A Favor

Hello All!! There's really nothing to say about this chapter so I won't but I do have some news. My sister didn't want to wait for me to finish this story so she posted it up yesterday. She's hovering over me as I write this so please read her story. and review, don't forget to review. Anyway, enjoy both our chapters!

Tess watched from her seat in the doctor's office as she checked the baby out to see if it was okay. She pressed her stethoscope on his small naked chest to examine his heart beat, watching as Tess bit her nails off one by one in her peripheral.

As soon as she came to terms with ayame being dead, Tess ran as fast as she could to the nearest hospital she could find. At first, the lady told her to fill out paper work but when she saw the bloody newborn in Tess' arms that had sped up the waiting process.

She couldn't believe this was happening. Tess just couldn't wrap her mind around it. 'Why did I leave the hotel room?' she kept asking herself. 'Was I really that hungry?'

Tess didn't even want to think about what was waiting for her back at the hotel room. If she thought she was afraid for her life before, this would be an experience.

Finally, the doctor stood up straight and took the stethoscope out of her ears and looked to Tess.

"Well miss, your baby's perfect, he may be a little hungry, but other than that, you can take him home whenever you want to." Tess let out a sigh and stood up and made her way to the table.

"Thank you." she said exasperatedly. Tess scooped the baby up in her arms and looked to see exactly if was okay. The doctor smiled.

"He's very handsome. He looks just like his father I bet." she commented. Tess smiled weakly, looking down at the curly haired child.

"I'll bet he does..."

"What's his name?" she asked. Tess looked up from the baby to the doctor.

"What?"

The doctor narrowed her eyes. "The name for the baby, surely you picked out a name?" Tess looked back to the child again. His eyes were fully open, watching her intently, moving around this way and that. She couldn't believe this was happening.

This kid, out of nowhere just pops into her life and has turned it upside down. And he only knew her for five and a half hours.

While Tess was in the waiting room, she had heavily contemplated on leaving him in the hospital. She even stood up. It wasn't until she was at the door where all the wheels were turning in her head.

She couldn't just leave a newborn baby here. Who knows where he would end up, and how it would affect him when he got older. He would grow up all alone, thinking that no one loved him so they left him in a hospital to let the village take care of him.

Tess couldn't have that on her conscious forever.

'Maybe this is a good thing...' she thought. 'Maybe she was meant to find him and take care of him. Maybe this is was fate.' Tess looked up to the doctor and smiled.

"What do you think is a cute name?" the woman tilted her head, thinking about a good name to think for the elemental.

"I always liked the name masari. It s been in my family for generations." Tess nodded as she rocked the baby to sleep.

"Hm...Masari, huh? I like it..." 'The question is, will itachi like it as much as I do...'

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After getting masari checked out, Tess took the walk of shame back to the hotel, where her inevitable death was waiting for her. She couldn't believe she was doing this. Tess couldn't believe the day she was having. All she wanted was some food. For all this, she could have eaten at the hotel, or live off her body fat.

Masari started to shift and whine, sensing her discomfort. Tess looked to him and rocked him as she opened the door to the place that may very well be the last place she goes to. Tess took her time walking up the stairs, looking down at the sleeping newborn, envying him.

He had not a care in the world as he lay there, snuggled in her arms. Tess smiled down at him playing with his bottom lip with her finger. He smiled in his sleep and Tess bit her lip. 'Oh, he was so cute! I could just eat him up!' she coddled in her mind.

In no time, Tess was at the hotel room door. She could feel his eyes on her, waiting for her to open the door, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Tess had never been so scared of itachi, scared of what he might think about her. She nearly shook with anxiety when she shifted the child in her arms so she could pull the key out of her pocket and stuck it inside the door.

Tess closed her eyes tightly when she heard the lock click and opened the door. Tess opened one eye, in one of the hotel reading something. Good, he didn't notice the baby yet. But that was short lived.

He turned his eyes to her and spoke. "Where were you? I thought you were going to get something to eat?" and then he narrowed his eyes at the small white sheet in her hands. He got up into a sitting position, his eyes narrowed.

"What is that?" he asked.

Tess shifted her eyes. "What?" she asked.

Itachi gave her a look, was she trying to play him for a fool? He nodded towards the white baby shaped cloth in her hands. "That. What is THAT?" he said with more emphasis. Tess looked over her shoulder.

"I don't... Tess was immediately cut off when she turned back around seeing itachi right in front of her. She didn't even realize he had taken masari away from her until he held him up, as if inspecting him. Masari s face scrunched up before he let out a piercing scream

"Dammit itachi, I just put him to sleep." Tess said walking around him, keeping her full attention on the baby, trying to rock him back to sleep. Itachi turned to the elemental slowly, not believing what he's hearing. She just left to get food, for crying out loud. What the fuck did they have?! A baby give away?!

The uchiha brought his hands to his face, bringing them down slowly. He couldn't even get mad, all his strength for some reason, drained. For some reason he felt that somehow, in some weird way, this was his fault. He let her leave the room so this was on him. He knew better than to let her wander off on her own. Only Tess could say she was going to get something and come back an hour later with something totally different. He was going to have to go with her from now on everywhere she went.

He watched Tess sit and lay the sleeping child gently on the bed, smiling gently at it like she had not a care in the world, like she didn't have to explain to him where in the hell she got that...thing from.

