DIVORCE OR NOT DIVORCE!

Summary: How did two people that were married for 16 years and had 5 children end up hating each other? He was cold and uncaring; she cheated and told the entire world! Add two lawyers that also hate each other and you will get ultimate chaos... Is there any hope for this couple?

Rate: M for cursing and later lemons

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters except the children

FA LA LA LA, LA LA, LA LA...

It was official. Sakura was doomed. The snow fell on her head freezing her body, but she couldn't make a small move and ring the bell outside Sasuke's front door. The house was even bigger than their old mansion and it looked magical covered in snow. The first thing she noticed was the smoke from the chimney and realized that they were all gathered around the fireplace like a family, while she was visiting like a stranger. Sakura tried to fight her dizziness and rang the bell.

She waited only a moment and the door opened forcefully and Minori hugged her tightly. Sakura was speechless. Was that young lady really the daughter? The girl wore a tight red dress that reached her middle-thigh and matching red shoes with black stockings? Minori used to hate stockings and she always ripped them off as a child when her mother tried to put them on her. She had grown up away from her mother.

Her eyes were a little wet when she hugged the rest of her children and listened all their news. It was almost as if she was gone for the weekend and returning to her own home. But when she walked to the living room and saw Sasuke sitting in front of the fireplace she wanted to turn around and run as far away as possible. He himself looked like his usual calm self, but there was hell inside his head.

Sakura was a mess. He immediately noticed that her belly was a little bigger that the last time he had seen her, but the rest of her body was skinner than ever. Her arms looked so bonny that Sasuke started to wonder if she was eating anything at all. Inside him her was feeling guilty because he thought that the loss of the children was very hard on her, but then he had to remind to himself that she was already pregnant again.

"Did you find the house easily, Sakura?"

"Yes, it is very nice, Sasuke! Thanks for having me tonight." The younger ones Anna and Kaito started to wonder what was going on and why their parents talked like that to each other, so Sakura gave them their presents to distract them. They ran and put them beneath the tree, so that they could open them at Christmas morning. Sakura felt even worse when she saw the little mountain of shiny packages that Sasuke had already gotten.

"So, Sakura, isn't there something you need to tell the children?" Sasuke asked her and she immediately forgot the presents. The five children gathered around her and just looked at her. Minori already knew what she was going to say, so she sat next to her father for support.

"What I was meaning to tell you is... well, I'm pregnant. You're going to have a little brother or sister in a few months."

Tadashi and Daichi's mouths dropped open and they just stood there staring at their mother's belly speechless. Kaito climbed into his mother's lap and hugged her while Anna yelled and clapped her hands. "Really? A boy or a girl? Please, say girl, mama!"

"I don't know yet..."

Then she turned to her father. "Daddy, can we make the empty room next to mine the baby's room?" Sasuke gasped. Sakura gulped. Minori sent terrified looks to the twins, but the kept staring at her mother like idiots, so she decide to take the matters into her own hands.

"Hey, kids, you need to change before everyone else arrives. Let's go!" Anna and Kaito followed her cheerfully and kept talking about the baby. When Tadashi and Daichi realized that they were left alone with their parents they panicked and rushed upstairs in their bedrooms. Sakura felt almost relieved that they had gone.

"They think I'm the father..."

"Dear God, save me!" Sakura hid her face and Sasuke started to wonder again what was wrong wih her. He thought that maybe she was lonely without the children, but the truth was that Sakura was dying of guilt that she was in his house lying to him about something so important. If Sasuke ever found out about the kid, he would definitely take it away from her.

She finally regained her cool. "Who else is coming?'

"Just Naruto and Kakashi with their families. Neji had other plans that he didn't share with me and Shikamaru is with his in-laws. I didn't invite Sai and Ino." The only thing Sakura took from that speech was that Neji wasn't coming because he was too ashamed that he knew the truth.

"It's Ok! They are in the mountains."

