Written by Aniki_Chan and Namikaze_Kyuubi_Naruto

Chapter Twelve

The Peinful Birth

As the months passed in Konoha nothing out of the ordinary happened. I got to know my classmates more, my old teachers started talking about teaching me some new jutsu's, and sasuke rushed around making last minute arrangements for the birth of our baby boy, which was due to happen in about a week.

At the end of the day one Friday; I sat back on the couch balancing a small plate of cookies on my enlarged stomach. Sasuke was wrong, this boy had grown! "Sasuke Kun, can I get a glass of milk please?" I groaned, it was so hard to get up and down now but I still felt so bad for making him do most of the house chores. "No..Never mind, you don't have to." I had promised myself months ago that I was going to try and make this easy for him.

"No!" he shouted coming back inside "You stay right where you are. I'll get it for you." In the blink of an eye Sasuke had gone and come back with the tall glass of milk "Here…are you doing ok? Need anything else?" He snatched away a cookie before I could object.

I chuckled "Yes Sasuke I'm doing just fine and no I don't need anything else right now." I grabbed the last cookie before he could and set the plate aside. "Not unless you can do something about him moving around." Shaking my head "no no you go do what you want to do right now. You've done more than enough to help me."

"No Naruto, I'm here to serve you so if there's anything you need…besides, the cleaning can wait." Sasuke placed his hand on my stomach, rubbing softly. His magic touch never failed; almost at once the baby stopped kicking.

I pulled sasuke down into a hug "I can't think of anything I need right now." Boy was I wrong. I clenched my teeth and dug my nails into Sasuke's bare back, not enough to draw blood. "N-No…ok ok I'll tell him I'll tell him" I whined to my son.

"Tell me what?" Sasuke ask as he put his forehead against mine. Whenever he did that I felt such a strong connection to him. His hand left my stomach to touch my cheek.

I blushed and, copying hinata's odd habit pressed my pointer fingers together. I couldn't meet his eye "How do I put this so you won't freak out…um…I-I've been…having contractions pretty much all day…" Oh he was going to explode.

"What?! Oh shit oh shit we have to get you to the hospital!!" Sasuke ran from the room tossing behind him the cleaning clothes he was using. Coming back a few seconds later completely dressed

I wrapped my arms around myself and leaned forward "oh god sasuke…sasuke no…no I can't move." I rocked back and forth slowly waiting for the pain to pass. "No…he is coming and he is coming NOW!!" The contraction pain intensified then slowly ebbed away. "I won't make it to the hospital." The worst part of this wasn't the pain or that sasuke was freaking out no, it was the fact that I had a feeling something was going to go very wrong very fast.

"shiiit!" Sasuke yelled. He helped me lay back on the couch and very quickly took off my pants. He had had practice many times at doing that quickly. Next he took off his shirt and placed it under me, two of his clones rushed off to grab a tub of hot water and towels. I shut my eyes tight as another wave of pain hit "Ok naruto…just relax and breathe….now push!"

How the fuck was I supposed to relax and breathe? I gripped the back of the couch tightly, my eyes screwed shut. "Shut up!!" I screamed, pushing. A lot of good that did, I felt like I was being ripped apart from the inside out! Whatever pain I had felt before in my life paled in comparison to this.

Sasuke created another clone; this one held my hand and pushed against my back. "That's it Naruto, just keep this up! Almost done." I gave a hateful yell as the boy's head slipped farther down, closer to the outside world.

I was going to make sasuke pay for doing this to me and I wasn't shy about letting him know it! I let out an agonizing scream as the head ripped through, I opened my eyes long enough to see sasuke. My view had changed; I knew my eyes had changed to mimic those of the Kyuubi's. "Get it out!!" I screamed. The bad feeling I had grew…the seal keeping the beast locked away was slipping.

"Just one more push Naruto!" Sasuke's called somehow made it through my fogged mind. With all the strength I could find I pushed; panting with relief when he finally slipped completely out. Sasuke severed the cord with a small version of his Chidori blade "You know Naruto," He spoke, sitting down next to me on the floor with the whimpering boy "We never did come up with a name."

