His Father's Strength

Chapter: 2

Disclaimer: Sasuke's shirt is blue, here is my cue, I don't own Naruto, Kishimoto do!

Spoilers of the Manga & Naruto Shippuuden. You've been warned.

A/N: I was in desperate need of a new story, and this one I came up with this one the first week of October. I really like the idea of this one. Let me know if you do too!

Thanks for all your support guys, and I WILL be answering reviews, so If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Summary: Haruno Sakura is pregnant, and half of Konoha claims to be the father of the beautiful cherry blossomed kunoichi's baby. When he's born - green eyes open, black hair shifts, and a beautiful baby boy looks up at Sakura with all the strength of his father.

Dictionary:

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Jutsu.

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.Chapter One.

How come how come? When did the hokage get to wise? When will when will the father's actions realize?

Naruto moved Sakura. "Um... Sakura-chan?" he asked. "You never did tell us who the father was...?" He stressed, wanting to know more than anything.

Everyone grew tense. They had been wanting to know who the father was for almost nine months now, and they were just drying to know. They had to know. No one wanted to ask however, so they all voted that Naruto should be the one to do it.

Sakura shook her head. "I did tell you. Shai has no father, Naruto." She said, looking at the ceiling and then laying back down on the bed.

"I need to feed him, you guys should go." She said, smiling down at the small child.

Lee took Sakura's hands. "Sakura-chan! If you are in ever need of anything, please, tell me and I will talk across the world to get it for you."

Sakura laughed and smiled. "Thank you Lee, but I think I can manage on my own."

Sakura picked up her small infant child as everyone left and pulled her shirt open, raising his head to it and letting him drink on the milk that had kept babies alive for centuries.

.End Chapter One.

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"Mommy!" five year old Shai yelled as he ran over to Sakura, grabbing her hand. He smiled up at her and ran his hand through his dark hair. He pulled her over to where he had been sitting in hte house. He had just gotten home from the academy with his progress report, the first one he had ever gotten, and across the board, he had perfect scores, 48 out of 50, 50 out of 50, 47 out of 50, and so on. Sakura picked up a pen and signed the bottom, verifying she had seen it.

"I'm so proud of you Shai." She said, kissing his forehead. "You make me so happy to see how hard you work on all of your jutsu." She said, smiling at him.

Shai looked up at her and hugged her leg. "I'll always work extra hard to make you proud of me mommy!" He said, smirking at her. "You worked really hard, and you and Uncle Naruto became the next two sannin." He said, picking up his report card and putting it into his backpack. "Thanks!" He said, looking up at her and then sitting down at the table.

Sakura sat down beside him, watching him start his homework. He was really smart and she knew that he didn't really need his help. She stood up.

"Do you want a snack Shai?" she asked, kissing his forehead.

Shai nodded. "Tomatoes!" he told her happily, looking up from his homework.

Sakura laughed. She walked over to the stove and turned it on, starting up some boiling water to boil Shai's favorite food, rice and tomatoes.

Shai finished his homework when Sakura finished his snack. He ate and then walked over to the door as naruto walked in. "Hey Uncle Naruto!" He said, running outside.

Naruto walked over to Sakura and hugged her. "You know Sakura, he looks kinda like..."

"Don't even say it!" Sakura said, walking away from him. "Just because you succeeded Tsunade doesn't mean that you can make me tell you who his father is. I stick by what he said. Shai has no father."

Naruto sighed. He knew who the father was. He had guessed over the years as Shai got older, but that didn't stop him from wondering... How? Why? Where? When?

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Shai walked back into the house after practicing his Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. He made two clones efficiently, but it was getting dark and he needed to come back into the house and get ready for dinner. He hugged Sakura as she was cooking spaghetti and reading a medical textbook that Tsunade had given her.

Sakura looked down at him and smiled. "Hey there SHai bear." She said, bending down and kissing his forehead. She handed him plates to go off and set the table and he took off and did so.

Once he finished he walked over to her, opened the drawers under the counter and climbed up and sat down on the counter beside her book.

"Mommy?" He asked. "I want to ask you something." He said seriously, or as seriously as the small boy could muster.

"Sure." Sakura said, putting in a long white bookmark into the book so it was sticking out of the top page, and then closed the book. She smiled at him and then looked up at him.

"What is it?" She asked.

"How come Hikari has a daddy, and Deino has a step-daddy, and even Chou has a daddy, but I don't have one?" He asked, his intense green eyed stared looking through her soul.

Sakura sighed. She was hoping he would never ask this question, even though she knew he someday would.

"Shai... you're daddy didn't want us..." she said, sighing. "I don't know how to tell you that he's dead, but... something bad happened, and he can never come back." She lied. She didn't want him to know the truth. She didn't want anyone to know the truth.

Shai sighed and then looked down. "He went away?" He asked, confused by her two conflicting stories. He didn't want them, or he died? Which one was it?

"Mommy's lying." The smart young boy stated.

Sakura sighed. She should have jsut said he was dead. "He died Shai. He ran away because he didn't want us, and he was killed in a fight." She created, trying to tie two stories into one to created a lie the small boy could believe.

