[The Hidden Sand Village]
[Ten months ago]
The Sand siblings were rushing to the home of of Consulellor Chiyo when they made to her house they were various different people who were crying or just there for support, the three siblings were greeted by Chiyo's brother Ebizō whom of which was holding a red haired baby who was asleep.
"Good, you three finally made it and not a moment too soon ."
Said the elderly man as he walked to the three teens.
"What happened to her, who did this?"
Garra asked.
"No one did, old age it's part of life."
Said the old man.
"You said she wanted to see us Lord Ebizō?"
Temari asked.
"Why yes she did, we should go to her now....while she is with us."
The elder man motioned for the teens to follow him down a hallway and soon they reached a door where two jonin ninja were standing guard after the old man motioned for them to move away from the door he opened it to see various people surrounding a bed most of them were crying.
"Hey sis I brought them."
Ebizō announced.
"Good, bring them over here."
Chiyo said weakly.
The three sand siblings went over to the dying woman's bedside.
"Everyone except for the Kazekage and my brother could you leave the room I need to speak to these people privately."
The two jonin escorted everyone except for the aforementioned people out the room and soon it was just Chiyo and the ones she loved the most.
"Hey kids I usually don't want my little ones to see me at my weakest but I'll make an exception for today."
Chiyo smiled.
"How are you holding up Granny Chiyo."
Kankuro asked.
"I'm doing fine, everything is gonna be okay."
Said the woman right before she went into a coughing fit.
"Easy sis you still need to tell these kids your messege."
Ebizō said.
"I know, I gotta make this quick."
The elder lady looked turned to Garra.
"Garra come here."
Chiyo motioned for the teen to come to her, Garra went to Chiyo.
"You're gonna change this village for the better, I just wish I could've been here long enough to see it."
Chiyo then turned to Kankuro.
"With me gone you're going to be the next best puppet master in our village."
Chiyo handed Kankuro two small scrolls.
"These two scrolls contain two very important puppets, treat them with care.
Chiyo then pointed to a big scroll next to her.
"And this one houses an advanced puppet technique so practice first."
"Thank you Lady Chiyo I'll carry on your legacy."
Kankuro bowed.
Chiyo then turned Temari.
"Young Lady I need you to keep you brother safe and as Concellor I now make you head of Kage security.
Temari bowed.
"Now all three of you I need a favor."
The old lady asked.
"Yes what is it."
Garra replied.
Chiyo gazed at her grandson.
"His parents died last year and my brother and I was all he had left can you care for the boy once we both pass."
Chiyo asked.
"Of course, we would be honored."
Garra said earning a smile from Chiyo.
[Present Day]
[Kazekage Study]
Garra sat at his desk, thinking back to that day as he was thinking about his meeting with the Hokage Minato Namikaze.
"Dada."
Garra looked down next to him and he saw Chiyo's grandson and his adopted son.
"Yes Sasori what is it?
The red haired toddler held up a small toy.
"Toy dance?"
The boy asked.
"I don't know how to do that Sasori, ask your uncle Kankuro and he can do it for you."
Garra said to the child.
Sasori shook his head.
"No, dada pose do id."
{Knock Knock}
"Enter"
Garra said.
Temari and Kankuro entered the room.
"So you're finally meeting the Hokage...are you sure you're for this Gaara."
Temari asked her younger brother.
"Yes, people tend to underestimate my ability as a Kage due to my age, in a way this will be my chance to prove my competence for the position.
Temari sat down the down on the couch in the office
"Is it a good idea to invite a potential threat directly to your home...we should have them meet elsewhere?"
The elder sister said concerned for her brother's safety.
"C'mon sis, you're overreacting we have been allies with the leaf for about ten years now, nothing is going to happen."
Kankuro explained to Temari
"This is a good way for us to build trust and besides I can handle things if this evening gets out of control.
Temari crossed her arms
"Well even then is now a good time to do this because we just had the death of Lady Chiyo and Lord Ebizō and we adopted her grandson in all the past few months, we should put this meeting on hold."
Temari said to her brother.
