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July 18th, still the tenth week
"Turn on the damned lights!" Tsunade yelled. Shikamaru could hear Kyoko jump at the sound of the Hokage's voice and he raised his hand to flip the light switch. The light flickered on and buzzed loudly, it did little to light the room, the corners completely shadowed. In the middle of the room were two chairs and a small desk, big enough to rest an elbow on. Tsunade was already sitting in one of the chairs, already looking hung over. He could see Kyoko standing near him, half hidden in shadows. The smell of puke and piss was wafting around her and Shikamaru wrinkled his nose at her. The redhead's green shirt was stained brown and her khaki shorts were a dark brown at her crotch area.
"The light is shit." Tsunade mumbled. She looked over to the other two in the room and motioned for them to come closer. "Kyako," She pointed to the chair across the desk from her. "Sit."
"Her name is Kyoko, Hokage-sama, and the lights haven't been replaced since they were put in place." Shikamaru told her but motioned for the redhead to go sit in the other chair. She carefully walked up to the chair and stood in front of it.
"I-I don't, can I just stand until, until the other guy comes back." Kyoko nervously looked at the chair and then at the half drunken, half hung over Hokage.
"Whatever. We can't really start with her unconscious." Shikamaru nodded to the Hokage as he pointed out the fact that she had fallen asleep and was drooling on the desk. They were silent for several minutes, Kyoko shifting on her feet and creating a sticky sound with her urine covered feet and the floor.
"S-she won't, she isn't, isn't going to hurt me, is she?" Kyoko looked nervously between Tsunade and Shikamaru, fingering the edges of her shirt. Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at her.
"Her bite is worse than her bark but she's drunk. You're going to be fine as long as you talk." Shikamaru watched her gulp noisily and shift again, her feet sticking to the floor. It took another few minutes for Yamato to return and knock on the door before opening it with a pitcher of water, a glass, and a pair of blue scrubs. He set the pitcher and glass on the table, handed the scrubs to Kyoko and moved back to shut the door. Kyoko took it gratefully, and then looked up from the blue clothes with a terrified expression.
"Where, where am I supposed to change?" She asked. Shikamaru nodded off to a shadowy corner and watched the redhead whirl her head in the direction he pointed to.
"It'll be fine, it's too dark in here to see here. Just turn around and do it quickly." Shikamaru turned his attention back to Yamato as the girl made her way to the corner with sticky footsteps. The other male was pouring water into the cup and picking it up before poking the Hokage's cheek roughly. The Hokage didn't even flinch and Yamato poked her cheek again to no avail. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and stepped up to the small desk. He could hear the redhead shuffling in the darkness and didn't look simply because he didn't want this image stuck in his practically eidetic memory.
"Move, don't look in the corner, redhead is changing." Shikamaru watched the masked man turn his head away from the corner the genius pointed out and stepped away from the unconscious Hokage. With practiced ease, Shikamaru grabbed the back of the chair and gripped it tightly before kicking a leg of the chair and broke it. The chair collapsed in the direction of the broken leg. The Hokage lurched to the ground, snorting as she woke up and hit the ground face first.
"Guurgh," The Hokage groaned and lifted her head with an angry expression on her face. She got up, looked at the chair and then turned her attention to the lazy genius in front of her. "I hate you." Tsunade growled. Shikamaru shrugged his shoulders and tossed the broken chair into a shadowy corner.
"I don't care." Shikamaru motioned to the other chair and Tsunade slowly made her way to it, glancing at the corner the redhead was on. "You got vomit on her clothes." She shook her head and raised her hand to wave him away.
"You, redhead." Tsunade plopped down on the remaining chair and turned to look over at the girl who had finished putting on the scrubs and turned around, her feet sticking to the floor. "Get over here and stand." Kyoko tentatively stepped forward, the light illuminating the vomit that had somehow got onto her face and in her hair. Tsunade opened her mouth and stared, her eyebrows furrowed as she focused on the nervous genin. Kyoko's eyes widened and she stiffened when the older woman's expression didn't change.
"Ignore her, she's too drunk to function." Shikamaru moved to stand behind the Hokage's chair and shook his head. "Troublesome." Tsunade shook her head and lowered it down on the desk.
"You have crap on your face." Tsunade groaned. Kyoko raised her hand to her face, touching the brown residual chunky vomit and pulling her hand away in surprise and disgust. She brought the edge of her blue scrub shirt and pulled it up to her face, revealing the tattoo like seal on white skin and the underside of her breasts. Shikamaru winced at the sight and looked away. What was with women and showing off their chests? The Hokage's daily clothes showed off way too much cleavage and Ino enjoyed making Chouji squirm in embarrassment when she took her shirt off. Yes, he liked boobs but seeing them outside the bedroom was just, troublesome, even some underboob.
"No bra? Nice." Tsunade was looking up at her from the desk. "I'm betting you aren't wearing underwear either, miss 'pee in your pants'." Yamato suddenly burst into a fit of coughing as Kyoko's face burned bright red and she yanked her shirt back down.
"The vomit seeped through my shirt." Kyoko whispered. She refused too look up from her feet and fiddled with her already dirtied scrubs. Tsunade snorted and Yamato seemed to refocus again.
"I suggest you get started. It won't be long before the elders find another way to meddle." The masked man made sense and Shikamaru shifted from one foot to the other, crossing his arms over his chest.
