Part 2
"Matte, Sasuke-kun…" Sakura whispered as she stopped him from undressing her; the rosette's shirt was somewhere in the meadow and he was in the process of pulling off her shorts. He instantly retracted his hands and watched the rose-haired medic with a risen eyebrow. Sakura watched Sasuke seriously, "I'm not just some… lay for you to have some fun with, Sasuke-kun."
The Uchiha was a bit hurt by that one, "That… was stupid, Sakura."
The medic watched him with a confused look, "Huh?"
Sasuke nibbled at Sakura's ear, causing her to shiver, "You're not some lay for me, Sakura."
The rosette knew that Sasuke would have more than likely had a few lays and she was positive that this was not Sasuke's first time, but for Sakura… it was, "… Liar."
Sasuke shook his head, allowing his raven hair to tickle the side of Sakura's face. Sasuke licked up to her jaw. He then mumbled against her flesh, "I am not a man to lie like that."
Sakura then said without thinking, "I don't know what type of man you are now."
The Uchiha pulled away and watched her, "Hn… perhaps… but I don't lie."
The medic wanted to outright call him a lying bastard, but she merely said, "I… don't believe you."
Sasuke moved back down to place kisses against her throat, allowing himself to trail further and further down her neck. He was being gentle as if he thought of her as a porcelain doll, Sakura noted. This side of the Uchiha was something that she had never, ever thought of Sasuke doing. "Stop…"
"No." Was Sasuke's instant reply, "I won't." His tone was more breathless.
The medic gasped out as Sasuke softly sucked on her neck. "Stop…" Sakura breathed out once more, her voice wavering.
"… You don't want me to, do you?" Sasuke asked and the rosette felt him smirk against her neck. Sakura gasped out as his lips trailed lower and lower until he had gotten to her breasts. He gently cupped them through her bra, "You've grown." He stated as Sakura felt herself become red from both that and the fact she was being touched in a way she had never been touched before. The rosette pushed her legs together; she was starting to get wet. Sasuke, noticing, looked up at her with a mischevious look, "Wet? I can fix that for you Sa-ku-ra."
"Nghn…" Sakura shook her head as Sasuke began to work on her bra-clad mounds. He slipped his fingers underneath the material and stroked her nipples as he moved his head up so he could watch her facial expressions; her eyes were wide and the blush on her cheeks was becoming brighter and more noticeable, even in the night. She moaned and then bit her lip to quieten herself.
The Uchiha growled at her as he licked her lips with his glossa, "Don't… hide your moans."
The rosette cried out as he pinched down on her rather erect nipples. He slipped his fingers out then Sasuke took off his white haori and then lifted Sakura up to lie her body on it. The rosette was surprised and watched him with widened eyes. The Uchiha then gently lifted her up once more so that her body was pressed against hers as he fumbled with the bra's clips. When her breasts were free, he moved the bra away and gazed down at her hungrily. The rosette was now entirely red. Sasuke pulled her closer and pressed her breasts against his chest as he left kisses against her lips, jaw and then down her neck.
"Ahh…" Sakura hissed as she tilted her head back a little as Sasuke gently laid her on the material of his haori.
The Uchiha kissed down her jaw and to the valley of her breasts, leaving behind saliva trails to prove that he had indeed been there. His eyes stayed on her, however. He watched as her face scrunched up as her eyes stayed tightly shut. Sasuke noted the heavy blush coating her cheeks. Blinking into his kekkei genkai, he watched her a little before once more glancing down at her breasts. He cupped one and noted that they felt perfect in his hands; they were soft and looked exquisite. Unable to hold himself for much longer, he began kissing at the other mound which were not being held by his hand.
The rose-haired woman gasped as she forced her eyes open to stare at the Uchiha at her chest; she could not see his face and could only see his raven hair. His movements were slow and gentle – he really was cautious. "Ne… Sasuke-kun..."
Sasuke froze and looked up at her, "What is it?"
She blushed even heavier then she was already, "Are we… really going to do this?"
The Uchiha thought about it before smirking, "… Annoying."
The rosette glared at him, "Excuse me?"
Sasuke moved up to Sakura so that he was right in front of her face, "A-nnoy-ing." He said slowly.
The medic was about to try to get him out of the way, but he stopped her, "You're using me."
Now, the Uchiha looked a bit angry, "I'm not." He bit out.
"You just called me annoying…" she murmured and watched him with glistening eyes, "… You only say that when you're about to do something…"
Sasuke smirked; his arrogant personality returning, "I know what I'll be doing, Sa-ku-ra…" he drawled out seductively as he did something Sakura did not expect; he grinded his hips against hers, allowing the rosette to feel his hardness through his dark blue pants.
"What the-…" Sakura was about to say something, but Sasuke quickly interrupted her with a growl.
He nuzzled her chin as he did the action from before once more, but at a slower and more rougher sort of way, "You do this to me, Sa-ku-ra…"
"No, I-…"
"Tch…"
Puppet or Not?
Chapter 4 – More and More Questions
"What the hell Toshiro!?" Renji exclaimed when they arrived at a cave. They were finally able to talk a little freely, but could not actually talk about the future in front of Juugo. The large, orange-haired man was being healed by Ami at the moment, so they had a tiny bit of freedom to talk at this moment. The Uchiha that was being scolded gritted his teeth and waited for his best-friend to totally get up him and then not talk to the raven-haired man for a few days. "Why did you change the future!? I thought we agreed that we wouldn't change anything!"
