared into his ramen more intensely. Sasuke had never laughed or even did anything similar to it in a genuine manner, but this time he did, and Naruto himself was the cause of it. Well, along with Menma as well, but his point stands. It felt good to know that he made Sasuke laugh.
A family with Sasuke. Naruto didn't have one himself, ever since birth, everyone would be scared of him, avoid him. Even though he had friends, Sasuke was different. He wasn't scared of him, didn't care what he did to him and took him seriously. He realised he liked the idea of a family with the Uchiha
"...man..old man! OLD MAN NARUTO!"
Naruto snapped out of his thoughts, hearing Menma call out his name. Wait, that's not his name
"I'M NOT EVEN AN OLD MAN!"
"You're still him though"
Naruto slammed his hands on the desk
"Alright well then shouldn't you address me more respectfully kid?!"
"Not when you're zoning out and not paying attention to what I'm saying. Respect goes both ways" Menma said smirking, teasing his young old man
"YOU—"
"Alright be quiet!" Sasuke said, irritated and annoyed, ready to beat them up if they dared to make more noise
Naruto and Menma shut up right away, silently speaking through eye contact
-
Naruto somehow convinced Sasuke to stay. Well, not exactly Naruto, it was him AND Menma who begged him to stay the night. Since Sasuke also lived all alone anyway, it wouldn't be so bad to have him over would it?
Naruto offered Menma to sleep on the bed but he refused, and let Naruto have his own bed instead
So now Naruto was in his bed, right below him were two futons accompanying Sasuke and Menma. Menma in between them.
"Man I'm tired." Naruto said, already feeling sleep taking over his mind and body
Sasuke was quiet as his usual self, and Menma was content. He was a 12 year old chunin now yes but he missed this. Even if it wasn't with his present -day parents, these two were still his papa and mama, and it felt...familiar to sleep like this close to them again.
Sasuke was thinking about the events of the day, and remembered something. Menma had shown him the sharingan before. He looked to his side, Naruto was dead asleep already. So he used this chance to have a talk with his 'son'
"Menma."
Menma's attention was immediately grabbed by his young mama,
"Yea?"
"Your sharingan.. how did you get it?"
Oh. Menma thought. He remembered the first time he told his father and others that he could activate it, their reactions weren't so pleasant. He soon found out why. The sharingan was a dojutsu that reflected pain and trauma.
And to tell his young mama the truth would be a bit too cruel for Menma's will. The thing is, he had gotten his sharingan because his own mama tried to kill him.
Flashback
"Wait, you're—"
Menma was in a dark room, cornered. A man approached him, plunging his sword right next to his head. Menma gasped, recognising the sword all so familiar
"Who are you?" The man asked, his voice impatient. He leaned down and extended his hand towards Menma, about to do something scary—
"Mama!" He shouted, knowing it was Sasuke, even if it was too dark. The fear overwhelmed him, he was just a nine year old boy. He just wanted to see his mama again so he had followed his papa here secretly. His mama couldn't recognise him in the dark, and it all scared him, made him feel dejected.
Sasuke's hand froze mid air as Menma's eyes opened, the two tomoe spinning in his red eyes slowly.
"Menma...you're Menma?"
—
He can't tell Sasuke that. The Uchiha gave him a questioning look, waiting for him to speak.
"It's...ah well ... A very dear friend of mine left me and...killed a lot of people then tried to kill me. So..yeah.." Menma partially lied. Atleast some of it was true to an extent.
Sasuke stayed silent and looked away without a word. They both remained silent, not saying anything for a while.
Menma looked up at the bed to see his young father, sleeping so peacefully. And then at his young mama, who had his eyes closed, not asleep but staying dead silent.
Menma rested his hands behind his head, staring at the ceiling above them.
He then shuffled a little closer to Sasuke hoping the boy wouldn't notice, which he did
"Menma?"
Menma stilled. It was awkward, and he was even more awkward. He sheepishly grinned through the dark of the room, laughing a bit nervously, yet quietly to not wake the younger old man up.
"Yea..um, in my time, I don't get to see you guys at all." Menma quickly explained, and Sasuke's eyebrow raised with question
Menma sighed heavily, "Papa is the hokage and he's always super busy. He only comes home at the most unholy hours like 3 or 4 am. I barely get to see him. And you, mama, you're always out on super long missions or something outside the village, I only get to see ya like 10 times in a year."
Sasuke listened, and felt a bit...pity. Naruto didn't have parents, he didn't have parents, and Menma did have both of them but it felt like he didn't. Sasuke didn't really find it surprising— or pleasant either.
When he was younger and he felt sad, he would go to his mother for a hug or nap.
He didn't know how to say it or act on it but he wanted to help his son out. It was like an instinct of some sort
"Menma..do you wanna get closer here?" He said rather awkwardly, trying to hide it behind his tone of indifference
The brunette Uzumaki perked up visibly and stared at Sasuke hesitantly, before shifting closer.
Menma found that his mama's scent was always the same. Like the forest, and like the clear wind and lightning fused together.
Sasuke laid on his side facing Menma and put a hand on the boy's head, scratching it as gently as he could remember his mother doing so with him.
Menma was abit taken aback. Sasuke— his present day mama used to do this to him when he was six, and now young mama was doing it to him when he was twelve.
Menma eased and loosened up, feeling at peace finally with the younger version of his mama right next to him, comforting him. He was still a kid anyway
"Tomorrow...spend time with Naruto dobe." Sasuke whispered softly, a stark contrast to his usual self. He moved his hand from Menma's head to hug the boy
Menma had yet again been shocked by his young mama. He really did miss his hugs.
Menma relaxed even more, and nodded.
"Hai, mama." He said and closed his eyes , enveloped in the familiar yet unfamiliar embrace. Sasuke wouldn't normally do this, ever, but he felt like at this moment, he should. And he did.