Heart of Ice
Chapter 10
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…
Pairing: SasuSaku
Author: NightBeast

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RECAP:

"I had this most amazing dream...but the funny thing is, it was Sakura who was the girl in my dream." Sasuke said amazingly.

"Well, that's good! You're finally realizing that you love your wife!" Naruto exclaimed.

"I guess I do, but I screwed up because of that damn Hyuga!" Sasuke said. "I need to go home and sort everything out with her."

When he moved to get up, Naruto put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Sasuke, but she isn't there anymore. She left the other night when word reached her about your trip to the bar and then upstairs to that girls room."

"WHAT?!" he exclaimed. "In that case, I really need to get home!"

"Why don't you rest for a little then go after her?" Naruto suggested gently.

"I guess." He laid back against the couch and promptly fell asleep. Sakura, I will come and get you! And when I do, you will know how much I love you...and our girls! He fell into a deep sleep, dreaming of how he can romance his wife when he finds her.

Naruto had taken Sasuke home early this morning, before he and Hinata had to train. Now, Sasuke was all alone, well, his thoughts were there to accompany him, and believe me, they were good enough to keep him company for a long time!

Sasuke sat in his kitchen, trying to think of a way to get his Sakura back. If you weren't such an ass to begin with, we wouldn't wave this problem!

Sasuke groaned. "I know I'm an ass, but I can't help it sometimes! My anger gets ahead of me!"

"Talking to yourself, Sasuke?" a silky voice said from the doorway.

He turned to see Tsukushi in the doorway. "Yes, I am. I'm trying to figure out how to win back my wife and two daughters."

"What?! You're married?!" she exclaimed, freezing in mid-stride.

"Yes, I got married a little over two years ago."

"Then why the hell did you come to see me?" she asked, clearly puzzled. "You sound like you really love your wife."

"I do, but I just don't know if she'll take me back. To answer your question about why I came to you, I was obsessed with having sons, and I wouldn't accept, let alone look at, my two daughters. Hell, I don't even know what they look like because I banned their names and character traits from ever being spoken in my presence. It didn't help that I saw my wife in the arms of another man when I got back from one of our arguments." He told her, not sure why he even bothered. "I wouldn't let her explain even though deep down I knew that she would never cheat on me because she loves me too much."

"Jealousy and love do strange things to people. I used to be in love with a guy, but he loved someone else. She ended up destroying him and he ended up dead because he couldn't escape from her and he wanted to so badly he took his life. He left me the greatest gift he ever could: a baby. But his bitch of a wife found out that I was pregnant and since she could never get pregnant, why should I? So she killed my baby before I could even hold it. I decided after that that no man could ever replace my love, and I couldn't bear the thought of having another man's child, let alone children, so I got my tubes tied." She said, coming down to sit down at the table with him.

"If he loved someone else, how did he ever sleep with you?" Sasuke wondered, amazed that the guy could betray the woman he loved to sleep with someone else. Weren;t you about to do the same thing?

"Towards the end of their marriage, before he killed himself, she got really bitchy, more bitchy than she was before, and he couldn't take it. So he came to me and we got drunk. It was my way of helping him drown out his sorrows. He ended up telling me that he had always loved me, he just thought I loved someone else. I was completely shocked! I told him that I have loved him forever and then next thing I knew we were both naked and having wild, hot sex. Strange enough, we never regretted that decision. Yes, we did have sex more than once, but he never regretted being unfaithful to his wife." She wiped away a tear.

"I'm sorry, Tsukushi. No one should have to go through what you did go through. You sound like you didn't deserve any of it. I agree with you." He said, getting up to hand her a tissue.

"You're right, I didn't deserve that, but you can't reverse fate. I'm sorry about ruining our time together by telling you that I couldn't have children before we did anything. I have to admit that I got you drunk so that you wouldn't back out of sleeping with me. You look stunned, Sasuke. I saw that you weren't too sure about actually following through with your plan. But now that you tell me that you're married, and I can see for myself that you're in love with your wife, and that you know you're an ass, I'm very glad that we didn't do anything. So, when do I get to meet them?" Tsukushi asked, looking around.

"I don't know! That's why I'm trying to win her back! Weren't you just listening?! She left me! She took our daughters and left me! She left the exact day that she found out that I was 'with you' in your room!" Sasuke said, putting his head in his hands.

"Do you think that if I told her that we never did anything, then she'll believe you innocent?" she asked, wanting to help him out of his sticky situation.

"How would you help me?" he asked, clearly puzzled.

"Trust me. I have an idea." She smiled mischievously.

"Shikamaru! Open this damn door! It's not very funny anymore!" Sasuke demanded, pounding on Shikamaru's front door.

The door opened slowly and Shikamaru stepped out. "What do you want?" he asked, eyeing Tsukushi warily, even though Sasuke knew that Shikamaru was happy to see him finally coming after Sakura.

"We need to talk to Sakura. Please Shikamaru! It's really important." Sasuke declared.

"Why should I let you see her? You could end up hurting her again, and Temari would have my head if I ever let you near her and she got hurt. She's very…fragile, Sasuke." Shikamaru stated. "What do you want? I can relay the message for you."

"Do you want me to answer truthfully? I want my wife back. I want to hold her in my arms. I want to kiss her every second I can of each day. I want to make love to her and have her love me back. I want to tell her that I love her very much, and I was a fool for not realizing it sooner. I want to tell her that Tsukushi and I didn't do anything at all that night. But most of all, I want to see my girls and tell them how sorry I am that I completely ignored them. I want to hold my girls in my arms and tell them that I love them whether or not they are girls or boys." Sasuke said, his voice catching on that last sentence.

Tsukushi had tears come to her eyes. Now here's a man in love if he can say he doesn't care if he never has any sons! She looked at Sasuke's friend, and could tell that he was just as affected by Sasuke's statement as he was. When she looked over at Sasuke, she saw a father very desperate to see his daughters, and to hold his wife again. To feel her acceptance and love. I hope she realizes what kind of a man she has, regardless of how he treated her in the past. At least he wants to atone for his past mistakes now. I just hope they can overcome their differences and hurt to move on.

Before Shikamaru could answer, Sakura was there. She gave Shikamaru a grateful smile and turned glaring eyes on Sasuke. "And how the hell do you suppose you could ever prove to me you didn't do anything with this woman? And why the hell should I believe you? And why the hell should I give a damn about anything you have to say?"

I need to find a way to convince her! Sasuke thought, thinking really hard of a way.

Tsukushi just smiled. "I have one question for you Sasuke: If you and I had sex, then you would know that I have two tattoos on my body. Where are they and what do they look like?"

To Be Continued...

I am sorry that I left it like this! I hope to update next week sometime! Definitely before the weekend!

NightBeast