Shai sighed. "Oh..." The small boy answered, disappointed. Naruto had always been like father to him, which gave him the term, uncle. He slid of the counter, landing on his feet. "Ok!" he said, smiling. "I'm going to go and wash my hands and watch t.v. Call me when dinner is ready?"

She nodded. "You got it."

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Sakura looked back at the pasta she was cooking and started to stir it. Her eyes watered as she remembered when he left her. He didn't do it because he hated her, because she was pregnant, he did it because... he had to. He didn't have much of a choice. He was on a quest.

.Flashback.

A shadowy dark haired man stood in the doorway, his black hair, in front of his invisible eyes.

"Sakura..." Came his deep voice. "I'm sorry, but I can't stay..." he said, as she grabbed his arm.

"Please stay.." She pleaded, holding his arm. "I love you, I want you to stay with me!" She said, closing her eyes, shaking her head, tears flying everywhere.

"I can't..." He said, kissing her forehead. "I have a mission to finish, and nothing can happen before I do it." He said, sighing.

"I'm sorry, Sakura."

"Yes, but–"

His pointer finger covered her lips before she could say anymore. "You've known this since we got together. I can't stay with you eternally, not until I fulfil my mission."

Tears continued down Sakura's bright pink cheeks. "I don't want you to leave me!" She said annoyed.

"What we did tonight, I'll remember it forever, and as soon as my goal is completed, I will return to you." he said, kissing her forehead.

"That's another thing!" She said, trynig to guilt trip him into staying. "You just said all those things so we could have sex didn't you! Don't lie to me!"

"I mean everything I said to you and so much more..." He said, kissing her cheek. He pulled off the shirt he was wear, moving around his shaggy black hair. "Here." He said, holding her hands around the talisman he had around his neck.

"Keep it with you always, that way, it's like my arms are around you when this is with you. It will protect you, and keep you close to me."

Sakura took it and put it around her neck, looking down at it and sighing. "Promise me you'll come back to me?" She asked.

"I promise on my life." He said, pulling out a kunai and slashing his hand. "Make a blood pack with me." he said, handing her the kunai.

She took it and cut her own hand. She sighed and then felt his hand close around hers. It was a great feeling. She smiled and held him close to her as their blood transferred into one another's bodies. When the broke apart, Sakura had already healed both their hands, free of any scars or markings.

"You really are an amazing medical ninja." he said, kissing her forehead. "I love you, and I swear that I will come back to you."

Sakura watched him as he turned on his heel and ran off from where they were together. Where they had been together that night she closed her eyes and held onto the symbol that hung around her neck. It was his symbol. His talisman, something that only he could have given her.

.End Flashback.

Sakura put her hand in her shirt and pulled out the talisman. Five years and 9 months later, she still owns the small trinket. She was unable to ever get rid or it, or to part with it. She sighed and then closed her eyes. She sighed. She realized the pasta was done and she called Shai downstairs and picked him up, letting him throw one of the noddles at the wall. It stuck. She smiled and turned off the flame and brought it to the table and looked at her young son. Oh how he looked so much like his father...

Shai smiled up at his mother and then started to eat. He smiled up at her. "Mommy seems sad." he said, swallowing what was in his mouth and then putting down his fork and moving closer to her.

Sakura smiled. "Shh... Shai-bear it's nothing." She said, starting to eat her own dinner. The timer beeped and she got garlic bread from the stove and put ti down on the table. She was thinking so much of the past she had already forgotten what she had been cooking.

She sighed and remembered him leaving once more in her mind. Over and over she replayed the memory. Had it not been for Shai, she would have thought that the night she always remembered never even occurred. She had never counted on having Shai, or a child at all. She was young to have a child, 18, but even so. That was quiet a young age to have a child in Konoha - and mostly because everyone thought she was single, it came as quite a shock.

Many hoped she would claim them as the father, Lee, Naruto, and dozens of other men that fancied her. She didn't want them... She wanted Shai's father. He hadn't finished his mission? Not in five whole years, now going on six? What was taking him so long? What was so damned important?!

She sighed. Of course, he didn't know about Shai. He never returned after that day. She was sure he wanted to, but he never did. Sakura let out a deep sigh and took a bite of her spaghetti. She was so... unsure of what to make of everything. Should be just... find someone else? Try dating again and see if anything good could come of it?

She shook the thoughts away. Never.. She would never be able to replace him, so why even try? She looked over at her son and smiled at him. She watched him finish quickly, and she guessed it was because he wanted to keep watching whatever cartoon was on the television at the time. Shai didn't watch t.v. a lot, but sometimes he did, and it interested him, gave him ideas for jutsu, and helped him focus.

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Something dark walked towards Konoha that night. Something horrible. Something that would change the life of one certain kunoichi forever. The dark black hair trailed in the wind as the injured man walked closer and closer to the village hidden in the leaves.

He was looking for something... For someone, in fact. He smirked to himself and then leaned against the gates. He was injured, but this Uchiha didn't want to go to the hospital he wanted to see someone else. Someone who would not only save him, but someone he could use to his advantage.

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A/n: O.O, Who could this be?! Is he looking out for Sakura?! Does he want to cause her harm, to love her, to be a man, is HE the father?! Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out!

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