The next morning they all decided to go to the Hyuuga Residence. There they all had a chat about what had happened to Sakura and how she would be coping and with the baby as well as everything else. She was now, at least, with the man she has and always will love."I can not believe someone would do that to Sakura's family." Ten-Ten said on the verge of tears again.
Neji noticed this and put his arm round her. "I know. Out of all the years I've known Sakura, I never knew anyone to want her or her family dead." Ino replied. She just lent against Shikamaru. Instead of crying. "I never w-would have g-guessed that s-someone could be t-that heartless and cruel. I b-bet they even killed t-themselves."
"How do you know they killed themselves, Hinata?" Naruto asked. "E-easy our bloodline justu, the byakugan can s-sense where people are b-but a-also sense what f-family t-they're from." Hinata replied to Naruto's question. (A/N: I know I may have changed the characteristics of the byakugan but I did it so it fit with the story)
"That's sooo cool!!" Naruto said putting his hands into fists. Hinata blushed a deep shade of red/crimson and giggled nervously. "So anyway, could one of you two sense if there was someone else there?" Ten-Ten asked recovering from almost crying again. She looked at Neji and Hinata.
"Yes. There was someone there who wasn't from the Haruno family. It was a man from the land of Snow. That's all I could sense before his life source went." Neji replied before Hinata could say anything. "I s-sensed the s-same thing." Hinata said before the subject was dropped.
They talked for most of the night and they fell asleep in the living room, in couples. Hinata was resting her head on Naruto's shoulders and the other girls were doing the same thing to their boys, Ino on Shikamaru and Ten-Ten on Neji.
Soon morning came and this time it was Sakura who was the first to wake up. She looked at the clock and it read 7:20 am. She blinked and felt something over her waist. She realised it was Sasuke's arm. She moved it off her and turned over. She looked at Sasuke sleeping peacefully and pressed her lips to his softly and whispered, "Thank you Sasuke for everything you've done." in his ear. She got off the bed and took a shower.
While she was in the shower Sasuke got up properly. What Sakura didn't know was that Sasuke, was awake when she kissed him and said 'Thank you' to him. He sat up and touched his lips. To him they were still tingling from the small, yet important kiss.
Now Sakura was 3 and a half months pregnant, Sasuke and Sakura had decided to pick a name for the baby. They sat down in the living room and an awkward silence erupted in the room. After what felt like hours, Sakura finally broke the silence. She coughed to get Sasuke's attention.
"So shall we begin discussing what names to pick for the baby?" All Sakura got was a "Hn" from Sasuke and took it as a Yes, because he got into a comfortable position. After hours of discussion and small arguments they came up with for a boy, 'Tekayi' or at least for a middle name 'Itachi' because Sasuke still felt a little guilty about killing him after he learnt the truth about the massacre of his clan and for a girl, 'Tomoyo' or 'Mikoto' and for the middle name 'Uruchi' but it took some persuading from both sides for each name.
Even though they still had 5 and a half months left they wanted the name choosing to be over with.
At the mall, the others were enjoying themselves. Suddenly, Ino's phone went off. (You could tell it was Ino's because 'Ain't No Other Man' By Christina Aguilera come on) Ino answered the call and it was Sakura. After an half hour long call, then the two girls hung up and Ino said that they could go round Sasuke's for the afternoon.
"Great you can come." Sakura said. Then Sasuke's voice was heard. "I'm paying for that phone call by the way, Sakura hurry up." Ino just smiled to herself and they hung up.
After lunch everyone arrived and split into boys and girls. The others had come so there were now 12 of them there. Ten-Ten was the first to speak and everyone broke into conversation. "So Sakura what are you going to call the baby?" Ten-Ten asked. "Well, if it's a boy it's going to be Tekayi and we decided for certain the middle name will be Itachi and if it's a girl it's going to be Tomoyo or Mikoto and for a middle name Uruchi." Sakura said pretty pleased with herself.
Sasuke had just told the boys as well so everyone now knew, well apart from the senseis. "Ahhh, they are such cute names. But why did you choose Uruchi as a middle name and Tekayi as a first name? I know why you chose Mikoto, Itachi and Fugaku." Hinata said, not stuttering even though Naruto was in the room. The girls took notice. "Wow Hinata you didn't stutter and Naruto is in the room." The girls said together quietly so they weren't overheard.
Before Hinata could say anything, Naruto burst in,"Who said my name and why are you talking about me?" Then Naruto fell on the floor with a big bump on his head. Sasuke had punched him. "You are such a loser, Naruto!" Sasuke said getting seriously pissed off. Sakura who was also getting annoying just smiled at Sasuke and said "Thanks." The only reply she got was "Hn." By the response she got, she could tell Sasuke was getting pissed off and if he didn't calm down he would end up killing Naruto.
