Boobytrapped: A Lap Pillow of Peril

The fragrance of grass, and a very pleasant…scent of a woman?

And his head felt like it was resting on a cloud of soft cotton, so comfortable he didn't want to get up.

However, Uchiha Kage was awakened by the sound of a *Baby* crying.

He had no choice but to open his eyes.

"Ugh…"

"You're awake?"

His eyes were met with a pair of heavy, ripe persimmons, completely obscuring the woman's face.

"Where am I…"

Newly awakened, Uchiha Kage could only see the moist, tender eyes looking down at him through the gap between those two mounds of flesh.

But just from the voice, he knew who the owner of those persimmons was.

Uchiha Mikoto—

She was kneeling on the grass with her legs to the side, supporting his head while gently letting him enjoy her lap pillow.

"You've been asleep for a whole day; we were worried sick."

Mikoto gently supported the back of Uchiha Kage's head, helping him sit up from her lap.

At the same time, she let her long legs, which had gone numb and lost all feeling, rest for a while.

"Chakra exhaustion, that's not enough to kill a member of the Uchiha clan. Only you would worry about him."

Uchiha Kage turned his head slightly and saw Uchiha Sasuke staring at him with a proud but conflicted expression.

It seemed he was quite unhappy about Kage enjoying her lap pillow.

"What do we do? The Baby was fine just now, why is he crying so much all of a sudden… There, there, don't cry…"

Naruto, not far away, was responsible for watching the child.

But the infant in his arms completely ignored the funny faces he was making and just kept wailing.

"Is he hungry?"

I've been asleep for a whole day?

Wait, isn't this the Dream Space? You can sleep here too?

Uchiha Kage looked around at the forest, then at the child in Naruto's arms.

The Instance task reminder popped up in his mind at just the right time.

[Task: Safely return the child to the Konoha Camp]

No prefix of a stage this time… It seems this is the last task.

"Hungry?"

Uchiha Mikoto took the child from Naruto's arms.

As if sensing a similar aura to his Mother, the child in her arms quickly stopped crying and instinctively began tugging at her collar.

However, not only did Uchiha Mikoto's full persimmons not contain any drinkable juice, but even if they did, she was still wearing thick ninja armor, which the Baby's hands couldn't pull open.

"Wh-What do we do?"

Indeed, the child was rescued, but where could they find milk for the child to drink?

Uchiha Mikoto instinctively looked at Uchiha Kage beside her with a pleading look.

"Go find some animal milk to feed him. There should be wild beasts in this forest that are currently nursing."

"Will animal milk work?"

Naruto scratched his head.

"There's no other way. Just do what he says."

Sasuke wasn't interested in children; he just wanted to complete the task.

Also, to figure out if this Uchiha Mikoto was actually… real.

"Then I'll leave it to you two."

Uchiha Mikoto asked Naruto and Sasuke for help, then helped the newly awakened Uchiha Kage to sit under a large tree.

She had to take care of the injured Uchiha Kage and the child.

Leaving the task of finding animal milk for the Baby to Naruto and Sasuke.

"Oh! Leave it to me!"

Naruto was immediately full of energy.

But Sasuke on the side was a little…

Watching his 'young Mother' taking care of his friend like a young wife, the veins on his forehead and face couldn't help but twitch.

Especially seeing Uchiha Mikoto not only helping to straighten out the collar of his wrinkled clothes, but also personally feeding food to Uchiha Kage's mouth, and even taking out a handkerchief to help him wipe his sweat…

Was it necessary to take care of him so meticulously?

Kage didn't even have an injured hand.

Sasuke felt quite awkward, but logically he couldn't stop Uchiha Mikoto from doing this.

"What's wrong, Sasuke?"

Naruto nudged Sasuke's shoulder with his arm. When he saw that his eyes were staring straight at Uchiha Mikoto, his face immediately showed a smirk.

"That's great. I want to be fed by Big Sister too. I wish I was injured too. Wait, Sasuke…"

Hmph, he thought Sasuke was the kind of guy who wasn't interested in women, but it turned out he liked the Big Sister type.

No wonder he was always so cold to Sakura's overtures.

"Could it be that you're jealous?"

"I am not!"

"You're getting defensive, so you really do like Big Sister?"

"Shut up!"

Sasuke couldn't explain anything to Naruto, so he could only pull him into the forest with a belly full of resentment.

He had to end this Instance quickly. What if Mother really had feelings for Kage…

He shook his head violently, suppressing the terrifying thought in his heart.

