The SEAL'S Kiss

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Chapter 25

Sasuke rocks the little girl in his arms, smiling softly at the sight of his daughter's raven black hair. She was beautiful, just like her mother. And still so small, but already a year old, and only growing bigger. He was perfectly content letting her sleep in his arms while her mother was in a meeting.

Of course, he was still technically Hinata's bodyguard, that much hadn't changed the last two years. It was just that now, he was also her husband, and the one who watched Aiku while Hinata worked. Of course, he still watched Hinata too, shooting glares at anyone who thought to get too close to his wife. And he always made sure to hold their daughter on the side that didn't carry his gun.

But, since his job was to protect Hinata, and now Aiku as well, that left him plenty of time to take care of their daughter's needs, while Hinata worked on organizing projects for her foundation. And they only left Aiku with one of her grandmothers if the two of them were going out of the country for one of Hinata's ambassadorial trips. Which meant that most of the time, they just stayed in Hinata's office whole she worked. It worked out very well for them.

Like now, as Sasuke watched Hinata finishing up her work for the day, while he kept their daughter asleep and quiet.

Hinata smiles as she strides over to him. "Well I suppose I should have expected it really." Her heels click slightly as she closes the distance between them and kisses his cheek. "After all, I've always slept like a baby in your arms. So it's no surprise that Aiku would do the same."

Smirking, Sasuke raises his hand and catches Hinata's chin, drawing her into a full kiss. "Yes, she's such a well-behaved little girl, just like her mother usually is."

She returns the kiss and laughs softly. "Well she is Daddy's little girl and what do you mean usually?" The bluenette raises an eyebrow.

Sasuke scoffs quietly at his wife. "Need we go over the incident with the stilettos again?" He'd always thought she hated high heels. And he only made her wear them when dancing. But that night with the heels…well, his little kitten displayed a whole new level of kink. Inspired, he thought, by him.

"Is this about the heels?" Hinata was quite certain he had thoroughly enjoyed himself that night. "Because I seem to recall you not minding them all that much."

He chuckles at the accusation. "I'm not saying that I minded you being a bad girl. In fact, I think that you should do it more often." The little girl in his arms, on the other hand… "But she's still so innocent…so cute…not like my sex kitten who turns into a tigress when I provoke her enough."

Hinata blushes at that. "Your father can be very silly sometimes." Which was enough to wake Aiku up as she looks around curiously with her large lavender, bubble eyes.

Upon seeing Sasuke, she giggles and coos. "Siwwy daddy!" Echoing her mother's words. Her parents always said mommy or daddy around them. So Aiku figured those were their names. She tried, but mostly got babbling noises. Today though, she had made real progress! She was sure she got that right! Almost.

He blinks down at her, a little stunned for a moment, before sighing in exasperation. "Great, she finally strings two words together, and it's to be mean to me." Scratch what he said about her being better behaved than her mother. She was EXACTLY like her mother.

As though liking this reaction, Aiku reaches up and tugs on the little bits of lavender peeking through her father's bangs. They were so pretty. Her daddy was pretty! Just like her mommy!

"Ow…" Great, now she was pulling his hair. "Aiku…stop that please…"

Hinata smiles down at Aiku. "Be nice to your father. He loves you." She kisses her daughter's forehead. "Don't pull his hair. That's not nice."

Giggling, she tugs it one last time before her tiny fingers let go, her hands clapping together at the sight of her mommy's smile.

Sasuke readjusts her, rocking her lower in his arms, so as not to have a repeat incident. "It looks like we still need to teach her not to pull people's hair. …Or give her to Itachi for a few hours and let her go nuts."

"You're so mean." She laughs and shakes her head. "She's one all children pull hair at that age. Aiku is just curious."

"I know…" He starts rocking her again, kissing her forehead quickly. "But that doesn't make her curiosity any less painful." Plus, she was teething, and liked to chew on things, a lot. Like his fingers. Though it didn't really hurt much.

Aiku giggles at the attention and coos up at her father. She liked being rocked and hugs and kisses. "My sexy SEAL is so good with his pup." Hinata laughs softly.

