Chapter Three

Haru was five. He was not an idiot. He knew the fact that his parents were going to sleep in separate rooms was not a good sign. He would very much like to be born. Therefore he hatched a "clever" plan.

He waits until the middle of the night and goes to Hinata's room. Haru knocks on the door. Hinata answers almost immediately.

"Haru, what's wrong?" She asks, concerned at his tearful expression.

"I h-ad a bad dream." He sniffles.

"Oh. It was just a dream. It'll be okay." She says with a kind smile and pulls him in for a hug.

"A-re you and father fighting?" He asks as he turns up the waterworks.

"No. Why would you ask that?" Hinata replies and seems surprised.

"Y-ou aren't sleeping in the s-ame room. My friends say wh-en their parents don't sleep in the same room that they are mad at each other." The blue haired boy says, sniffling.

"We aren't mad at each other. I was just...um getting something I forgot in this room. I was on my way over to our room right now." Hinata lies.

"Oh good." Haru says and puts on a "brave smile," with his lip quivering slightly.

"Are you going to be alright now?" She asks him softly.

"I think so." He mumbles and Hinata takes him back to his room, tucking him in.

"There all better." She says with a smile and kisses his forehead.

"I love you, mother." He says.

"I love you too." She says with a smile and then heads off.

What had she gotten herself into? If she didn't go to Sasuke's room now, she was a liar. That and Haru would think that she and Sasuke were fighting. She bites her lower lip and knocks on Sasuke's door.

Sasuke had been asleep, when a knock on his door woke him up. Cursing, he wraps a blanket around his naked form and goes to open the door. He blinks when he sees it was Hinata. He had expected it to be Haru.

"Hinata? What is it? It's 2 in the morning." Sasuke says.

"It's Haru. He had a nightmare." She says.

"Oh. I'll go talk to him." Sasuke says.

"No, I already did that. He thinks we are fighting." The bluenette continues.

"Why would he think that?" The dark haired man asks and raises an eyebrow.

"Because we aren't sleeping in the same room." The Hyuga Heiress replies.

"Ohhh. Wait, he's old enough to realize that means something is going on?" The elder Uchiha questions.

"He's smart." Hinata says.

"Yeah. So if we don't share a room, he'll be upset." The other ninja states.

"Yes. So I was wondering..." She trails off and looks at her feet.

"I'm fine with sharing a room. Just give me a minute to get dressed." He tells her.

"Get dressed?" Hinata asks in confusion.

"I sleep naked when I'm not on a mission." Sasuke states without batting an eyelash.

"N-naked?" The future mother of his child stammers.

"It's not THAT shocking. Lots of people do it." Sasuke points out.

"Yeah. I guess so." She mumbles, feeling her face still burning.

"I'll be right back." He says, shutting the door, and a few minutes later reopens it.

He was wearing a pair of red silk boxers. He was still shirtless. Hinata felt like she was going to faint. She was clearly trying to look anywhere but at his chest.

"How hard do you like it?" He asks.

"WHAT?!" Hinata exclaims.

"Do you prefer a hard mattress or a soft one?" Sasuke asks.

"Ohhh. I thought you m-eant something else. Nevermind. Either is fine." She stammers.

"If you say so. Well I like a soft mattress, when given a choice. I'm used to sleeping on the cold, hard forest floor. So when I don't have to, I take advantage of it." He says.

Looks like my kitten was having naughty thoughts, he thinks to himself. Sasuke privately admitted that her very innocent nightgown, was causing him to have some not so innocent thoughts. There was nothing particularly provocative about what she was wearing.

The white cotton nightgown was held up by two straps and had a sweetheart neckline. Just enough of her breasts were exposed to be tempting, but it was by no means designed to seduce anyone. It was a respectable length. It came a few inches passed her knees. But he could see those lovely legs of hers and the simple fabric caressed her curves in a way that he was sure was taunting him.

"Okay." Hinata says and follows him to the bed.

"Which side would you like?" He asks.

Hinata once again was struck by how bizarre this situation she was. Sasuke Uchiha was the father of her child. Not only that, but she was about to spend the night sleeping in the same bed as him. And apparently he was considerate enough to ask what side of the she preferred.

"R-ight." She mumbles.

"Good. I like the left." He says and pulls back the covers, getting underneath them.

