Sasuke stepped out of the shower. His rather pale skin looked hot pink as he quickly dried off. He had almost rubbed his skin raw trying to get the scent of Itachi off of him. Every time his brother touched him it sent a sick sensation gurgling in his stomach, or maybe that was just the baby. He put the towel in his hair and quickly rubbed his scalp dry. Now that he knew his brother was involved, it made the situation even worse.

He tried to silent the rumble from his stomach by placing a hand on it. He could get rid of the parasite inside of him, but then he had no doubt that while he was recovering from the strange surgery that would require, he would be abducted and forced into the whole situation again. He sighed, so that only really left him one choice, to have the kid and use it to lure Itachi for a final battle. He sat down on his bed and shook his head, knowing that wouldn't work either. He wasn't exactly sure what childbirth was like, but he had the feeling he couldn't be up kicking his powerful brother's ass just minutes after experiencing it.

That left only one option. One Sasuke didn't like at all.

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"Naruto!" Sakura shook her fist as Naruto ran down the street, "If you ever call me freakishly strong again, I'll beat you to a bloody pulp!" She scowled as she realized she had just proven his point.

Naruto smirked, knowing he had won. He looked back to give a smug look when he ran into something solid. He bounced off of whatever it was and landed on the ground. He winced, "I don't remember a tree there." He looked up and saw Sasuke looking down at him.

"Oh, it's not a tree. Its just wood." He smirked, enjoying his sexual innuendo. Sasuke's blank expression didn't change as he held out his hand for Naruto. Naruto stared at it for a second, not sure if he was done being upset with Sasuke yet. He decided he wasn't and smacked the hand away and pushed himself up.

Sasuke watched quietly as Naruto dusted himself off. Naruto noticed the strange aura coming from Sasuke so he sighed, guessing he'd have to bring it up, "What do you want?"

Sasuke cocked his head to the side, as if thinking about something, "I wanted to talk to you."

"About the baby?"

"No." He gave Naruto a look that meant he had no patience to talk about the baby. "About my brother."

Naruto snorted, "That's not the part of your family I'm interested in."

Sasuke sighed, beginning to regret his decision. He thought about throwing it out the window, but knew he really didn't have any other choice. "Naruto, why don't you come over to my place…" He noticed Naruto was about to rudely decline his invitation, so he quickly added, "I'll make dinner."

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"You know, usually when someone says they'll make dinner, they actually make the dinner, not buy it."

Sasuke set down the bowl of ramen in front of Naruto, "Are you saying you don't want ramen?"

Naruto made a ghastly face, "No. But I could have eaten this at Iruka's without having to be in your house."

"You're angry with me." Sasuke wasn't sure he felt he needed to state the fact.

"Are you keeping the baby?"

Sasuke sighed, "Maybe. That all depends on you."

"Me?" Naruto asked between a mouthful of noodles.

"I…" He hesitated over the next word, his cheeks coloring slightly, "Need some help from you."

Naruto smirked, "I've heard that sentence before. And then after that you got pregnant."

Sasuke scowled at the memory, "I don't need that kind of help."

"Good, because you're not getting it."

Sasuke ran a frustrated hand through his hair, "Naruto. Shut. Up."

Naruto made a huffing sound but didn't say anymore.

"My brother came for a visit last night." Sasuke said with his elbows on the table, his fists hiding the lower part of his face, "Apparently he knows about my…condition."

Naruto scowled for a second, "And?"

"He wants the baby."

Naruto spit out the food in his mouth, "Itachi wants our baby!"

Sasuke's lips turned into a thin line, "Which brings about another question. He thinks you were a good donor. Why would he think that?"

Naruto gave a rosy smirk that said he knew the answer but wasn't about to say.

"Naruto." Sasuke growled.

Naruto smirked, "Let's say I know the answer. But I'm not telling it to you if you destroy that baby. And if you keep it, it's half mine."

"Technically it's only about a third yours." Sasuke muttered, "You're still about this stupid family stuff?"

"Stupid?" Naruto pushed back his bowl, "You've had a family before. You've spent the last several years of your life chasing your brother because he destroyed your family. And yet you're calling it stupid?"

"Naruto."

Naruto stood up, "No. I'm willing to try to make this work. I'll deal with the baby, even if it has to live in a fucked up family where its mother is more concerned about killing its uncle than its wellbeing, and its father is a monster…" Naruto slapped his hand over his mouth and turned on his heel and walked towards the door.