That's absolutely impossible!

----

Okay, the nuisances are gone.

The Baby is barely coaxed to sleep.

Uchiha Mikoto felt that she could finally have a good chat with the Uchiha Boy beside her.

"A-Are you alright?"

But she was still a little shy when she spoke.

Ever since she learned about Uchiha Kage's strength, Uchiha Mikoto felt that she couldn't look him in the eye as calmly as before.

This was the first time she had seen such a powerful and mysterious man.

And also a member of the same clan.

However, what was this genius Boy hiding in the clan for?

It must be for a great goal.

However, would helping her this time, even at the cost of exposure, affect his Future plans?

Thinking of this, Uchiha Mikoto couldn't help but feel worried.

One was worried that she would harm him, and the other was worried that he would hate her because of it.

"I'm fine."

After eating some ninja rations, Uchiha Kage had recovered a lot of strength.

At least it wasn't difficult to stand up anymore.

But—

Why was this Female Ninja holding his hand?

Although being held by this soft, slender hand was quite comfortable, what if Sasuke saw it…

Okay, Sasuke wasn't here, so it's fine.

"S-Sorry, I… I have something to discuss with you."

Uchiha Mikoto quickly let go of the Boy's hand, then peeked at his reaction with her shy, big eyes.

That's great…

He doesn't seem to hate being touched by me.

"What is it?"

Is she planning to ask about the Mangekyo Sharingan?

Uchiha Kage didn't think too much about Mikoto's overly attentive behavior. He was just thinking about what kind of reward he would get after clearing this Instance.

No, wait, this time…

It couldn't be like Kaguya in the last Instance. Would an Uchiha Mikoto's Room appear after the Instance ended?

It shouldn't, right?

"Um, I want to adopt my sister's child. What do you think?"

Most people probably can't accept a girlfriend with a child, right?

Uchiha Mikoto decided to probe the Boy in front of her again.

"This… I think it's great."

Why was she even asking him? What did it have to do with him?

Uchiha Kage was confused, but he still nodded subconsciously in response to Uchiha Mikoto's question.

If this world wasn't a parallel world, then the adoption wouldn't matter. Anyway, he would be killed by Itachi in the Future.

"That's great. I'm relieved now."

Sure enough, he can even accept me raising a child. If he likes me, then he must sincerely like me!

"That's great?"

"I mean, I'm very happy that you can accept this child."

Uchiha Mikoto was a little embarrassed and got carried away with her little white lie, looking at the sleeping child on the grass.

"I will work hard to fight for it. When the time comes…"

The Girl was already fantasizing about rejecting the marriage arranged by the clan, and then having a wonderful life with Uchiha Kage and their family of three in the Future.

"Fight for what?"

This young Mama seems a little strange?

Uchiha Kage increasingly felt that something was wrong with the Female Ninja in front of him.

"And… that… what do you think?"

Is he shy? Why is he still pretending to be stupid?

Uchiha Mikoto had no choice but to change her "indirect probing" to a direct approach.

"What do I think about what?"

"Me… the lap pillow from before…"

But when the words came to her lips, she was still a little reserved because she was too shy.

"Very comfortable, I like it very much!"

Big Sister's lap pillow was indeed very comfortable. After returning, Uchiha Kage planned to have Kaguya give him one too.

"Um… then, do you want another one?"

Huff…

After hearing Uchiha Kage's reply that he liked it, Uchiha Mikoto finally put down the stone hanging in her heart.

Then, suppressing her blushing cheeks, she patted her legs, which were now closed together, towards him.

"Thank you."

Uchiha Kage naturally wouldn't refuse such a good thing.

There were no enemies around for the time being, so it was time to enjoy it.

"It's okay…"

Watching happily as the Boy lay back on her lap, Uchiha Mikoto continued to imagine the wonderful life in the Future.

Then she suddenly remembered that her Older sister didn't seem to have named the child yet.

"By the way, you saved this child. Why don't you give him a name?"

"No, you should do this yourself."

Uchiha Kage didn't want to have anything to do with this infant, so as not to worry about it in the Future.

"Then okay, I'll name him according to my Older sister's preferences."

After all, it was her sister's child. Uchiha Mikoto thought for a long time before finally thinking of a name that matched her sister's interests.

"Um… Itachi, let's call him Itachi, Uchiha Itachi, how about that?"

"U…Uchiha Itachi?"

