The Lazarus Ninja

When she finally felt the softness of the baby powder did she shut up. Isamu giggled at her Papa's face when he had taken off the diaper and discovered the Mother of all Turds. "Goo!" She waved at him innocently.

Ushio put the wet dishes on the cooling rack and turned to Keiji. "Hey Keiji-kun, at least smile. You have a baby, someone to love now, right? Smile." She kissed him on the lips and pulled back, waiting for the corners of his mouth to pull up and show her that toothy grin.

He disposed of the diaper and pampered her once again "There we go " he said picking her up smiling. Her rocked the babe back to sleep by humming the Dango song.

The clone blinked and then smirked " ah I believe I have two people to love ". it continued to dry dishes

She gave him a toothless grin when he finished, trying to imitate Papa. "Mmmm..." Isamu did love the dango song. She yawned before burrowing into his arms contentedly, snoring.

"And we love you too. Oh, and your parents too. Ayame's been really worried. Maybe you could meet her sometime..." she trailed off. She shared the mother's sense of loss.

Keiji laid her back in the cot and tucked her in. He quietly slipped from the room, walking back to the kitchen. The clone poofed away and Keiji took it's place. " no I can not return to them kaji Nara is dead and he must stay that way " he said setting the cup towel down.

"Oh..." She put the dishes back into the shelves. "...so Kaji Nara and his spirit has gone, huh?" She scratched the back of her head. "I always do wonder what I did to drive him away. Was it just me in general he was sick of?" She laughed humorlessly and went upstairs to the bedroom. She took out a summoning scroll and changed into her undies before slipping into bed.

This girl obviously couldn't see the scope of things which was funny considering she had been body hopping longer then him. They lived in a ninja world where loyalty was everything. One ninja could not be from two villages, it would create all sorts of problems. Villages would end up going to war or at the very least they would become hostile towards each other. His parents believed he was dead he would not return to kirigakure. This was his home now, Keiji went upstairs and laid next to ushio keeping his pants on but removing everything else. " goodnight ushio chan" he muttered shutting his eyes.

"...good night, Keiji-kun." When he was so deep asleep he would not feel it, she wrapped her arms around him and snuggled up to him. And sincerely prayed that he'd still be with her when morning came. She fell asleep clinging onto him, though it was a bit uncomfortable when he didn't hug her back. 'I just want you happy again.'

It was nearing five in the morning, Keiji rolled over and draped his arm over Ushio he mumbled something about clouds and luck before going back to snoring. At six he woke up and went downstairs to make them breakfast.

Ushio woke up at seven, when she rolled off the bed, hugging a pillow and thinking it was Keiji. "Hn? Keiji? Hmnghh...." She got up, stretching, and took a shower. Then she went to the nursery to find Isamu rolling around, apparently amused by her roundness. "Gooood morning, sweetie." She smiled and picked up the baby. Isamu sucked on her fist as they went down to the kitchen.

Keiji was shirtless, he had had his shower after getting up. He had a pair of black training pants on, he turned to see Ushio and Isamu standing in the door way. " morning my family " he said setting down a large plate of pancakes.

"Good morning, my gorgeous sexy man," she said. Ushio gave him a peck on the cheek and sat down. She pulled up her shirt and started feeding Isamu. "So, I was- aack!" She flinched and put Isamu on the table, looking down at her chest.

Isamu crawled over to her Papa, grinning... She was growing a tooth.

" ah a little fang " Keiji said patting her head. "You alright dear?" he asked Ushio ripping off a small piece of pancake. He pressed it against Isamu's lips " There you go Izzy chan"

"Waaaah!" She opened her mouth and enveloped the pancake and the tips of his fingers. The pancake was soft, so she had no trouble chewing and swallowing down. In fact, the baby was overjoyed she had solid food.

Ushio winced and touched herself lightly. "She bit it...ow..."

He repeat his process, slowly but surly he fed Isamu a pancake. He looked at Ushio " oh come here you big baby let me see it ".

"Gooo..." Isamu cooed and started gnawing on a whole pancake. It wasn't dangerous, since the honey made it soft and mushy.

She puffed her cheeks in frustration. "I am not a baby!" She leaned over, showing him the sore spot. "She has your teeth- er, tooth."

Keiji rolled his eyes and gently touched his hands to the bite mark. " My teeth are not that sharp " he muttered healing the small puncture mark. " looks like you'll be stopping with the breast feeding " he chuckled

"Ahh..." When the skin patched up alright, she sighed with relief. Ushio smiled and smoothed her shirt down. "Hmm...well, it seems you're alright with Isamu-chan right now. I'm going to Kiri to pack up the rest of her stuff and buy some chewing toys for her. Bye, honey." She gave Isamu a big smooch on the head and left.

Isamu blinked and swallowed the rest of her pancake. "Papa!"

Keiji looked at Isamu " Oh your done Izzy chan ". He grabbed a cloth and began to wipe her chubby little cheeks "you eat as messily as your mother ".

"Gooo!" She grinned and bit his finger when he was done wiping her honey-smeared cheeks. Her fang was small but fairly sharp.

Keiji's skin was tough, the fang did break it but only the surface. " Isamu its not nice to bite sweetie " he said picking her up. He removed his finger from her mouth " Lets get you dressed"

"Ooo..." She sucked on her thumb as they walked up the stairs. Ushio had cleaned up the nursery, so it was neat and tidy. On Isamu's changing table were her diaper and clothes for the day.

Keiji changed her and dressed her. He picked isamu up off the table "now what should I do with you ?" he asked. Walking into the livingroom.

She flailed a little, then touched his hand. "Picnic! Picnic! Meadow! Meadow!" the baby said in his head.

He raised an eyebrow " but we just finished eating " he said siting down on the couch. What would he feed her later ? He was not sure maybe yogurt.

"TV!" She got onto her back and rolled around. "Where's mama?" All this was said mentally, not orally.