Why Orange?

Hello everyone! I decided to update today cause of chapter 353 of the manga. Itachi in the rain anyone?(drools)

{Itachi}: I was wearing the cloak.

{T.W.}: Doesn't matter, cloak or no cloak rain increases your smexxiness exponentially.

{Sai}: Very true, the shower works quite well also.

{T.W.}:(stifles nosebleed)Oh what a lovely mental picture. Now I'm actually replying to a couple of my reviewers today, First up is dana: I was tempted, truly tempted to keep hineymoon but decided to save it for another fic. My special guest is gonna show up in a more 3-some capacity in my ending author note and the reason he isn't on my list is cause Kishimoto hasn't shown him with a humanoid form yet.

Second up is brokennaru: I tried to reply to you via e-mail but I got a little notice saying that they couldn't find your e-addy, could you please double check it and make sure that it's accurate?

Third is StarAWings: I want to put you on my alert list but for some reason AFF is hiding the E-mail Addresses, could you please tell me what your e-addy is in a review?

Well that covers the replys that I'm doing via fic. Oh just so ya'll know I'm going to start deleteing some of the earlier reviews to make it easier to remember which ones I've replyed to, I've got 400 reviews as of today.

{Itachi}: What guest were you refering to?

{T.W.}: Want me to call him?

{Sai}: Why not

{T.W.}: (makes phone call) Hey you wanna pop over to molest Sai and be molested by Itachi? As long as they can last. You will? Thanks see you soon(hangs up and looks at the guys) He's on his way.

{Itachi}: (glares) Who is it?!

{T.W.}: Not saying(ducks behind Sai as Itachi goes into broody mode)
Okay onto chapter explaination, this is when we get to find out the number and gender of Naruto and Sasuke's offspring. Just so you people know I've never had an ultrasound so I don't know a thing about the procedure. I hope you'll forgive any goofs. Now on to the fic.

'thoughts'

Chapter 34 I'm Having What?
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Naruto narrowed his eyes at the stack of scrolls before rearranging them for the twelfth time, "It just doesn't look quite right."

Sasuke nearly groaned; Naruto had been doing this for two weeks, arranging and rearranging every little thing in the mansion and Sasuke had to move whatever was too heavy for a pregnant person. Tsunade insisted that it was normal, that Naruto was just nesting but Sasuke had his doubts. Was insisting on changing everything about the living room, from the position of the furniture to the color of the lamp shades, normal nesting behavior? It, along with the small mood swings, were driving him nuts.

He watched Naruto move one scroll away then, put it back at a slightly different angle. Before the blond could voice his dissatisfaction with that new arrangement, Sasuke embraced him from behind, "We need to get going. You don't want to be late for the appointment right?"

That successfully distracted Naruto, today was when he was going to have his first ultrasound. The blond had been loking forward to it ever since he'd felt the first little bird flutters of the baby's movements four weeks ago.

Naruto's slight bulge had grown considerably in the past eight weeks. Occasionally Sasuke caught himself eyeing it and thinking that there was no way that one normal little baby could be that big already. Naruto tapped the brunette on the shoulder, "Come on teme let's go!"

Sasuke smiled at his husband's impatience and let the blond drag him outside.

Halfway to the hospital they were spotted by Kiba, who was out with Hinata, Ino, and Shino. He waved at them, "Hey Uchiha! That a whale dragging you around?"

Naruto chuckled, "Hey dog-breath, I'm only the size of an elephant not a whale."

"So what? They're both huge."

Hinata and Ino started scolding Kiba while Naruto and Sasuke continued on their way. Sasuke was still surprised that Naruto didn't get angry when someone mentioned his increased girth. The first time someone(Kiba) had called the blond fat, Sasuke had flinched because he'd heard horror stories about pregnant women nearly castrating an man who called them fat. But Naruto had just laughed and said that he was going to get fatter. He seemed to find that fact delightful, which confused the hell out of Sasuke.

They arrived at the hospital and were ushered into an examination room, where Tsunade, Shizune, and Sakura were waiting. Naruto grinned at them, "Hey ladies. Ne Shizune-chan how's that lazy-ass fiancee of yours?"

Shizune blushed and fiddled with the simple diamond engagement ring Shikamaru had given her on Valentine's Day, "Shika's fine Naruto-kun."

