Parthenogenesis

Chapter 19: Frustration

“I think we took a wrong turn,” Naruto suggested as they walked slowly down the road. It had been a month since they had left Jiraiya and Sasuke predicted it would still take another month of traveling to reach this Morio man. He yearned to start running and make it there in a week, but Naruto could not do that. Already four months into his pregnancy, the blond was getting bigger everyday. With four babies came four-times-the-size. Sasuke mentally moaned. Soon he would have to force Naruto to dress up like a girl and he could already feel a headache coming on just thinking about the blond’s stubbornness. It’s not like Sasuke honestly wanted to do it. He liked Naruto the way he was, penis and all. However, for the sake of safety (because they couldn’t let any rumors start), Naruto had to hide himself. Sasuke really did understand that it was hard for Naruto. Naruto – the ninja that would hide from no one. Naruto – the ninja who would take no one’s crap. Naruto – a man that would not lose his masculine self-respect even during pregnancy. However, none of this explained Naruto’s last statement. Sasuke raised a perfect black eyebrow in a questioning look.

Naruto let out a long bored breath. “I think we must’ve taken a wrong turn somewhere because this is so boooooooring. I’ve never been on such a boring road.”

“Tch, dobe,” Sasuke smirked, “You’re just used to being lost. Not being lost is a change for you.”

Naruto grunted and mumbled something about bastards and their superiority complexes and then something about how much more fun being lost was compared to being on the right path.

“But really! We’ve been traveling FOR-EV-ER! How long is it going to take?”

“How should I know, dobe? It’s not like I’ve ever been there.” Sasuke studied a map he had brought. “There’s a village coming up. I think we should stop and get your disguise.”

“What disguise?” Naruto asked crossly.

“You are beginning to show too much. If we disguise you now, there is less chance that anyone will recognize it for what it is.”

“It is your children and you had better stop talking about it like it’s a disease!” Naruto’s fuse seemed to be shorter these days than it had been previously, which is saying something because it had never really been very long to begin with.

The raven figured it was linked to the pregnancy and felt that the safest route was to diffuse the anger. He nodded and said, “Come.” It didn’t quite take all the anger out, but his calmness made the blond realize that he may be overacting a bit. He followed his raven-haired lover down another branching path to the nearby town.

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Sasuke dropped the blond off at a food vendor (no ramen for the pregnant man) and went to go get what he needed to disguise the blond. He stopped at several shops, mixing other items in with his purchases so that no one would get too suspicious. He settled for getting some make-up to hide the tell-tale whisker marks the blond always sported. He also picked up a bottle of brown hair dye because Naruto’s hair was too long to hide under a wig and Sasuke secretly liked it long and wouldn’t want Naruto to have to cut it. However, a different color and hairstyle would probably be in order. He stopped by a clothing store and got a woman to help him pick out some acceptable clothing for his “wife.” He brought it all back to the hotel and told the blond to get into the disguise.

Naruto simply ignored him with his characteristic stubborn will. By the next day they were away from civilization again and he and the blond were back into one of their all-too-common arguments.

“IF YOU THINK THE DISGUISE IS SOOOO GREAT, TEME,WHY DON’T YOU WEAR IT YOURSELF!” The blond yelled loudly, spit spraying over the raven. He had on a simple blue dress, nothing extravagant, just something a farmer’s wife might wear. Sasuke had badly sewed in two bean sacks for boobs -- one was bigger than the other, which didn’t really matter as they were crooked and misshapen to begin with. Naruto had not dyed his hair yet, though it was out of the low pony tail that normally held it out of his face. Naruto hadn’t even spared the make-up a glance.

“Because it would ruin the whole reason for disguising you,” Sasuke tried to reason, “A girl traveling with a pregnant man is kind of odd, don’t you think, dobe?”

Naruto crossed his arms behind his head, his face pulled into a scowl that didn’t look right on his soft face. “NA-RU-TO!” he pronounced clearly.

“What?” Sasuke asked evenly.

“Naruto! That is my name! Not idiot, not stupid, not dumb, not dunce, not clueless, and especially not DOBE!” he fired off, a rare heated flame in his eyes.

“Whatever,” Sasuke said, giving a pause before adding, “Dobe.”

Instantly he knew he had pushed too far. Naruto had obviously been on end already, being fed up with the pace they were keeping, not being able to train to get stronger, not being able to do any of the things that he normally did that just made him who he was, and especially now having to dress up as a girl. He was always having to take precautions, take the safe route, do things Sasuke’s way and it was really starting to grate of his nerves. He had made it just fine on his own so far. Why should he need anyone now, granted that person had saved his life several times. Of course, that same person had also tried to kill him several times too. Naruto was so confused.

“TEME! What right do you have to always call me that? It’s always dobe this and dobe that! Any time I call you teme there’s always someone there to make a big deal out of it and tell me off or hit me in the head. What makes it right for you to throw around names and wrong for me? You’re not any better than me, Uchiha!”

