I Do Not Own Naruto

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Withering Time

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For Sakura the coming weeks slowed considerably as her belly grew and her fears for her husband continued to amass.

However, when the weeks turned to months she felt her heart constrict with unrequited fear as her belly and the twins continued to swell. Twice in the last two months Minato had to tighten her seal, he was thinking to use her birthing as an opportunity to give her a proper seal to hold Isobu, but Sakura only felt anxious about the impending labor.

Going through the classes alone had her fretful and fearful about her own birth, she knew she was going to be taken out of the village in the next couple of weeks with Itachi as her escort, and Minato as another guard. But she was terrified.

Kakashi attended every class with her, but he wasn't Sasuke and she wanted Sasuke here with her and Kakashi for his. She was so scared of something going wrong, she was terrified of it. And she didn't want to be alone. Though Kakashi and Tsunade were assuring her that she wasn't going to be alone at all, they were going to be with her the entire time.

It didn't quash her fretting or her fear.

Which was why today she was nervous as she sat on hers' and Sasuke bed for the final time. Tsunade didn't want to induce her labor for two more weeks, but she knew they were pushing it back as she waited for Sasuke to return.

However, there was no pushing today back as she felt the slight contractions, the Braxton Hicks contractions. The contractions were a nuisance but since they were irregular, and they would leave her be when she moved about she dismissed them from her mind. Today though they were not helping, and the way her babies were moving in her, was not helping as she sat lotus style on her bed and bit her lip. She wanted Sasuke here.

"Ready to go?" she looked up at Kakashi who had her bag slung on his shoulder and a weary look about him. Sakura felt a little guilty about always keeping him up with her pregnancy but she was terrified that if she was alone she was going to be cornered by Haruno Haruki again and that was a thought which had her glued to her guardian's side.

"Yeah," she admitted as she carefully unfolded her legs and stretched them out. Kakashi knelt down and helped her with her shoes and she sighed because she hated not seeing her feet. Though she knew they were there, and they felt swollen.

"Thank you," she mumbled and Kakashi looked up at her with lazy eyes.

"Can't have my kid losing her feet," he mused and she chuckled as he helped her awkward weight up from the bed. She groaned a bit at the dull ache in her back as she was brought up to her feet.

"Have you heard from Sasuke?" she whispered as they walked together.

"No, but I checked in with Itachi," Kakashi said.

"And?"

"And nothing, he's on a mission," Kakashi sighed as he helped her down the stairs. Sakura really didn't want to leave her home but she knew the risks of her birthing early, she was pregnant with two, and she knew what was likely to happen if Isobu got out and went on a rampage to defend the babies. Her Three Tailed companion was v3ry protective of her belly, and had layered his chakra up and over her belly to protect her babies.

"Kakashi, I want him here," she whimpered.

"I know, and I know that bastard wants to be here," Kakashi assured her as she felt his masked lips kiss her hair as they walked through the village in the dead of night to get out of here and go to where she needed to go to birth.

"I'm scared," she admitted as they walked.

"I know, kid, I know," Kakashi murmured and she ignored a sharp pain on her pelvis as she walked. Part of her was eager to have her body back to being hers', well, hers' and Isobu's, and another part of her wanted to have the babies so she could see them. She was certain they would look like Sasuke, how could they not when their father was so handsome?

Sighing she fought back her hormone's tears as she walked out the gates of her village and they slowly continued to make their way to where it would be safe for her to go into labor. Tsunade had seen to all the preperations, and Kushina was staying with Hinata for the time being. Sakura whimpered a bit as the tears escaped her still.

"I really want him here," she mumbled.

"I know," her guardian assured her and she rubbed her huge stomach. This was by far the worst feeling in the world in her mind. She was married and yet she was all alone in a way. Sauske wasn't here and she was terrified of her impending labor.

It wasn't the pain that worried her.

It was the idea of something going wrong and her never having the opportunity to tell him that she loved him. And Sakura desperately wanted to fix that mistake as she looked at the huge belly she now possessed which continuously threw her off balance.

"Do you think he wants them?" she murmured.

"I do, and if he doesn't then he's a dead fool because he knocked you up and he had better be ready to be a father," Kakashi grumbled and she giggled a little. The tightening, fluttering and slight pain of her abdomen tightened a bit more and she winced as she kept walking with Kakashi. She was not in labor, of that she was certain as she walked towards the safe area. Minato and Itachi materialized suddenly and they walked the rest of the way in utter silence.

It was suffocating to her.

Sakura stared at the stars. Please Sasuke, her heart pleaded and she closed her eyes again.

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Leaping up he twisted his body about as he released the kunai in his hands as he evaded their shuriken. Hitting the ground he rolled to his feet as he blocked the move of the blue haired, eyepatch wearing Mist jonin. He was fast as he evaded them and slammed a chakra infused fist into him blowing him back into the woman. Sasuke darted forward, he leapt over them as he threw a paper bomb at them as he landed and ran to where he could see Naruto. He was undeterred as he made his way to the dobe.

They were on a time crunch here.

The explosion didn't worry him as he began prying at the chakra seals.

"What are you doing here teme?" Naruto asked wearily.

"Isn't it obvious?" he demanded as he finally freed one of the dobe's hands then.

"They want Sakura," Naruto whispered and that had him looking at the dobe.

"Come on, let's go you idiot," he grumbled and he grabbed his groggy best friend as they ran through the tunnels again. The burst of lava had him pulling Susanoo around them then and he looked over at the woman

"We can't let you leave, all the fun's just started," she snapped and he winced as lava spewed from her lips then. He tossed the dobe upwards and summoned a full body Susanoo as it shattered the tunnels around him and he stomped a boot down.

He didn't have the time to fucking deal with this!

More Chapters are coming today, but I'm hungry so I'm going to grab a bite to eat and come back to this.

That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Blooming in Darkness! =)