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"Sakura…I love you."

'Sakura, I'm coming home, I'm coming back for you…' Sasuke thought happily as he dashed through the forest outside of Konoha.

Six months. Six months it'd been seen he'd be gone. Six months of tracking down his brother since he'd seen Sakura. Six months of training his hatred and anger into killing his brother, since he'd held her.

'I miss you Sakura,' Sasuke thought as Konoha's front gate came into view, 'I'm home.'

"Oi, Sakura!" Ino called from her flower shop, "Come in!"

Smiling, Sakura entered her friend's business, "Hey Ino!"

"How are you Sakura? How's-"

"The baby?" Sakura finished for her, caressing her swollen stomach, "good," she replied with a smile.

Sakura had never been so happy. She couldn't wait to see her beautiful baby. Even after Sasuke left, Sakura moved on. Sai, Naruto and Neji helped her rebuild her life.

"I bet Neji's excited!"

Sakura smiled at Neji's name. She still remembered the mission that brought them closer before Sasuke came back.

"Sakura…" Neji stuttered as Sakura pulled the kunai out of his shoulder, holding him down.

"Hold on Neji," Sakura stated starting to heal the hole in his shoulder.

"Sakura, just go!" Neji yelled, trying to push her away from him.

It had been an A- ranked mission into the land of lightening. Neji and Sakura had been the ninja chosen to go and free a small village from its tyrant Daimyo.

"I can't concentrate if you don't shut up!" Sakura screeched back, moving one of her green hands to his abdomen, healing the other gashes he sustained.

"Sakura, hurry and go! Just get out of here!" Neji continued to thrash against her hold as more kunai flew towards them.

Without hesitation Sakura hugged Neji and took the kunai in the back.

"Sakura!" Neji cried as she grunted.

"I told you…" she growled as she pulled the few kunai out and threw them back, "I'm not leaving without my partner…. I won't lose anymore people I love…."

Neji stopped moving as she re applied her healing hands, this time, without a word from the Hyuuga.

That day, Neji and Sakura's relationship changed. He no longer saw her as Sasuke's little weakling fan girl who had to always be protected. No, he saw her as a strong, stubborn and beautiful kunoichi who loved her village and friends more than her own life.

Sakura beamed as Ino gave her a mischievous grin.

"I bet she's going to be beautiful!" Ino cried as she ran out from behind the counter.

Sakura laughed as Ino touched her stomach and talked to the baby inside.

"Actually," Sakura continued to laugh, "He's going to be very handsome!"

Sasuke slouched against the wall as he listened to Sakura and Ino's conversation.

'She's pregnant? With that Hyuuga? How could she?' Sasuke screamed in his mind, 'we were supposed be together! That should be my child!'

"Oh a boy!" Ino exclaimed, "Oh, that's great Sakura!"

"Yeah, well, Neji's coming back today so…I got to run!" Sakura called turning her back to her friend.

"Bye!" Ino called back as Sakura walked out of her store.

'Yes, Neji's going to be excited, I can't wait to see him again!' Sakura thought as she walked down the street.

Numerous villagers smiled as she walked down, all of them knew about Sasuke but, they cheered when she started dating Neji. It had taken some time to get used to him but, Sakura did love him. She truly loved him.

"Sakura," a deep voice called behind her.

Turning around, Sakura stumbled backwards.

"S-S-Sasuke?" she stared as his form came out from the shadow.

"…." He stared at her face, even in only six months she'd gotten even more beautiful. He looked away from her shocking emerald eyes and down to her stomach, "Why?" he growled, thinking of her with Neji.

'How could she do this to me?' he thought as he angrily glared at her.

"Why what?" she asked.

"How could you be with him?!" he yelled, stepping closer to her.

"Sasuke…I…"

"You said you loved me. I love-"

"Stop it!" Sakura screeched, "If you loved me you wouldn't have left! You would've stayed!"

