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August 27th, the sixteenth week
Shikamaru hated being Tsunade's advisor sometimes. He had taken the job in the first place because he was supposed to have a lot of free time but he constantly found himself doing many tasks that had once been Shizune's. Like picking up mail sent from the Kazekage. Troublesome. He had walked all the way over to the mailroom and had to go back to the Hokage's office, making it, all in all, a waste of his time. As he opened the door to the blonde woman's office, he sighed and shut it behind him, the still sealed scroll in his hands.
"What is it, Shikamaru?" Tsunade asked. For once, she was actually doing her work. The pile of papers on her desk much smaller than it had been in weeks, her shoulders hunched as she read over an open scroll, and her honey colored eyes focused.
"This just arrived from the Kazekage." Shikamaru stepped forward, knowing the Hokage would want to read it. To his surprise, the blonde haired woman looked up immediately and held out her hand.
"Give it here." She only had eyes for the scroll as the lazy genius stepped closer, placing it in her open palm. Shikamaru crossed his arms over his chest as she popped open the seal and opened the scroll. Her eyes roved over the contents, her concentration just as strong as it was before.
"Is this about Naruto and Kyoko?" Shikamaru asked.
"Naruto and who?" Tsunade didn't look up as she continued to read what Gaara had written.
"Apricot?" The brown haired male supplied, wondering if that would help the older woman remember.
"Oh, her." Tsunade muttered. "Yes, it is." Shikamaru sighed, shifting his weight as he impatiently waited for Tsunade to finish reading the scroll. When she finally did set the scroll down on her desk, she intertwined her fingers and pressed the tips of her thumbs to her lips, thinking.
"Do I need to go get someone?" The genius asked. Tsunade dropped her hands and glanced up to him before looking down to the scroll again.
"Yes, I think Kakashi is on a mission so go find Yamato to get us into the compound. Naruto should be off duty right now." She frowned and then looked up to the male expectantly.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru didn't bother hiding his eye roll and turned around so he could go find the off duty anbu. They should have just given Tsunade the ability to walk into the compound whenever she wanted, finding someone to open it for them was getting annoying.
"Neh, Sasuke, let's take a break. You're wearing me out." Naruto exhaled loudly, raising his orange shirt to wipe away the sweat on his face.
"Five more minutes." Sasuke called out from the other side of the small training field. He pulled kunai out of the training dolls and looked back to the blonde. "You're clones are doing fine." Naruto raised his eyebrows and dropped his shirt down, realizing that Sasuke was indiscreetly staring at his abs.
"You say that now but you were so worried about it a few days ago." Naruto teased as Sasuke looked up to his face, glaring at him for having been caught ogling. "You've been gaining weight again." The blonde sidetracked the Uchiha and watched as the dark haired male looked down to his own abdomen that was now more prominent from his thin frame.
"I'm four months pregnant, Usuratonkachi, of course I'm getting bigger." Sasuke muttered as he walked back to the other side of the field. He handed half of the kunai to the blonde and kept the rest for himself. "You start." Naruto looked lovingly at the dark haired male before turning back to the training dolls.
"Middle doll!" Naruto yelled as he flicked his wrist, Sasuke following suit less than a second after him. Both their kunai hit the wooden training doll in the head, Naruto grinned and grabbed a second kunai as the Uchiha did the same.
"Left doll." Sasuke raised his voice to call out the next target, his movements so quick that the blonde couldn't see it from the corner of his eye. Naruto's kunai hit into the chipped chest of the training doll while Sasuke's kunai hit lower, where the crotch would be.
"Ouch," Naruto grimaced as he fingered the pommel of his last kunai. He glanced to Sasuke who stood beside him, smirking. "Last one!" Naruto threw his kunai without telling the Uchiha which doll to hit but frowned when Sasuke's kunai imbedded itself less than an inch from his own in the chest of the training doll on the left.
