Okay...still haven't talked to Kosuke yet...it's still the same day...just...new chapter...

Kosuke's POV (Good job!)

It had been an interesting evening, but I was sure feeling tired all of a sudden. I decided to let the subject of Amaya's leaving (was she lying to me, or to the guy?) drop for now, since I was so tired. I could tell that the others were getting tired too. Lee was lying on Amaya's bed when we got back to her room, holding his head where Amaya had hit him. He had a pretty big bruise growing just above his left eyebrow, and he had plaster all through his hair. Gaara was attempting to get it all out, standing behind him, looking like he didn't feel anything, but I also thought I saw a small smile playing at his lips.

Naruto and Sasuke had left the closet when they had heard Kakashi yelling (weird, that that was what got them out of the closet, even though none of the other commotions had. Must have something to do with him being their sensei), and now sat across the room from the bed, on the. They were both leaning up against the wall, and Naruto looked like he was going to fall asleep all most instantly. Sasuke still looked alert, but not on the same level as he usually is.

I looked around, and even Amaya seemed a little tired, though any one who didn't know her as well as I do wouldn't have noticed it.

"All right," I said to all of them, "I think it's time for bed."

Amaya groaned a little, but didn't complain all that much. The others didn't say anything at all, just got their blankets or sleeping bags set up, that Amaya had gotten then when we had first gotten here. Amaya went over to talk to Lee, to apologize, I assume, and it seemed as if he forgave her and dropped the subject, because soon they were laughing and joking around. I shook my head at the two of them, but smiled slightly. Sure, they didn't hang out nearly as much as any other twins I've ever heard of, and they had a screwed up family, but they were still friends. I have to say, I admire Amaya for not holding a grudge against Lee, since he is the one that their parents seem to care about more (or at least Gai does. Kakashi doesn't seem to really care about either of them).

It took us about ten minutes to get all situated, because there were so many of us, and Amaya doesn't have all that big a room. Amaya and I ended up sharing the bed, which was all right, because there was at least enough room for us both, though it probably wouldn't have been all that comfortable if any two of the four guys tried to fit together in it. Naruto was lying in front of the closet, in his bright orange sleeping bag Amaya had found for him. Sasuke was on his left, about three feet away from Naruto. I guess he didn't want any of us to think that they were going to sleep together, though really I don't think any of us would have cared if they had decided to, as long as they didn't make any noises in the night. Gaara was sitting on the blankets that had been placed out for him under the window, since he doesn't really sleep. We all knew that he was going to go sit on the roof once the rest of us had fallen asleep, so he was close to the window so that he wouldn't wake any of us up, walking through the room.

Actually, Amaya was probably going to join him, because she also barely sleeps (one of the perils of having a demon trapped inside of you, or of have had a demon trapped inside, in Gaara's case). So, I guess I was going to end up getting the bed to myself, which I liked the idea of. And lastly, Lee was lying to the right side of the bed, up towards the window, a little ways. He had a large green sleeping bag that was his. He always leaves it here, to have it when he visits Amaya, so that he doesn't need to bring it with him. It was pretty smart of him, since he usually visits a couple times a month.

Once we were all ready, we sat or laid down on our beds, and talked for about an hour. Sure, we were all tired, but come on, it was a sleep over. Who ever falls asleep at a sleep over before two in the morning. Actually, it was technically almost three by the time I finally fell asleep. Naruto was the first to fall into dreams, and Lee was soon to follow him. We heard each of them mutter a bunch of nonsense while they slept, and tried not to laugh, since it would wake them up. I'm not sure if Sasuke fell asleep before me or not, because all of a sudden I was pretty much out of it. I felt the bed shift, which told me that Amaya had left, but then the darkness surrounded me, and welcomed me in.

It felt like I had barely been sleeping for ten minutes, before I felt my stomach heave. I was awake instantly, and out of the room even faster. I was careful not to step on Lee as I ran out of the room, and I tried to be as quiet as possible, but all I really cared about was making it to the bathroom before the contents in my stomach made their way up my throat and out of my mouth. I made it just in time to lean over the toilet and puke what felt like my guts out. I hated this part of the whole hangover process.

