You Saved Me

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Chapter 19

"Suki, are you alright? You're wearing a hole into the carpet and what is with all the blankets?" Naruto asks.

Suki was now nine months pregnant. It was truly amazing how fast she still was considering how far along she was. She was pacing. She was pacing a lot and it was starting to make Naruto nervous.

"I'm okay." She reassures him.

"She's Denning is all. The fox instincts tell her to make a den. She can't really do that here. So that's why she is gathering all the blankets. I expect she'll go into labor shortly." Kyuubi informs him.

"Suki, maybe we should get you to the hospital. Kyubbi seems to think that you are Denning, whatever that is and that you are going to go into labor soon." Naruto tells her.

"Alright." She surprisingly agrees without protest and lets Naruto take her to the hospital.

"Well she is nine months. The Nine Tails might be right." Tsunade says checking Suki out, a short while later.

"Owe." Suki says as the first contraction hits her.

"Yes, she's definitely going into labor. Naruto, you might want to wait outside. Suki is violent at the best of times and women tend to want to strangle their husbands when they are in the middle of childbirth." She warns him.

"Oh come on, Granny Tsunade. I'm sure Suki isn't going to try to strangle me." Naruto says with a smile and dutifully stands by his wife's bedside.

Suki smiles at Naruto. Then she winced when another contraction hit. On second thought, Tsunade probably had the right idea. She didn't want her child to grow up without a father and she couldn't imagine life without her lovable dumb blonde.

"Naruto, maybe she's right. It already hurts and it's going to get worse. I'll be fine. I have the best medic in all of the Fire Country, possibly all Five Great Nations." She tells him.

"Suki, you sure? I don't want to leave you alone. I can take whatever you throw at me." He tells her.

"I'm sure. Just go. I'll be fine." She says and kisses him.

"Alright." Naruto says, returning her kiss, and then leaving.

He couldn't believe she had kicked him out! Nicely, but still. Naruto soon found out why. It didn't take long until he heard Suki's cries, growls, and even snarls of pain. Childbirth it seemed was universally painful, no matter how strong of a ninja you were.

"Suki, push." Tsunade says.

"How about I push you off of a cliff?!" She snarls at the other woman.

God damn it! Losing her arm hadn't been this painful. How on Earth did civilians manage this?

Tsunade ignores that death threat. All mothers made them. Honestly, she was surprised Suki hadn't threatened to kill her earlier.

"I can see the head. You need to push." She tells her.

"And you need to shut up!" Suki snaps at her but somehow she manages to find the will to push.

Suddenly a loud cry is heard. Tsunade smiles and scoops up the boy into her arms. She quickly checks to make sure he was breathing on his own and all his vitals were stable.

"It's a boy. He's perfectly healthy and he has the brat's blue eyes." Tsunade says and smiles fondly.

Mercifully, Shizune helps Suki clean. After that, it only took a few moments Tsunade to head over and deposit Itachi into Suki's loving arms.

"I'll go get Naruto." Tsunade says and walks out into the hall.

Naruto didn't to be told twice. He bolts into the room. He sees Suki holding something that was wrapped in a blanket.

"Thank God he got your eyes and not your hair." Suki says sarcastically, but Naruto could tell that she was completely exhausted and putting on a brave face.

"You don't seem to mind my hair color when you were pulling on it last week." He says smugly.

Suki blushes slightly. She moves a little bit to allow Naruto to get a closer look. Naruto looks down.

Itachi had his bright blue eyes, but they were shaped like Suki's. He'd inherited his mother's raven black hair. He had lots of hair for a newborn baby actually. His skin tone matched Suki's. But Naruto could himself in his son as well. He had Naruto's ears and his nose. And, he soon found out that Itachi had inherited his impressive lung capacity when Tsunade gave him the mandated shots that all newborns got.

"WAHHHHHHH!" His cry rings out.

