CHAPTER CORRECTED THANKS TO KOODSMAN
Naru285:Thank you very much. I got the idea of soundproof by thinking after Sai snickered after finding out Naruto's relationship with Sakura...
DarkManta: Hikaru is not so childish, but more hurt. Imagine the girl you like just kissed you and broke up with you to get immediately married to her best friend... it is quite shocking as an ex. Shikamaru knew the risk of the job when accepting it I think, but yeah Naruto is not making his life easy. Thank you!
Guest: I don't really like the name Shinachiku, but I do like the image of it... let's read to find out! Thank you!
Guest: Hinata is a nice girl but really... really she can't be with Naruto.
Touch of scarlet:Yeah the story is not finish but it will be really soon. I hope you will continue to like it until the end. Sorry for the delayed update.
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corydrake: thank you very much for your patience. I hope you will like the chapter
xblackxhunterx: actually Naruto found this technique to escape Sakura punch on his honeymoon in the hot spring ;)
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LimJJ: Hikaru will have a part to play may be in a future that is not written yet. Thank you. Enjoy your reading
Dieinhappiness: I am really sorry the chapters are already written and I won't be rewriting them anytime soon. So it will be a short chapter again. I hope you will still like it. Thank you for your review
Grovz2014: Thank you so much. It warm up so much my heart that I managed to please you. I hope you will like it until the end.
Maxslayer10: Somehow, she stayed 7 month with Hikaru and the guy got nothing more than a kiss and she just dated Naruto that she end up already married. If I were him, I would be angry too... About Sakura, you will have your answer soon. And about the virus, even if Naruto had rebuild his original blood. His organism have fight the remnant of the virus while it was not there. Without the source of multiplication (the uzumaki cells), the virus was not able to multiplicate and so was taken care of by the natural defense of the organism. But it is an excellent point of suggestion. Thank you for your review!
TheReader234: Yeah, how to have a happy non violent life with your wife ;) Thank you! Enjoy your reading
kem194: Shikamaru must be suffering quite a bit by taking care of Naruto and that's why Sakura is a good wife for Naruto, because she would be able to pass the message clearly... except that Naruto is a clever fox. He found the weak spot... there will be more tender Narusaku, I hope you will like them. Thank you
Troa95: I will take the pairing ShikaIno for another story ;) Yeah Shika have a lot of work with Naruto and I love the evolution of Narusaku... Sakura is such a sweet girl when in love so, I am sure she would have been like that in a Narusaku relationship... and well... Naruto is Naruto. Thank you.
Hikage7: I hope my chapters will be at your taste. Thank you very much for your review and hope to know what you think on further chapter.
CHAP 36
Once the terrorist problem was solved, all the diplomatic missions came back full force crashing on Naruto's already busy schedule. First he went for a solo mission to meet with the different Kage about the security of the artifacts to demilitarize them. After that he went to an exchange mission with Sakura that he coupled with a double mission of his own. So to be clear, Sakura saw her husband at the welcoming dinner at their arrival and late at night in their room. In between those missions, Naruto was running around to rule the ninja village at the best of his capacity. And again he left.
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Sakura was feeling lonely. It wasn't the same to stay alone in this too big bed. She was too restless to be without her husband that she tried in vain to come back home later to tire herself to sleep. But it was the same in the morning, she felt whacked and unwell.
That morning, the pinkette bumped into Ino while walking a little absentmindedly to the hospital. The sexy blonde woman invited her to help her decide on the the details for her wedding. So Sakura just jumped at the occasion to spend a night between girls at Ino's place to assume fully her role of maid of honor and take a break from her mind obsession.
Later, Sakura walked for her daily visit of the service with Shizune, and the brunette commented on her pale complexion. The pinkette dismissed her friend's worry with a clumsy smile, waving her hand to tell her that she was just a little tired with their work. The head-medic didn't want to admit in front of anyone that she was like a lovesick teenager at having Naruto away for already two long weeks. It was terribly humiliating at her age to be so head-over-heels for her husband to the extent of being disgusted with food most of the time since he was gone.
Shizune snickered looking at the pinkette and murmured in a conspiracy tone. "Tell me the truth... You're pregnant from our Hokage, aren't you?"
