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This is my first fanfic for SasuSaku, and my second fanfic after Vexed (Dramione) so please don't kill me for any errors. I just had to write this story down with the plot that came to my mind.

I might extend the story and make it a multi-chapter fic if I get reviews for the plot. Enjoy!

"Ramen!" Naruto Uzumaki was excited to be visiting Ichiraku for the third time that day. One could say the jinch≈´riki had matured after the War. His aspiration to become the Hokage one day had made him sober down a little and be a lot calmer around people, especially his Hinata-chan. After all, he didn't like to startle her and cause her to faint, no matter how cute he thought it was.

The last Uchiha almost rolled his eyes at his teammate's never ending love and excitement for ramen. Almost. Uchiha's aren't supposed to express their disdain (or anything) so openly so he merely decided to remain as uninterested as possible while he accompanied said teammate to the ramen stall which had now expanded to a restaurant. It was a village rumour that half the profits used for the expansion were made from the pockets of the Naruto alone.

Just as the two sat down after placing their orders, a tensed looking Ino walked into the eatery, followed by Sai. "Have you seen Forehead?"

"Nope. Sakura is on a mission to Sand. She will be back in the next two days." said Naruto while constantly eyeing if his order was ready.

"Kami. I sure hope she doesn't hurt herself!"

"Of course she won't. Sakura-chan is the best medic, but she also can beat the shit out of people when she wants, even teme!"

"Hn" Sasuke grunted his disapproval. He had come to the realisation that Sakura was nothing like the girl he had left behind on that bench years ago.

Once he had been back and served his sentence for the next two years, Sakura, along with Naruto and occasionally even Kakashi, had helped him with his community service and annoying D-rank missions. However, she no longer fawned over him, nor paid him any special interest. She would spar with him to train and occasionally join him for a meal like the rest of the team did, but Sakura Haruno made sure that the last Uchiha knew that he would get no special treatment from her anymore.

He had rather deal with a drunk Tsunade and a horny Jiraiya together than accept that her changed behaviour towards him had affected him deep down. Logically he knew she wouldn't wait for him for an eternity, but to actually realise and accept it was a whole different ball game.

Initially, Sakura was just his assigned medic after the War. Her only task was to make sure that both he and Naruto survived their injuries. She treated him as mechanically as possible with little to no interaction. Sasuke had imagined it to be the perfect scenario where he wasn't being forced to speak or listen to people, but one day he came across her sitting next to a sleeping Naruto and whispering how she hoped the War never happened and Naruto would wake up from his sleep soon.

That was the day Sasuke Uchiha realised that he wanted Sakura to care about him too. He wouldn't dare call it jealousy, but he regretted the way he had always treated her and maybe he had finally lost her.

As time wore on and the hidden leaf village of Konoha accepted him, the fangirls came back with even more fervour. Some crazy ones were bold enough to come propose that they were willing to help him 'rebuild the Uchiha clan' for free. When Sakura had finally scared them off once, Sasuke felt a feeble amount of hope rise that maybe all was not lost. But then, he was his teammate who couldn't do social interactions so maybe it was just a favour.

Sakura had now surpassed Tsunade and was the best medic in all the hidden villages. She often had to leave on prolonged missions to not only fight and protect but also to heal and cure. Her last mission to Sand had lasted about a month, after which she had returned for a few weeks before being summoned again for a rather drastic case of some illness that had turned into an epidemic overnight.

"Okay listen, if you happen to see her when she comes, which I know you will, since you all always meet each other at the Gates, tell her to come see me before she goes to meet Tsunade or anyone at the Hospital." Ino had never sounded so serious in her life.

"What's the matter?"

Sasuke's voice caught Ino unaware as she wasn't used to the Uchiha speaking at all. Ino fumbled while Sai looked at them with his fake smile and responded. "Ugly is pregnant so Ino wants to be the one to tell her first."

No one had seen these ninjas react so swiftly all at once, before. Ino had whipped around and screamed at Sai for not knowing when to keep his mouth shut, while Naruto dropped his bowl of ramen and screamed "WHAAAAAAAAATTT?". Sasuke had Sai in a death grip by his neck and was seething.

"Sasuke Uchiha leave my boyfriend alone. He is not the one who knocked up Sakura. And if you wanted to be the one to have done that, you should have done it by now or at least told her what you intend to do."

Sasuke felt his cheeks flame up at the implication and sank back into his seat. Naruto would have laughed at him for being so scared of Ino, but he was still registering her words.

"So Sakura is going to have a baby?" Naruto asked, still flabbergasted.

Sai nodded. "Yes."

Sasuke knew Sakura would occasionally go on dates, but he knew she wasn't seeing anybody seriously and she was the best medic around for Kami's sake. She couldn't be that stupid to not have used protection! And at the idea that she had done the deed with other men, Sasuke felt his blood boil and bile rise up his throat, all at once. "How can you be so sure?"

Ino was the one to answer this time. "After their mission in Sand, all the assigned medics and other accompanying teammates were supposed to undergo medical tests to ensure that we hadn't brought in any of the maladies with us back to Konoha. Our body fluid samples were taken for inspection. Since I was part of the mission, I had gone to collect my report today, when I bumped into Shizune."

Ino sighed and sat down in one of the chairs at the table, looking as tired as she sounded. "Shizune called me aside and told me that when they tested Sakura's sample, they found something odd about it and then they ran regular tests. Which is when they found out that Sakura was pregnant. Shizune herself ran the tests; twice to be sure. Finally, she had gone to inform Tsunade who is now supposedly furious at Sakura for being reckless. Thus, she asked me to inform her before she meets Tsunade to give her the mission report."

"Teme you didn't tell me you and Sakura-chan were doing obscene things behind our backs!"

Sasuke looked at Naruto and could feel his Sharingan rise as anger washed over him. "We were not doing anything. Clearly, she has some secret lover back in Sand."

"Actually she is only a month and a few weeks along, which means she must have uhh...conceived the child during the few weeks that she spent in Konoha."

Sasuke didn't know whether he felt relieved that it wasn't some crazy Sand-nin or that one of these stupid Konoha nins could be the father to Sakura's child.

Father to Sakura's child.

Sasuke had had enough. He put some cash on the table and left a very confused Naruto asking for explanations from Ino, who seemed equally surprised that her own best friend never told her about this secret lover of hers, and as was clear from his rage, it was clearly not the Uchiha.

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