Something More
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Chapter 15
Suki stares at Deidara's remains for a moment, before heading back to her team. It had been a gruesome death for the psychotic blonde, but less grisly than the one he had been planning for her with his explosions. One of which, should have killed her.
It hadn't though. For some reason, she had turned into water and the explosion had just passed through her. Suki was perfectly fine and that's what confused her.
"You were amazing, Suki! How'd you do that water thing?!" Naruto asks excitedly.
The Uchiha woman knew that she should be dead or in a world of pain right now. That wasn't the case though. Suki wasn't sure how, but Suigetsu's Technique had saved her.
It didn't make any sense. That was a Bloodline Technique. She'd certainly never copied it from him and Suigetsu couldn't have taught it to her, even if she wanted to. So how had she done it?
"I don't know. Let's go. Deidara is dead. He's not going to tell us anything useful and I'd rather not stand around here and do nothing." She says.
Suki was trying her best to stay calm and not to panic. On the outside, she was sure that she was managing. Over the years, she had learned how to hide what she was feeling very well. It was a skill that served her well in the Sound. Unfortunately, that didn't stop her from internally panicking.
"She's right. There's no need to linger here. Someone might have heard the explosions and could be on their way now." Jugo offers.
That was Jugo for you. The man had called himself her Shield and he certainly meant it. He was always trying to protect her, even subconsciously.
"Yeah! Let's get going! Seriously though, are you okay? Suki, are you okay? Do you want to bite me?" Karin offers.
Biting Karin usually resulted in an accelerated healing rate. Suki wasn't entirely sure how it worked, she just knew that it did. It had saved her ass on more than one occasion and that was why she had invited the other woman along on this journey in the first place.
"That won't help." Suigetsu says cryptically.
That was a bad sign. Suigetsu was many things, but cryptic certainly wasn't one of them. Suki was now rapidly moving from the panicked camp to the terrified camp.
"Why not?!" Karin demands as if she was offended by the very notion that she couldn't help Suki.
"It's really none of your business. Let's get going." Suigetsu says as the group turns to head off.
Kisame was giving Suigetsu a funny look and that only served to make Suki even more anxious. Something strange was going on and as soon as they were alone, the Uchiha woman was going to get answers out of her lover. One way or another, the violet eyed ninja was going to tell her what was going on.
Thankfully, it didn't take them too long to find a small village and buy three rooms for the night. There would be no Suite in this quaint village. That didn't matter to Suki though. What mattered was getting answers.
"Start talking!" Suki say, a few minutes later as she shoves Suigetsu against the wall of their room.
They had barely gotten inside their room, when the Uchiha woman pounced. She wasn't going to let him avoid the question. Suki needed to know how and why she had turned into water and Suigetsu was going to tell her.
"Easy, easy there. I'll tell you, but you might want to sit down. I'm not really sure how you're going to take the news." Suigetsu replies cautiously.
A cautious Suigetsu was normally an oxymoron. That was just another sign that something was wrong. Suigetsu was never cautious.
"Alright. If you try to run though, I will catch you. You aren't faster than me." The dark beauty reminds him.
"I know. Well um you know how my Clan has a Water Bloodline Trait?" The violet eyed man inquires warily as he sits down next to his lover.
Suki nods. She was familiar with it. That was hwy she had asked him to join. That and his ability to swing a sword. Being able to turn into water to avoid hits or to increase the size of your body parts to proportionally increase your strength were very useful abilities. It was really no wonder why Orochimaru had snatched him up.
"Yes, I'm familiar with it. Why? Why can I do it? I shouldn't be able to, Suigetsu and you know that. The Sharingan can't copy hereditary techniques. I'm not a Hōzuki. So I shouldn't be able to do what you do." Suki states.
"Well you kinda are a Hozuki now. At least part of you is, anyway." Suigetsu replies vaguely.
That didn't make any sense. What did he mean?! She was his lover, but she wasn't his wife. She hadn't taken his last name and even if she did, that wouldn't give her access to his techniques!
"You're not making any sense." The Uchiha woman hisses in irritation.
"Well you know how we've been together for a couple months? How we've been together, together?" He asks cautiously.
Together, together. Well yeah. They had been lovers for the past couple months and she couldn't deny that she was now very much addicted to his touch. That still didn't explain how she was supposedly part Hōzuki though.
That's when it clicked. Part of her was Hōzuki and Suigetsu was talking about the fact that they had been intimate. They had been intimate with great frequency and she had never used The Jutsu.
"I'm pregnant. I wasn't the one using your technique. The baby was." She whispers in shock.
