Invite to the chunin exams
Naruto walked up to Shikamaru and the others just as E and Kurama were walking over to them, "hey mama, pops, want to have some waffles with us?" Asked Shikamaru as he drizzled more syrup on his waffles.
E sweatdropped, "okay Kurama, you were right, he does have a waffle problem."
"I don't have a problem with waffles, pops, they're just really good," Shika defended.
Kurama sighed, "how my son, the waffle addict, we may need to put you on a diet when we get back."
At the word diet Shika froze, h looked up at his parents, "you mean-"
"That's right son, starting now, no more waffles... for a while at least, a few months tops, that's it," E said trying to show some mercy to the boy.
Shika gasped, "NOOOOOO!"
Kumo
3 Weeks later
"Shika, hay, it's going to be alright, you don't need waffles to live, right?" A said in a soft voice to Shikamaru.
Shikamaru just shook his head, "but it's so good, why does she have to take them away," he said between sobs.
A sighed and looked at the others in the room, "did you have to make the waffles from him, today of all days?" He asked Kurama.
Kurama rolled his eyes, "well how was I supposed to know that he ate those pancakes because it was the only thing his other mother couldn't make?" With a frown knowing that his son was upset because of him.
"They're WAFFLES!!" Shika cried out.
"Okay, okay, we'll get you some more waffles for you, Shika? How do waffles with blueberries or raspberries sound," E asked trying to comfort the crying boy.
A nodded, "or maybe the ones with chocolate chips in them?"
Shikamaru sniffed as he looked up at his brother, "chocolate chips, with syrup on top?"
"Sure thing son, we'll go get the waffles for you, and you can go into the room and take your genin test. Does that sound like a plan?" E asked kneeling to his eye level, Shika nodded with a small smile on his face, E smiled back, "good," he turned to Kurama, "now I think you mama has something to say to you. Right, Kurama?"
Kurama nodded sadly as he came over and knelt next to E and A in front of Shikamaru, "Shika, I'm sorry I took away the wonderful pa-waffles that you loved so much. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me, I promise that I'll start making you waffles for breakfast from now on, is that a deal?"
Shika wiped the tears from his eyes and smiled brightly at Kurama, "alright, I forgive you, mama," he said as he hugged Kurama.
Just then Naruto walked into the room, "hay guys, I don't mean to bug, but it's almost Shika's turn," he said.
Shika pulled away from Kurama, "you ready, Shika?" Kurama asked, said boy nodded, "good, let's kick some butt," he said as he got up to stand straight.
Shika hugged Kurama last time before running out the room, "thanks mama, pops, nii-san, I'm going to do my best!" He said as he ran.
E smiled at Shika's retreating, he then turned to Naruto, "uh, Naruto? You know you don't have to dress like that anymore, Maya's birthday wish has been done with for over a week now."
Naruto looked up at E then down to his clothes, he was wearing (picture the dress that Blear wore in Soul Eater), he looked back at them, "what?" He asked innocently, "it makes a great cover for mission and stuff, I think Maya had the right idea, don't you think?" He smiled and walked out of the room.
"Should we talk to him about genders after the test?" An asked.
"Trust, A, this was a long time coming," Kurama said as he followed Naruto out the room, E and A looked at each other before shrugging their shoulders and walking out the room.
The next day.
E stood up from the table in front while they were having breakfast the next morning, "I'm so glad that you all passed the genin test yesterday, and to congratulate you all, I'll be hosting a party in your honor. That will also be when I'll hand over the title of rikage to A."
At the mention of this, A stopped eating, "wha- pops? A-are you sure?" E smiled and nodded, "I don't know what to say, but I'll accept it none the less."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on daddy, you haven't told A nii-san that he was going to be taking over yet?" Asked Haku looking slightly lost.
E chuckled nervously, "uh, yeah, it kind of slipped my mind after we got, you know after all the paperwork that needed to be filled out about the battle we had before with Iwa. Then there was the thing about Baki, the Suna ninja let loose, and then there was also something about this kunoichi from Iwa that made it back alive. With all that going on, I just barely got all your faces out of the new edition of the bingo book, so as you can see, I was very busy the past few weeks, sorry about that," E explained.
"Oh, well, if that's the case, it's understandable," Haku said as he went back to his dongos and cookies because he has a sweet tooth in the morning.
Naruto clapped his hands, "I just want to say that for this party, I'm going to be making the cake because I haven't made a cake in a while." He turned to Shika, who was writing down lyrics to a song that he was making, "well at least he's singing is better than B's rapping, maybe he could make the rap sound better if they worked together?" He thought for a moment before shaking the thought out of his head for something to think about later, "hay, Shika, you wanna help me out with the cake?"