"Predictable." Sasuke muttered. He was smirking when Naruto looked over to him and raised his hand to wipe away the sweat on his forehead. Moving away from his partner, the Uchiha walked over to the knobby dead tree they were using to hang their second pair of shirts and towels.
"Satisfied?" The blonde asked. Naruto raised his hand and caught one of the dark blue towels to wipe his face again before taking off his shirt.
"Hn." Sasuke did the same, pulling off his shirt and wiping his body down with another dark blue towel. "I feel better." The dark haired male elaborated. Naruto stepped up to the tree and grabbed a second shirt he had brought with him.
"Good, I don't like to see you stressed." Naruto leaned in close and hugged Sasuke's side. Sasuke allowed it, bringing his hand up to the blonde's chest and letting his fingers trail down his body. "Like what you're touching?" He asked as Sasuke's hand continued to wander. The blonde inhaled sharply before tensing and grabbing the Uchiha's hand. Dropping his smirk, Sasuke looked up to the blonde questioningly.
"Yamato, Tsunade and Shikamaru are at the front gate, one of my clones opened it for them." Naruto sighed and stepped away from the Uchiha so he could put on his shirt.
"They have the worst timing." Sasuke growled under his breath and started to wipe down his chest and armpits. Naruto chuckled softly as he watched Sasuke put on his shirt, admiring the Uchiha's pale skin and his pudgy abdomen before it all disappeared under one of Naruto's white t-shirts. He didn't stop his staring, the way his t-shirt tightened around Sasuke's abdomen, it didn't stretch, just fit snuggly and made the blonde feel a tingling in his stomach. "Dobe." Sasuke said. He purposely placed a hand over his slightly distended stomach and watched the blonde guiltily look away.
"We should get going, right?" Naruto raised his hand to scratch his nose, knowing he was acting embarrassed. Sasuke grabbed the towels along with their discarded shirts and tossed them at Naruto before walking towards the main street. "Hey, don't be mad at me Teme, I'm not looking at you because you're getting bigger."
"Not mad, Dobe." Sasuke stated calmly. The blonde trailed behind the Uchiha, catching up to him as he tried to find a way to hold the towels and shirts in one hand
"You're not fat, Sasuke. You're just pregnant so I can't help but think that you're carrying our child whenever I see your stomach or your seal and I just get lost in thought-" Naruto started to ramble. Sasuke stopped walking, turned around and raised his hand to the blonde's neck. Naruto's first response was to go stiff, fearing he was going to be hit only to find his head being pulled down into a kiss.
"I'm not mad about you staring at me, dumbass." Sasuke replied softly when he let go of Naruto's neck and pulled away from him.
"Oh, okay." The blonde blinked in confusion. The Uchiha turned and continued to walk, calm and unflustered. Naruto watched him walk away for a few seconds, smiling happily before jogging to catch up to him. "What do you think the old hag wants now?"
"Something to do with the Kyuubi." The Uchiha stated calmly. The blonde sighed and raised his hands up to the back of his head.
"So she's found something to help then." Naruto watched the dark haired male nod. They walked in silence, Naruto not wanting to sour the Uchiha's abnormally good mood and taking in more of his clones' memories. "We've finished with the rest of the houses in the southern block, all that's left is to move the furniture out of the street and to the police station."
"How far have the clones gotten in the northern block?" Sasuke asked.
"I've opened all the houses but I haven't gone through most of them yet. I could finish cleaning them out by tomorrow though." Naruto dropped his hands and pushed them into his pockets.
"How many clones are you using?" Sasuke looked over to him. Naruto could see the Uchiha's hands twitch, wanting to raise one to his stomach but was obviously resisting.
"Couple hundred, it's a good exercise." Naruto shrugged his shoulders. They made their way to the front gate and as they turned the corner, dozens of clones came into view. Running past the original blonde and Sasuke, they waved, made flirting remarks, and Naruto watched as one or two of them grabbed at their lover's ass. What he didn't see coming was the violent uppercut punch Sasuke threw at him when the dark haired male turned around.
