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49: Lee bears fruit - Sakura gives birth

A party seemed like a wonderful idea.
Even Tsunade wanted to see the festivities that Gai had planned and promised she and Jiraiya would attend.
Gai was well liked around the village and most everyone was interested in celebrating the Uchiha prodigy’s return to the Leaf and his sanity.
The only place large enough for that kind of party was the abandoned Uchiha estate. Sasuke currently held the ownership of the place and he relinquished it to the green beast provided the debris was cleaned up after the party.
Gai agreed enthusiastically and consigned Lee, Shino and Kiba to help him prepare the place for the big day.
Two weeks of preparations and on the day of the party Naruto came home to find his lover staring at a large plate of cookies and growling menacingly.
“Sasuke-hime, are you alright?” he asked and the Uchiha turned and looked at him oddly.
“Well, um yeah. Naruto, I think I need to see Tsunade. I just ate one of these and I feel like I’m going to throw up. She made them, and I wanted to make sure she didn’t put something into . . . . .” and she stopped speaking as she passed out in Naruto’s arms.
“Sasuke!” the blond screamed bringing Itachi, Aoi, Suzumebachi and Ibiki from the other room where they were talking about the mission the other’s had just come home from.
Itachi stared at his brother in shock as Naruto hefted her off the floor and headed toward the door.
“Watch the boys, I’m taking him to the Hokage.” Naruto said as he left the room and sped through town.

At the same time across the Village, Sakura and Lee were just sitting down to dinner, when the strawberry haired girl suddenly winced.
“Sakura, is there something wrong?” Lee said, as he watched her rubbing her extended belly with a look of petulance on her face.
Your child is trying to tell me something. And if it weren’t always moving around like this, I might be surprised but, OH!” she suddenly lurched forward. “That was not just a baby jump. Lee-kun, I think we should skip dinner tonight. Take me to the hospital.” She said and Lee just stared at her wide-eyed.
Hinata on the other hand, was wishing that her baby was ready to be born.
She was never a large woman and the weight of the child was nearly killing her back.
She sat on the most comfortable chair in their apartment and stared down at her knees or what little of them she could see around her girth.
“I’d bet my ankles are swelling, but I have no way to confirm it.” She groused as Kiba came in from the kitchen carrying a tray of soup and some grilled fish.
Hinata smiled at her husband and accepted his offering.
“I just thought you might be too tired to cook tonight, so I made you this. I hope you like it.” He said as he pushed Akamaru away from the plates.
And in yet another household in Konoha, Kurenai was waddling down the hall to check on Kouyou as Konohamaru came home from his day of training.
“Um, Kurenai, are you alright. You don’t look so good.” The teen said as she turned to look his way.
“Just wait until your wife is eight months pregnant and see how she looks. I’m fine Konohamaru, I just need to see what Kouyou is into before I can sit down for a while.”
“I have a better idea. I was going to Moegi’s for dinner tonight and I know you and Dad wanted to go to that party, so why don’t I take Kouyou with me and I can sit for him at Moegi’s house?” the teen suggested. “I don’t spend enough time with my little brother, you know?” he added.
“And girls like babies, right?” Kurenai added. Konohamaru blushed and nodded slowly. “As long as you watch him and not just play house with Moegi. Do you want me to pack you a bag?” she asked.
“Nah, just go take a nap or something. I’ll take care of everything.”
Kurenai smiled at her step-son as he headed down the hall to the nursery to get his two-year-old brother and go play at his girlfriend’s house.
“He’s growing up, Sandaime. You would be very proud of your grandson.” She said to the empty room.
And now our travels take us to another leaf household, as a recently married couple settle down for a snuggle before dinner.
Kaori leaned her head against Ebisu’s shoulder after removing the dark glasses the elite tutor insisted on wearing. She loved the beautiful dark navy color of them and knew it was from his family background and that to Kaori was something to share not something to hide. But the man wanted to be known for his own skills not that of his cousin.
He had even gone so far as to permanently die his hair and taken to wearing the head covering type of Hitae-ita.
“I heard that your former student is going to be promoted soon.” Kaori asked as she nuzzled close.
“Mmm, do you mean that rumor that Naruto is to become ANBU. I have no information of the sort. Do not try to make me share such things, Kao-chan. You know I am not allowed. ANBU is a secret organization, and if he is to join it will not be readily shared with the village. Imagine their anger if the Kyuubi vessel were given the rights to kill as often as they are required. It is best such things are not mentioned. Now, how are you feeling, my wife?”
“Oh, don’t worry about me, Koi. I am only in my first trimester. It will be awhile before I would feel the strain of this child.” Kaori assured her man.
“But we are not so young anymore. I know this is considered a difficult pregnancy. I heard what Tsunade told you.” Ebisu said as he ran his fingers through her long brown hair. She knew how much he loved to do this and so took it down whenever she was off duty at the hospital.
“I am only thirty-seven Koi, the same as you. Don’t make me out to be near death. You and I will be fine and no getting sympathy pains, either. You have had enough of hospitals for a while now, all right?” she said, no longer as patient with his hypochondria as she had been when they had first met.
“Yes, my love. I plan to let you have all the attention for this illness, and I will just go out and get injured on my next mission following the child’s birth. Would that be better?” he said joking about his own failings as he had learned to do in her presence.
Kaori was not fooled.
“No, I think it would be better if you stayed here and took on that other tutoring job, nice and safe. And the child has no talent so you won’t get hurt while he learns difficult Jutsu’s.” she said and he smiled wanly at her suggestion.
The boy Shintou, son of Saragaku Tsuzumi and Otoho, was completely without skills and was failing in Tenten’s class at the academy. The man had contacted him hoping that personal tutoring would help his son graduate and become a great ninja, like his father.
Ebisu was doubtful that it would happen.
The woman had spoiled the boy and now he was a lazy child of 8 and even Tenten was giving up hope for his future.
That said enough for the tutor. He trusted the word of the teacher on her own students, and yet if it made Kaori happy.
“I’ll talk to Saragaku-san in the morning.” He said, “Let’s go out to eat tonight. I don’t want you to have to cook for me. How about some dumplings, I know you love them?” he suggested receiving an enthusiastic response from his wife.

