EDIT: All I did was edit my author's note, this is the same as the previous chapter 19. But...WOOT WOOT! I got my 1,000 word research paper DONE and in ONE DAY! LOL. Yesterday...my snow day...I didn't get to enjoy it. -Sniffle- And I wrote this chapter for you all BEFORE I even thought about starting on my research paper. So feel special.

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Sakura and Hinata, shaking nervously, held onto each other tightly. Even when the person appeared in the doorway, they remained as they were, not moving a muscle. Finally, Sakura blinked then screamed, "Naruto!" Face twisted with anger, the woman got off the bed and stomped over to her friend, punching him on the head. "Don't you know how to knock? Just because your two best friends live here doesn't mean you can just waltz right in like you own the place!"

The man chuckled, rubbing the top of his head. "Calm down, Sakura..."

"Don't tell me what to do!" the woman roared, once again punching him on the head. Hinata came up beside her and rested a small hand gently on the woman's arm.

"Sakura, you're going to give him a concussion."

"He's had a concussion for years, it's been messing with his head..." Crossing her arms, Sakura shook her head, pink hair swaying.

The man grinned and laughed a bit, but inside he was still terribly frightened of his pink-haired friend. He would have to remember not to make Sakura angry while she's pregnant, or he would be taking multiple numbers of trips to the hospital.

Stepping forwards a bit, Naruto peered down at Hinata's rounded stomach with wide cerulean eyes. "Wow, you're fat."

"Naruto!" Sakura screeched, shaking a fist at him. Turning to face Hinata, she said, "My apologies, he has no manners and he does not know how to speak to women with respect."

The black-haired woman only giggled, knowing that is was just her former crush's personality, it was him. She knew he didn't have manners.

Hearing Hinata giggle at Naruto's rude comment, Sakura sighed in frustration and grabbed her arm with one hand, and the blond's with the other. "Come on, let's go downstairs and have some lunch together."

"Why are you here, anyways?" Hinata asked Naruto as they all made their way down the stairs.

Shrugging, Naruto responded, "I just wanted to check up on you both because I heard that Itachi and Sasuke went on a mission and I knew you two would be here. I'm glad you two haven't killed each other or anything. Sakura had bad mood swings even before she was pregnant..."

Smiling a bit too sweetly, Sakura looked over at Naruto. "I suggest you shut up now." The rest of the way to the kitchen, Naruto didn't say a word.

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Shikamaru shook his head after Sasuke and Itachi got done explaining everything to him. "Stealing children?"

"My guess is that these rogue ninja are stealing them to raise them up to be one of them," Itachi stated, glancing back and forth between his comrades. Both Shikamaru and Sasuke nodded in agreement. "Let's start out by going back out into town and splitting up. We'll meet back here in two hours. If you see suspicious people, follow them."

Casually, the three men walked downstairs and out the door, walking in different directions without a word of departure to one another.

As Sasuke walked down the street, his mind was completely somewhere else. He was wondering if Sakura was alright, if she had broken any household items, or even beat her own relative. This was the first time he had went on a mission after their marriage, he had no idea how she would act without him there every day in the house with her.

What ripped him away from his thoughts was high-pitched shrieks and giggles of children. The man realized he was walking by a park for kids, and as he looked over, he saw children chasing after each other and laughing.

A soft smile graced his face as he stopped and watched them. His eyes suddenly caught the movement of a bush nearby the kids.

"Hey, they something is in that bush over there!" one of the children called to his friends.

A couple of them gathered around the bush, and Sasuke, realizing that it could be one of the rogue ninja, started to sprint towards them. "Get away from the bush!" he yelled. Heads snapping in Sasuke's direction, the little ones scurried away from the bush, half frightening and half confused. Drawing a kunai, the raven-haired man stopped in front of the large bush, preparing himself for any kind of attack of an enemy.

A small black dog leapt out of the bush and barked at him. Most of the kids watching the scene started to giggle and whisper. One little girl screamed, "The puppy is so cute!"

Sasuke blinked then sighed, putting the kunai back in his weapons pouch. "It was just a dog," he mumbled to himself. Staring up at him, the dog barked once again before lifting its leg and peeing on his foot. Inhaling sharply, Sasuke bit his tongue, restraining himself from yelling. "And this is why I like cats," he grumbled.

Laughter erupted from behind Sasuke, and he turned his head just enough to see children doubling over with laughter. Once the dog scampered over to the kids, barking happily, Sasuke started making his way back to the inn so that he could wash off where the dog had peed.

A sudden thought occurred to him as he was walking, that would be a perfect place for one of those rogue ninja to hide though. The shopowner he and Itachi had spoken with earlier has said they had been abducting children, what better place was there to do that than the park?

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"Mmm...I've always loved your cooking," Naruto chirped, eying the food in front of him with distaste. He could hear Sakura starting to growl angrily.

"Naruto, it's just miso soup. Sakura is a good cook." The man's eyes drifted to stare at Hinata.

Sakura snorted, crossing her arms. "He doesn't like any food other than ramen." Grinning, Naruto perched an elbow up on the table. "So, Naruto, have you found yourself a girlfriend yet?" His grin slowly faded, which gave Sakura the answer to her question. "Maybe if you acted like an adult, someone would want to date you."

"You'll find someone, Naruto," Hinata said softly, smiling warmly at the man.

"I'll hook you up with someone," Sakura said flatly.

Both Naruto and Hinata stared over at their friend with wide eyes before yelling, "No!" Sakura had always been trying to hook people up, but every time she did, the relationship crashed and burned. The pink-haired kunoichi shrugged, saying, "Fine, suit yourself."

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