Oh man...it really has been a long time since I updated this fanfic. Sorry...I got blank after finished the entrace exam to university. But well...I come back!

This chapter is kinda different with the others, the twist has started once again~

Naruto and Sai arrived at the hospital in a matter of minutes, both pale and troubled, but this was expected. One of their comrades had just experience a traumatising event ... being raped.

They didn't even stop to ask the nurse which room she vacated, instead, they ran along the corridors, searching for their other team mates who had, supposedly, arrived earlier.

Naruto's mind was a terrible concoction of emotions. He was guilty, sad, angry, these emotions overwhelming him, taking the air from his lungs. It brought back terrible memories he wish had stayed hidden. Memories of when he first found out about raping Gaara. Sickness churned his stomach, bile rising up in his throat but he forced it down. He was disgusted with himself, he would have rather died than faced Gaara again, but he had made the life changing decision. He wasn't going to run away. Gaara was pregnant with his child, his unborn, unloved child. He couldn't just abandon them.

This situation made his mind spin. What if Gaara wasn't pregnant? What if everyone knew he was a rapist? He couldn't even begin to think of the countless answers, it was ... unbelievable.

"Ah Sakura-san!" Sai called to the pink haired female, who stood in front of a door at the end of the corridor. The blonde could have easily mistaken her for one of the patients in the hospital because she was so pale.

"...Naruto ...Sai ...," he voice came out, barely louder than a whisper.

"How is Ino-san's condition," Sai's voice was heavy with worry.

Sakura frowned, sadness filling her green eyes. "I cant say that she's in a good state, but her wounds aren't serious. She will be healthy after a little rest but ...," She stopped talking.

Sadness clung onto Naruto, like a thick blanket, trying to smother him. It hurt him, seeing his team mate so depressed. He knew the two girls had a strong bond. They were rivals but good friends. It must have been hard for her.

"Can we see her?" Naruto finally spoke up.

Sakura shook her head. "I don't think that is a good idea. She really needs her rest and ... alone time," She answered, sounding almost empty.

The three of them frowned. Naruto felt the air grow heavy and thick, slowly suffocating him. His throat tightened, making it impossible to speak. The weight on his heart grew and grew. Sadness began to overwhelm him, anger creeping up on him once more ... his emotions were growing complicated and confusing. Everything was so familiar yet so different. Ino instead of Gaara. He felt responsible, like he was the rapist ... like he couldn't get angry.

Whoever did this to her, was like him, when he cruelly stole Gaara's virginity. They were in the same situation...

"Ah ... Is Ino ...," Naruto wanted to ask, but the words lodged in his throat as it tightened once more. Sakura glanced at the blonde, looking quite puzzled before she caught on.

"No, she is okay ... she is ... not pregnant, I can assure you that," She answered. Relief passed over the whiskered males face.

"So, what do we do now?" Sai asked quietly.

"I think we should wait for Shikamaru and the others to arrive, then we can decide from there," the pink haired female answered.

Naruto frowned, even without them here; he could imagine what would happen. They would find, beat and punish the culprit.

Could he do that though? For some reason he felt linked to the rapist, like it was him. It was so twisted.

" ... What about Chouji? Wasn't he with Ino?" The blonde spoke.

"Chouji was treated for his serious wounds when he arrived. He suffered more damage physically than Ino. Tsunade-sama was kind enough to heal him," Sakura looked down.

"So ... the culprit was strong?" Sai thought for a few moments.

"Yeah, I guess so. It could have been some shinobi from another village," the pink haired girl added, her voice taking on an angry tone.

"Did Ino or Chouji recognise the culprit?"

Sakura sighed deeply, "I'm not sure about Chouji, I don't think we can ask Ino. She is suffering from horrible trauma. Even I'm having trouble approaching her."

Her emerald eyes locked with Naruto's sapphire ones. He was leaning against the wall, his entire body, completely rigid. For some reason the whiskered male was unusually quiet. Normally he would be fuming, angry, eyes on fire, ready to attack anyone who harmed his friends, but ... he looked so ... sad ... and depressed.

