Yukimaru woke with a sigh, he looked around the room he had been given, Yagura had done everything to make Yukimaru comfortable "Oh good morning I was just coming to wake you" Yagura peeked in on his 14 year old biological son.

"Good morning" Yukimaru gave a small smile and slid out of bed to take a shower only to be stopped by Yagura "I always take a shower in the morning" Yukimaru explained and Yagura let him go so that he could shower.

Fifteen minutes later Yukimaru dressed in his pale green and magenta yukata and headed to the kitchen where he saw Yagura attempting to make breakfast "Here let me" Yukimaru took over and finished up cooking eggs, pancakes and bacon along with fruit and syrup.

Yagura blinked "At least one of us have cooking skills, did Sakura-san teach you that" he asked bluntly, he was confused on how to talk to Yukimaru but hopefully it would get easier as the months went by.

"No, Kaa-chan didn't teach me, I kind of taught myself for her so she didn't have to" Yukimaru plated up the food and set a bowl of syrup on the table along with tea "So do you have anything you want to do today" Yukimaru sat down and started cutting his pancake.

Yagura sighed "I thought we could you know hang out" he admitted awkwardly "What would you like to do" Yagura instead asked, he needed to find out what his son liked otherwise they would never bond like he wanted.

Yukimaru paused and set his fork down "I love training and I love water and camellia flowers" he listed for Yagura's sake, if one of them didn't start suggesting something then this whole weekend thing would end up being a total bust.

"Maybe we can go out and train with water jutsu" Yagura bit into his pancake "And you are a very good cook this is absolutely delicious" he took another bite and another until he had cleaned off his entire plate.

Yukimaru just smiled and ate slowly, manners were very important especially while staying in someone elses home "So what made you go after my birth mother in the first place" he asked as they headed out the door to the marsh outside the Mist Village.

Yagura paused this time "I don't know, I wish I could tell you that I loved her but to be honest she was just, well I used her for relief and it was an accident that you got born not that I regret it or anything" he sighed again and ran a hand through his pale green hair.

"That's ok, at least I've got my Kaa-chan now and tons of siblings to spoil and cherish along with a betrothed slash girlfriend" Yukimaru ticked off his fingers before bending over to take off his shoes so that they didn't get wet while they were on the marsh.

Yagura pressed his lips together "Sakura has you in an arranged marriage why, most people hate arranged marriages" he wanted to find out everything he could from his son, despite everything that had happened Yagura still didn't trust Sakura.

"Hmm that's a very good question, maybe it's because I love Tsukiko-chan and the arranged marriage is just a way to keep the Uchu clan elders from trying to break us up" Yukimaru stepped out onto the marsh and a smile spread across his lips in joy.

"So you don't have any complaints, what about your adopted father how has he treated you" Yagura didn't know much about Sakura's husband but he hadn't seemed very impressive when he had appeared that one day.

Yukimaru shrugged "Otou-san has been extremely good to me, he taught me math and taught me how to make the right decisions during a crisis" he formed hand signs "Water Style: Water Shotgun" Yukimaru pointed his hand at a group of tree's and water bullet shot towards them.

Yagura's eyes widened in surprise, Yukimaru was a prodigy and very proficient at using water style jutsu "What else can you do besides water style" he asked when Yukimaru prepared to dive under the water.

"Ah well I can use snow and light and dark style from my wolf companions, I know a little puppetry and I can command some sand but other than that, that's the limit of my abilities" Yukimaru smiled and let his chakra stop flowing.

Kisame had walked by at that exact moment smirked, so the kid was still practicing despite having become a chunin at the tender age of 14 "You should be proud of that one, Sakura taught him a lot" he jerked his thumb at the water indicating Yukimaru.

"Of course she can't take all of the credit, I taught him some for the chunin exams" Kisame boasted proudly to his former leader, he had been here since a few days ago, helping everyone out in the village as liaison.

Yukimaru chose that moment to pull himself out of the marsh and onto dry land "Dang I need to get back into the swing of practicing" he sulked, he had struggled to stay under water for that amount of time indicating that he was getting lazy.

"Hey kid show Yagura what you can do with that sand of yours" Kisame called out, it had been awhile since either Sakura or Yukimaru had used their sand but hopefully the teen would go for it and show them what he could do.

Yukimaru's magenta eyes lit up "Of course Kisame-senpai" he jumped to his feet then took a deep breath as he pulled out a gourd that he kept his sand in and started making the sand lift him in the air.