It seemed as if my stomach had been a never ending pit, because food just coming up. When there was no more food, I kept on dry-heaving. This hangover was different from any other I had ever experienced before (not that I've experienced many of them), because the puking-process was taking longer than usual. Also, I didn't have the pounding headache I've had the other few times when I've had a hangover. Odd, I thought, but didn't think any more about it as another dry-heave came up.

"That doesn't sound to good," a voice commented from behind me, as a hand pulled my hair back so that it wouldn't get in the mess.

"I knew I should have just let Gaara tell us all his secret. Damn myself for being so kindhearted," I said, once the heave was over.

I looked back at Amaya, who was shaking her head. "What?" I asked her.

"I don't think this has anything to do with the bottle of sake you drank. Do you want to know what I think?" she asked me.

"No," I said, then changed my mind, "Yes."

"I think you're pregnant," she told me quietly, so that if any one was listening they wouldn't hear.

I rolled my eyes, then shook my head. "It's not possible," I told her, "I've had my period since… then."

Amaya looked at me, and I could tell she was serious, not joking around. "It is possible, I bet. You are pregnant. You've been eating weirdly lately, and having small mood swings, every now and then. And now, you have morning sickness. It all points towards pregnancy."

I shook my head again, refusing to believe her. "You're wrong."

"You wanna bet? Come on, lets go to a doctor's, and they'll tell you that I'm right," she replied, leading the way out of the bathroom.

"Oh, and just which doctor are we going to?" I asked her, not taking her seriously.

She looked back at me and grinned. "The best, of course. I don't want you to be able to say anything about the person not knowing what they are doing, like I know you will. So, we're going to see Tsunade-sama."

I stopped in my tracks, staring at her. "Amaya, what if she asks me questions? I mean, I'm not pregnant, but what if she thinks I've been fooling around, instead of working on my missions?" I asked her.

Amaya looked at me, rolled her eyes and said, "First of all, you are pregnant. Second, she would have to be really stupid to think that you would be 'fooling around,' as you call it, instead of working on your missions. Jeez Kosuke, every one knows how dedicated you are to your job."

"Our whole team is," I replied, looking up at the sun that was just rising over the horizon. I missed the guilty look that flashed across Amaya's face.

We walked the rest of the way to the Hokage building in silence. Once we got there, Amaya told the woman waiting at the entrance to the building that we were hoping to see the Hokage, and no, we didn't have an appointment, but could we see her any way? The woman seemed a little upset to have to go up to inform Tsunade that we were there, since she was probably asleep at her desk, and she was never very happy when any one woke her up. But she went any way, and before long the two of us were being ushered through the building, as if we didn't know where Tsunade's office was. This upset both of us a little bit, since we have been to her office before (just yesterday, in fact!) but we got over it quickly.

As we entered Tsunade's office, I noticed that there was, like always, a bottle of sake standing on her desk. Just the thought of that drink made me want to throw-up once again, but since there was nothing left in my stomach, I was able to keep the dry-heave down. Tsunade herself took a nice long swig of it, as we sat down, then smacked her lips.

"Ahh," she said, then turned to us. "What can I do for the two of you so early in the morning? I don't have any missions for either you two or Cooro, if that's why you're here."

"Shit, I knew I was forgetting something," I heard Amaya mutter to herself, as we both remembered that we were supposed to tell Cooro about his being a Jonin.

Oops, I thought to myself, but then shrugged. We could tell him when we see him in training this afternoon. "Um, that's not why we're here," I told Tsunade.

She looked at us curiously. "Well then, why are you here?" she asked us.

"Well, er… you see… um…" I tried to tell her, but I couldn't word anything correctly. So Amaya took care of it for me.

"I think that Kosuke's pregnant, but she doesn't believe me. So, I thought you could give her a check up, and tell her that she is, so she'll finally believe me, and have to admit that I am right, and she is wrong" Amaya told her, then started breathing again.

I could feel my face warming up, and I knew without looking up that Tsunade was now staring at me. I could feel her eyes on me, which just made my face even redder.

"Kosuke, is this true? Is this why you are here?" Tsunade asked me.

