Ch. 21

The Fire Circle

(Don't Play With Fire)

Sakura awoke like she did almost every morning. In a comfortable aura that consisted mostly of Sasuke, or at least Sasuke's scent. Sakura stretched lazily in the bed as she debated on whether she was hungry enough to get up; hunger won in the end as she made her way towards the kitchen.

She was now eight months along and Sakura's belly was becoming very big and very embarrassing for her. Of course Sasuke didn't mind in the least considering he didn't care what Sakura looked like or what she thought she looked liked, he just loved every bit of her no matter what.

Sakura's pregnant belly was blatantly obvious underneath her tank top as she walked around in comfortable cotton shorts. Once Sakura had become noticeably bigger, she was pretty much not a loud to do much of anything.

Five months into her pregnancy and she wasn't allowed to work at the hospital anymore (Sasuke being as persistent as ever to get Tsunade to get her off of work). Tsunade of course obliged considering she would do anything for her pupil even if her pupil didn't agree in the slightest.

Once she entered her seven month, she wasn't allowed to leave the house without Sasuke, Itachi, or one of her friends. That was for two reasons: the Haruno clan was still after her and because she was a 'delicate, pregnant, short tempered woman' (Sasuke's words in case you were wondering).

Sakura didn't really mind the attention but didn't like being a bother to her friends or husband. She also didn't like being told she couldn't do some of her favorite things without someone being there to watch her carefully.

Today was different though. Today Sasuke and Itachi were gone. It seemed that suspicious enemies were near the border of fire country and Tsunade wanted to make quick work of it so she sent both of them along with Kakashi and a few of her other friends.

My poor garden Sakura thought glumly. After she was put on house arrest she wasn't able to attend to her garden the way she wanted to. She never showed Sasuke where her garden was because either one was working or the other was on a mission. When they did have time together, they decided to hang out with their friends and go on dates.

Of course after this mission, Sasuke was allowed to stay with Sakura until the baby was born. Sakura had the feeling that Tsunade wouldn't be sending Sasuke or Itachi on anything too dangerous after the baby was born considering she wanted to give them a chance to become the family they always needed from each other.

Sakura invited Itachi for most of her and Sasuke's dates because she didn't want Sasuke or Itachi to ever lose that brotherly bond that both of them needed.

"Today I will attend to my garden. That way I can show you, Aisokuhi, when you are born the prettiest of flowers." Sakura rubbed her stomach gently. She washed the dishes, deciding that afterwards that she would head towards her garden.

Sakura remembered back when it was the first week of her fifth month of pregnancy and Sasuke had spoken to her to stop working.

FLASHBACK!

Sakura rolled her eyes for what seemed to be the hundredth time as Sasuke had mentioned to her about quitting her job.

"Sasuke…I LIKE my job" Sakura said stubbornly, biting into her apple. She was supposed to leave for work in ten minutes and Sasuke didn't seem willing to let her do such a thing.

Sasuke seemed to scowl at her remark just when Itachi had walked in.

He sat down quietly while Sakura just ignored him, glaring right back at Sasuke.

"Do you want to stress yourself out? Do you want to harm our baby?" Sasuke asked angrily.

"I'm not stressed! You're just worrying and thinking of the worst possible outcomes" Sakura sighed again. She felt like she was in a re-run considering they have been having the same conversation for the past week.

"Listen Sasuke, when I don't feel like working anymore then I'll stop, but until then I'm going to work and that's that" Sakura crossed her arms angrily glaring at him as Sasuke said nothing back.

Sasuke turned his head away angrily as Itachi gave an awkward cough. Sakura nodded getting up to throw her apple away before she left for work.

Unfortunately she had the misfortune of catching her foot on the chair leg, tripping.

Sakura gave a sudden squeak of surprise as two chairs slid back against the floor harshly as Itachi and Sasuke grabbed her awkwardly before all three fell to the ground.

Sakura peaked open her eyes to see a smirking Sasuke and a 'bored' looking Itachi (Sakura did see a slight glint of worry in his eyes).

"So…you still want to go to work?" Sasuke asked smugly.