"What, what do you want to know?" Kyoko asked tentatively. She looked from Yamato to Shikamaru to Tsunade nervously and then bit her lower lip. Tsunade lifted her head and grabbed the glass of water and took a sip, water spilling from her lips. Yamato turned and opened the door again, leaving and closing it behind him, as if the Hokage's actions had been commands.
"Why don't you start with how the Kyuubi came to be inside you? That's where I'd like to begin." Shikamaru raised an eyebrow as the redhead gulped loudly and then opened her mouth to stutter.
"Hinata, Hinata, wake up." A voice brought the female Hyuuga back to consciousness. She blinked and focused on the face above her. "Hey Hinata, how are you feeling?" Sakura asked.
"I can't believe I fell for that." Hinata could hear Shizune talking to herself and she slowly sat up. Sakura backed away and smiled gently at her patient. They were in the infirmary in a secluded area. The walls were white; she was sitting on the examining table, Shizune in a chair across from it with Sakura between them.
"I fainted?" Hinata tried to remember what had last happened before she fainted and pursed her lips in concentration. When she realized what she had seen she tensed and her eyes widened. "Sakura, they we-were on the bed f-f-fu-"
"Hinata, sweetie, don't think about it." Sakura interrupted the Hyuuga's stuttering and rubbed her shoulder soothingly. "Just try to block it out of your mind." Sakura smiled softly and patted Hinata's shoulders and looked over to Shizune.
"It's been a long day Shizune and we're far from done. You were expecting her to at least get through the interrogations before she started drinking." Sakura smiled to the older woman and got a queasy grin in return.
"Thank you for trying to make me feel better, Sakura," Shizune looked down at her lap from her seat in the chair. "Your awfully calm about all this, how are you handling the news?" The older woman tried to change the subject and Sakura looked surprised, then uncertain.
"I don't know. It's all a lot to take in and I'm not sure what surprises me more." Sakura looked from Shizune to Hinata, eyes soft with sadness. Hinata looked at Sakura's bright green eyes and realized that she could only begin to understand what the pink haired ninja was going through.
"Sakura." Hinata called out softly but the medic-nin shook her head and looked over to the Hyuuga.
"The fact that they went so far to do this or the fact that they didn't tell me." Sakura finished and shook her head, the smile dropping to a look of doubt. The Hyuuga could understand that part quite well, feeling like she wasn't good enough. An uncomfortable silence settled around them, none knowing what to say.
"I think, I think they didn't want you to hold yourself back for them." Hinata quietly spoke up. Sakura looked up at the Hyuuga and bit her lower lip softly.
"It wouldn't have held me back, I would have been more than happy to give up a few months of my life if it meant they could be happy." Sakura moved to the bed Hinata was sitting on and sat down beside her, hands in her lap.
"But they couldn't ask you to do that Sakura," Shizune spoke up. "Even if you think it wouldn't have affected you, it would have been a tremendous strain on your career and social standing within the village."
"They were protecting you." Hinata softly called out. It was a realization that seemed to hit both the pinkette and the Hyuuga as Hinata said it. Sakura silently thought for a few moments.
"Still, they should have told me, I could have helped them." Sakura sighed and looked up with a smile on her face. "But at least I can help them now rather than not at all."
"That's the spirit." Shizune smiled back at the younger woman.
"I'm going to beat the crap out of Naruto too, making Sasuke fat." Sakura grinned in anticipation. Both Hinata and Shizune looked over to the medic ninja worriedly.
"But, Sasuke isn't fat." Hinata started. She trailed off; the thought of what she was going to say next would alert the anbu in the ceiling what exactly was going on.
"Do you think Tsunade-sama will be okay? Yamato-san took the whole pitcher of water." Shizune changed the topic quickly, eyes wide in nervousness. Hinata gave a small sigh of relief that she had been saved, turning to Sakura who had a response.
"I'm sure he took it for both Tsunade-sama and Kyoka, both probably need some water. He asked for some clothes for her, apparently the poor thing wet herself when the Hokage puked on her." Sakura shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't think she's used to being around such strong willed people." Hinata put in. Shizune nodded and Sakura stood up, picking up her bag of medical supplies she would need. Before either dark haired women could ask what the other was doing, an anbu poked his masked head around the curtain, he nodded to the three as Sakura slung her bag over her shoulder and walked over to him.
"Ready to check on your teammates?" Yamato's voice came from behind the mask. Sakura nodded and turned to Hinata.
"Stay here for another ten minutes and then take it easy for the rest of the day. Shizune, do you think Tsunade-sama is done with her for today? I want her to go home and relax." Sakura turned to Shizune who nodded and stood up as well.
"I agree, if the Hokage needs anything else from her I'll be sure to let her know tomorrow." Shizune moved over to sit next to the Hyuuga and wrapped an arm around the younger girl's shoulder. "How are you feeling now, Hinata?" The older woman asked.
"Better." Hinata started quietly. Sakura smiled and stepped out of the confined area, following Yamato out of the infirmary.
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 was looking up at him as the blonde licked his lips, blood covering them. He was opening his mouth to say something but he didn't know what he was going to tell him.
"I- I don't get you." Sasuke blurted. Naruto's eyes widened as silence followed his statement. Then, the blonde burst into a cheeky smile and rolled over onto what little space there was on the mattress. The feeling was still building up inside of him, a warm feeling that Sasuke couldn't shake. Sasuke watched him, blinking as the situation sunk in. Everything that had happened since Sasuke had listened to his dying brother's story of why he killed their clan had seemed surreal. Now, he was coming back to reality with Naruto's proclamation.
