Now, this is chapter Ten (Already!?) of A New Start (I like this title better). So far, a lot has happened. Sakura's expecting a child... How will they survive the mood swings? Most of all, how will Sasuke survive? Song is owned by Jenna and Kayne West called 'Heartless'
Naruto owned by Masashi Kishimoto.
ONWARD! = )
Chapter 10: Beware A Uchiha!
For the following weeks, Sasuke learned easily not to anger his pregnant wife. He was considerate of her, making sure to get her what she needed and didn't try to argue with her, knowing she would win, even if he were right. However, Lee still hasn't learned to keep his mouth shut. Then there was Sai, the strange guy he met when he was with Orochimaru.
"Look how radiant you are, Sakura-chan!" Hinata giggled as she, Ino and Sakura made their daily stop at Ichiraku Ramen. She tilted her head when she saw another. "Who's that?"
Sakura sighed. "That's Sai. He was a part of Team Kakashi when we were looking for Sasuke." She rested her hand on her slightly rounded stomach and shook her head.
In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Sai looked up and gave his normal fake smile. "How nice to see you, Sakura. Must I say you've grown even fatter?"
Hinata flinched and looked at Sakura, seeing flames surrounding her before looking behind her to see Naruto and Sasuke. "Naruto... Sasuke!" She sighed in relief.
Sakura marched forward and glared at Sai. "Listen, Sai. I've had enough of the innuendoes, the insults and jokes! You need to learn to watch what you say around a woman!"
How could you be so cold?
As the winter wind when it breeze yo
Just remember that you talkin' to me though
You need to watch the way you talkin' to me though
Sai kept his fake smile on. "You know any women? Between your monster strength and now you are gaining a little weight, I have yet to witness any lady-like manners..."
Sakura's fist clenched as she looked at the owner. "Sorry about this." She apologized as she pulled her fist back and let it fly into Sai's face, sending him through the wall and other things.
I mean after all the things that we've been through
I mean after all the things we got into
Hey yo, I know of some things that you ain't told me
Hey yo, I did some things but that's the old me
Sasuke sighed and took that as a cue to go calm her down. "Feel better now?" He asked and helped her into a seat.
Sakura nodded and frowned. "Yeah... That's what me and Naruto dealt with way too much. He even said Naruto..." She whispered into his ear the rest, hiding a blush in his neck.
And now you wanna get me back and you gon' show me
So you walk around like you don't know me
You got a new friend, well I got homies
But in the end it's still so lonely
Naruto rolled his eyes as if it didn't affect him and caught Hinata's eye, grinning and decided to do the same to her, getting her to turn scarlet before giggling. "That's what he said almost daily. I swore the Nine Tails would've taken over due to all the embarrassment Sai gave me. Then Captain Yamato gave me chills when he told me how the Pervy Sage suffered a lot, while giving me the 'fear face'. But, that's why he's the head of the ANBU now, as well as one of my favorite bodyguards, along with Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei and you, Sasuke. Cause I know they'll have my back."
In the night I hear 'em talk, the coldest story ever told
Somewhere far along this road he lost his soul
To a woman so heartless
How could you be so heartless?
How could you be so heartless?
Sasuke grinned and smiled as Teuchi gave them the normal. "Thanks, Teuchi."
He smiled, waving from behind the counter. "Don't mention it. After all, you all need to eat and keep your strength up. Plus, it'll help Sakura-chan, since she is eating for two." He chuckled as Ayame walked out.
How could be so Dr. Evil?
You're bringin' out a side of me that I don't know
I decided we wasn't goin' speak so
Why we up 3 a.m. on the phone?
"She is?" Ayame asked as Sakura nodded. "Congratulations. I always had a hunch you and Sasuke would hit it off, even back when you guys first came here over three years ago. Still can't believe it's been so long." She handed Naruto her specialty. "Especially when you're the Hokage now, Naruto."