"Sakura I-" he inched closer to her only be slapped across the face.

Sakura panted as her heart beat faster. Her body trembled as she brought her hand down from his face. She shakily stood up, wanting to fall back from the hateful gaze he gave her.

Instinctively, he rubbed the spot she'd just hit.

"Sakura," he growled as she grabbed her by her arms, bringing her closer to his face.

Her eyes glowed in fear as her body erupted in tremors.

"Sas-"

"You bastard! Let her go!" An annoyingly familiar voice called from behind Sasuke.

Without letting go, Sasuke turned to look at Naruto glaring at him.

"Let her go Sasuke," Sai bit out stepping behind Sakura.

Sasuke looked between the two and let Sakura wriggle her way away from him. Sai stepped in front of her as she struggled to get her body under control.

"This is none of your business…" Sasuke whispered looking past Sai to Sakura.

"Leave her alone!" Naruto screeched walking up to him.

Sasuke ignored Naruto as he looked over at the artist, "Leave, I want to talk to Sakura."

"Stay away from her Uchiha," Sai warned.

Sasuke smirked as Naruto grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.

"You bastard!" Naruto screamed, "Stay away from her!" he repeated Sai's warning.

"Are you two her bodyguards or something?" Sasuke smirked, "I just wanted to talk to her."

"You're not hurting her again. Leave," Sai growled as Sakura stood behind him, still panting.

"Hn…" Sasuke smirked, grabbing a hold of Naruto's arm.

Before any of them could say anything more Sakura screamed. Clutching her stomach, she sunk to her knees, crying out in agony.

"So Neji," Gai laughed, "how's Sakura?"

"She's doing fine," Neji smiled, staring ahead at Konoha's gate.

'Tonight, tonight I'm going to ask her…' Neji smiled wider as TenTen and Lee smirked beside him.

It was no secret that Neji had liked Sakura before. It had been no secret that he hated Sasuke for stealing his chances with her when he returned. And it was no secret that Neji loved Sakura more than anything now.

"So, you're doing it tonight then?" TenTen laughed as Neji nodded.

"Oh Sakura, my beautiful blossom of beauty and youth, I am excited for you!" Lee cried as Neji sighed and shook his head.

Ignoring her obnoxious partner, TenTen sighed, "Neji, she's going to love it! I can't wait to see it on her finger!"

"Yeah, I hope she says yes," Neji smiled at his female teamate.

"Oh she will," TenTen smirked, knowing how much Sakura loved Neji.

"I want to help her with everything…" Neji trailed off thinking of the baby, "I want her to be happy."

"She is," TenTen smiled, "She is."

"Sakura! Sakura! What's wrong!" Sai called rushing to her side.

"Sai…the baby…" Sakura croaked out as Naruto let go of Sasuke and ran towards them.

"Sakura chan! Sakura chan! Hold on, we'll get granny Tsunade to help!" He smiled crookedly, "Don't worry!"

"Naruto…it's the baby, please…." Sakura cried as Sasuke stood back and watched the scene.

"Sakura, everything's going to be alright," Sai whispered, looking over at Naruto's frightened face.

Both of them knew it was too early for her to go into labour. This was something different, something bad.

"Come on Naruto," Sai said, throwing Sakura's arm around his neck and picking her up, "We have to get her to Tsunade sama."

"Right, "Naruto nodded, seeing Sakura's tears falling onto her scrunched up face. Her hands clenched her stomach as her body shook violently.

"Hold on Sakura, hold on," Sai whispered as he dashed past Sasuke and headed towards the hospital.

Sasuke watched the artist ninja run from him, cradling Sakura's form in his embrace. Sasuke looked towards the ground.

'How could she be with him? Why?' Sasuke thought, angrily clenching his fists.

"Sasuke," Naruto glowered at him, "If you touch her again, I'll kill you!"

"Ah, home!" Lee yelled as Gai laughed.

