Disclaimer: -in the middle of a staring contest with Masashi Kishimoto- "You're no fun Masashi!".

I can't believe it, I chose the best French restaurant in Paris –the music is very relaxing, the lights warm and romantic– (No! I'm not trying to seduce Kishimoto mind you) I told him that his work is finished, even a masterpiece has its ending, sooo since he's a very kind man why not give Naruto to me?, great idea doesn't it? Yeah, really great I know, but he doesn't think the same –pouts- So, me doesn't own Naruto … yet –grin-

Chapter one for you, enjoy!

Chapter one: Team 7
Written by Itooshii Koneko
Betad by MrsHellman

It was a beautiful sunny day – luckily less hot than three days ago – but still hot all the same. It was a perfect day to hang out and just have fun. Team Seven opted to train, so they were in their usual spot at the training grounds; each one was working alone, no sparring for today. Haruno Sakura was reading; it was too hot to do any physical effort according to her. She chose to read a medical book that was recommended by Tsunade.

Uzumaki Naruto on the other hand didn't mind the heat at all. Training is important to become a powerful ninja and it's the only way to reach her goal: to be the best Hokage ever – as well as to be acknowledged by the villagers, of course. Being a girl wasn't really helping, she didn't have the same musculature as a guy, so she needed to put up more effort, but that doesn't mean that women are weak. Look at Tsunade and they say that to her face to get it proven. However, about Naruto; unlike Sakura, she didn't have a perfect control over her chakra; she had no talent to become a medic-nin. Besides, she liked to fight and use her body; it gave her those adrenaline kicks she craved so much for, why? No idea.

The last member of Team Seven, Uchiha Sasuke, was meditating – protected from the burning sun by a tree's shadow. If it wasn't for the chakra halo surrounding him, he could be mistaking for being asleep. His surroundings were very tranquil; the small sounds of the leaves being blown by the wind, and the beautiful songs of chaffinches built a peaceful atmosphere, even Naruto's kicks, pants and occasional curses weren't disturbing at all.

When lunch time came, Sakura got up, brushed off the dust on her black skirt and waved her teammates off, ready to go to the Hokage tower.

"Well, I'm off. I promised Tsunade to come after lunch break," she said waiting for Sasuke to reply, but he didn't even acknowledge her presence. She frowned and then looked over at Naruto who was still trying to beat a log to death – good luck on that – and then looked back at Sasuke. She didn't really want to let Sasuke-kun alone with Naruto, but she knew that her female teammate wasn't going to do anything stupid. For some reason, whenever she left the two of them alone and later on returned, they were in a fight, spitting profanities at each other.

Haruno Sakura, young kunoichi of sixteen years, was not the most beautiful girl in Konoha but she stood out with her intelligence, her frightening strength – her fists being more destructive than a man's – and her amazing skills in medical-oriented jutsu, made her a very talented ninja in general, and as many know; true beauty is not only outer appearance.

She was Tsunade's apprentice and seemed to be doing just as well as her own sensei. Like every healthy teenager girl, Sakura Haruno liked to take care of her appearance and of course she had a crush on a certain someone – even though her feelings had changed since younger years. That someone was Sasuke Uchiha, her male teammate, the one who'd been her 'love at first sight'. She was still showing affection for the Uchiha because, sure he was attractive and all, and who was she to ignore that? But recently she'd discovered that it wasn't that much of a crush anymore, she had more sincere feelings for the Uchiha. She'd only realized them after spending time with the man. She'd got to know him personally, instead of only judging by appearance. She was willing to let him love someone else; however, it didn't mean she wouldn't sincerely try to win him over.

The pinkette smiled and she remembered everything she'd done during her younger years. She'd tried everything to win Sasuke's heart because of a mere crush, but the young Uchiha boy didn't care about her as a potential girlfriend. So, back when she was fifteen, Sakura had decided to stop bothering the guy and let him be. He wasn't interested in girls as it seemed, and when the time comes, he'll open his eyes and find a person he holds close to his heart, hoping that said person will be her.

