Chapter 13: Exposed-

Hey guys, sorry it took so long...I donot own Naruto...hugh...anywhos, review!! and tell me how you like the ending!! Another cliffy!!

Sasuk dodged one lunge after another, and smirked. Samehada cut through empty air every time, missing the Uchiha by mere inches. The Otokage watched in amusement, and was standing ontop of a biuldings roofing, arms crossed. I'll get rid of this backstabbing prick, Suigetsu thought to himself, swinging his blade and missing again, then Ill get rid of his retarded ass too!! He lunged, anger flaring, and managed to cut a lock of hair from Sasuke's bangs. The Otokae uncrossed his arms, and leaped down to the ground, landing gracefully behind the two qaurreling men. Sasuke glanced over at the Otokage, and then Suigetsu ran him through the gut with the Samehada. It tore through his abdomen, and protruded through his back, blood coating the knotted and barbed blade. Sasuke smirked again as blood ran out of the corner of his mouth and down his chin, then he disappeared with a loud poof.

"WHATTHEFUCKISTHI--!!"

"Hn..." Sasuke cut off the shark-toothed man's yell of rage and confusion. "You have been under my Genjutsu for a good while now...ever since i've come to the Sound..." The uchiha's voice echoed through Suigetsu's mind. The said man looked around frantically, determined to find the source of the voice and kill the Uchiha. "A full month, and YOU of all people never figured it out...I thought that you were the smartest out of all of them on team Taka...You are not the one that I wish to kill, Suigetsu...I am after someone else...stand DOWN...I am on a nuetral standpoint. stand down."

Sakura dodged another cloud of shuriken, and slammed her fist into the ground. The ground was obliterated beneath the two kunoichi, and the buildings on the street sides also fell into shambles. "BITCH!!" Karin yelled jumping away from the seismic waves that started to rise up to her. She was now limping slightly, as a result of taking one of Sakura's chakra-enhanced kicks to the femur, possibly cracking the bone. Sakura was gasping for air. Her chest and arms were tightening painfully, and she did her best not to show how much pain she was. She squinted at her adversary, and growled.

"hah...j-just where d-did you get that kind...of poison..." She gasped out, each breath taking away what was left of her remaining and much needed chakra. "Only a highly skilled Medic-Nin like myself, Tsunade-Shisho, and Shizune-San may obtain a poison this...powerful--!?" She was cut off as she suddenly coughed, and hacked up blood. then she suddenly colapsed, and fell onto her hands and knees. "...Nnnnnh...!! N-Naru...to...H-Help...me...!" A shadow was suddenly covering her body, and she weakly looked up and hissed in pain as the muscles in her neck and back tensed up. Grey hair, and ovular glasses framing black, seemingly soulless eyes, and dressed the Sound Nin Attire. Orochimaru's apprentice, Kabuto.

"Hello, Sakura...long time no see, eh? Thankyou Karin..." He sneered, and Karin bowed respectively. "I will have to show my thanks when I get the chance..." He turned to her and gave her an evil glare. "Orochimaru sends his regards."

"...?!" Sakura was rendered speechless. "O-Orochi...Maru...?!" She gasped in pain, and Kabuto snatched her up against him, smiling as she screamed in pain. He clenched her arm in his hand, and pressed down on the tensed muscle. she moaned in pain, and he laughed cynically.

"Stupi girl...Sasuke didn't kill him...He absorbed him within his body...and when he was epelled by The other Uchiha...I absored him into my body...but..he got out..." He made a handsign, but before he could disappear, Suigetsu appeared and delivered a roundhouse kick to the Sound Nin's face. Kabuto was sent flying, and he skidded across the ground, then came to a stop. Sakura fell out of his grasp, and Suigetsu caught her in his arms.

"Ooh...why so tense, babe? I mean hey, i won't bite you head off or anything..." He looked at the pained looke in her eyes, and frowned. "What did Karin do to you...?" He looked over to the uneven haired girl, and sneered. "What did you do to her? Sasuke is going to kill you for this. And I won't be able to stop him--?" All of a sudden, Kabuto appeared behind the red eyed redhead, and put an arm around her waist, and chanted softy. Karins eyes went wide as his blue chakra coursed from his hands and itno her stomach. She jerked once in his arms, and then fell to thre ground as he released her. Her heart had stopped beating.

Suigetsu stood there for a minute, and sneered. "Well, at least I wont have to listen to her annoying bitching anymore...BUT...WHO the FUCK IS GOING TO COOK FOR ME NOW HUH!?" He set Sakura on the ground, and linged at Kabuto, and the Otokage appeared out of nowhere. He glanced down at Sakura, then watched as Suigetsu's arm doubled in size, and slammed into Kabuto's body. kabuto was rammed into the ground, and Suigetsu jumped away. Naruto appeared out of nowhere, and did a double take when he saw the Otokage standing there, doing nothing. (He did more like a twenty take...lol...) The Hokage Lunged, and the Otokage disappeared.

