Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters. If I did, Itachi-sama would live and I would have him all to myself. drools at the thought

Warning: Sakura bashing, and strong intent to kill. Possibly bad language.

Chapter 1

Naruto awoke to his, now nightly, craving of chocolate chunk cookies with jelly, covered with strawberry ice-cream. He untangled himself from the other in the bed and headed into the small kitchen. Tonight's craving was disrupted, however, by a knock on the door. Naruto knew better than to open it, so he continued on with getting his late-night snack. Instead of going away the knocker became more insistent and loud. Naruto was getting worried, considering the temper of his partner.

"Open the damn door Naruto. I know that you're in there. No place else you could go."

He recognized the voice as belonging to his first crush Sakura. His partner would not be happy that she came to visit. Moreover, he would be beyond pissed that it was at this time of night, AND without giving him fair warning.

No one knows about his partner, nor do they know about his delicate condition. He had been hoping to keep it that way for a while longer at least, but that's not going to happen now. A rustle alerted Naruto to the awakening of his dominant counterpart. Naruto decided to prevent harm and play it smart by ditching his snack to warn his aggressive counterpart.

"Hey," he whispered.

"What is it Naru-chan,"the voice replies back hoarsely, voice tinged with sleep and irritation at being wakened in the early morning hours.

"Sakura-san is at the door, and she's not planning on leaving any time soon."

"Let her in,"came the malicious reply, a sly grin lighting up on the handsome face in front of Naruto. Naruto wondered what was going on. Any other time he would cast a genjutsu over himself and Naruto to keep their circumstances secret.

"Okay," Naruto replied hesitantly while walking out of the room. Naruto opened the door for the pink-haired banshee. Her gasp of surprise was expected, as Naruto let out a sigh.

"Hello, Sakura-san," came the soft welcome, as Naruto's clearly pregnant figure waddled into the kitchen to fetch his forgotten snack.

"Naruto, i...is...is th...that y...you,"Sakura demanded. Something wasn't right, she could feel it and she was going to find out exactly what it was.

"How can you be playing pranks right now? The Counsel is coming to visit you in a couple of hours... And your sitting here playing with the Orioke no Jutsu? I thought you had grown up Naruto-baka."

"That's no way to talk to my pregnant mate, pinkie," came a menacing voice from, what appeared to be, the bedroom.

"Sakura-san, I think it is time you left!," Naruto blurted nervously. He knows his partner, and right now his counterpart is not happy. This could turn violent quickly with Sakura knack for now knowing when to shut up.

"You had better be glad that I was sent, or else you would have just pissed the Counsel off with your childish pranks," she turned and stalked off while muttering under her breath "demon," and much to her misfortune, Naruto's partner heard. Naruto did not even have to look to know that Sakura's time to die was coming extremely soon.

"You made a promise, do you plan to back out now?"

Splash! is the sound the clear liquid made as it hit the ground.

"Fuck, do the aggressive protector thing later," Naruto commanded to his mate as he glared down Sakura, who decided that now would be a good time to leave. The man helped Naruto to walk back to the bedroom, where Naruto continued to walk until the contractions were close enough together to signal that the baby was crowning.

FF

Naruto was screaming bloody murder when the Council elders finally decided to grace the exiled blond with their presence. Rushing toward the sounds of screaming, they came upon an unusual sight as they watched Naruto, with an obviously pregnant belly, in the middle of giving birth.

"This prank is not funny Uzumaki," a brave soul ventured to speak.

"TOUCH ME AGAIN BASTARD AND I WILL CUT IT OFF AND FEED IT TO YOU ON A HOT DOG BUN!"

Pushing for all that he was worth, Naruto was becoming tired. The elegant and handsome red-haired man before him was helping by gently pulling out the baby's head with his hands to ease some of the strain off of Naruto's body.

"One more push Naru-chan," his mate intoned softly. With one last push, Naruto felt the great pressure on his body release and he relaxed his overtaxed body with a relieved sigh. 'There was no way he was going through this again,' he thought sorely. The shrill cry of an infant filled the room as the red-haired man cleaned and handed the child to its mother.

"It's a boy," Naruto intoned, "You name him..."

"Zaki should suit the boy right, do you not think so Naru-chan?"

"Yeah"

"Rest mate, you need your strength," was the command Naruto received gratefully and followed without any of his usual determination to go against authority. With Naruto and his kit now asleep the red-haired man stood and turned to face the Council with a malicious grin.

"How may I be of help to you dear elders?"

"What concern is it of you, you're not supposed to even have contact with this demon," one counsel member demanded harshly. This made the handsome man before them grin manically, showing off sharp canines that could tear a piece of meat to shreds with out having to chew. (However that works)

"One anything concerning my mate, concerns me as well. Two my mate may be demon but he is nothing compared to the evil acts of your village against him, when he had no idea that he contained me, the Kyuubi no Kitsune within him."

With a collective gasp the elders finally took into account the nine red furred tails swaying menacingly behind the red-haired beauty of a man. Kyuubi let out growl, promising a slow and painful death for any who dared to oppose him.

"Kyuu, you promised me. Don't break your promise, they aren't worth the trouble," Naruto admonished weakly.

"Very well, Naru-chan. For you," Kyuubi said, a bit disappointed that he could not at least punish them. He wouldn't kill them, no, that would be too merciful. He wanted them to suffer through everything that they had put his mate through all his life. But, he had made a promise, for the sake of his mate, that he would not harm anyone from Konoha. His mate really had too big of a heart. The elders looked upon Kyuubi no Kitsune with absolute fear and hatred. Once thought ran through their minds collectively- that the blond haired idiot in front of them had released the demon. They believed that Naruto had released the demon back into this realm to wreak havoc upon the village of Konoha, even though they had heard that the demon would not attack because of the promise that Naruto had made with the demon.

The shrill cry of a waking and hungry infant filled the room. Naruto, acting on instinct, put the child to his chest and began to nurse the child like a woman of the village would. Knowing that the Council elders were ones to talk harshly before thinking of the consequences of their words and Kyuubi would not hesitate to break his promise if they dared to say another word. Naruto decided to cut through the unpleasantness of the situation by bringing their attention back to why the Council wanted to visit him in the first place.

"What did you want, that would have you traveling to come visit me in my exile, Council?"

"To restore you back to the rank of chuunin and give you your citizenship of Konoha back, IF you complete one task."

"And what would that task be?"

"To bring Tsunade-hime back to Konoha and to restore her to her position as Hokage."

"If I may ask, why did Baa-chan leave the village and her post as Hokage?"