Sasuke and Itachi were both a little confused as they walked thru the village, they were expecting confusion and anger but not this.
"Hey, you're back, I thought it would be later, do you guys want to come with us to get something to eat later?" Kiba asked with a grin as Hinata tackled Naruto.
"Uh, what the hell?" Sasuke asked as he looked at them in confusion.
"Well we'd just get ramen but we're not sure what you would eat and Hinata said that she'll be eating enough ramen now that Narutos back so we thought we'd get something else" Shino said in a disinterested voice.
"Yeah with the baby and all we're not sure if your supposed to eat that kind of stuff or not" Kiba said as Sasuke stared at him in horror.
"How did you, I just, did he just say something about a baby?" Sasuke asked as he looked up at Itachi.
"It's not that weird, if you think about some of the other clans, look at Hinatas, there's a lot of weird shit there and Shino has bugs that live in him all the time and eat his chakra" Kiba said with a shrug.
"You act like a dog all the time and rarely bathe" Shino said as he shot Kiba a glare.
"How did you know about it tho?" Sasuke asked in shock.
"Tsunade told us, she said to not make fun of you guys and that it was an unavoidable part of being an Uchiha, we're also not supposed to make fun of the fact that you're brother is your mate" Hinata said quietly as she stared at the ground.
"Yeah, just don't kiss in front of us man, I know it's like normal for you but I can't even stand to watch those two kiss, it's just something that everyone should do in private" Kiba said as Itachi and Sasuke just stared at him in shock.
"I believe that Tsunade forgot to mention that we'd all been updated on the circumstances with these two, she's currently laughing at their expressions" Shino said without looking away.
"Haha, grandma Tsunade so got you guys" Naruto said with a chuckle.
"Anyway, we're all going out to welcome the others back to the village so come to the inn later, it's all paid for by the Sensei's and they said that they wanted you guys there" Kiba said as they walked off.
"I-I'll see you later Naruto" Hinata said before following her team.
"So everyone knows that I'm pregnant, that's just great" Sasuke groaned as Tsunade jumped down in front of them.
"Consider it your punishment for deserting, Itachis is that everyone knows that he's the father" Tsunade said with a smirk as Sasuke glared at her.
"You realize that's just punishing me twice, he's proud of it" Sasuke said as he pointed at Itachi who just smirked at him.
"What can I say, when you've got the right stuff, you can get anything pregnant" Itachi said with a grin as Sasuke glared at him.
"I hate you right now, pure unadulterated hatred" Sasuke hissed as he glared up at Itachi.
"Fine, I'll send him on lousy missions for a month" Tsunade said with a sigh.
"He'd think it was fun, find some real torture here, make him go to therapy or something for nine months" Sasuke yelled as everyone stared at them.
"Nine months, why nine months?" Itachi asked actually upset by this suggestion, he hated talking about feelings.
"Because that's how long my punishment tortures me for, should make it a damn year for that last comment" Sasuke grumbled as Itachi glared at him.
"Do I need to put you into couple's therapy?" Tsunade asked as Sasuke glared at her.
"You're the devil" Sasuke grumbled as Naruto just laughed.
"Ok, well then I guess I'll see you guys tonight at dinner, you might as well come, that's where you'll get the rest of the things for your reinstatement, it's also a kind of celebration of you guys coming back and Itachi can meet his team early, it's a good thing" Tsunade said as she walked off.
"How many people know?" Sasuke asked uncertainly.
"The whole village, most of them think that it's great and several have offered to help with anything that you might need when Itachi is gone, like it or not you still have a pretty big family here" Tsunade said with a smile as Sasuke just stood there, he didn't think anyone would like him or want to help him, ever.
"Uh, ok, but why? I left to join Orochimaru so that I could get stronger" Sasuke said as he tried to think of anything he could have done to deserve them being nice.
"Yes, but you were also traumatized as a kid and had the influence of the curse mark and your revenge, they wrote it off as you going insane and Itachi fixed you so it's alright" Tsunade said with a shrug.
"You told them that didn't' you?" Sasuke asked in a bemused tone.
"Yes, would you rather be hated when you're going to have a child, the hatred will be passed to the child as well for being related to you" Tsunade said pointedly as Sasuke sighed.
