A/N: So um the climax of the story is comin up doesn't that make you all happy. I did the math in my head (which was pretty hard to do considering my short attention span) and the story should have about I'd say ten chapters probably. Well not including the epilouge of course. But I had this idea about making a sequel. If anyone thinks this is either a good idea, a bad idea, or a what the heck is she thinking why would make a sequel to a story like this kind of idea then tell me in the reviews of course.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but what I do own is that evil ferret in my sock drawer that won't come out because my cute pink socks smell like jelly because I stuck some in there during dinner because...(drons on and on)
Month 5
Sakura gulped loudly as she raced towards the home of Thomas and Aki Jefferson. She couldn't believe she actually let Naruto get involved with this couple. She can't believe she actually suggested this couple to him! What was her problem?! She had a gut feeling, a promonition that these people were...were...were cracked. Call it her women's intuition or whatever you like but something told her not to get involed with them and what does she go and do? Get involved with them! And dragged Naruto into it none-the-less. And no she was risking her life to fix this mess since she already lied to two policeman, ran three red lights, five stop signs, swerved from lane to lane, and almost hit a buggy into on-coming traffic!
But finally (since she did speed on the interstate) the pink-haired teen pulled into the driveway of the Jefferson's and raced up to the front door. She of course expected it when Aki swung the door opened revealing her flushed and confused face before she could even lift her finger to ring the doorbell. Sakura quietly let herself in and stared at the short woman in front of her studying her behavior. Aki seemed to flinch at ever soft sound, and nervously played with her hands the whole time. Sakura also noticed even when she talked the brunette barely met her gaze but kept it on the floor. Something was definately wrong with her.
"Is your husband home?" The pinkette finally asked which caused Aki to flinch noticebly.
"Y-Yes. H-hold..hold on..." The brunette replied before running upstairs. It was a couple of minutes before Thomas came down his wife's hand in his own.
"Um...you're Naruto's friend aren't you? Sakura was it?" Sakura nodded and suddenly everything she had prepared to tell them off with suddenly vanished. They looked so...happy together. Could she really make them feel so guilty wth everything she was going to say. Couldn't she just say that they didn't want the deal anymore and everyone would leave happy? Maybe they weren't really going to cancel on Naruto. No...she was going to listen to her...intuition this time. And she had to trust Ami's word. She went through it first hand. She had to cancel on them. But she couldn't find it in her heart to tell them off...
So she just laughed nervously and rubbed the back of her like her blond haired best friend.
"Y-Yeah um...I'm actually here for Naruto. You see he's getting to big to drive so um...he sent me here to tell some really important news." She replied noticing how the grip on their hands tightened at the sound of news. Sakura's eyes narrowed slightly. She was going through with this. They couldn't handle a baby, not Ami's, not Naruto's, not any.
"Oh...is that so?" Thomas said smiling warmly. "Why don't we sit in the living room and talk about it over some coffee?" Sakura shook her head.
"I won't be long. You know this month he's getting his ultra-sound and we'll be throwing him a baby shower soon but you won't have to worry about anything." The pinkette's heart raced as the couple in front of her shared a confused glance.
"W-Why...n-not?" Aki asked. Sakura faked a small sad smile.
"Naruto's grown attached to that little bugger in his stomach and it'll be really hard for him to part with it. I don't think he really wants to give the baby up so he sent me here to tell you he's going to keep it." Sakura looked towards Aki who hung her head down as if sad but her eyes betrayed her showing all kinds of relief.
"O-Oh..." She whispered.
"Yeah, so that's all. Oh and if I were you I wouldn't say anything about this to Naruto. It'll make him feel guilty then he'll be torn between giving the baby away or keeping it. We definately don't want to deal with that, especiallly since he's nearing closer and closer to his due date." The couple nodded and Sakura turned to leave out the door until something caused her to turn around and actually shed a real sad smile.
"Sakura..." Aki said leaving her husbands hand and taking the pinkette's hand into her own.
"...Thank you."
"THEY DID WHAT?!"
Sakura winced as her best friend screamed in her ear. This was really getting hard to deal with.
"Yeah. They said something really important came up at their old hometown and they had to rush out there. I think it was something about Aki's mom being sick. Anyway they left this morning. Early this morning." Naruto groaned and placed a hand on his now humongous stomach.