"Not exactly what I was going for but I'm sure I can change your mind." Naruto sat up and looked around the cell. The Uchiha could hear moans of pain coming from the floor and knew Naruto had caused it. "You know, for anbu they kind of sucked."
Sasuke sat up himself and surveyed the bloodied room; blood spatter was streaked across the walls, limbs and bodies of uniformed anbu twitched on the floor. At least he had satisfied the out of place feeling. The most crucial detail of being part of the elite group of ninja was missing. These, people, didn't have it on their left arm or even their right, a disgrace for even the least experienced impostors. "They aren't anbu." Sasuke spoke up. "No tattoo." Naruto leaned forward and stared into the bloody mess.
"You're right, they don't." Naruto looked back to Sasuke who glanced over at the blonde and then looked away, an unusual spark of emotion spreading in his stomach. The blonde scooted closer to him on the bed, grinning like an idiot and the feeling only intensified. "Can I kiss you again?" Sasuke tensed and glanced to the blonde.
"Shouldn't you be more worried about me escaping," Sasuke nodded to the door and then looked down at the bloody carnage. "Or figuring out why they were trying to kill me?" Naruto leaned in closer, the goofy expression looking almost creepy since the blonde was soaked in blood.
"I don't see you trying to escape and they aren't going anywhere." Naruto replied mischievously. Sasuke found himself scooting away from the blonde and the blonde was following him on the bed.
"Hn." Sasuke felt his bound hands touch the wall and pressed his back against it. Naruto continued to move closer and closer to him and before the Uchiha knew it, the blonde's face was so close their noses were almost touching. He could feel Naruto's breath against his lips and the warm feeling in his stomach welled up inside of him. He felt like he couldn't contain it, wanting something to happen. The blonde's face came even closer as bright blue eyes closed and Sasuke reacted, closing his eyes and tensing for what he expected to come. What the Uchiha didn't see was the blonde paused in his slow descent into a kiss and opened his eyes with a smile.
Sasuke could feel himself tensing his eyes shut, tensing the muscles his lips slightly as his jaw trembled. Naruto lifted his hand, caressing the Uchiha's jaw softly to calm him down but only succeeded in making Sasuke squeeze his eyes tighter and face grow redder. Lifting his head even higher than Sasuke's, Naruto pulled Sasuke's head into both of his hands and pressed his lips to the blood-smeared forehead of the bound male.
"I love you." Naruto whispered soothingly. In shock, Sasuke opened his eyes and stared at Naruto's chest. When Naruto pulled away, Sasuke lifted his head in the blonde's hands, blankly staring into blue eyes. The blonde had said it before but he had hardly paid any serious attention to it, he had thought Naruto was saying it because of the moment. Now, now Sasuke didn't know what to think.
"Hurry, this way!" A voice called out from far away. In the hallway, echoes of footfalls were growing louder. Naruto turned his head to the doorway and dropped his smile. Leaning back down, the blonde forced Sasuke's head upwards and forced his lips onto the Uchiha's. He attempted to struggle, trying to break away from the kiss but with his back to the wall and the blonde's strong hands gripping both sides of his face, it was impossible. He lifted his leg in an attempt to push Naruto away but he was too weak for the idiot to even notice.
"Mmgh!" Sasuke made the sound at the back of his throat and the sound seemed to communicate the discomfort Sasuke was in. Naruto pulled back and dropped his hands to his sides, leaving both males panting heavily.
"I'm not going to let anyone else hurt you." The blonde reached out to the Uchiha who flinched at the touch. Gripping the dark haired male by his armpits, Naruto pulled the half naked man into a tight hug. "Sasuke, I'll protect you with my life."
"Usuratonkachi." Sasuke muttered as he was set back onto the bed. Not three seconds later a group of assorted levels of ninja were bursting through the small door of the isolation cell. All of them looked around the room, trying to talk over each other to get a full understanding of what had transpired in the tiny room. Through the confusion Sasuke's mind was drifting elsewhere, they wouldn't need him to explain anything, he was still bound with chakra dampeners. He was trying to figure out what the strangely warm feeling in his stomach and when it finally hit him he jerked his over to Naruto who was sheepishly grinning at the group of people. The feeling had been giddiness, he had been excited when the blonde had saved him and kissed him. Sasuke almost didn't believe it…
His pillow was shifting. Sasuke opened his eyes and took in his surroundings. He was still in the isolation cell with Naruto who was trying to nudge Sasuke away from him. Annoyed with the fact, Sasuke sat up and frowned. Why was the blonde pushing him away?
A brighter light than the one in the cell hit his eyes and he squinted at the opening door. At least he now knew why Naruto was trying to wake him up but why hadn't he heard it? Once the door was completely open, Sakura walked in, Yamato standing on the other side so he could close the door again. Naruto gulped quietly beside him, anxiety coming off the blonde like the warmth he was radiating.
"Alright, who wants to go first?" Sakura asked. Her voice was calm and her posture relaxed but both men knew better than to believe she was unperturbed. Yamato shut the door, locked it and the pink haired medic ninja's body posture do a complete one-eighty.
"Naruto," Sakura growled. Her face morphed into a scowl and her body tensed in anger. "Do you want to go first?" Naruto shook his head roughly in denial but Sakura dropped her bag on the ground and stepped up to the bed.
"No." The blonde's eyes went wide and he scooted as close to Sasuke as possible, trying to get away from their infuriated teammate. Sakura loomed over the two sitting on the bed and grinned angrily.
