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July 18th, still the tenth week
They stayed like that for some time, Naruto holding Sasuke until he had calmed down. When he did feel calm enough, he nuzzled the blonde's chest with his cheek, sighing softly.
"Thank you." The Uchiha whispered. Naruto put a hand on Sasuke's head and ran his fingers through the inky black hair. For once Naruto didn't say anything at all, just waiting. "Hinata saw, she knows that I'm pregnant." Sasuke finally said. He pulled away from Naruto's embrace and sat up.
He looked Naruto in the eye and watched the change in his expression. From a curious understanding to sad realization, Naruto's bright blue eyes conveyed all of his thoughts. Relief that the thing that upset Sasuke hadn't been something more life threatening. There was sadness because their secret was going to come to out whether they wanted it to or not. Worry, that the elders would try to make Sasuke get rid of the baby and Tsunade wouldn't be able to stop them. Determination, he wasn't going to let anything happen to Sasuke. As Naruto opened his mouth to say something, Sasuke leaned over, reaching his hand up to the blonde's hair and smashed their lips together hungrily. Naruto's lips moved against his, tongue sneaking licks whenever Sasuke moved his head to deepen the kiss.
"I know." Sasuke breathed when he broke the kiss. He opened his eyes and watched Naruto open his own. Leaning backwards, he watched as Naruto grinned devilishly. Instead of waiting for the blonde to say something stupid, he turned his head over to Kyoko, reached over and set his hand on the girls leg. Her eyes opened immediately, nostrils flaring as she inhaled deeply. Sitting up, she looked around, her shirt falling to cover her stomach. Bright green eyes darted wildly around until she saw Sasuke and Naruto sitting next to her. In a sudden panic she looked down to her stomach and pulled up her shirt to see the black tattoo like seal.
She scrutinized it, felt it with her fingers and then looked back up, smiling. "It worked, it worked!" She cried out happily. Climbing to her knees, she jumped on top of Sasuke hugging him tightly. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" Half a second later she was being pulled off of the Uchiha by the cloth of her shirt and thrown backwards, Sasuke watched, knowing who exactly grabbed him from behind and pushed his back up against a warm chest. Naruto's chin rested on his shoulder as strong arms encircled his upper body. Kyoko fell onto her back and flipped into a roll, landing on one foot and knee, her hand on the ground to keep her balance. Her eyes flitted nervously, watching for any further attack. Sasuke almost laughed at her, if anbu still weren't watching them.
"You don't touch him, he's mine." Naruto practically growled. Rolling his eyes, Sasuke grabbed the blonde's arm and watched as Kyoko stood up, looking away nervously.
"Sorry. I won't do it again." Kyoko nodded, glancing at the two before looking down at the ground. Sasuke raised an eyebrow but the blonde's grip loosened and he lifted his head up off of Sasuke's shoulder. As soon as he did that, Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto's arm and tossed the blonde over his shoulder, dropping him on his back on the ground with a loud thud. Climbing on top of Naruto, Sasuke slapped his hand down on his chest.
"And just like before, you are mine. Now will you stop talking about me as if I'm your property, or do I have to kick your ass?" Sasuke smirked when Naruto grinned, lifting his hips into the Uchiha's grip.
"Uhm," Kyoko's voice penetrated their focus and they both looked over to her. "What are we supposed to about them?" She was looking at the gate and pointed to the anbu, watching them warily.
Sasuke got off of Naruto and stood up, letting the blonde get up on his own. They both looked at the anbu and then at each other. "Get the tarp?" Naruto asked.
"Tell them to get Tsunade for us." Sasuke answered. Naruto nodded and gave a lopsided smile before turned and walking over to the gate. Sasuke motioned for Kyoko to come over to the tarp and she did so, careful to keep a decent distance away from the Uchiha.
"You're being annoying." Sasuke simply told the redhead. She looked up, her eyes slightly wider than normal. "Don't worry about him," Sasuke leaned down and picked up a corner of the tarp. "He's possessive but he's also an idiot." He moved over to pick up another and watched Kyoko do the same. Kyoko gave him a look before pulling the edges of the tarp together; she continued to help, handing over the edges so she could grab the new corners of the ever-growing smaller tarp.
"Hey! I think one of them is going to get Tsunade-obaasan!" Naruto turned back to them, he watched as they folded the tarp. Sasuke took it and held it under one arm. Both walked over to the gate, Kyoko still keeping a fair distance from Sasuke. Naruto kept his gaze on the redhead, watching her move closely.
"Dobe, stop that." Sasuke hit him in the shoulder and Naruto frowned and looked away from Kyoko. Instead he stepped between the two, nudging Sasuke far away from the redhead. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me." Sasuke exclaimed. Pushing the blonde into the barrier, Sasuke gripped the blonde's black shirt and glared at him harshly. Naruto frowned back and glanced at Kyoko before wrapping his arm around Sasuke's side to push him away from the redhead.
"This is really starting to piss me off." Sasuke murmured angrily. "What is it going to take for you to just chill out?"
"I don't know!" Naruto barked out. "Every time she gets close to you, I just want to push her back and show her you're mine." Naruto stared at Sasuke, his face set in a sad, pained expression.
