My Everything
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter Notation: You will find what is up with the Leaf women later on in this chapter. I came up with the chakra pregnancy test. Don't worry, there will be Uchiha-Uzumaki super babies later on.
Chapter Eight
Three days later, Naruko and Sasuke arrive back in the Leaf. Was it Naruko's imagination or were women hitting on Sasuke even more than was "normal?"
Maybe she was just being possessive. They were lovers now. That hadn't been the case before they left.
"So about those high heels?" Sasuke whispers into her ear, once he had made a tactful escape from yet another woman who had just hit on him.
"Hmpf! About those women." Naruko mutters and turns her back on him.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow. Naruko was jealous of women that he wanted nothing to do with? It'd almost be funny, if it wasn't denying him of the undoubtedly gorgeous sight of the blonde in those shoes. Maybe he'd be able to talk her into wearing the maid outfit as well?
"I don't know what's wrong with them. They are acting even more insane than normal. That is saying something because the women in the Leaf have always been psychotic to begin with." He mutters.
"Excuse me?!" Naruko says.
Sasuke sighs. He realizes that he had just made the situation worse. Damn it. He pauses for a few seconds trying to figure out a way to wiggle out of this hole that he had apparently just dug himself.
"I didn't mean you. Naruko, I meant them. You would think that they would have noticed that I have never been interested in them, by now." The possibly last Uchiha says with a shrug.
Naruko glances back at Sasuke. She knew that he was right really. The normally somber ninja had never even smiled at any of them. The blue eyed woman knew she was being a bit ridiculous, but she couldn't help it. That had to be the 4th or 5th woman to flirt with Sasuke today.
"This is getting kinda weird. I mean you've always had admirers, but this is crazy." The blonde offers.
"A little, yeah. Doesn't matter though. I don't want them." Sasuke says simply and pulls Naruko into his arms, teleporting them back to the Uchiha District.
Sasuke smiles as he felt Naruko relax in his arms. Apparently, she just needed some privacy and to be away from the banshees. Yes, that is how Sasuke viewed his admirers. God, they were so loud.
"There that's better. No more banshees." He says.
The Uchiha didn't mind loudness from his blonde though. He was used to it really. Actually, Sasuke encouraged Naruko to be as loud as she wanted when it came to their more sensual activities.
"Banshees?" His lover asks with a giggle.
There was a difference between his blonde's loudness and the banshees. Naruko didn't shriek or wail in an annoying high pitched voice. She just got overexcited.
Sasuke could handle someone being excited. Someone shrieking in a high pitched voice that made his ears feel like they were bleeding? Not so much. That was just NOT sexy.
"They scream like them. Come on. Let's get inside. It's been a long trip and I want to get out of these clothes." Sasuke mutters as he walks towards his house, with his hand wrapped around the blonde's back.
Naruko smiles and heads inside with her lover. Maybe she was just overreacting. Though if they didn't back off, she wasn't going to be held responsible for her actions.
"I can help you with that." She says with a cheeky grin.
"I'm sure you could." Sasuke says with a smirk as they enter his house and Naruko spent a rather pleasurable night with her lover.
Naruko smiles in the morning and snuggles into him as she wakes up. Who knew that Sasuke had a thing about lace? He really seemed to enjoy the maid outfit.
She'd never seen him look so relaxed as he did at that moment. Sex apparently agreed with him. The blue eyed ninja tries not to laugh as she realizes that maybe all that Sasuke needed was to get laid.
"Naruko, what are you laughing about?" Sasuke mumbles sleepily as his eyes slowly open.
"Oh, it's nothing. I gotta go. Hokage stuff to do." She says with a smile.
"You're Hokage. Play sick and stay with me. Who is going to reprimand you? Not like the Daimyo is going to notice if you skip out on paperwork for one day." Sasuke muses and wraps his arms around her, kissing her neck.
That was REALLY tempting. But she couldn't cave. She knew that enough time had passed now that, a pregnancy could be detected. So she wanted to know as soon as possible. The blonde knew she didn't conceive last night. They had used the jutsu.
She'd been surprised when Sasuke insisted on it. Her lover was taking this whole potential assassination thing very seriously. The implication was clear. If she was already pregnant, she suspected he was probably going to go into super overprotective mode. But if she wasn't, he wasn't keen on the idea of getting her pregnant with potential assassins lurking around. (Which she understood, it was only logical.)
"You know that I can't do that. Don't tempt me. Evil bastard." She says with a smile and kisses him.
Sasuke kisses back. He rolls his eyes in amusement at the nickname. Some things would never changed, he supposed.
"Alright. So do I have any missions today?" Sasuke asks.
"No. You can just stay here. I don't wanna hear about another woman trying to molest you in the middle of the street." She grumbles.
