I thought it was funny how Lady Hokage said I was supposed to be taking it easy. These past two days have been nothing but errands, errands, and more errands. I wouldn't ever understand why Naruto wanted to be Hokage so bad. It was WAY too much work.

I sighed as I fell on my bed and stared at my ceiling. I wonder when Naruto will be back…I know that Lady Tsuande said he'd be back in a couple days, but how long will that be? I hate to admit it, but I'm kind of lonely without him.

I moaned as I brought my hands up to rub the sides of my neck. I rubbed where I could feel my pulse and closed my eyes, trying my hardest to relax. I breathed heavy and fully, trying to think about soothing thoughts. I guess I better take advantage of this relaxation time. When the baby got here, I'm sure he'd be annoying.

I sighed as I let my mind drift…

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I heard a knocking sound on my door. It became louder and louder as I jumped out of bed to answer it. It continued to knock, louder and harder as I made my way to the small, wooden door.

"Alright, I heard you the first time! Sheesh…" I mumbled as I took a hold of the door knob. I turned it gently and opened the door, only to feel myself gasp and stop breathing.

"Hm…you look good, Sakura." the familiar evil voice spoke. I felt myself try to remember to breathe as I stepped back, looking into the evil Sharingan eyes before me.

Itachi smiled as I backed away. I felt tears dwell in my eyes as I backed up against my wall and slid down to the floor. He smiled as he walked slowly in my house.

"It…Itachi…." I mumbled trying to get his name out. It was like poison on my tongue.

"I've come for my son." he said as he continued to approach me.

"He's…he's not…"

"He's not what? Are you meaning to tell me he isn't mine?" he said with a harsh, but calm voice. "clearly Sakura, you were a virgin when we met last. I'm sure of that." he said a smile curling at the sides of his mouth.

"He's still in my womb…you can't have him…" I said as I tried to stand on shaking legs. I felt my eyebrows lower and my fists clench into tight balls as I scooted myself up the wall. "Sasuke will come." I said in a harsh, serious tone.

Itachi laughed as he turned around and stood in my doorway. He reached over for something, and turned around, throwing a body in front of me.

I screamed as loud as my throat would allow me when I recognized the body was Sasukes.

His eyes were closed and his mouth lay open. Blood trickled down the sides of his mouth and his cheeks were badly bruised. I couldn't stop screaming as I watched him, motionless on the floor. He wasn't breathing. I crawled to him, tears pouring down my cheeks and onto his face and his jet black hair.

"Sasuke!!!" I screamed. "NO! SASUKE!!"

Itachi laughed as he walked to us on the floor. I looked up and crawled away from Sasuke. Seeing Sasuke made me feel hopeless. Scared. I was going to die.

Itachi stepped on Sasuke's back as he looked down at him.

"I told my brother he still wasn't strong enough. He didn't listen, so I had to destroy him. It's a shame, really, I thought my little brother could have made something of himself one day. He did give me a tough battle, I will admit, but he was fighting for you." he said kicking Sasuke in the side. Sasuke flipped over, blood flowed from his lips and all ran down his cheek. Itachi looked at me and bent down in front of me. "that was his mistake."

I couldn't move. I was officially traumatized. I just stared at Sasuke in the floor, as if I hadn't even noticed Itachi kneeled down right in front of me. All I could see through my blurry, red eyes was Sasuke's dead, cold face. It was because of me he was dead. He fought to protect me and this baby, and he paid for it with his life. Again I had brought Sasuke down, except this time, Sasuke couldn't stand back up.

Itachi began to slowly rub my face with his hand. He brushed his thumb over my cheekbone, as I continued to not even acknowledge he was there. I just stared at Sasuke.

At this point, my face was soaked with tears, but I stopped crying. I was frozen with trauma, as Itachi slowly pressed his lips to my lips. He began to kiss me passionately, as I didn't stop him. I couldn't stop him. And even if I could, what did it matter. He killed Sasuke, and he had killed me too. This baby didn't matter. I didn't matter. Nothing mattered.

He pulled away from me as he took out a kunai knife. He smiled and he looked at my frozen body.

"Now, I came here for my son." he said as he chuckled an evil laugh. He charged his kunai towards my stomach as I waited to die…

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"Hey! Hey, girl! Wake up already!" I heard a voice scream as I opened my eyes. I felt myself shake, but as soon as I opened my eyes completely opened, I stopped. I felt arms holding my shoulders as I tried to gather to myself what had just happened.

It was just a dream.

It was just a dream! A cold, wicked nightmare! I looked around my house slowly as I saw everything was just as it had been. I felt myself try to smile, until I looked up and noticed who was holding me.

A girl, with long, blond hair in a sloppy bun looked back at me. Her eyes were light blue and her skin was pale. In a way, she reminded me of Ino. The reason I knew it wasn't Ino right away was because she wore a sound village headband on her forehead. She sighed a relieving sigh and laid me back on the bed. She stood up and I forced myself to sit up, still halfway shaking. The girl was small, perhaps even younger than I was.

