Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto.

So are you guys ready to go back to school? Really? Honest and Truly? HAH! I'm not. This is my last Saturday and I've had to spend it reading all day. It just dawned on me that I should upload another chapter of this. There are only a few chapters left so I hope you guys feel the climax and the anticipation! I'm so happy that I finally have this story just completely done. Out of my hair. I'll upload another chapter in about a weeks time. I'm sorry it's been a little over a week since I last updated this. I also have no clue what the freaking ferret I'm doing with my other story (Love Like This). I have an idea of how I want to end it but I just can't fit the pieces together right now. I have the next couple chapters planned out, but I hope you guys like both my contributions to the M rated community. I'll probably stick to rated T from now on because my sex scenes are just loosing their luster and they just don't do it for me you know? It's more fun to just leave it blank and let the reader imagine what happened o.o

AUGUST BE GOOD TO ME!

(play "better today" by ne-yo)

Sasuke woke up and slammed the snooze on his alarm clock. He didn't feel like getting up. He didn't want to say he was a miserable wreck but all he did was sleep, eat, and train. He had nothing else in his life right now that he could interact with happily but himself. Kakashi had entered his room upon hearing the alarm clock go off and face palmed himself. Sasuke laundry was strewn about his room as well as dinner plates from meals made a week ago. He really was a slob without Sakura around to clean up his messes. Kakashi wasn't a fan of being the maid, but in this situation he didn't feel like he had a choice.

"Will you at least bathe yourself so you don't smell as bad as your room? You really let this place go to hell." Kakashi chastised him as he was picking up sweaty shirts and pants and throwing them in the hamper near the closet.

Sasuke threw Kakashi an invective look then rolled out of bed into the bathroom without uttering one word. Taken aback by his recent behavior Kakashi almost wanted to literally slap some sense into Sasuke, but that wasn't his place. That was Sakura's job and she had to do it whenever she was ready. It had been almost two weeks since Sakura left and everyday Sasuke became more cold and apathetic. He was either growing impatient or back into his old monster from years ago that Sakura had miraculously tamed before.

"I've had it" Kakashi growled, "I'm not a fucking fairy with a magic wand, but I'm not going to sit here and watch everything deteriorate either."

With those angry words spewed Kakashi walked out the door to go to Nara's place. He needed to talk to Sakura in private and as soon as possible.

Sasuke was enjoying his searing hot shower just a little bit. He was so damn frustrated with the world and everything in it that he almost felt like beating the shit of the nearest living thing around him. He wanted to scold himself for thinking that way, but without Sakura around he had turned into a complete animal. He had digressed to primal instincts and wasn't himself. He hadn't seen any remnants of his brother for weeks, and the hideout up in the mountains still hadn't been touched or tampered with. Sasuke was growing on edge with anticipation. He felt that Sakura needed to be under his care and without him she had no chance of survival especially with their child, his son. Eventually Sasuke had to turn the hot water off because there wasn't any anymore and got dressed to go out to the nearest abandoned field or forest and train. When the time came, he had to be ready.

Ino heard the doorbell ring as she sensed who was at the door first. She was overly cautious about answering the door in case it was the Uchiha, but this chakra was definitely the son of the White Fang. Ino let him inside then gave him a rather suspicious look as she asked, "Tea?"

Kakashi nodded then said, "That sounds lovely, mind if Sakura comes down here and drinks some too?"

Ino knew this would happen. Someone was eventually going to have to mediate this giant fiasco, but of all people she didn't really expect Kakashi to do it. She was mostly expecting the goofball Naruto, Yamato, or even Sai with his unbiastness to do it. Though the geezer was a curveball for the situation she figured it was better than keeping Sakura coup'd up away from the Uchiha for extended periods of time. Every since the festival Ino hardly let Sakura out of the house because she knew the Uchiha would stalk her and that would put Sakura at high stress levels that she really didn't need at the moment.

"Sakura you have company!" Ino yelled up the stairs soon followed by petite and uncertain footsteps.

"Yo" Kakashi waved with a masked smile.

Sakura came flying down the stairs and into her sensei's arms. They stood there for a moment like that before Sakura parted the hug and just smiled up and him and went and sat in the dining room that was open view from the entryway.

"I heard you don't talk much anymore…" Kakashi asked with his arms crossed looking at the pinkette with mild intensity.

