The room was filling with screeches and wailes. "Congratulations..." The doctor said, a nurse coming in to the sound of wails with two towels in her hands, one pink and one blue. The doctor took the blue one and the nurse left again.

The doctor wrapped the baby into the blanket and rounded the bed. "Its a boy." He said, giving it to James. James' eyes widened in surprise as he took the baby. He was careful to hold its head. "Hey buddy." He whispered to him.

The baby looked at James, cooed and made a face.  James smiled, "Lets see mommy." He said, handing the baby over.

"Thanks." He said, and kissed he forehead. He nodded to Maru and disappeared in a cloud of grey smoke. 

He appeared behind Alex on the Hokage faces. "Hey." he said. "Chidori..." Alex replied, a ball of blue fire appearing in his hand. James watched in amazement as he threw it over the cliff. He blinked, coming back to reality. He went to sit beside Alex.

"Im sorry." James said, "Im sorry I yelled at you." He said. "But I couldn't leave Tsumai -" "Otouto. I was asking to leave, not for you to leave Tsumai." Alex said flatly, sighing. "Oh..." James said.

They were quit for a long time, looking up at the stars together. "Hey, Alex?" James asked quietly. "Hn." Alex asked. "Why did you want to leave so bad." James asked, looking at him. "Because. Tsumai... and the baby. I don't know. I was thinking about Mom." He said, looking away from James.

 James was quiet, then nodded. "A -" He caught himself. "Nii-san?" He said, it sounded weird on his tongue, but it rolled nicely. Alex looked at him quickly, "W-what?" He asked, trying to hide his shock and happiness, but failed. "What were mom and Dad like?" He asked. Alex looked down at the rock that they were sitting on.

He put his arm around James and James leaned into him. "Well, Otouto. Mom and Dad were

(( Yay! Will James look at Alex as a brother? Will James be a good father? Will Alex ever be able to act himself around Maru? Find out...... WHEN KOGA POSTS!!! 8D ))

James listened Alex tell him about his mom and dad, about their strengths and weaknesses. about their quirks and pet peeves. Alex told him stories about them when he was young, even stories they had told him about their childhood.

"Nii-san?" James asked, still trying to get used to the word. "Otouto." Alex replied happily. "Do you want to come see Shizuya?" He asked, smiling brightly. "Shizuya?" Alex asked. "Thats what Tsumai named the baby." James explained. "Sure ^^ " He said, getting up then helping him up. 

"Oh yeah, Otouto." Alex said, looking at him, "Congratulations." He said as they made their way back to the hospital.

"He's your only nephew." James laughed when he came in. He stopped when he saw Tsumai was asleep. He went to sit by her sleeping form.

Alex closed the door quietly behind him and proceeded to the couch. 

Alex looked down at the baby, a huge smile on his lips. He couldn't find any words to say. 'Mine too.' he realized silently.

James watched Alex closed, he couldn't help but grin.

"Wanna hold him?"Maru asked.

"James?"Tsumai said,softly.

"Im here." James replied.

"Ah, no no. I'm good." Alex said, afraid he would somehow manage to hurt the baby if he held him.

"She looked at him and smiled.

"James wanna hold him?"Maru asked.

"Yeah." James can up and took the baby gently from Maru. He looked at Alex, vowing that he would later hold him, and took him to him beside Tsumai.

Alex saw the look and sighed softly, knowing that there was going to be trouble.

James held the baby so that he could see his mommy, taking his small hand and waving at her with it. "Its mommy." He whispered.

 Alex watched the small family, then remembered that he had an errand to run. "touto, I need to run a few errands." he explained as he stood up. 

"Oh... uh.. ok?" James said, looking up at him. "You need some help? I'll go with you."

"Stay here." He said, looking at Tsumai and Shizuya. "Ok." james said, confused. He looked at Tsumai and Maru then at the baby.