Chapter 2: Reunion

"I-it's y-y-you? It can't b-be!" she couldn't believe her eyes. At first sakura thought it was a dream, that it wasn't real but the warmth on her hand told her the complete opposite. It was real; he was standing right in front of her. Sasukewas standing in front of her with an expression on his face that said: Guess Who!

Sasuke Uchiha was indeed standing in front of her, with his hand gently placed down on her. But how was this possible? They thought that he was dead. At least that's what they heard a year ago. That's what a messenger told them. Sakura cried over him and grieved for almost a year. It has been 3 years since Team 7 separated each one of them on their own way, with their own sensei. It was bad enough for Sakura when Sasuke left them to go to Orochimaru, little less when she heard that he was dead.

Sakura saved her first kiss for Sasuke, thinking that maybe one day he will come back to claim what was rightfully his, Sakura's first kiss. She found the strength to continue living with her life just because of this one thought she had in the morning when she woke up, in the noon when she was training and in the night when she went to sleep.

Sakura felt like passing out, but found the strength to stay lucid. Her facial expression probably hadn't change since Sasuke stood there with a slight frown on his otherwise expressionless face. Their gazes were locked on each others eyes and none of them spoke so an awkward silent filled the room.

Sasuke broke the silence.

"I expected that you won't be jumping from joy when you see me but you're disgust…well I haven't anticipated that." he said with a slightly bigger frown than before. His obsidian eyes were wandering up and down her body. "You've grown up well. I almost fell off from a tree when I saw how beautiful you've become." Sasuke placed his free hand on her cheek, gently stroking it.

Sakura couldn't deny that she missed Sasuke, his very rare smile, his warmth, his obsidian and sometimes crimson eyes, his argues with Naruto, his expressionless face, and devotion to training, overall…she just missed Sasuke. But-yes there was still a but- she couldn't help feeling confused, with so many questions on her head; Who? Why? When? What? Those were all questions that pleaded for answer.

She finally managed to get the words unstuck form her throat and finally speak up.

"B-b-but, I thought that you were….d-d-dead. We all thought." His eyes narrowed when he heard her explanation for her unforgettable expression. Sasuke couldn't help but to frown once again at what Sakura just said. She forgot about me completely-Sasuke thought sadly and somewhat angry.

"Who told you that I was dead?" he asked her angrily, still he had his one hand on her cheek and the other one on her hand on the doorframe. Sakura was surprised by his act of anger. She wanted to answer him but she couldn't get the words to come out of her mouth-again.

"Who told you that I was dead, Sakura?"He asked again.

"A messenger from Suna told us that you and Itachi fought and that he…he killed you. It seemed a bit odd that you and Itachi…fought in Suna, but we had to accept the fact because they told us that they saw your…dead body. I cried over you, grieved for a whole year. I lived with the fact that you're dead for a whole year. I accepted my life without you." once the words were unstuck she couldn't stop them. It was like a river of words that could not be stopped.

She looked him in the eyes with tears in her own emerald orbs. When obsidian met emerald something in our cherry blossom awakened, something probably forgotten for the past year or so. Her love for Sasuke aroused and she remembered everything as if it happened yesterday. She lunged herself into his arms and hugged him tightly. Sasuke was surprised at the beginning but then returned her hug.

"I missed you" she breathed out in his neck. His obsidian orbs softly looked at the pinkette in his arms. He leaned his head down and rested his cheek on her pink hair and inhaled her sweet strawberry scent.

"I missed you too, my cherry blossom." He kissed her pink crown softly and gently unusual for an Uchiha. She moved away from him with tears pouring down her cheeks and looked at his eyes. His heart felt like tearing apart at the sight of the salty drops on her beautiful milky white face. His fingertips hurried to wipe away her tears after what they found their way to his mouth tasting the salty content on his finger.

"Why are you crying Sakura?" he found himself raged at the thought that his cherry blossom was sad.