"And I'm sure that I'll be just as good with the next one." Sasuke gazes down at the little girl who looks so much like her mother, save for the shape of her eyes, and the color of her hair. "Maybe a little brother next time, who can chase away the boys before I have to do it myself."

The toddler in his arm giggles and sticks her tongue out at him. "She's one. Isn't it a little early to be worried about that?" Hinata shakes her head in amusement. "I think that's just your daddy's way of saying he's feeling frisky. Like I said, he's very silly, but mommy doesn't mind playing with him."

Well, maybe he was feeling a little frisky, but he really was worried about boys. "Hinata, she looks like you, she's going to be absolutely beautiful when she grows up. And…I have a rifle. I think that it's in everyone's best interest if I have no cause to use it." Not that the public knew what he'd done, it was still something that was considered classified information. And his 'crime' had largely been forgotten by now, along with the man who nearly took his family and future away from him.

"Sasuke, I think using the rifle on some poor boy with a crush is a bit excessive." She shakes her head. "Besides, I'm quite certain that the boys will know to behave themselves as her father is a SEAL. They probably wouldn't be stupid enough to upset her."

Probably was no guarantee. Besides, was it wrong for Sasuke to feel drawn to the idea of another child? "Well, I suppose that I could take the opportunity to offer you more dance lessons." Sexy ones, of course. "How do you feel about learning to salsa?"

"That does sound fun and a boy would be nice." She smiles down at Aiku. "She can have a little playmate and it will be cute to watch you two do father and son things. "Or another princess would be good as well."

"Yeah, as long as you don't threaten to castrate me again." That had been one very scary morning of labor. Sasuke was lucky to come out of that delivery room in one piece.

"...Maybe it would be best if you waited outside the delivery room, unless called for." Just to be on the safe side. Hinata remembered that incident too, and she was glad that she'd spared her husband's equipment. She much preferred him in one piece.

"Yeah, probably a good idea." Plus, now that they had a baby, someone would need to watch Aiku while the next one was born. Well, WHEN the next one was born. Sasuke could do that much. "At least we'll have fun stories to traumatize them with later if they ever ask how they were born. They'll never look at ballroom dancing the same way again."

Hinata cuddles to him and smiles. "That's true and of course, I can always explain why seals are my favorite animals now." Aiku giggles and indulges in a family cuddle too.

"Mhm, that's right." There would be something seriously wrong if Hinata had a different favorite animal. They'd gone through a lot to end up here. "Well, this isn't where I imagined myself ending up three years ago when we finally got shore leave after our first tour."

"Well I'm glad you got your leave." Hinata smiles at him as she kisses his cheek. "Though you don't get to leave us."

He smiles a little ruefully. "Then let's hope that your father gets elected another term next year. The longer he's in charge, the longer this assignment. The longer the assignment, the less my chances of being sent out on another tour." And if he was here long enough, he would likely get transferred to a permanent post in Quantico or Little Creek.

"I can't imagine he'd lose. The public is still going on about our wedding, and if worse comes to worst, Aiku will have lots of baby pictures." To which the toddler giggles. After all, the public loved almost nothing more than fawning over an adorable baby, Hinata thinks to herself and her daughter did seem to love getting her picture taken anyway.

"Yeah…there's that." Sasuke sighs, at the giggling little girl in his arms. "But I guess, on the bright side, I'll be retired by the time she's a teenager." That would be kind of funny, going from the navy, to becoming a stay at home Dad. Or maybe he could work with his cousin Shisui at NCIS, assuming that his cousin's plans to eventually replace the director succeeded.

Hinata shakes her head and kisses her husband. "That's true. Just try not to traumatize her too much." The bluenette laughs. "Or I will sic Aoda on you."

"No promises." Sasuke smirks at her, already imagining just how he could traumatize a teenage girl. Many possibilities came to mind. "Should we stop by Itachi and Neji's place before heading back to the White House?" Neji had moved out to live with Itachi, while Sasuke had moved into the White House to live with Hinata. "They should be getting back with Aiku's new cousin soon."