Naruto sat outside of the room as Sasuke was under the care of both Tsunade and Shizune. He stood and paced, turned and kicked a coffee machine. He couldn’t relax and his mind was also in motion.
He had managed to get through so many things in his life and couldn’t believe that this would be the one thing that would upset him so deeply.
Well, he was in love with Sasuke and their child was in danger, and that said volumes about why he was so upset, but really he was an experienced ninja, for crying out loud.
This line of reasoning, though fully sound in his mind, was not helping.
On top of that he had been here when Lee had brought in Sakura and they had now disappeared into the void of the delivery area of the hospital, hopefully about to see a very healthy baby with bushy eyebrows and a wide forehead.
He wanted to be happy for them, and he should be. He had two beautiful sons, and Sasuke would be fine.
But this baby, what was it that made this child so important to him?
His mind returned to a long forgotten memory and as he played it back in his head, he sighed at the nostalgia and remorse it brought on its shoulders.


The mission was to retrieve and destroy a document from the stone ninja that had stolen it from the rice country.
Naruto was paired up again, with two long time acquaintances.
Kamizuki Izumo and Hagane Kotetsu.
He had always gotten along with the pair, and knew the dynamics of their relationship, even though they were careful of their secret around the village.
Naruto smirked when he remembered the way he had found out, and one of his companions caught the look.
“No dirty thoughts until you get back from the mission. Is Kyuubi in heat or something?” Izumo said as he caught up with the racing blond.
“No. I was just thinking about you two in that broom closet.” Naruto answered, as he looked up at the leaves above them.
Kotetsu heard from behind and cleared his throat even as Izumo blushed furiously and turned to give him a stern look.
“Don’t encourage him. Now, look Naruto. You are just too young to be attempting blackmail, so don’t even start. Forget what you saw and we can just get this mission over with.” The man said as he turned that stern one-eyed glare on the recalcitrant blond.
“I am fully seventeen years old, and I think that blackmail is a good lesson for me to undergo. After all, Jiraiya used it on several occasions. Now, as for what I want in return for my silence . . . . ?” the younger ninja said.
“You really know how to put ideas into someone’s head, Izumo. Don’t tell him what to ask for too, all right?” Kotetsu said.
“I got it. Calm down. Naruto, really, you don’t want to do this. We have to concentrate on the mission.” The older ninja said, landing on a large branch and halting Naruto and Kotetsu with him.
“You are so right, Kamizuki-san. I will concentrate on the mission and then, after we have the document destroyed, we can come back to this whole thing.” Naruto said, before jumping to the next branch to resume his travels.
Kotetsu eyed his lover warily before following the blond.