Naruto’s anger fueled Sasuke’s always barely contained anger that was only worse now since losing his only stress reliever/punching bag that the dobe had been before this whole pregnancy thing.

“Says the deadlast of the class. Of course I’m better than you,” the raven retorted coolly.

“Says the one with the fucked-up ambition,” Naruto yelled back, losing his cool.

“Says the one with the impossible dream,” hissed Sasuke

Their eyes locked in a fiery exchange of glares that threatened to kill whichever quite glaring first. As such, neither would break the exchange.

A nervous cough with a loud voice saved the day, “Such impassionate words threaten to extinguish the flames of youthfulness in this relationship!”

Maito Gai – Tenten, Lee, and Neji behind him – had stumbled upon this scene in the otherwise tranquil forest after successfully completing an A-ranked mission. It was rare that they were together as a team again, but they were familiar with the area after having completing an earlier mission there during their genin years and therefore were grouped together again for this mission.

The green beast of Konoha could feel the heated glare from where he stood on a tree branch. He gulped nervously. The killing intent was reaching dangerous levels. However, Gai was not one to be kept away by something such as the people in question not wanting him to interfere. Gai told himself that their fires of youthfulness needed to be rekindled and that he was the only man for the job. He was not dissuaded either when the glares were turned to him, however it did make him pause.

“Uchiha Sasuke!” he greeted loudly, recognizing the raven. “What has your fires on a rampage on this glorious day?” Tenten hid her face in her hand. Her old sensei could be so embarrassing. Gai received no reply as the two turned their backs to each other, refusing to look at or talk to each other.

Gai tried the other person before him. “You madam! What could bring about such an impassionate display?”

He thinks I’m a woman in this horrible costume!? Naruto sent him a disgruntled look.

“Aha!” Gai proclaimed, taking one look at the woman, “I can see what has caused this fiery meltdown. The lady’s lumps of passion have developed an apathetic disease!”

Everyone in the clearing sans Lee shared an identical thought of, “What the fuck?” while Lee swiftly backed up his mentor yelling, “Gai-sensei! Always so kind and so smart! He can solve any problem! If he can’t, then I would gladly do 1000 laps around Konoha, and if I couldn’t do that I would…”

Tenten knocked them both out when they started hugging and crying. “I think he meant that your boobs are messed up,” Tenten smiled politely. Both she and Neji had instantly recognized Naruto in the costume. “Undercover?” she asked.

Naruto hesitantly nodded. It wasn’t really the truth. But, then again, he didn’t want her to know the real reason.

“Then, I’ll help you with your disguise,” she led the blond away, who was still refusing to look or even talk to the raven.

Sasuke and Neji were left alone, which was fine with Neji because he had questions to ask the Uchiha anyway, especially after having seen the blond with his byakkugan.

“Naruto is…” he started. He was going to finish with pregnant.

The ill-tempered Uchiha turned his back on him and cut him off, “You annoy me.” Sasuke went and sat on a fallen tree.

The Hyuuga had to resist the urge to laugh. Who knew teasing could be so fun, especially when you didn’t even act like you were teasing. “Who is the father?”

“Naruto.” Sasuke answered.

“Who is the other father?” Neji pressed.

Sasuke grunted, which Neji took to mean the Uchiha was. This was a hilarious situation. First, Sasuke likes Naruto but won’t pursue him because he wants to rebuild his clan, and now the blond ends up pregnant with Uchiha children.

“Fate favors you,” Neji said.

“Then how come it feels like it’s laughing at me?” the Uchiha snarled. He didn’t like Neji very much. The damn Hyuuga knew more than he should. He could feel Neji subtly making fun of him in everything that he said. Of course, it also didn’t help that Sasuke felt that Neji liked Naruto too. Not that he was jealous or anything, because that emotion was below a Uchiha.

“If you don’t want him around, I guess I can travel with him, hide him, and protect him,” the Hyuuga offered. Sasuke’s eyes narrowed dangerously. “Then I guess not,” Neji said. “Just remember that there are others out there that would do your job and would do it better.”

“Like you?” Sasuke hissed.

“Hmm,” was all Neji was allowed to say before Tenten returned with the new-boobed Naruto. He was more convincing now as a woman, though he still held himself like a guy and was still recognizably Naruto. Tenten took charge again, and by the time Lee and Gai had finally woken up, Naruto was unrecognizable to all but the closest to him.

“Damn, I feel all…girly,” Naruto complained. Tenten giggled. “No, seriously. I swear I can feel my dick shrinking.” That caused Tenten to blush and excuse herself uncomfortably.

“Dobe,” Sasuke sighed.

“What?” asked Naruto, forgetting that he was angry at the bastard.

“You’re an idiot,” was all he said. Naruto frowned.