Sakura stopped in her tracks, denying vehemently. "Absolutely not! I'm not!" she declared. So many rumors about her sex life with Naruto were running wild along the hospital corridor, and the pinkette took offense in her friend's question, not wanting to imagine Shizune to be part of those gossips too. Sakura's bad mood deflated in a swing at Shizune's worried face.
"Oh I was hoping since I noted that you were unwell the other day too... and you had vomited after our lunch together... Did you catch a virus or something? Do you want me to give you a check up?"offered the brunette.
Sakura shook her head gently with a smile. "I'm under birth-control and I can give myself a check up... don't worry, I'm just tired that's all... look!" The pinkette activated her healing chakra hand to check on her belly to confirm that she wasn't sick. Shizune observed curiously at the changing expression on the head-medic. Confused. Unsure. Shocked. Panicked.
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Sakura shot her office door closed after her run. Her legs shaking badly, she went to sit at her desk completely overwhelmed by her discovery. The young woman passed her activated hand again on her belly and confirmed the diagnosis. There was a spark of life in her womb. How was it even possible? She was under medication. Her head slammed against the hard surface of her desk. She was pregnant! Sakura felt dizzy and lost over the million of thought that crossed her mind at the same second. Quickly the medic pulled open her drawer and grabbed with a trembling hand a syringe.
Shizune entered Sakura's office. She had followed the pinkette after her strange behavior. At the sight of the brunette, some tears escaped from her green eyes and Sakura lifted up her hands to her face to hide her wretched expression. Shizune walked calmly to the younger woman and took from her hand the syringe that the pinkette had kept in between her clenched fingers.
"I-I didn't know I was pre-gnant," hicupped Sakura. Shizune rubbed the sobbing woman's back softly. "I hope, I didn't hurt the baby with the medication," the pinkette finished as Shizune lowered Sakura's hands gently to look at her face.
"Let me help you run some tests," Shizune offered with a soothing voice. To the brunette, it was clear that the strong Sakura was already under the effect of a hormonal mood swing to break like that. The pinkette bit her lips and let the older woman take a sample of blood. The head-medic tried to calm herself by drying her tears and smiled tentatively.
Once alone again in her office, Sakura passed her hand affectionately on her flat stomach. "You are a little early but you will see... You have a great daddy... I'm sure he will be happy to know about you." the future mother talked to the embryo in her womb. "He's absent now so we will have to wait a little to tell him," a hint of sadness leaked in her voice. She wished so hard for him to be here to share the news.
Shizune found the head-medic an hour later still in her office reading a book about the impact of the birth-control herbal treatment on the early fetal stage. The brunette happily gave her the result and Sakura eagerly snatched the paper to read all the information. The pinkette sighed in relief. The baby was fine. She looked at the supposed age of the fetus, 37 days, and blushed making the calculation in her head of the possible date of conception, Naruto's birthday. Sakura nearly choked on her own saliva remembering that night. That night! Naruto had drunk more than his usual consumption at the party with their friends. Her husband had been so happy to have his best friend with him and he had stupidly followed Sasuke who was definitely better at holding his alcohol. After that, they went back home and they had made love... Wildly... All night. Sakura turned three shade of red darker. She certainly had happily married the most perverted ninja of all Konoha.
Shizune smiled amiably. "Congratulations! I think, we will have to make some change in the planning to lighten your task. You were working too much and it's not good to use so much chakra during the pregnancy."
Sakura nodded and opened the planning folder to revise it. Shizune proposed to swap their surgery schedule as Sakura was the one to have the most straining one. The pinkette looked contrite to impose so much on the other medic and the older woman reassured her that it wasn't a bother.
The days that followed the symptoms became more blatant, as Sakura emptied the content of her stomach first thing in the morning and her mood swing turned more intense. Ino discovered quite easily the reason behind it as the sexy blonde woman invited herself to stay one night at Sakura's house after a long dinner over the preparation of her wedding. The blonde woman swore to not utter a single world before Sakura got the chance to tell it to Naruto, the threatening aura of the pinkette being more than convincing.
And finally, the word of the Hokage back in the village arrived to the head-medic ears. Gossip in Konoha was such a pest, but it had its good point sometime. Sakura was monitoring a patient's health when a visitor commented that he had seen the Hokage enter the village this morning. Sakura's head snapped up at the mention of Naruto and she quickly informed her assistant of her departure when she finished with her patient.