"I think I know why." Kyoko broke through their conversation. Both turned to look at her and she nervously let her hand twitch, Sasuke could tell she wanted to run her hand down her braid but held herself back. After a few seconds without a response, Kyoko looked at them and then back on the ground.
"We both have Kyuubi inside of us, maybe we smell like foxes to each other so I guess," Kyoko shifted on her feet, glancing up at the two before looking away embarrassed. "He sees me as a threat to his mate."
"How the hell would I see you as a threat?" Naruto asked. "You suck as a ninja." Kyoko fidgeted, she raised her hand and ran it down her braided hair, face turning bright red. Sasuke shook Naruto's shirt and looked up at the blonde as Naruto looked back down at him, shrugging his shoulders and refused to retract his statement. Growing irritated, the Uchiha tried to remember what he had learned about foxes when he had done a project on trapping animals and how to cook them when he was still in the academy.
"Dobe, go smell her." Sasuke commanded. Naruto raised his eyebrows in surprise as Sasuke let go of his shirt and took a step back. "Foxes are territorial but not to foxes they recognize."
"Like sniff her ass? I don't know about that." Naruto shook his head, wrinkling his nose. Kyoko looked up in horror, her face growing redder as she looked from Naruto to Sasuke to the anbu standing on the other side of the barrier.
"No, not my ass!" The redhead cried out indignantly. "Somewhere else, where I sweat or something!" Naruto made a face and shook his head.
"I don't want to smell your sweaty armpits! That's gross!" Naruto turned away from the redhead only to be pinched in the side by Sasuke's lightning quick fingers. "Ow, ow, ow!" Naruto jerked away, swatting at the Uchiha's fingers.
"Why do you do that?" Naruto cried out. He softly glared at the Uchiha, protecting his sides with his hands.
"Smell her neck, she's been sweating since our fight." Sasuke nodded his head to the redhead, giving the blonde an expectant look. Hesitantly, Naruto stepped closer to the redhead but did not look comfortable doing it. When he was close enough, Kyoko looked away, still blushing.
Tilting her head to the side, Kyoko strained her neck out. Giving Naruto ample skin to smell, she waited impatiently for the blonde to smell her. Naruto leaned downwards, getting closer to the redhead. She stood extremely still and as soon as he was close enough to lick her skin, he sniffed experimentally. Kyoko smelled like sweat, dirt and fox all mixed up into a cocktail of scent. Unsure of what to make of it, Naruto sniffed again. It was familiar, he had smelled it on Sasuke before but that didn't bother him that much anymore. Oddly, he felt more at ease.
Straightening back up, Naruto turned back to Sasuke and pinched his nose. "She stinks." He whined. Kyoko lifted her head, mouth agape.
"I do not!" She cried out and pushed the blonde away, smiling hesitantly. Naruto laughed and walked out of the push, turning around to grin. Sasuke watched the interaction silently and stepped closely to the redhead. Kyoko's grin lessened but she didn't say as Sasuke stood beside her. Naruto watched easily, his smile still bright. Sasuke's arm touched her shoulder and Kyoko looked up at the Uchiha and then back at Naruto. The blonde just kept smiling, content to just watch his lover look back at him.
"Well, I guess we figured it out." Kyoko let out a sigh of relief and smiled. Sasuke noticed movement out of the corner of his eye and glanced over at the gate. The anbu parted and Tsunade came forward again, looking extremely pissed off.
"Now we just have to figure out how to solve the bigger problem." Sasuke stared at Tsunade who glared back, hands on her hips and waited for them. Sasuke stepped forward and turned around, walking backwards to keep the anbu from reading his lips.
"Naruto, don't tell them anything except what I told you the day I came back from the exam, you," Sasuke turned his head to the redhead and she looked back at him stiffly. "Tell them everything except the baby, Hinata may not have said anything. We can't let them find out if we can help it." Sasuke backed up just until the barrier, Naruto dropped his smile and nodded, Kyoko gulped nervously. Turning around to face the Hokage, Sasuke nodded to her but a cold glare was all he received in return. Sighing, Sasuke raised his hand to the barrier and seal but stopped. He turned around and looked to the other two. "Don't fight this time, Dobe." Sasuke spoke before he set his hand on the seal.
"What-?" Kyoko started to ask but the barrier had opened and anbu surrounded all of them hands grabbing at their arms and pulling them behind their backs. "Hey! Don't touch me there!" Kyoko cried out. She tried to kick at the anbu but one of them caught her foot and held it up high.
"He told you not to fight!" Naruto called out as he was roughly manhandled, gloved hands patting him down thoroughly. Kyoko grunted as the anbu set her back down on the ground and continued to rid her of her weapons. Once their weapons were discarded, the few that weren't holding them moved back, allowing the Hokage to come forward. An anbu handed her the tarp and she held it under her arm. She glared at all of three of them, obviously pissed. Sasuke felt the anbu tighten their grip as Tsunade came close to him.
"Is this going to become a regular thing with you, Uchiha?" Tsunade asked quietly. She leaned forward and the anbu tightened their grip again in case he would lunge forward. They were squeezing so tightly he was starting to lose the feeling in his hands.