Toshiro growled out a curse before snarling, "Do you honestly think I could just stand there when my Okaa-san was being attacked by Otou-san, honestly!?" The Uchiha said while Renji gripped onto the side of Toshiro's cloak and pulled tightly, nearly to the point of ripping it. "Let me go, moron!"
"Iie, asshole!" Renji barked back and pulled tighter again.
The Uchiha disappeared before reappearing behind the Uzumaki, "Why the hell are you so fucking angry?"
"I could ask you the same thing!" the Byakugan-user yelled back.
"Hey!" Ami yelled as she entered the room with Juugo who seemed to be a little disgruntled by the fighting going on between Toshiro and Renji. "Just drop it you two!"
Toshiro gazed over at his girl-friend before sighing and then taking a brisk step back away from his teammate. He turned his head before grunting and heading over to the futon that was set up on the ground. Ami sighed and then looked to Juugo, "Gomen… these two don't usually fight this bad. … Actually, this is the roughest I've seen them get… unless you count them actually attacking each-other."
"Hai… where are Suigetsu and Karin? Are they being taken back to the Hidden Leaf?" the animal-lover asked as he looked at Toshiro who had turned on his side in a huff.
The Uchiha nodded, "… Hai. The Hidden Leaf won't do anything to them, don't worry. We'll go and pick them up in a few weeks." 'At least, when we meet up with Itachi-oji…' Toshiro added as an after-thought. He needed to talk to Ami about this. The younger Uchiha knew that Itachi was brought back, and he wanted to follow Itachi to where the snake-version of Kabuto was.
"I need to talk to you… Toshiro." Ami mumbled as she watched the moody Uchiha.
He let out a, "Tch." Before standing up and following her out to the other room, leaving behind Juugo and a furious Renji.
Renji glanced over at Juugo with agitated, pearl eyes. "Did she heal you fully?"
"Yes. Arigatou." The polite man said with a kind smile.
The Uzumaki blinked before looking at his feet, "She's nice… but she's too trusting at times. I guess it's good that she has the asshole and I by her side, but that doesn't mean that she might not be attacked."
"How's she trusting?" Juugo asked, curiosity taking him over.
Renji grinned, "She just… is the one who is attacked out of both the asshole and I…"
"Hm… she reminds me of Karin in that way, I guess." The Curse-Mark user sighed. It was true, even the way that Ami spoke, he was instantly reminded of his teammate.
"Aa… well, that's your opinion I guess." Renji mumbled and then broke into a grin once-more, "You're fine with staying here, aren't you? Toshiro can control… it… so don't worry about it."
"How?" Juugo asked.
"Um… I can't say, the asshole will kill me if I say anything about it."
"Hai. I presumed that. The three of you are rather… secretive."
"Kinda have to."
"Oh?"
"Well, it's hard to explain…"
"Huh?"
"I can't say anything about it. So stop asking."
"Gomen."
"Don't worry about it."
"I need to speak with you, Sakura." Kakashi said as the group arrived into a small village. Karin was being carried by Suigetsu who had his chakra drained so that he could not try to escape with the red-haired woman. The rosette could already tell what it was about, but was a little cautious about what he would say. She glanced over at Naruto who did not seem to be paying attention to Kakashi, but to the ramblings of Suigetsu. The shark-man kind of reminded Sakura of Naruto, it was nice to see another person with the same humour of Naruto.
"Yes… I was waiting for you to say that." The rosette said honestly. Kakashi signalled for her to follow him. Naruto and Suigetsu stopped and watched the pair go.
The white-haired man blinked, "What's up with them?"
"Dunno. Kakashi-sensei's been giving Sakura worried looks for the whole trip. Usually he doesn't pay that much attention to her. Hm… they better tell me what's going on, though." The Uzumaki grumbled a little grumpily. He wanted to know so, so bad what was going on with Sakura. Kakashi had even said that she could not do anything in the state that she was in when Naruto was talking to Sasuke. Even Sasuke seemed to be a little confused about it.
Suigetsu sighed, "Fine… Karin, you know what's goin' on?"
"… I can't say… She doesn't seem to want you – particularly Naruto, to know about what she is hiding. Just wait, she'll more than likely tell you what's going on when she is ready to. … Or maybe Kakashi will, but whatever." The red-haired Uzumaki sighed and rested her head against Suigetsu's muscled shoulders. "Why are you carrying me, anyways?"
The water-style nin smirked, "Would you rather me drop you on the floor?"
"I-Iie! No way, it's just that…" she chewed on her glossy, lower lip. "I thought you hated me."
The shark-like man froze for a moment, and then muttered, "I don't believe I have actually said that to you, now have I?"
"… No, but you just… are so mean to me all of the time." Karin sighed and then closed her eyes, she was beyond exhausted.
Kakashi faced his only female student, "Why are you pregnant, Sakura? Why did you let him do it?"
"Uh… it was just a thing of the… ano, moment?" the rosette offered and then chewed on her lower lip, "This isn't the reason why you pulled me out here, was it?"
The masked shinobi shook his head, "Of course not! I want to know why you… continue to carry that child inside of you… Why would you risk seeing Sasuke?"
"I didn't know. Karin told me about it earlier. That's why I didn't do anything against Sasuke when he was distracted… not that I could've done anything against him…"
"When? When did you and him…?"
