Finally! After such a long time. You all must hate me. I had no time for anything but school for the longest while and I tried to used the little time I had to breathe to write this. I don't know when the next chapter will be up but this story will end. :D Well, I hope you enjoy it. :)

Chapter 8

(A Day Without You)

[October 7th – 8th]

-KNOCK! KNOCK!-

A brown hardwood door was opened a few seconds later by a well known academy teacher, Umino Iruka. "N-Naruto? What are you doing here? - Oh! How rude of me- please come in." The brunette said all in one breath while ushering the blonde in his house.

"Ah… nothing. Can't I visit my favourite teacher once in a while?" Naruto said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head while walking over to the couch in the living room.

"Not while you're in heat, you should." Iruka commented after sitting beside the blonde and looking over to him.

"'Heat'? What are you talking about?"

"Tsunade told me about the 'changes' that will be taking place in your body and also the rise in temperature which she dubbed 'Heat'."

"Ohhh. Well, it still doesn't matter; I'm upset at Sasuke now, so I'm not staying at his house. Can I stay here for the night, please?" Naruto went down on his knees in front of the brunette, clasping his hands together in front of his face with eyes shut tight.

"Naruto… I really think you should go back to Sasu-"

"NO! I'm not going back! He doesn't want me anymore. He doesn't touch me anymore- I disgust him. Iruka-sensei… please let me stay?"

The older man sighed. Why was Naruto so clueless and easy to jump to conclusions? Couldn't he see why Sasuke wouldn't touch him? '… Unless he doesn't know… but why wouldn't Tsunade or Sasuke tell him? Naruto has a right to know what's happening to him. It's obvious he's already changing; he's acting like a PMSing girl who just lost her boyfriend and running back home to her mama... uh… papa.' He lifted his hand and placed on Naruto's shoulder. "Okay… you can stay; but only for tonight. Tomorrow night; you're to be in your own bed snuggling with Sasuke, alright?"

"Alright, Iruka-sensei."

"Now, tell me exactly what happened." At this command Naruto nodded and began his tale.

Sasuke was found in his love seat in the living room staring at the black screen of the TV. What did he do now? He doesn't even know where the dobe could have gone nor does he know if he's even going to come back before his birthday. There were only three days left; if the blonde didn't come back by tomorrow night, he'd go look for him. He's his mate after all. With that thought in mind, he went upstairs to his bedroom for an early rest… it was only about 8 o'clock.

"Naruto, you're not making any sense." Iruka shook his head in exasperation. 'Is the heat really getting to him this much?'

"What do you mean? Are you taking the bastard's side!?" The blonde shouted feeling slightly offended and betrayed by someone he thought he could trust with his problems.

"I'm not on anyone's side, Naruto… and if I was, I'd definitely be on your side. The thing is… Sasuke has a reason-obviously-for not wanting to have… sex… with you… now. Did you think that maybe it has something to do with your 'change'?" It was sooo awkward talking to Naruto about his sex life. Though, it seems like the blonde had no problem doing that. 'Is Naruto a closet pervert and exhibitionist?'

"Well… I never thought about that… He said Tsunade gave him a book to read- I guess she realized that I wouldn't have read it- about what's happening to me. But why wouldn't he tell me?"

"I don't know. Maybe you should ask him tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'll do that."

"Sooo-"

"You know, Iruka… Sasuke said that he found out a way to make get me pregnant. Don't you think that's amazing!?" Naruto was so excited, he finally got a chance to tell someone, and he was glad it was Iruka.

For Iruka, the expression of emotions was a lot different because he at the word 'pregnant' literally stopped breathing.

"Iruka-sensei?"

'What the hell was that boy thinking, trying to impregnate my Naruto?' It was already upsetting that he stole the blonde's virginity at age thirteen. Didn't he think that was a little too early to be indulging in sex? 'I'm gonna frickin smash that boy's face in if he really thinks that he'll get a chance to impregnate Naruto.'

"Iruka… sensei…?"

'He'll regret having even thought about it. Yes, I'll make him regret.' Iruka clenched his fists at this thought. He knew he was being a bit over protective, but this was for their own good. "I should probably tell Kakashi."

"IRUKA!"

"No!"

"What?" Naruto was so confused, after telling the older man about his great news, he thought he would have been so happy for him… but he wasn't. And now he seemed angry at nothing in particular… or maybe he was angry at him for not telling him earlier.

"Naruto, you can't have a baby now-"

"Why not!?"