"What the hell, I kinda think that I was crazy to go there too, I was about to kill the scaly bastard" Sasuke said as he turned to see a pair of white eyes glaring at him.
"I wanted to see if the story was true, the famous Uchiha has come back with a few surprises" Neji said his eyes softening a bit as he looked over Sasuke.
"Hn, still an ass I see" Sasuke said with a smirk.
"As are you but there seems to be quite a few changes as well" Neji said with a smirk.
"Didn't think I'd get this warm of a welcome from you of all people, I recall you hating my guts" Sasuke said with a curious look.
"I figured that going thru nine months of hell and then another eighteen years of raising the kid is punishment enough and the fact that you have to go thru the whole childbirth thing, that helps me be a little more forgiving" Neji said as Sasuke glared at him.
"Yeah, still an ass" Sasuke grumbled as Itachi tried to stifle a laugh.
"Well, instead of standing around in the cold you should get inside, an infection is the last thing you need" Tsunade said as she hurried them towards the building. They were left alone at their apartment so that Tsunade could yell at Naruto about something and decided to look around a bit. The apartment had three bedrooms, one bathroom a couch, tv, microwave, basically everything, the fridge was even stocked with some food.
"Wow, wasn't expecting this" Sasuke said as he sat down to rest for a bit, traveling had taken a lot out of him and the nervousness that he felt the whole time didn't help much.
"Do you want a tomato, it's huge" Itachi said as he held up a tomato, laughing when Sasuke snatched it from him with bright eyes.
"It's the old lady's jumbo tomatoes, these things are amazing" Sasuke said as he started to eat it, he used to love these things.
"I wonder why they didn't put us in your old apartment" Itachi said thoughtfully as he walked around.
"It was a one bedroom hell hole, this is luxurious compared to my old apartment" Sasuke said as he scanned the apartment, it was kind strange, he'd seen Narutos apartment two floors down before and this one was a lot nicer.
"Hn, it couldn't have been that bad" Itachi said with a frown.
"I didn't think so, it was falling apart tho, definitely not safe for any little kids, there were a few holes and exposed wires when I moved into it, learned not to touch those after the first week but it was the only thing they could get at the time and I think the old man secretly hated me" Sasuke said with a shrug as Itachi frowned at him.
"He probably thought that I was watching and was trying to punish me for going against him and going with the elders plan" Itachi said with a shrug.
"Maybe, I wouldn't know tho, he was still nice to me and everything, came to see me a lot and asked how I was doing, maybe they just didn't have as many apartments at the time" Sasuke said with a shrug.
"Or maybe we got this because even tho it's nice than what they're supposed to give away, you're a little pregnant and they're giveaway apartments aren't big enough for that little issue" Itachi said as Sasuke glared at him.
"Did you just call me fat?" Sasuke snapped as Itachi froze.
"No, not at all, you're not fat, you're just bigger" Itachi said carefully.
"That's the same fucking thing you asshole and it's your fault anyway, go to hell" Sasuke snapped.
"I don't' see you as fat, if you were getting bigger from eating then I would but you're pregnant, you're just getting bigger because the baby is growing" Itachi said defensively as Sasuke glared at him.
Sasuke was about to yell at him when there was a knock on the door that caught their attention.
"Well look at that, company, I should get that" Itachi said quickly as he hurried to the door, ignoring the way Sasuke was glaring at him.
Itachi opened the door to see Kakashi standing there with Kuranai and Asuma and was about to greet them when he was hit in the back of the head by a tomato.
"Was there a reason for that?" Itachi asked in an angry tone.
"Apparently I'm fat enough so I thought I'd give it to you" Sasuke snapped as Itachi tried to control his anger, it helped to chant, he's pregnant, over and over in his head.
"I see you still haven't learned to choose your words carefully around him" Kakashi said with a smile as Itachi glared at him.
"You enjoy this far too much" Itachi snapped as he stepped aside to let them in.
"Only because most would have learned to not bring up weight by now, he's been touchy about it since the start of this" Kakashi said as he walked in, Asuma and Kuranai were a little more hesitant about it as they slowly followed, keeping their guard up.
"These two just wanted to make sure that you were ok Sasuke, I hope you don't mind that I brought them over" Kakashi said, as Kuranai and Asuma looked at him skeptically.
