Lily entered the room once Sasuke was asleep, placing a set of clothes for Sakura and two bottles of water on the desk. Then she took the empty bottle of sake away. Those two would have to fend for themselves medicine wise. She closed the door silently behind her, when Juugo stepped out from the shadows. Lily wasn't even remotely surprised.

"Worried I'm going to hurt him?" Juugo remained silent, just watching her with accusing eyes. Lily finally sighed, "What do you suspect, son of the curse mark?" This time the answer seemed as if it was forcefully pulled from him.

"You spiked Sasuke's sake and made my curse activate." Lily's eyebrows rose at this. A bland bored look on her face when she asked,

"And pray tell, why would I do that?" Juugo answered freely this time.

"I can't tell your motives for it. But I do know that I couldn't calm down when Sasuke told me to. It was like I was on a leash. You are the only one with that kind of power." Lily laughed at this, but there was no mirth in it.

"There are plenty of beings with the power to tame the curse mark. Some are human and some not." She let that hang in the air. Juugo couldn't help but shutter at the thought of their being more creatures like Lily in this world. Even though what he had gleaned through her time in his body told him Lily was an inherently "good" being, she was also hiding things that even he couldn't guess at. "I am the only of my kind." She warned "But there are also beings more powerful than I." A since of trepidation flooded Juugo. Something flickered behind Lily's emerald eyes. Fear? But without another word she slipped past him and went to her room. Juugo pondered all this. What could frighten Lily? He had the nagging feeling that they would soon know.

The sun rose the next morning and Sakura stirred. A massive headache pounded her brain. She was covered in sweat. She felt like she was on fire. Kicking the blankets away she discovered why, Sasuke was pressed against her. Nude. Her cheeks flushed as she slid off the bed. Then she gently pulled the blankets back over him. Sakura saw a pile of clothes laying on the night stand next to two glasses of water. Lily, she thought. But when had she found clothes for her, she wondered briefly. A better question, she realized, was how had she known that they would be needed? Sakura shrugged grabbing the clothes and a glass of water gulping it down. She walked over to the bathroom and turned the hot water on.

About thirty minutes later Sasuke was aware of a lack of warmth. Evil men were pounding away at his brain with picks. He groaned and rolled over burying his face in the pillow. It was a vain attempt to hide from the migraine that built up behind his eyes. He became vaguely aware that everything smelt of woman; Sakura, and air felt damp.

"Sasuke." Her voice hurt and at the same time was soothing. He groaned. "You need to drink this."

"What is it?" he mumbled through the pillow.

"Hangover remedy." His hand shot out and bumped something soft. Her breasts? Whatever it was it disappeared and was replaced with a cool metal cup. Sitting up he drank it. And he quickly regretted it. The stuff tasted rancid. A hand firmly clamped over his mouth preventing him from spitting the foul liquid out. "Swallow, or I'll make you." His outrage was quickly tempered when he realized the migraine was already subsiding. He bit the bullet and swallowed. When Sakura took her hand back Sasuke started coughing and gagging. "Oh, you baby." Sasuke glared at her through watery eyes. Taking in her new clothes and damp hair. A short white dress hung loosely off her. It's length touched her knees drawing his eye to her legs. Long and well defined. His gaze traveled up. The dress had a black sash across her middle and tied in back. Finally his gaze found her eyes. She was watching him warily.

"What?" She seemed about to say something but decided against it shaking her head.

"You'll need to eat, the medicine will get rid of your headache but could destroy your stomach if you don't eat something." She got up and walked to the door. Sasuke's eyes widened with shock when he took in the emblem on the back. The Uchiha fan.

"Where did you get that?" Sakura turned back to him confused. When she noticed his gaze she looked down at her dress and held it out a little from her body.

"Lily left it for me, I think." Her eyebrows rose questioningly. "Why?"

"It's nothing, never mind." He could feel Sakura's probing gaze on his face, but he kept his gaze averted. Shock had his mind racing, did she even notice the emblem of his clan was on the back. Lily couldn't have failed to notice. So why had she given Sakura the garment. Shaking his head to clear his mind, he brushed the thoughts aside. It was a coincidence or an accident, nothing more. Sasuke pushed the blanket of him and was amused when Sakura turned to look away. Blush colored her cheeks. "After what happened last night you can't look at me naked?" Sakura looked amused at first then she visibly paled and she swore, fleeing the room like the devil himself was after her. It took only a fraction of a second for Sasuke to comprehend her reaction. He quickly grabbed some pants, then followed her out the door. Nearly bumping into Juugo on his way out.

"What's wrong with-."

"Not sure, going to find out." Lily appeared by him. There was nothing about her expression that he expected. She spoke mildly, unruffled, and not even a little smug.

"What's wrong with Sakura?" Sasuke shrugged.

"I haven't the slightest idea. I was just talking with her about last night and she suddenly went pale and left." Lily cursed, it actually startled him.

"Where did Sakura get the ingredients to make my medicine?" Sasuke quickly darted down another hall and passed the kitchen he saw Sakura inside. They darted into the kitchen and he saw Sakura holding a small purple flower. When she looked up from the flower she seemed confused and Sasuke knew she couldn't see Lily.

"You okay?" she asked cautiously.

"I don't know, you tell me. You just ran from my room like there was a murderer on your tail, and now you're here in the kitchen with a flower." Color flushed in her cheeks. She held the flower up to him.

"It's seabane, it prevents pregnancy, but only if you take it within a few hours of having sex." They both winced, Lily snorted,

"What are you? Five?" Sakura didn't seem to hear her. Nor did she notice when Lily walked up to her and dripped something on the flower. The purple petals twitched then faded to a light blue color. It was a struggle to keep his gaze focused on Sakura as she picked the petals and ground them into a powder.

"So you ran out of the room because you were worried you would get pregnant with my child?" She looked him square in the eyes.

"I have no desire for a child at the moment, especially a child that could be put in a lot of danger because of his own father."

"His?" Sasuke tilted his head to the side, deeply amused by his old teammate, "You want a boy?" Sakura sniffed indignantly

"I want both, but I know for a fact my first child will be a boy." Sasuke watched her suspiciously as she turned and grabbed a cup from the cabinet and filled it with water. Dumping the powder in the cup, she quickly stirred it then drank it. Sasuke couldn't help but look over at Lily when Sakura drank the mixture. Lily was leaning against the doorframe licking a wound on her thumb. On closer inspection Sasuke realized she had bitten into her own thumb and drawn blood. That was what she had added to the flower. He couldn't help but wonder what the effect of the flower on Sakura. Lily turned and left the room preventing him from questioning her.