Five weeks after Sasuke and Naruto left the village Sakura's world was shaken up, a lot.
"What?"
TenTen chewed her beef fresh off the grill as the girls sat in a booth at a resteraunt.
TenTen sat across from Ino, and Hinata sat across from Sakura. But what she said was enough to make the rest of them freeze.
"I'm pregnant."
"Who's? I mean-"
"Way to be rash Ino."
"Well!"
"It's Neji's. We erm, did it the day he got released from the hospital. We told his parents last night, mine knew a week ago. He already proposed and we'll be getting married in two months."
Ino squealed in excitement and clapped her hands together.
"I can't believe it!"
"Congrats!"
Sakura took a piece of meat and watched as TenTen wiped her mouth politely.
"Thank you. You guys are the only girlfriends I have, so I though you should know sooner rather than later. Hinata knew of course last night. Oh! And Kurenai-sensei is pregnant with Asuma's child. She's only a week a head of me."
"That's weird, to be pregnant with a teacher."
"Yeah, but our age isn't weird. Did you know that most kunoichi get pregnant around sixteen or seventeen because of the risky profession?"
Sakura nodded having read it in one of her medical text books. Tsunade had her studying and training nonstop.
"It makes sense. Wow. Sakura, have you received anything from Sasuke or Naruto lately?"
"I did a week ago, they're both in a mountain area surprisingly."
TenTen nodded and Ino sighed.
"So you do guys remember Tamari? She and Shikamaru have been sending letters recently."
Sakura felt her stomach drop for Ino.
Patting her friend's hand she came up with an idea.
"Why don't you guys get dinner?"
"You can't just ask a friend to that kind of thing!"
"Take the bull by the horns Ino, take the plunge! Now if you excuse me, I have training again tonight, and I would like a nap. It was nice seeing you all again, TenTen, congrats, again!"
The slightly older girl smiled and nodded before turning to Hinata and Ino. Walking out of the restaurant, she sighed and started her walk home. But she was bumped into a stumbling woman.
"Sorry!"
But the woman was deadly pale, shaking, and pregnant. Gathering chakra into her hands and feet, Sakura lifted the woman and ran to the hospital. The doors opened with someone leaving, and they let her through.
"This woman needs help!"
The nurses immediately brought a wheel chair. Sakura sat her down in it and talked loudly as they went into a room just off to the side.
"Ma'am! What's your name? Where are you from? How far along are you?"
The nurses hoisted her into a bed, and that's when Sakura saw the dried fluids.
"Her water already broke. Get Shizune and Tsunade-sama, now!"
A nurse left and Sakura grabbed a hospital gown.
"Help me dress her."
The woman was starting to gain consciousness as contractions hit her body hard.
They finally had her changed and hooked up to monitors and fluids but it wasn't helping. Shizune arrived first, and checked how far along the woman was.
"She's dilated ten centimeters. We have to get the baby out, the monitor says he's dipping. Sakura, grab a pair of gloves, your about to have your first hands on lesson."
"But-"
"Go!"
Nodding, she found herself startled at how calm she was. Order was something she knew. Facts and knowledge came easy to her.
Tsunade finally arrived, and Sakura got the woman to start pushing.
"There's something you need to know!"
It was the most the woman had spoken.
"I'm from Iwagakure, nine months ago a stranger came through on a mission."
The woman grunted as she gave another push. Sakura could see her pupils dilating.
"His name was-"
The baby's cries filled the room and the woman uttered her last breath.
"Uchiha Itachi."
Sakura stilled before panicing. She pressed chakra to the palms of her hands and begun doing CPR, but it was no use. By the time they cleaned the woman up, Tsunade sent her to the basement for an autopsy. A nurse was told to contact the woman's village, with a description. Another was sent for Mikoto and Fugaku.
When they arrived, Sakura was feeding the baby with formula. But she was caught in his stare. The baby was a boy, with no name. But he looked so much like Fugaku. The baby looked up at her with trusting eyes, but she knew that he knew Sakura was not his mother. Her calming lullaby wasn't the one his mother must've sang to him in the womb.
"Sakura-chan."
She didn't need to look up to see who was finally in the room. The older woman's voice was tentative, and the male's stance was guarded. Clearing her throat, she contined to rock in the chair before finally looking up.
