Author's Note; So, it's been a while, eh? Yeah, sorry about that. This is kinda late, but... have you read the newest chapters!? -flailflailspazz- They're completely insane! Now, due to those, this now an AU story (not that it wasn't before...), so yeah. Um, again, sorry for the lateness of this chapter and that's it kinda short compared to the last chapter, but I did warn you not all of them would be that long, right?
Right. Now, on to the story!
Sasuke looked so much like Itachi.
It made him nervous. When Sasuke came to visit him, he was tense and wary until he had left - and he felt horrible about it.
The same black hair. The same pale skin. The same dark eyes.
Naruto knew he shouldn't feel this way - it was Sasuke who came to visit, not Itachi - but he did. He was afraid of Sasuke, his best friend, because Sasuke happened to look so very similar to his brother.
And he felt horrible about it.
He grunted in dislike, scowling and glaring at the blonde woman who stood infront of him. "Tsunade-obaa-chan!" the jinchuuriki complained loudly, "Why can't I at least just go outside just for a minute!? It's not gonna kill me! I'm fine! I'mfineI'mfineI'mfine! You can't keep me cooped up here! I know my rights as a shinobi! I'm fine!"
She returned the scowl, rubbing her temples with her fingers.
"Naruto! You dumbshit! It doesn't matter if you're supposedly fine! Your ass is staying right here until I say you can go! You got that, you ungrateful little rat?" Tsunade snapped, one hand resting on her hip as she leaned over, her face dangerously close to the blonde's. He bared his teeth at her. "Old hag!" Naruto bit out hatefully.
"Rotten pest! And if you move one inch, I'll have Shizune tie you down again!"
"Tch, whatever! I'd easily be able to get out of any knot Shizune or you could tie!"
"Why you little - !"
Their oh so pleasant conversation was interrupted by someone clearing their throat loudly.
Both Naruto and Tsunade paused and blinked, glancing toward the source of the sound. Sasuke quirked his eyebrow, leaning against the doorframe. "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" Tsunade forced herself to calm, a vein in her forehead still pulsing, as she discreetly glared one last time at Naruto, sighing inwardly (it was rather embarrassing to be caught arguing with a mere Genin, especially by another Genin).
"No, Sasuke, in fact you arrived just at the right moment. Maybe you can get him to stay put for just a few more days."
It was true that Naruto would do almost anything for Sasuke.
Almost anything.
If the Uchiha told him to get up and dance around like a chicken while singing "Barbie Girl", he'd laugh in his face (and the image of Sasuke even asking that completely disturbed him in every way possible).
Grunt in irritation, Tsunade left the room to the two teenagers, her heels clicking against the floor. Sasuke watched her for a moment before glancing at the blonde, quirking a fine dark eyebrow. "So, why're you trying to get away from the hospital so badly?" the boy asked. Naruto sighed, falling backwards onto his back with his arms outstretched to his sides. "'Cause I'm bored! There's nothing to do here! And the clean air is too much; could they open a window or something!?" Sasuke mentally noted the open window near the blonde's bed and sweat dropped. "You'll be fine. Just relax."
"Easy for you to say. You aren't pregnant," the jinchuuriki mumbled moodily.
Naruto was still easing into the fact that he was pregnant. It just wasn't settling in his mind. He shifted, folding his arms behind his head and staring up at the pale white ceiling. It became awkwardly silent (at least for Naruto, who liked noise over quiet) and the blonde shifted uncomfortably. "..Hey Sasuke? D'ya think you could talk to Tsunade-obaa-chan and see if she would let me out of the hospital early? I could live with someone - anyone - if it meant I could get out of here!" The little kitsune rolled over onto his side, his gaze shifting to the wall now. Sasuke stared at him, considering the request.
"I can try."
That made the blonde light up.