"Alright Lee, let's go!" Gai shouted as Lee sprinted off with him towards the dojo.

"Eh," TenTen cringed as Neji shook his head.

Neji looked around hoping to see a flash of pink hair waiting for him. Usually Sakura would be waiting at the front gate to see him. He wanted to see her smile; he could use it after a month with Lee and Gai's shouts of youth.

"Well," TenTen smiled, "I'm going home! See you later Neji!" she called walking away.

'Sakura? Where are you?' Neji wondered as he walked further into the village gates.

"Move out of the way!" he heard a frantic voice call.

Villagers gasped and stepped aside as a shinobi rand down the street cradling a pregnant woman in his arms.

"Move!" the shinobi called again.

Neji watched as they came closer until he saw a flash of pink.

'Sakura!' Neji's eyes widened as Sai caught his shocked face in the distance.

"Oi, Neji! Come on!" Sai yelled as he ran past Neji.

"Sakura, are you okay?" Neji called as he caught up with Sai.

"…Neji…" she whispered as another pang of pain shot up her abdomen. Letting out a shrill cry Sai turned to Neji.

"He's back," Sai glared.

"What? Who?" Neji asked, regretting his question.

He already knew.

"Sasuke…"

"Sakura," Neji looked down and grabbed one of her hands, "It's okay, I won't let him near you, everything's going to be okay," he whispered, half trying to convince her and the other trying to convince himself.

Secretly, he was terrified. He had to be strong for Sakura but, he couldn't shake the feeling that Sasuke would try and take her away from him.

'No, he won't. She doesn't love him anymore,' Neji thought and pleaded at the same time in his mind.

Within minutes Sai and Neji had reached the hospital. Throwing open the doors, nurses and doctors stared at the two panting shinobi.

"Tsunade….we…need…." Sai stopped and took a long breath, "Tsunade, we need…Tsunade now!"

"Hurry up!" Neji screeched at the stoic nurses who scrambled down halls and into rooms, trying to find her.

Sakura let out another cry as Neji shook with fear.

"What's going on?!" a thunderous woman called, emerging from one of the main hallways.

Without a word she grabbed Sakura from Sai and yelled for Shizune.

"Tsunade sama-" Neji started.

"Go to the waiting room," Tsunade replied curtly.

"…yeah," Neji whispered as he and Sai walked down to the waiting room.

Hours passed as each of the rookie nine shinobi and their sensei's filled the waiting room. Hinata sat with Kiba and Shino, waiting for Naruto to arrive as Kurenai stood to the side of them.

Ino was crying and shaking in Shikamaru's arms as Choji played with an unopened bag of potato chips.

TenTen sat next to a concerned Lee as Gai placed his hand on Kakashi's shoulder.

"Everything's going to be fine, Neji," Yamato whispered, sitting next to Sai.

Neji nodded his head and paced back and forth.

His footsteps were watched by most of the ninja, most not knowing if they were hopeful or scared. Ino's cries weren't helping Kakashi, who sat with his head in his hands, staring down at the floor.

Pain. Nothing but shear agonizing pain. Neji's heart bled, thinking about what was happening to Sakura.

It was his fault.

Clenching his fist, Neji's byakugan activated, 'Sasuke, I'll kill you."

As if on cue, Naruto walked in behind a glaring Sasuke.

Not even half way through the door Sasuke found a kunai at his throat.

"Sasuke…" Neji bit out, pressing the kunai into Sasuke's throat.

"Neji!" Sai and Naruto called, trying to pull him away from the Uchiha. Neji thrashed around at their attempts as Sasuke took out another kunai.

"Hyuuga…" Sasuke growled, "You took her from me!" he yelled as he lunged towards Neji.

"Sasuke! Stop it!" Kiba yelled as Lee grabbed Sasuke's kunai and Jiraiya held Sasuke's other arm, trying to keep him from moving.

