Title: Mr. & Mrs.
Author: Strings of a Puppet
Pairing: SasuSaku
Genre: Humour/Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

"What?"

Perhaps it was the sudden gust of wind that made it difficult for him to hear but she knew that wasn't the case. He wasn't a genius for nothing and (no surprise) had excellent hearing. So naturally, it bothered—on the verge of annoying—her that he would dare to pretend he didn't hear her statement.

"You heard me, Sasuke." She continued throwing kunai while watching him stop his movements from her peripheral vision.

"No."

Her grip on the kunai tightened and she whirled to his direction. She tried to keep her anger under control, but it was widely known she had one of the worst tempers of all Konoha. "You can't prohibit me!"

And he knew exactly what the consequences of vexing her temper were, (some multiple bumps on Naruto's head still haven't completely healed) yet he either decided to ignore it or was really stubborn himself. "That's stupid. You're defying law and tradition."

Sakura's eye twitched. "No, I'm being independent and altering tradition," she said loudly.

"You're still defying the law."

"I'm the Hokage's apprentice! She'll understand!"

Sasuke softly sighed. He only proposed to her less than three days ago and was already starting to feel the pressure. Not that he would admit it aloud. He was an Uchiha! ...But he could only imagine what she'll do on the actual wedding day. He mentally cringed.

So what was the cause of this argument? No, it wasn't anything related to the preparations of the wedding (hell, they haven't even started talking about that part) or anything like that. It was something that didn't even cross his mind because it was what all future married couples do! What part of that didn't she understand?

"What matters is the children have your name right? I'm just the child bearer," she haughtily stated as she threw the kunai at the target.

Sasuke watched it hit a couple centimeters from the red circle. Her aim was (extremely) off today. "Why are you doing this?"

"Doing what? I just want to be independent!"

There she goes with that whole feminist crap again. It was a childish rebellion on her part, which began a couple of days ago and he hated it. Who knew the Godaime was so influential on Sakura? If anyone was to blame, it was Tsunade. Why the hell would she teach Sakura how to destroy large objects with just her forefinger? (He unfortunately was the last to know of Sakura's true strength and was not prepared for it at all.)

Simple, it was to keep suitors away! Tsunade was not going to let her prized apprentice ruin her kunoichi career by wasting her time with the opposite sex.

Then again, she failed miserably at that when Sakura accepted his proposal. However, that didn't stop the fifth from giving her all those 'inspiring' speeches to Sakura, some to which he overheard and resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Furthermore, people kept complimenting on Sakura's immense power, certainly causing her feminine ego to rise at unbelievably levels. It was so annoying; more annoying than her constant talking. Usually he would tell her to shut up or completely ignore her childish antics, but that was before he asked her to be his wife. He wasn't going to risk having a broken arm with an effortless touch of her pinky. Then there was the fact that he was going to spend the rest of his life with her, so he had to find a way to either avoid (how ideal) or confront this new behavior of hers.

Her refusal to take his name as her own was incredibly idiotic. Not to mention controversial (his parents would be turning in their graves), humiliating (it will only give the village more reason to scorn his name), and a tad bit hurtful to his pride...

...Hell, it ENORMOUSLY poked at his pride. Kami, she used to be a fangirl! And even after those dreadful days, he could've sworn he occasionally heard her say, "Uchiha Sakura," in her sleep during some of their missions. She wasn't as obsessive or insane as Yamanaka or Karin, who would say it each time they inhaled a breath (how he wished they would choke and die), but the way Sakura said it was sort of...well it made sense.

As he thought, he began to see the real reason for her change. He watched her take several shuriken and launched them at the dummy to their right.

"There's a reason why I chose you."

She didn't turn to look at him as she scoffed. "My perfect chakra control? Inhuman strength? My uterus—"

He interrupted by nearing dangerously behind her. She felt his presence immediately, forcing her to turn and look up at him. Her apple eyes had changed over the years, but there was still some of the old Sakura faintly swirling in those pools of green. He made sure he had her complete attention before speaking.

"So everyone will know that you're mine."

Her jade eyes widened in surprise as a warm, fuzzy feeling coursed throughout her body. She had frozen at his statement. And she blinked repeatedly up at him before gaping rather stupidly.

He smirked at her expression. "Close your mouth, Uchiha Sakura."

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