"Sasuke, open this fucking door!" Naruto shouted at the top of his lungs as he banged violently at the delicate door. Moments later, the door was flung open just as forcefully.

The Uchiha growled slightly at the small crowd at his front step. Behind Naruto stood the Hokage, Sakura, and three ANBU agents.

"You know why we are here Sasuke. We know that have been holding Sai captive here," Tsunade spoke firmly. "Now, let us in, or we'll use force." The ANBU took an offensive stance, showing that the Hokage wasn't bluffing.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed further as he scanned every face in the small bunch. "Go ahead and try. You'll never find what you are looking for." He smirked and stepped aside.

And then he saw Suigetsu walking in after them.

Suigetsu smirked and slid past the Uchiha, who was too stunned to speak.

"Are you sure you know where you're going, Suigetsu? This place is like a maze," Naruto whispered to the silver-haired man before him.

"I wouldn't have brought you here without knowing where to go, Blondie. Just shut up and follow." Naruto scowled, but continued to follow. Tsunade signaled the ANBU to be ready for anything.

Suigetsu led the visitors through a long corridor before they came to the door that Kakashi had long entered. Familiar voices flowed up the stairway as they walked down.

"He's here, I can smell it!" Naruto hissed. The jinchuuriki stepped in front of Suigetsu and rushed into the room where Sai sat with Karin and Kakashi. Naruto watch as Karin cowered under Kakashi's glare and Sai looked troubled as he tried to struggle loose from the ropes that bound him.

"Sai!" he called out and hurried to his lover's side. Sai's uneasy eyes turned in the direction of his fiancé's voice, eyes widening.

"Naruto—"

"Sai!"

"—about time dickless."

Naruto's eye twitched, his movement halted by the Sai's usual comment. "W-wha? I'm here to save you, dammit!"

Sai smiled sweetly at the blonde.

"Thank you, Naruto." He leaned to kiss Naruto's cheek as best as he could. Naruto smiled. Their moment was interrupted by the booming voice of Tsunade when she addressed the Uchiha (who had just made it down the stairs) and the rest of his gang, excluding Juugo who for some reason wasn't there.

"Uchiha Sasuke, Karin, and Hoozuki Suigetsu, you are all coming with me to the interrogation squad. You," Tsunade ordered one of the three ANBU, "locate Juugo and bring him in." The blonde busty woman's eye glanced towards Kakashi.

"Kakashi, you'll have to be questioned too." The silver-haired Jounin raised a brow, and then sighed. "I guess it's necessary. I'll go." He walked after the ANBU who was already "escorting" Karin and Sasuke from the building.

"Sai," Tsunade voiced as she watched the other's leave. "You'll have to be questioned as well."

Naruto fumed. "What? He was just held captive! You expect him to go over there and—"

"Naruto." Sai interrupted. "It's fine. I can handle a few questions." Sai spoke with a straight face though his voice held so much passion. Naruto couldn't help but comply and let Sai do as he wished.

"Fine, but be careful. I'll be right there in the building," Naruto replied, his face somber.

"Naruto—" Sai tried to tell the other that it wasn't necessary but Naruto wasn't taking any nonsense.

"I can't lose you again. I'll be in that building." Sai sighed but nodded. Naruto was just so stubborn sometimes, but the painter couldn't say that he didn't like it. It was very comforting to know that Naruto cared.

"Alright, let's go." Within minutes, the house became vacant once again.

Hoshiko sat, bored as she drummed her figures against the hard wooden surface of the coffee table. She looked up at her babysitter, Yamato, and watched as he crafted yet another wooden decoration for the house. Even in Hoshiko's young, almost four-year-old eyes, the house looked a bit tacky with almost everything made of wood.

The young girl signed for umpteenth time. It was only then that the ANBU saw Hoshiko's bored expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot that you're a child. Children like to play right? How about we make some wooden dolls?"

Hoshiko groaned and planted her face onto the coffee table. "You and your wood!" She roared though the table.

Yamato sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "I suppose I am a bit of a tree-hugger," he said, chuckling at his own joke. Hoshiko lifted her head, "you think?" written all over her face.

"Sorry, Sorry! I just couldn't help myself. I know! How about I teach you a new jutsu so that we won't have to sit in the house all day."

Hoshiko's face instantly brightened. "Really?"

Yamato nodded and she literally jumped for joy.

"But you have to promise me one thing."

Hoshiko looked back and glared at the man, though it looked more like a pout. "What?"

"You have to promise me that you won't tell your mother that you learned the jutsu form me, okay? He nearly bit my head off last time for teaching you something." Yamato shuddered at the memory. And he had thought he himself was scary! Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones…

Hoshiko nodded vehemently. "Of course!" She scampered off to ready herself. Yamato shook his head, rubbing his temple. "That girl will be the death of me." He laughed and went to get ready as well.