"You're too young! You're only fifteen!"

"I'll be sixteen in three days!"

"That doesn't make much of a difference… that's teenage pregnancy. Why not wait until later?" Iruka moved closer to the blonde only to have Naruto move away from him. It hurt him to see Naruto react this way towards him.

"I don't want to wait any longer… I've been wanting to have Sasuke's babies for two years now! But I didn't think it was actually possible, I was just going to have my time with Sasuke until he left me to revive his clan. Even though he kept saying that he loves me and gave up the idea of having children; people change their mind and he could be one of them. The fact that he even found a way to get me pregnant must mean that he was still thinking about it… I'm happy he found a way though. If this is what I have to do to keep Sasuke, I will. I love him too much to have him leave me." Naruto gave this small genuine smile to Iruka, making the teacher smile too.

Iruka had never seen these types of emotions on Naruto before. Sure there were a few he recognized like pride and desperation… but even the level of those were different that the usual that was seen on the blonde's face. Iruka's smile widened, he couldn't believe he was about to do this.

"I can't believe this is really going to happen. You being pregnant was not in my vision of the future. You really are unpredictable. I'm happy for you, Naruto. At first I wasn't, but now I definitely am, because you're happy." He reached across and pulled the blonde into his chest, hugging him tightly.

Naruto wanted to cry, Iruka accepted him… again. Though it took a short while; he did and was happy for him too. That thought alone made the blonde hug back just as tightly.

After they separated, they smiled at each other as Iruka ruffled Naruto's hair. "Go to bed, Naruto… or if you want to have a cool shower first… you're kinda burning up… and sweating. I'll turn on the A/C for you."

Naruto laughed at this while nodding. He thanked Iruka then made his way to the guest bathroom upstairs. 'Iruka's such a nice man.'

'I really don't think I can make Naruto go through with this… what should I do? - Oh! I know- I'll talk to Kakashi.' After turning on the air conditioning system, he went to his room; passing the guest bathroom and hearing Naruto sing: When I grow up by the Pussycat Dolls. That blonde was such a character.

Time Skip

Next morning

'Go to bed early my ass. It never did shit. I couldn't even sleep; thinking about Naruto and where he could be, if he was sleeping in a bed, if he was cool enough, when he was coming back- if he was coming back. Those thoughts bothered me the whole frickin night.' Sasuke sighed. He felt like he'd been run over by a truck that decided to annoy Sasuke by running over him again.

Sasuke grumbled all the way to the kitchen; getting out everything he needed for his coffee. He was definitely going to need it… and extra strong too.

After finish making the coffee, Sasuke found himself in his den, sitting in his lounge chair staring at the wall opposite of him with the steaming mug of coffee in his hand. This was the worst day of his life… okay… maybe it wasn't so bad- but it was still horrible. Naruto wasn't with him and it felt as though, he'd never been so alone in his entire life.

Before heading into his den, he had received a call from Iruka saying that his blonde was there at his house and alright. Well, that's good to know; at least now he didn't have to worry about the blonde's wellbeing, just if he was going to return.

A knock on his front door drew him from his thoughts and he place the mug on the side table wondering who it could be. He jumped up quickly and made his way to the front door in hopes of it being Naruto.

His hopes were completely shattered however, when he saw who was at the door as he opened it. Then again, he should have known. If it was Naruto, the blonde would have just walked in, instead of knocking on the door. Standing before him was none other than, Temari and Kankurou from the Hidden Village of the Wind. This caused him to raise an eyebrow. What would they want with him?

Sighing, he stepped aside and allowed them to enter his house, then slowly ushered them to his living room area. They all sat quietly for a while until Sasuke rose to his feet.

"Do any of you want some tea?"

"No thank you… we're fine." Temari said slowly shaking her head. Kankurou on the other hand just sat there staring at the ceiling with both his arms stretched across the back of the couch. At this response Sasuke sat back down and turned stiffly to Temari.

"Then…if you don't mind, can you please tell me why you're here? I'm sure you didn't come here to stare at me and admiring my living room." Sasuke said folding his arms and leaned back into the couch.

Temari looked at the Uchiha for a while. He looked so different- Untidy. His hair wasn't combed properly… or probably not combed at all, the buttons on his shirt were buttoned incorrectly and he kept fidgeting. And if it's one thing she learnt about Uchihas; it was that they always look good and proper and they NEVER-absolutely NEVER fidgeted. Something was wrong here and she had an idea what it was… or should she say, 'who had caused it.'

