Sakura's long pink hair was held up tightly in a bun. She was on her hands and knees on the floor of the Uchiha manor scrubbing ferociously at the floor. The soapy brush she was using threatened to snap in half at any second.

Yes, it's true. Sakura Uchiha was pissed.

Now Sakura didn't get angry often. (Not in her own mind at least) Her mother had always told her that a true lady could still act with poise and grace even when she was mad.

Poise and grace were two things Sakura did not have at the moment. Clad in her black house cleaning dress and furry bunny slippers, she didn't look very attractive either.

The truth was Sakura hadn't been having a very good week.

First, Naruto had poofed out of nowhere and shoved himself back into their lives.

And now Sasuke was acting all weird and disappearing into his office every night the minute he got home.

Now don't get the wrong idea. Sakura did have some remorse for stealing Sasuke away from Naruto. But she honestly thought that he was in a better situation here.

After all, an Uchiha like Sasuke really shouldn't be known to be in a homosexual relationship. Being gay was not something that the higher class should be subjected to. At least not in her opinion. She had no problem with people like Kakashi and Iruka who were gay but still she would prefer not to have her girls spend to much time over there. Being gay wasn't natural and that was that!

Of course she'd never share her opinion on this with Sasuke. They were already on thin ice as it was. As soon as he'd found out that she was pregnant again, an icy silence had descended between them. After the twins were born he had made her promise to make sure she didn't get pregnant again before the girls were at least one. Obviously she had ignored him.

Honestly, Sakura didn't know what to think anymore. Her life had been just fine until a few days ago. Sasuke had been acting normal and the girls were progressing at a steady pace. Sanaka was even almost potty-trained.

But as soon as Naruto had arrived here everything had changed. Sasuke became moody and the girls wouldn't stop talking about the special boy they had met at the ramen stand that could have babies.

It was infuriating.

Sakura growled in the back of her throat. Hopefully the Kazekage/Hokage meeting would be over soon and Naruto would go back to whatever rock he had crawled out from.

Sakura's eyes narrowed and she scrubbed harder.

It was all Naruto's fault.

I sneezed and looked up. Someone must be talking about me.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked, gazing at me from across the table. We were sitting in a Dango shop in the center of the restaurant district of Konoha. Sasuke had Keno in his lap and was feeding him little chunks of Dango he had ripped off the stick.

Seeing them together was amazing. They were practically identical except for the eyes.

"I'm fine," I said, smiling at him. "Keno seems to enjoy the food." I pointed out.

Sasuke looked down and stared at Keno as he gnawed on Sasuke's finger.

"More!" Keno shouted with a big pout on his face.

Since coming to Konoha, Keno's vocabulary had taken a huge leap. He now could say lots of words like juice, food, tired, and more. He was even beginning to string words into sentences with the words he knew.

"Jeez. He acts like he's starving." Sasuke mused with a raised eyebrow. He tore off another chunk of Dango and fed it to Keno who inhaled it immediately.

"Yeah," I laughed,"he's a growing boy and he needs lots to eat or else he gets cranky."

"The girls don't eat nearly this much." Sasuke said, shaking his head in disbelief as Keno inhaled another big chunk of junk food.

"Well, you of all people should know that there is a very distinct difference between boys and girls." I teased. Sasuke just chuckled and ordered another stick of Dango.

I smiled and thought about how easy it was to just talk like this with Sasuke. Like old times, back before we had even gotten together and we had just thought of each other as best friends.

I had been in Konoha for a week and three days now. After the first meeting at Ichiraku's Sasuke and I had gotten together often to talk. At first I had felt uncomfortable about the situation. A little voice in my mind telling me that I was somehow cheating on Gaara. But Gaara knew about these meetings and had even said that he thought they were a good idea.

Sasuke had at first been reluctant to ask to hold Keno, but had eventually just asked and had ended up falling in love with him in less then 5 minutes.

Now every time we met Sasuke would carry Keno around like a sack of potatoes, refusing to put him down for anything short of a full on enemy invasion.

But since we'd been meeting something had been bugging me.

"So, um Sasuke" I began, staring him straight in the eye. "Does Sakura know that you're here?"

As expected, he avoided my eyes and instead decided to count how many hairs were on the man at the table next to us's head.

"Define know." He said, still avoiding my eyes.

"Is she aware that you and I are meeting right now in the village?" I clarified, not backing down.

"I'm sure she has an idea about it." He replied stallingly, his brow crinkling in his nervousness.

"But you haven't actually told her have you?" I asked.

He looked ashamed of himself. "No, I guess not."

"Why not?" I asked. He looked irritated at that point.

"I don't need her permission to visit my son!" He said with a glare on his face.

"No you don't," I agreed, "But I'm pretty sure you made a kind of commitment not to lie to each other when you married her."

"I'm not lying to her." He growled, looking away.

"True. But you're not telling the truth either." I said.

There was silence as I stared at him and he stared at the floor.

I let out another sigh, standing up.

He looked up at me from his chair, clutching Keno tighter as I held my hands out for him.

"Why are you leaving?' He asked, looking slightly hurt.

"I think you need to go home to your wife Sasuke" I said, gently prying Keno from his arms.

He said nothing as I walked out of the Dango shop. I made my way through the different districts of Konoha until I finally reached the hotel. It was very large and elegant with revolving glass doors and paintings in the lobby. Big comfy looking arm chairs were placed sporadically around a brick fireplace which was lit and set off a nice heat that kept the entire lobby nice and toasty. The hotel was obviously made to host foreign ambassadors and Kages. I made my way across the room to the elevator and pushed the button for the eighth floor. When we finally reached the level my room was on, I pulled out the key and unlocked the door. I expected the room to be empty since Gaara was supposed to be in a meeting with the Hokage until late tonight.

This made it all the more surprising when I turned around and spied Gaara sitting in an armchair in the dark. I gasped and turned on a nearby lamp, allowing its glow to illuminate the room.

Gaara sat with his head in his hands in the corner. I set Keno down, wlking over so I could kneel in front of him.

"Gaara baby," I cooed, putting my palm against his cheek. "What's wrong?"

He looked up at me then, his eyes were puffy and his face pale.

He studied my face and his face became serious. However I could still see the inkling of fear in his eyes and it made my heart jump.

"Naruto, we might have to stay in Konoha a bit longer then planned."

Greetings Earthlings!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess who had a baby!!!

DEATHinPINK did!!

That's right! On Tuesday the 20th of October, Baby Larka was born at 8 pounds 3 ounces.

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I just got out of the hospital at about noon yesterday.

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