The pinkette nearly ran all the way to the Hokage tower, eager to see him and got a little disappointed as his assistant told her that he was in a meeting with the council since the morning. Sakura sighed and the young woman suggested her to wait for him in his office.
"He shouldn't be long" the assistant added with a knowing smiled. You missed your 'Honey', don't you?
Naruto passed with Shikamaru in front of his assistant. He dropped on her desk a scroll and the strategist left a stack of paper. "Can you send that to the ninja academy?" the blond man asked hurriedly.
His assistant saw the Hokage ready to leave and she stopped him. "You have a visitor" she informed him, enjoying the idea of surprising him.
Naruto pouted and looked pleadingly at his advisor. Shikamaru understood the silent plea. He knew all too well where the Hokage wanted to go. The strategist had noted all the desperate glance at the clock that the blond had since he got dragged into the meeting.
"I will take care of it!" accepted the Nara heir.
The assistant insisted. "It's specially for Lord Seven! It has to be him!" Naruto sighed in defeat. There was time he hated being the Hokage with all those unending duties.
Naruto entered his office and a beaming smile blossomed as he leaped to his wife who was standing near the window. Uncontrollably, tears began to roll on her cheek as he hugged her tenderly. His smile faltered and a worry frown marred his handsome face, the instant he spotted the water pearl escaping her beautiful green orbs.
"What's wrong Sakura? Are you hurt?" Naruto inquired apprehensively.
Sakura shook her head, smiling and crying at the same time hugging him back. Her head nestled for a moment against his shoulder and she inhaled deeply the scent of his skin.
"I had missed you" she admitted feebly.
The Hokage studied his wife an instant, she looked so vulnerable with some tears attached to her eyelashes. It was not like her to be like that.
"I had missed you too... but did something happened?" Naruto asked concerned, his guts clenching in fear that somehow he hadn't been here to protect her.
The pinkette lifted her face toward him, shining with the most beautiful smile in the world, eyes full of love. "We're gonna have a baby!" Sakura announced cheerfully.
His face turned blank, his body frozen in place. She had imagined him jumping around and screaming from the window that he will be soon a father, but not that, this total absence of reaction.
"Naruto?" Sakura called him unsure and something snapped in his brain.
He hastily hid his eyes with one arm, tightening his embrace with the other. "I thought... I thought you didn't want..." the blond mumbled tears rolling on his cheeks and neck in an uninterrupted flow, his large shoulder shaking under some restrained sob. The next second, Naruto cupped her face with his hand and kissed her desperately, tears still leaving his closed eyes. "I'm so Happy!" he declared breathlessly his mouth leaving her lips finally and his forehead leaning against hers. "So Happy..." He looked at her with watery blue eyes. He chuckled in disbelief. "We're gonna have a baby... I'll be a father... huh?" He was ecstatic.
Naruto squeezed her and she found herself flushed against him. Sakura felt herself boiling with desire, her body recognizing his warmth, his scent and his strong arms around her. How many nights had she been dreaming about him? Some very disturbing primal instincts wanted to do so much more than just holding him at that very second. Very disturbing knowing that the Hokage office was permanently under surveillance for his safety and her mood swapped to a panicked mode. The pinkette pushed him harder than she intended and her husband toppled over his desk at the unexpected force. Naruto looked at her quizzically not understanding the reason for the mistreatment and Sakura hided her face with her hands realizing too late her abnormal reaction.
"Sorry... I am a bundle of nerves because of the hormones with the baby. I... was just lost because you squeezed me too hard," she lied ashamed of her reaction.
He smiled. "The baby..." he repeated amazed.
Naruto walked back to her and wrapped softly his arms around her. "I'll be more careful for the baby" he assured her kissing her hair. Sakura shivered... it was worst. Now she really wanted to rape him on his desk.
Fortunately, his stomach grumbled making him take a step away. "Do you want to have lunch with me?" Naruto offered kindly and she nodded. She wasn't really interested in food those days but she had to force herself to eat a little even if it mean that she will vomit half of it after lunch.
They walked hand-in-hand to the restaurant. For once Naruto didn't suggest Ichiraku, him being sure that his wife would want to have access to more 'healthy' food as she called it for the baby. With excessive attention for her, he guided her to her chair as if she had turned into a crystal doll. The pinkette was torn between liking the care and hating being considered a frail thing. She settled to huff angrily, making Naruto suddenly stop his fussing around her and sit at his place.
