The Fox and The Weasel at Red Dawn: rewrite!

Chapter 31: Revealing

When Naruto woke up the next day, he was laying on Itachi's chest, with Itachi's arms wrapped around him. He tested out his shoulder to see that it was healed, a little stiff, but healed. Naruto started getting out of Itachi's grip when he heard Airi start to cry, and it didn't take long before he was walking out of the room, with just his sweats on. Naruto walked over to where Sasori was trying to calm Airi down, and there was a look of complete relief when he was seen.

"Where's my little Airi," Naruto cooed as he picked Airi up in his arms. She kept crying so he checked her diaper to see that it was fine, and so he assumed that she was hungry. "Are you hungry, my little angel? Why don't we go find where Aunt Konan put your formula to make your milk, huh?"

"Here you go, Naruto," Konan stated as she came with a bottle that was already prepared. Naruto brought it to Airi's mouth, and she immediately took it in, drinking hungrily. Naruto bounced Airi a few times to make sure that she was done crying before he walked over to the couch and sat down, making sure not to jostle her too much.

"Hey, Naruto," Kakashi stated as he came over to sit by him. "What's that on your neck?" Then Tobi came over to see what Kakashi was talking about.

"Tobi sees a hickey! Tobi sees a hickey! Tobi sees a hickey!"

"Shut up, Tobi, or I am not going to help you the next time you get in trouble," Naruto growled, still concentrating on Airi as she started finishing the bottle. Konan handed him a towel for burping her, and Naruto nodded in thanks.

"Thought the Kyuubi might have healed it by now," Kisame stated. "Unless Itachi and you had some morning action." He smirked.

"Shut up, Kisame," Naruto growled. "And no, he's still asleep. You would know if he wasn't either, as he'd probably come rushing to find me since Konan said I shouldn't be up for a day or so."

"I only said a couple of hours," Konan stated. "Naruto, after you burp her, I want to check on that to make sure that it's totally healed."

"It is, Konan," Naruto replied.

"I still want to check it out, and I'm not taking no for an answer."

"Fine," Naruto sighed as he set down the bottle, as Airi had finished, and he brought the towel up on his right shoulder, along with Airi, before he started burping her. There was a commotion down the hall, and he turned his head to see Itachi exiting the room. "Told you so, Kisame."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," he replied. Itachi came into the room, and Naruto noticed the relief that flooded into Itachi's eyes as he noticed him. Itachi then came to sit next to Naruto, and he wrapped an arm around him, since Naruto was done burping Airi. He put the towel on the table, and then he leaned into Itachi's side, with Airi in his arms.

"Naruto," Konan reminded him. Naruto sighed before he handed Airi to Itachi, and he started unwrapping the bandages.

"See," Naruto stated after they were fully unwrapped, and they all noticed that Naruto was completely healed. Konan nodded after a quick medical examination, and then Airi was back in Naruto's arms once again, with Naruto leaning on Itachi.

"Now, we'll be heading out soon," Pein stated. "I'd say that we have over stayed our welcome in this village." Naruto and the others nodded in agreement.

"I need to go see someone first though," Naruto sighed, knowing Iruka would be pissed at him if he didn't inform him like the last time.

"Is it Iruka," Kakashi questioned. Naruto nodded. "I'll take you, as I know that Iruka would like to see the twins probably before you guys go."

"Thanks, Kakashi," Naruto smiled at him. Kakashi went to pick Shou up from Diedara's arms, and they made their way towards Iruka's house.

"Gaara," Itachi inquired, and Gaara nodded, already knowing what Itachi wanted. Gaara was Naruto's personal guard, as the others liked to put it. He didn't mind, as they all wanted to protect Naruto from this village. Gaara made his way towards them.

"Hey Gaara," Naruto smiled at him, and they made their way towards Iruka's house. Just before they could, they were stopped.

"Nar—ut—o," a stutter came from behind them, and they turned to see a girl with violet hair and lavender clothes on. She had white eyes for the most part, but there was a hint of lavender in them.

"Hinata? Is that you," Naruto questioned. Hinata nodded, blushing. "How have you been?"

"I—I've be—en ok—kay," she replied with the usual stutter.

"I'm sorry that we couldn't chat more, but I've got to go to Iruka's house. He'll want to see us before we leave."

"Ca—can I co—me wit—th," she questioned.

"Sure," Naruto smiled, and he continued on.

"I'll be rig—ght bac—ck," Hinata stated before she scurried off somewhere.

"Well, that was weird," Kakashi said as he watched her leave, knowing that Hinata had had feelings for his ex-student.

"I know, right," Naruto stated. "But she's always like that. I wonder why."

"She likes you, Naruto," Gaara replied.

"What do you mean?"

"Gaara means that she likes you more than just a friend," Kakashi answered.

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"She has a crush on you," Gaara stated bluntly, as he knew just as well as Naruto that they weren't used to these kind of feelings.

"It will pass though," Kakashi predicted. "It always does." By that time, they had made it to Iruka's house.

"You three get in here with those babies," Iruka yelled. "I want to have the time to hold them too!" Kakashi and Naruto chuckled, but Gaara just smirked. "Let me see Shou first, as I'm sure that Airi would want to be with Naruto as much as possible."

"Yeah, she's the daddy's little girl, alright," Kakashi chuckled.

"Daddy," they heard behind them, and they turned to see most of the Rookie 9 present.

'Oh crap!'