“Akihiko, can we talk alone?”

“Sure.” Akihiko said as he touched her shoulders. Then, they instantly teleported out of Konoha. Currently, they were near a small stream and several birds were chirping. There were also fishes swimming around in the stream.

“Is this place to your liking?” Akihiko asked with a slight smile as he sat down on one of the large rocks near the stream.

“Yes, but I like you more than this place, Akihiko.” Temari confessed directly as she got a good set up.

‘Heh. My unexpected confession might make him flustered. Ah, I want to see that expression.’ Temari thought.

“Mm. It’s the same for me, Temari.” Akihiko replied as Temari blushed.

‘Ahh! I wasn’t prepared for that!’ Temari was surprised by Akihiko’s response as she wasn’t expecting that.

“A-are you serious about that?”

Akihiko stood up as he was now extremely close to Temari. He stared directly at her as she blushed even harder and lowered her head.

To clear her mind, Temari fake coughed and asked Akihiko.

“So, are we a couple now?”

“Yeah. We are a couple now, Temari.”

Temari’s mouth curled up into a wide smile as she asked,

“Then, can I hug you?”

“Do you have to ask? Of course you can.” Akihiko answered as he spread his arms, ready for a hug.

Temari went into Akihiko’s embrace as they hugged for a solid 4 minutes.

[E/N: I like wholesome, but I need lemons]

“We should probably go back now, Akihiko.”

“It hasn’t been that long since we left the house though.” Akihiko said as Temari answered with a serious face.

“I want to play with the kids. I also have to get very friendly with your wives.”

“Hahaha, sure.” Akihiko then teleported back to the Uchiha Household with her.

“Oh, Akihiko, Temari. You’re back?” Izumi said with surprise as she didn’t expect them to return after 6 minutes.

“Come sit here, Temari.” Kushina, Anko and Mikoto invited her as the kids were also excited.

“Big Sis, Big Sis, don’t forget the promise.”

“I won’t. Let’s play later, okay?”

Then, they looked at Akihiko then their mothers and quickly continued.

“Papa, we didn’t want to disturb you because you had to train Big Brother Sasuke and Naruto.” Hina said as the other kids nodded.

“That’s right, Papa.” x8

“And all the Mama have lots of work to do and they are tired.” Himiko continued after Hina.

“Aya, that’s right. Our children are very considerate.” The mothers hugged the children and Akihiko also joined the hug.

“Hehehehe.” The kids all had smiles on their faces as they were hugged. In 6 months, they all were about to celebrate their fourth birthdays.

There were lots of birthdays to celebrate in the household since there were lots of family members. Deidara, Nagato, Jugo were also considered as family since they were related to the family in some way.

The bears and Nyanta also had their own birthdays.

After a while, they broke the hug and started talking again. Konan stood up as she walked towards the training grounds.

“I’ll go and complete my training now.”

“Right. I also have to go and check on Naruto and Sasuke. Well, I’ll go after 10 or so minutes.” Akihiko said as he also joined the talk.

After 10 minutes, Akihiko went to the training grounds and checked on Sasuke and Naruto. They both were starting their spar with the shadow clones and they were losing pretty badly.

Konan was also continuing her pushups but this time she was faster since her strength has been replenished by the food.

After a while, she finished the push ups and went on to do squats. Akihiko nodded as he was quite satisfied by the sight. Konan was indeed hard-working.

He continued to watch them for one hour and thirty minutes before their training finally ended. Konan also finished her fifty squats and 20 lap run.

“Good job.” Akihiko said as the three were laying flat on the ground, exhausted.

“We didn’t hit the shadow clone once. Not even once.” Sasuke muttered as he was reflecting on the spar today. He noticed many faults in himself and there were many situations where he could have landed a hit but due to his incompetence, he made the wrong move.

Naruto was silent as he was thinking.

‘The whole time, I was mostly dodging and running. Even with sage mode, I can only use it for a limited time. Sasuke even lasted longer than me. Is he stronger than me? Why? Am I slacking off?’ Naruto questioned himself as he finally got the answer.

‘Yeah, I’m too relaxed. He’s already ahead of me. We’re rivals, I can’t be left behind.’ Naruto said with determination as he opened his mouth.

“Akihiko, can you double my training tomorrow?”

Sasuke was surprised to hear it while Akihiko grinned.

“Sure. I will spar with you instead of the shadow clone. Remember, I won’t hold back, Naruto.”

“Of course! Can you give me pointers too?”

“Mm.”

“Thanks.”

“Konan, you did very well on your first day of training.” Akihiko praised Konan as Konan’s mouth curled up into a soft smile.

“Thank you.”

“But you have to try harder if you even want to land a hit on me. Even Sasuke and Naruto have 0 chances of hitting me, even if it’s a sneak attack.”

As Akihiko said that, Sasuke and Naruto’s mouths twitched but they couldn’t deny it. It was the truth.

“Yes. I’ll remember it. I’ll try harder next time.”

“Mm. That’s what I like to hear.” Akihiko said with a bright smile as he helped Konan get up from the ground. Konan’s cheeks went a light pink hue but it was very soft. However, the three could see it.

