His Father's Strength

Chapter: 4: The Father of the Son

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: Yay! I made a new chapter of this story, which is awesomeness! I love it so much, so cool and interesting to write. The chapters are going to get longer before I end it, I don't know what I'm going to do with all of it yet, but I'm thinking, some drama, competition, etc..

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.

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.Chapter Three.

"I'll be back mommy!" He whispered to himself determinedly as he ran off out the door.

Sakura looked up at the man before her and sighed. "Who.. Who are you?" she asked, touching his cheek, praying to herself it was the man she loved, even thought his red eyes didn't resemble her lover's at all. She sighed and then closed her eyes, looking away.

He leaned down, putting his hand under her chin and forcing her to look into his blood-red eyes once more. She bit her lip as he leaned down and kissed her.

She raised her hands, refused to kiss him back and then punched him as hard as she could with her right hand. He flew backwards into the wall once more and stopped moving. She did heal him, but she had drained most of his chakra while doing so, bringing her chakra into him, while using his own to heal him. It was a keen trick Tsunade had taught her in a case like this one were there was a hostage.

Sakura ran over to him as he stood up and his eyes slowly faded back to the pin wheel effect. Her eyes widened and she could no longer move.

Suddenly the window shattered and a dark haired man, holding the small child was standing there. He smirked at Sakura and then put Shai down on the window sill.

He smirked and punched the man with the pin-wheel eyes in the face, forcing him back into the wall.

Sakura was able to move once more, but this man punched them both away and vanished suddenly, just as quickly as he had come and was gone.

.End Chapter Three.

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Sakura held her face from where she had been struck and looked over at her savior. He was dressed so handsomely, dark black cloths, an open shirt, only slightly and a beautiful set of dark eyes.

He smirked at her and then her eyes suddenly widened. His promise had been fulfilled! He had returned to her, but was his mission complete?

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Five years and Nine months Earlier:

The wind blew through the leaves of Konoha, sweeping them off the trees, and the chilling winds were marking the setting of the enormous yellow orb that was falling slowly from the sky with each passing moment. Reds, oranges and yellows lined the sky around the sun, blending and dancing into one another as their creator moved out of the sky. Slowly, the colors up at the top of the sky slowly faded into midnight blue and black. As the sun went lower, so did the temperature, and with it, went the Friday afternoon that marked for many people, the end of the work week. However, for others who worked at all times, it was nothing different.

Sakura looked out at the sky and then sighed. She was so tired, so sick of the normal goings on in Konoha, she just needed an escape, something to get her excitement and happiness back. But... what? She looked up at the setting sun and then heard something her. She did nothing about it, until she heard the presence right behind her come to a stop, along with a shadow being cast over her frame; her head turned, sending pastel colored wisps around her shoulders. She smiled.

"Hey Sai."

"Hey Sakura-baa-baa-chan." He responded, sitting beside her. "What's wrong?" He asked, smirking.

"Nothing..." She said with a slight sigh, not wanting to tell her friend what was bothering her, it was nothing right?

"Doesn't sound like nothing to me." He said, raising an eyebrow up into his dark hair. "Well something wrong?" he asked.

"Not really..." Sakura responded dully.

"No really?" he asked, trying to poke holes into her words to make her speak.

"I'm just tired." She answered.

"You could use a few days off of the hospital?" Sai suggested seriously. "Tsunade-sama works you too hard sometimes, have Ino cover for you."

"I can't do that..." Sakura said honestly. "Tsunade-sama needs me, and because of that, I need to be at the hospital every single day to help her make things run smoothly. I'm her apprentice after all!" She said proudly.

"You need rest." He said, wrapping his arm around her and then pulling her over to him and smiling slightly.

"It's ok to ask for time off to just calm down and relax." He said, smirking down at her. "Right?"

Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Have you ever asked for time off Mr. Roots?" She asked, a bit amused he was telling her to take time off for herself; especially seeing as it was coming from him. She leaned into him slightly and then sighed.

"Once." He said. "But I only got a few days off, but it was good and worked out for me. It was awesome, and I drew hundreds of new things while I just slept, ate, and relaxed."

"You think Tsunade will understand?" She questioned.

"I know she will." he said, cracking one of his smiles at her.

Sakura nodded and got up. "Ok!" She said, taking his hand. "You can come with me and ask Tsunade-sama for the week off." She said, pulling him by the hand.

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It was mid day at the hospital, and surprise surprise, Sakura was on duty working. She had taken her week off and was getting back into the swing of things: the fast movement, the patients, Tsunade, the other doctors and nurses, etc. She smiled as she walked into the room Lee was in and then sat down on the bed beside him. He was asleep, and his head was tilted to the side facing her.

She tip-toed across the room and then smiled at him. His eyes opened as if he was waiting for her and Sakura smiled.

"Good afternoon, Lee. I didn't mean to wake you, sorry." She said, walking over to him and having him sit up.

Lee shook his head. "Don't worry about it, Sakura-chan." he told her, taking her hand as she walked over to get her attention targeted at him instead of what she was supposed to be doing, which was helping him with his physical therapy. He had once again hurt himself and needed to be in the hospital for an extended period of time.

Sakura turned towards him and raised a delicate pink eyebrow. "Yes?" She asked.

Lee smirked and then got up. "Sakura-chan, my physical theropy consists of walking correct?" he asked.

"Yes." Sakura answered, nodding once.

"Well how about we go for a walk around the village and just talk?"

Sakura smiled and then nodded. "That sounds great." She said flipping through the papers on her clipboard.

"But I have one more patient after you, let me run to that one really quick, you get dressed." She said, walking over to the door and closing it.

