I Need You Tonight

By: Imeralt Evalon

Author's Notes: I'd like to say that I'm sorry for not updating as I had promised. But writers block seems to always find its way to me. And I thought that I should take a breather and stop writing until I had an idea, but I still wanted to keep writing, even though I didn't know what to write.

So from now on, I've decided, I'm going to start doing something different. I'm going to actually write things down on paper because I hate when a good story pulls you in and then the stories not finished. So I'm going to try to write without any inspiration because "stupid people sit and wait for inspiration, while others just do the job" or something like that.

By the way, I'm writing a chapter because it's my birthday and I decided I've stalled myself long enough.

Disclaimer: Imeralt Evalon can hold no claims on Naruto because she is just a sixteen year old girl who can't possibly own the awesomeness called Naruto.

Recap

"No. Now shut up Sai."

"Here are the gloves you needed Old Hag." Sai said to Sakura as she smiled thankfully at him

"Thanks Sai-kun. I really didn't want to see Sasuke-kun yet." She brushed a piece of hair out of her face as she sighed, "Am I being too emotional?" she thought aloud.

"I think you're just thinking too much about it." Sai imputed.

She let out a laugh, "You're probably right." She gave him a small hug as she turned to leave. "I'll see you when I get back from my mission. You and Naruto-kun still owe me a practice spar."

As she walked back to Naruto's apartment, Sakura started thinking again. She thought about walking past Sasuke's mansion, to check on him, knowing full and well that she was probably less welcomed than anyone else.

She glanced up and realized that in her daze she had arrived at Sasuke's mansion without intending to. She looked at the empty and cold looking mansion that she used to call her home, though in truth, it was less of a home and more like a painful reminder that she was living in an illusion.

She continued to stare up at the mansion with sad, yet longing eyes. This house brought so many memories, so many painful and lonely nights.

She remembered all the times she would see if Sasuke would ever notice her missing presence when she would hide herself in the kitchen with all the maids and cooks.

...but he never did.

She remembered all the times she tried to get closer to Sasuke, all those one worded conversations, the blank stares, and the bored expressions whenever she would try.

Soon, she had just stopped trying. Would it have ever really made a difference if she kept trying? Or would things have been just been the same?

Was she destined to be Haruno Sakura, the constant annoyance in Uchiha Sasuke's backside?

She sighed, as she backed up, never noticing the dark figure behind her.

Sasuke watched her, his wife, as she unconsciously walked to his house. He had been training on the bridge before he decided to head home, that's when he noticed her.

She had a blank expression on her face, but her eyes looked ...sad? He scoffed; he was getting weak if he was noticing Sakura's emotions. Well, she was never that good with hiding her feelings. She always had a strong urge to voice her feelings didn't she?

Isn't that why he was always constantly reminded about her crush for him back in their chuunin days?

He wondered if she was so lost in her own thoughts that she hadn't even noticed his presence. He jumped from the tree branch he was watching her from, fully intending to tell her to go home.

"Why?" He heard her whisper.

"Why? I believe I could ask the same question, as to why you are here in front of my house." He replied, although he didn't know why, and he was pretty sure she wasn't talking to him.

Sakura turned around, surprised to see Sasuke behind her.

"Sasuke?"

"Hn."

"I want to know why you didn't do it." Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her, as if to tell her to elaborate more on the question.

"Why didn't you turn in the divorce papers? It's what you've wanted most and when I finally gave it to you, you didn't even finalize it!" She all but screamed out at him.

"It wasn't important." He stated simply.

She growled angrily at him, feeling all the despair and hatred flow out of her, "Not important?" she hissed at him.

"Of course it is important! I don't want to be MARRIED to you anymore!"

Sakura felt the words spewing out of her mouth, knowing they were half lies, half truths.

She did still love him, but she didn't want to be married to a guy who didn't love her.

Sasuke stared at her silently, unaffected by her words.

"I threw them away."

"WHAT?!" She roared, as chakra surrounded her fists, her fists glowed a light green. "Why?!"

Sasuke ignored her as he brushed past her, deftly dodging her fist as she continued to scream at him.

"Why Sasuke?! You were the one who wanted me gone in the first place! Why would you want me to be married to me? I'm annoying remember?!" She sobbed out, trying to fight the tears that leaked from her eyes.

She was so confused, so frustrated, so everything, and yet Sasuke was always so calm. She had so many questions, but they were never answered. So many feelings, but they were never returned. So many problems, but never any solutions.

"I HATE YOU UCHIHA SASUKE!" She called out after him as she ran before she did anything rash.

When she arrived before Naruto, she was huffing and red in the face.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked tentatively, reaching out to hug her.

"I'm so angry!" She sobbed as she grasped the front of his shirt, burying her face in the fabric. He patted her back, rubbing circles to help her calm down.

"It's okay Sakura-chan, just tell me what happened?"

She told him everything from Sai's house to Sasuke throwing away the divorce papers to her screaming. After she ended the story, he looked at her, brushing the tears that flowed from her face.

"...Sakura? It's okay." He continued to hug her as she calmed down, "Just go to sleep Sakura-chan. Remember you have a mission tomorrow."

He looked down to see that she had already fallen asleep.

Naruto sighed as he tucked Sakura in, examining the sleeping girl's face, that was frowning and tear streaked.

He kissed her forehead, sadly closing his own eyes to sleep as he heard her whisper, "Sasuke-kun...why don't you love me?"

"I want to know that myself, Sakura-chan." Naruto replied back softly as he let sleep overcome him.

Sakura woke up bright and early, smiling softly at the sleeping Naruto beside her bed.

She kissed him on the cheek, thanking her sleeping friend for being there for her.

She made him a quick breakfast, leaving him a note before she began gathering her things. She walked out of his apartment, thinking about the mission she was about to go on.

"Forehead-girl! Be safe on your mission or I'll hurt you!"

Sakura turned her head to see Ino calling out to her.

She smiled back at her as she called out, "As if Ino-pig! You couldn't even lay a dent on me, even if I was on my deathbed!"

"Please Forehead! I've been perfecting my Mind-Transfer technique and you wouldn't even stand a chance!"

Sakura stuck out her tongue at the other kunoichi before waving her hand to say bye as she walked out of Konoha's gates.

If there was one thing Sakura loved, it was being on a mission. It was just the sense of freedom that made her feel relaxed and her mind just seemed to be clear, whenever she would be on a mission.

After she was barely a mile away from the place she was suppose to be at, did Sakura stop and take a rest.

She flipped through the client's file, reading over the contents. Something didn't feel right about this mission, but Tsunade-shishou was counting on her.

"Oh well," she shrugged, "I can just do heal the 'badly injured' jefe and be on my merry little way."

She put the file back into her backpack before heading towards the base of the mysterious client.

But all she found when she got there was an old scroll. Beside it was a note that said, "Take the scroll."

"Scroll? That's odd."

Imeralt : Sorry for the short chapter! cries I did the best I can! Anywho, thanks for all those who stuck by me and continued reading the story, anxiously waited for me to update.

I love reviews so KEEP reviewing! Thanks for all the chocolate/milk jugs/cookies thrown at me in Chapter 3. Haha. :3 Delicious.

And to answer mahalo4ursupport's question as to why Sakura would need gloves, I figure since she's a medic, she'd probably need gloves to work on patients because protection from AIDS? Or it might help her with her perfect chakra control.

Thanks for all the support!!