‘God damn it. You womanizer. Even if this is just training, you still manage to attract others. God damn it, you handsome fucker!’ Naruto thought with some grievances as they forgot for a moment that they were also quite handsome.

[a/n: Naruto is handsome in the anime, right? What do you think?]

After that, they all went inside the house. Sasuke and Naruto went to their respective rooms to take a nap after their harsh training.

—–

[2 hours later]

“Aiya! Finally! We’re back to Konoha. Truly, the air here is different.” Kurenai said as she stretched her arms and took a deep breath in.

Everyone else also took a deep breath in but started coughing.

*Cough* *Cough*

“A-asuma, the smoke from your cigarette.”

“Ah, sorry about that.” Asuma answered before he continued smoking.

‘That’s why it’s good to wear a mask.’ Kakashi said in his mind as he looked at the gates of Konoha.

They passed through the gate as they showed the proof that they were from Konoha.

“Well, kids. You should go back and rest. We will go and report to Lady Tsunade.” Asuma said as Guy gave a thumbs up.

“That’s right! You all worked hard and I am very proud! THIS IS AN AMAZING DISPLAY OF YOUTH!”

“Yeah… good job.” Kakashi just said while Kurenai patted their shoulders.

“You all did well. Choji, you are chubby, not fat.”

*sniff* “Thank you.” Choji even cried a bit when he heard that.

After that, Kurenai, Kakashi, Asuma and Guy left the group and dashed towards the Hokage office.

“Hm. What should we do now?” Sakura asked as Lee shouted.

“Training! Let’s do handstands!”

“No.”

He got rejected by everyone as Hinata suggested.

“Let’s just go on our own.”

“That’s good.”

Lee left on his own on handstands while Shikamaru and Choji walked away together. Choji was eating chips and Shikamaru was rubbing his neck. They were heading to Yakiniku BBQ to eat.

Neji and TenTen were a bit awkward as Neji first talked.

“*Ahem* Do you want to visit my home, TenTen? Of course, it is to discuss how to improve our teamwork.”

“Y-yes, let’s go.” TenTen agreed as they both walked away.

“Hmm, that’s quite interesting.” Ino smiled and then she grabbed Sakura and Hinata’s arms.

“Let’s go to the Uchiha household!”

—–

[In Hokage’s office]

*Knock* *Knock*

“Lady Tsunade, we completed our mission.”

“Come in.”

Kurenai, Guy, Kakashi and Asuma entered as Tsunade was sitting while doing paperwork.

Shizune was also helping her and as soon as she saw Kurenai, she waved at her with a smile.

Kurenai also waved back as Kakashi reported.

“The Akatsuki suppression mission was successfully completed. There were no difficulties and nobody was injured.”

Tsunade smiled as she was happy.

“Good. Good job!” She said as Shizune whispered to Tsunade.

“Lady Tsunade, to celebrate this joyous occasion, let’s drink lots of sake after work.”

Tsunade gave a thumbs up at Shizune as Tsunade looked at the four.

“Although the two of them have been defeated, there are still Akatsuki members left. We shouldn’t let our guard down. That’s all. You may leave.” Tsunade said as the four bowed and left.

—–

[Meanwhile]

Sakura, Hinata and Ino arrived at the Uchiha Household as everything went like normal. They knocked, someone came and opened it. After that, they went inside the house.

“Hello.”

They greeted everyone with a smile as the wives, Konan, Akihiko and Temari returned the greetings.

“Oh, I didn’t expect to see you here, Temari.” Hinata said with a smile as Temari answered.

“Oh, Big Sis Hinata, are you familiar with Big Sis Temari?”

“Hm. That’s right. We met each other a few times. Ino and Sakura are also familiar with her.”

“I see. Now, shouldn’t we go play now, Big Sis Temari?” The kids asked Temari with sparkly eyes as Temari nodded.

“Sure. We have delayed this for some time. Let’s play!” Temari said as she stood up.

“Follow us, Big Sis Temari.” The kids tugged her clothes and pointed at the door.

“Sure sure.”

“I’ll also come and play with you after I finish chatting.” Sakura said to the kids as the kids made a “woah” expression.

“Sure, Big Sis Sakura. How about you, Big Sis Hinata and Ino?”

“I’ll come later together with Sakura.”

“Me too.”

“Okay.”

The kids then left with Temari. The three bears looked at Akihiko as Akihiko also glanced at them.

They stacked on each other and made a salute as they followed the kids. Gurizu also grabbed Nyanta, who purred lazily, and placed him on top.

“So, how was the mission?” Mikoto asked as the three sat down on empty chairs.

“The mission went very smoothly. Nobody got injured.”

“That’s good.” Kushina said as Izumi also asked.

“Is Kurenai-san at the office?”

“Yes. Kurenai-sensei went to report to Lady Tsunade.”

“I see. I see.”

Ino placed her hand on the black opaque table beside her. But then loud bangs came from inside.

“Ah!” Ino yelled out in surprise as she moved her hand.

‘Right. The black box.’ Akihiko finally remembered.

(End-)

Credits to editors:

Black Latte

MagnuS

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I’m sorry. I fell asleep yesterday because I was too tired.

I hope you have a nice day.