"Uh… two months ago."
"Two months? And when were you going to say anything to anyone?"
"Oi! Tsunade-shishou knows about it!" Sakura defended and then dropped her head. "… It was on a mission, okay?"
Kakashi took a deep breath, in a hope to calm himself down. For once it actually worked, "… Fine. What are you going to do about… this… problem?"
"I'm keeping him, Kakashi-sensei. It's… just something I need to keep." The rosette whispered.
The well-known shinobi nearly buckled when he heard that, but thought best to keep his composure. At the end of the day, it was Sakura's choice on whether or not she kept the baby. There was just one little problem with that… "You can be thrown into prison for being with an S-class rogue-nin, Sakura."
"Iie. That was before Sasuke-kun was an S-class missing-nin. He was more like a… I dunno, A-class? But then again, Tsunade-shishou did not actually make him a rogue shinobi. It was Danzo that put the order on Sasuke-kun."
"Hai, hai, hai…" Kakashi sighed.
"Is there anything else?" Sakura asked.
The copy-nin nodded, "Yes. You will be the one to tell Tsunade-sama about this. Oh yes, I already knew that you were with Sasuke." The silver-haired jonin's nose scrunched up under his nose, "I can still smell him all over you."
"Huh?" the rosette blinked and then blushed furiously, "T-There's no way that h-his…"
Kakashi sighed, "I have a strong nose, remember?"
"But that was two months ago! I'd understand if it was maybe a week ago, but that is unbelievable!" Sakura cried and then realised something, "Does that mean that Kiba might have caught onto it…? I was with him a few hours ago… Oh my God! Are they fine?! Agh…! I have so much explaining to do…!"
The copy-nin rolled his visible, lazy eye. "I don't think they'll question you about it. Yamato has explained the situation to them. It should be fine. Let's go before Suigetsu and Karin run off, or something…"
"Kuso… I didn't think that all of that happened with Sasuke's old team." Suigetsu shook his head. Naruto had just run down the basics of what had happened to team 7, and it seemed that the shark-man was actually paying attention. "Well… I feel sorry for Sakura. Do you actually know what happened then?"
Naruto shook his head, "Iie. She refused to tell me what happened on that night. She said something about not really remembering, but I know it's bullshit."
"Maybe I can get her to tell?" Karin mumbled. She was a little intrigued by the fact that Sasuke had indeed tried to kill someone who was obviously really important to him.
The blond looked at Karin for a moment before shaking his head, "Nah. That'd be really, really stupid."
"Why?" Suigetsu asked a little naively, "It's not like it'd hurt her."
Naruto looked at the shark-man as if he was stupid, which in all likelihood, that was true. "Uh… see, she hates it when I prodded her for info and she actually hit me over it." The kyuubi container began rubbing his head unconsciously at the thought of Sakura beating him to a bloody pulp. One would think he would be somewhat used to it, but that was not what had happened.
"Yo, what's up?" Kakashi asked as he emerged from the bushes with Sakura holding her stomach for a moment before dropping her hand as if it had been hurt. Naruto was a little confused, but did not say anything about it.
"Hm…" Suigetsu touched his chin and then gave a toothy grin, "You see… I'm thirsty and I don't have my water-bottle with me."
Naruto gave a look to Suigetsu that showed a little confusion, "Aren't you made of water or something? Shouldn't you be fine with not drinking water?"
Karin decided to answer for the water-style user, "He needs to drink water since he rarely eats food. Since he's made of water, he barely gets sick but that is because he drinks a lot of clean water. He also dehydrates a lot."
"Hm… is that a kekkei genkai?" Sakura asked as she rubbed her stomach once more without noticing it. Kakashi glared at her hand before sighing, he knew she was not doing it on purpose, but that was not the point.
Suigetsu nodded his head and grinned, "It's kinda weird though. I mean, usually kekkei genkai are abilities like the Sharingan or even different chakra natures. But mine's weird. It's been made better when I was Orochimaru's favourite…" the smile fell, "… test subject."
"Test subject?" Sakura asked as the group began moving, "What did he actually do to you?"
Karin looked at Suigetsu and felt a surge of guilt run through her. "Gomen…" she whispered low enough so that only he could hear.
"… Yeah. Don't worry about it, Karin." Suigetsu grumbled back to her.
The rosette rose a pink eyebrow before looking at the shark-man to answer his question, "Well? What did he actually do?"
"Uh… he just altered my DNA and messed up with my chakra points. It bloody hurt, though. Didn't give me anaesthetic or anything to make it not hurt though. I don't know why Sasuke put up with the bastard as much he did. I'm sure Sasuke was tested on as well." Suigetsu sighed and then froze when he realised that he mentioned the Uchiha that had done so much damage to the pink-haired woman.
She blinked, but then scowled. "Nani…? They tested on Sasuke-kun as well?"
"Why do you think that Sasuke is as powerful as he is, Sakura?" Kakashi asked, putting in his own piece.
The rosette thought about it and then sighed when she realised that it truly was a possible reason as to why Sasuke was as powerful as he was. Sakura knew that Orochimaru altered chakra and she had seen it in Yamato. "… Yeah, I guess. But remember, he was rather powerful at a young age." She knew that Kakashi would be angry that she just defended the Uchiha, but the jonin did not say anything.
