Here's a KakaSaku fic as requested by my sweet darling xaburame15 who quite literally made my week when he posted this comment:
"this chapter was so good it had so many things going on it was like a clash of a awesome frenchfry"
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DO YOU KNOW HOW HAPPY THIS MADE ME? God, I swear I love you more and more each day. You are the best thing ever! Even better than the doughnuts they sell at my local grocery store (and those friggen things are practically orgasmic)!
I give to you the crown of pure awesomeness and total coolitude. Wear it proudly, dearest one. You have earned it well.
Sakura, as a doctor, was able to understand. Though she had had always used birth control diligently the pill wasn't a hundred percent, and the chance that a mistake could happen was always possible. Not very, but still possible. If they had been using the condoms and birth control like she had originally wanted she wouldn't be in this mess but Kakashi had poked at her until she had let him forgo the extra protection, figuring that since his tests were all negative and since she was on very reliable birth control they'd would be fine.
It had worked for the past two and a half years, all but for one time. But as a doctor Sakura was able to understand that it only took one time. Hell, any pre-teen who had been forced through a health class understood that it only took once.
Sighing and falling back so that she lay on her bed Sakura brought her hand up to her abdomen and sent a gentle and searching trickle of chakra into her system until it came across the very problem that was interrupting her chakra networks, the fetus beginning to quietly redirect her chakra to better protect itself for the upcoming nine months.
She was pregnant.
God damn it.
She knew that she could get rid of it -and really that was the best option for her future, but as she lay there and brushed around it, feeling the living being that was inside of her -not even the size of a grain of rice- she knew that she just couldn't do it. Not to her child.
But how would Kakashi feel? He was responsible so he'd probably give her his support, but would he want it? After so long of keeping everything a secret from their friends and those who would judge them, would he be willing to come out and express a claim so easily? Taking a breath she pushed all of that aside momentarily, getting up and getting ready to go out to tell someone before she made herself sick over worrying about it.
She made her way to the Yamanaka flower shop, carefully making sure not to think of the subject until she had someone dependable to talk to. She couldn't go and find Tsunade at whatever bar or gambling house she was currently at because the woman would probably hunt down the famous copy ninja and destroy him, and Naruto was definitely out because of his overprotective brotherly attitude towards her. So that left her with Ino, and even with this she knew she was getting the short end of whatever stick life was handing her.
She walked into the shop, the tiny bell above the door chiming her entrance cheerfully, alerting the blonde at the sales desk to her presence. "Hey! I'll be finished up here in about twenty minutes if you can wait that long." Sakura nodded and brushed her fingers lightly over the vibrant and soft petals of the flowers in front of her. There was no one around, she could say it now if she wanted to.
"Hey Ino? If I tell you something, could you promise to not tell anyone?" The blonde snorted, leaning against the counter with a smirk on her face. "Yeah sure."
"Ino," The pink haired girl said quietly, making the blonde pause, "Can you promise?"
"Yeah." She said just as quietly, knowing that if she was going through such lengths for an actually binding promise that whatever was affecting the girl was serious. "I promise. Sakura, what's wrong?"
"I'm pregnant." Sakura said, blinking at just how... easily it had slipped out. It hadn't been so bad, saying it out loud. Sort of like reporting about the weather, though she was sure that this should have been a more joyous occasion. Ino gaped at her friend, dumbstruck by the words and the girl's easy attitude. "Pregnant? Are you sure?"
"Yes." She said, picking up one of the tulips to bring it up and sniff. Ino, for once in her life, couldn't find any words. How could her best friend -the girl who used to burst into tears or have uncontrollable fits of rage at the slightest prompting- be so calm and collected over something as cataclysmic as this?
"Do you know who the father is?" Ino knew her friend hadn't been in any relationships -she obviously would have told her- but maybe it had been some one night jig. Ino knew plenty about those. Sakura hesitated slightly, wondering if this would come out as easily. This wasn't something she had only found out about less than an hour before; this was a secret she had carefully guarded for nearly three years.
"Yes."
"Who?" She took a bracing breath and glanced back over her shoulder, not wanting to meet Ino's eyes but still wanting to look and see her reaction.
