The Agreement

Sorry for the delay. Life happened. lol Now, for the part you have all been waiting for!

The Agreement

Chapter 19: The Truth At Last


Sasuke stared out the window of his and Hinata's room. It had been five hours since Sakura had stormed out of the house, Naruto following not far behind her. It seemed surreal to Sasuke. The events of the evening were fresh in his mind, and neither he nor Hinata could sleep. Hinata's cheek was still slightly swollen from where Sakura had hit her, but Hinata didn't complain about the pain if it still ached. Sasuke was sure she felt that she had deserved it. She hadn’t. Sasuke was the one that had come up with the entire plan. Between the two of them, he had deserved the hit. Hinata was too kind.

"Something bad happened. I can feel it," Sasuke murmured as he felt Hinata's questioning gaze land on his back from where she sat reading.

"Should we go look for him?" Hinata asked worriedly. Sasuke shook his head slowly.

"I have a feeling he'll be coming back here tonight," Sasuke said. The two of them sat in silence for a while longer, Hinata reading and Sasuke gazing out the window at the night's sky.

"He loves them, doesn't he?" Hinata’s shy murmur brought Sasuke back from his thoughts. He turned to look at her as she activated her byakugan. It was something she did from time to time to check and make sure that all of Naruto's children were sleeping safe and sound.

"Yes, he does," Sasuke murmured back, remembering the look of pure rage on Naruto's face as Sakura had attempted to hit Seiryuu. Sasuke had been pissed as well, but he had felt the raw spike in Naruto's chakra. If the person had been anyone other than a dear friend of Naruto's, Sasuke was quite sure Naruto would have killed whoever dared think about touching one of the quadruplets on the spot. It appeared that Naruto had developed a strong bond with his children, and Sasuke wondered if it was on a sub-conscious genetic level, or if it was just because Naruto was the type to care about everyone.

"Naruto's here," Hinata said in surprise, her byakugan catching him directly in her sights. A moment later, there was a knock on the door that carried all the way from downstairs. Hinata turned to look at Sasuke, deactivating her byakugan. "I can't do this any more, S-Sasuke. We need to tell him the full tr-truth," Hinata said, her eyes downcast and shame filled.

Sasuke closed his eyes. Nothing had gone according to how he had planned. He had thought for sure that Naruto and Sakura would have fallen apart much sooner, but they hadn’t. Even now after Sakura had wrongly accused Naruto of cheating, Naruto was still chasing after Sakura. Sasuke idly wondered that if it hadn't appeared that Naruto was cheating on Sakura with Hinata if Naruto might have been okay with Sakura. It wasn't a pleasant train of thought that Sasuke was ruining their relationship. He had hoped Sakura would do that all by herself.

Naruto was no where near to wanting to leave Sakura for him, and Sasuke wasn't sure what he had really been thinking when he had formed this plan. Sasuke snorted. He really hadn't been thinking. He had just followed through with the first wild plan that had come to mind in order to ease the ache in his heart.

"I'll do it," Sasuke said. "I'll tell Naruto the truth. It was my idea, and I should take the blame," Sasuke added. He took a deep breath as he turned to walk downstairs to answer the door.

Sasuke opened the door. Neither gave a greeting as he Naruto walked by him. Sasuke merely stared at Naruto, or rather, Naruto's eyes. If the light in someone’s eyes determined life, Naruto would have been dead. The normal radiance of his brilliant eyes was long gone, and his eyes seemed almost black at the faded luster.

A chill went through Sasuke knowing immediately something was horribly wrong.

"Naruto?" Sasuke asked, looking at Naruto. Naruto turned to look at Sasuke, as though he couldn't really see him. "What happened?" Sasuke asked, activating his sharingan eyes just to make sure that this was really Naruto. He seemed so unlike himself that even the confirmation from his sharingan was hard to believe.

