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Troa 95: Naruto and Sasuke considere themself as brother. To me after Naruto have saved him, he became the most important person in his life (more than Karin or Sakura), but he will eventually stood in equal love with his child. Naruto is family to him. For Karin, he is apparently still cold, but he will open up a little, she is the mother of his baby after all. For Tsunade and Naruto relationship, it's a special mother and son relationship. She is rought and teasing but she really love him and want him happy. Thank you so much for your support! Everytime I feel down about writing this story, i reread some of your review and I stick in front of my screen to work ;)

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kumikocr: Naruto is sometime so dense, I laughed too imagining him being all friendly with a fellow guy with the same problem as him, not at all aware that the problem was him... For Sakura, even if she had admit that she love Naruto, she still think that he is dating Hinata. ;) But don't worry, I will take care of one problem at time *evil smirk* lol

Guest: Naruto and Sasuke bicker but they truly care for each other. And Tsunade, she is a strong woman who can handle Naruto. She is as well a mother figure in his life or grand mother as he call her always Baa-chan

Aqua Rules: Sasuke have little contact with Sakura, he actually don't care much about her. She is a friend, but the one that really really count in his life, it's Naruto. So now that Sakura, don't chase him anymore, I don't imagine him seek her out. But Naruto, it's another matter.

Narutothegreat: Actually, They are both single, but Naruto think that he is definitely not Sakura type and Sakura think that he is dating Hinata. I love awkwardness in romantic story and misunderstanding too :) Thank you for your support! Please continue to give me your impression on the chapters :)

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CHAP 14

Months passed by and before Naruto realized it, his birthday had arrived with the realization of his biggest dream: becoming Hokage.

The day before his coronation had taken its toll on him. Naruto and the guys had thrown a huge party and most of them ended up sleeping over at his new place. Fortunately for them, Lee, who had been forbidden to drink, was first to wake and full of energy, making sure none of them were too late. The taijutsu master crept through the snoozing bodies of his friends. Kiba and Akamaru were sleeping on the carpet; Choji was lying on the couch. Shino was sleeping half-way on the table. He supposed that Shikamaru was in the guest room on the first floor. He climbed up the stairs to wake the guest of honor first. Naruto lay spread-eagled in his bed, still fully dressed from the night before, holding a pillow tightly against his torso. Lee shook him and the blond cracked his cerulean blue eyes open with difficulty.

"What time is it?" he asked groggily, and turned his face toward the alarm clock. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner-dattebayo?!" He jumped to his feet and ran to the shower. Soon enough, with Naruto's raucous and blundering, the whole house was awake and everyone was sprinting for the Hokage tower.

The place was packed at the bottom, it seemed that all the villagers and more were here to celebrate this day along with him. Naruto reached the top, panting hard with the group of friends in tow and Konohamaru handed him his Hokage robe.

The future Hokage looked around at the other Kage, Sasuke with a heavily pregnant Karin and all his other friends that were there. He smiled at his best friend and put on his robe. The blond had barely made it on time and walked over Kakashi who was already waiting for him. His former teacher made a speech and welcomed him on the stage to pass on the Kage hat to him. Cheers erupted from everywhere at the same time, drowning out every other sound, his smile so bright it stretched from ear to ear. Naruto waved at them, thanking them before officially opening the Hokage ceremony festival. After that, he turned around and met with his closest friends, taking many pictures with just about everyone and an official picture with the other Kage as a sign of friendship and peace. Everyone wanted to talk to him and the blond was passed from group to group, bumping fists with Killer Bee, shaking hands with Gaara, and laughing loudly with his childhood friends. It was his day, the day he waited for his whole life.

Naruto saw the discreet couple off to the side and as he excused himself to go and greet them, the red haired woman held her belly with a pained expression and the new appointed Hokage rushed to them. Sakura was already there, her green healing chakra activated.

"What's happened?" Naruto asked worriedly. Sasuke was holding his wife in support and another contraction made her shake violently.

"The baby is coming!" Sakura informed him.

His cerulean blue eyes were wide as saucers. "To-today?" he stuttered.

"I told her not to come, that it would be too much stress for her, and now my son will be born the same day as this idiot!" Sasuke grumbled.

"We have to go to the hospital." Sakura said, easily slipping into medic-mode. Sasuke nodded and lifted his wife into his arms. Naruto made to follow them but Sakura stopped him. "This is your day... you should stay, that can be a really long procedure," she informed him.

Full of his usual bravado the blond retorted: "This is Sasuke's son. I should be there." She didn't insist he stay; there was no point in arguing when his eyes settled like that.

Karin was in labour for many hours and Sakura had at some point needed to throw out the overly zealous blond as he was driving her crazy. Sasuke was calm and collected as usual, but his lips pressed into a thin line, his eyes completely focused on his wife, concern clear in those endlessly black orbs. Showing that much expression was already a lot for the Uchiha and Karin smiled at his rare display of emotion. Night fell, the sounds of the festival muffled by the walls of the hospital. More cries broke from Karin's quivering lips, cutting out the light music; the baby was giving her such a hard time.

It was only at three in the morning that the shrill cries of the newborn resonated in the room. Sakura placed the precious baby in his mother's arms. Karin was close to passing out from the difficulty the little one had given her, but she smiled tenderly when meeting her son for the first time. Her eyes fell upon at her husband. The emotionless mask had finally cracked open and the glint in his eyes was worth the 12 hour torture of giving birth thought the young mother. Karin offered Sasuke the chance to hold his son and he carefully placed his hands around the tiny body to nuzzle the baby against his chest.