Garra was looking down at the child in his hands who stared back at him and smiled.
"The Hokage is bringing his family so I felt we should follow in his example and do the same and this will be a good time for the child to meet other people."
Garra responded.
[With the Namikaze-Uzumaki Family]
The trio was currently riding on the back of Gambunta, a summoned beast while Minato and Kushina were shielding Naruto from the glaring sun of the desert.
"It's so hot I knew we should have taken the train."
Kushina complained.
"I don't trust those metal death traps, these trains are just waiting to tip over."
Minato replied.
("I can't wait to see Garra again, if he's just like me this can be my chance to be his friend.")
Naruto was excited to see his friend
"Well we gotta be careful we don't know if Shikaku is going to make him a killing machine.
Kurama said to Naruto.
("He'll be fine.")
After a few more minutes the family of four made it to the entrance of the Village Hidden in the Sand and they were greeted by a teen in black clothing.
"Hello my name is Kankuro." The teen said as he respectfully bowed.
"I am the Kazekage's retainer."
Minato and Kushina looked at each other then at Kankuro.
"The Kazekage has a child be his personal guard."
Minato asked.
Kankuro took a obvious sigh.
"I'm not just a kid...and yes it is my job to protect the Sand village's current Kage."
Kankuro motioned for the Minato and his family to follow him.
"I hope this isn't just some prank."
Kushina whispered to her husband.
"I don't think they would allow pranks for something as serious as this."
Minato whispered back.
"(Kankuro is the real deal, we can trust him.)"
Naruto looked around him as they were walking through the village everything here is vastly different from the leaf village.
"I don't think I ever seen this place from this perspective."
Kurama was looking at his new surroundings.
The group had continued walking down the streets of the village while gaining looks from people they were passing by who were also surprised to see the Hokage in the Sand village.
After a short walk the group made it to the entrance of the Kazekage tower where they were greeted by Temari.
"Alright we're here."
Kankuro said to his sister.
"Good, welcome to the Village Hidden in the Sand."
Temari bowed
"No, need to be formal with us."
Minato said.
"Allow us to guide you inside the Kage Manor."
Temari welcomed the family inside.
"Well everyone let's go inside and this famous Kazekage I've been hearing about.
Minato said as he walked inside.
After walking through a short hallway the group reached a door to the Kazekage office life Temari opened the door Garra was sitting at his desk with a red haired toddler on his lap.
"Lord Kazekage we have escorted the visitors safely to your office."
Temari bowed.
"Sister, no need to be formal with your baby brother."
Garaa said as he stood up and he walked towards Minato.
Minato couldn't believe that this kid was the Kazekage, he had heard the Sand village's Kage was young but not this young.
Garra stood up from his desk and he placed the toddler on the floor.
"Nice to finally meet you Lord Hokage, I am what people call Garra of the Sand and you already met my elder siblings."
Garra looked down at the toddler who was hiding behind him.
"And this is the child we adopted recently his name is Sasori."
Garra extended his hand out to Minato.
"Nice to meet you Garra, I am Minato Namikaze-Uzumaki and this is my wife Kushina."
"Good to finally meet the famous Garra of the sand."
Kushina shook hands with Garra.
"Likewise Ma'am."
Garra replied.
Kushina kneeled down to Sasori to which the toddler hid behind Garra.
"Hey cutie can you tell me your name?"
Kushina smiled at the child hoping to comfort him.
"Sori"
The shy toddler said.
"Aww, he's just so adorable!,"
Kushina exclaimed.
Sasori jumped at the sudden loudness of raised his hands to Gaara as he was on the verge of tears, Garra sighed as he picked up the boy and started comforting him.
"Apologies, Sasori is still shy
around new people."
The wife chuckled.
"It's alright."
("Hey, Kurama isn't that the same guy who was in the Akatsuki?")
Naruto turned to the tailed beast.
("Yes that is him, and seeing like this is polarizing compared to when we last saw him")
"And this is our pride and joy Naruto and just like you he's an jinchuriki of the Nine tails...aka our house pet."
Minato pointed to Kurama.