"Kakashi." Complete silence filled the shop as Ino found that she couldn't even breathe, let alone speak.
"WHAT?"
Sakura turned all the way around, facing her best-friend like a lone soldier facing the enemy's battalion. "I said that Kakashi is the father."
"The Kakashi? Hatake Kakashi?"
"Yes."
"Your ex-teacher, the great copy ninja Kakashi?"
"Yes Ino."
"When-" The bell chimed again, a kindly faced woman wandering in. "Hello! I was wondering if you have any Sunset Roses? You see, my daughter's dance recital is tonight an-"
"Hey, can't you see we're closed?" Ino snapped, glaring at the now flustered woman.
"But the sign says-"
"The sign is broken. So sorry. Here, as an apology take this red rose and some baby's breath. They're better for dances." She ushered the woman out, quickly locking the door and flipping the sign over so that the angry red face glared out at the street. She leaned back against the door and stared wide eyed at the pink haired girl that stood across the room. "When did all of this happen?"
Sakura went behind the counter and sat down in one of the chairs that sat back there, suddenly feeling the weight of the day lying heavily on her shoulders, Ino quickly following so she wouldn't lose sight of the girl. Sakura brushed a few strands of her hair behind her ear with a sigh, curling her legs up in the seat with her. "A little more than two years ago."
"Sakura, I don't think pregnancies work that way."
"No," She chuckled, shaking her head. "We've been sleeping together these past few years, ever since the night of Naruto and Hinata's engagement party." Ino's eyes bugged out of her head comically as her jaw almost seemed to hit the floor, and she had to wonder if the day would throw anything else at her. Not only was her best-friend pregnant but it was with her ex-teacher's baby. An ex-teacher she had been sleeping with for over two years now, right under all of their noses.
"How the hell have you managed to keep this a secret for so long?"
"I really don't know. It was just never really that hard, I guess, and the few times we almost got caught were more exciting than anything."
"But for two years? Why didn't you tell anyone? Why didn't you tell me?" Sakura shrugged. "Would you have been able to keep quiet about it? Would you have been able to not judge me? Are you even able to do either of those now?" Ino shook her head at the girl.
"Of course I'm judging you; I've always judged you on even the smallest things, and that doesn't change the fact that you'll be my friend no matter what I judge. But the thing that I'm really focusing on right now is that you can't trust me."
"I'm sorry, but you're not really reliable when you need a secret -a juicy gossiping secret- to be kept." Ino nodded, seeing the truth in her words that went hand in hand with the slight hurt, but she pushed that aside. "Well, what are you going to do?"
"First? First I'm going to tell Kakashi. I'm not getting rid of it, and I guess we'll just have to find a way to work everything out." Ino sighed, sagging wearily back into her chair. "Right. Well, before that you need to tell me about the goods. Does being older make a difference?"
Sakura let a small smirk twist her lips. "Oh yeah." She said, settling in as she prepared to make it up to her best friend, though the information about most of her trysts with Kakashi would have to remain secret to the blonde woman.
There was no need to make her jealous.
Sakura watched as the chicken in the pan in front of her browned, the smell of the frying meat filling her apartment and would have made the pink haired kunoichi's mouth water had she smelt it, everything in her focused on the task before her.. She knew Kakashi was coming over tonight -the ninken had told her so before she had ushered them out- and she knew that she had to tell him.
But how?
Easing him into it was out of the question since Kakashi refused to be eased into anything but she feared for his health if she just brought it up just out of the blue. But should she even be worrying? Would he even want to be a part of their child's life? Or her life after he learned about how her body had betrayed them?
A slight breeze brushed at the exposed nape of her neck, the beloved scent of sandalwood and spices filling her senses as the warmth of a light kiss followed the path the breeze had just taken across the back of her neck. Roughly calloused and scarred hands settled comfortably on her hips, a strong body pressing up against her as they settled into a familiar and comfortable embrace.