"It's cute that you are jealous, in a disturbing way. You'd tell me if the reverse was happening, right?" He asks.
She tilts her head to the side. Naruko was pretty sure that Sasuke was asking if she would tell him when guys hit on her. Yeah, there was no way in Hell that she would do that.
"No. You'd shove a Chidori through their heart or something." The blue eyed ninja replies and Sasuke shrugs.
He couldn't deny that. Sasuke figured that Naruko was joking, but he likely would do that. It had taken him years to really admit to himself that he loved her. Now that he had, he didn't feel like sharing.
"You know me too well." He mutters.
"You aren't even going to deny it, are you?" The Hokage asks incredulously and Sasuke shakes his head to show that he wasn't going to deny it.
Naruko blinks. Sasuke was a little scary sometimes. The blonde wondered if he was actually serious or just joking. She honestly couldn't tell. It WAS Sasuke after all. He was known for his explosive temper.
"There's no reason to deny it. So I guess I'll just get in some training while you are doing very important work of paper pushing." Sasuke taunts her.
"You bastard! You know it is important! I have to assign missions and stuff!" She protests.
"Of course. You couldn't possibly delegate that." Sasuke says and nods his head in mock seriousness.
Naruko gives him a good whack upside the head for that comment. She quickly dresses. The blonde scurries out the door. The hyper ninja knew if she stayed much longer, she wouldn't be able to leave. (A naked Sasuke was a very hard thing to resist.)
She heads to the hospital. The young woman was very relieved when she saw Sakura. She rushes over to her, anxious to find out if she was or wasn't pregnant.
"Hey, Sakura. Do you have a minute to do a chakra test?" She asks brightly.
"Um sure. Why do you want one though? Are you alright?" The pink haired woman says as she leads Naruko into an exam room.
Naruko bites her lower lip. She really didn't know if she should tell Sakura. She loved Sasuke, but she was also good friends with her teammate. The blue eyed ninja didn't want to hurt the other woman's feelings. She wasn't just a random "banshee," Sakura was also their friend.
"I'm alright. I just have to know if I'm pregnant or not." She mumbles quickly.
Sakura blinks. Naruko thought she might be pregnant. That brought to mind one immediate question. Who was the possible father?! (She doubted there were multiple possibilities because she couldn't picture Naruko as being anything other than monogamous.)
"Um right. I'll give you the test. So if you are pregnant, who is the father?" She asks as she performs the chakra test, having Naruko touch the chakra paper.
Chakra tests for pregnancy where rather simple. Whereas normally the paper was used to determine your affinity, in this case it was modified. The paper would turn the color of your natural chakra. If there was another color on it, that meant you were pregnant. In rare cases, the mother and child might have the same color chakra. If that happened, the child's chakra would shimmer on the paper.
"Guess it doesn't matter. The paper is all reddish orange. There's no second color or shimmer." Naruko says.
She couldn't quite suppress her disappointment. Logically, Naruko knew that she should be relieved. The Hokage had potential assassins after her. Now was definitely not the best time to get pregnant. Her emotions though, apparently didn't care about logic.
The blonde hated to admit it, but she knew that Kyubbi was right in a way. Sasuke would stay, if there was a child involved. She didn't doubt for a minute that he loved her, but he hated this village. That and the more she thought about it, the more she wanted to have a living symbol of their love.
"Naruko, of course it matters!" Sakura protests.
She would laugh her ass off, if the kid ended up being blonde. Sasuke would be utterly horrified. The Hokage could just imagine his reaction. A blonde Uchiha seemed like a rather mythical being.
Sakura was starting to get worried. Naruko was starting to giggle. She was starting to giggle after taking a pregnancy test? This didn't make any sense.
"What are you laughing about?!" She demands.
"A blonde Uchiha. Oh my God, he would be so h-orrifed." Naruko snickers.
The pink haired woman tilts her head. She didn't get it. What did a blonde Uchiha have to do with anything? Unless…Sai was right.
"Sasuke would have been the father. That's why you said a blonde UCHIHA." Sakura says in a tone of shock.
Naruko gulps. She honestly didn't know how her teammate was going to react to the fact that she and Sasuke were lovers. This might not end well. But she couldn't really deny it now and Sakura would have found out eventually, anyway.
"Yeah. He would have been. I mean he will eventually. We just aren't actively trying right now. It's a long story. We kinda got caught up in the moment the first time. I wasn't sure…" She mumbles quickly.
"I can't believe it. Sai was actually right. Though I guess it does explain a lot. You were really determined to bring him back. Far more than most people would have been about a friend. I guess I just assumed that you were wired a little differently than most people. Wait the FIRST time?! That means that you two have been together more than once?!" She asks.
