Co-writer: HaretaSora

Dalai Lama-
''A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.''

''You improved a lot lately, Sandra. I think it is time to start a new type of training.'' Naruto said to his student as both entered the all-too familiar training room, on Naruto's arm was Shiro, whom was wearing a puppy costume with '#1' etched to her tummy. Naruto himself using a dog costume like Shiro, though unlike her own whom was just with dog ears, his came costume mimicked that of a dog completely, with a his head poking out from just below the dog's mouth.(1)

Sandra puffed her chest slightly at the praise and followed her master inside, ''A new type of training?''

''Yup, I think it is time for us to move on to a more practical type.'' Naruto answered, going towards the corner of the room and placing Shiro on the ground, ''You be a good girl, 'Mama Sandra' and 'Papa' are going to train, so be a good pup and play with your squeak toy.'' He said to Shiro in a playful tone, pecking the baby on the top of her head and giving her the squeak toy.

One thing that he had taken up during those two months, was calling himself 'papa' whenever he 'talked' with her, a habit that he caught along with adding 'mama' to Sarah, Talia and Sandra's names whenever he mentioned them to Shiro. All three had also taken to call themselves 'mamas', it was just that hard to resist the charms that the white haired baby gave.

Watching her master walk back to her, Sandra was then taken by surprise when he pushed her to the wall behind her, an action so quick that she hardly managed to acknowledge. Her mind only fully registered what had happened when she saw a glint of steel just next to her neck, leading to a strange, very pointy three-pronged knife that he had aimed to pierce her throat. Out of pure, unrefined, reflexes she held onto his wrist with her left hand, though her strength was hardly enough to prevent it from going if he desired it to.

His ever-present smile now completely gone, his face showing no emotion whatsoever, the complete switch in personality made Sandra's blood run cold, but as her mind tried to comprehend what was happening, she felt a hand hold her right wrist and guide it towards Naruto's wrist, pushing it away. Once the blade left her neck, her mind rebooted and she came to realize the situation that she was in.

Though not a second after the blade left her neck, it returned. He placed it back, though this time, the blade directly under her throat.

Now aware of what was happening, Sandra moved her arm from beneath his and guided the knife away, and just like before, Naruto placed it back, just like before.

Repeating the movement once more, Sandra removed the knife from her throat, though this time, when he place it back, her left hand was already there stopping it while the right one pushed the blade away, again.

Quickly maneuvering his left hand, underneath Sandra's, Naruto pushed them aside and placed the kunai back against her throat, ''Repeat.'' He ordered with authority, his face still not showing a hint of emotion.

Still somewhat surprised at the sudden flip of personality, Sandra obeyed and repeated the motion, removing the blade from her neck, and just like before, Naruto went to place it back, only for her hand to intercept him once again and swat his hand aside.

And so the two went on, both picking up speed on every try until they were engaged in a enthralling and mortal dance in which Naruto seemed to be completely in control, for as far as Sandra got, it always ended up the same way. Meanwhile in the sidelines, Shiro dropped her squeak toy in favor for watching the two, big red eyes glued firmly on Naruto and Sandra as they 'played'.

''I think this is enough,'' Naruto said, his expression softening, removing the kunai from Sandra's throat and turning around, ''Sorry for being rough, needed you to take it as seriously as possible.''

Recovering her breath, Sandra nodded, being 'rough' was putting it lightly, she was pretty sure that she would be having nightmares about it. Though just when she was about to take another step forward, Naruto suddenly turned around with the kunai once again aimed to her throat.

Ba-dum.

Faster than even she thought herself to be, Sandra grabbed his wrist and in one swift movement, pushed it aside while knocking the kunai from his grasp.

''Well done!'' Naruto praised with a big grin after separating from his student, ''Very well done, I guess this concludes this part of the lesson. Still much to learn, but at least you wont be killed with a slit throat.''

''No more surprises?'' Sandra asked, taking a step backwards and glancing at the ground, where the kunai was no more, 'Where did it go?' she thought, focusing her gaze once more onto her mysterious mentor.

In response, Naruto shook his head and started walking towards Shiro, ''Nah, we have been here for an hour now, time for us to get back. Sarah and Talia are waiting for us. You also need a bath.''

Truthfully, she had been so enthralled in her training that she had lost track of time, and now her body was completely drenched in sweat from head to toes. Naruto however was completely normal, not a drip of his sweat on his clothes, not a single sign of fatigue.