It only took three days to catch up to the missing ninja and once Naruto, in his guise of a female tea room waitress had managed to cuddle close enough to snatch the paper and hide it in the folds of her kimono, they moved out of the area quickly.
The document was specially constructed to avoid damage and it took all three combining their chakra to do the task and not before the enraged ninja caught up with them.
Three days later they had finally lost him and were now headed home.
The talk was light and friendly between them and Izumo almost hoped that Naruto had forgotten his threat or had only been joking about it in the first place.
Four days out of the Fire Country, they had set up camp and were sitting around the fire when the blond shocked the others.
“I’ve never had a threesome, before.” He stated blandly, watching the stars wink into view and chewing on a piece of grass.
Izumo choked on his tea and this made Kotetsu bark a laugh.
Naruto didn’t even turn their way as he continued. “I just can’t decide if I want to be me or do my jutsu for this one. What do you think?” he asked.
Izumo was silent and Kotetsu too busy laughing at the look on his lover’s face to answer, so the blond continued. “I mean, are you two completely gay, or did you just fall for each other. Cause I don’t understand the first one, but I can believe the second.”
“We just fell for each other. I have dated women and so has Kotetsu.” Izumo said, finally gaining his voice.
“Yeah, I understand that. But, would you prefer a three way with another guy or with a girl?” he asked.
Izumo blushed furiously and so his lover came to his rescue.
“You do realized he has us, right? Naruto, if you are going to press this, I happen to like you just the way you are. Hell, if you were older and I wasn’t already with Zumo, I kinda think I might have contacted you myself. I already know how you have gone through most of the eligible Chuunin in the village, one way or another.” Kotetsu said, nudging his partner with his foot from his side of the fire.
Naruto looked up and smiled a wicked way. “Yeah, you were both on my to-do list, but now that I have the chance, I can take care of both of you in one day, huh?” he joked.
“Gods, you two are both sluts.” Izumo said, but there was little force behind his words.

As he worked through the memory, Naruto was aware of the arrival of Guy and the sound of a small baby in the background.
Sakura had given birth to a beautiful baby boy and named him Aisoku.
Naruto was among the group that praised the child and cooed at his handsome features.
He had normal eyebrows and Lee’s dark hair, but the tiny face was completely Sakura and for that the village was thrilled.
He was loud and wiggled a lot and they knew that enough of Lee’s nature had managed to fill the child that the Fire Country was in for a rough go of it.


Had to change the title, cause the arrival of Suetanomoshi isn't here yet. So wait, patiently and that will come.


Marielle – Yes, you are crazy, and we wouldn’t have you any other way.
The threesome concludes in the next chapter. Sasuke is fine, don’t start!!!

Vashta – Again, the threesome is a two-parter. I had to add some stuff and it got too long. Did you guess the others involved? I didn’t expect you would. They are so cute and I know Naruto is underage, but he’s an old seventeen. Nearly an adult, and who am I to judge. At least I’m not having Kakashi bonk a twelve-year old Sasuke like some of the stories I’ve read here. I’m glad you’re liking my Vandread story, it is finally getting some meat on its bones, too.


Next Chapter: Suetanomoshii - A Promising Future


If anyone is interested in a little teaser of what my novel is about, read my new story in the original section. It is called Above My Love and features some characters that will eventually be in one of the sequels. I may even publish it one day under a short story genre.