Sakura relaxed back into his hold, eyes fluttering closed as his warmth seeped into her and soothed her, deceiving her into thinking that everything would be alright so long as she could remain right here in his arms. But she knew that eventually she'd have to leave the protective circle of his arms and face the truth, though whether or not he'd be there beside her when she did so had yet to be decided.
"Hey." He murmured, propping his chin on her shoulder to watch her cook –something he always seemed fascinated by. Probably because he hadn't been able to have very many homemade meals before her and because it tickled that little neanderthal instinct in him.
"Hey. Umm… Kakashi?"
"Hmm?" Sakura swallowed her nervousness and fear in one big gulp, praying that by the end of the night she'd have a more definite direction to head towards and his support along with it.
"Can we talk?"
"Of course. What's the matter?" Sakura tried to block out the deep and raspy baritone of his voice, forcing herself to focus on putting the newly fried chicken on a paper towel so that the majority of the excess grease would get soaked up. She turned off the heat to the stove and pushed the pan filled with still popping grease on the cool back burner, collecting herself. "You should probably sit down." She suggested, stepping away from him.
He shrugged and sat at the small table in the kitchen, watching as his young lover began to nervously pace back and forth in the confined space of the tiny kitchen, wringing her hands together in a uncertain gesture that didn't suit his usually confidant lover.
"Sakura. What's wrong?" Sakura took a shuddering breath and quickly turned to face the man, quickly blurting out the words before she could change her mind. "I'm pregnant!" All of the color drained from her face as she pressed a hand to her turbulent stomach. "Oh God," She gasped, feeling lightheaded now that she had told him, though it wasn't with relief, "I'm going to be sick."
Kakashi quickly jumped up from his seat and pressed the pink haired girl down into it, pushing her head down between her knees so that she could start breathing normally and get past her sudden nausea. He hoped to god it wasn't morning sickness.
"Kakashi," She moaned, lifting her head up to look at him pitifully, "What are we going to do? I-I want to keep the baby but…" She faded off, wanting the man in front of her to tell her what to do, wanting him to help her find her way through her turbulent feelings and doubts to the right answer.
"You want to keep it?" She nodded, watching the man who was crouching in front of her with wide eyes, waiting for him to come up with the perfect answer. "Then we'll get married."
Well, that certainly wasn't it.
"W-What?" She blinked at him, wondering if the sudden shock had caused some sort of mental damage to the man. "WHAT?"
"I said that we'll get married."
"Kakashi, are you feeling alright? Maybe you should sit down and let the shock pass." She said, shoving his forehead protector back so that she could press a cool hand to his forehead. Kakashi took her hand away from his face and held it his own, looking at the girl with exasperation. "Sakura, I'm fine."
"Obviously you're not." She said, going to smack him on the arm only to have Kakashi catch that hand and hold it as well. "Kakashi, I'm not going to marry you just because I'm pregnant! God, are you stupid or something?" She tried to jerk her hands out of his grasp but he merely shifted his hold to her wrists, remaining firm.
"I never said it was just because of the baby. Sakura, I want to marry you because I love you." Sakura glared at him through the strands of hair that had fallen into her eyes during the brief struggle they had had over dominance.
"Well, that's funny because this is the first time I've heard about your oh-so honorable intentions." She shoved forward to try and regain control of her hands but Kakashi saw her trick from a mile away, pulling her off balance and down to the floor, rolling over on top of her and holding her down so she wouldn't get away.
"Just because you haven't heard of them doesn't mean that they're not there." He smiled down at her as she glared, arching to try and buck him off, though it was all for naught since he just continued to stay above her and smile that stupid smile.
"Well, it doesn't matter what you say or what the circumstances are, I'm not going to marry you. So get. Off!"
"No."
"Kakashi," She sighed, relaxing back after another few minutes of pointless struggle. "I'm not marrying you, not when it's just for the baby and especially not when Ino is the only one who knows about us."
"Ino?" She nodded sheepishly, "Ah, yeah. It kind of slipped out when I told her that I was pregnant."
"You told Ino about the baby before you told me?"
"It was practice, you know? Preparing myself for the real deal. Of course when I practiced I didn't think it would turn out like this." She said, thinking about the sudden proposal and the way she had found herself pinned to the floor.