Sakura just fiddled with her thumbs looking at her feet as she whispered, "I just don't have much to say…"

"That's a total lie" Kakashi scowled as he leaned forward to lift Sakura's chin to look him in the face.

"I talked to Sasuke, I see him everyday, and he's a mess without you. You have to understand that he feels awful about what happened and he would apologize, but he doesn't want to unless your ready to accept it. He has a good reason for that ring that I can't tell you, but he never meant for it to be used in that way, and he's trying to figure out how to control his emotions so they don't control you."

Sakura softly removed Kakashi's hand off of her face and sat up and looked at him with indecisive eyes as she asked, "Will he ever do it again?"

"That's part of life Sakura, you just have to know that humans are flawed, especially people like Sasuke. Just give him a second chance. He isn't mad anymore, he's just a mess."

Kakashi knew he was lying through his teeth about the not being angry part. He was sure though that he wouldn't take it out on Sakura if he saw her, he would be extra cautious. Sasuke just didn't have reservations about taking it out on anyone else.

"Come home?" he asked her with somewhat of sorrow in his voice, "Whether or not you choose to accept it, Naruto and Sasuke are the most powerful ones here and the only ones capable of fully protecting you. You need to come be with us. As you get closer to giving birth your chances of being hurt or kidnapped sky-rocket."

Ino had been quietly listening in the doorway but she chimed in her two good cents as well, "I agree. I only meant to harbor you for a short few days until the real heat went away. You've been gone for too long.

(play "where'd you go" by fort minor. I know it's dumb that only the chorus applies to the situation, but it's a freaking good song)

Sasuke ran at the training post as hard as he could. He slashed it into mulch in a matter of seconds and moved on to the next post reducing it to ash with his chidori infused kusanagi. Eventually her mediated to regain some of his chakra before heading home. He walked through the door with the lights out in the whole house. He flipped the entryway light on to reveal the house as empty as far as Sasuke could see. He looked at the kitchen counter and saw two notes left for him.

The first read:

Hey lame brain we went

out on the town for a few drinks

and some fun. We'll be

home late, so don't stay up

and wait for us dearest.

-Sai

The second note read:

Don't fuck up

-Kakashi

Sasuke could care less about the first note but scowled at the second note. It was like Kakashi was harassing him without any care in the world. It was practically rude considering that Kakashi had the guest room while the other two free-loaders took the living room couches as their beds. Sasuke just threw both notes in the trash and got himself a glass of water. He noticed a few things out of place and a few bags in the entryway and scowled.

"Are they moving in here?" he grumbled to himself thinking the freeloaders had brought in some extra luggage with them.

Sasuke put his empty glass into the kitchen sink and made his way upstairs. He peaked in the guest room and saw that Kakashi too had vacated the premises. It's not that he hated being home alone. It's just that he was home alone with nothing to do but wallow in his own misfortunes. He eventually made his way down the hall to his own room but felt his heart leap out of his chest. Hesitatingly, he reached for the knob of the door and waited a few seconds before stealthily slipping inside the room and deducing whom the presence belonged to. He nearly fell backwards when he saw the pinkette sleeping in the bed. He quickly resheathed his sword and tip-toed over to the window to see Kakashi on the roof of Ino's house using one hand to do a two finger salute before disappearing in a cloud of smoke. Sasuke was both happy and overwhelmed with the situation. He wanted to wake her up and talk, but he didn't want to scare her. He was also afraid that if she just woke up tomorrow morning and found him she would freak out. Sasuke just decided that the best course of action would be to lean up against the night stand on Sakura's side of the bed and try and wait till morning for her to wake so she couldn't run away from him.

Sasuke's alarm went off and he cursed to himself because he had inevitably fallen into a cold sleep, but the pinkette was still lying in bed when he opened his eyes. The only difference about her was that she was scowling because of the alarm. Sasuke quickly shut it off then went to take a shower hoping that it didn't wake her. However he didn't make it to the bathroom door before he felt eyes on him. He turned around and made complete eye contact with Sakura and it was a complete stand still. Sasuke was afraid to move, but it was Sakura who moved first. She just pulled the covers over her head and curled into a ball making a strange noise. Sasuke just raised a brow and walked over to the side of the bed. He almost lifted the covers when the girl leapt our from under them and landed on top of him pinning him to the ground.

