Naruto didn't know what to do with the calm man in front of him. Anger soon replaced his shock. He had come to ask his closest friend for help and instead gets insulted. He was ready to retaliate with a fist but he didn't have time, he needed to get moving before his wife was too far gone. Suddenly the door slid open and a beautiful and very pregnant Jun was standing there holding a tiny baby.

"Hokage-sama, its so good to see you," she smiled and noticed the drawn back fist aimed at her husband, "Sakura, dear, your husband is about to start a fight with my husband, do you think you could come stop them?" she spoke loudly but didn't yell because of the sleeping baby. She then moved back into the house.

His heart stopped, she was here the whole time. She came out wearing some civilian clothes and her hair in a loose pony tail. In her arms was one of the triplets who she was humming to. In Naruto's mind she looked really good holding a baby. He couldn't wait to see her holding theirs. His eyes darted to the forehead protector Sasuke hid behind his back. Why was he always ready to assume the worst.

"If you two are going to fight take it somewhere else, the babies are sleeping. Sasuke, all three are doing great. Jun and her baby are also doing great. I don't think they're going to make us wait much longer to meet the new little one," she smiled at the father before returning to the house.

Giggles were heard coming from the living room of the house.

"She is here checking on her patients," Sasuke stated, more amusement dancing across his face as the blond recognized his foolish actions.

Naruto moved closer to the wall to eavesdrop on the women.

"Then he almost kicked me off the ANBU squad, all that not knowing it was his future wife he was fighting with," Tomo's rough voice giggled.

"Oh my goodness! You couldn't tell him till you were married what your codename was," Sakura's voice sounded shocked.

"Then he turned into a jealous husband when he knew how she always acted around our Hokage-sama," Jun chimed in.

"So, what are you going to do about your jealous husband?" Tomo's voice questioned.

"Nothing," Sakura replied a little snippy.

"That will show him," Jun teased.

"Its his problem to deal with. I'm just going to follow our vows and when he is ready he will come to terms with it, at least I hope he will," his wife explained.

"Aren't the outbursts driving you crazy?" Tomo pushed.

"A little bit but the make up sex is worth it," Sakura joked.

Naruto blushed at his wife's bold statement. He was glad she had someone to talk about girl stuff with but he wasn't sure he wanted it to be Sasuke's wives.

"So she left her forehead protector and you went crazy?" Sasuke guessed spinning the headband on a finger, drawing the man away from the door.

"She left a note by it," Naruto answered pulling the crumpled mess from his pocket.

Sasuke nodded and took the note, "had to take care of something," was all it said. It was pretty open to interpretation, she could be running to pay a bill to going down to the village Hidden in the Petals to destroy it now that the Queen was out of the way. He could see what path his friend's mind had followed and why he would worry about her leaving. He learned long ago how to follow Naruto's sometimes messed up logic. It did resemble her last departure from the Leaf but it shouldn't have affected the man the way it did.

"You're an idiot," Sasuke smirked. That was all that he needed to say to the man he shared so much history with. Told him he understood why Naruto acted that way but couldn't believe he did. The young Hokage just nodded, he couldn't agree more with the cocky Uchiha this time.

"I'm just so excited to have a family of my own, not that I don't think of you and your kids as family but this is different, my own flesh and blood. I've always wanted that, and I've always dreamed of having it with her," he sighed.

The door opened again and the red cloth disappeared from sight. Sakura came out of the house to join her boys in the lawn. It looked to her they were having a serious conversation so she hoped she wasn't interrupting.

"I'm done for now, I'll be back tomorrow to check on Jun, but if she goes into labor tonight come get me," the medic instructed the husband of her two favorite patients.

A sheepish Naruto waited for her to finish talking before offering to walk her home. He needed the time to do some thinking. Sasuke slipped the note and headband back to the Hokage but the trained eye of the medic caught it. The little glimpse of red made her realize her mistake. She always teased him about being an idiot but she wasn't much better. She intertwined her fingers with his and let him lead her home.

"So what have you been up to?" Naruto asked, trying to play innocent.

"Went and got my medical leave paperwork filled out with Tsunade and turned in. No more missions for me for a while. I'm still going to be working at the hospital for as long as I can," she talked like it wasn't a big deal. Of course he would know what the paperwork was about. He had a helped put her in the current condition she was in. Naruto would have face palmed hard but he figured the palm to the forehead from his best friend would have to do for now.

"Don't want to let your patients down?" he asked trying to keep the conversation going.

"Of course not! But I think when the baby is old enough I want to move on to teach my own team of three. For that to happen I need to get myself promoted a level first," she grinned, her ambition showing through.

"Always working to further yourself," Naruto commented, he had a lot of respect for her drive.

"I can't watch you from behind forever," she teased.

He stopped and pulled her around to face him, sad eyes spoke to her in volumes.

"You know I never saw it that way," her teammate turned lover turned husband turned father of her unborn child affirmed.

"I know you are all too happy to protect me, but that's not what I want, I want to stand beside you," she smiled up at him.

"I have something I need to say to you," Naruto paused not knowing how to say what he needed to.

Her quick little hand dove into his pocket to fish out her forehead protector. She dangled it in front of his eyes with a knowing look on her face.

"Before you say too much, I need to apologize," his eye brows furrowed in confusion, "when I look at this I think of what care you put into its protection. Keeping it safe for me while I was gone figuring out who I was. That's why I put it on top of the dresser where I can see it all the time and know I'm home. I didn't think of what you would see when you looked at it. I guess I'm pretty insensitive," she confessed looking away from him.

"You know in Sasuke's living room he has his with the line scratched through it and his brother's displayed. He says it reminds him of how far some will go for their friends and for their village. All I saw when I looked at them was pain but I didn't walk the same journey as either of them," Naruto stated seriously.

"Do you think its too late for us to start over?" she questioned pulling on his vest.

He smiled, "like clear over?"

"Yes! What was it, I like ramen, people buying me ramen, I like more random things about ramen. I dislike how long ramen takes to cook, and I want to be Hokage and what were your hobbies? Oh that's right pulling pranks," she snickered.

"Like you were any better, all you did was giggle and say you hate me," he pouted.

"What can I say there is a fine line between love and hate, sometimes its hard to tell which side you're on," she jested.

"Are you saying you loved me clear back then?" he pestered.

"I will not confirm nor deny anything, Hokage-sama," she blushed.

"Alright let's start over. My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I like protecting my family and my village. I dislike people who hurt my loved ones. My dream is to raise wonderful children with the woman I love and my hobbies are picking on my teammates, especially the pink haired freak," he grinned as she scowled.

"Good to know. My name is Sakura Uzumaki, I like a blond haired idiot, I dislike him being an idiot, and my dream is to become the best mother and never have to use my medical skills on my children. My hobbies are tormenting my husband cause he makes it too easy," she shot back.

"So you are doing these things on purpose, is it to get back at me for not coming after you?" he inquired curiously.

She paled, was she doing things to get back at him?

"I don't know what so say," she gasp putting a hand to her mouth.

"Don't say anything, we're starting over right now a new beginning. So, stop thinking about the past and let's move onto our future, together," he smiled down at her and embraced her tiny form.

It wasn't going to be easy to forget everything in their past, but anything worth having has to to worked at.

A/N So, who called what? I did enjoy the hate mail and people freaking out last chapter, it was fun. Thank you all who kept your big kid underwear on and finished this chapter.