In a flash, Naruto had shot up from his bed and firmly attached himself to Sasuke, grinning up at him. "Thanks! I owe you one! Don't take no for an answer! And dodge her fists, 'cause it hurts if you get hit!" He released the raven, trotting back over to his bed and plopping down on top of it.
'Dodge her fists?' the Uchiha questioned in his head curiously, watching the blonde boy for a few moments before shrugging his shoulders, deciding he could at least dodge quick enough to avoid the blow if it actually came to that. However, he doubted that Tsunade would try to hit him – that was generally just reserved for Naruto, after all. Dark eyes watched the blonde boy curl up on his hospital bed. Again, that awkward silence fell over the pair. "..If that's all, then I'll go talk to Tsunade," the raven stated, dropping the honorifics for just a few moments, since he was talking to Naruto. Truthfully, he didn't want
to leave the boy alone. Recently – and he didn't know why – Sasuke had been wanting to spend as much time with the blonde as humanly possible without it seeming like an obsession. But, if he had nothing to talk about, what was the point of staying here with him? Naruto glanced at his friend, blinking curiously. "Oh, um… Yeah, I guess you should go. You probably have things to do anyways. Thanks ahead of time for talking to Tsunade-obaa-chan for me!"
Sasuke nodded, then turned and left the room.
Silently, he made his way down the hall, ignoring the looks he received from some of the younger nurses as they passed (and the older ones, but the thought disgusted him so he tried to pretend they weren't there – seriously, he wasn't that good –looking). He wasn't sure if Tsunade was still in the hospital, but he figured he might as well check. What was the harm? As he rounded a corner, the boy was fortunate enough to catch the busty woman as she was stepping out of a patient's room. "Hokage-sama," he called, hoping to catch her attention, which was successful. The woman blinked at him in confusion. "Ah, Sasuke. Did you manage to convince Naruto?"
"…"
"..I'm going to assume he convinced you to try to convince me to let him out early?"
"Yeah," came the short reply.
"Well, you can just march back and tell him that he's going to be staying here until I decide that it's time for him to leave, alright?"
"He won't take 'no' for an answer, Hokage-sama."
Tsunade sighed, knowing the blonde boy well. She furrowed her brow, staring down at the ground for a moment before shaking her head. "It'll only be a week at the most. Can he not wait until then?"
"Apparently not," replied Sasuke.
"There's no other option, though."
"..I can let him stay at my house with me for that week, if you wanted." It was a surprise to both. Sasuke didn't like people very much, after all, and having a hyperactive blonde around would get on his nerves eventually, would it not? But yet, the boy was offering. Tsunade narrowed her eyes suspiciously at the raven, wondering what his intentions were. After all, if Sasuke were anything like his brother…
What was she thinking?
Sasuke was smart enough that, even if he was sexually attracted to the blonde, there was no possible way he'd try to touch him right now. Hell, chances are, even if he had been attracted to Naruto at one point, he wasn't now simply because it was his older brother who had fornicated with him. Although she couldn't say she completely trusted the Uchiha, she knew Naruto did and she knew Sasuke wouldn't try to hurt him (at least not sexually…). "Alright, Uchiha, I'll give you one chance at this. But, if Naruto doesn't want to, then he's not going, got it? And – "
Sasuke wasn't prepared for this.
" – if your dick gets anywhere close to his ass I'll rip it off and shove it up yours, understand?"
The raven swallowed at the threat, sweat dropping. He knew she would do it too – not that he had any intentions of trying anything like that with the jinchuuriki. Once the intentional shock of what she had said had worn off, Sasuke nodded.
"Right…"
A smirk formed on the woman's lips. "That's a good boy. Now, let's go break the news to the blondie, eh?"
When both Tsunade and Sasuke stepped through the door, Naruto looked up and blinked before a grin formed on his lips. "So, you gonna let me leave Tsunade-obaa-chan?" the boy asked enthusiastically, shifting to sit in the middle of the bed cross-legged. The woman nodded. Naruto's grin widened.
