Tsuki: Woot~! Here goes the third in the trilogy! Yay! But now I guess I can't really be considered a newbie and get special little no-flames or constructive criticism comments. Ah well, nice while it lasted. Bring on the true feelings! Bring on the hate, I'm ready!!! *flames in eyes and punches air* Kiya~!

Okay no, no I'm not. Please don't hurt me! *watery puppy eyes and whimpers* Kay, so the first chapters disclaimer is, Hinata!

Hinata: O-oh! Thank you Tsuki-san… Tsuki does not own Naruto I suppose… *taps fingers nervously, embarrassed by the attention*

Tsuki: Thank you Hina-chan! Now then, let's move on to the story!

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It had been a month since Sakura had told Sasuke she was pregnant, and since then she had moved into his house. They had gotten engaged even, but as it was Sasuke, it wasn't terribly romantic. But it was just wonderful enough to make the kunoichi say 'yes'. She would take on the Uchiha name, and her child would be put under that last name, though they wouldn't be getting married until after the pregnancy (after one of Sakura's mood swings where she ranted that she refused to get married when she was pregnant and hideous. Afterwards this led to an outbreak of crying and a very confused Sasuke; after all it was her first real mood swing).

Now it was fairly evident she was pregnant, at three months, a bulge was there. Sasuke had become quite over-protective of her, and rarely let her out of the house due to his paranoia, but today was a rare treat. Since after he rescued her from Kabuto, he had been near fully trusted by Tsunade, so he had begun his ninja training again. As of now, he was a Chuunin, and was currently off with some friends. In a few months he'd get his own team to care for. So now she was free to go anywhere, of course that led her to Ino's.

Ino and Sai were engaged as well, and it came as a shock to Sakura when Ino told her. Sure the two had been dating for quite some time, but Sakura never saw Sai as the type of man to settle down, then again, nothing is what it seems. The two were very happy and had moved into Ino's home. Sai even got her father's blessing which surprised Sakura further, that Inochi would accept such a boy to marry his beautiful daughter. Though it was her happiness that mattered, was it not?

"Sakura-chan, Sasuke finally let you out!" Ino joking, waving to her pink-haired friend from where she crouched next to her small garden. Sakura waved and made her way towards her friend. "I see you aren't waddling like a penguin yet."

"I know, I'm very happy!" Sakura laughed.

"Jeez Sakura, you're lucky." Ino sighed. "Look at you, three months and you've barely got a lump! I mean, some women get huge bellies, but then the lucky ones like you just get the tiny things. Is there even a baby in there?" The two friends laughed together and Sakura put her hand on her stomach.

"Yes and the little thing has a fast heart-rate. It's alarming almost; I'll have to go see Tsunade about it." They went into Ino's house and Sai waved to her before he left to go train. They sat in her dining room, the sun falling through the window illuminating everything.

"Oh Sakura, it's too early to worry about things like that! Give it time, trust me."

"Ino, you're not the one who's pregnant. I'm just worried you know." Sakura began to get sadder and sadder. "And these stupid mood swings… ugh even I can tell their terrible!" Her lip trembled and Ino put her hand on her shoulder.

"Its okay sweetie, everything will be fine, promise."

"Thanks Ino." Sakura was suddenly chipper again.

"So where's your lover?" The blonde joked, using the silly pet name. "He usually never lets you out of the house. God forbid you catch a cold in this terribly chilly weather." Her voice was humorously laced in sarcasm.

"Oh he's off somewhere with Naruto."

"That's good, how's Naruto been?" Sakura knew what Ino was talking about. When Sasuke first told his friend about her pregnancy, Naruto had flipped, hitting Sasuke so hard Sakura had to come over to heal him. He had ranted about how she was too young to be pregnant, and that he'd better marry her. It was very funny actually.

"He's really good! He knows that Sasuke has the best intentions for the child. Do you think Sasuke will be a good father?"

"You know, if you'd asked me this about five months ago, I would've laughed in your face. Now though, hell I think he'll be a damn good dad if I do say so myself. You make me jealous Sakura! I hope Sai will be that great to me when I'm pregnant."

"Oh I'm sure you two will be fine. You'll make a great mom, Ino."

"Thanks Sakura-chan. You too." They shared a sentimental laugh, and spent the rest of the time sipping tea, and talking about different things. Sakura rose from her chair.

"I better get going, if Sasuke-kun gets home and I'm not there, I think he'll have a panic attack." She laughed good-naturedly, and Ino bid her friend goodbye, going back out to work on her garden. I hope Sasuke-kun isn't mad at me that I left without telling him…

Quiet as a mouse, Sakura stepped inside, and slid the door closed. Taking off her shoes, she went into the kitchen, then out to the garden, but no one was there. Sasuke hadn't come home yet. Sakura sighed with relief and went out to the garden, sitting on a bench.

A black cat with spring green eyes jumped onto her lap. It was Jinxy, a cat her and Sasuke had adopted when he first returned. She pet the purring animal, and looked out onto her garden. Yes, she claimed it as hers; after all, she did all the upkeep. It looked pretty enough, but spring had passed and the cherry trees lost all their blossoms, the small pink petals nowhere to be seen. Sakura missed that, they were her favorite flowers. In no time, Sasuke had returned, his Jounin jacket unzipped.

He wore his traditional white Jounin vest, a gray t-shirt with the clan symbol on the sleeves, navy-blue pants with black boots over his white-taped calves, with black fingerless gloves. Along with that he wore a purple kunai holster and a deep purple sash across his chest which held his katana. The Jounin outfits were certainly changing.

She ran up and kissed him on the cheek, and he teasingly whispered: "Honey, I'm home." With slight humor evident. Sakura laughed and he smirked, running his hand over her stomach.

"How was your day?" He asked, putting his weapons away and taking off his shoes.

"Good, I went out to see Ino for a bit, but mostly just hung out here." He glanced at her. Curse me for being a terrible liar! He ignored her fib though. "What about you?"

"Hn." He grunted. She knew that was all he had to say about it. It meant everything; you just had to know him well enough to know just what he meant. Today, it was 'tiring, and a bit boring too'. She waltzed into the kitchen, then came out to where he sat in the garden, handing him a tomato sandwich and a glass of water. He thanked her with a nod, and the two sat looking at the koi pond, Jinxy silently sitting next to the couple, waiting for Sasuke to give her a portion of his food.

"You really shouldn't go out to much." He broke the tender silence.

"Sasuke, I'm fine." Her anger began to flare up, but that didn't stop him. Poor boy, he was so inexperienced with moody girls.

"Doesn't matter, something could happen."

"I can take care of myself you know! I don't need your help so don't be so damn cocky! I'm perfectly capable of being on my own!" She huffed, and he sighed.

"Whatever."

"W-whatever? What do you mean 'whatever'?! I can't believe you!" Now she started getting sad. "Do you not think I'm strong enough, do you think I'm weak? Did I do something wrong?"

"Annoying…." He grabbed and kissed her full on to shut her up and it worked. She sat silently, a bit stunned, but content. Sakura leaned her head against him.

This is going to be a long six more months… He sullenly took a bite of his sandwich, and gave the last piece to Jinxy, who greedily ate it up. Jinxy you have it easy.

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Tsuki: Lol Sasuke's getting his first taste of mood swings! He isn't liking it too well, but then again, Sakura isn't liking being cooped up.

So this is the first chapter of the third book in the trilogy! How'd it turn out? Most of my chapters have pretty much the same length, so don't expect me to write tons and tons all in one chappy.

Anyhow, review, thanks! *wags tail*