The cold brisk wind of fall made her hair whip around her face. She slowly walked up the path that leads to the Hokage tower. She was already late, but she didn't care. She hardly doubted anyone would give her lip, they all knew what today was. She had gone to the cemetery earlier and as usual could not spend more than 15 minutes there. The memories of that night were still too fresh. Tsunadae had offered to give her the day off, something she refused. She would rather keep herself occupied than sink into depression. She slowly walked into the tower, everyone greeted her, but she stayed quiet. She slowly made her way to the Hokages door.
"Miss. Haruno!" she growled, who the hell was yelling at her. She turned around, murder evident in her eyes.
"What?" she hissed out, the secretary shrunk back, but none the less spoke up
"The Hokage is in a very important meeting. She asked not to be disturbed"
Sakura rolled her eyes, since when was she not allowed into a meeting Tsunadae had. She turned around and opened the door, making sure to slam it in the ignorant secretary's face.
Both Tsunadae and Kakashi turned around to look at her.
"Good morning" she said. Tsunadae smiled at her
"I was beginning to wonder when you would show up Sakura."
"Blame the stupid secretary you hired. She was adamant on not letting me enter. Why did you want to see me?" She sat on one of the chairs in front of Tsunadae desk. Tsunadae frowned and looked at Kakashi making Sakura sigh in annoyance. Kakashi cleared his throat.
"We are worried about Sasuke. He seems more withdrawn than usual."
"You both know what today is, I don't see why I would be such a surprise for Sasuke to act the way he is."
"We are well aware of what today is Sakura" Tsunadae cut in "he has been in seclusion for two weeks now. He has even been refusing missions."
"Okaa-San, you know how Sasuke is. He is still traumatized by the massacre. It is only normal that he wants to be alone."
"We are worried about his mental stability. He has refused to see Naruto as well as myself Sakura-Chan" Kakashi said,
"Kakashi-san, I don't think anyone would be mentally stable if they saw what he saw", She was defending Sasuke tooth and nail. Why couldn't they just leave him alone for a while? They all knew Sasuke valued his alone time. Tsunadae walked over to her and sat at the edge of her desk.
"Sakura, we are worried that he might be returning to old habits. The other day we sent Naruto to check up on him. Naruto smelled large amounts of blood coming from the Uchiha compound. When he confronted Sasuke about it, he said he had cut himself cooking"
Sakura looked up at Tsunadae, "So let me get this straight, You think that Sasuke is cutting again?"
"Hai, Sakura-Chan. He has refused to see the psychologist at the hospital."
Sakura stood up, fury radiating off her. "Honestly, you two really think Sasuke would open up to a complete stranger? Have you two lost your minds? You worry that he's mentally unstable, but you would be two if you saw your family murdered by your own BROTHER!"
"Sakura, we are just worried about him and you as well. We know just how close you were to Mikoto. You sank into a depression that lasted for months." Kakashi said "You saw the same thing Sasuke saw. It impacted you as well taking into consideration your relationship to Itachi"
Sakura gripped the wooden chair.
CRACK
The wood split into two.
"Do not mention his name! He is nothing more to me than a murder. Why can't you just leave Sasuke and me alone? You weren't there; you didn't see what we saw. You didn't hear the things that HE said. Sasuke had his whole childhood stripped away. Don't you think it's about time people stopped bothering him."
She turned to leave the office, "What about you Sakura? You had your childhood stripped away as well. You lost your brother and Itachi at the same time." Tsunadae said
"I guess that what Sasuke and I have in common. We were both abandoned by the people who were supposed to protect us", she closed the door.
Kakashi turned to Tsunadae, "When she finds out the truth, there will be nothing that either of us can say to comfort her. "
Tsunadae sighed as she picked up the thick and heavy file that was on her desk.
Uchiha Massacre.
"You and I both know, that once she finds out what really happened the night of the massacre, He will be here"
"Will you let him take her Tsunadae? You know how Sasuke and Naruto will react"
"If I have to sacrifice having her near for her safety. I will not hesitate. The elders will kill her if she were to ever find out. At least with Itachi, we will know she is safe."
She didn't know where she was walking to. She had let her instincts take over as soon as she had walked out of Tsunadae office. The pain in her chest had come back. She stopped when she saw the familiar gates of the Uchiha compound. He was the person she needed right now. She slowly walked up to the main house and opened the door, she smiled when she smelt the familiar aroma of tomato soup.
"Sasuke are you home?" she asked. She slowly took of her cloak and hung it up by the door
Sasuke's head snapped up. Her beautiful voice drawing him out of his thoughts. She was here, finally. He had been waiting for her all day. He needed to be in her presence to feel again. He slowly pulled his sleeves down, careful to hide the fresh cuts. He slowly made his way to the living room. A small smile made its way onto his face when he saw her.
Long pink hair loose, her curvy figure clothed in black. He marveled the way her body was encased in the tight clothing of the ANBU. He felt like a lost child who had finally found his mother. She smiled at him when she saw him.
He looked so sad when she saw him. It broke her heart. She saw the long sleeves and immediately knew what he did. But, she didn't chastise him. She understood. She opened her arms and he was quickly in them. They both slid to the floor. She held him like a mother would. She felt the warm tears soak into her shirt. She was the only one who would ever see his tears.
