Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Bundle Of Wonder . . . Or So I Hope ❯ A Baby By Any Other Name ( Chapter 2 )

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Kent: Yo! My wonderful readers! How I love reviews and knowing just how much you guys like my story. This whole plot has been running around in my head for YEARS so I finally decided to write it out before I went crazy. Lol

The long awaited update is finally here:

Chapter 1
A Baby By Any Other Name

"Baa-chan! Baa-chan! Help! Now! Urgent!" The blond ran through the dark
almost eerie curved halls of the Hokage Tower; light only streaming through
from a few randomly placed windows. As he slid to a halt, large double doors
came into view. Looking down at the bundle in his arms he sighed. "Why did
this have to happen to you, little one? I promise you now that I will always
be there for you and I will not allow that to happen to you again; for as
long as I live I will protect you… Wow. That sounded like something right
out of a play." Shaking his head softly he looked down once again and stared
into eyes that were almost a complete reflection of his own. The only
difference would be that they had innocence spilling out everywhere, whereas
his had lived and seen too much already to still be that way. Quietly he
pushed open one of the large doors with one arm and the baby cradled gently
in the other. Staring across the room he spotted a long desk at which a
bottle of sake rested beside an unconscious blond woman sprawled across said
desk.

"Wake up damnit! This is no time for your beauty sleep Baa-chan!" The
blond growled lightly as to not awaken the child in his arms. Sighing he
strolled cautiously around the desk and leaned down by the woman until his
warm breath ghosted across her ear. "BAA-CHAN!!" He yelled out. After which
he was on the verge of laughing maniacally when the woman woke up and
punched the desk in half.

"Gaki! I told you NOT to call me THAT!!" She shrieked, "I've been working
hard and I need my rest!"

"Stop yelling, Baa-chan, you'll wake her." The blond teen glared at her
ferociously, remarkably resembling an angry fox.

"Her?" Tsunade looked at him incredulously before she caught site of the
small infant cradled in his arms protectively. "Naruto, why EXACTLY do you
have a baby?" She sight after he just shrugged and nonchalantly told her
that he found her in an alley. Rubbing her temples to soothe her nerves she
finally sighed. "OK. First thing tomorrow we'll take her to a shelter and-"

"NO! We won't take her to a shelter. I would really like to keep her; at
least until we find a nice family for her to go to." He glared at her once
again just daring her to object.

"Naruto, you can barely take care of yourself. How exactly are you planning on caring for another being? On of which I might add is incapable of practically ANYTHING at all other than sleeping, drooling, and other disgusting baby stuff?!” Tsunade sighed and tried to calm down before letting her anger get the best of her. “I know you mean the best but I don't believe that you are ready for this kind of responsibility yet. There are many nice families here in Konoha that-“

“I already said, I'm keeping her! And that's FINAL!!”

Getting irritated from his constant interruptions she glared back at him with her hands on her hips. “Why did you bring her here if you didn't need my help?”

“But I do need it.”

“With?”

"Well, I kinda . . . um . . . needed you to heal her." His glare had
disappeared and now he looked as if he was going to burst into tears any
minute now. He slowly began to remove the torn shirt from around the small
body revealing many injuries.

Tsunade was stunned. Her brown eyes widened and her eyebrows ran up her
forehead and into her hairline. She stood there gaping until she could
finally speak again and said the only coherent thing in her head. "How?"

"I really don't know . . ." He held out his arms and gently set the baby
down onto the small futon in front of the remains that used to be a very
sturdy desk. "But once I find out rest assured that Naruto Uzumaki will
bring down the bad guys!" To prove his point he flexed his arms and admired
his muscles. Tsunade shook her head gently to clear the fog from her mind
and set to work on healing the wounds.

"Have you thought of a name for her yet?" She asked quietly.

"No, not really. I almost had a nervous breakdown just trying to get her
here."

"Well, you really ought to start thinking of one soon if you want to keep
her."

He sighed softly and began to think, "Hm . . . well . . . I want to name
her something unique, something that will stand out as if it is only hers .
. . Something with a 'z'." He smiled brightly at that last statement.

"A 'z'? Why 'z'?"

"I like the letter and it stands out so . . . yeah . . ." He mumbled.

"Ok well there're names like . . . let's see . . . Zora . . . or . . .
Zayn . . . or Ziana . . . or . . . um-"

"Zaliya!"

"What?"

"Zaliya . . . I've decided I want to name her Zaliya." He smiled down
sweetly at the now healed infant before him and gently picked her up and
cradled her in his arms.

"Zaliya . . That's a cute name. Now, off with you and come by every now
and then with her so I know how she's doing for the next few days, OK?"

Naruto smiled at her brightly, turned around and walked towards the door.
Once there he turned around once more. " Um… Baa-chan?"

"Yes Naruto?"

"Um . . . well . . . I was wondering . . . what do babies eat?"

Tsunade smiled brightly and chuckled a bit before responding. "Babies only
drink warm milk for awhile until their stomachs are able to hold other
things such as oats, like oatmeal for instance, and mashed fruits and
vegetables. However, the milk that they drink isn't ordinary milk and under
no circumstances can anything she eats be rotten, spoiled, or expired. OK?"

"Oh . . . um . . . Baa-chan? Um . . . There's kinda . . . a problem . . ."

"Yes?" She urged gently noticing his inner turmoil, "Well, what is it?"

" Well . . . um . . . it's kinda . . . it's just that . . . the stores and
shops . . ."

"What about them? She asked narrowing her eyes slightly.

"Well . . . they don't EXACTLY . . . ever sell me anything fresh . . . or
non-expired . . . that's why I eat at Ichiraiku's all the time . . . it's
the only place in town . . . that doesn't" A faint blush appeared of his
cheeks after his little confession.

"Don't worry about that for now; just head to the store at dawn and buy
whatever you need and make sure to buy the milk Zaliya needs ok? It's not
just regular milk; if you have to you can ask Sakura or Ino for help with
it."

He smiled at her once again and this time left the room completely.

After she was sure he was gone she called out "Shikaku!"

Not even a second later a man with dark brown hair pulled back into a high
ponytail and small scares on his face appeared seemingly out of nowhere.
"Yes, Lady Hokage?"

"I need you to watch Naruto tomorrow, for when he will go into the store,
and make sure that nobody does anything to him or the groceries he gets at
all. Also don't tell anyone the contents of his grocery bag."

"Yes, Lady Hokage." Then he was gone.

Kent: OK so how was that for the first chapter. Special thanks to my absolutely wonderful beta BlackSandGaara cause without her I wouldn't have had a clue how to characterize Tsunade. I'm not all that good at characterizing females seeing as I have no experience being one. ^_^ lol I'm hilarious lol

Again I will repeat that there is a poll out to see who will end up with Naruto. MUST be MALE. *sniff* PLEASE?!

The results of the poll thus far are as such:

Gaara- 24
Sasuke- 17
Gaara AND Sasuke- 1

Surprisingly Gaara is in the lead at the moment! He's awesome. But then again; so are the other male characters. I'm sorry to those of you who want Naruto as a Seme but for me he just screams Uke all around. lol

PS: Also I am a lazy bum so again; it will take me a while to update.