I've edited some of the chapters from this fic. I wasn't content with the way they were before. Readers who have already read these chapters do not need to read them again but you can if you want to. I haven't made any major changes, just grammar and stuff. Also I may have changed some sentences but like I said, nothing important. So don't worry about having missed out on vital information if you've already read these chapters.

EDITED CHAPTER

Battlefield

Introduction

The sun was out shining brightly on a wonderful yet hectic day. Children's laughter could be heard ringing through the air mixed with the birds singing. The sounds of cheering and laughter interlaced together may have been annoying to some but on this occasion, it was far from that.

"Ladies, I think I should celebrate a little more since it is my daughter who will be getting married soon." Laughed a red-haired woman.

"Oh darling your crazy with happiness aren't you, I'm so happy that she's getting married but when are you planning on giving the other daughter away." Asked a brown-haired woman.

The red-haired woman looked at the woman who had spoken like she was crazy. "Don't be stupid, I could never handle being away from both my daughters at the same time." Giggled the woman. "But for now, let's just celebrate for Tsunade hmm."

"Tsunade, he's not answering his phone."

"Try again Sakura, please."

The pink haired girl named Sakura nodded whilst pacing around in the room which her and her sister had occupied. She did as her sister asked and began to punch numbers into her cell phone for the sixth time today. Her sister, Tsunade stood looking out of the window with a worried expression passing over her face. 'I wonder if I'm doing the right thing here or not.' She wondered to herself.

"Sakura, you keep trying I'll be right back." Tsunade spoke before walking out of the room intent on getting some fresh air to clear her mind.

She could hear whispering coming from down the hallway as soon as she had stepped out of her room. Curiously she started heading towards the room it was coming from. Getting closer to the room, the whispers turned into clear voices which were familiar enough for Tsunade to recognise. "Mom, dad." Tsunade whispered to herself in confusion.

"Honey, what should I do? They want a big magnificent wedding or they won't let it take place, we don't have that much money to give. I don't think anyone has that kind of money except for them." Came the voice of a man.

"Sweetheart, you need to calm down. It'll all be alright." The red-haired woman from earlier walked up to a blonde haired man who look at his wife sadly.

"You know, I think we might be doing the wrong thing. I feel like we're giving Tsunade into the wrong family." Spoke the blonde haired man.

"Don't be so stupid, you've always felt like that but we can't keep doing this. This is for Tsunade, I can't stand to see the hurt in her eyes again." Whispered the red-haired woman clearly upset. The blonde haired man sighed and brought the women closer to him and embraced her.

Tsunade took a deep shaky breath in and out. She decided to walk back to her room again, all thoughts of fresh air rinsed from her mind.

Sakura climbed into the cab intent on heading out to her destination. She had to do this fast. Her father had mentioned the fact that if she could not get home with the papers on time then her sister's marriage would probably be over. Damn that family for wanting money more than their own son's happiness. Sakura and her family could only hope that the papers would make up for everything and everyone would get what they wanted. Especially Tsunade.

The sound of a helicopter could be heard coming closer to ground, birds scurried away from where the object would supposedly land. The fresh green grass blew wildly as the helicopter came to land. The transport vehicle touched the ground and was followed by the whirring slowly shutting down.

A man dressed in full black with bulky muscles stepped towards the door of the helicopter and pulled open the door, letting the person inside depart from the vehicle.

A man dressed in grey and white business attire stepped out of the helicopter effortlessly. He proceeded to walk around the said object to get to the other side which would lead him to the path of his destination. From a distance reporters could be seen being held back by more bulky men. The man dressed in grey and white strode off towards the reporters to get to his newly bought house with the previous bodyguard closely behind.

"Sir, why did you come all this way from America just to associate with a small company in Japan in comparison to your company which is worldwide?"

"Sir, the whole world wants to know when you will decide on getting married. Please could you tell us?"

"Excuse me sir, is it true that you have some old connections with Japan?"

The man ignored all the questions being thrown at him and continued with the same pace, walking right through the reporters whilst swiftly glaring at them if they got too close.

The reporters and bodyguards slowly disappeared from sight and the man was left standing in front of his new house. He drew his gaze carefully over the contours and edges of the building with his onyx eyes. His gaze landed on the door of the house and for a second they flashed with something close to sadness.

Flashback:

Children were joyously running around the luxurious mansion. Wedding bells, music and celebrations could be heard throughout the whole place. Laughter and cheerful conversations travelled through the long hallways.