"Yeah. Kid is a genius. Using chakra from the womb and everything. We made a super baby." Suigetsu tells her.
Meanwhile Itachi was still frozen in shock. He couldn't believe it. Well he could and he couldn't.
Obviously, Suki had been growing closer to Suigetsu and he was aware that they were lovers. Thankfully, he hadn't actually witnessed them being together in such a fashion, but he knew! He knew that they were being intimate and on a frequent basis at that. So really, it shouldn't have come to a shock that she was pregnant.
"I can't fight her like this." He mutters to himself.
Despite all that information, Suki's pregnancy had come to a shock to him. A very big one. It was rare for Itachi to be caught off guard by anything. In this instance though, his baby sister had truly thrown a curveball at him that he didn't see coming.
"I'll just have to let her kill me. I won't resist. It'll be a hollow victory, but I'm not going to risk taking her second family from her." Itachi whispers.
He couldn't do it. Itachi just couldn't fight Suki while she was pregnant. If he hadn't been able to kill her when she was a child, Itachi knew that he was never going to be able to fight her when she was WITH child!
"That means I'm going to have to get her alone though." The elder Uchiha Sibling reasons.
That was easier said than done though. Suigetsu might not be as academically gifted as he was, but the man wasn't an idiot. Surely, he was familiar with his Clan's Techniques. He would put two and two together.
Once he did, Itachi doubted that the sword lover was going to let Suki out of his sight. Not that he could blame the other man. Itachi would have done the same thing in his position. Though it certainly made things rather inconvenient for him.
"Well she can't be that far along. She's not showing and she took Deidara out relatively easily. Now, I just have to make sure that I'm the last Akatsuki Member that Suki has to fight." The Criminal Ninja reasons.
Once he was dead, Itachi was confident Suki would take his eyes. She knew how their bloodline worked. Taking his eyes would ensure that she had the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. It would prevent her from going blind in the long-term.
"I'm not really fond of the idea of her undergoing that procedure while she's pregnant though." He decides.
It was a difficult decision. If he avoided her until after she gave birth, his sister would have a cloud looming over her head for her entire pregnancy. Such stress likely wouldn't be good for her or the baby. The flipside was hardly any better though.
He could allow her to kill him. She'd take his eyes and probably want a transplant immediately. Itachi didn't like the thought of his pregnant sister under going such a traumatic surgery though.
"I suppose she could preserve my eyes until afterwards to have the transplant done. Would she be foresight enough to think of such a compromise though?" The man wonders out loud.
That's when Itachi stiffens. He could feel that he wasn't alone anymore. Someone else was there and had likely overheard him. There were only four Uchihas left in the world at the moment and Obito Uchiha had found him.
"Well that's rather sweet. It looks as though our Clan is going to live on after our deaths, after all. Tell me, how far along is she?" Obito asks good-naturedly.
He knew that it was an act though. Once upon a time, Obito Uchiha might have been a good person. Right now though, he was a major threat to the world.
"That's none of your concern. I'm not going to let you go anywhere near her!" Itachi hisses at him.
"Itachi, we've discussed this before. You're a dead man walking. You're treatments have stabilized you for awhile, but we both know you won't fight her like this and I doubt that she's going to listen to you. If you try to tell her the truth, Suki's not going to believe you. Once you're dead though, I'll recruit her to the cause. The world will be a much better place for your niece or nephew than it ever was for either of us." Obito promises him.
Well Itachi supposed that he should call the other man Madara. That's who he was pretending to be half the time. The other half of the time, he was Tobi.
There were times that Itachi wondered, if Obito even knew who he was anymore. The elder Uchiha Sibling supposed that it didn't matter though. Not really. What mattered was stopping him.
"You have no right to make those kinds of decisions for everyone. If you're so eager for a better world, you can join me in the afterlife!" Itachi snarls at him as he charges at the other Uchiha in a blind rage.
He brings his kunai down and slashes at Obito's throat. Right into his jugular. It should have been a lethal shot, but it wasn't. Obito turned out to be a clone.
"Damn it!" Itachi hisses under his breath.
In hindsight, he should have known better. Things were never that easy. Now, he had to get his foolish little sister to kill him and to take his eyes as soon as possible to protect her from Obito.
The other man had made his choice for him. Itachi couldn't afford to wait until she gave birth. He was going to have to act and act fast. It was the only way to prevent Obito's plans from coming to fruition.
Back at the Inn, Suigetsu watches Suki anxiously. She wanted to restore his Clan. So in theory, she SHOULD be happy about her pregnancy. Unfortunately, there was a good chance that wouldn't be the case.
