Ah…feel the love. I feel it. Do you?


"For Gods' sake Naruto, can't you pick a garment that doesn't look like an orange took a gigantic shit on it?"

Naruto huffed at Jiraiya "Hey. You wanted me to pick out girl clothes. I'm getting girly clothes, so shut up. I want it to be orange. It's going to be orange."

Jiraiya was sitting boredly in an uncomfortable chair, critiquing the newest outfit Naruto had chosen.

It was certainly practical as far as female attire goes. Naruto was wearing a pair of black pants that went down to his knees. The overcoat he was wearing was a dull burnt orange and fell just slightly above the knees. The coat was short sleeved with a hood, and Naruto donned a pair of black gloves that were fingerless and went up to his elbow. Over the hand was a protective metal plate, made for blocking flying kunai and other weapons. Two belts crisscrossed on his waist with a pack filled with weapons and a med kit attached to each one. His shoes were pretty much identical to the ones he wore as a boy, only these were smaller to fit his now more petite shoe size. He kept the head guard he had when he was male, but now had it tied around his neck in a tribute to Hinata.

He had gone back to the Hyuga estate before he left. He thanked her profusely and the sweet girl had smiled, saying she wouldn't tell anyone the real reason behind him leaving. She had also given him a small compact book on pregnancy and some prenatal vitamins he would need to start taking. He kept them now in his left waist pack. Someday, he would repay Hinata for everything she had done for him. That girl was a living saint.

Jiraiya sighed impatiently. "Fine. Fine. We'll get that one." But did it have to be orange?

Naruto beamed happily. "Oh goody, and here I was just about to bribe you to get it for me. So glad I didn't have to do that though."

Jiraiya was suddenly alert. "Bribe me? How?"

Naruto smirked. "Weeellll…seeing as how I don't need to now, there's no point."

Jiraiya longed to punch the teenager in the head as said teenager sauntered off to pay for his new clothes.


It was a month later that Naruto decided it would be best to go separate ways with Jiraiya.

Lately, Jiraiya had been throwing nervous glances at Naruto whenever he thought he wasn't looking. Yesterday, Naruto had somehow managed to trip on an upraised plank when they were crossing a bridge and fell. Jiraiya damn near had a conniption fit and spent the next half hour fussing over Naruto and checking and rechecking for any wounds and if the baby was okay.

Naruto appreciated Jiraiya's concern, but after living by himself since the age of nine or so, he had grown to be a very independent young man. Jiraiya's constant anxiety was making Naruto feel smothered, which was never a good thing for the blond.

They had wandered to a small village by a forest. Jiraiya had wanted to refill on their provisions, and as Naruto looked around the quaint humble village he found that he liked it quite a bit. A couple of children were playing with a colorful rubber ball as their moms sat together on a bench and chatted cheerfully with one another. Naruto smiled, and felt an unknown emotion creep up his body. It wasn't bad…just different. It felt somewhat similar to nostalgia. He looked up above him. Some how without all the large buildings, the sky just seemed so much brighter.

Jiraiya came back from the shop, and grinned when he spotted Naruto in the middle of the road looking at the sky. His smile faded.

Is it really a good idea for him to just be standing the road? There aren't any carts or horses or anything but…you never know….Oh, Gods…what if a freak runaway horse drawn cart were to run right into him….Oh shit

"Na-Naruto!" Jiraiya called, in a somewhat panicked manner.

Said blond turned around and smiled lazily, and walked relaxingly back to his sensei.

"Hey, pervy sage. What's up?" He looked curiously at his sensei who suddenly had a relieved look on his face.

Jiraiya grinned down at him. "So, shorty. Ready to head out?"

Naruto felt that awkward feeling creep up into his gut. The feeling you get when you need tell something brutally honest to one of your friends but don't want to hurt their feelings.

"A-ano pervy sage…I was thinking I would just stay here. It's out of the way and stuff…no one would find me or anything. Plus, I've been getting more tired as we've gone on. At this rate, I'll just be slowing you down."

Jiraiya looked at Naruto thoughtfully, and then looked around at the village. It seemed safe enough. But still…Naruto was like a grandson to him… he didn't like the idea of his second favorite student being left in an unfamiliar place such as this.

"Are you sure Naruto? I mean…we can wait a bit longer…"

Naruto shook his head. "No, really it's fine. You mentioned you had some stuff to talk about with your toad friends, and I'm just slowing us down more each day…seriously. Go ahead. I'll be fine."

