Betrayal is made in Blood

llwild1992 (2011- )

I do not own Naruto or any characters save for my OCs and mind you there will be some massive Out OF Character (ness)

At 13 he left, 23 he returned. If I had not fallen back in love with him I would have been the one to sign his death warrant. We secretly married at 25 and at 27 he gave everything up to betray us once again and create another shinobi war. Revenge can still be sweet if covered in blood.


My day off two weeks later was a welcomed day. Ino came over bright and early to help me move in completely. We dusted, painted, decorated, and had a little too much fun with the paint. Who knew eleven years ago she would be my best friend again? All my rooms were done and we headed out for a late lunch. We went to this little tea shop to have tea and sandwiches. We talked mostly about her upcoming wedding—to Shikamaru of course—a little and more about what Shikamaru has told her about Sasuke and his return.

I sat there swirling my spoon in the tea as she blabbed on about how crewel it was to have him there so helpless.

"I get it; he's dangerous, so just keep him in bonds, don't deny him food and water. Shika even says that they sedate him to the point where he has no function at all. He's just a blob. How offal can people be?"

"What do you mean?" I'm the one sedating him…

"I don't know if he shows it, but I'm sure he's scared…anyone would be. I want to see Sasuke go to trial just like everyone else but I really want his punishment to be just. Shika said that he claims to be a changed man and wants to help us; maybe it's true, he could have changed and is on our side now?"

"Do you think Sasuke is capable of something like that?"

"Change?" she thought for a moment, "I think so, if he really wanted to." She looked down at me with her big blue eyes and looked puzzled, "Is this bothering you?"

"No,"

"I think it is. Sweetie are your feelings for him still floating around?" she reached out and took both my hands, "I know you really cared for him and every chance you got they were pushed back into your face. It's okay to feel something for him."

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's okay to feel compassion for him, he was your first love, sure it was unrequited, but it was love none the less, and he will always be that to you."

I pulled off my best, "I am totally NOT lying to you and I love you" smile and took my hands back to sip my tea. We chatted some more and then headed off to do something Ino would rather be doing all day long. Lingerie shopping was her favorite past time since this cute little boutique opened up that sold everything under the sun. We walked into it and Ino quickly ran around the store picking up items she wanted to try on and dropped them into my arms.

"I want to find something perfect for Shika to enjoy. I know he won't enjoy anything about the wedding ceremony or the reception at his parent's house, so I might as well shoot for the wedding night."

"What makes this night different than the last three years of nights." I handed her a different size in a full bra and panty match and closed the bright red curtain.

"Four," she corrected me as she tried it on. "I just want to start off our martial relationship with enough fireworks to last well into the tenth year."

I walked off to another corner to the fluffy pink table that showed the "toys" that were available and felt awkward so I walked to the other wall lined with mirrors and started to look at the paint in my hair.

"Are you bringing date? You know it's a plus one thing?"

"I don't really know…"

"Kiba?"

"He's always my back up and he knows it."

"Naruto?"

"Hinata…"

"Oh…." I heard movement behind her curtain and turned just in time to see Ino strut out in front of me in a purple strapless corset and matching purple rhinestone studded thong, a sheer white robe draped down her shoulders and pooled onto the floor. "I think I found it!" she twirled for me and jumped up and down laughing. "All I need is dark purple shoes and I'm done."

"Why not a fan while you're at it, pull off the geisha look?"

"Sounds good!" she squealed and ran back into the changing room.

I blinked a few times to get the image I had just seen out of my mind and looked down at my wrist watch. OHMIGOD! I ran over to her stall and shouted that I had to go.

"What," she shouted, "you're always bailing on me around this time. What's up?" she shouted as she stuck her head out of the curtain in time to see me running out the door.


Sasuke was in better spirits now, he was finally given food. He looked a little better, more color in his face and his eyes were shiny again. The dose that Tsunade gave was now lessened as Sasuke started to tell more about what was really going on in the organization. Though no one listening to him really knew what to believe, everything was still very unreal. But he was a compliant prisoner, so he was allowed some forms of freedom. I walked in with a grocery bag and a few other things along with the sedative. Sasuke was now standing, but the chains were lessened so he couldn't go no farther than the mat he used as a bed.

He smiled joyfully as I approached him and sat down on the mat, his knees rising to create a rest for his arms. I kneeled down before him and looked at my chart. He was doing much better. I flipped through the pages looking at Tsunade's notes on how the sedative was working on him and how much she was happy that Ibiki started to listen to her. She wanted Sasuke to go to trial, what she wanted from it, she didn't even know.