"He doesn't look pregnant to me" Asuma said before Kakashi could stop him.
"So I just look fat, what is with you people?" Sasuke snapped as Itachi sighed.
"You're not fat Sasuke" Itachi said as Sasuke glared at him.
"Don't even, you're just trying to be nice so that I won't get back at you later, I can't believe that you got off with just a month of crappy missions, you should be in therapy, you need it more than I do" Sasuke yelled angrily as they all stared at him warily.
"Clearly, I just can't seem to control my temper" Itachi said sarcastically as Sasuke glared at him.
"Go to hell you bastard, this is all your fault and don't give me that, I couldn't help it crap, you could help it, you chose not to" Sasuke yelled as he stalked off.
"Did you have to open that subject, didn't you just hear Kakashi say that it was a touchy subject?" Itachi snapped as he glared at Asuma who just glared back.
"I was trying to say that he isn't showing as much as I thought he would, I mean without the boobs it just looks different, it really does look like he's just gained weight in an odd way" Asuma said as Sasuke walked in with a bowl of peanut butter and something else.
"What's that?" Itachi asked uncertainly as Sasuke offered him some.
"Just try it" Sasuke said as Itachi shrugged and took a bite of it before running to the bathroom as Sasuke just smirked after him.
"What did you just feed to him?" Kakashi asked with a wary look after Itachi.
"Pickles and peanut butter, it just sounded really good for some reason" Sasuke said as he took a bite, it tasted pretty good to him.
"I don't know why I keep falling for that" Itachi said as he came back in, shooting Sasuke a slight glare as he just shrugged.
"You're too trusting, but I actually thought that you'd like it, it's pretty good" Sasuke said as he took another bite.
"You're going to make yourself sick with that crap" Asuma said as he looked at the bowl warily.
"Have you ever tried peanut butter and pickles?" Sasuke asked as Asuma just looked at him.
"No, I don't want to try anything like that either" Asuma said with a disturbed look.
"Then you really shouldn't call it crap, don't knock it till you've tried it dude" Sasuke said as he finished off the bowl.
"Is there any proof that he's really pregnant?" Asuma asked skeptically as Sasuke glared at him.
"I have something kicking my bladder constantly, when she isn't kicking my bladder it's a kidney or something else, she is almost always moving in some way and I still have moments where everything makes me sick and if I even smell food I'm done" Sasuke said as he glared at Itachi.
"Just let them feel it so he'll shut up about it" Itachi said as he gestured to Asuma.
"Fine, whatever, but I'm not doing this for everyone that doesn't believe that I'm pregnant, the rest can go to hell" Sasuke snapped as Kuranai placed a hand on his stomach and squeaked when the baby kicked her hand.
"Oh, wow, she really is active, it must be tiring to put up with her, she'll definitely be a handful when she's born" Kuranai said with a smile as Sasuke grimaced.
"Yeah, I don't even know how to change a diaper so it's a little unsettling to think about that" Sasuke said as Asuma and Kuranai stared at him.
"You haven't even learned the basics?" Asuma asked in disbelief as he looked down at Sasuke.
"I still have four months to learn it right?" Sasuke said with a shrug as Itachi rolled his eyes.
"Tsunade will probably go over it with him before she's born" Itachi said as Sasuke grimaced again.
"How exactly will you know when it's time for her to come out?" Kuranai asked uncertainly as Sasuke grimaced.
"When I go thru the ultimate hell because someone couldn't back off" Sasuke snarled as he glared at Itachi who was looking a little uncertain.
"Ok, well that was a fairly vague answer" Asuma said with a frown.
"Sasukes pregnancy is fairly similar to any normal pregnancy, down to the delivery in a way, it'll be a little different but the same basic idea" Kakashi said as they both grimaced and gave Sasuke a sympathetic look.
"So he's going to have the whole labor and delivery process like any woman would?" Asuma asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, but please stop mentioning it, you're going to get him pissy and Naruto will most likely be injured from it" Itachi said as they stared at him.
"Why would Naruto be injured from it?" Kuranai asked curiously.
