I Do Not Own Naruto
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Flourishing Life, Tainted Soil
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Sakura walked with Sasuke to Itachi's home and steeled her nerves about telling her brother-in-law that he was about to become an uncle. That was almost as terrifying as telling Kakashi; almost. However, she was ready to do it when they got to the door and knocked.
"Sasuke! Sakura!" Izumi greeted her with a smile. Sakura smiled hesitantly as shyness over took her and Sasuke nudged her into the house. She smiled at her nephew who grinned and darted off to go play as she and Sasuke walked into the house and were shown to the living area for tea. After this she'd tell the Haruno family, but she didn't particularly want to tell them.
"What is it?" Izumi asked her with a smile, and Itachi sat beside his wife.
"Uh…" she stared dumbly at the tea and then she swallowed her pride as she looked at them then at Sasuke. Her husband sighed and looked at his family then.
"She's pregnant with your niece or nephew," Sasuke said bluntly. Izumi squealed and Sakura found herself wrapped up in a hug that threatened to consume her as she hesitantly hugged her sister-in-law back. She saw a smirk on both Sasuke's and Itachi's lips and it ahd her relaxing.
"When are you due!? How many!? Oh, can I help with the nursery!?" Izumi started bombarding her with a zillion questions and Sakura just nodded before she saw Itachi's amused look as he pulled his wife beside him.
"Izumi, let them get used to impending parenthood," Itachi said.
"Oh, now's the perfect time!" Izumi announced which had her looking to Sasuke then and he shrugged. "We were going to tell you tomorrow but Itachi's officially been named the Fifth Hokage!"
"Really!?" Sakura gasped in excited glee as she looked over to her brother-in-law, he flushed a little but nodded. "That's great!" she declared as she got up and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you," Itachi replied as she pulled away.
"Congratulations," Sasuke said indifferently as he wrapped his arms around her and she rested against his solid chest. She knew he was really happy and proud of his brother despite the cold delivery of his congratulations as she hugged his arms and smiled. This was perfect!
Perfect for all of them!
Now, if only the Haruno would leave then her life would be damn close to perfection as Isobu mentally hugged her and his chakra wrapped protectively over where her baby was. She was kind of excited with this prospect of motherhood as she spent the rest of the afternoon playing with Izumi and Isamu in the gardens then. Isamu squealed with laughter when she had Isobu's tails catch him and let him fly around before dropping him in her arms.
"Again!" the ebony haired boy demanded.
"Again!?" she gasped. The serious onyx eyes of her nephew balefully glared at her before she laughed, set him down and repeated the game with her tails for him. Isamu squealed in delight as he 'flew'.
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Sasuke had savored the afternoon of watching his nephew and Sakura before leaving her with Itachi to go speak with the dobe. After all, his best friend was getting hitched and about to be a father as well, Sasuke felt he should at least talk with the dobe.
Unsurprisingly he found the dobe at Ichiraku's.
"Naruto," he greeted and the blonde looked over at him then as Sasuke took the stool beside his friend.
"Hey teme!" Naruto grinned.
"You knocked up Hyūga Hinata," he stated as his customary order was placed before him and he nodded his thanks as he started slurping the noodles.
"SHH! Please don't broadcast that!" Naruto hissed and he lifted his brow as he savored is noodles and tried not to think about his own impending fatherhood. It wasn't that he didn't want to be a father, it was he was scared of that kind of responsibility being thrusted up on his shoulders when he could barely handle being married to a girl who was practically no maintenance on his part.
"Sakura's pregnant as well," he shrugged and that had the dobe gaping at him.
"You… you actually knocked up Sakura!?" Naruto openly gaped at him then and he nodded as he slurped his noddles in peace.
"You two were actually having sex!?"
"Frequently," he confirmed. He and Sakura had a lot of sex, and he had to admit, he rather liked it. Also, she always pounced him when he got home from missions so it was safe to assume that she liked sex with him as well.
"You actually know how sex works," Naruto blinked owlishly and Sasuke contemplated hitting the idiot over the head then.
"Aa, Naruto, I know how sex works, I'm surprised you actually know how it works," he replied icily as he sipped the broth then.
"Sorry, I just… I know you're married and all but I just… I didn't think you two… well, you know," Naruto babbled and Sasuke smirked into the warmth of the soup.
"Sakura also said I'm to be your best man for your marriage?" Sasuke finally said when he finished his bowl and pulled out the money to pay for the meal.
"Yeah! She said yes, the wedding is this weekend," Naruto explained hastily.
"I'll be there," he assured his best friend and adoptive brother. They both chatted for a bit longer; well, Naruto did most the talking and he listened, before they parted ways and he walked home to where he could sense Sakura's sleeping chakra. Walking into his house he stopped and saw her curled up in the living area in her favorite lazy chair and he just stared at her.
It was surreal to him as he looked at her.
