Author's Notes: This is the first chapter from the sequel to Moving Towards Tomorrow however it has next to nothing to do with that previous story so if you didn't read it you're not missing out on much. Unlike that previous story however I don't have a definite plan for this so updates will probably come a lot slower until I figure it out. This might even end up as just a citrusy one shot. Anyway. Enjoy.

Sakura smiled as she stood next to Sasuke at the gates of Konoha. Kakashi, Naruto, and her parents stood before her.

"You two be careful." Kakashi reminded them. "Stay in contact as much as possible too. I'm not going to let the others know that you've left the village just yet to protect your safety but I'll get out sooner or later."

The pair nodded and then staggered as Naruto flung his arms around both of them hugging them tight. "Take care of her." He hissed in the Uchiha's ear. "And Sakura, make sure he doesn't do anything stupid."

"I'm already temped to." Saskue muttered as he tried so shrug his friend off.

Naruto released them and smiled. "See you guys later!" he called as they turned and walked hand and hand down the road leading away from the village. He glanced at Kakashi and chuckled. "I think I know how Sakura felt a little." He admitted. "I'll be a little lonely without them around." He said scratching his face.

Kakashi chuckled and hooked his arm around his apprentice's neck. "Don't worry about it too much kiddo." He said pulling him from the gate. "They'll be back before you know it."

"Where to first?" Sakura asked as they walked.

"There's a place I want to show you." He said as he led her through the forest.

"Alright." She replied as she shifted under her tan cloak that matched her partner's. "Do you have a plan for this particular trip of yours?" she asked.

He nodded. "I'm thinking of paying a visit to The Village Hidden in the Clouds." He replied.

Sakura blinked in surprise. "I thought they didn't like you there?"

"They don't." he replied. "How could they? I attacked the beloved little brother of their leader."

"Then why would you go there?" she asked.

"Because I need to make amends." He replied. "I didn't think it would be safe for me to go alone, however I think that with you by my side, they might actually listen to me before they try to kill me."

The pink haired ninja rolled her eyes. "What am I? Your get out of jail free card?" she asked.

He snickered. "Something like that."

She smiled in response and linked fingers with him. Her eyes flickered up to his and she frowned. "What's bothering you?" she asked.

"I'm just not used to this." He admitted squeezing her hand. "Going from being alone all of the time to having someone by my side is an adjustment."

"Try not to worry about it too much." She said nudging him with her shoulder. "You did alright when we were genin."

He chuckled. "Those were the days weren't they?" he murmured.

She nodded. "Yeah. The chip on your shoulder wasn't quite as big back then." She teased.

He scowled at her and she laughed as she leaned against him. "Do you want to know what one of my favorite memories of you is from back then?" she asked.

Sasuke looked down at her and shrugged. "Sure, why not."

She tapped her chin as a little smile touched her lips. "The first time we ever met Guy Sensei, right before the Chunin exams."

"You mean right after Rock Lee beat me in at fight?" Sasuke clarified.

"Yup, that's the one." Sakura replied.

"What about it?" he asked.

She giggled. "That was the first time I'd ever seen you that pissed off and that freaked out within such a short amount of time." She admitted. "The faces you made were priceless!" she exclaimed giggling even harder.

He blinked and then shook his head. "You should've seen yours and Naruto's face." He remarked. "Your faces were far more entertaining than mine."

"You were so rattled you didn't even take your fall right." She giggled.

"He just caught me off guard." Sasuke muttered.

"Apparently so did Guy Sensei's entrance." She snickered.

Sasuke rolled his eyes and then smiled. "It's true. He did take the cake as far as grand entrances go."

She giggled and leaned against him. "Well, you can beat Rock Lee in a fight now so it's all good right?"

He nodded. "Thankfully Kakashi didn't punish us Guy punished Lee."

The pink haired medic chuckled. "Maybe you wouldn't have run off if he'd beat you senseless a couple of times."

The Uchiha rolled his eyes. "Fair enough." He murmured. "Let's pick up the pace a little. I'd like to take you to this place and then find a place to stay before nightfall."

