Chapter 1
Tenzou was walking through the hall to his room when suddenly something was thrust into his arms. He was so surprised that he didn’t catch who put the bundle in his arms and almost dropped it. He was really glad that he didn’t drop it though, because when he looked down he realized it was the fourth’s son. This though just made him more surprised. Why did an ANBU have Naruto in the first place and why did he get entrusted with him? He was deep in thought holding the baby when he heard someone talk to him.
“What’s that?” He practically jumped at the sudden voice. He turned around to see who it was and of course it was Kakashi.
“It’s a cat, what did you think it was?” He said with as much sarcasm he could produce. Kakashi looked at him for a moment before replying.
“Really? I thought it was the fourth’s son.” Tenzou just gave him an annoyed look while Kakashi gave him the same blank face. They stood there in silence for a long time before Tenzou broke it by speaking.
“If that's all you need then i’ll be off.” He then turned and finished the walk to his room with Naruto in his hands. He opened the door and walked towards the bed after shutting it quietly so as to not wake Naruto. He sat on the bed and looked down at Naruto, he smiled Naruto looked so cute. He pulled the baby closer to him and started to rock his arms back and forth. He sat there just rocking his arms as any sign of movement before he decided to sleep himself. He placed Naruto down on the bed gently so that he could safely take off his mask from the side of his head. He lays down so that there was enough room for him and the baby.
He only got around an hour of sleep before he woke up to Naruto crying his head off. He sighed this was definitely one of the worst parts of babies. He picked Naruto up and started rocking him and trying to get him to calm down. That however didn’t work but instead it somehow made it worse. Tenzou looked around the small room not really knowing what he was looking for. Suddenly his eyes met with what he thought he was looking for. He walked over and grabbed the bottle off the counter. He didn't know where it came from but right now he was desperate. Before he gave it to Naruto he realized he didn’t know how to bottle feed a baby. Although he had seen it done a couple of times he had never done it himself.
He thought hard trying to remember the important parts of those memories so he himself could at least try to do it.
After a while of thinking he decided he would try it himself. He put the bottle close to Naruto’s mouth hoping above all else that the baby was just hungry and he didn't waste his time doing this. Lucky for him Naruto was hungry because the bottle was now in the baby’s mouth. He sighed thanking kami that his guess was right. He then tilted the bottle so that it was at an angle and would flow out but not too fast. He found himself doing this several times because it was hard to keep his hand from over or under tipping the bottle. He watched in amazement as Naruto practically chugged down the bottle. Once the bottle was finished he put it back on the counter and rocked Naruto back to sleep seeing as the baby still looked tired. He was about to put the sleeping Naruto back on the bed when he heard his door slam open and then shut.
Tenzou froze with Naruto still in his arms praying in his mind that Naruto wasn’t bothered by this. Unfortunately for Tenzou it seemed his luck had run out, because Naruto started his headache causing cry. He turned to look at who ever had just entered with a face so serious that he didn’t look his age. It was Kakashi again but this time his face looked scared because he had just realized what he had done.
“Senpai if I didn’t have a crying baby to deal with you’d be in a lot of pain right now.” He threatened before bringing Naruto closer to him again. He got up and started pacing around while he rocked Naruto in his arms. He didn’t notice but Kakashi was watching him wondering whether he should leave or stay. He decided to stay and so went over and sat on Tenzou’s bed and watched as Tenzou paced back and forth. Tenzou eventually got Naruto to go to sleep again and sighed in relief. He turned to face his bed but Kakashi was on it. To be honest he thought that Kakashi had left so he was surprised to see him on his bed.
“I thought you left senpai.” He said with a little bit of his shock showing but also being quiet.
“I didn’t.” Kakashi stated simply. Tenzou just rolled his eyes at the obvious. Suddenly there was a knock at his door. He turned and walked over to the door wondering who it could be. He opened the door to find Yugao standing in front of him. He then watched as Yugao reached her arms out for Naruto mummering something like oh thank kami hes alive. At first he felt himself hold Naruto closer instead of handing the baby over. It was weird considering he was a child himself but he handed Naruto over after that moment of hesitation.
“Can you bring me his bottle?” Yugao asked politely. Tenzou Nodded and went over to get the bottle. Once he grabbed it off the counter he brought it back to Yugao like she had asked. Before she could leave he asked her what had been on his mind when he was first handed Naruto.
“Why did you give him to me?” It was simple but the question would have bothered him if he didn’t get an answer.
“I needed someone to watch him while I did some work really quickly.” she explained simply. Tenzou just gave her an unimpressed look as she walked away. The explanation was able to explain everything and yet nothing at the same time which really bothered him. He shut the door and turned to face Kakashi who was still in his room. Before Kakashi could speak Tenzou stopped him by speaking first.
“Get out, I'm tired.” Kakashi complied to his command and left him in peace. He sighed and walked over to his bed dropping onto it a little hard. He needed some sleep. Babies are hard to take care of honestly how do people do it? Although when babies aren't being needy or crying their heads off they were pretty cute. Maybe he should visit Naruto again? Eh, he’d figure out later because right now he needed some sleep. Before he could get his well deserved sleep Kakashi showed up AGAIN! That was the third time today and he was sick of it because today whenever Kakashi was around something that he didn’t like followed.
“Get ready we got a mission to get to.” Kakashi said before disappearing again. Sometimes Tenzou honestly hated his life.