FLASH

A black-haired porcelain skinned girl was happily smiling at her new husband whilst chatting giddily amongst others.

FLASH

A little boy with raven coloured hair and onyx eyes gave a thumbs up sign to the newly married girl whilst grinning, whom in return smiled back at the boy.

FLASH

Screams and yells could be heard.

FLASH

The bride's eyes slowly turned from the emotion, joy to fear.

FLASH

A woman whose face could not be seen, ran down the long hallways towards the screams and yells.

FLASH

Young onyx eyes widened in terror. BANG!

FLASH

MOOOOOOOM!

End flashback.

Three men sat around a table. One sat accompanied by two bulky bodyguards. The man with bodyguards set around him, pulled a silver metal suit case onto the table. He pushed the object towards a rather calm looking man whom was also seated on the large table. The man looked at the case for a second before moving forward to grab and open it, but was interrupted by laughter.

"Uchiha, I think your aim is a little off there don't you think. You should be sliding that case towards me instead of someone who is at a lower status hm." Spoke the man who had laughed.

Onyx eyes shot up towards the laughing man and a glare was set on him. The man referred to as Uchiha placed his palms on to the table as leverage. He slowly pulled himself up from his seat, hovering over the smiling man in an intimidating manner.

"My aim is never off." He spoke. The man whom the Uchiha had set his glare on, had his previous smile slowly but surely fade from his face along with the colour. The Uchiha standing over him continued. "And if it ever was then I assure you, you'd know." He finished. The man in front of him now had no trace of humour left on his face. All that was left behind was nothing but fear. Sasuke Uchiha pushed himself away from the table with a smirk. He swiftly turned his back on the table and proceeded to walk out of the room with his bodyguards trailing behind.

Seconds later, the man with the silver suit case got up from his seat and sniggered at his frightened companion whilst walking off. He decided to turn back towards the still shocked male and spoke for the first time during the meeting with a sly grin on his face. "This is why I sold your house to Sasuke Uchiha."

Ring Ring, Ring... Click.

"Tsunade I told you not to worry, I'm almost there." Spoke Sakura through her cell phone.

"Yeah I know Sakura, but I still feel wrong about this." Replied back Tsunade who was on the other end of the phone call.

"I told you Tsunade, just don't think about it. This is your special day and the last thing you need is to stress over these little things."

"Yes but tell me Sakura, is what we're doing right? Taking money from him just seems like we're cheating his family." Tsunade stated.

Sakura sighed and replied. "You're my elder sister Tsunade. Do you really think I wouldn't tell you if you were doing any kind of wrong? Your future husband offered the money to us because he wanted to. He wants to get married to you Tsunade don't you see that. The only people who have probably got any chance of coming in between this are his parents and he's doing all he can in his power to stop that from happening."

"Yeah I guess, but we can't take so much money of him it's just so wrong." Answered Tsunade.

"Tsunade it's not like we're forcing him. He wants to give the money voluntarily. He loves you and he doesn't want this wedding to be cancelled. We've already gone over this. He won't be happy with you if you won't take the money and he most certainly won't be giddy with the fact that the wedding is at risk."

Tsunade pondered over Sakura's words for a few seconds before sighing. "I guess you're right."

"Good. Now don't worry about anything and like I always say Tsunade. Money is NOT everything."

"Sir, sir please sir wait."

Sasuke carried on striding down the hallway not paying any attention to the man from earlier running after him.

"Mr Uchiha!" The man finally caught up to the Uchiha and stood directly in front of said man to block his path. Sasuke forcibly stopped and looked back at the man emotionless. "Look sir, I need to clear this up with you. I'm sorry about my behaviour about before but please sir this house is mine. I was tricked into selling this house to you. Please understand."

"Guards." The two bulky men standing behind the Uchiha came forward with powerful steps and pulled the frantic man out of the Uchiha's way. Sasuke proceeded to walk through the hallway with the bodyguards following closely behind him and the man too. "There's nothing you could say to change my mind, the mansion is mine and it'll stay mine until further notice so I suggest you get the hell out of here as soon as possible." Spoke Sasuke Uchiha with a perfectly calm tone.

The man started to panic further. "But sir, where will I go? Please this is my house and I love it dearly there's nowhere else I can go please sir. I cherish the memories in here and I can't just leave them behind. Can you please understand that sir?"

