Update! Okay, some people were complaining about how the chapters are so short, so I tried to make this one a bit longer. It's not too much longer than the others ones, but it is a bit longer. It's hard for me to write so much for one chapter. I don't know why. Anyways, thank you to everyone that reads this story and THANK YOU to everyone that reviews!
Yellow and blue were the first colors at appeared in Sakura's view as her eyes opened tardily, focusing on the object hovering over her. Large azure orbs peered down into her own chartreuse ones.
"N-Naruto..." she mumbled, pulling herself into a sitting position with his help. "What happened?"
Grinning brightly, the man said loudly, "You don't remember why you fainted, Sakura? You're going to have twins!"
Her lips were parted slightly as she inhaled deeply. It was only seconds before a smile came forth onto her face. Now she remembered...
"W-What are you doing here?" Sakura stammered, gazing out at the Fifth Hokage herself after opening the door. "Is Sasuke alright? What is-"
Tsunade smiled weakly and held out a manilla envelope. "Your precious Sasuke is fine. I just came to drop off your ultra sound pictures." Sakura blinked, emerald eyes wide. Once she took the item she tilted her head to the side, suspicion appearing in her eyes.
"You came all the way to my home in person to deliver an envelope?"
The blonde shook her head slightly, her smile intensifying. "Open it." After hearing those words, the pink-haired kunoichi tore the envelope open and examined the ultra sound picture.
A million different emotions had rushed through her body as she had stared at the ultra sound pictures. The thought of having twins was thrilling, but it was also kind of scary. Having to handle two babies at once would be a lot of work. But then Sakura thought of Sasuke, he would help her out a lot with caring for their children. Sakura's eyes suddenly widened.
Sasuke...
How would he react? She had trouble telling him she was pregnant, and now she needed to break the news to him that they were going to be parents of twins. Judging by the way he acted when he found out he was going to be a father, she knew it wouldn't be as hard to tell him this news.
"Congratulations," Hinata chimed, rushing over and wrapping her arms around the pink-haired woman. "You'll be a great mother to those two, Sakura. And I'm sure Sasuke will be a great father. I know you've always wanted to have children, and quite a few. I'm very happy for you." Hugging the woman back, Sakura replied, "Thank you, Hinata. Thank you."
The blond man was scratching the back of his head and chuckling. "You'll have a lot to handle after having those two. You better take some birth control or something so you don't end up pregnant again right after you have the twins." Hinata's arms tightened around Sakura to restrain the woman as she started jerking violently, attempting to get to Naruto so she could punch him.
"Naruto!" Sakura snarled. She knew he was probably right, but even referring to her sex life made her angry. Her sex life was personal information, and it was definitely not a subject that was open for discussion, and definitely not something she liked to be teased about.
Nervous chuckled escaped Naruto's mouth and he made a run for the front door, escaping successfully from the house.
Sakura sighed, all limbs going limp. Her relative let drew away from her, smirking slightly. "He's probably right, you know."
Crossing her arms over her chest, Sakura shot her friend a weak glare and muttered, "I know. But the same goes for you. Both of us better take birth control after we have our babies." A pretty pink blush dusted Hinata's cheeks.
"Yes, true. But you'll need it more than me."
"And what do you mean by that?" Sakura asked in a higher voice than her normal one.
"You'll have two babies and I will have one. If you got pregnant right after giving birth to twins it would be a lot more stressful than me getting pregnant after having one baby." She watched as Sakura's slightly agitated expression melted away, then realized why Sakura had been a bit snappy after her previous comment. "Oh, Sakura, I didn't mean that you two do it more than Itachi and I." Lighthearted laughs slipped from between her lips. "Even if it is true."
One side of Sakura's face twitched as her eyes narrowed. Hinata, turning and heading back to the kitchen, called, "Just kidding!"
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Sasuke shuffled out of the bathroom to find both Shikamaru and Itachi fast asleep, one on each bed. The man made his way over to the only couch in the room, pouting a bit because he didn't get to sleep on a bed. He fidgeted as he tried to find a comfortable position to sleep in. It wasn't long before he too was asleep.
As the three shinobi slept, something was going on at the side of the building they were resting in. The group that Shikamaru had met earlier was huddled together in the dark alley between the inn and the neighboring building.
"We have no choice but to kill them," the leader of the group, brown-haired boy, hissed. "They were sent here to investigate the kidnaping situation. We can't be caught. Our plan will be ruined."
"Do we really have to kill them, Kumiko?" one of the girls asked in a whiny voice. The male, obviously named Kumiko, nodded stiffly. Heaving a sigh, the girl flipped some of her blond hair over her shoulder.
Keeping his gaze cold and his voice assertive, he said, "Yes, Tsuki, it's necessary that we get rid of them. If not, it will only be a couple of days before they figure everything out."
"Can't we just capture them and keep them?" the other girl asked, blue eyes glimmering with a teasing nature. "They're so attractive."
Kumiko, whirled to face the female that had last spoken, let out a low growl. "Stop joking around, Yoko, this is a serious matter." All joking now put aside, Kumiko went on to say, "As they sleep we will sneak in and kill them. A kunai to the jugular, got it? And we need to mask our chakra so they cannot sense it, some talented shinobi can sense chakra even in their sleep."
