Heart of Ice
Chapter 1: Sasuke's Return
Pairing: Sasu/Saku
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, nor the characters, no matter how much I want to!
Summary: Sasuke and Sakura have a new chance at a life together. Unfortunately their new chance together starts off because he needs a wife: for the sole purpose of producing heirs. Can she ever get his love? Or will he be cold towards her until she has a son?
SECOND DISCLAIMER: This fic was written WAAAAY back in May of 2007 when I was only 16, and the series didn't end until 2015 (8 years AFTER I started writing it). Naruto wasn't completed, and these were pairings that I had wanted to see. No one had died yet, either. As I'm working on rewriting and editing it, I want to keep the general story the same. Please keep these things in mind as you read this story. If you're curious as to the old original story, check it out under my old name: NightBeast ( s/3521892/1/Heart-Of-Ice ). I am open to suggestions and criticism. Enjoy!
Sasuke Uchiha was the object of every girls fantasy- tall, muscular, and completely drop-dead sexy. All the girls loved to watch him just walk by because he carried himself with such control and he had this…power…always coming from him. Wherever he went, at least half of the girls were there, and that included Sakura. Most of the time they had to keep the drool in their mouth whenever he so much as looked at them.
Sakura, ever since she remembered, had had a crush on Sasuke. She had gotten teased by the kids in her class, gotten into a fight with her best friend, and eventually even the man himself had scorned her. Now, at age 20, it was no different. He had just gotten back, and he still had the power to rob her of breath.
She watched him walk down the street, not even knowing she was standing there watching him, wishing on some star in the sky, that one day, one day very soon, he'd be hers. Hers and only hers. Please...
Why am I here? Sasuke wondered as he walked through the streets. He was free of the need to kill Itachi, had broken free of Orochimaru, and was now under the pressure of restoring his clan. In order to do that, I need to find a wife and have her bear me lots of children. He thought back over the time he had known a lot of the people around here, and tried to recall some of the classmate's he'd had - Hinata, Ino, Temari, TenTen. He kept on walking through the streets. He spotted a very pretty girl with waist-length pink hair. Sakura? No, it couldn't be. She must be married and working as a nurse somewhere. He kept on walking, not even bothering to say hi or anything at all to see who she was. He had a mission after all. He went over to the apartment he remembered Naruto staying at, but was surprised when a very large Hinata opened the door. "Is Naruto here still, Hinata?"
"Sasuke? Is that you?" Hinata asked, clearly surprised.
"Yes. Is Naruto around?" he asked, not wanting to waist time.
"Is that Sasuke I hear, Hina?" Naruto called, coming to stand beside Hinata.
"Are you two finally married?" he asked. Hinata blushed and Naruto grinned and said, "Why don't you come in and I'll fill you in on what's happened since you've left." He motioned Sasuke inside. Sasuke followed him inside, shocked to see two little girls inside. They must have been about 2.
Naruto chuckled. "Those are our twins. Two little angels." Naruto and Hinata shared a smile.
"You don't have any boys?" Sasuke asked, clearly appalled.
"Nope. Not yet. Hinata's due any week, though." He invited Sasuke to sit down.
"Doesn't that bother you?" Sasuke wondered.
"Nope. I love my two little girls." Naruto turned to Sasuke. "Shikamaru's the new Hokage. He and Temari got married around three years ago, as well. They have a little girl. Ino married a man from a different village right after you left, and the last I heard was that she has triplets about the same age as our twins, a year and a half. A boy and two girls."
"Wait a minute. Why didn't her and Choji get married?" Sasuke asked, very shocked.
"Because they got into an argument and separated. Choji, too, moved to another village, and he currently has a son. I am pretty sure that the last I heard, Ino's husband died on an assignment, and Choji's wife died along with their baby girl during childbirth a couple months ago. When Choji heard, he said that he wanted to make things right with her because he never stopped loving her. So, him and his son might be traveling sometime soon to be with Ino."
