The only thing I thought when his hand went through my chest was, thank Kami he didn't hit my stomach. I don't know what I would've done if my lower abdomen had been damaged, because even now, as he's beating me into the ground and hasn't left yet, I've got a plan to bring him back. One that was put together long before either of us knew he was leaving, one that Kyuubi was helping me with. A plan he had unintentionally put into play. As his blood-soaked appendage dislodged itself from my rib cage, I was already healing, Kyuubi working double time to fix the life threatening wound. But he wasn't enough; I was loosing blood too fast. I fell to the ground. From my new vantage point, I laughed, my voice raspy from my damaged lungs.

"What's so funny, Dobe?" Sasuke sneered.

"Teme," I spat out blood, "you'll be back."

His face distorted into a scowl. "No, I won't."

I laughed again, even though it hurt. "Yea you will, believe me, you'll be back. But the funny thing is, I won't have to chase you down, you'll come back all by yourself."

His eyes flared with furry, he stepped on my head. All went dark.

When I woke up hours later, I was in the hospital, Sakura pacing at the foot of my bed. I moved to sit up, but a stitch in my chest made me stop. I groaned. Sakura heard and came rushing to my side.

"Dear Kami, Naruto are you okay? Here I'll help you sit up." She did, grabbing my shoulders gently and pulling. When I was sitting upright, safe and sound, her fist came and landed on my head. "Baka! You worried me sick, don't you ever do that again. I – "

The door burst open, Tsunade stormed in. "Gaki, what the hell is that?"she sneered pointing to my lower abdomen.

I looked defiantly into her eyes. "It's my plan," I said.

"Plan for what exactly?" she snapped.

I didn't falter, didn't flinch. "For getting him back," I said.

Her eyes widened. "You're…"

I nodded. "I am."

"And it's …"

"His."

She fell heavily into the chair behind her. "Dear Kami," she breathed.

Sakura looked repeatedly between Taunade and me. "What? I- I don't understand, what happened.

Tsunade looked hard at me and, never moving her eyes, answered Sakura. "Naruto's pregnant."