She's not kidding, is she?

Hearing this name, Uchiha Kage quickly sat up from Uchiha Mikoto's lap in surprise.

"Uchiha Itachi!? Where is he!?"

At the same time, Sasuke and Naruto, who had gone out to find food for the child, also returned.

Putting down the ewe he was carrying on his shoulder, Sasuke's expression changed drastically and he activated his Sharingan to observe his surroundings.

Could it be that Uchiha Itachi had also come to this Instance?

"Wh-What's wrong?"

Seeing Sasuke's angry and menacing look, both Uchiha Mikoto and Naruto were taken aback.

"Uchiha Itachi… Where is he!?"

"I-I gave the child this name, is there something wrong with it?"

How could this child named Sasuke be so grumpy, so different from Kage…

Uchiha Mikoto held the child and carefully moved away from Sasuke, who was exuding anger.

"Named him, you… he!?"

Could it be…

Sasuke quickly realized something, then looked at the infant in Uchiha Mikoto's arms with a complicated expression.

Then he clenched the Kunai in his hand.

"He can't be called that name!"

"Why not? This has nothing to do with you, right?"

Watching Sasuke walking towards her step by step with a Kunai, Uchiha Mikoto subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Anyway, it's not allowed. You have to give him another name! Otherwise…"

"Otherwise what?"

This Boy is too strange. What does it have to do with him what my child is called?

Uchiha Mikoto hid behind Uchiha Kage in fear, but then she thought that her strength was not weaker than his, so she stood up again.

"Otherwise, I can only kill him here!"

Without concealing his killing intent, Sasuke's Kunai was already on top of the infant's head.

"Ah! You're crazy!"

Uchiha Mikoto quickly retreated with the child in her arms.

"Sasuke, calm down first."

Uchiha Kage grabbed Sasuke's wrist.

"Sasuke, what are you doing!?"

Naruto also hugged Sasuke's body from behind.

"You understand too, Kage! Don't stop me!"

Sasuke's eyes revealed bloodlust, staring straight at the infant in his Mother's arms, like a ferocious beast choosing someone to devour.

"Let alone whether he is or not, even if he is, you can't change all of this."

Uchiha Kage knew Sasuke's Pain and hatred, but even if he killed this infant now.

History may not change.

Because once the Instance task failed, they would reset to the very first day.

So even if they killed this child, they could only loop infinitely in this Instance.

"Of course, if you insist, I won't stop you."

"I just want to kill him!"

Throwing off Naruto behind him, Sasuke rushed to Uchiha Mikoto with the Kunai in both hands.

But the Female Ninja in front of him had already blocked the child with her body.

"Although I don't know what you're talking about, this child finally survived, if you want to kill, then kill me first."

"Mama!"

Because he was too emotional, Sasuke once again called out the title "Mama" to the young Uchiha Mikoto in front of him.

"Kage… your companion must be crazy."

"Don't worry, he won't hurt anyone, especially you."

Looking at the Female Ninja hiding behind him, Uchiha Kage had no choice but to protect her first.

With Uchiha Mikoto's protection, Sasuke couldn't hurt the infant Itachi in her arms at all.

However, even Uchiha Kage didn't expect that the infant they had to save would actually be the Uchiha Itachi of the Future.

This was really a huge joke made by God.

"So, what exactly happened? Can you explain it clearly?"

Naruto didn't understand why Sasuke suddenly had murderous intentions towards a child.

Moreover, Kage on the side seemed to know the reason, but he was the only one who was stupid and didn't know anything.

"It's like this, actually Sasuke he…"

Now that things had come to this, whether it was for Sasuke's sake or for Uchiha Mikoto's sake, Uchiha Kage could only tell the truth.

----

"Wh-What?!"

Naruto couldn't believe his ears.

"This Big Sister is Sasuke's Mother? And this child is his brother Uchiha Itachi, and Uchiha Itachi will destroy the entire Uchiha clan in the Future?"

N-No wonder Sasuke reacted so strongly just now…

"No, it's impossible, right?"

Whether it was the fact that the three of Uchiha Kage came from the Future, or the fact that the infant in her arms would be the great demon who would destroy the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Mikoto didn't dare to believe it.

"The fact is that, so, now hand over the child, Mama."

Sasuke still couldn't hold back the killing intent in his heart. Even if he understood that killing this child probably wouldn't affect history, he still had to try.

"No, I can't!"

Uchiha Mikoto continued to hide behind Uchiha Kage.

