So there Sakura was. Sitting, eating nothing, and staring off into space. She hadn't been to the hospital to work, or even tried going on a mission. She didn't want to do anything. Nothing seemed to matter anymore to her. How could it?
(In the Hokage's office)
"Would you two mind telling me what the hell has been going on?! You're acting like a bunch of children and doing less than proficient work on missions! Not only is that stupid but dangerous for your teammates as well! Explain yourselves!" Tsunade-sama was beyond furious with the two people in front of her, Naruto and Sasuke.
They hesitantly began explaining to her what had happened on the mission, since she had asked them to relay their report; she had noticed that was when they started to behave strangely.
Tsunade wasn't really interested in their mission report because she knew Sakura hadn't been to the hospital in a while and was worried about her dear pupil profusely. The minute Tsunade heard Naruto and Sasuke's report of what the S-class criminal had told them (which they were hesitant about doing anyway not wanting to ruin their pride), she was surprised. She didn't think that Naruto and Sasuke would have taken that man's words to heart, but they did. She looked at Naruto and Sasuke who looked sad, lonely and unsure. Tsunade knew it was because they were without their Sakura. They knew they could never face her, after what they had said to her.
"ARE YOU TWO INSANE! How could you think or believe something like that!" Tsunade felt bad for them, she really did. Tsunade-sama, about to continue her rant, was interrupted by one of Sakura's close nurse-friends at the hospital.
"Hokage-sama! Something has gone terribly wrong!" She was close to tears.
"What is it Hame-chan?" Tsunade stood up worried.
"It's Sakura-chan!" Hame practically yelled.
Both Naruto and Sasuke snapped their heads to the door in shock. They never wanted anything bad to happen to Sakura. They always wanted to keep her safe which is why they stayed at her place for two sole reasons. One, she would be too stubborn to leave and two, they could watch over her happily.
"She's in the hospital! We believe she blacked out Tsunade-sama, and she is mal-nutritious again."
Tsunade glared at the two men, but they remained shocked at what they just heard from the nurse.
"We better get down there then! Move it you two!" Tsunade yelled at them, heaving them both by the collar to get them out the door at least.
All three ran at full speed to the hospital, leaving the nurse far behind. They opened the hospital doors screaming at the receptionist which way Haruno, Sakura's room was. The receptionist shakily pointed down the hall telling them Sakura was in room 208 scared for her life at the moment.
Tsunade slammed open the door. They all stared in shock for a moment. Sakura was there lying helpless on the bed with the heart monitor connected to her. Motionless and tear stains evident on her cheeks. It was a sad sight to all of them but, Tsunade told both Naruto and Sasuke to sit outside while she examined Sakura. Both felt horribly guilty and were depressed. They definitely felt like crying but were not going to cry in public.
Maybe in front of Sakura, but that was a very, VERY, rare occasion.
"Take this to the lab immediately!" Tsunade had just ordered a nurse to examine Sakura's blood sample as she briskly walked out 208's door. She was curious because what she had just felt right under Sakura's abdomen made her go into shock, then go pale, then a nice shade of green, and then she had a suddenly soft smile. With golden brown eyes, she looked at Sakura with care, and then slightly frowned; she had no idea how Naruto and Sasuke would react but hoped they would at least be mature enough to take responsibility. She told Naruto and Sasuke that they could sit in the room with Sakura if they wanted to and mentioned quietly that Sakura should be waking up soon.
(Down the hallway)
After about thirty minutes of Tsunade waiting for the blood samples she had just taken to be analyzed, she finally got her results and smiled knowingly to herself.
"What Tsunade-sama!?" the nurse asked in a hushed tone, wide-eyed.
"Naruto and Sasuke deserve a surprise like this considering what they did to my pupil. Besides, I want to see their reaction when they hear the news. BUT! Only when she wakes up and they apologize profusely which, if I had to guess, they are going to do" Tsunade walked away with a gleam in her eye and a sly smile on her face knowing that her plan was going to work.
(Back in room 208)
Naruto silently stared down at Sakura praying to Kami-sama that she would wake up soon, while Sasuke masked his eyes with his bangs. They wished this had never had happened that they had never believed that stupid criminal! Why did this happen to them? They couldn't stand losing someone as important as Sakura in their lives, they just couldn't!
Sakura slowly fluttered her eyes open noticing a couple of presences around her. When she had her eyes open, they widened a fraction in shock. Why? Because the two men she was in love with were their (they were gaping and wide-eyed at her for some reason) and she was in the hospital.
Tsunade and the nurse were secretly eavesdropping in the hallway, ears pressed against the closed door.