"How could they do this to me?! Sakura I can't take care of this baby! I just can't! I'm not responible, I can barely remember to take out the trash, I'm clumsy, I sleep like a rock, I have so many faults that concern the taking care of a baby area it's not even funny!" He screamed tears staring to fall from his eyes. Sakura sighed and sat beside him on the bed that was surrounded by piles of junk. It had been a while since they last came here. When Naruto didn't answer his home phone she figured he would be in that place.
"Naruto..." She said wrapping him into a hug. The blond rested his head on her shoulder and sighed.
"Sakura I can't take care of this baby." He whispered after a long moment of silence. Sakura shook her head.
"Yes you can. You might not know it now but you can Naruto." The pink haired teen felt water on her shoulder as her best friend shook his head at her words.
"How could they do this to me?" He croaked. Sakura suddenly felt a heavy weight of guilt at the pool of her stomach. Naruto was taking this harder than she thought but...it was for his own good. His and the baby's.
"Naruto look at me." She replied pulling away so that she could look him in the face. "Naruto this is your baby. You are going through Hell and high water to have this baby just so you can give it away? Winter break is almost over and you are going to go through so much shit from a truck load of stupid insensitive jerks. You cannot endure all of this, just to give this baby away you can't do that. You're fighting a huge battle here and this..." She said placing her hand on his stomach. "...this is your prize. If you gave it away, what would be your reward?"
"Just knowing it's safe in a good family." Now it was Sakura's turn to shake her head.
"All that glitters isn't gold Naruto. Sometimes what you think is good isn't so great after all. Thomas and Aki might have loved each other, and had a nice cozy home, bu there's more to a good family than that. You have me, Gaara, Shikamaru, Iruka-sensei, Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, and even Kiba. Not to mention their friends, and their friends friends, Naruto you have loads of people who love you and we'll be there for you. That's all you need for a good family. People who love and care for you." Naruto sniffed and nodded before wiping his tears away.
"Yeah, you're right. Thanks Sakura. For being there for me." Sakura smiled before letting out a playful 'hmph!'
"Yeah well, don't expect anything more. My caring isn't for free you know." She said earning a laugh out of her blond counterpart. The pink-haired teen smiled and took her best friends hand.
"Come on. Let's get out of this dump."
Naruto grumbled as he waddled out of the house. He had to go to Kiba's store today since he hadn't had any peach/apple apple juice in a while. But he had to walk the whole way because Iruka thought he was too big to take his little orange chevy right down the street. The blond sighed. He needed the walk anyway. All this baby was making him feel fat and he felt really bad lately since he's been biting everyone's head off. Like that time Kakashi came over to visit Iruka and commented how he looked 'plump and happy'. Naruto had spent the whole day crying in the bathroom and Iruka missed work trying to get him out. Kakashi apologized but only after Naruto nearly killed him by strangling him until his face turned blue.
Most of his friends kept their distance too except Sakura and Gaara. Only because Sakura cared too much, and Gaara didn't care at all. They visited him sometimes but most of his friends just called to make sure he was okay. Obviously they knew what would happen if they took a wrong step. Who knew word could get out so fast?
The ringing of a bell announced a customer in the Inuzuka convience store. Kiba looked up and smiled at his friend who came waddling in like a penguin.
"Hey fertile mertle. I got your bag right here." He greeted pulling out a large paper bag. Naruto scowled and snatched it from the dog-loving jerk.
"Is everything in it dog shit?" Kiba chuckled at the name. He knew Naruto was vicious when people talked about him but there was nothing he could do since Kiba had payed for his secret stash everyday...and because Naruto couldn't get behind the counter but that wasn't the point.
"Everything you asked for. Five nerds, three laffy taffy's, nerds rope, gummi bears, gummi worms, sour gummi worms, skittles, sour skittles, now or laters, a large jug of peach/apple apple juice, regular apple juice, orange juice, grape juice, grape fruit juice, hawaiian punch, and lemonade." The brunette reported. Naruto smiled warmly making it seem like he never even tried to bite Kiba's head off.
"Thanks a lot man. I totally owe you like...a bunch." He replied hoisting the bag up as if he was carrying a baby. How ironic was that?
