A/N: I'm sorry for not updating in a long while. I really do feel bad but like always, I have excuses, especially finals-mainly studying, and cleaning the house for company. Even right now I'm sort of sneakily going onto the lab top while the company is out of the house. I hope you like the chapter, and will read the author's note down below, it will explain more. Also, please excuse my really bad mistakes!

PMYM

Chapter 13:

The Worst Kind of Parents

"For never can true reconcilement grow, Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep."


Author: John Milton

Source: Paradise Lost (bk. IV, l. 98)

A Week and a half Later…

Part 1: Mikoto

"Bring that here darling," a woman with long raven blue hair said to what looked to be her servant.

The girl did not look much older then eighteen and she was holding a platter and on it a single letter rested.

"The postman just dropped this by madam. I was just about to bring it to you," the young girl bowed and offered the platter up.

Mikoto took the letter from up off of the platter and asked her butler to open it. Once the letter was opened she took it upon herself to hold it before her and read.

Mikoto recognized her son's, Itachi's, quick yet graceful handwriting. She silently wondered to herself why her son of all people would write a letter to her, instead of calling.

The letter read:

Dear Mother,

I feel deeply regretful to tell you that neither Sasuke nor I have the time or the want to spend a month with you and father. You commanded that we must visit you for a month, but I do not believe it is best.

Sasuke….has well been very sick as of late and would not be at all happy to have to stand your graceful presence. And I as of late have been busy trying to direct another movie, but this time using the more complicated system of CGI and my workers and I will need the next three months to work and make progress upon it.

I do not mean, to hurt your feelings or to disobey any commands given to me, but my job and both Sasuke's health and school come before you or father. I hope that you do not feel disappointed in us, but this is how it will always be.

Love,

Itachi

Mikoto let the letter fall from her fingertips and land on the floor. The servants and butlers around her backed up a couple of steps. Mikoto's fingers curled into fists and her eyes held the furry of a person denied something.

How could my sons not want to see me or there father!

We ARE there parents and they SHOULD be grateful, but OH NO they show no appreciation for us bringing them into this world. This is uncalled for. Sasuke must have put Itachi up to this; he has never denied me anything before. This will and CANNOT happen. Sasuke will pay for what he has done to my son!

Fugaku must know of his treachery!!!!!

"Madam," the maid from before addressed her, "a man by the name of Itachi wishes to speak with you."

The maid bowed her head, holding the phone before her. Mikoto angrily grabbed it from her maid's hands.

"Itachi, what is the meaning of this letter!" This was no question, but a firm demand.

Itachi on the other line, groaned.

"Mother, what I said in it is true. Neither Sasuke nor I have the time to visit you and before you start accusing Sasuke of putting me up to this-HE DID NOT!"

"Itachi, please don't speak such nonsense, you are coming to visit your father and I!" Mikoto's voice was harsh and strictly commanding.

"Mother, you cannot command us to do anything. I am my own guardian and in case you didn't know, last year Sasuke was emancipated. You have no right to take control of our lives anymore and if you do well then that show's your black heart!"

Itachi's tone was loud and nonstop as he spoke. Their parents had no right to force them to do anything anymore. They were in charge of their own lives now, and always would be.

Mikoto was silent for a moment gathering her thoughts, "So now you abandon me, is that it?"

"Mother, I am not and will not abandon you, but I will not live under your forceful, demanding presence."

"How could you do this to your own loving mother!" Mikoto's voice was almost a wail.

"How could you abandon Sasuke when he needed you!" Itachi threw back in her face.

"Itachi…" Mikoto's last fuse had just lighted and she felt like attacking something.

Itachi was speaking to someone on the other side of the phone and then, "Mother I have to go now, but have a happy Thanksgiving. I'll call you at Christmas."

Itachi hung up before Mikoto could even respond.

Mikoto's knuckle's had gone white as she grasped the phone tighter and tighter. Her SONS HAD ABANDONDENED HER, but they had yet to seen the last of her!

And of course all of the servants slowly slid out of her deadly presence…

Part 2: Sasuke and Sakura

Sasuke was sitting on the couch in his room. Sakura was sitting upon his lap. Kin was with her "aunts" and Sasuke and Sakura were in Sasuke's house watching movies. They were just hanging out with another, sometimes asking each other stupid, random things but the two were very happy.

