See the Light

“Hokage-Sama?” Sakura asked with surprise over her face.

“Yes I know, you weren’t expecting me and neither was I. The doctor is in delivery right now and well, since I’ve given plenty of ultrasounds in my time as a medic I think it should all go according to plan.” Sakura and Sasuke watched as Tsunade prepared Sakura’s now completely flat stomach for her first ultrasound.

“Uchiha, you’re the father, yes?” Tsunade asked.

“I am Hokage-Sama.” He answered. Tsunade nodded her head and prepared to take Sakura’s first baby picture. No one said anything as Tsunade adjusted the monitor and began to ask Sakura questions.

“How have you been feeling?”

“Pretty sick. But other than that I’ve been okay.” Sakura answered.

“You haven’t been losing sleep, no emotional outbursts? No cramping, no bloating?”

“Not really.” Sakura said again. Tsunade smiled.

“Ah, yes…here it is.” Tsunade moved the ultra sound monitor around so that Sakura and Sasuke could see what she saw. “Here it is…that’s your baby.” Tsunade said. She took a pencil and drew a circle around a very small pea sized dot on the screen. Sakura and Sasuke gazed at it. It was hard to believe that the tiny speck would turn into an infant. Sakura smiled a nervous smile. She couldn’t believe she was gazing at the very first photograph of her unborn child.

“The implantation is very good. I am going to estimate a due date, but keep in mind it’s just an estimate. We’ll put it around May 20. Sakura please keep this in mind. You are carrying a child of an advanced blood line. Now, in most pregnancies I have seen between a parent with an advanced bloodline and a parent without one, the traits of the advanced blood line are dominant. However, Sakura you have many recessive genes, pink hair, green eyes, no blood line. There is a possibility the infant will be born without Sharingan. If any of Sasuke’s recessive genes were to show through, your child may lack Sharingan. The other thing is that we won’t be able to determine if the child has Sharingan or not; it won’t emerge before the child is 5 or 6 years old…if it emerges that soon.” Sasuke and Sakura shook their heads in agreement that they understood the risk that the new Uchiha child may not have his father’s powerful eyes. Sakura and Sasuke left the doctors office. It was Friday and Sakura had put off telling her mother that she was pregnant all week. Naruto had invited Sasuke to his apartment to play cards with him, Kiba, Neji, Shikamaru and Chouji. He was reluctant to go because he was afraid Sakura would need him. But, she encouraged him to go since she simply had to face her mother and to do this Sakura needed to be alone.

“I’ll see you at home later, okay?” Sakura said preparing to part ways with Sasuke and head towards her mother’s home.

“Okay, I won’t be out real late.” Sasuke reassured her. Sakura wouldn’t have cared how late he stayed out. It wasn’t as if he were going to run away from her. They parted ways and Sasuke soon appeared at Naruto’s apartment. Shikamaru, Chouji and Kiba were already there. They were waiting on Neji’s arrival.

“Sasuke! You’re here!” Naruto gave him a very Naruto-like welcome.
“Congratulations! You’ve done what I’ve tried to talk Temari into doing for the past year and a half.” Shikamaru said grabbing Sasuke’s shoulders.

“You told him? You idiot did you tell them? I wanted to tell them!” Sasuke said to Naruto. Naruto grinned all over.

“I couldn’t help it! I was ready to explode.” Naruto said.

“I wasn’t in the door two minutes and he was telling me you were going to be a father. So, when’s she do?” Shikamaru asked.

“May 20 or somewhere around that time.” Sasuke answered. There was a knock at the door. It was Neji. Naruto quickly let him in.

“There Sasuke, you can tell him since I told Shikamaru.” Naruto said.

“Tell me what?” Neji asked.

“Saukra’s pregnant with my child. I’m going to be a father.” Sasuke told him.

“Damn, that’s like the fourth thing today that has been told to me that’s all…life changing. Hanabi got her first period today, Hinata got caught with condoms for the first time today.” Naruto cut Neji off.

“Oh shit, her dad found those?”

“Oh, it was not attractive…You knocked Sakura up and I finally got my first kiss from Ten Ten today.” Neji said. He was glowing all over.

“You want to get her pregnant I’ll show you how.” Sasuke said. Chouji and Shikamaru thought this was hilarious.

“That’s okay not at this moment.” Neji said. The group was setting in around Naruto’s table. The attention had now shifted to Neji’s big news.
Meanwhile, Sakura stood in front of her mother’s door and took a deep breath. She nervously knocked and waited for her mother to answer. Sakura’s mother pulled open the door and Sakura tried to smile as calmly as she could. Sakura’s mother invited her in and offered her something to drink. Fortunately, liquids were something Sakura had no problem keeping down.

“How have you been, dear?” Sakura’s mother asked her as they sat in the kitchen.


“Oh, I’ve been good mom.” She answered.

“How’s the hospital? Is that boy helping you at home?” he mother questioned sternly.

“Yes mom, he helps me so much; and things are going well at the hospital.” Sakuar found herself not relaxing and she knew her mother would pick up on this. She tried to divert the subject to her mother’s life…not hers. “How have you been feeling lately?” Sakura asked.

“Oh! I’ve felt great. You know I walk two miles every day and I get out of the house and…” Sakura’s mother kept talking but Sakura was only half listening because she was terrified of how her mother was going to react to the news. “Sakura, Sakura, Sakura?” he mother kept saying. Sakura finally snapped to her senses.

