Author's note: I bet you didn't believe it's actually going to happen, but here's another chapter of this little story. Yes, it isn't dead (yet). Though this is my slowest updating story, I'm not abadoning it. I still have some ideas what to put into the next chapter, so the next update might come sooner than this (maybe). So now enjoy the story and, if you can be bothered, leave a review.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I don't understand why do I have to write it. Or does somebody seriously think I'm Kishimoto?

Just what did you expect?

"I'm back!" The shout snapped Sakura out of her concentration and the kunai she had been sharpening slipped and scratched her leg.

"Naruto!" she shouted angrily. "Do you always have to do this?"

"Do what?" the blond girl asked innocently. Her wide blue eyes looked so clueless that if Sakura didn't know her better, she would have fallen for it.

"Sneak up on people!" the purple-haired kunoichi answered while healing the cut. It just wouldn't do if it scarred. Then Sasuke-kun might not find her attractive and pick another girl to restore the Uchiha clan with. Maybe even Naruto. It wasn't implausible, the two were always at each other's throats, and, as Sakura knew from reading countless romance novels, that was a sure sign of attraction or maybe even love. She shuddered at the thought. Losing Sasuke-kun to her tomboyish teammate, that was a thought too terrible to bear.

"And why shouldn't I?" the teammate in question asked, still a perfect picture of innocence. "I'm a ninja, so I'm supposed to sneak around."

"You startled me into cutting myself," Sakura pouted. There, now, her leg was healed. All the training under Tsunade-shishou was good for something after all. Now Sasuke-kun won't be able to resist her dashing looks and won't even look at Naruto. Though, looking at the other kunoichi, she had grown into quite a beauty while she was away. Sakura ruefully looked at her own chest. It couldn't compare to Naruto's. Yep, she'd have to try hard if she wanted to best the blonde. Maybe she should ask Tsunade about her secret, though the Sannin might not want to divulge the secret of her perfect cleavage.

"That's your problem," the blue-eyed girl shrugged. "You are a ninja too, so you aren't supposed to let other people sneak up on you, especially if they weren't even trying. What would Tsunade-baa-chan say if she heard about it?" The pinkette paled. She knew exactly what would the Hokage have to say to this: special training. Lots and lots of special training. Her whole body still ached from the latest lesson and that had been a week ago.

"So what's new?" she asked, changing the topic. "How was your trip like? Learned any awesome jutsu? Met any handsome boys?"

"Well..." Naruto blushed.

"You did?" Sakura nearly squealed. Maybe the other girl had fallen in love and wouldn't compete with her for Sasuke anymore. The fact that she never did was irrelevant, anything female was competition in Sakura's eyes. "What is he like? Is he at least half as cool as Sasuke-kun?"

"He and Sasuke can't really compare," Naruto answered. Then she suddenly snapped. "And I don't even like him."

"You don't like him?" Sakura questioned, a bit confused. "So why did you blush? And who is he?"

"Well," the foxy girl scratched her head nervously, "it's a bit complicated."

"How complicated?" the pink-haired girl asked.

"Well... you see..."

"Come on," Sakura prompted when Naruto was too slow to answer. "You're usually so talkative. What's so bad that you can't tell it even to your teammate?"

"Well, everybody I told it to so far reacted kinda... violent."

"Violent? Now I'm really curious. What is it?" Sakura's eyes lit up with eagerness. She had been always a sucker for good gossip.

"Well, if you have to know..." Naruto took a deep breath. "IsleptwithJiraiyaandnowI'mgoingtohavehisbaby."

"What was that? I didn't quite catch it," the pink-haired girl said. Actually she did catch the message, but she couldn't believe it. Her ears must have been deceiving her. There was no way that could be true.

"I slept with Jiraiya and now I'm going to have his baby," the blond kunoichi repeated slowly.

So it was true! Inner Sakura was doing a victory dance. She's out! She's out! She can't take Sasuke-kun from us! Sakura completely agreed. Her face broke into a huge grin.

"You're going to have a baby? That's wonderful! Is it a boy or a girl? Or do you even know? When is he going to be born? What are you going to name him?"

"Whoa, slow down," Naruto replied, looking more than a bit confused. "You aren't angry?"

"Why should I be?" Sakura questioned. Now it was her turn to look confused. Why should she ever be angry to learn that her strongest competition had just disqualified herself from the contest for Sasuke-kun's heart? "So when is the wedding going to be?"

"Wedding?" the orange-loving girl was taken aback.

"Yes, now you're going to have a baby, you should get married soon. Did you think about the wedding gown yet? I think you should wear..."

"Slow down!" Naruto interrupted her. "Whoever said anything about a wedding? I'm not marrying that pervert, pregnant or not."

"But you really should," Sakura suggested. That way she would be even more out of the way. "And where is the happy father?"

"The ICU."

"What?" Sakura's eyes widened like saucers. "What happened?"

"As I said, other people didn't take the news as well as you."