Yagura's eyes widened it was magnificent what his son could do "Yukimaru how would you like it if I taught you some new water jutsu" he called out to the teen who swung around looking extremely excited about the prospect of learning a new jutsu.

"That would be so cool you have no idea how much I love learning a new jutsu" Yukimaru jumped to his feet and scrambled over to Yagura "So what are you going to teach me" he clasped his hands behind his back like he had seen his mother do countless times.

Yagura blinked in shock, he hadn't thought the teen would be as eager to learn "It's a water jutsu" he pulled out his hooked staff "Water Style: Water Mirror" Yagura called out and formed a mirror of water that showed his reflection.

"Kisame if you would help me demonstrate what this jutsu does" Yagura narrowed his eyes on the blue shark man as he tried to sneak away, only to sigh but form his own hand signs and then place his hands on the ground.

"Water Style: Water Shark Bomb Jutsu" Kisame called out, to be honest he was glad that Yagura had included him, it would make Yukimaru trust Yagura a little more if the teen saw his birth father getting along with friends.

Yukimaru leaned forward as Kisame's jutsu was absorbed into the mirror, only for Kisame to jump out of the way as his jutsu was reflected back at him at a much faster and stronger rate than before "That is so awesome-sauce" Yukimaru called.

Kisame burst out laughing as Yukimaru slapped a hand over his mouth "Man I haven't heard that one in a long time kid you sure know how to make someones day" he slapped his knee and bent over chuckling in complete and utter amusement.

"Will either of you tell me what just happened" Yagura was considerably lost, he had no idea what Kisame was laughing about or why Yukimaru looked embarrassed like he did, so the only obvious explanation was that something had happened when he hadn't been paying attention.

Yukimaru cleared his throat "Well when I was younger Kaa-chan kind of went around saying this word awesome-sauce and you see I kind of started saying it to but I rarely do nowadays but sometimes it just slips out" he shrugged.

Yagura shook his head "I'd like to see you do that jutsu I just showed you" he wanted to see how much he had to train his son, Yagura didn't think that Yukimaru would be able to get the jutsu down on the first try but he was about to get a shock.

Yukimaru formed the hand signs he had already memorized "Water Style: Water Mirror" he called out molding his chakra to correctly form the mirror, then Yukimaru created more hand signs "Water Style: Water Shuriken Jutsu" he called out.

The shuriken were absorbed into his mirror and reflected back at him, Yukimaru dodged to the side and smiled in triumph, at that exact moment his mirror shattered into a million little crystals of water shards and Yukimaru sighed.

"That was pretty good for your first try and you even managed to use another jutsu in conjunction with the mirror" Yagura praised, he was shocked that Yukimaru had gotten the jutsu down just as quickly as he did.

Yukimaru smiled "Ready for lunch" he pointed at the sky indicating they had been there for several hours and that now it was time for lunch, Yagura nodded and the two headed back to Yagura's house.

Once inside Yukimaru pulled out ingredients and started making a fish stew "Yukimaru what are those on your skin" Yagura spotted a black mark on his sons arm and Yukimaru froze, before setting down the pot he had been trying to lift onto the stove.

"It's a tattoo" Yukimaru admitted and rolled up his sleeves to show off the four tattoos he had, Yagura nearly exploded "Kaa-chan let me get them all except for this one work to help me protect myself" Yukimaru turned back around.

Yagura's jaw dropped this was insanity, you don't let a child no less get a tattoo it just proved that Sakura wasn't fit to care for children, then he caught on to what Yukimaru had said "What do you mean" Yagura asked.

"Oh well the first one is my summons tattoo, if something happened to me then someone else would be able to use it and we could get away" Yukimaru explained chopping up some onions to throw in the pot with the fish.

Yagura calmed down at that "What else, it looks like you've got a piercing as well" he spotted the bit of green laying against Yukimaru's ear and wanted to get the full story before he made anymore accusations about Sakura.

"Ah the one around my wrist is a jutsu Kaa-chan came up with, it lets me communicate with her and this one is to seal my tailed beast controlling powers away, while this one is just a regular tattoo for my companion Kanpecki" Yukimaru poured the broth in the stew while he talked.

"And yes that's a piercing, my wolf/canine companion has his ear pierced as well and it helps me channel my chakra into him better" Yukimaru explained cutting up a couple fish to add them to the stew and then sat down.

Yagura sighed "Does she ever stop to just take care of herself or is Sakura always doing things to make sure other people are happy and safe" he asked, it was crazy, the pinkette was the single most selfless person he had ever met.

