Hello everyone, and welcome back to the next epic installment of Nine Crimes, Nine Kings: Judgement. So very good to be back writing this again, it gives me something to focus on when I get stuck with my screenplay writing and what not. Sorry it's a day late, the server being down screwed me up. It's actually okay thought, I wanted to move my posting day to Sundays anyway. This chapter will very much revolve around learning a little bit more about he changes of the best 8 months and get a little bit better view of the Akatsuki. I'll also be experimenting with something new in this chapter, so keep an eye out for that. There will be a little exposition in this chapter/episode, but the next one will be pick up the pace, I promise. First couple always have to be a set things up after all. Haha, that was a better intro, nice and short. Thank you so much for reading and please review.
Naruto had felt many before when he laid next to Fu. There had been happiness, anger, confusion, and even a little awkwardness at times. However this is the first time that he'd ever felt complete and utter fear. Sure, he'd been little bit scared the day before the big shot that Sasuke had to put in his chest, but he'd had faith in his friend. This was different. Pain and these Akatsuki guys, whoever they were, knew more about Naruto's life than anyone possibly should.
The more Naruto looked back and thought about all of the info that Madara had, the more scared he became. Just how much did they really know? Not just about him, but about Fu as well. Her life could be in danger, the life of all of his friends could be in danger. God, it all just had him so scared.
As Fu ran her hands acrossed his body, she could feel Naruto's fear as if it were her own. She wanted to do everything she could to comfort her lover, "Come on Naruto, talk to me, You've hardly said a word since we got home from the wedding."
Naruto wasn't sure what to tell her just yet, but he knew better than to lie to her, "I got call from someone I don't know, someone who seemed pretty messed up. The call made me real nervous, that's all. I'll tell you more about it tomorrow, when I call the kings meeting."
Fu looked up at him and narrowed her eyes, "Alright, but if you're lying to me,"
Naruto leaned down and gave her a little kiss, "Don't worry Fu, I learned my lesson on that one. Hey, at least it ain't like I ever cheated on you or anything."
"Nope, just almost got yourself killed," Fu said in a bit of a joking manner, "Seriously though, you're not holding anything back on me are you? You're gonna tell me everything tomorrow? You won't leave a single thing out?"
Naruto gave her a reassuring little hug, just to improve what he was about to say, "I'll tell you every last little detail of the call."
The only issue with that was, Fu wanted to know now. She would have to give him a little incentive. She slipped her hand underneath the waistline of his boxers as she said, "Now come on Naruto, can't you just give me a little information?"
Naruto shuddered a little bit at her touch. The woman knew how to get to him, "Ohhhh…look, do you remember when Bee said that everything with Madara seemed to easy? That there might be something worse to come," Fu nodded in confirmation, "Well I think that something worse may have finally come."
Fu had a feeling that was all she was gonna get from him, but it was enough to get her thinking, "Wait really? Are you trying to tell me we've something worse than Madara is coming after us?"
"Actually, I think that I might have what created Madara in first place coming after us. Well, the people who made it possible for Madara to attack us anyways," Naruto started to say, "Really Fu, I think that I should wait until tomorrow to finish. If we could maybe find something else to do in the meantime,"
Fu started to climb up on his chest, knowing pretty well what he had in mind, "Oh, I think that the two of us could come up with something."
Before Fu could finish her train of thought, a fully grown red bundle of fur jumped up on the bed. That bundle of fur was of course Kurama, Naruto's pet fox. The fox wasn't quite a year old yet and was very smart. Although, he still wasn't smart enough to know the difference between the when two people were wrestling and when they were trying to have a very different kind of fun. Naruto didn't mind though. He was just glad to have the little guy around. Kurama was still, to this day, the best gift Fu had ever gotten him.
Naruto scratched Kurama's head as the little fox licked him, "Sorry, but I think this gonna have to wait until tomorrow night."
Fu had a better idea, "Or we could just take a joint shower in the morning? A nice, long, hot, steamy, shower. What do you say?"
"I say: Woman, you are truly amazing," Naruto said, pulling her into a deep kiss.