"I would hope not." Sasuke answered in a cold voice. "I did what I had to do to protect Naruto." Tsunade glared at Sasuke for a minute. Finally, she looked away and glanced at Naruto and Kyoko before turning her attention to an anbu close to her.
"Bind their arms and take them to solitary confinement, they'll wait there until we can start the interrogations." Tsunade watched as the anbu bowed his head and pulled chakra binds out of his pockets.
"No!" Naruto blurted out. Tsunade turned to the blonde but her expression didn't change.
"You don't get a choice brat." The Hokage looked away again but Naruto was adamant.
"You can't put us in isolation, you can't separate me from Sasuke! I-"
"The binds will not completely limit your chakra, just enough to keep you from putting up a real fight. They will be taken off once you are all securely in your cells and I have personally assigned the anbu to this task." Tsunade interrupted the blonde's outburst quietly. She glanced over to Sasuke who watched her unwaveringly. "There are no exceptions, do I make myself clear?" She turned back to Naruto as she asked this and watched the blonde open his mouth to argue.
"It's fine." Sasuke spoke before Naruto could get his complaint out. Naruto whipped his head to the Uchiha, looking worried. Sighing softly, Sasuke glanced over at the blonde and blinked. In reaction, Naruto's shoulder slumped, he made a pained face but didn't object further. Kyoko watched the whole transaction in bewilderment and continued to watch as the Hokage walked away, and as the anbu came forward and started to bind their hands.
"What was that all about?" The redhead asked softly. Her hair fell over her shoulders in exaggerated waves from having the spiked strap removed. The anbu lifted her hands high to bind them, then set a hand on her shoulder once they were secure. Sasuke watched as her eyes flickered briefly, the feeling of her chakra being locked must have felt like she was being drained. The anbu continued on to Sasuke, the other lifting up his arms to bind them. A shiver slipped across his nerves as his chakra was bound, it felt like he had been wearing a blanket of chakra and it was suddenly pulled off of him. Once he was bound the anbu moved past him and went on to Naruto who looked at the ground, disheartened.
"When we brought Sasuke back, he was put in isolation for a while." Naruto quietly told the story. "I had been worried about him so I went to go see if I could convince the guards to let me talk to him." The anbu finished with Naruto's binds and he shuddered before continuing. "The door was open and the guards weren't there, so I went in and," Naruto stopped, shakily inhaling a deep breath as he tried to adjust to the lack of chakra.
"They were ordered by the elders to impersonate anbu and kill me," Sasuke continued where Naruto had left off. The anbu gently pushed them into walking out of the compound and Sasuke stopped once he was outside, looking to the seal. His captor allowed him to walk over and rest his cheek against the seal, effectively resealing the compound with the barrier. He rejoined the other two in being led down the street. Civilians were watching from the edges. "I was beaten first. The elders wanted me dead but they wanted to 'have a little fun' before they finished."
"Long story short I got there in time and took care of the bastards." Naruto interrupted Sasuke. Sasuke watched as Kyoko turned her head to look at the blonde again. "And I don't want it to happen again." The blonde stared over at the Uchiha intently but Sasuke just stared back, calm.
"Oh," Kyoko looked away, fear seeping into her body posture and expression.
"They were corrupt, convinced with bribes." Sasuke told the girl, he turned his head to the anbu. "And not even actual anbu." The anbu holding Sasuke just continued to walk behind him, pushing him down the street to the prison they would be held in.
She walked back to the Hokage tower, a few anbu following her in plain sight. "Get the Kazekage for me, tell him to meet me in my office." Tsunade motioned to one of the anbu and watched as he disappeared. The last thing she wanted to do was play politics but there was no choice in the matter, Naruto and Sasuke had ruined the exam and she had to fix it. "Have Shikamaru and Shizune ready for interrogation when I'm done."
"Hokage-sama," An anbu next to her whispered. "You wanted to know if they did anything suspicious while you were gone." Tsunade rolled her eyes, of course she wanted to know.
"Report." She commanded, exasperated. If she said anything else it would end up in snapping at him. Turning to the anbu, her eyes met the black holes of a rather familiar cat mask but she was too frustrated to force herself to recognize it.
"Naruto Uzumaki acted as if he didn't trust Kyoko Suzuki, then he smelled her and relaxed around her. It looked to be that they have had no contact before this." The anbu spoke seriously but Tsunade clenched her fists in anger.
"Idiot. If they had been in contact before the whole incident in the stadium would never have happened!" Tsunade hissed angrily. "Leave right now, go help put those three in isolation or something!" The anbu stopped walking and bowed before disappearing. Sighing angrily, Tsunade glanced over the other anbu in the guard. "Do any of you have any other information you think you should give me?" None of them said a word and Tsunade was glad not all of the best ninja in the village liked to piss her off. "Good. You," Tsunade thrust the tarp in a random anbus hands and waved him off. "Go get this analyzed, I want to know every little thing it does when activated." Said anbu nodded with a 'yes, Hokage-sama.' and disappeared. Once in her office, Tsunade pulled out a battle of sake and two cups before sitting down and waited for Gaara. He came less than five minutes later, knocking on the door politely. "Come in." Tsunade called out as she stood from her seat, ready to greet the Kazekage.
"Tsunade." The redhead nodded his head as he entered, closing the door softly behind him.