A few days later, Sasuke was sitting upright on a futon. His eyes were bandaged up with his raven spikes jutted out everywhere. The Uchiha felt rather powerful. Sore, but powerful. He had to wait a good few days before he could take off the bandages. Sasuke then frowned to himself. Why had Kakashi said what he had to Sakura? "Sakura… you can't reach out to him. Don't anger him either, in the state you're in… you can't do a thing…"
Why would Kakashi say that to his own student? It made no sense to the Uchiha monarch. He shook his head to clear the thoughts that had been bothering him for a long time. "Well… how does it feel?" a deep voice asked, causing Sasuke to flinch. He was not paying attention to his surroundings at all. That was not a good thing.
"Hurts… but I feel like I'm getting more and more powerful with each passing moment." The avenger answered easily as he gave a smirk that showed his evil intent. "I'll be able to kill that dobe and destroy his precious village." Sasuke then cackled evilly afterwards.
Obito seemed a little worried with this, "Be careful with your thoughts, Sasuke. Don't get too cocky or you may not win."
"Shut up." The younger Uchiha muttered lowly.
Tobi sighed and then turned on his heel, "I'll get some food in here later. Rest up, Sasuke."
Sakura gently banged her fist against her shishou's door. She was ordered by Kakashi to tell the blonde woman about her pregnancy, and in all honesty… Sakura was terrified. A loud 'come in' was heard and Sakura made her way into the Hokage's office. Tsunade had only recently awoken from her comatose state and was watching her student with a smile. "What's needed, Sakura? I was hoping to see you without having to have you check over me."
"Um… I think you're going to get angry…" the rosette said as she walked inside of the room and closed the door behind her. "Can we talk somewhere… private? This is information that cannot be sent to the public or be heard by anyone else – especially the elders."
Tsunade rose a blonde eyebrow, "Nani? Here is fine. The place is sealed by a jutsu to make sure that conversations are kept secret, so here is fine. But why are you not wanting the elders to know? What is going on?"
"You'll understand…" the pregnant rosette whispered and bit her lip, "See… I don't know how you're going to take this but…" deep breath from Sakura's end. "I'm pregnant."
Tsunade's hazel eyes widened and she choked on her own saliva, "What!? How can this be, Sakura?" the blonde's eyes then narrowed, "Whose is it?"
"… Sasuke Uchiha." The rosette said and then stiffened when Tsunade slammed her fist down onto the desk, causing wooden splinters to be sent out like shrapnel from a grenade.
The Senju took a deep breath in a hope to calm herself down, and luckily it worked. "… Now I understand. Are you… going to keep it, Sakura?"
"Hai… I know that Sasuke said that the night we were together was a form of release to him, but I want to keep something that belonged to him… I can't bear the thought of killing a child – my child, either." The rosette answered as if she had been reciting it over and over in her head, which had actually been the case.
Sakura's teacher rose and walked over to Sakura, "Alright… I want to do a check-up tomorrow, understood?"
"Aren't you going to ask what had happened to get me like this?" Sakura asked.
Tsunade clicked her tongue and then shook her head, "Iie. I can tell what happened. You're in love with the guy, I understand."
"You do?"
"What do you think I am? A woman who's never fallen in love? Mattaku… I'm going to have to tell you a few stories, my student." Tsunade then ruffled Sakura's hair like she had done when the rosette was a child. "I want you to keep this under wraps for as long as you can. But I would tell Naruto and the rest of the Rookie 9. They won't say anything, I know they won't. Or, I'll break their necks and throw them into Sound."
Sakura giggled at her teacher's behaviour and then sighed, "Arigatou, shisou."
"You are my student, Sakura. I'm not angry with you, don't worry."
Naruto was once more resuming his training on Mount Myoboku so he could become stronger and defend his village against Uchiha Sasuke. A toad was currently stuffing itself in Naruto's mouth, causing the poor Uzumaki to nearly gag at the feeling of a slimy, icky, green thing forcing its way inside of the kyuubi-container's mouth without any regard to the feeling that Naruto was now feeling. He felt like throwing up. That's all there was to it.
Fukasaku then kicked Naruto square in the jaw, causing him to swallow the frog. Naruto fell to the ground and began wheezing and trying to cough up the thing that truly did not belong in the Uzumaki's stomach. Naruto cursed and then glared up at the toad that taught him Sage Mode with a lot of anger. The green toad then mumbled, "It's time to go back to Konoha, everything is done now."
"Heh… good…" Naruto wheezed and clutched his throat before turning green and collapsing to the ground. Fukasaku sighed and sat down beside the knocked out body of Uzumaki Naruto. He could not believe that the one that defeated Pein singlehandedly was this young man. It was rather astonishing, however.
Naruto then sat up and looked at the large, geezer toad that was watching the sixteen-year old with a rather large grin. The Uzumaki was still drooling and could still feel the feeling of a toad being stuffed down his throat, but spoke nonetheless. "I have to look for an octopus, ne? Where is it, anyways? Can't you give me a little hint?"
The elder toad scratched his chin thoughtfully before letting out, "I do not know exactly, but I do know that it's on a solitary island where people do not approach. A paradise for all animals… If you were to ask me, it'd be like a pleasant resort. The octopus there should help you out. You'll definitely need the help, boy."
Naruto then saluted and grinned, "Got it, 'ttbayo!"
"Time to go back, Naruto-boy!" the old toad sage said as he clasped his fingers together and summoned a slight amount of chakra.
