Naruto yawned as her eyes slid open against something warm. She leaned her head back a little. She had had her face tucked into Shikamaru's neck. She blinked the blurriness from her eyes as she became more aware of the position she was in.

Shikamaru's arms were wrapped securely around her, and she similarly had her arms wrapped around him, so one was tucked under him. Their legs were tangled too.

But it was really comfortable. So she tucked her face back in his neck and closed her eyes. She heard a chuckle and breathed a quiet puff of laughter as the vibration from the sound tickles her eyelids.

"Naru, we gotta get up."

She pulled back to see a lightly blushing Shikamaru.

"But it's comfortable...and warm."

Shikamaru smiled, laughing slightly. "I know, but we have to eat and take care of our daughter."

A grin formed on Naruto's face as a warm feeling spread through her like fire.

Shikamaru raised a brow. "Naru?"

"You said our daughter."

Shikamaru blushed heavily. "Ah- I, uh-"

Naruto laughed, and hugged Shikamaru. "It's fine. She calls you Dad and everything. She is our daughter."

That warm feeling came back, and the two finally got out of bed, smiles on their faces.

Naruto headed to the kitchen to make breakfast like usual, while Shikamaru showered. She turned on the stove, and went to get Hinari while the stove-top heated up.

She cuddled Hinari and placed her in her highchair. She quickly cracked some eggs and beat them, before pouring them in the pan. She hummed softly as she heard the shower cut off, and it wasn't long before Shikamaru came out dressed in his shinobi gear.

He walked over to Naruto and grabbed the baby food from the cabinet above the stove. Naruto raised her eyebrows in slight surprise. In all of the almost seven months Shikamaru has been by her side, he had never willingly tried to feed Hinari.

He noticed her look and blushed lightly, murmuring something. Naruto grinned at his shyness. She softly bopped his head. "Silly Shika. Go feed Hinari before she kicks up a fuss." She pushed Shikamaru in the direction of the table and continued making the eggs, pulling out some bacon and bread for toast.

She felt warm. Shikamaru was a light in her dreary life. And that interaction was what she had watched happen with families. The mother teasing the hopeless father. She blushed and smiled. That was a nice thought.

She finished up breakfast and made plates. They dug in.

"Naru, Have I told you that you are a really good cook?"

Naruto nodded. "Several times."

"You are a really, really good cook."

Naruto laughed. Considering she had learned from the Mother of a brothel, It wasn't that bad. Shikamaru was probably exaggerating. She quickly finished her breakfast and left to shower.

Shikamaru let Hinari down from the high chair, and she began crawling around. The Nara quickly cleaned up, doing the few dishes and wiping the counters. Hinari just followed him around. Last, he changed her diaper. Not a fun job, but someone had to. And the flying hug he received from Naruto was worth it.

"Thanks Shika!" She scooped Hinari up and spun around. Hinari giggled. "Mama!"

Shikamaru grabbed his weapon pouches and strapped them on, hand Naruto hers.

Naruto handed him Hinari and quickly strapped on her gear, brushing her hair and pulling it up in a high tail. She pulled on her hita-itae and pulled Shikamaru's out of her pocket and stepped forward, putting it on for him. His dark hair framed his pale angular face.

Naruto took Hinari and smiled. "I'm going to see if Anko-chan is on the roster or not. If not, she can watch Hinari. Your mom must be worn out."

"Nah. She adores Hinari."

Naruto giggled and went upstairs.

She came back without Hinari. "Anko-chan said she'll watch her."

Suddenly a chill seemed to spread through the hallway. Naruto shivered. "I just got a really bad feeling."

Shikamaru nodded. "Me too."

Naruto spread her senses, and found nothing. "Just, stay alert. Let's go."

She made a clone to stay behind and watch Hinari and Anko. Shikamaru whispered to the shadows. They took off, racing through Konoha. Team 10 would be training with Team 7 until Asuma was fully recovered. The medics and Inoichi were barely able to wake him up.

They touched down in the center of Team 7's training ground. Everyone sans Kakashi was there. Ino and Choji looked a little uncomfortable, as Sakura was lost in thought and Sasuke was glaring a hole in the ground.

Naruto walked up to Sakura who snapped out of her thoughts. "Good morning Naruto."

Naruto smiled and gestured for Sakura to turn around. Sakura complied and Naruto swiftly braided her hair. Sakura nodded her thanks, and Naruto walked over to Sasuke. He didn't move. So she grinned and bopped the back of his head, using her bloodline to appear next to Shikamaru as the raven's head snapped up.

He looked around. "Who did that?" 

No one replied, to busy trying not to laugh. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Naruto. Naruto held both of her hands up, a look of innocence on her face. Sasuke rolled his eyes and lunged. Naruto grinned and returned the favor. A completely one-sided spar kicked up, Naruto using her bloodline to stay just out of reach.

"Dobe! Stop moving!" Sasuke shouted, annoyed. Naruto's laughed echoed through the clearing.

Shikamaru chuckled as he heard a faint 'poof' and felt a forehead press against his back. A clone engaged Sasuke in taijutsu, while the original hid behind Shikamaru, shaking as she held in her giggles.

The shaking kinda tickled, so Shikamaru ended up holding in a laugh. 

Kakashi suddenly appeared in between the two just as Clone leapt at Sasuke. Kakashi was caught off guard and took a fist to the shoulder, knocking his Icha Icha out of his hand. He punched the clone clear across the training ground, where it dispelled midair, and leapt to catch his book, stepping on Sasuke's head to do so.

Sasuke face-planted ungracefully.

Naruto couldn't hold it in anymore. A stream of giggles left her, and she fell on the ground clutching her stomach. Kakashi sighed.

Shikamaru chuckled, and when Naruto finally stopped giggling, he helped her up.

"Okay, let's start training now." Kakashi said indifferently.  

AN// Sorry for not updating in forever, I should probably put a sporadic update warning on all of my fanfics. I hope you enjoyed the chappie. Comments and stuff are appreciated. Have a nice day/night!