Here comes the third chapter!

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Disclaimer: I'll wish upon a shooting star.

Luck was something foreign to Sakura. God must have spent a little less time on her.

Her mission at hand was no easy task. However, Sakura always stuck with her duty so with a sigh, she began to stroll to the Uchiha district of Konoha. Tsunade had said that Sasuke had been transported back to his old home.

"And I'm the caretaker…" mumbled Sakura.

She wasn't thrilled about the job, and she knew Sasuke would flip out if he knew. Maybe it would be best to not expose her mission and just act as a caring friend. A certain loudmouth broke Sakura's train of thought.

"Hey! Sakura!"

Naruto bounded over to her. His personality hadn't changed, neither have his looks, except the fact that he grew taller. He was stronger too, and that was due to his training with Jiraiya.

"Kakashi-sensei! Come over here, it's Sakura!"

Behind the grinning boy, Sakura's old sensei strolled over. With the familiar dirty book in his hand, he had not changed at all. His mask crinkled a bit when he gave Sakura a smile.

"Is it true that Sasuke's back?" Naruto practically yelled. "I heard he was back in his house. Ahh, that's so close to here, I could easily walk over and say "hi" to that teme." Naruto paused for a second. Then his face gave Sakura a wide grin. His eyes dance playfully as he looked at her. "You were probably going to visit him just then, weren't you?"

Well, I'll be! Maybe Naruto really has gained some brains over the years.

The blonde spoke again. This time with his eyes hopeful.

"Or it could be that you walked over here to treat me to Ichiraku?"

Sakura sighed. Maybe not.

Kakashi was quicker at guessing Sakura's motive. He looked down at Naruto.

"Come on. I'll treat you to ramen."

"Ehh!? You just said that you didn't have money!"

"Well…..I lied."

Naruto glared, but the glare soon vanished. After all, he had gotten what he wanted.

Sakura mouthed a 'thank you' to Kakashi. With another smile, he whispered.

"Good luck."

Naruto turned around.

"Huh? Good luck? Oh, don't worry, I can't eat five bowls no problem!" He claimed, oblivious to the roll of eyes from his teammate and sensei.

"Ok, let's go." Kakashi led Naruto away.

"Bye Sakura! Have fun doing whatever you are doing!"

Sakura smiled and strolled away.

'Fun' was probably the last thing the meeting was going to be. Sakura imagined that there'd be lots of glares, pleading, quietness, and lastly the "get out." This mission might be impossible to complete.

After a couple more minutes, Sakura arrived at the Uchiha district. Two fully–equipped guards blocked the entrance. Boy, they were sure serious about keeping Sasuke locked in. Sakura walked over to one of the buff guards.

"Name?"

"Sakura Haruno."

With a nod towards the other guard, the door swung open. Sakura guessed that they had received specific instructions on who to let in and who to be locked out.

Once inside, guards were seen everywhere. Most were patrolling the area. One of them led Sakura to the room Sasuke was kept. Before entering, he roughly rapped at the door.

"You have a visitor."

With that, he left. Sakura took a deep breath and swung open the door. A window was directly across the door, and sunlight streamed in. There was not a lot of furniture. Only a bed and a night stand. Another door led to the bathroom, Sakura guessed. Sasuke sat on the bed. Thankfully, with no chains and decent clothing.

He looked like a god.

Sakura kept calm. Sasuke's obsidian eyes directed themselves to her.

"Why are you here?" He said it quietly, and Sakura tried to match his tone.

"I wanted to see how you've been."

"Hn."

A pause.

"Are you done seeing?"

Sakura stared at him.

"No."

Then, there was a battle of the glares.

After a couple of minutes, Sakura gave up. She was not here for a glaring contest. Sakura put on a cherry face.

"Have you eaten?"

"Hn." Yes.

"Do you need anything?"

"Hn." No.

"Do you want to talk?"

"Hn." You're annoying.

"Uh…."

"Hn." Get out.

Dejectedly, Sakura sighed. This was not going well. Her mission was to watch over Sasuke. That really wasn't necessary since there were so many guards here. Sakura wished she could talk to him though. Her eyes drifted from the brooding man to the night stand. On it was a lamp and a picture frame.

Sakura walked over to get a closer look. A stern man and a beautiful lady were in it. In front of them was a cute little boy. In the corner, stood another man, but the picture was torn so no face could be seen. Sakura guessed that that was Itachi. Her eyes went back to the little boy. He had a look of pure happiness and innocence. His bright eyes shone. Sakura wondered how such a likable boy could grow up into the tense man next to her.

Sakura's hand reached out for the picture frame. Before she could touch it, Sasuke's hand shot out and caught her wrist. He gave her a deadly glare.

"Don't touch that." He snarled.

Sakura felt limp. This picture obviously meant a lot to him. She winced at the vice like grip he had. Sasuke noticed and let go. However, his glare remained. Sakura slowly walked to the doorway. This was enough for one day.

"I'm leaving."

"…"

"I'll come back tomorrow though." Sakura looked back to see his expression. He nodded once, and then feeling as if that wasn't enough, he grunted.

"Hn." Fine.

Sakura smiled and left.

Maybe this mission wasn't impossible after all.

r&r :)