"Yes I do" Sakura replied curtly. Sasuke's smirk turned into a frown as he looked at her angrily. Itachi decided to get them off of the floor to at least standing positions.

"And if you were to fall at work? Without anyone around you?" Sasuke asked angrily.

"There aren't that many obscurities in the hospital" Sakura said a-matter-of-factly.

"Either way if we weren't here you could have hurt yourself and the baby" Sasuke said clenching his teeth.

Why doesn't she get it He thought angrily.

"Well you were here so your point is invalid" Sakura said quietly before giving him a kiss, which he refused to return, making Sakura sadden before she left.

Sasuke wished he had at least kissed her back or said goodbye once the door closed.

"I agree with you on this one otouto." Itachi said quietly. Sasuke looked at his brother questionably lifting up his eyebrow.

"Well most women are in much more danger as the baby begins to develop further" Itachi said as if he had read a book on the entire thing. Of course Itachi had read a few books with Sasuke when no one was around or looking.

"Well what am I supposed to do?" Sasuke knew that if he was forceful that he would be able to get her to stop working, but then Sakura would be mad at him for most of her pregnancy and that was not a good thing.

He thought back to when he had made her angry when she was craving something (she wanted something along the lines of shrimp, macaroni and cheese, applesauce, ice-cream and mayo). Sasuke had laughed extremely hard making Sakura leave and sleep in their room in anger. Sasuke had more or less been trying to make up for it but Sakura refused to tell him what she had been craving.

It kind of upset Sasuke that he wasn't able to get Sakura or his child what they wanted to eat, but in the end he was able to 'convince' her. Of course Tsunade banned any kind of sexual activity after the sixth month.

"Why don't you just talk to Hokage-sama" Itachi asked, shrugging his shoulders.

Sasuke sighed again before deciding that he might as well try it. When he got there, Sasuke told Tsunade of his distress and if there was anything she could do.

Tsunade smiled kindly at Sasuke at how much worry he had for her. "Of course. I will take her off of hospital duty. A pregnant woman is always in need of rest" Sasuke seemed to relax at her words.

He nodded his thanks before he and Tsunade decided to confront Sakura. After all Tsunade had another checkup to give her darling pupil.

Sasuke and Tsunade walked for only a few minutes before they saw Sakura walking down the hallway with her back to them.

So dizzy Sakura thought tiredly. She had just finished healing a jounin from an A-rank mission. He was caught in a cross fire and had many deep and almost fatal wounds; but he would live to fight another day.

I think I put too much chakra into that one…again Sakura had accidently put too much chakra into saving another ninja a few weeks ago and had passed out on the couch in the lounge. Of course she would never tell Sasuke or Tsunade that considering they would get really mad at her; not that she could blame them.

But she knew that her baby was healthy and that she could go see Tsunade if she thought anything was wrong that she couldn't catch herself.

"Sakura" Sasuke yelled down the hallway towards her.

Great, now I'm hearing his voice in my head even at the hospital Sakura thought glumly thinking of him.

Sakura's head pounded in frustration.

Eating such a small breakfast and wasting so much chakra is not a good combination Sakura rubbed her head ideally in frustration a few corridors away from the lounge. Just thinking of the comfy, horrifically ugly couch, made Sakura want to pass out there.

Sakura's legs shook in exhaustion. Ok tomorrow will be my last day and then I'll go on leave Sakura thought sadly.

"Sakura" Sasuke yelled a bit louder this time. Sasuke and Tsunade decided to briskly walk towards her thinking that she probably wasn't paying much attention to her surroundings right now.

That was when Sakura's world began to spin, she lost her footing, and she was heading towards the ground fast.

She heard Sasuke's pleasant voice again yelling out to her. She was ready to feel the cold hard ground below her, but it never came.

She landed on something soft, and it smelled very nice. In fact it almost smelled like Sasuke.

"Tsunade!" Sasuke barked out worriedly. Tsunade quickly lead them to a vacant room where she began to quickly exam her pupil with a fretting Sasuke holding Sakura's hand.