"THE HOSPITAL!" Sakura though frantically, "Why the hell am I in the hospital?" Sakura, tried to remember, but for the life of her she couldn't. And why were Naruto and Sasuke staring at her like that?
All in one motion, both Naruto and Sasuke leapt into her hospital bed kissing and hugging the daylights out of Sakura. Begging and pleading for her to forgive them. Explaining why they had yelled at her, about the criminal, and how they didn't mean a word they said to her. They were telling her that they would do all the chores, and dishes, and repay all the damages they did to her apartment. They just really wanted to be with her again and make her happy.
"We just want you back! PLEASE!" They both looked at her with red, pleading, and sad eyes that if she were to tell them no, that there would be a good chance of loss and suffering amongst all of them and anger towards themselves.
"Of course" Sakura smiled softly at them. Then she exploded out with all the things she was sorry and confused about. "I thought I had done something to you guys! I didn't want to believe I was so, unimportant and hated by either of you. I just didn't want to believe it. I'm so sorry if I had done anything to upset you since you did come back from an S-class mission (she started to tear up). I love you both. I just don't know what I was supposed to do once you both left me like that with so much hatred towards me and – "
"We could never hate you Sakura!"
"We love you, with all our hearts!"
They had a three-sy hug and began to lightly kiss each other with only love in their eyes. After a few moments passed and all three had settled in Sakura's rather small hospital bed, Sakura had a question nagging at her brain.
"Why am I in the hospital?" Sakura asked quietly.
Both of them looked at her for a moment then looked down in confusion.
"We don't know Sakura" Naruto replied.
"Maybe a nurse does though if we ask, right?" Sasuke chipped in.
Right on queue, the nurse who took the blood test to the lab and was supposed to do what Tsunade told her to, popped into the room.
"Hello Ms. Haruno. Are you feeling better?" Mochi asked with slight worry.
"Yes Mochi-chan" Sakura replied happily.
"That's good."
"Mochi-chan, why am I in the hospital? Is something wrong with me?" Sakura asked quizzically.
"Not exactly" Mochi replied.
Both Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other questionably. In that second though, Mochi winked at Sakura. Sakura cocked her head in question before a few memories started flashing through her head.
Flashback
"Like hell we'll let you keep the kid!"
"Die!"
Sakura's apartment was in more than just shambles if she remembered correctly. Sakura touched her stomach gently and just knew what Mochi was going to say. Sakura also sweat dropped at the fact that Tsunade probably put her up to it considering Mochi wouldn't ever mess with Sakura. Sakura had to smile a little at that.
"Anyway, Ms. Haruno" Naruto's and Sasuke's attention was back onto the nurse.
"You are mal-nutritious again and we found a slight cut and bruise on your face; we guess that was from your fall. Sakura blushed at this knowing exactly how they got there.
"I see… go on Mochi" Sakura was trying so hard not to laugh considering she didn't want to ruin the surprise for Naruto and Sasuke. Sakura could practically see Mochi burst out with the one sentence that was going to change their lives forever.
"Either way you should start eating things with lots of iron, and milk, and start considering it would be bad for the baby if you stay in your current condition," Mochi looked silently at the board waiting to hear something from Naruto or Sasuke, trying not to burst out laughing.
Sakura being a little nervous and scared for their reaction waited patiently for it to process into their heads. Naruto and Sasuke looked, well, shocked would be an understatement. Mouths were agape, eyes were bulging out of their heads, and both seemed to lull off into their own little worlds. In a matter of seconds, things went from completely silent (you could drop a pin and hear it) to extremely loud and obnoxious (to the other patients of course).
Naruto slowly got off of the bed just looking at Sakura in pure shock. His shock slowly turned to that of happiness and a full blown smile went across his face. Naruto immediately started hollering out loud "YES YES YES YES YES!" He was running around in circles hugging the nurse. Sasuke breathed out a smile and placed his forehead against Sakura's placing his hand onto her stomach.
"A baby huh?" He just couldn't erase the smile from his face, not that he would. It wasn't full blown or anything (and if it was a full blown smile, he would probably make the nurses faint) but he was the happiest he has ever been.
Naruto skipped over to Sakura gently hugging her and moving his face to her stomach, laying his cheek on her abdomen quietly saying "You're pregnant! We're having a baby! We're going to have a family!" Naruto just couldn't keep his eyes off of Sakura's stomach while Sasuke didn't remove his hand off of her abdomen in the slightest. Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke were together, happy, and a family now. Sakura vaguely wondered for a moment how Kakashi would react.
Yay! Chapter two! On to the next :)
