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Cause and Effect

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Swallowing hard and clearing his throat, Tony began, "Naruto, you were asked if you've had any sexual contact with Sasuke while he was with Sakura. You said no. The lie detector determined…"

A flooring gloom flooded the piercing silence as everyone held their breath waiting for Naruto's results. They fixed their eyes on a blank faced Sasuke and a pregnant Naruto as he moved wobbly legs from the chair and stood pressed against Sasuke's arm, distancing himself from Sakura's disarming stare. A bodyguard moved between Sakura and Naruto as preventative protection for the lottery of hell that could occur when the results were revealed.

Naruto inhaled deeply as he fleetingly brushed his hands over his slightly raised stomach. Looking at the Tony's concentrated face, he exhaled, stealing a glance at a stonewall Sasuke.

"…You did not tell the truth," Tony squeezed out with an upward inflection.

What? Naruto was lying? After all that convincing he did? It was all for show?

Sakura leaped at Naruto, her arms desperately flailing with the intent to harm. Naruto slinked away, head low, raking his bangs out of his deep blue eyes. Sasuke shielded Naruto, gently pushing Naruto behind him. Luckily, the burly Spanish man ceased her by her waist in midair, pulling her away from the two. Kicking her legs and knocking over the second stage chair, she yelled obscenities the entire way. "I knew it, you fucking slut! I know you were fucking Sasuke! You're fucking dead! Do you hear me! Wait until I get my fucking hands on you!" She threatened as the audience released shocked, disappointed noises, shifting below.

"Oh my god," The camera zeroed in on a brunette with a long silk braid, eyes wide and mouth sealed with her hands.

Naruto was so funny, so personable—so likeable; they couldn't believe he was actually sleeping with…Sasuke. He denied it so, adamantly, so fervently and it turned out to be the truth. Oh, damn.

"When you were asked if you were in love with Sasuke, you said no…" Naruto rested his hand back on his stomach and blinked repeatedly staring at the tan carpet. Naruto didn't even look up as a random man shouted, "Oh shit!"

A quiet still ensued as Tony read from the card he indefinitely tilted in his hands. "The lie detector determined you did not tell the truth…" Naruto's slight reaction—a flinch of the shoulder and cup to the bulge to his tummy—made the audience pity him. He was enamored with Sasuke, having sex with him—with the chance that Sasuke might not feel the same. Like being on a cliff without a rope.

Frightening—assuming the child in inside him was Sasuke's.

"Tuhhhh," Sakura scoffed. "You think Sasuke would ever fucking love you? You're just a fuck. An easy fuck! That's all. That's the only reason anyone would ever want you because you're skilled on your fucking back!" Sakura flamed still being barricaded by the black dressed man from the duo. She clawed, trying to reach around him. "Get off me!" She tried to escape but failed.

Barely glimpsing at her, Naruto allowed Sakura's hurtful words to soak in. She was right. Maybe the lack of love he thought Sasuke had for him was the reason he denied it so hard. He was afraid everyone would think he was just giving it up for free without any prerequisites.

Sasuke looked at the blond from over his shoulder with a new profound empathy. Naruto briefly glanced up, scared to meet Sasuke's gaze, like a kid afraid to touch beach waters. Too terrified to find out what it was like. Hesitant about the weight of rejection, he didn't dare look up —his entire personal life was already broadcasted and available to anyone who owned a television with access to channel 2 at 11. He couldn't anything else right now.

Cursing himself when Naruto looked away, he too looked back at Tony, feeling the best feeling ever long with the dread of being uncovered and dragged into the spotlight to be observed by everyone—namely Sakura. Naruto was in love in with him. A gratifying swirl rested in his chest as he exhaled—warm and beautiful.

Tony steam rolled through the questions despite Sasuke's bitter expression and Naruto's peaking embarrassment.

Sectioning to the next card, "You were asked if the night you were at Sakura's house with Sasuke if you engaged in sexual contact with Sasuke and you said no…" Tony's eyes drifted to the bottom of the card and promptly continued, "The lie detector determined you were telling the truth."

They appreciated that Naruto was atleast telling the truth about that. They guess Sakura wouldhave been awoken if they were having sex on the couch. Probably like two furiously horny animals clambering to have a raw, harsh fuck, based on a liable instincts that only animals were innately embedded with… Maybe Naruto was a pornstar in another lifetime.