"Pervert." Sasuke grumbled. Naruto rubbed the spot where the Uchiha had hit him and frowned. More clones ran past them, sniggering at the original's pain.
"Don't take it out on me, I'm not responsible for their actions." Naruto whined. He glared at his clones, more and more of them passing in a never-ending sea of blonde clones.
"You're the original, they do any and all of the actions you would think of doing." Sasuke said pointedly. "You are completely responsible for their actions." The sea of blondes started to thin, allowing Sasuke and Naruto to see where they were going again.
"Still didn't have to hit me." The blonde grumbled. "I left Tsunade and everyone in the living room." He told Sasuke as the memory of telling them they would be there soon spilled across his mind.
"Hn." Sasuke answered. Naruto rolled his eyes and didn't respond, angry that his clones had ruined the Uchiha's good mood. Silence followed them all the way back to their house. Naruto ran ahead when they got close to the house and opened the door to hold it open for Sasuke. Dark eyes glanced to him pointedly; Sasuke still wasn't going to forgive him.
"Took you two long enough." Tsunade called to them when she saw them walking through the front door. Naruto could see Tsunade was sitting facing the doorway, Kyoko was sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table again; it seemed to be her favored spot. Shikamaru and Yamato were both standing, Shikamaru closer to the kitchen and Yamato closer to the hallway leading to the rest of the house.
"Sorry, we were on the other side of the compound." Naruto apologized with a grin. "What did you want to talk to us about?" The blonde followed Sasuke to the couch, moving around Kyoko who looked to them sheepishly.
"I received a letter from the Kazekage." Tsunade reached inside the band of her shirt, pulling out the scroll. Sasuke's gaze sharpened on her and Naruto was thankful that he wasn't on the receiving end of that glare.
"You told Gaara?" Sasuke growled. The Hokage rolled her eyes, completely unaffected by the Uchiha's trademark glare. Apricot wasn't even in Sasuke's line of sight but she flinched at his glare and Yamato shifted his gaze, still unaccustomed to such intensity.
"Only about the Kyuubi, nothing more than he needed to know." Shikamaru interrupted. "He was there when it happened." Naruto grinned at him, Shikamaru didn't pull his gaze away from Sasuke but inclined his head, acknowledging the blonde.
"And he's a demon bearer, the same as you two." The Hokage motioned to the blonde and redhead with the letter before handing it to Sasuke, him being the closest to her. "I thought he might know something that could be beneficial."
"Well, what'd he say?" Naruto asked. He leaned over, resting his head on Sasuke's shoulder as the Uchiha opened the scroll and started to read.
"He's never heard of it happening." Tsunade answered. "But he wants to see the seals, he thinks the more people working on it the higher chance there is of finding a solution."
"He wants you to go to Suna." Sasuke muttered softly. Naruto looked up to his face, watching his obsidian eyes move as he read. "He wants both of you to go."
"Will we be allowed to?" Naruto asked. He looked to Tsunade for confirmation and watched her nod.
"With escorts, Kakashi and Yamato. You leave on the third of the month." Tsunade looked down to Kyoko who immediately looked away, biting down on her lower lip.
"A week from now, why are we waiting so long?" Naruto frowned. He glanced back to the letter Gaara had written and then to Yamato and Shikamaru.
"Kakashi's on a mission and won't be back for five days and he'll need to rest before he leaves again." Shikamaru answered calmly.
"How long is the trip to Suna?" Kyoko asked cautiously. She was running her hand through her braided hair as her other hand had a finger stuck between each of her toes.
"Three days, if you don't stop." Yamato spoke up. Naruto set his head down on Sasuke's shoulder and was thankful the Uchiha didn't roll him off. It would take at the very least three days to just get to Suna, and even then they would probably spend a few days, a week there and then the three plus days it would take to get back to Konoha.