"That sounds like a good idea." Hinata nods in agreement as she quickly gets Aiku's stroller out.

Sasuke carefully nestles Aiku in her stroller, the little one already bouncing up and down, knowing that getting put in her stroller meant that they were going somewhere. Somewhere close enough to walk to, as Itachi and Neji lived only a few blocks away. "Are you ready to go see your Uncle Itachi and Uncle Neji?"

She giggles and claps her hands. Apparently, two words was enough for her for today. Though it was obvious she was excited for the trip.

Neji smiles and shakes his head at the little boy toddling around the house. He was only five, but he was thankfully past the potty-training stage. He and Itachi had fairly busy schedules, so spending too much time on potty training would have been difficult. So, opting for a child on the verge of going to kindergarten seemed like a safer bet. "He's so beautiful, isn't he?"

"Yes, he is." Itachi smirks and kisses his cheek. "Just like his father." They had adopted, but neither of them could have been prouder parents. Blood wasn't the only thing that made a family, after all.

"You're a suck-up." Neji rolls his eyes as he reaches down his arms for the boy with the gray-blue eyes, and dark ebony hair. "Come here Kazumi."

"You like it when I suck...up though." He smiles at Neji and watches as the child scurries over to Neji.

Neji's cheeks burn scarlet as the little boy races into his arms. "Itachi! Don't make those kinds of jokes in front of him!" Honestly, was he trying to teach their son to be a pervert!?

He pokes Neji's forehead. "He has no idea what the double meaning was. He's five." Honestly, Neji needed to relax. Kazumi cuddles up to Neji, oblivious to what they were play-fighting about.

The younger congressman raises an incredulous eyebrow. "Did you really just poke my forehead?" Was Itachi really treating him the same way he did Sasuke? Oh…hell no, that wasn't going to fly.

"Yes, I believe I did." Itachi chuckles as Kazumi watches in amusement. His new fathers really loved play fighting, it seemed.

"I see…" Neji's eyes take on a wocked gleam, his smile becoming just a tad icy. "Well then, if you're going to treat me like your foolish little brother, then I suppose that you'll be taking the couch tonight? After all, sleeping in the same bed with someone you view that way wouldn't be very appropriate, now would it?"

"You know that's not what I meant!" He flails at Neji's evilness. "You were just being foolish is all." And that's when a ring at their doorbell is heard.

"Uh-huh?" Neji shakes his head. "And THAT would be your brother and Hinata. I told them that we were bringing Kazumi home today. They'll likely want to introduce Aiku to him." And time for the ultimatum. "And maybe, if you're good, I'll rescind sending you to the couch."

"I can be a good boy." Itachi smiles at him. "Though you like me better when I'm bad." He winks at his husband as he opens the door. "Ah there you are. It's so good to see you. Come on and meet Kazumi."

"Right…" Sasuke frowns at Itachi, who looks a combination of alarmed, overeager, and mischievous. Not a good combination, and not something that Sasuke felt like he wanted to know the explanation for. He glances at the little boy clinging to Neji, before smiling and taking Aiku from her stroller, walking inside towards a miffed looking Neji, and a shyly happy five year old. "Hello Kazumi, my name is Sasuke." Best to go slow with the little guy.

"Hi, Sasuke." He smiles at him around curiously at all the new people. Aiku looks just as curious though and naturally reaches out to touch this new person. "Hi, Baby!" So naturally Aiku said hi back in her own way. She boops him. Her version of a forehead poke.

Sasuke chuckles as his baby's finger pokes the boy right in the nose. "This is your new cousin, Aiku." He glances back at Hinata, smiling. "And this is your Auntie, Hinata."

"Hi, Auntie Hinata. Hi, Baby Aiku." To which Aiku just boops him again for calling her a baby and he responds by tickling her.

Hinata smiles at them. "He's absolutely adorable." And he seemed to be fitting right in.

"Yeah, and it won't be long until Mirai is babysitting these two so that we can have some adult time." The girl was almost sixteen, and in her first year of high school. It felt like only a few years ago that she was a little toddler running around during Sasuke's dance lessons. And now, he had a little girl of his own. "Maybe we should drop by Kurenai's shop later." Sasuke smirks at Hinata. "You could use a new dancing dress."