Within her was his child. His. He had put a child in her, and as much as it terrified him, he couldn't help but feel a pride at the knowledge. However, when he looked at her, all he could feel was content. She was his, that baby in her was his, and he was never letting them go. Gingerly he picked her up and carried her to bed.
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Haruno Haruki had found the largest problem in his life and planning was Sakura's fear of him and the other Harunos. It was a bit disconcerting when he remembered how little she had been.
Most of the others didn't even remember that night, but he did and apparently so did a part of Haruno Misaki. It was making his job of gathering intelligence on her difficult. It also worried him greatly that she might tell someone and then his cover would be blown.
See, no one remembered that night, the night Haruno Haruki had died.
At least the real Haruki, and then he had assumed the mantle of Haruno Haruki to get close to the Haruno family. No one had ever been the wiser, he knew that, but he had also seen to it that no one remembered that night. But one little girl had escaped him, she had vanished for all intents and purposes and he couldn't find her.
He looked over his shoulder at his 'family' as they chatted and readied for marriages and alliances. His job had been to get as close to them as he could, and when the time came, he was to manipulate them into useful alliances for the Mist, with their unique untapped chakra he knew they were going to create powerful shinobi children.
He bit his thumb as his eyes flicked out across the Leaf and wondered if he should just take Uchiha Sakura now.
She had grown up prettily, and she was also a jinchūriki. He could see the appeal of her, and he bet the Uchiha loved fucking her. Sakura seemed to be a passionate creature by nature and he would love to get to know if that was just a theory or fact. However, her fear of the Haruno family was something of a hindrance at this moment.
No matter, he'd unleash Isobu when she was in labor and even if it killed him he'd accomplish his mission of destroying the Leaf.
After all, Isobu had been his before that bitch had managed to get him.
His lips curled in a sneer which he quickly hid as he smiled at the Haruno family and took a seat with them for supper.
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Sasuke's lips parted in a groan and she gasped as he slid into her. Her back bowed back and she could feel him twitch in her as he slowly started moving.
Since discovering sex between them Sasuke had figured out he liked to go slow and Sakura didn't mind, but Kami did she love it when he'd lose control at the end and come hard and fast. However, the languid pace he set was enough to create a slow burn fire in her as she felt his hands on her hips. Coming up she brought her mouth to his and he kissed her passionately. Sakura moaned slightly into his mouth, then she gasped as he started toying with her sensitive breasts.
"Sasuke," she whimpered and he came back to her mouth as he kissed her again. She just clung tightly to him and enjoyed it.
Sasuke chanted her name in a hushed tone in her ear when he came while she screamed and clung to him. They were both collapsed on the bed as they tried to catch their breaths again and she toyed with his hair while his head rested on her breasts.
"Are you alright?" he murmured as he pulled away from her and rolled them over so she landed neatly on his chest.
"Yeah," she whispered in bliss. She always loved him, even before sex had become a normal part of their relationship and she savored her time with him as she listened to his slowing heart.
"Sakura," he murmured.
"Hmm?"
"Can you tell me why you're afraid of the Haruno family?" he murmured and she sighed as she propped herself up on his chest then and looked at him.
"I actually don't know why they scare me," she admitted softly as his calloused fingers traced her spine and she sighed. "Something in me… not Isobu, it just… there's something in me that is terrified of them. And it's not really all of the Haruno family, but I can't… I don't know, it's hard to explain."
"Try," he prompted and she looked into her best friend's and husband's onyx eyes. Wrapping a sheet around herself she sat up and decided to explain this the best way she could.
"I've always had this dream, ever since Kakashi found me, I'm playing in a garden of white flowers. Then there's this spot of blood, I start to follow the drops of blood, and slowly I make my way through this… palace, however as I go the blood drops become more and more and towards the end it's a blood trail," she sighed and dragged her fingers through her tangled pink hair. Sasuke was propped up on his elbows giving her his undivided attention and she sighed.
"I get to the last door of the corridor and I open it, when I do there's all this blood and I'm looking at myself, in this garden on the edge of a mountain," she admitted. "My child's self, a toddler, and she screams and runs away. I see… I see a pinkette boy holding a katana and swinging it at my childself and I scream, then the little girl goes over the cliff and the pinkette boy is laughing just as a blade comes through his chest, and then there's darkness everywhere and then I wake up.
"The first time I saw my reflection as a little girl I had a panic attack, it took Kakashi days to calm me down," she admitted. A calloused hand touched her cheek and she looked at Sasuke with wet eyes.
"I won't let that happen to you," he assured her.
Sakura nodded and curled up against him again as his arms came around her. She just shut her eyes and savored his warmth as he kissed her head.
M'Kay, the final chapters of this will be posted on the weekend of September 3rd, this is merely a reminder for you guys that I haven't forgotten this story. ;)
That's all for now folks!
Enjoy Blooming in Darkness! =)