Sakura's smile widened as she realized how stupid she'd been. She couldn't understand what was wrong with her back then. She had seen herself as cute, intelligent and beautiful, so why wouldn't Sasuke love her? She was Sasuke's closest girl friend for heaven's sake – Naruto didn't count; she was like a boy anyway – but she'd also been very clingy, loud and obstinate. You name it. She sighed.

As the woman turned her back on her female and walked out from the training grounds, she passed Sasuke – still engrossed by his meditation – and Naruto. The blonde was working her abs, and she could even hear Naruto mutter to herself: ". . . five hundred and eighty-three, five hundred and eighty-four, five hundred and eighty-five . . ." That girl amazed her, always overdoing herself, she was really powerful already but to herself it was nowhere near enough. She'd be the death or herself.

She made a grimace when she saw Naruto's disgraceful figure. She was sweating too much. My God . . . She must be stinking like Gai-sensei after five hundred laps around Konoha on one hand. And she spreads her legs like a guy. Sakura was always wondering if that girl was a lesbian, especially when she asked Sakura to have lunch at Ichiraku with her. She wondered what women was Naruto's type.

She shrugged, and then left the field.

Ten minutes after Sakura's departure, Sasuke was disturbed by a loud growl. He frowned and opened slightly his left eye. He noticed that Naruto was finished. She was sprawled all over the ground caressing her loud and hungry stomach with bruised fists. He smirked.

So loud, even with her mouth shut, her stomach can't stand the silence and takes over. It didn't matter to the raven though. For some reason, Sasuke found Naruto's loudness more amusing than annoying.

"Hey Sasuke, I'm hungry, I'm going to have lunch by the lake, you coming?" Naruto screamed from the other side of the field and then smiled at Sasuke waiting for his reply.

"You're so loud, Dobe," was Sasuke's reply while getting up. She's never tired; I wish I had her stamina. But if it's the reason for her being so loud, no thanks, I don't need it.

"Don't call me Dobe, Teme!" she yelled at him, aiming a punch straight to his face. Sasuke saw it coming and blocked it with his left arm. He tried to twist her right arm behind her back, but she bent down and tried to kick his ankles to trip him. He jumped and skillfully landed ten feet away from her. He was smirking, his expression as composed as ever. He was neither panting nor sweating, as if he hadn't lifted a single finger. After all, it was like a game for them. Another angry growl reminded them that they were going to have lunch. Naruto grinned sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.

"As nice as it sounds to kick your ass Teme, I'm off. I'm too hungry to take care of your bastard attitude right now. Let's have lunch; I'm going to di~ie if I don't have my ramen soon!" she shouted the last sentence dramatically.

"Hn, like you can actually beat anyone in a spar, let alone me, Dobe. Don't be so full of yourself," Sasuke replied with a superior tone to his voice that made Naruto arch a brow. He smirked as he noticed that she was getting pissed; he loved to get a reaction out of her. It was fun.

"Teme! Of course I can kick your ass anytime I want to, you bastard!" she retorted childishly and folded her arms over her chest. Her face flushed from anger. Sasuke knew how to push her buttons and he was doing it very well.

Guess Sakura was right about the two of them always ending up fighting . . .

They kept bickering the whole way to the lake. When they'd reached their destination, Naruto opened her bag. It was full of instant ramen cups. There were three cups but only one bottle of water.

Hopeless, she really eats nothing other than ramen, and she drinks way too little. She'd going to get dehydrated, Sasuke thought making a disgusted face; he would never understand his teammate's tastes.

Well it didn't matter, he wasn't the one to eat it. He looked away from the sickening view of Naruto's eating habits. He opened his own – more appealing – bento. It was a bento filled with onigiri, but there was also a healthy salad full of tomatoes present. He smiled. His mother always knew how to prepare and decorate his bento. Knowing her son's taste, there was more tomatoes than lettuce. He took a first and tiny bit, and moaned mentally. His mother was the best; you can feel all the kindness and love in her cooking. It made him all warm inside. He was the youngest son of the head family, always shadowed by his older brother, Itachi, the genius of the Uchiha clan, a real prodigy – cherished and admired by everyone.

