The Prophecy Of Nine

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Chapter Nine

Three months later, as soon as the sun descended, and the carpathains woke up, Naruto and his friends were found hunched over the toilet. It seemed that well, not morning but ‘night’ sickness had begun. Sasuke hovered by his mate, wincing. He had never been around a pregnant person before and he had no idea how to handle it.

When Naruto had finished being sick, he pulled the flush and washed his mouth out. He glared at Sasuke as he passed his mate and went to lie down. Naruto felt that this was Sasuke’s fault for getting him pregnant, so he wasn’t going to talk to his mate.

Sasuke frowned at Naruto’s behaviour, wondering what he had done. He paused feeling uncertain before, he tentatively walked over to his lover, but stopped at the fierce glare once again aimed at him.

“Naruto, what have I done?” He asked.

“Go away and leave me alone.” Naruto snapped and closed his eyes.

Sasuke stood for a moment, before leaving the bedroom and making his way down the stairs, he had to go out and feed anyway. He sighed, and found his companions all stood in the front room, all with frowns on their faces.

Kakashi looked up as he felt Sasuke’s presence. “Is Naruto annoyed with you too?”

Sasuke nodded. “I don’t understand why. I haven’t done anything.”

The others nodded. “Maybe we should get Tsunade-sama to come here. I want her to examine Iruka, so maybe she will be able to help us.”

“Good idea. I’m going out to feed.” Sasuke replied, heading to the door.

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When Sasuke returned he paused and felt for Naruto’s presence, which was in the kitchen with his friends. They were sat at the table looking miserable. Naruto turned and smiled, jumping up and into his mate’s arms. His emotions were going haywire, but he knew it as because he was pregnant. Even though he was now carpathain and didn’t need to eat, he still had cravings, but Kyuubi said it was natural, since he was still half-demon.

“Sasuke-chan.” He purred. He looked up and with his best puppy dog eyes, made eye-contact with the man.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, not sure whether he was going to like what his mate had to say. And he didn’t like being called Sasuke-chan, but would not tell Naruto that. “What?”

“Can you go to the store and get me some ice-cream?”

Sasuke frowned. “Bu-” He stopped when Naruto’s eyes flashed red. He finally looked up and realised his friends were back and were all looking at him, looking as confused as him. He guessed they had all been asked to get their mates something. Looking back down at Naruto, he nodded. “Okay. What flavour?”

Naruto’s face broke into a grin. “Chocolate, oh and get me some ramen too.” Sasuke just nodded and decided he and Neji would go to the store. Naruto had written them a list, and now they were on their way.

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When the two returned, they found their friends nursing various wounds. Sasuke gulped, not wanting to enter the kitchen, but sighed. As soon as he stepped into the kitchen, he was surrounded. He found the bags in his hands disappearing and a moment later, Naruto and his friends were once again sat at the table, but this time they were eating what they had requested.

Sasuke left them too it, and returned to the front room. He sat on the couch and sighed. “Have you contacted Tsunade yet?” He asked.

Kakashi nodded. “She will be here in tomorrow night with Jiraiya, Tenten, and Shizune.”

“Good, I don’t know how much more of this I can take.” He sat up as Naruto walked in from the kitchen with his tub of ice-cream. When he went up the stairs, he got up and followed. He found Naruto sat on the bed, a spoonful of ice-cream in his mouth.

“Everything okay?” He asked.

Naruto hummed and nodded his head. He held a spoonful of ice-cream out. “Want some?”

Sasuke wrinkled his nose and shook his head. He didn’t need food that was why he was confused to why Naruto wanted food. But he guessed due to the pregnancy and the fact Naruto’s still half-demon.

Naruto put his now empty tub of ice-cream on the table beside the bed and sighed. He pursed his lips, he needed blood, and the need for it was nearly overwhelming. Sasuke knowing what his mate needed sat on the bed, already taking his t-shirt off.

Naruto grabbed hold of Sasuke’s shoulders, and pulled him closer. His fangs extended and he sank them into the pale chest. Sasuke growled his hands slipping around the smaller mans waist. When Naruto finished feeding, he pulled away, only to have his lips claimed by his mates.

Moving Naruto to lay on the bed, he pushed his mate’s shirt up and looked at the small bump that was beginning to show. He kissed the place where his unborn child was growing. Naruto looked down at him and smiled.

“You’re going to be getting bigger soon.”

The smile slipped off Naruto’s face and an angry glare was aimed at the raven haired man who had just told him he was going to get bigger. He growled and pushed Sasuke away from him. “Are you implying I’m getting fat?”

Sasuke frowned from where he was sat on the floor. He was still wondering why Naruto had pushed him to the ground. He blinked. “Well, you will be getting fatter as the child grows.” He winced at the furious face of his mate, and watched as Naruto got off the bed and stormed out of the bedroom. He stood quickly and followed. He found his mate his mate in the kitchen, wrapped in Iruka’s arms, sobbing.

Iruka glared at him. “Leave him alone. He needs time away from you. And tell Kakashi, he had better leave me alone too, or I will rip up all his perverted books.”

Sasuke stood a moment longer, before going into the front room. He held out a hand as Kakashi was on his way to the kitchen. When he replayed Iruka’s message, the silver haired man quivered. “Tsunade-sama will be arriving tomorrow, she will have answers to our questions.