"Because I missed you like crazy thinking about you all the time. Just when I think about those sleepless nights after they told me about…you being dead my heart starts ripping apart. All those nights I spent walking through the village trying to find you, though I knew you weren't here. All those tears I cried thinking that you might come from somewhere and wipe all of them, telling me it's alright and that's how it's going to stay. My heart ached Sasuke-kun, my heart still aches." She said as she started crying even more.

Her head automatically lowered down, but Sasuke's strong hand cupped her chin and pulled it back up so they were at the same eye level. His obsidian eyes were closely observing her watery emerald eyes.

"I'm sorry for leaving; I never meant to hurt you. But I too was in pain for leaving, especially leaving you."

"You never loved me." she said matter or factly.

"I did love you; I still do and always will."

"What's the point in lying when I know that you never loved me?" the pain and sorrow in her voice was evident. Sasuke grabbed her upper arms and shook her lightly as if to discard her crazy ideas.

"Listen to me sakura, I was blind. I was blind for so long, not seeing what a precious treasure I had next to me. But I opened my eyes and now I see everything clearly. I love you and I will always love you, no matter what happens. That's why I came to get you."

"What are you talking about? Why did you come and get me and where will you be taking me?" she asked a little afraid since she still wasn't sure about this missing-nin's motives.

"I've come to take you to Orochimaru" Sakura's heart skipped few beats. She forgot how to breathe, her jaw fell and her eyes widened in surprise, a rather unpleasant one. She instantly backed away from Sasuke, looking at him with her disappointed emerald eyes. The tears started rolling down her cheeks again as she started backing more and more away from him.

He saw the shock and disappointment in Sakura's face and he hurried back towards her to explain everything. As he was approaching Sakura, she screamed at him to back away.

"You will never get me to Orochimaru. Do you hear me never; I'd rather die here and now than go back to that serpent-like demon."

Sasuke finally took some real steps. He lunged at her but then disappeared, only to reappear behind Sakura. He caught her upper arms and held them behind her back. She shrieked in surprise at the contact. He pushed his body against hers, decreasing the space between them immediately. His lips were at Sakura's neck, kissing it gently, making her whimper.

"They have a plan to kidnap you and use you as their medic as well as…ugh I'd rather not say" he said disgusted by the last part of their plan. "I am going to take you to Orochimaru so you can be safe."

"How am I going to be safe if you're taking me right to them?"

'Oh Sasuke Uchiha, long time no see. Damn he's even hotter. WAIT WHAT? SASUKE IS ALIVE? When did this happen.'

'Well hello, haven't been around much have you?'

'Well I was sleeping.' Sakura huffed in annoyance. 'What, I never miss my beauty sleep' sakura huffed once again. 'Well, then since you're that annoyed by me, I'll go.'

'Thank you'

"Sakura, you haven't heard the plan yet. You're going to disguise as my slave." He smirked at the thought of having this beautiful cherry blossom as his slave. Sakura turned around just in time to see his smirk. Her eyes narrowed and she felt like slapping him for having the thought in the first place. He saw her muscles tighten and when she raised her hand to hit him, he caught her wrist making her plan impossible.

Sakura in a moment of uncontrollable rage raised her other hand, this time it was chakra enhanced and tried to hit him as hard as she could. But they don't call him Sasuke Uchiha for nothing. He caught her other wrist too and pulled her closer by yanking her hands towards him.

Their faces were inches apart. Sakura's heart was pounding so hard, she thought that it would bounce off of her in any second. She could feel Sasuke's warm breath on her pale skin. Her emerald eyes never turn their gaze away from his lips, wanting them to kiss hers insatiably.

His eyes on the other hand were wandering all over her face, watching how beautiful his cherry blossom had grown. He saw right through Sakura, so he knew what this pinkette wanted. He leaned his head a bit to the side and came closer to her lips so they were brushing against each other.

"Tell me Sakura, did you have your first kiss?" he asked her seductively, breathing onto her lips. She whimpered and he smirked.

