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In this chapter, Naruto keeps having weird mood swings and it begins to scare Sasuke XD. Scaring Sasuke is fun –w- OH!!! Gaara-chan is in this chapter 8DDDD!!! I miss NaruGaar... –purrs- and LeeGaar and GaarLee 83 I loves it all! OH GUESS WHAT 8D LONG CHAPTER! –woots- the next chapter is even longer.... it's awesome :3
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CHAPTER SIX – Fast Forward
He was sitting on the couch again, that 'I hate the world, I want to die...' expression on his face. I stood in the doorway to the kitchen and I had my tail wrapped around my legs. Naruto was worrying me way to much. And then there was the deal how we had to go to on a mission today, but he was so reluctant to go.
"Naruto, we have to get ready-"
"I'm not going! Everyone hates me and the world wants to screw me up and kill me..." he muttered and I rolled my eyes. He was having another mood swing... he was in that mood where he thought the world wanted him to die.
Naruto was sitting on the couch in a fetal position. He had his tail wrapped around his waist and legs and he had his arms wrapped around his legs and they were pulled up to his chest. The blonde's ears were back and he had his chin on one of his knees and he stared angrily off into space. He wouldn't do anything even if I would beg.
"What's wrong? Can't you tell me?" I murmured and walked over to the couch and sat down next to him, wrapping my arm around his shoulder and I scooted closer to him. I then wrapped my black cat tail around his waist and pulled him a bit closer to me. He seemed to unconsciously snuggle a bit closer to me. "I told you already, Sasuke. The world hates my guts..." he sighed and loosened up to lean his head on my shoulder. I kissed the top of his head and squeezed him gently.
"No one hates you. I don't hate you, but Kakashi will hate us if we're late..." I said, trying to get him to go and get dressed. He was still in his pajamas.
I sat there and he was quiet and he had his eyes closed. "You're right..." he murmured and I could have sworn he almost purred as he cuddled up against me... mood swings once again.
"I'll go get dressed..." he said and smiled a bit as he got away from my grip, stood up and headed out of the living room towards the bedroom. I would wait for him.
Now I was beginning to understand why he didn't want to leave the house. He was beginning to show a bit on his stomach. It looked like he had a small rapid weight gain and he looked like he was getting a small pouch there. It wasn't too noticeable though. If you didn't pay much attention to him, you wouldn't know. I sighed and leaned my head on the back of the couch. I knew that he was going to gain more weight than that. It was going to show too much then and he was going to HAVE to stay home, no matter what he wanted to do. Then there was the side of the argument where we all didn't know how many babies he might be carrying. I yawned and knew that we would both have to go visit Tsunade again.
The bedroom door slammed shut and Naruto came walking out into the living room wearing his jounin outfit. I smiled at him and knew he was ready. I sat up and walked over to him. "I don't want to go..." he whined, his tail lashing madly behind him.
Here we go again... "What is it now, Naruto-kun?" I murmured and wrapped my arm around his waist and he growled lightly at me. "I'm getting fat..." he whined once more and looked at me. I could feel his stomach was a little bigger, but it wasn't that bad.
"It's not noticeable..." I said and smiled. I was telling the truth. He shook his head and sighed. "Someone is going to find out about this..." he said and I knew what he was talking about. We both fell silent as the one person we didn't want to find out about this crossed both of our minds. I felt Naruto shiver. Haruno Sakura could not find out. She probably would find out sometime, but she need not find out now. Not anytime soon.
We needed to go see Tsunade and meet up with our team to go get our mission. That meant we would have to see Sakura... and that Tsunade would be asking about how Naruto was.
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Sakura had been staring at me before I walked into Tsunade's office. The outfit I had to wear was showing me more. It was awkward to have her even look at me. I didn't like this whole thing and I really wished it was over with already.
"Ohayo! Glad to see you could make it a little earlier than I expected. I just need to check you over and then the other two can come in."
I nodded and Sasuke still had a hold around my waist. He moved away from me and went to go sit over on the couch. Sasuke looked at me quietly as Tsunade stood up from her desk to come over and stand in front of me. "Alright, lift up your shirt."