Sakura went to retrieve the blond ninja who was pacing back and forth in the waiting room. Naruto jumped on her the second she opened the door, his reflexes as fast as ever. She became exhausted just by seeing him so over excited. Where on earth was he finding all this stamina? She invited him to enter and without waiting a second longer, he rushed inside. She joined them and enjoyed the view of the happy family. Karin and Sasuke were smiling and Naruto... Naruto was Naruto as always; smiling.

The blond was hovering too much around the new father to be ignored. Sasuke sighed, glancing at those expectant blue eyes. "Do you want to hold him?" he asked, though he already knew the answer. The blond extended his arms without hesitation.

"Be careful!" Sasuke threatened.

"Don't worry! I know how to deal with babies," came Naruto's confident answer. Very, very gently, the blond curled his hands around the precious firstborn of his best friend. He cradled the baby expertly against his chest, beaming at the new born.

"Hello! It's me! Uncle Naruto!" He rocked the small bundle tenderly in his arms "We will be great friends, you know. I will teach you many, many things..."

There was something in the very fatherly way Naruto was holding the baby, something so sweet, something so loving; Sakura was hypnotized by the sight. Where was the stupid boy she had grown up with? A man. All she saw was this very mature man with a gentle heart. There was something entrancing about him, in his smile, in the whisker marks on his cheeks, in his smiling eyes... there was something in his loving self that was making her heart beat too loudly to hear anything except the thump against her ribcage.

Naruto saw her looking at him and Sasuke's son. It was way too evident what she wanted. "Do you want to hold him too, Sakura-chan?" the blond offered. She jumped lightly, reacting to the sound of her name more than properly hearing whatever his moving lips had said. "Don't be shy! I saw you staring at him; you wanted to hold him as much as me!" he teased, making her come close enough for her to carry him too. Their arms touched as he carefully passed the baby to her. She looked lovely. She would make such a good mother, he thought. The blond turned to Sasuke to avoid staring at her too intently.

"I wish I could have my own family too," Naruto said enviously.

"Find yourself a girl!" was the straight answer from his best friend.

Wait, what about Hinata? Did they have break up? she wondered.

"I don't have time for that. I am the Hokage now. But when I'm older, I could always adopt a kid or two from the orphanage," Naruto mused.

She could not bear with her curiosity any longer. "And Hinata?" Sakura asked and he blushed deeply.

Did everybody know that Hinata had liked him? The guys and even Sakura had known? Naruto thought embarrassedly. "Well... She is getting married, you know." He scratched his cheek at the memory of how she had announced it to him.

Hinata had found him on the training grounds a few weeks ago. They had talked while sitting peacefully together in front of the river, and out of nowhere she had asked him to marry her. She'd turned so red that she nearly passed out and her recovery time gave him some time to overcome his own shock.

After that, she had explained to him that her father wanted to marry her to the son of a powerful family. The Hyuga heiress smiled at him shyly, her eyes so expectant. She told him that if he accepted, she would convince her father to let her marry him. Naruto lowered his eyes, not able to give her a the answer she wanted. He could not lie to himself and the dark haired beauty smiled sadly. She had known, but she wanted no regrets.

"It's fine Naruto-kun."

His eyes searched for hers and he asked her, "Do you love the man you're supposed to marry?"

"There is nobody that I could love as much as I love you. But it's fine, I might find happiness in my family." She replied to him.

He didn't say more. He couldn't say more. He couldn't tell her to wait for him, that his heart might change someday and he wouldn't be able to marry out of love for whatever reason. He had known that their education had been different, that she had grown up in a concept foreign to him, the weight of the Hyuga clan and the sacrifice they were all willing to make for the sake of their family. However, it was her choice. Hinata made the choice to fight for him if he was willing to marry her. But he couldn't. She had kissed him lightly on the lips whispering "the last one!" with a gentle smile after stealing it and she left.

The baby began to cry, visibly searching for milk. The cry pulled Naruto out of his reverie and the young medic gave the son back to his mother.

"I am sure there are plenty of girls after you Naruto-kun. Having your own family is not the same," Karin affirmed, positioning the hungry new born to her breast to feed him.

Naruto blushed again. He could not take the risk to break his precious bond with Sakura by blurting out that he was still too much in love with her to be involved with any girl. The souvenir of the rift in their friendship because of his jealousy toward her boyfriend had taught him well enough to respect certain boundaries with Sakura. So he decide to escape "Maybe..." He let it hang in the open.

Sakura could not help but look at him. She was surprised. Naruto and Hinata were no longer together. She had always thought that Naruto dismissed his fan girls out of fidelity toward the Hyuga heiress. And now, she heard him say ''Hinata was getting married'' and he was considering one of his fan girls as the potential mother of his kids. She felt like strangling him right then. He had been so discreet. This was not about jealousy. No, it was not, Sakura kept telling herself. She did not have the right to feel jealous about a man that considered her as his best friend. But she didn't know about anything. He had hidden everything from her. Was their friendship falling apart as well? So many question chased one another in her head. Why did he and Hinata break up? How many girls had he dated since? Why didn't he tell her anything?

Naruto decided to change the subject to avoid more embarrassing questions. "It is a shame that Naruto junior wasn't born the same day as me!" he teased Sasuke.

"Like Hell my son would have a ridiculous name like yours!" grunted the black haired Uchiha with a menacing look.

"You hurt my feelings! I had thought that as his god-father I could at least choose his name," the blond whined, pushing the joke further. Sakura laughed at their antics.

"What is his name?" she asked Karin gently, ignoring her teammates' bickering. The young mother looked affectionately her new born.

"Kazuhito, the man of peace."