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In Utero

Chapter 1 : The Purple Scroll

Tsunade shifted uneasily in her , the Kazekage of Suna, asked for her help. It wasn't that unusual to get request from Suna, as they were their allies and friends, but she had always dreaded the day she was going to give two of her shinobi this kind of mission.
She vaguely remembered these kind of missions disappeared when she herself became a jounin. Which was an awful long time ago.
This mission's rank was above S-class : it requested a huge sacrifice from the team that was going to take the mission.

She sighed. She had an idea of whom she might send.
Actually, it was going to be his last high ranked mission. He just celebrated his 39th birtday, had silver hair, and was one of the best shinobi of Konoha. And he was to become her successor.

Kakashi Hatake woke up with a weird feeling. He had the sensation his last year of duty as an elite shinobi wasn't going to be as peaceful it was supposed to be.
Lying in bed, eyes closely shut, he tried to go back to sleep. He could feel the sun coming from his bedroom window on his chest. He cracked an eye open. This alarm clock, a present from Naruto for his birthday, indicated him it was 9:53am. Way to early to get up, if you asked him.
He hated Mondays. "Mondays should be banned" he thought to himself. He wondered if asking the Hokage about banning this day would be a good suggestion. He thought of all the things he would do with a free Monday. Going to the library, reading some smut Jiraya had written.
"Actually" he thought to himself, "'once I'll be Hokage, I'll ban Mondays. Tsunade won't like the idea, so I just have to wait few more months."
A knock of his apartment door stopped his daydreaming.

"Hatake-san. You are requested at the Hokage Office. Be there in 25 minutes"

Wearily, he got up, and headed to the bathroom. He wasn't going to be ready in 25 minutes. Hell, 25 minutes was the time he needed to take a shower. Tsunade was going to be mad at him. Again. As he entered the shower and turned on the hot tap, not hot water came. Well. At least, his daily routine of getting rid of his morning hood in the shower would not take him as much time as it did on normal days : cold water was quite efficient. He sighed. He really didn't like Mondays.

A good hour late, Kakashi arrived in front of Shizune. "You're late", she scolded him, not even looking at him, filling in missions orders. He smiled. He knew perfectly well that Shizune knew how to handle him : he was always late. So she had taken the habit of scheduling him an hour later than he was asked to show up. "Good morning to you too, sunshine." He answered, chuckling. "You have an appointment with Hokage Sama. New mission." She handed him a scroll. Kakashi frowned. The scroll was purple. He had never been given a purple scroll. He quizzically looked at Shizune. "I don't have any idea of what it might be, Kakashi-san. You may now enter the Hokage's office".

Frowning, he entered in Tsunade office, walked all the way to her desk and waited for her to acknowledge him. As she finished signing a long report she asked Shizune to send to Suna, she walked up and went to close the door. It was really none of her habit to do such thing. Kakashi frowned, concerned, as it only could mean one thing : the mission she was going to give him wasn't going to be easy.

"Hatake. We have received a new mission order. As you can see, Shizune handed you a purple scroll." she began, walking back to her desk. "Have a seat Hatake." Kakashi never ever sat in her office before. What kind of mission was it ?

"You may wonder what the purple scroll mean." Kakashi said nothing. He had heard of these scrolls, but no one knew exactly what they meant. They had disappeared before his birth. Tsunade scruted him. "This mission is going to be your last, Hatake. I expect you to take my place after this mission is over" Kakashi was indeed going to be the next Hokage. Naruto wasn't ready yet, and he much needed to learn more about politics, laws, economy and have a few S ranked missions more before considering to actually becoming Hokage, which would be in about 7 or 8 years.

"Hatake, this is the first purple scroll we give in 40 years. I am very sorry to ask that of you, but you're the only one I trust for this mission. Hatake, I am going to ask you to make a great sacrifice." Kakashi looked straight in her eyes. The tone in her voice was serious, and all Hokage she was, she looked quite anxious. "What is it, Hokage-sama ?"
Tsunade took a deep breath. "Hatake. I'm going to ask you to procreate."