"Listen here" she growled while his eyes went wide, "Don't ever try and control me again or I will CURB STOMP YOU!"

Sasuke grabbed hold of her wrists and pulled her down on top of him kissing her. He finally had his old wife back. He didn't need to vocalize a reply to that statement because he felt that the kiss was enough, however he did pick her up and throw her onto the bed then crawled on top of her.

"Sasuke!" she gasped, "Seriously?! I'm in my third trimester! How am I attractive enough to do this?"

"You're pregnant, not fat" he repeated to her for the how many millionth time now.

He kissed up and down her legs and arms then worked on her neck as he disrobed her of her oversized t-shirt. He saw a few stretch marks on her belly, but they weren't nearly as bad as she had made them out to be before. They had almost faded because he assumed she was using a ton of lotions and ointments.

"You know that this is actually healthy?" he growled in her ear while he took of her panties and bra.

Sakura blushed as she remembered why and replied, "yeah" with a gulp.

Sakura knew as soon as she went to sleep that they would interact with each other when she woke up. She just wasn't expecting a full on sexual assault. She knew it was healthy, because by having sex it softened the cervix which made the dilation of child labor that much easier. Sasuke picked up her arms and wrapped them around his neck, but Sakura couldn't keep them to herself, she soon took off his shirt and ran a hand down his washboard abs. Sasuke responded by grabbing one of her now generously sized breasts and massaging the nipples with his thumb. Sakura arched her back as best she could without bumping Sasuke off her due to the sheer size of her abdomen now.

"You happy to be back now?" he asked her in her ear before nibbling on her pulse cause a slight moan to escape her lips, "I'll take that as a yes."

Sasuke moved a hand over her round tummy down to between her legs. He already felt how moist she was and figured she didn't need fingering to get any more lubricant. Sasuke took off his boxers, which was all that was left on him and nestled in between her legs. Sakura moaned in ecstasy as she felt him sink inside her for the first time in a long while. They hadn't really done too much in terms of sex since they'd gotten there. Sakura realized just how much she missed this part of their lives together and how much she needed it back. Sasuke too was wound up beyond belief, but he soon felt 80% of his stress fade away as he unloaded inside of her. Sakura didn't actually have a chance to go yet so Sasuke resorted to nibbling on her clitoris and gently rubbing her nipple until she too seemed to explode.

Sasuke looked down at the sheets and made a mental note to take care of them. Sakura just panted and spread out on the bed. Sasuke laid down beside her resting a hand on her stomach, it had been a while since he was able to feel his son. He activated his sharingan just to get a closer look, but he felt Sakura cringe.

"I'm just looking at him" he said with a slightly concerned face.

He did feel Sakura ease up a little, but he made a note to be careful with that ability since she seemed to absolutely hate it. It's not his fault that he wanted to catch a sneak peak at his son. He could tell by the formation of almost all the body parts that it was only a matter of a few weeks before he'd be popped out.

"Are you excited?" he asked Sakura curiously.

Sakura just smiled and nodded as she explained, "It's hard to describe, but carrying a developing creature inside you is inexplicably one of nature's most underrated treasures. The further along I get and the larger I feel him grow, the more impatient I become for him to come out.

Sasuke felt a little pressure deep in his gut. He still hadn't told Sakura about the hideout in the mountains where she'd have to give birth, or at least, she didn't understand all too well what the situation was.

"You do know what's going to happen, right?"

Sakura looked over at him with pleading eyes, "What?"

"You're going to have to give birth in secret up in the rock cavern of a mountain. You can't stay in a hospital. It's too penetrable."

"I… I don't think that's a good idea…" Sakura muttered.

Sasuke shook his head as he argued, "Ino knows as much about childbirth as you do, and you can even explain a few things she doesn't know along the way if you absolutely have to, but I've taken the liberty of setting up the hideout myself and purchasing the necessary tools. That's where we'll be headed when you head into labor."

Sakura felt an extreme uncertainty inside herself at the situation. Why couldn't she give birth like a normal woman? She knew that if she were inside the gates of Konoha she would be able to be secure inside the hospital with anbu black-ops obviously stationed outside the doors, but in a civilian town where they had to keep their cover that was no longer an option.