She sighed and I rolled my eyes and lifted up my shirt. Her hands began to glow an ocean blue color and she laid her hands on my stomach for a few seconds. My tail flicked a bit behind me and I waited for her report while I looked over at Sasuke.
Tsunade smiled and let her hands fall away and she stood up straight, looking at me. "Well, you are doing well so far Naruto. Just remember to keep this whole thing secret and it should be fine," she said and walked back to her desk to begin writing something down on a piece of paper.
"Can I just ask one question?" I said before she could say that anyone else could come in.
The woman looked up at me and nodded. "Yes? What is it Naruto? Hurry up because we need to get everyone else in on the mission too."
I rolled my eyes. I knew that. "Can you give me anything to stop these headaches and the morning sickness? Please?"
Sasuke suddenly spoke up. "As long as it isn't drugs..." he said, knowing it was for the safety of the babies.
"There are drugs I can give you that won't affect the babies. It will reduce the headaches and stop the morning sickness. But you can't take it for long. When you get back from the mission, I'll get Shizune to get it for you..." Tsunade said and she looked distracted as she wrote a few things down and then called for Sakura and Kakashi to enter the room. "It's alright, you can come in now."
Soon enough, the door opened and Sakura and Kakashi were in the room with us, all four of us standing in a line in front of Tsunade's desk.
Tsunade nodded to Kakashi and looked from Sakura, to me and then to Sasuke. "You four are going to Sunagakure to visit the Kazekage. He needs to see the four of you for the mission. I can't tell you more, but he'll explain the rest to you once you get there."
I almost flipped. I did a punch in the air and yelled out in joy. "YES! We get to visit Gaara-chan! This is so awesome!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes and Sakura gave me a weird expression and Kakashi laughed a bit. I realized my mistake and calmed down immediately before Sakura yelled at me. She was about to... "Naruto, would you please calm the hell-"
"Leave him alone Sakura..." Sasuke growled at the girl, his tail whipping back and forth. The pink rabbit stared at him quietly and blinked, a little confused.
And then I knew I was the object in the middle of this. I sighed and took a step back. Once they went at it, they just wouldn't stop.
"Why do you protect him all the time?"
"I want to know why you like to torture him all the time. He never did anything to you and I know why you won't leave him alone. It's because he's with me-"
Kakashi stepped in between the two bickering animals and got them to stop by putting a hand on each of their shoulders to wake them from their rage. I sighed. I wished it was that easy for me to do that so easily. "Can we head out on our mission without you two getting into a fight?" our sensei asked.
Sakura looked up at him and her face was red. She backed away from Sasuke and looked at Tsunade, then turned to face away from everyone. There was the answer to ever telling her about my secret. My tail curled around my legs in a nervous manner and I looked at Sasuke, who looked like he might tackle Kakashi to the ground. I walked over to Sasuke and hugged him from behind. "Calm down alright?" I whispered in his ear. The cat was soon out of his daze as I felt him relax and looked at me over his shoulder.
I smiled and let go of him and looked at my team. Ever since Sasuke and I had been together, it was like it was all falling apart. Maybe if Sasuke had never come back, Sakura could be a little happier... but then I wouldn't be... It was sad to think about how I had gotten Sasuke to come back...
"You have to come back!" I had screamed at him across the open field. I had been tracking him for so long and I was not about to let him leave. He was determined to leave, saying he had caused to much pain by leaving and going to Orochimaru and then trying to get back to Konoha.
Sasuke stared at me from across the field, staring me down with daggers in his eyes, his tail lashing and his ears back. He was determined to make me leave with his looks, but I wasn't going anywhere.
I started running towards him, my tail wagging and my ears up in a friendly manner. He was guarded and he was determined to not let me touch him.
He was thinking quickly, but I was reacting quicker. I created three kage bushin and ran at him, the three of them capturing him quickly and I ran up to him, grabbing a hold of his shirt. Sasuke stared me in the eyes and I knew he was about to give me a big lecture.
"Why did you come back for me Naruto?"
"I came to take you back because-"
"I'm not going to let you take me back. I am a rogue ninja and you can't take me back. You shouldn't even be associating with me, Naruto. You should be hating me, just like Sakura, for leaving you and the village behind for power. Orochimaru is gone and so is Kabuto... my brother is still out there and I can't let you keep coming after me. It's too dangerous to keep doing this..."