"You were asked if Sasuke was the one to sign the birth certificate of your first child... You refused to answer the question."

"If Sasuke didn't sign the birth certificate, why are you not answering the question? Huh? Don't even answer that because we all know that Sasuke is the father of that fucking kid. Why don't you just admit it now and save yourself the embarrassment?"

Naruto stood half hidden by Sasuke, his eyes lowered. Grief-stricken, looking like he had just been pummeled in a street altercation, Naruto looked over at the hyped Sakura. "Leave me ALONE."

Even though Naruto—Sasuke—had been lying all along, they both still agreed that Sakura needed to stop. Naruto was pregnant and the belligerent attitude was certainly stressing him out. Hopefully Tony would tell her to take a chill pill and not get so worked up about something a man did to her. One thing the world was never short of was men. If this one betrayed her, she could just find herself someone who would want her more than Sasuke would.

Expectantly, they looked like criminals that had just been cornered by a fleet of FBI helicopters and a frontline of cop cars.

"We asked you if you've recently had sexual contact with anyone else besides Sasuke, you answered yes. The lie detector determined you were not telling the truth," He said looking up at Naruto. "You failed a majority of the test. You passed one question and refused to answer another."

If Naruto hasn't been having sex with anyone else recently than that meant Sasuke was the father of the baby he was carrying… They were having a baby together—for the second time. Sakura never believed that cock and bull story about Naruto getting drunk and having sex with some random guy at a party. Sure, Naruto was a party animal but he wasn't irresponsible. She knew how nervous he was about getting pregnant; it was unbelievable that the Naruto she knew would just hop into bed with someone he 'thought' was attractive at the time—even if he was drunk. He was too careful, too cautious. It would only be with someone he trusted, someone that talked him into it. The only person that could persuasively talk him into motherhood was no other than Sasuke Uchiha. "You're a fucking liar—goddamn," Sakura seethed, pacing on her unmarked section of the stage.

This was all wrong.

Her boyfriend and her best friend—behind her back, in front of her face.

Together.

What had she done to deserve it?

Was she not appealing enough to Sasuke? Was she not nice enough to Naruto? Was she naïve for trying to push them together?

Tears prickled her emerald green eyes.

"I imagine Sasuke's lie detector doesn't seem much different," Tony said pulling out Sasuke's series of cards, placing all of Naruto's to the back. Thank God that was over. Even though the audience was glad they found exactly what they were dealing with, they were still left feeling like they wish they hadn't found out. The betrayal was so fresh it left them dumbstruck.

"You were asked if during your relationship with Sakura if there was any sexual contact between you and Naruto; you said no," Tony read in a clear crisp voice, his welsh accent making the information sound more blunt and more scandalous—like Sakura referred to Naruto earlier in the taping—than the casual question was. "The lie detector determined there was extreme deception—a complete, utter, bold-faced lie." Tony flipped through the cards as Sasuke and Naruto said nothing.

"Naruto, I hate you so much right now! You have no idea! I will never forgive you for this! Never!" She kicked and screamed as the security guard carried her light body back to where he initially placed her. She tried to dodge him but was not successful. She didn't know that even if she got past the Latino protector that she wasn't getting past the large, Uchiha with any amount of force she used.

"You were asked if you were in love with Sakura, you said no—the lie detector determined you told the truth," Tony said in a contemptuous voice.

The crowd sadly awed as Sakura stopped fighting and stood in a pool of sorrow. Sasuke didn't-didn't love her? After all this time?

Sasuke's answer to the polygraph didn't really surprise Tony. He didn't seem like he would save her even if she was sinking in an Amazon pit hole. Not because he hated her, but because he just didn't even give a shit about her.

Naruto didn't seem to react much to the news about Sasuke not loving Sakura at. Was it possible that he already knew? It wouldn't be far-fetched. When they were alone, they probably talked about everything, nothing Sakura knew about. It didn't appear they clued her in on much, including their ever expanding relationship.

He didn't feel the need to place much follow up questions to the undercover couple. The lie detector seemed to speak loud enough that the truth challenged pair didn't have to say a word. "You were asked if you were in love with Naruto, you also said no…" Tony raised his hand in Sasuke's direction and paused. "But the lie detector determined you were not telling the truth." The crowd was just speechless about the lies they had been fed only moments before. Everything was so false and foggy that all the possible outrage tumbled out of their mouth about 7 questions ago. What could they say? It wasn't everyday someone came on and accused their boyfriend of cheating on them with another man—that was pregnant with his child—and was proven to be correct. The drama was stupefying and they didn't want to miss a single second. None of them would see anything like this again in their entire life.