"Please Sasuke; can we not watch Jurassic Park?" Sakura had wound her arms around his neck and was looking straight into his eyes.

"First you have to tell me why, or we're watching it," Sasuke teased Sakura.

His arms had wound themselves around her lovely, petite waist. His eyes held a mischievous look to them and he was smirking broadly.

"You are a jerk, just can we not," Sakura had never once admitted her fear of things coming back to life, and she didn't want to let him know it. Dinosaurs should stay long gone…they had no right to exist in this day and age, even if they were fiction…

"Then you have to kiss me, and then maybe I'll think about it," Sasuke whispered, his lips mere centimeters from hers.

Just when they were about to kiss, a coughing sound was heard and Sakura abruptly pulled away from Sasuke.

"Itachi," Sakura stood up and walked to him, "are you okay?"

Her hand touched his cheek and confirmed what she thought. He had a fever or at least his cheek felt really warm underneath her slim fingers.

Itachi looked to his brother who was shooting him death glares, telling him to get away from his girlfriend.

"I'm fine," Itachi assured Sakura.

Sakura just ignored him and turned to walk down the hall. "I'll be back," she said, quickly turning around to lock eye contact with Sasuke.

Sasuke had understood the look Sakura had given him: 'Play nice or you will get it.'

"What's up, Itachi," Sasuke said realizing that Itachi did not at all look very well.

Itachi sighed heavily and sat on the chair to the couch's left.

"I called mom, about the whole not going to see her," Itachi said.

"What did she do, and/or say-blame it all on me?" Sasuke had tensed at the mention of their parents.

"Of course, and apparently we have, I quote, 'abandoned her' or at least I have," Itachi was running his hands over his face.

"So do we have to go or not," Sasuke hopped, really hoped the latter.

"Well, I told her we weren't coming and that she had to deal with it," Itachi was lying back, now, with his eyes closed.

"That's good," Sasuke said just as Sakura bounced into the room with something in her hands.

She went up to Itachi, and before he could open his eyes, Sakura stuck a thermometer in his mouth.

Itachi opened his eyes quickly and was about to spit the thermometer out but Sakura said, "Itachi if you dare open your mouth, you will regret it."

Itachi silently glared at Sakura, who glared menacingly back. There was one thing Itachi knew and that was when Sakura warned someone…she meant it and would stand by her threats.

Sasuke laughed at his brother and realized too late that he had just taken several years off his life when Sakura turned to face him with her hands on her hips.

"Sasuke," Sakura marched up to him and whispered into his ear, "I'll tell Itachi of your fear of albino rabbits. That would really make a good prank."

Sasuke sighed and was glad that she didn't attack anything other then his pride.

The beeper on the thermometer went off and Sakura checked the temperature. It read 101.6 degrees Fahrenheit.

"Itachi," Sakura addressed him and he knew what she was about to say.

Itachi thought that he would save himself the long one-sided discussion by saying, "I'll go pop some Advil and then I'll go off to bed. Kay?"

"Fine," Sakura said almost as if she wanted to lecture him.

"Good night-Sasuke, Sakura," Itachi said, kissing Sakura's forehead and walking down the hallway to his bedroom, but not before hearing a low growl. He just chuckled at Sasuke's actions, because he knew he would do the same if only he had a girl like Sakura…

Back with Sasuke and Sakura in the living room….

"Sakura," Sasuke called and pulled her down, once again onto his comfy lap.

Sakura tried to wiggle her way out of his hold and did so with only little success. She was now sitting beside him, but his arms were still tightly wrapped around her waist.

"You know," Sasuke bent and whispered in her ear, "girls use to do anything they could just to touch me, let alone sit on my lap and talk to me."

"I don't know why," Sakura firmly replied, hurting Sasuke's ego. "Your brother is way nicer then you are."

"Oohh…you're bruising my heart," Sasuke lifted up one of his nicely toned arms and placed his hand over his heart.

Sakura laughed at his antics, placing both her hands firmly on either side of his face. She bit her lip. Sasuke was watching her closely.

