Me: now that every1 is done being depressed or whatever, u get the next chapter. Enjoy it! R&R!! read and relax!!!!!! Mayb review at the end……-shifty eyes- R&R&R. read and relax and review. He-he. anyway, just 2 let ppl no, drama in this chapter!!!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, but I do own any characters that no one has heard of!

Pairings: (main) ItaNaru (side) one-sided SasuNaru, SakuLee, GaaNeji (I luv that pairing so back off), ShikaTemari, KibaHina, KakaIru, and ShinoKan

Warnings: yaoi (boy on boy. If u don't like it, then leave now), mpreg, violence, swearing, mentions of rape, and very nice juicy lemons (he-he).

'Kyuubi thinking' "Kyuubi talking" POV change "Talking" 'Thinking' Time Skip (if any)

Zetsu ran through the muddy and crowed street, ignoring the screams of fright he heard. The sound of an explosion met his ears as he looked up to see a grinning Deidara and a bored looking Sasori. The giant clay bird they were on lowered close to Zetsu while the blond just kept throwing his bombs. "What's going on with you, Zetsu?" Sasori asked.

"I smell Itachi's blood," the cannibal replied.

"He might just have a small wound."

"With the thickness of this scent, I doubt it. Itachi's seriously hurt. And I don't know about you, but I don't want to deal with depressed kids and an even more depressed Naruto, meaning I need to get to him or Itachi might not make it."

Sasori nodded in understanding before he turned to look at the laughing blond. He just blow up the Konoha Ninja Academy. He always did hate school. No wonder he was laughing like a maniac. "Deidara," he said, catching the blonde's attention. "Make another clay bird for Zetsu to ride on. He needs one to get to Itachi." The artist nodded before he pulled another clay bird out of his cloak. Channeling his chakra into it, it poofed and grew into a bird the same size that the one Deidara and Sasori were riding on. Zetsu nodded his thanks before leaping onto the giant clay bird that flew off towards the Uchiha Compound once he was on its back.

In The Uchiha Compound (man, I'm already crying)

Tears still poured from Naruto's eyes as he continued to bury his face into Itachi's chest. Sharp groans of pain escaped from the older Uchiha every now and then. Sasuke hadn't moved from his spot. He was still digesting the information that Itachi had shown him, had told him. Kyosuke had slipped out of his soaking Akatsuki cloak and was about to head down to his parents, but Tobi had grabbed him and picked the child up. In his opinion, this wasn't something that Kyosuke should see. Naruto wrapped his arms around Itachi's neck before shifting around a little so his face was equal with his mate's. Itachi stared into Naruto's bloodshot eyes with his normal black ones. He gave the blond a small smile of reassurance.

"You can't leave me," Naruto said with his hoarse, raspy voice. "You can't leave me and the kits. Not like this!" Itachi lifted his hand and ran it through Naruto's wet, but soft, blond locks. "You can't!"

Itachi didn't stop smiling. He rested his forehead against Naruto. "I'm not going to leave you," he spoke quietly, but his voice sounded like it was forced from his throat. "I'm going to stay with you and the kits. And with everyone else. I'm not going to leave you. Not ever."

"Who are you trying to reassure?" Naruto said through his sobs. "Me or yourself?"

Itachi would have chuckled if he wasn't in so much pain. "Both, most likely." He saw Naruto's hand move to his wound, but grabbed it when he saw red chakra starting to seep from the blonde's fingers. "Don't. You'll lose the twins. I've already had a chance in life, they haven't. Guess I didn't do a good job of my life."

"Not true!" Naruto snapped, still sobbing, about to break down completely, as he pulled his forehead away from Itachi's. "That's not true and you know it!" He saw Itachi's eyes starting to glaze over a little. "Itachi! Please! You can't leave!"

"Sorry," Itachi said with pain in his voice. "I guess I can't be around forever, huh?" He leaned his head against the wall he was against, closing his eyes as Naruto held him tighter. "You know I love you, right?"