"No problem. Just get unpregnant soon and that'll pay all the debt you owe me." Naruto threw back a flipper as he waddled out the door. Grabbing a lemonade out the blond made his way towards Sasuke's house. He still hadn't talked to the raven after that incident with the Jefferson's. Right now he knew Sasuke was at basketball practice so he was just going to sneak the nerds and nerds rope in the mailbox as an apology. Naruto felt guilty for not explaining the situation or even letting Sasuke know his decision. Of course the blond knew he would be against it and probably lock Naruto in his room for all eternity...or until the baby was born...but that wasn't the point. It was Sasuke's baby too and he deserved to know what was going on.
Naruto chuckled slightly as his thoughts ran through his mind. It was weird saying Sasuke's baby since the raven had sex so much Naruto couldn't see him tied down to a child. Actually the thought was hilarious and as the blond put the nerds in the raven's mailbox he was almost bursting with laughter. The sight of Sasuke rocking a baby to sleep or burping it after food was just too much for the blond. But the sight of Sasuke opening the door after hearing his laughter and staring at him with wide eyes was even worse.
Naruto slowly stopped laughing and stared at the brunette in front of him. The mercedes wasn't in the driveway so how was Sasuke home? He should be at basketball practice now.
"H-Hey Sasuke. I didn't know you would...be here." The blond-haired teen said after many long agonizing seconds of awkward silence. Sasuke blinked twice before opening the door fully and walking onto the porch.
"Kakashi took my car to the bookstore since his is in the repair shop." He replied. Naruto made a long 'oh' before laughing awkwardly.
"Ha ha...well I only came by because Kiba gave me too many nerds and I thought you'd like some." He lied before turning to waddle away. After about two steps and hand on his wrist stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Naruto..." Sasuke started but trailed away. What was he going to say? He really didn't want to bring up what he heard over the phone but...he was tired of this silent charade and he wanted to do something about it. Naruto slid his wrist out of Sasuke's hand and gave him a fake smile that reminded him of Sasuke's cousin Sai who was never really good at showing emotions.
"Sakura and Gaara are coming to pick me up for my ultra-sound soon so I better get going." Sasuke swallowed loudly as his eyes drifted towards Naruto fairly large stomach.
"Should I...go too?" The question completely caught Naruto off gaurd and he almost choked on his spit. Keyword: Almost. Instead the blond let a real smile grace his face at the raven's determination. Even through all that happened the past few weeks Sasuke was trying to at least make an effort of being there and helping out and that made Naruto one happy pregnant guy.
"Don't you have to try out new members today?" Sasuke nodded hestinatly and Naruto put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry about it. You don't have to push yourself. How about when it's all over I'll ask Gaara to drop me off here? You should be home by then right?" Once again Sasuke nodded and Naruto beamed him that famous smile that made every room lift awkward tension.
"Alrighty then see you in a few hours." He said before patting his shoulder and turning to waddle away.
"That kid's alright kit. That kid's alright..."
I smiled at Kyuubi's words and barely supressed the urge to run back to the raven. Even though I still couldn't see Sasuke tied down to a baby (and the thought was still hilarious) I knew that he would be there for me when I needed it. And as I thought that, I felt I could do anything...
"Granny is it ready now?" Tsunade felt a vein pulse at the top of her head. This was the 16th time Naruto had whined ever since he got inside the damn office. The older blond grumbled multiple curses under her breath before slamming the tube of gel beside the younger.
"Yes brat! Now it's ready." She hissed impatiently earning Naruto a smack across the head by Sakura. Gaara rolled his eyes as the blond giggled when Tsunade rubbed the gel all over his enlarged tummy.
"That is some cold crap. What is it for anyway?"
"How did I get stuck inside such an idiot?"
"It helps me and the machine see the baby easy and clearer." She replied grabbing the ultra-sound machine and rubbing it spreading the gel around even more. Sakura and Gaara focused their attention from their idiotic friend to the screen that was displaying some weird looking stuff that looked nowhere near a baby.
"This is really cool..." Sakura whispered. Naruto sat up slightly to see and hissed in pain when the baby kicked his stomach.
"Whoa! I saw that! The baby just kicked didn't it? That was so cool." The pink-haired teen squealed earning a fierce glare from Naruto.
