Ah, Only a few chappies left!
Sasuke stared at them. They stared at Sasuke. So in the end, it was just a bunch of people staring at each other.
"Sasuke," Tsunade manage through her tight jaw, "So help me God that I don't tear out your intestines and strangle you with them if you don't let me in there to check Naruto."
Sasuke caught Kushina and Minato's amused glances at him. Probably the only two he was anywhere near to letting see Naruto, besides Nyra, who was already snuggled up near the unconscious body in the closed room behind him. The one he had been in for ten minutes not letting anyone near Naruto as he prepared it.
"Fine, but you have to atleast have Kushina with you."
Kushina laughed. Loud and cheerful. "Little one," she said, ignoring the fact Sasuke towered over her if she were to stand next to him, "it is nice to see such a protective nature from you."
She glided over to and past him, not a single bob in her head or step, with Tsunade stomping right behind her. "'Protective nature'?" She grinded, her fist twisting into knots, "this is ridiculous. That's what it is."
Sasuke's mouth twisted in dismay. He was letting her check Naruto. If she hadn't been so ridiculously persistent he wouldn't have even let her near him. As far as he was concerned, none of them should be near Naruto or even Nyra.
He stood there, arms crossed, his eyes dancing between the people in this room and the people in Naruto's.
Thinking about it, Sasuke realized trust was never his thing.
"Uh....Sasuke," Iruka whispered, "Can I just have a peek? Just to see him?"
Sasuke glided his eyes over Iruka, the man who Naruto worshiped as a child as a son to a father. Sasuke remembered, when he had just returned to the village, the conversation he had held with the gentle Iruka.
He was in the cell he had been thrown in when Iruka had walked in, his eyes tired and bloodshot. A shot of sympathy for the sweet man had shocked Sasuke as he watched the man sit against the wall outside Sasuke's cell.
Neither moved or spoke. It was complete, tense silence.
"Did you see Naruto in the past two years, Sasuke?"
Sasuke's eyes narrowed at the wall. He hadn't. He hoped he would when he had returned to the village only to find Naruto had disappeared. It almost made him feel regret for returning to the village.
"No."
Iruka's eyes shot in surprise. But he humbled himself into a ball. "I missed you. Naruto did, too. I used think he was the reason why I missed you. I hated you for leaving him alone when you were what he considered his best friend. I hated you for leaving the person I considered a son. My only family."
Sasuke didn't say anything. He didn't need to hear any of this.
"But I figured out that also missed my student. I know you aren't my student anymore, Sasuke, and you may never consider yourself my student, but you will always be known to me as my student."
Sasuke was silent for a while and then he told Iruka about his and Naruto's meetings, but for Iruka's sake he left out the love making.
"We met every full moon." Sasuke told him, Iruka only listen. "Last time I saw him was two years ago."
Iruka sighed, stood, and left as Sasuke sat in his cell.
Now, Sasuke looked at the man, who was undoubtedly concerned for Naruto probably almost as much Sasuke and Nyra were.
"Hold his hand." Sasuke said, "Tell him to 'wake up, you stupid baka' like you would in class."
Iruka's eyes filled with hope and he tumbled past Sasuke.
Sasuke scanned the room, looking directly at the two men and Hinata. Kakashi rolled on his heels, nervously reading his book and ever so softly glancing admirably at his old teacher with a curious eye. Hinata just glared back at him, her hatred for him rolling off eleven fold. Minato smiled pleasantly glancing over teacher-like to Kakashi childish glances.
How had Sasuke manage to let half the baffoons inside?
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Nyra looked at Aunt Tsunade, Momam, and Uncle Iruka.
"Shhh...Mommy's slweeping." Nyra hushed, putting her finger to her pink lips. Aunt Tsunade smiled and patted her head lightly.
"Okay," She whispered, "But I need to make sure Mommy's okay."
Nyra looked at Momam. Momam smirked at her and nodded slightly.
Nyra gave Aunt Tsunade a nodd of her own. "Okay!" She whispered excitedly back.
She looked at her mother, sleeping peacefully under the same blanket her and her daddy had. She wonder if her mother like being curled under the covers of his loved one. He had often wished aloud, when he though she was asleep, what it be like to sleep there, smelling her daddy's scent as they were curled up together.
Her daddy wasn't snuggled in bed and neither was she, but she knew her mommy was probably sleeping so well just because he smelled Daddy's scent. She knew when Mommy was sad he'd fall asleep clutching Daddy's headband. She knew her mommy really loved her daddy and her.
Aunt Tsunade started her examination, stripping off the blanket and roaming green hands down Nyra's mommy's body. Uncle Iruka held Nyra's mommy's hand and held back tears as Aunt Tsunade continued on with her examination.
When Aunt Tsunade finished, she replaced the blanket and sighed.
"He's just sleeping."
"Little Nyra could have told you that, Miss Hokage." Momam said, smartly, "He's just exhausted from no longer having the seal to hold him back. He was so used to fighting it, it exhausted him."
Softly, Iruka gasped.
Nyra squealed happily, while Momam merely huffed to hide her own excitement. Tsunade's eyes widen at Nyra's mother.
"'Exhausted'? Damn right! I haven't sleep that good in years!" Nyra's mother croaked. Letting out a hoarse laugh he said, "Hey Iruka. How are you? By the way where's Sasuke?"
Yeah, one maybe, two chappies left. It's actually kind of sad....