Sasuke watched Naruto storm off for a moment before he threw down his chopsticks and ran after him. He caught him right as Naruto opened the front door. He grabbed Naruto's wrist and slammed him up against the wall, "Listen, Naruto. I know you think it's all or nothing when it comes to this damn baby, but can't you understand my point of view? This baby is some sick plot of Orochimaru's, my brother is after it, and in case you haven't noticed, neither one of us is fit to be part of a family."

Naruto shifted uncomfortably against the wall and Sasuke dropped his arms.

"Now that you've made it abundantly clear what you don't want from me, how about you tell me what it is you do want from me? Besides why my DNA is elite."

"If I have this baby, Itachi will be waiting in the shadows. The second it's out, he'll take it, and I won't be able to stop him. I need you to…" He stopped when he saw the glossy look in Naruto's eyes. "Naruto?"

"Every time you say that you need me I think of you wet and naked and begging me to fuck you."

Sasuke's mouth went dry. He had tried hard not to think about the event that had lead to such a change in life, but with Naruto blatantly retelling it, images flooded his senses. He leaned back against the wall and fought off his arousing emotions. "Why do you make things so hard? I need you to protect the baby, Naruto."

"And then what?"

The front door bell rang. Sasuke sighed in relief at the welcomed distraction and opened the door. Hinata stood on the other side of it. "Umm, Sasuke, sorry to bother you but…"

Naruto stepped over to the open doorway and smiled at the blushing girl, "Hinata!"

She looked up surprised at him, "You're with Sasuke?"

Sasuke crossed his arms, "What is it?"

"You don't look well Sasuke." The telltale sign of her bloodline coming into play flashed across her features, before her eyes went back to normal. She paled, "You're pregnant."

Naruto laughed as Sasuke sulked, "Damn Hyuugas." He stepped past Hinata, ignored the snorting Naruto, and headed towards Tsunade's office.

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Sasuke quietly put his pants back on as Sakura and Tsunade leaned over some papers on the desk. Sakura's eyes kept glancing over at him, but he tried to ignore it. "Can I put my shirt on too? Or perhaps you'd like to implement some sort of nipple torture?"

Tsunade didn't bother to look up, "Sasuke, put your shirt on."

Sakura watched as Sasuke slipped the shirt over his head, "Did we hurt you?"

Sasuke gave her an annoyed look.

"Ignore him, Sakura. He's just having mood swings."

"I do not have mood swings and I'm not a woman."

"But you are pregnant."

"That's right, I had forgotten about it. It's a good thing I have someone mentioning it every five minutes!"

Sakura smiled, "How is Naruto putting up with the new you?"

Sasuke hobbled on one foot trying to put on his sandal, "There is no new me. There's a morning sickness me, but no new me. And what do you know of Naruto?"

Sakura put out her lip in a pout as she watched him struggle with the sandal strap, "Its like the cool Sasuke is completely gone."

Sasuke slammed down his foot, "Are you done with me?"

Tsunade sighed, "Sakura, leave us for a minute."

Sakura quickly left the room.

"Sasuke, sit."

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, "I'm not a dog you know?"

She raised an eyebrow, and Sasuke sat down.

"Since things are anatomically different, it's still hard to figure things out, so unless you're more willing to comply with these examinations, the only way to deliver this baby safely is to get Kabuto here."

"Is that a threat?"

"It's a warning. Now on a side note, how are things with Naruto? Have you two worked something out?"

"That's none of…"

"All of you are my business, especially Naruto and anything involved with Naruto the way you are. Have you two had sex again?"

"No."

"You're horny though, aren't you?"

"As I said earlier, I'm not a dog. I can control my urges…and before you say it, they're basic urges, not directed towards Naruto."

"No, that won't work. Sasuke I order you to have sex with Naruto."

Sasuke stood up, "I'm leaving now."

Tsunade grabbed Sasuke's arm and jerked him back into her lap. "What the…!"

"Shut up." With one hand she kept Sasuke still, and with the other she slipped a hand inside Sasuke's shorts.

"Wha…ait…"

Tsunade smirked and pulled her hand out, "Obviously your horniness isn't in general, or I would have felt something, hmm?"

Sasuke jumped out of her chair, "Hell."

"Now, as a pregnant…person, you can have all of your whims catered too. You're body is going through too much stress to fight off your urges for Naruto. You're not a virgin anymore, so playing that card isn't going to work. So get what you can, while you can."

"I can't. He'll think it's more than sex. He wants a family."

"Well, I suppose someone will have to make a compromise."