"She was mine!" Sasuke yelled as Neji pulled away from Sai and tried to lunge at Sasuke.

"You bastard!" Neji screeched as a shadow clone of Naruto's re grabbed Neji from behind.

"Neji! Calm down!" Sai yelled, trying to keep the usually reclusive Hyuuga at bay.

"Stop it! Neji! Sasuke! Stop it!" Jiraiya yelled, still holding Sasuke arm, "None of this is going to help Sakura!"

At hearing her name, Neji calmed down. Following suit, Sasuke panted and dropped his kunai.

Both Sasuke and Neji glared at each other intently. Neither trusting the other to move. Silence. Only silence as everyone watched, waiting for either of them to spring from their spot and kill the other.

"Is it yours?" Sasuke asked breaking the silence.

"…no," Neji whispered, remembering the day they found Sakura after Sasuke left her.

"Sakura! Sakura!" A deep voice called.

"Oi, Sakura chan! Wake up! Wake up!"

'Naruto?' Sakura thought as she lazily opened her eyes.

"Sakura! Are you okay?" A fuzzy image called out to her.

"…yeah," she opened her eyes adjusting to the light.

Sai held Sakura in his arms as Neji stood in front of her.

"Sakura…" Naruto started from the side of her.

"I know…he's gone," she whispered as Sai's hold tightened around her.

Sakura laid down in Sai's arms and reached out for Neji's hand.

"I'm sorry…" she trailed, angrily cursing herself, "I should've listened to you."

"Sakura-" Naruto started.

"You were right…"

"It's not something we wanted to be right about," Sai stated.

Neji held her hand in his, caressing the top with his thumb as Naruto paced around shouting at Sasuke.

They were right. Sakura knew. She knew back when they first told her too. She always knew he would leave her. Those nights when he told her he loved her were a lie. Those days when he would let her lay in his lap, those were a lie.

He was just filling a void. He never meant to stay. Dreams, all he wanted was to dream again and being with her let him do that. It was all just a dream.

Just a dream. And all he needed to do was pinch himself to wake up.

'I guess he finally decided to wake up,' Sakura thought bitterly, a hand running to her side, 'Three years is a long time…'

He woke up.

"Sakura…" Neji's eyes softened into concern, "Did you tell him?"

Sakura's eyes widened in realization. Neji knew, he knew even before Sasuke or the others did, "…no."

"When were you going to tell him?" Neji asked again, squeezing her hand harder.

"Tell him what?" Sai asked looking over to Neji.

"Sakura chan? What's he talking about?" Naruto asked, stopping his pacing.

"…." She couldn't look them in the eye.

Everything was a blur.

Would Sasuke have stayed if he knew? Would he have cared? Sakura relished in the warmth of Sai's embrace, the only people who cared were standing around her. Sasuke wasn't there.

Her eyes filled with tears.

Sasuke was never there. He wasn't there to comfort her or help her. He never was.

"Sakura when were-"

"What the hell's going on?!" Naruto yelled cutting Neji off, "Sakura chan, what's he talking about?!"

"…Naruto…I…I'm…." Sakura stuttered.

"…..she's pregnant," Neji finished.

Sasuke's eyes widened, he was going to have a child. He stumbled back as Neji continued to glare at him.

"…the baby's yours," Neji looked down at the ground as Sasuke walked backwards.

"….But-"

"Listen to me, Uchiha," Neji cut in, "If anything happens to that baby or Sakura," Neji stepped towards Sasuke, watching as Lee and Jiraiya tensed behind, "…I'll kill you."

Sasuke returned the glare as Neji continued, "Stay away from her."

Before Sasuke could respond, Tsunade opened the door.

"….Neji?" she croaked, locking eyes with the Hyuuga.

Neji's body trembled as he looked over Tsunade's bloodied clothes.

"Sakura," Neji whispered.

"Is Sakura okay?" TenTen asked.

