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Warning: Corny stuff...


Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air

Can't live, can't breathe with no air

That's how I feel whenever you ain't there

Its no air, no air

-Jordin Sparks ft. Chris Brown


With a sound of Sakura's cup crashing into a million shards on the marble ground, a deathly silence that followed after, a series of footsteps running down the hallway to find out what all the glass-breaking commotion was about- it was so unfathomable that it was too damn right obvious. Anyone could guess what happened.

"Sasuke…" She managed to whisper….

What I Wouldn't Give For You

"Hey Sakura…" Sasuke gave her a sorry look but managed to smile a little.

"You…" She started to feel hot round tears welling up her eyes.

"Aren't you going to give me a little hug?" He teased, bending down a little.

Sakura looked at him disbelievingly, biting her lips and holding onto her breath. It was too good to be true. But she had to give this hallucination a try. Whether he was a fake, an illusion, or a trick, she had to give him a try. Laughing joyously and crying at the same time, she ran for him and threw her arms around him.

Sasuke laughed a little himself out of glee and returned her hug. How long had he waited for this? It's been so long that her touch seemed almost foreign.

"Is it really you?" Sakura whispered against his ears.

"What do you think?"

"I hope it is you."

"Then it is me." He grinned, lifting her up with both arms and looked at her closely. Those same pretty forest-green eyes, button nose, rosy lips and cheeks, long flowing bubblegum hair that attracted him so much, fair peach skin, snow-white teeth, and every feature that he just secretly loved so much... she was finally in his hold again.

"Master! Mistress! This way! Young master came back!!" They heard Jin shout out ecstatically.

"Sasuke? My Sasuke?!" Mikoto's urgent voice rang through the hallway. One by one, the lights from each hallway lit up and servants began peeking out to see what was causing the emotion.

"Here they come." Sasuke smirked and set Sakura down, giving her a light kiss on the cheeks before anyone saw. Sakura blushed and restrained herself from kissing him back.

"Sasuke!!" Mikoto almost screeched as she arrived and darted to him as fast as she could and gave her son a yearning hug.

"..." Fugaku looked at his son disbelievingly as he watched his wife reunite with their son.

"Father?" Sasuke looked at him with acknowledgment.

"...H-How – Are you alright?" Fugaku cleared his throat.

"Yeah."

"I'm glad." The elder replied curtly but everyone could tell there were small tears of joy lining his old eyes.

"W-Where have you been all this time?!" Sakura blurted, tugging his sleeves.

"Yes Sasuke, where have you been? Were you hurt in any way? Did someone kidnap you?" Mikoto inspected him from head to toe.

Sasuke suddenly frowned and looked at them through his noir eyes trying his best to recall the past events. "No…" He sighed.

"What no?" Sakura echoed.

Sasuke just shook his head and stared at them with regretful eyes. "It's no use, whenever I try to recall what happened to me, I-I…can never remember…"

"You can't remember? Then how did you get here?"

All of them snapped their heads up towards the top of the stairs and saw Itachi coming down. "Welcome back little brother." He smiled sinisterly.

"Itachi…" Sasuke glowered at his brother as he came and ruffled his hair.

"You've grown taller." Itachi remarked.

Sasuke shrugged and looked at Sakura. "It's been awhile. How long was I gone for again Sakura?"

"Almost two and a half weeks." She replied, watching him in surprise. He did grow a bit…I even thought he was Itachi from the back!!

"Around three weeks." Sasuke rounded up and looked at Itachi coldly. "I'm nineteen aren't I? They say males grow the most when they're nineteen. Anyhow…it's been a while."

Mikoto looked at both of her sons as everyone soon became silent and awkward. "Well now!" She clapped her hands delightfully. "All that matters is that our little Sasuke is back safe and sound. But…how did you get here?"

Sasuke messaged his head for a minute and closed his eyes. "When I woke up, I was at school with this junk on and my head throbbed like hell. It was dark and I tried to recall what had happened but nothing came up. Since I didn't know what was going on, I did the only thing there was – come back."

They all looked at him and noticed for the first time that he was half-naked. His whole body was covered with dirt and his black business pants were slightly torn. Sasuke then directed his attention to Itachi and glared. "Satisfied?"