"I'm not just some low rate house pet!!"
Kurama yelled Hokage.
"How peculiar."
Garra kneeled down in front of Kurama.
"Can I help you?"
The fox asked.
"How is this possible to have such a powerful tailed beast reduced to this size?"
Garra was intrigued at what he saw.
"Well long story short there was an invasion when this guy was born and Kushina and I almost died."
("Wait what!?")
Naruto shouted.
("Don't be too loud, this is our chance to find out more about this world and out current circumstance.")
"And....well, on second thought the story is too long I'll tell you after our meeting."
Minato said.
"We can talk about it during dinner."
Garra replied.
("Kurama do you know what they were talking about?")
The boy asked.
Kurama shook his head.
("No I only remember what happened in our original world, any history this world has about you and I is new to me too.")
("Ugh this whole situation is getting on my nerves")
Naruto sighed.
("Well...one problem at a time I guess....but for now let's focus on him.")
Kurama pointed his tails to the toddler hiding behind Garra's legs.
("Yeah I know he's not like Itachi or Nagato, he was a pretty bad guy")
Naruto said.
("He turned people into mindless puppets...... he's not just a bad guy he's a psychopath.")
Kurama replied to Naruto.
"Well I feel like we should get this meeting underway, I have much to discuss with you Lord Hokage."
Garra said to the man.
"Yeah let's do this."
Minato replied.
"If you want I could put your son and his pet in the nursery with Sasori, it would be a good time for him to be less shy."
"Yeah that's a great idea, so our son won't be bored."
Minato replied.
"Good my brother can watch the children he's always been secretly very caring."
Garra said as he turned to Kankuro and handed him Sasori.
"Dada?"
Sasori said as he reached out to Garra.
"Wait why me?"
Kankuro asked.
Temari placed her hand on her brother's shoulder.
"Well ain't it obvious, you have a soft side."
The kunoichi teased.
"Whatever."
Kankuro said.
Kushina handed off her child and Kurama's leash to the teen and she also gave him a diaper bag.
"Everything he needs is in there and if there is any issue feel free to grab me but as long as Kurama is with him Naruto should be fine."
Kushina said to the teen.
"Got ya."
Kankuro replied as he was slightly struggling to hold everything.
Kushina looked down at Kurama.
"Don't cause any trouble Kurama."
Kushina said.
"Yeah yeah I know."
Kurama replied.
"Good"
Kushina rubbed the top of the Fox's head and she kissed Naruto.
"You two have fun."
The two Kages started walking towards the Kazekage office, but as soon a Garra took a step towards his office Sasori started calling him.
"DADA DADA!!!"
The boy called out as he started writhing in Kankuro's arms.
"Sasori I won't be long I promise."
Garra went inside his office along with Minato.
"DADA!!! WAAAAAAAAH!!!
"Great, now I gotta deal with this."
Kankuro mumbled as he went to the Sasori's room
[Sasori's Room]
Kankuro placed the two toddlers down and he closed the door behind him.
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"
Sasori continued to cry loudly.
Naruto and Kurama covered their ears due to the child's loud crying.
"Okay kid that's enough."
Kankuro picked up the child and he tried to comfort him to make him stop crying.
"Okay you two it's probably gonna be awhile before he stops?"
Kankuro said as he was desperately trying to keep his nephew quiet.
After a few minutes had passed Sasori had ceased his crying and was reduced to sniffling.
"Finally."
Said the teen as he breathed a sigh of relief while putting the toddler of the floor.
("Why was he crying for anyways
Naruto turned his head to Sasori, but the red haired toddler instantly went Kankuro.
"Sasori you can't keep being this way forever."
Kankuro placed Sasori in front of Naruto.
"Dada go."
The toddler said sadly.
"He'll be back in a minute so in the meantime just play with this kid.
"Hi."
Naruto greeted the red haired toddler.
"See look he said hi, you should say hi back."
Kankuro said to the toddler.
"H h h.... waaaaaaaah!"
Sasori started crying.
Kankuro sighed as he picked up the boy and started comforting him again.
("Geez, what's his deal?")
