The Bad Boy and the Baby

A/N: sorry for the delay.

Mini-rant: (spoiler latest manga chappie 382) Naruto is the destined child? Wow!! I love this!! It made me goose bump all over!! Yay finally Sasuke meets Itachi….was wondering how long they’ll drag it!! But yah I love the manga loads more!! Wheeee!!

Chapter 8:

Naruto smiled as he rolled the strips of raw fish and rice into perfectly made sushi. Sasuke would love these when he got home. Then they’d go out for that movie and he’d be asked to make love…he sighed. He couldn’t wait for his husband to come home. He finished rolling up the last sushi and went to lay the table.

He put on a blue place mat and placed the plate of sushi on it. He put Sasuke’s favourite chopsticks next to it and a cup of green tea. He could feel his husband’s chakra nearing Konoha. He walked to the door and opened it before Sasuke could knock. He smiled and waited for the “Tadaima” that would come, but Sasuke said nothing.

Naruto stepped aside and let him walk in. “Sasuke? Is something wrong?”

Sasuke turned to face him and shook his head. A small smile graced his lips. “No, I was just pissed with the daimyo…Tadaima…”

Naruto still felt uneasy but brushed it off. Sasuke could get like this when he was angry. “Okaerinasai…I made you some sushi…” he hugged Sasuke, breathing in his smell and loving the feel of his husband’s firm chest.

Sasuke hugged the blond back, holding him a bit tighter than normal. He wished he could tell the blond, but he couldn’t. He had a week…he’d think about this later, right now he wanted to feel Naruto…”If you’re ready, we’ll leave right after I finish eating…”

Naruto nodded and went to change into something comfy. Sasuke sat down at the table, eating slowly. No matter how much he wanted to think of something else, the letter was on his mind. What Orochimaru said was true…if he wanted to beat Uchitake then he’d have to get stronger. No matter what he did, he didn’t seem to be nearing the level he had to. And since he’d been with Naruto, he hadn’t been able to focus completely on his goal…what with the sudden pregnancy and Naruto’s chakra surges; he couldn’t do much else, but be back home to spend time with the blond.

Naruto came back in and found Sasuke hadn’t finished eating yet, but seemed to be staring into space. He roused the man. “Sasuke! We have to go and you haven’t even finished eating…we’ll miss the movie.”

Sasuke put down his chopsticks. “I’m sorry, I’m not really hungry Naru…I had some onigiri on the way…”

Naruto bit his lip but then smiled. “It’s okay…I’ll put it in the refrigerator so you can eat it tomorrow…come on!”

They walked out of the apartment and down the street to the theatre. Naruto was jabbering away about his day. “So you don’t mind green and yellow do you, Sasuke?” he waited but the dark haired man seemed lost in his own world. Naruto frowned. “Sasuke? Sasuke!”

Reluctantly Sasuke was jolted out of his thoughts again. He turned to look at Naruto…he blinked a bit. “Huh?”

Naruto glared at him. “I was talking to you, teme…”

Sasuke sighed. “I’m sorry; I’m just feeling a bit off. Tell me, I’ll listen…”

Naruto sighed too. “I met someone new today…his name was Takeshi Ran…he might move close to us…”

Sasuke nodded absently. “I see that’s good. You’ll have some company when I’m out on missions. Unless he goes out on missions himself…?”

“He did seem like a ninja…but I have no idea if he’ll be working for us.” Naruto wondered about that actually. Would this Takeshi-san be taking up missions? It didn’t seem like it…he also wondered what was wrong with Sasuke. Then he shrugged, maybe the dark haired man just needed some space. He cheered up as they went to the movie theatre.

Sasuke couldn’t help but space out. Orochimaru was a Sannin…yeah he’d been exiled from the village, but he was powerful and with power, sasuke could hunt down the murdering bastard who’d killed his family. He would be able to protect Naruto, Itachi and their child. But if he went to Orochimaru…then could he still have Naruto and have this happy life?