I turned over to look at him, tears of Joy and pain filled my eyes. "How can something so small hurt so much." I laughed, stroking his head as the Sasuke clone cleaned me up. "He is your first born son. If you'd like to, you can name him." I fell back against the arm of the chair ready to call it quits and just sleep forever.

"But the name I want to give him...I think...Would hurt you." I watched as my little son's chubby hand brushed against Sasuke's cheek. "I want my husband to have a say in naming him. My mom named my brother and my dad named me." He smiled down at the boy, starting to rock him "If we have another I will name him or her."

I couldn't believe that he had just brought up the thought of another baby. I let out a soft hiss "I think I know the name you want to give him and I'm just fine with it. It hurts a little bit but I'll love him no less." At least he wasn't going to be named after a character from a book. I'm sure my parent's meant well doing that but it was a little weird considering who wrote the book; pervy sage. I tried shifting my weight around to get more comfortable. "Sasuke…I have a bad feeling…I don't like it."

"Yes I know…I've had it all day too." He winced so I eased up from my grasp of his hand. Then, with a startling 'POOF' his clones vanished. Behind them, stuck deep into the wall, two kunai's, followed shortly be the wood frame of the door being kicked in. Sasuke's yell was mixed in with the sound of crunching word and an icy voice.

"So sorry Sasuke Kun, I didn't mean to hurt you." I froze…that voice…no it couldn't be.

"YOU!" I called out to the voice. As the dust settled my jaw dropped in horror. Five or Six of Sir Leader stood before Sasuke and me. "h-how can you be alive? We made sure you were dead six months ago." The hate boiled up inside me as I watched Sasuke's new blood line trait spin into action. His left eye started to bleed as black flames engulfed the new strangers. Something was changing within Sasuke just as something in me was.

I pulled myself from the couch "what are you DOING HERE!!?" I shouted, each word holding icy hot venom. My son's cries bounced off the walls as I waited for his answer.

The black flames vanished as a cruel laughed answered my question. The tallest of the six men ran forward towards sasuke. Just half a second later and Itachi would have been dead; sasuke horribly hurt. No, instead Sasuke whipped around, nailing the man square in gut, knocking him back to the others.

"Clever Sasuke, seems Itachi gave you more than just memories" The leader of the group said "And Naruto, we are here for your son, Itachi was the name wasn't it?" Mouth agape I paused. How could he have known the name of our son? No one had spoken it aloud!

The tallest one made a second move, running at sasuke again. This time he was successful, landing just a tap on sasuke sent him flying back; our son held protectively to his chest.

"Naruto take him, get out of here, and go to Tsunade" Sasuke ordered, crawling over to me he handed baby Itachi over. "GO! I have things under control here." He turned sharply around just in time to block a fist from Sir Leader. "GO NOW!!" Sasuke screamed at the top of his lungs, flinging the man back to the other five.

I held Itachi up against my shoulder, my hand protecting his soft head. "Sasuke! I can't just leave you here!" It's five against one and he was already injured. He would be worried about me and Itachi too much to fight clearly putting him at an even more severe disadvantage. I had to get Itachi to a safe place somehow! "Sasuke hold them back for just five minutes!" or for less I hoped. I jumped over debris and furniture that had gotten tossed around and headed for outside. If I could make it a little ways away I could rest and summon a clone long enough to get baby Itachi to someplace safe.

I panted heavily, a stitch piercing in my side. "Ok you darn fox. If ever there was a time I needed you it's now!" I closed my eyes, sinking back against the back wall of a silent alley; the only noise to be heard was Itachi's wails and my heavy breathings.

After a minute I had summoned enough energy to make a weak clone. I handed him baby Itachi with strict instructions to take him straight to the Hokage. Once out of sight I turned and started back for Sasuke. Half way there I ran on all fours, my nails pointed out into claws, teeth changed to fangs, and the burning red chakara over powered me. I wasn't just fighting for my family anymore. I was fighting for my home…my village.