A/N Hello, there! I know I haven't posted anything for ages, and I apologize! But I had written this a few months ago and I decided it was time to put it up. So, in hope that it will make you hate me less, enjoy!

Disclaimer: If I were Kishi, Naruto would already have an ending.

Vicious Circle

"You stupid, incompetent, IDIOT!"

"B-but… Sakura-chan…"

"This is all your fault! You made me like this!"

"B-but…"

"I don't wanna hear it!"

It was always like this when they found themselves in this kind of situation. She would yell at him, he would either take it or ignore it, and try to support her in the best way possible.

The Hokage touched his wife's shoulder softly, in an attempt to calm her down.

"Sakura-chan, please try to calm down just a bit, you can do this…"

"Calm down? I'd like to see you in my position to see how calm you a-"

A piercing scream filled the once quiet room.

She gripped his hand fiercely.

"I hate you so much right now…"

But he knew she didn't mean it, so he gripped her hand tighter, and with his other hand, held her shaking shoulders. She looked up to him with fierce eyes.

"I swear, by the time this is over, I won't let you touch me ever again!"

And yet again, he knew she didn't mean it, so he just went ahead and held her anyway. She had made that same promise in the past, and had never kept it. He knew this time it wouldn't be any different.

So he put a smile on his face and comforted her as only he could.

"It's going to be alright. It's almost over."

And he sees the flames in her eyes die down just a little, as she takes a deep breath.

Just a little bit more, and the moment they had both been waiting for will arrive.

With one final effort and one final, deafening scream, it was over, and she collapsed in bed with a sigh, finally able to rest.

And then, another scream was heard, but not from the same voice. It was a new scream, a new voice.

"It's a boy!" a happy Tsunade announced, "Would you like to carry it, Hokage-sama?"

He took his child to look at him for the first time. He was so little, so fragile, that it made him almost afraid of hurting him. This child… this tiny, little person… he had helped to create. And he couldn't help but smile as a feeling of happiness and contempt filled him.

And with that same, huge smile, he handed him over to his expectant wife.

Anyone who did not know her would have sworn that this was not the same screaming, furious woman from five minutes ago. But he knew better.

Her look was tender, lips curved in a soft, blissful smile. As she held him, all was right again. The pain, the suffering, the exhaustion, it was all worth it.

The Hokage stared at his wife. The way she looked at him… It was the look only a mother could give to her newborn child. There was nothing tenderer or more loving than this.

She looked up at him with wondrous eyes.

"He is so beautiful, isn't he?"

He sat beside her, and placed his hand over hers.

"He is, and he is all ours."

She softly reached out to touch his face, and gave him bright smile.

"I love you, Naruto."

And with a smile, he kissed her forehead, wrapped his arms around her and turned his eyes once again to his child. Their child.

Two weeks have passed, and the proud parents are looking at their child sleep tenderly, before going to bed themselves.

But there is still a promise to be broken. And he knows that it won't be much time until it does.

They both lie in bed, side by side, with the image of their child still in their eyes, and a smile on their faces. His wife snuggles closer to him, softly placing a delicate hand on his chest and a tender kiss on his lips.

"Want to make another one?"

And the circle starts all over again.