"How could I not?" Naruto sobbed out. "You tell me everyday."

"I didn't say it today, did I?" he asked, opening his eyes again. He tilted his head a little to look at Naruto, who had lowered his head into Itachi's shoulder. "Naruto. Look at me." Slowly, Naruto did and looked into Itachi's onyx eyes. "I love you. And I love our children. Make sure they know that, okay?" Naruto nodded his head, his sobs stopping in his throat, causing him to make small choking sounds. Naruto leaned forward a little before placing a soft kiss on Itachi's lips, one that Itachi welcomed whole-heartedly. After all, this was most likely going to be the last kiss he can get from his blond. He felt Naruto's lips leave his before his eyes closed. The last thing he saw was Naruto's depressed expression before his vision went black.

The final sounds he heard was a loud sound of wing flapping before he heard Naruto say in a surprised tone, "Zetsu."

When the bird Zetsu rode landed, the cannibal saw Sasuke standing in the middle of the muddy street of the compound, staring at his bloody hands. "Zetsu," a surprised voice called out, making the ninja turn to look and see Naruto holding Itachi's body to him. He immediately went over and started to check Itachi, trying to find any sign that he was still alive. He sighed with relief. "Is he dead?" Naruto choked out.

"Not quite," he replied, seeing Naruto's face brighten a little. The blond didn't even notice that it was Zetsu's white half that was speaking to him.

"But he's pretty close," Zetsu's black half stated bluntly.

"I need to get him healed, and soon. Or we might lose him." Naruto nodded in understanding as he reluctantly left Itachi's side. Zetsu picked the Uchiha up and went back to the clay bird he borrowed from Deidara. Naruto looked over to Tobi and Kyosuke. He waved his hand at them, telling them to come down. Kyosuke wasn't hesitant about obeying. He quickly left Tobi's grasp and ran over to his mom, hugging the older blond tightly around his waist once he reached him. Naruto returned the embrace.

"Mom? Is dad going to be okay?" Kyosuke choked out. It was obvious he was on the verge of crying as well.

"I don't really know, baby," Naruto said, sounding just like a mother comforting their child. "I just don't know."

He bent down a little and picked up his son, walking over to Tobi, who was standing next to Dairosu. He couldn't see his face, but Naruto could sense that Tobi was just as depressed as he and Kyosuke were. "Tobi?" Naruto called out to him in a low whisper, but was still hearable through the rain. "Can you hold onto Kyosuke for a minute?" The masked ninja nodded as he took the child out of Naruto's comforting arms and into his own. The blond turned as went over to Itachi's burnt Akatsuki cloak. He didn't care if it was burned, he wanted to keep it. He sent his gaze towards Sasuke, who still hadn't moved. His eyes fixed into a glare. "I hope you're happy now, Sasuke!" he snapped and punched Sasuke in the face before running over to his son and Tobi, both who were already on Dairosu's back.

What Naruto had said and did to him snapped Sasuke out of his silence. He snapped his head with a shocked look in his eyes to Naruto's direction. The blond he had lost to his brother was already on the large black fox's back. Dairosu flew his head into the air and let out a fierce roar before turning around and running off. Every Akatsuki that was preoccupied with something stopped what they were doing and looked in the direction that the fox's roar came from. Arashi stopped his fight with Tsunade and looked around in time to see Zetsu on one of Deidara's clay birds, with an unconscious Itachi in front of him. Naruto, Kyosuke, and Tobi were riding on Dairosu, who ran at the same speed that the clay bird flew. "Sorry, Tsunade," Arashi said. "But I think it's time I take my organization back for now." He leapt off of the building and ran after the black fox. "What happened?" he asked.

Naruto didn't reply. He was too upset to do so. Kyosuke even looked upset, which was starting to get the former Yondaime worried. The other Akatsuki members were already outside, hiding in the surrounding forest, waiting for the others to come out. Eventually, they did. "We need to get Itachi to the hospital now!" Zetsu said.

"What happened?" Arashi asked once again.