I nodded my head, and told her while still looking down, "I'm pretty much positive that I'm not pregnant (Amaya rolled her eyes and snorted), but Amaya seems to think that I am."

"What makes you think that you're not pregnant?" Tsunade wanted to know.

"I've had my period since… then," I informed her.

She turned to Amaya and asked her, "What makes you think that she is?"

Amaya counted off her fingers, "She's been acting weird lately, she has mood swings every now and then, though I think she's been trying to hide them from me, and she's been eating weird food combinations."

Tsunade put her hand to her chin, thinking. "Hm," she said, "Well you both have some good points. I think the only thing to do to be sure is to check. How about it, Kosuke?"

I hesitated, but then nodded my head reluctantly.

"Well, then come over here," Tsunade said, standing up from behind her desk.

I got up out of the chair I was sitting in, and walked over to her desk. She met me in front of it, and told me to hold still. I could see chakra building in her right hand.

"Don't worry, this wont hurt at all. I'm just going to run this chakra over your stomach, and I'll be able to tell if there's a baby in there," she told me.

I was worried for a minute that she'd ask me to lift my shirt up so that it wouldn't be in the way, and she'd see my scars. However, I didn't need to worry, because she didn't need to move the cloth, apparently. She just ran her hand over my stomach, and that seemed to be all.

I looked at her, expecting her to be smiling, and tell me that I was not pregnant. But she didn't. She frowned for a second, then looked at me. I could read the answer in her eyes, but she said it out loud any way.

"I'm sorry Kosuke," she said to me, "but Amaya was right. You are indeed pregnant."

For a minute, my brain wouldn't register what she had said. Pregnant? I thought, no, it's not possible! "B-but…my period. I had it. I-it's not possible," I couldn't manage a sentence, but I was able to get my question across.

Tsunade looked at me, and said slowly and quietly, "It doesn't happen often, but every now and then it happens. A girl or woman will be under so much stress that their period will come, even if they are pregnant."

All of a sudden the room started to go blurry. My head was feeling all, well, floaty, and I knew I was about to faint. I stepped back until I hit Tsunade's desk. I sat up on it, and put my head between my knees. Luckily it worked, and I didn't faint. However, it meant that I could still hear, and be part of, the conversation.

"I told you," Amaya said from across the room, "You should listen to me more often." I knew she was trying to lighten the conversation, but it wasn't really helping.

Tsunade stood in front of me, and put her hand to my forehead, checking my temperature. She must have been satisfied, because she then tilted my head up, and looked in my eyes. She wanted to know if I was still with them, probably. I my self wasn't sure about that. I felt… apart. I felt more like I was watching everything that was happening, instead of it actually happening to me.

"Well, any way, I'd say you are probably some where in the second month, but I can't be sure of that exactly. From all that is developed, though, it certainly isn't less than a month and a half," Tsunade told me, "I'll tell you everything you need to know, but do you have any particular questions?"

"Sake," I said to her, staring at her face but not really seeing her. "Last night I drank a whole bottle of sake. How will it affect the…baby?"

Tsunade sighed and said, "When did you drink it?"

"Probably around eleven thirty," I answered.

"Did you have anything with it?"

"I had some pixie sticks afterwards."

"When did you throw up? I assume you threw it up at some point?"

"This morning, probably around four thirty."

"I don't think you have to worry too much about it. The pixie sticks probably soaked most of it up, before it could harm the baby. The rest of it was most likely thrown-up before it could get to the baby," Tsunade informed me.

I nodded to her to show her I understood, but stared at the floor.

Tsunade looked at me, then said very quietly, "Kosuke, you are a ninja of this village. Just yesterday you were promoted to the rank of Jonin, and I honestly think you deserve that. You work hard, and seem to care more about your friends some times than yourself. If you don't want this baby, then I can get rid of it right now. Nobody needs to know about this. It can be a secret kept between the three of us in this room. But if you want me to do this, then we need to do it now, before the child develops any further. You have to decide right now."