Neji shook his head. “He means that you can’t be that forward around girls. It’s not proper.”

Naruto blushed and scratched the back of his head. “Oops.”

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By the time Team Gai left and Naruto and Sasuke were walking down the dirt road toward some guy that could help them, Naruto was sore, his feet ached, and to top it all off, he had remembered that he was angry at Sasuke.

“You know you’re a jerk, right?”

Sasuke sighed. He should have expected such moodiness. The books had warned him. They had also informed him not to make it worse. Of course, why should he take orders from a book. “You know you’re an idiot, right?” he mirrored back in his low even voice.

Naruto seemed to choose that instant to be plagued by another bought of klutziness. He tripped over the helm of his dress and went crashing to the floor. Sasuke caught him protectively, keeping him from harm.

Naruto blushed, scratching his head sheepishly once he was set standing again. “Okay. Maybe we’re both right,” he allowed.

“You’re not angry at me anymore,” Sasuke asked suspiciously, as if Naruto would suddenly come charging at him with a kunai. Hey, it had happened before.

“Nah, you can call me dobe and I can call you teme. I’m tired of fighting.” He gave a big foxy yawn. “In fact, I’m tired of traveling too. Can we call it a day?”

The sun was setting anyway, so Sasuke nodded. He left Naruto to put up the tent while he fetched water and wood. Soon they had dinner cooked and quickly eaten. Naruto fell back from where he was sitting, stretching out to relieve him of the stress of the day.

Sasuke smirked at his fox, happy (only secretly though) that they weren’t fighting anymore. He crawled up behind the blond and began to work the kinks out of his back. His pale fingers began to work lower, messaging all of his lower back. Naruto kept emitting little moans of satisfaction and comfort. Sasuke could feel desire welling up inside him. He quickly doused the fire outside and pulled his little spit-fire into the tent.

“Sasuke, what-?” Naruto tried to ask but he found his words swallowed by Sasuke’s mouth. His eyes widened in surprise before joining in, suckling and nibbling at Sasuke’s lower lip and tongue. Sasuke’s lips always seemed so soft compared to his chapped ones. He loved the feel of them together. It was almost a tickling sensation.

Sasuke maneuvered the blond back onto the bed roll. It was much in the way of padding, but it was something. He pushed him down gently, pulling the blue dress up over Naruto’s head. Sasuke smirked when he saw that Naruto was wearing boxers underneath. He loved the quirkiness of the blond. He was like none other. He was his. Sasuke trailed feather light kisses down Naruto’s stomach, casuing goose-bumps to rise in their wake. His fingers quickly found the sensitive spot on Naruto’s back making him dance underneath his ministrations. Sasuke nuzzled the into the blond’s neck. He was always so warm. He sucked and licked the skin there, causing Naruto to moan in pleasure.

Soon, he rolled the blond over on his stomach and positioned him on his hands and knees, boxers long gone.

“You know, dobe, this is kind of weird to do with your new hair color.” Naruto grunted as Sasuke stuck a lubed finger up his ass, stretching his entrance. It wasn’t as bad anymore as their first time. His entrance was starting to stay looser allowing for less preparation. Sasuke continued talking, adding another two fingers to further stretch him, “But I can tell it is you because of your eyes. No one else’s eyes are as expressive as yours.” Naruto moaned as Sasuke pressed the tip of his hot, pale dick on his entrance. “And even though you may be a dead-last at everything else…” he pressed forward, sliding slickly into the hilt, his hands pressed firmly into the blond’s hips for the leverage. “You were the first to ever get this.” Sasuke slid out to the tip before plunging back in, basking in the all the sounds of pleasure his Naruto was making. He pulled back to surge forward again, this time aiming for that special pleasure spot. When Naruto let out a yelp, Sasuke smirked in victory. Oh, yes. He was good. He grabbed Naruto’s dick and slid his hand along it in time to his thrusting.

“Argh…harder…” Naruto pleaded.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto’s hands, using them as leverage instead of his hips. Naruto arched his back up into the air. The change in position let Sasuke thrust harder and faster. Sasuke tried to memorize every feeling and sound of that moment, knowing that soon enough, it would be too dangerous to Naruto’s health to participate in these activities. The thought made Sasuke pick up his pace, wanting to give Naruto all the pleasure he could before then.

Naruto came hard and long on the bed roll underneath them. That would need to be cleaned off before bed. Sasuke gave a final thrust before coming with a growl deep within Naruto.

They collapsed in a pile of heaving lungs and sweaty limbs. They cleaned up tiredly before pulling a blanket over their satisfied bodies. Naruto curled up by Sasuke’s side, resting his head on his shoulder.

Right before his breathing softened into that of sleep, Naruto whispered, “I love you…Sasuke.”

He fell asleep, leaving Sasuke with a full mind. He didn’t know how to respond.

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