"That would be fun." Though he'd probably take the dress off as soon as she put it on anyway. "I can't believe how Mirai has grown."

"Yeah, they grow so fast…" Sasuke could just imagine Aiku growing up to look just like Hinata. "We're all going to be dealing with a bunch of teenagers before we know it." After all, he was pretty sure that with the new stability in their assignment, that Naruto and Sai were looking to knock Sakura up one of these days. Naruto loved kids, and Sai…well, Sai would just be happy to go along for the ride.

"I just hope that if Sai and Naruto have a child with Sakura, it's not a pink haired boy." She smiles seeming to read his mind. "Though we should probably be going. Father wanted us to stop by to go over some things for his reelection campaign."

"Jeez…" Sasuke shakes his head. "Itachi, you should just recommend Gaara to him and be done with it." He was fine working security, but start asking him anything about politics, and it just got really annoying, really fast.

"Well Gaara's on vacation with Mei." Hinata laughs at that. "I doubt the woman will let him even pick up a phone while they're in France."

Neji smirks at the thought of those two in the city of love. "How Gaara managed to land a hot cougar of a senator is a mystery that likely all of congress would like to know the answer to."

Itachi chuckles at that and shakes his head. "I think she just has a thing for red heads." It was as good an explanation as any.

"Agreed." Sasuke wraps an arm around his wife's waist, balancing Aiku in the other arm. "I think I have a thing for lavender."

"He's such a sweet talker, when he's trying butter me up to give Aiku a little brother." Hinata laughs as she snuggles against him.

Neji wrinkles his nose slightly. "I didn't need to hear that." He'd already heard more than enough noises from his cousin's room when she and her husband were making Aiku in the first place. He really didn't need the mental trauma to resurface.

"It's adorable when he pretends to be shy." Itachi chuckles.

"And YOU are still on the couch." Neji takes his son, nestling the boy closely to him. "Kazumi can sleep on your side of the bed tonight."

Itachi sighs and sulks a little. "Well I suppose if someone has to usurp my side of the bed for tonight, it might as well be Kazumi." Itachi smiles as he kisses the top of the boy's head.

Hmph, that would teach Itachi to crack dirty jokes in front of a five year-old, and to poke Neji in the forehead like he did Sasuke, and make fun of him in front of his cousin. Honestly… "In any case, it was very nice to see the two of you. And I'll be sure to bring Kazumi by the White House to play with Aiku this weekend."

Hinata smiles at that. "I'm sure Aiku would love that." She shakes her head. "Though Itachi is only teasing you because he loves you. Sasuke still teases me all the time." She smiles as she gestures for Sasuke to follow her with Aiku towards the door.

Sasuke smiles back at her, cuddling his daughter in his arms. Then, he looks back at Itachi and smirks. "Beat you to the proposal, to the altar, and to fatherhood." And just for good measure, he sticks out his tongue at the senator. "I win."

"It's not a competition!" Itachi pokes his forehead. "Foolish little brother!"

Fugaku chuckles as Sasuke and Hinata are ambushed by the proud grandmothers as soon as they walk through the front doors. "They're certainly eager to see their granddaughter." Though he couldn't blame them, the child was incredibly adorable.

Aiku was more than happy to see her grandmothers too as she stumbles over to them. She was still getting the hang of this walking thing!

"Oh, Fugaku…hush!" Mikoto shakes her head as she scoops her granddaughter into her arms. She truly was the most beautiful baby that she'd ever seen. And that was saying something, considering that she gave birth to Itachi and Sasuke. "Of course we want to see her." She holds the child out from her body so that Emiko can coo over her as well. "She's getting so big!"

"So cute!" Emiko smiles at her. "And look at those adorable bubble eyes!"

"Yes, just like Sasuke's when he was little." Mikoto grins at her son, to which he simply rolls his eyes. "Oh come now, you know that it's true. Why would I lie?"

To embarrass him? That was the biggest reason he could think of. "I will vehemently deny the bubble eyes for the rest of my life." He much preferred Hinata's description of them being bedroom eyes. That was far more dignified.

