Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hinata's Secret Life ❯ Chapter 34

Hinata was correct about her assumption. Ramen was overly excited to see Uncle Gaara again and was even happy that he was getting married. Gaara hardly but Mizu-chan down, he kept insisting on carrying her everywhere, the only thing was that meant he also had to change her diapers. Once he figure out that she didn't smell anywhere near as bad as Yuki with them, he was fine.

 

Although an interesting thing happened one day, Hanabi and Hinata wanted some private time to talk. So Gaara and Naruto took Mizuki for what Naruto calls `bonding time'. It was no surprise to Gaara that they appeared at Ichiraku's, for a bowl of ramen. What did surprise him though was that Naruto was gentle feeding the three month old child miso ramen broth.

 

“Why are you doing that?” Gaara asked watching Naruto carefully blow off the broth, after putting it on a spoon.

 

“Why am I doing what?” Naruto asked in between blows, making sure the broth was cool enough before gently feeding it to Mizuki. Gaara got a small chuckle watching the little girl try to eat off the spoon.

 

“Why are you feeding her ramen broth?” Gaara asked like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

 

“Hinata said at three months we can start introducing solids, but that ramen noodles were still too much for her. So one day while I was here with Ramen we saw she kept trying to reach for a bowl. I was eating a bowl of miso ramen and decided to cool down the broth and gave her some. She loved it, so I gave her some more.” Naruto said in between cooling down another spoonful for his daughter.

 

“Is it all flavors of ramen?” Gaara asked in between bites.

 

“No that's the weird thing she only likes the miso flavored.” Naruto said giving his daughter another small spoonful, trying not to laugh at her tongue moving around the spoon.

 

“Why is that weird? All kids have a favorite food don't they?” Gaara asked not really sure. Ramen was the only kid he was really around, but he ate everything.

 

“The weird thing is all Hinata craved while she was pregnant was miso ramen. That's what is so weird about it.” Then Naruto began to talk to Mizu-chan in a little kid's way “isn't that right Mizu-chan. You only like miso ramen? Huh, isn't that Daddy's big girl.”

 

“So what does Hinata think about all this?” Gaara asked only to see Naruto's face whiten. “She doesn't know does she?”

 

Putting his other hand behind his head Naruto grinned sheepishly “nope.” Then Naruto got an innocent look on his face “Please don't tell her Gaara.”

“And why should I not tell her?” Then Gaara got a mischievous look on his face. “What are you going to give me to keep silent?”

 

With a sigh Naruto asked “what do you want Gaara?”

 

“I want to feed Mizuki. Hand her over.” Gaara said reaching for the little girl. “I will even cool down the broth for her.”

 

“You sure are easy to please” Naruto said handing over his daughter. “I can't wait until you have kids. Then I am going to spoil them rotten like you do mine.”

 

“I don't spoil your kids Naruto” Gaara said sitting Mizu-chan on his lap as he began blowing the broth to cool it.

 

“Really so what do you call Ramen's birthday present?” Naruto asked, referring to the elaborate teleportation scrolls that have been his gift.

 

“A way to visit his favorite Uncle” Gaara answered feeding Mizuki.

 

“Alright how do you explain this? You've been here three days and the only time I've held my daughter is when I am putting her to bed or when I was just feeding her. Her room has so many toys in it that it's hard to move?” Naruto said wondering how Gaara was going to answer this one.

 

“That's not spoiling, that's showing how much I love her. And besides consider it training. Your ANBU you should be able to move around a bunch of toys.” Gaara said blowing on more broth.

 

“And the gold plated kunai with her name engraved on it?”

 

“I got Ramen a set for when his graduation gift. Also a matching set of shuriken, and a katana blade with matching sheath.” Gaara said feeing Mizuki the rest of the broth.

 

“And that's not spoiling?” Naruto asked incredibly.

 

“Nope, that's just well loved.” Gaara said in a tone of voice making the subject drop. “Now Mizu-chan what else shall we do today?” Gaara asked the little girl before carrying her out of the restaurant.

 

“If that's not spoiled, I hate to see what is” Naruto muttered under his breathe walking out of the restaurant after paying for the meal.

 

Neji had taken guardianship of Hiro and so far has only met a few complications. Hinata spent a lot of time at the hospital removing the caged seal from branch family members, that wished it removed. Hinata had often come home exhausted but proud of the work she was able to do at the hospital. There was some Hyuuga's who don't like change but for the most part most were ready for them. Under Neji's and TenTen's care, they knew Hiro was in good hands.

 

The day of the graduation ceremony was nice and hot, yet not hot enough to be uncomfortable. A lot of people showed up for the ceremony. Neji and TenTen showed up to support Hiro, showing him that there is nothing more important than family.

 

Sakura, Kaede and Malina were sitting next to each other talking about pregnancy. While Naruto, Itachi and Shino were talking about the horrors that will eventually befall their families. Dating teenage daughters, Shino had the soonest to worry with Shuri being the oldest. It wasn't until Naruto informed him that the only boys not grossed out by her bug handling were her friends, and they thought of her as a sister. Shino felt a little better knowing that between Ramen and Daiki no one would come near his daughter.

 

“I would like to thank everyone for being here” Iruka said standing in front of a podium. “It is with great pleasure that I will announce this year's academy graduates. I will announce the teams with their squad leader. Team One” Iruka began reading off the names. When the student's names were called the student went up to receive their Leaf protector and introduced to their leader.

 

It was a while before he said again “Team Seven consists of Daiki Rock” Daiki went up to get his protector that he quickly tied around his waist. You could hear screaming as his name was called but the loudest was Rock Lee and Gai Maito. When the noise calmed down Iruka continued “Shuri Aburame.” More screaming was heard but the loudest was from Anya, who was jumping up and down with enough energy she made Gai and Lee look calm. Even Shino was yelling although it was hard to hear him over the buzzing of bugs flying over his head in the shape of a fist with the thumb sticking up.

 

Iruka continued after the yelling stopped “Arashi `Ramen' Uzumaki and of course Kitsune.” Screaming was heard all over again as Naruto and Hinata were screaming their heads off. Even Itachi and Gaara were yelling happily. Ramen grabbed his protector and tied it around his forehead like his parents wore. He looked like a mini-Naruto it was so cute. Ramen took the other protector and tied it around Kitsune's neck almost like a collar. “There leader is Kakashi Hatake.” Silence filled the area when Kakashi was actually there to retrieve his squad.

 

Standing behind his squad as if he was always there it took Iruka a few minutes to continue, he was so in shock. When he regained his composure the continued of with the graduation ceremony. Ten teams had graduated this year, but they had yet to pass the test from their leaders.

 

When Kakashi informed them to meet his at Training Ground Three at eight the following morning and to not eat breakfast, Naruto got a feeling of nostalgia at hearing those words. Then he got a grin at knowing what the kids had to endure. One thing was for sure he wasn't going to give them any hints. Some things you just have to learn on your own. Seeing the familiar smile on Hinata's, Naruto knew she wasn't telling either.