Chapter Five:

Naruto's Impossible News

It had been four months since the elders made their decision and Sasuke and Naruto were happier than before. It seemed that the villagers had backed off since the announcement Tsunade made. She had gathered all the people of the village and told them that if anyone harmed Naruto or even attempted to hurt him then all guilty participants would be punished in the most painful way possible. Sasuke was satisfied with this and knew Naruto felt a little better about going into public alone now.

One night while Naruto and Sasuke were home, the raven was making dinner and the blonde sat comfortably in the living room. Naruto listened as he heard Sasuke moving around the kitchen, pots clunking on the stove, the refrigerator door opening and closing, and the preparation of the food as the blonde's husband cut and chopped. Naruto smiled to himself as the scent of Sasuke's cooking wafted through the air towards the blonde.

Naruto inhaled deeply, enjoying the way the food smelled as his stomach gurgled. At first he thought it was because he was hungry but then he clamped a hand over his mouth, his eyes widening in slight fear. The blonde jumped off the couch and ran to the downstairs bathroom just as the raven came out of the kitchen. Sasuke watched as Naruto rushed to the bathroom so suddenly, getting worried. He followed Naruto and when he opened the bathroom door he saw his husband kneeling in front of the toilet throwing up.

The raven rushed to the blonde's side, at the same time Naruto stopped throwing up and rested his head on his arm, panting slightly. Sasuke took Naruto into his arms, holding him close. Stroking his blonde's soft, golden hair, the raven gently rocked Naruto back and forth.

"Are you alright Naruto?" Sasuke whispered to his husband.

"I…Sasuke I don't feel so…" Naruto lunged at the toilet, throwing up again.

Not knowing what else he could do, Sasuke picked Naruto up and brought him to the living room. The raven grabbed a blanket and wrapped it around the sick teens, now shivering, form. Sasuke, with Naruto in his arms, rushed out of the Uchiha complex, headed to the hospital. The raven hoped that Tsunade was there and not at Hokage tower. Ten minutes later Sasuke bolted through the hospital doors and the first person he saw was the woman he hoped was there. Running up to the fifth Hokage, Sasuke yelled out her name and she turned around. Just when she was about to lecture not to yell in the hospital she stopped, seeing the shaking blonde in the raven's arms.

"What happened?" Tsunade asked, panicking slightly.

"I don't know. He was sitting in the living room while I was making dinner and when I came out to tell him everything was ready he was running to the bathroom. He was throwing up and started shaking. I didn't know what else to do Tsunade, please help him!" Sasuke rushed through, practically begging at the end.

"Don't worry Sasuke, I'll take care of him. You're gonna have to wait in the waiting area though. When I've figured out what's wrong with Naruto I'll let you know." Tsunade responded, taking the blonde from his husbands arms.

She walked away from Sasuke and down the hall. She turned right and disappeared from Sasuke's sight. The raven threw himself into a chair and buried his face in his hands, hoping to high heaven that Naruto would be okay. Around one in the morning Sasuke finally fell asleep in the waiting area. A few hours later someone shook the raven awake. Groggily, Sasuke opened his eyes to a bright, sunny morning shining in through the hospital's windows and glass doors. Blinking a few times to clear his vision, the raven sat up slowly and looked up at who woke him just now. It was Shizune, Tsunade's personal assistant. She looked down at the not fully awake Uchiha before her and smiled gently. Suddenly Sasuke stood up, startling the medic ninja.

"Is Naruto alright? Did Tsunade figure out what was wrong with him? Is he…"

"Whoa! Slow down Sasuke. Naruto is going to be fine. And yes lady Tsunade did figure out what was making Naruto sick." Shizune interrupted the panicking teen.

"So what was it?"

"It's…well…it's rather unbelievable to be honest with you. Neither lady Tsunade or myself could believe what we found out. I think Naruto should be the one to tell you though."

"He's awake?"

"Yup, a little pissed off, but yeah, he's awake. I'll take you to him now okay?"

Sasuke nodded and followed the medical ninja through the hospital hallways. Shizune stopped outside room 150 and turned to face the raven haired teen. She held her hand up to him, signaling him to wait one moment, as she stepped into the room. Sasuke could hear muffled voices and the door to Naruto's room opened up revealing Tsunade. She smiled at the raven and stepped aside so he could go in. Tsunade waved Shizune out of the room giving the couple some time alone.

When Sasuke stepped inside Naruto looked up and smiled weakly at his husband. The raven saw how tired Naruto looked and went to his side immediately. He wrapped his arms around the blonde, hugging him close and kissed him on his head. Naruto hugged Sasuke back, snuggling against his husband. The two sat in silence for a while, happy they were together again, until Naruto broke it.

"Sasuke?"

"Hm?"

"You remember how you said, when we were first put on team seven, that you planned on rebuilding your clan?" Naruto asked quietly.

"Yeah, why?" Sasuke asked confused as to why Naruto was bringing that up.

"Well…you succeeded…" Naruto answered, irritated and happy at the same time.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke looked at Naruto confused and worried that the blonde was accusing him of cheating with someone.

Naruto smiled at the expressions that were running across his husbands face.

"Sasuke…this is gonna be hard to believe but…I'm pregnant with your…our, child." Naruto hesitated a little.

Sasuke's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what Naruto had just told him. Watching disbelief etch across his husbands face made Naruto start to panic. He didn't want Sasuke to get mad at him and call him a liar. Seeing Naruto's face change from tired happiness to sorrow and feel him pull away, Sasuke knew he reacted the wrong way. Their bond was so strong and the raven knew Naruto wasn't lying about this surprising information. Pulling Naruto back into his arms, Sasuke kissed his husband lovingly and felt Naruto kiss him back. After kissing for a few minutes, the raven pulled back to look into Naruto's bright blue eyes that he loved so much.

"How did it happen? I mean I know how it can happen but…" Sasuke trailed off.

"It's because of the nine tailed fox, Sasuke." Naruto answered, smiling lightly at his lover.

"So I'm gonna be a father?" Sasuke whispered happily.

"Yeah, you're gonna be a dad." Naruto responded, tears of pure joy welling up in his eyes.

Sasuke leaned in and claimed Naruto's lips once more, wrapping his arms around the younger teen in the process. When they broke their kiss Naruto rested his head against Sasuke's chest and was soon fast asleep. Careful not to disturb his tired blonde, Sasuke laid down on the bed, cradling Naruto to his chest protectively. While caressing his beloved blonde's hair, the raven smiled warmly at the thought of having a baby with the one person he loved most. Naruto was going to have his child, his heir, and the raven couldn't have been happier. Placing a soft kiss on his lovers head, Sasuke rested his own head on the pillow and soon drifted off to sleep.