"Sakura was so mad that she – she..." Naruto trailed off, looked right past Sasuke as though not seeing anything, "she found comfort with someone else," Naruto finished. Sasuke looked at Naruto feeling as though in a daze himself. Was Naruto possibly implying what he thought he was? Sakura wouldn't really take things that far, would she? But Sasuke knew that only Sakura's infidelity would make Naruto look so lifeless.

For years now, he had always wanted Sakura to do something stupid to mess up her relationship with Naruto to make her the bad guy so that Naruto would come running to him in comfort. Now that it had happened, Sasuke didn't know what to do. He had wanted it, but to see Naruto hurting so much made Sasuke's heart want to break. It hadn't been fair of him to want to put Naruto through this kind of pain for his own selfish gains. His heart ached all the more because he knew that what he had done had indirectly caused Naruto pain. He hadn’t wanted that. Sasuke was supposed to make everything better, not worse for Naruto.

"Naruto?" Sasuke prompted.

"I went back to our house, but she wasn't there. I decided I would try Ino's, but Ino didn't know where she was, and even if she did I think she thinks I cheated on Sakura too, so I doubt she would have told me. I went looking for Sakura all over the place and finally decided to check back home. And then-" Naruto paused, shaking his head.

Sasuke could tell that Naruto was in terrible shock.

"I found them in bed together. I was shocked. I always thought if I caught her cheating I'd be so livid that I'd tear the other guy apart or something. Instead, I just ran. I must have run for at least three hours before I decided I needed to talk to someone. Sorry for coming back here so late," Naruto said, his voice coming out in rasps. Sasuke gently took Naruto's hand and led him over to the couch, flicking on the light switch in the process. Sasuke did not offer words of comfort, but rather placed his hand gently on his friend's shoulder. Sasuke didn’t know what to say to comfort his friend when all he wanted to do was point out how horrible Sakura was as a wife, even when Sasuke knew that part of her actions were probably his fault for making her think Naruto was cheating.

Anger suddenly burned through him. It didn’t matter if she thought Naruto was cheating! Naruto had said he wasn’t, and Naruto should be taken for his word. She should know better. Sasuke looked at Naruto, trying to hide his anger, and be more comforting. Naruto stood, staring at nothing, and his unnerving behavior was beginning to grate on Sasuke.

"It's not your fault," Sasuke said awkwardly, knowing it sounded off, but it at least had the effect of snapping Naruto out of his stupor.

"Not my fault? I hit her! I hit her. Of course it was my fault! She went off to Lee because Lee would never raise a finger against her, yet I-" Naurto was cut off as Sasuke gripped Naruto's chin in his hands, making Naruto look at him. Sasuke let a new wave of anger flow through him upon learning that Sakura had turned to Lee of all people when she had Naruto right there. He let all of his anger seep into his words.

"How many times has Sakura hit you? How many times has she slapped you across the face? Pummeled you into the ground? And how many times have you let her? Every. Single. Time. She does it out of anger, out of frustration. And you do it to protect Seiryuu, one of your important people, and somehow you're the bad guy?" Sasuke asked, his voice venomous and deadly serious.

"She really wouldn’t have hit Seiryuu. It's different," Naruto muttered.

"How?" Sasuke said, still inwardly seething, but trying hard to calm down. He wasn’t mad at Naruto. Naruto didn't need Sasuke to yell at him right now to tell him that if Naruto hadn’t hit Sakura that he or Hinata would have. It didn’t matter if Sakura would have hit Seiryuu or not; the point was she had even raised her hand against Seiryuu after hitting Hinata.

"I've been a bad husband," Naruto said, shuffling his feet against the couch. Sasuke refrained from rolling his eyes, knowing now was not the time for his blatant show of disbelief. "You probably don't know this, but Sakura can't have children," Naruto said. Sasuke merely nodded his head once, obviously very much aware of this piece of information. "When she told me that before we got married, it really didn't matter. I loved her, and I thought that was that. But then, when I see you, Hinata, and the little ones all together, something in me just feels like I need to be a part of it with you. I feel like I'm always butting into your family, and so I asked Sakura if she thought we could adopt, and she got really upset. She's also never liked how much time I hang around you and Hinata. Well, mostly Hinata and the children. I want to be in a family like that of my own. I let her down because it's not her fault that she can't have children, and I rub it in her face all the time by spending more time over here than with her."