"We'll be gone for at least two weeks." The blonde muttered desolately. "Sasuke isn't allowed to go, is he?" Naruto asked. Shikamaru rolled his eyes and Yamato shook his head.
"No he wouldn't be allowed to go, even if he wasn't in such a delicate condition." The off duty anbu shrugged his shoulders and them immediately looked away from the Uchiha, still finding his trademark death glare disconcerting.
"Ha!" Tsunade snorted. "Sasuke Uchiha in delicate condition." The Hokage grinned at the Uchiha and he of course, refused to look at the older woman.
"Is there anything else you need to tell us?" Sasuke spoke with a forced calmness, his glare burning holes into Yamato who was starting to sweat. Tsunade shook her head and he must of seen it out of his peripheral vision. "Then is there anything we can assist you with or anything you might need?"
"No, there isn't." The Hokage couldn't keep the amusement from her voice; she obviously liked it when she made Sasuke squirm. Naruto started to grow uneasy. The more the old hag pissed Sasuke off, the more it would be taken out on him later.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave now." Sasuke turned his glare to the blonde woman. "Do you need an escort back to the main gate?" Naruto wanted to smack his hand against his forehead. He was so fucked.
"No that won't be necessary," Tsunade stood up. "No need to get your panties in a twist, Uchiha." The blonde woman moved toward the door and Shikamaru and Yamato followed her. "As for Sakura moving into the compound, make sure you have everything figured out and settled down before you do anything."
"It's already being taken care of." Sasuke all but snapped at the woman's retreating form.
"See you in a few days, Naruto, Apricot." Yamato smiled gently as he left, waving to Kyoko who nodded nervously at him. They left the house, Yamato shutting the door behind them and as soon as the door clicked shut, Sasuke was off the couch and pulling the blonde by his shirt, nearly taking the article of clothing instead of the blonde himself.
"Sasuke?" Naruto cried out. He attempted to keep his shirt on his person but it was a losing battle as the Uchiha headed straight for their bedroom. "Sasuke what are you-?" He was dragged into their room and felt Sasuke jerk him around as he slammed the door shut. The Uchiha didn't say anything as he practically pulled Naruto's shirt off, pushing him farther into their room. Opening his mouth to try to ask the dark haired male why he was suddenly attacking him and found Sasuke's tongue already pushing into his mouth.
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Sasuke blinked slowly, taking his time to recover and raised his hand to the blonde's toned abdomen, brushing his fingers against tan skin. Naruto leaned in to kiss the Uchiha again but felt Sasuke's hand press harder, shoving him away. He ran out of mattress before he realized what was happening and found himself falling out of the bed.
"Ow, Teme! What was that for?" Naruto cried out after he landed from the short trip to the floor, his feet still rest on the bed as he had landed painfully on his tailbone. Scrambling back onto the bed, Naruto collapsed on his stomach, frowning at his partner next to him.
"Don't call me beautiful." Sasuke muttered tiredly. He stared at the blonde, daring him to call him that again.
"Okay, okay." Naruto rolled his eyes. Of course, the Uchiha would find being described with a feminine word as annoying. The blonde huffed, Sasuke raised a hand to his hair, running his fingers through it as a comfortable silence settled. There was a knock on their door, hesitant and soft. Naruto raised an eyebrow, got off the bed and Sasuke watched his backside as he retreated to the bathroom. Another few seconds of silence before he could hear the water running in the bathroom followed by more knocks on their door. Sasuke ignored the knocking, watching Naruto come back with a wet towel in his hands.
"Hey, Sasuke?" Kyoko's voice came through the door, extremely tentative. Naruto looked to the door and then to Sasuke, eyebrow raised. Sitting down on the bed, the blonde gave Sasuke a look that told him to respond. The Uchiha blinked, emotionlessly staring back at his lover with no intention of responding to the annoying girl.
"He's listening." Naruto called out and then suddenly regretted it, not remembering if the door was locking and hoping it was. Sasuke shook his head and dropped his hand from his hair onto their pillows.
