BTW: I swear it's almost over just hang in there. Again it's a ton of dialogue im sorry.
RECAP: If you could just read the last chapter that would be awesome. It's mostly dialogue anyway so come on.
Naruto had just put Sakura and Sasuke to bed. He had the stain right where he wanted it. Just one more half hour of soaking and one last scrub and it would be out. He left it to soak some more. He walked to get a towel to dry his hands. He noticed he seemed much heavier than he ever had before. He checked the time, it was 6 in the morning, he must be feeling the after effects of sleeping for 2 hours and then going to the hospital. He was about to take a nap on the couch when he remembered. He got up and dialed the phone.
"Hello?"
"Gaara, hey."
"NARUTO! WHAT'S GOING ON?"
"Calm down. Eveything's OK."
"Well you've been with them for, how long has it been...4 hours. Are you guys OK?"
"Yes. Don't worry. Everything's OK."
"So what happened?"
"...It's Sakura...she lost the baby..."
"...Oh...oh no...is she OK...?"
"Yep. It wasn't because of her body so they can try again soon."
"Well, if it wasn't Sakura...what went wrong?"
"It's like you said...we should've gone to the doctor after she got hit..."
"...Are you serious...it was him...Oh my God, what did you do?"
"I punched him twice...it's not that bad...I had no strength..."
"Naruto you always have strength...did you check and make sure he was OK after you punched him?"
"Well wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the punch?"
"Urg...whatever...as long as Sakura's OK. So you said they were gonna try again? Have they considered...ya know not having a baby so young?"
"It's like it's not an option to them. They want to have a baby now...I don't know why but I'm not complaining. I'm going to get an apprentice named after me in about a year."
"Oh yeah. They're still naming it after you?"
"Yep."
"But what if it's a girl?"
"Well, obviously even if it was a boy they can't call it Naruto, too confusing. So they've asked me to make nicknames because I know my way around my name."
"Well...What are they?"
"OK, prepare yourself because they're pretty great. OK if it's a boy, Little Naruto. And if it's a girl, Naru."
"...Those are names all right..."
"Damn it! Why does nobody think they're as awesome as I do?"
"Aw, they're fantastic sweetie. You should probably sleep a little bit. You gonna be home soon?"
"Yeah, I'm just fixing up around here. I'll be home soon...but now that I've said that something's gonna happen and I won't be able to get any sleep until midnight to night...I hate jinxing myself."
"Yet you do it all the time. I'll be here whenever you can come home."
"I'm sorry, I swear I'll be home as soon as I can...I love you."
"Naruto I'm not upset."
"Your voice says otherwise."
"No it's just...Sakura...is there anything I can do, I can run some breakfast over there if you want."
"That sounds awesome...if it's not too much trouble..."
"Of course it's not too much trouble. See you in a minute, love you."
"Love you too."
They hung up. Naruto went to the couch and nearly fell asleep when he heard a knock on the door. Was Gaara really that fast? He was half asleep so the previous question seemed completely valid. He stumbled up to answer the door. It took him a minute to open the door, his hands felt like he'd just woken up. He opened the door and let the sun in. It wasn't Gaara.
"What are YOU doing here! LEAVE!"
"Naruto, stop. Just...let me in."
"GO TO HELL!"
"Naruto, please stop. I want to see Sakura."
"Well you can't you son of a bitch!"
"...Naruto...what else can I do..."
"Just go away..."
Naruto's yelling had woken up Sakura. She heard another voice. She walked out of her room and saw Kakashi standing in the door, and a half asleep Naruto not letting him in.
"Naruto? What's going on?"
"Go back to sleep Sakura. You need your rest."
"Naruto, why is he here?"
"Sakura, I can handle this."
She was about to walk back into the bedroom when Kakashi started talking to her.
"Sakura, please...let me come in."
"How did you know we were here?"
"No one answered at your house."
"If Naruto let's you in...I might talk to you."
Sakura walked back into the bedroom. Sasuke wasn't completely awake but he wasn't asleep. Sakura kissed him and laid down next to him. Naruto had woken up completely now. There was no way he was letting him in.
"Kakashi why don't you just go back home."
Kakashi noticed Naruto didn't add sensei to the end of his name. Naruto was serious about him not being his sensei.
"Naruto please. I'll do anything, I just want to make things right..."
"Well, that's impossible after what you've done."
"I'm trying...please..."
"...OK but when Gaara gets here you leave."
"DEAL!"
"I'll go get Sakura and Sasuke. Don't sit on the couch. You can stay standing until I say so."
Naruto went to get Sakura and Sasuke. Kakashi couldn't help but notice that they were in the same room. They both came out, Sakura looking much less groggy than Sasuke. Sasuke sat on the couch and put his arm around Sakura, neither would look at Kakashi. Naruto walked out right behind them and sat on the remaining space of couch.
"...SIT DOWN!..."
Kakashi had never been so intimidated by Naruto. One wrong move and he might never see these three again.
"...You gonna say something!..."
"..OH!...Right...um...Sakura...Sasuke...I'm sorry."
Sakura and Sasuke looked at eachother. They didn't say anything giving Naruto another chance to yell at him.
"SORRY KAKASHI! Your shitty apology isn't cuttin' the mustard."