"Well I'm glad you enjoyed it." The blond replied not even covering up the sarcasm that dripped heavily from his words. Sakura stuck her tongue out at him and directed her gaze back to the screen. After a few more seconds Naruto did the same and his cerulean eyes widened.
"Whoa is that going on inside of me?!"
"Yes it is kit. Sometimes I wonder if the baby is going to be okay in your stomach."
'Hey I didn't ask those crazy psychopathic scientist to put you inside me and I didn't ask to get knocked up okay?! I'm going through a living hell for this kid so you better be thanking me instead of critizing.'
"I'm sorry. Thank you so much for carrying my baby. Now it can die happy."
"The baby looks pretty normal on screen. There's the head..." Tsunade said snapping him out of his enternal argument and circling a spot that kept nodding up and down as if confirming her explanation. "..there's the feet and the hands are right here. Everything is regular sized so I don't see how your stomach got so-" Everyone turned their attention to the busty doctor who was staring at the screen with wide eyes. Naruto looked around frantically.
'Kyuubi what's wrong?!'
"She found out."
'What? She found out what?'
"What's wrong?" Saskura asked nervously. Tsunade turned towards them before pointing to the screen.
"Do you see that?" She asked circling a certain spot. "It's a second head. Right there! Do you know what this means?" Naruto's eyes grew as big a saucers.
"My baby has two heads?!" He screamed before getting smacked against the head again this time by Gaara.
"No you idiot." The red head hissed before turning back to the screen. "It means you're having twins." Naruto's eyes (if it was possible) grew ten times bigger and he turned around quickly to face Tsunade.
"Twins? Really? Are they identical? What gender are they?" The blond asked like eager kid on the way to the candy store. Tsunade scowled at the many questions.
"They are..." The machine rolled around Naruto stomach for about thirty seconds before the older blond could answer. "They are two girls. Identical or not will be decided when they're born. Just know this Naruto, twins are difficult to carry. Since you're body isn't made to carry even one baby this is going to be rough. I want to see you more often. At least every one or two weeks. Which means your next next appointment should be on the twentieth..." She said mumbling the last part and walking towards her desk to set up the appointment. Naruto sat up as Gaara wiped the gunk of his stomach. He couldn't believe it! He was going to have twins! Oh now he couldn't wait to show Sasuke the ultra-sound. That teme was going to get a kick out of this one.
Naruto smiled and continued tuning his guitar while Sasuke sat beside him scribbling on a small notebook. It had been a couple of hours since Naruto first arrived at the raven's house and had eagerly showed him the ultra-sound. Sasuke gazed at it in child-like wonder before letting out a 'What the hell?! There's another baby?!' and nearly fainting on the couch. Fortunately Kakashi was already on the couch and kicked Sasuke back into reality before the brunette could land on him. After that they raided the pervert's sake cabinet as payback and hightailed it upstairs to Sasuke's room. As soon as they got there Naruto grabbed the guitar and began practicing his new song he had written. Then they drunk half the bottle of sake, took a nap, and got up again to where they were now. Finally satisfied with how his guitar sounded Naruto began playing a few chords and glanced at the words on the paper Sasuke had been working on. Naruto wrote the songs but Sasuke perfected them, well all except one.
"I took the polaroid down in my room. I'm pretty sure you have a new girlfriend. It's not as if I don't like you. It just makes me sad whenever I see it. Cause I like to be gone most of the time. And you like to be home most of the time. If I stay in one place I'd lose my mind. I'm a pretty impossible person to be with." Naruto stopped strumming and Sasuke looked up to see the blond's brows furrowed.
"What's wrong dobe?" The brunette asked looking from his paper to the blond. Naruto shook his head slightly before pointing at the lyrics on the paper.
"I don't remember writing this." He confessed. Sasuke smirked.
"That's because you didn't. I couldn't figure out a chorus part because of your terrible hand writing so I wrote this part myself." Naruto made a small 'oh' before frowning.
"My handwriting is not that bad." The blond whined. Sasuke just chuckled.
"Play the song dobe." Naruto stuck his tongue out and threw a flipper.