Naruto asked.
("Your guess is as good as mines Naruto.")
After a few minutes Sasori's cries had stiffled.
"Sorry about that kid, Sasori has some issues we were still trying to figure out."
Kankuro placed the toddler on the floor.
Kankuro sat back down in his chair and he got back on his phone.
("How about I try again.")
"Hi me Nado"
Naruto said to Sasori.
"N n nado."
Sasori quietly said.
Kankuro looked up from his phone.
"Me Nado...dat Wama."
Naruto pointed to Kurama.
Sasori went back to Kankuro and he raised his hands up to the teen.
"C'mon kid you almost talked to him.
Kankuro said to the toddler.
Sasori shook his head and he continued to raise his hands to Kankuro
("This kid is weird.")
Naruto said.
("Let me try something.")
Kurama walked up to the toddler and he licked him.
Sasori was surprised.
Kurama then walk back to Naruto.
("What was that?")
Naruto asked.
("I only did it so he'll stop crying.")
Sasori walked up to Naruto and Kurama.
"P pway w w wi kitty"
The red haired boy asked.
Kurama walked up to Sasori and he lowered his head allowing the boy to pet him.
Sasori rubbed the top of the tailed beast's head and gave off a small smile.
"Soff"
The boy said quietly.
"Alright that's enough"
Kurama said as he went back to Naruto.
"Try to talk to him he's calmed down a little bit.
Kurama said to the Naruto whom he received a nod from.
Naruto walked to Sasori.
"Why sad."
Naruto asked.
"W wan dada...dada nod hew."
Sasori replied.
Kankuro lowered his phone to listen on the kids.
"Ou dada wi mine dada."
Naruto replied
"Wan dada new...nod thewe."
Sasori replied as tears started flowing from his face.
"Hey what's up with this kid?"
Kurama asked Kankuro.
"He has real bad abandonment issues but it no wonder he does his whole family is dead."
Kankuro explained.
"(They're all dead!!")
Naruto exclaimed.
"All of them are dead?"
Kurama repeated.
Kankuro sighed.
"Yeah it's crazy....his parents died during battle about a year ago and his grandmother and his great uncle died just a few months... it's a lot for a kid to go throuegh."
Kurama looked at the child then back to Naruto.
"(Dang, that's rough...but he has a new family.)"
Naruto said.
"What about you guys aren't you all his new family?"
Kurama said.
"We can't replace his actual family...this kid is truly alone so the best we can do is try to make him feel less lonely."
Kankuro picked up Sasori again and rubbed his back to soothe him
"(I won't let him be alone.)"
Naruto said as he slowly walked towards Kankuro and Sasori.
"Pway"
The blond toddler said as he pointed to Sasori.
"Come on Sasori, your daddy wanted you to play with Naruto can you do that?"
Kankuro said to the child.
Sasori looked at Naruto.
"Me pway."
Sasori said.
Kankuro placed the boy on the floor and Naruto grabbed his hand.
"Pway toy?"
Naruto asked the boy.
Sasori nodded and he went to his toy box and got out several toys of his which some were puppets.
"(He has mini puppets how does we play with them?)"
Sasori took three of the puppets and he held them up to Kankuro.
"You want me to use these?"
Kankuro said to the boy.
"Unca do id."
Sasori said.
Kankuro attached chakra threads to the toy puppets and he made them do various things to amuse the two children such as slapshtick, dances, and other humorous things afterwards Kankuro made the puppet how signaling the end of his mini performance.
"Unca gan."
Sasori asked.
"Maybe later."
Kankuro said.
"(That was kinda fun, puppets are kinda cool")
Naruto said excitedely.
Sasori tapped Naruto and he gave the toddler the second small puppet.
"Pway."
Sasori said as he made his puppet move around.
Naruto took the second puppet and he made it move around to and soon the two boys made their own little puppet show.d
(One Hour Later)
{Knock Knock}
Temari entered the room.
"Dinner is ready."
Temari said before closing the door.
"Alright time to eat."
Kankuro picked up the two boys and he started walking towards the dining room.