Naruto laughed and rubbed his head. "Yeah... I can't believe it sometimes myself. I still think I'll wake up in the woods."
Why does she be so mad at me for?
Homie, I don't know, she's hot and cold
I won't stop, won't mess my groove up
'Cause I already know how this thing go
Sakura smiled from her perch on Sasuke's lap and cracked her knuckles. "I could show you that you aren't sleeping, if you want."
Naruto shuddered. "No thanks... Iruka-sensei?" He asked, tilting his head back to look at his former teacher.
You run and tell your friends that you're leavin' me
They say that they don't see what you see in me
You wait a couple months then you gon' see
You'll never find nobody better than me
Iruka smiled before frowning. "We have a problem, Naruto... The Hidden Sound Village sent this with a messenger." He handed him the scroll.
"Thanks." He replied, opening the message. "Well, the Hidden Mist Village invaded the Sound's land. It seems they haven't put aside their differences. And it may be a trap... I believe Team Iruka can handle it. After all, they did very well on the last mission... Iruka, go bring your members to the mission chamber and I'll tell them of this when I get the chance." When his teacher nodded and poofed, he sighed and shook his head. "Well, I believe this is dire, that's why I sent that team.."
Coldest story ever told,
But the part that they don't know
You broke my heart and changed my soul
Yeah you left,
And left me so heartless
Hinata nodded. "Not only does Hanabi have the Byakugan, she knows as much as Neji and me combined."
Sakura sighed. "But Yamada and Nori aren't exactly getting along... When my students and Iruka's sparred, the two wouldn't work together. Hmmm. Reminds me of two certain people." She sent a glance between Naruto and her husband.
(In the night,
I hear them talk the coldest story ever told
Some where far along this road,
He lost his soul to a woman so heartless)
Two sides to every story
This is mine
You made me heartless
The two laughed and nodded, getting where she was coming from. Sasuke rubbed the swell of her belly and looked at Naruto. "I think, by the way it sounds, it may be a A-Rank?"
Naruto put on his thinking face. "Either A or S, but the message depicts that it's urgent, so I think S-Rank. I didn't want to send Sakura's team, to prevent something that I'll never hear the end of."
You look at me like doctor evil
But you brought out the other side that I don't know
And I can't help it
Cause you're the reason for the change in me
Why my heart being cold
Sakura rolled her eyes and chowed down on her food, listening in on the very obvious reasons why, even if she didn't like it. She knew that they were sound reasons, too. One was that she was carrying the future of the Uchiha clan inside her and shouldn't risk losing the child. The other was that she had a very stubborn husband to deal with. "Still have no idea why I have to switch floors with Ino. She's farther along than I am, for crying out loud! I can walk up a flight of stairs. I'm not helpless anymore." She reasoned, knowing Hinata would agree.
Hinata nodded. "That's true. And I bet Shikamaru wouldn't like the idea, even if she's getting closer to delivery. Not only that, but the third floor's been asking what happened to their favorite nurse." She giggled as Tenten walked in. "Tenten! How're things at the hospital?"
You look at me and disbelieving
Haven't figured out why you're alone
Maybe it had something to do with the cheating
Sometimes people change like the seasons
Listen to you now just carrying on
Tenten looked relieved. "Thank goodness I found you two. Lee's stirred up a commotion that has nearly everyone wanting to kill him. I think he may have said something about you, Sakura.. Again... But I have no idea what he said." Sakura slid off Sasuke's lap and stormed off towards the hospital, followed by Sasuke, Hinata, Tenten and Naruto. "I thought you'd wanna know Lee was up to no good again."
When she caught a glimpse of Lee, Sakura rushed over and grabbed his collar in a way Naruto remembered all too well. "LEE! What the hell's wrong with you?! Can't you even keep that big mouth shut!? I should really kill you!" She snarled, shaking him to hopefully shut his mouth for good, stopping to rest a little. "You've become worst than even Jiraya-sensei, rest his soul." She sent a mental forgiveness to Naruto's diseased teacher. Figuring he wasn't going to respond anytime soon, she was about to head towards her husband when she felt Lee's 'limp' hand rub her ass.