Sakura got up and asked him to go to the kitchen. She stood there and looked at him, while he just stood there leaning on the counter with his arms folded. Sakura sighed and started to speak,"Sasuke, you have to learn to calm down." She said calmly walking over to him.
"Hn." Was all Sasuke said and looked at Sakura. "With the baby coming, you have to be patient and calm. We have to be able to take a lot and not threaten to kill it if it gets on our nerves." Sakura said stroking her stomach and had a bit of amusement in her voice. She looked up at Sasuke and hugged him.
He was not expecting a hug and was a bit taken back, but hugged her back. She felt him hug her back and smiled to herself. They broke apart and walked back to the living room. As soon as everything was back to normal Ten-Ten asked something, "Sakura?"
"Hmm." Sakura replied "When Sasuke whacked Naruto over the head, why did you ask Sasuke to go with you to the kitchen?" It was still Ten-Ten talking. Sakura thought for a moment and looked at Sasuke and he was looking at her, while the boys were talking about something stupid. She looked at his eyes and they seemed to be telling her to tell the truth. "I took Sasuke into the kitchen because if I didn't Naruto would be dead now." She said quite uncertain of what she had said. The others looked at each other and just came up with,
"Oh!" The boys had asked Sasuke a similar question and he answered the same. Sort of. Back with the girls Sakura finally answered Hinat's question, "Hinata we chose Uruchi as a middle name because she was Sasuke's aunt and Tekayi as a first name because he was Sasuke's uncle and they were two of only peple to encourage Sasuke when he was younger. (A/N: Also the others names of their other children, middle names, are the names of Sakura's family members like her mum and dad)
After an exciting day, Sasuke told Sakura something he didn't want to tell her, her family's funeral was tomorrow. He found her in her room looking into the night sky.
"Sakura." He said quietly. She didn't move just spoke. So he moved towards her. "Hi, Sasuke." That's all she said. She seemed so miserable. "Have you remembered what day it is tomorrow?" Sasuke said hugging her slightly. "Yes. I have and I'm sorted." Sakura said and let a single tear run down her face.
A silence crept up and Sakura broke the silence again. Before she spoke, she sighed."How do you cope Sasuke, with losing your family?" He looked down and hugged her a little tighter, by this she guessed it was a tender subject for him. He sighed as well and spoke about for the first time in years properly.
"It's not easy, but I've learnt now that they are with me, in a strange way even though they're gone. I treasure the memories I have of my family and the pictures I have and you should do a similar thing too." He said it with a little pain and sadness in his voice, but it didn't change anything.
"Wow, Sasuke." That all she could come up with to say in response. They dropped the subject and got ready for bed. They slept in the same bed again as it was the Haruno family's funeral and Sasuke wanted to comfort her because he knew what she was going through. He had, had no-on there to comfort him on the Uchiha's funeral and with the stress of the baby too it could be too much to handle for Sakura.
Morning came faster than anyone wished it to and everyone woke up earlier than normal to get ready. Everyone was up and ready by seven in the morning as the funeral started early. Sakura was in her room in her new black kimono, her mum had got her, and was thinking about all the good times.
She had music on quietly and was taken out of her chain of thought when Sasuke came in the room.
It was time. The funeral was about to begin. Everyone, even people who didn't know the Haruno's, were there. Sakura was 4 months pregnant and everyone was careful not to put to much stress on her.
The funeral went fine and as expected. After the funeral, everyone went to the hall at the Ninja Academy. Sakura stuck to Sasuke like glue during that and people came to the last survivors of the Uchiha and Haruno's and said basically the same thing. "We're so sorry." and stuff like that.
In the end Sakura couldn't take it any more and went to the garden and sat on one of the benches. Sasuke had followed her and spoke to her from a few metres away. "Sakura what's wrong?" Sasuke spoke concerned. Hearing his voice she snapped her head up and smiled at him, to her surprise he smiled back.
"I'm fine Sasuke, really." Sasuke wouldn't take that and decided to find out what was really up. "Sakura, something is wrong because you came out here." Sasuke said sitting next to her.
"Hn, I'm just sick and tired of people coming up to me and saying, 'I'm so sorry for your loss.' or 'They loved you very much. They didn't deserve to go like that.', I know all that and I don't need to be told. Also they keep looking at me or pointing and I know they're talking about me. I just don't need it and I can't stand it any longer." She said frustrated.
"I know how you feel. The same thing happened to me when my family died. It was horrible, I felt isolated and crowded at the same time." He finished and sighed. They stayed out there for the rest of the service talking. Eventually, the day finished and everyone went home and Sakura could relax and not have to deal with people pitying her to her face and the same things being repeated over and over again.
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