Reunion

Chapter 9

"Daddy! Daddy! C'mon!" Himawari said, as she pulled her dad along the shore.

Naruto laughed and followed along behind her. His two other sons fought and splashed each other with water.

Himawari wore a pink bathing suit, with a little skirt at her waist. Naruto wore orange shorts, and a white shirt. He had an orange hat on, as well as sunglasses that hung from his shirt. Boruto wore pink shorts, and his shirt would be found in a bag, which was on the sand. Kawaki had on navy blue shorts on, and his shirt could also be found in the bag.

They set up a blanket and laid it flat on the sand. Naruto made some food, and packed it in a picnic basket. Two umbrellas towered over the blacket, to block the sun. Five towels were stacked on top of each other, near one of the poles of the umbrellas. The kids stuff was thrown into a bag.

After yesterday's incident of him sleeping at the Anbu company office, he took the kids to the beach to make up for it. They told him that he had done nothing wrong, and that he was just tired. He didn't take their word, and instead, took them to a secluded beach. They had time for themselves, and no one was around.

"Hey!"

All the Uzumaki's turned their heads toward the noise.

Sasuke?!- Naruto thought

"What are you doing here? Are you stalking me!" Naruto said as he picked up Himawari, and walked up to Sasuke.

"Are you kidding me? Of course I am.."

"Really stupid teme?!"

Sasuke's daughter, Sarada, noticed Naruto, and her eyes beamed.

"It's great to see you again sir!"

Naruto looked down at her. She was just an inch taller than Boruto, which made him chuckle.

"Hi Sarada, it's great to see you again to."
He smiled at Sarada, then looked up at Sasuke and glared at him.

Then he walked toward the water, where his sons were splashing each other. He threw Himawari over his shoulders, and began to splash his son. They both covered their faces, while trying to splash their dad. Himawari laughed, as she also got bombarded with water.

"Haha, to scared to fight back are ya?!" Naruto said, as him and Himawari laughed.

Kawaki looked a Boruto and nodded, Boruto nodded back. They both took their hands off their faces, and pushed a big wave toward their dad and Youngest sister. Making Naruto tumble over. Naruto stood up, laughing, as he carried Himawari. She also laughed.

Meanwhile both of the Uchihas watched from afar. Sarada saw how happy they are, and wondered why her family couldn't be that way. Even without a mother, they were happy. She knew the reason though......her father didn't love her or her mother enough to be happy. They didn't mean anything to him.

She let go of her fathers wrist and ran toward Naruto. Sasuke still stood in the same place, as he watched her walk off. She joined in and splashed along. And for the first time, Sasuke watched his daughter smile and laugh and genuinely have a good time. She had never done that, well at least not with him.

Sooner or later, the four children splashed and played in the water, as the two men sat on the blanket.

"Hey Naruto, how do you maintain a steady job and take care of three kids on your own? I mean, it's hard for me to even get along with my own kid."

"I don't know. I never really changed the way I parented when my wife left. I don't always do it alone. I never really liked leaving my kids alone, so I'd take them to a friends house, whenever I knew I'd be working late nights. If I had to guess. . . You should be there for your kid. Not tryna be rude or anything, but she's said if herself, you're not there for her. You need to be, you gotta listen to her, make her feel happy, you have to talk to your children."

"I have to make her feel happy?"

"That's what I said teme. I'll give you time to think on what 'happy' means." Naruto got up, and walked toward the kids.

Sasuke sat in the blanket and thought of things that he could do to make Sarada happy.