Mikoto Uchiha – Sasuke's mother – was the only person to care about him. She kept saying that Fugaku – Sasuke's 'oh-so-wonderful' father – loved him and cared about him, but since his father had never showed it – even once – during the sixteen years of his existence, he never believed her. Now, he didn't care about his cold father and cocky brother, he had his mother and the rest doesn't matter for him. One day, he'd show them all that he was worthy of being an Uchiha.

He always wondered how his mother was putting up with his father, she was too kind and deserved so much better than that man. That thought made him think about the girls tailing the Uchiha like they can bear living with them, especially the sons of the head family.

They're only looking for wealth and society status, plain stupid, like we're going to pick them, he thought. Honestly though, he didn't want to pick just any girl – especially not one of his 'fangirls'. They were bothersome and as an Uchiha – intelligent, powerful, graceful and beautiful – he'd have to have a wife of high standards to make sure his children would have good blood. Unfortunately, he hadn't met a girl that could become a potential wife.

A surprisingly loud slurp disturbed Sasuke's thought.

"You no' huwwy Shashuke?" Naruto asked him with her mouth full with ramen, a noodle hanging out from the right corner of her mouth. "I mean . . . are you not hungry?" she asked again after catching that naughty noodle with her skillful tongue. Sasuke's face twisted in disgust looking at his teammate's hand wiping the ramen sauce away with her sleeve.

His stomach flipped. "Kami . . . You're disgusting," he said and looked back at his lunch and understood why his teammate asked him if he wasn't hungry anymore. He'd eaten less than half his lunch.

"Are you sick? You're not feeling good?" she insisted, putting her wrist on Sasuke's forehead to check his temperature. The raven flinched at the contact and pushed her hand away "Don't touch me with your dirty hand," he hissed harshly, glaring at her.

"Tsk, stuck up Teme," she said, retreating her hand – not impressed by the glare one bit. "You weren't eating, I was just checking your temperature, you ungrateful bastard," she whispered the last part. She was truly worried actually. The raven was in deep thought, as if he was trying to figure something out.

Sasuke looked back at Naruto, of course he caught the last part, and it made him feel a bit guilty. She looked really worried about him. Naruto was the only girl in Konoha to be sincere with him. She didn't have a crush on him, and it reassured him a lot. Well, the girl not only acted like a boy, but she also kicked like a boy, though, he would never admit that out loud. She never held back when they're sparring – that's why he never sparred with Sakura, she always holds back unconsciously. He knew that she's very strong, but she never challenged him, unlike Naruto.

The Uchiha was the only boy in the rookie nine to be stuck with two girls in his team. He'd been scared as hell to have two fan-girls as teammates. He'd never surpass his brother if his teammates are useless during training and missions, but fortunately for him, after their first training as Team Seven, four years ago, he was relieved to find out that one of his teammates was a tomboy, ready to dirty her clothes and kick some ass anytime. And . . . she didn't have a crush on him. On the contrary, the girl seemed to hate his guts. Besides, Naruto was quite amusing, she always made a fool of herself, especially when she tried to 'kick his ass' as she put it.

"Oi, earth to Sasuke, earth to Sasuke!" Naruto screamed at his face and waved a slender hand in front of said face.

"Shut up, Dobe," he said and blinked. He couldn't help but notice that her knuckles were still bruised. However, he was more distracted by the fact that her face was less than a foot away from his. "Back off, Uzumaki," he suddenly said and pushed her away roughly, by the shoulders. "Don't you know what personal space means?"

"Fuck you asshole! You weren't replying, what's crawled up your ass today?" she asked and chuckled, her chuckles only increased as she noticed that the Uchiha didn't approve of her vocabulary. "You always have something crawled up your ass anyway, but today must be something really uncomfortable, maybe a dead animal rotting up there?"

"Hn." There was no need to give a proper reply to such a question.

