Something More

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter.

Chapter Notation: I'm going to throw in my own curveballs as it pertains to Suigetsu's Clan's abilities. This may or may not be cannon, but I feel that it makes the story more interesting. Happy reading.

Chapter 14

Two months. They had been lovers for two months and thankfully, Karin and Naruto were still oblivious. Suki suspected that Jugo knew though and it was almost certain that Kisame knew. (He was smirking at her entirely too much for it to be normal, even by his standards).

Jugo's birds and other animal friends could be anywhere. So no matter how much she and Suigetsu snuck off to be discrete, she was sure at least one of those cute woodland creatures had informed the gentle giant what was going on. If they hadn't, well Jugo wasn't dumb. He probably knew.

"Princess, the idiot is being annoying again." Suigetsu grumbles as he walks over to her.

She was surprisingly okay with Kisame knowing. He and Suigetsu had some weird friendship. She didn't doubt for a moment that they would slit each other's throats, if it came down to it though. Despite that, it was clear that they talked about things.

Guy things like killing and swords were obviously their favorite topics of conversation. Though she knew almost without a shadow of doubt, they probably talked about her. That much was very obvious.

In some demented way, the blue skinned Akatsuki Member likely fancied himself as some sort of evil Cupid. Suigetsu had told her that Kisame had given him advice once. So it was only rational to assume he was still doing so.

"Mmm and that's different than every other day how?" Suki asks slyly as she wraps her arms around his neck and kisses him.

Suki had thought that Karin and Suigetsu had fought like cats and dogs, but she had been wrong. Suigetsu and Karin were best friends compared to the almost psychotic hatred that Naruto and the sword lover had for each other. Every single day, she had to stop them from killing each other at least three or five times. It was getting to be a bit annoying, really.

Suigetsu was easy enough to distract. She could distract him with kisses and other things. Naruto was harder though. Usually, they resolved their "discussions" with Chidoris and Rasengans. (A fact which probably only further infuriated Suigetsu).

"Good point. This time he's being really annoying though. He is accusing me of stealing his stupid ramen." He grumbles.

Who knew that Suigetsu wanted to play the White Knight? He was extremely protective in his own odd way. He really did not appreciate Suki training with Naruto.

She knew this because almost as soon as she finished with Naruto, Suigetsu would approach her. The encounters usually ended with her having a lot of VERY visible love bites. Suki was sure that Suigetsu enjoyed marking her up. He could be a possessive bastard and he was probably taunting Naruto with them.

"You don't even like ramen though." Suki says in confusion.

"I know, but he doesn't believe it. Remind me again, why we need him?" He asks with a sigh.

"He has the Nine Tailed Fox inside him. The Akatsuki are going after the Tailed Beasts. Eventually, Itachi will come to us. That and he's my best friend. He can be annoying, but he's very loyal. That and he won't hold back with me when we train like you do now." Suki replies bluntly.

The direct approach was best with Suigetsu. Beating around the bush or being subtle was absolutely pointless. She didn't really mind though. It was nice to finally meet someone other than Naruto who said exactly what was on their mind.

"Oh come on! You're my Suki now. I can't seriously come at you like I'm trying to kill you. You're not really holding that against me, are you?" He asks in disbelief.

"No. I think that it's sweet, really. I love you for it, but that doesn't change the fact that I need to train to get stronger. That's the only way that I'm going to beat him. I'll go deal with Naruto." She says as she lets go of Suigetsu and turns to head off.

"Princess, you mean that's the way that WE'RE going to beat him." Suigetsu says as he pulls her back into his arms.

Suki smiles. He was far from the most elegant with words, but Suigetsu was very romantic sometimes. He just didn't realize it.

"Mmm exactly." She says with a smile as she rests her head on his shoulder.

"That and you should take the day off from training. You aren't nearly as sneaky as you think you are. I know that you're sick. Probably caught the blonde's germs or something. Bad cold? I heard you in the bathroom the past couple days." The violet eyed ninja says.

Suki sighs. It was just a bug. It was nice that he cared, but honestly she was a big girl. Suki Uchiha wasn't going to be defeated by something as annoying as the common cold (or a really bad case of the flu in this case).

"You heard that?" She asks sheepishly.