"Hey Sasuke, I was wondering if I could see-"Itachi had been following them, out of curiosity, before the scene before him stopped him in his tracks.

"What's happened here?" Itachi asked quickly looking at his distressed brother.

"I don't know" Sasuke said quickly, holding Sakura's hand tightly.

"It seems" Tsunade furrowed her brows in concentration "that she has passed out due to exhaustion. The baby seems to be fine" Tsunade added quickly.

Sasuke sighed angrily before looking at Tsunade.

"I know, I know" Tsunade said defensively, "she's released from duty. No worries." Sasuke nodded his head before Itachi placed his hand onto his brother's shoulder in comfort.

(A few hours later…mostly napping)

Sakura 'hmmed' as she sat up in a bed.

A bed? Sakura thought confused. She looked around and realized she was in a hospital bed. Sakura groaned in aggravation. She had a bad feeling that Sasuke was there some time and was the reason why she was in a bed.

"Well look who's up" Sakura turned her head suddenly, noticing Itachi standing there, before she grabbed her head and groaned at the slight throbbing pain.

"Easy, little girl" Itachi smirked at the glare she gave him. "You gave us all quiet a scare so I suggest you stay in that bed until Tsunade and Sasuke come back from the cafeteria" Itachi said, sitting down in a chair in front of her bed.

"Tsunade said you didn't have enough to eat this morning" Itachi said quietly answering her unanswered question.

Sakura sighed in question before looking out the window which couldn't have been for more than a few minutes. The door suddenly opened to reveal and arguing Tsunade and Sasuke. Their conversation was something about how long she would be out of the hospital.

"Tsunade-sama" Sakura said quietly.

"Sakura, you are relieved of hospital and ninja related duties until further notice" Tsunade said rather harshly considering she was still ruffled with the chat she had with Sasuke.

Sakura looked down at her folded hands sadly, not really paying attention to them. She knew that they were mad at her and, hell, she knew what she did wasn't smart. But she wanted to help; she always wanted to help.

"Sakura" Sasuke said quietly, he grabbed her hands gently in his. "Do you still disagree with this" Sasuke said quietly.

Sakura shook her head 'no' still not in the mood to say anything to anyone.

"Sakura I'm going to look at your baby now on the screen, Sasuke wanted to wait for you." Tsunade said quietly before leaving to get the equipment.

It was an awkward silence between the three. Itachi had already asked his brother, while Sakura was still sleeping, if it was alright to see his niece/nephew on the monitor.

Tsunade came in rolling in the equipment, before quickly hooking it up to Sakura, placing the gel on her stomach. After a few minutes their baby appeared on the screen and was very evident now.

"As you can see, Sakura, your baby is quite evident now. This means…we'll see if we can tell the sex of the baby." Tsunade smiled happily as Itachi and Sasuke looked ecstatic (well as ecstatic as they could get with their facial muscles).

Sakura said nothing but looked at the screen to see if she could tell what it was. Both Sakura and Tsunade had studied it for a moment before Tsunade smile at the realization.

"Sakura…it's" But Sakura only nodded her head knowing exactly what gender the baby was. Sakura looked down at her stomach again in frustration.

"Sakura?" Sasuke asked worriedly.

"It's alright. Sakura you can go home now if you like" Tsunade said quietly, feeling bad for yelling at her pupil before.

Sakura nodded in understanding before slowly getting out of the bed, refusing help from any of them, before quietly walking out the door. Sasuke looked very upset by this motion and looked at Tsunade with concern.

"Don't worry." Tsunade said calmly as she ruffled his hair before she left the hospital room heading to what they hoped would be back to her office.

"Hey…I don't want to seem out of place or anything but…what gender is the baby exactly?" Itachi asked curiously.

Sasuke stiffened at the realization that he forgot to ask Tsunade to finish her sentence. Sasuke sighed in frustration before following after Sakura with Itachi not far behind him.

Sakura quietly closed the door behind her looking down at her stomach.

"I have a baby boy" Sakura thought through tears of happiness. Sakura carefully walked towards the kitchen feeling 'nibbly' hoping to find something of interest in the fridge.

