Devi: Sooooooo~ I am COMPLETELY BLOCKED ON MY OTHER TWO STORIES! KJFHASDF IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS WHATSOEVER THEN PLEASE LEMME KNOW! *cough* Anywho~ I am making a Sasuke x Sakura fic~ There will be side pairings and some bashin' on some characters, but not a lot. It's more along the lines of teasing...so, yeah! I'd love if y'all read and reviewed! This is AU mostly with some original plot in it~ :)
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. If I did, Naruto x Hinata would have already happened along with SasuSaku and like fifteen other pairings. Ah, the life of a fangirl~
"Sakura! Go home already!" Tsunade was making her rounds at the hospital when she saw the twenty six year old woman working hard as ever. Doesn't she ever stop?
Sakura looked like a deer caught in the headlights and quickly looked down at her watch before swearing colorfully. "I need to go get Kenji!" She quickly piled all her stuff into her bag and ran out the door, all the while saying goodnight to Tsunade who just shook her head in amusement.
Sakura was running down a dirt road of Konoha when she dropped a pile of papers on accident. She cussed loudly before scrambling to get all the papers when she heard someone yell.
She looked up and sighed in relief when she saw who it was.
"Mommy!" She dropped all her stuff and opened her arms as the five year old boy jumped into her arms.
"Hey, 'Ji! How was school?" She pulled back slightly to look him in the eyes. He smiled brightly as he told her about his day and she was reminded how much he looked like his father.
Black, spiky, hair framed his porcelain like face and dark green eyes, almost black, sat inside perfectly shaped eyes. Just like his dad's.
"Are you even listening, mommy?" He pouted as his cheeks puffed out and she giggled.
"Well, I was listening but then I got distracted by your devilishly handsome looks. Young man, you better stop that or else I'll have to fend off all the fangirls!" She stood up and put her hands on her hips in mock annoyance and he laughed boisterously.
"Silly mommy!" He said as he wrapped himself around the bottom half of her legs.
"I'm not silly, you are!" She teased back and he quickly claimed his place next to her as she picked her stuff up and began walking towards their apartment.
"Uh-huh! Mommy's most silly!" He replied, a grin etched almost permanently on his slightly chubby face.
She tugged on his hand and they continued their 'fight' all the way back to their apartment. The whole way home, some people smiled at the mother and son while some felt pity for the young mother. She had gotten pregnant at 20 and was single through all of it. She didn't do it alone, though. She had all of her friends' help and even the Hokage helped when she could.
But no one ever mentioned the father. That was a no-no known among the whole village. Even all of Suna knew that was a touchy subject for the pink-haired medic-nin.
As Sakura and Kenji entered their home, he quickly threw his shoes off and ran into the kitchen.
"Don't spoil your dinner!" Sakura yelled at him. She shook her head in a playful manner and smiled as she heard him yell something about how cake wasn't going to spoil dinner, it would make it better.
Sakura quickly put her stuff away and changed into a light green t-shirt and sweats before heading back down the hallway.
"Mommy, look!" Sakura felt her eyes widen and her mouth open slightly in surprise. Her son had thought it would be funny to wear the cake instead of eat it.
Sakura was slightly pissed off, considering it was her favorite cake and that he had ruined his new clothes. She closed her eyes and took three calming breaths before looking at him again. He looked proud as he showed off his teeth, which were covered in chocolate.
Sakura sighed in defeat as he giggled and put his hands back into the cake. She laughed when he tried making scary faces at her and she knew she couldn't stay mad at him for long.
"Kenji, you're supposed to eat cake, love, not dress in it." She reprimanded him lightly.
"But mooooooom!" He whined, dragging her name out. She giggled at how cute he was and shook her head.
"Now, Kenji, you know that was mommy's favorite cake!"
He heaved a big sigh and put his hands back down to his sides as pieces and bits of cake slowly fell off him.
"Fi-i-i-i-ine." He dragged the 'i' out and slumped forward towards the bathroom down the narrow hallway. She was just glad they had all tile floors and not carpet.
Sakura groaned when she turned back towards the mess, though. He sure did like to make her work.
After Sakura had cleaned the floor, counters and the hallway, she started on dinner.
Kenji had come out of the shower when she was halfway through cleaning to put his dirty clothes in the hamper in his room and helped her finish up before laying down on the couch. She could hear him snore slightly and she smiled slightly.
She hummed a soft tune as she worked and never took notice of the anbu outside her kitchen window.
KNOCK KNOCK
Sakura nearly dropped the bowl she was holding and looked up, startled. There sat Neji, in all his Anbu captain glory and she put a hand to heart to calm it down.
She unlatched the window and let him inside. The only reason she knew it was him was because of his hair. I mean, come on! Who else has such luscious locks?
"Sakura Haruno, Tsunade-sama wishes to see you."
She nodded her head then looked back into the living room; Kenji was still sleeping and she bit her lip. She didn't exactly want to leave her five year old alone at home. Then she remembered the mess he made an hour earlier. Yes, she definitely did not want to leave her son alone at home.
Neji saw that she was looking at her son and spoke up.
"I will look after him." She nodded her thanks and quickly headed back up the stairs to change into her jounin outfit before running out the door. She didn't know she was about to head into a whirlwind of trouble.