Yukimaru gave an exasperated sigh "I wish she would take care of herself and let others stand on their own feet instead of holding their hand all the time but that's just Kaa-chan which makes her the strongest person in the world" he groaned.

Yagura shook his head but a smile graced his lips "So let me get this straight, Sakura never takes a break for herself" he asked and Yukimaru shook his head before hopping up to check on the stew and then sat down again.

"Nope Kaa-chan is so focused on making sure this world is a safe place for children to grow up in, so far she's taken down several threats but everytime Kaa-chan does another threat rises it's a never ending cycle" Yukimaru gave a weary sigh.

Yagura pressed his lips together, if what Yukimaru said was right, then the entire world owed Sakura several times over and yet here she was working selflessly to take down another threat, it just wasn't right to put the weight of the world on one womans shoulders.

"It's decided then, I'm going to get together with all of Sakura's friends and come up with a plan to take down this newest threat, it's about time we start pulling our own weight anyway" Yagura nodded his head decisively and Yukimaru stared at him in awe.

"She's already got a plan" Yukimaru hated to burst Yagura's bubble, the man deflated "Yeah I over heard her talking to Madara-san a couple nights ago" Yukimaru shrugged, and then jumped to his feet again to check on his fish stew then deemed it ready.

Yagura slumped his shoulders, Sakura was a mystery to everyone "Thanks Yukimaru" he thanked the teen and started eating the stew "Not bad what's in it" Yagura asked once he swallowed his first bite.

"Oh fish, onions, chicken broth, celery and some spices" Yukimaru listed off and dug in, thanks to Sakura, he, himself had gotten a love of fish and almost ate it every single time a meal came up by Yukimaru refrained from doing so.

Yagura grimaced, celery and onions "That's so gross right" Yukimaru chuckled seeing Yagura's expression and the man nodded "Several people thought so to but once you have just one bit of it you can never go back" Yukimaru teased.

Yagura rolled his eyes "I suppose I can relax and eat it just while your here but if you ever tell anyone that I ate celery and onions I'll never live it down and your going to be in big trouble young man" he teased right back though finally getting into the swing of things.

"Sure whatever you say" Yukimaru smiled cheekily but continued eating the stew he had made, he hadn't made much so soon it was completely devoured "Alright so what do you want to do until dinner" Yukimaru asked, he hoped Yagura made a suggestion this time.

Yagura remained silent for several minutes "I was thinking maybe we could go into town and you could introduce me to your friends here, I'm afraid I'm a bit lacking in social manners and friendliness" he leaned his head on his head.

"I would love to, you obviously already know Kisame-san, but there's Zabuza, Haku and Utakata, though that's only here but in the Leaf Village I have tons more friends" Yukimaru ticked off his fingers getting excited about seeing his friends here.

Yagura gave Yukimaru a pained smile that the teen remained oblivious to as they left the house and headed straight for Zabuza, the man hated him or had so Yagura wasn't sure how this particular meeting was going to go.

"Zabuza-san" Yukimaru called out upon spotting the demon of the mist village, Zabuza turned around and looked down to avoid Yagura's knowing gaze "This is my birth father isn't it great" Yukimaru again remained oblivious to the tension between the two males.

Zabuza grimaced behind his bandages "It's very nice to meet you Yagura, so your little Yukimaru's father hmm you better be nice or Sakura will rip you a new one" he shook Yagura's hand for Yukimaru's sake "See ya around brat I've got things to do" Zabuza quickly fled.

Yukimaru blinked in confusion what the heck had that been about but judging by the expression on Yagura's face he most likely wasn't going to get an explanation "Well there's still Haku and Utakata, hopefully they won't be to busy" Yukimaru was determined to help Yagura.

In that Yagura knew that Sakura had rubbed of on the teen and the desire to help people feel comfortable and safe in the world was something Yukimaru felt just as obligated to do just like his adopted mother.

"Hey Haku-san how are you it's been a while" Yukimaru started chattering the minute the young man came into view "This is Yagura, my birth father just going around to introducing him to some of my friends here" he went on.

Haku opened his mouth, Yagura was the man Zabuza had hated when he was younger but to find out that Yagura was also Yukimaru's birth father the boy that Sakura had taken in well it was a little baffling.

"That's great Yukimaru-san, Sakura must be so proud of you for wanting to get to know your birth father better" Haku cringed after he said the encouraging words, Sakura would kill Yagura if she knew what the man was like.