Naruto then reappeared in Ichiraku's Ramen and grinned massively. "What a great place to stop!" he said and then chuckled to himself.
The owner looked at Naruto and openly gaped, "Where'd you even go!? I was wondering where you went!"
Naruto gave a friendly grin, "Just a little business."
A random shinobi smiled at Naruto and then said, "Oh! It's the saviour of the Hidden Leaf!"
Another shinobi then said, "I didn't expect to see you in a place like this! Ah, that's right! Can I have an autograph? I have a kid and he's a huge fan of yours!"
Naruto seemed a little confused and murmured, "Autograph?"
The other shinobi who did not ask for the autograph said, "The Hero of Konoha, the boy who made miracles happen, Uzumaki Naruto! Can I also have one?"
Naruto stayed silent and then scratched the back of his head and then grinned nervously. The man who wore a beanie over his head tilted his head, "What…? No good?"
"Iie, iie, iie! It's just… I'm not really used to being asked for this type of stuff! I haven't ever signed anything…" Naruto replied a little nervously with a slight blush marring his whiskered cheeks.
The owner of the ramen shop then cut in with, "Before you ask my patron for autographs, would you mind letting the boy eat his ramen?"
The beanie wearing shinobi mumbled back awkwardly, "Oh… alright." Before sitting back down.
Naruto looked up to the roof and yelled out, "Time to eat!" before gobbling down his meal.
A few hours later, the Fifth Hokage had summoned all of the members of team Kakashi to her office to speak of a few things, namely Sakura's pregnancy.
"Alright, before you go to Island Turtle, there is some news that you need to know, Naruto." The Fifth Hokage said as she gave a side-long glance to her student before sighing. Sai, Yamato, Kakashi and Naruto were all in the room awaiting what the busty Hokage wanted to say. "Now, I know that this news will be rather hard to take, but don't judge. Okay, Sakura… go ahead."
Sakura coughed. She was fine saying this to Tsunade since that woman was more caring – well, at least in the sense to not ask twenty hundred thousand questions. But Naruto was sure to ask a lot of questions. Sakura was also sure that Sai would not have anything nice to say about the news that she was ordered to tell her teammates, but it was not the emotionless nin's problem, now was it? "Okay… Naruto, Sai… Yamato-taichou… This might be a shock, but I've…" she took a deep breath, "… I'm pregnant."
Nothing was said in the room, Naruto and Sai had fake smiles plastered on their faces. The rosette could tell that they were angry. She could not blame them, however. Yamato was the first to speak, "Seeing as these two are too shocked to say anything, who is the father?" First question of the day… Sakura did not like that question; not one bit.
"Sasuke-kun." She answered and heard a sharp intake of air from Naruto's side. Sai's smile dropped and a frown fell into its position. He was… confused about this.
The blond then spoke up this time, but only said one word: "Why?" his voice was pained, Sakura was not too sure why.
"I… I don't know, it just happened. Y'know? I… I don't regret it though, so I… won't deny it." The rosette said and then fisted her pink apron skirt.
Sai scowled again, "Why Traitor, Ugly?"
The rosette already knew who Sai was talking about and did not actually feel any anger towards him for using the nickname that she one-hundred percent despised. "I… love him, so I couldn't… I couldn't say no to him. You didn't see him that night, you would have understood-…"
"Enough of this, don't patronize Sakura. Sai, Naruto… I know you two count Sakura as a member of your family, but don't get angry at her for something that was her choice. I know that you – especially Naruto, feel as if you have been betrayed. But she may be another way to get Sasuke back, even though I highly doubt it." Yamato muttered.
Sakura shook her head, "Iie. I don't want Sasuke-kun to have any wind of this. Plus, I don't think he'd care."
"What?" Naruto choked out, "Why the fuck wouldn't he care? It's his fault that this happened!"
Sakura gritted her teeth and did her best not to walk up to Naruto and knock some sense into him, "Last time I checked," she spoke through clenched teeth, "… it takes two to make a child, Naruto."
"Fine then! I'm leaving!" Naruto snarled and stormed out of the office and slammed the door behind him.
Sakura stiffened and then looked down before feeling a wave of nausea hit her, she could not go to a bathroom or anything at this point of time, so she did her best to hold the bile inside of her. Sai raised a brow, "Shouldn't Dickless be happy about this? I mean, Sakura's pregnant. Isn't that a good thing at the end of the day?"
"No… for Naruto, I'm sure he feels as if he's been betrayed." Kakashi said in a low tone.
The rosette shook her head, "I don't think that's it, Kakashi-sensei. He's been going out with Hinata-chan for quite a while."
"Oh? I haven't heard of this." Kakashi said with a surprised look on his usually composed face.
Sakura nodded her head, "Naruto classes me as more of a sister. I think he's just annoyed that Sasuke-kun came to me, but that was before Sasuke-kun turned into the monster that he is now."
"That may be right, Sakura. But I would go and speak to him about it and resolve this issue before it impacts the team… but after Naruto's mission." Yamato grumbled after Sakura had finished what she said.
The rosette sent a glower in her teacher's direction, "Why is it that we say that this 'mission' is a mission? I mean, Naruto should know what's going on!"
"No. Naruto would act out of hand and plainly on instinct. You know how that idiot is." Kakashi breathed.
The pink-haired woman shook her head, "Yes, yes… but like I said, he should know. I don't know… why didn't you just let him fight in the war alongside us?"