Sasuke came to a sudden halt in his walk and whipped around to face the man with an intense glare which caused even the bodyguards to cower.

"I could care less about what you have to leave behind. I have the money to take this house away from you and I will and I have, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it now." The Uchiha growled out.

"Bu, but si..." Started the terrified man but was easily interrupted.

"If I've got the money, then I should use it to my advantage." Sasuke's glare became stronger as he continued speaking. "Right, uncle?"

The man's eyes widened in realisation, "S s sa Sasuke."

Flashback:

Luggage was thrown out of one of the large windows from the large mansion. The door was pulled open harshly. A man dragged two teenagers out of the house and pushed them to the ground to join their luggage.

"GO! Get out of here, I'm sick and tired of seeing both of your faces."

The teenage boy stood up and pulled up the girl beside him who was in tears. "But uncle, where will we go? We don't have no one else. Please."

"I DON'T CARE! I've had enough of you damn Uchiha's. But now the properties all mine along with the money, so I don't have to deal with you two brats any longer."

"BUT UNCL..."

"Look kid, there's no point of begging. I got what I wanted and I definitely didn't want you both so go wherever you want. Like I give a damn anyway. Don't act all disgusted in me either, you would do the same if you had the chance. If I've got the money then I'll take advantage of it. So get lost and don't come back."

End flashback.

The handsome man smirked devilishly at the stuttering idiot in front of him. "You were right uncle, money IS everything."

The man whom was referred to as uncle, stared back at the Uchiha with wide-eyes, unable to speak coherent words. Sasuke scoffed in disgust before turning back to head towards his destination. His two amused bodyguards trailing behind him as usual.

It hadn't even been half an hour since Sasuke Uchiha's arrival into Japan. The news was already halfway around the world that the business man was hosting a fashion show with the help of his new ally. All to show everyone what could be expected in the future from the well-known brand, 'Vogue' and the Uchiha co-operation. The news of Sasuke Uchiha working alongside the well-known fashion organisation in Japan was all over the news and the public were already planted outside the Uchiha's new mansion which was supposedly the venue of tonight's fashion show.

"Ladies and gentlemen. May I please welcome to the stage. The man whom we have all been dying to see. Put your hands together for the one and only Sasuke Uchiha." Bellowed the presenter on stage. The presenter made her way to backstage, allowing the Uchiha dressed in full black to come into view on the stage. To which the crowd quickly quietened down at and took their respective seats.

"I appreciate you all coming down today to watch this fashion show hosted by myself and Vogue and I hope you all enjoy it too. Now you all know that this fashion show is mostly dedicated to you by Vogue, so I hope that clears up the rumours about me working for vogue or vice versa. We are merely helping each other out as two successful businesses should. So I hope you all enjoy the show tonight. Thank you." The smooth calm voice of Sasuke Uchiha floated peacefully through each set of ears leaving no room for question on the matter. Sasuke seeing that his point was across made to walk down the stage to the back but was interrupted in his leave.

"Sir, the world is dying to know the reason you came to japan other than vogue. Is there another reason?" Questioned a reporter.

Sasuke turned to glare at the man before replying. "Questions should only be based around the event taking place now and nothing else."

"Sir, is it true that you bought this house for someone special?" Asked a different reporter, completely ignoring Sasuke's statement.

Sasuke growled under his breath muttering the word 'annoying' under his breath before answering back gruffly. "That's none of your damn business."

"Sasuke."

Sasuke turned around to face the direction of where his name was suddenly called from. Hard onyx eyes met with black murky ones. The Uchiha's eyes softened and hint of a smile was brought to his emotionless face. The pale complexioned woman let a smile come to her pink-tinted lips and slowly set to walk down the few steps. Sasuke seeing the slight limp in the woman's step set off towards the woman at fast but still normal pace. Upon reaching her, he set his arm out for her to take for support which she happily did. Sasuke took the chance to whisper to her. "Kin, what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same Sasuke, why are you here?" Answered the stunning woman.

Sasuke sighed and replied. "I'm here for business. I thought I told you that."

"No Sasuke, I mean why are you HERE as in, this house?"

"I bought it, wasn't it obvious considering all the news?"

"Why'd you buy the house though?" Questioned the female coming to a halt whilst Sasuke did the same seeing as they were now standing where Sasuke was standing just a minute ago. They turned to each other, one looking confused and the other adamant.

"I'm getting it demolished." Stated the Uchiha like it was a simple known fact.

