By Little Spitfire
Summary: Naruto and Sasuke are to be raised by Iruka and Kakashi. Snapshots of their lives together as a family.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Naruto. I just like to borrow them sometimes. No profit is being made off this result of me liking the idea of Iruka and Kakashi raising Sasuke and Naruto.

When Naruto was found beaten to the point of unconsciousness; about the same time as the Uchiha massacre, the Third Hokage decided that he would attempt to make up for the elders' earlier blunder in leaving Naruto to fend for himself along with a vow to not leave Sasuke alone. Some one would take care of the two boys and the best person he could think of was Umino Iruka, and as his lover, Hatake Kakashi by association. As shinobi of Konoha, the two accepted the mission with grace and prepared to take in the jaded seven year olds.

Naruto was sent home with Iruka immediately upon being released from the hospital. In respect for Sasuke's loss, they allowed him a day and a half to mourn for his family alone before Kakashi went to fetch him from the Uchiha compound. Kakashi had been expecting the boy to fight or in the very least protest the move, but all he found was a broken child who was lost in a nightmare no one should ever have been subjected to.

When Kakashi arrived back at Iruka and his apartment, Sasuke had fallen asleep, exhausted by tears, carefully tucked into his new guardian's arms. Iruka had just put Naruto to sleep for the night and met the two at the door. His heart reached out for the pained little boy asleep in his lover's arms and he brushed a few stray bangs off Sasuke's forehead before following Kakashi to tuck him into the bed next to Naruto.

The two older ninja stood at the edge of the bed watching the children for a moment before Iruka sighed and turned to Kakashi.

"We're gonna need a bigger place. They won't be able to share a bed for long." The teacher said.

Kakashi took his hand and laced their fingers together. Then looking thoughtfully at Sasuke, murmured "We should look for a house." and after a moment added "With a big backyard."

"Yeah." Iruka agreed gazing at Sasuke as well. "A house might make the boy more comfortable."

Kakashi squeezed his lover's hand reassuringly before leading him to their own room to sleep.

"They'll be fine. We'll take care of them." The jounin said.

Iruka remembered with an amused smirk how when they'd first found out about their charges, it had been himself reassuring the jounin as Kakashi worried about his ability to raise two children in spite of his own non-childhood. Smiling gently at Kakashi, he allowed himself to be pulled into bed for the night.

Iruka awoke to the sensation of being watched. Opening his eyes, he quickly noted the time; 1:48 am, before looking at the blonde boy staring at him intently with bright blue eyes.

Blinking he lifted himself up slightly. "Naruto?" he questioned gently. "What's wrong?"

Naruto's gaze fell to the floor before mumbling something nearly too low for him to hear.

"Had a bad dream, did you?" the chunnin asked shifting a bit and holding the blanket up in invitation. "Wanna sleep here for the night?"

Iruka, remembering his own parents allowing him to sleep in their bed after a nightmare, watched as Naruto clambered onto the bed and crawled underneath the covers, settling between himself and Kakashi, and hoped their presence would have the same calming effect on Naruto as his parents had had on him. When Kakashi rolled over at the feel of the added body, he was suddenly grateful they had both worn pants to bed that night and made a mental note to talk to Kakashi about sleepwear in the future.

Iruka rolled back over and caught Kakashi's eye, (who was now awake), over the wild blonde tuft of hair whose owner was snuggling into the blankets between them.

Iruka's eyes were full of worry but Kakashi's gaze was lazy and loving and confident. The teacher smiled at the look and relaxed into sleep once again. When he woke up again that morning at a much more reasonable hour, he realized that there was not one, but two extra bodies in his and Kakashi's bed. At some point during the night, Sasuke had snuck between him and Kakashi as well.

He reached over and repeated his gesture from the night before, brushing back some of Sasuke's bangs and gave a smile at the two boys' peaceful expressions in sleep. They'd be okay. There would be some tough times, especially in the beginning and the boys would need their own beds, but everything would be okay in the end.

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