Before they could begin another round of bickering, they sensed Sakura's presence. Naruto grinned and turned to look at Sakura with a wide grin. "Sakura-chan!" she shouted waving to her friend. "The old hag let you leave early. You came to have lunch with us?" she asked hoping that her answer would be a 'yes'.

"No! Baka," she growled glaring at her stupid teammate. "We have a mission. Hokage-sama is waiting for us," she said looking at Sasuke who nodded and went to pick up his bento and bag. Naruto followed his lead and they headed to the Hokage tower wondering what this new mission was.

"Sakura-chan, did Baa-chan tell you what this mission is about?" Naruto asked bouncing before Sakura's face like an excited puppy. Said pinkette pushed her away from her body.

"Stop jumping like a child Naruto! And no! She didn't explain anything about the mission. She only asked me to come and get you," she answered with her eyes rolling. The blonde had been asking the same question several times now, getting the same answer every time as well.

"Wish it's a high ranked mission. We haven't had an exciting mission for ages." No one replied, but they all agreed with her. They'd been given mostly C and B-ranked missions if anything, but they shouldn't complain really; it wasn't a D-ranked one, however, it wasn't A-ranked either.

When they reached the Hokage tower, they found Shizune waiting for them; she rushed them in to Tsunade's office at once, muttering about being late and them being out of saké. Sasuke nodded to Tsunade while Naruto chose to great her . . .warmly?

"Oi, Baa-chan, you're as grumpy as ever I see," she said with a wide grin and put her hands in the front of her pants, rolling on her heels to get a movement going. It couldn't be healthy to be this hyper all the time.

"Brat, you're as disrespectful as ever! You better shut up or you'll kiss the mission goodbye," Tsunade bit back and smirked when she saw Naruto's pout, a really cute expression by the way. It was their weird way to welcome each other, even if the words were sometimes harsh; they both knew that they meant something kinder and warmer.

"I have a mission for you . . ." she said and then began to explain what Team Eight had already found.

"I want you to capture these mercenaries. Iwagakure is keeping an eye on them already but they will need some Konoha shinobi to take on Ishigakure. We know for sure that they're still in that village and you need to find them. You must infiltrate the village and investigate to identify the boss of this organization. We believe he's in there, however, if he isn't, try and gather as much information as possible," she explained and began to clarify their objectives.

"You want us to go undercover," Naruto asked incredulously.

"Yes," Tsunade replied even if it wasn't really necessary, but it was a perfect transition, "and we've already prepared your covers."

"We?" Sasuke asked rising his eyebrow.

"Yes, 'we' meaning me and Team Eight. They advised me since they were in contact with the villagers."

None of the members from Team Seven answered her. Instead, they looked at each other quizzically, wondering what the heck Tsunade had prepared for them.

"What the hell Baa-chan? Spit it out already, we don't have the whole day!" Naruto shouted, annoyed with Tsunade's silence. "Is it something disgusting or degrading?" she asked skeptically. She didn't trust Tsunade at all when it came to making covers.

"Shut up, Naruto! Don't yell at Tsunade-sama," Sakura lectured her teammate holding back her fist from crashing into Naruto's thick skull. That girl is really getting on my nerves!

"Very well, listen; Team Seven your mission is to capture a group of mercenaries hiding in Ishi. Sasuke and Naruto, you're a married couple. Naruto, you're pregnant, and Sakura, you're her personal doctor," and finally, she said it.

She was met with complete silence.

"What?" they all screamed, including the composed Uchiha, who lost his composer hearing Tsunade's plan. He was supposed to be married to Naruto, who in turn was supposed to be pregnant with their child?

"Are you senile, Baa-chan? You need to go check your brain and make sure you're getting enough oxygen! Me? Pregnant? Out of everything! And married!" Naruto yelled "Why am I the one who has to be the bastard's wife while it's Sakura-chan who has been crushing on him since years back! She'd make it a hell of a lot more believable thanks to that."

"Yeah!" Sakura screamed agreeing with Naruto for once. "W-why do we have to . . . to do that? We can be siblings, can't we? Or friends or something," she tried miserably to get Tsunade to change her mind about this.