Hinata shyly gets in the bed with him. Sasuke hadn't been lying. He definitely preferred a soft mattress. The blankets were all silk and the pillows were fluffy. Who knew that he had a hedonistic streak?

"Do you snore?" She asks, desperate to get her mind off the fact that she had a half naked Sasuke laying next to her.

"I don't think so. I haven't slept next to anyone since I was a Haru's age and scared of thunderstorms." He admits.

"You were afraid of thunderstorms?" Hinata inquires curiously, she just couldn't imagine it.

"When I was little, yes." Sasuke replies.

"But one of your affinities is lightning." The bluenette muses.

"Yes, it's strange. I guess I outgrew it. Get some sleep. You are going to need it. I doubt your father is going to be happy when he finds out you stayed the night." Sasuke says.

"I'm staying with my son. I'm a grown woman. He can't stop me from doing that." She huffs.

"Looks like the kitten found her claws. It's about time." Sasuke muses.

"Hmpf!" She smacks him with a pillow.

Sasuke raises an eyebrow like, Really? You really just hit me with a pillow? He shakes his head and pulls her against his chest. He smirks at how red her face turned.

"Go to sleep." He says and closes his eyes.

Sleep? How was she supposed to sleep? She was laying in bed next to a man she barely knew. A half naked man at that!

Somehow though, she does manage to fall asleep. In the morning, she wakes and blushes once more. She was snuggled deeply against his chest. His arms were wrapped around her in a way that made them look more like lovers than almost strangers.

"I should at least try, for Haru." She mutters to herself.

She had to admit that it felt good to wake up like this. His arms were strong. His hold was firm, yet surprisingly gentle. Hinata felt....protected, cherished even. That and seeing Sasuke asleep was fascinating.

He looked so peaceful. Hinata gives into the impulse to brush the bangs out of his eyes. She knew it was wrong. But she'd never seen a man semi clothed man up close before, especially not one that was...well as well sculpted as Sasuke.

"Mmm." Sasuke says in his sleep, when her hands ghost over the muscular planes of his chest and over his abs.

She quickly retracts her hands. Hinata definitely didn't want him to wake up and see her "feeling him up." The bluenette didn't want to give him the wrong impression.

"Why'd you stop?" He asks, his eyes opening.

His eyes were ruby red. His Sharingan was activated. She doubted that his Sharingan would instantly activate after he'd just woken up. He'd been faking being asleep!

"Yo-u were awake the who-le time!" Hinata accuses.

"Not the whole time. Just the last five minutes or so." He says.

"I I...c-an explain." She stammers.

"Hinata, we have a son together. You're allowed to touch me." Sasuke states with amusement.

"I don't want you to think that I was trying to take advantage you in your sleep or something!" She exclaims.

"Hinata, I'd never think that. Come on. We should probably get up and make breakfast. Haru's likely hungry by now." He says and winces when he saw it was already 10 AM.

"Alright. Um I'll meet you in the kitchen?" She asks.

"Yeah. I'll be down in like five minutes." He tells her.

Hinata nods and heads off. She couldn't believe Sasuke had caught her feeling him up! She was going to die of embarrassment. Thankfully, he had seemed more amused than anything. But still.

"WEEEE!" Hinata hears Haru call out and races off towards the source of that sound.

She blinks at what she saw. Somehow, Haru had found one of Sasuke's purple belts/ropes and had hooked it to a tree. He was swinging from it. He smiles and waves at her.

"Morning, mother! This is fun! You should try it." He says.

"Haru, get down from there. You might fall." She says.

"Father taught me how to tie very tight knots. I'll be okay." The five year old assures her.

"Haru, listen to your mother." Sasuke says in a tone that booked no argument.

Haru pouts but jumps down. He toddles over to Hinata. Then he releases his greatest weapon, The Bubble Eyes of Doom.

"No, we aren't mad at you. Right, Hinata?" Sasuke asks and walks over to his family...well his future family anyway.

"Yes, we just don't want to see you get hurt." Hinata says.

"Alright." He says, smiling brightly.

Sasuke grabs onto his former belt and starts untying it. Frowning, he realizes this was going to take awhile. These knots were...almost professional. Oh fuck it. He burns it and then uses a minor wind jutsu to put out the flames.

"I did the knots just like you said." Haru says proudly.