"If Sasuke was here on his own, then who the fuck are you!?" He yelled, as the otokage appeared beside Sakura, and picked her up in his arms. "You see..." He raised a hand to the face mask that covered his head, and tugged it off of his face. Naruto's eyes got as big as plates. Suigetsu looked over.

"WHAT THE SHIT, MAN!!" They both yelled at the same time. Sasuke stood there, his hair now un-chiken-butt-like, lying flat against the back of his neck and head, his bangs twisting around his face in the breeze.

"As I've said...you've all been under my Genjutsu...I had a shadow clone play my part in the sabotage...and i worked alot better than planned..." He looked down at Sakura, who had passed out when she landed in Suigetsu's arms. "I have to get her to the hospital..."

Juugo smiled cynically as he tightened the hand that held the village elder by the face, against the wall. "Ugggghhh...!" The old man's panicked gaze seemed to fuel Juugos sudden spike in his violent temper.

"hehehehehehehhehhh..." He chlenched his fist, and crushed the mans face in his hands. Blood sprayed everywhere, and then the insane man turned to the last one. "Now it's your turn...The Uchiha will be so proud...noone else lives that bears the secret of the sabotage of the Uchiha clan...except for Sasuke himself..." Juugo's curse mark spread like a wildfire all over his body, and his body increased in size. He lunged, his body now completely black, eyes red, and the old woman, the last of the elders, cringed against the wall, unable to defend herself.

Naruto smirked as he lunged at Kabuto. Suigetsu was leaning against the wall, his Samehada broken in half. "What a day...He thought to himself. never thought I'd see the day that this damn thing broke... Kabuto was bleeding profusely, form wounds gained from both Naruto and Suigetsu.

"What are you doing here in my village, Kabuto..." Naruto growled, his eyes blazing red. "You know better than to show your face here of al places..." He lunged, the Juugo jumped in front of th Kage.

"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" Naruto made a hand sign, yelling, "Substitution Jutsu!!" and then he disappeared, leaving a fat log in his place as Juugo smashed it to peices. His arms and body had expanded beyond the normal size, and Naruto gawked at him.

"You have the curse seal just like Teme...? wow...you look worse than he does...!" He made another handsign as Juugo lunged right for i, leaving Kabuto alone and free to do whatever he wanted. "Kage no Bunshin!!" A flash of green ran out in front of Naruto, and caught the enormous monster in his grasp. The Green Beast of Konoha. Rock Lee.

"Naruto-Sama..." Lee bit out, as he started to shake with the exertion of holding the out of contrlol man back and away from his superior. "He has managed to infiltrate the base and get to the Elders...they're all dead...you must make sure that everyone else is safe and away frome here...most of all...they seem to be after Sakura-Chan...they need her for sometrhing more than this, and we need her heavily GAURDED!!" He yelled this last part as he threw Juugo with all his might, and Juugo landed on the ground, creating a small crater. "Now, go, Hokage-Sama, I think That I have this under control..." Naruto nodded, and disappeared as Lee removed his leg warmers, then took off the 300PD weights that were hidden underneath them. they fell to the ground and Kabuto, Suigetsu, and even Juugo, had a shocked look on their faces.

"Now...You will face the full wrath of the Green Beast..." Lee muttered, "You should've NEVER layed a hand on Sakura-Chan..." He lunged at Juugo, and started pummeling him, too fast for his eyes to follow.

"Sasuke!!" Naruto yelled, and ran up to the Uchiha. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING!!" He straight up punched the raven haired man in the jaw, and sent him reeling. Sasuke bared his teeth and glared at the Kage when he regained his balance. He was just walking out of the hospital, from delivering Sakura to the Medical teams.

"What you told me to do, Naruto-Sama. That's it. The Elders were the last to know of the Uchiha Clan's slaughter, and now they're dead. They were the ones behind the whole thing. They set my own brother against our family and wanted them all gone. even me! He could'nt bring himself to kill me, his only living relative. So he wanted to leave, protraying himself as the sole murderer, along with Tobi. I finished my part of the plan, and now I will aid you in yours. Sakura was injured...poisoned to be exzact, and she needed medical attention..." The Uchiha's voice faded off, and he looked away, startling Naruto, becuase it was the first time he EVER showed emotion for the pink-haired kunoichi. "And now, they don't know if they are going to be able to save her." Naruto's face fell.

"SHIT...I'll kill that sonofabitch..." Naruto's jaw clenched in fury, "She wasn't supposed to get involved with thi--!?"

