Sorry for the wait... even after finals i was still busy at work... now i'm in summer school so that limits my time as well..
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Chapter 10: Happiness Must Stay
Sasuke and Sakura sat on the patio in their backyard watching their eldest son practice his different jutsus as the youngest slept in her lap. She stroked his hair and Sasuke couldn't help but stare at her. She had changes into a soft white slip that flowed around her knees and he loved how she truly did look like a mother.
"Dad?" Sasuke turned to Akira, "I was wondering if you could take me with you when you go training with uncle Naruto and Kakashi?"
Would that even be safe? A six year old near three high level shinobi? Sasuke decicded to worm his way out of questions just like any other husband, "Ask your mother. If she says its okay, then I'll take you."
Sakura looked at him shocked and then at Akira, "I don't know if I like that idea. They tend to get rough and I don't want you to get hurt."
He pouted, "Awe mom, I'll be careful, and dad will be there to make sure I don't get hurt. Please, mom. Just this once."
"If we know he's there, we won't be as rough. We can even have Naruto bring his kids and make it a learning experience for all three of them." Sasuke said. It sounded like fun to show him there training ground.
"I still don't know. I hate how competitive you two get and I don't want them to get caught in the cross fire." She said to him in her worried tone.
Sasuke leaned in and brushed a kiss to her neck, letting his lips linger as he spoke, "What if you joined us. We can wait for your next day off and it can be like old times. When was the last time you actually trained with the whole team?"
"Yeah, mom. I want to see your jutsu to. Please mom." He begged.
They had trapped her. She sighed, "Fine, but only if Hinata lets the kids come. I do not want you to be the only one out there. I hate it when you gang up on me."
Sasuke wrapped his arm around her and placed a kiss to her lips, "Think how much fun it will be to train like we use to as Team 7." He couldn't help but think about it himself. He hadn't thought about Team 7 in so long. He went through his mind and looked back on the old days before he had left. Sasuke really did feel different, he felt happy. He had everything he wanted, and he never had to leave home. He had thought having Sakura in his life would hold him back from getting what he wanted, now, she was what he wanted.
Haru stirred in his sleep, "I better put him to bed." She lifted him in her arms and stood up Sasuke watched her walk away as Akira came up to him.
"I can't wait till I get to go with you. This is going to be great."
Sasuke thought back to when he was Akira's age. Itachi would always be the one to train with him. His father never had time for him, and Itachi would make time to train with him, even though their mother would always tell them that Itachi had work to do. His favorite training was playing hide-and-seek with each other. Sasuke looked at his son and poked his forehead, "Yeah, maybe we can play a game of ninja hide-and-seek while we're at it."
His eyes lit up, "Really!?"
"Yup, now come on, let's go inside and get you washed up before bed."
He stood up and his son ran past him into the house, "Race you, dad."
Sasuke just continued to walk and laughed to himself.
The kids were in bed and Sakura lay sleeping against him. He stared up, letting the stone hand over him. About one-fifth of the stone had turned white. How much time did he have left? He still needed answers. Tomorrow, while Sakura was at work and the kids were busy, he would go into the records and information center of the village. There had to be a way to keep this life.
Placing the stone back into his pocket he looked down at Sakura. He kissed her forehead and stroked her back. He wouldn't hurt her again. He couldn't.
Sasuke thought back to that night, the one that changed his life. The night that Sakura told him for the first time that she loved him, that she would do anything to make him happy. He knew she had a crush on him, a silly childish crush. Or so he had thought. If he had let her prove it to him, if he had stayed by her side. Fifteen years later this is where he could have been.
He shut his eyes and placed another kiss upon her head. Sasuke was determined to keep this life.
The next day, Sasuke sat with a book before him. He had no idea where to begin his search. Looking for the stone itself was doing little for him. He didn't even know the name of the stone. The old woman walked around the questions and just called it "what if stone" and "a stone of dreams". He had flipped through ever page of books of items of magical properties and found nothing. Every scroll he searched lead to a dead end and all documents were the same.
"Damn it! There has to be a way. There has to be a way." He mumbled to himself as he shut the book before him. Another dead end.
"What are you doing, Uchiha?"
Sasuke looked up and sitting across the table from him sat the old woman. Just the person he wanted to see. "I'm searching for a way."
She smiled, "A way to keep this life?"
He kept his voice calm, "Do you know of a way?"
She laughed lightly, "You have finally given in. I knew you would." She paused and sighed, "I'm sorry to tell you but there is no way. When you return to your own time, you will slowly turn back into the man you were and all of this will seem like nothing to you. You will most likely forget everything that happened and just assume it was just a dream."
"There has to be a way." He growled pounding his fists on the table, "I won't leave her," he paused and lowered her voice, "not again."
She seemed unphased by his outburst, "No one has ever found one, I apologize."
"I will find one." He stood and turned away, making his way out of the room.
"I wish you luck, Uchiha. You will need it." He heard her call after him. Sasuke walked towards the hospital, desperate to see her.
When he entered the hospital the nurses immediately pointed him towards her office. Everyone moved from his path as he stormed down the hall. He spotted the door with her name on it and walked right in.
She looked up surprised, "What are you doing here?" she stood up, placing her work down.
Without a word he shut and locked the door behind him and walked around the desk. He took hold of her and pushed her against the wall. He pressed his lips to hers letting them linger as he tasted her thoroughly. Sakura responded immediately, her arms circled him, pulling him closer, urging him on.
Sasuke broke the kiss and placed his head upon her shoulder, "I promise I'll never leave you. I'll find a way." His voice a whisper.
"What did you say?" she asked.
"Nothing, don't worry about a thing." He kissed her again, "I just needed to be with you right now."
Sakura smiled and lead him to the couch on the other side of the room. He sat down and she walked to the door and opened it a crack, "I'm not to be disturbed the rest of the afternoon unless it is an emergency, is that understood?"
He heard a soft reply, "Yes Uchiha-san."
She closed the door, locked it, and used a chakra seal on it. She stood at the door with her back to him as she removed the white doctor's coat from her body and let it fall to the floor. Facing him, her whole body gave signs of desire and want. He could feel her body tremble slightly as she straddled his body, her skirt lifting to her waist.
"Don't force yourself, I was being selfish. I should go." He mumbled.
She smiled at him, brushed her lips to his, "I tremble from excitement. I can't remember the last time we made love in my office."
He smiled back and unhurriedly returned the kiss, letting his hands travel her body. This was the life he wanted. This was the life he had to keep. But he wouldn't think of that now, not when he had her in his grasp.
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