Naruto's position remained unchanged but he felt a spark of hope blossom inside of him. Sasuke lovedhim back. He was beyond glad—he was ecstatic.

"You think you love Naruto. You're just confused… You can't be in love with another man. That's not normal."

"Neither is your face and you still roam free." Naruto muttered to himself, feeling more spiteful than ever. This is not something he ever wanted to do. He wanted to be home, taking care of his baby, relaxing, feeding him his bottle and teaching how to further his speech beyond his limited vocabulary, while anticipating the arrival of his new one. He just wanted to live in peace and not be disturbed by petty issues. Was that so much to ask?

Sasuke eyes were locked on Tony like a slick, cement wall, like he didn't care that each answer made him look more and more like a liar in the eyes of the public. "You were asked if you signed the birth certificate of Naruto's child… You refused to answer the question." Gasps radiated through the empty vacuum of space. What? Naruto refused to answer the question too. What the hell were they trying to hide?

Naruto said he didn'tsign the birth certificate and Sasuke never admitted to signing the birth certificate. But due to them refusing to answer the question, no one actually knew for certain if he did sign the certificate or not.

Fuck. With every question they retracted further and further from the truth. It was almost like there was never a line between them in the first place.

Sasuke deeply scowled feeling a numb Naruto balance against him ever so slightly.

He was not ashamed of loving Naruto and he didn't care if people called him gaybut the thought of having his personal information everywhere really fucking irritated him. "You were asked if you wanted to marry Naruto. After being asked twice you admitted to our lie detector that you wanted to propose to Naruto."

"You want…to…marry…m-me?" Naruto sputtered out before his brain even processed the notion, feeling like his skin was being radiated by the sun abreast every portion of his skin.

Sasuke pathetically nodded; slightly disappointed they had unwillingly exposed one of his deepest desires… in front of the whole nation before he could personally divulge the information to Naruto. There was no cute plan or suave finesse he could pull out of his ass to make the moment any less awkward. Naruto wasn't saying anything. He needed Naruto to say something. Anything.

"You want to do…what?" Sakura could barely get crackling voice above a whisper. She couldn't believe this; Sasuke wanted to put a ring on her ex-best friend… and not her. She felt like screaming. She felt like crying. Or a modest combination of both.

Naruto flinched as Sasuke turned around to him. He didn't know what to say… What were you supposed to say when you found out someone wanted to marry you? "Oh, I didn't—know…You're that serious about us?" Naruto's optimistic misted blue eyes dragged Sasuke back under as his throaty answer simulated the epitome of amazement. The small revelation rekindled the passionate fire extinguished by the taboo of cheating. He didn't regret any of it. Meeting Sasuke and falling like an idiot for him in subsequent steps. It was fate—just a muddled, twisted version of it.

"Like a heart attack." Sasuke's smoky grey eyes matched the heated blaze alive in his tone—Naruto believed every stroke of his tongue. He always did.

The camera captured a man leaning closer in his chair because he didn't want to miss the view if they kissed. But to his disappointment, Naruto reframed from replying and rested his head on Sasuke's arm, closing his tired eyes. The gesture was just as sweet and elicited a quiet coo from the audience.

They were so cute.

A whole host of people felt bad for Sakura but their darker side wanted Sasuke and Naruto to be together despite their tryst. It didn't make them bad people... They were just rooting for Romeo and Mercutio.

"You were asked were you with Naruto on the day of Sakura's birthday. You answered no and the lie detector determined you admitted to our lie detector test that you both spent the day together."

"What the fuck, Sasuke? You were with fucking Naruto when you were supposed to be with me! It was my fucking birthday, you asshole!" Sakura screamed, mascara trickles staining her cheeks. "Ugh," She gave a frustrated grunt, slapping her hand on her hip and stomping her bare foot.

Sasuke ignored her, enjoying the feel of Naruto's scorching skin through the fabric of his dress shirt. "We asked you have you had sex with anyone besides the one person Sakura suspected. You answered no and the lie detector determined you were telling the truth…"

"You've only been cheating on me with my best friend… Were you trying to split us up so that you could be the number one priority for both of us?" Sakura asked, shaking her head.