As his two teammates were yelling at the oldest woman in the room, the raven's mind was spinning like crazy. Sasuke didn't want to be anyone's husband, not Naruto's and absolutely not Sakura's; she would take advantage of the situation. He shuddered, like hell he'll play that role.

"Shut up! Both of you!" Tsunade knew that they were going to disagree with her. She sighed and started to explain her choice to them.

"First, I'm the Hokage here and I chose whoever I see suitable for this mission, you don't have the right to complain," she spat glaring at Naruto who was about to protest again- "Let me finish, you brat! Second, I didn't choose you randomly," she said and sighed. She'd been prepared for Naruto to say all these things, but damn, the blonde had to let her explain her reasoning.

"I explained already that ninjas aren't allowed in Ishigakure, that's why you need to go undercover. Sakura, your medical skills will allow you to pass as a doctor and be in contact with lots of villagers. They'll trust you easily and it's going to help with the investigation." Sakura nodded showing her understanding, "You're good in genjutsu. I need to know what's behind that tunnel as well, so when you're not around Naruto or Sasuke you can do pretty much anything to get more information about the tunnel, the people in the village, the actual organization et cetera."

Sakura nodded before Tsunade proceeded and turned to the raven. "Sasuke, you fit with the profile set by Team Eight. You must act warmer around your 'wife' though. The mercenaries are recruiting strong and cold men, so for the meantime, you should make sure you catch their interest by acting cold." Naruto couldn't help but snicker at that – gaining a heated glare from a fuming Tsunade and Sakura. "If we find it necessary to get information from the inside, you may be a candidate, but not yet. Keep that in mind." Naruto snorted as she heard this and arched a brow at the raven male beside her.

The Godaime sighed, getting tired of being interrupted, but she went on. Must get it over with, she thought.

"You must look like a very protective father and husband toward Naruto. We don't know if it's really an important characteristic but we have to give it a go." Sasuke nodded expressing his understanding and determination.

Now to Naruto, she thought, looking at the blonde skeptical ninja "Actually brat, your act must be perfect, you're the one who's going to make them less suspicious." Said blonde female arched both brows at this, and put her hands on her hips. "Yes, I said 'less' cause we know for sure that they're going to suspect you. As a housewife, you'll be wandering around a lot; plus, a pregnant woman is respected and trustworthy. Make friends and make them spit out what they know. I'm sure that there's at least someone who will notice that something is off, but as long as you act like you don't care about that, you'll most likely not blow your cover. Also, use your frogs to send me your report once a week; I need to inform Sunagakure and Iwagakure about everything"

Naruto looked at Tsunade still not getting the married part of the plan. "That's good and all Baa-chan, but why do we have to act like a married couple? Sure, I can understand that a pregnant woman will be less suspicious than just a normal woman. But why can't – for an example – I and Sakura be siblings, and then Sasuke is just a friend of ours, helping out, you know. For me and Sasuke to actually act as a married couple is a lot to ask for, Baa-chan," she said. She was not stupid. She knew that they can perfectly pass as friends or siblings. Her teammates were actually thinking the same thing.

The Godaime sighed for the nth time that day, wondering why the hell she was answering their questions. "Ishigakure is a very peaceful village and they want to keep it that way. A bunch of adolescents is not allowed in the village without their parents. Even if you introduce yourselves as brother and sisters et cetera, the absence of adults will make you look suspicious – you could pass for people in their twenties, without the need of adults, but it's a high risk to take. For them you're just troublemakers. That's the same if you tell them that you're orphans. Even if they allow you into the village, they'll keep an eye on you. They won't allow the hormones bags that you are to move freely around the village, and thereby you won't be able to investigate properly." She calmly added: "Listen, we're discussing a very serious matter, an A-ranked mission. You don't have the right to fail. It could cost you more than just your lives."

"Of course, we know that it's serious!" said the blonde kunoichi with a pouting lower lip. "We're taking it extremely serious! I just can't understand why it has to be m—"

"I don't think so brat!" Tsunade interrupted the blonde, getting really pissed off.