Naruko blushes. She wasn't really sure if she wanted to go into detail about her sex life with Sakura. The woman had been in love with Sasuke and might still be love with him. It was awkward.
"Um, that's kinda personal. So I'm just gonna go. I have lots of Hokage work to do. Thanks for the test, Sakura. I'd really appreciate it, if you followed the whole patient confidentiality law thing and not tell anyone." The blonde stammers out quickly.
"Naruko, I wouldn't do that. But how long as this been going on?" The pink haired woman asks.
"Not that long. A little before we left for the Sand." She answers.
Sakura sighs and nods. Well at least it hadn't been going on that long. It wasn't like they had been keeping it a secret from her. Naruko had answered her question when pressed.
"Oh. I see. Are you two keeping your relationship a secret?" The jade eyed woman inquires.
"We haven't really talked about it, yet. I don't think so. There's not really a reason to. People would find out sooner or later." The blonde replies with a shrug.
Sakura nods dumbly. She didn't really know what to say to all this. Sai had been right. They were in love.
"So um I'll see you around." Naruko says awkwardly and darts off.
Meanwhile the Council was convening again. They were all rather disappointed. They had spoken to certainly no less than five women who agreed to help them.
All of the women had approached Sasuke almost immediately after he and Naruko returned to the Leaf. He had yet to show interest in any of them. Seriously, they were beginning to wonder if he preferred men.
"This is getting ridiculous. There has to be at least one woman in the Leaf that he would respond to." The Councilwoman mutters.
"Honestly, we are running out of options. Those were all highly competent ninjas. If this keeps up, we might have to ask civilian women for help and I doubt he'd be interested in someone who wasn't a ninja." Another adds.
For someone who wanted to restore his Clan, Sasuke was a very difficult man to match. The Council members were growing more agitated by the hour. Surely, someone would catch his eye.
"We need to be suitable about this. If the Hokage finds out, she won't take kindly to our actions." A third member contributes.
The others nod in agreement. Naruko had always been protective of the Uchiha. They figured it was because he had been on her team as a Genin. If any of them knew the truth, they probably would have fainted.
There was a very good reason why Sasuke wasn't responding. He was already taken. He was already taken by a certain blue eyed, blonde Hokage.
Meanwhile back in the Uchiha District, Sasuke stretches and gets dressed. He might as well get something productive done today. He does a "light" training session, which would have made most people collapse in exhaustion and starts on some home repairs.
"Owe. Damn it!" Sasuke hisses as sucks on his bruised fingers.
He had been gone for so long, that it was only natural there would be some things that needed to get fixed. It wasn't anything he couldn't handle. Alright, so hammers could be rather annoying at times and painful on your fingers, if you didn't strike with them the right way. He could still handle it.
"Fuck it. Shadow Clone Jutsu." He mutters and nods in approval when he sees five copies of himself.
This would make the repair work go much faster. The six Sasuke's quickly get to work. He would have rather been spending the day in bed with his bubbly blonde, but Sasuke did realize this had to be done.
It wasn't like anyone else would do it. They were too afraid of ghosts. He rolls his eyes. Idiots. Did they really think he would have stayed there for almost six years after the Massacre, if it was haunted by the ghosts of his dead family members?
"I already miss the Sand. At least their villagers aren't usually complete idiots." He mutters to himself.
He'd stay in the Leaf for Naruko though. She loved this village. Sasuke didn't understand the appeal at all. As far as he was concerned, this village had been nothing but a curse on his entire family. Itachi would still be alive, if it wasn't for the Leaf Village. So would the rest of his family for that matter.
Sasuke understood attacking the Leaf wouldn't bring his family back now. It would also be spitting on Itachi's grave. So he didn't do it for those reasons and because it would have upset Naruko. He still didn't trust this village as far as he could throw it though.
"Hey, look what I found." One of his clones says and Sasuke walks over to see what it was.
He smiles. It was their first picture as a team. Sakura and Kakashi looked so happy. He and Naruko looked irritated to put it mildly. He chuckles at the memory.
Sasuke twitched. He couldn't believe what Kakashi had just accused him of. The youngest Uchiha was only 13, but he wasn't completely naïve. Thankfully, it looked like Naruko was.
"Are you out of your mind?! It was an accident!" Sasuke growled at Kakashi.
"Uh huh. It was an accident that I found you two this morning, both snuggled up into each other in the tent, while you were sleeping. Sasuke, aren't you a little young to be worried about Clan Restoration?" Kakashi asked and Saskue wanted to strangle him.
"What do you mean? And we were NOT snuggling! It was an accident." Naruko protested.