Jiraiya frowned, not completely convinced.

"Where will you stay? Do you even have enough money to stay here for nine months?"

Naruto smiled. "Actually, I'm two months pregnant so I only have seven more months to go. And I never spend my money, so I have tons saved up. I brought it all with me so I should be fine staying at the local inn, it's down the main road a bit."

Jiraiya sighed. He had trouble remembering…but according to Konoha, Naruto was a man. He could make his own decisions now. Even if it stung just a little, deep in Jiraiya's heart.

He grinned. "Well, brat. If that's the way you wanna be then so be it."

Naruto grinned back, glad that Jiraiya's somber mood had lifted.


Sasuke was sitting on a boulder, absently twirling a kunai around his left index finger. His other arm was propped up on his knee and his hand was holding his face in a contemplative position.

He was currently ignoring his three other teammates who were looking at him uncomfortably.

It was Suigetsu who dared to break the silence. "So…what's up?"

Sasuke glared at him before speaking.

"We have a problem. I have several sources that have been keeping me updated on Uchiha Itachi's whereabouts. It turns out, that in the past two and a half months every single one of them has been murdered. Even the one I met with not long ago, from Suna."

"I don't think Itachi is doing this. He wouldn't bother with something like that, he only kills on orders or people who get in the way of his target."

Karin frowned and then offered up somewhat hesitantly, "Perhaps it was a coincidence?"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed at her. "I had fifteen sources. They were scattered in villiges in Konoha, Suna and Mist. The odds of them all having been killed by different hit men within a few weeks of each other is probably incalculable."

Sasuke stood up abruptly.

"Change of plans. There's a village not far from here. We'll go there to re supply and then we'll just have to think of another way to get information on Uchiha Itachi's location or at least the direction he may be heading in."

His three teammates stood up, once more they were confused all over again. The other day, Sasuke had seemed to be in a good mood. About a month ago he disappeared for three days and when he came back it seemed like a dark cloud was looming over him.

It was just really, really weird.


About an hour later they made their way through a village. Of course, there were stares. It wasn't as though they were very inconspicuous…Juugo was nearly seven feet tall, Karing and Suigetsu both had unusual hair coloring and Sasuke's brooding handsome features didn't help matters much either.

Karin scoffed annoyed, "Gods, you'd think they'd never seen shinobi before!"

Juugo interjected softly "Ah, Karin I don't actually see any shinobi around here. I don't think this village has any…"

The red haired girl looked around. Now that he mentioned it…it was true. There really weren't any shinobi anywhere…how weird. How the hell did they protect themselves?

She paused in her steps, thoughtful.

Why would a village not bother having a single shinobi? That's just stupid…unless they had something that made them strong enough to go without any ninja…

A gravelly deep voice broke her out of her reverie,

"Karin? Why are you stopping, do you feel sick?" She looked up to see Juugo looking at her with sincere concern in his eyes. Inwardly, she felt a prick of affection hit her. Juugo could be scary really really terrifying…but in the end he was more like a sheep in wolf's clothing. She shook her head "Ah, no I was just thinking…sorry"

He nodded, placated and stood up straight; rising back up to his full nearly seven feet.

Okay…maybe a sheep in a grizzly bear's clothing…yikes.


Naruto smiled at the sweet inn keeper's daughter. She had long pale brown hair and gray eyes, she was taller then him (he noticed to his chagrin) and had a very soft voice. She achingly reminded him of Hinata. His hand fingered the headband around his neck as he thought back to his dear friend back in Konoha. Gods, he prayed Don't let anything happen to that girl, please.

Her name was Mitsuki, and she was engaged to the village doctor's apprentice. Gin, was his name apparently.Mitsuki was currently leading him up the stairs to his room, all the while chatting to him amiable.

"Well, here you are um…I'm sorry, I never caught your name."

Naruto smiled at her again "Natsuko Uzu is my name."

"Ah! Right, Uzu-san…Well, here is your room Uzu-san. I hope it's to your liking, I just cleaned and aired it out today."

He looked at the spacious room, and the lovely natural light that filtered in from the large bay window. The furnishings consisted of a simple double bed, a small table and a seating area. He looked at Mitsuki happily. "It's wonderful, I'll take it!"