"It's alright." Suki murmurs soothingly and takes Itachi back once Tsunade was done with his shorts, Itachi's fury was forgotten once he realized there was FOOD now, and he latches onto her breasts.

"He's just like his father." Suki says with amusement.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Naruto asks.

"Obsessed with my breasts." The brunette replies with a smirk while holding her son in her arms lovingly.

"Oh that. Well yeah! They are amazing." Naruto nods energetically.

"You are going to have to learn how to share." She tells him.

"Yeah. Guess so. I don't mind sharing for him though. He's perfect Suki." Naruto says and kisses the top of her head.

"Yes, he is." She says smugly.

"How are you feeling?" Naruto asks her.

"Better. That was…not fun. I'd rather face Madara again, but it was worth it." She says, smiling down at Itachi.

"Yeah." He says and tickles Itachi's tummy.

Itachi stops nursing long enough to see what this new sensation was. He giggles and squirms. Someone was touching his tummy. He looks up and sees someone else. Oh he knew this person. So this was the other voice he had sometimes! This was Daddy!

"Do you want to hold him?" Suki asks.

"Yeah." Naruto says and scoops up Itachi.

"Don't drop him." Suki warns him.

"Hey! I'm not a complete idiot." He scoffs and then looks down at Itachi.

It was beautiful. To see Suki's exotic eyes staring back at him but in a brilliant shade of blue. He definitely took after Suki. But again he saw his marks here and there. His nose, his ears, and his smile. Even though he only had gums, Naruto was sure that he had his smile. Hey, it didn't have to make sense!

"Mmm I don't know about that. You married me, after I tried to kill you several times." She points out.

"Hey!" Naruto huffs.

"I'm just saying. I'm still clearly the brains of this relationship." She says with a smirk.

"Your mother can be really mean sometimes, but don't worry. She loves us." Naruto says to a cooing Itachi.

"More than anything." She smiles.

"See?" Naruto says smugly.

Their family moment was soon interrupted though. Kakashi, Sakura, Gaara, and even Hinata show up, mere moments after Itachi was born. Yep. It was definitely a full room.

Hinata keeps a respectful distance. It seemed that Suki and Hinata would always be at best wary of each other. But wherever Gaara went these days, Hinata was sure to follow. It was ninja mating season or something because the unusual couple was expecting their first child in about seven months.

"Suki, he's beautiful." Sakura says and picks up Itachi.

Itachi stares up at this woman. Who was she? She wasn't the mother. Hmm…her breasts were much smaller. He wondered if he could nurse from them. He decides to try. He huffs as much as a baby could when he tastes the cotton of her uniform and didn't get any milk. Hmpf!

She looked different from mother too. This woman had bright pink hair. Her face was turning red for some reason.

"Sorry, Sakura. I guess he's still hungry." Naruto says sheepishly.

"It's alright. Not like he knows what he's doing." Sakura says, though she was clearly still flustered, so she hands Itachi back to Suki.

Suki had a blanket over her and proceeds to nurse Itachi underneath it. Her modesty preserved. She definitely didn't feel like giving Gaara or Kakashi an eyeful.

"He's got Naruto's appetite." Hinata observes.

"That's true." Suki says and found she couldn't argue with that.

"He's adorable, truly. Hopefully he doesn't have his parents' tempers." Kakashi chuckles.

"Did it hurt when you were in labor?" Gaara asks.

"Yes, of course it hurt! It was worse than fighting Madara!" Suki growls at the red head.

"Oh." Gaara says and looks at Hinata with concern, he didn't really like the idea of his lover enduring that kind of pain.

"Gaara, I'll be fine." Hinata says and kisses his cheek.

"You say that now." Suki smirks as her sadistic streak reveals itself.

"Suki, be nice." Naruto says.

"You can tell me to be nice after you push something the size of a watermelon out of something the size of a lemon." She snaps at him.

"Naruto, I'd probably not push my luck if I was you." Gaara warns him.