"Hokage-sama," Sasuke spoke calmly. "You mean that if we act like a married couple . . . awaiting their firstborn, we will look more mature even if we're still young."

Said Hokage smirked and nodded. "Exactly. That's one of the pros about this, among other things."

"That's the worst plan I ever heard, Baa-chan," Naruto shouted crossing her arms over her chest. "If I'm to play pregnant there will be even more trouble than if we were civilians searching for shelter, or something. Like: how the hell am I even going to appear pregnant?"

"Brat! You're really an idiot. Don't forget to act mature too," snapped a very angry Tsunade. She was really on the verge of killing a certain brat.

"I'm mature!" Naruto replied stomping her foot childishly and glaring at the old hag. "I – can – take – this – seriously," the blonde continued and emphasized every word to prove her point.

Tsunade smirked. "Could have fooled me," she said and smirked as the blonde glared at her.

"Hokage-sama, I'm sorry but I don't agree with you, Naruto will surely blow up our cover if she's got this motivation. She believes we're going to fail so thereby we'll most likely going to fail," Sakura said as she couldn't take it anymore, she couldn't let this chance pass, this mission was not only an A-ranked one, but also an opportunity for her to prove her skills. She knew that a lot of people were looking down on her because of Sasuke and Naruto being on her team. Those two were very powerful when they wanted to be, and she was seen as weak in comparison.

"Naruto . . . Naruto is just not wife and mother material," she added, pointing at Naruto almost disgustingly. "She doesn't know what it's like to be a woman, less alone a mother! She'd never be a good mother," she concluded confidently, without really thinking. As she realized her mistake, she blushed and looked down at the floor, inspecting the dirt down there.

For a brief moment, everyone in the room went silent, stunned to hear what Sakura had just said. Naruto froze from shock and hurt. Even though she may not act like it, she wanted to be a mother someday; so for her own teammate to say that hurt more than just a little. Sasuke's face was emotionless but you could see the surprise in his eyes.

Tsunade raised a blonde eyebrow wondering if she really heard what she thought she had heard. Did she just insult her friend about being a horrible mother? She then looked at Naruto and what she saw broke her heart. The young kunoichi held hurt in her eyes. How could Sakura – her own friend and teammate – say something like that? So that's what she thinks about her? She wasn't feminine alright, but that doesn't mean that she'll be a bad mother.

Naruto lowered her eyes, then composed herself and looked up with determination. "Of course . . . I'm a woman – not a very feminine one, I know – but I can be a mother. I always wanted to have children, lots and lots of children; to pamper and love. I don't think that anyone can say that they're going to be either the best or worse mother in the world, before giving it a try," she said making eye contact with Sakura. She was hurt but hid it quite well. She always wanted to have a family. She never was a fan of sappy romance crap or anything, but she always dreamed of building her own family. So no one, not even Sakura, would make her doubt herself.

The pink-haired kunoichi snickered at that. She knew that the blonde was right about that statement, but it did not help the fact that she didn't look like a proper mother. "You don't look feminine, so you don't inspire trustworthiness if you want to pass as a carrying wife and a good mother." Sakura didn't want to hurt her teammate, they were friends after all, even if said friend was really annoying.

At Naruto's crestfallen look she added: "I'm not talking about you personally, baka! I'm talking about the mission and the way you look. You've got to change your appearance before we go on this, and really, you've got to gain some weight and curves if you want to look more like a woman. You're as plain as a man!" Tsunade smiled, so nothing to worry about, that's a relief. Sakura had a point though. The orange jumpsuit that Naruto kept wearing from time to time made her look like an irresponsible tomboy, not really a lady-like outfit to wear for a respected wife and mother in a conservative-like village. Same thing about her body figure.

"That's why I think, Hokage-sama, that I should be the one to be Sasuke-kun's wife instead. I'm not trying to sound egoistic or something, but for Naruto to change that much and keep an act for months to come, is quite a lot to take all at once."

Sasuke mentally groaned at this. Yes, he knew that Sakura was better compared to a few years ago, but still. Naruto is better, at least she wouldn't try to flirt with me during the mission.

