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Ino sat on the bed, wiping at her tears and she looked at Itachi by her side, the dark hair and the pale eyelids that hid his dark eyes, maybe even the sharigan. She climbed onto the bed, elegantly folding her long graceful legs. She picked the baby up, smoothing out the dark hair that sprouted from his head and she kissed the baby's forehead, smiling as it opened its eyes, pulling at her beautiful strands of hair.
A knock on the door interrupted their moment. Her father walked in. "Tsunade said that you are allowed to visit in a week that is the earliest. Right now, he needs time to rest." he walked further into the room, holding a tray of food in his hand. "But right now, Ino, it's time to feed your son and to eat." he set the tray down on the nearby table. "I'll come back later," he said, smiling at his beautiful daughter, who simple gave a tearful smile back.
Ino fed Itachi quickly before eating a bit of the food her father had given him. She held him in a certain position and then patted his back softly; hearing a small burp and then felt the drowsiness in him take over once again.
While he slept, Ino changed into a different dress and stared at her only child.
"Darling, your friends are here to see you," her father's voice said, and someone twisted open the doorknob, letting themselves in. Ino looked up, staring at the faces of all her friends, who tried making themselves comfortable in the room, not quite getting used to all of the sudden purple.
Sakura looked around the room, obviously not used to the color purple after many years of not being in Ino's room. "Sasuke's in coma," she stated, and suddenly regretted saying it so straight forward to Ino.
Her eyes watered and she covered her face, Shikamaru was nearby and just as he stepped forward to comfort the female that was practically her sister, she grabbed him and cried into his chest.
Temari looked at both of them, expecting it to happen but she kept her eyes on Shikamaru, who showed the crying Ino on his chest.
Hinata stepped forward, comforting Ino, lightly whispering, "Before he went into coma, he told me to give you this today." that got Ino's attention and she moved away from Shikamaru, taking the purple box and sat on her bed, still holding back more tears.
She sat on the bed and pulled the top off of the box to see a necklace. The sun caught the necklace and it shone in the sun, the words 'I love you, Ino Yamanaka.' reflected off the sunrays and shone itself on the wall.
As everyone turned to see the words, Ino spook up for the first time they were there. "Today is our two year anniversary," she said, and then placed the box to the side. She covered her face again and began to cry. Ino didn't stop crying until she heard Itachi give a light cry. She picked her baby up, drying her tears quickly. "Oh, don't cry, Itachi." she rocked the baby in her arms, trying to keep her tears to herself.
Sakura stepped forward. "Ino, you need to rest, I'll put Itachi in his crib," she said, slowly taking the baby out of her arms to place it in the crib nearby.
"Come on, Ino, into your bed…" Choji said, a smile on his face. He sat on one side of the bed, raking his hand through his hair, knowing that it would help calm her down so she could be able to sleep.
A single tear fell from her eye as she whispered, "Sasuke," and closed her eyes, falling asleep.
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A month later, Ino rushed through the hospital, holding baby Itachi in her arms. The nurses made no move to stop her, neither did the doctors. She already knew where Sasuke was and she rushed to the room, pulling the door slowly open.
Sasuke was on a white hospital bed, wearing white hospital cloths, and special lines and devices were attached to different parts of his body. His face looked as if it always had, plain and emotionless but something had made it look like he extremely hated being in a hospital bed, surrounded by all the whiteness of it.
Ino held Itachi a little over her shoulder, feeling the baby's soft hands reach for her long blonde hair, laughing slightly as he rubbed it against his cheek. He touched it, taking several strands to pull it and then sit in Ino's hands, playing with the ends lightly.
She didn't notice how her other friends crowded behind the door to watch what she was doing, giving a bit of the privacy she needed. Ino placed Itachi down on the blanket of Sasuke's bed, knowing that it was safe to set such a young baby on it.
The blonde stepped forward, brushing Sasuke's bangs that framed his cheeks back, and then kissed his forehead. Her hand fell to his hand and she gave it a small squeeze, almost hoping that his hand would squeeze hers back, reassuring her that he was alright.
And it did. It gave a small squeeze and Ino's head shot straight up, looking into the deep onyx eyes that she had longed to stare into a month ago. His mouth spread into a small grin and he squeezed Ino's hand again. "I wasn't kidding when I said I would wake to your touch on the day of our first year anniversary." he looked up at Ino's eyes, seeing them swell with wet tears.
Easily, he could guess what was going to happen next and he braced himself for the tight hug Ino gave him, running his hand through her soft hair as she hugged him tightly. "We don't want to reveal too much about our relationship …our friends are just outside." he lifted a finger and then crossed his legs, easily bringing Itachi to him in one single move.
Inoichi then burst into the room, looking at the loving family when he noticed Sasuke sitting up. "You're awake …out of coma, early. Shizune Is going to come in a few minutes to get rid of all of the excess things attached to you…" he rubbed the back of his head, sitting down on the chair, slightly tired. "And to think I'm immortal because of you," he said, smiling at his sweet daughter.
After a few minutes Shizune had taken off all of the medical equipment off Sasuke, Sakura stepped from behind Naruto. She politely stood there and said, "How's Sasuke as a father?" and she smiled at all of her other friends around the room, sometimes taking peeks at how Sasuke was with his own son.
"He's the perfect father. And Itachi is such a well-behaved baby, it's like everything was already done for us, but of course, Sasuke still insists with being with Itachi and playing with him at times. Sasuke has his own way with Itachi…" Ino smiled, turning toward Sakura, "How about Naruto?"
She crossed her arms. "He's always so tired when he comes home from work and then he goes around, spending all his time at home with the baby and me. The next morning, he's asleep when he's supposed to be working. It's nice seeing how much he wants to be with his child…" she smiled, looking at Naruto for a few seconds.
Ino's eyes were paying attention to elsewhere, more like her little baby. Itachi bent his knees, and then stood up, Ino's eyes widened and she sat down on the foot of Sasuke's hospital bed, watching her son.
Itachi stumbled forward but managed to keep his footing on the floor. He made his way slowly to Sasuke's head, poking his forehead, "Dada," he said, poking Sasuke's forehead twice before falling back on his seat, laughing.
Everyone turned to see the move Itachi had done, and they noticed the soft look in Sasuke's eyes. Then, Sasuke leaned forward, pulling the baby into his arms. "Itachi is the perfect name for you…" he touched the baby's head, a smile spread onto his lips as it giggled, reaching for his forehead again. "The perfect name…"
His eyes softened greatly, and then the next thing surprised everyone. He bent his head down, a few drops of tears fell down on the hospital sheets, and he covered his face with his hands.
Everyone turned around, knowing that that was what he wanted at the moment. Only after a few more minutes, he stopped his slight weeping. "Ino, chose a day, my love. Choose a day for our wedding…" his eyes were still a bit red from the crying but they were always just sad memories that flooded to his mind.
"Our wedding…" Ino whispered, dreaming of what she always wanted. And she chose a day.
What do you think? Tell me in a review please?
This has to be the most emotional chapter I've ever written, if it's considered emotional I mean.
After this it's going to be a time skip to when Itachi is older ...but Ino and Sasuke are the same age -_-'' cause they're immortal now.
Please tell me what you thought! I put alot of effort into this chapter!