"Yeah." He agrees as Naruto watches his wife warily.

12 Years Later

Itachi gulps. He was in trouble. Big trouble. He didn't know what came over him. One minute he'd been training with his teammate. The next minute he'd bit her on the neck. Now his parents were talking to his Sensei.

Aiko was an orphan. So her parents couldn't be called in, but this was still wasn't going to end well.

"Itachi, apologize to Aiko for biting her." Suki tells him.

"I'm sorry for biting you. I didn't mean to!" He says.

"It's okay. You didn't bite that hard. I was more shocked than anything." The other Genin says.

Suki looks down at Daisuke. Her youngest child was now giving her the 'Puppy Eyes of Doom.' At the age of two, he had finally outgrown his stroller and well he was frankly too adorable for his own good.

Daisuke had his father's golden hair, but her onyx eyes. His skin tone was darker than Suki's but lighter than Naruto's. Daisuke to put it bluntly, idolized his older brother. He was Itachi's shadow.

"No be mad at 'Tachi?" He asks his mother.

"No, we aren't mad. We are just trying to understand what happened." Suki assures him.

Thankfully, Mikoto and Kushina were still at the Academy. Kushina was their second child and their first daughter. She was named after her paternal grandmother because somehow she had inherited the woman's red hair. She had Suki's eyes though. Kushina also had Naruto's whisker like markings.

She was by far the most…assertive of their children. Well unless Itachi was going Kyuubi. The nine year old, Suki thought was likely a taijutsu expert in the making. If she had thought Itachi had been a kicker in the womb, that was nothing compared to his younger sister.

"I blame it on Kyuubi's influence. Itach is generally such a gentle boy, but Aiko and he were training rather intensely. I can see how it would trigger an instinct to dominant. She's not injured. But I am still concerned." The Sensei states.

Mikoto was five and the middle child. She had been named after her maternal grandmother because of her long silky midnight black hair. She greatly resembled Suki, other than she had Naruto's eyes. Mikoto was a diplomat in the making. Somehow she kept Kushina and Itachi from killing each other. This was a grand feat because Itachi's tranquil nature often clashed with his hot headed sister's fiery temper.

"I really am sorry." Itachi says as he places a white rose in Aiko's hair. (A rose that he had grown with his own Chakra).

Itachi had a powerful earth affinity. He could grow plants with his Chakra, erect structures made of dirt, plants, or stone. Oh and he could also cause earthquakes. They had learned that one the hard way, when he threw a temper tantrum at the age of 4. Thankfully for now, they were small earthquakes.

Aiko was a cute kid, Naruto realized. She had long hair that was pure white, that reached to her lower back. Her eyes were forest green. And yeah, he suddenly realized what the "problem" was. Itachi had a crush. His animal instincts just picked up on it sooner than his father's ever had.

"It's okay. You want to go get some Ramen?" She says smiling at the rose.

Aiko knew how much Itachi loved Ramen. She wasn't entirely sure why, but she knew that his father also had a Ramen fetish. The white haired girl didn't mind though. Ramen was okay and Itachi was definitely the cutest Rookie in their year.

"Now wait just a minute! We aren't finished discussing this!" Their Sensei shouted.

"Don't raise your voice at my son or you will lose your vocal chords." Suki warns him.

"Lord Hokage your wife just threatened my life!" He snaps.

"Actually, I think she just threatened to make you mute. Just let the kids go. She's not even upset about it. I don't get what the issue is. Suki loves it when I bite her." Naruto adds.

"Lord Hokage, I did not need to know that!" He exclaims.

"What time is it anyway?" The blonde asks suddenly.

"It's about a quarter to five." The flustered Sensei responds.

"We should probably go pick up the girls then." Naruto says.

"Mhm. Itachi, come straight home after you are done with your Ramen." Suki tells him.

"Yes, mother!" He says and heads off with Aiko.

