My Everything
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Sorry this one took awhile. I've just been struggling with it and got caught up with some of my other stories. Unless I remove a story completely, I am going to finish it though. It might take me awhile to update, but I'll I will. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 12
The next day, Naruko woke up to breakfast in bed. Actually, it was more like several breakfasts worth. She blinks. The blonde had never seen so much food in her entire life before.
"Bastard, did you make all this?" She asks in shock.
Sasuke merely nods. She looks at the piles of food in awe. Sometimes she wondered if he should just retire from being an Academy instructor and just become a chef. Damn.
"You're eating for two now. I didn't know what you wanted. You don't want ramen anymore. So it's possible that your eating habits have changed completely. Cravings are normal for a pregnancy, but you are you. There's no telling how your pregnancy will be different from everyone else's and that's before we even factor in the Nine Tail's influence." Sasuke says.
"Hmpf. You just had to go and ruin the moment by being a bastard." She grumbles.
"You knew that I was a "bastard" when you fell in love with me. I don't know why you are complaining about it now." Her lover says with a shrug.
"That is true, but so not the point! Maybe next time I get Morning Sickness, I should just throw up on you." The blonde threatens him.
"I love you too." The raven haired ninja says in amusement and leans over, kissing her.
Naruko kisses back. Well he was kinda right. She knew what his personality was like, when she fell in love with him. She supposed this was the Sasuke version of being nice. Besides, she couldn't be mad at him when he made her all this really yummy looking food and kissed her like that.
"I feel in love with you for your body. It clearly wasn't for your personality." She says after she breaks the kiss and taunts him.
"Oh I'm sure that my body had something to do with it. But I doubt you would have chased my ass as long as you did, if it was purely physical. Be a good Hokage and eat." He says orders her.
The blonde rolls her eyes at his bossy tone. Hey, she was Hokage here. She should be the one giving the orders, not him. Didn't he know how this worked?!
"You are so bossy today. Sasuke, you can't boss me around anymore. I'm Hokage. You are my subordinate." She says smugly.
"Technically when I'm performing my ninja duties, yeah." Sasuke says with a shrug.
"Hey, I'm your Hokage all the time! That makes you like my love slave or something" Naruko protests.
Sasuke snorts in amusement. He raises an eyebrow as if to say, "Really? You're really going to try this?"
Only Naruko. Sometimes he was stunned at what came out of her mouth. His blonde could be quite vocal, but she had never really experimented with acting in the bedroom. She was endlessly creative, as evidenced by her use of clones in the classroom once. But she had never really tried out that the whole dominant and submissive thing.
"Sure, Naruko. Sure." Sasuke states in amusement and grabs a piece of bacon.
"It is so true!" She exclaims.
"Mhm. Whatever you say. Just be a good girl and eat." Sasuke says again.
She mutters something about teaching cocky bastard a lesson under her breath and grabs some toast. Naruko wasn't sure it was a good idea to eat a lot. She was probably going to end up throwing it up anyway.
It didn't take them long to finish eating. Naruko eeps when she felt something touch her stomach. She relaxes when she realizes that it was just Sasuke. Somehow he had moved without her noticing and was now sitting behind her.
"You're so jumpy. Relax." Sasuke whispers into her ear seductively and glides his hands over her stomach in a gentle massage.
"Not that I'm complaining, but why are you giving my belly a massage?" The blonde asks.
"Massages are very relaxing. It's not good for pregnant women to be stressed. That and it's really the only way besides talking that I have to let our baby know that I'm here." He states.
The blue eyed ninja blinks. That was shockingly adorable. He wanted to let their son or daughter know that they were there.
"That's really cute. But I don't think that the baby can hear you or feel you at this point." The Hokage points out.
"Maybe not. But I know that at some point, they can hear you while inside the womb. It might be early, but there's no harm in it." Sasuke says as he continues his massage.
Naruko sighs in contentment and leans back into him more. Well Sasuke was probably slightly delusional. She couldn't believe he actually thought that their child could already hear and feel them, but it was sweet and it did feel good. There wasn't really a reason to protest.
"That's a good love slave." Naruko says with a smirk.
"Whatever." Sasuke responds with a snort.
Meanwhile Kakashi sighs as he heads to the hospital. He didn't for one minute buy that it was food poisoning. Naruko never got sick. He figured that it had something to do with the Nine Tails, but it didn't matter. The point was he had never known that woman to get sick and thus he had a pretty good idea what was really going on.
Of course he was an experienced ninja. That meant that he knew the value of getting proof whenever you had a theory. Therefore, he was going to get proof.