Sakura piped up.
"Naruto...don't yell at him...he's said he sorry...he can leave..."
"Does that mean you forgive me?"
"Absolutely not! I'm not sure I'll ever forgive you...but at least you're sorry."
Naruto was happy to hear that Sakura wasn't trying to pretend like everything was OK between her and Kakashi. Sasuke was still being quiet. He wasn't afraid of Kakashi anymore, but he didn't want to get involved, it wouldn't do any good. Naruto shut up at the request of Sakura, she then started talking to Kakashi.
"What will it take for you to forgive me...?"
"I'll think about forgiving you in nine months."
"...I'm really sorry Sakura...I never meant for this to happen, I promise..."
"I think you can go now."
"...OK...I just...don't want to lose you two...three...you're my team..."
"Go."
"...OK..."
Kakashi walked to the door, when he opened it a surprised Gaara about to knocked ran into him carrying a grocery bag of food.
"Oh...sorry Gaara..."
Gaara got angry at the sight of him and Kakashi could tell. He shuffled his way past him and left. Gaara walked in and said hello to everyone. Naruto got up to help him with the food. They walked to the kitchen, Naruto remembered the couch cushion and started scrubbing.
"Why was he here?"
"He just came over...he wasn't going to leave til he could see Sakura..."
"So...is everything OK with them?"
"She hasn't forgiven him if that's what you mean."
"I didn't really expect her to. I'm surprised she even talked to him."
"Sasuke was right there, easier than talking to him alone."
"Man...this really just...sucks...all over...there's just nothing about this that just isn't...complete crap...know what I mean..."
"Yeah I know what you mean. It does suck...nothing we can do though. So what did you bring for breakfast?"
"Oh, waffles...well waffle ingredients...I didn't think everyone would be up...thought I'd have more time."
"Gaara, it's waffles. No matter how long you have to wait, in the end you get waffles. Is there anything better."
"I guess I'll get started then."
Gaara laid out all of the waffle ingredients on the counter. Naruto had finished scrubbing, the stain was out but he had left the cover a little bit thread bare. He figured no one would notice if he just flipped it around. He wrung it out and went out onto the patio to let it dry because the dryer would shrink it. That was the last thing he wanted to do, especially after leaving it out when Sakura got home. He came back in and started helping Gaara with the waffles.
MEANWHILE
Sasuke still had his arm around Sakura. She was just staring into space.
"You OK?"
"...It was just weird...it's his fault...and he was right there...why wasn't I more upset...?"
"Sakura, I think it would be better if you weren't upset with him...but I do think you are upset...but not mad...maybe not all of it is directed at Kakashi sensei...but a portion definitely is...you're not mad...you're sad...we both are...unlike me you don't get angry when you're sad...which is probably why you didn't yell at him."
"...I think I'm mad...I don't know..."
"Sakura...you're not mad, trust me. I've known you for a long time and you really only get mad at Naruto. That's not a bad thing, don't make yourself mad at Kakashi sensei. He may deserve it, but it'll do nothing for you. I love you."
"I love you too...Why didn't you say anything?"
"Like I said my sadness turned into anger when I saw him. If I started talking I would've escalated the situation. You don't need that, plus Kakashi sensei...he needed to talk to you, not me."
"But it's not like that anymore. It not me or you it's me and you...right?"
"To everyone else it is, I love that. Unfortunately, I'm thinking that Kakashi sensei is coming to terms with that now, as he's walking back to his house. It sucks that he wouldn't acknowledge that before, which is probably why he hated me so much, but it's good that the next time we see him he'll be good with it...maybe not happy about it, but he'll deal with it."
"I guess you're right...wait, next time we see him?"
"Well, yeah. We can't just completely ignore him for the rest of our lives. He's our sensei, he's a comrade. If we just forget about him we're as bad as he's been. If he was still upset about you and me I might not be saying the same thing...but he came here today to apologize, granted that's not nearly enough but, it's a start."
"I don't know if I can deal with him being around. It's going to be really weird when Little Naruto or Naru is born. Everytime I see him all I'll be able to think about is our first kid...and it's his fault..."
"Sakura, if you keep blaming him...it just won't be good...if anyone's to blame it's me...I should've gotten you out of the way...I didn't want to fight back and make it worse but...I think if I did...this wouldn't have happened...maybe Little Naruto or Naru...wouldn't be being made in 2 weeks...it's not like I can never love another child again but...if I had just moved you...to the side a little bit..."
"Sasuke stop. This wasn't your fault at all!"
"It was as much my fault as Kakashi sensei's. I know you'd rather blame him, but you'll never get close to him again if you do. Now I know that you don't want to right now but if you keep this up...you might not ever even like him again. So I really think you should blame me. If you love me like I think you do, you'll forgive me. I'm just...not sure you'll forgive Kakashi sensei."
"I really do love you...but to blame you for something like this...I don't want to blame anyone..."
"Then don't. Just because you don't blame someone doesn't mean you don't care that it happened."
"It feels like it does...I'm so glad you're here. I could never do this without you."
"I love you. So much."
"I love you too."
Naruto and Gaara were giggling in the kitchen. Then they heard Gaara call out.
"WAFFLES!"