Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.

A/N: Okidoki. So this is another Naruto fic that I am working on. Sadly I am discontinuing Mating and some of my other Naruto stories for now. I will rez them again soon. As far as this story goes, it takes place after the time skip where Naruto and the gang are 16, Itachi is 23. The next chapter is going to be a little weird. Part of it will be before Itachi gives birth, the birth, then there will be a time skip a good nine to ten years. So read and enjoy this chapter and I'll be working on the rest.

Prologue

Itachi couldn't believe it. He just couldn't. he looked at the paper one more time before sitting on the edge of his bed. His heart was racing and he felt as if he was going to suffocate. How could this happen? He didn't think that system worked anymore. He was sure that his clan did a wonderful, and horrific, job in making sure it didn't work just in case an enemy got their hands on him. But here he was, sitting at the edge of his bed with the result of the lab tests he took not too long ago. A few days ago, Itachi was throwing up in the morning and the food he usually ate he couldn't hold down. He started eating almost the same food his leader ate and it began to unnerve everyone. Pein had ordered him to go see the doctor and he did. Now he sat in his room with the results and he felt more sick than he ever had in the past few days. Itachi looked to the bottom of the paper and saw that the doctor had handwritten a note stating that he wished to see Itachi as soon as he got the results. So Itachi got up, folded the paper and placed it neatly in his pants pocket, put on his cloak and left.

Akatsuki was currently in one of their hideouts in the Rain country in one of the small villages located near the country's border. The doctor wasn't too far away and Itachi run into anybody from the organization yet which was a plus for him. He reached the small house on the outskirts of the village and knocked once on the door. He heard a muffled 'come in' before he turned the knob and walked in. the doctor was standing by his desk which was located on the other side of the room Itachi entered. The gurney was a little ways away from the door and a small table with a couple of drawers stood right next to it. The doctor was currently reading a piece of paper and Itachi would not have doubted it was his test results from the other day.

"Please Itachi, sit down. I'm sure you are wondering what is going on." Itachi walked over to the gurney and sat down. The doctor pulled up and old looking dinning table chair and sat in front of Itachi. "As you saw, your results came back fine except for the fact that you are now pregnant. From what you told me, your family placed a kind of jutsu they told you would keep you from giving birth. What this particular jutsu really does is that it prevents you from getting pregnant from being unwillingly taken. The jutsu wears off once you willing give yourself to someone and that seems to be the case here. Now as far as your clan changing your gender when you were born upsets me quite a bit. I can't condone that at all. What they did to you in unforgivable but enough about the past. We must discuss what is to be done now. I already assume that you are going to keep the child so…"

"I'm leaving." Itachi cut off the doctor and the man looked at him with wide eyes. He was no younger than 55 but didn't look it. His eyes were a chestnut color and always seemed to calm the elder Uchiha.

"What do you mean you're leaving?!?"

"Exactly that. I'm leaving. I can't stay here. Not like this." The doctor stood up and leaned against the one and only exit to the house. The front door.

"You are not leaving the house until you tell me why." Itachi sighed. He knew the old man wouldn't let him go without and explanation and he surely did not want to kill him because the old man was always so kind to him. He also did not want the father of his child to take his anger out on the old doctor as well.

"I don't want him to know. Not now. Not ever. If he knew…I'm afraid he might just get rid of the child or accuse me of cheating." tears threatened to spill out but Itachi tried to keep them at bay.

"I don't believe Pein is that kind of man Itachi." Itachi wasn't strong enough. The tears rolled down his face as he held back sobs. His greatest fear was Pein rejecting the child and Itachi did not want that.

"Please understand. Please" the old man relented and sighed.

"Okay. When do you plan on leaving?" the old doctor moved from the door as Itachi stood up.

"As soon as possible. More than likely as soon as I get back to the hideout."

"Alright just be careful." Itachi gave the old man a small smile before heading out the door. He stopped for a moment then turned back around to look at the doctor.

"How far?" The old man smiled warmly and walked over to Itachi placing his right hand on Itachi's stomach.