"So you don't like that people don't know about us?"
"Well," She shrugged as much as possible in her current position, sighing as she relaxed, figuring that since she'd probably be there for a while she might as well get comfortable. "With the baby coming we do need to start telling people or else we'll both have a lot to explain in a few months."
"Alright then." He said as he sat back, allowing Sakura to sit up and watch him warily, wondering about the look that had briefly passed through his eyes. She didn't know what it had been but whatever it was worried her.
Suddenly he stood up and dragged her into his arms, using a transportation jutsu before she could blink or make a sound of protest and she found herself taken from her apartment and in the middle of... Ichiraku Ramen.
The usually rambunctious shop was oddly silent as Sakura pulled back from Kakashi to see most of her friends -Naruto, Sai, Hinata, Shikamaru, Choji, Shino, Kiba, Neji and Tenten- having what appeared to be an impromptu get together over the Hokage's favorite meal.
"Kakashi? Sakura?" Naruto puzzled, taking in the sudden appearance of his ex-teacher and friend and their embrace with confusion. Everyone was staring at them, Sakura's bare feet were in something that was sticky and she was wearing her lazy clothes with messy hair and no make up in public.
She didn't know what was going on but she knew that the next time she was alone with Kakashi without any witnesses she was going to murder him.
"Don't worry, we'll be out of your hair in a few moments. We just came to do this." He said just before he gripped Sakura's chin and turned her face towards his, tugging down his mask quickly and tilting his head so that no one would see his face as he kissed Sakura deeply and thoroughly.
In front of everyone.
There was no time to struggle and fight, only surrender to the familiar and overwhelming heat. When he pulled back she briefly tried to follow but he held her in place, her head falling to his chest so she could catch her breath. Kakashi, his mask having put magically back in place before he looked up, smiled his usual crinkle eyed smile at the stunned group before him before disappearing in a puff of smoke with Sakura still in his arms.
It took a few breathless moments before Sakura had enough brain cells to register the fact that she was back in her apartment and when she was finally able to move it was to push away from Kakashi and throw a chakra filled punch at the bastard. "What the hell was that?!" She screamed, the white haired man quickly dodging her sudden but expected barrage of life threatening blows. He was quick to subdue the woman and she found herself pinned again, though this time they were on the couch so it was at least comfortable.
"Calm down." He cautioned, adding chakra to his hold to strengthen it so that she wouldn't be able escape.
"Calm down? Calm down?! Kakashi, I'm so far from calm that it's almost laughable. How could you do that? Just... do that?"
"You said you wanted people to know, so now they know." Sakura looked up at him disbelievingly, wondering how on earth she was supposed to make her future with this man work. Hell, she didn't know how they had gotten through the past couple of years.
"Yes but I wanted to tell them by sitting down with them in small and controlled groups to contain the more violent reactions and to explain everything. What you just did was stupid and... God, what do you think all of those people are going to say?" He looked down at her, not having to search her for the answers, already knowing them because he knew her.
"And do you care about them?"
"Yes!" She looked up into his patient and disbelieving eyes and sighed. Damn him. "Well, no, not really. But that stunt is going to cause the both of us some grief." Kakashi shifted, moving both of her wrists into just one of his hands, though his iron grip never slackened. His newly freed hand slid down her side and onto her hip, settling on the spot where her shirt had ridden up to reveal some of her skin, his warmth seeping into her and making her shudder deliciously.
"I won't mind it. Whispers always fade, and it isn't like they'll affect our relationship. We're the only ones that can change anything about that." He paused and looked down at her stomach, Sakura's eyes following to settle on the spot where her child -their child- was growing. "And him. Things will change when he comes around."
"It might be a girl." Sakura protested instinctively, but she didn't bother arguing or yelling anymore, feeling her anger miraculously fade away as it always seemed to do when she was around Kakashi.
"It won't matter what it is." Kakashi said, reaching up to tug his mask down around his throat before retuning his hand to her waist. "It'll still be ours, and that's all that matters." Sakura felt her heart melt, just turn into a puddle of slush right in her chest as she looked up at the man that -for some inconceivable reason- she loved.
