Mother Special 1

"Why are you two fighting in the Valley of the End?" Mio asked as she scrubbed both boys' heads with her sweater. "What was so important that you had to skip washing the dishes after breakfast and fight?"

Easy question, both boys thought.

"It's business between men," middle-school Sasuke stated firmly, unfitting for his age but adorable nonetheless.

"And what business do you two 'men' have with one another?" Mother asked, eyeing their petite statures.

Naruto wasn't ashamed to share. It wasn't in his nature to be secretive. "Whoever wins get to marry Sakura."

Mother let out a tiny gasp.

"Oh my, two of the Leaf's future best ninja are fighting over her hand in marriage. What a lucky girl."

There was a teensy bit of jealousy stirring in Mio. How could her sons talk about marriage before she even started dating?

Sasuke crossed his arms, seemingly not satisfied with the explanation Naruto provided so he added, "And whoever LOSES, has to marry Mother."

"Marry me?" Mio asked in surprise, not completely hating the thought. That way, at least one of her sons would stay with her forever.

Both nodded with confidence. Together, they got up, already in battle stance. "That's why I can't afford to lose!"

"…"

"Mother get out of the way, we still have things to settle!" Sasuke yelled as he rummaged through his pouch for a kunai.

"Mother go home first! The loser will inform you of the results!" Naruto followed up as he mirrored Sasuke's weapon withdrawal.

And that was the last straw. Mio wasn't going to watch her two sons fight each other to the death—in order to avoid losing and end up marrying her.

Loser marrying her. As if.

"Winner or loser! No dinner tonight!"