Well, well, well, THE FINAL CHAPTER!!
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And with that, I give you, chapter 13! The Final Chapter!!
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Sakura was now 6 months pregnant, and her stomach seemed to be growing bigger by the second.
Sakura had now outgrown all of her clothes, and had to resort to either some of Itachi's shirts, or Baggy t-shirts and leggings. Itachi and Sasuke, without telling her, had been flabbergahsted at just how big she had grown.
They were also astonished at just how much she was eating. Every mealtime, she would eat around twice as much as everyone else eating with her, but it wasn't her fault. Sakura found herself feeling hungry nearly all the time.
At school, people would stare at her in the hallways. Walking through a corridor of people was no problem for Sakura. People seemed to stand back up against the wall just to get a glimpse of her, wearing shocked and astonished expressions on their faces, some of them even pointing or laughing.
Just ride it out... Sakura had to force herself to think, You will be out of school soon anyway, You're 18 in just a few months...
When Sasuke kissed or hugged her, he found himself having to lean forward significantly further, or stretch his arms wider. It was awkward, but Sasuke remained loyal to Sakura throughout the entire time, talking to the baby, and feeling for when the baby kicked.
One day, Sakura walked home slowly from school, glad to be rid of all the staring faces that seemed to shadow her everywhere.
Turning the key in the lock, she opened to door the house, dumped her schoolbag on the ground and walked through into the living room, where she sat down on a chair, tired.
"Hey Sakura!" Sasuke said cheerily, coming over and giving her a quick, light kiss on the cheek. "Are you OK?"
Sakura nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, just a little tired is all. Carrying around a whole extra body isn't exactly light work. hehe"
Sasuke chuckled. He stood there for a few moments looking at her. He then reached out his hand and caressed the side of Sakura's face. "I'm so proud of you" He said "You're coping so well with all of this..."
"Thanks, but my clothes definitely aren't! I'm bulging through this one shirt I'm wearing as it is!"
At that moment, Itachi walked into the room holding a magazine which was specially for "mothers to be".
"You know, It says here that when you're pregnant, your boobs get bigger" He said.
Itachi then openly looked down a few inches at Sakura's chest. "Hn, guess it is true then" He said.
Sakura's jaw dropped a little, not quite believing what Itachi had just said. A couch cushion came flying across the room to hit Itachi in the head.
"Itachi! Have some respect for Sakura! How do you think that makes her feel? Allow her some dignity damnit!"
"Ooww, jeez sorry...Just thought you'd like to know, and I would have thought you of all people would have realized Sasuke"
"HAVE SOME SHAME, ITACHI!" Sasuke yelled angrily at him. Itachi put both his hands up in the air in a surrendering position.
"Okay, okay I get it. I'll leave you two alone now..." He said sauntering off.
Sasuke sighed. "I'm sorry about him Sakura, he has a habit of saying whatever he feels like at any time...and, well you know what he can be like"
Sakura simply giggled. "Don't worry, It's okay! It's not the first time anyway"
There was a pause. The silence was broken by Sakura who said. "Ohh hey, do you think you could help me up?"
"Sure" Sasuke took both of her hands and pulled upward hard, lifting Sakura to a standing position.
"Arigato!" Sakura said. As she turned around though, Sasuke noticed something stuck to her back.
"Uhh, Sakura, you have something on your back..." Said Sasuke, slowly walking forward and pulling it off. It was a piece of paper with some kind of anatomical drawing of a whale with pink hair. Above the drawing there was a line of writing which said "Kick me! Whales do not belong in Schools!"
Sakura took the paper and looked at it. She stared down at the paper with a blank expression for a few seconds, finally crumpling it up into a ball and walking over into the kitchen to throw it away in the trash.
"Sakura, are you alri..."
"Of course! I'm fine!" Sakura said in an overly perky voice. "Umm, I've just got to start the dishes is all..."
"Sakura, listen..." Sasuke began, walking over to her.
"What? Everything's fine, seriously" She said, picking up a plate a dirty plate and holding it under the tap. "Wow, these dishes are really dirty..."
"Sakura." Sasuke said, now standing next to her, putting a hand on her shoulder.
Sakura turned the tap off and put down the plate, staring into the sink. On the side of her face, Sasuke could see a single tear rolling down her cheek. Sakura didn't say anything. Nothing needed to be said.
"Hey..." Sasuke said, giving her back a little rub. "Fancy a cuddle?"
Sakura turned to look at him and sniffed heavily, and then nodded. "That would be nice" She said, brushing the tear off her face, linking arms with Sasuke and walking out of the kitchen.
Sasuke and Sakura both lay on the bed, looking into eachothers eyes, and just talking things out. Occasionly, Sasuke would brush the hair out of her eyes, or give her small kisses on the nose. Sakura had also noticed that every time Sasuke was around, the baby would start kicking, almost as if it were yearning to be out and spend time with it's father. Just from this, Sakura felt 100 percent better.