"Answer the question! You intended to get rid of Sai, didn't you?" Ibiki slammed his closed fist on the tabletop as he questioned the last Uchiha. Sasuke simply glared and remained unresponsive. He knew there was nothing they could do to him. He was the last Uchiha and he was also pregnant. Surely they'd at least spare his child…

"Fine, you want to sit here all day, not my problem. But know this: you aren't leaving until we get answers." The man said and left the room, most likely to find some backup. Sasuke didn't care. The Uchiha just wanted to leave and kick that traitor Suigetsu's ass.

"I don't know why. I've told you all I know." Sai tried to maintain a steady tone. He was tired, aching, and now annoyed. What would the interrogation squad not believe anything a kidnapping victim said?

"They could've tampered with his mind," one of the men said to the other in a hushed voice, though Sai could still hear them. The other squad member shrugged and went to retrieve the clipboard that hung near the door.

"It says here, Sai, that the Uchiha is…pregnant? Pregnant with Naruto's child. Is that true?" The man asked.

"Yes. Why is that relevant?"

"Well…we know how you must feel. Angry, upset…perhaps seeking revenge."

Sai's eyes widened slightly before they turned downward in disgust.

"Are you accusing me of plotting this whole situation? I may be an ex-ROOT, but I'm not so low as to do such as thing. I'd be endangering my child's life by doing so and for you to eventhink—"

"That's enough. Stop harassing him, he's been through enough." Tsunade ordered through the intercom. Sai's eyes remained thin even after the interrogators left the room. It was insulting to the artist that those men would even assume such a thing from him. The brunet groaned as he felt a headache coming on. This day was not treating Sai well.

Naruto was growing anxious. Sai was in there being interrogated and he hadn't come out for quite some time. It worried him even more when Tsunade hadn't given him any details on what was happening either. It was almost as nerve wrecking as Hoshiko's birth.

"Naruto, stop pacing. You'll ruin the floor." Sakura tried to persuade the blonde for the eighth time just to sit down and wait patiently. Naruto, being as stubborn as he was, shook his head vigorously and continued to pace.

"Not until I get word one about Sai." Sakura sighed and tried to relax herself. Someone needed to be calm when their teammate came out.

Another hour passed and Tsunade walked out of the door that led to the interrogation halls. Following her was Sai and Sasuke along with Taka. Sakura was first to notice the six as they left the interrogation. Naruto, however, was wandering around trying to fight off his anxiety so he didn't notice them.

"Tsunade-shishou! Sai!" Sakura rose and walked over to them. Sasuke and the members of Taka (except for Suigetsu) were handcuffed. Sakura approached her former crush, atmosphere tense as they glared each other down before…

Sakura spat in his face. Sasuke flinched ever-so-slightly, fuming. Not only had Sakura gotten his eye, but because he was handcuffed, he couldn't even wipe his face. Tsunade, Kakashi, and the ANBU pretended not to notice.

Satisfied, Sakura turned towards Sai and immediately welcomed him with a warm hug as the others were escorted out.

"Thank goodness you're alright," she whispered. Sai returned her embrace as soon as he got over the momentary shock. His body, though he had not been the Uchiha's basement for long, was still wary of contact.

"Sorry," Sakura apologized after she felt Sai jerk at the contact. Sai shook his head. "No need to apologize," he said before retreating from the hug. He smiled at his "sister" and took a look around, frowning.

"Where is Naruto?" He asked and took another look around to make sure he hadn't missed the bright mop of hair in his quick sweep of the room.

Sakura also turned to look. "Oh, yeah. He went to get some air. He was getting pretty anxious. He should be back soon." Sai nodded and went to take a seat. His legs ached and he could still feel that migraine pounding.

The pink-haired girl decided to stay with Sai and wait for Naruto's return. It took only a few moments before Naruto spotted Sai. His face brightened and his feet hastily made their way over to his fiancé before he lifted him and spun him around.

"Sai! You're alright!" he exclaimed and then came to abrupt stop. He put his lover down and inspected his face and hands.

"They didn't touch you, did they?" he asked, though it sounded more like a demand.

"Of course not." Sai said.

"Good. Let's go home." Naruto said and grabbed Sai's hand, leading him out of the room. Sai, between being pulled out of the room and trying to maintain his balance as he was being dragged, turned to wave goodbye to Sakura, who simply giggled and waved as well.

As soon as the couple closed the door to their house, Naruto showed Sai just how much he missed him.