Ugh! All this mushy stuff is making me sick!"What happened to everyone else?" he asked, trying to keep his voice level.
"Well, TenTen and Lee married each other about 3 years ago, and they have two girls. Last we heard, they had twins on the way." Naruto took a deep breath before he continued. "Unfortunately, Lee died a couple days ago in a fight that involved four drunk men, and he got caught in the middle of it." Naruto stopped, wondering how far he should go.
"Anything else?" Sasuke asked.
"Um…well, Sakura's…um…she's…being chased after by Neji because TenTen and him split up, so since Sakura's the only one who never married, he wants her. In a way he's always liked her."
"What?! Why?" Sasuke asked. "I thought you said that everyone got married!"
"Neji's wife died during childbirth." Hinata said, bringing in drinks from the two of them.
"Interesting." Sasuke said. "Does he have any more kids?"
"No, he doesn't." Hinata replied, getting up to answer the cries of her two daughters.
As she left, Naruto asked, "Sasuke, why did you come back?"
"Because it's time for me to start the Uchiha clan again."
Sakura was enjoying a nice calm afternoon out in her garden. She loved to be outside, feeling the sun on her face, and working in her vegetable garden. It was relaxing, and she definitely needed some zen after seeing Sasuke back after 3 long years. She'd been wondering what he'd been up to, seeing as how after everything was said and done, he'd just taken off into the unknown, needing to release some of the pent up aggression that had built up after all the years he'd been out for blood. Nothing could have prepared her for the shock of seeing him again. Nothing. She'd wanted to run up to him, give him a big hug, and ask him how he was doing. But she held back.
"Sakura!" Neji called. "Put aside this foolishness. Marry me."
Not this again! Sakura turned and looked at him. "No." How many more times do I have to tell him that?
"Why not?! There's no one else to marry, and you're going to be an old maid before long!" Neji said.
"I don't care if you're the last person on earth! I don't love you, therefore I am not going to marry you!" Sakura said, annoyed that he still hasn't given up yet.
"You still love Uchiha, don't you?"
"So what if I do? Who are you to tell me who I should love? Or should not love?" she challenged.
"I-!" Neji stated, but another voice interrupted.
"I do believe that she doesn't want to marry you." came a deep voice. "So you should probably leave her alone."
Sasuke! Did he just here what I said? Sakura turned scarlet. What a great way to welcome him back! She turned to look at Sasuke. He seemed to have aged well. The first glimpse she'd gotten of him on the street didn't do hiim justice. He seemed to be way more built than she'd originally seen, and he had this air of control around him. Way more intense than it had been when they were younger.
"Sasuke Uchiha. Never thought I'd see your face here again." Neji said, moving over to where Sakura was standing and put his arm around her waist.
"Neji! Release me this instant! You have no right to claim me!" Sakura said, not wanting to be touched by Neji, especially not in front of Sasule. He released her, giving her a glare as he did.
"Fine! You'd be better off with me, Sakura! He's just going to use you! He'll never love you back, only hurt you more!" Neji said angrily as he began to stomp away. He stopped, turned back to look at her. "I won't give up. Be ready, because I sure won't give up."
"You never had a chance," Sakura muttered under her breath. "Just stop while you're ahead." She watched him leave, mixed emotions swirling through her. She turned to Sasuke, and before she could say anything, he took her hands in his. "Sakura, will you marry me?"
Thanks guys! Again - if you want to read the original story, check out NightBeast. I can't get into my old account, the password and email aren't working, and the site recovery is saying my email doesn't work.
I hope you enjoyed this, and keep in mind, when I wrote this story, I had NO clue with who was going to die or who was marrying who. Just who I know I wanted to end up together, and how I pictured it ending. I've been reading & watching Naruto since day 1. And as a huge fan, I'm super excited to say that aside from certain deaths, a lot of how it ended was EXACTLY as how I pictured & wanted it to!
Stay tuned! The rest of the chapters will follow quickly seeing as how they are all written, except the ending.
~HelplessRomanticDreamer