SasuNaru, yaoi, m-preg, OOC, OCs and unbeta-read

Standard disclaimer applies

Author's notes: Sorry for the slow update. Work schedule gets hectic and PC hates me.
Sarah - Unfortunately, for the life of me, I couldn't draw.
mike - I wanted to make the delivery more complicated like delay labor but...
mou - Here you go...
naruke - laughs I'm sure you're happy to know that I don't have any plans of killing you through heartattacks. Giving you, yes but not killing.
pedestrian - smiles You're right.

Chapter 33: His condition

The Konoha council members were always known to be prudent so when they had learned about Kisho's situation in their own discretely devious ways, they had immediately called the boy's calmer and less emotional parent – Sasuke. But obviously they were wrong as they observed how his dark eyes turned red. Beautiful at the same time ominous as those eyes prophesized their untimely demise.

"Are you saying my son is a threat to the village?" Sasuke asked with his voice cold and crisp. He couldn't believe the gall of these councilors! They had disrupted his time with his child just so they could tell him that the boy was dangerous. Bastards and bitches!

"According from our information, your child had some of the fox demon's powers-"

"He only becomes a threat when you make him one. Whether he has Kyuubi's power or not is not your concern," Sasuke snapped.

"Of course not," the chairperson interjected, hoping to calm the already fuming Uchiha. "But the village's safety is." The moment he had said that, the man found himself under the blazing sharingan.

"Are you planning to get rid of him?"This time, his voice was colder than before and his body looked tense as if ready to attack.

The council members' replies of 'no' rose above the tensed atmosphere. As concerned as they were with the village, they couldn't find it in their hearts to kill an innocent albeit dangerous baby especially when they were fully aware that they would be dead even before the act could be committed.

"We aren't going to do such atrocity, Uchiha-san," another member said. "All we are asking is for you to rear your child in a way that he won't use those cursed powers against the village."

Sasuke snorted before he looked at the eyes of every person in the room as he said, "Naruto and I had little experience of rearing a child but I can assure you, we are doing our best to make them respectable inhabitants of Konoha village."

- SasuNaru is love -

"No, Miki, don't do that," Yuuzuki hissed as his younger sister playfully tugged Kisho's hand.

"Why not?" she asked innocently and curiously.

"Because he'll wake up and cry," he answered and to be honest, he didn't want to handle a crying sibling.

"But I want for him to wake up and play with me," she countered with a pout.

Yuuzuki sighed and shook his head. Just then, he spotted Akemi cuddling against his chichiue and he sighed some more. He already had a fool for a brother, a playful and insensitive girl for a sister and he wondered, as he looked at the sleeping Kisho, what kind of a little brother he would find in their newest family member.

"Naruto, we need to talk," Sasuke said as he entered the living room. The blonde immediately nodded, sensing the urgency lacing his husband's voice. He gently pushed a grumbling Akemi away and followed the other man into the study room.

"How was the meeting?" Naruto immediately inquired as Sasuke led him to a seat, knowing that the blonde was still tired even though it had been two days since he had given birth.

"They said Kisho's a threat."

"Those bastards and bitches!"

"My sentiments exactly," Sasuke murmured as he sat on another chair. "Anyway, I already settled the matter with them despite that I don't know the exact reason why Kisho had Kyuubi's powers."

"Knowing you, you probably had a guess and I'm certain that it is correct," the blonde replied.

"Let me hear it."

"At that time when all the chakra flowing within me was Kyuubi's, Kisho had inevitably absorbed some of it and at the same time the chakra had seeped into him. The latter isn't so difficult because the chakra that had been protecting and keeping our children alive during my pregnancies was Kyuubi's."

Sasuke had a thoughtful and faraway look before he focused his gaze on Naruto once more. "Does that mean Kisho has some of the fox's characteristics?"

"Kyuubi and I think so but we don't exactly know what these characteristics are. So far, he looks like any ordinary child."

His spouse nodded his head in agreement.

"Ne, Sasuke, are you mad at me or something for what happened to Kisho?" Naruto asked almost inaudibly He just couldn't stop himself from thinking like that. Because of him, their children had inherited Kyuubi's powers and he sometimes wondered if one day, one of them would be branded as a freak or as a monsters. From the way things were, it seemed Kisho would be the one who'd carry his cross.

Sasuke frowned before he none-too-gently kicked one of the legs of Naruto's chair. "Dobe, where do you get such stupid idea? There's no reason for me to get mad at you or something." Having said this, he leaned forward and gave the blonde a gentle kiss.

- SasuNaru is love -

A pair of dark eyes watched Kisho as sharply as a hawk, taking in everything that the boy was, even the soft rise and fall of his chest.

Akemi couldn't understand why he had to share his chichiue's attention and affection with him. The boy looked ordinary although he had his father's golden hair – something he fervently wished he had. He took another step towards his younger brother, hoping that their closeness would help him understand better. But all it did was make him realized how small Kisho was, how fragile, how vulnerable, how…

"Akemi," a voice came from the doorway making him almost jump. He looked over his shoulder and met his otousan's gaze. He straightened and watched as the man strode towards them. He cringed when he felt his head being patted gently.

Sasuke crouched down and met Akemi's eyes. Somehow, he knew what was going on in the boy's head. He had talk with Akemi about the importance of siblings but it seemed it didn't work.

"Do you hate your younger brother that much?" he asked.

Akemi found himself trapped in those very dark eyes but before he could answer he felt another presence – his freedom. He ran towards his chichiue and wrapped his arms around the man's waist.

"Chichiue," he murmured as he buried his face against Naruto's stomach. So engrossed was he with his father's warmth that he didn't notice the looks his parents exchanged.

"Ne, Akemi," Naruto started in a soft voice and the boy immediately and eagerly looked up to meet cerulean eyes. "Do you hate Kisho?"

The boy smiled and shook his head. "Of course not," he replied with honesty and conviction.

Naruto smiled and brushed his dark hair with his fingers, "I'm glad. I don't want my important persons hating each other."

Akemi beamed at him but inwardly he was disturbed. His chichiue didn't understand anything but how could he? When Akemi, himself, couldn't understand why he wanted to be the only person important to Naruto. All he knew was that, he wanted his chichiue's undivided attention and affection just as the blonde had his.

TBC

There... a little bit of everything and because of that, something is lacking. I miss it -sighs-.

Next chapter summary: Akemi finally found the answer why he wanted to be Naruto's only important person. It's Akemi versus Sasuke!