Sasuke was staring at me and he was about to start again, but I interrupted him. "I don't care what you might be and what you HAVE done... I want you to come back to the village with me. Sasuke, if you don't come back to the village, I'll be so unhappy... I'd be sad without you..." I murmured and stared at him and my bushins still had a hold on him.
The black cat stared at me quietly and I carefully took his face in my hands and I smiled at him a bit. "I love you, teme. You can't leave..." I whined. Sasuke looked at me and he sighed, relaxing just the slightest. "You've got to come back, Sasuke-kun. I love you to much for me to let you go..."
"I can see that..." he said a little sarcastically and he looked at my clones before looking back to me. I leaned forward just a bit more and our lips touched.
It was our first kiss and even though I had to hold him still for it, I loved that first kiss. Sasuke reacted and he pushed back into the kiss a bit. I smiled into it and pulled away. "Can you please come back with me? I don't care what anyone else says, but I want you to stay with me..." I said and he smiled.
He was processing what I said and the clones suddenly disappeared. The cat smiled and I giggled. "I'll come back Naruto... but it's only because it's for you..."
I was jolted back to now by a hand on my shoulder that gently shook me a bit. A voice called my name and I turned to look and find Sasuke looking at me a little worriedly. "Are you feeling alright?" he questioned and I smiled and nodded. My tail wagged and I had totally forgotten. I was in the present, not the past and I needed to focus on the life I had with Sasuke NOW, not then.
"We have to leave for the mission now?" I asked. "And I'm fine Sasuke... just thinking..." I murmured. The raven sighed and grabbed my hand.
"Let's hurry up and catch Kakashi and Sakura. They just left so we can go catch them!" he said and pulled me along as we headed for the door and down the stairs. He was rushing me, and that was okay. I needed time to calm down before we headed for Sand country and before we met up with an old friend whom I hadn't seen in ages...
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He wanted to kill her. I could tell by the look he was giving Sakura that he wanted to get rid of her. Naruto snuggled up to my side in the sleeping bag we had to share. I asked myself how I got into this. If I hadn't been with Naruto, maybe I wouldn't be in this situation. Right now, the fox was acting as if he were in heat and he cuddled up against me, licking my arm with gentle licks and then began to chew a bit on my shirt... He needed drugs to help him with this...
I tried to push the boy away, but he was resisting. "Come on, Naruto. Why can't you go to sleep like Sakura and Kakashi? If you wake them up, we're going to have trouble..." I whispered, making a small moan when he leaned up to nibble on my ear. He didn't seem to care at the moment, and I tried to ignore the feelings I was getting from him.
"Stop it!" I growled and my tail lashed back and forth under the covers and I pushed him away, turning over onto my side. Naruto completely ignored the fact that I wanted to sleep and he put his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I was a bit surprised and I was beginning to wonder what the hell these mood swings were doing with his sex drive...
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I had a good grip on him and it seemed like I might be able to top him for once, maybe put him through the pain I had to go through every time we were together in bed. I growled and pulled him closer to me and he growled back.
"I say you top him right here..."
"It's possible, but he'd scream too loud and wake Kakashi-sensei and Sakura..."
"I would screw him now and worry about them later... it's a good chance they won't wake up if you gag him..."
"A good plan indeed... now where did I put my extra socks..."
Sasuke was trying to get away, but I just couldn't let him go. It was so weird that I felt like this. Was this how horny Sasuke was every time we were together? If it was, then it was a pretty good feeling. I liked feeling the way I did, like I was motivated to chase him and pin him down. Right now was a good time to kiss him, but he wouldn't turn over to let me get at him.
"This whole condition is screwing you up from the inside out..." Sasuke growled and attempted to push me away again. I chuckled and licked at his neck, hoping to get him hornier and get him to submit to me somehow, someway.
We both suddenly froze as the sleeping bag beside us rustled and Sakura was sitting up, staring at the pair of us. I smiled and Sasuke turned rigid, his muscles all becoming tight. Now if I ever screwed him, I would have a hard time doing so...
