Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

AN #1: I haven't abandoned my fics. I've just been busy doing my practice teaching, but I plan on finishing them. Updates will be slow, but they are coming. As always, English is not my first language and characters will most probably be Ooc since this is an AU. This is also my first fanfic.

AN #2: I am dedicating this chapter to all the people that have reviewed. Specially, Shikabane-Mai. Thank you all!

"talking"

'thoughts'

Chapter 5: Waking Up

It was the sun that took Kurenai away from one of the best dreams she'd had in her life. As soon as she opened her eyes, she was startled by the figure of the Sand boy standing beside her bed.

'What the…?' - She thought, while wondering what the hell was the boy doing in her room. Of course, just then she noticed she wasn't exactly in her room. She turned towards the boy, waiting for some sort of explanation.

"We require breakfast." - Said the redhead and Kurenai blinked.

"We? Who is we?" - She asked while sitting on her bed. The pounding on her head reminding her that she had drank a little bit too much the day before. At least that explained why it was taking her longer to get her bearings.

"Me, my sisters and my brothers." - Gaara replied slowly. His new mother appeared to be slow, but maybe all mothers were like that. He watched as she frowned, as if she was close to figuring out something.

Just then, Naruto ran into the room and placed himself between Kurenai and Gaara. -"YOU CAN'T KILL HER!"

Kurenai's memories made a forceful come back as soon as she watched the orange clad ninja enter the room. The Hokage's speech. The special mission. The kids that were now her sons… and daughters. How she had passed from being a single young woman to a single young parent of six.

"BUT SASUKE SAID YOU CAME HERE TO KILL HER!"

Unfortunately, the meeting with Tsunade had been one of the highlights of the day. After that, everything went downhill. They had gazed at their new two-story house and even though Kurenai thought it was beautiful, she was quite sure the Fourth will find a way to haunt both her and Tsunade for the destruction of his house.

"I already told you, I do not want to kill her."

"LIAR!"

After that, they had separated to get their things. She was busy packing her belongings when her team was called on an emergency mission. Naruto and his ramen had burned down the entire apartment building. She and her team had been assigned the task of cleaning it up and since it was an emergency, they couldn't refuse.

"Maybe I should kill you."

"SEE! YOU'RE CRAZY!"

After her team finished, she had gone to her apartment only to find it empty and with a note from Naruto. Apparently, he had taken the liberty of moving her things to the house. Later, she found out he also took the liberty of throwing away her wine.

"You are quite annoying."

"ANNOYING! ME? YOU'RE NOT MISTER CONGENIALITY EITHER!

After her bath, she found Sasuke, Naruto and Lee in a match in the middle of the kitchen. Winner got to make dinner. They ended up eating ramen. It was all there was to eat in the house.

"Why do you insist on provoking me?"

"PROVOKING? WHO'S PROVOKING? YOU WERE THE ONE THAT CAME HERE TO KILL OUR NEW MOTHER"

"I did not."

Bath time didn't went as bad. Gaara threw Lee out of the bathtub so he could take a sand bath. Kurenai had insisted that he needed a bath, despite him telling her he was clean. Due to the bathroom incident, Lee refused to share the room with him and is now sleeping on the guest room. Sasuke only glared at her when he was told to share the room with Naruto. Temari and Tenten were busy decorating their rooms with weapons to complain.

"Have you considered that your friend lied?"

"SASUKE WOULDN'T LIE ABOUT THIS? … would he?"

Sasuke refused to talk to anybody, but he appeared to be the most relaxed of the six. Maybe it was because his fan girls didn't knew he had moved.

"SASUKE! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!"

The reason of her hangover? She had found an old vodka bottle lying around and couldn't resist. Alcohol always relaxed her and the day had been too stressful. She watched as Naruto made his way out of her room. The obscenities coming from his mouth unknown even to her. Gaara just looked at her.

"So… breakfast?" - She asked while the sounds of Naruto and Sasuke fighting came to her ears.

"Temari likes eggs." - He told her and walked out of her room. Kurenai closed her eyes and counted to ten. The fighting was still going.

"GAARA!" - She called after the boy, who turned back and returned to her room. - "Don't kill them."

The boy frowned. - "I wasn't going to kill them."

"You don't understand me." - Kurenai said while looking at him with a small smile on her face. - "You are allowed to stop whatever madness is going on in the kitchen. Just don't kill them."

Gaara stood in the doorway for a couple of minutes before nodding. - "As you wish, mother." - He said and went down.

Kurenai was changing clothes when a loud scream from the kids was followed by an eerie silence and she smiled. - 'Maybe having a son isn't as bad as I thought.'