(At the Hokage's office)
Tsunade was sitting at her desk, listening to Naruto rant about how his inauguration was too far away and that they should have made it sooner. She took another drink of her sake and looked over at Shizune who was trying to calm the young man down. Tsunade sighed and looked back down at the letter in her hand.
Dear Hokage-sama,
We have caught Sasuke Uchiha and are currently sending him to Konoha for you to decide what to do with him. He claims to have left Orochimaru and was on the run from him. We didn't know how you would like us to handle the situation, and therefore sent him to you. He should be there in a day or two.
From,
Sabaku No Gaara
Tsunade growled and agreed with Naruto; why wasn't he Hokage already that way she didn't have to deal with all this crap!?
"NARUTO!" She snapped and he quickly quieted down, noticing that tone of voice.
"Gomen." He was slightly backed up, noticing the dark aura that surrounded her. What got her granny panties in a twist all of a sudden?
She sighed and rubbed her temples as she took another drink of Sake. "Shizune, go tell the head Anbu to send Sakura here immediately. Naruto, sit back down. We have some things to discuss."
Naruto slumped in defeat at getting caught trying to sneak out and sat back down in a chair. Shizune nodded and quickly left.
"What is it, oba-chan?" Naruto whined. 27 years old and he still whined. Tsunade wondered how Hinata ever put up with him.
She looked him dead in the eye and spoke calmly; "Sasuke Uchiha has been caught and is being sent here as we speak."
Naruto's eyes widened and he jumped from his chair; "WHAT!?" He went on a rant and Tsunade just leaned back in her chair as he let it all out.
When they were sixteen, Naruto had brought Sasuke back to the village. Sasuke seemed to have gotten slightly better and had stayed for four and a half years before leaving again. No one knew where he went for a year but then word got back that he had joined Orochimaru's team again. Naruto and Sakura took the news the hardest but Sakura was left with one thing from the man. His child. Before he left, he and Sakura had a drunk one-night stand, and neither used protection resulting in a child.
Sakura was beyond devastated but held herself together and never once badmouthed him. She simply moved on with her life, or at least tried to. Tsunade knew the woman was still hurting. Hell, who wouldn't be? Your life long crush sleeps with you only because you're both drunk, then leaves you with a kid and joins the evil guys. If that wasn't depressing, Tsunade didn't know what was.
She was snapped out of her thoughts when Sakura knocked politely on the door and entered quietly. She could hear Naruto screaming outside and didn't want to be on the brute end of his yelling. He's pretty loud and it tends to hurt her ears when he full out yells.
"Tsunade-sama? You wished to speak with me?" She was formal yet polite as she walked into the room, eyeing the steaming Naruto in the corner of the Hokage's office. "Is everything...ok?"
Tsunade sighed once more and told Sakura the same thing she had told Naruto ten minutes before.
Sakura could only stare wide-eyed and took a few steps back, shaking her head lightly. Tears were gathering in the corners of her eyes and she stumbled into a chair. This couldn't be happening. She didn't want it to happen.
"P-please tell me it's not true." Sakura was trying her hardest to hold her tears back, but it was proving harder than she thought.
Tsunade was quiet for a moment before speaking, "I'm so sorry, Sakura."
Sakura looked defeated and tired as she put her head in her hands. Her whole body shook slightly and Tsunade knew it was best not to mention it.
Sakura didn't know what to think of all this. She had loved Sasuke so much that it hurt. She had tried to be his friend for the four and a half years he was back but he didn't really care. He mostly spent his time with Naruto or training with Kakashi. Then two weeks before he left again, they had had a party at the local bar and somehow wound up sleeping together. Sakura had cried for a week straight after that and then one week later, he was gone. She didn't know what to think or what to feel. She just continued with her life. Not soon after, though, she realized she was pregnant. And not just with any kid, no, she was pregnant with a Uchiha.
Sakura let a few more tears escape before calming herself down. Crying was going to get her nowhere and she wasn't going to waste anymore tears on him.
She pulled herself back together and wiped the water off her face before standing tall and walking towards the Hokage. Tsunade felt pride swell up within her as she looked at the woman in front of her.
"Tsunade-sama, I do not want Uchiha-san anywhere near my son." Was the only thing she said before bowing her head slightly and leaving. Naruto had watched the whole thing from his corner of the room before sighing.
"When will he be here?"
"In a day or two." Naruto nodded before leaving through the window and Tsunade was left alone with her thoughts. And her sake. Especially her sake.
When Sakura got home, she noticed that her kitchen was cleaned up once again and that there was a plate full of food in the microwave along with a note.
Forehead! I cleaned up the kitchen for you and fed Kenji before putting him back to bed! I'm probably passed out on your couch right now! Enjoy dinner!
-Love Ino
Sakura smiled lightly before looking around the door to confirm that, yes, Ino was definitely crashed on her couch right now. She rolled her eyes before heating up the lasagna and getting a glass of wine. She most definitely needed it right now.
(With Sasuke)
The Uchiha was currently imprisoned in metal bars as four men carried said prison through the woods. They had left three days ago from Suna. Sasuke was quiet the entire trip, which slightly disturbed a few of the men.
All Sasuke knew was that everyone was going to want an explanation. That is, if they didn't kill him first.
Devi: SO, uh,..yeah...I don't really know..how I feel about this...review and lemme know!