I continued to stare at the floor, but I had heard her. Get rid of the baby? She would do that? Then I could just go on with my life, with the only reminders of how this came about being my scars. I could, maybe, eventually forget about Orochimaru, and that awful mission. I wouldn't have to be a mother at only sixteen, or pregnant at fifteen!

But even as I was thinking it, I knew I couldn't do it. Even if I had never wanted this, had never had a choice in the matter, I couldn't ask Tsunade to kill the child.

"No," I said so quietly that I was surprised either of them heard me. "I don't want an abortion. I'll…I'll keep this child."

"What?!" Amaya yelled from the other side of the room. "What are you talking about? You can't have this kid! You never even wanted to have sex!"

Tsunade looked surprised, then suspicious. I glared at Amaya.

"What does that mean, exactly Kosuke? Did you not have a choice in this matter?" Tsunade asked me, and I could hear the furry in her voice.

"It doesn't mean anything, Hokage-sama. Amaya's just talking," I told her, while still glaring across the room.

"But Kosuke! You didn't-" Amaya started, but I cut her off.

"Lady Tsunade? May I come back later sometime to talk to you more about this? I have some thinking I need to do," I asked, sliding off of the desk.

Tsunade still looked suspicious, but I guess she decided to let it go for now, because she nodded her head to me. "Just try not to do anything stressful, okay? It could hurt the baby, and you even."

I bowed to her, then quickly walked to the door. As I passed Amaya, I grabbed her arm, and pulled her with me. I led her out of the room, then out of the building. Once we were back in the street, I let go of her.

"Ow!" she exclaimed, "What the hell was that for?"

"Listen Amaya," I started, in a voice that told her not to fool around and to listen, "I don't want any one to know about this child, but eventually it is going to get out. I understand that, and am accepting it. However, I will not accept letting any one know who the father is! That is a secret that will remain between the two of us. You can't even tell Cooro or Anko-sensei, got it?"

Amaya looked at me as if I had no brains. "Hello? If you don't want people to know about the kid, then just get rid of it! I mean, it's not as if you had any say in this at all!" She then hit me upside the head, though I noticed that it was a lighter hit than she would usually give someone.

I looked down at the ground, then back up to her face. "This baby didn't have a say in any of this either. It's not its fault any of this happened, and I'm not going to be responsible for the murder of an innocent baby," I told her, as serious as I'd ever been in my life.

"Okay, I understand that the kid didn't have any say in this, but why should you be punished for the rest of your life for something that that bastard did to you?! How the hell is that fair?" she asked me.

I laughed bitterly. "I thought you of all people would know that life's never fair. That all it does is keep kicking us down, until we no longer have the strength to stand back up."

I looked over to her, and I know that she saw the sadness and bitterness that was over-taking my face, because her own expression changed. She had been mad, her face almost red from anger, and she had been shaking. But now she was no longer shaking, and her face too had sadness written on it. She knew exactly what I meant, and the look on her face proved it.

Amaya's POV

Great, this was great. Actually it had its ups and downs, one thing for sure was that this... child... was going to put a whole lot of stress on Kosuke. Not to mention when she wakes up tomorrow I won't be there and that will be stressful too. Yet, with her pregnant she won't come after me for a while. It will give me enough time to train and stay with the bird-guy. I looked up at Kosuke, a smile on my face. I knew I had to make the best of this day for her,

"Lets not talk about this harsh reality okay? We have to get back to the guys before they start flipping." We ran back to my house, at a slower speed then we would usually go. We also didn't jump through the (broken) window, we took the front door. Kosuke seemed aggravated with the precautions that I was taking, but I didn't want anything to happen to her. Anything more than what I was doing to her that she had no idea about.

I walked into the room to find Sasuke and Gaara awake and sitting on my bed, Naruto was still sleeping. Actually it looked like he was making out with my closet door. And Lee... well I just hope he did die in his sleep from blood entering the brain. I walked over to him and put my ear next to his nose. He was still exhaling, good. Before I got a chance to stand back upright Lee flung his arms around my shoulders and pulled my to him.

"MORNING!" he called out, only Lee and Naruto can be hyper in the morning. I scolded him for being so loud, because Naruto was no longer makeing out with the door, now he was prancing around the room.