"I know your scared" he whispered in Sakura's ear as he scootched up behind her, "But I'll be right there to help and protect you, Naruto too, and everyone else. You have nothing to worry about."

"I really hope so…" she whispered before resuming her previous slumber.

Sasuke just decided to take the shower he was going to earlier and making a few last minute arrangements at the hideout before proceeding with what they all had planed.

"She doing better now?" Shikamaru asked as he approached Sasuke while training.

Sasuke wiped some sweat from his brow replying, "A lot better, but she spends most of her time in bed because she's exhausted from holding it in this long."

Shikamaru made a humorous 'hmph' before saying, "I can't wait till you have a kid Sasuke, you'll know the meaning of exhausted. She keeps it for 9 months and you get it for the rest of its years."

Sasuke just shrugged grunting, "I don't really care. I want a kid, and Sakura isn't as irresponsible as Ino, no offense. She wouldn't just dump the kid completely on me. She'd sooner do it all herself before she did that."

"Then why don't you take a few days off to spend with her? She really needs you in these final weeks, ya know?"

Sasuke rubbed his shoulder saying, "She just yells at me and tells me she can do it herself. I just don't want to mess with her."

"Then spend your time doing something else besides training. You've built yourself up enough, but you aren't going to have enough energy when the time comes to protect her if you keep doing this incessant training."

Sasuke knew he had a point. He was about to call it a day anyway. He really did feel like he could use a few extra z's and some TLC (Tender Loving Care, not The Learning Channel .). He already had the final preparations at the hideout ready for their baby's arrival, and Ino had personally been learning about childbirth from Sakura to have maximum efficiency. When Sakura is in the process of giving birth she can't give a medical lecture on what to do because she'll be in irrational pain.

Everyone already knew the plan of action as soon as Sakura went into labor Sasuke would alert Shikamaru with a throwing knife or shuriken and speed off towards the destination. Ino would be the first to arrive as a first responder along with Shikamaru after alerting Naruto to tell everyone else to meet them there. However Sasuke already knew that nothing ever went as planned. He just hoped that the ring would go as planned if he had to use it in that manner. He couldn't live with himself if something happened to Sakura or his child.

Naruto eventually came by and decided to do some taijutsu sparing with Sasuke for the benefit of both of them. Sasuke had no objections since he needed a good challenge anyway. Though they were breaking the rules by fighting without someone to intervene of enough skill level such as Kakashi, they weren't using their chakra, so they felt they had a justification. Shikamaru just took a seat in the shade to watch the two beef heads battle it out. He wasn't a fan of skirmishes but found fighting like a chess game. He had no place in this fight though, and he knew it. The ultimate victor wound up being undecided as usual since both participants collapsed in the grass panting without any strength left.

"I could kill you where you lie right now" A husky voice sounded from behind them all.

All three boys spun around to see Madara himself standing there with Itachi at his side.

"While it would be easy to get you all out of the way as the opportunity has presented itself, I don't find it nearly as amusing."

Shikamaru didn't take this guy seriously for one minute and turned to go get the others for immediate help he was stopped cold in his tracks.

"I see you there" Madara cooed looking over his shoulder, "Leave and these two will die. I only came here with one intention."

"And what's that?" Naruto asked grinding his teeth in a fighting stance.

"To terrorize your thoughts" was his reply, "I won't kill you because I want you to watch me steal you child, slowly kill your wife, and annihilate all your friends.

"Give it your best shot" he growled, "I can't even take you seriously with that ridiculous mask on."

Madara seemed to tense a bit at the insulting come back but withheld his ground as he said, "You better be on edge you know. I could cut open your wife again, and this time the baby will live seeing how far it is along in its development cycle. Don't doubt my prowess Uchiha. You saw what happened the last time."

As soon as those last words left the man's mouth they both disappeared in a cloud of smoke, which Sasuke figured meant they had retreated, but he didn't let his guard down for one second on the way home. He wasn't as freaked out as he was when he first saw Itachi, because now he'd lived with the acceptance of an imminent threat. He just didn't want to alert Sakura about its full extent until it was necessary.

To Be Continued…

As I've mentioned before this story is completely written out now. Like the ending, the words "end" on paper (on Microsoft Word actually, but who gives a shit). This is the 3rd to last chapter. RELISH IT! REVIEW IT! ENJOY MY GENIUS! ^_^