I don't own Naruto okay? It took me awhile to come up with this fic, as I had the idea for a while I just couldn't flesh it out until now. Anyway, I hope you like it. Anyway, enough of this A/N, on with the fic!

Sasuke paced back and forth in front of the double doors. Sakura had been pregnant with their first child and now complications had put her in the hospital. Is this what I get for trying to seek revenge and leave Konoha? Sasuke thought. After five years of trying to find Itachi to get his revenge and kill him, Sasuke was in a desperate state. His Hebi teammates had committed a mutiny against him and nearly left him for dead. He was lying on the forest floor, dying of exposure when Sakura had found him in the woods. He could see the look of love and concern on her face. It had been nearly five years since he had left the village and yet she still cared about him. Sasuke knew at once that she was the one for him. Sakura had then tended to his wounds and healed him and summoned the help he needed to recover. She had been at his side every day and yet the roles were reversed.

"She looked after me after I had abandoned her and Naruto. Now she needs me more than ever." Sasuke said to himself as he stared at the doors. "Please! Please let her be okay!" He pleaded with himself praying.

Placing his face in his hands he began to cry over the uncertainty of what was happening to Sakura in the operating room. I have not been this close to crying in nearly a decade. Sakura-chan, please be okay! Sasuke thought as tears began to flow in his eyes. Looking up, he saw the light above the double doors saying 'Surgery in Progress' still on.

Sasuke collapsed face down on the padded waiting bench next to the OR doors. He was no medic-nin; far from it. In fact he could barely treat the most common of injuries he sustained as a member of the Konoha Military police force. Despite his lack of medical knowledge, he knew something was seriously wrong when Sakura was complaining of pain in her abdomen when her due date was 5 months away. Even Sasuke knew that she could not be having the baby when she was only about four months along. He checked on her and found her collapsed and bleeding in the bathroom; he knew that she needed to go to the hospital. As soon as they got there, Tsunade knew what was happening and got to oversee the treatment right away. It had now been nearly three hours when he fell asleep from the stress and worry and exhaustion. A woman's hand shook him awake.

"Sasuke! Sasuke? Uchiha Sasuke?!" Tsunade said trying to rouse him awake.

"Huh? Wha-?" Sasuke said as he came to consciousness and looked up. Tsunade was looking down on him with a rather grim face. "What is it? Oh god, don't tell me she died in there!"

"Oh no." Tsunade said sitting down beside Sasuke. "We have her in observation. She is going to be fine and pull through, it is just…"

"Give it to me straight Lady Tsunade!" Sasuke pleaded.

"She had a miscarriage." Tsunade said.

"A what?" Sasuke asked.

"A miscarriage. It is where the body rejects a fetus that is no longer viable. In layman's terms, she lost the baby. I'm sorry, it must be devastating." Tsunade said.

"Oh." Sasuke said blankly. He had wanted to be a father for the longest time. In fact he was overjoyed when he found out that Sakura was pregnant. Now, with the life he and Sakura created was gone, Sasuke felt empty inside.

"You can visit her if you want." Tsunade said leading Sasuke to Sakura's room.

"Sure." Sasuke said in a blank automatic tone. He felt as if half of him was dead and gone. He followed Tsunade to the room Sakura was in. Sasuke looked on her and felt tears come to his eyes. She was pale and the slight bump she was forming when she was pregnant was now gone. Her weakened self was hooked up to an IV drip asleep. Sasuke walked over to her bedside and placed his face on the railings of her bed. He placed his hand over Sakura's abdomen as if he could feel the spirit of the baby that was once there. "Oh Sakura-chan!" Sasuke began to cry to himself on the side of the bed.

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura asked as she woke up.

"Sakura-chan!" Sasuke yelled hugging her. "I am so glad that you are okay!"

"Sorry I lost the baby…" Sakura said.