"Alright then, Sasuke can go first." Sakura raised her hands to crack her knuckles menacingly. Naruto moved to the edge of the bed,
"Sakura you can't, he's-" Naruto started to say but Sakura stopped him easily with a punch square to the jaw. The blonde careened off the bed and sprawled onto the floor, Sasuke watched the blonde fall sideways to the floor and curl up in pain. Looking back up to the girl who tilted her head and cracked the muscles in her neck.
"Shirt, off, now." Sakura commanded. The Uchiha did as he was told and pulled his shirt off.
"Owww-wowowow." Naruto brought his hands to his face and sat up, tears welling up at the corners of the blonde's eyes. "Why'd you hit me?" The man on the floor whined. Sasuke pulled his shirt over his head just in time to see Sakura hit the male on the head roughly.
"Turn to the side so I can get a better look at your seal." Sakura ignored Naruto and instead sat down next to the Uchiha in order to get a better look at the seal. "Oh," Sakura whispered. "I've only read about these, it's amazing." Sasuke shifted and the pinkette placed her hand on the seal, tracing over the squiggly lines and the Uchiha fan with the spiraling line. Naruto whimpered to himself and sat up again, keeping a wary eye on his attacker.
"Hn." Sasuke responded. He could feel Sakura's fingers tracing over his shoulder and Naruto stood up, frowning at the teammate that had punched him.
"Were you hurt anywhere during the exam or your escape to the compound?" Sakura asked. She took her hands off of the seal and looked over the Uchiha's bare chest for a bruise or cut.
"No." Sasuke muttered. The medic ninja seemed to not trust Sasuke's judgment and brought the healing green chakra out to her hands. She ghosted her fingers over Sasuke's upper chest and back, checking his vitals.
"Alright then," Sakura lifted her hands from Sasuke's body and stood up. "You're going to have to lay down for me to do this." Sasuke sighed and moved to lie down on the bed, head close to Naruto on the floor. He turned his head over to look at the blonde and blinked when bright blue eyes stared back at him.
"Can I hold his hand?" Naruto asked softly. Sakura nodded and Sasuke gave a lopsided smile as he raised his hand near his head, a calloused, tan hand gripping his own reassuringly. The medic gripped the edge of Sasuke's pants and pulled them down far enough she could get a good view of the Uchiha's abdomen. Her hands ghosted over Sasuke's pale skin, over the small bulge several times before she turned to her bag and rummaged through it.
"Do you know how far along you are?" Sakura asked. She pulled out a clipboard, a pen and a ponytail holder. Setting the clipboard and pen down the woman pulled as much of her hair as she could back.
"Ten weeks give or take a couple days." Sasuke answered. Sakura clicked her pen open and started to write on a sheet of paper. Both men waited patiently for their teammate to ask another question.
"Two and a half months." Green eyes never strayed from the paper in front of her. "You didn't happen to get any prenatal pills in those weeks, or have you?" Naruto gulped loudly as he remembered that escapade.
"We managed to come across some." Sasuke answered. Sakura glanced down at Sasuke briefly before returning her eyes to the clipboard.
"Are you going to ask if he's been drinking or smoking next?" Naruto snorted. Instead of answering the blonde, she kicked him in the shoulder and sent the blonde sprawling across the room. Sasuke watched the two quietly; craning his neck to watch Naruto slam into the wall, head first.
"Don't be so violent with him, everything was my idea." Sasuke lowered his head and stared at Sakura who ignored him.
"Yeah come on, Sakura! I'm not some ragdoll or dummy you can just beat the crap out of." Naruto cried out. He stood up and stepped closer to his female teammate, rubbing his shoulder tenderly. "I think you might've dislocated my shoulder there for a second." The blonde muttered.
Instead of responding with words, the pink haired medic stopped writing, grabbing the clipboard with her pen hand and clenched her other hand into a fist. Her scowl darkened and she whirled towards the blonde in an attempt to harm him. Naruto didn't flinch, blue eyes staring into Sakura's bright green ones. Sasuke jerked his hand outwards, catching their teammates wrist mid-swing. Sakura whirled her head towards Sasuke and tugged her arm but the Uchiha refused to let go, staring up at her in complete seriousness.
"Hurt him again and I'll break your wrist. He doesn't deserve it." Sasuke told her. Sakura's expression softened and she bit her lower lip. Her eyebrows furrowed, jaw quivering as tears welled at the edges of her eyes. Naruto reached out to the woman and held her as she burst out crying. Sasuke released Sakura's wrist and sat up, moving over so Naruto could set Sakura down. Sasuke held a stony expression as Sakura dropped the pen and clipboard into her lap and brought her hands up to hide her face before burying it in Naruto's chest. Both males silently listened to their teammate sob, Naruto nervously looking to Sasuke for some sort of instruction. The Uchiha just shrugged his shoulders and watched as the blonde awkwardly held the pinkette.
It seemed so strange to Sasuke. Naruto's first love had been the girl in his arms and now he looked so lost with what to do with her. Not even a few hours ago, Sasuke was doing the same exact thing as Sakura and Naruto had comforted him without a moment of hesitation.
"Sakura?" Naruto asked hesitantly. The pink haired woman just sobbed once and sniffled pathetically.
"Why didn't you guys let me help you?" She hit Naruto's chest softly, voice muffled by her other hand. "I'm your teammate." Naruto looked up to Sasuke, mouth agape as he tried to think of something to say.
"This wasn't something we had to do as teammates," Sasuke looked down from Naruto to Sakura. "This was between Naruto and I, as lovers." Both men listened to the soft breathing of their teammate as she regained composure.