He was cut off as the wall to their left exploded, and Kabuto walked in, sneering. "Where is she...?" He growled, and Sasuke's eyes went red as he glared at the Sound Medic. "You know Sasuke..." Kabuto muttered, as he looked into the Uchiha's eyes, "Orochimaru can stil revive your clan...He just asks for that medical Kunoichi in that room...he no longer has a need for you..." Sasuke growled, and lunged at him.

He ran the Sound nin through with his Khatana, and the blade protruded through his back, embedding itself into the wall at his back. "Hurt me all you want, Uchiha..." Kabuto muttered, as a line of blood ran from the corner of his lip, "But if it's NOT a lethal or death blow, then I will heal myself..." Sasuke smirked. Kabuto placed his hands on asuke's lower abdomen, and pumped chackra into him, through his hands. "Now you'll die as well..."

Sasuke smirked, and then closed his crimson red eyes. Kabuto seemed to wake up,and Sasuke muttered,"See...You aare NO match for me..." He had placed a Genjutsu on him, making him see what he wanted. Sasuke instead was still standig with Naruto, and Kabuto was now leaning against the wall that he just came through. and then Sasuke slammed his Khatana home into the glassy eyed sound Nin, killing him instantly.

"First gate...Gate of Opening...!! Release!!" He suddenly took off, and dodged the enormouse brick wall like fist that was launched at his head. Lee came in low, and took the giant out of control man to the ground as he swept his legs out from under him. He leaped up as Juugo fell backwards, and rammed his fist into his chin. Juugo went flying, and he collided with the wall. All of a sudden, Sasuke was standing in front of the brute of a man, his tomoe spinning in his red stained eyes.

"Juugo..." He muttered, taking a step foreward as the man sat up. "Calm down." He stared into Sasuke's eyes, and Juugo started to change back. He tired to stand, but collapsed again and landed on his back, in the rubble from the wall. he clenched his h air in his hands, and groaned, as if he had the world's worst migraine. Lee walked over to Sasuke, and took a step toward the now unconsious orange-haired man. Sasuke grabbed ahold of the green jumpsuit that he wore, and Lee turned toward him.

"I shall take him to the Hospital, Uchiha Sama." Lee replied, and pulled out of the Uchiha's grasp. He slung Juugo over his shoulder and disappeared in a gust of wind and leaves.

"Hn..." Sasuke went to go and patrol the rest of the village. he found a few remaining Sound Nin, and killed them off, using only his Khatana, spending his rage.

Sakura was sweating profusely in the bed. The poison had been extracted from her bloodstream, and she gained a broken arm and a few broken ribs. She tossed and turned under the blankets, throwing them off every chance she got, due to her fever.

"Uchiha-Sama," The nurse nervously explained as she turned toward the passive looking man. "She is in stable condition, just not good enough for you to take home to the Uchiha manor...She has a high fever...and..." He waited, a tight feeling that he couldn't explain as he dreaded the incoming news. "And...S-She lost the baby..."

Sasuke wanted to kill someone. Kabuto was out of the way, so the last person was Karin. She was the cause of all of what happened yesterday. He sat beside the bed watching Sakura breath in and out. Her chest rose and fell rythemacally, and he sighed as he watched. "Sonofabitch...I can't believe this shit..." He put his elbows on the edge of the bed and buried his face into the blankets.

"S-Sasuke...? W-Where am I...?" He heard her whisper, and he looked up, seeing her sit up in the bed, pushing the blankets down to her waist. "Sas...uke...?"

"Sakura...?" He whispered, "Are...?" He watched as she leane towards him and placed her head in his arms. She took a shaky, shallow breath, and snuggled up against him. "Here...let me get up here..." He pulled her into his arms as he layed down beside her, and and stretched out full length on the hospital bed. She snuggled against his chest, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. They fell to sleep moments later.

A Few Days Later--

Sakura pouted as she shifted around on the couch. "Uhhhhhhhh..." She moaned, "Naruto, you piss me the hell off!! You can heal after three days, But it at least takes me a week to heal!!" She sat up slowly, and she sighed. "Where did Sasuke-Kun get to...?" She got up, and got dressed, thenwalked out the door.

Konohagakure was in the process of being rebiult, and all of the village Nin worked together. They repaired the wall, some of the houses and apartments, and they were now working on the rest of the district. Sakura slowly walked towards her friend, who sat on the ground with a small bundle in her arms. "Ino!" She yelled and came up behind her.

The blonde woman looked up to see the familiar too big forehead, and smiled. Sakura cooed, as she looked at the blue eyed black haired baby in her arms. "Ino, she so cute!!" She whispered, and Ino's smile broadened. "can I...?" THe blonde happily handed her over, and Sakura cradled the baby in her arms. "What's her name...?"