Itachi grinned and ruffled his hair again. "Welcome back little brother."

"Well! It's getting late now and I know there's a lot of things to talk about, but we'll leave that for tomorrow. In the mean time, Rya and Kiru, go prepare a hot bath for Sasuke and get him cleaned up." Mikoto ordered her personal servants.

"Ah…b-but-" Sakura stammered quietly watching as Mikoto's servants pull Sasuke away.

'Later' Sasuke mouthed to her and disappeared behind the walls.

She nodded with a sigh and scolded herself for being so impatient. Now that Sasuke was back, she had all the time in the world to spend it with him. It wasn't like he was going to get kidnapped again in the shower.

"Sakura, you should go get some sleep too." Mikoto said gently and ushered her into her room. "Tomorrow's a big day…don't get naughty now."

"W-What?"

The mother just laughed softly and went away. Sakura sighed and collapsed on her bed wishing Sasuke would just hurry up. Ten minutes….fifteen minutes…thirty minutes passed… Sasuke should be done by now right? She thought impatiently, getting up eagerly and went out. The hallway was dark and quiet since Jin had ordered everyone to go back to sleep. However, a slit of light could be seen under Sasuke's door at the end of the hall.

He's done!! Sasuke smiled gleefully and crept silently to his room, slipping in without anyone noticing.

"Didn't anyone tell you to knock before?"

"Ah…err…." She chuckled nervously, turning around to meet a half-naked Sasuke again. Dang…I forgot how hot his body was…She gulped staring at those abs with droplets of clear water on the skin. Sasuke was currently drying his hair and the only thing he had on was a black boxer.

"Enjoying the view?" He smirked, interrupting her thoughts.

Inner Sakura: W-Why you…….Sasuke equals J.E.R.K!!!

"Don't flatter yourself Uchiha." She snapped but retreated timidly towards Sasuke's bed as he walked to her. She suddenly felt afraid of him and gulped again as he came nearer and nearer until he playfully pushed her unto the bed.

"Sa-" She started to protest but was cut off by his mouth which seemed a little hesitant at first. Sakura felt herself flinch a little under the alien touch but soon relaxed and even felt a little excited as soon as she remembered this was Sasuke she was fearing about. Gradually, little by little, she gave in and wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him in.

Even though his touch seemed outlandish, she liked it and groaned a bit as Sasuke entered his tongue and started having a tongue tussle with her. Peppermint…she smiled as she started to remember their kiss at nights before when Sasuke come out of the shower with having his teeth brushed and all that.

They kissed fervently in each other's embrace and 'played' around. Just a little bit though. Sakura sighed contently as she broke their kiss and touched his forehead with hers. She closed her eyes as she slowly breathed in the familiar smell of Sasuke's favourite shampoo and combed his hair lightly with her hands.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked, watching her relaxed face and noticing how long her lashes were.

"About you."

Sasuke felt himself secretly smile and nuzzled against her neck to prevent her from seeing his lips curving upward. An Uchiha can be shy can't he? "You know…when I woke up at school, the first thing I thought about was pink." He murmured softly.

"I miss you too Sasuke." She hugged him tightly as if he was going to leave her again.

"Hn…I still remember about that time when we went to the grocery store and you were trying to find out where that sugar was." He reminisced quietly, enjoying every moment. He would give anything just to get back into her arms again.

"And I remember how I had won the contest." She laughed lightly, feeling at peace. "You still have to wash my car."

"How annoying…"

"Zzzz….."

Sasuke quietly laughed and lay there silently feeling Sakura's chest rising up and down at a very uniform pace. Oh, what he wouldn't give…just to have her by his side.


Morning

"Sasuke, wake up! Wake up!"

WOOF!

"Hnn…what?" He yawned groggily and rubbed his eyes.

"I said wake up! It's morning already! Everyone's waiting!" Sakura called and put on a warm dark-green furry jacket. (One hundred percent fake fur by the way)

WOOF!

"Alright, alrigh- WHAT THE FRICKIN HELL?!" He jumped as a huge golden dog sat in front of him with his tail wagging.

Sakura laughed and hugged the dog. "So I see Sasuke's afraid of his own dog now. It's Shadow! Don't tell me you've forgotten about him."