"Sakura?" Sasuke and Itachi seemed to be home and looking for her. Sakura didn't respond. She knew that they would start yelling at her if she brought up the hospital thing, but she didn't feel like yelling at the moment.

"Oh good. You're eating" Sasuke suddenly walked into the kitchen to see that Sakura had put something into the microwave. Sakura nodded at his presence but said nothing more. Itachi shrugged in Sasuke's direction before walking to his own room across the way.

"Sakura…please say something." Sasuke asked quietly, sitting down at the table.

Sakura ignored his request, taking her food out of the microwave. She sat down across from him, eating quietly, before the silence was really irking Sasuke's nerves.

"God damn it Sakura" Sasuke banged his fist onto the table making Sakura jump. She quietly placed down her fork to look at him sadly.

"What do you want me to say" Sakura said quietly. Sasuke rubbed his temples in frustration not wanting to fight about this either.

"Look…I don't want to fight about this but...do you really see so much harm in me taking you out of the hospital?" Sasuke asked angrily.

Sakura shook her head 'no' before poking at her meal in sadness, not really hungry anymore.

"Then what are you so upset about?" Sasuke asked worried.

"I…" Sakura looked up at him not sure where she should start.

"Yes?" Sasuke asked hopefully.

"Just wanted to help" Sakura sad sadly. Sasuke cocked his head in confusion not sure what she meant. She always helped people; it wasn't out of the ordinary.

"But you always help" Sasuke said, confused.

Sakura sighed again in frustration, not sure what to tell him; he wouldn't get it. Sakura stood up wanting to walk around for a bit but was stopped by Sasuke who held her wrist tightly.

"Explain" Sasuke said curtly.

"I…don't want people to hate me like they did before" Sakura said quietly. Sasuke was even more confused now. Even when they were little she had friends and was liked by people. It suddenly dawned on him though that she didn't want to be considered a hazard.

"Sakura" Sasuke said carefully getting her attention, "people love you here. I love you here. Yes it was scary to people when you came back, but you are the nicest monster I've ever meant" Sasuke smiled at her happily.

If that was a compliment it sucked Sakura sweat dropped at what he said.

"People won't push you away because you were always such a kind, giving person. Plus you're an asset to the village so it would be stupid of them to get rid of you. If you did I'm sure there would be a riot somewhere, led by a few choice people." Sasuke smirked.

Sakura smiled at him. She felt silly for worrying, but those Haruno's weren't exactly pro-monster either so she didn't get the idea in her head out of nothing.

"Sasuke, I was going to go for a walk, want to come?" Sakura smiled at him. He nodded, grabbing her hand, before leading her out of the door.

"Hey Sakura," Sasuke spoke up after they had passed the lake, "what gender is the baby?" Sasuke asked curiously.

"Does it matter?" Sakura asked seriously, worried he might be gender specific for their child.

"No" Sasuke smiled at her gently, "just curious."

Sakura giggled at him wondering if she should tell him.

"No" Sakura said quietly.

" 'No' what?" Sasuke asked confused.

"I don't think I want to tell you." Sakura giggled again at his shocked face.

"It's a surprise" Sakura jumped excitedly making Sasuke frown.

"But I want to know!" Sasuke whined.

"How about in the mid-eighth month, beginning of the ninth month, I'll tell you the gender of the baby, okay?" Sakura said slyly. Sasuke didn't understand why she didn't just tell him now but agreed none the less.

She probably wants to see if I'm gender specific in the next four months Sasuke looked at her suspiciously making her giggle.

"So not fair" Itachi said quietly, making the couple jump. He was currently leaning against a tree looking rather bored.

"Can I at least know? I promise not to tell him" Itachi smirked as Sasuke glared at his brother.

"Was the Itachi Uchiha eavesdropping?" Sakura asked carefully. Itachi smirked at his sister-in-law.

"I would never" Itachi said smartly.

"Well eavesdroppers never prosper so that's a 'no', brother-in-law" Sakura punctuated her last words making Itachi scowl as Sasuke smirked at him.