She nodded and the pair of shinobi sprinted through the trees. After a few hours they landed in a place that Sakura had only been once before. "This place." She murmured.

"It's where I killed Itachi." Sasuke murmured as he stood underneath the wall bearing the Uchiha crest that had been weathered with time.

She blinked in surprise. "So that's what happened here?" she asked.

He nodded. "I only found out later that he let me kill him." He clenched his hands into fists. "Sakura, you said that you wanted to share my pain." He said reaching out to touch her shoulders. "Did you mean that?"

She nodded. "Of course I meant it." She replied.

He nodded and laid his forehead against hers. "Then would it be alright if I showed you Itachi? I want at least someone else besides me to know the truth." His grip on her shoulders tightened.

She nodded. "I trust you." She assured him.

He nodded and looked into her eyes. "Don't look away." He murmured as his eyes shifted to blood red.

Sakura couldn't even if she wanted to as Sasuke cast his genjutsu showing her the memories of his brother. The gentle, kind brother who helped raise him, the monster that wiped out his clan and then tortured him, and the brother that had sacrificed everything to protect the little brother and village he loved most.

Her eyes filled with tears as she watched through his eyes and soon recognized the consistent gesture of affection throughout the entirety of the vision. Itachi's affectionate poke to the forehead. When the genjutsu was broken she looked at her lover whose eyes were filled with tears and her heart ached for him. She reached out to him and wrapped her arms tightly around him. "Oh Sasuke." She murmured. "Please forgive yourself. How could you have known that he wasn't well or the truth behind his exile from the village?"

He shuddered in her arms and wrapped his arms around her. "I know. I keep telling myself that but…" he tightened his grip on her. "Why didn't he just tell me?"

She sighed and stroked her fingers through his hair. "He was just trying to protect you." She murmured.

They stood wrapped around one another for some time before Sasuke finally released her and took a step back. "Are you alright?" he asked touching her face. "That was a lot of information."

Sakura nodded. "That was nothing compared to the last genjutsu I was under." She said as they left the rubble behind.

"Oh? What was that?" he asked.

"It was used in a barrier cast by those moon ninja." She explained. "It made you relieve your childhood."

"That sounds interesting." He replied.

"I guess you could say that." She said as they sprinted across the trees. "For some reason all of us relived the same moments though. Do you remember that random lesson where Irkua sensei asked us the write down the name of the person you'd want to spend your last day on earth with?" she asked.

His brow furrowed in concentration. "Barely." He admitted. "I remember thinking that I didn't have someone like that and didn't write down anyone's name."

Sakura smiled. "Ah, yet more proof that you and Naruto are reincarnated brothers." She remarked. "Naruto did the same."

"Really?" Sasuke asked. "That's a surprise." He glanced at the pink haired medic. "Who's name did you write down?"

She blushed and looked down at the trees. "Do you really have to ask?" she muttered. He cocked a brow and she sighed. "Think about it! It was back when I was eleven! Of course I wrote down your name!" she snarled her face hot with embarssment.

The Uchiha's eyes widened and then softened as a little smile touched his lips. "You're a lot like him." He remarked.

"A lot like who?" she replied.

"Like Itachi. Trying to protect me as best you could even though I was too blind to see it." He replied. "Thank you for that. Really."

Sakura smiled. "Of course. Any time."

Night began to fall as they arrived in the next village and quickly secured a room for the night. "Should we just eat at the attached restaurant?" Sakura asked. "I'm not really in the mood to go anywhere else."

Sasuke nodded and they made their way back to the dining room and settled down at a nearby table. Sakura quickly looked over the menu and made her order her eyes shooting daggers at how the waitress subtly brushed up against the Uchiha. As the waitress sauntered away Sasuke glanced over at her and chuckled.

"You probably shouldn't take out your frustration on the fork." He suggested motioning to the piece of silverware in her hands.

Her eyes widened and she blushed as she used her monster strength the fix the utensil. "Sorry." She muttered. "I used to be able to brush stuff like that off but now…"

He leaned over and brushed his lips against her ear. "Are you possessive now that you've had me in every way?" he murmured his hot breath sending a delicious shiver down her spine.