"That still doesn't answer my question. Why didn't you ask me to help with this." Sakura continued. "You guys are only eighteen."
"You're eighteen too, Sakura and we weren't going to let you sacrifice your career for us." Naruto shakily explained to her, hoping it would have a calming effect. Pulling away from Naruto's embrace, she wiped away her tears and picked her clipboard back up. The blonde gave her a curious look, bowing his head down to see the woman's expression. Sasuke stayed where he was, watching almost casually.
"Alright fine. Then why didn't you tell me?" Sakura's bright green eyes were hard and angry as she turned to the Uchiha. "Why did I have to hear it from Tsunade?" Both men looked to each other, Sasuke widening his eyes a fraction and raising his eyebrows slightly to emphasize that Naruto should explain.
"We were going to tell you when we got you to move into the compound but," Naruto started hesitantly. "Things didn't go exactly as we planned." He raised his hands in defense as Sakura turned her attention to him, anger radiating from her.
"You think?" Sakura bit out. "Both of you are idiots." She stood up and started to pace around the cell, arms crossed over her chest. "So much could have gone wrong with the pregnancy already and since it's not even a real womb the chances of losing the fetus would have increased from 25 percent to 35, even 40." Naruto looked over to Sasuke, bright blue eyes filled with worry. Sasuke shook his head as he had a pretty good guess of what the blonde was thinking.
"If the fetus had detached from the uterus the seal would have broken." Sasuke spoke up as Sakura made a turn as she came close to the small cell's wall.
"But so many other things could have gone wrong, you shouldn't even have participated in the Chuunin exams. What were you thinking when you decided to do it? Sasuke, I thought you were the smart one!" Sakura turned to the two and lifted a hand to run it through her hair.
"Hn," Sasuke replied. He crossed his arms over his own chest, offended that his teammate would think he didn't think this through before rushing into it like an idiot. "It was now or never."
"If we had waited then Sasuke might never have been able to take the chuunin exams. Don't you see Sakura?" Naruto broke in. Sakura bit her lip as she thought about what the blonde had said.
"Yes I do," Sakura grudgingly answered. She frowned but didn't say anything to contradict the blonde. "Okay, I can't take this anymore. Naruto, get off the bed and Sasuke lay down. I'm going to check the fetus now, it won't be long before Shikamaru and Yamato come back for one of you." Following the pink haired medic's directions, Naruto sat on the floor, next to Sasuke's head and watched Sasuke lie down. Sakura sighed and relaxed, green chakra glowing from her hands.
"Here we go." Sakura kneeled down and gently pressed her hand down on the Uchiha's stomach. Her hand moved around the area for a few seconds before she lowered it to his abdomen, her breath hitching.
"What is it? Is something wrong with the baby?" Naruto asked. Immediately worried that the change in Sakura's composure meant something bad.
"No, at least not that I can see yet." Sakura glanced over to the blonde. "It's just so amazing that you guys were able to do this all on your own. In most scenarios where a chakra uterus would be involved it would taken multiple experts working on this kind of seal before insemination was introduced." The pinkette moved her hand slowly over the whole abdomen.
"We only had one shot and I wasn't going to do it half-assed." Sasuke muttered. He blinked and turned his head, feeling uncomfortable with the Sakura's praise and pressure on his growing stomach. Sakura continued to press on Sasuke's abdomen, ignoring Sasuke's last statement to concentrate. The three were silent for long, full minutes. Naruto glancing between the two nervously as Sasuke waited patiently for their teammate to finish. When she was done, she let the green chakra fade but her hand still remained on Sasuke's pale skin. When she finally pulled her hand away, she was giving Sasuke a smile of relief.
"Everything is fine, the womb is working perfectly and the fetus is strong." Sakura looked to Naruto who collapsed onto his back, moaning in relief.
"Thank goodness!" The blonde cried out. Sakura smiled and watched Naruto scramble back up onto the bed, wrap his arms around the Uchiha's arms and chest before placing slobbery wet kisses all over his face. Sakura chuckled as Sasuke winced and tried to push the idiot away, tilting his head away from the wet lips of his lover.
"Usuratonkachi! Stop it, she's not done yet!" Sasuke brought a leg up and pressed it against the blonde's stomach. Naruto could feel himself being pushed back and he frowned when Sasuke's face was out of kissing reach.
"I'm not?" Sakura asked. She crossed her arms over her chest and shifted most of her weight to one foot, looking at the two with a raised eyebrow.
"She's not?" Naruto asked. Just as confused as Sakura was. Sasuke nodded and gripped the blonde's tan hand as he showed his backside to his teammate.
"Yes, I need you to check my spine and hips. They were changed when we were putting the chakra uterus in." Sasuke tightened his grip on Naruto's hand and the blonde was silent, feeling guilty.
"That sounds normal, women have wider hips and a greater curvature in the spine for child bearing." Sakura sat back down next to the Uchiha and placed her hand on Sasuke's spine. "If you didn't, you would eventually be in so much pain you wouldn't be able to sit up." Naruto's eyes widened at that.
"But that's not going to happen, right?" Naruto asked, worried. Sakura was silent as she inspected Sasuke's spine, making the blonde's nervousness increase with each passing second.
"Sasuke, I'm going to need you to stand up." Sakura muttered. She lifted her hand and stood up again, Sasuke following her, letting Naruto's hand slip out of his own. "Turn around and raise your hands outwards, stand with your feet parallel to your shoulders." Sasuke did as instructed and looked down to Naruto with a calm expression. He could feel Sakura's hands on his waist, lowering down to his hips and past them to the top of his legs. She did it again before sighing in relief and dropped her hands.
