A/N: Heeeh, I think some of you may have red my warning that this one was coming. I couldn't help it – this has been crawling in my buzzing brain for so long that I don't think I would've been able to remain sane if I hadn't let this one out. (grins) Don't ask me why, but I've been dying to make a one more MPREG story.

WARNINGS: Let's see, now this list is long… (sweatdrops) YAOI, MPREG (heh, obviously), SPOILERS, language, at times rather clear sexual themes, possible mentions of abuse, language, general weirdness… Okay, does any of you dare to actually read this one?

DISCLAIMER: Me, OWN something of Naruto?! (laughs until is unable to breathe and going bluish) That's the BEST joke EVER!

Okay, I think I've been tormenting you long enough, so let's roll! (grins) I really hope you'll find this one worth your while.

THIS STARTS OUT A WEEK FROM THE CURRENT MANGA EVENTS, SO SPOILERS ARE GUARANTEED.

PHASE ONE: The End Of One World

The first thing Naruto felt when waking up was a headache, such that it felt like someone had been pushing a kunai or something as unpleasant though his skull. It took several moments before details finally started to sink in.

He brought a pair of hands to cover his eyes and swallowed a rather loud moan trying to escape. " Oh crap…"

So it all still hadn't been proven to be just a nightmare.

" 'Morning, Naruto." Moving his hands and turning his gaze towards the voice, he found Sakura approaching, and couldn't help noticing how tired the girl looked. " Did you sleep well?"

He pushed himself into a sitting position and blinked a little to clear at least some of the haze covering his mind. " Fine." What now had a million nightmares…

Sakura seemed to sense his lie, because her hand brushed his shoulder somewhat comfortingly while she passed by, opening the room's window. Sounds of heavy rebuilding assaulted their ears, reminded them painfully of what'd been lost. " I've got some good news, by the way."

His blue eyes immediately flashed with hope, which was something that hadn't been seen a lot during the past week. His gaze flew to the pinkette. " Is Baa-chan finally awake?" She'd already been in a coma of some sort for a week. She couldn't just sleep forever, right?

The way Sakura's green eyes darkened, however, immediately crushed all traces of hope there'd been in him. She sighed heavily. " No – her Chakra waves are still weak and abnormal." She then managed to smile just a little bit. " But according to Shizune you're good to go home. All you need to get to leave this place is a little check up."

He blinked a bit while the girl started her work. It took a moment before his voice worked. " Sakura-chan… Do you think Konoha will ever really get through this?"

-

Sakura didn't know how to react to Naruto's words – seeing the usually optimistic and cheery blond like this scared her.

She knew that even though Kakashi was gone and Tsunade was slipping away a little more each day she'd been lucky. Her home had been spared, her parents were alive and well.

And Naruto… He'd lost another one of those few people he'd ever had.

She swallowed thickly, and focused firmly on checking up the blond.

She'd have to protect what was still left of the original Team Seven.

" Yes Naruto", she murmured, because that was what she needed and wanted to believe. " Konoha… It's been through too much to crumble under this. So stop worrying."

Silence was her soul response.

About an hour later Naruto was stood outside the hospital, and blinked at the almost surreal sight that met him.

Although it'd been a week already, it looked like almost none of the destruction had been fixed. The once proud and strong village was in shambles, still too confused by the hit it'd received to get back to its unsteady feet.

Such a view actually hurt him physically, and he shuddered a little although the day was warm.

" Well look who's finally out on the loose." Shikamaru's voice startled him so that he jumped a little before turning around the face the brunette. The boy was looking at him with a questioning expression. " Are you okay? You look pale."

He managed to grin. " Yeah, I've just been laying around way too long." His gaze then strayed to the brunette's leg, which was still covered by a thick cast. " How's your leg?"

Shikamaru groaned, scratching the obviously itchy limb. " Troublesome." The boy's expression then changed into that of thoughtfulness or perhaps discomfort. " Look… I'm sorry, about Kakashi."