"Naruto, are you okay?" Sakura asked, worry lacing her voice. There had only been a few times she had ever seen Naruto like this, and they were the worst of his life.

The blonde snapped out of his deep thought as his eyes adjusted to his team mate, "Ah! Oh yeah, don't worry about me, I'm ... just shocked," his voice didn't convince her.

Sai looked at Naruto too; he knew what Sakura was talking about. The blonde looked a bit off today. The person leaning against the wall opposite him, wasn't the Naruto they all knew and loved.

They already had a big problem, Naruto's little trouble would have to wait.

"Ah, there's Shikamaru," The pink haired girl looked at an approaching male.

The deer herder brought with him a heavier atmosphere, adding to the already suffocating pressure. His face was serious, features darkened, though he looked completely calm. This unnerved Naruto, how could he be so cool and calm?

"Sakura, How is Ino's condition," Shikamaru's voice was worried. Sakura answered with same thing she had said to Sai and Naruto. Shikamaru's face went from cool to worried and slightly upset, he felt so close to exploding but he didn't.

"How did this happen?" Sakura sounded desperate as she asked.

The deer herder looked angry and sad, feeling helpless as he answered, averting his gaze, "I don't know. I thought it was a simple mission."

"But why? How ... why was Ino ..." Sakura choked slightly, tears welling up in her green eyes. Tears she had held back for so long. Tears she vowed not to let go, ran down her cheeks, dripping off her chin onto the floor beneath. She must have been waiting until she had asked the person who was responsible for the team. When Asuma-sensei passed away, Shikamaru had taken charge, Sakura knew she could trust him with Ino's safety.

"I'm sorry ... I didn't think... anything like this would happen ... I just," he stopped talking and concentrated his gaze on the floor.

Naruto raised one hand and clutched his heavy heart. It hurt to see his friends in pain. He couldn't say anything to comfort them. Every word he wanted to say, got caught in his throat. If he tried speaking, he feared he would vomit.

"I really want to blame you, Kami-sama. I really want to. It's unfair," Sakura cried, her voice becoming raspy and hoarse. Helplessness shook her body as she slowly broke down. She was no longer the strong, confident, angry Sakura. Shikamaru closed his eyes.

"If you want to blame ... or hit me, then do it, I will accept full responsibility. I can't say it wasn't my fault," he sighed lightly.

Sakura raised her hand but Sai and Naruto were already moving to stop her. Hitting someone who wasn't going to fight back, would end terribly. Also, they were in a hospital, there was no need for the violence or damage.

Both males stood there, watching silently as Sakura weakly hit Shikamaru's chest slowly. It was like watching the past, when she used to watch everyone's back.

"Stupid ... stupid ...," she cried once more, violent tremors wracking her body horribly. Shikamaru just watched her sadly, not even trying to stop the weak attack.

Then blonde approached his female team mate slowly, "Sakura-chan ... please stop," his voice deep with worry and concern, carefully catching one of her hands, stopping it from making contact with Shikamaru's chest.

She turned to him, tears still falling, and hugged him, burying her face in his chest. Naruto only closed his eyes and gently stroked her back and hair as she screamed and cried, sounding like a mad woman.

She must have been hurting deeply. More than any of them knew. If something like this happened to her, Naruto wasn't sure how he would react. Probably worst than the pink haired girl right now.

"Shikamaru-kun, what would you do?" Sai asked quietly. The deer herder, turned to the paler male and sighed before answering, "I would find the person who did this to her, and beat him to death."

Naruto gulped, how come it felt like those words were directed at him?

"For now, I have to wait for Chouji to become conscious so I can get more information on the culprit before I plan out my strategy,"

"I will join you, I won't let the culprit get away, and I will beat some sense into him!" Sakura shouted, her fiery nature bursting through the sadness that had acted like an emotional blanket over her. She let go of the blonde, it seemed like beating the rapist to death had reawakened her spirit and livened her up.

