AN: I bumped the rating up just for security. My muse died. Funeral tomorrow at 3:30.
Chapter 6
Naruto was going through another bought of depression, and Hinata hated seeing him so sad. She knew it was because his two best friends were gone, one had most likely died and the other had betrayed the village. Hinata knew not to bother him at such times, nothing could cheer him up.
The Hokage's wife leaned against the doorframe and sighed. She wished she could just take his pain away and bring his friends back, but she knew she couldn't. Things like that happened when you became a ninja, your friends and family seem to disappear before your eyes.
Her thoughts were interrupted when a breathless ANBU member appeared at the doorway. "Naruto!" A feminine voice yelled. Ino ripped her mask off and broke Naruto away from his thoughts. "Naruto!"
"What is it?" He asked slowly while coming away from his window. He started at the happy Kunoichi with a mournful expression.
"She's alive! Sakura Haruno is alive!"
The sixth Hokage's eyes widened. "What?"
"She's been spotted in a town in rouge country. From what my sources have learned, she looked healthy but-"Ino bit her bottom lip as Naruto cut her off.
"Organize a search and rescue party as soon a possible!" Naruto commended. "You know what, forget that! I'm going on the mission myself!"
"Naruto, there's something you may want to know. We've seen her 2 times. Both times she was wearing an Akatsuki cloak, and one of the times she was accompanied by," She gulped and looked around nervously. "Itachi Uchiha."
Hinata gasped from her position and held her hand over her mouth. Naruto's face drained of color but he nodded. "No matter. She'll be happy we came to rescue her." He dismissed Ino and turned to Hinata. "What could all of this mean?"
"I-I don't know but it seems suspicious." She commented and sat in Naruto's lap. He wrapped his arms around her waist and sighed.
"We'll have to be extra careful on this assignment." He nuzzled her neck. "Kami! She's been missing for nearly half a year. Finally, I'll see her."
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"Kick higher!" Itachi ordered as they practiced on the training grounds. She was fighting Kisame as Itachi watched and coached her. Sakura had greatly improved her mediocre taijutsu skills to being almost advanced as Lee's with the help of her lover.
Yes, Sakura and Itachi were officially lovers. Everyone knew it, but only Miki was brave enough to comment on it. "There's just something about men in Akatsuki cloaks that makes you go 'whoa.'" She had sniggered while passing Sakura one day.
Sakura focused as she aimed one last chakra filled punch at Kisame's abdomen. The shark man flew across the room and hit the opposite wall. She slumped down, thoroughly knocked out.
"Whoops." She muttered and went to check his breathing. He was fine except for a few broken ribs that she quickly healed that only used a small bit of her chakra. Not only had her taijutsu improved, she had more chakra than she had ever been able to control before.
She heard Itachi slowly walk up behind her. Her heart started beating faster like it always did when she was alone around him even though they had been legally married for the past month. Both of them were happy to forgo a flamboyant wedding ceremony. The Sharingan master wrapped his arms around her waist and slowly rubbed circles on her stomach where their first child was growing. She had stopped taking birth control right after their first episode. She just leaned back and enjoyed the way he was touching her.
"Uchiha!" Sakura and Itachi turned. "There has been a party of Leaf ANBU coming in our direction. The Hokage himself is accompanying them."
"What!" Sakura gasped. "Miki, are you sure?"
"They're right outside of our gates asking for admittance. Of course I'm sure!" The brunette huffed from her spot where she held her son.
Itachi looked thoughtful for a moment. "Let them in." Miki turned to go and comply.
"Are you going to try to take Naruto?"
"Not this time." He said and took his arms back. "He probably has a dozen ANBU members with him while all we have is ourselves, a knocked out Itachi, and several servants. It wouldn't be logical."
Sakura looked into his dark eyes. "Then what are we going to do."
"Sakura, listen to what I'm saying." He took a deep breath before continuing. "Go back to Konoha and raise our child. The Uchiha compound is your's."
"But I can't." Tears started to drop down her face. "I want to stay here with you."
He chuckled and held her close. "I know, but you aren't and S class criminal and if you stayed here you would become one. Just go. It's safer." He started to walk over to the door but paused. "Also, don't listen to whatever I say in front of them. Almost none of it will be true." He quickly walked out the door and Sakura struggled to keep up with him. He made a stop in his office to fetch papers stating that the Uchiha property officially belonged to Sakura Uchiha and all descendant's of hers.
Sakura recognized the chakra patterns of half the ANBU present. Naruto's was easy because it was so big. She also noticed that Hinata, Kakashi, Ino, Kurenai, Neji, and Konohamaru were with them. Itachi took her Akatsuki doctor's coat and left it next to the door before kissing her one last time. She quietly cried into his chest, but then wiped the tears away.
"I'll see you soon." He said before shoving her to go meet her friends.
She took one last longing look in his direction before going into the entry way. Miki was standing there cold as a statue although her son was missing, probably out of harm's way with a female servant.
"Sakura-chan!" Naruto yelled and ran over. He enveloped her in an almost rib breaking hug before Hinata pryed him off and took her own turn. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." She lied. Her heart was breaking in two. Half of her wanted to stay with the man she adored while the other wanted to go home to Konoha.
Neji and Konohamaru stood off to the edge looking guilty. "Sakura, are you sure?" The 4th's grandson asked.
"Yeah." She gave them all a fake smiled. "Let's get going."
"There's a bowl of Ichiraku ramen with your name on it back home." Ino cheered from behind her mask.
Miki opened the door for them and handed Sakura a package. The pink haired woman looked curiously at the brunette, but the older woman smiled. "For when you get home." She said mysteriously and gave her a small smile. "It may be a while before we meet again."
"Probably. Tell everyone I said goodbye." She whispered so that the others couldn't hear.
"Alright-"
"SAKURA-CHAN! HURRY!" Naruto yelled. Sakura gave her friend one last smile before hurrying after her friends.
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"Sakura let me examine you." Hinata ordered.
"I'm perfectly healthy." The other girl insisted. She had been home for the past week and was slowly moving all her stuff into the Uchiha's main house. Hinata was lending her a hand since her clan lived next door.
"Your chakra flow is slightly distorted. Let me give you a check up." She insisted. Sakura gulped knowing what Hinata was going to tell her. She was almost a month pregnant although it didn't show yet. Hinata used her Byakugan to look into her womb and gasped when she found the embryo. "Sakura, you're-"
"I know."
"But how!"
"I'm married to him. The baby isn't unwanted." She snarled.
"You mean, you and Itachi Uchiha-"
"Yes. I'm married to an S class criminal. Have a problem with that?"
"N-no." Hinata stuttered. "Actually, it's pretty romantic."
"For me to be married to the guy who wants to rip demons out of people including your husband? If you think so, then sure."
Sakura lifted a box of her clothing, not that she really needed it. There was enough clothing in the rooms to cloth half of Konoha for a year. Hinata and Sakura didn't talk for the rest of the evening.
When the Uzumaki left Sakura ran to the master bedroom and climbed into the bed to start crying. She didn't want to be alone is the drafty manor. Sure it was free of bugs and small animals, compliments of Shino and Kiba, but it still felt empty without Itachi. She sobbed into the pillow wondering what would happen to her.
AN: Roar. Time skip after this. There is something about me making Sakura get pregnant in all of my stories. Probably because the mental image of her falling over because of the weight added to her front….she'd be very, very round. Heh, funny mental image.