Our Bond
Author's Note: Sorry this one is a bit late. I kinda hit a writer's block on this one. I wasn't sure where to take the story next. ^^ I was also updating some other stories. Anyway, here is the next chapter. We are getting close to the 100th review. The person who gets us to triple digits, if they like can claim a prize.
Names: :P Yeah…the author clearly was trolling us. Someone explain to me why Sasuke would give his daughter a name that meant salad?
Warning: Fairly graphic, bloody scene. I'll issue a warning before it.
Chapter 13
"Naruto, you said you'd never lie to me. I know something happened. I felt how upset you were," Suki leans into his embrace.
"Like I said, it's nothing for you to worry about. You shouldn't be stressed out over nothing when you are pregnant. That's bad for the baby," he says, nuzzling her.
"Well tell me what this nothing to worry about thing is, then I won't be," she counters.
"Fine. It's that creep Eli," the blonde growls.
"I can't believe I'm even offering this. But if you tell me, I'll wear that French Maid outfit," Suki offers.
Oh that wasn't fighting fair! Suki knew about Naruot's little fantasy. He'd had it ever since he saw that damn "treasure chest."
The brunette was firmly against wearing it though. He wasn't really sure why. It wasn't like it'd be staying on that long anyway…
"Really," he asks hopefully.
"Yes, really. Now tell me what is going on," she demands.
"He sent you a letter offering you a place to stay. He doesn't seem to think it'll be safe for you in the Leaf. It pissed me off. I lost you once, I don't want it to happen again," the blonde answers.
"You didn't lose me. I left. I'm not going to do that again," she reassures him, kissing him.
"If I had known that in a few years, your hyperactivity would be put to GOOD use, I probably wouldn't have left," she states with a sly smile, trying to lighten the mood.
"Well speaking of good use, you did promise," he says.
"Mmm well a promise is a promise," she says, sauntering off to find the chest.
"Hmm I wonder if she'll actually keep her word on this," Kyubbi muses.
"She had better," Naruto replies.
The things that I do for him, Suki thinks to herself. It was embarrassing. Hell she wasn't even entirely sure how to get into the lacey little number. It takes a few minutes, but eventually she figures it out.
Suki comes out. It was a mix of black and white lace. The skirt barely came to her thighs. The fabric was almost see through in a few places and the neckline a lot lower than she normally was accustomed too.
"Wow," Naruto says.
"I particularly like the lacey stockings. They accent her legs nicely, all that is missing is the feather duster," Kyubbi chuckles.
"Screw the feather duster," Naruto replies as he pounces.
Suki laughs from underneath him. The brunette wraps her legs around his waist and arms around his neck. She kisses her dumb blonde. He was so easy to please.
"It really gets you going, huh," she murmurs.
"On you, yeah," Naruto answers kissing back.
It was a whirlwind of limbs, kisses, bites, and moans. At the end of it, Suki had two thoughts. The first was that was one strong bed. The second was maybe she should play dressup for Naruto more often. The results were…orgasmic.
She smiles and snuggles into her lover. She noticed that his hand kept running along her stomach. Suki shakes her head in amusement. He seriously thought he was going to feel a kick at this stage? Only Naruto.
"Have you thought about names," he asks.
"If it's a boy, I want to name him after Itachi. If it's a girl, I'll let you decide. Well as long as you don't name her something really stupid," she offers.
"I wouldn't give our baby a dumb name," Naruto scoffs.
"Uh huh. Well your parents named you after ramen. I'm not taking the chance that quirky naming habits run in the family. If you decide to name her salad or something, I'm putting my foot down," she states.
"I wouldn't name her salad. Maybe cotton candy," he says teasingly.
"Mmm people think you are such an angel. But deep down, you have a sadistic streak," she says wryly.
"Yeah. I guess. You bring it out of me," he laughs.
"Mostly I'm just hoping my genes are stronger than yours," the brunette states.
"What's that supposed to mean," Naruto demands.
"A blonde Uchiha. That's just wrong," she answers.
"Seriously? I can't believe you just said that," the blue eyed man scoffs.
"Mhm. I can't picture a blonde Uchiha. I don't think it has happened in the history of our clan," she continues somberly.
"So water chakra that's okay? But not blonde hair? You are weird," her lover says.
"Mmm I'm teasing. Mostly," she responds and kisses him.
"Uh huh," he replies, kissing he deeply.