"Because whenever he's away from Sasuke for longer than two hours, he feels the need to charge at him and touch his stomach, a dangerous move no matter what his mood is but when he's pissy, Narutos chances of his own kids goes down considerably" Itachi said as they grimaced, except for Kakashi who thought that it was for the best that Naruto not reproduce, he'd voiced this opinion on several occasions.
"Ok, well I guess we'll see you at dinner tonight, I really hope to see you guys there" Kuranai said as she ushered Asuma to the door.
"Uh, sure, I guess we don't have anything better to do" Sasuke said uncertainly, he wasn't sure if he should believe that they were welcoming him back so easily, they weren't even this nice to him before he left.
"Well, I'd be very happy to see you there and if you have any problems, any mental stress that you can't handle then just let me know, I have a cousin that's a counselor who can see you and help with any problems that you or Itachi have" Kuranai said with a smile as Sasuke just stared at her as they left.
"It seems that the Hokage told a similar story for Itachi, your clan put too much stress on Itachi and he snapped and without a team or friends that were close enough to cushion it he took it out on the ones that caused the stress, in his case, the clan, excluding the brother that he doted on for the longest time before his break down and it was his brothers turmoil that was able to bring him back from the edge in order to save him" Kakashi said as Sasuke stared at Itachi curiously.
"I can actually see that, our clan wasn't known for being sensitive and understanding, especially when it came to him only me and mom really talked to him, except for Shisui, never got why you killed him" Sasuke said thoughtfully as Itachi rolled his eyes.
"I didn't' really, he was dying from an illness, his parents refused to see it and he was in considerably pain, I did what I had to in order to be a good friend and cousin and I ended his suffering after hours of him begging me to, he gave me his eyes without me really realizing it before he died" Itachi said with a frown, it was obviously a touchy subject.
"So that's why he always clutched his stomach and head, I just thought that he had the flu or something" Sasuke said softly, he probably should have realized the signs when he got older.
"Well not that this isn't an interesting insight into why you two are so screwed up but I should be going, let me know if you need anything, you know that as your sensei, I will always be here if you need me" Kakashi said as he looked over at Sasuke.
"Ok, see you tonight" Sasuke said as he watched Kakashi leave.
"We should have sex before we go out" Itachi said thoughtfully as Sasuke glared up at him.
"You are severely messed up" Sasuke grumbled as he walked off.
"Is that a yes because Tsunade says that it won't be possible when you get to a certain point, I think that we should get it out of our system as much as possible while we still can" Itachi said as he followed Sasuke into a room.
"You can wait, we had sex just yesterday so that you would take a break from checking the bags" Sasuke snapped as he started to unpack his clothes.
"Yes but what could it hurt to have a quickie before having to go out?" Itachi said as he pulled Sasuke down onto the bed with him.
"Maybe when we get back, I want to get this unpacked, it's cluttering everything up" Sasuke said as he pulled away to continue unpacking and found a good spot for the bags where they would be out of the way but still accessible.
"You know, that obsession with keeping everything in order can be really annoying sometimes" Itachi grumbled as he watched Sasuke zip around the room, well try to zip, it was starting to show that he had some considerable back pain.
"I can't help it, I never liked clutter or messes and now I just can't seem to ignore it" Sasuke said as he bent over and nearly got stuck.
"Here, you sit and tell me where you want things and I'll get it put up, you've been on your feet far too long today" Itachi said as he shoved Sasuke onto the bed.
"I can do it, I'm not helpless" Sasuke snapped as he went to get up again.
"It's either let me put everything up and just tell me where to put it or we have sex, this is my way of keeping busy until I can get what I want" Itachi said as Sasuke glared at him.
"Fine, I'm dividing the dresser by sides and the large top drawer is for underwear socks, the two small side drawers are for weapons and tools" Sasuke grumbled as he laid back on the bed, he was a little grateful for the break since his back was really starting to hurt from all that walking.
Ok, yay, I was able to catch her at a time when there were less distractions and she was bored and in between morphine shots so here's the next chapter, sorry for any mistakes, I have a more primitive writing program that doesn't do spell checks very well and it's grammar is worse than mine. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter, she worked hard to be able to get it out and if you want to complain about the wait time then as her friend, I will bitch you out in a personalized authors note, she's doing her best and deserves your understanding. Enjoy the chapter guys and let us know what you think on everything but the update time.