Sasuke glared at her as Naruto stiffened against him. Did he think there was some kind of truth to what Sakura was saying? He had to know that's not how things happened. He never had any intention of separating them—it just sort of happened that way. The constant accusing and the spite and jealous was what ultimately ended any semblance of a relationship they once had. And in his personal opinion, Naruto was so much better off without her. He was so much more confident, carefree, and affectionate. He preferred Naruto withouther.

Tony placed the last card behind the last and continued on with the testing. "We also gave Sasuke a paternity test to Naruto's first child. And Sasuke…"

Everyone hunched over in their seats in anticipation as Sakura turned her head and contorted her body toward the host somberly.

The moment of truth.

"You are the father."

"I know." Sasuke stubbornly whispered.

"I knew it! I fucking knew it! You tried to lie about a fucking party but in reality you were having sex with my boyfriend! You're no fucking friend! Normal people don't do this to someone they call a friend!" Sakura screamed across the stage, gesturing angrily.

"Why didn't you just tell me the truth from the beginning? You didn't think that child would start to grow up to look like Sasuke! You and I both know he wouldn't want to take care of a child he knew was his!" Sakura glared, flaring her nostrils. "Oh my God, I cannot believe you! You call me a horrible person when you are the one here sleeping with Sasuke—getting pregnant for him! Well, guess what Naruto? The truth always comes out and hypocrites always—always are found out!"

Fed up with Sakura's constant digs, he pulled away from Sasuke and walked away toward the entrance to backstage. "I want to see my baby. I w-want m-my baby," He said through sobs, marching away wiping his face.

Sasuke instantly remembered Naruto was pregnant with… his child and in that exact instant he hated every living cell in Sakura's body. He was more sensitive and more susceptible to emotional pain than usual.

"He's not sad. Just sad he got caught," Tony muttered, switching the cards' arrangement.

"He's pregnant," Sasuke sniped at an insensitive Tony.

Blind with rage—Sasuke sharply turned to her. "It's over."

"What? No, it's not! You're going to stop sleeping with Naruto and learn some damn devotion."

"I've already know how to be devoted to someone—it's just not you," Sasuke hissed, following behind Naruto.

Backstage, Naruto told the workers repeatedly he wanted to see his child but was interrupted as he felt Sasuke whirl him around and trap him into his grip. Naruto slightly wiggled, still on the mission to find their child. "Sasuke…" The rest was muffled as he twisted in the prison of Sasuke's strong arms. He dug his fingers into Sasuke's triceps and looked up with clear eyes bleeding tears. Sasuke's heart drummed tirelessly as he draped his right arm over Naruto's shoulder and crashed their bodies together. Leaning down and pressing his lips to his temple, seeking to ease Naruto, he raked his fingers over Naruto's shoulder blade.

"Naruto, I love you and I want to make us a family officially. By marrying you," From the on-stage monitor, Sasuke visibly threaded his fingers in the spaces between Naruto's fingers, tightly holding his hand. Naruto's deep panting and heavy sobs could still be heard as Sasuke continued whispering sweet nothings into his ear. He calmed slowly hugged Sasuke back, realizing that the war was over. Permanently.

It was obvious their love was real. There were few words in this world that could describe something that strong.

Numerous pews watched, feeling their heart break in two jagged pieces.

They understood that Sasuke was cheating on Sakura and that was wrong… but it seemed she was just the bridge that's purpose was to lead Sasuke to real love. Now, she was a bridge that needed to be burned. To the ground.

They heard Naruto brokenly say, "I love you too," as someone came to guide them to the green room where their child was being kept. Mazing through the plaster white walls, they finally arrived at the door and Naruto fumbled with the knob, understanding what an emotional wreck he was. He couldn't even properly open the knob of a simple door. Fuck.

Sasuke covered Naruto's hands from behind, ignorant of the camera tracing their every move, and opened the door for him. The intimacy was unreal as they walked into the room where a young female brunette, presumably an intern sat with the small boy dressed in a small orange jumper and tiny black sneakers. His jet black bangs swept across his forehead as he looked up at the familiar faces with a toothless grin.

"Hey Mommy's baby," Naruto quickly scooped up his child and held him close. Patting his back and twisting his torso, Naruto was excited they were reunited after the worst. He felt like a piece of him had been placed back into his puzzle since he held his child. Even though he was only 21, he had the maturity and responsibility of someone who looked had been studying to be a parent for most of their life. His maternal instincts were natural and he was complimented on it, time and time again even though he hadn't seemed to notice it much.

