Angles

12

There was a deep silence in the Hokage's office after Naruto had spoken. The three chuunin and one Jounin stared at the blonde, completely shocked by his complete change in appearance. Temari got her wits back and said slowly,

"Um, Naruto…you look…different…"

"Really? I hadn't noticed…"

Jiraiya gave a snort of laughter as Tsunade sighed, shaking her head. Sasuke frowned at this.

"Naruto, you look like a girl." Sakura said bluntly, a jealous edge to her voice. Naruto raised an eyebrow when he caught the jealous tone.

"I can't help it, can I?"

"You can at least cut your hair!"

"Sorry, but Ero-sennin taught me a jutsu that needs long hair."

Sasuke looked at the infant on Tsunade's lap, who was staring at them with interest. For some reason, that child reminded him if Itachi…

He shook that thought from his head and looked back at the blonde. Temari looked over at the toddler and squealed,

"Oh my God! She's so cute!"

Everyone focused on the three year old child, who blinked innocently at them.

"Er, Tsunade-sama, why do you have a toddler on your lap?" Sakura asked.

"Well, Jiraiya and Naruto say that they came across her when she was a newborn, abandoned. They tried to give her to an orphanage, but no one would accept her, so they ended up raising her."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, thinking that there was a lie in that little story somewhere, but the others seemed to have bought it. The little girl wriggled out of the Hokage's grasp and went up to Naruto, crawling onto his lap. He made no move to stop her, so Sasuke assumed that she had done that before. Sasuke could picture Naruto playing the role of mother. Just then, the little girl spoke,

"Mommy, who day?" She pointed at Sasuke and the others, making them stare at Naruto in shock.

"Naruto, did she just call you 'mummy'?"

Naruto's eyebrow twitched in annoyance and replied,

"Blame Ero-sennin. He taught her to, and she wouldn't call me by anything else."

Temari came and sat down beside the feminine teen and asked,

"What's her name?"

Naruto smiled fondly and said,

"Suki."

"That's a beautiful name!"

"That's what I thought."

Sasuke could not help but glare at the child in jealousy for taking Naruto's attention away from him. Even after three years he still 'liked' his team-mate, and it made him growl when he saw the blonde's attention averted elsewhere.

"Oi, dobe, how about a spar?" He challenged. Naruto blinked, looking up at him and then shrugged,

"Why not? Obaa-chan, can you look after Suki-chan while I make Sasuke happy?"