Three weeks later

"You look good, Itachi." said Hana Inuzuka. A friend that Itachi had lost contact with due to his drinking. A little of the blame fell on Izumi's jealousy of the fact that he had female friends but most the blame fell on him.

"Thank you."

"You've been sober now three months?"

"Word gets around."

"Yeah, wish you'd gotten around to me sooner though."

"Sorry. I really am but it took me awhile to get healthy and then caught up on business."

"You Uchihas and business!"

"It keeps a lot of people employed!"

"True." Hana smiled at him. "So, how'd you get sober."

"Cold miserable turkey."

Hana winced. "Woah! Sounds like you didn't have fun."

"Not at any time. Thank the Gods that Obito and Kakashi were there and probably kept me from doing something stupid."

"Did you take anything for the pain?"

"No."

Hana shot him a look. "Idiot…but I have a couple of family members that are alcoholics, so I understand your reasoning."

"Thanks." A movement in the corner of his eye caught Itachi's attention. It was a small boy about five years old and a golden furred puppy. They were practicing something under the watchful eye of Tsume Inuzuka. What really caught Itachi's attention was that the boy was obviously an Uchiha and Itachi had never seen the boy before in his life. "Who's that?" pointing at the boy.

"Um…that's Godzilla and his boy."

"I assume the boy has a name."

"Yes, he does."

"Hana…"

"Fine, the boy's name is Kosuke."

"Kosuke…what?"

"Kosuke Haruno."

Itachi's heart lurched painfully in his chest and he collapsed to the ground.

"Itachi?"

"What did I do? Hana, what did I do?"

Hana cupped her friend's face between her hands. "You did nothing. You understand me! You did nothing. You didn't hurt her." She pointed at Kosuke. "You didn't hurt him either. Look how happy he is."

"Oh Gods." Itachi started to hyperventilate. "How am I going to tell my parents?"

Hana snorted. "Considering your dad came here asking for a puppy for his oldest grandchild…I'd say they know. Do you want to meet him?"

Itachi swallowed hard. "More than anything in the world. But I think I need to talk to his mother first."

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Thirty minutes later

Sakura is sitting on the patio enjoying the quiet and getting a little sun. Footsteps sounded across the tiles and stopped next to her. She looked up, shielding her eyes from the sun. Her jaw dropped.

"Hello Sakura."

She was surprised that her voice didn't shake. "Hello Itachi."

"I saw our son."

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Thirty minutes after that

Naruto came through the door carrying a very tired little boy and his puppy. He was met by one of the staff who took the puppy from him. "They both need their nap. They can sleep together."

The staffer smiled. "It's not like they don't already, sir."

Naruto grinned. "Yeah. Where is everyone?"

"Sasuke-san has not come home from work. And Sakura-san is on the patio with Itachi-san."

Naruto froze in his tracks. "Itachi's here?"

"Yes, sir."

Naruto blew out a breath then continued walking. "Okay."

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Five minutes later

Naruto stood by the French doors and watched for a moment. There were tear stains on both faces of the couple outside but they were holding hands and talking. A stray breeze grabbed a lock of Sakura's hair and flopped it across her nose. Itachi carefully stroked it back into place.

Naruto walked out onto the patio. He cleared his throat to let the couple know he was there. They looked up at him with dual deer in the headlights look.

"Kosuke and Godzilla are taking a nap. Tsume wore them out." He smiled. "You two have been talking. You good?"

Itachi smiled. "Yes, we're good."

"Just don't upset or stress out my baby mama! Orochimaru will have your ass!"

Two hours later

Sasuke came home and raised an eyebrow at his husband's black eye.

Naruto sighed and answered his spouse's unasked question. "Sakura didn't appreciate being called a 'baby mama' so Itachi punched me."

"Hn."

Three months later

"They're getting so big!" Mikoto cradled her oldest granddaughter.

"Yes, they are." Fugaku snuggled his younger granddaughter.

The twins had been born just shy of Sakura's eighth month of pregnancy. But with twins, that was expected. They were perfectly normal, perfectly healthy little girls despite the doom and gloom predictions of those who questioned how they came into being.

Orochimaru and Kabuto LOVED rubbing those doomsayers' noses in it. They also loved the fact that they'd gotten requests from other couples, some gay and lesbian and some not, about the procedure.

Itachi sat with Sakura, his arm around her shoulders. "Sakura and I have an announcement to make."

Everyone looked at them expectantly.

"WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!" shouted an exuberant Kosuke.

Well wishes and congratulations erupted.

Sasuke pulled his older brother to his feet and hugged him close. "Congratulations. I'm so happy for the two of you. Have you picked the date?"

Sakura shook her head. "No, not yet. Probably next year though. After the twins are weaned."

Mikoto nodded "Probably a good idea."

Fugaku added. "Please get married at the Estate."

Sakura and Itachi looked at each other. He had flat out refused to marry Izumi at the Uchiha Estate. He didn't want to give the honor to a woman he did not love. "We will, Father. I promise."

Fugaku beamed. Or beamed as much as he was able to.

Obito cleared his throat causing everyone to look at him. "Well, not to take away Sakura and Itachi's thunder but if we're going to be making announcements…" He flushed a bit and grabbed hold of Kakashi's hand.

"We're going to have a baby."