"Oh, Kakashi. What are you doing here?" Tsunade asks when she sees the silver haired Jonin arrive.
"I wanted to talk to you. It's important. It's about Naruko. I have reasons to be concerned for her health. Do you have a few moments?" The CopyCat Ninja inquires.
Tsunade blinks. She nods and leads him off to her office. This had to be serious. It wasn't like Kakashi to fret over nothing. She just prayed that Naruko hadn't miscarried or something of that nature. The medic didn't think that the world would survive the wrath of a mourning Sasuke.
"Of course. Wait a minute. I assume that it would be better if we were absolutely certain that no one was going to overhear us." She says as she casts a soundproofing jutsu around her office.
"Yes, that would indeed be preferable. Last night, Naruko and Sasuke joined us for dinner. It was something of a reunion for Team Seven." He begins.
Tsunade raises an eyebrow. The busty woman failed to see why that would raise concerns about Naruko's health. She gestures for him to continue though.
"Yes? And what is the problem with that? That doesn't seem unusual." The medic replies.
"She rushed to the bathroom and she proceeded to vomit a great deal. Sasuke rushed her to the hospital. When she came back they tried to claim it was something they ate." Kakashi says.
The medic mentally sighs. Damn it. She really hoped that the Jonin hadn't guessed that Naruko was pregnant. If Sasuke and Naruko hadn't told anyone yet, they likely had a good reason.
Honestly, she had expected the last Uchiha to be proclaiming it from the rooftops or Hokage Mountain. The fact that he hadn't only further proved her suspicions. Sasuke really believed that Naruko and their baby might be in real danger.
"That happens sometimes. Almost everyone has eaten spoiled food at least once in their life and gotten sick from it. I wouldn't fret on it." Tsunade informs him.
"Oh I am aware of that. Still Naruko rarely gets sick. That's why I don't think she is actually sick. She and Sasuke are lovers now. Their both young. It wouldn't be surprising if they got caught up in the moment and forgot to use the Jutsu. I suspect she is pregnant and I know that you were the one who treated her. So I want the truth." Kakashi says firmly.
Damn it. He knew. There was no getting around this. She could try to lie, but what would be the use? Kakashi was a very determined individual and the young couple could only realistically hide her pregnancy for so long anyway.
"She's pregnant. We have reason to believe that her life may be in danger. So it is important to keep that fact a secret for as long as possible." Tsunade confesses.
"I thought as much. I will say this much for Sasuke. He certainly works fast. I won't tell anyone. I just had to know. I am a bit hurt that they didn't tell me. Though I certainly do understand their reasoning. What are you planning on doing about all of this?" He inquires.
The medic sighs. Unfortunately, there wasn't much they could do at the moment. They didn't have any real proof. One could hardly accuse the daimyos of conspiring to kill off a war hero without it.
"For now, we have to wait and gather information." She admits.
"That's not particularly comforting. I shall be on the look out for anything suspicious of course." The CopyCat Ninja assures her.
The blonde could only nod her head in gratitude. In a way, it was a bit of a relief to finally share this knowledge with someone else. It lightened the weight on her shoulders, but she wasn't foolish. She knew that things were far from settled.
Meanwhile the Daimyos were having another meeting. They had a problem. The poisoning plan wasn't working.
"She never eats anything that we have access to." One of them growls in frustration.
"Well perhaps we shouldn't try to put it in her food. How about her water? We could easily poison the Uchiha wells. Sasuke is immune to most poisons. He wouldn't get sick. So no one would ever suspect what happened." The Fire Daimyo suggests.
"That's a brilliant idea." Another agrees.
He nods proudly. Still he couldn't help but feel guilty. She had helped to save he world. Unfortunately, they didn't really have another choice.
The blonde woman might not want power now, but she would eventually. If they wanted to preserve their positions, they had to act now. The Daimyos had to take action swiftly or all would be lost.
"Who shall we send to do the deed?" He inquires.
It would be a simple matter to poison the wells. They just had to wait until Naruko went to her office and Sasuke was at the Academy. Idly, he was still flabbergasted that she would actually make the last Uchiha a fucking teacher!
That seemed to be just asking for trouble. If it were up to him, he wouldn't let the former S Class Criminal anywhere near children. Did she not see how dangerous that was?
"Oh I have just the mercenary in mind. Don't worry about it." Another says.
Seriously, she was leaving that monster alone with children for hours at a time? He knew that most women considered him attractive, but he would have thought she'd exercise some common sense. This was ridiculous.