"Yeah! I'm getting out of here!"
"But there's one condition, gaki."
That rained on Naruto's parade – conditions tended to not be fun and end badly, at least when he was involved. The kitsune sighed softly, leaning back against the wall. "'kay, what's the condition?" he asked, already regretting the answer. Here, Sasuke cut in –
"You're going to live with me for a week."
Naruto blinked. "..Eh?" It took him a moment to process, and Sasuke thought he was going to protest when the boy shrugged and nodded. "Alright, that's fine with me, long as I get out of this hell hole sooner than I would have." Cerulean blue eyes shifted to the Uchiha, his head tilting slightly. "Did you offer that option?" the boy asked curiously. Sasuke nodded.
"I know, it's surprising, isn't it?" Tsunade put in, smiling. "Alright, gaki, you're free to go with Sasuke as soon as you check out." Immediately, Naruto hopped up from the bed, stretching his arms above his head, his back arching so his stomach was pushed forward. It was weird to think that eventually Naruto would start getting 'fat' with a child – the image of a fat Naruto slightly disturbed him, since he was used to the muscled, slim boy who was standing infront of him right now. Pushing the thoughts from his mind, Sasuke stepped back from the doorway to allow the blonde ball of energy to bounce through, watching him trot down the hallway toward the front desk.
Upon realizing Tsunade and Sasuke weren't following him, he turned, still running backwards, and called out to them – "Sasuke! Baa-chan! C'mon!" – before turning and continuing down the corridor.
A light chuckle passed Tsunade's lips.
"He's so full of energy."
Sasuke glanced at the woman, nodding in agreement. "Yeah, I noticed," he murmured softly, absorbed in watching the blonde boy. After a moment, he realized he was staring and snapped out of it, but not before the woman beside him had noticed. Her eyes narrowed dangerously on him. Suddenly, she was a smirking.
"So you like the gaki, Uchiha?"
That made Sasuke jump in surprise. Cold dark eyes glared at the sannin before he shook his head, following after the blonde at another irritated call from him. That reaction told Tsunade otherwise, and she sighed softly. 'I wonder what I put Naruto through by letting Sasuke at him… But, Sasuke won't hurt him, I'm sure of that.'
Naruto darted down the street, bouncing up and down every so often, obviously happy at being free from the 'hospital from hell' as the boy had put it the moment they had left. He was practically purring in delight when he paused, panting just slightly – unfortunately for Sasuke's wallet, his eyes landed on Ichiraku's. He bounded up to the raven, grinning from ear to ear.
"Oh Sasuke!"
He didn't like that tone.
Warily, Sasuke eyed the blonde, sizing him up before asking carefully, "..What?"
"Buy me some ramen?" Long lashes batted slightly (funny, he'd never noticed how long his lashes were before until now – guess he never paid attention), an adorable innocent look directed at the Uchiha which had made even Kakashi buy him ramen before. Of course, he knew Sasuke was a bit tougher than that in general, so he might have to turn up the charm a bit.
The raven seemed to consider the thought.
"..Alright, dobe, I'll buy you a bowl of ramen. But that's it – I'm not exactly rich, you know."
"Good enough for me!" the boy exclaimed, bounding up to the stand and plopping down in a seat, ready to order. Sasuke rolled his eyes, following the blonde. He let Naruto order for both of them, and they were silent until their orders were placed before them, both miso ramen. Naruto brought his chopsticks apart, taking a big slurp of noodles; Sasuke ate less quickly and without the excessive slurping.
About halfway through the meal, the boy glanced at the blonde to find he was just staring at his ramen now, his chopsticks held limp in his hand. Dark eyes watched as the kitsune set his chopsticks down, continuing to stare down at his half empty (half full?) bowl.
"Hey, Sasuke…"
Did Naruto seem… worried? Frightened?
The boy shifted nervously in his seat before sighing, closing his eyes.
"I just wanted to thank you. For visiting me when you probably had better things to do."