The rabbit snorted and sneered. "Would you two knock off the rack it and PLEASE go the hell to sleep!" she said before flopping back down and turning away from us to go back to sleep.
I was frozen and it gave Sasuke the chance to quickly push me off of him.
"You heard her Naruto... go to sleep, dobe..." he muttered and lay back down, facing away from me. For the moment, I couldn't keep my hands off him, so I snuggled up to him so I could try to soften him up a bit. He shivered and I knew he needed me to warm him up. Sasuke let me wrap my arms around his waist, but that was probably as far as I could get. I was trying to get at least one of my hands down his sweatpants but it wasn't working as planned.
"Please, ano Sasuke-kun?" I dragged his name out and nibbled on his ear again.
"No Naruto..." he whispered. "Wait for... I don't know what to wait for..." the raven muttered to me. I was going insane here! It was three months into this pregnancy and I couldn't stand it! I wanted him right now before I was too fat to stand.
He pushed me off of him suddenly and he was lying on top of me, supporting his own weight with his arms. "Knock it off alright?" he murmured. I stared up at him quietly. Hell would freeze over before I did anything to 'stop'. I yawned and smiled at him.
"If you're going to be stubborn, then I shall be going to bed..." I murmured and rolled over to face away from him, ready to sleep.
Before I had drifted off into sleep, I began to feel a headache to arise. Tomorrow was not going to be a good day... then I felt Sasuke's arms around my waist and we cuddled together. Cuddling at night was better than nothing at all whatsoever... I smiled and kissed him on the cheek before the headache took control of me and I passed out in sleep.
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We were heading to the Sand Village now and it was the third day on the way to the village. I was clinging to Sasuke's arm and we were heading there. I smiled up at him and he sighed. The cat didn't want to talk to me at the moment and I knew it. Sakura stared at us with the most evil glare, but I was oblivious to it. It was like I had been bitten by the love bug all over... and I just couldn't let him go.
"Let go..." Sasuke whispered. He looked at Sakura from the corner of his eye, then at me. "If she sees you like this, it could give something away..."
"Yeah, like you screwing me. Everyone knows that..." I muttered, not realizing what I was talking about. "She won't find out for a while~!" I smiled and stood up straighter, letting go of his arm. Kakashi was in the lead and he looked back at the two of us. I could see the wheels turning in his head and I sighed. There was that headache again... I could feel it returning and this time it felt worse.
I held my head and Sasuke looked at me quietly, his tail twitching. Kakashi looked like he was about to say something as we continued on. He was watching me carefully and I wondered if he maybe he knew about me.
Our sensei suddenly stopped the group to let us 'rest'. I wanted to ask him if he knew, but he seemed to read my mind. He pulled me away from Sasuke and Sakura and whispered to me in a hushed tone: "Are you feeling okay? You look sick... and I already know. Tsunade-sama told me about your 'condition' and to watch to make sure you don't pass out or get injured."
He was too smart for his own good... "Baa-chan told you? And yeah... I just have a headache that appeared out of nowhere..." I murmured and I could feel Sasuke's eyes on the back of my neck.
Kakashi nodded. "Well, if you feel sick or feel that it's getting worse, let me know." Then he talked louder for the others to hear. "Let's continue on you two..."
Then we headed off, and I could finally see the entrance to the Sand Village.
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Kakashi showed the guard the pass we had gotten. He looked at the pass and then to Kakashi and he nodded, opening the door to let us inside. I followed my team quietly, trying to hold my excitement in. I grinned and the Kazekage who sat quietly at his desk waited for us as we entered the room. The guard closed the door and we looked to him.
"Konnichiwa, Kazekage-sama," Kakashi said and he bowed his head a bit to Gaara before telling the three of us to go forward. We all circled in front of his desk to stand in front of him. We all bowed to show our respect for him and Gaara's eyes focused on me for a moment before they flickered to look at everyone else.
"Good afternoon team seven," he said in a bored tone. Now he was focused on me again. "I've selected your squad to come here to protect a certain temple inside the Sand Village. It's to be protected just for today and then you will all be able to leave and go back home..."
