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To somewhat answer some of the reviews on previous chapters…

I hate unhappy endings! Seriously…they make me cry and I hate crying P

As for Sasuke leaving him…well…I can't really say since I'll ruin the ending! But don't think just because of what I said above I'll make this story have a happy ending 'cause I could always make the sequel fix things D

Although this is M-preg…The characters won't actually know that he's pregerz for a while yet. And right now he's only been pregnant for about a month.

Ino and Sasuke…NO! There is nothing going on between them and there won't ever be…I have something else planned for our little Ino-chan!

Morning sickness…it isn't always just in the morning; in fact it usually stretches throughout the day. But for our Naruto it will mostly just last the mornings…sometimes later but usually not.

There is a lemon in this chapter that is not shown here. Links are on my profile.

Sasuke wakened – annoyingly – to a pleasant smell that was wafting its way into his tent. He groaned before turning over in his sleeping bag; trying to drown out the aroma. He knew it would be useless…his dobe would undoubtedly enter after a few moments to declare breakfast ready and Sasuke was so very glad that he was feeling better now.

Closing his eyes again he pictured his lover. He knew something was wrong…very wrong. Not only had Naruto been sick the previous morning for the first time in his life, he had also been experiencing strange mood swings. Although – Sasuke pondered – that hadn't happened for a while. Then again he hadn't actually been with his boyfriend much yesterday and the day before that they were drinking. His thoughts were interrupted as he felt his blonde's chakra signature approaching the tent. Sasuke smirked.

Naruto silently crept into the tent – noticing at once that Sasuke was not awake yet; or his lover would have sensed his chakra. He slowly approached the sleeping figure, excitement bubbled in his stomach with every step. By the time he was right next to the Uchiha, Naruto was barely breathing at all for fear of wakening the boy up too early. He carefully kneeled on the sleeping bag next to his dark boyfriend and without further warning he yelled – as loud as he possibly could – right into Sasuke's ear.

"Morning, Sunshine!"

No response followed and Naruto's brows knitted; confusion written all over his baby soft face. Placing his soft hands on an exposed bare shoulder, he started to shake the raven…still nothing. This was when panic started to creep into the young blonde's mind. What if Sasuke was…? Naruto couldn't even bring himself to think it! With heightened determination, the Jinchuuriki began briskly shaking the limp body as he started chanting his lovers name over and over again – desperately trying to wake the lifeless body.

"Sasuke! Sasuke, please. Please wake up, Sasuke. Sasuke? Sasuke this isn't funny!"

Sasuke was flipped onto his back from the shaking and Naruto could only stare at his unmoving figure. There was no movement. None at all. Not a twitch of an eyelid, or the rising and falling of his chest. Naruto could feel the tears falling from his eyes and did little to stop them; he was so scared. More frightened than he'd ever been and trembling like a leaf too. As a last resort he laid his head onto the Uchiha's chest and tried his hardest to listen for the heartbeat he'd heard so many times before. Though it proved to be difficult since his hearing was filled with the sounds of his own sniffing and whimpering.

Nothing.

Naruto took a sharp intake of breath and held it as he lifted his head to look at his lover. 'Oh god no. This can't be happening!' Was Naruto's last coherent thought before he broke into a fit of tears and subsequently began to hyperventilate. He closed his eyes tight and prayed that this was a nightmare...that is until he felt something soft on his lips.

Something soft and warm…

Something soft and warm and disturbingly familiar…

Something soft and warm and disturbingly familiar that tasted like Sasuke!

Naruto's eyes snapped open and he realized that his dead boyfriend had his arms wrapped around him and was currently kissing him tenderly as he slowly grasped the situation; Sasuke wasn't dead. Naruto's watery eyes turned from hurt to angry and he pushed the Uchiha back onto the bed before scrambling to the exit.

"You bastard!"

Naruto said as he paused at the zipper- unable to go outside in the state he was in – spinning around to glare furiously – though not very threatening since he still had tears running down his cheeks - at the smirking boy.

"Dobe, it was just a joke. Besides…if you'd actually tried to listen to my heart beat…where my heart is, it might have helped; the heart is at the left hand side of the chest, Idiot, not the right."

Obviously, this didn't serve to calm to raging blond down; in fact, if anything, it made him even worse.

"You bastard!" He said through gritted teeth as he crawled back over to his lover, "I thought you were frigging dead! How could I possibly think straight when the one I love was lying in front of me dead?"