Naruto smiled as they came in. The night had gone fairly well. Sasuke still seemed to be brooding about something, but then if he didn’t want to tell Naruto about it, then the blond did not want to intrude. He changed and slipped into bed. Sasuke did not come to bed until a lot later and Naruto found he couldn’t sleep without the Uchiha beside him. He sighed in relief as his husband slipped into bed beside him and snaked an arm around his waist. Yeah…this was so much better.

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Mirai stared into the lake, chucking a few stones in now and then. Itachi had spent the whole day with her yesterday…well almost the whole day, he went off to finish some work in the evening, leaving her be. She remembered what she had seen in the woods.

Sasuke had met a freaky looking man with too many arms. Mirai couldn’t tell what they were talking about but she’d seen Sasuke’s face after their conversation. She had never seen the former Uchiha look so lost and confused. She could only hope that whatever happened would not affect Naruto much.

Strange enough she turned to see Sasuke wander in and masked her chakra at once. She shimmied up a tree, certain that the raven couldn’t see her. She watched him for a while, but he seemed to do nothing but ponder. Finally he went off again and this time she hoped he would head to Naruto…jumping off her branch she was about to walk into town when she stopped, sensing a presence behind her.

She frowned. “Kisame…”

The blue shark man who stood in the shadows grinned. Trust Mirai to know it was him even when he’d hidden himself so well. “Mirai-dono…”

“What is it? I don’t think I want to waste time seeing your face! Hurry up…”

“Leader…”

“He wants Naruto, doesn’t he? Tell him my answer remains the same. And tell him to leave Uchiha Itachi alone.” She poofed out of there as fast as she could. Poofing into an alley in the marketplace, she made sure her clothes didn’t look too soiled by her ninja activity and made her way out.

She stopped to buy some takoyaki, when she tensed slightly. And sure enough there was a deep voice beside her. “Hanamichi-san! How nice to see you here, have you ordered or can I take you to lunch?”

She sighed. “Uchiha-san. Let me make this clear, I am not in the least interested in getting to know you better. And you’re a conceited bastard if you think I’m interested.”

Itachi smiled at her. “So did you order or should I take you lunch?”

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Naruto waved goodbye as Sasuke disappeared to the Hokage’s office. Sasuke hadn’t been eating properly in the last two days. Naruto sat down and took a sip of tea. He wondered if he should meet Mirai anytime soon…she’d most likely kill him for leaving her with Itachi. But Naruto had thought that the poor guy should be given a chance.

A knock on the door sounded. He opened and came face to face with the newcomer, Takeshi Ran. He smiled and invited the beautiful man in. “so you did get an apartment here I see!”

Uchitake, or rather Takeshi-san, smiled. This had been easier than he thought and Naruto was so trusting. “Two floor above you, Uzumaki-san. I hope you don’t mind me dropping by to say hello? My neighbours aren’t exactly very welcoming so I don’t really have anyone to talk to.”

Naruto nodded. “I understand perfectly. Since it’s he more affluent side of the city, they don’t really interact except at parties. They do talk to me sometimes, but that’s only because I’m the Hokage's son. So what are you going to do here, Takeshi-san?”

“Well, I don’t really know. I’m a jack of all trades you could say…I paint, write, do carpentry…lots of stuff. I needed a break and Konoha seems like a very nice place.” Takeshi smiled as he took the tea from Naruto.

“Well, forgive me if I’m prying but you seem to be a ninja. So what exactly are you doing here?” Naruto looked at him with narrowed eyes wondering if he was a spy.

“Well I was a ninja, but that was a few years ago. I lost my girlfriend in a battle and had a breakdown. So I haven’t done any ‘ninja’ stuff in ages. I certainly will not be taking any missions…” Uchitake said. He realised that Naruto wasn’t as dumb as he acted or looked.

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” Naruto sipped the tea and Uchitake could see him trying to figure out what to say next.

“So what do you do, Uzumaki-sa…” he trailed off when Naruto’s cup fell to the floor. He jumped to his feet as the blond doubled over. “Uzumaki-san, what’s wrong?”