"How's work?" Thankfully the bell stopped that embarrassing conversation and gave them something else to think about than each other. Sasuke stood up and went to open the door, when she had all the time to admire how handsome he looked in his suit. It was as id nothing had changed. He was still young, handsome and successful and he lived in a perfect mansion with his perfect children. The only thing missing was her.

"Sakura-chan!" She turned her head a raised her hands as Naruto hugged her and started rocking her up and down.

"Naruto-kun, stop it!" Hinata followed behind her husband and kissed Sakura on the cheek. Unlike Sakura she was the clear image of health and happiness with her big belly. She looked better and better with every pregnancy. "Sasuke, Neji wishes you all Merry Christmas, but he won't be here tonight. I think he has a date!"

Sakura kissed Minato and Maruo, the two blond troubles that immediately ran upstairs to find Anna and Kaito, and stroked little Kushina's head as she slept in her baby stroller. She was also blond and her closed eyes were blue. And she could bet that the baby inside Hinata was blond with blue eyes, too. As long as they sat in the living room Naruto and Sasuke started to fight about whether there should be Ramen on the table or not and they continued until the bell rang again.

It was not unheard of Kakashi to be late, so nobody had worried about him. The moment he entered the room his three beloved students looked like children waiting for their Christmas presents. The three of them had spent Christmas together for many many years. When he got married to Anko she joined them and a while later Sasuke and Sakura got married and left his house. It was a tradition for them to spend Christmas Eve all together,

"Sorry for the delay, but there was a huge traffic jam..."

"LIAR!" Kakashi's eyes immediately fell on Sakura who looked sicklish and frail. He told himself that she was just having a bad pregnancy, but he was still worried for her and as he saw Sasuke also couldn't take his eyes off her. Naruto was happy as always, so he figured that the boy was now used to the idea of the Uchihas' divorce.

Anko also smiled to everyone but her two sons disappeared immediately. Obito ran to find Minori and Hiro, who was the same age as the twins felt the need to visit the playroom with them before dinner. All the adult sat on the table and they didn't even need a topic for conversation as they had Naruto there. Sakura slowly started enjoying herself and a little color appeared on her cheeks, making Sasuke think that she pregnancy made her even more beautiful and he needed to stop thinking of her.

Obito found Minori in Kaito's room trying to make his him wear a sweater. The boy was strongly resisting, but he was no match for his older sister's strength. Suddenly Obito noticed Minori's clothes and his jaw dropped to the floor. Since when did Minori started to wear dresses? Nonetheless it fitted her perfectly. For the first time he noticed that he breasts had grown and wondered why she had been hiding them behind baggy black clothes. Of course they were still smaller than average and she was still skinny with no curves , but in that red dress she really seemed like a woman.

"I told you you can get it off if you're too hot."

"You're too hot!" Minori and Kaito turned their heads and saw Obito looking at them with a weird smile on his handsome face.

"Obi, you're here!" The little boy ran and fell in Obito's arms, but he kept staring at Minori and threw Kaito in the air without paying any attention to him. She was a little blushed, but she was clearly happy with the impression she had made on him. Obito put the boy down.

"Well, everyone else is in the playroom..." He didn't get to finish his words and the boy ran down the stairs and disappeared. "Do you wanna go Minori?"

"No ,I have to finish my make-up." And with that words she passed him by and entered her room leaving a fruity scent behind her that made Obito even more confused. Make-up? Perfume? Normally she would ran to the arcade, pick a game and beat the hell out of him. What was wrong?

"What's wrong, Minori?" He invaded her room and found her applying mascara with steady hands on her eyelashes in front of a new mirror. She didn't bother to answer him but continued with her face with so much focus that she wouldn't have even if she was shooting someone. Obito sat next to her and stared like an idiot. "When did you learn to do this so well?"

"Magazines."

"Are you really reading make-up advice in women magazines?" He was wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her until her mind was clear again, but instead he hit his own head. Minori seemed very annoyed by him.

