Well here it is! Like I said, I'm trying to keep the characters "in character", so Naruto doesn't know squat about babies and even less about pregnancy (he thought Kurenai was fat!).

By the away, during this chapter the day is July 23. Sasuke would be 17 (now he is 0) and Naruto is still 16, his birthday is October 10th.

Enjoy!

"Talking"

"Thinking"

I don't own Naruto.

Freak out

訳の分からないことをする (Wake no wakaranai koto o suru)

Fear.

He was so scared.

He had been comfortable in the darkness, which was the only thing he remembered. He vaguely recalled being in a warm, wet and dark place for a long time and then... pain. Lots of pain! The darkness was safe but he remembered that it felt bad... He didn't want to go back there, so he tried to get out but it hurt so much... And then it was over.

But this new world was too scary.

He felt something rough and uncomfortable all around him. Moving, he noticed something on him and panicked. He didn't want to be there! He was afraid! An unknown "thing" was over him and he couldn't get it out! The emotions were too strong and he did the only thing instinct told him: cry.

For the first time, he opened his mouth and screamed. His lungs were filled with air, and he knew that he was breathing. He felt something warm in his eyes that slipped down his face.

During what seemed like an eternity, nothing happened and he cried even louder. The fear he felt for the unknown increased to the point of being unbearable. All we wanted was for the fear to disappear. He felt so bad...

Finally, the unpleasant "thing" was gone and a brilliant white light illuminated his face. He thought he heard something but the sounds were too faint. Finally, he felt a new sensation that upset him, cold. His wet and clammy skin shuddered with the air stream. He couldn't open his eyes, the light was too strong.

So he screamed for comfort, for safety.

He felt something hot touching him and picking him up in the air before leaning into something equally warm. After several movements, something soft was wrapped around his cold little body. He felt a scent that didn't belong to him but to the much bigger person who was holding him. His tiny nostrils inhaled the odor, wanting to know it because instinct told him that this was the closest to safety he would be.

Finally, he stopped crying. The person holding him made several sounds, his voice was pleasant and he liked it. When trying to open his eyes, he could barely see except for the silhouette of the person who held him. Feeling safe with this person, he closed his eyes again and fell into a blissful sleep.

Naruto could not believe his eyes: in the middle of Sasuke's clothes, was a newborn baby.

He blinked several times, closed his eyes and pinched his face. No, it wasn't a dream. The baby was still before him, crying his eyes out. Naruto wondered if it was a genjutsu, but that didn't make any sense.

Realizing that the baby was real, Naruto wondered who it would be. Where did he come from? Why was he there?

The child continued to cry. It was a tiny creature; his purple skin was already becoming pinker but he still looked weird! He looked like a hairless dog except for the thin raven hair ...

"Raven hair?"

Naruto was startled and looked at the baby more closely. The idea seemed ridiculous but he couldn't get it out of his head. First, Itachi appears out of nowhere, then uses an unknown technique and now he finds a baby in the exact place where Sasuke had been...

"No way! It's impossible! "

The baby continued to cry, his helpless little body shaking with cold and fright. His lips were trembling, his fists pressed against his face as if to protect himself, his feet dangling in the air. His chest and belly rose and fell as if he was having trouble breathing.

Naruto stretched his arms towards him and touched his sticky belly as if to make sure he was real.

"Sa-Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

The infant showed no signs of having heard him. His hands and feet were blue with cold. Naruto was afraid to pick him up. He didn't know how to do it… what if he hurts him? But a wail of anguish from the little boy forced him, almost instinctively, to put a hand under the child's head and another under his butt, raising the baby in the air and cuddle him close to his chest.

He was so light and so small!

"Sasuke ... it's you, isn't it?" the blond asked the baby who seemed to calm down a little when he was picked up, but didn't answer Naruto. "What the hell happened to you? Why do you look like this? "

The baby calmed down but was still weeping and shaking with cold. Naruto didn't understand why Sasuke (and he was sure it was Sasuke!) was still crying. Was he injured?

Naruto examined his best friend's body in search of wounds. The blood that covered the baby did not look like his ... While looking at the place where Sasuke's belly button should be, Naruto shouted: Sasuke had his gut out!

Naruto panicked when he noticed a long strip of meat that coming from Sasuke's navel. He even tried to put him back but couldn't... it was as if the thing had been born from his belly.

"What the...? I didn't make this wound Sasuke! How the hell did you hurt yourself like this? What do I do? What do I do? "

Sasuke continued not answering. Sobbing and wailing of cold, the baby snuggled closer to Naruto, one of his hands clinging to his coat for warmth.

Desperate to make Sasuke feel better, Naruto took off his jacket with his free hand and wrapped it around the baby boy.

"Don't worry, Sasuke" the blond ninja said, cradling the child in his arms. "Everything is fine... you're going to be okay..."

Gradually, the baby stopped crying. His onyx eyes, filled with tears, opened softly and stared at Naruto.

"You'll be alright, Sasuke" Naruto whispered.

Sasuke kept staring at Naruto with a look of awe his face, but he seemed calmer. Naruto continued rocking Sasuke back and forth, not really understanding why it comforted the boy.

"You don't need to be afraid ... I'm here."

The baby closed his eyes again. Shortly after, his breathing became regular, falling asleep.

Naruto, convinced that Sasuke was in pain, thought that he had fainted. Panicking, he looked from one side to the other as if in search of someone to help him. There wasn't a single village within a radius of 50 km.

"What am I going to do?"

Desperate, Naruto did the only thing he remembered. Landing Sasuke carefully, Naruto bit his thumb until it bled and made the hand seals before playing it on the floor.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"

In the midst of a cloud, came a dark orange colored toad. Seeing Naruto, the toad smiled boldly.

"Yo? You haven't called me for a while..."

"Gamakichi! No time to talk "interrupted Naruto, returning to pick up Sasuke."I need you to do me a Reverse Summoning!"

Gamakichi blinked, uncomprehending.

"Huh? But why so suddenly...? "

"Hurry!"

"Okay, okay ... calm down, dammit!"

Naruto looked back at Sasuke who seemed to be sleeping peacefully. Then he noticed the sword and the clothes.

"Wait!" Ordered the blonde to the toad that was about to leave.

"What now?"

"Use your Katon against these clothes."

"What? What do you think I am? You burn your garbage! "

"This is serious, Gamakichi!"

"Right, right" inhaling deeply, Gamakichi burned the clothes Sasuke had worn out. When the flames were gone, all that remained were ashes.

"Perfect" Naruto thought. "No one will find our trail."

"Anything else?"

"No ... You can do the summoning."

With a blast of smoke, Gamakichi disappeared. Naruto picked up the sword and looked at the sleeping infant.

"Sorry Sasuke ... I promise I'll buy you some new clothes."

Sasuke continued to sleep. Naruto tapped his foot impatiently, cursing Gamakichi for the delay. Sasuke life was in danger, for crying out loud!

Finally, Naruto was surrounded by smoke and disappeared. In the clearing, all that was left were ashes from Uchiha Sasuke's clothes.

Poor Naruto! Can you guess what the "long strip of meat coming from Sasuke's navel"really is? ^_^

I hope you liked it!