The mention of her rival made Sandra want to groan, training times were the only moments that she could have alone time with Naruto, it was made a rule that nobody should interrupt their training unless a very important thing, student and teacher time was sacred, and the only person allowed to freely butt in on their moment was Shiro.

The rule satisfied Sandra to no end, and helped in making peace for the fact that Thalia was sneaking into his bed at night. Things between the two had only heated up after the first day, especially when Sandra found out that Thalia was sneaking into his room to sleep at night. It kind of stung her a bit that Thalia was sleeping with Naruto, but there wasn't much that she could say or do, if she complained to him, then she would come out as a imperative student who was sticking her head where she wasn't called.

Going over to Shiro, Naruto picked her up and smooched her on the cheek, ''Shi-cha~n, papa is so sorry! Papa made Shi-chan wait an entire hour! Shi-chan forgive papa?'' he then asked the baby, lifting her up in the air.

''Gwee!'' Shiro replied, crossing her arms and trying to look the other way.

'' Don't be mad at papa, papa will make it up for Shi-chan! Papa is also happy, Shi-chan lasted an entire hour! Papa is so proud! It is a new Record!'' He cooed with a childish voice, nuzzling his face against her costume and blowing onto it, making strange noises that earned him a couple of giggles from the baby.

And there it was again, back to the lovable, kind and doting godfather that Sandra was used to and frankly, she was starting to miss it.

''Ne mama Sandra, you want to hold me?'' Naruto asked with a childish voice, lifting Shiro up above his face and moving her arms around as if she were the one talking.

Biting the bottom of her lip, Sandra looked at herself and shook her head,''Don't think it is a good idea, I'm all dirty.'' It was a hard thing to say no to holding Shiro.

''Aww, okay...'' Naruto sighed, lowering Shiro so that she was at his chest level, ''Ah you got something in here.'' Naruto then added, cupping her cheek with his right hand, which was the only part sans his head, that wasn't in the costume.

The sudden action made Sandra's body stiffen, an entire hour pushing away a blade from her throat had made her weary of any movement towards her face, thankfully though, she managed to hold her instincts.

Gently using his thumb to brush something off her cheek, he smiled.

Smooch.

Sandra's eyes widened upon the feeling of something warm and soft pressing against her cheek, it took her all but three seconds to realize that it was Naruto, but before she could say or do anything, he took a step backwards and smiled once more, ''Just a small scratch, let's go?''

And with that said, the two left the training area, Sandra finding the ground to be very interesting to look at.

'Idiot.' She thought, following him with a large blush on her cheeks.

Arriving in their home, they found the living room to be completely decorated for a birthday, pictures that were taken throughout the time Shiro had been there, a large cake in the table along with some sweets, soda, beer and other snacks. The reason for the current decoration was because of a very special event, Shiro's first birthday.

''Happy Birthday Shi-chan!'' Naruto exclaimed to the baby in his arms, nuzzling his cheeks against her own. Sandra went directly to the bathroom, not even glancing at the others in the living room.

Sarah was just finishing up and placing more sweets onto the desk while Talia was in the sofa speaking with a white-haired man.

''Dusan!'' Naruto greeted the man in the couch, now identified as Dusan, Talia's brother, ''How nice of you to appear, came in a great day! Shi-chan, look another one of 'us' white-heads.''

''Gah!'' Shiro exclaimed, wiggling her little arms.

''Hello Naruto,''Dusan replied, getting up from the sofa and shaking Naruto's hand. ''Unfortunately I didn't come for the birthday, I need to speak with you urgently.'' He then gestured around subtly.

Seeing what he meant, Naruto nodded and motioned for him to follow.

-With Sandra-

Entering the bathroom, the first things Sandra did was fill the tub and then take off her clothes to get inside it, her mind going into 'overdrive'.

''Dammit, what's with me?!'' She questioned herself, laying inside the tub, ''Just my luck... Falling for a guy with multiple personalities.'' She then sighed, lowering herself so that only her nose and the top of her bed were outside of the water.

She had already came to terms with her current feelings for her mentor but Naruto wasn't cooperating for her sake and sanity with the constant changing of personalities and 'faces'. Finding out which of them was the 'real him', was turning out to be quite the task, one moment he was a goofy and nice father to Shiro, then suddenly he would flip to a prick or a completely emotionless person and through-it-all she couldn't find it in herself to hate him for more than a couple of seconds.