"I helped deliver him."
"So it's a boy?"
Fugaku's gruff voice rang in the quiet room.
Oh little one.
Mikoto sat on the chair next to her, watching the baby eat.
"You're a natural Sakura-chan. Hopefully in a few years we'll see you doing this for your own baby Uchiha."
Her face turned bright red and finally the baby was done. Fugaku burped the baby, eyes never leaving the boy's features.
"What should we name him Fugaku? We haven't thought about baby names in sixteen years."
"Aa."
Sakura laughed slightly.
"Fugaku."
"Hm?"
"My little Fu-chan. That's what we'll name him. Itachi wouldn't mind."
She took the baby from Fugaku and smiled at it. Sakura watched her before standing up.
"Sakura-chan, what has Tsunade-sama been doing with your training?"
"Well, we spar in the beginning, and then she drills me on the medical books I've been assigned. I was really good in the academy so the medical knowledge isn't too had."
"Yes, you're the one who always tied Sasuke's scored in the classroom."
Sakura blushed at Fugaku's assesment and nodded.
"You're welcome to come see the baby whenever Sakura-chan."
"Thank you. I should be going, it was nice seeing you two again. Let me know if you need anything."
"We will."
Sakura left the room with a sigh.
Itachi has a son.
And he doesn't even know.
xxXXxx
On Christmas day, Sakura had been sure to give everyone their presents after having a nice morning Christmas. Ino had gotten a flower pendant necklace from her that sort of matched the cherry blossom Kakashi had given her. It was odd, seeing as team seven now had a set of their own. For Christmas Sakura had given Naruto, Sasuke, and Kakashi custom necklaces, all engraved with the number seven like the cherry blossom she had. Naruto had a red swirl like what he wore on his clothes, Sasuke had the Uchiwa fan, and Kakashi had a ninja star.
She knocked on the door she knew all too well and waited for someone to let her in. Fugaku answered and welcomed her inside from the cold.
"There she is!"
Mikoto gave her only seconds to take off her shoes and coat before handing over Fu-chan.
"Hey baby!"
Fu-chan smiled a cute baby smile. Every weekend Sakura made a point to spend at least a few hours with him. Setting down the bag of presents, she sat on her heels as Mikoto served warm tea.
"So how was your Christmas Sakura-chan?"
"It was nice! My parents had to leave for a mission almost right away, so I was running around doing my Christmas present dropping off."
"Speaking of which, Sasuke sent this for you."
The wrapping was in simple silver paper with her name written on the tag. She blushed but slid it closer to her, keeping a relaxed Fu-chan in one arm securely.
"It was a surprise having a sparrow with a box of small gifts."
Fugaku commented dryly, but clearly eager to see what his youngest had gotten the strange yet familiar pinkette.
Unwrapping it carefully, she saw the box and her heart skipped a beat. It was small, and square.
Opening it, she gasped and blood fled to her cheeks, making them red.
It was a three stone diamond ring. She took it out for his parents to see and heard Mikoto's gasp before she squealed in delight.
"Oh my little Sasu-chan! Fugaku, can you believe it!"
Sakura slipped it on her right hand's ring finger before staring at it.
"Sakura-chan, Sasuke is formally courting you!"
"Formally, what?"
"It's a clan tradition, amongst all clans. He knows that your father is from a clan, and must've asked him before he left. Oh it's so exciting! It means he wants to be yours, forever, and you wearing it means that you accept. It means you'll be dating, but he already intends to marry you. Ah, Fugaku, don't you remember our courtship?"
"He's a little young.."
"Stop it!"
Sakura passed out their presents and adjusted Fu-chan in her arms. Fugaku opened his faster and admired the engraved shuriken set, complete with Uchiha crest and his name. Mikoto admired the simple bracelet with a thick heart charm, which appeared to open.
"Oh my babies!"
Inside was a picture of both Sasuke and Itachi, together. On one half was when they were seven and ten, the other was the day before Itachi left, and they stood next to each other, stoic, but comfortable.
"Thank you Haruno-san."
But Mikoto just moved around the table and hugged her tight.
xxXXxx
Naruto had given her a new coin purse, one filled with trinkets from a village he wrote her about with a beautiful landscape. Come April Sakura was officially inside the hospital, working alongside Shizune and Tsunade. Her birthday was in a few months, and she was excited.