"Sasuke tried to kill him," Naruto finally spoke in his quiet and depressed voice. "He used the Chidori and hit Itachi in his stomach. He's barely alive right now. Zetsu said that the sooner he gets treated, the better chance there is of him surviving." The older blond nodded in understanding.

"Then let's get him treated," he said as he ran off with the other Akatsuki members. "Zetsu, go ahead with Itachi and get to the village hospital as fast as you can. We'll meet you there later!" Zetsu nodded before Deidara used his chakra and made the bird fly faster. Arashi looked over to his distressed son and grandson. "Don't worry, Naruto. Itachi will be fine."

"I hope so," he choked out. He was on the verge of tears once again. He didn't want to think about Itachi dying, but he found himself thinking of only that. They ran through the storm and into the night, not stopping at all. Kyosuke was the only one that caught some sleep, but it was only an hour nap each time. Naruto couldn't sleep. Eventually, they made it to the village that was closest to their base. The village people knew of the Akatsuki, but didn't fear them. The Akatsuki weren't going to attack this village because this was the village where they got their food and other supplies, so the villagers just treated them like they were normal guest.

Once Dairosu stopped in front of the hospital, Naruto instantly climbed off of his back and ran inside. "Naruto!" Arashi yelled out before he sighed. "He didn't sleep a wink. I really don't think he should be running around." Kyosuke climbed off of his summon's back before he ran inside the building as well. Arashi and the rest of them went in, but at a slower pace.

"Zetsu!" Naruto called out, catching the cannibal's attention. "Where's Itachi?!" he asked in a demanding/ worried tone once he was at Zetsu's side.

"Calm down," he said, placing a hand on Naruto's shoulder. "Itachi's fine. The medic-nins managed to heal at least three fourths of his wound. He's still knocked out, though."

Naruto sighed heavily with relief. "Where is he?" he asked again. "I want to see him."

"Alright," he sighed as he started to walk down the hallway. Naruto and Kyosuke followed, the child holding the older blonde's hand with his smaller one. Zetsu lead them all the way down the hall until they came to some stairs, then lead them up the steps. Once on the second floor, the cannibal lead them down the end of that hallway until they came to the second to last door on the right. He opened the door, making sure there was no one else inside, before he stepped aside and allowed Naruto and Kyosuke to enter the room. Kyosuke let go of his mother's hand and ran over to the bed where Itachi laid. Naruto went over as well. Itachi was shirtless, but had bandages around his stomach and the bed sheets covering his lower half.

An oxygen mask covered his mouth, helping him breathe a little easier, as needles were in the veins of his arms, most likely giving him some blood to replace the amount he lost. Kyosuke climbed into the bed with his father and lied down next to Itachi's side. Naruto sat in the chair next to the bed, never removing his eyes from Itachi's still form. He reached over and moved a strand of ebony hair from Itachi's face. A hand met his shoulder before he turned around to see his father. "I told you Itachi would be fine," he said softly. "He's an Uchiha and you know how stubborn Uchihas are." Naruto smiled a small smile before nodding his head. "Come on. You need sleep. You can come back tomorrow."

"Can you take Kyosuke back?" Naruto asked once he saw his sleeping son. "And tell Itanane and Naruchi that I'm going to be staying here with Itachi?"

"I don't think the nurses would let you."

"I don't care. I want to stay here with him. I'm not going to leave him."

Sighing, Arashi nodded before he went over to the other side of the bed and picked up the child, who groaned in protest. He chuckled lightly. "Seems both of you want to stay."

"Kyosuke needs to sleep in a proper bed."

"I know. But so do you." Naruto didn't reply. Arashi sighed before he spoke again. "I'll bring the kits by tomorrow, okay?"

Naruto nodded before he rested his arms on the bed, by Itachi's side. He lowered his head into his crossed arms, not noticing his father and son leave. He grabbed Itachi's still hand in his own before eventually falling asleep.

Me: ok. I need 2 quit with the sad depressing scenes. They're making me cry! –deep breath- I shall update when u review!