"Why are you teaching him how to tie knots?" Hinata asks.

"I don't know. Ask my future self. Besides, it's a good skill to have when you capture enemy ninjas." He adds as an afterthought, not sure why he felt the need to defend himself for something he hadn't even done yet!

"Sorry this is all so..." She trails off.

"Confusing. Yeah. Haru, other than the swing, is there something else we should know about?" Sasuke asks.

"Grandfather is coming?" He offers.

"Wait. Grandfather as in...Hiashi?" Sasuke asks.

"Yeah. I sense his chakra." Haru confirms.

Sasuke looks around. He didn't see the Hyuga Patriarch. Hinata activates her Byakugan.

"He is heading in our direction but he's at least a quarter of a mile away." Hinata says.

"You can sense chakra that far?" Sasuke asks.

"Yeah. I'm a Sensor Type." He answers.

Sasuke wondered how much of a Sensor Type was. That was...a massive range for a child. He figured it was probably partially due to the Byakugan's influence. The Byakugan could see chakra. Maybe it could sense it from far away. He'd have to ask Hinata later. For now, he had to deal with Hiashi

"Sasuke, maybe it's best if I talk to him. You two didn't get along so well last time." Hinata says.

"Yeah, it's probably better. I'll go inside with Haru. Come on Haru. I'll show you around the house more." Sasuke says, leading his son off.

A few minutes later, Hiashi arrives in the Uchiha District. Hinata could tell he was very uneasy about this. Her father definitely believed in ghosts. If someone believed in ghosts, well she imagined the Uchiha District was probably the Ghost Capital of the world.

"Father." She greets him formerly and bows her head.

"Daughter. When I heard you were here, I was distressed. But I imagine you came to check the boy. Are you injured? Is he?" Hiashi asks and strides over to his daughter full of regal grace and his body tense, as if preparing for a potential attack.

"We are both fine. There's no need to worry." She assures him.

"You slept in the same house as an S Class Criminal Ninja. I think there is every reason to be worried for your safety and my grandson's safety." Hiashi points out.

"Sasuke isn't like that anymore. Besides, he's never attacked without a reason. He loves Haru. You should have seen him last night." She says.

"He wants to restore his clan. So it's only natural that he'd not put that in jeopardy. He is merely pretending to care to help encourage you to...assist him in this matter. He's no longer a man Hinata. He's far more of a demon than Naruto will ever be." Hiashi tries to "reason" with her.

"Father, stop talking about him that way. If Haru hears you, you'll upset him. You are upsetting me. He's not like that. He didn't hurt me last night and I slept in the same bed. Haru thought we were fighting because we weren't sharing a room." Hinata quickly adds the last part to pacify him.

Yes, that was the wrong thing to say. Hiashi bellows for Sasuke to come out here. Sasuke sighs and looks at Haru.

"Your grandfather is an idiot. He actually thinks I'm scared of him. Don't worry. He's all bark and no bite. I'll be back in a few minutes." Sasuke says and flicks Haru on the forehead before heading outside.

Sasuke heads outside. The older Uchiha probably figured it was bad manners to murder his future wife's father. Maybe if he made it look like an accident, he could get away with it.

"Hinata tells me that you slept in the same bed. I wish to know if this is true and whether or not you defiled my daughter!" Hiashi says, getting straight to it.

"It's true and it's a little late to be concerned about that, isn't it? We have a son." Sasuke says dryly.

"You MIGHT have a son, at some point." Hiashi corrects him.

"Will you two please stop fighting?" Hinata pleads.

Haru watches from the window. Grandfather and father were at it again. He honestly, didn't really know why they disliked each other so much. Mother usually tried to keep them separated. Apparently, she hadn't learned this was the wisest course of action yet.

"Alright. I'll ignore him." Sasuke assures her.

"Ignore me?!" Hiashi thunders.

"That's right. What Hinata and I do is NONE of your concern. I have not harmed her in ANY way. In fact, she seems to like sleeping in my bed. She seemed quite comfortable in my arms this morning, when I woke up." Sasuke taunts him.

"Sasuke." Hinata says warningly.

"He deserved it." Sasuke says with a shrug.

"Hinata, it is not safe to sleep in a killer's arms. I can't believe I have to actually explain that to you." The Hyuga Patriarch says.