"What a pleasure it is to see you again so soon Kazekage-sama." Tsunade forced a smile on her face and motioned to the bottle of sake and cups. Gaara came forward but shook his head a little, giving the blonde woman a cold stare.
"I see," Tsunade said as if Gaara had said something. "Still care for a cup of sake?" Gaara looked down at the sake before nodding. She opened the bottle and filled both cups, she handed one to Gaara who waited to drink until Tsunade had her own cup in hand.
"Classified?" Gaara asked quietly after he drank. Tsunade downed her cup and set it back down on the desk, nodding.
"Everything that we have so far is little fact, mostly speculation." Gaara's forehead moved, the muscles where his eyebrow would have been moving in what must have been a raise of the invisible eyebrow. "If you know anything about this, I believe Naruto would appreciate you telling me."
Tsunade poured herself a second drink, motioning to the redhead to see if he wanted another but Gaara ended up taking a second sip from his cup. "Tell me what you know already." Gaara answered. Tsunade was silent for a moment, debating inwardly momentarily.
"I must stress the importance of secrecy, this is between two people who care for Naruto and Sasuke, not Kage's." Tsunade drank from her cup but didn't toss it back like the ones before.
"I was never anything else." Gaara stated softly. He set down his cup and crossed his arms over his chest. Tsunade sighed heavily, pouring more sake into her cup before she had finished it.
"As far as we know, Kyoko Suzuki has a part of Kyuubi inside of her but her seal seemed to be faulty or was incomplete. As you saw, her seal broke and Kyuubi tried to escape, he would have too, if Sasuke hadn't known about it." Tsunade picked her cup back up and took a large gulp of it.
"He knew?" Gaara took another sip of his drink politely. Cold green eyes staring intently at the Hokage, Tsunade nodded.
"Damn right, 'scuse my language." Tsunade closed her eyes, the alcohol finding its way into her system. "We think he found out during the first two exams, but that's just an assumption. Apparently, when Naruto and Kyoko got close, at least the distance they were at when all hell broke loose, her seal started to break."
"Crushing under the weight of Kyuubi's chakra." Gaara set his cup down and crossed his arms, cold expression looking more stone-like than usual. Tsunade nodded.
"You saw Sasuke knock Kyoko out and they left the stadium. They headed for the Uchiha compound, there has been a barrier up there for years to stop thieves and spies from going in and learning what few secrets the compound might hold. Unfortunately, they made it and closed the barrier before we could catch them.
"After that, Sasuke knocked Naruto out and got a tarp, it had a seal on it. We can tentatively conclude that Sasuke created the seal to rebuild Kyoko's it looked to have worked, otherwise we wouldn't be standing here." Tsunade reached over to pour more sake into both of their cups.
"It worked?" Gaara reached for his cup and watched Tsunade nod.
"Yes, Kyuubi didn't break free again after Sasuke finished and woke them up. They talked for a while and took down the barrier, I had them taken to isolation." Tsunade downed her cup and watched as Gaara took a long sip from his. After a moment, Gaara looked up from his sake.
"I don't think I'll be much help. I've never heard of a demon's chakra being split into two people." Gaara watched as Tsunade frown and look away.
"Alright then, what would you have done if you had been in the same situation?" Tsunade looked back up, biting her lower lip in frustration. Gaara took a moment, thinking about it.
"I would have done it differently. I don't have someone like Sasuke to help me. I would have failed." Gaara answered. Tsunade sighed heavily and raised her hand to her forehead. "But they succeeded."
"And because of that people are going to be after all three of them." Tsunade sighed heavily. "There were many dignitaries and spies for other villages, they'll no doubt see this as a weakness and try to use it to their advantage."
"Let us hope that is not the case." Gaara watched Tsunade eye the sake. "If they do, Suna would be more than happy to assist in any way we can." Nodding Tsunade picked up the bottle of sake to pour herself another drink.
"Thank you Gaara but if I can keep it in my village I will. Naruto is your friend but that doesn't mean we should put both of our villages at risk." Tsunade pressed her cup to her lips and drank her sake slowly. Her head was starting to feel fuzzy.
"I'll be taking my leave now, the sun will set in a few hours." Gaara muttered before tipping his cup into his mouth and downing the rest of his sake. "Staying would be a hassle for you, right?" The redhead asked.
"I can't disagree with you there." Tsunade replied. "Safe travels." Gaara nodded to the older woman and left the room. Said woman moved to sit back in her chair, taking a moment to let the buzz of alcohol and the situation at hand to sink in. There was something still bothering her, the anbu who she had sent away, she had known he looked familiar. The mask was a cat mask with green and red markings, who's mask was it? Tsunade stilled as a name filtered into her mind, eyes widening before narrowing into a cold glare at the first thing in her line of sight, the door. The sneaky bastard had made a nuisance of himself on purpose.
Hinata had to talk to Tsunade. She had left the Hokage's office when the Hokage had but she hadn't left the building. Instead she waited for the Hokage to return and requested to see her but the anbu she had talked to told her that the Hokage was having a meeting with the Kazekage. Undeterred, Hinata waited for Gaara to leave in the hallway with an anbu watching her from down the hall. When the door to the Hokage's office opened and Gaara stepped out. She waited impatiently for him to walk down the hall towards her.