While others were busy pondering what the Akatsuki truly was, the Akatsuki was just busy planning their next move. All of the Akatsuki had gathered in their usual meeting place, a dark, damp basement in an old abandoned church on the outskirts of Konoha. There was eight of them, all sitting around a small table. The Six Paths of Pain sat on one side, they were the lower members of the group. They didn't even get to have names yet. They were all just Pain. Then the two leaders sat on the other side, Nagato and Konan. It was a funny sight, since all of the Pain's had orange hair while Konan and Nagato had blue and red respectively. The heavily pierced group sat around the table, discussing the course of events that was soon to come.
Nagato looked over his followers briefly, their face just as emotionless as usual. That was just the way he liked them, "So, which of my path's would like to fill me in on the event of day?"
Yahiko, the most senior of the pains and the closest to being given a higher rank, gave him his answer, "I called Naruto earlier this evening. He is aware of his options and I plan on sending him some literature as well. Just a some little things to hopefully make him see our way of thinking. I gave him a week to make up his mind, as usual. I do hope that this is to your satisfaction."
Nagato remained silent this time, so Konan was the one who answered, "You did very well Pain, thank you. What your brother and sister Pains? How have they been doing with our other current project?"
The only woman of the pains felt the most comfortable answering this question, possibly because she was a woman, "Our other project is complete actually. Orochimaru's old assistant will no longer be a plague on the world. It was quite disturbing to find out he intended to continue his teacher's work, so we were quite happy to take care of it. Asura-Pain, you could please hand them the box so that they may see?"
Asura, the path was bald and the most heavily pierced of the group, took at a wooden box and slid it over to Nagato and Konan, "But of course, I'd be happy to show them our work."
Ngato looked at the box and put his hands on the lid, opening it slowly. Konan watched closely over his shoulder and smiled along with him when they saw what was inside, "Excellent work my paths. This just might be your best work yet."
The paths beamed with pride for a moment, before Yahiko interrupted with an idea "Sir, would it be alright if I sent that to Naruto? I think that it would be perfect for getting our point across."
Nagato continued his dark smile as he slid the box back over to his paths, "A splendid idea Yahiko-Pain. I'm sure that it'll help him to understand our purpose. Now, before Konan and I dismiss you all, let recite our creed."
All of the Pains nodded and then bowed their heads, preparing to recite the words they'd said so many times. They all began to speak at once, "God is lord, to him we are grateful. To show this gratefulness, we shall do his work. He is a god of anger, and a god of vengeance, so we shall be vengeful, and angry. All those who do not see what is the truth, we shall make fall fall to our might, and we shall send them to our lord so that they may be judged. This is the mission and sole purpose of our lives. This is the purpose of the Akatsuki."
The all finished their creed with smiles on their faces. It was the creed of madness. It was the creed of people who clearly didn't even understand the very thing that they claimed to be protecting. The people who claimed to be following god seemed to be doing something that would be much in the realm of the devil. Not that they'd believe anyone who ever told them that…
Kakashi and Rin couldn't help but feel their entire wedding night was nothing but a blur. Sure, a few moments had stuck out and would likely be remembered by the two of them for years to come, but most of it just felt like some kind of big fever dream they'd been so busy. There was only thing Rin knew for sure that she would never, ever forget; the moment where Kakashi had taken off his mask so he could give her an honest to goodness kiss at the altar. For him, taking his mask off and showing his scars to other people was a big deal, but to give Rin the perfect moment, it was worth it.
The next day however, may have been an even harder one to focus on, as both Kakashi and Rin had a little work which needed to be done before they could go on their honeymoon. After the long day they'd had just before, all they wanted to to do was sleep for a while. Still though, it needed to be done so that they could make sure that they could enjoy their honeymoon without worry. That fact still didn't make it any easier for Rin to keep herself awake at her desk.
"Uuuuhhhh, how much freaking paperwork do they expect one person to be able to do?" Rin said, about ready to fall asleep right on her keyboard.
Kakashi laughed at his new bride, something that he loved to call her now, and walked over from his desk to pour her a little cup of coffee, "Oh come on, just think, in 48 hours we'll be on our way to warm, sandy beaches with little umbrellas in our drinks. Sounds nice doesn't it?"
Rin could practically feel the warm sun on her face already, "Oh yeah, just getting to lay back in one of those nice, warm lawnchairs by the water. Now that's the stuff."