He first shivered a little – surprised by the twinge of ache that attacked – then smiled faintly. " Thanks." There was a small moment of mutual understanding, after which he turned his back on the desolate sight spreading everywhere around them and prepared to walk away. " I've been in the hospital for so long that I need some fresh air."

He knew he should've joined the work of cleaning up and rebuilding the village, but at the moment… He feared he'd suffocate if he'd stay for another second.

He felt Shikamaru's worried eyes on him as he went, and could almost swear he heard a muttered " Troublesome…"

In the meantime quite close to Konoha, a pair of onyx eyes moved swiftly as a tall figure entered a tiny cave with a grim expression. " Well?"

The arrival nodded stiffly. " It's true. Most of Konoha is almost nothing but ruins."

Sasuke felt a stab, which he quickly blamed on nostalgia. He nodded his thank you to Juugo, sinking into thoughtfulness.

" So…", Karin stated, effectively stopping his train of thought. There was a nearly anxious look on the girl's face – he could tell she didn't appreciate this waiting game. " What are we going to do? Now would be the perfect time to strike."

His eyes flashed. " We need to be well prepared, and it'll take time before the elders will be ready to defend themselves against us. There's no reason to rush anymore."

Karin nodded, not appearing fully pleased, then handed him a mug of something. " This should help", she explained at his mistrusting expression. " With your insomnia, and eyes." This she spoke quietly, knowing he didn't want to share his physical condition with the rest of the team.

He nodded, and after a long moment accepted the drink, taking it all down without tasting much. As soon as he was done he got up, starting to head towards the cave's exit. " I need some fresh air", he announced gruffly. " I'll be back in an hour."

-

Had Sasuke turned his head, he might've been alarmed by the look on Karin's face.

Suigetsu gave the girl an amused look. " You're really getting pathetic, you know?"

She swatted his head extremely roughly. " This isn't about that, dimwit. It's just…" She hesitated for a moment, not sure if she should tell him this. " His drink… was spiked up."

Suigetsu's expression was immediately alarmed. " Spiked up with what, Karin?"

She didn't meet his gaze. " With a lot of alcohol." Her head finally moved when Suigetsu got up and started to head away. " Hey, where are you going?"

The boy seemed to shudder. " I don't know how many times you've done this to him already, but I do know he won't be happy when he finds out. And I'm indenting to stay alive."

Naruto's thoughts were so jumbled as he walked that he didn't realize where he was headed until he found himself from a forest nearby Konoha's borderline. He frowned, not quite understanding his actions.

So now I'm officially losing it.

Just then his ears twitched at the sound of steps, and despite all the missions he'd taken his heart jumped a little. This presence, this Chakra he could sense… There was something different and familiar to it.

" I should've known you'd come here", came a voice he knew so well he gasped, his eyes widening. " It's hard to get any peace from you."

Very slowly, afraid that this was just a dream of some sort, he turned around to meet a pair of painfully familiar obsidian orbs. " Sasuke…" Despite the fact that the last time they met the raven tried to kill him desperate hope filled his whole being.

What… was Sasuke doing here, this close to Konoha? Did this mean that his dreams were finally coming true? Was the Uchiha really…?

" I'm only here to finish things up." Sasuke's eyes shattered all hope there'd been in him, making his legs so weak he almost fell. " I still have scores to settle."

The weakness Naruto had felt before turned into such rage it almost startled him, and he balled his fists. " So it's still all about revenge, huh? That's still all you can think about."

Sasuke's eyes flashed. " I've told you to give up on me, Naruto – more times than I can count." The raven turned around, obviously about to slip from his reach once more. " You need to grow up already, you know?"

His eyes narrowed. " I have grown up, Sasuke!" he all but snarled. " I've spent three long, fucking years growing up! It's you who doesn't know how to move on from that damn hatred."