Oh well. That was not his chief concern. Sasuke was not the threat that Naruko was. Oh he was on the battlefield, but not in the battle of public opinion. Naruko was seen as the savior. Sasuke was not.
"Very well. Then I suppose we are all agreed?" The Fire Daimyo asks and everyone nods in agreement.
Later that day, Sasuke heads to the Academy. He was grading some papers while the children were at recess. Sasuke had made a clone to watch them, so he could focus on grading the papers.
That's when he realized a fight was going. Sasuke sighs and heads outside. He was going to have to break this up. This was the third time that Melena and Kai had gotten into a fight this fucking week.
"Alright. That's it. Break it up. Save it for when you are out in the field facing enemies or actual training." The eldest Uchiha says.
The two twelve year olds quickly break apart. They were going to graduate this year. Sasuke mentally shakes his head in disbelief at that. Those two were far more interested in tearing into each other than studying for their exams.
It pained him to admit it, but it wasn't like either of them needed to study all that hard. They were both gifted. Perhaps it was only natural that they would be so competitive for each other. They were constantly battling it out for the top slot.
"If you two keep this up, you are going to have to invite me to the wedding." He mutters.
The class of twelve year olds all blink and look at Sasuke in confusion. He smirks. He would never harm a child, but he would embarrass them. Embarrassment was a far more effective tool to gain compliance than the use of force when it came to anyone under the age of 15.
"What wedding?" Kai asks in confusion.
"Your wedding." Sasuke replies as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Kai's only twelve though. He can't get married." Melena says.
"Oh not right now. In about a decade or so. After you two have both grown up and resolved the sexual tension that is clearly going on between the two of you. You know the more a boy picks on a girl, the more he likes her at this age. I suppose the reverse is true. God knows that Naruko never left me the fuck alone at your age." He says with a shrug.
Everyone stares at him wide eyed. Mostly because none of them had ever heard a teacher swear before or say the words sexual tension. That and none of the kids could process the two prodigies LIKING each other. Had their Sensei completely lost his mind? Maybe they should get Naruko.
"Wait. You think that I like HER?!" Kai sputters in outrage and Sasuke nods.
"It's rather obvious. You'll both get beyond this phase, someday. If you keep fighting though, I am going to give you both detention and I will make you clean the entire Academy WITHOUT using any jutsus. Do I make myself clear?!" He asks.
"I DON'T LIKE HIM, but yes Sensei." Melena grumbles.
Sasuke nods at her approvingly. Well it was a start. He wasn't a matchmaker. Eventually, they would sort it out on their own. It was just his job to make sure they both graduated in one piece.
"I don't like her either, but yeah. I got it." The other half of the bickering duo pouts.
The eldest Uchiha nods and heads back into the classroom. He sighs as he looks at the giant stack of papers. Damn it. This was going to take forever.
While he was battling the dreaded paperwork monster of doom, his mind started to drift again. He wondered if his child would have their own Melena or Kai? Maybe not.
There was a chance that his son or daughter would actually be able to get along with everyone. Well at least well enough not to end up in a schoolyard fight every other day. It was a slim chance, but anything was possible.
"I wonder what Naruko is doing now? Probably assigning some missions." he mutters to himself.
Elsewhere in the Leaf, Gaara was visiting with Naruko. He was inside the hyper blonde's office. The red head was determined to impress on her the proper importance of taking the necessary precautions to ensure her safety.
"Gaara, I get it. I know they are probably going to try to do something. I really do. I'm just not going to live my life in fear." The blonde Hokage says.
"Naruko, I admire your courage. Really, I do. But I am half ready to tell he Uchiha just to chain you to the bed until this is all over. God knows that the deviant would probably enjoy it." He mutters.
The young woman blinks. It was odd. Sasuke and Gaara borderline hated each other, but they were a lot alike. Sasuke had suggested doing the same thing earlier.
"Yeah. He would enjoy that. Hey! He's not a deviant. The father of my child is not a deviant! I was the one who came up with the clone idea." She protests.
The Kazekage gapes at her. "The father of my child is not a deviant!" Naruko was pregnant?! His best friend was pregnant?!
Naruko eeps. Damn it. She hadn't meant for it to slip out that way. Obviously, she was going to tell her best friend. (Well her best friend that she wasn't sleeping with anyway, since Sasuke was her other best friend.)
"You're carrying his child?! Naruko, are you out of your mind?! There is an assassination plot being plotted against you. This is not the time to have a baby!" The other Kage exclaims.
"I know. We were being careful. It was just that we slipped up once. It's okay though. I pity the Daimyos if they try anything. Sasuke is really happy about this. So am I. I know the timing could have been better, but we are ninjas. There's never going to be a perfect time to have a baby." The blonde reasons.