"You are a part of this family Naruto," Sasuke murmured, turning his eyes to look into Naruto's eyes.

"It's not the same," Naruto sighed, frustrated.

"They're yours Naruto," Sasuke said quietly.

"What?"

"The children. They're your children Naruto."

"Yeah, I know. I'm like they're third parent the way I hang around them all the time, but-"

"Naruto," Sasuke said, turning in his seat so that he was able to grip Naruto by the shoulder. "The babies are yours. All of them are your children, biologically, you are their father." Sasuke's eyes bored into Naruto's, willing him to understand him and believe him.

"Wh-what? Sasuke, I don't know what you're talking about," Naruto said, standing up and pacing around frantically. Naruto suddenly seemed very angry, and looked hurt and betrayed at Sasuke's comment. "You don't think Hinata and I had an affair do you? Sasuke, I told you that she and I-"

"Naruto!" Sasuke said angrily, willing the blond to understand. "They're yours! I know they're yours! I made sure they were yours because I took your sperm, from your body, and put them inside of Hinata. They're yours because I made them that way!" Sasuke said. Naruto stood back, looking at Sasuke as if he were crazy.

"Sasuke, what the hell are you talking about?" Naruto muttered, backing away from Sasuke slowly, but Sasuke, who was finally telling the truth, was going to make sure Naruto knew the entire truth. Sasuke stood up slowly and began advancing on Naruto. Naruto, seeing the predatory gleam in Sasuke's eyes, stepped backward until his back was up against the wall. "Sasuke what are you-" Naruto breathed, before Sasuke placed his lips on Naruto's, silencing him. Naruto remained motionless under his touch as his eyes widened. Sasuke removed his lips from Naruto's and locked his eyes on Naruto's to stare longingly at him.

"You see?" Sasuke asked, his hand reached up to caress Naruto's face. Naruto froze, as though a deer caught in headlights, "I had to use the Sharingan to put you into a genjutsu so that you didn't know what I was doing," Sasuke explained as he reached his other hand to play with the hem of Naruto’s pants.

"S-sasuke?" Naruto stuttered in utter and complete shock, his eyes wide. His body moved feebly as though trying to push Sasuke off of him, but he was in a state of complete and utter shock to do much.

"I made you orgasm Naruto, and I took your sperm and one of Hinata's eggs, and thus, Tenpi was created. I used a mutational ninjutsu that I stole curtsey of Kabuto's twisted medical knowledge to create three children that are yours and mine. I turned my sperm into eggs, meshed it with your sperm – still as sperm mind you – and then placed those eggs within Hinata. Our biological children are Seiryuu, Muchuu, and Kitsu. The babies are yours Naruto. You belong with this family: Hinata and I, as well as you. We love you Naruto. Hinata has been head over heels for you since before we became genin," Sasuke explained, Naruto's eyes darting back and forth as Sasuke’s hand slipped lower into his pants, utterly bewildered with what was happening to his body, and not quite registering what Sasuke was telling him.

"What?" Naruto asked utterly bewildered.

"You've been my most precious person since our genin days, and I can't even recall when that turned into love. I asked Hinata to marry me because I knew she was as heartbroken as I was when you asked Sakura to marry you. We knew we would never be happy without you in our lives. Hinata would have probably married an older man of her father's choice if I didn't ask her, and I just can't come to want to be with a woman," Sasuke murmured. "Actually, I can't make myself want to be with anyone other than you Naruto," Sasuke said huskily as his lips ghosted over Naruto's neck, caressing his skin. "I used to care about Sakura, but in a friendly way until I saw she didn't appreciate just how wonderful you are. You're everything Naruto. I don't think Sakura ever cared for you the same way Hinata and I do. I couldn't stand the idea of you not being loved so fully."