How I hurt your heart
Like I did you wrong
But we both know what you did you to me
(You'll never find nobody better than me)
So tired of "I'm sorry and it didn't mean shit"
"Ahh, Sakura.. Such a heavenly round ass.." Came the dazed praise right before Sasuke's fist connected with his face, sending him tumbling down the hall.
Ino just managed to avoid the sliding Lee as she came from the stairwell. "Lee.." She sighed and rushed towards Sakura and the others. "What did he do this time? Lemme guess.. Groped Sakura's butt again?" She asked, getting all to nod. "Take it outside, though. We're still fixing things from last time." That earned a chuckle from all, even a pissed-off Sasuke as he walked over to the unconscious body of Lee calmly.
If it didn't mean shit then why did you do it?
And I'm not saying I'm so perfect
But I gave you my heart
And you stomped on it
They all went to the arena to watch Lee get his ass handed to him by Sasuke. Sakura sat besides Ino, for when she went into labor, while Hinata sat on the other side and Naruto squatted in front of them should Lee wind up getting flung this way. Tenten stood behind Ino, keeping an eye on Lee as she held up a hand. "Don't hurt him too badly. I don't wanna deal with having him as a patient. Just get it through his head not to grope your wife. He's done it a few times before now, just so ya know."
"You added fuel, you know that, Tenten?" Sakura stated, knowing Lee will be in a world of pain now that Sasuke knew of the other gropings that had happened before.
So before you go and tell the world I'm so heartless
You should stop for a second
Cus you're faulting this
Think of how you're in this predictament
Had a girl that loved you hard
But you ruined it
Baby I'm a tell,
Tell you like it is
"Yeah, but it'll help teach Lee to keep his hands off what's not his to begin with." Tenten explained.
"True."
If you would've been good
You wouldn't feel like this
Had to let you go
Had to break out
If I didn't do it now
I would've just broke down
You need to understand why I'm heartless now
They all watched as Lee did indeed get his ass handed to him by Sasuke, short of getting sent to the hospital. When he finished, Lee looked like he did after Naruto beat him when they first met. Sakura and Hinata followed behind Ino carefully, in case she gave birth before running into Kurenai and little Asuma.
"Oh, out on a walk, Ino?" She asked.
Ino grinned slightly. "Yeah, you could say that. But we just watched Lee get his butt handed to him by Sasuke. Have you seen my lazy husband lately? I might have bit his head off earlier. Hope he's not getting depressed." She wondered.
"Yeah, he was looking for you at the hospital a few moments ago. I bet he's still there talking to Neji." Kurenai said, shifting Asuma in her arms as Ino and Tenten walked on by. "I think she's getting closer."
Sakura nodded. "Yeah, but she won't really rest knowing that. She's so stubborn."
Kurenai grinned in agreement and held out Asuma to Sakura. "Here. I need to stretch a little bit. That little guy may be 6 months, but he takes a lot out of me. Which reminds me, I meant to ask how far you are, Sakura."
Sakura giggled. "3 months now and still counting." She returned Asuma to Kurenai and smiled as Sasuke and Naruto went towards the academy to give Team Iruka their mission, leaving her and Hinata with Kurenai. "Sasuke's thrilled, of course. But he told me he wouldn't care if it took me longer than it did to concieve. I'm glad that he isn't just using me to revive his clan.. Which that may be a problem when it comes to marrying." She thought outloud before shaking her head.
"Well, don't think that far ahead. Even if thinking ahead is your strong point." Kurenai warned, smiling and heading off to her house.
"That's true.. I think it'll handle itself when it comes around." Hinata added as the two went to the hospital.
Well, that took longer than I planned, because I was away for a while and then I had school to worry about.. -.-; But, do I have a surprise in the wings? Wait till the next chapter!
~Kagomee-H.