Earlier Ino and Naruto sat deep in the forest both breathing heavily after an intense spar. Ino suddenly laughed to herself. "What" Naruto demanded cheerfully. "Oh" she started, "I just remembered something Shika said." Naruto raised an eyebrow waiting for her to continue. "Okay" she finished "We were at the group house the other day and he" she tried to make the most blank uncaring face she could to mimic Shika's demeanor, then she went on "Ino, all this training with Naruto, it is all so troublesome." Naruto burst out laughing "Is he jealous or something? Does he think we?" flicking his eyelids to insinuate what Shika must have been thinking and the pounding his fists on the ground in laughter. Ino blushed "You are right, maybe his is jealous. Oh my, Ino and Shika, who would imagine that?" she alleged.
After they calmed down a bit and finished their training a little earlier they parted ways with the image of Shika pining for Ino in their heads. Naruto sighed, Ino was nice and pretty, but the whole reason they were teaming up was to get Sakura to love him and Sasuke to love Ino. So many times did Naruto want to confess to Ino, anyone really, what he saw between Sakura and Sasuke. Not just that one time four months ago, but every time he had a glimpse of them together. It knotted his stomach to think about it, but Naruto knew Sasuke would never commit to Sakura like he would. Naruto's dream was always to be Hokage, but now that he was older they also included having a family with Sakura.
Naruto thought back to one of the most enraging glimpses of Sasuke and Sakura's happiness was a few weeks prior. It was Sakura's turn to cook, but Sasuke was "teaching" her an old Uchiha recipe. Sasuke was standing behind Sakura with his arms around hers showing her how to cut up a root, but he wasn't just cutting, he was nibbling on her neck and they were both whispering and laughing. Naruto had watched them through the window and got so angry he did not come home until the next morning.
With all this infuriating thoughts on his mind he returned to the house. He heard the two talking in Sakura's room. With an angry rant in his mind he walked up to the door and to his dismay he heard Sasuke talking about hiding Sakura and the baby from Itachi.
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Back to present
"You are pregnant!" Naruto bellowed at Sakura. She jerked toward the direction of the yell. Without thinking her hands went to her stomach and she nodded. Naruto took in a huge breath, but before he could say anything Sasuke started in on him. "Naruto only you, I, Sakura, and?" Sasuke left the blank for Sakura. "Kakashi" she spat out softly not sure if Naruto was angry with her or not. Up until this point she had never seen the disdain he had for the two of them, but how could anyone handle a pregnancy of someone they were interested in so sudden. "know about this, Naruto, you know Itachi is still out there. We have to move Sakura somewhere else before any one else learns of the pregnancy and Itachi finds out and kills her to get back at me" Sasuke continued "I need you to help me protect her. Kakashi has his mission soon and I trust no one else. We can go to an old Uchiha house in the forest in the South. I cannot stay with her all the time between training and getting supplies someone must stay on guard with her." Naruto's first instinct was to say hell no, but he paused. Alone in the forest guarding Sakura would be a perfect time to woo her. He would just have to convince her that he would be a better father than Sasuke and win her over that way. He smiled and responded "All right, I will start packing now; I will be honored to protect the mother of your child" slipping out of the room without another sound plotting the way to Sakura's heart.
With Naruto gone Sakura was able to relax and sit down on the futon. Sasuke kneeled before her and kissed her on the forehead. "You relax and I will go talk to Kakashi" he said, starting to get up. He looked up to Sakura and raised an eyebrow, she smiled and shook her head yes. He carefully lifted up her dress and let it gather just below her breasts. Sasuke leaned down and kissed her slightly rounded tummy. "Hello baby Uchiha. I am your father Sasuke. I may not be strong enough to rid the world of the one who destroyed your Uchiha ancestors, but with the help of you and your mother I swear I will be." Sasuke pressed his lips to her stomach and Sakura inhaled deeply and laid back on the futon. Day one of her new life.