"And getting to spend all night underneath the covers in our hotel room," Kakashi reminded her, "That's the part I'm really looking forward to. We're gonna have to get all of the paperwork first though. You want me to run and get a box of donuts? Might help keep us up?"
Rin rolled her eyes and her husbands desperate attempt to get his favorite food, "No way in hell am I eating donuts right now. I already feel like I'm gaining weight as it is."
Kakashi couldn't believe the words that had just come out of Rin's mouth, "You, gaining weight? You're like the healthiest person I know. Trust me, you're not gaining weight. I did see Sasuke and Sakura the other day. Now she's been gaining some weight, but then again she's supposed to. She's got eat plenty of food to keep that baby healthy. Seriously, she's just gonna pop any day now."
Rin felt he might have been talking about that a little too loudly, since there was other people around, but that really wasn't what was on her mind most at the moment, "Huh, that reminds me, I actually read somewhere the other day that in really tight knit groups of friends, women tend to have babies very close to one another."
"Wouldn't surprise me," Kakashi said after thinking it over, "Seeing baby makes other people think about babies I guess."
Rin had him on the right track, "People don't always have them on purpose though, sometimes it's just coincidence. Maybe we ought to keep an eye out for someone in our little group who might be having a kid. You know, someone who isn't drinking, gaining weight, just got together with someone."
That got Kakashi thinking, "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask you, how come you didn't drink the champagne you got for the wedding? I thought that you were really excited about it or something."
Rin had him so very close now, "Well I just didn't feel it would be healthy to drink any. At least, not at the time…"
"Rin, I think that sometimes you can actually be a little too healthy…" Kakashi started to say, before the wheel began spinning in his head. He slowly started to turn to Rin, "...No way."
Rin said in small, but happy voice, "Kakashi Hatake...you're gonna be a daddy."
Before anyone in the room knew what was happening, Kakashi rushed over and picked up Rin, swinging her all around and whooping with joy. Rin giggled as he started to scream, "Woohoo! My wife's pregnant! We're gonna have a baby! Haha!"
Everyone in the room, Guy, Yamato, the captain, all of them heard Kakashi scream and gathered around, cheering with joy as well. Rin had been hoping for a good reaction, but she never expected one like this. Not that she was complaining. It seemed like just about everyone in the precinct had gathered around to congratulate them. Everyone but one man. One strange, heavily pierced man, who merely watched from a small camera, hidden in the shadows. This man smiled as well, but for a very different reason. A very dark reason indeed.
More than one celebration was going on during that day, as a particular Akimichi was playing host to the Nine Kings most recent gathering at his restaurant. Yes, Choji was pouring them drinks, getting them food, laughing at their jokes, and making killing from it all the while. Not that any of the King's minded that he him making all that cash. Finding a good place for them to meet was hard, so he was well worth the money.
Even the worried Naruto was doing his best to seem happy, he wanted the king's in a good mood when he told him the new's after all. It had been almost two months since they'd all gotten together, so this felt like a party to them. They may have argued a in bussiness type situations but when they were just acting as friends, the kings tended to to have a hell of a lot of fun. That was probably the reason they'd stuck together this long.
Yugito loved few things more than fine wine, Roshi and Han prefered the simpler, but still tasty, draft beer. Now Bee still loved his bourbon and Utakata would kill for a nice glass of whiskey. Yagaru didn't drink much, although he didn't mind a shot of tequila now and then. Naruto and Fu, they had one major thing in common in this area. They both loved a nice, aged, bottle of scotch. The two of them would drink it for hours on end. Yes, each of the kings and form of liquor that they loved. However, it always tasted better when they were together.
Even though the liquor flowed and good times were being had, Naruto knew that he was going to have to get to business eventually. Everyone was being so loud, it was just about impossible to get their attention. Naruto was going to need a little bit of help, "Fu, babe, you mind quieting them down for me so I can get down to business?"
"Sure thing Naruto, just give me one second," Fu said with a sweet smile. She stood up and took a nice, deep breath, then briefly screamed, "Hey motherfuckers, quite down! We've got some shit to do!"