"Everything looks good, you won't need to fix anything until after the pregnancy." Sakura smiled and looked over to Naruto. "Stop worrying, Naruto. You did fine." The blonde laughed in relief, stood up and hugged Sasuke by his waist. He picked the Uchiha up and spun him around as Sasuke wrapped his arms around the blonde's shoulders on instinct.
"Dobe! Put me down!" Sasuke called out. He didn't stop Naruto from spinning him around, happy that everything with the baby was fine. The blonde did as he was asked but couldn't stop himself from leaning forward and kissing the Uchiha briefly. All three heard the distinct sound of the stone door being opened and Sakura turned to see who was opening it while Naruto set Sasuke back down with a big grin on his face.
"Alright, who wants to go next?" Yamato asked. Sakura grabbed Sasuke's hand and pulled him forward.
"He will." The pink haired ninja turned her attention to the blonde, picking up her bag and clipboard. "You don't really need me to check you over do you Naruto? Kyuubi will have healed anything by now." Naruto shook his head and backed away, fearing he would piss their teammate off again.
"Yeah, I'll be fine. Don't pay me any mind." Naruto sat back down on the bed, blue eyes turned to Sasuke's retreating form.
"Good. Is Kyoka in her cell, Yamato?" Sakura followed Sasuke out of the cell and the man in anbu clothing shut the door, affirming that the redhead was back inside of her cell. When the door was completely shut, the blonde rested against the wall, sighing in relief.
"I thought her name was Kyoko." Naruto murmured to himself. He shook his head, not really worrying about it. The baby was fine, Sasuke was fine, and everything was going to be okay. What a relief.
Sakura didn't need to wait for Yamato to come back from escorting Sasuke to the interrogation room. She made him open the door to the girl's isolation cell before he left and stepped inside. The redheaded girl was sitting on her bed in scrubs, arms wrapped around her legs in the fetal position, scared green eyes watching Sakura carefully.
"Hey, Kyoka. How are you doing?" The pink chuunin asked softly. She smiled and brought the stone door an inch from being closed so she wouldn't be stuck with the girl until Yamato came back.
"It's," The redhead started. Her voice was shaky and she stopped to breathe and control herself. "Kyoko." Sakura continued to smile, nodding her head before slowly stepping up to the younger girl.
"Right, sorry. I guess I heard your name called out wrong during the exams." Sakura set her emergency kit and motioned to a space on the bed without a second thought of her name. "Can I sit here to examine you?" Kyoko nodded and looked away. Sakura sat down and opened her emergency kit, looking for the instruments that would aid her.
"Do you, have anything for claustrophobia?" The redhead asked. Sakura blinked and looked over to the redhead.
"Claustrophobia?" The pinkette asked.
"No chair for you." Tsunade grumbled and turned her head away from the Uchiha. Yamato was already closing the door and Shikamaru was leaning against a shadow, too lazy to walk to a wall. Sasuke looked to the broken chair on the other side of the desk and turned to Shikamaru.
"Tsunade wasn't going to wake up on her own." The genius shrugged his shoulders. Sasuke seemed to take this as an acceptable excuse, remaining exactly where he stopped once inside the room. Their eyes met for a few long seconds, Sasuke silently asking if he knew and Shikamaru nodding before rolling his eyes in confirmation. Great, Sasuke thought. Who all knew now?
"We don't need to interrogate him, the little shit told us everything that we needed to know about Kyuubi and the seals." Tsunade groaned. "Just keep them all locked in isolation for a few days while you calm the village down." Shikamaru sighed as Sasuke blinked in agitation.
"So why did I come down here?" Sasuke asked. He watched the drunken Hokage look back over to him, grin sloppily and close her eyes.
"For the sake of appearances 'n to fool 'em in this chaos." The Hokage grumbled. "Friggin' elder spies." Shikamaru finally stood up and moved to open the cell door.
"C'mon Sasuke, I'll get Yamato to take you back to the isolation cells." The lazy genius opened the door and stepped out, calling out for Yamato to come back. Sasuke glared at the drunken Hokage who completely ignored him.
July 23rd, the eleventh week
"Ahh! Yes! Freedom at last!" Naruto cried out as all six people stepped out of the Hokage tower. The blue-eyed blonde looked over to his counterparts with a goofy grin on his face. Kyoko was breathing deeply, staring up at the cloud filled sky with a relieved expression. Kakashi looked like he always looked like, Yamato was out of the anbu uniform and back to the jonin outfit he was so used to seeing and Sakura aimlessly walked out in front of them all.
When they had been released from the isolation cells they had all been allowed a shower while their clothes were cleaned and brought back to them. It was nice to get out of the dirt and grime that accumulated over five days without proper washing. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the blonde's antics but slipped his hand into his lovers' anyway, intertwining their fingers. Naruto looked over to the Uchiha, leaned over as he gripped Sasuke's chin with his free hand gently before turning the dark haired males head and pressing his lips against his pale forehead.
"You were in there for five days Naruto, it couldn't," Sakura paused when she turned around and saw the intimate scene. "Have been that bad." Yamato and Kakashi looked over and behind them, since the lovers had stopped walking and they had still continued to on. Naruto slowly pulled away from the tender gesture, opening his eyes to a light blush on Sasuke's cheeks.