Gaara smacks his forehead. Of course Sasuke would be overjoyed. He had just restored his Clan. Naruko was probably happy that Sasuke was happy. That and the woman had been deprived of a normal childhood. She probably craved a family almost as much as the eldest Uchiha did.
He mentally corrected himself before he said the last Uchiha. Gaara highly doubted that kid wasn't going to have Sasuke's last name. Still this complicated things. He had no idea what they were going to do about this.
"That's it. I'm talking to him. He's chaining you to the bed for everything that doesn't involved a hospital." The Kazekage insists.
"You two are both really bossy. I'm fine. I survived the war. I doubt the Daimyos are going to be a challenge by comparison. You both need to relax. I am taking the threat seriously, but I don't think it's nearly as bad as you guys think." The blonde insists.
The red head gives a dirty look. Naruko sighs and throws up her hands. It was clearly a "I surrounded," gesture. There was no reasoning with either of them when they were like this. They had to be the two most stubborn men on the planet.
"Alright. Alright. I'll be careful. You and Sasuke really should talk though. You two are a lot alike." She says.
Gaara makes a snort at that proclamation. Maybe once they had been alike during the Chunin Exams, but that was in the past. He had changed. The Kazekage wasn't so certain that Sasuke had.
It didn't matter though. What mattered was that Naruko thought he had. Sasuke was the father of his best friend's child. So a certain degree of tolerance was necessary. ( That didn't mean he had to like it though.)
"How far along are you? You can't be very far. I'm hardly an expert on pregnancy, but you don't seem to be showing yet. Isn't the mother's belly supposed to expand?" He asks.
"Only two months. So I'm not really far enough along to be showing yet. Yeah, my belly will get bigger. I'm going to look really fat before I have this baby, but that's normal. I don't mind though." The blonde informs him.
The red head could only nod. It was hard to process that Naruko was going to be a mother. It seemed like only yesterday, she was twelve. Still he supposed it was only natural. People got older and most people ended up having children.
"I hope for the sake of everyone that child growing in your womb takes more after you than him." Her friend declares.
"Gaara! That was really mean!" Naruko protests.
He shrugs. It was the truth. God help them all if that kid was anything like Sasuke. They would all be doomed if that was the case.
"It might have been mean, but you know it was accurate. Naruko, you should be more aware of his temper than anyone." The red head continues.
Naruko just shakes her head. Alright. It didn't look like Gaara and Sasuke were going to be drinking buddies, anytime soon. Well as long as they didn't try to kill each other, she could deal.
"I know his temper, but come on. That was still mean. Nevermind. I'm glad that you know. We hate having to keep it a secret, but it's really safer this way." She mumbles.
"You can only keep a pregnancy a secret for so long. What will you do when it becomes glaringly obvious that you haven't just had too much ramen to eat?" The Kazekage asks.
The blonde sighs. Yeah. There was only so long they could keep this under wraps. That much was obvious.
"We haven't really gotten that far yet. I kinda figure we'll figure it out before we get to that point, but we'll handle it. We always do." The blue eyed ninja says cheerfully.
Gaara rubs the back of his head sheepishly. It was one thing to be a glass half full type of person. It was another to completely wing it and have no plan for how you were going to deal with a dangerous situation.
"Naruko, what am I going to do with you?" He asks with a dramatic sigh.
"What do you mean?" She replies in confusion.
The Kazekage just shakes his head. Nevermind. If she wasn't going to come up with a strategy for dealing with this, he would. He might have to enlist the eldest Uchiha's help, but he would do it.
"Forget it. Well the village seems to be doing well. It's flourishing under your leadership. How are you enjoying being Hokage? Is it everything that you dreamed it would be?" He asks because he was curious and he wanted to change the subject.
"Oh yeah! The Leaf is doing great. Well…it's mostly great. I could do without some of the more administrative aspects of the job! But I finally achieved my dream! It's amazing! I'm trying to get it through Sasuke's thick skull that I'm his boss now. That's going to take some time. He'll get it…eventually though. Believe it!" The young woman exclaims.
Gaara chuckles. He doubted very much that Sasuke was ever going to accept Naruko as his "boss." Still it would be amusing to watch her try to make him understand that very simple fact.
"I wish you good luck in that venture. You are going to need it. He's the second most stubborn person that I have ever met." The red head muses.
"Really? Who is the most stubborn person that you've ever met?" His friend asks.
"You are the most stubborn person I've ever met. That's why you are the only one who could ever handle carrying his baby." Gaara answers as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.