Unknown Intentions

Chapter two

Written by Nikuman-Dango on Fanfiction.net


Four days have passed since the baby was found, and Naruto had been unusually interested in it. Sakura had thought he was cute, Kakashi found him adorable, and Hinata had become distraught when Kiba had jokingly told her it was Naruto's real baby. There was a sigh and Tsunade's fist collided with the table, sending a loud thump through the room. Everyone looked up.
"I'm expecting someone extremely important and they will be here anytime." She said, lifting her arm.
"Shizune, go and wait for them at the gate. Sakura, make sure three rooms are prepared for them, and you Naruto..." She said, turning to the blond.
Naruto looked up from his seat on the floor. He sat cross-legged in the corner with the child in his lap.
"Take care of him in the other room until further notice. Understand?"
Naruto stood slowly, and exited without a word. With a nod, Tsunade spun her chair to the window and absently stared at the previous Hokages upon the mountain.

A knock on the door signaled the coming of the expected guest.
"Come in." Tsunade called, pausing to turn toward the door. The sound of steeps followed by a deep voice reassured her that it was indeed who she had sent for.
"Hokage-sama." was the sole greeting that she received. She spun around and nodded to the redhead at her desk.
"I'm sorry for calling you out on such short notice." She replied.
"You said it was urgent, I am here."
Tsunade almost snorted, Gaara was as blunt as ever. Temari and Kankuro stood behind him, looking around quietly. Tsunade stood and beckoned Gaara out of the room, his siblings followed. She walked to the room across the hall and knocked softly on the door.
"Come in-ttebyo." was the answer. The godaime Hokage opened the door slowly. Naruto was laying on the floor, resting on his side while the child slept next to him. The godaime Kazekage stopped short.
"Kazekage-sama, may I introduce your son."

The redhead stared at the blonde on the floor. Naruto was sitting on the floor holding the baby as he tried to walk. "Hokage-sama, what are you trying to pu-" Temari was stopped by her younger brother. Kankuro was pointing to Gaara, who was still standing still and watching the child and Naruto with great interest. Naruto had smiled warmly at Gaara and was now trying to engage him in conversation.
"Gaara! Why are you here in Konoha?" Naruto asked from his place on the floor. Gaara said nothing, will gazing quietly at the child in Naruto's arms. Naruto looked to the hokage, and both of Gaara's siblings.
"Temari, Kankuro, please guard the door." The hokage instructed. They both looked to Gaara, who nodded sending them away.
"Gaara," Tsunade said, calling him by name, "You should sit down."
Gaara sat, and Tsunade began to explain.

"When Naruto was in Sunagakure with you, I had sent a few of my ANBU to investigate a lead on Orochimaru. It was a rouge medical ninja who was believed to have prior affiliation with the sound. When they got there, the man tried to escape, leaving most of his research behind. What they found was something more than disturbing."
Both young men looked at her, and the baby was slowly crawling toward Gaara unnoticed. Tsunade continued.
"What we found was that this man was conducting tests on combining two different DNA molecules with another to make a new person. The point of this was to make super weapons. Mixtures like the Hyuuga and Uchiha clans DNA were found, also a few others with Kekkei Genkai, but only one was able to survive."
The child was now much closer to Gaara, but was again left unnoticed while the two ninja stared quietly.
"A DNA mixture of two Jinchiriki was found. The Kyubbi and the Ichibi were mixed in the only survivor. Of course, we checked and it did not form a new tails."
Naruto, for once, was speechless. Whereas Gaara was about to pelt the Hokage with questions until he was satisfied, when the baby latched softly to his pants. The Kazekage looked down at him quickly, glad for once that Shukaku's sand shield wasn't there to activate and hurt the boy. The baby squirmed and pulled himself until he was sitting on Gaara's lap, nestled in his jacket's long tail, which he had used to climb with. Both the Hokage and Naruto were shocked, Naruto less than the older ninja but still surprised.