"What's in the bag?" Sasuke asked after I had finished looking everything over.

"Fruit, bread from yesterday, and a book." I passed the bad over to him.

At first he took hold of the plastic handles with his right hand, and then swiftly he placed the left offer my hand. For a moment all he did was cradle my hand. His eyes holding mine, "Do you know how grateful I am to you?"

I wanted to laugh so hard. "Do you…"I giggled a bit, "know how hard it is to believe that you would speak like this? I've never heard you speak so much in my life."

"I just want to express my gratitude to you." He dropped the bag down in front of him and now held my hand in both. His eyes shifted down to examine my hand. His fingers slowly ran across my skin, looking at—everything. "You've saved me so many times and I never acknowledged it. I never realized how strong you actually were. These hands look so soft, but in reality they are the proof of your achievements and strength. Every little scar tells a story," He lingered at a small scar that was raised off of my hand from a battle I had against Sasori, "I suppose wishing to go back in time wouldn't mean anything, would it?"

"No," I pulled my hand away slowly, his heat leaving me. Why was he so warm all the time? "It's nice to dream though, to go back and bringing what you know now. I can think of a few things I'd want to change." I attempted to smile but it faded into a sad frown.

"I would go back and tell my father…" was he actually telling me something about his dad? Sasuke never did that before, "…never mind."

"Arm?" I decided I had had enough.

When I saw Sasuke's face when he was about to open up to me, he looks so young, so lonely, and so hurt. I wanted to hold him and give him comfort. Since the kiss a few weeks ago…something has changed between us. I'm more empathetic to him, I talk to him. I feel as if I don't hear his voice or have his attention I'm lost. I don't like the feeling, so I cut our interactions short, and he knows it. He gave me his arm without argument. As I swabbed his vein he caught my gaze and drew me back to him.

"When is it?"

"A few more days, they've bumped it up by a week."

"Hn," his face went stone cold.

I injected him and bandaged it up.

"Same time tomorrow?"

"Yes, do you need anything else?"

"No, thank you." He reached for the bag that was sitting between us, "I'll read slowly."

"Okay," I smiled my best smile for him and started to stand. Sasuke quickly followed me; his hands took hold of my forearms and held me. "You know Ibiki is watching?"

"And I care why?" he smirked, "you haven't rebuffed me for the kissing." He said.

"Can we just forget about it, kami?" I rolled my eyes. "The water was laced with food pills, if you didn't drink it you'd probably be dead, and you know it. I was just keeping you alive."

"Because you can't help but want to see me alive."

"Because I want you to go to trial!" I stomped my foot down. "You may claim to be a changed man, but that doesn't hold you above the law. You've hurt so many, it's only fair."

"Angry again?" he smirked and drew me closer by winding his arms around my waist, "not believable, but sexy enough for me." He kissed my forehead and held me tighter. "Even if they put me to death, this heart, no matter how black you think it is, has always belonged to you." I attempted to pull away but he maneuvered me back to him so he could kiss my lips.

I pulled away and he left me. I placed my fingers over my tingling lips as I made my way up topside. My heart ached.

I had to do something.

I ran to the Hokage tower after I signed out of the prison.

Catching my breath I walked into Tsunade's office and to her desk, by the look on my face she knew to dismiss her body guards. She asked me to sit and I stood, I felt all the tension in my back begging to twist in my spine, I glared down at her. We both knew I was going to say something that was relative to Sasuke's trial, which was in two days.

Her amber eyes sharpened as she lent her chin down onto her hands. "Spit it out girl."

"Tsunade," I gulped, "I can't do it." I said.


The trial was a public event. The council and Tsunade stood atop the Hokage tower as ANBU created a circular barrier around Sasuke, who was chained to a chair before them. Civilians stood beyond the ANBU and shouted of their hatred for Sasuke. Ninja took to higher ground, sitting on rooftops. Naruto and I were seated, with Kakashi who for once showed up on time, on the roof of my parent's house.

Naruto hasn't spoken to me in the month that Sasuke was in custody, but out of habit we sat with each other. All around us people shouted angry things, begged for the death sentence, and damned Sasuke to Hell.

"Sasuke Uchiha, you are branded with the crimes of betrayal and invasion. Do you deny those charges?"

"No,"

"You are descended of one of Konoha's most legendary clans, for generations the Uchiha Clan held the integrity of this village. How dare you spit upon it, how dare you turn your back on what was your home. When your family was murdered, we all cared for you; we fed you, clothed you, and gave you a home with friends. This is how you treat us? Turning your back on us all for a childish dream of avenging your family; the true revenge you could have gained would have been to live a full life and acting like an Uchiha, not some selfish child."