"That's enough Sakura! It's final; Naruto will be the pregnant wife. She doesn't know medical ninjutsu like you do, so thereby you've got to be the doctor," Tsunade said glaring at her apprentice "But I have to agree with Sakura. Naruto you must work on your appearance. I've never seen you in a dress, a tank-top or with your hair in a hairstyle. Try and get some new clothes and ask for help when it comes to the hair."

"Fine then, I can do this. There's nothing Uzumaki Naruto can't do. I'll show you Baa-chan, I can be very convincing, even if it's with a cold bastard like Sasuke," Naruto shouted at the blonde woman before her. She was going to pull this off real nicely. She'd show them that she could be a good mother.

She swallowed. The word 'mother' was foreign to her, but somehow she was starting to love it. Maybe it could be another goal in her life? To have children, and a family . . .

"Good! I need to tell you one more thing before you go." They frowned, waiting for Tsunade to explain the rest of the mission. "I don't know if they're going to check Naruto or not. If another doctor would check you, he'll learn that you're not pregnant, so I've been thinking a lot about how you could appear pregnant."

"Yeah, that makes sense, why are you so obsessed with the pregnant part anyway?" Naruto asked trying desperately to ease her worry. Well, being Sasuke's wife is hard enough, why did she need to be pregnant too? Would she get that big as well?

"In Ishigakure, family is very important. I want you to merge with them. It'll make your infiltration and investigation easier," the Godaime answered coolly. "As I was saying, if someone other than Sakura would check you, they'll definitively see that you're not pregnant, so thereby I've made these pills for you." She pulled a bottle from her desk drawer. "These pills will create the symptoms of a pregnant woman with the help of hormones, and bacteria that will stay in your stomach. You're supposed to be in your 7th week or so, making you nearly two months pregnant. Take one pill every second day before going to bed."

"No need to worry Baa-chan, how hard can it be?" the blonde asked and shrugged as she was about to walk over and grab the bottle filled with at least forty pills.

"I'm not finished, brat! But not during your period, if you do, three things may happen: one, they'll make you bleed even more and longer than normally, resulting in small blood loss. Two, it may cause menstrual cycle disturbances and stop your period completely for the upcoming months. And in worst case – which is the third thing – it will damage your cervix. The bacteria in the pills will for some reason go to the cervix during your period, instead of your stomach. Don't forget it. If you take the pills during that time it may lead to you getting sterile, you hear me? And you said you wanted children, so be careful."

Naruto felt like dying. It wasn't over the fact that so much could happen to her if she messed up during her period, but the fact that Sasuke was actually smirking behind her! She blushed cutely.

Oh Kami, why did she say it in front of Sasuke? she thought with her face become a deeper shade of red.

It was not because Naruto was a tomboy that she didn't feel embarrassed when talking about her period in front of a guy – or any girl stuff for that matter – it was only because it was Sasuke. The kind of relationship they had would make this into an awkward situation. Plus, she wanted to make her male teammate forget that she was indeed a girl. A guy will always hold up while sparring with a girl, at least unconsciously – even a cold bastard like Sasuke – so if the male thought of her as male as well, he wouldn't hold back during their fights.

"Sakura, there's a bottle of pills for every trimester to simulate every stage of the pregnancy. I trust you to check on Naruto's condition and make sure that she's taking her pills correctly. And also; the hormones I've used in these pills are the hormones that will be released in the body when a female gets pregnant, so Naruto will have mood swings along with other symptoms concerning pregnancies. The bacteria will make her eat more and produce more stomach acid so that she'll get nauseous et cetera."

The pink-haired kunoichi nodded. "Yes, Hokage-sama," she said and then Tsunade handed her a folder. "Here are more details about the mission. You're the leader for this mission Sakura. Kakashi is currently helping Kurenai with her baby." They all nodded showing their agreement.

"You have today and tomorrow to prepare yourself. The term of this mission is unknown. You'll be back when you finish your job. You're dismissed." Please be careful.