Everyone in the room, which was actually only the kings since they'd rented the whole restaurant out, was silent for a second, then slowly began to laugh. Not in a mean spirited sort of way, just in a general, 'Yeah, the was funny' kind of way. Temari, who'd come along with her brother to keep an eye on Gaara, could hardly stop herself from laughing, "Oh man Fu, it's been way too long since we hung out. You're just too much damn fun."
Bee decided it had been way too long he'd done rap either, "Fuck ya man, we got to have plan! We've got so much to talk about, we all need a night out! Aw yeah! Fool, ya, fool!"
Bee's brother A decided to let that one slide, "You know what, since it's been a while since you last rapped, I let that one slide. Just watch it though."
Yugito was having fun with all this, but still felt like they needed to get to the point, "Not that I'm not enjoying all of this, but what exactly did you set this all up for? We're all super busy, so you wouldn't have us come here for no reason. Hell, you might even be the busiest out of all of us."
"Well, I'm kind of busy I guess, but I've got something that we really need to talk about. Do you all remember all that info that Madara managed to get on us a while back?" Naruto asked, taking a sip from his scotch.
Han scoffed at the memory of that particular man, "You mean the fact that he somehow found out every single last little thing that we'd ever done in our lives? Yeah, I'd say that we remember that."
After all of the shit they'd gone through to get that information, who could forget it. Naruto felt that it was dumb question looking back, "Well, I've finally tracked down the source of all the info. Well, more accurately, the source tracked down us."
Well, he had Gaara very interested, "Wait, you mean that Madara didn't just track down the info on his own? I thought that he just paid his guys to get all of it."
"Well, you're close, but not quite there yet. He did pay in order to get that info, but he paid an independent group to get it. An independent group that is apparently known as 'The Akatsuki,'" Naruto told them, hoping he'd remembered the right pronunciation of the name."
All of the kings started to mumble to themselves, as if trying to figure out what this information must have meant. Only Bee and A were silent, as they were both pondering the same thing. Bee looked over at A and asked, "It's not just me right bro, that name sounds familiar?"
A nodded in agreement, "Sound like one of those groups that Maska is always talked about."
Now Roshi was a little confused, "Maska? Who the in the hell is Maska?"
Bee did his best to explain, "Maska is our cousin, and he is one cool motherfucker. He's one of those professor types, teaches about cults and shit. He might know who these guys are."
Naruto noted that so that he could come back to it later, "Hm, good to know, but I already have a decent idea of what these guys are all about. Actually had a discussion with one of their members over the phone the other day."
Fu thought back to the wedding just the day before, "Wait, is this part of the whole thing with the cellphone and why you've been acting so nervous?"
Naruto figured that she'd have the whole thing figured out, "I knew you'd get the idea. If you all wouldn't mind, the call is in the phone's memory and I can just play it back for you. I think you really need to hear this guy to understand what's got me so nervous."
Yugito was getting a little tired of waiting, "Oh for pete's sake, just play the damn call! You're acting all skittish about these guys and we don't even know why yet...hiccup...okay, maybe someone should take the wine away from me."
Naruto rolled his eyes with a small laugh, along with all of the other kings, and took out the phone Pain had called him on. He opened it up and put it on speaker, then played the recorded message. All of the kings were silent as Pain's voice came on followed shortly by Naruto's. All of them shuffled around nervously, especially when they discussed the whole thing about the kings facing, as Pain put it, judgement. By the time it ended, Fu could manage to say one thing, "...well that's fucked up."
"I'd argue with you, but frankly I don't have a leg to stand on," Naruto said, tapping his finger on the table. He had no idea how the kings were going to react to this, so this was going to be a very telling moment on the situation.
Yagura was the first person to say anything about it, and he sounded very uncertain of himself, "So… do you think that these threats mean anything? Can these guy's back up what they're claiming they can do?"
That was a question Naruto really wished that he had the answer too. He might have been just as much in the dark about all this stuff as the other kings were, "I'm not certain, but considering how much info they managed to dig up on us, I don't wanna risk having to fight them head on until we know more about them."
Yugito just had to get a little sarcastic, "Okay, all you did there was state the obvious. However, I can't say that I blame you. That call we just heard was very vague. I think that there's one question we all need to ask ourselves before we go much farther; how do we know if these guy are serious, or just full of shit?"