Tsunade handed Naruto a hospital gown, "Alright Naruto, you know the drill. You can keep your underwear on this time though."

Naruto held the gown with two fingers and grimaced at the material while he went to change into it.

The Godaime looked at Sasuke, "How's he been doing?"

"He's been fine, redecorating like mad, but fine."

She chuckled, "Have you had anymore food crises?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes at her refrence of a few weeks ago when Naruto had discovered that the smell of Ichiraku's ramen made him sick. The way he'd carried on you'd have thought the world was ending. Sasuke had tried to calm him down but had been failing miserably so the brunette had called Tsunade for help. She'd come over and explained to Naruto that as soon as the preganancy was over he'd be able to eat at Ichiraku's again.

"No, he doesn't even have any revolting food cravings."

"What is craving mostly?"

"Popcorn."

"Popcorn?"

"Hn. Plain popcorn, no salt, no butter, just popcorn."

"Well that's..."

Sakura spoke up, "Boring. That's boring. You'd think that Naruto would crave something more outrageous."

Shizune chuckled, "Well it is Naruto-kun, he's the most unpredictable ninja there is. An outrageous craving would be too predictable so it makes sense that his craving is boring."

Naruto walked out of the bathroom, "I could hear you guys you know."

Sakura blushed a bit while Shizune and Tsunade chuckled.

"Okay brat, haul your heavy ass up on the bed."

"Bossy Baa-chan. How does ero-sennin take being married to you?"

The Hokage muttered and scowled at him as he sat on the bed and Sasuke stationed himself by Naruto's side.

"I improve that old pervert," she took out the stethescope.

"So he's been staying out of the women's onsen?"

She rolled her eyes, "Neither hell, highwater, nor marrage can keep him away from the onsen."

Naruto chuckled as she listened to his heartbeat.

"I see your breasts have developed."

He blushed at the mention of the two mounds that had appeared on his chest. They were small, but they made him uncomfortable, "Shut up about that Baa-chan."

"One thing before I do, I want Sakura to take you shopping for maternity bras tomorrow."

"Baa-chaaaaaan!"

She looked him square in the eye, "It's necessary Naruto."

He turned redder than a boiled lobster but muttered his consent.

Tsunade finished her usual examination then turned on the ultrasound machine and made sure that everything was working right, "Okay lie back now."

He settled back against the hospital bed, his hand held in Sasuke's, the brunette's free arm around his shoulders. Tsunade grabbed a tube of some kind of gelly, "I'm going to lift the gown up and squirt some of this on your stomache, it'll feel cold at first."

He flinched when the cold gel touched his belly but he relaxed as Tsunade set the transducer probe in the gell and started moving it around to get the best image.

She paused and studied the moniter and her eyes widened at what she saw.

"Baa-chan is something wrong?"

She glanced at Naruto and saw the worried expression on his face, "No, nothing's wrong," she looked at Shizune, "Come take the probe so I can point out everything to Naruto."

Shizune, who was standing behind the moniter and couldn't see the image was confused by the mischevious glint in Tsunade's eyes. She went over, took control of the probe, and looked at the moniter to reposition it. She smiled as she saw what Tsunade had.

Naruto and Sasuke were getting worried as Tsunade walked over to the moniter.

"Okay see right here? That's a head and those are the shoulders, and over here is a head, and down here is another head."

Naruto frowned, "Huh?"

Tsunade smiled, "Congratulations mommy, you're having triplets."

Naruto's jaw dropped, "Three? I'm having three babies?"

"That's right."

He stared at the moniter, picking out the shapes that Tsunade had pointed out, "Three, Sasuke we're gonna have three!"

Sasuke laid his head on Naruto's shoulder and started laughing, "I thought you looked too big for one baby."

He raised his head and damp black eyes collided with happily stunned blue, and Sasuke kissed Naruto tenderly, making the three women in the room smile.

They broke the kiss and turned back to the moniter. Naruto looked to Tsunade, "Ne Baa-chan, can you tell if they're boys or girls?"

She chuckled at the excitement in his eyes, "Yes, this one right here is a boy, right next to him is a little girl, and the one over here is another boy," and she proceded to point out the differences in the two genders in detail.

"Whoa, whoa Baa-chan, way too much information."

She fell silent and let the two parents watch the moniter. Naruto squeezed Sasuke's hand, "Look teme, look at our babies."