"Hokage-sama said that you had a mission before we leave." Kyoko's voice was nervous but the door didn't open. Naruto looked up to Sasuke's face but the pale male just raised his eyebrows, continuing with his silent treatment.
"Well, what is it?" The blonde called out after another few silent moments.
"Y-you have to take me to the academy the day after tomorrow so I can learn about Suna." The red haired girl's voice waivered and Naruto could hear Kyoko backing away with the creaking floorboards.
"Damnit!" The blonde cursed. "That's a freaking mission?" He turned his head to the door, finding it still closed but Kyoko didn't respond, probably already gone to the other side of the house or out of the house completely. Naruto looked over to Sasuke who was still calmly watching him with a tired expression.
"She's hiring me so she won't be walking around the village unsupervised." Sasuke's voice was quiet, tired.
"The villagers fear Kyuubi will escape." The blonde elaborated aloud, understanding the theory behind it. Sasuke could control Kyuubi with his sharingan and the villagers didn't know when she would snap like she had at the chuunin exams. "There goes our week of continuous sex." Naruto grumbled.
"Dobe." The Uchiha growled lightly.
"Ready for round two?" Naruto asked. He leaned over and pressed his lips to his lover's, lowering his free hand once again to the Uchiha's stomach and cupping the even softer skin he found there with a gentle hand.
"Sasuke Uchiha." The dark haired male whispered against Naruto's lips in a challenge. "I still remember my name." Of course he took the challenge in stride, Naruto kissed Sasuke's lips teasingly before kissing his way down the dark haired male's jaw and neck.
"We've got what's left of today and tomorrow, asshole." Naruto teased.
August 29th, still the sixteenth week
"Let's go." Sasuke pulled at his short-sleeved shirt. He hadn't worn a short-sleeved shirt since his release from isolation and it felt strange but he would deal with it for the time being. Kyoko was standing a few feet away, her hands nervously twitching as she refrained from running it through her braided hair. The Uchiha pressed his hand softly against the seal and watched the barrier come down.
"O-okay." She looked over to him and then quietly opened one of the gates, only pulling it wide enough for them to get through. The redhead looked to Sasuke, begging him silently with her green eyes for him to go out first. He looked her up and down; she'd let Naruto's clones search for clothes for her without the Uchiha symbol. The grey t-shirt and black cargo pants fit her even if they were a little threadbare, she still refused to wear shoes, or so Naruto told him.
"You need a pair of shoes?" Sasuke grit out calmly. He slipped through the door, ignoring how his stomach nearly brushed the wooden gate and turned his head, raising his arm to reseal the gate when Kyoko slipped through.
"No, I like walking barefoot." The girl inhaled the fresh air sharply. She surveyed the street nervously, seeing the people walking past them with curious glances and looked to him for guidance. "I didn't have shoes in the mountains." Kyoko added quietly.
"Hn." Sasuke muttered. He pulled at the hem of his shirt, feeling out of place with his growing stomach. Walking in the direction of the academy, the Uchiha heard the girl following close behind and let his mind wander. It had been a few weeks since he had been outside the compound but the heat was just as oppressive as it was in the compound. Summer still had its grip on the village, beating down on him in waves as he walked through the streets. It grew worse as the random few became a crowd and the redhead closed in behind him, he could taste her fear and it irritated him.
"Are we almost there yet?" The girl whispered frantically. As they passed people, Sasuke could feel their stares, the small gasps from elderly women and fathers grabbing their children to keep them away from Kyoko.
"Hn." Sasuke responded again. More and more people were giving him looks, making him feel even more conscious of his stomach. Finally, unable to stand the looks any longer, he turned around, pulled the girl by her shirt ahead of him and used her as a visual shield. People turned their eyes to him of course, but they couldn't see his stomach and that was what he wanted.
It was like splitting a river down the middle. Once they saw the barefoot girl they practically jumped out of the way and with Sasuke pushing her forward, they made it to the academy in a decent amount of time. Kyoko was hyperventilating when the Uchiha finally dropped his hand from her back but it had gotten the job done.