He wasn't sure if he imagined seeing the raven's steps halt for a millisecond.

It took some moments before he found his voice again. " Sasuke, Kakashi… Kakashi's dead." He swallowed thickly, still finding those words hard to believe and even harder to produce. " He died, trying to protect Konoha."

Sasuke stopped, and he wished the raven had turned around so he could've seen the boy's face, seen if there was any hope at all left. It took what felt like ages before there was finally a response. " Why… are you telling me this?" The voice was annoyingly unreadable. The raven started to move once more, the boy's steps seeming to sway slightly. " You've wasted enough of my time."

Much faster than Sasuke could react he'd moved to the Uchiha and grabbed the boy's wrist, come so close that in some other situation it might've made him feel embarrassed. He wasn't about to let go when he was this close.

There was a burning he recognized far too well as nearly erupting tears in his eyes when he spoke in a barely recognizable voice. " There's still a home for you, Sasuke – I've been trying to tell you that for a long time. There'll always be a home." He could tell his eyes flamed while Sasuke finally turned around and his blue orbs looked into the boy's, carefully imprinting the exact look in them, memorizing every little detail. " So stop running around in circles already."

In some other state of mind he might've recognized the haze covering Sasuke's eyes as that caused by alcohol, but at the moment he didn't even notice it. " Let go, Naruto."

Yet neither of them moved.

So much loneliness and frustration… All those tears…And this was where it all finally came down to.

Sasuke, of course, fought back when his hot, searing lips first attacked the raven. He gasped when he was shoved backwards roughly and met a pair of burning onyx eyes. " What the hell are you doing?" the Uchiha all but growled. He could easily see how the boy's chest moved in an uneven rhythm underneath his white shirt.

He grinned toothily, and in some other situation it might've startled him how it felt like some foreign force had taken over his body that was shivering under what he could only call lust. " What does it look like, teme?" Without hesitation and far too fast for it to be avoided he reached out and bit the Uchiha's neck, satisfied when he actually felt how hard the other fought against gasping. Sasuke was finally there, alive and well – that simple fact was enough to chase away absolutely all reason there was in him. He didn't know about the tears that spilled to his cheeks while he took a tight hold of the raven, giving another set of kisses that held a clear message. " Do you have any idea how hard it's been, bastard? Can you even imagine…?" His voice died down under something almost inhumanly strong.

That night it didn't matter that they should've been fighting, that they were in the middle of a forest with a starry sky as their only roof. It also didn't matter how long they'd been apart, that there was a ton of mess to be sorted. The force of alcohol and longing taking a hold of them was far too strong.

-

Run, was the order Sasuke's brain tried to message, but he was much too drowsy to actually listen. Flames of desire he'd smothered long ago burst right back for at least a moment when Naruto kissed his neck, biting and sucking on his way and emitting sounds of apparent delight. He didn't even realize he moaned while arching his neck and allowing the blond an easy entrance, nor did he notice just how lightly he allowed the other to take off his clothes with possessive nibbles and kisses. " Don't you dare disappear from me again", the blond all but growled into his ear, the warm breath tickling his skin.

He felt hot, almost unbearably so, and he had a feeling only Naruto would be able to do something about it. That's why he abandoned all his pride and gave in. " Yngh", was all he managed to produce in a moan.

-

Had the two been paying even the slightest bit of attention, they might've noticed the red glow lingering all over Naruto in a sign of the Kyuubi scheming something quite incredible…

-

It was almost fortunate that the next day – when he woke up from the forest floor with a headache he couldn't explain, sticky and still hot – Sasuke couldn't remembered how he, a mighty Uchiha, all but screamed with pleasure while he came and his nails dug into Naruto's sizzling skin.

-

Naruto wished he would've been more surprised than he was when waking up about an hour after Sasuke and discovering that he was alone. Right there and then he gave in to the urge that'd been bubbling since he'd woken up after his fight with Pein.