Sasuke didn't answer. He just studied Naruto's face before attempting to aid his situation with a lame apology.

"I didn't think you'd get so worked up before you knew for sure that I was dead. I-I'm s-sorry, ok? I didn't mean to stress you out at all…I took it too far and should have stopped when you started to panic."

Naruto looked up at him with watery eyes; pondering the boys words.

"It really took a lot for you to say that 'sorry' didn't it?"

"Hn,"

"Thought so…hehe"

Naruto smiled slightly before resting heavily upon his bastards' chest – relishing in the coolness of his pale skin. A thought struck Naruto and he giggled slightly, receiving a questioning glance from Sasuke.

"No wonder I thought you were dead, you're colder than a corpse, Sasuke!"

The Uchiha smirked and wrapped his arms around the laughing boy, burying his face into the fresh smelling blond locks. Naruto had obviously washed this morning and Sasuke vaguely wondered if perhaps his boyfriend had been sick again, but passed it off soon afterwards; it had just been a one off hangover. He returned to his previous thoughts…

The group was lucky to be situated so close to a waterfall. This made the job of washing much easier; considering if they stood just slightly away from the tumbling waves of water – not too close or they'd get hurt, that amount of water falling at that speed could only be a danger – then they were sprayed much like in a shower; very handy indeed.

"Hey, Sasuke…" Naruto started as he flipped around, pushing his own chest onto Sasuke's.

"Can we go see those caves not far from here? You know how there's that big cliff thingy. Well, supposedly there are caves that lead into it if you walk towards the village. You know the one everyone went to the other day. It sounds sooo cool. So can we go Sasuke? Please?"

"I don't see why not. Who else is coming then?"

"I was thinking maybe…just me and you could go. Cause, like, we haven't really spent all that much time together; just us. If you don't wanna…"

"Of course I want to. I just thought that you'd want others there. You usually do."

"Oh…well not today. Today I just want you." Naruto replied with a grin. Sasuke raised a delicate eyebrow…

"Hn, you want me do you?"

Naruto's grin disappeared and a soft blush slowly spread over his cheeks. He giggled lightly – faking a shyness that he didn't possess – before kissing the tip of Sasuke's nose. He looked down onto the pale boys' collar bone before letting his eyes wonder up to stare at his boyfriends face again while his eye lids stayed somewhat where they were; causing Sasuke to see only a flash of cerulean through golden lashes. It looked amazing – emphasized greatly by the splash of pink that tinged the younger boys' cheeks; he looked edible in the Uchiha's eyes.

"I do." He whispered huskily. Yes; Naruto loved to flirt, and Sasuke certainly wasn't complaining as he subsequently brought a hand up from the Jinchuuriki's waist to the back of the boys head and forced their lips to lock.

"Oye…Love birds! Get your arses out here! Breakfast's ready!" Kiba's words cut through their kiss and they both looked at each other, wondering if it was them the dog lover was addressing from outside the tents.

"Naruto!"

Yes…it was them.

"Phew…I sure am stuffed now, eh Sasuke?"

"Hn, dobe."

"Whatever, teme!"

The two lovers walked peacefully through the forest. The directions they had been given by Sakura and Ino were simple enough; go towards the village until you see the entrance of the cave…it'll be on your left. So that's where they found themselves half an hour later; standing in front of a large entrance to what appeared to be their destination…water trickled down the surface of the rough rocks. The greenery from the forest behind them sprinkled into the crevice. Flowers of all shapes and sizes spurted from between the slick stones. It was a sigh to see.

Naruto registered that he was feeling slightly queasy but ignored it and instead grinned at the opening; obviously glad they had reached their target.

"Come on Teme! Let's go inside!" He exclaimed to – a somewhat less enthusiastic – Sasuke as he pointed a slim index finger towards the black hole.

Sasuke shook his head before demanding that Naruto fetch him a stick. Naruto looked positively furious at the request.

"I aint a dog asshole! And I'm not you're slave, if you want something then get it yourself."

"Naruto," He sighed, "just get the stick." Sasuke replied evenly – his voice showing how serious he was and seemingly unaffected by his boyfriends anger. This, however, only served to make Naruto more agitated.

"I told you! Get. It. Yourself." Naruto huffed and turned away; his head held high and he arms crossed defiantly across his - puffed out – chest, pout firmly set in place.

"I can't dobe."

"Oh and why can't the almighty Uchiha pick up a stick? Is it too unclean for your highness?"