Four heads bobbed in understanding. Kumiko turned his attention to the other males of the group. "Ryouta, Arata, you will both come with me to the room to carry out the killing. Tsuki and Yoko will stay here and keep watch around the building to make sure no one is watching and no one becomes suspicious of us." With a curt nod, the three males swiftly made their way up the side of the building by focusing chakra to their feet as the red-haired and blond girl remained on the ground, splitting up to keep watch.
Approaching the window of the room that the three leaf shinobi were staying in, the males were delighted to find the window open, obviously forgotten to be closed before falling into a slumber.
Slipping through the window was easy for the thin males to accomplish. Once inside the room, each neared a leaf shinobi, a kunai drawn. Ryouta hovered over Sasuke, his kunai glinting as the light from the moon peering through the window hit it.
The black-haired man froze when Sasuke twitched and shifted positions. After a couple of seconds, Ryouta decided it was okay to near his target once again. The sharp tip of the weapon was pressed against Sasuke's jugular. It had just barely broke the skin when the man's hand flung out towards the rogue ninja. Leaping backwards, Ryouta dodged the swing. His brown eyes flickered over to his comrades, both of them frozen above their targets and staring at Ryouta with wide eyes.
"W-what's going on?" Sasuke mumbled, still half asleep. He brought his hands to his eyes, trying to rub the sleep away. When he finally did open his eyes and look searchingly around the room, he found nothing out of the ordinary. The rogue ninja had rapidly and quietly slid out of the window before the man had opened his eyes.
The cream-colored curtain danced from the breeze from outside hitting it. Groggily, the youngest Uchiha got up from the couch and shut the window. Something warm and wet hit his outstretched arm, and looking down, he saw crimson liquid streaming down the limb.
His hand shot up to his neck as he realized the sudden dull ache on that part of his body. Cursing loudly, he traced his calloused fingers over the cut.
Sasuke's voice volume woke both Shikamaru and Itachi. "Sasuke, what is it?" Itachi questioned, a hint of alarm in his deep voice.
"Troublesome..." Shikamaru muttered to himself.
"My neck," Sasuke started, making his was over to the light switch and flipping the light on. "Someone tried to puncture my jugular vein in my sleep. Someone was trying to kill me." His older brother scrambled out of bed and rushed over, nodding as he observed the wound.
Shikamaru's head hit his pillow as he flopped back down, muttering various things to himself.
Taking hold of Sasuke's arm, Itachi guided the younger man into the bathroom, stating, "Come on, I'll clean the wound. It's not that bad and you're not losing a lot of blood. Once we stop the bleeding you'll be fine."
Minutes later, the Uchiha brothers returned to the bedroom to find Shikamaru scouting the room for any clues to who the intruder might have been. Rising to stand erect, Shikamaru shook his head. "Whoever tried to kill Sasuke may have been the person we're looking for about the kidnaping situation. If that's not the case, then someone tried to kill him for no specific reason, and that just doesn't make sense."
Shikamaru crawled back into bed. "We'll discuss it more in the morning. We need to get good sleep for our monitoring tomorrow." He cast a weary glance towards the door then the window. "We need to sleep in shifts and keep an eye on the entrances to the room. If we carelessly let someone slip in again, we might not wake up the next time."
Silently, Itachi moved to sit on the couch and he motioned for his brother to take the bed. Sasuke cast him a grateful glance and made his way over to the comfy bed.
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The pink-haired Uchiha was fast asleep, her arm draped over the side of the bed that her husband usually slept. It was at this late hour that a certain Icha Icha Paradise loving former sensei decided to make his appearance.
With a small puff of smoke, Kakashi Hatake stood gazing at his former student as she slept. "Ah, Sakura Uchiha is sleeping at this hour," he commented to himself. He stifled perverted giggles and added, "Must be because Sasuke is on a mission." After saying that, he couldn't help but let loose a couple of those giggles he had been trying so hard to hold back.
Walking over to the edge of the bed, he tapped Sakura on the shoulder lightly. Still half asleep, the woman inhaled slowly then asked in a hopeful voice, "Sasu?"
"No, your precious Sasuke is still on a mission," Kakashi replied loudly. The woman shot up in bed and flung a chakra emitting fist towards the man standing at the side of her bed, obviously not aware of who it was. The silver-haired man just barely dodged the powerful attack. "Whoa, calm down, it's just me."
"Oh, it's you, Kakashi..." The woman took one small glance at the clock on her night stand and screamed, "What is wrong with you? Why are you here at this hour?" The fuming woman took in a deep breath and looked to the face of her former sensei, which was slightly visible because of the glow of the moon through the windows.
Letting out nervous chuckled, he replied, "I just came to congratulate you. Naruto told me that you found out you were going to have twins."
Face contorting with frustration, she spat, "Thanks." Crossing her arms, Sakura glared at the man. "But next time, I don't care what the situation might be, unless someone is dying, do not wake me up at this time of night."
Hearing the threatening tone in the kunoichi's voice, the man shrugged innocently. Trying to lighten the mood in his own way, he said, "Well, you're probably usually wide awake at this time when Sasuke is here." He raised his eyebrows. "If you know what I mean."
The snickering man vanished in a puff of smoke right before the bedside lamp could forcefully smash into his flawless face as the enraged pregnant woman hurled it at him.
I hope you liked this chapter! I will start working on the next one soon. Please review and tell me what you think!