Peeking into the nursery Tsunade nearly tripped over her feet in shock when she noticed who was feeding the baby and speaking to her in low tones, as he carried her from one side of the room to the other as he paced back and forth. It was Sai. Telling little Ai about how he and her mother had met, and how even though they often still argued, he and Uzu had become great friends. He smiled a genuine smile as he glanced down at the baby and told her of how her mother was the first person he had ever cared about enough to even try being friends with, and how he would always adore her for being his friend, and helping him to reach out and make new ones. "Would you like to be my friend too?" Sai asked as he pulled the bottle from Ai's mouth and put her against his shoulder and patted her on the back like he had read about doing after feeding a baby. Apparently it kept them happy.
And he didn't mind that so much as long as she didn't cry. He paused in his actions when he felt Ai's tiny arms wrap around his neck and wondered vaiguely if the action was the baby version of trying to choke him or something. Sakura had been spending an awful lot of time with the kid since they had brought her to the village. Ai listened to the older male speak to her and felt the impulse to say, "Yeah, mum's great." So that he could understand her, but merely settled for hugging him and making cooing noises, which earned her a kiss on the cheek from the male. He must really care for her mother, and that made her happy; as she reached out with her mind and sent a brief message to her sleeping mother.
All is well here, I miss you mother.
Uzu awoke around night fall alone in the bed that she had shared with Kakashi and Gaara, and groaned. Dear god how had she gotten into this mess. She remembered being only partually aware of the fact that both males had serviced her, until she had lost conciousness. Her body ached so much that she was finding it difficult to move, or shift her position to become more comfortable. She hurt everywhere. Opening her eyes she looked around the room and almost moaned again, goddamn it; her head felt like it was spliting open, and a sudden case of sever vertigo hit her like a frieght train, making her more than a bit sick.
She must have made a louder sound of distress than she realised, because one minute she was alone in the darkened room and the next Gaara was on one side of her and a bloody Kakashi was on the other side of her.
"Nalla, are you alright?" Gaara asked as he sat down on the edge of the bed. The sudden dip in the matress causing another wave of nausia to hit her and she had to quickly slap her hands to her mouth to keep from being ill in front of them.
Kakashi frowned and noticed the action as he reached out and gently pried her hands away from her mouth, noticing how the smallest movement caused her pain, and distress. Damn, they had'nt been that rough with her had they? Had they done so much damage to her body that the Kyuubi had'nt been able to keep up and heal her completely? Or was it the equivlent of demon morning sickness, that was making her sick?
"Are you going to be sick, beloved?" Kakashi asked softly when Gaara gave him a worried look as several tears slipped down her face. She didn't answer him or rather she could'nt answer him, since she was gritting her teeth, and trying to hold the bile in her stomach down.
Smileing he carfully slipped an arm around her shoulders, and another under her knees and slowly lifted her up off of the matress and was alarmed by the look of agony that crossed her face briefly before she fainted in his arms.
"Nalla?!" Both men yelled in alarm, as her head fell back and her eyes closed and she seemed to stop breathing for a minute.
It took several minutes for Uzu to wake up, and find herself in the bathroom flooor just in front of the toilet; resting against a worried looking Kakashi, with Gaara sitting an inch or so away, when she finally could'nt take any more and started wreatching. Kakashi gave Gaara a questioning look. Gaara glanced at him and nodded. Ah, so it was the demon equivalent of morning sickness. And it had hit their mate like a ten ton bundle of bricks. No wonder she was sick.
"How long until the medical team gets here?" Kakashi asked as he pulled Uzu back against him so that her head was resting on his chest.
Gaara frowned as he handed Kakashi a wet cloth that the male used to wipe Uzu's face. "A few hours, a day at best." Gaara said as Kakashi handed him the cloth again and started to speak to Uzu as if he were speaking to a child, in an effort to comfort her, as she tried to keep from being sick again.