Sakura shuddered and leaned away from him. "So what if I am?" she snapped. "Is that a bad thing?"

"Not at all." He replied with a smirk.

"You're a demon." She muttered.

"Yeah, but you love me anyway." He replied as he lifted a hand to brush through her hair.

She rolled her eyes and then scowled as the waitress returned carrying their food. The girl set Sakura's plate down in front of her and she didn't miss the stink eye the young woman gave her before she laid Sasuke's plate down in front of him and batted her eyelashes.

"Is there anything else I can get for you? Anything at all." The girl purred.

Sakura took a deep breath as Sasuke shook his head no and dismissed the girl. "Sakura, the silverware." He reminded her again.

The pink haired medic snorted. "Better this fork than her face." She muttered as she fixed the tableware again and began to eat. Her eyes widened when she felt Sasuke's foot touch hers underneath the table. She caught his eye and blushed at the heat she saw there. Her bad mood vanished even as her desire flared. They ate quickly exchanging warm glances and gentle brushes until their meal was finished. "Shall we?" Sasuke whispered in the pink haired medic's ear as his hand brushed across her thigh under the table.

She nodded. "Yeah. Let's go to bed."

He pulled her from their table leaving the money on the table and pulled her across the dining room floor.

"Sir! Are you sure you don't need anything else?" the waitress called out walking towards them. "Dessert or something like that?"

With an exasperated sigh he pulled Sakura to him and crushed his lips to hers kissing her passionately for a few moments before pulling away. "I'd rather enjoy my dessert in my room if you don't mind." He said before pulling the flushing kunoichi with him into their room slamming the door behind them and pushed her up against it as his lips descended on hers again as his hands frantically pulled at her clothes.

"Sasuke!" Sakura exclaimed between kisses. "Slow down!"

"No." he replied latching his mouth to her neck. "I've been thinking about this since last night." He murmured as he loosened his own pants and let them fall to the floor. "I want you Sakura." He groaned as he pulled her black shorts and panties down in one motion. He reached between her legs and smirked at the wetness there. "You want me too."

"Shut up!" she snarled blushing furiously.

He lifted her in his arms and she wrapped her legs around his waist as the stumbled to the bed and he pressed her hands above her head taking a moment to savor the view of her stretched out beneath him before he entered her his eyes closing as he buried himself in her slick heat. "Sakura he groaned as he released her hands to grab her legs as he thrust into her.

"Sasuke!" she moaned one hand gripping her hair as the other grasped at the sheets.

The sight only aroused him further and his thrusts became harder and faster as he drove into her. White light exploded behind his eyes as he moaned her name and lost himself in her and collapsed on top of her. He was eternally grateful that he'd restrained himself in Suna because he was fairly certain he'd have lost his mind being stuck in a bedroom with her but unable to be with her in this way because of the blonde idiot and Sai.

"Sasuke." Sakura murmured as she snuggled against him her emerald eyes heavy with the afterglow of sex and tiredness.

He sighed and ran his fingers though her sweat dampened hair. How he'd lived without this woman for so long boggled his mind. He chuckled as he thought about his genin self and wondered what his younger self would think if he knew that the girl he thought was so annoying would be lying next to him in bed one day.

"You're quiet. What are you thinking about?" The pink haired woman asked.

"I'm just wondering how my younger self would react if he knew that the annoying girl with pink hair would one day end up as his girlfriend." He replied.

Sakura giggled. "He'd never believe it." She replied. "I'm pretty sure little me would faint though."

"You were prone to fainting." He mused glancing down at her. "Are you still?" he asked.

She blushed. "Does it matter?" she replied looking away.

"Of course it does." He replied. "I care about you."

Sakura sighed. "I am." She admitted. "Lady Tsunade hasn't been able to figure out why either. It doesn't happen as often as it used to obviously."

He nodded and held her closer. "What a troublesome girl." He murmured before he kissed her on top of her head. "I don't mind though. Thank you for telling me."

She nodded and snuggled closer. "Goodnight Sasuke." She murmured as her eyes drifted closed.

"Goodnight Sakura." He replied kissing her once more before he drifted into a deep sleep.