He became quiet for a moment and I saw Sasuke and Sakura nod. I also nodded to show I understood what he expected from us. Gaara looked pleased and he sat up in his chair. "I'm glad you all understand and I'm glad you will stay and make sure the temple won't be destroyed or harmed. Other ninja will be there with you. You can leave right away to head over, but I'd like to speak with Naruto for a few minutes."
Sasuke gave me a strange look before Kakashi guided my teammates outside the room. I looked to Gaara, who was also giving me a weird look. "Nani? Ano Gaara-chan, what is it?" I asked. (A/N: Naruto is the only one allowed to call Gaara 'chan'... besides Lee) The red head nodded and sighed, getting up out of his chair. He walked around his desk to come stand in front of me. I felt tired, but I stayed in the same position. Gaara was giving off weird signals with his looks. He gave me the smallest smile before asking his question.
"Is there something wrong with you Naruto? You seem different..."
I answered too quickly. "No!"
The red head gave me another weird look, but he didn't say anything right away. "But something IS different about you..."
My mood was changing as we spoke and I couldn't stop it. Tears were welling up behind my eyes and I wanted to blab to Gaara about what had happened recently. He knew about my demon and he knew about Sasuke and I. Gaara was the only person who I could tell this to. I NEEDED to tell him.
It was over and I moved forward and hugged him, but he didn't hug me back much. I cried into his shoulder and my tail swished around behind me. Gaara's ears were back and he was quiet. (A/N: He is a raccoon dog or better known as a 'tanuki' in Japanese) "So there is something wrong Naru-kun?" the raccoon murmured and he patted me gently on the back. I smiled a bit and sniffed, nodding my head and I accidentally bumped my forehead on his shoulder a couple times. Gaara took a deep breath and let out a big sigh. "Would you like to tell me if you can? Your team can go to the temple and wait for you there while we talk alright?"
It was a little surprising that Gaara would want to cooperate with me, but it was probably because I was like him. We could only understand each other in a few ways, but they were enough to call us friends. He moved away from me and I wiped my tears away and looked at the door.
"They're leaving and the guard said he'd bring you to the temple then..."
I sniffed once more and nodded again. "I can't say much... but you might think I'm crazy..." I murmured and looked up at him and he continued to gaze at me with understanding. Having a demon inside you was hard to understand. How was I supposed to start out with this? "W-Well... I'm not sure how to start with this..." I murmured. The red head nodded and urged me on with a slightly sympathetic look. I smiled a bit and one more tear ran down my cheek before I felt totally confident in myself and the story was in my mind to tell. "You know how Sasuke and I are together, right?" The boy nodded and I continued on. "Well... we were having some fun the one night, and for the next few weeks, I was sick. We didn't know why and we didn't know how. I never usually get sick..." Boy I felt so stupid saying everything like this. 'Fun'? What kind of person was I to phrase it like that? "Kyuubi talks to me and I'm sure your demon talks to you as well. He kept telling me that he was doing something, but he wasn't telling me what. I finally found out the one day, about a month ago, that Kyuubi was testing an experiment. When I had finally found out what was going on, Tsunade-sama had already picked up on what was wrong with me..." I murmured and looked down, staring at the ground, but I glanced at my abdomen a few times.
Gaara was quiet for a moment and he let it sink in. "So there's something wrong... what IS wrong with you Naruto? Your moods are different and you just seem... non-Naruto like..."
Why it was so hard to tell one of my friends what was wrong? It was probably because Gaara was one of the other people, besides Sasuke, who were able to understand me and get close to me. I huffed out a sigh and looked at him with pleading eyes. "What you are about to hear in no joke, no lie; it's the naked truth..." I said, though I didn't like how I had phrased it. His tail lashed a bit behind him in anticipation.
I sighed and tried to save my breath as I forced the sentence out: "Somehow... someway... Kyuubi mixed me around and got me pregnant..."
I was expecting him to pass out, or at least give me a weird look, but he just stood there quietly. How long had I been there... maybe five minutes in the least? Gaara just stood there, staring at me quietly, with his mouth open like he was going to talk, but he shut it before he could talk to me. Then he opened it again and looked at me.
"So, your demon messed with your insides a bit..." he murmured and I shrugged.
"I'm not sure HOW he did it, but it worked with whatever he did..." I said and suddenly yawned.