Four months later, Naruto was asked to go with Tsunade to the next Kage Summit. He was happy to be asked to go. The blonde was known as the hero of the war. So it was kinda a given. Plus he was totally stoked to see Gaara! But he couldn't leave Suki behind who was 5 and a half months along.
"Naruto, honestly it's only for a couple days. You don't have to drag me along. Besides, I attacked the last Kage Summit. I doubt they really want to see me," she hisses at him.
"You are coming. There's no way that I'm leaving you behind. What if something happens," Naruto asks.
"You are being ridiculous," Suki scoffs.
"Don't care. You are coming," Naruto says dragging off his fuming wife.
Naruto remembered after reading that damn note, how pissed he was. He was going to make sure that damn Lord got the message. She was TAKEN. The blonde decided to propose to his teammate.
He'd even enlisted Gaara's help. The red head was honestly baffled why Naruto thought that he would know anything about selecting wedding rings. But he humors him.
"Those one's are quite symbolic. The golden band with the sapphire looks like you. The silver band with the ruby reminds me of the Uchiha…or should I say Uzumaki," he asked wryly.
"I'll probably take her last name. Her clan's too important to her to ask he to give that up. Doesn't matter to me," Naruto states.
"Good point. Well I suppose it was always going to come to this or you two killing each other," he muses.
"It could still be both. Suki is kinda annoyed with me. She thinks I'm being overprotective ever since she became pregnant," he said.
"It's your first child. You can be forgiven for overdoing it a bit," Gaara replied.
He remembered the proposal. Naruto had never really been good with words. So in typical Naruto fashion, he had thrown a curveball. He proposed to her while they were training. (Suki insisted on training. Naruto finally relented to some degree, allowing her to punch and kick some training posts.)
He had smiled, watching her tear into the poor innocent posts. He'd laid the box on one of them. So when she smashed the hell out of it, the box went flying. Suki being Suki noticed this and catch it before it smashed into the ground.
"What the," she asks, opening the box.
Her hand soon covered her mouth in shock. There was really no mistaking what kind of ring was in that box. It was a wedding ring.
"Naruto," she asks.
"Yeah, I'm not really good with words. I know we went kinda out of order. You know the whole getting you pregnant before getting married thing. But we've never really followed the rules anyway. I love you and I don't want to lose you again," he says spinning her into his arms.
"You really are such a loser. You know you are supposed to get down on one knee, right?," she asks and pins him playfully to the ground.
"Like I said, we were never really good at following the rules," he says and smiles up at her.
"Mmm that's true," she leans in and kisses him.
"So is that a yes," he murmurs into the kiss.
"Idiot. Of course it's a yes," she answers.
"You are such an ice princess. Even insulting me when I'm proposing," Naruto laughs.
"With you, it's a term of endearment," she states.
It hadn't taken long for the wedding to be organized. Everyone was eager to lend a hand to the heroes. (Well in Suki's case, maybe they were just scared to argue with her. But anyway…)
It had been a massive wedding. There were hundreds of villagers in the street. It was early enough in the pregnancy that Suki was able to get into her white silk kimono easily. There were probably thousands of flowers thrown everywhere. A traditional battle song that beckoned all the way back to the founding of the Leaf was playing. But it suited the couple so well that in this case it was love song.
Their vows had been more verbal than physical. Suki was never one to make dramatic declarations of love. Naruto was too lost in his bride's eyes to get much more than an, "I do and I love you," out.
The kiss was now the stuff of legends in the Leaf. If it was possible to make love with just a kiss, that's what they had done. Many children had their eyes covered by their parents that day. ( As a side note, Kurenai and Kakashi had been the ones to catch the bouquet and garter belt. Their wedding was scheduled to take place in next year.)
Suki smiles. She could feel in their bond, he was remembering their wedding day. There was a certain warmness that he gave off when he was thinking about it. She couldn't read his thoughts, but feelings and images were there.
"Alright, I'll go with you," she relents and allows herself to be drug off.
Once there, Gaara greets them warmly. Mei seemed curious about the pregnant Suki more than anything else. The Stone Kage just shook his head in amusement.
The real problem was the Killer Bee's brother. He was definitely not happy to see Suki. But Naruto tried to gloss over the fact that he was glaring daggers at his wife. Suki had fought his brother. It was understandable.
