Mission: Baby

Mission: Seed Of Doubt

Chapter 12:

Mission: Seed Of Doubt

Disclaimer: I Don't own Naruto.

It was the next morning and as promised Sakura didn't leave. Jiraiya was of course out all night hanging out with some ladies young enough to be his children, or whatever he does when they aren't around.

"Since we're actually doing this mission we need a plan. We can't form a plan without that pervert where is he anyway?" Naruto had a pretty good idea of where he was.

"Uh let's not bother him today maybe he's finding out information on his own." Sakura looked at Naruto with a suspicious glint in her eyes. She tried to play it off, but he could see she was feeling a bit awkward around him.

"Ok let's leave our forehead protectors here and ask around the village." Naruto agreed and took off his and set it beside the beds. Shinachiku reached for the longer headband but was too small to get it.

"Maybe one day you'll get one of your own Shinachiku." Naruto grinned and picked up the toddler.

"Jiraiya is going to get an earful when we get back let's go Naruto." He nodded and followed closely behind the angry pinkette.

"Sakura-chan if you had to guess what do you think Shina's age is?" Now that she thought about it Shina did seem to act much older than she originally thought. There's no way of knowing sadly.

"If I had to guess I'd say a little over 1." The two stared closely at the smaller blonde who was sucking on his thumb while looking around the hallway with curious eyes.

"Hey, maybe we could try to teach him how to walk just to see how old he is," Naruto stated excitedly as Sakura tightened her grip on the strap of the baby bag.

"We'll deal with that later, for now, let's get this mission over with." Naruto agreed as they continued walking to some place where they can grab some food and information."

Naruto was actively searching for a ramen shop while Sakura was looking for anything other than ramen. But unfortunately, food was put on the back burner when they noticed a large crowd gathered at the entrance of the village.

As they got closer to the growing crowd, it seemed to be more of an angry mob. "What's going on?"

"I'll tell you what's going on those damn samurai came back last night and are treating us like dirt." A random man from the crowd growled angrily.

Sakura and Naruto both exchanged worried glances. Without having to say it, they moved through the mob until they were at the front. One of the samurais seemed to be kicking a young woman on the head. The worse part of it was the look of glee on his rugged face as he did it. None of the other samurais stopped him which lead Sakura to believe he's the leader.

Her eyes narrowed dangerously as she sized the man up just in case an altercation happened between them. Naruto clenched his fist and growled under his breath as each foot made contact with the woman's head.

"This ladies and gentlemen is what happens when you defy our orders!" He yelled maniacally to the group of now hushed people. Naruto could see the look of fear on all of their faces, and it made him sick that they would just watch as one of their own got beat up. Sakura noticed Naruto shaking from out the corner of her eye.

She saw that look in his eyes, and she inwardly grinned as she knew that Naruto would put the man in his place soon enough. "Sakura-chan." She already grasped what he wanted her to do, and she did it without even hesitating.

She grabbed Shinachiku and gave Naruto a wink and a thumbs up. "Give him hell."

He nodded and turned his attention to the rugged man. "If you hit her one more time I'll make sure you regret it." He said loud enough for everyone to hear him.