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When the sun was near rising, Sasuke and Kakashi were confused. Naruto and Iruka seemed to have forgotten about their earlier breakdown and were cuddling up to their mates. Sasuke was curious and wanted to know what was happening, but he didn’t dare open his mouth, in case he said something wrong.

He led Naruto to their sleeping place and he held him as they lay within the dirt. Sasuke kissed Naruto and they closed their eyes. They took one final breath and their hearts stopped.

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The next night after the carpathains had fed their mates, they all sat in the front room, waiting for Tsunade to arrive. They had told Naruto and the others about them. Tsunade and Jiraiya were the elders who lived within the Carpathain Mountains. Tsunade had only been carpathain for about twelve years, before she was a powerful psychic.

Naruto was feeling a little sad, he had a grandmother called Tsunade. But she had died when he was about 7. He missed her dearly. She had looked after him when his parents had died. Leaning back on the couch, his hand unconsciously went to his stomach where a little bump was already beginning to show. He smiled and turned his head, meeting his mates eyes as Sasuke’s hand covered his.

When the doorbell rang, Kakashi was already on his feet, so he answered the door. Naruto’s mouth dropped open as a woman entered, along with a white haired man, and two other women, but the reason why his mouth was open in shock was because the woman he was looking at was his grandmother.

“Hello Naruto. It’s been a long time hasn’t it?” Tsunade greeted.

“Baasan.” He whispered.

The woman who only looked to be in her late twenties, but Naruto knew she was about 40, with her long blonde hair tied into two pig-tails, she smiled warmly at the others in the room. Her smile wavered as she returned her eyes to her grandson.

“Naruto.” She whispered.

Naruto shook his head and stood. “All this time I thought you were dead. You abandoned me, you left me.” He burst into tears.

Sasuke stood immediately and tried to soothe his mate, but found himself being pushed away. He watched helplessly as Naruto fled the room and ran up the stairs. He turned back to the others to see Naruto’s friends looking shocked and uncertain.

“Well, we have a lot of work. We’ll discuss this later.” Tsunade said. “This is my life-mate Jiraiya.” She introduced to Naruto’s friends. The white haired man nodded his head in greeting. “And these are my assistants, Shizune.” A woman with short black haired smiled in greeting. “And this is Tenten.” A woman with her dark hair tied in two buns on top of her head nodded. Her eyes drawn to Neji, she tried not to show her jealousy as she saw him with his arms around a red headed man. She had always wished the fates would pair her with him, but they never did and now he was forever out of her reach.

Gaara and the others introduced themselves, and Tsunade nodded. “Okay, Tenten check over Ino and Sakura. Shizune, you check Moegi, Hinata, and Temari. I will check over the men.”

They busied themselves with checking over their patients, making sure the babies were fine as well as the mothers. Tsunade made sure she checked each male thoroughly. She had never had to deal with pregnant men before, but she knew the demons they carried would be able to help if she needed it.

A little while later, after everyone except Naruto had been examined, Gaara and the others were in the kitchen eating ice-cream, while Sasuke and his friends were still in the front room with Tsunade. She was going over everything that they would need to know. She looked at Sasuke, who looked a little uncomfortable.

“What is it Sasuke?”

The dark haired male suppressed a wince. “Well, we and Naruto were talking and all I said was that he was going to get bigger-” He stopped when Tsunade started laughing.

“Oh Sasuke.”

For the next half an hour, she told them of what to never to say to their mates while they were pregnant. When they finished, she stood and looked towards the stairs. She couldn’t put it off any longer, she would have to face Naruto soon. She began walking towards the stairs.

“I wouldn’t if I were you.”

She stopped and looked at Gaara, who was stood before his friends. “And why is that?” She enquired.

“Naruto thinks you abandoned him. He went through hell when he was younger, so I don’t think he will want to see you just yet.”

“What did he go through? I made sure he went to a good home.” The blonde woman said.

Gaara let out an out of character laugh, which made his friends flinch. “A good home, he was moved from foster home to foster home. Every one of his carers beat him daily, raped him, and made him feel worthless, called him a demon, tried to kill him, which never worked because Kyuubi always healed him, so the attacks became worse. When I met him, he was a mess. He was suicidal, he nearly gave up.” He paused, breathing hard, just remembering what it had been like. Iruka lay a comforting hand on is shoulder. “It took Iruka and me a long time to get him back to a semi-normal state. And now you waltz back into his life like everything’s all right.” He shook his head. “I think you should leave him until he’s ready to talk to you.”

Tsunade looked if possible paler. Tears of blood were trickling down her cheeks, her hands covering her mouth. Jiraiya was stood behind her, trying to give her comfort. She shook her head miserably. What had she done, she should have been there. She turned and broke into sobs on her life-mates shoulder.

Gaara turned to Sasuke, and saw the dark haired man was trying to keep his anger from showing. “I think you should go up and see him, he will want you.”

Sasuke just nodded and walked up the stairs. When he was out of sight of his friends, he leant against the wall for a moment, just breathing, trying to calm himself down. What he had heard was enough to send the beast inside him roaring, wanting revenge against the people who had hurt his mate.

When he had gained enough self-control, he walked into their bedroom. He found his mate sobbing into his pillow. Making his way over, Naruto turned to him and fell against his chest as soon as he got on the bed. Sasuke held him tightly and tried to comfort him as best as he could.

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