"Where's Hoshiko?" Sai asked as he walked into the kitchen after a long few hours of afternoon "activities." Naruto walked up behind his love dressed in nothing but a lose pair of pants and took a sip of Sai's juice before replying.

"At Yamato-sensei's. I dropped her off there after I noticed you were missing." Naruto said. Sai hummed his response.

"We can go pick her up later. I'm sure she is dying to see you."

Sai laughed. "Let's hope she is not. I wouldn't appreciate my daughter dying." Sai said, half teasing Naruto by taking it literally. The blonde simply chuckled and embraced Sai.

"Maybe we should go fetch her now." Naruto went to dress in order to go get Hoshiko.

"Yes, let's do that."

"You almost got it!" Yamato rooted the girl on as she tried to make a flower bud on the plant.

Hoshiko strained as she tried to focus more chakra to grow the plant. Yamato couldn't help but feel proud of the girl for being able to successfully grow a plant in such a short amount of time.

"You're doing great, Hoshiko." Yamato spoke, sitting across from his young ward.

"Oi, oi! Yamato-sensei! Where are you?" Yamato cursed as Naruto's voice shattered the moment. He should have known the peace wouldn't have lasted long, not as long as Uzumaki Naruto was around.

"Back here Naruto!" Yamato decided to save the blond and himself the trouble. Quickly, the ANBU member told Hoshiko to stop practicing her jutsu and act normal, which she did as Naruto rounded the corner with Sai in tow. Hoshiko noticed Sai immediately then got up and ran top speed over to the "mother" she hadn't seen in almost a day.

"Mommy! I'm so glad your back!" She exclaimed into Sai's legs. Sai smiled and returned the embrace to the best of his abilities. "I am also glad to see that you are fine." Sai spoke in a light tone. Hoshiko smiled into Sai's leg and tightened her grasp. "I'll never let you go now." She said and Naruto snickered.

"That's be problem…especially when me and Sai are—"

"Naruto!" Sai sharply cut the blond off before he could ruin their daughter's innocence.

"Hehe…sorry." Naruto sheepishly replied. Yamato shook his head and turned to the family in his yard. "Well, I don't mean to sound rude, but you guys should be leaving now. I have to leave soon and well, I don't want anyone in my home when I have to leave."

"Oh. We better get goin' then." Naruto said and rounded up his family. Yamato waved his goodbyes and watched the three leave. As soon as they were out of sight he released the breath he had been holding and fell to the ground.

"Finally!"

After arriving home, Sai went to work making tonight's dinner. Hoshiko and Naruto opted to instead go do other things, like work on jutsu. After an hour, the three came to the dinner table to eat. Hoshiko talked about what she had learned from Yamato-sensei as Sai frowned upon what he heard. Naruto listened in interest and amazement while his daughter carried on about how she was learning "really super cool and awesome" jutsus.

Before long, it was nearly nine in the evening. Naruto and Sai had settled on the sofa and Hoshiko fought sleep between them. Sai looked down at his daughter and smiled.

"She's asleep."

Naruto turned to look. His lips also turned upward. "Yeah. I'll go take her to bed." He said and shimmied his way off the couch and up the stairs with Hoshiko in his arms. Naruto couldn't help but admire Sai's and his offspring as he tucked her into the bed and kiss her forehead goodnight. Just as he turned to leave, small hands curled around his large wrist, silently begging him to stay for a bit longer. The blonde couldn't deny his daughter that. With a light chuckle and a few shifts and pushes, Naruto laid comfortably next to Hoshiko as she slept and tried to get some shuteye himself.

Down in the living room Sai sat not so comfortably on the sofa. He tried sitting in many different positions, but nothing helped the ache he felt in his lower regions or the restlessness in his legs. After another eight minutes trying to find the perfect pose, the artist stood and began to walk slowly to the kitchen. Maybe I could clean to make myself sleepy, Sai thought and went to get right to it.

He started with the dishes, and then the floors. Just as the painter was placing the dry dinnerware in their respectable places, a sharp pain soared through the man's lower body, concentrated in his pelvic region.

Sai grunted in pain. Why is this happening? It can't be labor! I'm barely seven months, Sai panicked as he grasped the countertop to ease the pain.

Sai's breathing quickly began to labor. The pain struck again and again, each with more force than the last.

"N-Na..ruto!" He tried to call out, but it came as more of a squeal. Another grunt arouse from the man's throat before his eyes snapped open as something moist began to roll down his leg. Fearfully, Sai looked down to see red beads and steams of thick liquid rolling down his legs and collecting on the floor in a small puddle of blood.

"Nar—"Was all Sai could muster before he felt his energy began to drain rapidly from his body. Consciousness slipped from Sai as he exclaimed his lover's name once more before collapsing on the bloodstained floor.

Naruto…