Han was glad that someone else had said it, "That is the first thing we need to figure out. Less than year ago, almost all of us took a nice hit thanks to the war with Madara. I don't wanna have to do it again and lose even more money. I'll tell ya one thing, we sure as hell aren't just gonna lie down and give up like they want us to. I've built my business up to far to give up now!"
"I know you've all got your businesses is to take care of and I can respect that," Naruto started, "I wish that I knew more so that you could all feel more at ease, but I've only been able to figure out one thing for certain so far. They've got enough legit information on us for me to be able to say with confidence, that these guy are completely legit. We're fucking with some smart people right now."
Roshi started to think out loud, "What info could they know that makes you so certain of that? How do you know this isn't just information that they got from Madara?"
Naruto took sip of his scotch s mulled over what to say next, "There's one thing that they knew about me that not even Madara knew. Something big."
Gaara raised an eyebrow, "Now Naruto, you aren't hiding something from use now are you? Whatever the Akatsuki know that Madara didn't, you can just come out and say it."
Naruto moved his hand over to Fu's seat and put it in hers. She looked at him and gave him a brief nod to let him know that she felt he could tell them. He looked over the kings and then started to say, "I'm about to tell you something that only a select group of know. It's the identity of my father, and it never leaves this room. Got it?"
The kings knew that they needed to say yes, as they'd never seen Naruto act like this before. He told them everything, as long as it wouldn't put them in any danger, so to see him holding something back for his own personal reason's was totally foreign to them. Naruto gulped up what was left of his scotch, and then began to speak, "On the day we first met, I discovered the starting truth that my father was none other than the great hero of Konoha himself, Minato Namikaze."
There were several audible gasps around the room, gasps of both shock and surprise. To hear the the king of Konoha's criminal underworld was in fact the son of it's one time white knight was more than a little confusing. Bee looked about as lost as anyone could possibly be, "What in the fuck man? How does Mr. Big Badass Crime Lord come for the Savior of the City? That shit just don't add up!"
The only thing that naruto could think to do was start from the beginning at that point, "Alright, you guys want the story about how I got started? Fine, but I'm gonna warn you, it's a long one. Sit back and enjoy, maybe even pour yourselfs another drink...except for you Yugito, you really have had too much wine."
Yugito pouted a little bit, "Hey, I haven't had that much too drink. You're not even all that blurry...hiccup...okay, yeah, someone take the wine away."
Fu came over and took the glass from her as Naruto started the story. He did have to the tell them the things about Kakashi but he did his best to make sure that his old friend didn't came out sounding too bad. Naruto was at least happy to see that everyone was edge of their seat as he told them his tail. Honest, he figured that everyone was just gonna tell him to shut up after a while. Even Fu, who'd heard the story before, still listened very intently.
"And, that's about it," Naruto finally said, getting to the part where all of them had met, "That's when I met you guys in the cell after I got arrested. We all went got the tattoos, and, as they say, the rest is history."
The story had been a great one, and all of the kings had enjoyed it. However, Gaara took another, deeper meaning to it, "I'd just like to say thank you Naruto, for telling us this story. I know that it must have made you a little nervous to tell us something as major as this. Now I can see why you hid it for so long."
Naruto still felt a bit bad about it, "I know, but I'm the one who always preached about how important it is that we all trusted one another. Makes me seem a little hypocritical to hide something like this from you."
They all waved it all off, not really thinking much of it. Fu knew why they weren't angry, "Don't worry Naruto, they get why you didn't tell them. It wasn't anything important and it's something that's really personal. They don't need to know every last detail of your personal life after all."
That did pretty much sum up how all of them were feeling and at this point Naruto was out of things to say. He decided that it was time to lighten the mood, "Look, I'm grateful for your understanding with all this, but my little story really isn't the point. The point is, the guys we're fucking with here are definitely gonna be an issue. We need to find out as much about these guys as we can. Any ideas as to how we might go about that?"
"Well hell man, let's just ask Maska," Bee told them, "I'll be willing to bet you just about anything these son's a bitch do, he'll know about."
As much as Naruto loved Bee, his brother was the one who made more sense. He turned to A and asked, "So this Maska really is legit? If he is, then I want you talking to him asap. We need every little tiny piece of information that we can manage to get. These guys sounded like they were planning on killing as soon as possible, so I'm not screwing around this time."
