Sakura felt something trying to pull her out of the bliss that was sleep, a tug at her conscious telling her that she needed to wake up. The pink hair Kunoichi groaned, she didn't want to get up. She was exhausted and it felt as though she had just closed her eyes. Nothing could be important enough….
"Sakura," That voice, "Sakura you need to wake up." A calloused hand pushed her hair back, then gripped her shoulder and shook gently. She forced her eyes open but her mind was still in a haze of fog. The room was dark, the only light was the full moon that shined in through the slightly parted curtains and a cool breeze pushed through the opened window. Sakura's green eyes found dark onyx.
Sasuke.
She went to move over so that he could join her in the bed like he had many other times over nearly the last two years, knowing he would be gone before she woke. But the look in his eyes made her freeze, he seemed agitated and his shoulders and jaw were tense. He didn't have to say anything to know that there was something wrong, fear tighten in her chest. Her hand immediately went to her protruding stomach. Sasuke caught the movement and his hand rested on top of hers in a silent promise to keep her and their unborn child safe. She wanted to ask him a million questions but as her eyes fell on her full travel pack on the floor next to his feet, she knew what he was planning so the real question was why? Danger. Was the first thing that popped into her head.
Sakura's brought her other hand to rest on Sasuke's squeezing it. The day that she had finally got Sasuke was one of the happiest and hardest days of Sakura's life. She had gotten the man that she had always wanted but she also got a secret to carry. Sasuke was a missing-nin and he had things he was going to accomplish. Sakura knew that it wouldn't be as easy as just bringing him back to the village with her but she hadn't realized how much harder being away from him would be now that she knew he want her too. It was eased by the fact that after that day, when he was close to Konoha he would visit her in the darkness of night. Sometime they would spend all night in the throes of passion and others he just hold her. He was never there when she woke.
Keeping the secret was always the hardest part though. It became twice as hard when she found out that she was pregnant, that was never part of the plan. It was a chore to hide her pregnancy. Not only were her emotions all over the place she had to lie to the people that meant the most to her. She stopped go on mission with the excuse that she was more needed a medical ninja, which wasn't completely untrue. The worst part was that she wanted to tell everyone. Pregnancy was supposed to be a happy event! The only reason she managed to keep it from everyone was knowing that telling would putting her, her unborn child, and Sasuke in danger. Being tight lipped and watching what she did and said caused distance between her and her friends, teammates, and even her family.
The physical toll on her body was also draining. When her stomach started to round with life and her breast started to enlarge (which she honestly didn't mind) she had to put a genjustu on herself so that to everyone else she looked just as small and thin as ever. It was powerful but she was a bundle of nerves every time Kakashi was within seeing distance of her, afraid he would see right through her. The genjustu was constant and took a descent amount of chakra to sustain it at all times, that along with still doing all her duties as a med-nin, and just being pregnant were really taking their toll on her body, which was constantly sore and ached. She always seemed to feel fatigued and hungry.
Sasuke could tell that Sakura didn't want to leave but it was for the best for everyone. If he was right and the Akatsuki knew about him and Sakura, then it was best for her and the village for them not to be able to find her there. And if the Akatsuki knew she was pregnant then it was best for Sakura for her not to be found at all. For her to simple have vanished without a trace. He could only imagine of what Kakashi and Naruto would think when they found Sakura missing. He just hoped that they didn't do anything too stupid while trying to find her. He looked down at Sakura she had a sad smile on her face.
Wordlessly he helped her to her feet. He scanned the room for anything he could have missed as Sakura got dressed. He took a black cloak from his bag and slid it around her shoulders tying it closed in the front of her neck. "This is for the best." He only got a small nod in response. He couldn't tell if it was from her obvious exhaustion or sadness for having to leave. His eyes traveled over her then sighed. He cupped her cheek. "I'm sorry, Sakura." He then moved his hands up and untied her Leaf forehead protector. She had put it on in habit. He set it on her nightstand as she ran her fingers through her hair which now felt naked. He pulled her hood up over her pink locks. It was time to go.
A few hours before dawn they had reached Sasuke old hideout. Sasuke had teleported them mere hours away from it and a fair distance between them and Konoha. Sakura was dead on her feet by the time they got there. Sasuke had carried her for the last half hour. He set her down in his old room on his bed. She had been quiet the whole trip here but he knew that questions were running through her mind, only the exhaustion and maybe the shock of knowing she wouldn't be able to go back home for sometime kept her quiet. "I know you have a lot of questions, but we're safe here for now. You've been overdoing it and need to get some rest." Sasuke turned around from where he was putting down their stuff. Sakura was passed out cold. He sighed, she had really had been pushing herself to hard. He pulled off her sandals, and then untied the cloak from her neck. Pulling back the covers he slid her into them. His eyes locked with her stomach. The Akatsuki wouldn't hurt them. He would kill them first. His revenge on the council of leaf for what they did to his clan would have to wait.
I'm back! ;)
I know this is short but it's just the intro chapter. This is obviously slightly AU. It's going to be pretty Sakura centric, but don't worry lots of Sasusaku goodness! Maybe a tiny bit of Naruhina too, just a warning!
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