Hi guys! This is another one-shot collection with the same themes as the last two. I'd like to thank Cynchick for her opinions, her awesome betaing and most importantly, her permission for me to recreate this series after her Silver Lining universe. These, of course, are mainly for her but also for all the DeiSaku fans out there.

Now, without further ado...

-

Our Artistic Ways

Theme 3: Forgetting an important date

-

The waves were rolling as usual, soothing her senses as her mama used to say they did every single time they came over to see Uncle Kisame.

"So, little princess," Kisame drawled, amused as the little blonde girl pouted as she always did when he directed that endearment at her. Not because of the 'princess' part but the 'little'.

She was a big girl! She was going to enter the Konoha Academy next year!

And she also had friends who respected her; Kazuki and Toshio were her best buddies ever, and Asuma-kun was the best ninja she had ever met... after her mama and daddy, of course.

For Kaya, watching her parents sparring was like watching something magical. Her daddy's clay birds were awesome, and her mama's avoiding skills were the best thing ever. She wished to be a super kunoichi like her mama was, so she did her best to learn everything that Kazu and Toshi taught her.

This of course, brought a little bit of exasperation from her daddy and her mama, because of one time she came back from Uncle Naruto's Waterfall soaking wet.

When her mama asked about her clothes' state, she simply told the truth, not missing the sudden glance that her parents had shared when she relayed her chakra exercises with her friends over the water surface.

But the training had paid off, seeing her Uncle Kisame grinning with those pointy teeth of his with pride.

"When did you learn to walk over water?"

"The other day with Kazu and Toshi," Kaya explained with a happy smile of her own. "What do you think, Uncle Kisame?"

"You did very well, little princess," the tall man said, making her pout once more.

"Why do you keep saying I'm little? I'm a big kunoichi!" she protested, suddenly hearing low chuckles coming from behind her.

"Come on, Kaya," her daddy said with that little smile that only curled one side of his mouth as she ran up to him and he lifted her easily into his arms. "What did he do this time, hmm?"

"Uncle Kisame is mean!" she exclaimed, crossing her little arms on her chest. "He says I'm little and I'm not! I'm a big kunoichi like mama!" she ranted, suddenly looking at her daddy's amused blue eyes. "Right, daddy?"

"Kaya, your Uncle Kisame is the tallest man we know," her mama said, smiling gently at her. "Of course he sees everything as little from his point of view, don't you think?"

A sudden breeze lifted her mama's pink hair, blowing it softly. It was so nice, her mama's hair; its color was so pretty and it was so soft, Kaya loved to play with her mama's hair and making little braids on it. But daddy's hair was even prettier; its color was just like her own hair but way longer, giving her the opportunity to knit more braids in its lovely tresses.

Kaya's brilliant emerald eyes regarded the tall blue man in front of her with a suspicious glance. Something told her that he was just playing with her head like the last time he used the 'princess' word with her mama.

"Mama, if Uncle Kisame says I'm a princess, how come you're not a queen? You should be, if I'm the princess!"

Strangely enough, Uncle Kisame burst out laughing and her mama giggled. Something was amiss; they knew something Kaya did not.

"And that would make daddy a king! Right, daddy? You're a king!"

Her daddy's blue eyes narrowed with the sudden lopsided grin he gave her. "Well, if you want I could be the king of our home, yeah. Then you get to be the princess and your mama the queen of our house, how about that?"

"You mean our house in Konoha?" she asked with wide eyes. She loved her house. It was gigantic!

She tried to remember that moment when they entered that old house for the first time. Hokage-sama was saying something about her mama inheriting that house but Kaya never understood, so busy she was exploring all the cool corners and hiding places. The girl had missed her daddy's quirk of an eyebrow when Hokage-sama had said the name of the person who left that house to her mama, but paid enough attention to her when she skipped to him and pulled his shirt, telling him that she liked the house.

Hokage-sama had smiled and patted her head softly, before saying goodbye and inviting them for dinner the next week.

Kaya blinked, dispelling her own reverie and hearing her mama talking.

"I knew that Kakashi was part of a clan, but he never told me that he had such a huge house. He always lived in that little pad, so it was really surprising when Shikamaru told us about this inheritance he had left me."

"It's a nice house, yeah," her daddy added with a shrug, lifting his face as Kaya leaned her head on his shoulder.

"I like our house," she announced. "And I like Uncle Kisame's house, too."

"You should," he said. "I've built that room for you, little princess."

"Mama!" she protested, wiggling in her daddy's embrace. "Daddy, let go! I'm going to kick Uncle Kisame! I'm not little!"

"Come on, sweetie, he's just kidding," her mama said with an amused smile. "Besides, he doesn't know that today you're a big girl."

Only then Kaya remembered; today was her birthday!

"See, Uncle Kisame?" she said, changing her mood from irate to smug in an instant. "It's my birthday today, I'm five years old! I'm a big girl now!"

"Is that so?" her blue uncle said with a tilt of his head. "Then you're big enough to fish your own dinner. Let's go."

Wiggling again to be released, her daddy lowered her to the floor. Fast as a yellow little flash, she rand behind her uncle, yelling for him to wait for her.

A little while later, as she waited for the fishes to bite, she saw her mama and her daddy walking on the sandy beach. Her daddy's yellow hair glinted in the sun; while her mama's pink hair color was a little darker. Both of them had swimming suits, and they were laughing at something.

Bur suddenly her daddy swiped her mama into his arms, lifting her easily and running towards the water, as her mama laughed and squealed. It was so awesome to see them playing like that.

Kaya loved when her parents played with her.

"Uncle Kisame," she said in a whisper, knowing that the fishes didn't like he noise. "Can I go play with mama and daddy?"

"Sure, princess. I'll take care of your fishing, but come when I call you to get the fishes back to the house."

"Hai!" she yelled as she ran away, missing how her uncle sighed when he noticed the pretty bow she made with the line of the rod.

Sure enough, her parents received her happily, and they got to play together in the water, splashing each other and having fun. Her daddy lifted her to his shoulders as they swam around the beach, and Kaya promised to herself that she would learn to swim soon.

That night, as she was tuck into bed by her mama, she looked at her lovely green eyes and yawned.

"I liked this birthday," she mused sleepily. Her mama smiled.

"Don't worry baby, you'll have more birthdays like this one."

Kaya hoped so. Birthdays with her daddy and her mama were simply the best thing ever.

-

- Tenna' ento lye omenta -

AN: Thanks for reading! 8D More to come soon.