A/N: sorry guys I f it took me a millenuium to update this fic … but it really touched me when I received 10 reviewsfrom it … maybe I should start updating seldomly so that I can get a lot of reviews from you guys… haha! Anyway , I also beg for your forgiveness because I cant reply to the reviews in this chapter but I'm gonna try to make this chappie longer than usual anyway here is urban myx

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The doors were majestic, it was embedded with fine golden features that were used for an outline of fancy designs. Well, some of the sort. Sakura got out a compact and started grooming herself as Sasuke rang the doorbell. Not that he needed to anyway, but it was a sign of respect. He glanced at the nervous pink haired teen that was beside him, raising an uncanny eyebrow at her.

"sheesh, sakura they're not THAT much of a neat freak for you to fuss about like that"

sakura sighed " Sasuke, have you ever heard of projection?" Sasuke shrugged, I mean, why would'nt she care? After all, she's still a girl "besides, I want to make a good impression" "you know sakura, no matter how hard you try, you'll still be as ugly looking as you are-oof" Sasuke didn't get to finish his sentence since sakura had just stepped on his foot HARD. " I dare you to repeat what you just said" "uh, I said nothing"

their conversation was cut short as the door started opening.

"master Uchiha, we've been expecting you, every body's here" a lady in a French maid's outfit "thanks"

" I see we have a guest"

"hm?…ah, oh yeah" he turned his head towards sakura " go and introduce yourself pinky"

'FOR YOUR INFORMATION u-Chi-Ha Sasuke, I have a beautiful name, and it is not pinky" she stepped forward "my name is Haruno Sakura, nice to meet you"

"and its very nice to meet you, Sakura, my name is Ingrid" her statement was cut short when she gave a curt but elegant bow. "please come in".

sakura was amazed by how the house looked, never has she even entered a house that looked almost like a miniature castle. You know, the ones that were in fairy tales. But screw it all, this was reality, and she was literally walking down the FAMOUS uchiha family's halls, which, by the way , held a warm glow.

'Sasuke,is that you hon?" a girly voice said, sakura raised a brow 'hon?' . Sasuke turned to where the voice was coming from. "yeah,its me" he said in a deadly blunt tone. Suddenly, a girl with long black hair in a sparkling gold cocktail dress and high hills attacked him with a hug "SASUKE!" Sasuke had to revert all his weight on his feet to maintain their balance "im so glad you turned up"

"sure, Are they all here?"

"yup!" the girl replied in a cheery tone of voice

Sakura felt like she was no longer needed in this point, but what bothered her the most was that girl 'why did she call him hon? And why the heck will he even answer to that call? Why did the girl and sasuke looked strangely alike? Are they an item? Or could there be an Uchiha heiress?' her thoughts were cut off when itachi entered the scene

"hey, chicken butt, you have a guest and yet, you still ignore her" he said in a mocking tone

"whatever weasel"

"well, its not my fault mom named me itachi"

"not my fault either that I was born this way"

the girl suddenly interrupted "hey, that's just plain offending, are you saying, you hate the way I gave birth to you?!" Sakura's eyes widened 'she's their mom?!, but she looks like she's only their age!'

"oh yeah, mom, this is sakura, my-"

"you're trainee"

"how did you…?"

"oh please, I also evesdrop you know?, plus this isn't the first time you brought her here, hi sakura , my name's mikoto,you can call me miki,or koto or koko or mio!" everyone stared at her. "as I was saying,im itachi and sasuke's mom"

"its very nice to meet you mikoto-san"

"please join us for dinner"

"that's exactly why she came here mom" Sasuke interrupted

"yes,exactly"

"yo, suke dad's coming" he said a bit hurriedly maybe even worriedly

everybody went silent as fugaku came in the scene, even mikoto's cheeriness seemed to wear down. He looked around and spoke "haruno sakura I presume?"