The women gasped and pulled her arm away from him. The tears started to form in her black eyes. "Why Sasuke? Don't you understand that this place means everything? It hold all the good memories that we need to keep in our liv..."

"Yes and the bad ones." Sasuke interrupted through gritted teeth.

The woman beside him sighed and spoke again. "Sasuke, I know how this feels. I know it's overwhelming to be here but breaking it down doesn't solve any problems. The only way you can ever resolve anything is by facing the problem but all you're doing is running from it. Please Sasuke you need to understand that this is our home and it's everything to our family." The woman finished and stood waiting for an answer from the raven haired man who had his gaze set somewhere afar. Seeing as there was no response from him and wouldn't be, she proceeded to open her mouth to speak again but was interrupted by the abrupt movement of the stoic male.

"Ladies and gentlemen, meet my sister Kin Uchiha." The emotionless male turned himself towards the audience and pushed away the guilty nagging feeling in the back of his head. The pale woman who had been recognised as the Uchiha's sister, smiled warmly at the audience. She began to answer the reporter's questions, whilst being sent a glare by her brother when she answered something unnecessary.

Tsunade sat comfortably across from the mirror, slightly apprehensive and patiently waiting for the woman applying her makeup for the wedding to reappear. She began to recall the conversation she had heard earlier from her worried parents.

Flashback:

"Where the hell is that girl?" The red-haired women paced around the room flailing her hands around angrily.

"Calm down love. I'm sure she'll get here soon." Replied the blonde haired man.

"SOON!? She's been away for 2 hours now. If she doesn't turn up then this whole wedding is going down the drain."

"I know that love, but I trust Sakura and I know she'll be here. Especially for her own sister." The man now stood in front of the woman trying to sooth her for the millionth time that day.

The red-head woman sighed whilst muttering an 'I know.'

Flashback ended.

Tsunade looked down at her phone. She threw her head back and closed her eye lids. 'Sakura please just get here on time.' She thought to herself.

Sakura rushed through the hallways looking for the room she was supposed to be present in at this moment but everything was just a disappointment so far. This wasn't going well in any way for the pink haired woman. She had absolutely no clue where the makeup room was and there was no one around to give her directions either. Just when she thought all hope was lost. Voices were heard just around the corner. Sakura rushed to get around the corner, not paying attention to how the close the voice had been. She came face first into a solid green chest.

"Oh, beautiful flower. Forgive me I had no idea this would happen. I will serve you for however long I need, to redeem myself and prove myself worthy to be bumped into by someone as beautiful as you my lady." Ranted the man in front of her. Sakura now fully recovered looked up at the man speaking or rather shouting and was greeted by the blinding amount of green on the man before her. The man was positioned in a rather comical pose too. With one hand on his hip and the other held out giving her a thumbs up. The man flashed a wide grin her way and Sakura was momentarily stunned and blinded by the shine radiating so blatantly of his straight set of teeth.

"Um yeah. Erm do you know where the makeup room is?" Asked Sakura keeping the time in mind. The man flashed another dazzling smile at her which caused Sakura to shut her eyes tight to avoid being blinded.

"Oh the wonders of youth. My name is Rock Lee but you may call me Lee. And you are?"

Sakura sighed exasperated. "Sakura. Look I have no time to spare at the moment. Could you please just tell me? Do you know where the makeup room is?"

"Oh yes of course of course." Answered the man named Lee rather enthusiastically.

"Yes?! Oh thank god, where?" Asked Sakura hopefully.

"Well if you walk straight up then y... erm." Lee was left hanging in mid-sentence due to the pink flurry racing up the hall trying to reach the room she so desperately needed to be in.

Loud music boomed over the speech of everyone whilst models dressed in red walking down the runway filled everyone's eyes. With the exception of one dark-haired male. Sasuke Uchiha sat silently staring blankly at nothing in particular whilst the women on stage displayed themselves to him to catch his attention but all miserably failing.

He was definitely bored and not at all interested with the whole show. This kind of crap wasn't his thing and everyone knew it. The only reason he was present now was solely based around the fact that he had to promote Vogue's new brand. The sooner this was over, the better.

"Omg, where is that last model? She's nowhere to be seen. Do you not know that messing up in Sasuke Uchiha's events are just plain suicide?" The man pacing around backstage was looking constantly towards every direction, almost on the verge of hyperventilating. He opened his mouth to speak again when a blur of pink shot past his peripheral vision. The man raced towards the worried looking woman.

