Sasuke stared at the setting sun on a cliff top, his emotions were cool and calm as he took in the scene before him; thick gray clouds seem to nestle on the sun, and the orange and crimson light shone through the clouds and casted a mild purple light on the land below. Bored with the scenery, Sasuke turned and walked into the forest he knew so well, soon the trees thinned out and Sasuke saw in the distance his village, rebuilded and was now the strength of the ninja stopped in front of the high gates and looked up and smiled.

Hinata walked slowly towards the hokage's building, the scrolls on her back was a little heavy, but manageable, soon a small smile came on her face, as she realized she was going to spend the entire night with the hokage.

"Naruto"

Hinata though looking up in the darkening sky which had a small amount of stars at the moment. Hinata was lost in her thoughts and didn't see the person trailing her,

Sasuke stealthily walked behind the hyuuga girl who didn't seem to notice him, the moment he saw her he immediately recognized her, but unsure of himself, he didn't know what to do, so he followed her until he though of what to say to her, soon it came to him, and before he had the chance to say anything, her head was turning around.

Hinata looked behind her, her byakugan on and scouting the area, she had felt a familiar chakra but didn't remember the source, she continued on her way with her byakugan on and took a kunai out of her pouch and got ready to fight if necessary, for she was carrying a lot of precious information and data that was top secret, she shivered and continued on her way.

Sasuke stared down on Hinata from the roof he was on, who continued on her way, Sasuke allowed a small smile on his face before biting into a rather juicy apple he had managed to grab when hiding, in a blink of an eye he was gone from the roof leaving the half eaten apple to drop on the roof and roll off the slanted roof and land on the ground.

The hokage looked down through his window, at the darkening village and sighed, lately it was becoming increasingly hard to run the village, He leaned on the glass and closed his eyes.

"I need a break"

Then he felt chakra, it was strange but familiar, and huge, he dug deep in his memory to find the source of such power, then it hit him and his eyes slowly opened

"Sasuke"

Sakura finger gripped the pen delicately and finished signing a document, it went in the heap of growing paper work and sakura yawned, working from early in the morning to dusk was a tiring task, she scanned the room she was in and sighed.

"Makino-san"

She called and a brown haired girl came in with a large black book.

"Have you finished the research on your project?"

"Hai sakura-sama"

"Good"

Sakura replied, getting out of her chair

"See you in the morning then"

Sakura said loosening her hair from the bun it was in, she closed her eyes and shook her head two times to loosen her hair which fell in the middle of her back, makino tugged gently at her own hair and wished she had the hair type sakura had.

Sakura dragged her tired body through the streets of konoha and looked up at the stars and stopped to rest on a street bench, it was always the same routine, work, sleep and drink alcohol, she had picked up the habit after the war, to distract her mind from the crushing loneliness she faced and the loss of her love, sakura felt her eyes sting with tears, the simple though of Sasuke always left her in tears. Sakura opened the bag she was carrying and took out a small bottle of sake, she opened it and smelled the sweet smell of alcohol and took a small sip.

Her head pounded terribly and she didn't know if she could make it to her home, she stumbled and almost fell on her back, when she fell into a warm chest and became aware that she was being carried by strong arms.

"Who are you?"

Sakura asked quietly, staring into the person chest

"HN"

Was the reply and sakura eyes widened

"That voice, it can't be"

She turned her head and squinted up into the person's face and gasped gently.

"S-s-Sasuke?"

Sasuke looked down into sakura's beautiful bewildered face and smirked, sakura was confused, she wondered if this was some horrible trick her mind was playing on her, even if it was, she was happy to see the person she had yearned for all these years carrying her,

"I am so happy!"

Sakura said, a cute smile came on her face, and her face heavy with sleep made her look so innocent, sakura snuggled deeper in Sasuke's warm chest and closed her eyes, fatigue and the sake finally taking its toll on her body and mind. Her breathing became calm and she fell asleep.

Sasuke laid sakura's sleeping body on her bed and stared down on her, his quick eyes caught a faint smile ghosted on her face,

"Sasuke"

She said happily in her sleep, Sasuke turned his back and walked towards the window from which he had come in and effortlessly jumped through, soaring high in the air before landing on a high building top, and looked over the busy streets, a cold gust of wind blew and ruffled his clothes and his long hair which blew in the air, memories of when he was young and what he had seen in sakura room came back to him and a frown came on his handsome face. This had become too difficult to deal with, he had his mind set on one girl and he was going to have her even if he had to kill to get her, Sasuke leaped into the air quickly soaring in front of the moon and he knew how he looked like, a bird of prey swooping down on a unsuspecting prey, his sharingan swirled and gleamed in his eyes and her name came in his mind;

"Hinata"