A Year Later

Hashirama

"Papa". I felt Hibi shaking my shoulder slightly and turned my head to see what was wrong. His eyes were droopy and his face looked flushed. "Yeah, bud"? "I don't feel good". I motioned for him to get in bed with me and he did.

"Open your mouth". He did as told as I opened my nightstand drawer and took a thermometer out of the box and put it in his mouth placing it under his tongue. When it beeped I took it out and read that it was 103f. "You have a fever". He whimpered.

"How about you sleep with me tonight"? He nodded his head and curled up next to me right away. I covered him up to his neck, laid down next to him, and held him tightly in my arms knowing that's the only way he'd get any sleep.

It's been a year since I had Hibiki. He still doesn't know who his other father is and asks me almost every day if I know. I have no idea what to tell him. I know he deserves an answer but I don't want him to ever learn about Kevin.

It's my job to protect him no matter what. If Kevin finds out about him there's a chance he and my father will take him from me. He's an alpha after all. Despite that, he's my son. So far Inu, Tobirama, and I have been the only ones looking out for him.

I don't know what I'd do if he was ever taken from me. He's the only good thing I have left. There's only eight years left until Madara comes back and when that happens he might not even want me. He might come back with a fiancee for all I know. A female at that.

The next morning I woke up and Hibiki wasn't beside me. I looked around the room for him until I saw the light on in the bathroom. I got up, made my way to him and kneeled beside him rubbing his back as he threw up.

"It's ok, I'm here". He whined and continued. After two minutes he stopped and rested his head against me. I whipped his mouth clean and made him drink a glass of water. He hid his head in my neck right after.

"I'm going to make you some soup ok". "I dont want any". "I know but it'll make you feel better faster". "Ok". I took him back to the room, tucked him into bed and headed downstairs to cook.

I grabbed all of the ingredients I would need and set them aside on the counter. I grabbed a soup pot from my cabinet and turned on the stove. I added ten cups of water, four cups of chicken broth and added a tablespoon of sea salt and brought it to a boil over medium high heat and added in four chicken thighs. I didn't eat meat but Hibiki did.

Next I peeled and sliced three medium carrots and put them aside. I then sliced and chopped two celery sticks and one medium onion. Next I placed a frying pan over medium high heat, added olive oil to it and added in my onions and celery.

I sauteed them for five to eight minutes before adding them to the soup pot along with the carrots. Next I added in my pasta and allowed it to cook while I took out my chicken and used forks to shred them into bite size pieces.

Once that was done I added my chicken back to the pot and seasoned it with one teaspoon of Mrs. Dash, one large garlic clove, three tablespoons of fresh dill and allowed it to simmer for another minute.

When it was done I placed it into a small bowl, placed it on the tray with a cup of tea and brought it upstairs to him. He lifted his head up a little and looked at me tiredly as I made my way over to him.

"Papa". "Can't sleep huh"? He shook his head. I placed the tray on the nightstand, climbed into bed with him and helped him sit up before placing the tray in front of him. "I need to you try and eat for me. It doesn't have to be a lot".

He nodded his head, grabbed the spoon filling it up and blew on it a few times before putting it in his mouth. "Good boy". He did the same thing again. "Papa, can I ask you something since I'm eating the vegetables in the soup you made me"? I looked at him confused.

"Of course, you can ask me anything. You know that". "Why does daddy hate me"? "What? What could possibly give you an idea like that"? "Your the only one here with me. You never wanna talk about him and he never comes to visit me. Did I do something wrong"? He looked down with tears in his eyes.

"No my love. You did absolutely nothing wrong". "Then why dosent he want me"?

Please forgive me for doing this Madara

"It's because he's on a business trip with your grandfather". He looked up at me curiously. "Your father is the crown prince of this land. Your grandfather took him on a trip so he could learn about differnt villages and their people. It's so he can make allies and try to figure out a way to best help them.

He's actually the one that gave me this necklace before he left. I haven't taken it off since". "When is he supposed to be back"? "He'll be back when your nine". "Oh.........I see". He went back eating.

I'm sorry Hibiki

Butusama

"Have any of you been able to track down Tobirama, Hashirama or Inuama yet"? I asked as I glared down at the alphas that were bowing to me. "No sir, we're still looking". Kevin said. "If it wasn't for you we wouldn't be in the mess we're in right now".

"I accept full responsibility for what I did sir but I have a plan on how to fix it". "I'm listening". "When the crown prince returns I'll kill him for you". "You are aware he'll be with his father right"? "I have a solution for that as well". "This is your last chance Kevin". "I understand fully".

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