Sasuke snorted. "No. Actually, unless you plan to walk through that cave in the dark then we'll need some light. The stick is to light. I can't hold it because then it would render me unable to perform the hand signs for Katon no Jutsu. You know? To light it."

"…oh."

Ino giggled at her friends' statement. She and Sakura sat on the forest floor behind her tent – it had been too warm to be inside so the two chose to bask in a trees shadow that loomed just behind the small house. The blonde was enjoying her time away immensely…she couldn't remember the last time her and Sakura had spoken so much!

"Oh gosh Sakura! Where have your manners gone!" She spoke through giggles.

"Hmm I dunno…maybe Tsunade beat them out of me with all her hard ass training!"

The two broke out in laughter again before falling into a comfortable silence for a few moments to catch their breath. Ino lay on her stomach watching her pink haired friend as she panted, sprawled out on her back on the warm grass. The sight brought a smile to her pink lips.

"Hey…Sakura?" She was slightly nervous about her question; it shone through her voice.

"Yes?"

"How can…What do…What does it feel like…To have somebody to love?"

Sakura paused as she tried to find the right words to explain it…love.

"It-it feels nice. Warm and fuzzy - I can't believe you just asked me that -" Sakura giggled, "I guess its just amazing; even the bad parts, cause it's not all good you know Ino. Sometimes love hurts."

"…like Naruto and Sasuke?"

Sakura nodded.

"Like Naruto and Sasuke."

"Geez you were right, Sasuke! It isn't very bright in here. And it's wet."

"Stop complaining idiot. You were the one who wanted to come here."

"I know. It's nice though." Naruto said quietly and squeezed Sasuke's hand tighter. The gesture made the Raven's heart ach and burst at the same time. He let a tiny smile cross his lips; aware and satisfied that it went unseen in the small light. He let his dark eyes wander over the figure at his side…Naruto's image shimmered before his eyes as the flame flickered. His face was lit with an orange-yellow hue; he glowed. The Uchiha's mouth watered and he silently craved to touch the oblivious boy before him. Refraining from jumping his boyfriend, Sasuke tore his gaze away from the blond only to spot something in the distance as the two rounded a thin corner; a light…a natural one.

"Hey look Naruto! We're nearing the end of the cave."

"Ooooh! Lets go!"

Naruto took off running through the dark, cold, wet and unpleasant – in Sasuke's mind anyway – cave; only stopping when he found the source of the light. It seems the cave had followed through the land all the way to the waterfall; as that is where they stood now - behind the powerful rush of water. Naruto's eyes widened. All around the large hole, where cracks began and reached well behind the two and into the seemingly never-sending darkness, were beautiful exotic flowers and the greenest plants you could find. A hesitant tanned hand reached out to touch the thundering liquid but was stopped by a stronger, paler hand.

"Don't touch it. It'll hurt you."

Sasuke took Naruto's hand in his and pulled the blond boy close; wrapping his arms around the smaller teen and burying his face in the golden locks. He took in the scent of his lover before pulling back and placing a soft chaste kiss of the boys' supple lips. Naruto sighed contently at the gesture and Sasuke pulled away slightly – creating a small space between them. It seemed this did not bode well for Naruto. He snapped his lust-filled eyes up and smirked in the sexiest way. Sasuke's breath caught as Naruto's lips locked onto his neck…working his tongue in the most enjoyable way over his sensitive skin. The Uchiha pushed their bodies back into contact and the two stumbled into a damp wall.

-lemon-

Sasuke let his head fall back against the wall and began to enjoy the after-glow, but only for a few seconds before his hearing came back and the Uchiha became acutely aware of the horrible retching sounds that were coming from next to him.

Turning his head to see what was happening; he wasn't pleased at what he saw; Naruto was on all fours and was emptying his stomach of his breakfast. Sasuke closed is eyes and turned away, forcing himself to dress. When he was done he found that Naruto had finished as well. The blond now sat on his knees, trembling…he couldn't believe it…of all the times to have to throw up; it just had to be then. It was safe to say Naruto was extremely embarrassed. His face lit red and he tried to hide himself into the wall…he was unsuccessful. Sasuke carefully approached his boyfriend who sat shaking against the wall.

"Naruto?"

The blond sniffled.

"Naruto are you ok?"

"Y-yes," Naruto tried to make himself sound alright; he really did try. But Sasuke noticed immediately that the jinchuuriki was upset. The raven sighed as he gracefully fell beside his lover…the younger male turned his face away – hiding behind his blond bangs.