"But, you and Hinata seem to love each other so much," Naruto said, his voice croaking out, as though trying to find some logic in the situation. "You need to stop. You're cheating," Naruto said, as he gasped. Sasuke’s hand had finally touched him more intimately than he was prepared for. Naruto’s strength seemed to come back to him as he gripped Sasuke's arm. Naruto forcibly pulled Sasuke away from him, glaring darkly. Sasuke realized that he was being too forward with Naruto, so he stepped back as Naruto quickly turned away from him as though nothing had happened. Sasuke knew Naruto was not fully registering what was going on. He was still too emotionally drained from finding Sakura cheating on him.

Sasuke watched Naruto for a moment as he brushed at his clothes as though to rid himself of Sasuke's touch. Naruto even shook his head as if he thought it would make things better. When Naruto didn't speak, Sasuke decided to see if he could convince Naruto of what was really going on.

"We're not cheating. We're married. All four of us are married actually – Hinata, Sakura, you, and me. The wedding ceremony that took place, as well as all of those documents that you signed, they made all four of us legally married to one another," Sasuke explained. Naruto finally seemed to come back to his senses at this revelation. His eyes narrowed, and his fists clenched as anger finally broke through his initial shock.

"So you've been lying and manipulating me – and Sakura – for over two years now? You mean I lost Sakura because of you?" Naruto asked, his voice quiet, but deadly.

"Sakura has always been lost to you because of me," Sasuke said, not trying to sound mean, but trying to state the truth. "She told me herself that she was only with you and not me because she knew that I wanted children. Sakura's been lying to you as well."

"I already knew that!" Naruto said angrily as he shoved Sasuke away from him.

"What?!" Sasuke asked, incredulous.

"But she did fall in love with me eventually! When she told me she loved me, I asked her to marry me the same day," Naruto explained. "Unlike you, she was upfront about her intentions."

"And what good did that do you? She doesn't even trust you! She didn't believe you when you told her that you weren't having an affair with Hinata," Sasuke argued.

"But she was right, wasn't she? The children were mine! She had every right to suspect it!"

"Not in the way she did! You weren’t at fault that you’re the biological father!" Sasuke shouted angrily.

"It doesn’t matter! The little ones are still mine like she thought they were," Naruto said angrily, but his expression suddenly changed. Sasuke watched bemused as Naruto’s own words sank in. Naruto’s eyes darted up to the stairs towards the children’s bedroom. "They're mine," Naruto whispered to himself, as though not quite daring to believe it. Shock had worn off, replaced with wonder at this particular revelation. Sasuke knew of all the terrible things that Naruto didn't want to have had happen, didn't want to see, didn't want to hear on this night, that was the only thing that had brought him joy. "They're mine," Naruto repeated to himself, his voice catching. Glaring at Sasuke, Naruto turned away from him as though Sasuke wasn’t worth his time. The action stung Sasuke, but he wasn’t overly surprised.

Naruto could have been a lot angrier with him than he was. Sasuke had a feeling everything still hadn’t sunk in, but Sasuke wasn’t about to press the matter. He would let Naruto grasp onto the one thing that would make him happy at the moment. Sighing, Sasuke headed up the stairs after Naruto to watch as Naruto finally looked upon them as their father.

Next Chapter: To Truly Love

Sorry for the delay in getting this chapter out. Staying with fellow author lL0tus was a blast, but we got really busy! Concerts, mall trips, trips to the library, lots of videos…ah, what a great time. Oh, and thank you to all who reviewed for Mine. It’s finally over!

Anyway, I’m debating on whether or not to update this fic again before Saturday. If I do, it will probably be on Thursday.

Reviews greatly appreciated! ~ Jelp