"H-Hai"

"im Uchiha fugaku, im sure there's no need to explain further more" sakura couldn't really make out what he was feeling, for it reflected in his eyes that he was indeed dangerous, and she could tell by the sudden change of atmosphere that no one can mess with him. Ingrid suddenly appeared and said "dinner will be ready soon"

"and until then, sasuke and sakura will be in the music room" itach said, turning to Sasuke who quickly nodded and got sakura, leading her to the music room "you took the words out of my mouth bro"

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Upon entering the music room, Sasuke kept his head bowed, his bangs covering his eyes.

"Sasuke whats-"

Sasuke pulled Sakura in a hug, making sakura to rest her head in his shoulder "I will never let that happen to you …" he hugged her tighter "if I did … I will never be able to forgive myself"

"Why?" Sasuke faced her, looking at her straight in the eyes as though, what he had to tell caused him his life. He told her everything that has happened

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"Sasuke, I cant….i cant see you…anymore…its…its …over" as those words ere spoken by her, Sasuke felt something heavy in his heart that made him want to shout in agony or cry in pain, but he refused. He refused to follow what his heart was telling him to do.

For some reason, as the girl that he first shared his heart with ran away forever from his arms, he didn't stop her, he didn't do anything to even convince her to go back, for he knew that when she does go back it will only hurt him more

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"my own father blackmailed her to get out of my life, he brived and even threatened her to do so, until she couldn't take it anymore, my father… my own father…he took away every single thing special to me, and I wont let it happen agin"

Sasuke pulled Sakura in a hug, making sakura to rest her head in his shoulder "I will never let that happen to you …" he hugged her tighter "if I did … I will never be able to forgive myself"

"Sasuke … I understand" she hugged him back, closing her eyes "I wont let that happen either"

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After dinner, which was pretty much a formal one. Sakura was called to fugaku's office alone.

"Sakura, what do you feel for Sasuke?" he asked in a grim voice. Whilst smoking a pipe.

He's everything to me "he's nothing more than a friend"

Fugaku's eyes narrowed, and sakura could tell that he was thinking that Sasuke has feelings for her.

"10,000" he stated simply. Sakura was surprised "wha-"

"im offering you 10,000 dollars, to get out of my sons life."

Sakura was feeling rage now, he stated it like it was as simple as 1,2,3 and man was it irritating

"you see, my son feels something about you that I cannot have" sakura looked down. He continued "so now, you have to get out of his already burdened life in order for him to concentrate at matters that are really important, frankly, I don't know why my son brought you here as he very well knows, it's a family dinner… and whoever he brought over, he considers as family, and that, sakura, is what I cannot have, im sure we understand each other" he said while handing her a check, Sakura looked at the check disgustedly

"no" fugaku raised a brow at her "who he wants in his life and who hw doesn't want in it will be his own decision" she said quite confidently at him "and it just so happens that I am one of the lucky ones who he wants to have with him"

suddenly mikoto went inside the room and smiled as she heard everything that sakura told her husband. She knew that he was furious inside but it was one of the traits that made an uchiha unique was that they can hide their feelings like it was just nothing. She interrupted "sakura, Sasuke's calling you, said that he was going to tell you something"

sakura bowed at fugaku and said "it was nice talking to you" and with that she went out of the room. Mikoto following her with a gaze and Fugaku looking at mikoto

"mikoto, you know very well as I that she's nothing but trouble" Mikoto faced him and smiled, one of the smiles that captivated him "Fugaku, it is Sasuke's life and he wasn't this proud before as to show a girl his family"

Fugaku smirked "and I also know that Sasuke didn't really call her" mikoto laughed and said "you know me to much, all im saying is just leave our son alone, he's grown up now" and with that she left.

"im sorry Sasuke, but I will not let her ruin everything I have planned for you" Fugaku stated to no one in particular "and no one can stop me, not even my own wife"

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A/N: just to make it clear, it was tenten who was in the flashback and sorry if I couldn't reply to reviews this chappie was really rushed. I also felt weird while typing that flashback its just that Sasuke and tenten has to have a past in order for the story to work so please just bear with me, but don't worry nothing's gonna happen between them that is actually gonna be a big deal.

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