The next morning, Naruto believed he had full rights to be pissed off at Sasuke. First of all…morning sickness. What a joy that turned out to be. With every heave of his stomach, Naruto cursed Sasuke in his mind, praying that the missing nin trip over his own feet or accidentally nick himself with his own blade. However, this was nothing compared to the atrocity that Sasuke had caused to befall the blond.

He hadn't had ramen in the past month in a half, and decided he was long overdue to feast on his beloved noodle dish. Naruto took a quick shower then headed downstairs and sat down at one of the tables, he inwardly celebrated when he saw various dishes of ramen were on the menu.

Mitsuki came by to take his order and tell him good morning. The girl barely had time to ask him if he wanted something to drink when Naruto had asked her to bring him some pork ramen. Mitsuki had smiled and flitted off to tell the chef the latest order.

Naruto's hand went into the left pack at his waist to take out a bottle. He opened the glass bottle and took out one of his prenatal vitamins. Naruto swallowed it dry, and slipped the bottle back into his pack, exchanging it for the small book on pregnancy Hinata had given to him.

Ho'kay…when does this morning sickness crap end?

Naruto looked through the index and then flipped to the proper page scanning it until he found what he was looking for.

"…morning sickness affects seventy percent of pregnant women and will usually dissipate after the first trimester…"

He groaned. Awwww crap. He had to endure another entire month paying tribute to the porcelain god of shit and vomit.

"Ah, Uzu-sama…your ramen is here."

Naruto beamed at the girl as though she was an angel sent to him by the ever amiable God of ramen (and other assorted noodle dishes).

"Ohmigod thank you soooo much you have no idea how-" Naruto abruptly paused in his praising. Something was wrong. Something was very very wrong.

He smelled the broth and out of nowhere felt his stomach curdle in disgust. Naruto felt a flood of dread steep through him as every fiber of his being screamed out in rejection against the noodle and pork dish. He stood up so fast, the chair behind him clattered to the floor loudly.

Mitsuki looked at him, with raw surprise on her face. "Uzu-sama? Is something wrong with the food?"

He looked at her mournfully. "No, no…the food is fine. I just…can't…eat it."

She looked at him somewhat puzzled. He had to admit, what he just said didn't make much sense at all.

Naruto rubbed his forehead, irritated with himself.

"I'm…I'm pregnant…and apparently, I can't eat raman."

Mitsuki looked so excited, and even emitted an overjoyed girlish squeal. "You're pregnant?! Oh Gods! How exciting!" Forgetting herself, she hugged Naruto and when she let him go, she was bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet.

Naruto's eyes had widened comically and were looking at the ecstatic girl with disbelief. Um…he didn't know pregnancy was that happy of an occasion…


Karin cast an irritated glance at a squealing waitress on the other side of the room. She picked at her curry dish, wishing, that her three other teammates hadn't gone out to get provision's without her. Okay…she had overslept, but only a little! The four of them had decided to just stay at the local inn since they weren't hurting for money and they were sick of using the forest floor for a mattress and rocks for pillows.

Karin missed the abandoned cabin they had stayed at…if only there was a way to just plant houses wherever you went…that would be nice.

She cast her eyes back to the waitress who was now chatting excitedly with a somewhat pretty girl with short golden hair. Whatever they were talking about, the blond didn't seem as enthusiastic as the waitress. Karin, out of boredom and curiosity decided to listen in.

"Oh wow! So who's the father?" the waitress asked.

The blond blushed, scratching a finger against her strangely tattooed cheek. (or were those scars?)

"Um, my uh, best friend is…"

This seemed to encourage the waitress even more "Uwa! That's so wonderful! Do you love him?"

The blond blushed an ever deeper shade of red. "Well…uh, yeah. But, I think it's one-sided."

The waitress smile dropped a little "Huh? You mean he isn't coming here?"

Naruto felt a stab hit him in the heart. "Uhm…no."

"Wha? What are you going to do then?"

"I'm just gonna say here for the remainder of my pregnancy…I'll raise the baby for a year or so before I have to return to my village."

The waitress now looked crestfallen. Karin couldn't blame her, that chick was in a jam. That totally sucks. But, maybe next time she'll think before she spreads her legs for her so called 'best friend'. She strained her eyes at the girl for a moment. Wait…those were definitely scars.