Hinata could see Shizune and Shikamaru entering the Hokage's office but she trusted them and this matter couldn't wait. The Kazekage nodded to her and she inhaled sharply before bowing to the redhead, she had almost forgotten her manners in her haste. When the Kazekage stepped past her, Hinata straightened and walked briskly down the hall to the Hokage's office, conviction in every step. She couldn't be shy now, she had to do this. Without even bothering to knock on the door, Hinata opened it and walked inside. Tsunade had been glaring at the door and when Hinata opened it the first thing she saw was Tsunade's glare turn into a look of complete surprise.
"Hinata, what?" Tsunade started. Both Shikamaru and Shizune turned around, Shizune's mouth agape in surprise.
"Hokage-sama, there's something I have to ask." Hinata interrupted the Hokage. Surprised, the older woman waited for the Hyuuga to talk. Said Hyuuga was shocked by her own brazen behavior and gaped at the Hokage, her body tensing as her shyness overtook her again. "I-it's um, it's a-about S-Sasuke."
"What do you have to ask about Sasuke?" Tsunade asked. Her shocked expression had not lasted long and she was staring at the young girl pointedly, wanting her to get on with it.
"I-uh did you know t-that he-he was p-pregnant?" Hinata raised her hands to poke her pointer fingers together, watching Tsunade's hands instead of her face. She couldn't believe she was asking this, she must have been blushing as red as a tomato because her face was heating up quickly in embarrassment. There was silence, only furthering Hinata's embarrassment. She dared to look up at Tsunade's expression and felt her embarrassment slip away into a cold dread. The feeling knotted in her stomach and sent shivers of cold up to her arms and legs, Tsunade was staring back her in a stupor, her mouth agape as she tried to take in the information.
"Can you repeat that for me?" Tsunade commented softly. Lowering her arms, Hinata inhaled deeply and spoke clearly, trying not to stutter.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru muttered and sighed heavily.
"Sasuke, Sasuke Uchiha is pregnant." Hinata saw the anger flare in almond colored eyes and she immediately knew, without a doubt, that the Hokage had not known.
The isolation cells were underground, the hallway was dark, dank and just overall not a welcoming place. It hadn't changed since Sasuke was last there. They opened the cell farthest from the entrance and ushered Sasuke to enter first. He stepped into the small, sparsely filled place and waited patiently as the anbu removed his cuffs.
Chakra surged and Sasuke let out a small sigh of relief. He turned away as the anbu backed out of the room and closed the stone door, it locked with a seal on the outside.
The cell had a white sheeted mattress over a raised structure of stone, a small electrical light that buzzed and that was it. Sasuke looked around, he knew he had never been in this cell but all the isolation cells looked the same. It brought back a mixture of memories. Silence brought the heavy weight of tiredness, he hadn't had much of a chance to rest after fixing Kyoko's seal and his body started to feel like it was being filled with led.
Sasuke knew he was protected, the only way in, and out for that matter was the cell door. He sat down on the raised mattress and rested his back against the wall, one foot dangling off of it as he set the other close to his chest. Closing his eyes, he slipped into a light sleep, allowing himself to fall a little deeper into REM because he knew he would hear the door open through it.
Naruto watched as the anbu came back out with the chakra binds in his hands and closed the door. Of course, he was a little pissed about not being able to be with Sasuke but that old hag wouldn't let him have a choice.
The anbu backtracked them to the next cell and opened it, motioning for Kyoko to enter. She did warily. A minute later, the anbu were closing the door and motioning for them to move to the next cell. The next cell was opened and with a wave of the anbu's hand, Naruto to walk inside. He started to but the anbu held a hand out as he turned his head, another anbu came round a corner and waved over to them.
"Hokage-sama put me on watch duty." The man's voice spoke with a light tone to it behind his anbu cat like mask and there was something about that voice Naruto knew he had heard before.
The anbu looked around to each other, as if talking in a silent code without the use of their hands. Finally the anbu who stood in the doorway of the cell motioned for Naruto to walk inside. Naruto did and tried to crane his head to watch the anbu take off his cuffs and when his hands were free he rubbed his wrists gently.
He watched as the slid to a close and then looked around. Other than the raised bed, which did not look comfortable in the slightest there didn't seem to be anything in the room. The light above him flickered and he looked up at it, it flickered again, a buzzing sound emitting from it loudly. What was he going to do? There was nothing in there to entertain him. He was going to die of boredom. With a heavy sigh, he collapsed on the raised bed and winced as his body jolted back. Looking under the mattress Naruto found that a stone frame held up the mattress, fantastic.
Returning to his previous position, Naruto slid his hands under his head and looked up at the flickering light. How was he going to find a way to keep himself occupied while he waited? Minutes seemed to disappear as hours and Naruto sighed more times than he could count in what could only have been twenty minutes. This was going to be harder than he thought and he already thought it was impossible. He couldn't sleep, too worried about Sasuke to close his eyes and drift off. Sighing again, Naruto turned his head to look at where the door to the isolation cell would be and wished he could be with his pregnant lover.