Lee dressed himself and then waited for Sakura to come back, which only took about five to ten minutes and then they walked off together. Lee had a bit of trouble and was walking slower than normal, which was understandable because he had broken his leg in six places out on a mission against Akatsuki. Sighing he looked over at SAkura. He had always tried to acquire her attention, and now, was he finally getting it? He was now staring at her with his round dark eyes.

He looked over at her shyly, her emerald eyes were facing forward and she had a smile on her face. She was happy about something, and he was sure it was because of him. She had seemed depressed lately, and then took a week off and he had been quite worried about her, wondering what was wrong, but he wanted to know what was wrong with her.

"Sakura-chan?" he asked her.

"Yes?" She asked, smiling at him.

"I was just wondering something..." He trailed off, slightly embarrassed.

"Oh? What's that?" She asked, taking his arm, trying to get him to get over his shyness and tell her. Sakura suddenly smelled food as the blushing Lee looked away from her. His eyes widened, and then she took his hand.

"Where were you this passed week?" he asked, shyly.

"Lee? This is my lunch break do you mind is we grab a bite to eat?" She questioned, leading him towards the restaurant.

"Oh and I just took the week off, I was tired and needed a break." She said, smiling at him happily.

"I'll pay." She offered, knowing he didn't have any money with him.

Lee smirked. "Sakura-chan, as flattered as that offer is, I should be buying you lunch, please permit me to do so!" He asked, smiling at her, taking a wallet out of his pocket.

Ok.. Maybe he does have money with him, Sakura thought as they walke dinto the restuarent and got a table.

"Ok Lee, if that's what you want." She said, sitting down across from him and crossing her ankles in front of her under the table and then looked at the menu she was handed and smiled at him.

"Thank you, Lee-san."

"You're welcome, my beautiful blossom..." He said, smiling at her, blushing as he spoke.

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A thin Kunoichi ran through the woods just outside of her home village of Konoha, Her long pink hair trailed behind her, and her emerald eyes darted around, looking for the source of her mission. A man that was searching for her; a man who wanted her dead.

She looked around, scanning the area, trying to find the man that hunted her. Nothing so far. Where could he be? Was he using genjutsu. She stopped running and put her hands together, dispelling any genjutsu in the area. Nothing.

No... She wasn't in one. He was hiding. If only she could track; then things would be so much easier. She sighed and then looked up at the sky.

"Who are you?" She asked to herself, not sensing the presence behind her. Something grabbed her and slammed her into a tree, turning her around and forcing his lips against her.

She struggled, trying to push him away, but then she felt something. His tongue gliding across her lips. Her eyes went side, as she tried to focus on the person before her, seeing nothing but red eyes and long narrow lines going down his face.

He smirked and ran his hand down her waist and started to kiss down her neck, not saying anything, but pushing her around hard and nastily, hurting her slightly. He was far from gentle.

Sakura got him off and then punched him in the stomach, only to have him force her to the ground. And hold her there stationary, he smirked and ripped open her berry colored shirt and then tried to get a punch in the face.

His hands went to her wrists and pinned them to the ground and then held her wrists in one hand as he pulled the remainder of her shirt off and then smiled at her.

She kicked him off and then pulled up her shirt and ran off through the woods, wishing that she wouldn't have gone out on her own. She needed help. Why did she think she could take on an Akatsuki by herself. She ran faster when she heard something following her. Her eyes went wide when something dressed in all black jumped down in front of her. She cried out when he grabbed her and then covered her mouth and hid in the trees with her, pressing her against him, his eyes closed.

Her eyes widened one more. "Sa-Sasuke!" She said, in shock. She had never expected him to show up.

"Shh..." he muttered, pulling her into his chest, hiding her from Itachi. "I came here to protect you form him... No one will ever be able to touch you while I'm around." HE said, smirking and pulling off his shirt. He handed it to her.

"Thanks." She said, putting it on, blushing slightly now that she was wearing hi cloths.

"No problem." He said. "Come on, before he catches up." He added as he picked her up and ran back to Konoha, holding her close to his heart.

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"You... You came back!" she yelled, hugging him. She buried her head into his shoulder and closed her eyes tightly. She was so happy he was back in her arms. Her eyes watered with warm tears as the wind from the broken blew his raven and her pastel colored hair.

"You think that I would just leave you all alone for this long without coming back to you?" he asked, laughing slightly.

"You were gone for so long! I just..." She started, but felt his warm lips touch hers, stopping her from speaking.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and held onto him as she returned his kiss.

Shai tilted his head to the side. He was confused. Who was this man? His mommy never acted like this around anyone else? He walked over to them and grabbed the man's arm. It was wet and all gashed. He looked at Sakura questioningly, wondering who this could be and why he was here.

Sakura remembered what she told him and sighed. "Shai... this is daddy, he's alive." She said, kissing Shai's forehead and then her lover's cheek.

Shai ran over to him and took his hand. "Really! What's your name?!" He asked, excitedly. "Please tell me I need to know my daddy's name, I'm the only one without one and everyone makes fun of me for it, please?!"

Smirking, the dark haired man ruffled his son's hair, which was identical to his own. He bent down and picked him up, surprised by him.

"Sakura I'm sorry..." he said, "But don't worry, from now on, I'll be the best father ever." He turned back to the small boy. "My name? It's..."

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A/n: Hey guys! I cut it off, lol, sorry, but in the next chapter the father will DEFINITELY will be announced. Please keep in mind that all my fan fics will be updated during the week OR on the weekends, most likely every weekend; depending on how much I have to do for my website and school.

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