Magnus: Hi to all and thank you for the reviews, here is the new chapter, hope you like it, so please, read and review.

Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto or anything you believe is being named in this fic, with the exception of Okuni and Matsukaze, who are OCs.

Chapter 10

Silly questions, painful answers

"And if Sasuke returned, what will you do?", Lee's question felt like a sword in the heart, he touched a very deep and forgotten wound, her heart almost stopped, and gasped, she was speechless, but that was enough answer for him, "Do you see?, you don't LOVE me, you are taking me as a replacement, Sakura-san, don't do this to yourself, I promised to protect you, and that includes to protect you from yourself, I'm not going to be with you", Sakura felt destroyed, she wanted to yell at Lee, she wanted to kill Okuni, but she knew, that Lee was right, she still wished that Sasuke returned, and she didn't know who she loved more, if Lee or Sasuke, it was true, she was chasing Lee because Sasuke wasn't here, and that made her felt even worse, so much that she ran, she ran with no direction, she just ran, she didn't had to turn back to see that Lee wasn't following her, Lee and Okuni only stared at the still open door, "I love you, Okuni, you may never call me master again", Lee finally spoke, then Okuni closed the door, and turned to face Lee, blushing, and with puppy eyes, "Then I beg you, make me yours", Okuni was nervous, and happy, and she didn't had to wait long, because Lee went to her, and started to undress her, like a gentleman, with utmost care, he wanted to remember this as his most precious day.

Sakura was depressed, and angry, half to herself, half to Okuni, without knowing, she ran to the bridge of team 7, she stopped to watch, to think, to remember, standing there, she remembered every moment she was with Sasuke and Naruto, she remembered how she was depressed thinking about Sasuke after he ran away, she remembered how she started to think about Lee when he left in his training journey, she remembered how she was left alone every time, she was very depressed, then, she remembered that every time she felt depressed, the work at the hospital helped her, and by remembering the hospital, she remembered Ino, she left Ino with a dieing patient yesterday, and it was pass lunch time by now!, "Well, she may be more depressed than me", she talked to herself, feeling guilty, and with that, she went to the hospital, getting ready for a sea of tears, or curses.

Sakura reached the hospital, already visualising that Ino still will be on the patient room, crying and cursing, she walked to the room, thinking in the proper words to comfort her friend, but when she reached the door, just before she opened it, she hear Ino, "You are awake!", Sakura was taken by surprise, but didn't jumped to conclusions, maybe Ino was worst than she thought, but then a deep male voice answered Ino, "I think so, I recognize your voice, you guided me back from the valley of the death, you must be my guardian angel", Sakura was unsure to enter now, she didn't knew what to expect, until she heard that Ino was sobbing, "Why are you crying?, I thought that the angels didn't cryed", the guy was trying to comfort her, and Sakura decided that it was time to enter, at first she was shocked, she saw Ino crying directly over the stranger's chest, she didn't approved that, but she needed to say something nice, "Unbelievable!, Ino, you must have special powers!", Sakura stated trying to comfort Ino, Ino turned to face Sakura, and smiled, just to collapse over the stranger, she was drained of chakra, she didn't sleep, or eat, she was in need of medical attention, so, Sakura lifted her, and let her rest in the other bed of the room, while asking some medical attention, Sakura also noticed the concerned face of the stranger, so, she decided to talk a little with him, "So, how are you feeling, er...?", Sakura asked, unsure of his true name, "Alive, and the name is Matsukaze, my savior already knew it, but I don't know why", Matsukaze replied, staring at the unconscious Ino, then he turned to face Sakura, "I remember your voice too, you said I was already dead, but, did the Hokage assemble an army already?", Sakura was shocked, this guy wasn't asking for himself, but for the village safety, she decided to tell him that there was nothing to worry about, "Don't worry, Matsukaze-san, the Hokage already sent a special task force", Matsukaze was amazed, he never thought that the Hokage could assemble an army so soon, "I... see..., I bet they were your best warriors, how many of them?, 200?, 300?, I hope everyone returns alive", Sakura was eye widened, this guy was talking about a true large army, but before she could think, she was already answering, "Matsukaze... the Hokage only sent 3 ninjas, with a supervisor", Matsukaze didn't took long to reply, "WHAT?!, ONLY 4 PEOPLE?!, oh my God!, they must already be dead, is my fault, I should have been more specific, I should have resisted more, you must warn...", Sakura decided to stop the stress of the guy, she didn't wanted him to collapse, "The team is already back, there are no more red-ogres", Matsukaze eye widened, he had no words, but only a questioning face, "They killed every red-ogre, that is the report, the account of dead ogres is of 200, you don't have to worry again", Sakura stated with a smile, but Matsukaze was now scared out of his mind, he saw those monsters killing everyone in his town, every warrior, finally, his thoughts came out, "WHAT. KIND. OF. TEAM. WAS. THAT?!!!", Sakura smirked, she thought of tell him that they were bad people, or demons, she hate them all, but she knew that talking bad about them right now will be bad for her later, "Rest for now, the Hokage will want to have a word with you", Sakura replied, at this, Matsukaze only nodded, and turned to stare at his savior, Ino, Sakura left the room, feeling even worst than before, she almost cursed the guy for surviving, in the way out of the hospital, she commanded a nurse to deliver the news of Matsukaze to Tsunade, and she left to take a walk on the park.

Sakura felt like nothing, she was in the middle of happy people, happy couples, she even started to hate Ino, not because she managed to save a man at the edge of death, but because she saw the crush in Matsukaze's eye, she wandered in the park until late in the night, it was a precious full moon night (sometimes a full moon can be seen on the sky for 2 consecutive nights), she was lost in her misery, until a voice took her back to reality, "Long time no see, Sakura, I missed you, did you missed me?", Sakura was unable to believe what her eyes saw, it was Sasuke!, "Sasuke... is that really you?", Sakura was unsure, maybe she went crazy with her depression, but then Sasuke get closer, he hugged her, and give her a kiss, Sakura didn't lose her time, she hugged him back, and deepened the kiss, when they broke out for air, he continued speaking, "Sakura, I need you, I want you to be the mother of my children, do you still want to be with me?", Sakura only nodded as reply, she was like drunk, unable to think in other thing besides the fact that her Sasuke was here, in her arms, then Sasuke continued, "Then listen, I can't stay, but I want to take you with me, but to do that, you need to help me...".

Magnus: I hope you liked it, i know is short, but is to explain the next chain of events.

Sakura: ...I'm sorry for yelling at you..., I didn't knew that you would bring Sasuke back...

Okuni: Thank you!, thank you!, thank you!, Magnus-sama, I will forever be grateful.

Lee (blushing and hyper happy): Me too, thank you, Magnus-sama.

Magnus: Ok... se ya in next chapter.