Yagura looked down as Yukimaru continued chattering, he knew the villagers and shinobi were still very wary of him "I'm trying to change you know for Yukimaru" he didn't raise his head until a hand was put on his shoulder.

Yukimaru stopped talking to Haku and turned his attention on the orange haired man his mother had helped out "Oh hello Fuguki-san how are things going for you as liaison" Yukimaru asked things had just gotten really awkward.

"It's great and see look at this my ring has even lightened up" Fuguki couldn't wait to get rid of the ring but the feeling of being trusted really ignited a fire in his heart making him want to be the very best he could be.

Haku had heard Yagura's words "That's good your trying to change for Yukimaru, he deserves it after everything he's been through" he gave a small smile before giving them a wave "I'll see you around Yukimaru" Haku laughed softly walking away.

Yukimaru gave an exasperated sigh "I'm sure Kaa-chan would be really proud of you Fuguki-san" he shook his head and told Fuguki his feelings "Come on I hope Utakata has gotten back from the TBHO meeting from the other day" Yukimaru gave Fuguki a wave and they left.

"TBHO meeting what is that, it's the first I've heard of such a meeting" Yagura asked his forehead creased in confusion at the unfamiliar word, it was such a strange thing to say, but hopefully Yukimaru would elaborate.

"Oh the tailed beast host organization meeting, it's something all the villages that have tailed beast hosts residing in their villages came up with, but Lord Minato is the one who had the building built" Yukimaru grinned.

Yagura sighed, letting the tailed beast hosts meet were a bad idea if all of them came together then there was no telling what they would come up with to leave their villages behind and go into hiding so that they couldn't be used anymore.

"Isn't anyone worried that they might try to make an escape" Yagura decided to just get the thought off of his chest and find out what Yukimaru would say to reassure him that such a thing happening was ridiculous and would never come to pass.

Yukimaru paused and turned around "Kaa-chan would never let them plot something like that, plus even I've noticed that when other tailed beast hosts are in her presence they calm down a lot" he scolded Yagura.

"Besides the most they would talk about is how to work together to take down the new threat or telling everyone how their week has gone my point is Kaa-chan has earned everyone's trust so you should trust her to" Yukimaru finished his little speech.

Yagura released a sigh "Alright I'll believe you only because Sakura is there at the meeting as well, if there was anyone who could keep them in line its that woman" he finally let out as they walked through the Mist Village.

"Well I guess Utakata hasn't made it back yet" Yukimaru sulked, he loved talking to the brunette, little did he know is that Utakata had but Mei had sent him away, on the way back from the village someone attacked Utakata and the man went to a safe house.

The rest of the weekend passed by "I'll see you next weekend Yukimaru, but in case you can't come just send me a letter" Yagura had accompanied his biological son to the gates of the Mist Village it had been one heck of a weekend.

"I will don't worry Father" Yukimaru called back as he climbed onto Nancho, he had gotten comfortable calling Yagura his father but only with the highest respect "See ya" Yukimaru waved as Nancho took to the skies.

In the Leaf Village, Sakura had gotten a letter from three of her fellow tailed beast hosts that a man in an orange mask had approached them but now they were residing in the safe house, which hadn't been prepared yet so there was no food.

"Shikamaru, I have to go, look there is a seal that links this scroll between the safe house and our house" Sakura had been trying to convince her husband to let her go, but Shikamaru was being stubborn tonight.

Shikamaru shook his head "What happened to letting them stand on their own to feet" he knew that he would eventually give in but he wanted to know how far Sakura was willing to go for Han, Roshi and Utakata.

"I only intend to take them some food and some extra clothes and some cook books" Sakura huffed and crossed her arms, it was ridiculous she was a grown woman and Shikamaru was treating her like a child granted Sakura was acting like one but she would never admit that.

Shikamaru blinked and then burst out laughing "Ok Sakura go, just make sure your back before Yukimaru gets here, I'm sure he wants to tell you about his entire weekend" he finally relented and Sakura disappeared with a soft pop.

Han jumped to his feet when an explosion of smoke filled the safe house, he tensed before relaxing 'Han it's Sakura calm down' Kokuo's voice filled his head, and Han sat down he knew better than to attack now.

"Oh I'm so sorry this is not what I had imagined would happen" Sakura came around the corner looking guilty and Roshi wanted to get rid of that look "I promise that I'll have this straightened out as soon as possible" she vowed.