I felt my eyes sting as I rubbed them with my hands. I felt my moist cheek as my arm ran up against it. I had been crying in my sleep. But that didn't matter as I looked at the small girl before me.

"Who…who are you?" I mumbled out, trying to control my shaking. The girl looked back at me with a mean expression on her face, but she spoke in a calm voice.

"My name's Kyomi. I'm supposed to like, protect you or something? I don't know. Sasuke Sensei told me I needed to be here, and that he'd report to me later. He wanted me to be here as soon as possible. Whatever. I was just following orders…" she said crossing her arms and rolling her eyes. "Sensei gets real mad when I make him lose his patience…"

"Sasuke…Sensei?" I repeated, finally able to control myself. I threw my legs over the side of my bed as I looked at her. Now I could see her clearly. She was wearing a white, sleeveless shirt and compression shorts. She had black ninja sandals on, and just like every other sound ninja, a big, purple pretzel thing tied around her waist. I didn't know what they were called, but she had one.

"Yeah, he's my teacher. Supposedly you're an old friend of his or something? I don't know. I'd like to be filled in."

"Teacher…? Wow….I had no idea he was training someone…how old are you?"

"I'm thirteen. What's it to you?"

"Yeah, I figured you were younger than me…" I said standing up, ignoring her last comment. She wasn't much shorter than me.

"Yeah I'm only two years younger than Sasuke Sensei. I'm hoping maybe he might want to hook up someday…" Kyomi said smiling and blushing.

This comment didn't go so well with me.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Well, I mean he is hot…"

"NO WAY. Uh-huh, no way are you going to date my Sasuke!" I screamed raising my fist to her.

"Your Sasuke? Well sorry to break it to you, but I saw him first!" Kyomi yelled. I busted out in a sarcastic laugh as I shoved my finger in her face.

"YOU SAW HIM FIRST? HAH! For your information, we used to be teammates! Squad seven! Ask him about it!" I yelled laughing. Kyomi smirked and crossed her arms.

"He USED to be. Now he's MY sensei!"

"Yeah! Teachers can't date students! Its just plain wrong!" I yelled. "so in your face!"

"Stop it. Both of you." a voice came from behind me. I looked behind me and saw Sasuke, sitting on my window seal. Naturally, I smiled and began to say his name in excitement, until the annoying thirteen year old hoe behind me, called out his name first.

"Sasuke Sensei! I'm so glad you're here!" She screamed out in joy. I turned to her and glared, just to get a glare in return.

"You really do attract girls of all shapes and sizes, don't you, Sasuke…" I mumbled turning to him. He closed his eyes and rested his palm on his forehead.

"I'm an idiot for putting these two in the same room together…" he mumbled. He looked up at us and sighed. "I have to get going, so I want to make this as short, and painless as possible."

"Sasuke Sensei, I thought you were just going to report to me later?"

"Yeah, well I wanted you to get a heads start so you'd be here as soon as possible."

"Wait, how long have you been in the village?" I asked turning to her.

"She's been here for about a day now." Sasuke said, answering for her.

"And I didn't know about it?" I asked turning to Sasuke, angrily.

"I couldn't find you. Surprising I know, since I should have been able to spot your giant forehead from five miles away…" she mumbled.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" I asked turning to her and pushing her.

"Alright, stop it!" Sasuke yelled getting in between us. Kyomi jerked back and gasped.

"I'm so sorry, Sasuke Sensei! Please forgive me for making you angry!" she yelled bowing down on the ground.

Whoa…she's terrified of making Sasuke angry…she would have never survived in squad seven…

"Alright, whatever. Just stand up." Sasuke said rolling his eyes. "Now listen to me. Kyomi, you are going to be tracking Itachi."

"Itachi? Your brother?"

"Yes. Sakura, here is pregnant with his child. So your mission is to make sure Itachi gets nowhere near her. And when he is close, you are going to let me know. You are not to leave the village or let Itachi near Sakura under any circumstances. You got it?" Sasuke said in his 'matter of factly' tone.

"Understood, Sensei!" Kyomi said smiling and standing straight, to show her respect.

"Now, Sakura, don't leave the village for anything. I don't care if the hokage sends you on a mission, you better decline it." he said in a warning tone.

"Well you don't have to worry about that. I wont be going on missions anyway, im supposed to take it easy."

"Well this works out perfectly then, doesn't it?" Sasuke said with a smirk. He jumped on my window seal in a swift movement and looked back at us. "Kyomi, you know your mission. Don't fail me."

"I wont, Sensei. You have my word." Kyomi said trying to hide her sheepish smile.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and sighed. "See you." then jumped out the window.

I sighed. "He never stays long enough…"

"Well, I get to see him all the time!" Kyomi said sticking her tongue out and laughing.

"I hope your renting a hotel." I said in a mean, negative tone.

"Why?"

"Cause your getting out of my house. NOW." I said pointing to the door. Kyomi rolled her eyes and gave me a rough huff and puff as she walked out the door.