A/N: So, guess what kitties? I'm sick! XD Sort of, not really, but hey, I managed to stay home, so that counts for something ^_^ Anywho, this piece of crap just came to me when I was on DA, randomly searching for older pics of Sasuke until I found one with him as the Otokage.
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Out of Reach
She strutted through the building, her white lab-coat swaying with her stride, greeting the shinobi who she walked by, instructing medical ninja as she past them, slapping on that stupid fake smile that always seemed to fool everyone and all the while trying to hide her tremulous hands.
Today was the day. The Chunin exams were being held in less than a month, therefore the Hogake, Kazekage and the Otokage were required to meet in the Hidden Leaf, the village where the exams were traditionally held. She has put this off for as long as she could, and now, she has no choice but to face him. She took a deep breath and balled her pale hands into fists, willing her body to stop this foolishness and freaking get. On. With. It.
However, she knew her attempts were futile. She could see him now, still the same but different, just like every time she saw him in the past. He became the Otokage after Team 7 reunited to kill Madara and Danzo, she could still see his smile, engraved into her mind. Not a smirk, nor a frown, but a genuine smile when he saw she and Naruto had made it out alive and they were all breathing and he had the personal privilege of mercilessly killing the two people responsible for his clan's and his beloved brother's death. She thought things would change after that, but after two years she realizes that they never will, she now sees that he just might not ever belong to them again.
Tears pricked at her emerald eyes but she refused to let them fall as she grabbed a stack of papers off her desk and strode over to the meeting room. Actually it had a different name, but she never bothered to remember it, all it is was an empty room with the exception of three throne-like chairs situated in the middle of the round room that over-looked all of Konoha, much like the Hokage's office, where the Kages of the alliance villages would meet and discuss things far beyond her interest. And Naruto's as well, but he could not do anything about that now.
She knocked once on the mahogany door of the meeting room before turning the brass-door-knob and straightening her posture before she marched confidently through the door-frame, forcing that same fake smile on her lips.
"Sakura-chan." She smiled at Gaara, genuinely, because he deserved nothing short of her utmost respect.
"Gaara-kun, it's nice to see you finally," She said, placing the papers on the long glossed table in front of the thrones. "I've been meaning to stop by Suna to check on the medical-advances, but, someone has to do the paperwork around here." The two shared a laugh while Naruto glowered in the seat next to him.
"I do paperwork!" he insisted, acting as if his mother had just taken away his favorite toy.
Sakura smiled at him, nodding. "And, how often is that, again?" The blonde fell silent and Sakura reached over to ruffle his spiky golden locks.
Gaara smiled. "I'll actually be back here very soon; Matsuri refuses to have anyone deliver the baby but you. And, Kankuro and Temari have wanted to visit as well." Sakura smiled.
"Well, I'm sure Tem has a better reason for coming down here." she said, laughing as Gaara scowled at the mention of Temari's and Shikamaru's relationship.
Naruto and Sakura laughed once more, but soon it ended and she was forced to acknowledge the presence of the Otokage.
"Sasuke." She said, something twisting in her stomach when she didn't say the 'kun'.
"Sakura." She forced herself to smile at him, taking notice of his new snake-tattoo that spiraled up his toned chest and down his left arm and how his eyes seemed to analyze her every move, his dark hair that still managed to stand up all on its' own, the gold-rope that tied securely around his waist and even the way his lips were set. She wanted to just stare at him for hours so she had no chance of ever forgetting him.
Her fake smile suddenly became sweeter, more relaxed. "You look well, Sasuke." She said, her eyes softening and her voice coming out soft and sincere.
"You do too, Sakura." She nodded, smile faltering slightly as she turned away from him. "Well, we should get started then." Sakura said abruptly, shifting through the papers. "There's a lot to do before next month so we might be here a while." Great, that's just was she needs, to be in an enclosed space with Uchiha Sasuke and having no choice in leaving.
The truth? She hated him. She wanted to break every bone in his body, make him scream for mercy, to hear his flesh burn under her chakra. She wanted to hurt him just like he hurt her, to make him realize what kind of hell he put her and Naruto through.
And how much it kills her to have him just in her reach, but to never be able to really bring him back home.
A/N: Yea, I said crappy didn't I? Well, for those of you who actually like this, fear not, I am not mean enough to just leave something like this dangling right there, so I will be uploading the second chapter of this two-shot (Maybe even a 3-shot if people like it) as soon as I am done with it (So, some time in the near future)
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