"We are ninjas. We are all killers and he didn't hurt me. Father, please at least try to get along with him. For Haru." She asks.

"Very well. For my grandson, but I swear Uchiha if one hair is harmed on my daughter's head, there is no power on this earth that will protect you." Hiashi says.

"Go issue your idle threats to someone who cares." Sasuke snaps.

"INSOLENT WHELP!" Hiashi roars.

"Hinata, there is a festival going on. I normally wouldn't bother. But Haru might like it. Do you want to go?" Sasuke asks, completely ignoring Hiashi.

"T-hat might be fun." She says.

"Good. Hiashi you are in MY District. This is private property. You can leave now or I'll tell the Hokage that you were trespassing." Sasuke says.

"I am his grandfather and that's my daughter!" He yells in outrage.

"He's my son. She's my future wife. This is my property. You don't have any legal ground to stand on. You can leave now with your dignity in tact or I can send you away limping." Sasuke states.

"Sasuke!" Hinata says.

"I'll go but only for Hinata's and Haru's sake. Do not harbor the delusion that I am frightened of you, boy." Hiashi says.

"Leave." Sasuke states.

"Hinata, come with me. You can take your son as well. No one is going to contest your claim in favor of his. He's clearly unstable." The older man says.

"Father, we don't know how long Haru is going to be here. Sasuke has as much right to see him as I do. It wouldn't be fair to take him back to our home. You'd never allow him in it." She replies.

"You're right. I would never allow that demon into our home. Hinata, I hope your sense of reason returns to you soon. It's clear that you have taken leave of your senses. I shall see you later, daughter." He says with a sigh and walks off.

"Hinata, I really hate your father. We are not having family dinners with him." Sasuke tells her.

"..." Hinata was speechless.

"Why don't you go get changed for the festival. I'll go tell Haru." He glides off.

"Did that really just happen?" She mumbles to herself, but heads off to find a casual kimono.

A few minutes later, they head off. Hinata giggles at the sight of Haru once again riding on his father's shoulders. The five year old seemed to think his father was a horse or something.

"Doesn't that hurt your back?" Hinata asks.

' "Hinata, he weighs practically nothing. I could carry you on my shoulders, if you really wanted." He answers and was rather pleased to see her blush.

Not surprisingly, the sight of the last Uchiha carrying a child on his back got everyone's attention. Even civilians were staring. The resemblance between father and son was so striking that everyone noticed.

Once they got a closer look, they would see Haru's eyes and hair color, then look at Haru, then back at Hinata again, and then at Sasuke. She could practically them thinking, Sasuke and Hinata have a son?! But how, he's too old to be their child.

Haru wanted to try the dart game. He frowns when he misses one of the balloons. Hinata gets a dart.

"You just have to flick your wrist more." She says, tossing the dart at the balloon, and a loud pop is heard.

"I'm glad that I'm not the balloon." Sasuke murmurs into her ear.

"You almost were earlier. You and father need to learn how to get along." She mumbles to him.

"I don't think that's going to happen." Sasuke says and nods approvingly at Haru who managed to pop a balloon this time, thus winning some small stuffed animal.

Haru beams with pride. He shows Hinata his stuffed dolphin. Sasuke looks amused.

"ICE CREAM!" Haru says and darts over to the food booth.

"You want to humor him?" Sasuke asks.

"We probably should or we'll get the puppy eyes." She replies.

"Yeah. Those are lethal." He says, walking over to the stand.

"What flavor do you want?" Sasuke asks.

"Strawberry!" He says brightly.

"Hinata, you want any?" The older Uchiha asks.

"Large chocolate." She says.

"Alright. One small strawberry, large chocolate, and medium vanilla." He says to the vendor, who frankly looks terrified to come face to face with Sasuke Uchiha.

He hands them their ice cream and they go to find a place to sit. Sasuke immediately realized he had made a big mistake. His imagination turned the innocent sight of Hinata licking that ice cream cone into something...much less innocent. He notes that she had a rather flexible tongue. Sasuke was so entranced by his little fantasy of what else she could lick and suck on, that his ice cream began to melt in his hand. Dammit.

"Sasuke, your ice cream." Hinata says.

"Yeah. Oh well." He says tossing the rapidly melting frozen treat into the nearest trash can.

"Horsey!" Haru says and races off to the petting zoo.