"Happy birthday, Teme." Naruto smiled softly and Sasuke looked away, squeezing the blonde's hand tighter. He pulled Naruto forward to catch up with the rest of the group watching them. "Heh, what's everyone looking at?" The blonde asked as he raised his free hand to scratch the back of his head, smiling cheekily.
"You two." Kakashi answered. The group started to walk again with Kyoko picking up her pace to trail behind Sakura as the streets grew more crowded. People saw the group and stared, some even moved out of the groups' way. Sasuke's mood seemed to drop and Naruto let Sasuke's hand go to pull the Uchiha closer, arm over his shoulders.
"It's not you Sasuke, it's me." Naruto murmured. Sasuke crossed his arms and continued walking, refusing to say anything.
"Actually, it's Kyoko they're afraid of." Yamato spoke up. "They're used to you, Naruto. She was something they weren't expecting." The redhead looked back to the four guys with wide eyes.
"W-what?" Kyoko asked nervously. Her green eyes darted around the street nervously.
"But she's more afraid of them than they are of her. She's got sociophobia, fear of society." Sakura butted in. "After living in the wild for so long she doesn't know how to respond to groups of people or even particularly strong willed people." Naruto blinked at the sudden onslaught of information and Sasuke looked down to Kyoko who started to blush and turned her attention to the street.
"It's a good thing she's confined to the compound for a few weeks then." Kakashi brought a hand up to his chin to think about the new information. "She's going to have to get used to being around people slowly." Sasuke looked over to Kakashi with narrowed eyes.
"Explain." The Uchiha commanded. The white haired jonin slipped his hand back inside his pocket again.
"Hokage-sama is making a list of people who will take shifts inside and outside the compound during your confinement. Yamato and I have already been forcefully volunteered for the inside part." Kakashi shrugged his shoulders noncommittally. "Anbu will be watching from the outside all day and night so there will be no sneaking in or out." Sasuke turned his attention towards Yamato and watched him wink before looking away, knowing that they both knew about the pregnancy.
"You don't need to worry about that." Naruto grinned.
"There's too much to do inside the compound for me to worry about leaving it." Sasuke replied. Everyone turned their heads to the quiet redhead, watching her raise her shoulders higher and ears turning a deep red.
"I-I'm not-" Kyoko started to stutter out.
"See! She's not gonna do anything, we don't need anbu babysitters again!" Naruto blurted out. A large group of women looked up from their place on the side of the street, halting in their conversation to look at the group.
"You don't have anbu babysitters, Naruto." Kakashi spoke up. Sasuke stiffened at the group of women's gazes and tightened his grip on the blonde's arm. "Sasuke and Kyoko do." Naruto glanced over to the Uchiha who didn't return the look.
"Besides, you guys have the whole compound to yourselves. There's no way they could know what you're doing unless you're doing it out in the open near the barrier purposely." Sakura turned around to walk backwards so she could see the people she was looking at.
"She's right." Yamato scratched his cheek as he thought. The group turned a corner and the compound became visible. "As long as you're out of view of the barrier at ground level, they can't see you at all." Sasuke narrowed his eyes by a small fraction and turned his attention to the brown haired jonin.
"How do you know so much about the barrier, Yamato?" Naruto leaned over to look at the jonin on the other side of Sasuke and Kakashi, ignorant of the interest Sasuke had taken it as well.
"I was interested in it during the chaos of after the chuunin exams, no matter what rooftop I was on, I could only see what was happening from the street through the gate." Yamato blinked. "Hokage-sama also wants Kakashi-san to be able to open the barrier since he's never on time."
"Mah, mah, I wouldn't say 'never'." Kakashi rebuked the other man. The group stopped in front of the closed gate, both Naruto and Sasuke hesitating to part from each other's hold.
"More like he's always late." A different voice broke in. Everyone in the group turned to a side of the street to see Iruka walking towards them with a giant paper bag and a smaller plastic bag in his arms. "Something that seems to be rubbing off on me, it seems." The dark skinned male smiled and the scar across his nose tilted upwards at its edges.
"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto cried out in excitement. He pulled away from Sasuke to go running up to the teacher, almost pouncing on him if Sakura hadn't grabbed him by the collar. "What are you doing here?" The excited blonde asked. Iruka shifted the bag in his hands so the blonde would take notice.
"To celebrate Sasuke's birthday of course! It's not everyday one of my students pass the chuunin exams and have their birthday in the same week." Iruka held out the bag and Naruto reached out to grab it. Once Sakura realized the blonde wasn't going to pounce on their academy teacher she let him go with a sigh. Sasuke watched his blonde take the giant brown bag from their teacher, smiling and chatting as if they hadn't been in an isolation cell together for five days. He thought it would irk him more that it actually did. It felt good to see the Dobe being the sociable bubble of energy he always was.
"Hello everyone." Another voice spoke up behind the group. Sasuke tensed again, turning around to see Sai walking up to them with plastic bags in hand. He hated the other male, why was he here? "Did I miss the party?"
"No." Sasuke bit out. "You didn't." He turned back around and stalked to the gate.
"Ah, let me help with that, Sai." Sakura moved out of the Uchiha's way, trying to avoid the topic of Sasuke's dislike for Sai.
Several hours later
Pushing his look-a-like against the barrier that covered the open gateway, Sasuke leaned in close and activated his sharingan. He was beyond pissed. Infuriated.
"Next time you butt into my relationship with Naruto, I won't hold back." Sasuke growled. He slammed his hand down on the seal, the barrier around the gate disappearing. Sai fell backwards onto the street, blinking in confusion. Sasuke let his sharingan fade, still glaring intensely at the other male.