"There you are! Do you know how long I've been waiting? Come on it's almost time to go onto stage and what are you wearing? The theme was red. UGH! We don't have enough time." The man obviously agitated started pulling the pink haired girl now identified as Sakura towards the makeup room.

Sakura was downright confused. One second she was looking for the makeup room and the next this man was leading her there but all for the wrong reasons. To make things worse, he wouldn't even let her slip a word in. "Um excuse me I don't know wh..." Sakura began.

"Shut up pinky, you've caused enough havoc for the day. Hey! Sidney get over here and get this girl looking presentable. Hurry we have no time." The man spoke to a blonde haired woman, completely ignoring Sakura.

"Huh no no. You've got the wrong person, I'm not who you...". Sakura was interrupted by the brush full with powder being dabbed onto her face.

He had to get out and he knew it but he also knew that he couldn't. He had to cope with this loud annoying music and these women trying to get his attention. 'Damn it.' He thought to himself. Sasuke tilted his head back slightly whilst shutting his eyes trying to block out the world around him.

Backstage Sakura was relentlessly trying to get the people around her to listen to her and when they did it was like it went through one ear and out the other. She walked up to the man who got her into this in the first place to set her point across. The man turned to face the woman now planted in front of him glaring at him. "Look this isn't funny. You've mistaken me fo... ARGH what the hell!" Sakura was interrupted harshly when the man grabbed her arm and pushed her towards the stage. Sakura was now fuming and was ready to retaliate until her senses swallowed up her surroundings. She was now fully aware of the fact that she had an audience and she was the centre of attention.

"Who is that girl? The theme's red so what's with the green?"

Sakura's heart was pounding now. She was scared and on the verge of tears. She was always a self-conscious person and the whispering she could hear so clearly wasn't helping her issue.

"I think she's erm… scared."

Damn right she was. She couldn't even move. It was like everything except her senses had stopped focusing on the matter at hand.

"Why is she just standing there for?"

"She doesn't look like a model."

"Ugh the idiots ruining the show."

Onyx eyes snapped open, now aware that something was wrong. An emotionless gaze slowly turned towards the stage and set themselves on a pink haired, clearly frightened woman.

Sakura heard footsteps behind her and then felt two arms hook themselves onto each her arms.

"Walk with us." Whispered a woman keeping a smile tightly fixed on her face. She pulled Sakura down the runway with the help of the other woman.

Sakura not being able to stop them tried again to explain. "Please, you're all mistaken."

"Be quiet and carry on walking." The woman whispered harshly.

Sakura felt the grip on both her arms loosen and then heard retreating footsteps. She knew she was alone again on the stage. But this time so much closer to the faces of people who were watching her confusedly. Sakura's tears finally slipped out. She bowed her head down being too scared to either retreat or look up.

Sasuke had watched the emerald eyed woman being dragged by two other models onto the front of the runway and then being abandoned by said models. He slowly in a threatening manner pushed himself up from his seat effortlessly and glared up fiercely at the wet faced girl on stage planted directly in front of him. He noticed her teary eyes landing on him but avoiding his eyes. He could still clearly see the fear written in her eyes.

Sakura's eyes scanned the male standing below her. But she couldn't bring herself to look him in the eyes. She could feel the gaze of the man, scanning her entire body. Sakura hastily and shakily tried to cover herself up as much as possible from the man's view but was obviously failing due to the lack of clothing placed on her.

The Uchiha watched her every movement with the glare still set on his features which he knew the woman in front of him was taking notice to.

Sakura was at the end of her limit now. She felt so ashamed, so naked and presented to every man's eyes and she had to get out before it turned into something even worse. She gathered her confidence and made a move to turn back, but it was too late. She had completely forgotten about the dress she was wearing. The long trail attached to it was now under her heel whilst she struggled to keep her balance.

Sasuke took a step unconsciously forward.

She had lost her balance and she knew it. It just merely slipped away and she flew back with flailing arms off the stage. With the dress falling gracefully with her.

The Uchiha's arm's moved before she even completely lost her balance.

So she fell right into the strong arms of none other than the infamous Uchiha. And he caught the pink haired beauty with open arms without even his own knowledge.

All because of her carelessness and his subconsciousness, onyx and emerald eyes suddenly met.

And they knew for a second which seemed so long that they were now on...

The battlefield.

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