Holding My Hand

Robin slid to a halt and glared ahead of her. Gaara and four sand-nin stood in front of her, blocking her path.

"Move aside weakling." Robin hissed, dropping into a stance.

"I will kill you." Robin smirked at Gaara's simple statement.

"Normally I would comment, but I have to go." Gaara narrowed his eyes.

"What makes you think I'll let you go."

"Robin-kun is needed elsewhere." Gaara spun around and faced the owner of the voice, Uchiha Itachi. Two red eyes narrowed as they looked down on Gaara. "Do not worry, she will see you soon."

"Pregnant!" Tsunade nodded at Kakashi's outburst.

"Hai. She came in and checked yesterday." Kakashi was silent for a moment, stunned by this information. His wife was pregnant. Setsuko would be a mother. He would be a father. They would have a baby. But his thoughts came crashing to a stop when he remembered why he was even in the hospital.

"Is the baby alright?" He whispered nervously. Tsunade sighed heavily and looked down at Setsuko.

"We have to run some more tests to confirm that. At the last minute Setsuko took the risk and stopped the poison from reaching the child. I don't know why she didn't remove the poison, you'll have to ask her when she wakes up." Tsunade smiled gently at the prone figure before them. "It shouldn't be too long before that happens."

"Itachi-kun, do we take the weakling?" Robin asked quietly only to receive a soft no from the elder Uchiha. Robin bowed her head slightly, understanding as she remember that it was not her mission at the moment.

"Where is the man you were with before?" Robin turned to look at Gaara as he demanded answers. A smirk played on her lips as she watched Gaara's reactions.

"Kyo was not up to the fight. His corpse will rot like the foolish weakling he was." Robin sank into the ground once more, disappearing from sight. Itachi soon followed, but not until he gave Gaara a warning.

"Robin-kun is mine now. Do not think otherwise."

Itachi barely had time to block her fist as it flew towards his face.

"I belong to no one!" There was a dangerous glint in her eyes as she stared down Uchiha Itachi. "Do not presume to think you have the right to own me." She hissed, turning away from him. "If you know anything about me, then you must know that I will never bow down to anything."

"Why are you so objective towards what I said?" Robin spun around, anger rising as she held herself back from flying head first into a fight.

"I am no object. You cannot presume to claim me for your own."

"Why do you resist so?"

"I am Uzumaki. No Uzumaki, even the weakest, will ever bow down to another."

"What of the Main Family and the Branch Family? The Branch bowed down to the Main Family, did it not?" Robin narrowed her eyes as uncontrollable rage began to surface. She clenched her hand into a fist, trying to resist the urge to attack.

"The Uzumaki is not the Hyuuga or the Uchiha." Robin bit out, seething as she began to explain the Uzumaki traditions to the Uchiha. "The Branch did not bow down to the Main Family. The Main were those able to use their blood limit better than those in the Branch." She snapped as him before leaving the room. However, Itachi followed her.

"Unlimited adaptability . . ." Robin slowed to a halt and looked at him over her shoulder with narrowed eyes.

"What of my blood limit?" Itachi smirked.

"I've seen you fight. You rarely use your blood limit."

"What of it?"

". . . I just find it odd." Robin shook her head in annoyance.

"I use it when I need to. It is . . . . a trump card. I prefer to hone my skills with it and save it for when it is needed."

Kakashi sighed and looked at his wife again. He didn't know how long it had been since Tsunade told him that Setsuko was pregnant. He had simply lost track of time, letting him mind wander. He was about to drift off in thought again when a movement caught his eye. Setsuko was slowly opening her eyes. Kakashi reached out and grabbed his wife's hand, causing her to look at him.

". . . Kakashi . . ." Her voice was raw as she whispered his name.

"Setsuko . . . . why didn't you tell me about the baby?" Her eyes widened and she quickly placed a hand over her stomach.

"The baby!" She gasped, looking down at her stomach. She turned her eyes to Kakashi. "Is the baby alright?"

". . . . they don't know yet. Tsunade-sama is finishing up with some tests and then she will tell us." Setsuko nodded slowly, trying to to panic as they waited for Tsunade. After a few minutes of worried silence a knock brought their attention to the door. Tsunade entered with a file in her hand.

"Tsunade!" Setsuko stared at the folder. "How's the baby!" Kakashi stood, worry etched into his face.

"Tsunade-sama . . ." Tsunade sighed as she closed the door behind her.

"Kakashi . . . Setsuko . . ."

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