Sakura hummed to herself, as she was writing reports at the hospital. As a medic nin, she spent most of her free time at the hospital, healing shinobis, doing researches on chakra and helping out the nurses with patients. Streching, she decided to take a break and headed to the common room to get herself some tea. As she poured herself some hot water in her mug. She liked green tee with cherry blossom. She thought it tasted sweet and delicate, and to her, it was a special kind of tea, as it was her mother who first gave it to her. Well, giving some cherry blossom flavoured tea to a girl named Sakura was not very original to say the least, but it reminded her of calm afternoon at her mom's place, reading books and eating biscuits. She missed her mom, who had been killed during the attack of Pein in Konoha, ten years ago. Sakura trees were her mom's favorite tree, and she had buried her beneath the Sakura tree of their home. She promised herself that she would go visit her mom's grave after work, and she would have a little chat with her. It something she picked after Kakashi, who visited regularly his friends' graves to talk about his life. She found it to be soothing, being able to tell someone she loved everything she had on her heart and in her mind, from the pain she felt when she finally understood that Sasuke will never have any interest in her to the shoes she wanted to buy to go dancing with Ino. As she was making plan to stop by a flower shop before going to the cemetery, she heard a young genin asking out for her "I'm looking for Haruno-san. Do you know where she is ?" It only could mean one thing : Tsunade was asking for her. Half smiling half sighing , she turned to the boy and introduced herself.

"I'm Sakura Haruno. I hear you're looking for me" "Yes, Haruno-san. I have been sent to find you. Hokage-sama is requesting your presence immediately." Sakura thanked him and emptied her mug in the sink. Immediately meant urgently. Thinking of all the work she would have to catch up afterwards, she headed to her Sishou's office.

As she arrived in front of Tsunade's door, she was greeted by Shizune, who had that weird smile. "Shizune ? What's the matter ?" Shizune handed her the same purple scroll she had given Kakashi. "What is.."she began. "I don't know. Tsunade-sama is talking to Kakashi right now." Sakura looked suspiciously at the door. A shut door meant a difficult mission.

"You want me to WHAT ?!" Kakashi asked, bewildered. He was taken aback. It never happened to him to be so surprised when given a mission. He had killed, he had tortured, he had retrieve and kidnap, he had to sleep with the enemy, but never had he be asked to do such a thing. "Is that the big sacrifice you're talking me about ?" Tsunade said nothing.
In fact, Kakashi had never considered having children, as he knew how painful and difficult is was to grow up without a father. He always took perilous missons, and he could not risk to leave behind him an orphan. Because of this dedication to the shinobi world, he hardly even had girlfriends. He sure slept with women when he was in town, but he never took things seriously. As he looked Tsunade in her eyes, he understood why she chose him : he was nearly 40, he was going to retire from the fields, and he didn't have a family. Regaining his composure, he let her speak. "Yes Hatake. I need you to procreate with a Kunoichi. Gaara-sama is asking for help." "I'm listening" "There is a fertility clinic in Amegakure, in Rain Country. Some women have gone missing after going to that clinic. Godaime Kazekage fears Rain is going to attack them, and he had had information about weird experiments on fetuses. He fears some organization is trying to create an army. I want you to investigate."

They were interrupted by three soft knocks on the door. "Ah. The kunoichi I have chosen is here. Come in !" she shouted.

Sakura walked shyly to her sishou's desk, not knowing what to expect. Kakashi stared at her, thunderstruck by the choice of the Hokage. Of all Kunoichi in Konoha, she had chosen his student.

"You gotta be kidding me" he blurted. There was no way he was making Sakura carry his child. "Shut up" Tsunade snapped. "Sakura, dear, take a seat please."

Sakura look at her old sensei with surprise, and sat as demanded "Thank you Sishou".

"Sakura. I have a mission for you and Hatake." Sakura looked expectantly at Tsunade, the purple scroll squized in her hands. "Sakura, I am going to ask you a huge sacrifice. You and Hatake will go undercover to Kawa no Kuni, acting as a couple. You are to discover what lies behind disappearances of women after they went to a fertility clinic. You and Hatake are going to pretend that you can't conceive, and go there for help." Sakura waited. She was still waiting for the sacrifice she was asked to make. From the corner of her eye, she saw Kakashi looking stiff and shifting in his seat, obviously looking displeased with what was coming next. Once again, Tsunade took a deep breath.
"Sakura, you are to get fertilized by Hatake's semen. Women have gone missing after they became pregnant."