Suddenly the waitress smiled at the blond girl. "I'm gonna help you! My fiancée is an excellent doctor, his training will be over with in a couple months! He and his sensei can help you, I'll help you too. What foods do you think you can eat without getting sick?"

The blond girl now looked at the waitress, obviously touched. "You don't…have to do that…"

The other girl shook her head. "No." she stated firmly, planting her hands on her hips. "I want to help you, we women have to stick together!"

Karin saw a look of amusement and something else pass over the blonde's features.

The waitress called to the innkeeper that she was taking a break, before ushering the blonde girl up the stairs to her room, presumably.


It was naught twenty minutes later that Karin's other teammates entered the inn. They spotted her boredly sitting at a table, and sat down with her. The waitress from before was done taking her break (and done talking to the blond) and took her teammates orders. Suigetsu ordered seven glasses of water, Jugo asked for a baked vegetable platter and Sasuke wanted hot tea. Karin didn't want anything.

Karin sighed, well, at least her 'friends' (using the term as loose as a one dollar whore) were here with her now.

Suigetsu chugged down his first glass before turning to her. "So, anything interesting happen while we were out?"

Karin shrugged. "Not really, there was some drama with this chick that was knocked up. She said she got pregnant by her best buddy, but I think that's a lie."

Juugo frowned. "What do you mean?"

Karin gestured to her own face. "She had scars on her cheeks. I'm thinking she got raped by some sick fuck who decided to carve her up."

Juugo frowned unhappily.

Suigetsu shrugged. "Well, there are some messed up people out there…"

"Did you say scars?"

Three pairs of eyes turned to look at Sasuke who was eyeing Karin over his cup of tea.

She looked at him surprised (Why does he care?) "Um…yeah."

He lowered his cup, instead folding his hands and leaning this chin on them.

"What did they look like?"

"The scars? Oh…um, like horizontal lines. I think…three? Yeah, three…on each cheek. I'm pretty sure."

"Describe the pregnant girl. Was she showing?"

Juugo and Suigetsu looked completely floored.

"Er, no…She said she had morning sickness…which is usually in the first trimester. She was totally flat."

"What was her hair and eye color?"

Karin frowned, but complied. "Blonde, and her eye color? She was kinda far away but they were lightish. Not brown or black…maybe green or blue.

"Golden blonde?"

"Um…yeah."

Sasuke suddenly smirked. "She wasn't wearing orange by any chance was she?"

Karin looked at him, now completely flabbergasted. "Uh yeah…a lot of it. Orange and black."

Sasuke stood up without warning. "You all stay here. I'll be back later. Don't come after me." he ordered coldly.

He turned to Karin. "Where did the blond go?"

Karin jerked a thumb in the 'up' direction. "Upstairs. I don't know what room she's in though."

"Right."

He turned around, and ascended the stairs. His teammates felt that he much resembled an animal carefully stalking its prey.


Naruto was sitting on the window seat. It was the afternoon; the sun was high filling the room half way with light. He enjoyed the feeling of the warmth washing over him, the heat tingling pleasantly on his exposed skin and even warmed him under his clothes.

"You look quite lovely like that."

Naruto felt his heart skyrocket, and he ungracefully stumbled to his feet. The young man felt the color drain from his face when he realized who was standing in front of him.

"Sas-Sasuke?" His voice sounded pathetically small.

Sasuke smiled at the blond, his black eyes trailing up and down his body calculatingly.

"Hello Naruto, I have a few questions for you…And you are going to answer them all."


Okay guys…I have some very good reasons for why I haven't updated in a while. I've been preoccupied with the house and packing things away and getting it ready for people. Then my mom had to have an emergency appendectomy. There were complications with her recovery and we had to go to the hospital again. There was an abscess…and they said she had pneumonia but apparently she didn't and it's just been really, really fucked up over here. I've sorta become her nurse and I have admittedly had time to myself, but whenever I do, I just don't have the inspiration to write the sasunaru mpreg goodness that you all came to read.

I know I sound like I'm just bitching a fit…and I'm really really sorry for making y'all wait. I love this story, and I'm not going to give up on it. I'll update when I can, thank you so much for reading and reviewing. I'll update hopefully soon. Thanks for putting up with me.

Oh, and if You guys wanna see what Naruto's outfit looks like go here(remove spaces):

genki-angel-chan. deviantart. com /art/ Naruto-Outfit-Ambivalence-87968345