"Kage, tell me, it's not like this… Actually, you were just joking, right?"

She finally found a Boy she was attracted to, but it turned out that he came from the Future and was as old as her son?

How could the newly in Love Girl Mikoto bear this?

"Um, it's also possible that it's a parallel world. Everything I said earlier may not happen in your world."

Although that's what he said, Uchiha Kage felt that the probability of this was not high.

But it was just a feeling.

"Is that so…"

Parallel world, this is too… unbelievable.

Uchiha Mikoto was a little skeptical.

"No matter which world it is, Uchiha Itachi deserves to die!"

But Sasuke was still clamoring.

"Then can you really do it?"

Uchiha Kage took the child from Mikoto's arms and handed it to Sasuke.

"I…"

Although it was like receiving a hot potato, Sasuke still carefully held the child.

He raised the Kunai in his hand again, but after a long time, the sharp blade of the Kunai still did not stab towards the child in his arms.

Recalling the bits and pieces of his brother getting along with him, recalling the brother who once loved him so much, and looking at the innocent infant in his arms, Sasuke, whose heart had not yet been shrouded in darkness, really couldn't do it.

But he quickly remembered the scene of Uchiha Itachi personally killing his parents and killing the Clan Member…

Hatred and Love were frantically intertwined in his mind.

"Ah!!!!"

In the end, Sasuke, who couldn't make a choice, threw the infant in his arms back to Uchiha Kage with force, and then shouted and rushed into the depths of the forest.

----

"Sasuke."

Uchiha Kage used his Byakugan to find Sasuke, who was alone, in the forest.

"I know, even if I kill him, we will only reset to the very first day, because of this damn task!"

Sasuke at this time was obviously much calmer.

"But, I didn't think I would be so weak, I can't even kill him."

"This is not weakness, but Love."

In any case, Uchiha Kage didn't want to see Sasuke step into the darkness like in the original story.

This Sasuke really needed the right guidance, instead of being given hatred by Itachi irresponsibly.

"Love?"

"Um, you should understand that Itachi's brotherly affection for you in the past was not false, but later he gave up that Love. Are you going to learn from him now and give up these too?"

"Of course I won't learn from him… but I will definitely kill him!"

"Revenge is not to deny everything in the past, and it is also because the current infant is innocent, so you can't kill him, right?"

"M-Maybe."

Sasuke turned his face away with a proud expression.

He really couldn't kill an infant.

"But, you're right, I want to defeat the real him in a dignified manner, and I only want to kill the real him, not attack an infant, but…"

What about Mother?

If this Instance was a real world, wouldn't that mean that Mother would still follow the old path of being killed by Uchiha Itachi in the Future?

"Don't worry, I will… We have already told her everything, she should have precautions."

If this task was the same as the last one after it ended, Uchiha Kage felt that he might be able to see Uchiha Mikoto again.

At that time, he should be able to protect her personally.

"That's all I can do."

Even if they didn't do that, they couldn't change the Future.

This was the first time Sasuke didn't want to complete the task in the Instance so much.

But now, he could only obey.

"Thank you, Kage."

"No, I…"

"Thank you for protecting my Mama before, and…"

Although he didn't know how Uchiha Kage and his Mother rescued the child and him and Naruto, but thinking of Uchiha Kage's injured and unconscious appearance before, Sasuke thought that the other party must have suffered a lot.

"My Sharingan has evolved to the highest level, from now on, you will be protected by me obediently."

Sasuke opened his eyes, and the double tomoe Sharingan inside had evolved into a three tomoe.

"…"

Only three tomoe, where is it high level?

Uchiha Kage wanted to say that, but looking at Sasuke's confident appearance, he couldn't bring himself to pour cold water on him and discourage him.

However, seeing Sasuke return to normal, Uchiha Mikoto and Naruto, who were hiding behind a big tree watching all this, also showed relaxed smiles.

Especially Uchiha Mikoto.

Sure enough…

Not only in terms of strength, but also in other matters, Kage is very reliable.

She found that she was feeling more and more moved.

----

"Are you really from the Future?"

After resolving the heart disease in Sasuke's heart, the journey of the group to the Konoha headquarters finally became easier.

Along the way, Uchiha Mikoto had been secretly asking Uchiha Kage about the Future.

However, for some reason, although she knew that Sasuke was her child, Uchiha Mikoto seemed to avoid Sasuke even more than before.

And Sasuke was no longer embarrassed to face this overly young Mother.