''Maybe he doesn't know the difference between man and woman at all...'' She then said to herself, trying to find a reason for his apparent lack of interest in her or anybody else as a woman. To herself it seemed possible, through his actions it really did seem as if he was completely unaware of any difference in gender between him and her. During her first days in which she was mostly immobile and he had to care for her during some very embarrassing moments.(2)

''Of all people in this world...'' She sighed, sinking completely into the water.

-With Naruto and Dusan-

''To what do I owe the visit then, Dusan? What can be so urgent for you to come here, is it something with the League and your father?'' Naruto asked after entering his room, Dusan closing the door behind him

''My relationship with my father is going well, I'm afraid this doesn't have anything to do with the League.''

''Oh?'' Naruto tilted his head slightly in confusion.

''I came here to give you a warning.'' Dusan then said and Naruto motioned for him to continue. ''I will go straight to the point. Some days ago, we received an invitation letter to a group. My father went to see about what it was and found out that it is a group being made to kill you. My father rejected the idea and said that he isn't interested.''

''Hmm...'' Naruto hummed in thought, it made sense that his father would reject, he wanted him as a successor and had too much pride to give his word to a group and back-stab them, if he agreed to join the group then he would actually go forward with it. ''Was finding the silence strange, don't think there will ever be a shortage of people that are willing to stand against me... For some reason I feel like this has Vandal's hands in it... Will keep that in mind, does this group have a name?''

Dusan nodded, ''They call themselves 'Hex Society'.''

Naruto scoffed, ''How lame, creativity is really going down-hill these days... Can't be Vandal, he is much better than this... Perhaps Morgaine...'' he said to himself before shaking his head, ''anyways, thanks for the heads up. You can feel free to stay today, it's Shi-chan's birthday and got some people coming over, might as well enjoy yourself a bit and take a day off.''

''I'm afraid not, I must return to the League to deal with some things.'' Dusan replied, turning around and opening the door.

''Bummer... Oh well, feel free to stop by anytime.'' Naruto said, waving him good-bye, Shiro mimicking his actions.

After he left, Naruto sighed and sat on his bed with Shiro on his lap facing him, ''It seems things are going to get a bit complicated from now on, Shi-chan.''

''Ga-ba?''

''To think that you're already turning a year...'' He cupped both of her cheeks, ''For as much as unfortunate as Ellie's accident was, you're best thing that has happened to me in a long time, I love you Shi-chan...''

He hugged the baby and laid down with her on top of him, then started filling her with kisses.

From the door, Sarah and Talia watched Naruto in silence. Sarah had went to see if anything had happened for Talia's brother to leave early and to call him to greet James, Talia just wanted to spend some time with him, but neither just didn't have the heart to interrupt the two. So instead they both waited patiently for a couple of minutes until they stopped to walk in.

''Umm...Gordon just arrived, he is in the living room with his wife and son.'' Sarah said to the two, bringing both of their attention to her.

''Cool, I will be joining them in a sec.'' Naruto replied, getting up from the bed along with Shiro while Sarah left the room, forgetting to ask about Talia's brother.

''Beloved, wait.'' Talia said, blocking his path and closing the door behind her.

''Hmm?'' Naruto hummed, tilting his head to the side.

Closing her eyes and quickly nodding to herself, Talia went over to him and pulled him by the collar of the shirt into a kiss. Naruto for his part didn't resist and pulled her a bit closer.

The two however were forced to separate upon the feeling of something squirming and 'wiggling' in their chest. Shiro, who was being smothered by Talia's breasts.

''Rawr!'' Shiro growled, hugging onto Naruto, an action that made both adults chuckle.

''We should get back now, can't leave them waiting.'' Naruto said, adjusting Shiro and pecking her on the top of her head and then turning around towards the door.

Talia nodded, a bit conflicted with herself. For one she was happy that she finally took the courage to give him a kiss and that he actually returned it, on the other hand she was a bit disappointed that they couldn't go any further and that he was so nonchalant about it after.

Spending so much time with him and sharing the same bed was a double-bladed edge. For one the feeling was good, she missed him and could finally get a full night of sleep, something that she hadn't been having for some time, while on the other hand, it was just that, she wanted more she, needed more. The closest thing to the feeling that she was currently with, is having a billion dollars in your bank account but only being allowed to spend an amount equivalent to the minimum wage of a cleaner.