"I will join you both," Sai presented one of his signature fake smiles, but it sent shivers down Naruto's spine.

The three of them directed their attention to Naruto, who hadn't said a word, "How about you, Naruto?" Sakura asked, fire burning behind those green eyes. It was rare for Naruto to be so quiet about this kind of subject, normally he would have been the first to shout and fight.

The whiskered male gasped lightly and avoided everyone's eyes. What should he do? Of course, he wanted to join them, and hunt down the bastard who had destroyed Ino's life, but on the other hand, it felt twisted. It was so weird and wrong. He was a rapist too, and no one knew that. Guilt scratched and claw its way up his throat, he felt so bad hiding the truth from everyone. He didn't even dare think of what they would do to him if they found out what he did to Gaara.

Shikamaru saw the hesitation, Naruto was so tense, and he wasn't even blinking anymore. What was wrong with him?

"Ah, I know why you are hesitating, it's because you have only just married Gaara right?" Sai spoke up, surprisingly cheerful.

"Oh I see; newlyweds usually don't want to be separated so soon, ne?" Sakura teasingly smiled.

Naruto stood there, sweat glided down his face as his voice disappeared yet again. He couldn't even say "no" He couldn't think. What was he suppose to do? What should he do? It was so twisted, so complicated.

Shikamaru watched the blonde carefully, his body was so tense, his eyes a mixture of fear and confusion, what was wrong with Naruto?

"Ah, don't worry Naruto; we understand if you can't make it. It's okay," Sakura giggled softly. Somehow she was cheerful again.

Naruto just nodded and smiled nervously, "Yeah, thanks. I will put more thought into it, maybe I will join you." His voice was heavy with so many emotions and unasked questions.

Sai and Sakura nodded too but Shikamaru still wondered what was wrong with the blonde. Could it be that he was right? Did it have anything to do with Gaara?

He couldn't think about that right now. He had to look for any information to point them in the right direction, of finding the rapist. Then he could form a group and plan out a strategy.

He could worry about Naruto and Gaara later.

IoI

Naruto sat upon Hokage Mountain, resting on one of the faces, thinking intensely. His gaze travelled over the sky, looking empty. He had come here after the hospital. He couldn't go home ... not yet. He was so ... confused.

Ino ... He wondered how she was right now. Was she confused, like Gaara was? Maybe worst? Well at least she wasn't carrying the offspring of the bastard who raped her. If she had, maybe it would have broken her down slowly.

...Saying that, Gaara wasn't broke. He ... was well ... very well. This confused and baffled the blonde.

Why? How was he like that? It was ... amazing, amazing he could be so positive, so happy about this and it was just unbelievable. He was pregnant, with an unwanted child, yet he accepted it with open arms and a warm heart. The blonde had raped him, taken away his future yet Gaara still smiled.

Why?

Why ...?

WHY? HE JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND!

Part of him was scared, the other part confused. He ... just ... couldn't wrap his head around it. It wasn't normal. Gaara had full right to be angry. He should have been upset, he should hate him, he should ... he should ... abort the baby.

Naruto held his head in his hands, his head hurt so much, getting ready to burst, but he didn't care. He couldn't stop thinking.

Everything so far had been weird. So weird in fact, he was beginning to believe everything was just a dream, but a small voice kept reminding him that this was his reality. He and Gaara were married. Their child would be born soon.

All this, was because he had raped the redhead.

Yeah, that was it; that one action had started off everything. If he hadn't of done it then maybe Gaara would still be the kazekage and the blonde would still be the same cheery Naruto. Their lives were so different.

Unfortunately, what had been done could not be undone.

Gaara's reaction? He was ... kind, it made the whiskered male feel so happy, but also guilty and uneasy.

Even though he had hurt him, so deeply, he had taken away and destroyed his life, why ... why?

