Kisame groaned as he sat up in bed and massaged his shoulder. He really overdid it yesterday trying to show off in front of Sasuke. Speaking of the man in question, he was right beside him curled up in the covers. He brushed the hair from the younger man eyes. He looked peaceful whenever he slept. There was no time to observe how cute he looked. It was time to get moving though if they wanted to get far enough before nightfall. These days Sasuke was hard to wake up due to the younger male's pregnancy. He had never been around a pregnant woman before, so he hadn't the slightest clue if being knocked up made you so tired or if he was just tired from sleeping.

"Sasuke, time to get up, kid," Kisame tried shaking awake the sleeping Uchiha. Sasuke scowled in his sleep and waved his hand at the man.

"No, go away," he mumbled as he turned his back towards the man. "I'm tired."

"We need to get going, Sasuke," he said as he continued shaking him.

He sighed as he wiped his eyes as he looked over at the alarm clock. "Kisame, it's 5:30 in the morning. A few more hours won't kill us."

"And walking won't kill you." Kisame began digging inside of the dresser for a clean shirt.

"You're not 8 months pregnant," Sasuke frowned as he sat on the side of the bed. It was dangerous to travel on the road for the two of them so the earlier they traveled, the better. Not many people were out at this hour, so it would be easy to slip out of the current town they were in. By doing so, they could avoid any ninjas hunting for them. At the moment both men had heavy bounties on their heads with Kisame's previous employment in the Akatsuki and the Uchiha being with Orochimaru. So far very few ninja and bandits had encountered them and they'd both managed them, though Kisame more than Sasuke considering his condition. The two were looking for a good place to settle down and start their lives over. Sasuke wanted to live in the land of tea which was a relatively peaceful area. Kisame preferred living in the Land of the Waves, though that would be a terrible idea. There was way too much ninja activity and Kisame was wanted the most there. Where ever they liked, they had to be careful especially with a baby on the way.

"How do you feel?"

"Bloated," he rubbed his stomach. "My back hurts a little bit."

"That's good it's only a little bit," he said as his lover slipped on a t-shirt. "It could be worse."

"I guess," he shrugged. "Mind packing up for me? I'll sign us out of the hotel, so we can leave faster."

Once Sasuke donned his cloak, he went downstairs to the front desk where the elderly hotel owner was at the counter. He smiled up at the raven as he handed over the key. "Did you enjoy your stay last tonight?"

"Yes, thank you for asking," Unlike a lot of other hotels, this one didn't really care who stayed as long as they paid for a room. He only knew this because of Kisame staying here during missions when he was in the Akatsuki. Sasuke turned and started leaving when he bumped into a man carrying a bunch of bags. "Watch where you're going, fool."

"Fuck off, punk," the man snarled at the Uchiha.

"Hmph whatever," Sasuke pushed past the man and headed outside to wait for Kisame. He was relieved to see that the sky was cloud free and hopefully that would last a while since he wasn't too eager to be caught in the rain.

"Sasuke!" Of all the places, he had to be, why was it in Naruto's site he thought as soon as he saw the man in question coming his way. What was Naruto doing here of all places? Then again, he was a ninja and having said occupation required one to travel so it shouldn't really surprise him that much. Of all the times to be found by his former team mate and for him to be pregnant at that. It had been years since he had last seen his team mate. The last time they met up, Naruto and he had fought at Orochimaru's hideout before Sasuke retreated. That had been 5 years ago.

"What are you doing here?"

"Minding my own business." He couldn't be taken back. Just when he had thought that was the last time he'd see the man, here he was back again. He could tell he wasn't going anywhere if Naruto wasn't alone. "I'm still not coming back to the Hidden Leaf so just drop it."

"You know I can't," he told him glaring at him. He had been waiting years to bring back Sasuke, the one thing he couldn't seem to accomplish. The man had gone under the radar very much like Orochimaru. Rumors had circulated that the two were dead, but Naruto and Sakura refused to believe this. Now that he was once again in right in front of him, Naruto wasn't letting Sasuke get away and the man knew that.

"I'm not going to fight you over this. Just walk away." The main reason behind why he didn't want to fight him was due to his baby. The other reason was because he didn't want Kisame to hurt him, which he could very easily do.

"What the hell?" Naruto pointed at his stomach, which Sasuke had his hands on. "You've gotten...bigger."

"I'm pregnant, fool," he admitted.

"How?! Whose the hell is it?"

"It's none of your…" he began when Naruto suddenly grabbed him and jumped out of the way. A huge explosion followed shortly after. A few ninjas from the Hidden Rain village jumped from the top of the hotel and threw kunai at the two men. Before Sasuke could take out his sword and fight back, Naruto had already summoned his shadow clones and went for the ninjas. Despite him being pregnant, Sasuke wasn't above not trying to defend himself instead of running away. He took out his sword and drove it through one of the rain ninja before engaging in a sword fight with another one. Just as he was about to lift his sword to strike the man, he felt someone stab him in his leg and the man he had previously been going up against stabbed him through the shoulder.

Sasuke cried out in pain and fell down. He attempted to pick up his dropped sword only to have it kicked away from him. Just when it looked like it was the end, Naruto came to his rescue and carried him away. After a while, he finally made it to a cave somewhere far away from the village they were just in. He wasn't skilled in medical ninjtsu like Sakura, but he knew how to treat a wound until they got into a hospital. He made sure to clean the wounds, despite Sasuke's protests, and wrapped them up. The Uchiha was visibly uncomfortable with Naruto raking his eyes over the older male's body. There were few bite marks littering the man's body from Kisame and a few scars from training. The bites were the more concerning features Naruto was concentrating on. The raven cleared his throat. "Can you go any slowier?"

"Sorry," he muttered as he continued to wrap his arm. "There. You doing alright?"

"Do I look okay?" he snapped as he slipped back on his bloodied shirt. Sasuke groaned when he heard the nearby sound of thunder rumbling out. Great. He wondered where Kisame was right now. That explosion had to catch his attention. As protective as the shark man was of Sasuke, he had been expecting him to run in during their fight with those ninjas. It was possible that he would find them but…he shook his head. No, he would find them.

"I'd better get some fire wood before the storm," said Naruto. "Stay here. It's not safe outside in your condition."

"I'm not a child," he said stubbornly. He was planning on staying anyways to rest. When Naruto left, he attempted to get up only to find pain shoot through his leg and he quickly sat back down groaning. He had been trying to get up to keep a look out but the only way he was going to do that was if he crawled. Maybe Naruto wouldn't be gone too long.