"You don't sound ok…"

"I…I'm sorry, Sasuke. I…r-ruined everything. I just…I couldn't."

The Uchiha recognized that his love was distressed and cautiously took the smaller boy into his arms. Hushing the teen and trying to calm him down.

"You didn't ruin anything…shhhhh…don't worry about it dobe, it'll be alright….don't cry, hush love…"

Naruto felt so safe wrapped up in the raven's arms, he felt warm and cozy, and most of all happy. His sobs stopped and he was left to sniffing slightly as he broke apart from Sasuke a little – still in the others arms- to look at his face. Sasuke took one look at his boyfriends face and actually let some colour seep into his cheeks – Naruto still had some of his come on his cheek. Feeling slightly turned on and slightly disgusted by the sight he chose to reach one of his hands up and wipe the white substance off of his gorgeous blond, he let his hand stay there after the mess had been cleaned and Naruto leaned into the touch.

"I didn't mean to…it just came up again," He said slowly, trying to apologize again.

"Naruto…when were you last sick? It was only yesterday morning wasn't it?"

Naruto looked away from his boyfriends deep gaze…finding a smooth pebble nearby suddenly extremely interesting.

"…no."

"When?"

"This morning…it woke me."

"…"

Sasuke wasn't sure what to say; truthfully he hadn't the slightest idea why Naruto was behaving so strangely. First the strange moods; for instance, Naruto would never shed tears in front of anyone for such a trivial matter and yet here he was showing such a weak emotion. The sickness was a huge deal too; never had the boy been sick in his entire life, not I'll, he had never ever caught a cold.

"I want you to go and see Tsunade, as soon as we return."

Naruto was about to nod in agreement was a familiar voice bellowed at him not to.

'No! Kit, do not go to her. Do not go and see Tsunade!'

'Why not?'

'Because I said so…I will deal with this. Do not involve her or let her near your body right now. You are not right. I will deal.'

'but…'

'Naruto!'

Naruto frowned and Sasuke noticed the change in expression; he knew immediately the cause.

"What is that fox saying?"

"She…She doesn't want me to see Tsunade. I think she's serious. I can't let Baa-chan check me up."

Sasuke growled, "I want you fixed. If you won't let her check you up then at least go and see her…tell her your state and see what she thinks could be the cause."

'Kyuu?'

'…Alright. But I will not allow her near your body. If she tries I will emerge and tell her personally.'

"Kay. I'll do that, Sasuke." Sasuke sighed at the resolve; it wasn't quite what he had in mind but it would do in the meantime. The last Uchiha stood – smiling slightly – from his position. He grabbed a curious-looking Naruto and lifted him from the ground and into his arms…they began to leave to cave after picking up their 'torch'.

"H-hey! Teme! Put me down!" A furiously blushing Naruto yelled, though he barely struggled against the others firm, protective grasp.

"Say…what do you think will happen with those two anyways?" Ino continued as Sakura went quiet; it hurt her to think about what would happen if Sasuke did indeed leave the blond. She cared deeply for both of them and would hate to see them harmed; physically or emotionally. When Ino realized she wasn't going to get an answer she probed her friend some more.

"I mean…Will Sasuke actually leave him. Could he actually do that to Naruto…"

"To himself."

"What?"

"He can't do it to himself."

"Meaning..?"

"Sasuke is a selfish person. I don't believe that he will leave Naruto because it would hurt him to do so."

"But doesn't he also want kids?"

"Yes, but I don't think he will be able to prize himself from Naruto."

"Oh right…hmm, ok…I get what you're saying."

Sakura giggled, "I'm no mind reader…I really don't want them to split so maybe I'm just wishing; hoping that my words are true. I could just be fooling myself."

The two best friends had entered Ino's tent now, since the weather had cooled somewhat, and a slight breeze had stirred.

"Oh! Oh, oh, oh! Did you hear? Gaara's got a kid!"

"…Are you kidding?"

"No! Not at all. I heard he chose some random pretty girl off the street and knocked her up just so that he could get an heir."

"But, I thought…Neji?"

"Yeh, that's exactly what I thought too, but maybe they weren't. I mean they never actually said that they were together."

"Come to think of it…wasn't Neji supposed to be coming with us?"

"Oh yeh, he cancelled at the last minute though. Hinata told us. Actually…it was the same day that word got around of Gaara's kid. That's probably why you hadn't heard 'cause we left that day."