Naruto and Suki head off to the Academy. Suki smiles when she sees Kushina race into her father's arms. She was definitely daddy's little girl. Mikoto was always more…serene. She sees her family and walks over gracefully. She reminded Suki so much of her own mother.

"Dad! Dad! Look what I can do now!" Kushina makes a clone.

"Show off!" One of the boys in her year calls out.

"Oh yeah?! I'll show you!" She races over, getting into a scuffle with him.

"How was school?" Suki asks her quieter daughter.

"Good. Iruka Sensei says that I'm really good at kunai throwing." She says proudly.

"That's wonderful." Suki nods as she glances over at Kushina and the boy her eldest daughter was fighting with.

"WILL YOU TWO STOP FIGHTING?!" Iruka yells at the children and breaks them up.

"Kids will be kids." Naruto says, chuckling.

"I remember when it was you and Suki fighting like cats and dogs." He ssighs.

"We still do sometimes." Suki adds.

"Only now we kiss and make up." Naruto says.

"Uh huh. Well Kushina is doing really well. She just needs to work on her temper. Mikoto is excellent with kunais. Though I do worry that maybe she is a little antisocial. She does seem to prefer to be alone." He muses.

"That's because they keep pulling my hair!" Mikoto says, making a face.

"Pulling your hair?" Suki asks.

"Yeah! The other girls." She says.

"Why are they pulling on your hair?" Naruto asks confused.

"Their jealous of her hair. Say it's princess hair." Kushina says, when she's pulled away from her opponent.

"Girls are so weird." Naruto says.

"Well she does have beautiful hair." Iruka concedes.

"She takes after her grandmother." Suki states.

"They used to do it to me, but I kicked their asses and they left me alone. Mikoto is a scaredy-cat." Kushina explains.

"I am not!" She huffs.

"Are too!" Her sister says.

"Kushina, don't tease your baby sister." Suki says.

"Yes, Mother." She sulks.

"They silly." Daisuke giggles.

"Yes, they are very silly." Naruto agrees, earning glowers from his daughters.

The Uchiha-Uzumakis head home. Soon enough, Itachi joins them. They were having dinner when he asks a question that the two parents probably should have expected sooner or later.

"Mother, father…how did you two get together?" He questions.

"…." Suki was speechless.

"It's a LONG story." Naruto says.

"A very long story." Suki agrees.

The other children were watching curiously now. It was rare to see their parents get so flustered. They wanted to know.

"Well your mother…hasn't always lived in the Leaf Village. There were a few years when she left. She wanted revenge on Uncle Itachi. She didn't know the truth back then. Anyway, while she was away, she was VERY naughty." He begins.

Suki shrugs at this description. She couldn't argue about its accuracy. Still, she hoped that her husband "sugarcoated" it enough to be suitable for their children to hear.

"And your father, being the idiot that he is, kept chasing me. Mommy likes to be alone sometimes. Your father though is stubborn." She says.

"But he caught you?" Itachi says.

"Eventually." Suki answers.

"It took a long time and a war to do it, but she came back to the village. The Council didn't trust your mother, because like I said she was a VERY bad girl for a few years…" Naruto smirks and Suki swats him a bit for the innuendo.

"Owe! Oh come on, it's true." Naruto protests.

"You still didn't have to say it like that." She mutters.

"Anyway, so they said she could marry me so they'd know that she wouldn't go back to being bad again or she could face a trial. I knew that it was a rigged trial. They wanted to have her executed." He says.

This draws some gasps from their children. Daisuke was too young to know what executed meant, but he could tell his other siblings did and that it was bad. He starts to fuss and Suki picks him up, rocking him reassuringly.

"And your father, once again being an idiot…actually asked me to marry him. It was a strange proposal. But he's never done anything the normal way." Suki continues.

"Of course your mother, being the most stubborn woman on the planet, was stubborn about marrying me. But we did get married. Eventually we admitted our feelings for each other, once we realized how much we enjoyed playing with each other." He says figuring that was the most tactful way of explaining.

