Beep, beep, beep.
God was that sound annoying...I tried to raise my arm to shut it off but my body was just too content where it was to listen to me. Groaning in frustration I attempted to block out the consistent beeping. I didn't want Sasuke to hear it though and have it wake him up too. So instead I cuddled closer to the bastard and let his cool skin once more absorb my heat. Funny, it was like he was a snake or something; changing from warm to cold. By the way Sasuke was shifting I knew the bastard was about to wake up. Blinking his eyes Sasuke looked down at me.
"Morning." My greeting came out muffled because I refused to remove myself from my cooler, at least that is what I would tell the bastard if he asked.
"Hn." And Sasuke leaned up and kissed me softly.
"Morning dobe." He said with a smirk. I pouted.
"Don't be a bastard." I said rolling to the side. He followed and settled on top of me.
"Idiot." He said but his lips were tipped in a rare smile and I found that I could let the insult pass. I leaned in wanting to have the taste of Sasuke in my mouth once more. Sasuke, getting the hint, leaned down as well our lips centimeters apart.
"Naruto...Wake up." Huh? And then suddenly I was jolted awake.
Slowly I opened my eyes, blinking once I realized how harsh the light was on my eyes. A dream...it had only been a dream...I felt my heart sink but then I wanted to slap myself. What was I? A girl? What the hell was with that dream...I really needed to have a one on one with my inner princess about keeping itself in check. Realizing that I wasn't in my room I looked around for something familiar though with little luck. I was about to close my eyes again when a shadow caught my eye. I looked up to find Sasuke looking down at me. Go figure I looked everywhere but in front of me.
"S-sas...ke..." I croaked.
"You fucking loser." Sasuke snapped somewhat angrily but also obviously relieved. I studied his face for a moment, still stuck in an in between place of dreams and reality. Sasuke turned towards the door and called for someone but I didn't particularly care because the fact that Sasuke had lost even a little bit of his composure for me made a warm fuzzy feeling creep into my stomach. That was until Sakura appeared, in which reality became completely known. Sasuke wasn't mine, and he never would be.
"Naruto! My god we were so worried! What the heck happened?" Sakura practically yelled. I rolled my eyes at her.
"How should I know? You are the doctor." I said sarcastically. Silence consumed the room and I was about to close my eyes again when Sakura turned towards Sasuke.
"Hey can you step out for a moment? I need to ask him some questions." Sakura softly whispered.
"Why would that involve me leaving? It's not like the idiot can say anything that I don't already know." Sasuke said giving Sakura an icy glare.
"Sasuke. Just let me ask him some questions." She demanded once more. Sasuke's glare got colder.
"The dobe needs me." The possessiveness in his voice made Sakura take a step back. I however was pissed. They were talking as if I couldn't decide who could be in the room or not and that I wasn't right next to them. But another much smaller part of me felt...I don't even know, happy, content, thrilled, that Sasuke was so possessive of me. I squashed down that part real fast. However the happy couple continued to bicker about me and so I felt I obliged to ask.
"Can you two talk as if I am not right next to you?" I said in a dangerously low voice. Sakura jumped and Sasuke's glare was now focused on me. I looked at Sakura and was surprised at how upset she looked, and so, being the amazing friend I was, decided to see what was wrong.
"Teme let me talk to Sakura. I don't need you for every little thing." I complained. The bastard snorted letting me know just how much he believed me.
"Sure dobe. Keep telling yourself that." Fucking bastard. The teme left and I sighed while turning towards Sakura.
"Alright Sakura wha-" And my question was cut off by a slap across my face. Stunned I sat there for a moment letting the tingling feeling sink in before I snapped.
"What the hell was that for?" I shouted but stopped myself when I saw the hurt and angry look on Sakura's face.
"I don't know what your problem is Naruto but your attitude is really pissing me off! I don't know what made you so pissy but it's getting old." Sakura said sternly. I suddenly felt a twinge of guilt when I realized that I had been thinking of Sakura like she was a bad guy. Here she was worried about me and I had been treating her like she was the scum of the earth. Some amazing friend I was treating one of the only people who accepted me like garbage.
"I'm sorry..." I said looking at her earnestly. It really wasn't her fault. Sasuke chose her. I had promised myself that I would support them and their relationship, because they had done enough for me. I didn't need any more from them. Wanting more would make me selfish, which as future Hokage was not allowed.
Sakura's face softened at my apology. And though she never did answer it I knew she forgave me.
Sasuke burst into the room after that not saying a word. If he noticed the swelling in my cheek he said nothing. Sasuke, Sakura, and I talked for a little while after that, about what happened after I conked out. Did we complete the mission, is Baa-chan mad? We even joked, and for a moment I thought that we were Genin and life was simple again. None of this rivalry between friends and hatred existed. Pure and simple.
But of course nothing lasts forever. Baa-chan burst into the room with a look that could outdo the Uchiha glare.