"Teme." He replied grabbing the guitar again and picking up where he left off. "Joey never met a bike that he didn't wanna ride. And I never met a Toby that I didn't like. Scotty liked all of the books that I recomended. Even if he didn't I wouldn't be offended." Naruto put the guitar down since Sasuke still wasn't finished writing and snuggled deeper into the beanbag he was sitting on. It was actually quite comfortable even though it was a little flat.
"So teme..." Sasuke let out a small 'hn' before Naruto continued. "Why don't we get the group back together for the talent show coming up. I heard whoever wins get's a thousand dollars as first prize. We could really use that." Sasuke looked at him over his reading glasses and frowned.
"No way." He replied before going back to his work. Naruto pouted.
"Why not?"
"Because Naruto the talent show is in May. That's two months from now. You'll be seven months pregnant. There's no way you could even hold a guitar with two seven month old twins in your stomach let alone play it." Naruto groaned and angrily plopped his head on his hand. He loved Sasuke dearly but sometimes he could really be a party pooper.
"You're a a party pooper you know that." Sasuke chuckled.
"Only for you." There as silence after that and Sasuke continued writing while Naruto began to count the dust specks that landed on the stack of letters Sasuke got from his fan girls. A quick thought ran through his head as he grabbed the heavy box.
"Hey Sasuke..." Sasuke let out a small 'hn' before Naruto continued. "Has there ever been someone you wished you could date?" The blond asked reading through all Sasuke leters. They were basically letters that screamed 'I am so despreate. Please go out with me or I'll hang myself since I'm so pathetic.' It was sad actually. Sasuke who was still busy perfecting Naruto song answered unconsciously which caused Naruto to blush ten shades darker.
"I wish I could date you." He replied. Naruto felt his heart quicken and scoffed unbelievingly.
"Yeah right. You've probably had tons of better lays after me." He said reaching for another letter as Sasuke scribbled some more.
"I thought the question was who I wished to date not who was a better fuck." Naruto felt the blood leave his whole body and return once again to his face.
"I know that teme!" He retorted. Sasuke let out a small 'hn' before Naruto continued. "I was just saying other girls would probably qualify for you to date more than I would." At this it was Sasuke's turn to scoff.
"Like who?" He asked. Naruto looked away thoughtfully.
"What about...Nina?" Sasuke shook his head and went back to writing.
"Slut." He replied. Naruto shook his head and looked thoughtful again.
"Ino?"
"Super slut."
"Cheerleader captain."
"Mega slut."
"Hinata?"
"Cousin."
"TenTen?"
"Loser."
"Temari."
"Scary."
"Karin?" At this Sasuke almost choked on air. Keyword: Almost.
"Why they hell would I date Karin. She's the biggest slut in the world. Not to mention she's creepily obsessed with me." Naruto smiled.
"Well you could probably get past the creepiness and date her. I'm sure she's not that big of a slut. And who knows you might actually like her." Sasuke scoffed again before returning back to his job.
"Never. In. Life." He replied. Naruto laughed before grabbing the guitar and singing the part his raven had written since their conversation. It wasn't that Naruto wanted to force Sasuke to date someone he didn't want to it was just that he loved Sasuke. He didn't want the raven to force himself to love him just because he was pregnant with his child. That kind of relationship wouldn't work out at all. So putting Sasuke with another person was good in showing him that he didn't need to feel obligated. Naruto would be alright if he loved someone else. Who knows. Maybe he really would learn to love Karin.
Longest. Chapter. Ever. I mean seriously!! Anyway so that was chapter 7. Yeah... If that las part didn't tell you about the climax coming up then I thnk you should seriously get your brain checked cause that one last brain cell is dieing on you. Lol just kidding. Okay so that song in there was of course Tire Swing by Kimya Dawson. It is of course on the Juno soundtrack. And I of course loooooooooove it. Lol. I put Sasuke in glasses on this chapter because it was so cute just imagining him in those cute readig glasses on the floor just writing in a notebook. Definate nosebleed material. Poor Naruto thinks Sasuke feel obligated to him because he's fershizzled up the spout. He doesn't know that Sasuke really loves him but now he made Sasuke think that Naruto doesn't want him and is pushing him away romantically. Now what? Find out in the next chapter but I won't put it up until I get at least thrity five reviews. I need a self esteem boost up. So you know what to do. Grab that mouse, click that button, and pound those keys! Now!!