"With all due respect, I deny none of it, I am what you say I am; that was my clouded way of thinking, I'm not who I was, I came home someone different. Brand me, you have, killed me if you must, I won't cry out for mercy, because I deserve none of it."

"You claim to be a new man. How could we trust you?"

"Trust is given; I wish to earn your respect. I would do anything…all I have left is this village, and I would do anything asked of me, in order for me to stay here."

"Hn…"

"Upon your arrest we asked a trusted person to come before us, this person knew everything about you and your crimes, they were to ask for a punishment that would befit your crimes." I felt Naruto's eyes upon me, "But as of recently this person has denied to do so, we instead have decided your fate, because the Uchiha name is respected and special to this village, you are pardoned from the death sentenced and put on a ten year probationary system where you will be monitored daily and forced to do anything that is asked of you. You are forbidden to act recklessly; you must gain the respect of every single villager alike before you will be treated as a citizen. A hold will be placed on your shinobi recorded, no advancement will be given to you until the ten years has passed. Because of your name and the honor that comes with it, you are not permitted to procreate until your probation is up, if not; your name will go on and you will be put to death. One single act of rebellion and you shall be put into the prison system for as long as your natural life carries you."


I looked out into the crowd of friends as Ino walked out of the screens, dressed like an imperial princess. Her kimono was pure white and embroidered with purple flowers towards the bottom. Her father proudly walked her towards Shikamaru. Her mother stood next to the rest of the Yamanaka clan dabbing tears away from her eyes. This wedding was a long time coming. I secretly think that Ino and Shikamaru's fathers secretly wished for them to marry.

The vows were simple, traditional, and unifying. Because it was so traditional there were no bridesmaids and no groomsmen, thought Ino secretly had me serve as the Maid of Honor and Choji the Best Man. We both had to deal with Ino's bridezilla attitude and Shikamaru's apprehensiveness towards the ceremony. When it was over Shikamaru kissed Ino sweetly on the lips, earning a massive "awe" from his side of the family. When he pulled away Ino quickly grabbed him by the pony tail and kissed him in the only way Ino could, aggressively, earning a massive cheer from her own family. They ran—Ino pulled him—down the aisle end posed for a sweet and simple kiss at the screen before disappearing to change for the reception in another part of the Nara estate.

As everyone got up to move to the other room people just kept hugging and kissing. Sure Hinata and Ten Ten gave me a hug and mused over how beautiful Ino was, but everyone else was just too emotional. When it was my turn to leave the row of chairs something looming in the back of the room caught my attention. I looked and saw it was Sasuke….what was he doing here. He was leaning back against the wall with Kakashi. Was he invited? He was freed what….three days ago and he's at Ino's wedding?

"Spsst," I called Hinata back to me, "What is Sasuke doing here?"

Hinata looked back with her lavender eyes and then back at me, "Ino and Shikamaru thought it would be a nice thing to invite him, to help him get reacquainted with everyone. Is something wrong?" ever her meek voice told me she was worried.

"No," I lied.

We walked out together along with Naruto who was beaming with the idea of proposing to Hinata.

The food was amazing and the dancing so much fun. Ino and the girls were going a little too crazy when the alcohol took control but that was okay. I danced with Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji—to honor us as the "unofficial savors of the wedding planning" Ino requested a song just for us. Choji is actually very quick and graceful on his feet. When Ino's father-daughter-dace was announced she also asked for other fathers to dance with their daughters.

It was sweet.

But what was even sweeter was the Kakashi asked me to dance with him. He smiled and just said, "You will always be my little girl", I wanted to cry. He never shares those feelings. I went out to the dance floor and hugged my old sensei to me. The photographer even got a good shot of us. It felt so nice to have him lead me in the slow dance. Like an actual father. We whispered a few things about the past and how badly Naruto is dancing. When the song ended and we hugged, I glimpsed over his shoulder and saw Sasuke standing at the back wall, watching me like a big cat would watch its prey. The cold dark look in his eyes made me feel uneasy. I quickly vacated to the other end of the room and took up a dink.

I didn't like the feeling I was getting from his gaze, so I kept my back against the wall so I could keep an eye on him. I also watched and observed everyone else.