"You're not fighting in the war either, Sakura." Tsunade said.
Sakura shot a glare in her teacher's general direction, "Why the hell not? I'm a medical ninja that can actually fight. I can be of some-…"
"Be happy that you're still able to stay on the medical squad, Sakura." Kakashi interjected.
The rosette nodded her head, giving up with fighting with both Kakashi and Tsunade. That would be a stupid fight that Sakura knew that she definitely would not win. Plus, she would be more of a burden on the battle-field since her chakra is playing up. "Yeah… at least I can help people, I guess."
"Alright then… you're all dismissed, other than you Sakura, I have a few more things to say." Tsunade announced and then waved her hand to dismiss the others.
Kabuto grinned to himself as he looked at the many coffins ahead of him. "What is it that you want?" a deep voice asked as footsteps followed afterwards. Tobi stopped in front of the many coffins and scowled underneath his orange mask before gazing over at the snake-nin.
"Aa… you see, I want to help you. We have common interests, yes? I can give you the members of the Akatsuki as well as other choice players that have passed away. But for a price, of course." Kabuto said as he petted the tail which was basically a snake.
Tobi's Sharingan eye narrowed, "What do you mean?"
"Oh, well…" with a wave of his scaly hand, the lids of the coffins fell to the ground, revealing: Deidara, Nagato, Kazuku and lastly, Uchiha Itachi. "I can bring these – as well as others, to life."
"Prove it." Obito muttered.
Kabuto did a few handsigns and finally, each of the bodies in the open coffins opened their eyes. "I can give more of a… show, but I'm sure that you wouldn't want Sasuke-kun to see anything, ne?"
"Not that he can see at the moment, but yes… what is it that you want?" Tobi asked as he inspected the lifeless, but oddly enough motionful, shinobi before him.
The snake looked at his long nails and then cackled, "I just want a certain Uchiha; Sasuke Uchiha to be exact."
"Now?" Obito muttered and glared at the man, "Iie. No way. I need him."
Kabuto rose a silver eyebrow, "Why?"
"He's of use to me still." Obito answered and then frowned at the snake-like man, underneath his mask of course.
"Hm… after the war then? Will he be useful to you then?"
"… No. It's a deal then."
"To get the record straight, we're not working together. We're merely… going for the same interests."
"Aa. I thought so."
Naruto glared over at the water below the boat. He was still so, so angry, but he had a mission to control the Nine-tails. The wood-user came over and stood beside the Uzumaki as he leaned against the railing, "Are you feeling better, Naruto?"
The Uzumaki shook his head and gripped the bars tightly, "Is that a stupid question?" the blond asked as he shot a look of death to the one man that could control the beast inside of him. Yamato listened intently, however. The wood-user was still a little shocked with Sakura's pregnancy, like Naruto, but… oddly enough, he was not angry. "Sakura-chan's pregnant with my best-friend's kid and he's gone fucking insane with wanting to destroy the village." He let out a sigh before continuing, "Why is it that all of this shit happens at the wrong time?"
"Everything happens for a reason, Naruto. You should know that for yourself." Yamato said honestly.
The kyuubi-container rolled his clouded, blue eyes. "Yes, I do know that. But I… what if Sasuke only used her, huh? He knows that she's totally in love with him."
"I'm sure that he does know that, Naruto. But we, ourselves, cannot be certain if he merely used her." The wood-user said in response to Naruto's statement.
Naruto let out a snort, "Why are you defending him?"
Yamato scowled, "I'm not. I'm merely stating the facts, Naruto."
"Heh… yeah, whatever." Naruto said bitterly before pushing himself away from the boat's edge.
The one who knew jutsu from the First followed him, "Why is it that you're so angry about this, Naruto? In the end, it was Sakura's choice."
"Hai… that may be true, but… I thought I was the one closest to Sasuke. He didn't pay much attention to Sakura… never. I knew he cared for her, but not to that extent. That's why I think he just used her, knowing full-well that Sakura would do anything to keep the bastard happy."
"It's love, Naruto. I'm sure Hinata-sama would do the same in the same situation."
"Iie! But I would never leave her pregnant, nor would I vow to destroy her home – our home!"
"Sasuke doesn't know. Things might be different if he-…"
"Sakura doesn't want the asshole to know."
"Can you blame her?"
". . ."
"She wants to protect the child that she is carrying."
"What she should have done is get rid of it."
A shocked expression from Yamato's direction. He closed his gaping mouth and then said, "You don't honestly mean that."
"Dunno… I'm too angry. For now, I really could care less."
"Naruto! She is like your sister, trust Sakura. She will do what she must!"
The Uzumaki sighed in defeat before plastering an extremely fake smile on his whiskered face, "I'm fine now… Don't worry about it, Yamato-taichou."
"Naruto-…"
"Shush… I've had enough of this, for now. Alright?"
"Fine, but-…"
"No! Just be quiet!" the mask was gone in a flash.
"Naruto, you can't just-…"
The Uzumaki stormed off before he could hear what it was that his other sensei wanted to say.
When the group had finally arrived to the large beast, Naruto had calmed down a little but was still rather angry about the entire situation. His mood did not improve when he was saved by the Eight-tails jinchuuriki who nearly devoured him whole. It was a rather large embarrassment for the saviour of the Hidden Leaf.
"So… how long will we stay here, Yamato-taichou?" Naruto asked as he gazed at the wood-user who was scratching his chin.
