Screams and wails of pain tore through the normally quiet hallways of Konoha Medical Center. Sakura thrashed and twisted as each wave of pain hit her harder and harder.
When Ino had brought her in only an hour before, she was barely able to keep herself up crying out for her mentor and her husband. Tsunade was shocked that she was experiencing so much pain; but of course never bearing a child herself, she didn't know what it felt like.
'Get her some pain medications! We have to try and keep the baby in as long as we possibly can!' Sakura remembered hearing Tsunade yell that to the awaiting staff. True they had given her pain medication; but it still wasn't enough to kill the pain to a tolerable level.
Ino could only watch as her friend suffered, praying that when she had her first child that it wouldn't be a bad as this.
"I-ino.." came a barely audible whisper.
"Yes, Sakura?" Ino said as she grasped her friend's hand looking into her pain filled eyes.
"S-sa-sas…ke." Sakura said before finally passing out.
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The path to Konoha seemed to go on forever and he was amazed that he hadn't encountered any rouge nin along the way and that the battle was only a few hours away from Konoha; fate would soon change that.
He could see Hokage Mountain in the distance and his spirits soared; but were quickly put down when he sensed the enemy nearby. He wasn't about to let the same mistake happen twice.
Another barrage of kunai flew towards him and they hit him dead on.
Thinking that they had killed their target, they approached his dead body only to have it turn into a log.
"Sa-su-ke." Called one of the men, "come out, come out wherever you are."
"Yeah, we have a bone to pick with you." Said another cracking his knuckles and getting into fighting position.
Masking his chakra, Sasuke skillfully darted around the trees. The guys that wanted him were some of Orochimaru's lackeys who despised Sasuke and would love to impale his head on a wooden spike.
Sitting high up in a tree, he started to formulate a plan when a sickening feeling flooded his heart.
Sakura was in pain, he could sense if. Oh, how he longed to be by her side helping her, soothing her as she brought their child into the world.
Activating his Sharingan; Sasuke attacked head on throwing weapons, kicks, and punches. He knew this was foolish and that he should have thought of a better plan; but he didn't want to waste time in getting back to Sakura.
Cries of pain and the sound of bones snapping echoed through the trees as Sasuke, with help from his cursed seal, defeated the group with some ease.
Panting, he looked at his right shoulder. One of the men had stabbed a kunai into it and it felt like it was burning. Surveying his body he saw more wounds but shrugged them off. He needed to get to Sakura.
Regaining composure; Sasuke once again began his journey to Konoha with the wound in his shoulder burning; unaware of the poison quickly making it's way around his body.
His vision became blurred and his legs gave out.
Lying on the ground he tried to crawl. He was bound determined to get to Konoha.
After only crawling a foot, Sasuke stopped due to the pain in his shoulder. Damn him for being so careless.
Rolling onto his back he began to think about all the events that happened in his life:
When he was twelve he was the number one rookie in Konoha and placed into a three man cell with Naruto and Sakura.
Sakura.. sure he may have said he found her annoying or called her weak; but he only did that to hide his true feelings not wanting them to get in the way until after he had killed Itachi.
She was there when he they had thought he died while protecting Tazuna in the battle against Zabuza and Haku.
When Orochimaru had bitten him; she was the one who held him back when he tried to kill Zaku and the other Sound Genin during the exams.
Sakura had been with him a lot during his time in Konoha. What had hurt him the most was when he had planned to leave Konoha; but was delayed when Sakura followed him declaring her love for him. He truly wanted to stay; but being young and foolish he decided to seek out Orochimaru for more power.
During his time with Orochimaru had seen Sakura on more than one occasion from the shadows. He had watched her develop into a fine young woman and his love for her grew.
He was seventeen when he had escaped Orochimaru and returned to Konoha half dead warning them of Orochimaru's plans. After finally getting Tsunade to believe him; he had given the elite group of Jounin directions to where Orochimaru was and surprisingly they had killed Orochimaru, Kabuto, and some other Sound Nin with little difficulty.
It had appeared that Orochimaru was extremely weak from the fight they had before Sasuke fled. Why he didn't transfer into him sooner was still a mystery to him seeing as how Orochimaru's arms were useless. It didn't matter now. He was back with his Cherry Blossom.
Sakura had refused to see him for almost eight months before Tsunade enlisted him into her care due to his probation punishment. From there on their relationship blossomed and it was only a year and a half after he had returned that Tsunade and the elders had trusted Sasuke enough to re-enlist him as a ninja for the Kohonagakure once again.
After becoming a Konoha nin again he asked Sakura to marry him; to his delight she said yes and they were wed on a warm April day.
Sasuke smiled at the image of Sakura in a white strapless dress, her pastel pink hair up in an elegant 'do a bouquet of red and white roses in her hand blushing slightly as she said her vows and when Sasuke said his.
They had only been married for four months when he, Naruto, Neji, and some others had been called away for a mission that lasted five months. When he had returned he saw wSakura; but she looked different. She was pregnant. Seven months pregnant with his child.
Sasuke coughed and tried to move. He had to get to Sakura!
Too weak to move he laid there staring at the canopy of leaves above as his eyes slowly came to a close.
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"We have to get this baby out now!" Cried Tsunade as Sakura was wheeled into the emergency operating room, "We cannot waste anymore time! This baby comes out now if we are to save it and the mother!"
Tsunade was genuinely worried about her student and the baby she carried; during all the years she had known her, she had come to think of Sakura as a daughter and didn't want her to go through the pain she was now.
The only option left was for an emergency c-section. They had the Konoha NICU squad nearby to take the baby after it was delivered and a room ready for Sakura for when Tsunade was done.
As Sakura was wheeled into the O.R. she gave one last anguished scream before the doors swung to a close.
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Mmmm, another part finished. Somehow I don't think this one is as good as it could be. Maybe it's because I had one of them huge Pixy Stix before writing? Maybe it's because I rambled on about Sasuke. Meh. It's all good. :D
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