A week later, Shion fell on to her bed, catching her breath, pulling a face of disgust and the revolting taste in her mouth. Now she was sure.
Her plan had worked. With the awful taste still her mouth, she grabbed one of her pillows and hugged it tightly, squealing to herself with happiness. She was pregnant with an heir, a future priestess or priest, Naruto's baby! This was brilliant! Her throne was going to be secure, she finally had someone she'd have blood relation with plus unquestionable love for, and she truly had a memory of the blonde ninja who she might never see again. She throw pillow over her head and to floor, before sitting up cross legged, She gently placed her hands on her stomach with a soft smile.
"I don't really mind what you look like" she whispered "But I'd love for you to look like your daddy" she giggled, her thumbs making circler motions on her stomach "beautiful, shiny thin sunny blonde hair, a natural rich tan, and such wonderful big , bright, sparkling blue eyes." She giggled again like a happy little girl "even the scars on his cheeks would be adorable"
A tiny tear rolled down her cheek.
"I'll protect you" she mumbled the same words it's father had told her just 3 months before. "Also, I hope you have his personality rather than mine. Well…" she paused with a small smirk "Maybe not his temper, but I wouldn't want you to have mine either!" she looked at her clothed stomach fondly, before whipping off her shirt and top and left them lying beside her lazily. She held her stomach once again, wishing already that she could feel it moving. "I just want you to be positive like him, yeah? And try hard and not give up. He's going to achieve so much and I want you to be like that too, okay?" she ordered her unborn child. She paused, just massaging her stomach absentmindedly as a few tears slipped from her eyes like petit raindrops. "I'll protect you" she sniffed, trying to hold herself together "Because… Because I'm not going to have your daddy around much, baby. Maybe not at all" Her voice began to break "He's not going to be here. Even though I want him to be here with us so much." The odd tear became a waterfall, sprawling down her face like a storm "See?" she tittered through her tears "I'm not positive at all. Unlike him… Naruto…"
Shion hugged her stomach as she cried, falling on to her side on the bed and wrapping herself into a foetal position. She howled loudly in her misery. She never wanted Naruto with her more than at the moment. She wanted to tell him, thank him, make love to him again and again and tell him over and over how much she loved him, how much she cared for him, how much she felt honoured to just feel the touch of his finger tips on her own. She wanted to show him she loved him, cared for him, honoured him.
Through her waterworks, her loud cries quietening down, Shion began to smile once again.
"I'd love you to be a girl…" she mumbled "We could have the same relationship as I had with my mother… But if you were a boy" she sniffed "I'd called Naruto, after your daddy. I'd have you grow big and strong and respectful, just like your daddy… I-I bet you'd look so much like him."
Shion unravelled herself from her position and crawled to the top of her bed, grabbing her shirt on the way and rested her head. She hugged her shirt to her chest and focused on her breathing, trying to force herself to relax and calm down.
As she did so, there was a knock at her bedroom door.
"Enter" she called, her voice still a little shaky from crying.
"Priestess-" began one of the servants, hands cupped together to show peace and concern, bowing swiftly as he pounced into the room at the ready to help his priestess "We heard your wails. Are you alright, my priestess?"
Shion sighed and sat up to look at the servant. A cheerful grin spread across her face, and sat up, still holding her top to her chest.
"Yes Ren. In fact, I have some good news for everyone." She shuffled herself to the end of the bed using one hand.
Ren, the servant, cocked his head to one side and asked "what is it my lady?"
"My throne will be secured" she announced with grace "For I am heading towards being 3 months with child!"
Ren's eyes grew in alarm "My priestess, this is wonderful news! If you don't mind my asking" he began delicately "But how did this all come about?"
Shion frowned at Ren's odd way of asking her who the father was, before shaking away her disliking and smiling again "The father is a friend, Ren"
"Just friend?" the servant blinked "May I ask if it was one of those who escorted you to the shrine?"
"Yes Ren" Shion nodded "You may ask more questions if you can turn around so I may I keep my dignity while I dress"
Ren hurried spun round so he had his back to his mistress before asking awkward "And please priestess, may I ask if all was intentional?"
"Yes" Shion agreed his feminine voice, pulling her shirt and top back on. "I found one of them to be impressive and loving, Ren. His good looks, strong body and positive attitude seemed like perfect traits for a future priestess or priest, wouldn't you agree?"
"Yes, priestess. It seemed you chose smartly" Ren agreed, his true opinion seeping into his voice, revealing to Shion that he may slightly believe it was a bad choice. But why should it matter to her? Was it not her body, her child, her throne, her power? She could choose who she would give her virginity to, who shall father her child, and so on and so on. Ren's opinion would mean nothing, but Shion did want to show some respect and trust to her servants.
"Turn back" she ordered lightly, with Ren's reaction being quick and swift "May I have your opinion on revealing the news so early on?" Shion probed politely.
"In all honesty" Ren bowed to her to be safe of his opinion in case it might offend the pregnant priestess "I believe you should get quiet for a little while. After all, as sad as it is my priestess, in the early months miscarriages are high in possibility."
Shion flinched at the thought, a hand rushing quickly to her stomach.
"Though I promise, priestess, that I will make sure the others and myself take great care of you in the next 7 to 6 months, I can't control that part of nature." Ren swore
Shion nodded in thanks and understanding but remained silent, feeling far away from Ren and everyone else just by the thought of losing her unborn child.
"But we shall" Ren carried on "make sure you are fit and healthy" he bowed to her again "I wish you luck, my priestess"
"Thank you Ren, but I don't need your luck. Destiny is destiny. A prediction can be changed, as I have learnt, but how everything turns on in the end is not luck or anything of the sort." She nodded to him "You may leave, but I thank you for your worry and luck" she spoke as she turned away from him and climbed back onto her bed.
"Yes my dear priestess" Ren obliged, before leaving the room as quickly as he had entered.
As soon as her head hit the pillow, Shion felt sleepy. The terrible taste of vomit was still in her mouth, but had weakened in sourness then before. She forced herself to push away any idea of miscarriage for the moment, and told herself to think of happier things. In fact, she thought of Naruto. He was the main thing on her mind now. It seemed to her that everything she did for or because of Naruto. Although the priestess hadn't seen him in so long, she still felt the same amount of love.
'I know that where ever you are' Shion thought as sleep began to take over her 'you've been thinking about me too. Or at least I hope you have'
And with the thought spinning in her head, Shion left reality and settled into a dream, feeling secure to be in her own bed.
At that moment, someone else was also in their bed, but they weren't sleeping.
Naruto was lying on top of the sheets, staring up at the ceiling construction a confident plan in his head. Over all, his plan seemed pretty easy. He just had to pick the right day and time. 3 in the morning, at the change of the guards on a Wednesday seemed like a pretty good time to escape. But how would he get back in during the day?
Well, there were some pretty steady looking trees on the other side of the wall, he could just climb them and then use them to jump on to the wall and down to the ground, maybe onto a building's roof if it seemed possible.
But so many doubts were there.
What if he got caught?
What if could remember the way there? – that's stupid! He was sure he could! Either way he would get there, he promised himself that.
What is Shion didn't want to see him? – Why wouldn't she? There was no reason why she wouldn't!
Naruto sighed to himself, running his fingers through his hair. He could do it, he knew he could. He was sure he could. Next Wednesday night at 3, in 4 day's time and 13 hours, he would try and get out the village to see Shion.
"I promise" he mumbled to himself with a sigh.
He'd do it even if it killed him.
1600 words! There we go! Decent length chapter I think! Or is it too short? Opinions?