A could really tell how important this was to Naruto, not strange considering that lives could be on the line once again, "Maska is legit alright. We'll head out to seem him first thing in the morning. I've been meaning to catch up with my cousin anyways."
"Good...well then, I think that's it for now," Naruto said leaning back in his chair with a large sigh, "I'd love to stay here and party with you guys, but I'm just so damn tired from being worried. I just wanna kick back in my apartment and maybe watch a movie. Something that doesn't require much thought if you know what I mean."
They all knew how stressful this job was for Naruto. Being the personal protector for a group of crimes lords wasn't easy. The king's appreciated his hard work, so much so that the money didn't feel like it was reward enough at time. Yagura looked over at Naruto and said, "You know something my friend? I really don't envy you. Even though you make about as much money as the rest of us do, it just doesn't seem like it would be worth it. How do you keep yourself sane?"
Naruto put an arm around Fu and gave her a little kiss on the head, "I have my ways. Anyways, I think I really am gonna go and watch that movie. Fu, care to come along?"
"Well, considering that we practically live together, I'm gonna say yes," Fu told him with a bit of sarcasm.
The two of them stood up and grabbed their coats. Naruto gave them a small wave before he left, "Thanks for coming guys, be sure to enjoy yourself once I'm gone. Have fun."
With that, Naruto and Fu maid their leave. The kings would spend hours more drinking, laughing, and telling each other stories. It all came to a rather quick end when all of them realized that they did have things to do the next day and would need time to get over the hangovers they would likely be getting before too much longer. Still though, it had been nice for the kings to get together. It was a day to remind themselves of why they'd come together in the first place. They stuck together, no matter what happened. That it was made the kings impossible to truly defeat. It was a fact they hoped the Akatsuki would soon find out.
Naruto and Fu found their way home as easily as always. Well, not quite as easily, as Naruto had a touch of scotch still in his system. He hit nothing on his way back to him humble abode. As he pulled into the parking lot of apartment building, something in his memory suddenly sparked. It was something he was supposed to tell Fu, "Oh fuck, I almost forgot to tell you. I got a call from Kakashi today. Guess what?"
Fu shrugged as he parked the car and they got out, "What?"
"Rin's pregnant," Naruto responded, knowing good and well what Fu's reaction would be.
Fu suddenly got the urge to start jumping up and down, "Really? That's awesome! We'll have Sakura's little baby around, and then 9 months later we'll have Rin's! Hey, when's Sakura due anyways?"
Naruto thought for a brief second as they walk up the starts, "Today, actually. Huh, I should call Sasuke and see how he's holding up." He noticed a box with some paper strapped to it on his doorstep, "Oh hell, what's this?"
Fu leaned down and picked up the papers, "I'm gonna guess this is the 'reading material' that Pain mentioned before. As for the box, who the hell knows. I wouldn't open it is I were you though."
"No," Naruto said as put a hand on the box, "These guy's said I had a week, and they're not the kind of people who sound like they'd lie. This box was meant to be opened, and that's just what I'm gonna do."
Naruto opened the box and got a sickening look on his face. He quickly backed away from the box, "Holy fucking shit! I mean...just shit! I've seen some fucked up shit before, but putting that on a guy's doorstep...Damn!"
Fu looked at him tentatively, then opened the box herself before Naruto could stop her. It took everything she had not vomit at what she found inside, "Who the fuck is that?"
Naruto peeked back into the box that was filled with a bloody mess. A man's decapitated head lay inside, a man with a white head of hair, "Kabuto, Orochimaru's old assistant. I'm gonna make some calls and get that thing the hell out of here. You go inside and try to get that image out of your head. I'll handle the rest."
Fu quickly got inside and let Naruto get to work. This was his specialty, cleaning up messes. All she could hope right now is that he could contain this mess before it got too big.
Sasuke had been in some of the most high tension situations a human being could be in. He'd had guns pointed at him at point blank range, knifes held to his balls, hell, he'd nearly been force to swallow a suicided pill, but none of that even compared to the fear that was coursing through his body now. To be fair though, a woman in labor can do that to you.