"Mommy," he cheered in his tiny voice, burying his face into his mother's neck, but not before he glimpsed at the camera with striking grey eyes. The audience awed upon seeing him curl into his mother embrace, reaching his small arms onto his mom's collar bone and calling out to his mother. He was so adorable that they already decided he was going to be a heart-stopper when he got older, thanks to his perfect genes from both sides.

Naruto kissed his cheek, smiling. "Phoenix, Mommy missed you."

Sasuke rotated Naruto slightly so he could clearly get a view. With his blessed height, he leaned over his son and stroked his cheek that still had traces of his mother's soft kiss. "Hey, little guy," He sweetly whispered, leaving the lasting impression that Sasuke not only loved Naruto but he also loved his child.

"Daddy," His infant's hand reached up and pulled the longer portion of Sasuke's bangs and waved it in the air like a flag.

Naruto shifted Phoenix in his arms and rubbed his back, causing Sakura's stomach to pit as she watched them on the flat screen monitor.

Did they have no shame…? She was right here—watching everything she didn't have. It was hard…having to let Sasuke go… to Naruto. It almost made her want to bawl forever. She never lost anything to Naruto and now she was losing the most important thing in her life to him.

"My God," She whispered, mesmerized by the screen as she felt her eyes water.

After they spent enough time backstage, greeting their child, the two returned to the stage and stood as peeved and aggravated as the grim reaper.

Sakura didn't say a word as they returned, like she had been broken down at the core. Like there was nothing else to say. The welsh host uttered a words in her place, "Well, it is obvious there is a lot of animosity, a lot of betrayal, and a lot of heartbreak here. Sakura, I think you should leave them. You don't deserve to be cheated on and lied to no matter how much problems there are between you all."

They gave a standing ovation as he continued. "You should have never let a man come between your friendships but what's done is done. You took a lie detector test as well that consisted of one question." He was handed her card and looked at all three of them.

She looked at Sasuke. "You're going to see what you were missing out on when it comes back that you were the only cheating ass in the relationship."

Naruto rolled his beautiful eyes, mumbling, "Can we please just get this over with? I want to go home with my baby."

"Very well then. Sakura you were asked if during your relationship with Sasuke, if you've ever had sexual contact with anyone else. You said no. And the lie detector determined…"

"I was telling the truth," She cockily smirked.

"…that was a lie."

"What?" She whipped her head around stared at the host wide eyed.

"What did you think you could beat a polygraph?" Tony asked, scoffing.

A rally started from the audience as Naruto recoiled in disgust along with Sasuke. "Ew," Naruto said, lifting his upper lip. "You were fucking other people?"

"And Naruto's the slut, huh?" Sasuke sighed out, thankful he never touched her.

"They indicated extreme deception, possibly meaning it was more than one person."

The crowd groaned cursed, feeling like they had been put through one hell of a ringer with this taping. Could this get any worse?

"You're disgusting…" Naruto looked her up and down, honestly feeling like he was standing in the presence of a despicable human being.

Holding the card, Tony shook his head as the audience heckled and cursed behind him. "Well, I have nothing to say about this trio and usually I have A LOT to say. All I can say for sure now everyone knows the truth..." Just as he spoke the word 'truth' Sakura jogged backstage, tears of humiliation streaming down her face. Sasuke glanced over momentarily before looking back at Naruto—his everything.The mother of his children, his lover, maybe soon to be his husband…

"I do have one question… Sasuke. Who are you leaving with today?"

Sasuke snorted, putting an arm around Naruto. "Who do you think I'm leaving with?"

They exited without another word and Tony chuckled, "Maybe, in the future, we could get an update from them?" He shrugged, smiling.

"Tony! Tony! Tony!"

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Dunno, will we get an update for them?

Why am I asking you? I would have to write it -_-

But Dude, this was super fun to write. I hope it was as fun to read.

It's hard living inside my own head with all my story ideas (there's a lot of them) but some of them are so worth it. Anywho, I hoped you liked the end. I'm so tempted to write the backstory of Excavation… but you know ;D

Update: There is now a prequel to this story: Element. Please read if you enjoyed this. It's the explanation to this three shot ^.^

A review would be appreciated.

Thank you for reading. All love from NKY.

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