Sasuke looked from the monitor, to Naruto's face, to the blond's belly, back to his face, and whispered, "Kami-sama they're a miracle, you're a miracle and you're all mine."

Naruto chuckled, "Yes we are."
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Naruto was curled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn, reading a book about baby care when he heard a knock at the door. He set the book aside and went to answer it. A chill went down his spine when he saw Sakura standing there with Ino, Hinata, and Shizune.

"Er what's up?"

The women smiled and bustled inside, Sakura catching Naruto's arm and tugging him to the kitchen. She nudged him towards a chair, telling him to sit and started making tea.

"Since I'm taking you shopping tomorrow, I figured that it would be a perfect opportunity to get you registered for the baby shower. So we're here to make a list of what you'll need for the babies and what style and colors you want the stuff in."

Naruto gaped at his teammate, "What baby shower?"

The pink haired woman looked at him in surprise then, realized that they'd never told him that they were throwing him a baby shower. Before Sakura could explain, Hinata beat her to it, using a great deal more tact than the pinkette would have. Naruto sighed and decided that it would be a hell of a lot less stressful to go along with them than to complain.

"Alright but Ino?"

"Yes?"

"Could you please get my popcorn from the living room? I was relaxing with a book before you guys showed up unexpectedly."

All four of them winced at his pointed reprimand for showing up without warning and Ino scurried to get the popcorn.
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Sasuke came home and went into the kitchen with a raised eyebrow when he heard Sakura's screeched, "What do you mean you haven't picked a room for the nursery yet!"

He took in the shocked faces of Ino, Sakura, and Shizune, the comforting sympathy Hinata was trying to give Naruto, and Naruto's stredded expression.

"Do not yell at him like that Sakura."

Naruto looked at Sasuke, relief filling his eyes as the brunette shot a hostile glare at Sakura. The pinkette blanched and muttered an apology. Sasuke put the popcorn he'd bought up then turned to face the women, "What are you doing here?"

Sakura explained about the baby shower and Sasuke folded his arms, "And this discussion couldn't take place in a more comfortable location for Naruto like, oh say, the living room?"

"Wha?"

The Uchiha directed Sakura's attention towards Hinata, who was rubbing Naruto's back.

"He can't sit in the kitchen chairs for very long because they don't offer good back support. You should all know that since you're all medic-nins."

Ino, Sakura, and Shizune flinched as Sasuke walked past them to pick Naruto up. The blond murmered into the avenger's ear, "Hinata-chan tried to tell them but, well you know how Sakura and Ino get when they're excited."

Sasuke met Hinata's eyes and nodded his thanks before walking out of the room carrying Naruto. He paused at the base of the stairs and looked over his shoulder at the four women, "You're done for today. Naruto needs to rest, I'm sure you can see yourselves out."

He ignored the scurrying footsteps as he carried Naruto up the stairs.

"You don't need to carry me, I can walk teme."

"I want to carry you, indulge me."

"Now, why should I do th-," Naruto's sentence was interrupted by a jaw-cracking yawn, "-at."

Sasuke chuckled, "Because you're tired."

Naruto decided to go with it and nuzzled his face against Sasuke's throat, "Fine just this once, don't expect it to become a habit."

Sasuke smiled, "Hn."

By the time the Uchiha reached the bedroom, Naruto was out cold.
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Yay! There's another chapter!

{Kyuubi}: Interesting as chapters go.

{T.W.}: Kyuubi!(huggles Kyu) It's so good to see you, the guys are over there(waves towards Itachi and Sai and lets go of Kyu)

{Kyuubi}:(purrs and walks over to Itachi and Sai) Hello Itachi, Sai.

{Itachi}: (raises an eyebrow) You're the special guest?

{Sai}:(slightly jealous)I'm not entirely sure about this.

{Kyuubi}:(licks at Sai's neck while running a finger down Itachi's chest) Really? Do you want me to leave?(nibbles at Sai's ear)

{Sai}:(shivers)On second thought this could be fun.

{Itachi}:(grabs Kyuubi's head and frenches him while slipping a hand in Sai's pants)

{T.W.}:(grabs tissues, a drool rag, and a camera)This. Is. Scorching. HOT!(snaps pictures) I'll see you wonderful readers later, please review? Ja ne!