The tanuki stood there for a moment and he took a seat in one of the other chairs in the room and sighed. "That's... actually quite interesting..." he murmured and looked up at me as I quietly walked over. My ears were back, but they suddenly stood up and I felt a bit happier that Gaara wouldn't make fun of me. Of course he wouldn't; I already knew that. "I've heard of quite a few cases of demon hosts being able to have children if they were male... but that was so long ago and they were in old manuscripts... but... What's it like? What's it like to be with someone?" he said and stared at the ground.
Suddenly, I felt rooted to the spot. Right... he had a lover, but he was never able to see him. And if he ever did, they could only say hello. "It's... alright. But the pregnancy is a little different... I have aches and pains in places I never knew were there. I get sick all the time, but it might be over soon. And then there is that it's hard to sleep..." I murmured, thinking over everything. I sighed and sat down in the other chair quietly and Gaara watched me. It was weird because now I felt tired all of a sudden.
Then there was the reminder of being unable to hold anything down. My stomach growled loudly and I mumbled to myself how I should have tried to eat something, though I wouldn't hold it down anyway.
"Do you need something to eat before you go off?" Gaara questioned, standing up. I smiled at him a bit. "I'd LIKE to... but there is one problem. Anything I eat is usually brought up later..." That was one part of the pregnancy I hated. Maybe that's why women were so cranky when they are pregnant. It's like catching influenza, but you're perfectly healthy.
I shrugged and wondered if I could try something. "S-Sure... but I don't know what I could eat that I could hold down..." My stomach reminded me again and growled loudly. I really wished I had carried something with me like some soup in a thermos or something. I sighed and looked up at Gaara quietly.
The red head was quickly doing something and then he made a small scroll of paper poof away. "I usually eat these light bread-like loaves. You might be able to hold those down if want to try. They might be better than regular bread."
It sounded better than soup was what I was thinking. "Sure! Thanks so much Gaara-chan!" I said and smiled, walking over to hug him. For some odd reason, I was the only one who was able to hug him. "Just sit down and one of my messengers is going to bring up a plate of them. You can take some and leave or eat them here and then go meet up with your team."
He was being so nice! It was so unlike him, but I liked the change in mood for a chance and it was while I was there. "Is it alright with you if I take them and go? I don't want to miss out on anything!"
Gaara smiled and I knew that he knew that I wanted to leave and go so I wouldn't miss out if someone attacked the important temple in my time not there. "That's fine... but I want you to be careful Naruto. If you ever need me, just come here if you need anything in the time being and I can help."
I smiled as he smiled and nodded to him and I sat comfortably in my chair again, thinking about how his smile made me feel so happy...
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They were waiting for me as I ran towards the temple, one of the biscuits in my hand. I had found that I could actually keep the light bread down and that it tasted pretty good. My squad members were waiting and Sasuke seemed to have been waiting anxiously for me because as soon as I ran up to him he gave me a worried look. "Are you alright?" he questioned me. I grinned wide and nodded. "I'm great!" I said. My head didn't hurt as much now because I had eaten and drank something. I was able to actually EAT something for a change and I wasn't getting sick. I felt tired, but besides that, I felt great! Sasuke's tail twitched behind him and I smiled up at him. He saw that I looked better and then he looked at my hand and pointed to the biscuit. (I still have some in my backpack owo!!!) "What is that?"
"This bread? Gaara-chan gave it to me and I can actually eat it!" I said, a little happier now that I was figuring things out for myself. The cat nodded and looked at Kakashi and Sakura before looking back at me. "I'm glad you're feeling better. We have to stay here until a little later. We'll be going home late."
I nodded. "Alright, I can deal with that."
Sasuke gave me a small smile and then he looked over my shoulder at the rabbit and then at our sensei. "It's going to be a long day..." the black cat muttered and I nodded in agreement. "Yeah..." I murmured and stood with my squad, quietly eating the rest of the bread rolls I had as I waited for the day to pass by...
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I love this story. It's going so well and the plot is all laid out, just like Naruto said in the previous chapter. I hope y'all like it lots! Please comment and let me know how you feel about the story! –twitches- I had coffee-!!!!!
-SilverPen Sasuke