"Ehh, seriously Sai, what did you do this time?" Sakura sighed, exasperated. It had all been good and fun until Sai had started talking to Sasuke. Yamato dazedly came after the pink haired woman, deftly stepping over Sai in his wobbling.
"Probably something stupid." Kakashi shifted a drunk, half asleep Iruka on his back and stopped over the pale skinned male on the ground, nudging him with his foot.
"Happy birthday, Sas-ke." Iruka murmured. The brunette shifted on Kakashi's back and rubbed his face against the white haired man's neck. In response, Kakashi stiffened.
"Thanks for having us." Kakashi didn't look back before jumping up to the nearest roof. Sasuke could bet the white haired jonin was going to make the most out of this opportunity and take advantage of the drunken, lusty teacher.
"You didn't even drink some sake at your own 19th birthday par-" Sai started to say. Sakura stepped up behind the dark haired male and roughly stepped on his head, stopping him mid-sentence.
"Yeah, sorry for the trouble, Sasuke." Sakura smiled, bending over a fraction to bow to her teammate. Sasuke nodded to the girl and resealed the barrier with a slap to the seal. Giving Sai one last heated glare when Sakura's foot came off him, Sasuke closed the gates. Taking his time to cool off, Sasuke walked back to the house he was staying in. It wasn't home just yet but it was close to getting there. He couldn't believe Sai would have the audacity to say what he had said but apparently, he had underestimated the man.
When he stepped back inside the house, Sasuke could hear the puking coming from the hallway bathroom. He looked at the messy table, leftover food, and the half empty bottle of beer and cups of sake all spread out in living room. Then, he proceeded to ignore it, walking down the hallway to find out where the blonde had gone. As he suspected, Naruto was rubbing Kyoko's back as the redhead puked into the toilet bowl, braided hair over her shoulder. The blonde looked up when he heard Sasuke approach and smiled weakly. Leaning against the frame of the doorway, Sasuke raised an eyebrow and looked away. He was still mad about Sai but uninterested in the current situation.
"Ugh, I'm never drinking again." The redhead groaned. She choked, coughed again and started another round of puking. She raised her hand up and shrugged the blonde's hand off of her shoulder.
"Good, you're still underage anyway. You shouldn't have just downed the sake before asking what it was." Naruto berated the girl. Sasuke watched the girl cough and choke for a few more minutes while Naruto continued to rub her back. "So, Iruka was definitely a different drunk than I thought he'd be." The blonde started. He didn't exactly enjoy the awkward silence and obviously he did want to talk about Iruka, who had thrown himself all over Kakashi once he was inebriated.
"Hn." Sasuke answered. It hadn't surprised the Uchiha when Iruka threw himself on Kakashi and kissed him. It was probably a good thing they hadn't had the chance to tell their old school teacher about the pregnancy though because the academy teacher didn't quite know how to stop himself from speaking what was on his mind. The knowledge of the older males sex lives Sasuke could have lived without knowing about.
"Come on, Teme. We can talk about something while we wait." Naruto looked down at the redhead who still had her face so close to the toilet.
"Puh, don't worry about me. I'm gonna find a tree to sleep in tonight once I'm done." Kyoko coughed out between her vomiting spasms. Not really wanting to deal with the girl anymore, Naruto stood up and stepped around Kyoko.
"'Kay, have fun! Shut the door behind you when you leave the house and flush the toilet when you're done!" Naruto turned around to give the redhead one last fleeting look as he grabbed Sasuke's hand and said Uchiha was already walking down the hallway. Following his pregnant lover to their bedroom, Naruto looked back to the mess in the living room and looked to the back of Sasuke's head. Silently, he let the Uchiha lead him to the bed. Slipping under the covers with ease, Sasuke situated himself in the middle of the bed, pulling the blonde's hand up to his chest so that Naruto would be spooning him. Getting comfortable, Naruto licked his lips and opened his mouth to ask a question.
"No, Dobe." Sasuke answered before the blonde could even get a syllable out. Eyes widening in outrage, Naruto pushed himself up on his free forearm and looked down at the Uchiha.
"You didn't know what I was going to ask!" Naruto cried out, exaggeratedly outraged. Sasuke turned his head up to look at the blonde, a knowing expression etched across his feature.
"The living room can wait until morning and I'd rather cuddle than have sex. Any other questions?" Sasuke raised his eyebrow and smirked when Naruto's jaw dropped in disbelief. Closing his mouth, Naruto sighed and smiled. He leaned down and kissed him.
"Yeah, what did Sai say to you to make you mad?" Naruto asked. His lips were still just a hair away from the Uchiha's lips and Sasuke could feel the hot breath against his skin.
"He asked me if I would think about adopting kids so you could be a parent." Sasuke started to frown but the blonde dipped his head down to kiss his lover again. Moving his lips, Sasuke let the blonde kiss away his irritation. When the blue-eyed blonde stopped the kiss, he lowered himself back down onto the bed and nuzzled Sasuke's pale neck.
"I guess we're going to have to tell him at some point." Naruto whispered. Sasuke shifted and squeezed the blonde's hand tighter.
"Just let him find out with the rest of the village. I don't like him in our business." Sasuke muttered. "It's bad enough that Kakashi and Yamato know too."
"Whatever you want, birthday boy." Naruto whispered. The blonde's heart rate was slowing and his breathing growing even. Sasuke listened to it, felt the blonde fall asleep and drifted off into the comforting warmth encompassing him.