" Gaara? Our Gaara?" Naruto asked, sounding stunned as they both watched the bracelet turn back to glass snuggly against Hinata's wrist.

" I don't know who else could manipulate sand like this and so far away from themselves." Sakura pointed out as she looked to the bed then, unable to look back at Naruto.

Would he be mad?

Would he be upset and jealous like she had been that in some other world his significant other was with someone else?

Naruto was so easily upset nowadays-

" This is great!"

Sakura's eyes widened and she looked back to see the blond lifting Shinachiku high in the air, spinning with him, " Did you hear that Shina-Chan? It's Gaara's!"

" Agaa!" Shinachiku babbled with the biggest smile.

" N-Naruto?" The pinkette was a little flabbergasted to say in the least as to why this was his reaction.

The Hokage looked to her and tucked Shinachiku by his chest again, playing with his son's hand, " Don't you get it Sakura-Chan? It's Gaara. Not Toneri or some other guy, but Gaara!"

He had his big Uzumaki smile beaming through his face as he explained, " One of my best friends and someone who treats his family the best I have ever seen, there's probably no one I could have picked better for Hinata in another world, I really mean that Sakura-Chan!"

Sakura could only stare at him with wide eyes, a little unable to entirely understand what he was so happy about.

But then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

Naruto wasn't in her situation, and he wasn't her.

While she was indignant that somewhere in sometime Sasuke was in a committed relationship with Karin, Naruto was happy that somewhere in sometime, Hinata was genuinely happy with someone, even if that wasn't him.

Because he cared about other people and their happiness, it was why he was Hokage.

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She felt a twinge at her lips in the smallest of smiles before shaking her head, " I can't understand you sometimes, Naruto-Baka."

The blond looked down to her and chuckled a little as he scratched his cheek, " Hehe, Sounds a little weird now that I say it aloud... But..." He smiled sheepishly, " I'm happy that even if she isn't completely happy here she is happy somewhere else."

" You're just like that Naruto." Sakura nodded before looking down to the heavily pregnant Uzumaki woman, " Are you going to call up Gaara?"

" Well..." Naruto cleared his throat, looking less sheepish now, " No."

Sakura's head whipped back so fast she practically had whiplash, " What?"

Naruto lifted a hand in surrender while the other was tucked under Shinachiku's bottom, keeping him safe to his chest while precious green eyes watched the two of them, " He's supposed to be here later today! Chunin Exams stuff you know!"

Sakura's lips pressed together and she nodded, " Alright, if you promise to talk to him about it."

Naruto changed his hands from surrender to a vow, " I definitely will." He then walked to her and handed her Shinachiku, " In fact I have to get back to work, okay? If Hinata's well enough when she wakes up, please send her to me to talk as well."

Sakura nodded as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a set of plastic keys, jangling them as Shinachiku reached over and took them, shaking them while Naruto looked to him with the softest of looks, leaning down and giving him a peck on the forehead before standing and walking away.

" Ababaga." Shinachiku remarked seriously, Sakura chuckling as she pet his fluffy blond head.

" Absolutely, Shina-Chan."

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It was three hours later when she was holding Hinata's hand and helping her walk out.

She had informed Hinata of the situation- holding the shocked woman when she practically fainted- and then informed her that Naruto wanted to see her.

It caused Hinata to do her best to get up and Sakura offered to help her walk there and step out when she got the blue-haired woman there.

" Thank you for your help Sakura-Chan." Hinata murmured as she looked to the ground.

" No problem Hinata. Us girls have to stick together." Sakura assured her as they walked out of the house together, " Are you going to be okay?"

Hinata paused before taking a deep breath, " I don't... know. I know Gaara-Sama from visiting Suna with Naruto-kun, but... I never really thought of him that way... I've always had eyes for Naruto-kun."

Sakura nodded, " I know the feeling..."

Hinata looked to her with sadness at the boat the two women were in at the moment before the pink-haired ex-Haruno decided to tell her friend, looking to the bassinette she was carrying in one hand with Shinachiku inside, " Karin showed up... She and Sasuke had a baby together in the other world."

" Sakura-Chan... I'm so sorry..." Hinata looked to the ground.

" It's not your fault... And it's not her fault either. I just can't stand to look at her and her daughter right now... With Sasuke gone for so long it's almost as if he cheated on me. It's not like you and Naruto where you know he doesn't have the time to do such a thing and you saw me not being pregnant.

And I have to help her on top of it all, still."

Hinata looked to her in confusion.

" Ah, she needs a place to stay because she doesn't trust Orochimaru."

" I suppose that's fair."

Sakura nodded as they entered the Hokage building, helping her friend up the stairs before knocking on the office door.

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" Not now." Came the answer from inside, both women looking to each other.

" Naruto, it's me and Hinata." Sakura called, there being a silence before the door opened and both women froze for a moment.

Sakura knew she should have seen this coming, but she had hoped she wouldn't have to as Sasuke stood beside Naruto behind the Kage desk, Gaara in front of the desk as standing beside him was not only his adopted son Shinki, but a perfect mirror copy of him.

And tucked into Gaara's arms was a little girl with dark blue hair, a doll-like face and sea foam green eyes, her hair pulled back into adorable little pigtails at the bottom as she looked to the two of them before her eyes welled up with tears and she started to bawl as she reached out for Hinata.

" Mama!"