Shattered Glass
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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male
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Naruto › Yaoi - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
12
Views:
1,444
Reviews:
65
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I do not own Naruto, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
IX
IX
Naruto was so very close to stuffing Lee’s mouth with socks. He wouldn’t shut up about babies and the joy of having them, and his desire to ask Sakura to marry him when he returned to Konoha.
It hurt a little, Naruto being all alone now in love. Sasuke was gone, had been gone for nearly four years now, and Naruto knew he should let go. But hope remained, and Naruto finally shouted at his companion to shut the fuck up.
Lee looked scandalized, but quieted. The rest of the journey continued in silence, Naruto leading. They reached Suna near dusk on the second day, and Lee waved the Konoha seal Tsunade had given them to the guards.
“We have to come to see Kankurou!” Lee shouted. “We have the most wonderful news! He’s--!”
Naruto rammed his elbow into Lee’s side and looked up at the guards.
“We have a note. It’s from the Hokage.”
The guards looked at them strangely, but let them in anyway. Naruto led Lee to the Kazekage’s office, and pinned the joyful youth with a glare.
“You so much as raise your voice, I’ll harm you so badly Sakura won’t recognize you. Understand?”
“Why so violent, Naruto?” Lee asked, sobered and concerned.
“This is Suna. Kankurou is acting Kazekage. I don’t know if the others know about Kankurou, and I don’t want to be the one to undermine his authority. Do you?”
Lee swallowed and shook his head.
“Then let me do the talking.”
Naruto knocked on the door and entered, Lee behind him. Temari and Kankurou sat with several elders, all looking at the two Konoha nin. Naruto bowed politely and opened his mouth to apologize for the interruption when Lee bounded over to Kankurou and grabbed him up in a hug.
“Kankurou! Congratulations! You are to be a father! You are so lucky!”
Naruto face-palmed and groaned. Temari looked upset, Kankurou somewhere between shocked and frightened, and the elders seemed to be a mix of horrified, angry, and surprised.
“Th-the meeting is adjourned for now.” Kankurou said to the elders, and the old men passed by Naruto. The blonde slammed the door behind them and rounded on the Taijutsu master.
“I told you to be quiet!”
Lee’s face fell and he released Kankurou, staring at Naruto. The blonde snarled softly and tossed the puppeteer the letter.
“What the hell is he babbling about?” Temari asked, though she dreaded the answer.
“Shikamaru’s pregnant. With Kankurou’s kid. Three months.” Naruto said, making a gesture toward the note. “Tsunade asks you come back with us. Shikamaru’s keeping it, whether you want it or not.”
Kankurou was silent, reading and re-reading the note. Tsunade wanted to know if he was going to support Shikamaru, to be a father to the child.
“I’m not ready for a kid.” He said finally.
“You think about it,” Naruto said, pulling Lee out of the office. “We’re gonna go down and get something to drink.”
When they were gone, Temari looked at her brother. Kankurou stared at his hands, finally looking up at his sister. Temari watched him without emotion, finally sitting on the desk’s edge.
“Well?”
“Well what? I can’t be a father!” Kankurou shouted at her. “I don’t know anything about kids!”
“Do you think any parent knows?” Temari shouted back. “Shikamaru’s probably going through worse than you. Kunoichi get the sex talk, not shinobi!”
“Men can’t have babies!”
“Does it matter!?” Temari slammed her palms down on the desk, making Kankurou jerk back. “Shikamaru’s having a baby – YOUR baby – and you need to be there!”
“Why do you want me to be with him all of a sudden?”
Temari gave a watery smile to her brother, sighing and stepping back.
“I wish that Shikamaru had chosen me. Shikamaru should have a woman, not be the woman. He should be making children, not having them.” Temari said, looking at the ceiling. “But he loves you. I saw that when we were at the wedding. And he could never love me the same way. He’s having your baby. That’s about as devoted as you can get.”
Kankurou rubbed his face, feeling the lack of Kabuki paint. It was proof of how into the role of Kazekage he had gotten. Temari patted her brother’s shoulder and smiled.
“Go to him.”
“I’m supposed to be filling for Gaara. He won’t get back for another four days.”
“Then I’ll act as Kazekage.” Temari quipped. “Those old farts can choke on that bone for a while.”
Kankurou laughed and nodded, making a grab for the blonde, getting her into a headlock and giving her head a rough treatment with his knuckles. Her elbow slammed into his diaphragm and forced him off her, giving his face a good, sound smack.
“I’m doing this for Shikamaru, not you!” Temari’s shouted after Kankurou’s retreating back. She smiled though, watching her brother run with Naruto and Lee. When they were out of sight, she jumped, grinning, and moved into the Kazekage’s office, starting to plan a quiet girls – and Shikamaru – only baby shower.