"We came here to see Naruto. We found out he moved here from the Hokage. Gaara asked us to drop something off for Naruto, since it's his birthday in a few days and he won't be able to visit himself."

"Oh"

"So where is he?" Temari questioned, looking around the room, expecting to see the blonde hurling in any time soon.

"He's not here at the moment… he went to Iruka's to spend the night."

"You guys had a fight or something?" Kankurou said making himself known to the other occupants of the room; lifting his head from the back of the couch.

"Kinda…" Sasuke uncrossed his arms and placed them in his lap.

'So that's it…' "Well that's too bad." Temari said as she stood up, taking her huge fan with her. Turning from Sasuke and heading back to the front door, she spoke. "We'll go to Iruka's then… see you some other time Uchiha." She gave a small wave and with that, she and Kankurou left.

"Arrggh!" Sasuke slammed his fist in the wall by the door and made his way back to his den. He missed Naruto so much and I hadn't even been a whole day yet. It was October the eighth, and in two days Naruto would be ready to be impregnated. Wow… he never thought that word would be in any sentence with Naruto's name in it also, unless you had 'impossible' or 'cannot be' somewhere in the sentence.

"Mmm, Iruka! Who knew you were such an excellent cook?!"

"Naruto… you say that every time you eat my food." Iruka stated with a chuckle, coming over to the table with his own breakfast.

"I know… but it's so hard to resist saying that- especially since it is true." Naruto gave his toothiest grin before shoving a slice of blueberry pancake down his throat.

"Well thank you again, Naruto for such a heartwarming compliment."

"Hey, are you making fun of me?!" Naruto exclaimed after swallowing a rather large piece of pancake.

"Of course not." There was a sarcastic tone in Iruka's voice that Naruto didn't like very much, but what made him not think about it too much was the amusement he saw shining in the brunette's eyes.

"Well-"

There was a sudden knock at the door that drew their attention to the direction of the front door. Slightly annoyed that he was interrupted, Naruto swiftly got up and made his way to the door.

Yanking the door open and glaring at the disturbance that had the nerve to interrupt him, he growled out.

"What do you want?"

"Wow, did that Uchiha really get to you that much?" Temari tilted her head slightly with a small smirk adorning her face.

"Temari?"

After muttering that, Naruto realized that he was yanked from the doorway, by a very annoyed yet apologetic Iruka.

"I'm very sorry, Temari-san. I don't know what has gotten into him?" Turning quickly to Naruto to give him a sharp glare, while continuing to look at the blonde he finished his statement. "He knows he should not answer the door in that manner, especially since this is not his house." Hissing the last word, Iruka turned back to the two at the door, smiling at them brightly. "Would you like to come in?"

"Sure, I see why not."

After making their way inside the house, Temari and Kankurou realized how cold the house was. As if someone was trying to make popsicles without putting them in the freezer. It was the same way in Sasuke's house too. 'If these people are turning on the A/C and putting it at such a low temperature when it's rather cool outside, what would happen if they were to stay in my village for a couple of weeks?' Temari looked over to Iruka and saw the man shiver then slowly folded his arms across his chest. She then looked over to the blonde boy who she thought must be sleeping or something; his eyes were closed and he wasn't moving, though he was sweating slightly and she wondered why, because it was frickin' freezing cold inside the house. Her thoughts were interrupted by none other than Kankurou, who this peculiar look on his face along with a trace of annoyance.

"Why is it so friggin' cold in here?"

At this Temari looked over to Iruka waiting for an answer, only to see him chuckle. Apparently Kankurou was thinking the same thing as her. They were really related.

"Well you see… Naruto's going through some seal problems which are causing him to… 'Over-heat'."

" 'Over-heat'…? It's not even hot outside." Kankurou sat forward turning his stare to the blonde boy who was still supposedly sleeping.

"Well as you can see, he's sweating, even though to us, the room is 'friggin' cold'." Iruka laughed at the scowl that came over the young brunette's face, and then turned to Temari when she spoke.

"No wonder Sasuke's house was so cold."

"You went to Sasuke's home?"

Everyone turned to the blonde they thought was sleeping, noticing the intense look the boy was giving Temari. Everyone also realized the blonde said, 'Sasuke's home' as if it wasn't his home too.