"You are so cute when you sulk." Hinata laughs as she snuggles against him, her eyes dancing with laughter.

They were determined to emasculate him, weren't they? "I'm not cute, Hinata." Though he was certainly sulking as he turns to Hiashi. "Are grandfather and Madara here?" For some reason, the elderly Uchiha brothers were quite fond of the White House. Or, more accurately, Madara was fond of it, and Izuna got dragged along for the ride.

"Of course, we're here!" Madara charges into the room. "Now, where is my adorable great great niece and great great nephew?" He pauses. "Or is Kazumi, still at Itachi's and Neji's place?" Poor Izuna sighs as he follows after him.

"Of course they're still there…" Sasuke's eye twitches. "They only just brought him home. Obviously they want to get him settled before introducing him to everyone." He may be annoyed with Itachi, but the kid didn't deserve to suddenly be smothered by family.

Madara sighs. "Well I suppose that makes sense." He smiles and scoops up Aiku. "I pity your father and the neighborhood boys in a few years. Such a little beauty."

"He's just excited about the kids." Izuna chuckles and shakes his head. "Lets just be happy that for once he isn't trying to charm the knickers off of the ladies at the Senior Center."

"There is no trying!" Madara smirks. "There is only doing!"

Well, that was an image that Sasuke really didn't need. "Good to know." He swipes his daughter from his great-uncle's arms, handing her to his grandfather instead. He just trusted Izuna more with kids than he did Madara. "But, I suppose that bodes well if sex drive is genetic." If so, then Hinata would surely be pleased by that.

Hinata blushes at that. "Somehow, I didn't really think that was going to be an issue for a SEAL anyway." She couldn't believe he'd said that out loud!

"Oh, good point, there is that too." His kitten was so adorable when she blushed. And he was pretty sure that they were at fifteen shades of red and counting. Once in a while, a new one would pop up, and it was adorable.

Kakashi chuckles over speaker phone as three happy SEALs crowd around it. "So, your assignment's been going well lately?"

"Yep!" Naruto beams at him sunny as ever.

"Good." Kakashi chuckles at the boisterous sound of Naruto's voice. "A quiet assignment is good for you four." Especially now that Sasuke was married, and had a young daughter. "But I imagine that gives you three quite a bit of free time." At least now that the assassination attempts had stopped.

Sai smiles at that and nods. "Of course, but believe me we do make full use of it to keep in shape." After all, sex technically counted as exercise.

Well, Kakashi knew what that was code for. "I see that you're keeping up your 'regimes'. Good." It made them happy, and helped them to work together. And he'd never seen a team coexist like their did. "I'm sure that there will be even more adorable little babies stumbling around soon enough." He'd already gotten pictures of Aiku sent to him from Sasuke. Now, he was just waiting for the rest of his little protegees to take the leap.

"Sakura doesn't really…you know wanna be taken out of commission for maternity leave." And despite what she said, Naruto was pretty sure she was worried about her figure.

Sakura rolls he eyes at the two of them. "That doesn't stop you from trying to knock me up." Honestly, sometimes, it was a miracle that she'd avoided it so far. She knew that Naruto liked kids, and he was jealous that Sasuke had one, and he didn't.

Kakashi chuckles at the slight indignation in Sakura's voice. "Well, I hope that you'll make me an honorary grandfather." The age gap wasn't large, but he was…almost old enough to be their father, if you stretched it.

Sai shakes his head and chuckles. "Well if she ever stops being so skittish about motherhood, we'll certainly consider it." He smiles at Kakashi.

"I'm not skittish!" Sakura crosses her arms, glaring a little at her lovers. She just didn't want to risk being taken off active duty right now, not after she made history as the first female SEAL. "I just…want to wait a bit longer." She was only twenty-nine, she had time.

"I know." Naruto sighs. Well he probably should have seen that coming. Her first title meant too much to her for her to take the leave. They'd be lucky, if she didn't push it until the last possible moment before it became dangerous to try.