"Come on." He stepped past the gasping girl and into the courtyard where Iruka stood waiting for them. The teacher's stance was tense, arms crossed over his chest with one foot holding most of his weight.
"Hokage-sama said I'd be seeing you." The dark skinned male said quietly. "How have you been?" Sasuke could hear Kyoko's feet scrape across the worn ground to stand slightly behind him and saw the way Iruka's eyes tighten, refusing to give in and look at her.
"Hn." It was like Sasuke said a magic word and suddenly the dark haired chuunin relaxed. Seeming to sense this, the Uchiha felt his own posture loosen, his shoulders dropping. The teacher had probably been reacting to the annoyance he felt and mentally swore; he really was losing his touch.
"It looks like you've gained a little weight," Iruka commented immediately. "But your skin is practically radiant, has Naruto been pushing for ramen for meals lately?" Sasuke shrugged his shoulder, it felt wrong lying to his old teacher. He also had to force down the blush that threatened to reach his cheeks too, knowing the true reason why his body was changing. "You also look a bit tired, is our hyperactive blonde also to blame?"
"Something like that." The Uchiha said. Naruto had fucked him in their bed, in the shower, and one of the courtyards of the houses they'd been moving furniture out of. There had even been a few blowjobs to add to the list, in the kitchen, the doorway of a house and they were lucky Kyoko had nearly walked in on them only once. Sasuke was worn out but Naruto was adamant about making him forget his name.
"That's good, you must be itching to get out, having been cooped up in the compound for so long." The teacher looked to the redhead, and smiled at her reassuringly. "I've heard your nickname is Apricot but I'm not sure if you would prefer me to call you that over your real name." Kyoko had given up stopping herself and was frantically running her hand through her braid again and again.
"Apricot's fine." The redhead muttered quietly. She looked back to street, her braided tail whipping around her head. Both Iruka and Sasuke noticed her fixation and the teacher smiled gently, leaning closer to the two with his eyes set on the girl.
"I'd say they're more afraid of you than you are of them but I don't think that's the case." Iruka spoke softly. He was teasing her but the girl stiffened and jerked her head back to him. Sasuke looked down to the short girl, seeing her eyes wide, as if she didn't know how to respond to him.
"Can you just give her the information so we can get back to the compound?" Sasuke muttered. The teacher looked back up to him and smiled, seeing his discomfort and stepped to the side.
"Of course, if you both would like to follow me." Iruka motioned toward the school and Sasuke immediately started walking, the nostalgia of the school setting in. He could hear Kyoko following and Iruka stepped up beside him. Glancing over to the teacher who in turn glanced over to him. Memories came to mind, some that he didn't care to remember and others that made him want to smile. Now that he thought about it, most of his better memories from here were with Naruto, and besting him in everything.
Sasuke had the sudden urge to rub his hand across his stomach again. He stopped himself too late, his arm already reaching up to cup his stomach and the teacher watched, first in innocent curiosity and then stared. Iruka's innocent look turned into a jaw dropped expression, his lips parted just barely as he gaped at Sasuke's larger than normal abdomen. The only thing that comforted him was that Iruka was staring at his stomach as though it was the first time he saw it. He'd been careless, regardless that it was Iruka and he tried to keep his breathing calm.
"Sasuke," The teacher didn't look up from the Uchiha's stomach and they stopped walking. "You, it looks like-" He turned his gaze upwards, meeting the dark haired male's eyes, a full sentence forming on his lips. "Is there something that you and Naruto have done that I should know about?" Iruka asked softly. Kyoko stayed behind them, shifting her weight from one foot to another nervously. She continued watching them interact without saying anything, she probably didn't know what to say or didn't want to get into this mess.
"Yes." The Uchiha could hear himself saying. He didn't stop himself from settling his hand over his stomach this time as Iruka's shocked brown eyes met his.