"But, you're lucky-you have a girl like me," Sakura whispered and locked lips, very lightly.

Sasuke pulled away and tickled her under her chin and Sakura placed her head into his hand…they just stayed staring into each others eyes until Sasuke picked up Sakura's other hand and placed a kiss upon it.

"You're beautiful, and I really adore you," Sasuke murmured.

"Quit speaking such lies Sasuke Uchiha," Sakura said earnestly.

"I would never lie to you…maybe not tell you the whole the truth, but I would never lie to you," Sasuke murmured and pulled her into another hug.

"Hmph…I was wondering, Sasuke," Sakura blushed and hid her face into his shirt.

"Sakura…" Sasuke whispered and pulled back, forcing her to look at him.

Sasuke realized that Sakura's face was more tense then it had been all night. "What's wrong?" His words were like velveteen to her.

"I was wondering if you would be willing to do something for me."

"I would do anything, you ought to know that," Sasuke replied and kissed her forehead, urging her to tell him.

"Well, you know next week we're off because of Thanksgiving break and I was wondering if you would be willing to baby-sit Kin for me?"

"Why?" Sasuke responded quickly, bewildered as to why Kin would need a babysitter when Sakura was home.

"Sasuke, yesterday, I got a phone call…It was my aunt tell me that my grandmother was in very bad condition. They don't think that she will make it to Christmas…I don't want Kin to be surrounded by death so I want to leave her here, and I figured that it might be a good time for you to get to know her better."

Sakura's face went a shade lighter then it is normally and Sasuke pulled her into his arms.

"Of course," Sasuke replied, "I'll do anything for you. I'll baby-sit Kin, plus Itachi loves her so much!"

Sasuke's fake enthusiasm did not go unnoticed by Sakura.

"If you don't want to watch over her I'll go to Ino…" Sakura whispered and let out a small sniffle.

"No, I really want to look after her, but I'm concerned about being away from you for so long and how you'll probably need a shoulder to lean on."

Sasuke was now not looking forward to the weak following this one. He did not like the idea of being without Sakura for any amount of days…let alone letting her go to see her dying grandmother.

"If you need anything at all," Sasuke said pulling her head up, so they were eye to eye, "you will not hesitate to call and ask me!"

"Of course, Sasuke," Sakura whispered and smiled pulling away. "It sounds like Kin and the rest of them are back."

Sasuke saw right through Sakura's sad smile but he knew he could do nothing about it. He would just have to support her, the best he could. Not everything in life has a solution, that's what makes living so hard.

So all Sasuke could do was sigh and walk up to where Sakura was, waiting for Kin to come inside.

"Daddy, Mommy," Kin called out, running towards her parents. Genuine smiles were present on both their faces…

Part 3: Fugaku

"Sir, there is a phone call from your wife on line four," a simple man in a suit said to a gentleman sitting behind a large desk covered in papers.

"Thank you, Ronald," Fugaku said. He had short trimmed brown hair, with dark eyes and a serious expression.

He punched line four into the phone and picked up. "Honey."

"Fugaku, it's terrible, our sons are abandoning us," Mikoto screamed into the phone.

Fugaku never could stand how loud his wife could get when she became highly agitated.

It was like listening to a fog horn.

"Why do you say that darling," he answered in a non-concerned voice.

"They say that they are two busy to stay with their parents from Thanksgiving to Christmas and they say we have no right to force them to come see us." Mikoto sounded as if she would burst into tears, but Fugaku knew that she would never ruin her freshly done makeup.

"Well…I'll see what strings I can pull…or we might just have to come to them…" Fugaku said distracted by the amount of work that he had to complete before him.

"That's a great idea, Fugaku," Mikoto said with a devious voice, "call me when you have it all planned out."

Mikoto hung up before Fugaku could say anything. Now he had more work to do…his children would pay the price for that…

Sighing he picked up the phone and got his secretary on the line…and planned out his vacation…

Chapter End

A/N: Ahhh…another chapter complete…only a little bit left to go before the grand finale! I hope you liked the chapter, I was trying to add more plot into it, but my brother kept saying, this story doesn't need to go on much longer, it's good the way it is. :P that's what I say to him! I love this story and the development of the characters. So yeah….

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