Naruto clutched at his stomach frantically, he had to get to the bathroom. He tried to tell Takeshi-san, but he turned away just in time to throw up all over the floor. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead and he couldn’t help but cry out in pain. Once again Takeshi-san rubbed his back. The man kept whispering comforting words like “it’ll be okay…” “Please hold on a little more…”

Finally the pain abated and he let his head fall onto the cool floor. Taking a few minutes to pull himself together, he opened his eyes to see his guest cleaning up the puke on the floor. Naruto hurriedly pulled himself up feeling a little dizzy. “Takeshi-san! Please don’t bother! I’m so sorry about this!”

The brunette took no notice and proceeded to clean the whole place up. Then he wet a cloth and wiped up Naruto’s face, before helping him get to the bathroom. He waited outside until Naruto cleaned up and by the time the blond returned it seemed like his strength was back.

Uchitake sat on the couch and watched as Naruto sat down as well, looking tired but relieved. “Uzumaki-san, why does that keep happening? What is that flare of chakra?”

Naruto thought of a way to get out of answering the question but found none. And he wasn’t ashamed of any of this, so he didn’t see why he had to hide it. “Takeshi-san, I’m the Kyuubi holder. Due to that, I have the ability to reproduce and right now I am with child. Those flares are how my child feeds, since I am a man and do not have the necessary organs yet…”

Uchitake looked stunned, before he could control his emotions. He’d heard that Sasuke had married a man who could give birth but he had no idea Naruto was pregnant. Inside he smiled, this gave him so much more to take away from Sasuke…if he killed Naruto once his plan was in motion, he would be killing the Uchiha heir as well. But for now, he would get along with Naruto…the boy seemed interesting and maybe when it came down to it, he wouldn’t feel like killing him…he smiled at Naruto…yes he could wait a while indeed.

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Sasuke wondered what to do…could he really concentrate on his goal if he went to Orochimaru? Was there some way he could do so without leaving Naruto and having all of Konoha coming down on him as a missing nin? He had to find a way, a week had gone past and he’d been pondering the problem pretty hard…

You’re actually considering this? That was his conscience which hadn’t learnt to lay low for the past week no matter how many times he’d snapped at it.

‘Yes I am…I can’t not consider it! The bastard could kill Naruto and Itachi…the baby…I have to take him down!’

You’re just using that as an excuse aren’t you? You only want to avenge your parents and take him down…kill him for what he told you…

‘What he told me, has nothing to do with this…If I go it’ll be to protect my family!’

You just think Naruto will hold you back don’t you? You told him you loved him! You do love him!

‘I do love him, but he does hold me back! Tell me how am I supposed to defeat that bastard all by myself? I don’t even know how much stronger he’s become…’

Ask Naruto to help you. Once the child is born, you both can protect it. Naruto’s strong too…

‘No. Naruto is taking no part in this…’

That’s your pride speaking. You just don’t want to open up or ask for help!!

‘Shut up!! I have to make a decision and I have to make it now…’

Sasuke stood up and made sure no one was watching. He poofed continually until he reached the border of fire country. Then he began making his way to the woods. Taking the same path he had when he had met Kidoumaru, he kept an eye out for any of his former team mates. It took him a while before he finally heard a sound.

Going further he saw Tayuya standing at a clearing a little way ahead. She gazed at him a little coldly, but with a tinge of superiority in her brown eyes. She tilted her head in a ‘follow me’ gesture before turning around to walk away. Sasuke followed her; he couldn’t help feeling guilty when he remembered the way they’d disbanded. But then again, Uchiha's never apologised and whether he’d taken the Uzumaki name or not, he was an Uchiha to the core. He climbed up at tree that he had started up and found a trap door when he got to the top. He slid down it and came to a flight of stairs.

Once down the stairs he found himself in a vast underground city, which still seemed to be under construction. He could see people still building here and there. Tayuya led him to a large mansion like structure; the massive gates opened only after she touched them with her chakra and when they went in, Sasuke saw many rooms all over. It was like a beehive, though a dreary one. People of all shapes and sizes, some mutated and some normal hurried around, scurrying to finish any work they had. To the raven it seemed more organised and powerful than the lazy Konoha ever could.