After that, Sasuke and Itachi had been trying to get Sakura to tell them the gender of the baby but she was very careful with her words only saying: baby, child, it, or girl/boy.

After that, when Sasuke got home, he would pick a book given to Sakura after her second baby shower, to read to their child. He would also talk to their child whenever they took a bath together, and couldn't sleep for a while.

Such loving antics softened Sakura's heart so much, but she never gave away what gender the baby was. Sasuke didn't seem too upset about it.

END OF FLASHBACK

Sakura giggled at the remembrance as she picked up her woven basket, spade, flower seed packet, and an already partially grown plant. She walked past the lake and through the woods to see that her garden had actually been attended to. Except for a few weeds here and there, it was well taken care of.

Sasuke Sakura thought happily (also probably with the help of Itachi). He found her little garden and attended to it too. Sakura smiled lovingly before taking the three laminated pieces of paper and writing on them: Sasuke-my beloved husband, Itachi- A magnificent man and loving brother, Aisokuhi- My first child. Sakura placed the laminated pieces of paper onto sticks, placing them in front of the plants that she thought fit each person best.

Itachi was in front of the coleus', Sasuke was in front of the snapdragons, and Aisokuhi was in front of the yellow and pink rose bushes.

Sakura rubbed her stomach gently feeling the child kick against her hand. Sakura hadn't told Sasuke or Itachi what gender the child was, but thought that if they had been attending her garden as often as she assumed, then they would be able to figure it out from the name she had already decided upon.

'Aisoku' meant beloved son while 'hi' meant of fire. Uchiha's were known for being specialist of fire so Sakura thought it would be appropriate; that and people considered Sakura to have a 'fiery' temper all on her own.

Sakura pulled some of the weeds and had planted a few more flower seeds. She kind of figured she wouldn't be able to pick vegetables in her state any time soon, so would wait until it was a better time (there was no point in planting vegetables that would rot later).

She had planted: geraniums (white and red). Sakura had finally come up with the idea to plant a cherry blossom tree in the very corner of her garden. Once it grew big and strong it would be looking over her other little plants; it was perfect.

Sakura wiped the sweat from her brow as she carefully got up stumbling back slightly, before gaining her balance back. Sasuke and the others wouldn't be returning until later that evening so she was free to do what she wished.

Sakura passed by the lake, sticking her finger in, before deciding that it would be too cold to go swimming in it.

Sakura decided that after getting cleaned that she would further investigate the Uchiha grounds. The grounds were far and vast and she's only been in the main sections of the little town.

Sakura passed by the empty houses that creaked in solitude. It strangely made Sakura relaxed knowing that there was no one there or following her. Sakura made it past the outskirts of the Uchiha grounds and discovered an open plain before her, encircled by trees.

What is this place? Sakura thought curiously. A remembrance of a dream suddenly popped through her mind that she had thought about long ago. She didn't understand where it came from, or what significance it had.

Sakura really didn't like this place, it made her nervous. Sakura gently placed her hand on her stomach in comfort, as she made her way through the rather tall grass.

It was almost seven o'clock when Sakura decided it would probably be best to head back. She had been circling the trees that surrounded the field and found some very strange plants and cute wildlife.

A white rabbit hopped in front of her path, looking at her while wiggling its noise, before hopping under a bush.

"That's called a bunny, Aisokuhi." Sakura smiled while rubbing her stomach. The baby kicked back in response making Sakura even happier. She was in the middle of the field before hearing something on the wind that made her hair stand up.

"Ready to 'pop'" Sakura's eyes widened as she looked around the trees quickly, trying to see her attackers.

This is bad Sakura thought sullen. Sakura pumped chakra into her fist knowing that she had to be careful when releasing too much or too little chakra.

"Show yourselves, cowards" Sakura said quietly.

Seven men surrounded her, all in white cloaks, and each with a gruesome weapon in hand.

Not only was she outnumbered and pregnant, but even with her large amounts of chakra, too much being expelled could harm her baby and or herself.

"What's your choice Monster-san?" One of them asked quietly.

Sakura's eyes widened knowing that no matter what answer she picked, her and her child would be killed immediately.

