Sasuke and Naruto
Chapter #3: Plans

Everyone just starred at Naruto for the longest time in silence. They all had their mouths agape, even the shop keeper and his daughter were in shock. After what seemed like and eternity of pure agonizing silence, the girls all broke it with a squeal of excitement.

"Oh my GOD!!! This is great news!!" "Is it a boy or a girl?" "Is it one or two?" "Is it more?" "How far along are you?" "When are you gonna start to show?" "Can I feel them?" "Can I be the godmother?" "No, let ME be the godmother." "No me." "ME!!" One by one, the questions just seemed to flow from their mouths like a waterfall. The boys were still in shock over the whole situation. Naruto was backed up against the counter top. His face held fear; not of loosing his baby, but of what the girls might do to him. He knew that they loved to go shopping and he heard that they shop a lot for babies.

After about 20 min. of none stop girl gossip, the guys finally spoke up. Well, actually Kiba was the one who spoke first.

"WAIT A MINUTE MAN!!!" he shouted a little too loud. "How the HELL can you be… be… PREGNANT!?!?!" A hand flew to his mouth to shut him up.

"Do you want the whole village to know and end up getting me AND my baby killed?" Naruto growled out, his eyes flashing back and forth from blue to red and back. Everyone stared in shock at him. They had never seen him look so protective before. Not even when he was trying to protect one of them or all of them. Naruto soon realized what he was doing and to who and quickly let go.

"I'm sorry Kiba." he apologized softly and bowed his head in shame. "I shouldn't have done that. Please forgive me." A lone tear escaped his eye. Everyone stared at him with sympathy and understanding in their eyes.

"Hay, it's okay Naruto. You were right; I shouldn't have yelled it out so loud. You had every right to be mad at me. I'm sorry." Kiba apologized (a/n: I know, OOC, but I needed him to apologize). Naruto only nodded and wiped the tears away with his arm, but didn't raise his head.

"Naruto," Neji called gently, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder. "We want you to come live with us." (a/n:" when he says 'us' he means him and Hinata) Naruto just starred at him and Hinata. They both had smiles on their faces.

"N-no. No. I-I can't d-do that. I can't. It's not right. I'll just be a burden to you both." he stuttered out.

"No you won't Naruto-kun." Hinata gently said. "You won't. We'll help you with everything and everyone will be able to visit when ever they want and you'll be safe. Please, please." she begged. Naruto looked at everyone. They all had the same pleading looks on their faces, even the shop owner and his daughter.

With a heavy sigh and a smile, he said, "Alright. I'll do it."

To be continued…