Finally Tayuya led him onto the third floor, to a huge door. When it opened, Sasuke saw a long empty room. It was bare except for the metal cuffs hanging off the wall. A throne like chair was placed in the centre and a slight depression in the ground in front of it which could only be a trapdoor or one of those hidden tables. On the throne sat the palest man Sasuke had ever seen. Long black hair fell over his face like silk and slit pupil-ed gold eyes watched him. What really hit the former Uchiha was the malevolence and power in the air around the man. The man grinned, his eyes raking over Sasuke’s body.

“Uchiha Sasuke…or do you want to be called Uzumaki now?” the man laughed. “I am Orochimaru. How may I help you?” he directed a look at Tayuya which sent her running for the door. Once she shut it, Sasuke let himself look at the man who had stood up.

“Uchitake…you said you knew something about Uchitake.” Sasuke tried to will the desperation that slipped into his voice away. He watched as Orochimaru seemed to slither a bit towards him, but the pale man kept some sort of distance for now.

Before Sasuke knew what was happening, the man had attacked with a kick that sent him flying towards the wall. Orochimaru clicked his tongue. “A good ninja would have seen that coming Sasuke-kun…but at your level I’m not surprised…”

He attacked the raven again and again. Kicks and punches flying everywhere. Orochimaru stuck only to taijutsu, like he was trying to prove to the Uchiha how weak he was. Sasuke fought back as best as he could, but Orochimaru’s taijutsu was far superior to his. He blocked the kick aimed at him and moved to swing a punch, but Orochimaru stopped it. Sasuke tried again and again until he found himself lying against the wall once more.

Orochimaru threw back his head and laughed. “Sasuke-kun…you could never beat Uchitake at this level. He’d kill you and your family over again! You’ve become soft…I can see how Konoha has affected you. You’ve been distracted by that sweet little husband of yours haven’t you? A disgrace to the Uchiha name. Maybe if you told Itachi about Uchitake, he’d stand a better chance…”

Sasuke grit his teeth. “Tell me everything you know about Uchitake…” he watched Orochimaru’s silent smiling face for a while. “What do you want from me?’

Orochimaru licked his lips. “Many things, Sasuke-kun…but let me put my deal before you. I’ll teach you and help you with Uchitake…of course I don’t expect you to leave your family…you’ll just come here and train during the day on the pretext of a mission. You’ll finally get to kill him with your bare hands…but…” Orochimaru smirked at him. “I want you…all of you.”

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the last sentence, though he had an inkling of what was to come. Orochimaru came closer and let his fingers trace the younger man’s jaw line. “If you get what I mean, Uzumaki Sasuke-kun…”

Sasuke mulled over it for a while. He shut the door on the part of his mind that was screaming for him to refuse. If he gave himself to Orochimaru…then he’d beat Uchitake. It might be a betrayal of Konoha, but he’d get his revenge and Naruto would be safe. Naruto need never know…he let Orochimaru kiss him and cup his face…pulling away he looked at the man. “It’s Uchiha Sasuke here…and I accept.”

Better to be Uchiha the avenger than Uzumaki the lover….

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A/N: oh my god! Finally, it’s out. I’ve worked on this chapter since forever. But since I am dating a boy who as much of a bastard as Yuki (gravitation) I have been going through an emotional rollercoaster!! So really sorry! And I’ve had about ten choir performances one after the other, along with fests and exams!! So forgive me people. I will be trying to complete most of my stories and get to work on them, but it will be a bit slow. Merry Christmas and happy New Year incase I don’t write for you before then!!

Taka

P.S: I have the plot charted out and more reviews make me update faster. Now things are going to get moving. By the way guess who Mirai really is and you’ll get the next chappie dedicated to you. Ja na

Itachi: she made chocolate cake with her new boyfriend (though it’s been five months with him and I want to hurt him for taking her away from me) so here it is!!

Taka: Itachi is still mine mine mine mine…in my world at least!