"Damn right, I did. You probably threw up everything that you've eaten the past couple days. Play hooky with me. Just take the day off training and you'll probably be fine by tomorrow." He tells her.

"Mmm. Maybe, one day wouldn't hurt that much." Suki says as considers it.

It was tempting. Really, she wasn't really sure that it count as resting. Suki knew what was probably going to happen, if she caved.

She had never really thought of herself as the sort of person who craved human contact before Suigetsu. Suki assumed that she had just been conditioned to associate touch with pain or annoyance, after the Massacre for the most part. Suigetsu had quickly corrected that misconception.

"Suki, your boyfriend stole the ramen!" Naruto grumbles as he comes into the living room of the suite that they had all rented.

It was a large suite with three bedrooms. She stayed with Suigetsu. Karin stayed with Jugo. Naruto and Kisame rounded out the third one. Suki was almost reluctant to leave the place because it really was nice.

"Naruto, he didn't take your damn ramen. Suigetsu, quit fighting with him about everything. I'm going to go get some water." Suki says as she grumbles and heads off.

"Suki, are you okay? You've been drinking a lot of water lately. Like a lot more than normal." Naruto asks in concern.

"Yes, Loser. I'm fine. I've just got the flu or something. My body just wants to replace the fluids that it lost while I was spending most of the past couple days throwing up." She states in irritation and with that, she disappears into the small kitchen that the suite had.

Meanwhile Itachi watches from a safe distance. Taka didn't seem to know that he was nearby yet. Good.

Sadly, that didn't solve his problem. He needed to get Suki alone. He needed to get her alone and have her kill him. That was assuming that Kisame hadn't told her what really happened that night. If he had, all this might be for naught.

"He might have told them that I'm sick. I don't think that Kisame would have betrayed my confidence, otherwise though." He mutters to himself.

Itachi could only pray that was the case. For now though, he was content to simply observe the strange team that his foolish little sister had assembled. That was always entertaining to say the least.

"She wouldn't be that foolish, would she?" Itachi asks himself as he watches Suki head into to kitchen and pour herself a rather glass of water.

It wasn't the water that was concerning him. Hydration was important. It was the reason why she was so thirsty that bothered him.

He had seen her the past couple mornings vomiting. Repeatedly. His sister had never been the type to get sick and he knew that she certainly didn't have his condition. Her symptoms were far too different for it to be that. Which lead him to a troubling conclusion.

"Mother, you should rest. You're sick." Itachi said to Mikoto.

Mikoto shook her head and smiled at Itachi. The woman paused for a moment and then placed his hand on her stomach. Her reaction puzzled Itachi.

"Your mother isn't sick, Itachi. She's pregnant. She's going to have a baby. Women get sick when they are pregnant sometimes, especially in the beginning." Fugaku explained.

Itachi blinked. Was that why his mother had placed his hand on her stomach? There was a baby in there? How was it supposed to get out?

"Is that why your belly has been getting bigger?" He asked innocently.

"Yes, that's why. Though you probably shouldn't tell women that their bellies are getting bigger in the future. Just to be on the safe side. You're going to have a little brother or sister soon. Won't that be nice?" Mikoto asked as she kissed his forehead.

Itachi smiled. He was still confused, but clearly his parents were happy about this development. He didn't really understand how a baby was inside his mother's stomach, but he supposed he didn't have to.

"How do you tell if it's a boy or a girl?" Itachi asked.

"Oh the medic will tell us soon enough. Either way, I'm certain that you will make a wonderful brother." Mikoto assured him and Fugaku nodded in agreement.

Itachi couldn't help, but sigh at the memory. His mother had been wrong about that. He was far from a good brother to Suki, but he would keep his promise to her. One way or another, he was going to look after the young woman.

"On second thought, she would. Suki would be that foolish." He mutters.

He knew that there was a chance he could be wrong. He might not be an uncle, but Itachi doubted it. Suki and Suigetsu had grown far too affectionate towards each other than he was entirely comfortable with and surprisingly, sex ed was lacking at the Academy.

Itachi knew that Suki must know the Jutsu. Though he doubted that she would actually use it. She was young enough that it would have been all too easily to get caught up in the moment or several moments as the case seemed to be.

"I can only hope that I'm wrong. I can't fight her, if she's pregnant." Itachi whispers.