Gaara was silent for quite a while, but then looked up from the baby and asked;
"Does he have a name?"
"No, not yet. Should we name him?" Naruto piped up. Gaara looked at him, then nodded. Tsunade watched with interest as Naruto moved to sit next to the other father of their son. They spoke together for a moment, then Gaara nodded. The Hokage used the moment of quiet to ask about the decision.
"Have you decided?" She asked. Gaara nodded and Naruto smiled.
"Yeah! His name is Nara! Like Naruto and Gaara put together! Nara!" He said cheerfully. Apparently he didn't mind the fact that he was both the father of a son, and now linked to the cold leader of another village. Oh well, she thought, it'll sink in at some point. Her thoughts were interrupted by the voice of the young Kazekage as he spoke to her.
"Hokage-sama, from what you said earlier, you mean for us to believe that this child, Nara, is the son of Naruto and I?"
Tsunade nodded, and Gaara continued;
"Even though we are both male?"
She nodded again.
"How is this possible?"
Taken by surprise, she inhaled before explaining.
"From what we know, he used DNA of the both of you and combined it into a fetus and…" The look on Naruto's face was priceless as he digested this information, whereas Gaara was still a mask of indifference. She continued.
"As far as we know, he was born out of a Petri dish, but! After days of testing, he is indeed both of your sons, and the responsibility is on both of you. Even though it is normally impossible for two males to have children since-"
Naruto put a hand up and shook his head.
"Baa-chan, please. I don't want to know anymore…" he said, his face slightly queasy. Tsunade had to keep from laughing. Gaara meanwhile, was mulling all of this new information quietly almost forgetting Nara in his lap. Nara, on the other hand, had another idea as he reached up and pulled gently on Gaara's shirt. Gaara didn't notice, so Nara reached up as far as he could and yanked a lock of dark red hair.

A yelp escaped the poor Kazekage's lips as his hair was rudely pulled. He looked down at the child in his lap, just as Naruto smacked him lightly on the head.
"Don't pull daddy's hair, Nara." He scolded, as the boy pouted. It seemed like only Tsunade had noticed what Naruto had called Gaara just now, but she let it slide.
"So!" She announced, "How are we going to arrange this Kazekage-sama?"
Gaara looked at her, then realized what she meant. He nodded once and made to stand up, before remembering Nara in his lap. Naruto reached out and pulled him away gently, as he held onto Gaara as if for dear life. Once Naruto had pulled him free, Nara began to cry. Surprised, as this was the first time that Nara had cried when he was with Naruto, the number one noisy ninja was at loss. What was he supposed to do? Suddenly, Naruto felt soft hands slide under his own and lift the crying boy from his arms. When he looked up, Naruto saw that Gaara had taken Nara into his arms and was now holding him to his chest. He also saw that Nara had stopped crying and was only sniffling in Gaara's secure grip. Not that he would ever admit it, but Naruto was a little jealous that someone else got Nara's attention. But since it was Gaara, Naruto could easily let it go. Gaara was his rival, and other than Sasuke, Gaara was his best friend.

Naruto followed both Kages to Tsunade's office, and was told to stay outside with temari and Kankuro. They greeted him with a smile and exchanged a few hellos before the questioning started.
"Naruto, what did you three talk about in there?" asked Temari.
"Who's the kid-jan?" Kankuro cut in. Both were looking for answers, and Naruto couldn't give any. He shook his head and put his hands up in front of his face.
"I'm sure Gaara will tell you what you need to know when he comes out. But for now, I can't say anything. Hokage's orders."
With that last sentence, he quieted both of the siblings for a moment, but it only lasted a second as Temari choose to make a remark;
"Naruto, really. It's Kazekage-sama to you, he's not some gennin you can just talk to anytime." She said. Naruto was rather taken aback. No sooner than when she finished, did Temari notice what she had said.
"Oh… Naruto, I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. I'm just…" she apologized. Naruto nodded. He understood.
"Yeah, I know. Worried, stressed, tired. We all are. Don't worry about it." He said. Kankuro only smirked before commenting.
"So, what was with you and the kid? Are you a babysitter now? No more missions?" he teased, obviously not learning his lesson. Naruto merely ignored him in favor of Shizune, who had emerged from the office. He called out to her, and she smiled and waved.
"Naruto, Temari-san, Kankuro-san, what are you doing out here?" She asked.
"Waiting for them to finish, do you know how long it might take?" asked Naruto. She shook her head.
"Not really, I think it might take a few more hours. They're talking very seriously in there, and Nara fell asleep in the Kazekage's lap, he requested that you come in and get him please."
Both the sand siblings looked at each other. Gaara, their cold, serious, noh face brother had a child sleeping in his lap? This they had to see.