Chapter 21

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto..

A/N: This is getting to the end of this long story, and I'm 'fraid that the last chapter is upon us in a matter of weeks, maybe months.

Thank you all for keeping with the story. I look forward to seeing your reviews on my next Akatsuki/OC story.

The winners of the Akatsuki puppies have been told they won, so congratulations to those people. I know they worked hard on creating such lovely characters.

I hope that, even if you didn't get your OC picked, you'll still follow that story like you did this one.

I also have a Shino/Ino story up that will be chapter-ed, if you want to check it out. I've got a Harry Potter- OC/Sirius one that will be chapter-ed. So as you can tell updating all three is difficult and sorry for not updating this one as much as I should.

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"Do you feel cold and lost in desperation?

You build up hope

of failure's all you've known.

Remember all the sadness and frustration.

And let it go."

~Linkin Park

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Vanille's POV

I frowned at Lexi, watching her closely. 'What? Sorry, I must have missed something."

"I skipped my period this month. And the last month. I forgot to tell you about it." she said bluntly.

I blinked, "Oh my Jashin."

Vanessa stood, her mouth agape. "Omigoodness! Vanille! We're gonna be aunts!"

I grinned as we three giggled and hugged each other, "Yay!"

"We've got to tell Itachi." Lexi muttered.

"It can't be that hard." Vanessa commented.

Lexi only shrugged, looking slightly pale. "What if he's mad?"

"Well. he can't be too mad. I mean, he helped create this." I said matter-of-factly.

"Lets get Konan." Lexi sighed. I nodded and we left the bathroom and walked down the hall to the bluenette's bedroom.

Vanessa knocked on the door and in a few moments, Konan opened it, smiling when she saw us. "Hello girls."

We said our greetings before stepping into the room. "Konan. We have news for you."

She raised a brow, closing the door behind her. "Like?"

"I'm pregnant."

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Konan was stunned, "Oh my. Does Itachi know."

Vanessa shook her head, "We haven't told him yet."

"We need to." I added.

Konan frowned, walking over to Lexi and placing her hand on her flat belly. "I don't know how I missed it. I can feel him or her in there."

Lexi smiled, "I'm gonna be a mommy."

"What will Pein do?" I asked quietly.

Konan gave me a strange look. "I'm not sure. We've never had a baby besides Elli."

"If it's a boy, I want to name him Andrew." Lexi said softly, rubbing her tummy.

I smiled sadly at her, "Of course, Lex. I'm sure Itachi will have no objections."

"Does he know about your brother?" Vanessa asked.

Lexi frowned, "I don't think it ever came up, actually."

Konan smiled, "Come on. Let's go find him."

The elusive Uchiha was proving hard to find, though. We eventually located him in the backyard, practicing with Kisame.

"Itachi." Konan said sharply. He frowned and he and Kisame stopped their spar. Deidara and Sasori were a little ways off, looking concerned. Hidan was chillin' out in a tree for some odd reason and who knows where everyone else was.

"Yes, Konan?" The Uchiha said, walking over to us with Shark-man beside him.

"We're pregnant, 'Tachi." Alexis told him instantly.

The color drained from Itachi's face, "What?"

The blonde got a worried look on her face. "You're displeased?"

"Of course not." he replied, "Just.. surprised."

"Why?" Vanessa asked quietly.

"I'm sterile."

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Alexis looked quite green by this point.

And the look on Kisame's face was priceless.

Suddenly, Itachi broke out into a grin and scooped Lexi up in his arms, kissing her. "I'm joking! I'm just really super happy I get a family of my own again."

Lexi got her color back. "Good. I was hoping I wasn't unbeknownst raped by someone else in my sleep."

Itachi laughed, hugging her. "Of course not."

"I'm gonna be an uncle!" Kisame cheered loudly.

"What?" Deidara yelled, walking over to us with Hidan and Sasori.

"We're preggo!" I grinned, hugging Vanessa.

She nodded, "Me and Vanille are having triplets?"

"The fuck?" Hidan exclaimed, pointing to us. "Girls can do that?"

"No you dimwit. They're kidding. Alexis is obviously the pregnant one." Sasori growled.

I giggled at Hidan. "Jeez. Are you that stupid?"

He began to pout and so Vanessa walked over to him and gave him a huuuuuuuuuge hug.

"Now. To tell Pein!" Lexi cheered. Her and Itachi and Konan went inside to find the leader. Vanessa and I just watched our members begin their sparring again.

"VAAAAANNIIILLLLLLEEEEEEE!" A child's voice yelled, running into the yard. Elli held up a picture, running over to me and plopping down on my lap. "I drew you's somfin."

I picked it up, smiling at her. "It's beautiful, El."

She grinned up at me, nuzzling my neck. "I luffs joo."

"I love you too babe." I replied, kissing her forehead.

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Word of the Day: crushed

-Create a sentence using that word that one of my characters, any of them, would say~! (This includes Akatsuki) The one I find best wins! And remember, it can be more than one sentence~ Hell, it can be a full fudging paragraph for all I fudging care.

Quote of the Day: "We say goodbye in the pouring rain, and I break down as you walk away. Cause all my life I've felt this way, but I could never find the words to say. Stay with me."

Fun Fact: Cow is a Japanese brand of shaving foam.

Question of the Day:What is your favorite book series? Why?

My answer: My favorites are Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. Harry Potter is just awesome and The Hunger Games is so sweet and the heroine is actually not a Mary-Sue like Bella from Twilight or Elizabeth in Pirates of the Caribbean(Don't get me wrong, I love her and that movie)