Tears began steadily flowing from Naruto's clouded blue eyes. He felt so ... confused, so sad. He feared he had made the wrong decision. He was hesitant towards the marriage. He didn't know which to believe, his heart ... or Gaara.

He didn't know what to do anymore.

He didn't know.

All he wanted was a family, but not this way, it was wrong, so wrong. He had married a person he barely knew. They were going to have a child soon. It was going too fast. Why would Gaara wish to marry him? Why didn't he abort the child? It confused the blonde beyond belief.

Now ... he wasn't sure he could look Gaara straight in the eyes anymore. This morning had been so perfect, now it was just a distant memory. So far away. It couldn't be just like that ... right?

Gaara hated him; Naruto knew that, he had to. Deep inside his heart, a burning hatred would fester there, blaming, seething, and knowing everything was the blondes fault.

He would do anything to repair all the damage, take away his bad decisions, make everything right again.

But he couldn't.

"Shit ... I don't know what to do anymore," He grunted as his hands began to wipe away the silent tears.

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Gaara glanced at the clock once more. It was already midnight. Worry began creeping up on him, what had happened to Naruto? He had been away for so long. His gaze flickered over to the food he had prepared for dinner, but had remained untouched. Yet again he glanced over to the clock. When was Naruto going to come home?

His pale hands drifted over his stomach, he was so worried, and a small voice inside of him was constantly telling him, something was wrong. Was Naruto okay? He just... didn't know...

He wanted to go out and search for his husband, but he didn't know Konoha very well and would more than likely, get lost, also ... he had no idea where he would start searching. What was he suppose to do ... just wait.

"Ukh ...," The redhead covered his mouth swiftly with his hand and rushed to the bathroom before throwing his head over the sink and throwing up quite violently. His belly had been terrible ... ever since Naruto had left him alone.

"What's wrong?" Gaara looked down and asked his belly, one hand making slow circular motions over the surface, "Are you okay?" Maybe it was just his morning sickness getting worst. Maybe ... he didn't even dare think negatively, not now.

He needed Naruto here to help him through this.

"Naruto ... where are you?" he murmured softly.

"I need you ... please come home ..."

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Naruto opened the door slowly, trying to cause no noise at all. He peeked inside. The lamp was still on. He had stayed out till quite late, well ... it was two in the morning, so he had been out for a long time.

He couldn't come home straight away. He didn't want to stand face to face with Gaara ... he couldn't.

Taking off his sandals quickly he walked into his apartment before walking as quietly as possible, not wanting to wake the redhead, who was probably asleep by now.

The blonde looked in his bedroom and was startled to find it empty. Where was Gaara? He almost panicked but quickly calmed down when he felt another presence in the apartment.

Walking towards the kitchen, his heart began to tighten and hurt. There was Gaara, sitting on the chair, asleep. His arms were folded on the table, his head resting against them.

The blonde looked at the cold food which, Gaara had probably prepared for him. Everything was wrapped up in plastic food bags. Maybe the redhead had given up, and decided to eat them tomorrow.

"You are too kind," Naruto whispered as Gaara slept.

Picking up the pregnant male carefully, being sure not to disturb him, before carrying him to the bedroom. Gaara hadn't changed his clothes; he had probably fallen asleep waiting for him. Naruto lay the redhead down and covered him with the warm blanket before sitting on the edge of the bed, his tanned hand stroking through the crimson hair.

"I'm sorry," he whispered and closed his eyes. He couldn't face Gaara, let alone sleep next to him, for night, the couch was the better option. He grabbed a pillow and stood up, casting one last longing look towards his husband before leaving the room, closing the door quietly. He hoped Gaara would sleep well; he didn't want to hurt him anymore.

"Naruto ... don't ... go," Gaara murmured whilst he slept, his hand trying to reach out beside him but found no purchase. A frown formed on his once peaceful face. Even in his sleep, he could tell that Naruto wasn't by his side.

Poor Naruto and Gaara, it will be hard for me to write next chapter since it will be so sad and filled with twist

Okay...review please!