"A-As if…come here boy." Sasuke growled, blushing slightly and signaled the dog to come. However, Shadow just sat where he was and wagged his tail. Sakura looked at the canine with a confused expression for a second since the dog had always listened to everything Sasuke said. But then a smile played on her lips as an idea came to her.

"I think Shadow wants you to go to him."

"Heh, you know…he's as annoying as you." Sasuke commented and got up to scratch the fur behind the dog's ears. Shadow just panted and continued wagging his tail.

"Whatever Uchiha. Hurry up and get dressed!" Sakura giggled giving him a peck on the cheeks. "Come along now Shadow."

The dog instantly followed her obediently to her surprise again but she just patted his head and went downstairs to meet up with Milly. Sasuke sighed and stretched a little before going to the washroom to get ready and wash his hands for it was full of the smell of dogs.


"Good morning Itachi." Sakura greeted cheerfully as the elder brother came down.

"You're happy." He commented with a smirk and sat down on his seat in the dining room.

"Of course, what did you expect?" She raised an eyebrow at jokingly.

"Nothing." Itachi shrugged, stuffing a French toast inside his mouth. "I just thought you lost your virginity that's all."

"WHAT?!" Sakura almost spat out her juice and stared at him with saucer plate eyes.

"Morning everyone!" Mikoto's voice interrupted their little conversation as she arrived with Fugaku.

"Where's Sasuke?" Fugaku asked, looking around.

"Here." Sasuke answered from behind and slid into his seat beside Sakura.

"Morning Sasuke." Mikoto smiled.

He nodded his head politely and stuck a fork inside a perfectly sliced tomato in front of him. Tomatoes…

"It's so nice to have everyone back again." The mother commented brightly.

"Sure is." Sakura nodded as they all ate their breakfast. Fugaku then told them about how he had already informed the police of Sasuke's arrival and how they could start going to school normally again but with guards around every after school.

"We still need to find the culprit." He said, drinking a glass of morning champagne.

Mikoto dabbed her lips daintily like a lady and looked at Sasuke and Sakura. "Are you guys going anything later?"

Sasuke looked at Sakura cluelessly and shrugged.

"Well…" She started. "I was thinking of visiting Neji and the others…without guards by our side of course."

"You sure?" Fugaku raised an eyebrow.

"Honey, now that Sakura's with him, I'm sure they can both take care of themselves just fine." Mikoto said confidently. "Just be sure to get back at six though because we still have to go to the police station since they want to seek an audience with Sasuke."

"Fine with me." Sasuke finished the last bit of his breakfast and looked at Itachi who had been silently staring at him for the past half hour. "Something on my face?"

"No…I was just thinking about how much it looked like a dart board. It kind of makes me want to throw something at it." Itachi answered casually.

"Brotherly love." Sakura rolled her eyes and got up to leave. It would truly be a miracle if Sasuke and Itachi got by a family breakfast without insulting each other's faces. A maid then came by her and took her plate away. Sasuke just glared at his brother and followed Sakura out.

"We'll be going to the Hyuuga's now." She bid and got her shoes.

"Be careful!" Mikoto called out as they left and scolded Itachi for being setting such a bad example towards his little brother.


"You know Sasuke, Neji and Tenten aren't doing so well because of us." Sakura informed worriedly as they arrived to the Uchiha's main garage.

"What do you mean?"

"I heard they got into a nasty fight because Neji had been spending all his time trying to find you." She explained and told him everything that had happened till now – about Shikamaru cracking the video and all that. All excluding her meeting with Itachi, because she didn't want Sasuke to get pissed off at his brother again.

"That Hyuuga…" Sasuke muttered and got his car keys from Sakura.

"Yeah…they really are good friends aren't they?"

"Hn…" He drove out of their garage quietly and thought about the current situation.

"But…" Sakura punched him lightly on the shoulders as soon as she saw a frown on his face. "Now that you're here, we'll give them the biggest surprise ever."

Sasuke smirked and turned around a corner. "I bet Hyuuga will scream like a girl when he sees me."

"Sasuke! Be nice!" She laughed and felt her heart thump heavily for a quick second. "But you know, Neji's not the only one that's going to scream like a girl."