Sakura's eyes widened. She stared at Tsunade in awe. " You want me to WHAT ?! But… But … I can't have a baby ! I'm only 25 ! And why with Sensei ? I can't have sex with him!" said Sakura, reddening at the thought of being intimate with the man she has known half her life. " Sakura, I do not ask of you to sleep with Hatake. You are going to be inseminated with his semen. When you'll be about 3 months pregnant, there might be a chance you get kidnapped. I want you and Hatake to take down this organization and once you're done, you will have an abortion here. But be careful. You can't get an abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy. You have to be quick. I choose you because you can control your ovaries and uterus. I want you to have a few miscarriages before finally becoming pregnant, so it doesn't look suspicious."

Sakura indeed had all control over her body. She had learned everything with Tsunade, and Kakashi understood why Sakura had been chosen. Now, he knew why purple scrolls had disappeared.

Back in flat, Sakura was packing her stuff to prepare for the long mission ahead of her. They were going away for a least 7 months, and she had to take fancy clothes as well as confortable ones for their journey to Kawa no Kuni. She had never been undercover before, and even if she had taken dangerous mission with Kakashi before and felt totally confortable around him, panic overcame her, for she now had to act like a wife with him.
Sakura had had boyfriends, she knew intimacy. But she was style shy and prude in public, not liking public display of affection. Faking a relationship should not be hard, but for some reason, she was scared of doing such with Kakashi. The man had been her sensei. He had watched her become a women, and she had never seen in him a potential partner. Oh, she found him attractive alright, with his mask making him look so mysterious. She had healed him numerous time, and knew how he looked like practically naked. He had a great body, with developed muscles, a broad chest and very nice legs for a man. But still. Kakashi was … well, he was Kakashi.

More than the fact that it was going to be awkward to act like a spouse, she was scared by the perspective of becoming pregnant. She always thought she'd have babies made out of love with the man who would share her life, who wanted to have a family. She never expected that the first time she would be pregnant would be for the sake of a mission.
And most of all, she would have to carry Kakashi's child. If they messed up, she would give birth to a new generation of Hatake. And she wasn't ready for that yet.

At the other side of the town, Kakashi was also getting packed. He gave Mr Ukki to his neighbor to take care of, closed the water supply to his apartment, and had Iruka come over to empty his fridge. Sakura and him were leaving at the end of the day. This mission implied a great deal. Sakura would carry his child. He was the last of the Hatake, and the thought of, well, having a baby, even if it would never be born, made him cringe a little. Maybe because he knew he was the last of his clan, and that he kind have wanted to revive it. He wasn't against abortion, but he didn't like the fact to doing it on purpose. He thought it should be reserved to people who really couldn't take care of a baby. He valued the human life to much to not take this thing seriously. This is also why he never really had serious relationship. He knew he would be an absent father, or worse, a dead father, and he knew that if his girlfriend became pregnant, he would support her, because he knew he could. And, he wouldn't admit it, but he shared the same opinion as Sakura : children should be wanted, not forced.
He knew Sakura would be more sensitive about it, and he would have to be the leader of the mission. Sakura was too young to live such an experience of having multiple miscarriage and then an abortion this late. Sakura was sweet, she was kind and generous. Well, she could be a wrath monster and be very scary sometimes, but he really like who she was. It was going to be difficult for her, and he swore to himself to be the best team partner ever in this ultimate and demanding mission.

It was the last time he packed, he realized. After this mission, he would become Hokage. It was a weird sensation : going on missions was his life, after all. It was a big change in his life, he would finally settle down. Maybe he will be able to have a wife, maybe some kids, once he will be Head of Konoha. But first, he had to have a fetus. That felt really weird.

Two hours later, Sakura arrived at the gates of Konoha. She hoped that Kakashi wouldn't make her wait hours before turning up. Which eventually happened. He made up some lame excuse about not finding the gates, even if you could see them from anywhere in town.
"Let's go then. We have to go to Sunagakure first. We'll get fake ID there, and officially become husband and wife. I believe Gaara will be setting everything up. I give us 4 days to reach Suna. We'll stop in Rain for the night." declared Kakashi, oblivious to the fact that Sakura told him his excuse was ridiculous. Sakura muttered something about him being a dumbass and she was going to have a hard time being married to a dick, and they began their high speed travel across the forest to join Kawagakure, the hidden village of River.