Upon arriving in the living room, Naruto noticed that it wasn't only Gordon that had appeared, Genjiro had as well, and he had brought a four-year old boy along with him.

''Gordon! Genjiro! You two really came! Hey Barbs!'' Naruto greeted the three, waving them hello, then shifting his attention to the boy besides Genjiro, ''...And you must be Senji-kun, your dad talks a lot about you.''

''Wow dad! He really is all-white!'' Senji said to his father awe, earning chuckles from those there present.

''Of course, I'm white! I'm awesome!'' Naruto replied, striking a pose along with Shiro, which only served to earn more giggles of those around, given both of their clothes.

Genjiro only scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, he was glad that Naruto was the type that took most things with good-humor, were he of the more serious type then it was possible that the entire guard of the prison would have been cycled a few times.

''You know we couldn't miss it, it is good to see you again Naruto.'' Gordon said, walking over to Naruto along with his wife, who was holding their son, James Jr.

''And I'm glad, now I can finally get to meet Jr! He is about Shi-chan's age, maybe they can become friends, Shi-chan will certainly need them.'' Naruto said, shaking Gordon's hand.

Gordon and his wife nodded, the girl surely would need as many friends as possible. Gotham already wasn't one of the most child-friendly places around, much less it's prison. Shiro seemed to be curious about the 'other one' and started to reach for him.

''I think she wants to play, let's let her, she is the birthday girl after all.'' Barbara said, putting Jr on the ground.

''Gah!'' Shiro squealed, making Naruto chuckle and put her on the ground as well, and not a second later Shiro started crawling towards Jr.

''So cute~ how do you get these costumes?'' Barbara gushed, noticing how Shiro had a different costume in every photo. Little did she know that it was a common mystery to nearly everyone in the prison, even the woman that lived with Naruto. Many times they found themselves thinking about how and where did he get the costumes, Sandra had came to notice that all of the costumes, and her own clothing, had a small snake logo hidden somewhere, indicating that it was fabricated by the Silver Snake company, one of the largest clothing industries of the world. But even then they had never seen him go out to buy clothes, or found the stash in which he hid them.

Hundreds of costumes couldn't just vanish in thin air.

''I'm just awesome, if you want I can get some for little Junior as well. I got plenty of them.'' Naruto offered with a grin.

''I would love it, would be great, right Jim.'' She said, nudging Gordon on the ribs and giving him a look that basically said, 'You better accept it or else...'

''Yes, it would be great.'' Gordon replied with a sheepish smile.

'Whipped.' Was the the collective thoughts of Talia, Sarah and Genjiro.

Fortunately for him, it was at that moment that Sandra came out from the bathroom, her previous training clothing swapped for a more laid back set consisting of tight black jeans which helped her curves and a loose white shirt with a opening on the front that showed a bit of skin and cleavage. Her still very much wet hair wrapped in a towel.

''Sandra,'' Naruto called out to her before she could go into her room, ''Come here silly, I was waiting for you so that I could introduce you three to our guests.'' He said/ordered and she obeyed.

''Jim, Barbs, Genjiro, some of you may already know them but I'm going to introduce them anyway... Meet Sarah, Talia and Sandra. Sandra is having some problems and is staying with us, Sarah is Shiro's godmother and Talia's my fiancé.'' Naruto introduced them, shocking James and his wife. Genjiro already knew about Sarah as the newest recruit and had seen the other two on several occasions...

''Fiancé?! What? How? When? Why didn't you tell us? Dammit Naruto, congratulations man!'' Gordon said, hugging his friend. He would be lying if he said he wasn't proud of Naruto, Talia was quite the beauty.

''Yeah Naruto, why didn't you tell us you were engaged? How long have you two been together?'' Barbara asked, a bit hurt that he didn't tell them something so important.

'Maybe because I wasn't...' Naruto thought, a glint appearing briefly on his glasses, ''It's a long story re-''

''Oh no you're not getting away from this, you're telling us everything.'' Barbara interrupted.

Inwardly Naruto cursed and Talia winced. But since there was no helping it, Naruto repeated the same story that he told Sarah.

-Later-

After telling them the story about how he got engaged, one last person arrived in the party, none other than the prison's psychiatrist, Hugo Strange. Sadly though, he was the last person to arrive, nobody else from the staff or the people that Naruto had studied with appeared.

On the bright side the food lasted and everybody got to have fun, they placed some music and everyone, including the normally rigid Gordon and the socially awkward Hugo danced. Senji, though didn't have anybody his age, also had fun, either by dancing or by watching all the other adults dance, or in some cases, try. Plus the food was really good.