Yamato then shrugged, "As long as it takes to get the Nine-tails under your control, Naruto."
"Oh… Well, that'll be real quick!" the Uzumaki exclaimed and then looked around the island. It was very beautiful with many different creatures giving out their cries. A gentle wind blew through the area. Naruto's hair softly swayed with the breeze as he took a deep breath.
Killer Bee was standing – well, leaning against a tree – awaiting orders from the Lightning-nin. He looked at the younger jinchuuriki and frowned, he was sure that this kid was weak and did not know – or even begin to comprehend – on how to become friends – or even allies, with his tailed-beast. Killer Bee decided that he may help out the kid, at least if he proves himself worthy of being trained. Or at least, give him hints.
A few days had passed and preparations for the war were underway. Tsunade was busying herself with paperwork and was actually with the other kages in another Kage Summit. She was trying to figure out who would be best to fight as the leader of each company. The other kages believed that Hatake Kakashi was a smart choice, as well as Nara Shikaku. Both of which, Tsunade totally believed in.
Sakura, on the other hand, was dealing with the lovely morning sickness and mood swings of her pregnancy. "Kami…" she sighed and wiped her brow with her un-gloved hand. Sweat fell onto the floor as she stood up. Lately, especially in the last two days, she had been thinking of Sasuke for whatever odd reason it is. She wiped her lips, to rid herself of the bile. Flushing the toilet, Sakura closed the lid and sat down before dragging her legs up to her chest whilst sitting on the porcelain toilet. 'Why am I thinking of Sasuke-kun?' she mused to herself. It was understandable that she missed him as much as she did, that was not her fault. After all, she did love him. Her liquid green eyes became cloudy.
"... That… was only to release my frustration. That is all." Did Sasuke not know just how much that hurt her? His needs were once again the only thing in his mind. Even then. When Sakura had given him the very last thing that meant so, so much to her. She felt sick again, but not from pregnancy sickness… just from the thought that Sakura indeed fell for the Uchiha's trap again. How many times does he want to hurt her with words alone? Did Sasuke find enjoyment at watching her suffer? The rosette was beginning to believe that was all that he thought of – his own amusement. It hurt. So fucking much. But Sakura could not stop thinking of that night, the feeling of him inside of her, and the way he kissed her and touched her in such an intimate and gentle way. It was as if he thought she was glass underneath his rough hands.
So, why did Sasuke stay that she was a mere use of… release? The way he acted then – as in on that night, did not prove that. Tears pricked at her eyes. No, no… she would not cry. She has done enough of that. Should this not be the happiest time of her life? After all, she was pregnant… with a healthy child, no less. Sure, she has only known about the pregnancy for just a little over a week, but she's happy – so happy! But sad at the same time. Mainly because the man that had given Sakura this, this important gift was nowhere to be found! Not that she wanted him to know about this, it was not over Sakura wanting to be the only parent of her child… but the fear of Sasuke finding out. He might do something so bad to the baby… like killing him or her, just out of the reason that the child had Sakura's blood inside him or her. Sakura then walked out of the toilet, washing her hands before-hand, of course – and headed back into her bedroom before sitting on a chair.
About ten minutes later, "Oi…" a hoarse voice grunted from outside of Sakura's window. The rosette froze and glanced over to see a cloaked man outside, standing atop of the branch of the sakura tree outside of the rosette's home.
The medical-nin shivered, she could not tell if this was Toshiro… and it would be a bad thing if – "Hey… I need to talk to you, and I'll find a way in… Sakura."
"H… Hai." Such a risk Sakura was taking.
She unlocked the window and stepped backwards. The cloaked figure jumped in. He greeted her with a grunt and looked around. "Mattaku… you know how long it took to find this place?" he asked, the hoarse tone still there before he shook his head.
"What… are you doing here? Are you Toshiro?" Sakura asked and wrapped her arms around herself, in a form of protection.
The unknown figure gazed over the pregnant woman and noticed that she had already put on a little weight. "I just came to see if you're fine, and yes… I am Toshiro."
"Huh? Why?" Sakura asked.
Toshiro smirked, to the point where Sakura could see. She noticed that the cloak that he was wearing was different and seemed to have the sleeves ripped off in a haste. The cloak also had a lining of silver on the outside of the hood. "Ano… I just wanted to make sure that everything is fine, especially since me and my group are in the area."
"Oh…" Sakura answered without even bothering to ask another question.
"Um… well… I'm hoping to help all of you with the war, when it happens. I just…" he frowned, his emerald eyes narrowing a little with the action. "… have some things to do."
Sakura tilted her head in obvious confusion, "What is it you need to do, Toshiro?"
"Hn… I have to do something that I cannot tell you about."
"Aaahh… I see, another one of these, ne?"
"Hai. … Gomen, I know it's a bother, but it's rather hard to explain…" the hooded-Toshiro scratched the back of his head and smirked once more.
She then looked at his clothing – well, cloak once more. "Why did you rip off the sleeves, Toshiro?"
He looked at himself and then understood, "It's hard to be around here in this type of clothing… especially with how hot the Fire Country is."
Yes. That made sense. Toshiro then looked back out the window, "It's time for me to leave now… have a good evening."
