Tsunade watched over Naruto, wondering where Sasuke was. They had found Naruto half dead in an alleyway and Sasuke was nowhere to be found. She turned to face Kakashi who was stood behind her. "Thank god you were back from you mission early and found Naruto. If he'd been left any longer like that…" she trailed off. "Where is the Uchiha? He should have got my message by now!" Kakashi looked at Naruto, then back at the hokage. "You don't think whoever attack Naruto could have got Sasuke too?" he suggested grimly. The hokage would have gone to check on Sasuke herself, but she didn't want to leave Naruto on his own when he woke up. Kakashi offered to go and the hokage accepted gratefully.
Twenty minutes later, Kakashi returned with an extremely worried-looking Sasuke. He looked even guiltier that he had been when he caught sight of Naruto. He immediately ran the blondes side. "I can't believe I wasn't here to protect him…its all my fault…" he muttered. Kakashi shook his head.
"No its not, Sasuke." He turned back to the hokage. "This was obviously a planned attack on Naruto; Sasuke was drugged, obviously to keep him away from Naruto." he told the hokage. She nodded, taking in this new piece of information and came to a quick decision. Kakashi, in her opinion, was very trustworthy and she decided he deserved to know the truth. "I do know why Naruto was attacked. A short while ago, we found out that Naruto was…pregnant. The baby was, unfortunately, Orochimaru's. You can imagine how the villagers would react to that, so I decided that the fewer people who knew the better. The information seems to have leaked out somehow and evidently Naruto was attacked." She finished grimly.
Kakashi thanked her for letting him know the truth; she didn't have to and he was touched she trusted him. The jounin looked over at the sleeping blonde. "How is he?" the hokage told him Naruto was going to be fine, thanks to you finding him. There is something though…" she glanced at Naruto sadly. "Whoever attacked him got their wish; he lost the baby." She whispered. She wasn't being mean, but she couldn't find it in herself to feel sorry for the child. Her only concern was Naruto and how he would cope with the loss. Naruto began waking up, so she pulled Sasuke to one side and quickly told him the news. The raven seemed more upset than she thought he would be. He jumped back to Naruto. "Its alright dobe, your in the hospital." The blonde relaxed as he saw Sasuke. Memories of the previous night came flooding back and he pulled the covers off himself. He stared in horror at the two scars on his stomach. "They should be gone completely in about a week." The hokage said, even though everyone knew that wasn't what he was thinking about. Sasuke looked at the hokage and she understood. She quickly left the room with Kakashi.
Naruto looked up at Sasuke fearfully. "Sasuke…my baby…" Sasuke bit his lip nervously. He looked sadly at Naruto; he was going to be devastated. "The baby…" he didn't quite know how to phrase it. 'The baby's dead.' Might sound a little insensitive. Sasuke looked at Naruto in the awkward silence. 'Gone to a better place.' didn't quite fit either. Naruto sighed and looked away from the raven. "They killed my baby…didn't they Sasuke?" he asked quietly. Glad the blonde spoke, he nodded. He opened his mouth to speak, but the blonde beat him to it. "Don't say it. This is exactly what you wanted Sasuke." The raven looked shocked. "What? You wanted the baby dead from the start." Sasuke couldn't deny he wanted the baby aborted, but not like this. "Can you leave me alone for a minute?" he asked Sasuke. The raven agreed and went outside to Tsunade to tell her Naruto knew. When he walked back in again, Naruto quickly turned his head away from Sasuke. The raven sat next to Naruto and frowned. "Dobe?" the blonde still wouldn't look at Sasuke, so he moved around the bed. Naruto whipped his head around again, but not fast enough for Sasuke not to notice he was crying. "I've seen you cry before Naruto. It's alright." Sasuke said gently. The blonde shook his head.
"I'm sick of crying. Its all I seem to do around you…I'm such an idiot." Sasuke put his arms around the blonde and kissed him gently.
"I think, in the current situation, you have reason to be upset." He told the blonde.
"I want to go home." He said. Sasuke looked at Naruto sympathetically.
"I think it might be a little too early for that." Naruto shook his head at this comment.
"I'm going." He said, climbing out of the bed gingerly. Sasuke tried to push him down, but the blonde wasn't having any of it. "Look, I'm fine. Tsunade-no-baachan healed me." He said. Sasuke called for the hokage as Naruto began pulling on his clothes. "He wants to go home, is now too soon?" he asked her. She pulled him away from Naruto. "He might be physically fine…but he had just lost his child and it will be a very emotional time for him so keep an eye on him. Bring him back tomorrow and we'll talk to him about who attacked him." Sasuke nodded in agreement. "Don't leave him alone." She added.
Sasuke sighed exasperatedly at Naruto. "At least sit down!" he told him. Naruto shook his head and pulled out a pouch filled with kunai. "We haven't trained in ages! Come on Sasuke!" he said enthusiastically. Sasuke snatched the kunai from the blonde and pushed him on the sofa. "You nearly died and you lost your baby! Now is not the time for training!" he shouted loudly.
"I already know Sasuke! Will you please stop reminding me!" Naruto shouted back. Sasuke sighed. He didn't mean to keep reminding the blonde, he just needed him to see sense. "Just take it easy for a while, that's all I'm trying to say." He finished, sitting next to Naruto. The blonde seemed to agree as Sasuke felt Naruto's head plop into his lap. Sasuke stroked the soft blonde hair and soon felt his lap getting wet. He presumed the blonde was crying again.
"I love you." Sasuke said, hoping it would make Naruto feel slightly better. The blonde shifted slightly, sniffing. "I couldn't even protect my baby…I'm so useless." He murmured.
"It wasn't your fault dobe. I'm sure you did all you could." Sasuke replied. Naruto sniffed again and nestled deeper into Sasuke. The blonde soon fell asleep and Sasuke contemplated trying to carry him upstairs even though he could wake the blonde accidentally. It seemed Naruto was only in a light sleep as when Sasuke moved he woke up again. "Feeling any better?" he asked. Naruto nodded. Sasuke's glance drifted up and he froze. Naruto looked up quickly wondering what was wrong with Sasuke. The raven looked terrified. Naruto had never seen Sasuke look that worried before and it was starting to scare him. Naruto then noticed what Sasuke was looking at and he gasped. "Itachi." The blonde hissed.