Chapter Eleven

Sasuke's Story

Sasuke sat down at the small round table, hands folding out in front of him. "Sasuke, I know that it's been four years now since your clan was killed." I sat down next to him, our fingers lacing together "Talk to me please? I want to help ease your pain." He gazed down at our golden rings, blinking back tears.

"Are you sure you want to know? To know everything that Itachi has done to me?" He sniffed, turning his gaze up to the ceiling.

"Of course I want to know Sasuke. You are my husband," I kissed his cheek lightly "And I want to help you. You seem like you're in such pain right now." I rested my head against his shoulder, my other hand coming to rest over his and mine.

Sasuke sighed heavily and started his sad lonely tale "Ever since I was young I could tell my brother had been hiding something, something big, something that he didn't want anyone to know, most of all me." A shaky breath passed from his lips "I was out training and as usual I stayed later then my mom liked me that night I felt worse than normal, like I had missed something, like I had forgotten something. I hurried home but the strong smell of blood met my nose as I went past the Uchiha police office, I got worried so I ran faster, my mother's voice greeted me at home 'Sasuke don't come in' it said, course I did, Itachi stood there over our parents dead body blood covering his body, I ran, I was scared I had never been more scared in my whole life, the brother I had loved, killed our family, killed our clan. Yet he left me alive, he showed me him killing everyone with the power of his Mangakiyo."

He took a deep shaking breath and wiped the tears from his eyes "when he poked my forehead he showed me things that he knew I didn't know, he was ordered to kill the clan, I guess our father was planning on killing the hokage and then the fire lord so the Uchihas could regain the power they lost when Konoha was formed"

I was left speechless at Sasuke's story. I turned up to the ceiling and as if to mimic our feelings the light bulb flickered a couple of times before plunging us into darkness. I pulled him close to me "S-Sasuke . . . I had no idea things were this bad." I heard the stories and I read the school books but the story told from the only surviving member was worse than I could have ever imagined.

"Yes…but the worse I think was finding out that it was the Sandaime who ordered him to kill the clan." Sasuke put his hand on my small swollen stomach. "How can you be five months pregnant? You're still so small."

At once I shot him a quick glare "Yes I know I am still small. There's only one in there this time and I have a small body." I put my hand over his, laughing "If I keep eating your cooking though, my clothes won't fit anymore."

"That's a good thing isn't it?" He jokes and kisses me. His eyes, though I couldn't see them clearly, were full of pain and hurt and looking for comfort. "I love you and our child no matter what size he is."

"Oh god I hope he's small!!" I ruffled sasuke's hair "If he get any bigger I'm going to kill you when it's time to deliver."

"Mother said I was small when I was born. I'll bet he's just like me." He ran his hand across my stomach

"OH! Sasuke, if you wait there I bet you'll be able to feel him kicking." I laughed, my hand moving his over a bit more. "It's not much but can you feel it?"

"Yeah I can feel it" He spoke softly, his tears changed into those of joy. Four months; that's all we had to wait for our son to be here out in the world. The first member of the NEW Uchiha clan, a better clan, "I haven't even met him and I love him so much…but what are we going to name him?"

I groaned "Sasuke do we have to think about names right now?" I hung my head in defeat "That's the thing I fear more than anything about this whole thing. We have four whole months to think of name." I pushed away from the table to get a new light bulb. "and to get clothes…and a crib….and toys….oh god sasuke we need to get busy!!!"

"Naruto will you calm down, we have a lot of time to get things ready. I can build a crib and your baby shower will give us most of the clothes and toys we need." He called from the kitchen. "You know, after you left the village a lot of our old classmates missed you; Hinata, Kiba, Choji and Shikamaru being the ones who missed you the most."
I came back into the room "You're joking? Those are the guys who made fun of me the most when we were at school." I pulled the chair back from the table and got up to change the light. "I really only felt that Iruka Sensei was the only one who ever cared for me…and only because he would feel bad if he didn't treat me like a charity case."

"Iruka saw you as a son. Him and Kakashi both actually. And the others only made fun of you because that's how they showed their love." Sasuke looked up at me with the most sincere look I have ever seen; I knew he was speaking the truth. In the soft glow of the new light he looked fantastic. His pale skin and dark hair seemed to glow with a shine I have never seen before.

"I feel like an idiot now." I paused as I got down from the chair "I shouldn't have left you all behind like that. Just because people where talking behind my back." Coming up behind him, I wrapped my arms around the boy "If I had had any idea of Akatsuki being stationed around here I wouldn't have gone." Then something clicked in my mind that brought fresh tears to my eyes "why did no one come looking for me?"

"I tried, no one cared enough to send anyone to search for you, me and Kakashi yelled and begged the Hokage to let us get a party to search for you, he wouldn't hear it, he thought it was best that you were gone. Me, Kakashi and Iruka went behind his back to look for you, but Pakkun lost your sent cause of the rain that was pouring when you left, we got a small lead that lead us to the forest but that was it" Sasuke kissed my tanned fingers. His words rung in my head for minutes afterwards 'thought it was best you were gone'

"Sasuke…I hardly have left the Uchiha district except to go to the hospital, do..do you know what the people think of me now?" I moved my hand down to my stomach and sighed "What happens when I really start to show? Will people try to harm him?" I really didn't care what happened to me as long as my son and husband were safe.

"Most people here hardly remember you. Sorry to put it so bluntly but I see it as a good thing." He smirked darkly "and if anyone tries to hurt you they'll get to meet a little friend of mine." I smiled and kissed his cheek when his hand sparked with electricity.

"Sasuke that has got to be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said." I ran my fingers through his dark raven hair "But please don't kill people ok…unless of course you let me help too." Strictly speaking I was a hormonal bitch when it came to strangers.

"I would never dream of doing something without you love." Sasuke pulled me down onto his lap, kissing me once more "Let's head to bed dobe."