"Hey everyone! I had a dream Sasuke was a bowl of ramen!" he sang out.

"That would explain your make-out session with my closet door." I said looking at it's wood now turned dark with drool.

"Did you make-out with the bowl of ramen?!" Lee asked appaled.

"No. I ate him."

"You ate me?!" Sasuke asked, paniced.

"Chill Sasuke, just a dream." Kosuke said with a smile. I was glad to see she was putting that behind her for now.

Eventually the first to leave was Gaara and Lee, Kankuro and Temari stopped by to pick Gaara up so they could head back to Suna. Well Lee refused to leave Gaara's side. When Lee hinted at Gaara's "condition" and that he should be there for him Kankuro and Temari agreed. Did Gaara have no say in the matter or something? Anyway, Sasuke and Naruto were the last to go, and I laughed when I saw them leave holding hands. I turned to Kosuke, it was getting late out.

"Are you going to go home and... you know... tell your father?" I asked her, she looked down.

"I guess I kind of have to right?" she walked to the door, I lead her there. She looked almost reluctant to leave, I smiled. "Amaya, don't do anything stupid tonight... alright?"

"Don't worry Kosuke. I didn't have a pixy stick all day today."

"You know that wasn't what I ment." and with that she walked out the door.

"Goodbye." I called, suddenly afraid that this would be the last time I see her. Afraid that she had walked out the door for good. It was then that I promised myself I would see her again. I knew (hoped) she wouldn't desert me, like I was her.

It was nine o' clock when the blond bird-guy came to get me. I left a note on my bed,

Kakashi and others,

I'm sorry, but this lifestyle I was leading isn't going as smoothly as I thought it would when I created it. Kosuke, I'm sure they will let you read this too so, I just want you to know that I'm sorry for doing this to you but I don't know what else to do. I'm sure you know what is under my armsleeves... I think I forgot them... anyway, your the only one and I was able to trust you with that. Know that you can trust me too. I promised my self that I will see you again. Kakashi, I know you tried your best to raise me but I think I speak for everyone when I say you're not the "motherly" type. I don't want you under pressure by thinking you did this to me, no, I did this to myself. Sasuke, thanks for the hair. When Deidara (Kosuke, he's the bird-guy/stalker AND he his also...a guy) saw me he thought I was you so, thanks. If you can't tell by my words I am rolling my eyes. Naruto, I may regret this but, you can have my pixie sticks stash. I won't need it where I am. Sasuke...don't kill me. Lee, this is not you or shudder Gai's fault either. You are a great friend/older twin. You may be crazy and over protective, but you always watched out for me and besides, that is what brothers are for right? Anyway, good luck with your family (I don't mean with Gai), and now use your crazy and overprotective...ness on Gaara. As for Gaara well (cue dramatic music), you're the person who sits with me on the rooftops, who actually listens (besides you Kosuke) to how I feel. I know that the night I had the sleep over you could tell I was stressed. Still you never push me into telling anything, I'm going to miss that. Tsunade, it was your words that pushed me in this, the Akatsuki just kind of helped it along. Yes everyone, you should know that is where I am. Don't bother looking for them, they'll kill you. Tsunade I want to thank you for helping me become as strong as I am now, also watch out for Kosuke. I don't want her to hurt her self. Well, I have to go Deidara's waiting.

Later,

Amaya Hitomi Hatake

Deidara and I left shortly after, it wasn't long. The Akatsuki hide out was in the Rain village, which is right next to the Leaf. It was cool because when Deidara held his hand out to I met everyone else. I could tell this was going to change my life. When he helped me get off the bird I noticed the mouth on his palm. I pulled the hand towards me, causing Deidara to be flung forward and into me, we both fell on the ground laughing. I felt weird to be laughing at a time like this but... I had a little crush on Deidara. ANYWAY... he showed me the mouths (he has one on his sexy abs too) and what they can do. Like make clay animals that explode when he commands. It was SO cool. He brought me into the HQs and

Whew, long one. Anyway, Amaya's done it. She's gone. And Kosuke, how is she going to handle that? Finding out your pregnant with a child of rape is one thing, but finding out your friend left you the very next day?

Can she make it?