"You two." She said pointing to Sasuke and Sakura, "Out." Sasuke glared and stayed put while Sakura practically jumped from her seat. She looked back and grabbed Sasuke's hand leading him out of the room. I tried to ignore the part of my brain that was laughing at how whipped Sasuke was, because than I would realize that he was no where I could reach him. Damn. But that was what I had wanted wasn't it? I turned to look at Baa-chan wanting to face her rather than my own emotions.
"So what's up Baa-chan?" I asked casually. The withering look Granny gave made my light cheery mood disappear.
"This is no time to joke around Naruto. What happened out there in the fields is not only life threating but dangerous for your team and the mission and would have easily lead to you and your teams death. What would you have done if this was an s rank mission Naruto? What in your head made it alright to go in this condition and not tell me about it?" She asked but not in a sweet concerned voice. Oh no she was accusing me. I pouted and crossed my arms.
"Don't be such a nag." I said teasingly. Tsunade touched my shoulder and looked at me with a grave look.
"Naruto. I'm being serious. You never have been this seriously ill before. What happened to you isn't something to take lightly. Now I'm asking again...Did something happen?" She said no longer accusingly but truly concerned. I knew that but still the feelings of shame and fear began to consume me till I thought I would be sick.
"Naruto." She said once more with a stern tone and I snapped.
"It's none of your damn business!" I accused with venom in my glare. I didn't care if I was being completely unreasonable. No one could know what might be the matter with me because than it would all be real. I didn't look away from her making sure her eyes were locked with mine and there was no room for discussion. Her eyes widened slightly, most likely from the hostile tone, but she soon composed herself and glared right back.
"Don't be a brat. It is my business when not only am I your doctor but when I am the one who assigns you missions to protect our village." She said. I could tell she was on the edge of losing her temper, but that was the last thing I cared about.
"It doesn't concern you." I claimed defensively. I felt this conversation was heading in a direction that I couldn't control nor could I tell what the outcome of it would be. It had to stop. It had to stop...
"What did you say yo-"
"SHUT-UP!" I screamed. My mind was reeling too fast to get a handle on what my mouth was saying. Everything that I had been repressing, the fear, the anger, the hurt, was suddenly splayed into the forefront and flashing through my head faster than I could truly understand.
"God you wouldn't understand! Hell I don't understand because this is just not supposed to happen! God Damn Shit! How the hell did this happen? Why does fucking shit like this always happen? What the hell did I do that was so fucking bad? Or do the gods just enjoy watching people suffer? I was trying to forget him! I swore I would get over him so why are they doing this to me?" And I cried. Really cried. I cried for my broken heart, for all the joy and happiness I could have had, for everything. This wasn't like me, being so wrapped up in myself. My world revolved around other people but sometimes, you just have to cry for yourself, no matter how pathetic.
Tears are like magic though. When you feel like all the bad feelings that you kept bottled up are going to overtake you just cry. It's like the feelings get washed away. Not that the feelings will completely disappear they just...I don't know seem more manageable. Not that I was a wimp or anything. I mean it's not like I go and cry whenever my feelings get hurt. Just when life seems like it's getting too hard and I feel like I'm drowning. And I was drowning. Drowning in the black pools of the teme's eyes. Ha...so much for getting over him...
It was then that I realized that maybe all my attempts to forget the teme just made me think about him even more. I was always going to love Sasuke Uchiha and it freaked the shit out of me.
During my break down I forgot that Tsunade was even in the room. She probably didn't even know where to start to handle the situation presented in front of her. Not that I could really blame her...
Maybe it was because I was having so many emotions rushing through me that the light touch on my shoulder made me turn into her unknowing embrace. She stiffened a little but soon relaxed and soothingly rubbed my back. We stayed like that until I fell asleep again and when I finally woke up I felt like shit. I slowly sat up and noticed Tsunade sitting next to me.
"You want to try having that conversation again." Tsunade said annoyed.
"Without the emotional breakdown." Of course she had to add that to the end. Stupid old lady.
"Awwww. Come on Granny you know someone has to keep you on your toes. Don't want to lose your touch in your old age." I joked, hoping to evade the subject. By the way Tsunade looked at me, she knew that too.
"Naruto..." She whispered once more and I sighed knowing that I had to reveal my cards. Alright I had to softly let her catch on...gently let her into it. I-
"I think I'm pregnant." ...Well subtleness never was my strong suit. There was a long silence after my confession. Then she slapped my head so that my face smacked the metal lunch try.
"What the fu-"
"You dumb brat! This is no time to be making jokes or pulling pranks!" She furiously proclaimed. I was hesitant for a moment because the mischievous part of me wanted to play it off as a joke and see how red she turned. The other part however wanted to know if Kyubbi's threat was real and if so I knew would I need all the help I could get.
With confidence I knew I truly didn't have i looked back at Tsunade.
"It wasn't a joke Tsunade," I said quietly but sincerely. I needed her to believe me or at least...just listen. She studied me for a while until she sighed and closed her eyes, rubbing her hands on her temples.