There came a sound from the wall he was looking at and Naruto didn't believe it at first. He frowned, then sat up, turning towards the wall as a rectangular crease formed a door. Almost disbelieving what he was seeing, Naruto stood up and watched as the stone door creaked open.
"He's WHAT!" Tsunade screamed. Hinata flinched and watched as the Hokage stood, hands on her desk.
"You can't be serious!" Shizune cried out. The Hyuuga's eyes darted to the dark haired woman and then back to the Hokage, mouth agape. Shikamaru looked between the three women, the imaginary gears in his mind going into overdrive, well, into motion. Hinata lowered her head, closing her mouth and trying to find the courage she had had in the hallway. She heard Tsunade move from behind her desk and the Hyuuga glanced up to see the blonde woman stalk up to her.
"Are you certain?" The Hokage hissed. Hinata knew she wasn't mad at her but the anger scared her all the same.
"Hinata takes her missions seriously, she's not one to joke or leave anything unfinished." Shikamaru spoke up. "It certainly clears up a few things that happened over the last few hours, so troublesome." The only male in the room sighed heavily and looked over to Hinata with an annoyed expression.
"What things?" Tsunade growled. She turned away from Hinata and glared at Shikamaru.
"Sasuke's semifinal opponent went straight for Sasuke's stomach with every strike and during the final match when what's her name, the redhead, never took a shot at Sasuke's midsection." Shikamaru muttered 'troublesome' under his breath before continuing. "The semifinalist probably knew nothing about what Sasuke had going on but the redhead knew exactly what was going on." Hinata looked over to Shikamaru gratefully as Tsunade returned to her desk. Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention to the Hokage. "What do you want to do now, Hokage-sama?" The lazy genius asked. Tsunade looked at the people in her office with a pissed off expression.
"Those two are in deeper shit than I thought." Tsunade crossed her arms over her chest. "The elders cannot and I mean cannot, know about this." Hinata nodded along with Shizune, Shikamaru just shifted from one leg to another. "If they were in danger of being attacked, killed, or taken hostage before, it will be assured to happen if news of the pregnancy got out." Tsunade growled. "Sasuke will be confined to the village, the Uchiha compound would be better once this is over with.
"Suzuki is confined to the village as well, as for Naruto, he'll continue doing missions outside of the village but not without Hatake. This whole Kyuubi thing, as bad timing as it had, it provides a perfect cover for the pregnancy."
"I don't think they planned it." Hinata gently spoke up. "It, it-Sasuke must have met Kyoko Suzuki during the exam, it looked liked Sasuke was ten, maybe eleven weeks along already, he would have been seven or eight weeks pregnant when he went into the Chuunin ex-." Tsunade slammed her fist on the desk, making Hinata jump in surprise.
"He's how far along?" Tsunade growled. Hinata opened her mouth to repeat herself but Tsunade waved her hand at her, leaning back in her chair and swiveling it around to the window. She stayed like that for a few moments. "Those fools, doing it while Sasuke was still on probation."
Hinata watched the Hokage turn around to face them again, her frown still in place. "We should make sure all our assumptions are fact before we move any further." Shikamaru shifted again. Hinata would almost bet that he wanted to say 'troublesome'.
"I agree Hokage-sama." Shizune spoke up. "We need to take this situation one part at a time." Hinata watched Tsunade narrow her eyes and nod. Before Tsunade could say anything else a jonin burst through the door, panting heavily.
"Hokage-sama! The isolation cells, they, they've!" The jonin gasped for breath as the four in the office looked at him expectantly, he bowed over himself, hands resting against his knees. Growing tired of waiting; Tsunade stood up and leaned over her desk. Shikamaru and Hinata glanced back at her, Shizune was still patiently waiting for the jonin to spit out whatever it was he had to say.
"What is it now? Well? Spit it out you incompetent fool!" The Hokage barked. The jonin straightened and wiped away the sweat from his brow, taking a deep breath.
"The isolation cells, they've been attacked."
His hands were bound behind his back. The isolation cell was small and darkly lit but Sasuke had no need for anything else. He sat on the bed, feet on the ground with his hands behind his back, staring at his knees. Even in this cell he was still forced to wear the chakra dampening handcuffs.
The stone door opened, Sasuke looked up and watched four anbu guard walk in. No one followed after them, it was just them. They formed a half circle around him, their body posture cocky and Sasuke could tell something was going to happen. None of them spoke, one of them just came right up to him and gripped the front of his shirt. He was pulled to his feet, the anbu stood back and raised his fist. There was nothing Sasuke could do but watch as the fist moved in almost slow motion and then connected with his face.
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In the doorway was an orange figure, Naruto. His bright blue eyes wide in shock, hands limp at his sides. Naruto was going to see all of it and that was too much. He looked away, burying his head into the poor excuse of a mattress. Sasuke would have given anything for Naruto not to see it. He was going to be humiliated in front of his rival, his friend. He couldn't let this happen but there was nothing he could do, the shock was numbing his mind and senses. There was a low sound, a growl.
"Well look what we have here." An anbu called out. A chill ran up Sasuke's back as the familiar sound of flesh tearing, blood spurting from separated veins broke through his clouding mind. There was a cry of indignation, Sasuke could hear weapons being unsheathed, followed by choked screams.