"Why?" He looked at her curiously.

"Because I told everyone to meet up at his house. We'll give them the shock of their lives."

"So the dobe's going to be there too huh."

"Yup."

"Yeah, he'll scream like a girl."

Not long after, they arrived shortly at the Hyuuga's residence and the steal gates opened automatically as soon as the guards saw that it was one of their master's friend's car. Already, they could see Ino, Shikamaru, Hinata, Naruto, a very saddened Tenten, and a grumpy Neji out in the garden waiting for them.

Sakura got out of the car as Sasuke parked in front of the mansion's doors and waved at them.

"Sakura, what's up?" Ino ran to her with a worried expression.

"Y-Yeah…you sounded like you were in a r-real rush when you called us." Hinata checked her face to see if there was any sign of puffy eyes. But to her relief there was none. Although it made her all the more curious.

"I was in a hurry…and do you know why?" Sakura smiled widely and crossed her arms.

"Tell us already." Ino cried impatiently.

"I…don't think she needs to." Shikamaru interrupted and stared at the figure climbing out of the driver's seat.

"You didn't think I brought a chauffer with me did you?" Sakura laughed.

"Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-" Naruto stammered to the point where everyone thought he was a sheep. "-stard??"

They gasped as they realized their eyes were not fooling them and it really was their friend in front of them.

"Yo." Sasuke grinned casually and walked up towards them.

"Sasuke…" Tenten said something aloud for the first time that day.

"...is back." Neji finished her sentence for her without thinking.

The Uchiha prodigy just smirked and hung an arm around Sakura. "You guys look like idiots with your mouths open like that. Flies will start flying in you know?"


Night? Morning? Afternoon?

It was dark everywhere but at least the room was nice. Except it would've been better if there were windows in the room… The room was decorated in a very authentic style. It was a small room with small furniture. The only thing that was decent in size was the bed. Otherwise, the whole chamber would look exactly like a dollhouse.

The room really was authentic. It even had a fricken authentic smell. Aside from the bed it had a small wooden table, an Arabian couch, an oaken wardrobe, a fine wool carpet, a wooden door, and a steal one. From the wooden door, one can gain access to a polished marble bathroom with every type of bathroom facility one can ever imagine.

It was nice. Authentic.

The steal door was far from it though. It was locked, bare, and cold so that no one can get in or out. The only thing that connected the outside to the authentic room was a small open slit where one can peer through from the outside. The smell of wood was heavy under his nose. It either smelled new or someone had just polished it too much with oil.

It made him his mind dizzy though and caused him to wish for some real fresh air. The smell was so strong to the point that he just wanted to suffocate and die. The small authentic room only made it worse. Not only that, the sound of metal chains almost made him go crazy too. He craved for freedom and thought his kidnapper was very humorous.

Who in the world would put him in a room that has access to a bathroom and yet tie him up in chains like a mummy to refrain him from going anywhere. And who in the world would put their victim inside such a high class room? A stalker maybe? No…probably a fan girl. Yes, that's it. It must be a brainless oil-loving fan girl. His captor was truly humorous. But most of all…he/she was fucking out of his/her mind.

WHO in the fucking world would so obsessed with oil-stinking wooden furniture and expect their victims to enjoy living in that awful stench? If they wanted to suffocate him that bad, just use poison for God's sakes. If they wanted to make the room smell good, just use a fricken perfume. That's what they're made for.

He fidgeted around for a bit trying to get into a more comfortable position. It was a hard task though, considering his whole middle part of his body was bound in chains.

What he wouldn't give for a waft of fresh air.

What he would give to get back to her.

TBC


Yeah, yeah haha…I know I made it obvious that it was an imposter…but meh…I wasn't really feeling all that mysterious today so this would just have to do. If you didn't know that it was an imposter…oops…sorry about ruining it for you haha… anyways, I hope this turned out alright.

Truth to be told, I didn't really 'connect' with this chapter at all. Oh, and I decided to drop the chan, kun, san thing… I'll probably go back to my previous chapts and delete those suffixes. But anywho… happy readings. Ciao for now hehe.

ETC Status: Revised up to chapter 2... I even got pissed revising it too lol.

Reviews and questions are deeply appreciated.

March 4, 2008