Utakata sighed that was Sakura in a nutshell "Hey take as long as you need it gives us some time away from our villages" he shrugged, so long as they had food, clothes and maybe a couple of cook books they would be fine.

"Yes, Sakura-san it's not so bad here and each of us have room to go around the house without bumping into each other" Roshi joined in before nudging Han, Sakura was the type that got upset when people got stuck somewhere.

Han gave Sakura a small smile "Those two are right so just go slow the plan has to be perfect right" he paused and got a nod from the pinkette "Then just take your time we have complete faith in you brat" Han teased before reverting back to his normal facade.

Sakura wiped her eyes "Now I brought you some food to last you until next Sunday and some clothes along with some cook books I won't be able to come here all the time while I work with Madara to draw Obito out" she pulled out several scrolls.

"Can you tell me about your encounters, I need to gather all the information I can on Obito" Sakura sat down, she had some time, and pulled out a little notebook that was newly bought and a pencil to right everything down.

Roshi spoke up first "Ohnoki gave us a mission and we were on our way back from it when he appeared, like you said it was an orange mask but he kept fading like he wasn't really there" he recalled the strangest thing he had ever seen.

"I threw a kunai at him but it just went straight through his body, like the man wasn't there but he was we could see him with our own eyes but the weirdest thing is that he introduced himself as Madara" Han explained next.

Utakata took his turn "He used fire style very well and he's very fast the one thing I noticed is that he was worried about something like I don't know it was just strange" he sighed this was all getting ridiculous why couldn't any of them have peace.

Sakura took a few minutes to scribble down the information "Thanks you three that's enough for now just have some food and go on to sleep, I hope this gets settled soon" she stood and headed around the corner.

Yukimaru opened the door to his house just as a puff of smoke filled the closet and his mother walked out "I'm home, mind if I tell you about my weekened tomorrow" he was tired and all Yukimaru really wanted to do was go to bed.

"Of course Yukimaru" Sakura sent him off to bed before heading down the hall to the kitchen, then rummaged around in her snack drawer for her banana chips and sat down in her chair, Shikamaru hearing the noise peeked around the doorway and sighed in relief.

Sakura crunched on a banana chip just as a hawk from the Rain Village flew through the open window and dropped a letter in her lap "Oh hey Ame-kun" she patted his head and stroked his feathers before reading the letter.

It just said for her to come visit when she could and that it was a semi important issue "Looks like I'm going to see Nagato and Konan tomorrow" Sakura spoke to Shikamaru as he came around the corner.

Shikamaru rubbed Sakura's shoulders "Your working yourself into a panic attack just relax for a bit my beautiful gem, Obito will be taken down no matter what plus we've got all the births to watch out for" he pressed a kiss to his wife's cheek.

"I know I can't believe, Kiyomi-san, Atsuko-san and Koe-chan are all going to have babies" Sakura let a wide smile spread across her lips at the thought of helping out so many women, it was strange but at least everyone was more open to having children now.

Shikamaru internally smirked, operation distract Sakura from her current problems was working like a charm, like he thought it would "Yeah but look at our kids aren't they just adorable to" he leaned his head around Sakura to give her a pout.

Sakura threw her head back and laughed, the sound of her laugh filled the air with it's sweet sound "Oh Shikamaru, yes our kids are just downright gorgeous and maybe after all of this is over we can have some more" she wanted to have even more kids.

"Anything you want and it's yours my beautiful gem" Shikamaru smiled but on the inside he was sighing, he should have expected the outcome of this particular conversation "Let's, let the others grow up a little first" Shikamaru continued rubbings Sakura's back.

"Of course Shikamaru, I want to see Yukimaru get married and have kids of his own but not for a long while I want to see Mitsubachi complete her dream and Ketsueki grow up like a normal child" Sakura just chattered away.

Shikamaru smiled fondly ""So what are you thinking about doing with Ketsueki, he doesn't seem like a very sociable kid" he felt bad for the little boy but he barely made a sound other than crying and that was only for Sakura.

Sakura sighed "I don't know hopefully with the amount of exposure to other children, Ketsueki will slowly open up, I can't say for sure but he must have been through something traumatizing" she was positive something had happened.

"Yes, that's the only explanation I can think of as well but for now lets just head to bed, everything will still be waiting for us tomorrow" Shikamaru helped Sakura up from her chair and led her down the hall to their bedroom.

The two climbed underneath the blankets and curled around each other, Midori and Tatae were laying next to each other in the corner of the room and everyone in the house soon fell asleep to sweet dreams.