He couldn't look, he didn't want to see Naruto being brutally attacked and injured. It was too much after he killed Itachi. Too much. The sounds continued for what felt like eternity and when they stopped Sasuke still didn't want to look. Naruto had been the one to carry him back to Konoha, to curl up behind him during the cold nights to make sure he was warm. He had given him water when his throat was dry and bread when his stomach growled. The blonde was the only one that seemed to care what happened to him and for Naruto to be attacked because he wanted to check on him…he didn't know if he could handle it. Naruto was supposed to become Hokage one day, not dead in a traitors cell.
A slick hand grasped his ankle and he tried to jerk away from it but it was an iron grip. It pulled him down to the edge of the bed and another wet hand caught onto his waist. The hands gripped his elbow painfully tight as he was pulled around and upwards into a standing position. Opening his eyes to see his attacker, Sasuke was shocked. Bright blonde hair was covered in blood, orange clothing smeared in the dark red substance. Red was slowly leaving Naruto's blues eyes but the blood on his face was gleaming in the poor lighting. A wet hand cupped his cheek, another slipping into his hair as he was forced into a demanding kiss. Sasuke was being pushed. His body turning sideways until his back ran into a wall, teeth gnawing against his lips, forcing Sasuke's mouth open. Something slimy, still warm was all over the blonde's clothes and it rubbed against Sasuke's form as Naruto pressed them closer together.
He tasted something metallic, blood, his mind provided. Naruto pulled back and set his hands on Sasuke's shoulders, deep blue eyes looking him over carefully. Sasuke inhaled raggedly and did the same with the blonde's features. "I love you." Naruto spoke suddenly. Sasuke's mouth dropped open, he hadn't been expecting that. Unable to comprehend it for a second, he looked around the room only to find it littered unconscious men, blood spattered across every wall. Anbu masks were strewn across the floor and several kunai still in the grip of their hands, few which were still attached to their bodies. He breathed through his nose and nearly choked on the acrid stench of seared flesh.
"They were going to hurt you, I got angry." Naruto explained. "They're alive still, just severely, and permanently wounded." Sasuke looked back to him, closing his mouth and blinking a few times. This wasn't the first time Sasuke had seen violent carnage but he had never seen Naruto use Kyuubi's powers to create the mess before. "Teme, say something." The blonde squeezed the Uchiha's shoulders, looking nervous. Sasuke felt his brain reach for some kind of information that would help him figure out the situation and before he could really think about what he was saying, he spoke.
"Give me your pants." Sasuke muttered quietly. Naruto blinked and looked down. Sasuke realized that the blonde was starting to ogle him and he jerked his foot outwards to kick him in the shin.
"Ah! Hey, Teme! Don't kick me," Naruto jumped away from the Uchiha. "I'll give you my pants, okay?" Naruto pulled down his pants and stepped out of them, leaving the blonde in his boxers. He held them out to Sasuke and looked at the blood stained wall to the side.
Sasuke looked at the pants and then back up at Naruto. "Usuratonkachi." This got Naruto to look back over, looking slightly annoyed. "I can't put them on myself." Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and looked down at the pants Naruto held out.
Naruto blinked as the annoyance slipped away from his expression. He turned back to Sasuke and opened the pants up for Sasuke to step into. The blonde's declaration still bounced around inside his head, a warm feeling trickling into his stomach. Carefully stepping into the pant leg, Sasuke watched as Naruto helped him and once he was standing in them Naruto pulled the pants up and situated them at Sasuke's waist. Sasuke watched as Naruto focused on the pants and when he looked up, fingers sliding from the Uchiha's pale hips, Sasuke leaned forward and pressed his lips against the blonde's.
His mouth was flooded with a metallic taste again but it was okay, the tongue that came with it mapped its way over Sasuke's teeth and pressed against his tongue demandingly. Naruto wrapped his arms around him tightly and maneuvered them back to the raised mattress. Sasuke felt it against the back of his legs and fell backwards, Naruto still attached to him. Hands were on his cheeks again, in his hair, Naruto was moving almost spastically in his need for more contact. Breaking away from the kiss, Naruto raised his head, sticky hands in the Uchiha's dark locks and bodies pressed close together. Sasuke looked up into bright blue eyes that were half open in a lusty gaze and felt himself shiver. He was completely at Naruto's mercy and a feeling in his stomach started to spread.
"Say it. Tell me." Naruto whispered huskily. Sasuke watched the other male and licked his lips, tasting blood on them. Opening his mouth, he didn't think he could find the words he was looking for.
"I-"
Sasuke's mind lurched from the memory dream as the sound of his isolation cells stone door slowly starting opening. It scratched loudly against the stone floor and without hesitation Sasuke opened his eyes and got off the bed. When the door pulled away enough for Sasuke to see who was standing on the other side, the Uchiha raised an eyebrow.
"Hn, what a surprise." Sasuke muttered.
"Must stay calm, I must stay calm." Kyoko chanted to herself. She paced around her isolation cell the moment the door shut. She had tried to open it without success. "I can't freak out, it's just a room, just a small enclosed space, no big deal."
The redhead inhaled sharply, her pace quickening until she turned around and ran for where she remembered the door being. Her hands and eyes ran over the stonewall, the longer she looked the quicker her breathing was getting.