"Oh God. When I fought Deidara, I could have died. If I died, the baby would have died with me. I'm a horrible mother! What kind of mother would do something like that?!" She asks in a panic.
He had expected elation or anger. Not fear. Damn it. This wasn't going as he had hoped. A panicked Suki was not a creature that he knew how to deal with.
"Suki, it's okay. You didn't know. Besides, you're both fine. I don't think you really need to worry about them too much. Kid is smart enough to know what to do, if you're attacked. I don't really know how the kid knows what to do. I guess it reacted to your stress levels or something. An instinct." The sword lover says in what he hopes was a reassuring tone of voice.
His lover nods numbly. Suki was in shock. Yeah. This wasn't good. He was going to have to calm her down somehow.
"Just relax. It's going to be okay. I wasn't really planning on being a father, especially not this soon. I'm happy about it though. It just brings us closer. Besides, kid is already a badass. How many people can use chakra from the womb?" He asks with a laugh as he wraps his arms around her.
"So you're really happy about this?" Suki asks as she looks up at him with those beautiful and very wary eyes.
He hadn't really been expecting it, but he definitely loved being with Suki. If he had his way, they would just ignore the rest of the world and could just focus on each other and swords. Now though, they would have an extra person to focus on.
That was fine with him though. The kid was bound to be adorable, if she looked anything like her mother. If it was a boy, well Suigetsu would make sure that he became the most badass swordsmen to ever live.
"Yeah. I'm happy about it. Well I'm worried about you being pregnant and going after your brother. So you're gonna have to hold off on that quest for revenge for awhile though." He points out.
Of course, he could still train a girl to use a sword. Suki was quite good with hers. Though Suki probably wouldn't let him teach a girl how to slice people up as much as she would with a boy. On second thought, his lover was probably going to object either way.
That wasn't going to stop him though. Their kid would have to be able to defend themselves. If nothing else, it was likely their son or daughter was going to have two bloodline traits. That made them a major target for creeps like Orochimaru. The best defense was a good offense.
"You're right. I can't fight like this. What are we going to do?" Suki asks as she burrows into his chest.
Suigetsu sighs. He was pretty sure that he saw a silent tear streaming down her face. Suki was scared. Very scared.
She wouldn't bat an eyelash when it came to her own life, but now she was going to be a mother. Now, she couldn't think about just her own mortality. That changed things in a big way.
"Just relax. We'll just avoid that bastard and after we meet our son or daughter and you're all patched up, then we'll kill him. Nothing to worry about." Suigetsu tells her.
Suki nods, though she seemed less than convinced. Suigetsu couldn't help, but really hate Itachi at that moment. If it wasn't for him, Suki would probably be happy about her pregnancy. Not terrified.
"Yeah. That's what we'll do." She whispers in agreement.
"Don't worry. I got you. Why don't you get some sleep?" Suigetsu asks.
The Uchiha woman shakes her head and Suigetsu sighs again. She was too frightened and shocked to sleep. He should have seen that coming. He was just going to have to distract her.
"I don't think that I can sleep." Suki admits.
"Are you worried about later when you get bigger and start to show? Are you worried about looking like a pufferfish?" Suigetsu asks cheerfully.
He was probably going to get smacked for that one at the very least. A fireball or a Chidori wouldn't be out of the question though. Suigetsu didn't mind in the slightest.
If that's what it took to calm her down, he was willing to take some electrocution. All this stress was not good for her or a baby. He might not have been seeking fatherhood, but he damn sure wasn't going to have Suki or his child suffer over something that was completely preventable like stress-induced pregnancy complications!
"You're such an idiot. I'm not worried about looking like a pufferfish." She mutters indignantly.
"Good. You shouldn't be. You'll be the sexiest pufferfish ever." Suigetsu tells her with a grin.
"Your father is an idiot, but that's okay. He means well and he's good with his sword." Suki whispers down to her stomach.
Suigetsu blinks. He was far from the most proper ninja on the planet, but should Suki really be talking about THAT to their baby?! Wasn't it kinda early for such things?!
"Suki, do you really think that it's a good idea to discuss fun sexy times with our baby?!" He asks.
"What are you talking about? I was just talking about your. Oh you damn pervert. You know what I meant!" Suki says as she tsks at him.
"Oh come on! The first time we were together, you were making all sorts of suggestive sword metaphors. How was I supposed to know?!" The violet eyed ninja replies.
Well at least he had accomplished his mission. Suki was no longer terrified. Maybe, mildly annoyed. Mercifully, it was sulking cat annoyed and not fearsome tigress fury.
"I guess that's a good point." She says as she lays down on the bed and pulls him down next to her.