Sakura got an evil smirk…it may seem cruel to think of such things with a smile on her face, but Sakura really did care. She just loved to gossip and find out dirty secrets that nobody else knew.

"Wanna know what I think?"

"Yes! It might be what I'm thinking too!"

"I think. Maybe Neji and Gaara fell out or something. Split up and to get over it, Gaara wanted a child." Ino pondered over her friend's words…

"That could be it…I was thinking it could be to cover up what's going on between them."

"Oh! Yeh…it could be."

"Hmm…We'll need to investigate."

"Well…supposedly Gaara's got a trip here soon, something to do with ally relations or something. Tsunade told me herself that they had organized a meeting and it is to be in Konoha. I hope he stays for a while. He has all the other times."

"Yeh…and he happened to hang out with Neji a lot; in private."

The girls had just burst into a fit of giggles when they heard the return of their friends; Naruto and Sasuke. The two made eye contact and seemed to silently agree to stay inside some more before going out for dinner. Besides; they weren't very hungry. Sakura couldn't help thinking that the pains in her stomach weren't normal, but chose not to fuss over it yet.

The evening passed quickly with small talk – mostly about Gaara and his new heir – and food and resulted in tired teens retreating for the night earlier than expected. Naruto had retreated especially early and Sasuke had followed him to make sure nothing was wrong.

As he entered the small chamber he saw the small tufts of blond peeking out from under the sleeping bag. He quickly got undressed and followed his boyfriends lead. He gazed at Naruto's sleeping face, lightly touching his cheek or his nose. He couldn't believe how soft the jinchuuriki made him and he hated the thought of Naruto being ill.

He hated the thought of leaving his lover even more and the mere crossing of it through his head made him cringe. He had decided to leave the blond once and for all after this trip. And the immediate response of everything in his body had told him "No!"

He hated this…torturing himself like this. But this would be the last time because he had agreed no matter what that he would leave the boy after this holiday. The raven felt warmth pool in his eyes and immediately closed them; he would not cry again – that was weak.

But then he was hit with a sudden burst of happiness, his eyes shot open at the realization…

'Naruto is ill! I can't leave Naruto while he is Ill, he could be dying' Though Sasuke very much doubted it 'and I would, at least, have to see him through till the end! So I won't leave him at the end of this week because we need to find out what's wrong with him before I can do that.'

A small smile crept onto his pale face and he placed a lingering kiss on the tip of his dobe's nose – making the boy crinkle his nose up and pout in his sleep. Sasuke closed his obsidian eyes again and let slumber claim him.

But not long after, both him and Naruto – and the rest of the camp – were awoken by a loud pained scream. The blond bolted upright, holding the sheets close to his body; his eyes wide and frightened. Sasuke however, took a mere moment to recognise that it wasn't the end of the world and took his time to listen for another noise…which he found a few seconds later. The second scream was more like a moan but it was cracking from the obvious discomfort the person was in.

"S-Sasuke..?" The raven turned to his boyfriend – Naruto was awake and alert now; having gotten over his initial shock.

"Isn't that…Sakura?"

"…shit."

It took a few more minutes for the couple to get dressed before they were in Lee and Sakura's tent. Said girl was on her back screaming in agony as she held her stomach…crying to go home to see Tsunade.

"Lee! Fuck! Get me home, Lee! I need Tsunade! My baby!"

Naruto gaped at the scene…ouch…it must be painful to have a baby. The sweat was rolling off of her face. The pains seemed to come in waves, she would sit calmly for a moment panting and then the pain came back full force.

"Sasuke? Is she…" Naruto managed in a weak voice. This kind of stuff scared the shit out of him…Sakura seemed angrier than she normally was in a bad mood.

"Yeh. I'd say she's coming into labor; those are definitely contractions. Lee. You should get her to Tsunade as soon as possible. I don't think she'd be happy to have her baby here."

"Y-yes." The poor green-clad boy replied from behind his girlfriend; she had her head on his lap. By this time everyone had gathered and each agreed to help get her home. A few would need to stay behind to gather all their equipment, but it would take more than one person to get her home quickly.

Naruto immediately wanted to go with her, as did the other girls. After debating the topic they all agreed that those to go with her would be; Lee, Naruto, Ino and Kakashi. While Sasuke, Kiba, Hinata and Iruka would stay behind.

"God damn it! Hurry the fuck up! Do you have any idea what I am going through!"

Another chapter! I hope it was good. Poor Sakura…She's in for a long night R&R Xx..xX