Shika nodded his head without looking up from his notebook, "sure, give me a time and I'll be there."
"Great," Naruto said as he took a sip of his tea and coffee-flavored milkshake, his creation.
"Very well, now that that's out of the way, I have another announcement," E said.
Everyone looked at the happily smiling 3rd rikage, their gaze turned to one of exasperation as they turned to look at Kurama, said the man stopped eating his ramen to look at them, "what?"
"You're not pregnant again, are you mama?" Gaara asked bluntly.
Kurama's eyes narrowed, "J is still two, Gaara unless you want another little sibling to fuss over-"
"NO!" Everyone at the table said, except the triplets, Maya, and J, who didn't know what was being talked about.
"Then keep those mouths shut about it," said Kurama, then he went back to his heavenly ramen as everyone sighed in relief.
E cleared his throat, "you guys really shouldn't jump the gun like that," he said a little irritated that his kids thought that he only had sex with his wife whenever they're not around, or when he's not in the office. He sighed, "okay, here's the thing, the chunin exams are coming up soon...."
"Huh? But we only made genin yesterday," said Hinata in surprise as she cleaned the lens of Peek-a-Boo, "shouldn't we wait to take that test?"
"Yeah, and we haven't even gone on any office missions yet," said Naruto and Shikamaru together, slightly freaking out the others because they haven't done that in a while.
"A-yo pops, the kiddos haven't a chance if they dance this duo, back to back and it's a bad show, fool ya fool," said Killer B in a rap(?)
"Calm down B, let's let pops finish," said Shukaku.
"Thank you, Shu, now as I was saying, the chunin exams are coming up and some of the villages have invited us to go. More importantly, they asked that you all come to the exams, to fight, but I declined them for the fighting part. I then made them simmer down to just letting you guys come to just watch, nothing more, it seems that they want to meet you guys, so what you all think? Would you all like to go and watch?"
Naruto, Haku, Hinata, Gaara, and Shikamaru thought about the choices for a moment, "I think you guys should go and take me with you, it would be nice to watch the other villages show their skills and what they've learned." Jin said from his spot across from Shikamaru, Kibo, who was next to Jin, nodded in agreement with the green-eyed fox, "if you guys go this year, you can see what it's like when you are ready to take your turn."
"Hmm, that makes a good point, the fights, the lights, the crowds out of sight, fool," B rapped.
"What did he say?" A asked Shukaku, who was the only known person able to translate Killer B's rapping.
"He said it would be a good chance for them to see other villages without the need to fight or be on guard all the time," Shukaku said, not even missing a beat.
"Oh, so where's this year's chunin exam going to be held?" Hinata asked as she finished cleaning Peek-a-Boo and was starting on her cinnamon bun.
"This year, it will be.... in Suna," E said hesitantly.
Gaara dropped his spoon full of Dongo cereal, "what?"
Gaara looked at E as if he had grown a second head, he had made a vow to himself that he would never go back to that place, ever, but if he was going to the chain exams, he would have to. He didn't want to go back, yet he had to, they were invited to go there, E could tell what the tanuki holder was thinking and got up from his seat to walk over to Gaara. He knelt next to Gaara's chair, Gaara staring at him the whole time, not wanting to look away from the man, "Gaara, I know you don't want to go back, and you don't have to, not if you don't want to," E sighed. "However, the Kazakage specially requested The Sand Reaper, as well as H Wing, Golden Bomber, Ghost Needles, and The Musical Shadow," he then grew a small smile, "he didn't, however, ask for Gaara, Hinata, Haku, Naruto, and Shikamaru."
Gaara got a confused look on his face, "but that is asking for us, daddy," said Haku.
E chuckled and turned to Haku, who was seated next to Gaara, "actually, Haku, when he asked for you guys, he didn't know your real names, so he asked for your allies, therefore, he didn't ask for you all directly." E stood up straight as he looked around the table, "the Kazakage asked to see you all in person, that doesn't mean he has to see your faces, and I've already prepared disguises for all of you."
Hinata cheered, "yay! we get to go undercover!"
"Aww we want to go too," whiled the littler kids at the table.
"Don't worry, you five will get to go during the last stage of the exams so we can all watch it together," Shukaku said with a smile, he patted Menma on his head, making him smile too.
"Hey Dad, what about the mission request they got now that they're genin? Would they have time to do them before they?" Asked Yugito
"The chunin exams or in a few months times, they have plenty of times to go on an official mission before going the exams," E re-assured her.