"N-no" Sakura answered shortly, but only because she was lost in everything that was happening and she couldn't manage to make a sentence. Sasuke smirked triumphantly and felt more eager to kiss her than ever. But he liked the way Sakura reacted to his actions so he wanted to play with her a little more.

"Do you have someone in particular on your mind to take away your first kiss" his voice was still seductive.

"Yes, just one" she answered shortly once again.

"Who would that be, my cherry blossom?"

"Y-you." sakura said as redness covered her cheeks. She couldn't believe that she actually told that to Sasuke. Sasuke couldn't help but to smirk in happiness that she still felt the same way for him after 3 years. 'She looks so beautiful with that red flush on her cheeks' Sasuke thought to him self. 'Oh, how I want to kiss you my cherry blossom.'

"Is that so?" and he leaned down to put his lips on her in a passionate kiss. Sasuke traced the outline of her lips with his tongue and Sakura parted her lips to allow it. Their tongues twirled in their mouths and Sasuke's warm breathe heated Sakura's throat. Sakura felt mesmerized. She felt lost and found at the same time.

Sasuke could only feel ecstatic that he was actually holding his cherry blossom in his hands after so long. The truth is that a certain pink haired kunoichi was running on his mind lately like a pet hamster. He was following her for a while now and when he finally got to her his otherwise frosted heart melted like an ice cube.

Oh, the things he had to do to come closer to her. He transformed into a 70 year old man and went to Sakura's hospital to whine about his 'aching heart'. After that he used his genjutsu to enter in her dreams. Though the time when he transformed into a little girl and asked Sakura to adopt her was really the cherry on top of the ice cream.

They parted for air and Sakura couldn't help notice the big smile plastered over Sasuke's face. 'This isn't the Sasuke I know.'-Sakura thought to herself. Her cheeks flushed once again as she hurried to ask Sasuke about this transformation in attitude.

"What happened to the old Sasuke? The one that's a lot more statue-like?" she asked him as he was holding her tight in a firm hug.

"Let's just say that a certain pink haired kunoichi was invading my mind all the time for the past 3 years." He said with a content smirk on his face that the same pink haired kunoichi was now in his hands.

"Oh, so now I'm an invader?"She said with a false frown on her face. Sasuke knew that she was playing so he played along with her. .she said with the same content smirk as Sasuke, only she had it because the raven haired boy with obsidian eyes who showed none interest in her what so ever was now hugging her tight.

"Yes you are and you must be punished for invading my thoughts all the time. That's why you're gonna pay by being my slave" he smirked again at the thought of having Sakura as his slave. Having her obedient and easily controlled when she was anything but that certainly aroused some feelings in Sasuke that only a man would have for a woman.

"And what if I runaway, what would happen then?" she asked with a smile plastered on her milky white face. Usually, Sakura would never let her self lose control to a boy and indirectly agree to be a slave but this time she allowed her self.

"Then I would have to find you and punish you severely. Would you like to take those chances, cherry blossom?" he cupped her chin and pulled her head up so she looked him in the eyes. Sakura looked at those obsidian eyes with confusion that was evident in her own emerald orbs. He leaned forward and brushed his lips over hers.

"Would you?"

"I would do anything for you" she whispered. Sasuke couldn't feel any happier by the words of this pink haired girl so he placed another gentle kiss down on her soft lips. Sakura couldn't get enough of the juiciness, sweetness and tenderness of Sasuke's lips. She felt like she could kiss him forever. Until the sun stopped shining, the earth stopped spinning and the whole world stopped existing. She needed nothing more than Sasuke, than Sasuke's lips. They parted for air.

"We'll grab a bite to eat and then we must go" he said shortly and they both began packing.

Both Sasuke and Sakura couldn't deny that it was really nice to see each other. For sakura knowing that Sasuke is alive and that he had claimed his rightful belongings-sakura's first kiss- was really nice. For Sasuke knowing that his cherry blossom was now safe and that he will have her to love and to hold-forever- was really nice. This indeed was a really nice reunion, a reunion worth to remember.