"Three months." Itachi smiled and nodded before finally leaving. The old man sighed and closed the door behind him. He sure hoped that Itachi was going to be okay. The old man had been a medical ninja for the hospital back at Konoha for a good thirty years before heading out to the Rain country. He met Pein within five years of his medical career and knew the man well. He knew Pein to the point that he had to agree with Itachi. Pein was unpredictable when it came to situations he was not used to and the news of having a child would fall into that category. The old man walked over to his desk a pulled out a scroll, opened it up to reveal it to be blank before dunking his brush into the ink container and beginning to write on it. He had to write to Lady Tsunade about the situation in case Itachi was going to head out to that direction. He began at the clan massacre and the reason behind and moved on from there. Once he was finished he made a few hand signs and conjured up a messenger bird. He strapped the scroll to the bird and let it loose.

~~~~~~~~~Akatsuki Hideout a few minutes later~~~~~~~~~

Itachi had packed whatever was necessary and left behind whatever he could get again. Knowing the old doctor, the man had sent word to Tsunade. Itachi didn't like or want people to know the truth but that was the deal he had made with the old man. If something was to happen and Itachi was forced to go back, Lady Tsunade would be the first person the old man would contact and tell the truth to and the situation. Itachi looked through his bag again and glancing at the neatly folded piece of paper he left on his bed. He had sealed it with wax and wrote Pein's name on it. He knew it would be taken straight to the Akatsuki leader without being read. Itachi looked around his room one last time before walking out. He didn't look back once he was out of the hideout and a good distance away from the village. Itachi knew there were tears streaming down his face but he didn't care. He loved Pein with all his heart but he just couldn't bear the man refusing a child he fathered. Itachi picked up his pace and continued onward towards Konoha. Hoping everything would come out alright.

~~~~~~~~Pein's Office a day later~~~~~~~~~~~

Pein was sitting at his desk staring at the calendar before him. In two days time it would be six months since he and Itachi had started their relationship. The thing that was bothering him though was that he had not seen the sharingan user for some time. Konan had gone to the Uchiha's room in search for him. Pein's mind wondered over the possibilities for Itachi's absence until there was a knock on his door.

"Come in." the door opened and Konan entered holding a small sealed letter.

"What…." She held it out to him without saying a word. Itachi had left a second note on his desk to Konan which made her cry but she would never tell Pein the truth behind Itachi's leaving like he knew she would. She was confidant to the both of them and she knew Itachi's reasoning for leaving. Pein looked at konan and saw that she had been crying . He took the letter and opened it. His eyes growing wider as he continued to read. Once he was finished, his head was cradled in his hands.

"Leave." was the only word he spoke to Konan but the woman left anyway. She wondered as she closed the door, how would Pein react if he knew Itachi was carrying his child.

~~~~~~~~Tsunade's Office~~~~~~~~~~~

Tsunade read over the scroll one more time before calling all the jounin to her office including their teams. She had already sent word out to Anbu and the gate guard to allow Itachi through. They already knew the truth and were more than willing to allow the Uchiha through. Tsunade closed her eyes as she felt the room fill with people. She opened them again to see that Sasuke was among them and figured that Naruto had finally come back with him. She looked around and saw that everyone was present including the goof off Jiraiya.

"Alright. Something has come to my attention that I want all of you to know. So listen up…"

~~~~~~~~~Outside of Konoha~~~~~~~~~~~~

Itachi was just outside the gate. The guard greeted a warm good morning and told him to go through. Itachi figured that Tsunade got the letter the old man sent her. Once he entered ad familiar face was standing some ways away from the gate.

"Sasuke."

"I don't blame you for running but next time you get pregnant, try not to over do yourself and travel all the way here without rest. Come on. Naruto has the spare room made up for you already." Itachi smiled a little before following Sasuke.

"I was expecting you to attack me or…"

"Tsunade told everyone what happened. You were always a terrible liar you know that? Why didn't you tell the truth in the first place?"

"Fear that no one would believe me. Fear that the council would kill you. They used you to keep me silent."

"Oh"

"Sasuke where are we going?" He heard Sasuke laugh a bit before getting an answer.

"I came back not too long before you arrived. Maybe a day or two. I came on my own free will because I had heard you left Akatsuki and I thought I would tell Tsunade about it but she already knew but had more information than I did. I decided to stay seeing as Orochimaru is no longer a problem. Naruto asked if I was going back to the Uchiha district and I told him no. It's too far away from everyone so he offered that I stay with him. So that's where we are headed to now." Sasuke glanced at Itachi for a moment till he got his older brother's attention. "I'm so sorry. I know I should not be apologizing but I feel as if my ignorance was part of the cause." Itachi smiled slightly and shook his head.

"Do not worry about it." Sasuke smiled slightly as well and continued walking. Sasuke had a feeling that this little secret would not be kept away from Pein for long. The question was when.