That was one thing that he wouldn't do. He'd just stand there and wait for Suki to kill him, if it came down to it. He wasn't going to risk injuring her and his niece or nephew.

"Now, I just have to be sure. I'll have Deidara confront her. He's a formidable fighter and will present a challenge, but she should escape that fight unscathed." He decides.

Suki was a brilliant strategist, when she didn't let her emotions rule her. Unfortunately, Itachi knew that she would in a fight against him. Against Deidara, she'd keep a level head though.

A few days later and Suigetsu was starting to get concerned to put it mildly. Suki was still getting sick. He was seriously thinking about taking her to a real doctor, when the Uchiha Princess suddenly stopped in the middle of their trek through a forest.

"Suki, what's wrong?" Naruto asks.

"There's a ninja nearby. A powerful one. I can sense his Chakra." Karin says as she looks around warily.

At this, Suigetsu immediately strides over to Suki's side. He knew that such an action was pointless. She was hardly a Damsel in Distress, but she was sick and it was the principle of the thing!

"Anyone you recognize from the Sound or Leaf, Karin?" Suki demands.

"No one that I recognize. Their chakra is very wild and erratic though." The red head replies.

"That's Deidara. I'd recognize his chakra, anyway. Let me go talk to him." Kisame says.

Suigetsu shakes his head. He doubted very much that the Akatsuki cared that Kisame had gone missing. They collected powerful ninjas, but didn't seem to cry too many tears if they died. A ransom wasn't going to work.

"Keep him here. I'll be right back. Deidara is an Akatsuki Member. He might know more than Kisame does at this point. He might have more recent information on Itachi." Suki says and with that she Flickers off.

"DAMN IT!" Suigetsu hisses as he slams his fist into the nearest tree in frustration.

She really shouldn't run off like that, especially not when she was just as likely to start vomiting as throwing Chidoris and fireballs! Why wouldn't she just take it easy?! She was so damn stubborn!

He really wished that Kisame would have spilled his guts more, but he hadn't. If Fishface had talked more, then maybe Suki wouldn't be charging off into a battle at a disadvantage. He tries to race off after her, trying to follow her Chakra, but he was no Sensory Type.

"So come on. Talk. What's going on with Itachi?!" Suigetsu demanded, a few weeks ago as he pressed his blade against the other man's throat.

To his annoyance, Kisame had just laughed at him. That pissed Suigetsu off. The Akatsuki Member obviously didn't know him very well, if he seriously didn't think that Suigetsu was more than willing to kill him.

He liked Kisame, but he loved Suki. He was willing to kill for her. Of course, that would have been more romantic…if he wasn't already a Prodigy in the Art of Murder. Still it was the thought that counted!

"Kid, that ain't my secret to tell. Though there's probably one that you've figured out. He's sick. Really sick. Itachi's been taking a lot of medicine to deal with it, but that's only a temporary fix." He said with grimace.

That grimace made Suigetsu ponder the possibility that maybe Kisame actually considered Itachi to be his friend. He was going to press him harder, but that's when Suki walked over to them. She was like some kind of Revenge Goddess with her Sharingan burning brightly through the night.

"How much time does he have and is he going to give me a real fight? I don't want to win because he's ill. I want to win because I'm better." She hissed.

He smirked. That was the spirit. Most ninjas would have been happy to hear their opponent had been weakened. Not Suki though. She wanted a real fight.

"Hard to say. I don't know where he's been sneaking off to, but I think he might have started seeing a doctor before you found me. A real one. Not just the medicine. I'd say about a year. Maybe a little less, assuming he doesn't seek out further treatments. If you find him that soon, you'll get the fight of your life. If not, well you're fighting a corpse." Kisame replied in a casual voice.

It was a little too casual though. Yeah. Fishface definitely cared about Itachi, but he was also fond of him and maybe even Suki to a degree. The poor guy was caught in the middle.

Really, it was almost enough to make the sword lover feel sorry for him. He wouldn't though. He was a badass Criminal Ninja. He didn't do pity.

"What do you think Suki?" He asked.

"I think that he's not going to talk. We got what we needed most out of him though. I know there's more to the story, but it doesn't matter. Itachi is as good as dead. I'm just going to make sure that it's by my hand and not some disease." She muttered in disgust.