I leaned against the walls and sipped my drink. When did everyone pair off? I noticed it during the ceremony, all of the people I graduated the academy with where…together. Naruto and Hinata were in the works of getting moved in together, TenTen and Neji realized that they we're meant to be, Lee managed to not chase away his current girlfriend, Kiba would always belong to Akamaru, Choji and Temari (even how creepy it was) were enjoying a long distance relationship, Shino was married to a member of his sister clan and were having their very own bug wielding child in the next few months, and Sai was enjoying belonging to himself. When in the world did this happen? The only people left were me and…..Sasuke…..I shook my head a few times to rid me of that thought and then calmly sipped the drink.

But it was true.

Far off I could see Sasuke watching me and like a scene from a movie he started to approach me. I rolled my eye and tried to look away, to imagine that he wasn't coming near me.

But not all wishes can be fulfilled.

"Can we talk?" Sasuke asked as he approached me, his hands in his pockets, his neck hanging down low. "Alone?" he said.

"Why?" I craned my neck to look up at him.

"I have something to say."

"And it can't be said in the loud room full of drunken people?"

"Please, Sakura?"

"Fine," I rotated off the wall and headed for the door, Sasuke followed me silently. The main garden of the Nara estate was very well kept, lots of flowers and water falls, right now hundreds of twinkling lights were wrapped around cables and tree limbs to bring the romantic feel of a traditional wedding for Ino. We walked along the outside hallway of the house until we were completely away from the party and the background noise it created. I leaned my back against the wall as he stood before me.

"I see your hair is growing back?" I said breaking the ice, I crossed my arms and watched with cocked eyebrows as his right hand rose up to rub the small tuffs of hair he had going for him.

"Yes,"

"So will the duck butt be there when it's fully grown?"

"Duck butt?" I rolled my eyes at him, like he didn't know that the back of his head resembled a duck butt? "I don't know, I've never had my hair shaved off before."

"So you're telling me that that was natural?"

"Yes,"

"What did you want to talk to me about?"

"It was you, wasn't it?" he asked.

"Me?"

"The one trusted person that was supposed to testify against me… and ask for the death sentence."

"Why would you think that it was me?"

"Naruto and Kakashi would never have the backbones to do so." He stepped closer to me, his body looming it forced me to tilt my head back and look up at him. "You on the other hand, would have done so."

"Guilty," I admitted.

He silently smirked, "but you didn't."

"Clearly,"

His right arm rose up to rest on the wall beside my head, he leaned in on the arm and came closer to me, "now why would you do that?"

"If this is one of your sermons about my deep down love for you, you can stop right there."

"You saved my life, Sakura." He quietly said.

"I save many people's lives."

"What happened down in Maximum changed your mind."

"I did what I thought was right, Sasuke, not because I love you."

"But you do."

"Stop saying that!" I stomped my foot, "Ever since you can back all you have said to me was that you love me and that I still love you."

I was about to push off the wall and leave him when his left hand was firmly placed at my belly and he effectively pushed me back against the wall, his body looming closer. "You may not think it, but I know you better than anyone else, stop denying it and just admit it to yourself. You love me, you've always loved me. I've never forgotten about that night in the park. I've kept that conversation with me for years; all I have ever thought about is you. You, Sakura, were the light that shown through my darkness."

"I don't want you in my life,"

"I'm everything you have ever wanted, you're twenty three; why aren't you engaged or married? You don't even have a boyfriend, from what I've heard; you haven't had anyone in four years. It's always been you and me, even as kids. When I fell; who was there to catch me? Who was there to save you when you needed help? It's been you and me from the start."

I looked up at him, his big onyx eyes showing me more emotion than I have ever seen, before when I looked at him in the eyes all I saw was my reflection. Even during our battles, I never saw him. Now, hearing him speak words that I never thought I would ever hear him say; I saw him. I was really looking at Sasuke, I got glimpses of him in the prison, but never have I seen him fully manifest.

I blinked all my thoughts away, "the," I licked my lips because they were oddly dry, "bringing up the past won't change anything about the present, Sasuke. That was then this is now," I put both of my hands on his wrist and attempted to remove him, "there is not going to be a "you and me", we're just old teammates."

His hands stayed firmly on my stomach, "I don't want to be 'just old teammates' Sakura."

"Well I don't want anything else from you." I glared up at him, "remove your hand."

Sighing, he slowly lifted his hand away from my body to only pivot on his feet and replace it on the other side of my head, effectively trapping me between him and the wall. "What do I have to do, Sakura?" he was so close to me, I could smell the peppermint toothpaste he had used before coming out to the wedding, I could also smell his cologne, it smelled of fresh water that is hidden deep in the wilderness, everything about him was so overpowering I was taken aback at how normal and sedate he smelled. "What do I have to do?" he asked again.