"Touch my child or my husband and I'll welcome you to hell personally" Sakura said darkly. The men stiffened at the response. None of them were smiling or smirking any longer.

Here we go Sakura thought desperately.

Outside The Village

"God damn it! How could I have been such an idiot?!" Sasuke yelled out angrily. Sasuke, Itachi, Kakashi, Naruto, and Shikamaru were all heading back to the Uchiha complex, fast. They had just passed the village gates and were now running like mad men on top of buildings.

FLASHBACK

Once they had reached the edge of fire country, all of them were met by a single man in a white cloak. Each one knew who he was and were waiting for an attack. That is, before he smiled darkly at them.

"Such a fool Uchiha" The man said quietly.

"If you think you can stop me, or any of us, you truly are an arrogant man" Sasuke said quietly.

"I don't need to stop you Uchiha, but our Clan refuses to have intruders create such offensive offspring." The man said drolly.

"Well everyone is entitled to an opinion, to bad I don't give a fuck" Sasuke said angrily. The man had just offended him, his clan, his wife, and their child. He was going to die; no questions asked.

"Now, now Uchiha. Temper, temper. I called you a fool before with good reason" The man smiled yet again taking a step back, only causing the group to take a step forward.

"And why is that asshole?" Sasuke was not in the mood to play games with anyone.

"Because we caused enough doubt in your village to heighten the suspicion of your precious Hokage, she took out some of her best ninja to come and find us Harunos." The man said as if it was obvious.

"And your point!?" Sasuke said impatiently.

"The people strong enough and the people who care the most about Monster-san are hundreds of miles away from her." All of their eyes widened in shock. "She's dead by now Uchiha. I suggest you hurry to bury her body along with your child's before my men do something…uncanny." The man smiled again before disappearing. Sasuke left as fast as he could pump chakra into his legs. His Sharingan was spinning madly as his friends were right on his tail.

END OF FLASHBACK

Sasuke and the others had just made it through the entrance of the Uchiha Clan gates. Sasuke couldn't sense Sakura's chakra anywhere near their house but sensed her a farther distance away. She was in the fire circle.

It was the place where all Uchiha children would separately show their parents what they knew. It was a place the teachers took them one by one so they could show their parents what techniques they excelled at without the possibility of burning a building down.

Sasuke knew she wasn't dead because he could still feel her chakra and the chakra of his child's. But their signatures were weak and fading fast.

"Sakura!" Sasuke yelled loudly across the long street. A hundred more yards and he would be entering the forest and then the opening itself.

Sakura's eyes widened at hearing her name being called by none other than Sasuke.

Sakura was lying on the ground, her body held up by one arm. She was breathing hard and her vision was blurry. The ground around her was nothing but charred dirt and cracked earth. Her attackers were still standing and had minor wounds, but they were not finished yet.

Sakura had kept them a good distance away from her, but had wasted so much of her chakra in the amount of time they had been attacking, that her water had broken. Her contractions hurt, her baby wanted out, and she was surrounded by evil men bent on killing her.

Sakura gasped as another contraction hit her. That's when Sakura saw everything in slow motion. All of the men were headed towards her for the one last move that would finish her off. Each at different angle, position, with dangerous weapons, and jutsus ready to kill them both off.

Suddenly a blur of black was standing above her and that's when it happened. Sasuke's had reached a level of the Sharingan so powerful by protecting the person/people he loved the most.

It. Was. Pure Hate.

They were suddenly surrounded in a dome of black as the screams of the men filled her ears. Each one was being slowly eaten away by the darkness in a slow agonizing death as they were ripped apart piece by piece before becoming obliterated into darkened ash.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.

The grounds which they were on were molten black and steam formed from the ground. All of them looked in awe at the new Sharingan Sasuke had acquired. It was startling to see the power that it had.

Sasuke's breathing was ragged but he smiled proudly down at Sakura. Sasuke's proudness turned into fear as he saw that Sakura had shallow breathing and wasn't moving.

"Sakura!" Sasuke bent down to her, holding her bridal style, before feeling something wet on his hand. His eyes widened as the realization hit him.