Naruto found himself almost falling asleep a couple of times. They were talking about boring stuff like trade, boundaries, etc. Suki would find a way to wake him up though. Mostly this was by her shooting him various erotic images. God she was a tease!
It was amazing really. She could keep a straight face and look completely bored, while sending images like THAT. Where the fuck did Suki come up with this stuff? Oh now that was an interesting use of chakra cuffs…Maybe after she had the baby. He had to be gentle for now.
"So when are you due," Gaara asks conversationally.
"October," Suki answers.
"Do you know the gender yet," Mei decides to join the conversation.
"It's a boy," Naruto says with a big smile.
"Oh thank God. I can only imagine the holy hell that would be raised in about 10 or 15 years, if it was a girl," Gaara breathes a sigh of relief.
"What's that supposed to mean," Suki demands.
"Like mother, like daughter," he says dismissively.
"Well Gaara if you really feel that way, we can try for a girl after this," Naruto says smugly.
"….," Gaara wisely decides to shut up.
"It's late. How about we retire for the night," Suki suggests.
They all agree. During the middle of the night, Suki gets hungry. She was eating for two. It was to be expected she supposed. She heads to the kitchen to see what she could prepare for herself quickly.
That's when she feels someone get behind her and lock up her chakra points. She stumbles to her knees and turns to glare at her attacker. Whoever they were, they were hidden behind an ANBU mask.
"You're really tough to get alone. Naruto is very protective of you and your demon spawn," he states.
"Are those really going to be your last words," she rises to her feet and unsheathes her sword.
She might not be able to use chakra for the time being. But she was going to slice this bastard into a million little pieces. How dare he attack her and insult her child?! He was going to die.
"You didn't think I actually came alone, did you? I'm more than aware of what you are capable of," he turns the light on to reveal what looked like two or three teams of ANBUS. (As many as could fit in the kitchen.)
Suki bites her lower lip. Damn. That many, one on one in such a confined space wasn't good. She'd have to go Susanoo and that would burst the kitchen and probably take out a good portion of the West Wing. But she couldn't use that defense without her chakra.
"Bad enough that you were allowed to live after the war. There is no way we are going to allow a child of a demon carrier and a Uchiha to be born. The Sharingan with access to those levels of chakra reserves will create a monster," he continues.
"Mmm my child is the monster? Who is the one attacking a pregnant woman," she growls.
"You aren't a woman. You are a demon that happens to be female. That's not a child. It is a monster. It needs to be dealt with before it can breathe its first breath," they all come charging at her.
Warning Gory Scene
Suki manages to dodge. Though one blade does connect with her shoulder. She cries out in pain.
She feels herself get splashed by something. When she looks up, she sees what it was. It was blood. But how could that be?
She hadn't touched any of them. The one who had landed the blow, had crumpled to the ground. It looked like all his major blood vessels had burst at the same time. He was laying in a pool of his own blood.
"What the," she mutters.
That's when she felt it. She had chakra. But it wasn't her chakra. She wasn't the one directing it. It shoots out of her hands in a brilliant burst of dark blue, blue as the ocean and slams into attackers. When it connected, she saw what happened. When the chakra connected it seemed to almost be summoning up their blood. They all suffered the same fate as the first attacker.
"Did the baby do this," she asks stunned.
End of Gory Scene
Naruto had been asleep, when he heard Suki cry out. He quickly follows her voice and the feeling of distress in their bond. When he got to the kitchen, he came upon a truly gruesome scene. Suki was sitting on her knees, surrounded by at least twenty bodies. The bodies were all covered in blood.
"SUKI," he yells and rushes over to his wife.
"It's okay, I think. You wanted to see the baby kick. I think he kicked… a lot," she murmurs.
"Wait you think the baby did all THIS," he looks around at the carnage.
"He must have. That one over there locked up my chakra," she says.
"The kit was protecting himself and his mother. She's injured. It must have been a reflex. I must say I'm impressed, that is some fine work," Kyubbi says.
"KYUBBI! IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT," Naruto replies.
"Are you hurt? The baby," he asks horrified at the possibility that this might trigger a miscarriage.
"I'm not hurt other than my shoulder. I don't think the baby is hurt. But I still want to see a medic," she says, taking Naruto's hand and standing up.
Naruto rushes her to medical wing. The medic starts running all the standard tests. They looked utterly baffled.
