A/N: Thanks for the reviews! X3

The next day, Sakura started her interrogating. She found herself much less formal than when she was with other people, laughing with him about every time Sasuke turned Karin down, gasping when he told her stories about his battles and crying when he told her a sad story.

"I never imagined they'd turn on me like they did," he commented, looking deep in thought. "We were Team Hebi; we were going to kill Itachi together."

"Do you miss them?"

"No, not really," he answered. "I guess you just get so used to routine that, once it's gone, it takes some readjustment.

Sakura nodded in understanding.

"You know, it's kind of nice to be back."

Sakura smiled and said, "Well, it's great having you back."

Sasuke stared into her eyes and she found she could not look away, butterflies fluttering in her belly at the sight of the Uchiha. She cleared her throat and looked back to the notes she'd been writing on the interrogation. "So, um, what is it that you want to do now that you're back?"

"I'm kind of torn in two different directions on that," he answered, finally looking away from her. "I'd committed my life to killing my brother, but I don't think I should leave. It feels so great being home... Though, it'd be better if I wasn't in jail."

"Yeah, I can imagine." She looked at the clock to see that she'd been there for almost two hours. "I've got to take you to the infirmary anyway, so do you want to go for a walk?"

Sasuke nodded and followed Sakura out of the captivity building where she pointed to different places on their way to the infirmary.

"See? That's where I live." she said, pointing to an apartment. "I've been living there ever since I turned sixteen."

Sasuke was about to say something, but was cut short by somebody saying, "Hey Sakura—" They turned to see a very stunned Naruto, staring at Sasuke.

"Oh, Naruto, Sasuke-kun's back," Sakura said, trying to hide her apprehension. The last time she'd seen these two together, things hadn't gone so well. She looked from Sasuke to Naruto, wondering what was going on in their minds at that moment.

Finally, Sasuke walked over to Naruto and pulled him into a hug. It wasn't one of those big, sappy, emotional ones; it was a man's hug. The kind where it's pretty much a necessity to slap the other's back with all your might.

All of her worry vanished as she watched the two walk back to her, smiling at each other. "I-I have to take him to the infirmary, he hurt his arm," Sakura explained. "Would you mind buying him a set of clothes so he doesn't have to wear Orochimaru's pervy outfit?"

Naruto nodded and left while Sakura and Sasuke headed toward the infirmary. When they got into the building, Sakura took the bandages from Sasuke's arm to find that the wound was already starting to look a little better. She poured some more hydrogen peroxide over his wound and got the same reaction out of him as before. "You took your medication last night?" she asked.

He nodded and she could see he was trying his hardest to bite back any curse words.

Naruto came back a little while later with some clothes and said, "I hope they fit. I sort of guessed the sizes."

Sakura finished bandaging the arm and let Sasuke go into the other room to change into the clothes. He came back with the shirt fitting loosely on him and holding the pants up to his waist. "They're kind of big," he commented.

"Well, just in case, I thought I'd bring this," Naruto stated, taking out a belt and handing it to the Uchiha.

Sasuke put on the belt and looked down at himself to find he was wearing very bright, tie-dyed clothes. "I think I've gone into the hippie-age."

Sakura giggled and Naruto explained with a shrug, "I thought they'd look good on you."

"Why do I have the feeling this is my punishment for nearly killing you?" Sasuke queried with a playful smirked.

Naruto smirked in return but didn't deny the accusation.

"I have to take Sasuke-kun back to the jail," Sakura stated. "Thank you, Naruto."

"Anytime, Sakura-chan! Oh, hey, Sasuke-teme, welcome back."

Sasuke replied, "It's great to be back." and left with Sakura to go back to his cell.

When they got there, Sakura said, "I should probably get going."

Sasuke nodded. "Before you go..."

She looked at him quizzically, wondering what he was thinking behind those onyx orbs of his. He gently placed his hands on her hips and pulled her closer. He gently touched his lips to hers and she felt as though all time had stopped.

As he pulled away, she didn't feel him take her spare key to the jail cell from her pocket.

"I missed you, Sakura."

"I missed you, too, Sasuke."

And with that, Sakura stumbled out of the room, unable to believe that the Uchiha Sasuke had kissed her. She left behind a very unhappy Sasuke, staring at the key in his hand with both satisfaction for being able to carry out his plan and guilt for tricking the only girl he had ever cared for.

A/N: Ooh, what's he gonna do? o.o