Kakashi shook his head in amusement. Sasuke was once again overcome with the urge to strangle his Sensei. How dare he try to imply that Sasuke was some kind of pervert? The silver haired ninja was the one who read erotic literature in front of three teenagers every day, not him!
"What's going on?" Sakura mumbled sleepily as she walked over to see what all the commotion was about.
"Nothing, Sakura. Just a little bit of teambuilding. Oh right, we should take our first team picture!" Kakashi said happily and has picture snapped.
The moment was caught forever. Sasuke and Naruko glaring at each other on camera. The two of them convinced it was the OTHER person's fault. Because they did NOT snuggle!
"Kakashi always did have a sadistic sense of humor." He mutters.
Meanwhile with Naruko, she had finished with her paperwork and decided to go for a walk around the village. The woman wanted to stretch her legs. That and she figured she'd stop by the Ramen Shop to pick up some lunch. She was hungry.
She didn't know whether to be relieved or disappointed that she wasn't eating for two. While she was trying to sort out her feelings, she didn't notice a wagon coming towards her. The blonde almost got crushed, but she was pushed out of the way at the last second by Shikamaru.
"What a drag. You really need to watch where you are going! You are too young to be replaced this early." Shikamaru says.
Naruko could tell that the lazy ninja was actually worried though. That was a lot closer than it should have been. She mentally kicked herself for almost dying that day.
"Yeah. I guess I should. Thanks for saving my ass!" She says cheerfully.
Shikamaru shakes his head in amusement. Naruko was well Naruko. She was probably the only person he knew who could almost get run over by a wagon and be smiling in the next five minutes.
"You're welcome. You sure you are okay?" He asks.
"Yeah. I think so. No big deal. Wonder why the wagon didn't stop." The busty blonde muses.
"No idea." Shikamaru says.
Naruko shrugs. Well accidents happened. She smiles at Shikamaru and invites him to lunch. He had saved her life, it seemed like the least she could do really.
Shikamaru goes with Naruko to the ramen shop. He had a bad feeling about this. That might not have been an accident after all. Still the cloud lover didn't have proof and he didn't want to worry Naruko without it. She'd never take the threat seriously.
"So I heard Sasuke is back in the village again." He offers awkwardly, trying to change the direction of his thoughts.
"Yep! He's going to stay for good this time." Naruko replies cheerfully, as if this was truly fantastic news for her.
Shikamaru wasn't sure if he entirely believed that. Sasuke had left the Leaf twice. Once for revenge and once for redemption. It was hard to picture him actually settling down in the village and forming roots.
"Do you really think that? Naruko, I know he's your friend and everything, but the man doesn't really have a good track record at the whole sit and stay thing." He warns her.
"Yeah. I know. But Sasuke doesn't lie. If he says he's staying, then he will." She replies and Shikamaru shakes his head in disbelief.
He really didn't understand it. Shikamaru would never be able to comprehend, why she had such blind faith in a man who had nearly killed her. But it wasn't really his business. As long as she was safe and happy, that's what mattered most.
"I hope so. But don't get your hopes up, okay?" He asks.
"I know he's staying this time. So how are things with you and Temari?" Naruko asks, trying to squelch down her feeling of unease.
Sasuke had left before. He'd done so more than once. He might do it again. The blonde didn't think that he was lying, when he said he was going to stay this time. But it brought back a lot of bad memories. Memories that she would rather forget.
"She can be a very troublesome woman, but I think she's the one. Dad says the fact that she drives me crazy half the time, means it's love. He says if you don't want to strangle a person as often as you want to kiss them, it's not real." He says with a shrug.
"Yeah. He's definitely right about that." Naruko says with a smile.
That summed it up nicely. Half the time, she wanted to punch Sasuke. The other half of the time she wanted to jump him or be jumped by him.
Maybe this was just how ninjas fell in love. A combination of violence, lust, and camaraderie. She vaguely wondered if this was how her father and mother were before they met their untimely demise.
Her time with them, had been unbearably brief. Sometimes she wondered which was worse. To not have had a chance to really get to know them before they died or to lose them after you had that chance. She supposed it didn't matter in a way. Maybe that was why they were so drawn to each other, they were both orphans.
"What makes you say that? You sound like you are speaking from experience." Shikamaru asks and raises an eyebrow.
"Oh um nothing! Just forget I said anything." Naruko says as she quickly begins eating her ramen, using it as a distraction to keep the clever ninja from figuring out what was really going on.
Shikamaru looks at her long and hard. She was hiding something. What a drag. Didn't she realize that was pointless?
Secrets didn't stay secret very long in the Leaf Village. Sooner or later he was going to find out. Still it would be annoying to try to drag a real answer out of her. So he decides to let it go for now. (But he would find out eventually!)