Oh, No, You Didn't!

By Kaze & Kiba

DNON

Summary—A secret isn't a secret when it's shared.

A/N-Thank you, Sakura's Unicorn for the edit! K&K

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"Ino-pig, you are such a blabbermouth!"

The blonde woman's eyes opened innocently, and she pressed her hand to her chest. "Who me?"

"Yes, you! You blabbed my news all over the village."

"I'm completely innocent, Forehead. Go find someone else to pin it on."

"But you were the only one I told!"

That was true, Ino thought, but they were in a public place when Sakura told her—anyone could have been spying on their conversation. Ino did feel bad for her friend though. "Well, maybe we can still keep it a secret. Who else knows?"

"Everyone," Sakura uttered miserably.

"Now, don't be a drama queen, Sakura! Come on, give me the names of everyone else who knows, and I'll find a way to keep them quiet."

"You don't understand, Pig. The whole village knows! Every single person! Now what am I going to do?" Tears filled in her eyes. "I'm dead!"

Ino sighed, collected her friend, and sat her on a stool. "Calm down. It's not good for you to stress out like that." She rubbed her friend's shoulders and back.

"What am I gonna do if he finds out that he was the last—"

"Don't worry, Forehead. Let me take care of this. You go home and put your feet up. Honestly, you've been working much too hard." Ino picked up a petite vase of bright yellow carnations and handed them too her. "Here, take these and feel better. I'll come by later with some take-out and we'll talk."

Four hours later, Ino let herself into Sakura's house.

"Hey, Forehead, I brought ice cream, too. What the hell is all this?" On the kitchen table were baskets of fruit and gifts.

"I told you, everyone knows! These all arrived this afternoon. There's no way I'll be able to hide now."

Ino already knew—she found out this afternoon that this secret had been spilled on a rather grand scale. "Well, I brought tempura shrimp and chocolate-chip ice cream for dessert. Come on. Let's eat and I'll tell you how your best friend solved all your problems."

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One week later, Sasuke and Kakashi were walking toward the village gates when they came upon Team Gai on their way out of the village.

"Yo." Kakashi waved.

"Kakashi-san, so nice to see you, my eternal rival! And, Uchiha-san, ah…congratulations!" Tenten smacked Gai on the arm and Lee burst into tears. Neji nodded to them before he dragged the sobbing young man away. Kakashi gave Sasuke a strange look.

"Gomen," Tenten apologized as she shoved her sensei further down the path. "We're late for a mission."

"Oops! I forgot I wasn't supposed to say any—" Gai started before Tenten slapped her hand over his mouth and glared at him.

"Time to leave, Sensei!" She shoved him ahead while Neji gently pushed Lee, who was staring at Sasuke with a look like the Uchiha had kicked his favorite pink-haired puppy.

"Did you do something to Lee, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked and Sasuke shrugged and shook his head. "Well, that was odd."

They reached the gates and the guards were smiling at them. "Nice trip, guys?"

"Uneventful," Kakashi answered, signing the roster. Both guards were looking at Sasuke with weird grins on their faces.

"Is something wrong?" Sasuke was instantly suspicious.

"Nothing! We don't know nothing about your—" he cut off with a tight smile. "Have a nice day, gentlemen. Don't forget to fill out your mission report at the Tower."

Sasuke and Kakashi exchanged another look and moved on into the village.

"Something's up."

"Aa." Sasuke remained calm, but slowly realized that everyone they passed was staring at him. Many nodded and smiled warmly—most of them were people who never gave him a second glance before.

Tsunade had a shit-eating grin on her face. "Have you seen Sakura yet?"

"No, Hokage-sama."

She frowned. "Then go away, brat. Kakashi can give the report."

Kakashi shrugged and Sasuke left the Tower, still confused.

He found her at home, sitting at the kitchen table, crying over her glass of milk. Now, his heart was slamming into his chest and he was worried—really worried.

"What's wrong, Sakura?"

She sniffed and looked up at him with sad eyes. "I-I wanted to be the first to tell you. I wanted you to be the first to know, but somehow it got out and everyone knows." She covered her face with her hands.

"Knows what?"

She looked up, in surprise. "Nobody told you?"

"Nobody, including my own wife," Sasuke growled. "Tell me what's going on."

She smiled. Sakura didn't know how Ino did it but she'd made the whole village keep their mouths shut! "I'm—" there was a pounding at the back door and Naruto let himself in.

"Hey, Sakura-chan!" he yelled. "I heard Sasuke's home. Did you tell him about the baby yet?"

~The End~