Right now we find our 'hero' Naruto and the rest of the gang gathered in the living room, all the guests had just recently left and now they were opening and giving presents.

Hugo had left a book on psychiatry about parenting and things that parents needed to know. Gordon and Barbara gave them a lot of diapers and Genjiro gave some socks and normal baby clothes.

Naruto did such a good job that it was difficult for them to do something for the baby, not that they would complain about him cleaning Shiro, so all three women were left with a common dilemma when it came to the gift.

'What do you give to somebody that has everything?'

''Can any of you girls hold onto Shi-chan? I'm going to get Shiro's gift.'' Naruto said, extending Shiro to the three.

''I'll hold her, I'm the godmother.'' Sarah said quickly, snatching Shiro before the other two, making Sandra and Talia send her a silent glare.

''Thanks, I will be right back.'' Naruto then said, flashing them a smile and leaving the 'house'.

''Ma?'' Shiro squealed, looking back at Sarah.

And thus started the 'mini-war' over Shiro.

Ten minutes later, Naruto returned to find that the living room a complete mess with pillows everywhere, except where they belonged, in the couch.

''Wasn't me.'' All three said simultaneously, pointing towards the other and making a triangle with Shiro in the center.

''...'' Naruto stared at them with a blank face.

''Arf!'' came a sound from Naruto.

''Naruto... You didn't...'' Sarah started, but it was for naught.

''Ladies and baby... I present to you, Snow!'' Naruto said, taking his left hand from behind his back and confirming Sarah's fears, a small, white puppy with deep blue eyes, ''C'mon Sarah, look at him, isn't he a cutie? I also heard that babies that grow with pets have better immune system.''

''And how do you plan on taking care of a dog, in here of all places? A dog needs space, Naruto.''

''Just like how I plan of taking care of Shiro. Blackgate isn't a good place to take care of anything, but prisoners. Even plants would have a hard time in here.'' Naruto sighed and rubbed his forehead, ''I know that this isn't a good place, and that is why I want to keep it. How many friends will a girl that lives in a prison have? I want Shiro to have a life as normal and as happy as possible, I know that some things aren't possible, but I at least want her to have a 'happy family', with a dad, a dog and what the heck, three moms.''

Sarah sighed, it was just that hard to reason with him, but even she had to admit that he had a point. She also wanted to give Shiro a good family.

Thalia and Sandra both gained a small blush from the last part.

''Fine... We can keep it, what do you two think?'' Sarah asked Sandra and Talia, snapping both from their thoughts.

''If Beloved wants a dog, then I see no problem why we can't have one.''

''I think we can handle taking care of it, Shiro could use a friend.''

''So it is decided, Snow is now a part of the household!'' Naruto said with a grin, putting the puppy on the ground, whom immediately started to run around and sniff things.

''He is cute...'' Sarah said to herself, looking at the puppy who was now sniffing her feet.

''See, don't be such a downer, today is a happy day!'' Naruto said to her, putting his right around her shoulders.

''I like him.'' Sandra said, picking the puppy up and bringing him to her eye-level. Upon being lifted once more, Snow did what any good puppy would do, he started licking Sandra's face.

''You're going to clean today's dishes, Naruto.'' Sarah then said with a smirk, passing Shiro back to Naruto and then leaving to her room, ''Good night everyone, I have to wake up early for work.'' she said before closing the door.

Upon the mention of the dishes, Naruto turned towards the dining table and sighed, it was completely filled with dirty cups and plates.

''I will help you, beloved. It isn't fair that you do it all alone.'' Talia said to him, patting his shoulder. Really, he did most of the housework and things related to Shiro, wasn't fair to leave him with the dishes as well.

Sandra kicked herself mentally for missing the chance to score some points with him and getting 1 upped by her 'rival'.

''Thanks Thalia, I appreciate it. Sandra, can you look after Shi-chan while I do the dishes?'' He asked Sandra, extending Shiro in her direction.

Sighing Sandra looked at Shiro for a few moments before giving in and taking her, she just couldn't say 'no' to the cute baby.

And so Thalia and Naruto went over to the kitchen, taking several of the plates and dishes that were in the dining table an leaving Sandra alone in the living room with Shiro and Snow.

''Beloved, you do realize that Snow is a wolf, right?'' Talia asked Naruto, putting on some gloves. Carefully keeping her voice low to not be heard by Sandra.