"Um ye-…" and he was gone before Sakura could even say her farewell. She sighed… she honestly wanted to know just who was hiding underneath that cloak. For whatever reason, Sakura felt like she could trust that guy. She did not understand exactly why that was the fact and it somewhat scared her a little. Her mood has rose thanks to that guy… she should thank him. At least, the next time she saw him.
The rosette then looked out the window and then frowned to herself, she wished that she had not. Her small hands had found their way to her small bump of a stomach. The moon was in the exact same shape that it was when Sasuke had first left the village, tears were already threatening to flow. And the moon was in the same shape as when they… when they… Her eyes became even more watery than they already were.
She flopped her body down onto her small double bed and pulled her leg up so it was sitting up right. She turned her head and looked out the window. Her bed was positioned so that one of the two windows were right in front of the bed, while the other was a longer one that led near a large sakura tree that had been there ever since Sakura was young. This apartment was her own, of course. Her parent's house was down the street. They also learned of their daughter's pregnancy and were oddly… fine with it.
This one surprised Sakura, mainly because she thought that her father would be extremely angry and pissed. But… he was not. He was… understanding. So understanding. It was as if he understood. Maybe he did? Sakura's father seemed to be a little bit of jokester, not that he was good at it. But he often got angry at this type of thing. He knew of the father of Sakura's unborn child. Still, he did not get angry. Neither did Sakura's mother. She felt like she failed her parents, however. Sakura was pregnant at the age of seventeen. Not that many kunoichi would mind. Many of which fell pregnant at seventeen or older since a shinobi's life was so… fleeting. But Sakura did not want to carry a child until she was past her mid-twenties. But that was thrown out the door when Sasuke decided to meet her on a mission.
Even now, Sakura wonders why it is that Sasuke had been able to find her easily. It was like… like it was fate. Not that Sakura believed in that too much. But then again, she was the one that could tell when something was up with Sasuke. When… when he left the village, she felt it inside of her heart. It was hard to explain, but she could feel him wanting to leave and even when he made the final decision. That was why she went to the way out of the village, and like she felt, there he was with a bag… ready to leave.
In some way, maybe Sakura was the only one who was able to tell when Sasuke was about to make certain decisions. Not that she would know for sure, of course.
About a day or so later, Toshiro, Ami, Renji and Juugo were wandering about rather mindlessly. "Why is it that we're walking around like zombies…?" the Uzumaki sighed as he wiped a bead of sweat which was located at the top of his blond brow.
Juugo seemed fine with walking around, birds had landed on his shoulder and he was silently chatting to them. Ami liked Juugo, he had stayed in the village and helped Karin raise her. In Ami's eyes, Juugo was a lot like her uncle rather than just being a member of her mother's team. "It seems that a war is brewing, that's what this one told me." He said, obviously talking about the bird.
"Aa…" Toshiro sighed and stiffened, "It already feels like a warzone. Many shinobi were deported out this morning, probably headed off to where the battle-zone would be."
The orange brute looked at the coated Uchiha with a brow raised, "How do you know that?"
"I went out and saw Sakura last night, I stayed around for a little bit." Toshiro answered as he bit down on his nail. He was a little anxious. In only a few short days… all hell will break loose.
Renji, noticing Toshiro's hesitancy, spoke up. "Y'know…" he wanted to change the subject, "Tomatoes are in season now." 'Lame…' he thought to himself with a scowl.
"Heh…" the Uchiha smirked underneath the cover of his black hood, "I would kill for some tomatoes."
Ami rolled her purple eyes, "Why is it that you love tomatoes so much? They're not that great, Toshiro."
"Hn… I actually don't know." The Uchiha said thoughtfully before shrugging it off.
"Toshiro, you remind me a lot of Sasuke-sama." Juugo stated.
The Uchiha froze and actually stopped walking, "… H… How so?"
"Your chakra… it feels like his as well as the way you are talking – at least, before Sasuke-sama lost his mind." The original Curse-Mark user said. "Why is it that you don't like that, Toshiro?"
Renji watched Toshiro for a moment, "… I see."
"Hm…" Ami agreed and nodded her head, allowing a few strands of her thick, crimson mane to slide out.
Juugo noticed that as well and scowled, "You also remind me of Karin. Explain."
"Eh…" Ami looked at Toshiro to tell her what to do, but he was too busy with his own thoughts.
The Uzumaki sighed, "Look… now isn't the time for questions, Juugo."
"I would like to know who it is that I'm working with for the moment. Is that a bad thing?" the brute asked as he watched the entire team with cautious brown eyes.
Renji shook his head furiously, "Iie, iie, iie! It's just… we can't really share that… I mean, it's not like you'd actually believe us if we told you what's goin' on."
"Try me." Juugo said bravely.
". . ." Toshiro stayed silent and looked to his teammates.
Renji nodded his head, while Ami had her hand against her chest.
Looks like Juugo is in for a tale.
Disclaimer; none of the manga references are mine, nor are the original NARUTO/NARUTO SHIPPUDEN characters mine. I am merely borrowing them.
All the mistakes are my own.
I accept constructive criticism (nothing too harsh).
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Notes; long chapter today. Hope it's fine for you guys. Just so ya'll know, this story actually doesn't seem that long. I think I might have maybe another four chapters for myself to write. I'm not going to tell you guys how much chapters that I have already written though. Anyways, just so you guys know, I'm not very good at fighting scenes and I much prefer adding dialogue.
Another thing, sorry if the characters are a bit OOC, but honestly, it's hard to keep them in-character all of the time.