It had been six months since the boys had left. She finally had her slim, womanly figure. Her breasts weren't impressive like Hinata's and Ino's but they were full. Her hair had grown back to where it was before it was cut, reaching down her back and her bangs fell in front of her face. You couldn't really tell how long her hair was, because she was constantly studying, training, or on missions, earning her income.
Right now she was sitting on her bedroom floor a large book in front of her of potions mixes, something she absolutely needed to learn above all else. The ability to make medicine at a moment's notice was key.
But the light caught a glimmer that made her smile.
"No fucking way."
Her hand was ripped up to Ino's eyes and she shook it at Shikamaru, Hinata, Choji, and TenTen. Naruto had already revealed in a letter that the day they returned he wanted to talk to Hinata's father. TenTen already received her ring for new years, in fact the wedding was coming up.
"I see it Ino."
"But he wasn't even here! He didn't do it right!"
She snatched her hand back already drowning out Ino's rant.
The wedding was actually tomorrow now that she thought of it. She would be sitting with the Uchiha's. By now everyone knew of Fu-chan, most didn't make a deal of it. A baby was an innocent in all of this chaos.
Thinking of the baby made her smile for a moment.
xxXXxx
Sitting the baby on her lap, she watched the wedding as a swollen TenTen was officially a Hyuuga. Her brown hair that was usually in two buns rolled down her back in gently waves. Despite having twins, no other part of her gained weight. A kunoichi's gift? It appears so. Kurenai sat with Asuma, their own son born just a smudge early sat in her arms, content from the feeding her received right before the wedding.
Mikoto had told her as a future Uchiha she would have to attend events with them, but she didn't mind. Mikoto was like a second mother to her, and she filled her head with so many stories of Sasuke's childhood.
Fu-chan sucked on the pacifier like it was a bottle itself, clearly fascinated with the necklace she wore that hung over her hunter green dress.
The ceremony was beautiful, and it made her dream about her own wedding some day. She sighed but smiled as they walked down the isle, TenTen pausing to touch Fu-chan on the forehead and throwing her a wink.
"You can't have a honeymoon that pregnant can you?"
Sakura giggled at Mikoto's whisper.
"According to TenTen, nothing has stopped for those two. She even does some light training with her weapons."
Mikoto just smiled and nodded. Kurenai sat with them at the reception along with Asuma and their son, Sarutobi Hiruzen, named after the Sandaime.
Their relationship was considered controversial for Kurenai was waiting to get married and would actually be married next week. Another reason to wear the green dress that cost way too much for her liking.
"Fu-chan, when you're bigger you'll be friends with Hiruzen-chan, okay?"
The baby just looked at her before turning back to holding the necklace in his chubby fist. His hair was typical dark black like an Uchiha, but from what she saw from his mother, he has her smile and ears.
xxXXxx
"Happy Birthday!"
Sakura smiled as her home was filled with friends and family. There was a three tiered cake frosted in baby blue with pink icing saying 'Happy Birthday Sakura'. Hinata and Ino had turned sixteen within the last four weeks so today it was finally her turn to come to age.
She had just finished a shift at the hospital, and she was tired but she smiled, even if the celebration was late in the day she was happy for it. Holding Fu-chan, she had him occupied with the wrapping paper. For Sasuke's and Naruto's birthdays she had gotten them something special. For Naruto she had given him a special set of shuriken with his name on them, and for Sasuke she had given him a katana, complete with his clan's symbol and his name engraved on the blade.
But for her birthday she was given a set of fingerless gloves, a chess set, a cook book, amongst other things. When it came to a blue wrapped gift, she was shocked at what she saw.
"Mikoto-san."
It was a hair piece, a clip if you will. It was made of rubies and diamonds, and in the shape of the Uchiwa fan.
"It was Fugaku's great grandmother's. I've always waited for a daughter."
She kissed her head and Fu-chan wasn't happy being crowded. It was then that she noticed the boys hadn't given her a gift. But she didn't let it bother her, they had two more months, she could wait.
xxXXxx
End!
A filler, I know. Next chapter they come back, I promise!