* Thanks to everyone who is reading this, Seeing this if my first Sasusaku fanfic (first thing I have put online actually) it is really cool to see where in the world everyone is reading this from. I hope you are all enjoying this as I am enjoying writing it... also I forgot to state that while this was after the war they are slightly older as I was having the time that Sasuke was gone being longer then it actually was so they are both 19, this is important as it will play a part in the story in upcoming chapters*
Chapter 4 - If Only It Was Easy
In the middle of the night Sakura had started to have the nightmares again but this time they were not just about Sasuke trying to kill her. In the dream she stood at the gates of the village with Sasuke as they both looked inwards seeing the carnage they had created, not a single person in the village was alive and she herself had helped him. With a smirk crossing her face she looked to Sasuke who took her face into his hands while pushing some hair off her soft skin before kissing her lips. During the kiss however things took a turn as he ran his chidori through her heart before letting her drop to the ground and leaving her for dead like the rest of the village she had helped destroy.
"Guess you should have learned some people never change, after all your the one who made this all to easy." Sasuke had said to her in a harsh tone as a grin easily spread across his face that was slightly blood splattered. Turning his back the youngest Uchiha had no problem leaving Sakura behind as any sign of life had faded from her eyes.
Shooting up from where she was laying in the tent Sakura could feel the tears that were running down her face from the dream, no nightmare she had just woken up from. Looking beside her she could see Sasuke sleeping peacefully and inside she couldn't help but wonder what the dream could have meant. Picking at her fingernails while slightly bitting her bottom lip she tried to think about what the dream could have meant. Was it something that could happen if she had decided to fully trust him again or was it her guard coming up because of the fact she was starting to notice that she still loved him? Whatever it was Sakura knew one thing for sure deep down she knew the second option was very much possible because just thinking about him made her heart skip a beat again.
Deciding it was probably best to get some rest before they needed to start off their day Sakura layed down and tried to push thoughts of the dream to the back of her mind. " It couldn't be real, I don't see him being able to trick so many people in the village about why he came back... I mean me maybe love can make a person blind but... wait did I really just say I love him. Oh my god what have I gotten myself into, there is no way he feels the same about me so why can't I just let those feelings for him die already." Sakura thought to herself as she then slowly closed her eyes, this time though when she did so something else flashed in her head the instant her eyelids had closed and it was Sasuke topless and most likely more under the water in the springs."Shit really, this night is just never going to end is it. I mean between the nightmare and seeing him almost naked earlier sleep is not going to come easy." she thought again with a deep while trying to think of something else. What felt like an hour but was only about 15 minutes the pink haired ninja had managed to fall asleep.
When the sun came up in the morning Sasuke had been the first one up again not even knowing what Sakura had been through that night. Sitting up he shook her arm slightly. "Sakura, hey Sakura you should get up so we can head out." he said in an oddly soft tone for him as he tried to wake her without to much alarm.
A few moans came from Sakura as she waved his hand away from herself. "10 more minutes mom" she mumbled before she realized that it was not her mother's voice calling out to her but Sasuke's.
"Ouch didn't know I sounded like a woman." He stated with a blank tone while sitting back from her but for some reason all he could do was stare at her figure while she lay there.
Shooting up Sakura covered her face which was now red from blushing so much at the fact she had just called him mom. "I am so sorry, kinda caught me off guard I guess. Guess you could say the only one that ever wakes me up is my mother." she replied without removing her face from her hands.
Chuckling slightly knowing she was blushing from the way Sakura had covered her face Sasuke had decided to give her a moment to cool down as he rolled up his sleeping bag and left the tent. "It's ok I'm not mad over it, I was teasing you." He stated making sure she knew it was all ok, it wasn't like Sasuke to crack any sort of joke after all so she was most likely thrown off by it.
When Sakura had finally managed to regain her own skin color over her face again she packed up her sleeping bag and stepped outside their tent to see it was a nice sunny day outside. Taking a deep breath she could smell the fresh rain that had fallen the night before and it made her feel so relaxed on the inside. Placing her things beside his Sakura had heard Sasuke suggest she wash up quickly while he took the tent down seeing they had set up camp beside the river. Deciding it was a good idea she grabbed the shampoo and a cloth from her bag before heading to the river quickly. Not wanting to really undress with him being so close by she stood in the water fully clothed as it gave her a chance to wash these clothes as well and leave her clean ones in her bag. As she ran her hair under the water to rinse the shampoo from it a shiver ran up her back as she felt chakara she didn't know closing up on their location.