"Your child is pumping out unusually high chakra levels. The fetus is perfectly healthy. I've never seen anything like this. Though it might be the Nine Tail's influence. Possibly your sperm might have been laced with Tailed Beast Chakra and when you two conceived, the baby got a shot of it. Would you mind if I ran some tests after he's born," the medic wonders out loud.
"Our child is not some fucking science experiment," Suki growls.
"Of course not. Well everything seems normal. The chakra is calming down now. Fetuses tend to respond to the emotions of their mother's. So if Suki here was scared or angry, that might have triggered the chakra flare," he observes.
"Good to know," Suki says, blinking when Naruto starts marching out of the room.
"Naruto," she calls out.
"I'm going to let the others know what happened. I'm going to find out who attacked you and our baby. I'm going to fucking tear them apart," he growls.
"Yes, I do have a few techniques that I'd like to recommend to prolong their deaths. But I think Raven Fur would rather have you next to her at the moment," Kyubbi states.
"You're right. I can't believe this happened! Everything was going so good. Why can't people just let us be happy," he demands.
"Suki, you feel up to coming with me," Naruto asks, looking over his shoulder.
"I think I have to. I don't want you to destroy the Five Nations," she says and soon takes her place at her husband's side.
Her shoulder had been bandaged up. The sight of the bandage just set Naruto off further. Someone had HURT her. Someone had tried to take his Suki and their child from him. He wanted blood and he wanted it now.
"Naruto…I'm the homicidal one," Suki mutters.
Honestly, she was starting to get worried. She could feel her lover's rage boiling off him. Even without the bond, there was actually physical evidence of him. Kyubbi's chakra was spiraling around him like Hellfire.
"Not anymore you aren't. When I find out who did this, I promise I'll make them pay," he states, taking his wife's hand, and leading them to the Conference Room.
It didn't take long for the other Kages to realize something was going on. Naruto's chakra was something that you couldn't not notice. They all look at him warily. Even Gaara was feeling uncomfortable at this point.
"Naruto, what's wrong," he asks.
"Someone ordered a hit on Suki. Twenty ANBUs attacked her in the fucking kitchen, in the dead of night," he growls.
"Are you alright," Mei asks.
"More shaken up than anything. The attackers aren't," she replies.
"Idiots. The Uchiha is not someone you want to pick a fight with, pregnant or not," Gaara states.
"They locked up my chakra. It was the baby that took care of them," she says.
"What'd you just say," the Stone Kage demands to know in astonishment.
"He's able to use chakra from the womb, it seems," she answers.
"It looks like your baby is bonded to his element, like I am to my sand," Gaara observes.
"Maybe," Suki considers the possibility.
That could be a good thing. It meant he'd automatically have defense. But it also meant he might hurt someone and not mean to. She knew enough about Gaara's childhood to realize that was an all too real possibility.
"So does anyone have anything they'd like to say," Naruto growls and slams his fist on the table.
"Naruto, you don't really believe one of us would have done such a thing," the Stone Kage says.
"It's entered my mind. She was never attacked before we came to this Summit," he snarls.
"Naruto, calm down," Suki pleads.
"I'M NOT GOING TO FUCKING CALM DOWN. SOMEONE TRIED TO KILL YOU," Naruto roars.
"It isn't the first time. I'm here. We'll find out who did this and punish them," she assures him.
"Gaara you got some extra space at your place," Naruto asks.
"Yes, why," the red head asks confused.
"Because I want to go to the Sand with Suki until this is over. It'll be safer there," he states.
"Well I certainly would enjoy having you around for a few months, my friend. Of course," Gaara replies.
Suki shakes her head. Naruto was running on instincts here. There was no reasoning with him. Besides, maybe it would be safer in the Sand.
She still needed to calm her blonde. She sits in his lap and lays her head on his neck. It was a more submissive pose than she liked to strike. But she knew it appealed to Kyubbi and by extension Naruto.
She felt his mind settle slightly. He was still on a warpath. But now at least his thoughts were somewhat tempered. He couldn't afford to really lose it with his pregnant wife sitting in his lap, after all.
"Naruto, it's going to be okay," she murmurs.
"I thought I was the optimist in this relationship," he mutters.
"You are normally. But what can I say, you made me believe in happy endings," she kisses him.
"Good. It only took the better part of a decade," he responds and kisses her back.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting so long," she states and nuzzles him.
"You're worth it. Even if you drive me to the edge of insanity," he murmurs.
"You push me over the edge but you always catch me, when I fall," she responds in kind.