Naruto was so very close to stuffing Lee’s mouth with socks. He wouldn’t shut up about babies and the joy of having them, and his desire to ask Sakura to marry him when he returned to Konoha.
It hurt a little, Naruto being all alone now in love. Sasuke was gone, had been gone for nearly four years now, and Naruto knew he should let go. But hope remained, and Naruto finally shouted at his companion to shut the fuck up.
Lee looked scandalized, but quieted. The rest of the journey continued in silence, Naruto leading. They reached Suna near dusk on the second day, and Lee waved the Konoha seal Tsunade had given them to the guards.
“We have to come to see Kankurou!” Lee shouted. “We have the most wonderful news! He’s--!”
Naruto rammed his elbow into Lee’s side and looked up at the guards.
“We have a note. It’s from the Hokage.”
The guards looked at them strangely, but let them in anyway. Naruto led Lee to the Kazekage’s office, and pinned the joyful youth with a glare.
“You so much as raise your voice, I’ll harm you so badly Sakura won’t recognize you. Understand?”
“Why so violent, Naruto?” Lee asked, sobered and concerned.
“This is Suna. Kankurou is acting Kazekage. I don’t know if the others know about Kankurou, and I don’t want to be the one to undermine his authority. Do you?”
Lee swallowed and shook his head.
“Then let me do the talking.”
Naruto knocked on the door and entered, Lee behind him. Temari and Kankurou sat with several elders, all looking at the two Konoha nin. Naruto bowed politely and opened his mouth to apologize for the interruption when Lee bounded over to Kankurou and grabbed him up in a hug.
“Kankurou! Congratulations! You are to be a father! You are so lucky!”
Naruto face-palmed and groaned. Temari looked upset, Kankurou somewhere between shocked and frightened, and the elders seemed to be a mix of horrified, angry, and surprised.
“Th-the meeting is adjourned for now.” Kankurou said to the elders, and the old men passed by Naruto. The blonde slammed the door behind them and rounded on the Taijutsu master.
“I told you to be quiet!”
Lee’s face fell and he released Kankurou, staring at Naruto. The blonde snarled softly and tossed the puppeteer the letter.
“What the hell is he babbling about?” Temari asked, though she dreaded the answer.
“Shikamaru’s pregnant. With Kankurou’s kid. Three months.” Naruto said, making a gesture toward the note. “Tsunade asks you come back with us. Shikamaru’s keeping it, whether you want it or not.”
Kankurou was silent, reading and re-reading the note. Tsunade wanted to know if he was going to support Shikamaru, to be a father to the child.
“I’m not ready for a kid.” He said finally.
“You think about it,” Naruto said, pulling Lee out of the office. “We’re gonna go down and get something to drink.”
When they were gone, Temari looked at her brother. Kankurou stared at his hands, finally looking up at his sister. Temari watched him without emotion, finally sitting on the desk’s edge.
“Well?”
“Well what? I can’t be a father!” Kankurou shouted at her. “I don’t know anything about kids!”
“Do you think any parent knows?” Temari shouted back. “Shikamaru’s probably going through worse than you. Kunoichi get the sex talk, not shinobi!”
“Men can’t have babies!”
“Does it matter!?” Temari slammed her palms down on the desk, making Kankurou jerk back. “Shikamaru’s having a baby – YOUR baby – and you need to be there!”
“Why do you want me to be with him all of a sudden?”
Temari gave a watery smile to her brother, sighing and stepping back.
“I wish that Shikamaru had chosen me. Shikamaru should have a woman, not be the woman. He should be making children, not having them.” Temari said, looking at the ceiling. “But he loves you. I saw that when we were at the wedding. And he could never love me the same way. He’s having your baby. That’s about as devoted as you can get.”
Kankurou rubbed his face, feeling the lack of Kabuki paint. It was proof of how into the role of Kazekage he had gotten. Temari patted her brother’s shoulder and smiled.
“Go to him.”
“I’m supposed to be filling for Gaara. He won’t get back for another four days.”
“Then I’ll act as Kazekage.” Temari quipped. “Those old farts can choke on that bone for a while.”
Kankurou laughed and nodded, making a grab for the blonde, getting her into a headlock and giving her head a rough treatment with his knuckles. Her elbow slammed into his diaphragm and forced him off her, giving his face a good, sound smack.
“I’m doing this for Shikamaru, not you!” Temari’s shouted after Kankurou’s retreating back. She smiled though, watching her brother run with Naruto and Lee. When they were out of sight, she jumped, grinning, and moved into the Kazekage’s office, starting to plan a quiet girls – and Shikamaru – only baby shower.