"Shh Sasuke-Kun." She cooed as she rocked him gently. His large hands were gripping her shirt.
"I tried" he whispered, she knew what he meant. He had tried to be strong, but how strong can a traumatized person be.
"I know you did. Let me see your wrist", she stroked his face. He pulled away and pulled up his sleeves. If it had been anyone else they would have cringed, but not Sakura. She looked up at the broken man. "Let's go upstairs. I'll heal them"
He frowned, but got up nonetheless. They made their way up to his room. She stopped and looked at the door that was to her right. It used to be his room.
"Sakura?" Sasuke called out, she looked away and made her way to his room. His room was a mess, clothes all over the place, kunai littered on the floor. It was the same thing every year, and she would do the same thing every year. She would clean up his room and stay until he was back to normal again.
He sat on the bed, shirtless. His arms healed out. If you looked, close enough you would see the faint scars that decorated all of his forearms.
She kneeled down in front of him. Her hands glowing green, she slowly closed up the fresh cuts, making sure to wipe away as much as she could. But, no matter how hard she tried she could not heal all his scars. The old ones would forever be etched into his skin.
"Sorry I didn't come sooner Sasuke-kun. Tsunadae had me going on missions."
He nodded and cast his eyes down.
"Did you eat already?" she asked as she lifted up his chin. He nodded. She noticed the bags under his eyes and immediately knew that he had not been sleeping.
"Are you having the nightmare again?"
"I always do Sakura"
She pushed him down on the bed. "Get some sleep, I'm going to go and cook dinner"
She got up to leave; He quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her on top of him.
She looked up at him, the sadness in his eyes killing her. She did nothing when he kissed her. They both needed to feel, they both took comfort in each other's presence. Their clothes quickly came off.
He trailed kissed down her neck, causing her to moan. They both knew this was wrong, but they didn't care. They would do anything just to feel. It wasn't love making, It was just sex. He was to torn to love, and her heart already belonged to another person. His hand grabbed one of her breast, the soft round globe spilling out of his hand slightly. Her moans were music to his ears. He could feel her wetness, it was dripping down her leg.
"Your wet for me Sakura", her name rolled of his tongue with ease. She whimpered when he pressed one of his fingers against her opening.
"make me feel Sasuke-Kun" she whispered. He smirked, he would make her feel, he always did. He grabbed her hips and rammed into her, earning a cry of pain and pleasure.
"Ride me baby" he whispered huskily into her ear. A seductive smile made its way onto her face. She pushed him back, and put her hands in his chest. She licked his ear lobe and moved her lower body. His hands were still on her hips, grabbing them hard. She could hear his cock going in and out of her. She went down on him harder, earning a groan form him. She moved faster, she could tell he was close, just like she was. Saskue growled and pushed her off him. He grabbed her by the back of her hair and turned her around so that she was on her hands and knees. She turned around to look at him, he smirked and thrust into her. He loved the look of pleasure that went across her face. He pounded into her rough and hard, just the way she liked it.
"Sasuke, Sasuke" she moaned. Her supple breast bouncing back and forth from the force of his thrust. He groaned when he felt her start to tighten around him. He pounded into her harder, almost with an animalistic rage.
"SASUKE" Sakura yelled as she cummed, her body spasaming from the force of her orgasam. Saskue groaned and grabbed her hips. His seed spilled into her. They both collapsed, panting and sweaty. Sasuke looked up at Sakura with tired filled eyes
"Sleep Sasuke-Kun, I'll be here when you wake up" She whispered as he laid his head on her breast. She gently stoked his hair until she heard his even breaths. She pulled the sheets over them, and kept watch over his sleep. "Hopefully he'll be able to sleep" Sakura thought. Her eyes were drifting shut; she never noticed the dark cloaked figure that was perched outside.
"Well, it looks like your brother found himself a lady friend" a rough and sarcastic voice said. The pale blue man jumped away from the tree and towards the woods.
"So it seems little brother, that you have touched what is mine" Itachi said. He had witnessed the whole scene. Witnessed how his cherry blossom was calling out his younger brothers' name. He let his chakra slip out for a just a second out of anger.
Sakura's eyes snapped open. She looked at the window. Her heart was racing. She heard Sasuke whimper a little. He grabbed on to her tighter, almost as if he was scared. She had learned a long time ago that while Sasuke slept his child self was manifested.
"Stay away from him Itachi Uchiha" She said, she knew he was outside, and she knew what he saw.
"Hn. As you wish Blossom" Itachi said. He jumped out of the tree and towards the woods. He needed to get away before he killed something.
Sakura started to run her hands through Sasuke's head, She could feel his heart racing. She stroked his hair until he calmed down once again
"Why were you back here Itachi Uchiha. You've done him enough harm already." She thought, she never noticed the lone tear that made its' way down her face. She simply closed her eyes and let sleep take her away.
A/N: Sorry for the shortness of the chapter, but its 5:12 a.m and i'm beat. Hope you all enjoy the new chappy =). Oh and I know Sasuke is acting way to OC but he has to be like that in my story for a while, sorrrry =P.....Anyways Hope you all enjoy and pleaseeee don't forget to review...I'll give you all a cookieeeee =)