"Yes we went there. We thought we'd see you there, but then Sasuke told us you were here." Temari said before looking off to the side, trying to get away from the intense gaze of the blonde boy. From his stare she knew he was worried; worried about Sasuke, though when she looked back, his facial expression of worry evolved into curiosity.

"You wanted to see me?"

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that!" She exclaimed quite loudly.

"Forgot about what?"

"Gaara sent us here to deliver something to you. It's a birthday gift. He said he was sorry he won't be here for your birthday." While saying all this, the blonde girl reached into her pack and pulled out a white box with an orange ribbon with black swirls on it tied around the box into a pretty bow on the top.

Slowly reaching forward, he gingerly took the box from the girl's hand. It was as big as his hand and a little heavy. He wondered what was on the inside. He made to pull at the bow before a hand stopped him. He looked up and saw Temari smiling gently at him.

"He asked us to tell you to not open it until the day of your birthday." He smiled back at the girl, then turned and handed the box over to Iruka.

"Can you keep this for me, Iruka-sensei, just so I don't open it before the time comes?"

Iruka smiled and nodded to the blonde before standing and making his way upstairs with the box in his hand. After seeing Iruka vanish from his sight, Naruto turned back to Temari quickly.

"Is he okay?"

"Who?" Temari was confused.

"You mean Sasuke?" Kankurou commented, clearly seeing where the conversation was going.

"Yes, Sasuke." Naruto looked down into his lap, fiddling with his fingers and bouncing one of his feet.

"Weeeelllll… he looks like a nervous wreck. He's obviously worried about you." After saying this Kankurou sat forward resting his elbow in his knee and his head on his hands.

"Well, it's his fault." Naruto mumbled crossing his arms while pouting and looking to the side.

"What did he do?"

A blush suddenly came over Naruto's face that made the siblings start to wonder. Naruto turned his head away from them again, trying to hide the blush on his cheeks. "Nothing…" 'That's right. He did absolutely nothing when he could have- I even offered and I don't normally do that.'

"Well, I guess we'll leave now and hopefully whatever problems you and Sasuke have can be easily solved to make you both happy. Oh, before I forget again; Kankurou and I got this for your birthday on our way here, so we didn't get time to wrap it. Sorry." Temari ended with a small smile, something she was so not used to, especially when she was with her brothers and Gaara hardly talks- sometimes never- and Kankurou only talks decently with his puppets.

"Thank you, Temari, Kankurou!" Naruto hugged both of them before taking his gift. It was a kunai set with his clan's symbol carved into it. He absolutely loved it. He smiled again.

"Sooo… what are you gonna do now, Naruto?" Iruka looked over to Naruto who was still looking at his gift in appreciation.

Naruto glanced at Iruka for a second before shrugging his shoulders and going back to looking at his gift.

It was almost noon and Iruka and Naruto could be found in the dining room having a small snack.

"Naruto?" Iruka mumbled after swallowing a piece of ham sandwich that he and Naruto had created. It was 3 inches of hammy goodness and two glasses of lemonade.

"Hmm?" Naruto looked up with a curious gaze.

"What time are leaving to head back home to Sasuke?"

"Wow… you just can't wait to get rid of me, can you?" Naruto accused while chuckling and shaking his head.

"No! How could you say that?"

"Is Kakashi coming over or something?" Naruto at this point was ready to start laughing boisterously at the red tint that tainted Iruka's face at the question.

"Definitely Not!" Iruka rejected, the red blush on his face not leaving one bit. To make things even worse, it didn't seem as though Naruto was going stop laughing any time soon. Should he hit him?

Naruto's laughter was abruptly halted with a heavy smack to the back of his head.

"So what! I can have whoever I want here… and right now I want you to hurry and finish eating so you can get ready to leave. I don't want you to be here when Kakashi comes. Who knows what will happen."

After recovering from the shock of being hit, Naruto cringed in disgust. "Ewww… stop putting disturbing images in my head! I don't want to think of my Teachers getting it on!"

"Well, hurry so you can leave. I'm calling him over now." Iruka slowly walked over to the house phone snickering to himself when he glimpsed Naruto stuffing the rest of the huge sandwich down his throat and drinking his lemonade at the same time. Iruka shook his head as he picked up the phone and dialed a number. At the second ring, Naruto was out the door waving.

"HAVE FUN, IRUKA SENSEI!"

Iruka spluttered but stopped immediately after hearing the familiar voice on the other end of the call.

"Oh, Sasuke…"

Well, that was it. I hope you liked it. Review please. :) I have cookies~.