"What's so weird? I'm a woman." And then it hit him.

"He is back right? That fricking model! And you're trying to win him back!" With hands trembling from anger he pushed all her make-up from her table to the floor. The open lipstick spilled on the carpet and some bottles broke before Minori could grab them. "He is the father of your mother's child and you still want him back?"

Minori stood up and pushed him away forgetting that she was supposed to be a fragile little girl. "Are you insane? James is still in America! Why are you smashing my room?"

"Then... did you find someone else? There is no way you just decided to be girly one random morning! Who is he? Do I know him?" Minori was furious. Be girly? She jut wanted to show him that she wasn't one of the boys and that was his reaction? He acted as if she had killed his best buddy! And then she noticed the despair in his eyes and all her anger vanished and was replaced by clear enthusiasm.

"Are you... jealous?" Obito froze in his spot. Was he jealous of her?

"You are insane! Who do you think you are? I'm just trying to protect you! You can't pick men... you saw what happened with that model... and you are my best friend so... I have to protect you... Let's go downstairs! The dinner must be ready by now."

He left her alone in her room with a big smile in her pretty face. She didn't have to wear make-up or dresses to make him notice that she was a woman. She just needed to make him jealous again.

"You must be kidding me!" Neji had never laughed this much in his whole life. After having dinner in a little Italian place he and Tenten decided that it was too early to go home and they were wondering in the snowy streets looking at the Christmas decorations all evening. They were talking about trials and stupid clients for so long that they forgot all about the cold and the late hour.

"No, it's true! And then she went to their old house and stole all the silverware and even smashed some ridiculously expensive crystals. He sued off course, and when they met again in the court she accused him! Unfortunately there were cameras and I had to claim that she was under heavy medication that caused memory loss."

"Did they buy it?"

"Off course not, but he was blackmailing her , so he had to give her a few millions and some houses at the end." Tenten finished with her story and continued walking on the snow. Usually she spent the holidays working and that night was weirdly satisfying for her. Neji was smart and funny and they had so much in common that the conversation was perfect. It reminded her of their high school days, before that night in Sasuke and Sakura's wedding.

"Hey, that's my street!" He tried to sound surprised, but he was trying to bring her there all night. Tenten wasn't stupid and understood that it wasn't a coincidence. Neji wanted her to stay with him.

They walked to the Hyuuga Manor, but Tenten refused to step in. " Everytime I have cases like that I can't help but wonder if those people were in love when they got married."

"You don't want to come in? I'll make some coffee..."

"I mean... Sasuke and Sakura were together for so many years and now... look at them!"

"I can make you hot chocolate if you like..." Why was she pretending that she didn't understand?

"But they got married for the wrong reasons. He never..."

"Do you want to spend the night here?" That Tenten wasn't able to ignore. The cold was too much and Neji was like a fire. She was dreaming of that night for years, but now that she finally had the chance she was terrified.

"I can't... I have to work in the morning..." But it was Christmas. Neji grabbed her from the hem of her coat and stuck his lips on hers. For a minute she couldn't even breath and then magically her hands hugged him and her mouth opened, giving him permission to enter. Without breaking their lip-lock they started to move and Tenten got a glimpse of the staircase that could take them to Neji's loft. And then she panicked.

"No... no..." She was trying to push him a way, but she couldn't stop kissing him and Neji wasn't going to let go. And then she saw clearly in her mind the expression on his face sixteen years ago, the day Sasuke and Sakura got married. And Tenten found the strength to push him away. "NO!"

Neji was confused and hurt. "Why...?"

"I can't go through the same again!" He turned his back at her and fought the urge to run and hide in his apartment. "Neji, it took me years to cohere after that night and I still haven't forgotten. We both know that you don't really want me."

And those were the last words she said to him before running away in the night, leaving him alone with his shame.

How's that for Christmas Eve? Next chapter is New Year's! And Karin will have a special part in it.

I'll try to make it soon!

zoikoiroi