Curiously, Sasuke set his chopsticks down. Naruto didn't just get silent and start acting strange for no reason; the boy obviously had something to say that was bothering him. "It's no problem, dobe. I wasn't the only one who visited you," he reminded the boy. "Heh!" Naruto laughed slightly, continuing, "I know the others visited me, and I want to thank them too, but you were there the most."
He paused to take a bite of his noodles, again setting his chopsticks down.
"Sasuke… I'm scared. I don't know what's gonna happen – I'm a boy having a baby. I mean, what if the Akatsuki finds out? What will they do? And what if I can't take care of a baby at my age? Plus, there's the fact they're gonna have to cut me open to even get it out." Again, he paused, his gaze shifting down to his stomach. Sasuke said nothing, just listening. "I'm a boy having a baby. That's not very natural. Gah! I feel so stupid right now 'cause I don't know what to do!"
He slumped forward, resting his head on his arms.
Sasuke stared at the blonde for a moment. Naruto was scared? That was a first, but he didn't blame the boy at all – he'd be frightened too if he found out he was going to be the first male to carry a child. Before he even thought about it, the words started spilling out of his mouth, coming in a torrent. "It's alright to be afraid, dobe. Anyone would if they were in your position. Your friends will help you through this. We're not going to just leave you alone to do this yourself. You'd probably screw it up."
It was a joke.
And it made Naruto laugh.
Grateful blue eyes locked on the Uchiha, a smile forming on his lips. "Thanks Sasuke. It really means a lot knowing I have support through this." Gently, Sasuke smiled back – a slight curving of the corners of his lips upwards, but it was there, and Naruto could see it.
Teuchi dumped more ramen noodles into the blonde's bowl, surprising the boy. Curiously, both teenagers glanced up at the old man, who just smiled back. "I heard your little story. Having a baby, eh? Well, then you're gonna need plenty of food to feed it, so eat up. That's on the house." Naruto's eyes lit up at getting a second bowl free, since he was originally only going to receive one bowl of ramen. "Thanks a lot!" he exclaimed before proceeding to down the food infront of him. Sasuke shook his head at the display, lifting some noodles into his mouth.
"You're such a loser."
"Oi! How am I a loser, teme?"
"You just are."
"Yeah, well, you're a bastard!"
Ayame and Teuchi watched the display of affection between the pair amusedly, marveling at how flustered Sasuke could get Naruto within just seconds without even trying. One little comment set the blonde off – but that was how the lovable little ball of energy was. Smiling, the father-daughter pair watched them bicker and argue until the raven paid and they walked off, where they listened to their continued fighting until they were too far away to hear.
Somewhere hidden from prying eyes, a meeting was going on. They had lost precious cargo – and, in the process, learned a new secret they hadn't known before. That a jinchuuriki had the ability to get pregnant, even when they were male.
"So you lost the jinchuuriki and now he's pregnant."
Pein's tone was reprimanding.
"You know what you have to do now, don't you?"
Sharingan eyes opened, and the silent figure nodded. "But what about Sasuke? He's back in Konoha now, you know. More than likely, if you go anywhere close to that village, he'll come after you."
"He's just a nuisance. He'll be no problem," Uchiha Itachi stated for a first time.
His eyes flashed slightly. "I'll bring the jinchuuriki back. And this time, I won't lose him."
Dangerously, Pein glared at the Uchiha.
"You better bring him back. I want that bijuu – and I want that child, too."
Another nod and the man had disappeared, moving toward the unsuspecting village of Konoha in search of the blonde jinchuuriki and the carrier of his child. This time, he wouldn't let some ANBU Blackhops come in and take him away like before. This time, things would be different.
Um, I hope you enjoyed this. It's basically an introductory to what happens later chapter, so nothing very interesting goes on. Hopefully some comedy and stuff that lightened the mood? idk. Look forward to the next chapter and review and critiicize please!