"For what, Sasuke?"

"To get you to believe me…to believe in me?"

"You can't," I almost whispered, "You've hurt me too much…"

"I am sorry for that," he held my gaze and looked at me intensely, as if he was searching my soul, "the only thing I want is to make amends with you."

"That opportunity flew out the window ten years ago."

"No it hasn't," he moved closer, "don't you feel it?" his searing heat both calmed and frightened me, "The attraction, the chemistry, don't you feel the overwhelming urge to allow your heart to dominate your mind. Rational thought is pointless to attraction, it's palpable," he leaned down to place is forehead against mine, "it can't be denied."

"Well it has to," I took a breath, "I want my life to go according to my plan, I'm headed to everything I have ever wanted, my own apartment with a rent control, permanent position in the hospital, no demons invading my personal space, one day there will be a man-but not now-and then I'll create a new plan. But as of right now my single life and all that comes with it is perfect. And I will not go off on a tangent for you! I gave up ten years for you! Ten years I will never get back because of you. Just because you claim to love me will not derail my plans, you are not in them-you will never be in them, so help me-I will never have anything to do with your sorry ass again!" I lightly head-butted him to give myself some space and to assert my challenge to him, I wasn't going to let up.

"There's just one little problem with that thought, I may not be in your plan—but you are in mine." His lips quickly descended upon mined before I had a chance to challenge him again. His hand snaked to my back and held my shoulders, his long and hardened fingers spayed out against the fabric of my dress; he pushed me further against the wall as he continued to kiss me. His eyes were closed; his whole focus was on the kiss. He put everything into it.

The hands I had placed against him, warding him off, were suddenly lacking my strength, they had minds of their own, the traveled to his arms and up to cup his chin and bring him even closer, if that was possible, to me. My eyes started to close and I was lulled into a relaxed state by his kiss, he started to hold me up. His hands moved down my waist, when he touched the skin of my back that was framed tastefully by hanging fabric his searing heat was quickly absorbed by me. I nearly moaned at the feeling. Moaned! But Sasuke's assault on me swallowed it.

He pulled away and placed his forehead upon mine, his dark eyes dilated as he looked down at me. Our breathing was equally hurried; I could literally feel his heart thumping in his chest as I was sure he could feel mine. My lips tingled with the absent feeling of his. I tightened my hold on his chin, wanting to pull him back down to me. Deep inside my gut it felt right. Having him pressed so close to me was perfect—meant to be even. I wasn't thinking, my head was filled with everything but rational thought.

"Now," he said catching his breath, "why would you fight back those feelings?" he ended it with a little smirk.

I rolled my eyes, "shut up." I pulled him down to my lips and initiated another kiss. I don t know what it is I was doing or starting. But I knew that I wanted to keep kissing him. I'd think tomorrow morning.


LONG OVER DUE I KNOW, BUT CAN YOU SEE THE FORSHADOWING? I LOVE THAT WORD.

SING IT; "F-O-R-S-H-A-D-O-I-N-G!" SUCH A NICE RING TO IT!

I HAD A LEMON WRITTEN FOR THIS BUT I FELT LIKE IF THEY JUMPED RIGHT INTO SEX, YOU'D ALL THINK THIS WAS JUST A SEX STORY, SO I TOOK IT OUT. (EVIL LAUGHTER) IF ANY OF YOU WANT ME TO POST IT IN A SEPARATE FIC, JUST ASK AND YOU'LL RECIEVE.

MOVING ALONG, SASUKE IS FREE AND IS AFTER SAKURA'S AFFECTION WHICH SHE GIVES AT THE END. WE SEE A FEW THINGS HAPPENING BESIDES THE FREEING OF SASUKE AND THE MAKEOUT SESHION THAT LEADS TO—USE YOUR IMAGINATIONS. BUT WE ALSO SEE THE EXTENT OF SASUKE'S PUNISHMENT, HE'S STUCK AS A GENNIN, IS BEING FORCED INTO SLAVERY TO KONOHA AND IS FORBIDDEN TO HAVE CHILDREN UNTIL HE'S 33, BUT AS WE CAN SEE, HE DOESN'T CARE.

BUT ANY HOO, WHAT DO YOU, MY HOPEFULLY FAITHFULL READERS THINK? THE MORE REVIEWS I GET THE MORE INSPIRED I FEEL BECAUSE I BELIEVE I HAVE A DEMAND FOR WRITING.

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