"Sasuke Uchiha, if you don't hurry the up so that we can get to the hospital and get this thing out of me, I swear to god I will grab your scrotum and pull it up over your head," Sakura screamed from the doorway.
Sasuke walked out of the house with half a dozen bags in his hands, not sure if he could manage to get them all in the car before Sakura held true to her promise. He popped the trunk with the keys that he'd somehow managed to squeeze into his hand and threw the various bags inside, "Sakura honey, do you really think that we need this much stuff for a little stay in the hospital?"
Sakura sent him a glare the could kill a kitten, "I'm the mother of your child! If I want tell to spin the earth in the other direction, then you fucking do it! AHHH! Now get in that damn car before this girl rips me apart from the inside!"
Sasuke threw open the car door so that Sakura could get in and then quickly ran to the other side of the car. He put it in reverse and got the heck out there as fast as he could. They needed to get to the hospital as fast as humanly possibly. There was still one burning question though, but he needed to ask it carefully "Um, Sakura, sweetie, have you decided on a name for her yet?"
It had been found out ages ago that they were having a girl, but hey still couldn't figure out a name for her yet. Sakura tired her best to breath as she answered him, "I had, ah, one new idea. I was thinking something that, oh, sounded like it came from the both of us. How about Sarada?"
"Sarada," Sasuke repeated, letting the name roll around on his tongue, "I like it. It has a nice little,"
"Ahhhh! Shit," Sakura yelled, cutting him off, "Great, Sarada, now get me to that fucking hospital!"
Sasuke turned his attention back to the road, trying to get them there quickly without killing them in the process. Not as easy as it sounded, since he was getting a phone call right at that moment. He looked down at his phone for a millisecond to see that is was Naruto that was calling him. Naruto was a must pick up, even in a situation like this, "It's a work call babe, it'll just take a second. I need to let them know I won't be able to talk for awhile."
Sakura didn't honestly care. She was far too busy with other things, "I don't give a fuck what you do, just make sure that you don't stop this car!"
Sasuke noted that she was swearing an awful lot for someone who was about to bring new life into the world. He picked up his phone and started talking quickly, "You better have a good reason for calling me at a time like this! My wife is in labor as we speak!"
Naruto was feeling a little guilty on the other end, but this was a call he felt he needed to make, "Congratulations and I'm sorry, but this is important. It won't take long I'm just calling to tell you to lay low for awhile. Stay home with Sakura, take care of your daughter, shit like that. You've got plenty of money, so just try and do as little jobs related to my business as you can manage. Got it?"
Sasuke was a little surprised by the request, but knew that he had enough money to hold him over for at least a few months, "Yeah, sure. Should be fine as long as I don't have to wait more than two or three months. Mind if I ask you way real quick?"
"Because I got a severed head on my front door today," Naruto said in order to keep his friend on the line, "We've got some crazy fuckers coming after kings, and I like to keep you out of it if I can. You know, since you've got the kid coming and all."
Sasuke couldn't help but be a little touched by the words, "Well thank you, I promise that gesture won't go unapertitated. Sakura's going nuts over here, mind if I call you back when it's more convenient?"
Naruto completely understood, "Not a problem, you tend to your family. We've got some of our friend looking into the issue tomorrow morning. I'll call you when I have an update. As for you, you call me when Sakura's had that baby. Me and Fu are gonna visit that little bundle of joy as soon as we can."
"I'll be sure to call you when we've got the news. I've gotta go, but thanks for the heads up. Goodbye," Sasuke said as he hung up the phone.
Sakura saw him hang up and got a little curious, "Who was that? Ahhh, more contractions!"
Sasuke could see that his wife needed this hospital more than he'd originally thought, "Nothing, just a quick call from a buddy of mine at work. Let's get you and my daughter taken care of already, huh?"
Sakura looked over at her long time husband and smiled, "Thanks Sasuke, I knew I could count on yooOOOOOU! OH, DRIVE FASTER!"
Sasuke stepped on the pedal with his wife's reaction. He had to say, after watching her do something as amazing as growing a baby inside of body, the life of his child to boot, he had really come to admire Sakura. There was no doubt in his mind now that he loved the woman, but now wasn't the time to be thinking about that. Now was the time to get her somewhere she could safely give birth to Sarada.