He lowered his head to nuzzle her throat, nipping at the flesh he found and eliciting a moan from his young lover. He made his way up her throat and to her mouth, their mouths meeting in a heated and yet slow kiss, their tongues meeting so that they could tangle together in an arousing dance that made shivers race pleasurably up her spine. His one hand kept both of hers captured above her head, his other traveling under her shirt and over her skin, the rough callouses creating an erotic friction against her skin.
He pulled back and nipped at her lip, looking into her clouding eyes with his stormy black one, the look in them making her insides tighten and beg for more, her body screaming at him to touch her. "Move in with me." He growled and Sakura blinked at him. He was apparently in a committing mood today when she just wanted for him to make her melt just as he always had.
"Why?" She panted, wondering if she could somehow get out of his hold and attack him to just take what she wanted.
"I've been meaning to ask for a while, and since you don't feel like marriage we can go with this. This way we can all be together plus we won't have to sneak around. And I want to. I want to live with you, Sakura." How could she say no to that? How could she say no when he said her name like that? When he looked at her with eyes like that?
"Fine, but I don't want to move into that dinky apartment of yours. We'll find a new one together." He grinned impishly down at her, a smile that so very few people would ever be able to see or even connect to the great copy ninja Hatake Kakashi. A smile that she absolutely adored.
Just before they were about to meet in another kiss to seal the deal an incessant pounding began to echo throughout the small apartment, followed by a familiar and very unwanted voice. "Oy! Open up! I know you're in there, so don't bother pretending you're not!" Naruto shouted. "I want to know what all of that stuff at Ichiraku's was and I want to know why the hell you were doing it in front of me while I tried to eat! Don't make me send the ANBU in there, because I will! As your Hokage I order you to- Ouch! Hey! Hinata! Stop it! I just want to beat the crap out of the bastard and..."
Sakura sighed as she felt her arousal evaporate into thin air in the face of Naruto, Kakashi letting out a short and colorful curse that she agreed with explicitly. "Okay, let me up so I can help Hinata out with that idiot." He released her and sat back, tugging his mask back into place as he watched her straighten her clothes so that she was presentable enough to go and beat the crap out of her dear friend and Hokage.
He figured that the moving in together was a good and solid step, though it would have been less trouble for her to just say yes to him when he had said they were getting married. But since he knew that he'd have her making her vows to him within the next four months he wasn't that worried, everything in his life falling perfectly into place. Though there was one thing -one little worry- that he'd have to hide from his soon to be bride.
He had to make sure to remember to switch her birth control back since what she had been taking the past month or so had only been sugar pills.
Yes, Kakashi switched out Sakura's birth control with sugar pills. Why? Well, she was actually the main person who kept everything a secret and in the beginning tried to restrain the relationship to just sex. Kakashi wanted a bit more (If you remember in the chapter What is a Name Kakashi is thinking about the fight he had to go through to get Sakura. And the fight was with Sakura herself because I guess she was kind of afraid to go that next step).
She'll never find out about the pills being switched. It is a secret Kakashi will take to his grave.
To Ninquelot: I love those ideas! They're on my list and I'll make sure to get them out eventually since the majority of them are already written in my head.
About the last chapter (because there have been comments and I forgot to put it on there):
* There was another fic (KakaSaku) that done cat summons as Sakura's summons, so cat summons weren't my idea.
* All of the information, however, was mine. The whole healing thing is actually real (That they stay beside sick and dieing people and can calm them, not the chakra stuff). We had my Maw-Maw in a nursing home and when she was dieing and everyone was staying in her room with her the nursing home's cat stayed with her, laying with her on her bed until the night she died. Then it left.
Some people do believe that cats have something of a sixth sense towards death, and so I incorporated that in there.
* And yes, cats and dogs do get along together very well a lot of the time (Our outside dog sleeps together with a cat in his dog house). I just went with that whole ridiculous generalization in the last chapter because I needed Kakashi to act that way.
Well, see you soon! I love you all and hope you lead the most amazing lives possible.