"What kind of games did you play?" Mikoto asks innocently.

"Ones that you are too young to hear about right now." Naruto says.

Itachi snickers. He was 12. He was old enough to know what they were talking about. Suki and Naruto had given him the talk two years ago. Kushina would probably be getting it soon. Mikoto and Daisuke though were still far too young for such things.

"What's so funny?" Kushina asks.

"I'll tell you later." Itachi promises her.

"No, you won't!" Suki and Naruto glare at him.

"Alright. Alright." Itachi says and puts up his hands in an I surrender gesture.

"And we got rid of the evil Council and lived happily ever after." Suki finishes, deciding it was probably best to leave out all the more…erotic portions of the story.

"Yay!" Mikoto claps.

"I'm glad that father didn't let them hurt you, Mother." Kushina says.

"Me too." Suki says.

"Alright everyone. Time for bed." Naruto says.

"Awe can't we stay up a little later?" Itachi asks.

"You have training tomorrow and your Sensei is already being annoying. So you don't want to be late because you slept in." Naruto warns his son.

"Alright." Itachi says and heads to his room. (Well at least he'd get to see Aiko, even if he had to deal with his prissy Sensei.)

The girls head to their room. Suki smiles and tucks Daisuke in for the night. Naruto leads her to their room.

"I told you that that the blonde genes would show up." He says smugly.

"Mmm in one out of four. It's okay though. As long as he doesn't start wearing orange. That clashed so horribly with your hair." She tells him.

"I don't get why you hate orange so much." He says.

"It's such a loud, obnoxious color." She says with a shrug.

"Uh huh." Naruto says.

"But Kushina reminded me of something." Suki says.

"What's that?" The blonde asks.

"I never thanked you." The brunette says.

"Thanked me for what?" Naruto asks and cocks his head to the side in confusion.

"For never giving up on me. For loving me. You saved me. If it wasn't for you, I'd be dead." She says and kisses him.

"You don't have to thank me for that. I can't imagine my life without you. Next time though, don't play so damn hard to get. It SUCKED having to chase you around the Five Nations for years, never knowing if you were even still alive!" He says.

"In the next life, I'll try to be less coy." She says with a smirk and saunters off to their room, swaying her hips in that way that he knew was designed to drive him crazy. (And damn did it ever work!)

"Coy?! You call that coy?" He asks in disbelief.

"Mhm. But you are right. I was a bad girl. You should punish me." She says, wrapping her arms around his neck, and smiling slyly.

"Good idea. I'm pretty sure we still have that rope somewhere and I can indulge you in your clone kink!" He says.

"I don't have a clone kink." Suki scoffs.

"Yes, yes you do." Naruto says and makes a clone, which ties Suki up.

"EEP!" Suki squirms.

"Admit it." Naruto says.

"Alright. Alright. I MIGHT clone kink." She says.

"Good. Because I have a Suki kink." He tells her.

"Mmm works out perfectly then." Suki says.

"Like Kakashi said, we are perfect for each other." He tells her and kisses her.

Suki couldn't help but agree as she kissed back. All those years wasted. Oh well they were making up for lost time rather nicely. It was ironic in a way. The Council had wanted to punish her, but the had ended up giving her everything.

She had a loving husband and four beautiful children. What more could she ask for? Someday in the afterlife, if she saw them she would throw this back in their faces. It was as pleasant thought.

"You should ask Kakashi first. I know how you are when I let you tie me up." She points out.

"Yeah." Naruto sends out a message to Kakashi, who soon shows up, and is on babysitting duty.

"Now where were we?" He asks.

"Right about here." She says and arches against her.

"Oh yeah, that's right." He agrees.

They spent the next several days in each other's arms. Suki had to admit that Naruto was certainly creative. She was postive they had come up with a new position or two in there. One thing was for damn sure, his stamina was impressive and she was never leaving him again.