Everyone looked towards the Hokage as she took in a shaky breath.

"…No," she shook her head.

Neji's knees trembled as he stared wide eyed at the Hokage.

'No? How could she say that? No? Sakura had to be alright, she had to be,' Neji's hand ran down to his side pocket where a small box was placed.

"And the baby?" Kakashi croaked.

"He's not going to make it….neither of them are," Ino started crying again as Sai stopped his sketching. His pens and pencils crashed to the ground as Yamato placed a hand on his shoulder.

TenTen looked over to Neji who sank to his knees.

'No, this can't happen, this can't be real!' Neji shook his head everyone looked down at the ground.

Trying to regain his strength, Neji spoke up, "Can I see her?"

"…Yes," Tsunade cried, waiting for Neji to walk through the open doors.

Naruto tried to hold back his tears as he glared at Sasuke.

"You! This is all your fault!" Naruto yelled, "If you hadn't come back she'd be okay! You're always hurting her! Why can't you just leave her alone!" he screeched as Jiraiya walked over beside Naruto.

"Naruto," Jiraiya whispered, "that's enough."

"No! He killed her! She's dying because of him!" Naruto screeched as Sasuke cringed at his words, "You bastard! You killed her! Are you happy now?! Even your-"

"Don't!" Sasuke shouted not wanting Naruto to finish, "Don't."

"Shut up!" Naruto cried, "You killed Sakura-"

"Stop it!" Sasuke screamed.

"And you killed your own son!" Naruto finished.

Sasuke walked backwards until he hit the far wall. Slowly he sunk down.

'What have I done? What have I done?' Sasuke thought over and over again.

"This is her room," Tsunade whispered, "I'll let you have as long as you want."

"How long?"

"…I don't know….a day," Tsunade cried, "if we're lucky."

"…Thank you," Neji bowed as he walked into her room.

Sakura laid against the blanched bed, pale. Tubes ran down from poles into her arms as a small monitor kept watch over her heart rate.

"Sakura?" Neji whispered as he pulled a chair up beside her bed, "Sakura? Come on, wake up, wake up," he pleaded, tracing the outline of her jaw with his finger.

He stared at her face until her heard another small monitor beep.

Looking over to the side of the room, he found Sakura's son. His little arms and legs lay still on the white blankets as his eyes remained closed.

He laid there still, balling his little fists.

He was still.

Just like her.

He didn't even have a name.

Neji smiled as he reached through the little holes in the incubator and touched one of the small little fists.

'I'll never let him near my son,' Neji thought and then stopped.

His son?

Neji ran his finger along the little boy's and realized that he wasn't the child's father. No, his father was sitting out in the waiting room.

'No, this child is mine, I'm going to protect him,' Neji promised, letting a smile overtake his frown, 'I'm going to watch him grow up, I'm going to train him…I'm going to love him.'

Neji smiled and walked back to Sakura's side.

"Sakura?" he whispered, laying a small kiss on her lips, "He's beautiful. Come on, you have to wake up, you have to see your son," Neji pleaded, taking hold of her hand, "Please, I love you. I love him, I can tell, he's going to be strong," Neji smiled, "Just like his mother."

Neji closed his eyes, he prayed that this was just like one of those movies Sakura had made him watch on occasion. He hoped that he could keep talking to her and she would miraculously wake up and smile at him. He wished that his presence would bring her back, along with 'their' son.

"He doesn't even have a name yet," Neji whispered, "You have to give him a name, come on Sakura, please, just open your eyes!" Neji begged.

But, this wasn't a movie. Sakura wasn't going to wake up because he was there. The baby wouldn't start crying because he or she was there. No, Neji was alone in the room; it was just a matter of time before Sakura left him. And a small more amount of time before his son was gone too.

Yeah, so, kind of sad i think,

poor kid! Poor Neji!

Sasuke's a jerk but you kind of feel bad for him, well, sort of...

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