He gave a moan – this time that of pain – and broke into bitter, proud tears.

Six Weeks Later.

It was around a month from his… ridiculous encounter, as he called it, with Naruto when Sasuke first started to wonder if there was something wrong with him.

At first came nausea – such that lasted pretty much all day and caused him to heave far more than there should've been in his stomach. Then, quite soon after, followed such stomach cramps he'd never experienced before, which felt like knifes plunged through his abdomen when reaching their peak.

He, of course, had no intention to share those so called symptoms with his teammates – the last thing he needed was the fuss and questions that'd follow. But in the end that decision was made for him.

For when he opened his eyes that day, he frowned when finding Karin hovering above him with a somewhat solemn expression. " What the hell are you doing?" he all but bit out, not liking the fact that the girl was so close.

She shivered a little with surprise, then looked at him with the strangest mixture of relief and worry. " You passed out during training, Sasuke-kun."

His frown from before deepened while he tried to gather the pieces.

Yes, he'd been training with Suigetsu when his legs had been struck weak. After that…

He grit his teeth while pushing himself into a sitting position, not liking the look Karin gave him. " I skipped breakfast this morning. That's all, alright?"

He became truly unnerved when he saw how Karin gulped. " I… don't think so, Sasuke-kun." She hesitated, clearly not knowing how to set her words. " Look, when I was examining you I… felt a Chakra around your stomach area."

He actually shivered a little, although he didn't let it show. " Chakra?" That… couldn't possibly mean what it sounded like.

Karin, however, nodded. " Yeah. I checked it five times, but got the same results each time."

His head spun, and his chest became filled with flames. " Karin, I don't know what the hell you're talking about, because it's pretty clear that I can't be pregnant."

" Is it?" Karin's question caught him so off guard that he didn't even remember to retort. " Orochimaru loved human experiments, remember? Did he ever…?" She left the rest hanging.

At first he shook his head, but then… He didn't look at the girl while speaking. " There… was an operation, five months after I came to his lair." He swallowed down a nearly erupting wave of nausea, barely believing his own words and conclusions, not wanting to face those memories. " After that I could barely walk or sit upright for months. And there's been bleeding…" He shivered again, pausing to listen to his own words.

No. There was no way in hell he could be… This was insane.

" Sasuke-kun." It wasn't until he heard Karin's voice did he realize he'd been quiet for a long time. " What are you going to do about this?"

His eyes narrowed and hardened, turned steely. " Even if there'd be… a parasite living inside me I'd have no obligations towards it, I'm not about to let it slow us down." This… thing inside him – if there even was such, which he greatly doubted – was nothing but an extremely stupid mistake. He wouldn't let it shatter the road he'd chosen.

His eyes narrowed even further while he clutched to the blanket covering his stomach.

Karin nodded, he could tell even without looking. " I think this requires some further tests, but… If it is there, and you want to get rid of it, I know a way." Quite slowly the girl got up, starting to make her way out of the room. " Now get some rest, will you? You'll need all your strength soon."

He gave no response whatsoever.

His head spun as she left the room, and he had to close his eyes. He didn't even realize he was trembling violently while he clenched both his fists and grit his teeth.

This was all too much, too absurd. His brain refused to accept all this.

He was grateful there was a bowl next to him when he threw up loudly some minutes later.

TBC, OR NOT?

A/N: Soooo… (gulps) What's your judgement – to axe, or to let out on the loose? I hope this wasn't too boring of a first chappy (if this can even be called such), btw. (bites lower lip)

(Btw, who expected the teme to be happy about the pregnancy? Lift your hands.) (glances around, then gets an expression of faked shock) (Nani - none?!)

Awkay, busy beaver's not gonna rest just yet, so I'm gonna get running. (grins)

PLEASE, do leave a review so I shall know what to do with this one! (gives absolutely enormous puppy dog eyes)

So long, at least for now, folks – and thanks for reading this one!

Peace out!