Suigetsu smiles and wraps his arms around her protective. That was better. Suki would probably never admit it, but he could tell that she definitely enjoyed being held.
"You know that I love you, right? I mean I'm not really good with the whole words thing, but you know that." Suigetsu asks.
"I know and that's okay. You're good at using your mouth for things that are far more enjoyable than sappy declarations of undying love." She says with a smirk as she turns around so she was safely nestled in his arms and facing her lover.
"That was very hypocritical. You were scolding me about sword comparisons and you can say that?!" He demands.
Suki laughs quietly in response as she snuggles closer to him. This was better. Suigetsu was unexpectedly happy about her pregnancy and that made it easier for her to wrap her head around.
Though perhaps, she should have seen that coming. If Suigetsu really didn't want kids, he probably would have asked her to use the Jutsu or taking preventive measures. Suigetsu was far from a medic, but she was confident that he was well versed enough in human biology to realize what might happen, if you kept coupling without using The Jutsu.
"Mmm alright. Maybe, that was a little hypocritical. I'll admit that. It's not like he or she can hear us, anyway." The Uchiha woman reasons.
"Yeah. I guess that's true. Do you want to go to the Leaf now? I mean you're pregnant. They kinda have to let you back in and you already agreed to work with Naruto. You're not a Criminal Ninja anymore." He reminds her.
Right now, all Suki wanted to do was to snuggle up to Suigetsu and for him to make love to her until she fell asleep. Admittedly though, her lover had a point. They might be safer in the Leaf.
"I don't know. I hadn't really thought that far ahead yet." The raven haired ninja admits.
"Right. Well don't worry about it. I'm here. You don't need to worry about anything." He tells her as he glides his hand over the curve of her hip.
"Mmm except for you and Naruto trying to kill each other." Suki replies as she kisses him.
She smiles when she feels Suigetsu kiss back. That was one of the nice things about taking him as her lover. He was always very, very affectionate.
There were times when Suki sincerely wondered, if he was ever going to let her leave the bed. The bed or whatever surface they were currently enjoying each other's company on. She liked it that way though.
"Eh. I can't speak for Blondie, but I'll try to be nicer. If that's what you want, I'll try to be nicer. I'm not going to have you get stressed out while you're pregnant because he's an idiot." Suigetsu promises her.
"Mmm. I think that I'd like that. Mommy would also like some more of Daddy's kisses." Suki teases him with a sly smile.
"Daddy is more than happy to give Mommy as many kisses and other things as she wants." Suigetsu says with a smirk as he proceeds to capture her lips with his own.
Unbeknownst to them, the other members of Taka and Kisame were listening in. They were standing outside the room with their ears pressed to the door. They were all hoping to learn more.
"No way! Suki is pregnant!" Naruto says and before he has time to say anything else, Karin quickly covers his mouth.
The last thing that any of them needed was for Naruto to get them caught. If they got caught spying, Suki was going to be very angry and God only knows, what Suigetsu would do. Karin still couldn't believe that Suki was dating Suigetsu, but apparently she was doing a whole lot more than that now.
They were lovers. Suki was Fish Breath's lover. That was something that was going to take awhile for her to wrap her head around. How did they even kiss with those teeth of his, anyway?!
"Naruto, please be quiet. If you aren't quiet, they might overhear us." Jugo reminds him.
"Yeah. If they find out that we're spying on them, the brats are going to go nuts." Kisame says with a chuckle.
That was putting it mildly. A regular Suki was a dangerous Suki, but a pregnant Suki was even more so. This might not end well.
"Yeah. That's true. We should probably go before we get caught. It doesn't look like they know what they're planning to do about this just yet." The red head says.
"Maybe, they'll decide to go back to the Leaf. It'd be a lot safer back there for Suki and the baby." Naruto reasons brightly.
Karin resists the urge to roll her eyes at the blonde. She knew that he wanted nothing more than to get Suki back to the Leaf, but the Sensory Type wouldn't get her hopes up. Well she wouldn't get her hopes up, if she was in his position anyway.
"Maybe. Let's go though." Karin says as she leads the others off.
She was really going to have to talk to Suk about this. Woman to woman. Karin couldn't imagine what it was like to find out you were pregnant. Though since it was Suki, she could only imagine the other woman was elated at the news. Elated and terrified.
The last female Uchiha had spent most of her life trying to avenge her Clan against Itachi. Now, she wouldn't be able to fight for awhile. Not without risking harming herself and the baby. She was going to be incredible frustrated and scared to put it mildly.
"Well at least she has me. Which is a good thing because God knows Suigetsu is going to say something stupid about her pregnancy." Karin mutters to herself.