"Well... what has convinced you of this impossible phenomenon?" She asked sarcastically but her eyes where serious and a part of me grew lighter with the trust she was placing in me
"Kyubbi..." I said as if I could care less while giving a shrug. From the corner of my eyes I could see her sit straighter in her chair.
"What?" she asked more in shock that needing me to repeat it. I repeated anyway.
"Kyubbi...he told me." I said louder. The bed dipped and I turned to see Tsunade sitting down.
"What do you mean he told you?" She asked. I wanted to run away from the situation and pretend it had never happened. I wanted too but that would just make me a coward, and I am NOT a coward.
"It happened like a week or two ago... I had gotten completely trashed at my house and woke up with these horrible cramps. I ran to the bathroom and all this blood came out of me and I panicked. The next thing I knew I was standing in front of the Kyubbi's cage. He... laughed at me and said congratulations; you're having a baby...well I told that fucking bastard that it was completely impossible and that he didn't have that kind of power. He laughed again and chided me for doubting his powers. Then I was on my bathroom floor again. " Tsunade didn't say a word for a while after that, lost in her own thoughts I assumed. It was killing me. Was she freaked out? Did she hate me now? And on and on the questions came to my mind but finally the old lady spoke.
"How?" She asked. I had no idea what 'how' she was talking about. How did I get pregnat? How did the Kyubbi produce and sustain life in me? How was I such an idiot? The last one was a common question. So yeah, lots of different 'hows'.
"How what Granny?" Luckily my mouth still worked even while my brain was preoccupied. Tsunade glared.
"Don't be dumb brat. How did the Kyubbi get another piece of genes? It wouldn't work if he only took two of your sperm..." Oh she just had to go for the kill didn't she? Worse, my cheeks started to heat as I remembered just how exactly I got pregnant. I was not sharing that piece of information if I wasn't really pregnant!
"I'll tell you...after you do the dumb test thingy..." I pouted. There were just some things I would not admit until absolutely necessary. Tsunade was going to argue with me but realized that nothing more would come out of my mouth until the tests where done. She sighed grabbing different tubes and needles. I swallowed nervously.
"Why are you preparing those?" I asked trying not to let my voice quiver. However when she held up syringe to the light I almost pissed myself. She grabbed a rubber string and began to walk towards me.
"What the hell do you plan to do with that?" I demanded as I huddled into a corner to get as far as possible from the women with the dangerous weapons. Growling Baa-chan grabbed my arm and yanked me forward.
"Don't be such a brat Naruto this won't even hurt." She grunted while she swiftly wrapped the rubber around my arm...tight.
"I'm not a brat you granny!" I retorted and Tsunade just continued with her work. She finally placed all of the empty tubes on a tray and looked up at me.
"Alright Naruto now I have to take your blood..." Say wha?
"No way! Don't normal people just have to pee on a stick or a cup or something?" I had hoped that this would let her see my other options. She rolled her eyes however like that was the most stupid question I had ever asked her, which was a complete lie. I had asked her much more stupid things than that.
"Idiot. Those most likely wouldn't work because you are a man. This way we doctors can accurately see if you are." Yet she continued to stride towards me as she said this. As if she didn't have a needle waiting to suck me dry.
"Hell no! That needle is not going anywhere near me!" I shouted as I jumped up.
Tsunade however was two steps ahead and grabbed my arm and slammed me down on the ground. I groaned in pain and right as Tsunade was about to jab me with the needle I jumped up and tried to make a break for it but the stupid I.V thing yanked me back causing me to fall.
"Get back here you brat! You will not get away!" Tsunade yelled.
"Fuck you Granny! Ain't no way you are sticking that thing anywhere near me!" I said dodging her once more.
"I said stop moving Naruto!"
"Make me!"
"Lady Tsunade what in the world is going on in here?" Asked a very flustered and concerned Shizune. Tsunade and me stopped in our bickering and looked up to see that everyone in the hospital was looking into my room. My face flushed at all the attention which of course only increased when the stupid bastard himself stared down at me. I would have demanded to know what the hell he was staring at but the look he was giving me was one I couldn't read. My pondering of the teme's face was short lived when I felt a pinch in my arm.
"YYYEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!"
"Oh shut up it's not that bad." Said the insensitive little leach taking blood from my body! Well saying that Tsunade was little in any way was a complete lie, but nonetheless!
After that my world went black.
When I woke up again I was in the hospital bed once more with Sasuke beside me.
"Sasuke?" I whispered.
"Idiot..."
"What happened?" At this Sasuke grunted.
"Dobe...Tsunade took some blood to run tests and you passed out." He said with a huge smug smirk plastered on his face, which I felt the urge to punch.
"Fuck you! I did not pass out! I was knocked out from blood loss!" I shouted. Damn the teme always knew just what to say to piss me off.
"Sure..." He said as his smirk only got bigger. I was going to retort back but Sasuke raised his hand and rustled my hair.
"Dobe." And for once I didn't have anything to say. I didn't care how sappy it sounded but I really just wanted time to stop. Just for a little while.