''He is?'' Naruto asked with a cheeky grin.

''Yes! I can recognize a wolf anywhere, please tell me you noticed? The larger head, narrow torso, blue-eyes when young...'' Talia started listing on things, only to stop when Naruto placed his index finger on top of her lips.

''Just messing with you, of course I know. He will be okay, there is nothing to worry about.'' Naruto then said, turning the water-valve.

''If my beloved says so.'' Talia replied, closing her eyes.

-Later at night-

It was now around midnight and Naruto had just around finished the dishes, sending Talia away to get herself ready for bed.

Stepping into the living room, he quickly noticed Sandra sleeping on the couch with Shiro and Snow on her lap. Shiro was still very much awake, but she was comfortable enough to not cry. As it seemed, no matter how good her bed was, she just simply couldn't sleep without Naruto.

Upon seeing the two, he smiled and carefully took Snow from atop of her and placed him on another spot in the sofa, then with the same amount of care, he holstered Sandra up along with Shiro, Bridal style and went over to Sandra's room.

Arriving in her room, he gently laid her on the bed and then took Shiro from her arms.

''Naru...'' She mumbled, her eyes slowly opening, ''I fell asleep?''

''Mhmm,'' Naruto nodded, using his free hand to extend her blanket on her, ''It's late and you had a big day, don't you worry about it, just sleep.''

''No...'' She replied, trying to get up, ''Naru, why don't you like me?''

''Hmm?'' Naruto 'hummed' in confusion, letting go of the blanket.

''Why don't you like me? C'mon, is it my looks? Am I too young? I can take it, tell me.'' She pushed on, sitting upright on the bed and looking him straight in the shades.

Naruto sighed. A long, tired breath and sat besides her, ''It's not that...''

''Then what is it!'' She bit back a bit louder, though realized what she was doing and soon adopted a apologetic look.

''It isn't that I don't find you to be attractive, on the contrary, you're actually very beautiful...'' Here she started to blush, ''Look Sandra, I am no fool and you really aren't really subtle,'' he chuckled and her blush deepened even more, ''but I want you to focus on your training as much as possible, but it hardly is working...'' Here he chuckled again and gently pushed her onto the bed.

''How about this, if you continue to improve, we can go out on some dates, okay?'' He asked with a grin.

Not trusting her voice, Sandra opted to just give a slow nod.

''You're a special girl, and I will warn you ahead: I'm a complicated person. If you don't start slacking and still want that date later, then I won't be the one to push you away.'' He then brought her blanket over her once more, ''But for now, rest. Training will be harder from now on and you will need the energy.''

Smooch.

His lips made contact with her forehead, ''Good night, Sandra.''

With those words said, Naruto left the room, leaving behind a more than happy Sandra, who's blush and smile had grown to near atomic levels.

-Omake-
Kiss-Shot

-Parenting-

''Look Shiro, there is something very important that I must explain to you. When a woman and a men love each other, they get together and... Uh... No that doesn't work... When two people... Also no... A big bird comes in and brings the baby to the parents...''

''Gao?'' A dino-costumed Shiro uttered, tilting her head as if trying to understand what Naruto is saying.

''I know, I know... Let me try again okay... Ahem! Look Shiro, there is something very important that I must explain to you. When a woman and a men love each other, they get together... I can't, it is no use!''

''Naruto... What are you doing?'' Sarah asked from the door of his room.

'' I'm practicing for when Shi-chan grows up and starts asking stuff like 'Where do babies come from'. I must be prepared!'' He said dramatically, doing a pose.

''Yeah... No... You should probably leave that part to me... I will explain that to her when the time comes...'' Sarah told him awkwardly.

''Really?! Thanks a lot Sarah! You're awesome, dattebayo!'' Naruto praised, engulfing the blond woman in a tight hug.

This is Vt Creator here, I am a fellow writer and childhood friend of KS. He was working on this chapter but can't continue, so I finished it for him. More information on his profile.

(1) I personally like to imagine Watchdog Man.

(2) Anyone who has seen/taken care of/known somebody whom for whatever reason was left immobile and at the care of family, would understand what it means. I imagine it to be extremely uncomfortable for the person, even more so if it is a woman and the person taking care of her is of the opposite gender and NOT family. Try to imagine, being completely at the mercy of somebody to be fed, cleaned and taken to do the daily necessities.