The Fox and The Weasel at Red Dawn: rewrite!

Chapter 36: Decisions

It's been two month since they had been back from Konoha, and everything was turning out normal. Naruto smiled as he woke up in Itachi's arms. And just like he knew she would, Airi started crying, demanding attention from him. He crawled out of the bed, and Itachi groaned, wishing he could have more time in bed with his blonde, but he knew that if Naruto didn't go, Airi would only be louder until she got her wish. They had learned that lesson before, when Itachi wouldn't let go of his blonde and tried to have sex with him instead. Kisame had come in, demanding that Naruto go to Airi, with the others right behind him. That had been an embarrassing moment for Naruto, as Itachi was just about to unbutton his pants too.

"Hey baby," Naruto cooed, picking her up. Shou and Airi were growing nicely. Airi was a little smaller than Shou, but Konan said that that was to be expected. Naruto couldn't help but be happy, knowing that his family was with him. Itachi came up behind him, and he wrapped his arms around Naruto. Naruto smiled when he felt the arms, and his back pressed against Itachi's.

"Was that greeting for me," Itachi inquired, and Naruto could hear the smirk in his voice.

"Oh, you know it was," Naruto smiled sweetly as he turned around. Itachi gave Naruto a quick kiss, as Shou was starting to cry. When Shou was picked up, Itachi discovered that he was hungry, and so he walked out of the room, as Airi was showered with attention.

"How's the little maggot doing this morning," Pein questioned as he entered the room. He smiled as soon as he saw her, and Naruto knew that he wanted his turn to hold her, just like everyone else.

"Just her usual sunny attitude," Naruto smiled as he handed her over. Pein rocked her for a bit, and then he got to business.

"We have a meeting in an hour," Pein stated. Naruto nodded in acknowledgement.

"What is it about this time?"

"I'd like to wait until the meeting for that to be discovered."

"Is it that serious," Naruto questioned. Pein nodded, and Naruto sighed, knowing that this was not going to be an easy decision. "Alright. I'll try and get the kids to have a nap before then, but if I can't, they are just going to have to come to the meeting."

"Oh, just bring them," Kisame stated as he entered the room. "You know that Airi won't settle for anything else." Naruto nodded, shaking his head with a smile.

"Yeah, that's true."

"Now, speaking of the brats, where is Shou," Kisame questioned, noticing that he wasn't in the crib.

"He's with Tachi, getting his breakfast," Naruto replied, and by the time he was finished, Kisame was already gone, looking for them. Naruto chuckled, knowing that there would be an argument about who gets to hold Shou. It was funny though that there was never an argument of who gets to change the diaper.

"And now that Kisame gets Shou, I get little Airi," Konan stated as she came into the room, with a huge smile on her face at the thought of holding the only other girl that was here. Pein immediately handed Airi over, since there was an unspoken rule between all of them men. Whenever Naruto and Konan want one of them, they get one of them.

"I missed the chance, didn't I," Gaara questioned as he entered the room.

"Sorry Gaara, there was apparently already a line for Shou and Airi this morning," Naruto smiled apologetically at him, knowing he liked having Shou in his sand and visa versa.

"Who's the last one for Shou?"

"Kisame." Then he too was gone. Pein smirked, knowing that it was just going to be one of those days.

"Remember, meeting in an hour," Pein stated before he exited the room to look over some paperwork.

"So how are you and Itachi doing," Konan inquired as she rocked Airi back and forth.

"Great," Naruto smiled. "And how are you and Pein?" He watched as Konan blushed. Pein and Konan had started having feelings for each other about two weeks ago, and they had decided to try it out, knowing that they'd always be together.

"Well, shall we get to the meeting," Konan questioned, and Naruto nodded. They walked down there, and as soon as they got there, they saw that everyone was trying to get to Shou.

"Tobi saw him first! Tobi gets to hold him!"

"I get the little brat," Hidan stated.

"Hey, leave my child alone," Naruto yelled. "Shou can be passed, but you can't have him at the same time." Itachi nodded in agreement, as he made his way towards his love. Naruto gave him a quick kiss before they both sat down at the long table, and they waited for Pein to come in so they could hear what they had to say.

"I'm just going to spit it out," Pein stated as he came into the room with a scroll. "Konoha wants us to live there." There were lots of astonished voices rising, but Pein quickly quieted them down. "I resolve that it should be up to the two, or three, that came from Konohagakure themselves."

"Tobi says yes, Tobi says yes. Tobi wants to bother Kaka-baka!"

"You can go to visit him if you want to do that, un," Diedara pointed out.

"Well, then, Tobi leaves it up to Naruto!"

"I too will leave the decision up to Naruto," Itachi stated as he turned towards Naruto. Naruto was looking at his children, trying to decide what he wanted to do. He looked at both of Shou and Airi thinking 'Would they be accepted in a village like Konoha?' That's when he came up with the answer.

"No," Naruto replied, looking up at Pein. "I will not go back to Konoha to live. It has never proven itself to me, and so I shall not prove myself even more for their sake. I will visit Iruka and Kakashi though, when I see fit."

"That's it then," Pein stated. "We will not agree to what they have asked, but we can agree to make an alignment with Konoha, as they have also ask." Naruto nodded in agreement, thinking that that was fair. Everyone else seemed to agree also. "And Naruto, the new Hokage has made a request that you visit with the children, as Iruka Umino is going nuts about not having seen you in these two months, and that includes the rookie nine." We call couldn't help but laugh at that, as it was humorous to us that no matter what, Iruka would always be in the waking.

 Naruto and the Akatsuki does not go back to Konoha, but they are still connected And Iruka is always going to be Naruto's influence, so you don't have to worry about him not being there.