Getting out of the water quickly she ran back to the camp to see their things and Sasuke gone. "What the hell?" she muttered under her breath as she wonderd where he had gone. Before being able to take another step though someone had grabbed her and placed a hand over her mouth before draging her into some nearby bushes. "Shh, it's me... I could sense the other chakara as well." Sasuke whispered into her ear to calm her down before she had decided to kick his ass with her brute strength.
Relaxing her body at his voice Sakura nodded slightly to he knew that she was aware what was going on. While they hid in the bushes Sasuke had not let go of her body but only her mouth without knowing, this in turn had made her blush on an large level as they were pressed up together hidden within the bushes. Keeping quiet as they stood there someone had walked into the clearing that matched the chakara they had both felt before. Peering out from the bushes Sakura seen a little girl that was maybe five years old at most with long black hair that was slightly past her shoulders, without even seeing her face though something about the chakara seemed like she had felt is somewhere before. Moments later though the girl had left and neither of them had managed to see her face.
"I wonder if that was her." Sasuke thought to himself before he came to notice that he was still holding Sakura close to his body making him actually blush. Looking down at the ground to hide his face while he tried to calm down Sasuke had let go of her. "Sorry about that." He simply muttered to her so he could hide his flustered tone from her. "your so not sorry, admit it you totally liked having her pressed up to you even if it was just to hide from what could have been an enemy." His thoughts said though as he stood up and turned his back to her.
Sakura stood up as well with her back to his. "It's okay." was all she said to him about the situation as she tried to keep her cool while inside she felt like melting. Thinking about the little girl Sakura remembered there was a village not far from here and thought maybe the girl had just wandered out her as when she left she had headed back the same way she had came. "Wait why are we moving camp if this was the village you were looking for?" Sakura then asked turning to face Sasuke now.
Sasuke knew that Sakura had most likely been right about the little girl being from the village but it was what made him think even more that it might have been who he was looking for. "We are not moving to much further, in the rain last night I didn't know we were so close already." He replied walking out from the bushes to gather the things before walking along the river towards the village. "Besides I managed to find us a place there for as long as we need it, belonged to an old friend I met while I was gone and he won't be using it." He added as he could hear Sakura walk behind him.
"Don't be such a chicken shit your both teenagers, these feelings are normal so quit holding back... I mean really what could it hurt to try you both need to be closer then this for the mission to work anyway." He thought to himself as they came across the village and he could feel her only feet away. Feelings like these were not normal for him but they had still been existant in another form before but they were risky to show as it could become a weakness.
Sakura watched Sasuke and knew something was on his mind and wondered if it had to do with the little girl, after all he had started acting strange since they had seen her. Deciding it was best she followed him in silence as she tried to keep the thought of him holding her as he had out of her head.
Reaching a house Sasuke pulled out a key from his pocket and opened the door letting them both inside. On the inside the only walls were that of those to seperate the kitchen from the living room and the ones that created the large bathroom. Looking around it was obvious to Sakura that this friend of Sasuke's was one a bachelor and two had not been here in awhile based on the dust. Wandering around the house she had managed to find some things to clean which didn't take long seeing the place was so small then it came to her, they were both sleeping in the livingroom that had a pull out couch seeing there was no actual rooms in this place.
"You know you didn't have to clean all alone, but thanks." Sasuke said when he stepped back in the door after leaving so they could stock the place with food for themselves. "I don't know how long we are going to be here so I kinda got a little of everything." He told Sakura as he placed everything where it belonged before walking towards where she sat now on the pullout couch.
Sitting there toether neither of them knew what to say towards the other as it had been like that now since the forest incident. Looking over Sasuke's dark eyes fell on her's and the voices in his head started to go off on him again. Knowing it might shock Sakura a little he pulled her closer as his lips pressed against hers.