Sakura opened her menu distractedly and commented mockingly. "I'm surprised that you didn't scream this time on all Konoha's roof about the baby."
The blond frowned and let pass the teasing. There was no point of arguing with an 'hormonal' Sakura. "With everything around me... It's certainly another politic matter. I'm surprised that the council didn't ask me to give them details about my sex life." the Hokage mumbled unhappily to have the 'old geezers' constantly on his back. Sakura snarled at the idea to have their private life invaded more.
Naruto realized his slip of tongue and grasped her hand at the other side other table to give a reassuring squeeze. "Don't worry Sakura... It's not like I would tell them even if they asked."
The pinkette looked at the ring on his finger and wondered which one of his role he was first: her husband or the Hokage?
The waiter came to take their order and Sakura asked for a salad because she wasn't really hungry. The man blushed turning to Naruto. He was so impressed to be serving their 'Savior'. The waiter fidgeted waiting for the Hokage's choice while Naruto read quickly through the menu. The blond shinobi smiled clumsily.
"Is it possible for you to make a ramen even if it isn't in the menu?" Naruto asked and the waiter nodded vigorously at the powerful leader.
Whatever their Hokage wished, the waiter was sure that the chef will try to provide him at his best. Naruto turned back his attention to his wife and got curious when the guy didn't leave their table. He glanced to the side and saw the boy, face red, extending his hand with his notepad.
"Can I have an autograph?" the boy begged, eyes tightly shut for his boldness and his body bowing respectfully.
Naruto had become more used to this kind of attention from people from everywhere, not only in his village. He chuckled inviting the man to be at ease and scribbled some friendly words before signing 'Naruto Uzumaki Seventh Hokage'.
The waiter bounced thanking gratefully their Savior and Sakura joked. "What a success and I'm sure that your fangirls are worst!"
Her husband lifted an eyebrow at her. "Are you jealous Sakura?" Naruto inquired quite directly and she huffed.
"You'd better not be unfaithful when I will be as large as a cow with the baby." Sakura threatened him.
The blond frowned offended that she could even imagine that. "Until death do us part, there will be only you! You know my ninja way!" he declared seriously.
She intertwined her fingers with him. It was good that her husband was so unequivocal, because she could selfishly not share him with anyone and just the idea to lose him frightened her more than running on the front line of a battle.
Few minutes later the waiter came back with their order. Naruto prepared himself to dig in his bowl. He was so hungry. The blond picked up his chopstick and instinctively his eyes landed on his wife. His hand stopped its movement under the hungry look on her face. Sakura was practically drooling, her eyes glued on his ramen.
"Do you want some?" he offered extending his chopstick toward her mouth.
Sakura hesitated shyly not wanting to rob his lunch from him, but there was something in the smell of his food that turned her appetite on. Just a little mouthful... Just one. The pinkette let herself get tempted and opened her mouth to accept the offered food. The taste tickled her taste buds. This is exactly what I wanted! Her green eyes nearly watered in satisfaction. God! What's wrong with me? Did Naruto'staste rubbed on me for meto become a ramen fan?
Seeing her elated face, the blond pushed his bowl toward her. "You can have it!"
She was surprised to have Naruto giving away 'his' ramen. She knew since long enough that there were very few things that could be qualified 'sacred' in Naruto's heart and for sure ramen was one of them. Sakura refused pushing it back and he insisted. She refused again and he used the baby card.
"Let me be a good daddy. I'm sure that my baby wants it." Naruto punctuated his affirmation by shoving again the bowl in front of her.
"And you?" Sakura asked.
His eyes glanced at her salad and he placated a fake grin. Why does she have to always order some green stuff? "I'll try your plate..." he suggested.
Anyway the blond didn't get the chance to eat anything as an ANBU materialized at the side of the table. "Lord Seventh..."
Naruto cut him off dropping his chopstick. "Yeah Yeah! I know... I'm needed at the Hokage tower."
The Hokage waved at the ANBU to signal him to disappear while he stood up. He looked sadly at his wife and sighed. "Sorry... See you tonight!"
Naruto kissed her tenderly on her forehead before walking to the owner to pay for their lunch.
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