Oh boy, Sakura knew that face. "Naruto…" He looked like a kicked puppy. "…Maybe…I'll consider it as a present when you turn thirty." If that's what it would take to make those sad blue eyes go away. "When Hiashi gets re-elected, we can…" She smiles and touches his face, kissing her blond slowly. "Celebrate…properly." That would give her a bit over a year, and if Hiashi won again, then they would stay assigned, and her job would be safe for after she took leave.

"That's awesome!" He swings her around happily and then frowns. "Thirty, I'm going to be so old."

Sai shakes his head. "We'll all be old together then." Naruto would always be Naruto.

Sakura gives them both a good smack. "I'm older than both of you, so stop saying that!" She wasn't OLD! These two were morons!

Kakashi chuckles over the line, shaking his own head at their antics. "Well, then I look forward to see just what colors of the rainbow you three end up producing." After all, they were the most talented and unpredictable team he'd ever seen.

That…was an extremely long day to Sasuke. He'd introduced his daughter to her new cousin, was ambushed and swarmed by the proud grandmas, creeped out by the crazy old folks, and talked about arrangements for Hiashi's campaign for re-election for what felt like days. There was only so much that he could take.

Which is why he was perfectly content to retreat to Hinata's room after dinner for some much needed privacy. Something that was in rather short supply around their families. "Finally…peace and quiet…" He drops onto Hinata's bed, pulling her down on top of him. "And with your mother watching the baby, we finally get some alone time."

"Mmm you look exhausted." Hinata giggles at him. "Does my sexy SEAL need a massage?" He usually liked those.

He sighs, reaching up to brush a few strands of hair from her face. "I'd like that." He'd also been attacked with one of Naruto's verbal barrages earlier. Apparently, Sakura was finally agreeing to a time frame regarding when to start trying for children. Predictably, his best friend had been completely ecstatic. But right now, a massage sounded VERY nice.

She smiles at him. "And where would my handsome bodyguard like his massage at?" She'd never seen him look this exhausted before, but it had been a very long day.

"Hm…" Sasuke smirks a little. "Well, you can start wherever you like, but I think we both know where this is going." Sex. Hot, rough, LOUD sex that they both enjoyed. "But my back does hurt a bit." He'd been carrying their daughter around most of the day, and she didn't exactly weigh the same as a couple of apples.

"Someone's feeling cocky." She laughs. "Alright, turn around and let me have a look before we try to give her a brother."

"Fine…" He strips off his shirt, turning over and pillowing his head on his arms. "But we WILL be giving her a little brother." It was amusing though, to find out that their fathers both thought that the first child was going to be a boy. Maybe this one was their fluke, but Sasuke was certain that they'd have a couple of each eventually.

"Mhm." Like she was going to argue about having fun sexy times with her SEAL. "Just relax and let me take care of you." Hinata smiles as she slowly glides her hands over his muscular back, reveling in the power she felt beneath her fingertips as she kisses the back of his neck.

Sasuke hums at the feeling of her lips on his neck. "That feels good. It's always nice to feel your kiss, Hinata." So gentle, so soft, delicate and sometimes fierce. She was wonderful, beautiful.

She smiles and continues her massage, adding more kisses to his shoulders. "Good and yours." The man could kiss like, well something really good. She couldn't even properly articulate it.

"You like it, huh?" He did always like to hear that he was doing something right, even if it was something as simple as that. He turns onto his side, pulling Hinata down to press their lips together. "Why?" Maybe he was just tired, but his ego could use some stroking.

"Same reason a cat likes being petted, I guess." She returns his kiss and laughs softly. "It just feels good."

"A cat and a seal, huh?" She really seemed to like her animal metaphors, so he'd play along. "Seems like this kitten sure likes her SEAL'S kisses."

"Of course, there's nothing better than this SEAL'S kisses." Hinata smiles at him and the two of them spent the rest of the night proving exactly that. By the time Sun rose, Hinata was confident that their second pup was well on his way.

She had a feeling that it was going to be a boy this time. "And goodness help the next girl who gets a kiss from a SEAL." Hinata giggles at the the thought as she cuddles into her still sleeping husband.