Indeed, there was a pony there. Kids were getting rides. Sasuke blinks, yeah Haru was fast.

"We are going to need to get him a leash if he keeps running off like that." Sasuke mutters, causing Hinata to giggle.

"He's just having fun." She says and follows Sasuke over to watch.

Sasuke smiles. Haru apparently didn't have any fear of horses. The handler was helping kids get on. Haru just jumped up, despite a rather large difference in height between him and the horse.

"I think I'm going to call him Jumper." Sasuke mutters, wrapping his arms around Hinata's waist from behind.

"It fits him. He can definitely jump high." Hinata giggles and blushes when she feels his arms around her.

"Relax. It will make Haru feel better if he sees us acting like a normal couple. Besides, you didn't have a problem being in my arms last night." He whispers into her ear, causing her to shiver.

"T-hat was a little different." She mumbles.

"You're shyer in public." He muses.

"Y-ou make it sound like more than it was." Hinata says.

"I wonder what your father would say if he knew his innocent princess was feeling me up while she thought I was sleeping." Sasuke ponders and somehow Hinata could HEAR the smirk in his voice.

"You wouldn't dare!" She says.

"I would. But I'd rather not listen to him gnash his teeth." The dark haired man says.

Haru smiles as he's lead around on the horse, by the handler. He sees Sasuke holding Hinata and smiles. Looks like the fake crying worked. Success.

That's when Sasuke heard Naruto coming towards them. Oh boy. He really should have gotten earplugs. The idiot was probably going cause a scene.

"Bastard! What the Hell is going on? I just talked to Sakura and she's acting insane. She thinks that you have a kid. A five year old kid! It's like she actually thinks that you became a father while you were a Genin or something. It's really weird!" Naruto says.

"Loser, come on. Let's go somewhere that we can talk in private. You are causing a scene." Sasuke hisses.

"Oh right. Wait, what are you doing at the festival anyway? Oh hey, Hinata. You won't believe the crazy stuff that Sakura is saying!" He exclaims.

"I'll watch Haru while you explain things to him." Hinata says.

"Thanks." Sasuke says and drags the loud blonde off by the collar.

"Alright, bastard! What the Hell is going on?" Naruto demands to know.

"It's a long story. I know it sounds unbelievable, but it's true. Some ninja in the future was trying to perform a time travel jutsu. He was somewhat successful. But he didn't have enough chakra to survive using it. Haru got sucked into it and ended up here." Sasuke states.

"Whoa. Time travel? Now I've heard everything. Wait, who is Haru?" The blonde asks in confusion.

"My son. Well he will be my son. Sakura performed several paternity tests. So did Tsunade. They used different machines and took every measure they could think of to ensure that the results were accurate." Sasuke continues.

"Your son from the future is here?! No way. Who is the mother? I mean who is going to be the mother? You know what I mean!" The blue eyed man says.

"You won't believe me, when I tell you." Sasuke says.

"Try me. Because the thought of you having a kid at all is a stretch. But now that I know that time travel is possible, I mean I guess anything can happen. So who is she? Do I know her?" His teammate asks.

"Hinata." The Uchiha answers.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Wow. I didn't know you had a sense of humor. No seriously, who?" Naruto asks between bouts of laughter.

"Hinata is the mother. That's why she's staying in my district with me for now. We both want to spend time with Haru." Sasuke replies.

"Oh wait. You're actually serious. You and Hinata? How the Hell did that happen? I've never even seen you two talk." The ramen lover muses.

"We aren't really sure how it happened. But apparently it does. Once you get a good look at Haru, you'll believe me. He looks more like me than Hinata. But he has Hinata's eyes and hair color." Sasuke says.

"This I got to see." Naruto says and heads back with Sasuke to Haru and Hinata.

"He's the one on the horse." Sasuke points out.

"Damn! He really does look just like you. You were right about his eyes and hair though. So how is Hinata taking all this?" Naruto asks.

"Better than expected actually." He replies.

"And what about you? I mean...wow." The other man states.

"I always wanted to restore my clan. I just hadn't really picked with who yet." Sasuke answers.

"Um yeah. Well that's good! I always knew she would be. I mean Hinata's really nice and everything. That's why it doesn't make sense that she'd get with a bastard like you!" Naruto says.

"Idiot." Sasuke says and smacks Naruto upside the head for that remark.