Her water broke. Their child was coming. Sakura wasn't even conscious!

Sasuke ran past his shocked friends who were desperately asking him what was wrong.

"Her water broke!" Was all Sasuke could say, before they all slammed through the hospital doors.

Nurses and doctors surrounded them as she was placed into the ER to get her baby out. Sasuke stood, staring at the white doors, not moving one muscle. Each of them stood behind him breathing roughly. It had been an hour and it felt like seconds. The rest of their friends had run through the hospital, finding each of them scared for the moment.

Tsunade had already entered the ER after Sakura's few minutes of arrival in hopes of saving her apprentice and baby.

Sasuke was breathing roughly as Itachi sat next to him, grabbing his neck to try and soothe his nerves.

The minutes ticked by as more nurses ran into the ER then were coming out of it. Everyone was tense and waiting.

Death isn't fair was the thought running through Sasuke's head at the moment.

Suddenly, a nurse walked out of the ER heading towards them sadly.

"Uchiha-san" the nurse spoke quietly. Sasuke jumped up quickly, unable to take whatever bad news she was going to tell him.

His brother grabbed his hand tightly, in hopes of comforting his otouto.

"The baby was pre-mature considering it was barely entering the ninth-month of pregnancy." The nurse began quietly. Everyone stiffened at the thought.

"The baby is alive, just on an incubator until it gets stronger." The nurse gave a half lifted smile. Sasuke's stress lessened half way, waiting to hear about Sakura.

"Mrs. Uchiha…has had complications" The nurse bowed slightly in sadness. Sasuke's mouth went dry as horrible images ran through his mind. He didn't save her again.

"What complications" Sasuke asked numbly, asking the same question everyone had been thinking.

"Considering the excess of chakra released in dangerous amounts for a pregnant woman, along with the present wounds, stress, and the actual given birth part… Mrs. Uchiha is in a coma. The loss of so much blood and chakra has caused this." The nurse seemed to be crying silently know considering Sakura was a friend of hers.

"We don't know when she'll wake up" The nurse choked out the last sentence before running off down the hall.

Sasuke collapsed on the floor, his head in his hands, as his tears finally fell. Itachi crouched next to him, hugging him by the shoulders, trying to tell him it was going to be okay. But he knew it wasn't. This wasn't how things were supposed to be.

After what seemed like hours, everyone sitting and waiting for Sasuke to get off of the floor, Ino crouched down next to him.

"Sasuke-kun" Ino whispered gently. "I know that you would rather not move right now, but…the nurse says you can see your child right now." Ino said quietly. Sasuke looked up at her sadly not sure what to say. He didn't want to see his child without Sakura, but if she never woke up then he would never see his child.

Sasuke nodded numbly wanting to at least see what his child looked like.

Sasuke followed Ino, along with everyone else, before she stopped looking through the infancy room window. Sasuke saw baby crib after baby crib with babies rapped in either blue, yellow, green, or pink blankets. Sasuke finally landed his eyes on an incubator that was on the other side of the room. He went around the corner to get a closer look.

His breath hitched at the sight. There in a blue blanket was a little boy with black hair, and curious green eyes looking up at him. A tube was running through his nose with extra oxygen but he didn't seem to care. The baby reached one hand out of his blanket, clenching and unclenching his fists.

He knows who his father is Sasuke thought surprised as he placed his dirtied hand onto the glass.

"I have a son" Sasuke breathed out quietly.

The baby seemed to smile when he placed his hand on the glass, Sakura's smile. Sasuke gave the baby a watery smile back, before his friends surrounded him with smiles of their own.

"He looks like the both of you, doesn't he?" Itachi spoke softly to his brother.

I wonder what your mother named you. Sasuke thought sadly.

The child looked up at its father hoping to hear him call his name; he smiled, in waiting.

Woohoo! I was finally able to get time to finish a chapter what with all my school work, anyway…Well don't worry. I am making one more chapter after this which will make the foreshadowing in Chapter 12 (I think that's the right chapter) obvious. I don't know when it will be out but I am definitely making another one. Well I hoped you liked it and Review! Later