The two were clearly Mother and son, but they didn't communicate at all.

On the contrary, Uchiha Kage had been "harassed" by Uchiha Mikoto during this time.

Of course, he didn't hate this Big Sister who would hold his hand and give him a lap pillow at every turn.

"I can only say that it's most likely like this."

If there is no parallel world.

"Then in your era, do you have… do you have a girlfriend?"

Even though she knew that this Boy might not be from the same era as her, Uchiha Mikoto still stubbornly didn't want to give up.

"Not yet."

It's just that there are several NPC Female Ninja accompanying him every night and an old wife far away in the ancient times.

Uchiha Kage said that he was an honest good child.

"Then you…"

Although she had indirectly asked Uchiha Kage many times during this time, Uchiha Mikoto would still be happy every time she heard this reply.

"Ahead, is the Konoha Camp. I can already see the Konoha Village symbol and their tents."

Seemingly finally unable to bear her Mother's behavior of being very close to Uchiha Kage all the way, Sasuke deliberately amplified his voice.

"Yes, we're finally here."

Compared to Naruto and Sasuke, who felt liberated and relaxed when they saw the tents, Uchiha Mikoto only felt that the time on this road had passed too quickly.

"You guys…"

Just as she was about to invite Uchiha Kage and the others to Konoha, Uchiha Mikoto suddenly saw a soft white light emitting from the bodies of these three people.

Moreover, the figures of the three were gradually disappearing.

"You're going back!?"

"It seems so."

Sasuke glanced at his Mother in front of him with some reluctance, but he quickly stopped being nostalgic.

This wasn't his real Mother, his *Mother* had already been…

"Crap! We've been in this Instance for so long, won't many days have passed in reality too!? Will we not make it to the Chunin Exams then!?"

Naruto remembered that he had spent a long time in this dreamlike Instance, and couldn't help but worry about reality.

"It's okay, I think the flow of time here should be different from reality."

Back in the Kaguya script, Uchiha Kage had already considered this question, and the answer he came to was that no matter how long he stayed here, at most one night would pass in reality.

"Wait!"

Watching Naruto and Sasuke disappear, Uchiha Mikoto could no longer hold back and grabbed Uchiha Kage, who had not completely disappeared.

"Kage, do you have any feelings for me…"

Recalling the time the two of them spent together on this road, Uchiha Mikoto was very unwilling to end her encounter with him like this.

"Me?"

And Uchiha Kage finally understood why Uchiha Mikoto had been so close to him during this time.

But what's going on, when did he…

Okay, enjoying lap pillows really comes at a price.

"Even if it's only a little bit…"

She was about to be separated, and Uchiha Mikoto couldn't care about the restraint of a Girl anymore. She just wanted to get an answer that would make her feel at ease.

"If you weren't Sasuke's…"

"Then that means you do!"

Hearing this reply, the Female Ninja's eyes instantly lit up. That's great, she wasn't being unrequited.

"Um."

Seeing the Girl in front of him completely open her heart, Uchiha Kage could only nod.

"Then can you call my name one last time? Don't use 'you' or Older sister as a form of address."

It seemed that Uchiha Mikoto didn't like the person she liked calling her Older sister.

"Mikoto, I…"

"That's enough, there's no need to say anything more. I don't believe in parallel worlds or the future you described…"

The satisfied Girl suddenly approached her face, then tiptoed and imprinted a deep kiss on Uchiha Kage's forehead like an "attack".

"But, I'll be waiting for you in the Future."

Covering her heart with her hand, Uchiha Mikoto finally carried the child towards the Konoha Camp at the foot of the mountain after realizing that the Boy's temperature and aura had finally completely disappeared.

She had decided not to abide by the marriage arranged by the clan and wait for her encounter with the Boy in the Future.

"So, the Future you said will never happen."

----

"No, actually what I wanted to say was, there's no need to go to the Future. It seems we can meet now."

After coming out of the Instance, Uchiha Kage saw—as he expected—a newly appeared building on the Konoha street in the *Dream Space*.

The Uchiha Clan Grounds, and that room that he was so familiar with, but now completely unfamiliar.

He thought of Sasuke…

Although I don't know what will happen later, but your Mama made the first move, so you really can't blame me.

As an evil Uchiha, he wouldn't let go of this woman who kissed him and ran away.

After apologizing to Sasuke in his heart, Uchiha Kage opened the door of the room with a curious and expectant mood.

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