Me: I am back...with the second chap! Hey that kinda rhymed!
Naruto: Hehe yeah!
Me: Also, I want everyone to remember that this is the SEQUEL to RWL (Rituals, Worshipping, and Love). If you have not read the PREQUEL then go to it!!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto…sadly…but I own these cookies! -holds out cookies-
Lady Tsuande sat in her chair, looking at her paperwork.
'I don't want to get this done…but Shizune would kill me.' She thought.
Pulling a bottle of sake out her drawer, she smiled and opened it.
"Grandma!" Someone called busting in.
The sake fell out of her hands and crashed on the floor. She glared angrily at the Kyuubi container.
"Ehheh…my bad." Naruto said.
"What do you want Naruto? I'm swamped enough as it is." She said sighing.
"Well, Shikamaru has informed us that Sakura is now mortal again. How come? He wouldn't tell us that part…" Naruto said.
He bounced all over her office asking her the same question. She caught him by his jacket and threw him to the floor.
"What was Shikamaru doing? Spying?" Lady Tsunade asked, fuming.
"He said he was passing by their house, and heard them talking. They were quite loud and troublesome as he said." Naruto muttered.
"Sakura is carrying a child as of now. Apparently, this makes her mortal. She would be an object for the Akatsuki to capture. They could use her to get Hidan as well, and then finish them both off. I want you, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, and your wives to take turns watching over them. Report anything to me." She said.
"A child?! Wow! You got it, Grandma!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Oh, and Naruto?" She asked.
He turned to look at her.
"Do not mess this up." She said with a deadly aura.
He gulped and nodded. Sprinting out of the room, he rushed to Ichiraku to tell everyone of the good news.
Sakura headed to the hospital. Hidan was at home, taking care of the house as usual. She fixed her doctors coat before entering the hospital.
"Hello Haruno-san!" The lower nurses called.
She smiled and nodded at them, and walked up to her office. She sat at her desk, and looked at the file reports. She sighed when a sudden headache sprouted.
"Um…Haruno-san?" A nurse asked creeping in her office.
"What is it?" Sakura asked irritably.
"Uh…um…Sasuke and Naruto are here to see you." She said quietly.
"Well, send them in then." Sakura ordered.
The nurse nodded and bowed. She scuttled out of the room.
'Those nurses are too damn shy for their own good.' Sakura thought shaking her head.
Naruto entered the room, followed by Sasuke.
"Hey Sakura-chan!" Naruto exclaimed.
Sakura leaned back in her chair and crossed her arms.
"What do you want, Naruto?" She asked.
"Well…the thing is…" Naruto started.
"Don't tell me you got Hinata pregnant again because you were drunk…" Sakura said dangerously.
"Huh? Uh no! That was only the first time…and the second time…and the…well, the point is…were you drunk?" He asked.
Sakura popped a vein.
"What?" She growled angrily.
"We know about your child Sakura." Sasuke said smoothly. "I'm a Godfather at last."
"What do you mean 'at last'?" Sakura asked.
"I was hoping for a godchild months ago." He said sullenly.
"It's not exactly easy Uchiha. Find a wife and then we'll talk." Sakura said.
He sighed and smiled at her.
"You know I'm only kidding." He said chuckling a bit.
"Well, your damn kidding is going to give me a heart attack one of these days, and you'll be sorry." Sakura said laughing a bit herself.
"Anyway, Shikamaru was listening to your conversation with Hidan. He told everyone that something was wrong with you, but he wouldn't say what it was. I went to Grandma and asked her and then she told me. Hinata and I, Sasuke, Neji and TenTen, and Ino and Shikamaru, are to be your protectors. We have also learned that because you have this child, you are in grave danger of the Akatsuki finding you and taking you out." Naruto said.
Sasuke and Sakura just stared at him, utterly surprised that he could speak smart for once.
They all laughed.
Just outside the door, a low nurse with blue hair was standing outside the door.
'Oh Pein is going to love this. Finally a way we can take them out.' She thought.
"Konan." Pein said. "Yes?" She asked. "I want you to go to Konoha, disguised as a nurse. You are to listen to every conversation Sakura has, and to find out information. Any information that proves to be vital, you return to the base immediately." He said. "Of course." She said. Out of the base she ran. To Konoha, to the hospital, and to the EX- Akatsuki's.
Konan quietly left the hospital and began running to the base.
'Our worshippers aren't going to like our unexpected surprise.' She thought.
Me: Oh no! Konan has found out!
Naruto: -screams and runs around-
Me: Right…anyway…R and R!