That brought him to the present. He manages to find Suki, but it was too late. She had already started fighting another annoying blonde.

Seriously, what was up with blondes and their annoyingness? He sighs as he watches Suki and Deidara go at it. He feels himself twitch as he sees the blonde liked to play with explosives.

"I'm going to tear that freak apart, if one of those actually lands." He growls.

The others had joined him by this time and were watching the fight. All of them were obviously debating, if they should join in or not. Suigetsu was seriously considering it as he sees Suki dodge another bomb.

Karin couldn't join or she probably wouldn't. The woman was more of a Sensor and Medical Type. She wasn't suited for combat.

"Should help her?" Jugo asks softly.

Jugo was a tank. Unfortunately, he was an unpredictable one. He might accidentally hurt Suki, if he went into beserker mode. Suigetsu shakes his head at the mostly gentle giant's suggestion. That wouldn't work.

"Art is an explosion! Yeah?!" Deidara says as he sits on the back of one of his clay birds and hurls more bombs at the Uchiha woman.

"I don't know about art, but I'm going to enjoy tearing you apart. Unless you tell me what I want to know." She says as she dodges the attacks.

He really shouldn't be getting turned on by the fact his girlfriend was issuing death threats. There was something seriously wrong with him, but he digressed. Karin and Jugo wouldn't be helpful in this fight.

Kisame was a risk. There was a fifty percent chance he might actually try to help Deidara. After all, they were both in the Akatsuki.

"We have to help her!" Naruto says.

That meant that if anyone was going to step in, it was probably going to be him and Naruto. That left a bad taste in his mouth for two reasons. The first was the idiot was just as likely to accidentally get them all killed as to help. The second was because she was his Suki. It was his job to protect her. Not Naruto's.

"Let's see you try! You're no Itachi. You're just a cheap imitation. Though your face is going to look so pretty all covered in red. You know why it will be red, right? Because it's going to be covered in blood!" He taunts her.

"You talk way too much." Suki says as she unsheathes her sword.

She was about to attack Deidara, when she was forced back by an explosion and that's when Suigetsu realizes something. The other blonde was a dirty blonde. He was fighting really dirty. That jerk had planted bombs in the ground.

"And you're going to get blown up, if you stay on the ground. You have no way of knowing where my bombs are, but I promise you that there all over the place. So your friends aren't going to be able to help you either. Not unless they want to risk getting blown up too! Yeah?!" Deidara asks with a half insane laugh.

Who was Suigetsu kidding? The man was completely one hundred percent certifiable. That was certainly saying something because he wasn't exactly normal himself either!

"Damn it!" Naruto hisses and Suigetsu hears their other allies make similar expressions of frustration.

"That's fine. I don't have to touch the ground to defeat you." Suki says as she uses her sword to keep her feet from touching the ground.

That was his girl. Unfortunately, the bastard just kept making more clay monsters and launching attack after attack. Suki manages to dispel most of them, but that freak attacked her with some shadow thing.

Suigetsu's eyes widen in horror as he watches Suki get eaten by it before his very eyes. For a split second, he could have sworn that his heart had literally stopped beating, until she reappears behind him and throws a punch right to his face, sending him flying.

"Go Suki!" Naruto shouts as Taka (and Kisame) watch the entire scene unfold before their eyes with baited breath.

That's when Deidara hit the ground and Suki hits him with a Chidori. The lightning was strong against his clay. He was fried to death, but not before he threw a bomb at her.

The bomb went off directly at her. It should have killed her instantly, but instead, it passed straight through liquid version of Suki! Suki was made out of water!

"Did Suki use a water clone?" Naruto asks in confusion.

"That's not a water clone. A clone would have been dispelled by that hit." Kisame points out.

No. It definitely wasn't a clone. Suki had reformed into just her normal solid state and she looked just as confused as the rest of them.

It was his family's water technique! Somehow Suki had managed to use it, but that didn't make any sense. The Sharingan couldn't copy bloodlines. As much as he loved her, she wasn't a hereditary member of his Clan. That should have been impossible.

"Unless…she's not sick." He whispers to himself.

Suki didn't know that technique. She simply was in capable of performing it. Only another member of his Clan could do that, but somehow Suki's body had turned into water.

That could mean only one thing. She didn't have a cold. Suki wasn't sick. She was pregnant!