Their arms around eachother, without knowing it, Sasuke and Sakura both fell asleep. Itachi walked in later to find them. He looked down at them, Sasuke's arm draped protectively around Sakura's waist, both of their eyes closed and their breathing heavy.
He smiled. "I'm so glad Sasuke's finally found someone..." He thought to himself. With that, he pulled the duvet up over both of them, and left the room closing the door behind him.
The last three months of Sakura's pregnancy seemed to literally fly by. Sakura had tried to help out around the house with dishes, cleaning and cooking, but as she grew more and more fragile, Sasuke had insisted that she rest.
Sakura also stopped going to school in the last month, as it was just too much of a hassle going to school. It was far too much of a hassle walking there and back, let alone doing work. She could barely fit behind the desks anyway, and foundd herself getting serely tired through out the day. Her pregnancy was finally taking a toll on her.
As Sakura's stomach became full grown, she was unable to walk anywhere without holding her stomach infront of her with one hand, and the other hand placed on her lower back. Her back was extremely painful when she stood up for too long, or became tired.
"Whoa, Sakura, You look like you're going to drop that any minute!" Itachi would say comment, sometimes when Sakura was tired recieving a glare shot back at him.
Even Sasuke was amazed at how big she had finally grown. It truly is amazing what the female body can do... He would wonder in awe. Never the less, he remained loyal throughout the entire time.
One particular day, Sakura picked up one of her shirts, and folded it neatly. She then placed it ontop of the pile of clothes that she had made on her bed, an put that pile into the closet, closing the doors after putting them in. She stopped and put both her hands on the small of her back, leaning backwards slightly, grimacing in pain. Her back was aching again, and she was finding it hard to do the laundry, even though Sasuke had told her not to.
At that moment, Sasuke appeared at the door. "Sakura! You're not supposed to be doing laundry! Look at you, you can barely stand!"
Sakura sighed. "I know, but i just feel so guilty, I mean it's the least I can do..."
Sakura was interrupted mid-sentence when she heard a trickling. A small trickling of liquid hitting the floor. She felt wetness between her legs. She looked down to see liquid trickling down her legs and coming to lie on the floor in a small puddle.
She gasped and looked up at Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes widened and his jaw dropped.
"Oh my god..." Sakura whispered. Sasuke said nothing, but ran out the door calling Itachi's name. "Itachi! ITACHI! Sakura's water just broke! Get your car keys! QUICK!"
Sakura stood there, not quite able to believe it. She was actually going to have a baby, right now.
Itachi was only in his pajamas, it being 9 p.m. However, as annoying as he was, he still cared for Sakura. He grabbed his keys off the mantle piece. "Let's roll!" He said.
Sakura was breathing heavily, holding her stomach. Sasuke opened the door and led Sakura out to the car, rubbing her back as she went. He opened the door of the car, and Sakura with difficulty managed to clamber in. Sasuke came in next to her, and held her hand throughout the car ride. "It's okay, just take deep breaths.." He kept telling her.
Sakura was still holding her stomach, breathing heavily. Itachi was stuck in traffic, beeping frantically at the cars in front of him.
Sasuke looked worriedly ahead. "Itachi isn't there any alternative route, Sakura's in a little bit of a delicate condition if you haven't noticed!"
"I can't! There's a huge traffic jam and.."
"AAAAGGGGHHHHHHHH!!"
Itachi was interrupted by a huge scream erupting from Sakura's mouth. She squeezed her eyes shut tight and put her head down, gritting her teeth. She panted heavily, whimpering along the way.
"Sakura! Hang in there!!" Sasuke said, never letting his hand leave hers, giving her a kiss on the cheek and rubbing her shoulder.
"Uggh, I-I'm fine, it's just, uggghh fuck that's painful...AAAGGHHHH!!" Sakura screamed again, squeezing Sasuke's hand as if trying to squeeze out all the pain.
"Okay, that's it, I'm finding another route!" Itachi announced, swerving off the road and speeding down toward the hospital.
Once they arrived at the hospital, Sasuke jumped out and got a wheelchair, Sakura now unable to walk. She was sweating profusely and breathing heavily, holding her stomach, and also in a lot of pain.
Sakura was wheeled in through the front doors at the speed of light, pushed by Sasuke, Itachi running behind them. They arrived at the front desk, pushing infront of the whole line that was waiting.
Sasuke skipped all questions. "Hi, Sakura here is in labor, we need help RIGHT NOW!"
The desk clerk looked at them blankly and said calmly "Okay, well if you could just fill out these forms right here, we need your name, address..."
She was interrupted by Sasuke taking the forms and throwing them across the room.
"Maybe you didn't hear me correctly" He said "She needs help right NOW!"
"OOOOOOUUUUUAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"
Everyone went silent as they heard the most almighty scream come from Sakura, who now had tears running down her face. She was making sounds that weren't quite human, grimacing in pain, and gripping her stomach, her eyes shut.
The desk clerk then stood up with a shocked look on her face and said "Okay, by the terms of the situation I guess we can get you help now..." She said, then calling for a nurse to come and take her down to a ward.
Sakura, throughout her labor, had Sasuke sitting by her bedside and gripping her hand tightly. He never left her side. Itachi stood next to Sasuke, with 3 nurses in front of Sakura who were delivering the baby.
Sakura was now covered in sweat, her hair plastered to her forehead, her teeth gritted.
"Okay, push Sakura! PUSH!" The nurses urged on. Sakura panted heavily a few times before she pushed and groaned as she did.
"AAAGGHHH! I can't do this! It's just so painful...UGGHHH!" Sakura screamed.
"I'm sorry, the painkiller will take around 10 minutes to kick in! You were given it late!" The nurse said apologetically "PUSH! You can do it!"
"Ahhh, No I can't do this, I..."
"Sakura" Sasuke said from her side. "I believe in you, You can do this! Come on, I know you can!" He kissed the top of her hand. "I'm always here for you Sakura! Trust me, you can do this!"
Sakura simply nodded and pushed again. She was gripping Sasuke's hand so tightly, her nails were digging in, but Sasuke wasn't concerned about that.
"I can see the top of the baby's head!" One of the nurses yelled out. "You're almost there, come on Sakura, you're on the home stretch now!!"
Sakura screamed as she pushed, but it seemed to be working. The baby was finally coming out. After a lot of yelling, and encouragement, the baby finally was out.
"Sakura! You did it!" Sasuke said "The baby's out!! I'm so proud of you!" He said rubbing her shoulder, and giving her hand light kisses.
The nurse cut the umbilical cord and wrapped the baby up in a blanket, it's head just poking out. Of course, It's skin was blue and it was covered in blood, but the nurses had wiped most of it away.
"Congratulations!" The nurse said to Sakura, handing her the baby. "It's a girl!"
Sakura held the baby in her arms, looking down into it's little face. Sasuke looked on with tears in his eyes.
"Sakura, I-It's our baby!" He said, still not quite able to believe it.
"Oh, Sasuke, she's so beautiful..." Sakura said, looking down with eyes full of admiration.
She gave a small gasp and rocked the baby gently in her arms. "I can't believe this is happening!" She whispered softly, still in shock.
Sasuke smiled. He was so glad the whole pregnancy ordeal was finally over for Sakura. And now, lying here with them was a baby, their baby, 50 percent Sakura and 50 percent him, a small angel lying in Sakura's arms.
"Sasuke...I want to keep the baby." Sakura said softly. She looked up at Sasuke."I don't know what I was doing, thinking about giving it away. I could never give her away, she's so beautiful! What do you think?"
Sasuke squeezed her hand. "Of course I want to keep it Sakura, I think that's a great idea! School ends soon anyway, and we can both look after the baby together, just like she should belooked after by her real parents." Sakura smiled at this, and leaned forward slightly to give Sasuke a kiss on the forehead.
"I love you, Sasuke" She said quietly.
"I love you too."
Sakura suddenly slumped back in the bed, her eyes closed, the baby still lying in her lap. She let go of the baby, her arms now lying by her sides, and the baby lying in her lap.
"Sakura..?" Sasuke said, giving her a little shake.
The nurse came over. "Don't worry" She reassured him. "She's just sleeping. Every woman sleeps after they've given birth. Labor is one of the most tiring things known to humans, and wears out the female body more than you could imagine."
Sasuke looked back at Sakura and wiped some hair out of her eyes, staring at her with the utmost admiration.
The nurse picked up the baby and handed her to Sasuke. "Congratulations" She said "Would you like to hold your baby?"
Sasuke took the baby from her and held her. He looked down at the adorable little angel, now sleeping soundly in his arms. He started to tear up, but with tears of joy and pride.
He rocked the baby gently in his arms, and stroked the side of her head.
"I will always protect you, my child..." He thought, as he smiled down at her, wrapped up in the soft yellow swaddling blanket.
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Well That's the end of this fic! The whole fic! Done! Whew, It certainly has been fun!
A few notes: I know that this fic was far from perfect, but I did my best. And anyway, It's a learning progress! Fanfiction can help you learn, and I feel that my writing has progressed somewhat since my first chapter, and I hope it will get better and better.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it, and I'm also currently working on another fic. It's another Sasusaku fic, (I love that pairing!) where Sakura is kidnapped, and Sasuke has to get her back, so it will be a little more action/adveture-ish! In addition to that, I also have a SasuNaru drabble fic going on, so check that out if you get the chance!
Please review and tell me what you thought! Reviews are soooo helpful to me, and also soooo appreciated! Thanks so much guys! Ja ne!