"It's not your fault." Sasuke said but part of him did think it was her fault to a certain degree. Finding out that Sakura had lost the child they had worked so hard to conceive rather angered him. He had wanted her to take some maternity leave but she would not. Sakura thought it was her duty to treat all the wounded and injured in Konoha. In the end, she agreed to only work in the hospital but there were a lot of stress factors that worried Sasuke. Her schedule was never consistent and sometimes she worked late into the night when she should have been resting up so the child would be healthy.

"But I worked too hard…" Sakura said.

"You were just doing your duty." Sasuke said.

"But I lost the baby…" Sakura said tears coming to her eyes.

Sasuke just hugged her and held back what he was thinking. "Lady Tsunade, can a woman still have a baby after a miscarriage?"

"Sure." Tsunade said. "I will arrange for a visit to the doctor after she recovers but most women can have a child after a miscarriage."

"Well, everything will be okay then." Sasuke said.

A knock was heard at the door. "Lady Tsunade, Sakura, Sasuke, you have a visitor." Shizune said.

"Who is it?" Sakura asked weakly.

"Naruto Uzumaki. He brought you some ramen." Shizune laughed.

"Let him in." Sakura said.

Naruto waved and brought in a bouquet of flowers, some instant ramen for when Sakura and Sasuke were hungry, a get well soon card and a bottle of sake for Sasuke. He heard that Sakura was in the hospital and he immediately brought some things he thought would help cheer his two best friends Sakura and Sasuke. He knew that this would be a very tough time for him and his role was to be there for them like they were for him when Hinata broke up with him and left him for Kiba. The pain he felt could not compare to the pain he knew Sakura and Sasuke were going through but he knew that he had a duty to be there for his friends while they were going through a tough and painful time.

"Thanks idiot." Sasuke said as he shoved Naruto in a playful manner putting the sake bottle down.

"I hope you guys are okay. I am sorry for your loss." Naruto said.

"Well Lady Tsunade said that Sakura should be able to have another child again once she recuperates." Sasuke said. "See you brought us some ramen."

"Thanks Naruto-kun." Sakura said weakly. "Hospital food gets nasty after a while."

"I know, as many times as I have been in here, I thought you guys would like something to help with your mood after what happened." Naruto said.

"You sure are cheering me up." Sakura said with a slight smile. Sasuke scowled at that.

"Good to hear it. I will be here all day for you. The ANBU captain gave me the day off when I told him what happened and he gave me the day to comfort you guys. He knows how close I am to you." Naruto said pulling a chair beside Sakura's bed and sat down.

"You know, if the baby survived and was a boy, I wanted to name him after you." Sakura said to Naruto. "I love Sasuke-kun with all my heart but you are my best friend and I hope that whenever we do have a child that you will accept the offer of godfather."

"Yes." Naruto said with an astonished gasp. "Only if it is okay with Sasuke. I mean it would be his kid too."

"Sure." Sasuke said. And it had better stay godfather relationship, don't get too cozy to Sakura you idiot. She is my wife and I don't need you mucking that up. You guys are just friends and I want you to leave it at that. Sasuke thought.

"That's great." Sakura said. "I am so glad you like that idea Sasuke-kun. I want Naruto to be a good part of any child we have's life."

"Sure." Sasuke said. However he wasn't too sure how deep the relationship between Sakura and Naruto went. He had been away from her for five years and they had done so much more that made Sasuke wonder how Sakura really felt about Naruto. With Naruto coming in and supporting Sakura in this time when Sasuke was supposed to, he was feeling rather jealous of Sakura. It was Sasuke who had lost his child not Naruto. Sakura had to bear the pain of the miscarriage not Naruto and Sakura was Sasuke's wife not Naruto's. Naruto visiting was a sweet notion but so soon after she was discharged from surgery? Sasuke was to be there for her and no one else. This was really starting to get on Sasuke's nerves and Naruto could see that.

"Umm…" Naruto said making up a reason to leave after seeing Sasuke's face. "I am going to go to Ichiraku for lunch. My last mission had left me really hungry."

"See you." Sasuke said glaring at Naruto. "We will get through this Sakura-chan. We don't need his help."

"Yeah…" Sakura said.

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