“Mom, I…I really need to tell you something. But you have to promise me that you won’t go crazy and yell at me when I tell you.” Sakura said calmly.

“Okay, baby. I won’t.” Sakura’s mother sunk back in her chair and Sakura stared down at the table. She bit her lower lip and brought her eyes up to her mother’s.

“I’m 5 weeks pregnant. I went to the doctor today. I’m due around May 20…Uchiha Sasuke is the father and we’re going to raise it together.”
The card game at Naruto’s was underway and the guys had covered Neji’s first kiss and Sasuke’s fatherhood. Now it was time to pick Kiba apart.

“So Kiba…you’re a virgin.” Naruto said.

“Yeah…and so is Chouji, and Neji.” Kiba answered.

“Well true….but you are the focus here. Why don’t you tell us who you plan on giving it up to?” Naruto loved to annoy Kiba. Kiba laughed and did everything in his power to shift Naruto’s topic of conversation elsewhere. He had absolutely no one in mind and he didn’t even want to go there with Naruto.
Sakura’s mother stared at her. Sakura was terrified to make eye contact. She looked down at the table waiting and waiting for her mother to say something…anything.

“You’re pregnant.” her mother finally said. Her voice was neither questioning nor accusing…it was simply there. “I suppose I could be happy for you. But it’s hard for me you know. So I don’t know how I feel about this.” Sakura’s mother got up form the table and left.

“Mom…he loves me.” Sakura said before she could leave the room. He mother slowly turned around.

“He loves you, huh? That’s what your father told me. Is your father still around, Sakura? Do you see him? How often do you talk to him? Do you honestly believe a man when he tells you he loves you? You’re so naïve.” He mother said coldly and without emotion. Sakura could feel anger and hurt boiling inside of her

“How could you do this? I came here to tell you I was going to be a mother and you can’t put your bitterness and your hate for dad behind you for two seconds to be happy for me!?” Sakura looked at her mother in sheer desperation. He mother watched her.

"You don’t know what it takes to be a mother, Sakura. You’re too young to understand love or motherhood. You really should give this child up when it’s born.” Her mother replied in utter seriousness. At that point Sakura was crushed and heartbroken at her mother’s wretched words of disapproval. She got up from the table and left her home…calm and angry.
Sasuke laughed at Shikamaru who had just suggested that he talk to Temari about the joys of pregnancy.

“It’s too troublesome for me to badger her about having a baby. She keeps making up excuses why she doesn’t want to have a baby right now.” Shikamaru said throwing his cards on the table.

“I know you’re all about having babies like right now, but if you just let her be ready then she’ll give you children.” Neji said.

“I’ve only given her a year to change her mind.” Shiakamru insisted, suggesting a year was plenty of time.

“ You can’t pressure a woman into having your child. That’s probably why she keeps putting you off.” Neji said. Shikamaru thought about this for a moment.

“You are a genius aren’t you?” Shikamaru said.

“Well…yeah.” Neji winked at him.

“He used to lie around and eat BBQ chips with me, now he all he does is get me to help him figure out ways to get Temari secretly pregnant.” Chouji said. Everyone laughed at this.

“Yeah, those secret pregnancies are always the best.” Kiba said. Naruto decided it was time to pull his beer out of the refrigerator.

“Sakura? What’s wrong, you look upset. Here, come in.” Sakura had appeared at Ten Ten’s door.

“I just told my mom I’m pregnant.” She said sitting in a chair near Ten Ten’s door.

“You’re pregnant? Oh my god. What did your mom say?”

“That’s why I’m here. I just needed someone to talk to who wouldn’t bring up stupid shit about my pregnancy.” Sakura said.

“You want something? Tea? Udon? You name it.” Ten Ten asked slipping into her kitchen.

“I’ll take water if it’s okay.” Sakura said. She started to spill her experience with her mother to Ten Ten. Ten Ten was a good friend and a very good listener. Ten Ten listened as Sakura spilled out everything that had happened at her mother’s house.

"I can’t believe I’m saying this, but don’t listen to your mother. So your mom didn’t have the best luck with men, that was her Sakura not you. So your mom wasn’t ready for a baby when she was pregnant with you, you are! You can do this! You and Sasuke can do this! Which by the way, you picked good seed to plant in you.” Sakura laughed. Ten Ten always managed to make Sakura laugh during times when she was upset. “So okay, talk to me…not about your mom…not about your baby. You know. Talk to me…about him.” Ten Ten smiled. Sakura knew exactly what she was getting at.

“Well, um…he’s…you know…he’s great.” Sakura said,

“Oh Sakura! Cut that crap!” Ten Ten laughed. “Tell me what I really want to know.” Ten Ten looked at Sakura with her eyes on fire. Sakura laughed again.

“Okay, okay. You so win. Who am I kidding….he’s amazing. The sex is….oh my god!” Ten Ten laughed.

“That’s better!” she remarked.
Back around the card table, the guys had covered pretty much every topic you could think of. The six of them hadn’t spent an evening like this together…well ever. It was getting late but no one seemed to care. Sakura was still with Ten Ten and Naruto, Sasuke, Neji, Shikamari, Kiba and Chouji were all well into Naruto’s beer.

“So are you going to marry her?” Neji asked.

“I don’t know if she’s ready for that added stress.” Sasuke said.

“Are you?” Neji questioned.