But he didn't know where to start. He specifically remembers her saying that she was hungry and would be back in a little while. What had happened between leaving the hotel and coming back?

"What happened?" he asked first. They were going to start slow. Tess went on telling him this elaborate story about hearing this woman in trouble, saying that she was too pregnant to defend herself against seven bandits who she had to incapacitate. And then just as she was about to save the woman and go back to get to get something to eat, the woman goes into labor and all this shit happens. Itachi took a seat in the chair across the bed while Tess tended to the sleeping child in front of him.

The uchiha rubbed his temples; a blinding migraine had taken place between his eyes during the story, while he looked to the child. Now that they were passed the easy questions, they needed to get to the important questions.

"So the mother is dead?" he drawled, his eyes closed as he slumped in the chair.

"Yeah, I couldn't bring myself to leave him in the hospital; I just wanted to know if he was okay. I wanted to make sure that he was taken care of--"

"The hospital is full of doctors, Tess, I am sure they know what their doing." he interrupted, opening his eyes to look over at the piece of work across from him. Tess looked down at the baby, her full lip pouted.

"I didn't want to leave him..." she whispered. Itachi narrowed his eyes when he saw the look Tess gave the child. The way she stroked his cheek and smiled when he did something in his sleep, it was unsettling. And he knew exactly what was coming when she looked up at him.

"Itachi..."

His eyes widened just a moment before he stood up from his chair abruptly. "no." he said simply.

Tess stood up from the bed. "C'mon itachi, I don't want to leave him here and...Well look at him!" Tess said, paying full attention to the child again. Itachi resisted the tempting urge to roll his eyes and grabbed her by the wrist, bringing her to the bathroom.

He didn't slam her against the door, but she hit her head pretty hard against it before itachi locked it. So that had made him feel a little better. Tess watched as he closed his eyes and took in a deep breath through his nose before he spoke.

"You can't have it, and it is as simple as that. You just came from training to wreak vengeance on a woman that murdered your father, you do not have time to take care of a child that isn't yours." he said as calmly as his voice would allow. Tess shoulders slumped, keeping her head down. For a moment he thought that she had given up, but he has to expect the unexpected.

Tess sighed; she wanted to agree with itachi. She wasn't ready to take care of a child, but she wouldn't be able to sleep at night if she didn't know how he was. It would eat at her and eat at her until it eventually destroyed her soul.

"Listen itachi, I hear what your saying, I really do. But I can't leave him here, I CANNOT. I have other responsibilities but...I'm sorry, I can't leave him here. Please itachi please let me have him. Look..." Tess pushed itachi away from her until he was only a few inches away. He narrowed his eyes, not sure what she was going to do until she kneeled down and entwined her hands together.

"I am on my knees, begging you to let me keep him. I can't leave him, I just can't." she whispered, pouting. Itachi looked down at her, silently surprised. She really wanted this baby.

This act had itachi mulling over the possibilities of Tess having a child. He had made the decision long ago that she was going to have his child, so maybe this would be like her baby in training. But, he doesn't think he's ready to have someone else take up her time. He just got her back.

He looked down at the sliver of a woman, on her knees, awaiting his verdict. Okay, he would let her keep it, and he wouldn't get mad, but he wasn't going to let this moment just pass by. If she was willing to get on her knees, something he would have never thought Tess autumn Daniels capable of. He had always thought when she got on her knees it was going to be because she was begging for her life, or...well, you know.

"What is its name?" Tess jaw dropped, but quickly regained her composure.

"You're you re letting me keep him?"

"Tell me what his name is before I change my mind." Itachi said, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.

"Masari. The doctor said it was in her family for generations and I thought it was a cute name. So his name is masari."

Itachi sighed. Okay, he would let her keep the baby. But he would not let her get away with this, not by a long shot.

"Since I let you keep him--"

"Masari." Tess interrupted.

Masari. Since I let you keep masari, you are going to owe me something." he whispered back. Tess nodded eagerly.

"No questions asked." she rapidly agreed. Itachi raised an eyebrow and pulled her up. Oh...that was the worst decision she has made so far. To give him one thing, what ever he wanted? No questions asked? This just keeps getting better and better.

But he had to make sure; Tess could easily "forget" all these promises. "Whatever it is? I can think of anything I want you to do, you are going to do it?" Tess smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, gently playing with his ponytail.

"Do you have anything in mind now?" she asked slyly. If sex is what he wanted that wasn't much of a threat, all he had to do was ask.

Itachi knew she thought that. And she should be so lucky. Too bad she's not. "I do have something in mind now, but it's not your punishment. But that was a good try, I'll give you that..." he said before leaning in to press his lips to hers in a sensual kiss.

"You owe me big." he whispered when he pulled away. Tess rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, yeah I get it. And I owe you big time." Tess said, agitated before she leaned in to kiss him again but itachi pulled away, smirking at her, shaking his head.

"No, you don't get it. But you will. Now..." itachi moved away from her and patted her shoulders. He dug in his pocket and pulled out a roll of money. "Get the child some clothes and food. We leave in an hour itachi took Tess hand and put the money in her palm. Tess looked down at the money and then up at itachi. Itachi opened the bathroom door and turned to Tess.

And try not to bring home anymore children. I m pretty sure your next boyfriend isn't going to like raising them."

Tess laughed. "You don't know what sasori likes... itachi glared at her once, before he exited the room.