"Why couldn't they have let me be isolated in a forest?" She muttered under her breath. Kyoko fell to her knees to feel the crease between the wall and the floor, nothing, just as it had been the last time she checked five minutes prior.
Finding her sanity again, Kyoko inhaled deeply and backed away from the wall to continue to pace around the room. "I can do this, I must stay calm, must stay calm." She had found her breathing back to normal as she paced when a booming sound broke through her quiet murmurings. The ground shook and she fell over in surprise.
The redhead sat where she was in shock for several moments, wondering if more of whatever had happened was going to come but when it didn't, she stood again and looked around wildly. She ran to the wall where she assumed the door was and started banging against it wildly.
"Let me out of here!" She screamed. "I can't take it anymore! Let me out!" When no one came to the door, she tried to control her breathing, if she freaked out like that then she had no doubt that she would soil herself. Now was a terrible time to find out she had claustrophobia.
"That's why I'm the number one most surprising ninja of Konoha, Teme." Naruto grinned and jumped on the mattress. An anbu mask popped into Sasuke's line of view and he eyed it carefully. "Thanks, Yamato." Naruto called out.
The anbu moved his hand to his mask and lifted it upwards, allowing Sasuke to see Yamato's strange grin before he placed it back down over his face. Sasuke nodded to the supposedly off-anbu-duty anbu who nodded in return. Without a word, Yamato stepped back out into the hallway and the stone door slowly closed, the creases of the doorway disappeared and they were locked in. Sasuke turned to look at Naruto, a twitch in his cold expression giving away his relief. Naruto smiled from the bed and motioned for the Uchiha to come closer.
"Do you remember the last time we were in a cell like this?" Naruto asked. Sasuke folded his arms but stepped closer to the raised mattress. Feeling that Sasuke was being too slow, the blonde sat up, grabbed the waistband of Sasuke's pants and pulled him closer.
"When you told me you loved me?" Sasuke asked. He turned around and sat down next to Naruto, arms still crossed. The blonde wrapped his arm around Sasuke's shoulders and smiled. "What about it?"
"Hey, Teme, you pronounced your undying love for me that day too." Naruto nuzzled his cheek against Sasuke's hair, inhaling the scent happily.
"You're exaggerating," Sasuke leaned closer to the blonde. His eyes slipped shut as he enjoyed the warmth Naruto radiated; it felt good to be in his lover's arms again. That morning seemed like a lifetime ago.
"Only a little." Naruto whispered.
"Hn." Sasuke replied. He smiled and opened his eyes, looking up at the blonde. Naruto leaned down and kissed Sasuke on the forehead gently. He pulled away long enough to change the position of his head before leaning back down and kissed the Uchiha's cheek. Sasuke's smile grew wider and he raised his hand to the blonde's chin, holding the blonde still as he shifted forward and placed his lips on Naruto's. Sasuke swung one of his legs over Naruto's legs and sat on the blonde's lap all while their lips were still attached. Naruto's arms were around his waist and Sasuke ran his hands through blonde hair as their tongues continued to rub against each other.
"I want to do it." The Uchiha whispered. Naruto looked up at him with a blank expression, chest heaving. "Do I need to spell it out for you, Usuratonkachi?" The blonde finally grinned and shook his head.
"Feeling feisty, Teme? I think its spelled S-E-X." The blonde grinned and Sasuke smirked. "I was hoping you'd want to though," Naruto dropped his hand to his pocket and pulled out a small green tube. "Yamato gave it to me when he got me out of my cell, it's lube. It's got a little bit of an aphrodisiac in it to make it more pleasurable." Naruto grinned and raised his eyebrows cheekily.
"Your friend knows you too well." Sasuke answered. He reattached his lips to Naruto's and slipped his hands down from the blonde's hair to his chest. Feeling Naruto's hands return to his waist and back.
'BOOM!' The room shook, the mattress beneath them gyrating. Naruto felt their teeth clash together and broke the kiss, looking around as the shaking stopped. Sasuke looked around their cell and put a hand on Naruto's shoulder, pushing his lover off of him. After a few seconds of surprised silence, Sasuke swung his legs to the floor as Naruto collapsed onto the bed, face down and groaning loudly in frustration.
"Aw, come on! Can't they see I'm trying to get laid here?" Naruto's voice was muffled through the mattress. Sasuke leaned down, picked up the blonde's shirt and tossed it to Naruto, smirking.
"Hn, Dobe." Sasuke watched Naruto look up from the mattress with an annoyed expression before straightening his shirt.
"Teme, how can you be so calm? You want to do it as much as I do." Naruto asked. He pulled his shirt on and set himself against the wall, looking at Sasuke from behind. Turning around, Sasuke leaned over to the blonde and pressed his lips against the blonde's softly.
"Wrong, I want to do it more." Sasuke whispered. Naruto smiled and moved forward to kiss Sasuke again, attempting to deepen the kiss. Sasuke felt the tongue on his lip and pulled away, much to Naruto's dismay. "They'll be coming to check in on us soon." Naruto made a whining noise in the back of his throat but didn't fight the Uchiha on the matter. Instead he pulled Sasuke by the waist towards him and made sure the Uchiha's head rested on his shoulder.