"Hikari..." Ino answered proudly. "She has my eyes and his tuft of black as sin hair...not to mention his laziness..." She watched as Sakura nuzzled her nose against the younger child's smaller one. The baby sqeauled and wiggled in the blanket. Sakura froze, feeling like she was being watched. She handed Hikari back to Ino, and turned around. She nearly fell over backwards when she came face to face with the Uchiha himself.

"S-Sasuke!" She stuttered, feeling his anger eminating from his body.

"You are supposed to be IN BED AT HOME. not walking around here, taking in the scenery, stupid." He spat, and grabbed her arm. He was only clad in his Nin pants and sandals, and no shirt, due to the hard work that he and the others were performing. "GO HOME. NOW." He ordered.

"NO," She refused, looking p at him defiantly. "Just because You are living in my apartment, Sasuke, it doesn't mean that you are welcome to ORDER me around everytime that I turn around!" She froze, hearing Ino gasp.

"Uhhhh...I think I'll go and see what Shika-Kun is doing..." She walked off in a hurry. Sakura's face fell, knowing that the whole village would know about it before night fall.

"Sakura, I said for you to go home, and you better listen to me if you know what is good for you." He muttered darkly, giving her a dirty look. "You got hurt almost a week ago, and you need to rest. not be--"

"I will not go home. I am staying here, Sasuke-Sama." He glared down into her jade green orbs, and she looked back at him meeting his gaze.

"You were poisoned, you idiot. AND you lost OUR baby! GO HOME!! You're in no shape to be here or even outside so go!" She looked up at him, her fierce look turning into shock.

"W-what..." She gasped, and he instantly regretted sayin that outloud. "I lost...the...baby...?!" She felt a knot form in her throat, and tears burned behind her eyes, and spilled over her cheeks. "NO..." She looked up into his obsidian eyes, as they started turning blood red. The tomoe appeared, bordering his pupils, and they started spinning. Then, for Sakura, everything went black, and she fell against the Uchiha, managing to put a hand on his shouldr in a feeble attempt to catch herself as he caught her in his arms, against his chest.

Sakura sat up in her bed, realizing that it wasn't her bed at all. "W-wha...?" An arm was suddenly thrown over her waist, and she jumped. She looked down to see Sasuke looking up at her with his obsidian eyes.

"We're not at the apartment anymore..." He murmured. "I have had maids clean the Uchiha manor...as the last living Uchiha, it is mine now...we will move your things here when THE DOCTOR says that you can get up and move around." He sat up on the edge of the bed, and stood up, stretching. She blushed seeing that he was comepletely naked. "The maids here will do anything you want them to...so you have no excuse to go out til you're better. Got it?"

"WHY are you doing this to me...?" She whispered, and he stared at her. She looked away, and gripped the blanket in her fists. "You're forcing me to do something that I don't want..."

"I don't care if you want it or not..." He replied, his voice low. " It's about time that i claim my own inheritance...and I'm doing what i consider best for you. Whether you like it or not." Then he walked around the side of the bed, and disappeared into the bathroom.

Sasuke left without so much as a goodbye, and she sat up, thinking of exploring the new household. She looked around the white room, and took it all in. There was barely any furniture. there was a small chester drawer on the other side of the bed, and a full length mirror by the Fusuma (sliding door.) She walked through the house, seeing none of the maids that Sasuke had mentioned earlier. It had the traditional living room, kitchen (HUGE) and and The study room, where she could see Saasuke spending his time after his getting granted to the head of The ANBU Operations with Naara Skiamaru. She made her way outside, shutting the Shouji door behind her. The Rouka, wooden flooring, felt smooth beneath her feet. How long had the village been trying to repair this place...eight years of abandonment can do BAD things to a place this luxurious...she thought.

She turned to look out into the yard, and gasped. her jaw dropped at the sight of beautiful Sakura trees everywhere. Small lined leaves and blooms of Ikebana lined the edge of the rouka, and the small blue-ish purple foweres seemed to peek up at her. In the middle of the large garden, between the long hall and Cherry Blossoms, was a dark, nearly black pond, which was maybe 10 to 12 feet in diameter. She smiled, taking in the beauty of it all. "Well..." The Kunoichi whispered, " I think I have Sasuke's mother and other relatives to thank for this...I will take very good care of this place...I swear it." She turned and walked back into the house, still amazed by what she saw.

That night...

Sasuke got home that night, and Sakura was nowhere in sight. He looked around in blind panic, not knowing where she was. He looked in and throughout the house, but foun no sign of her anywhere. He then looked outside as he slid the Shouji door open, and sighed when he saw her pink hair shining in the moonlight. She was sitting next to the large pond, running her hand through the dark liqiud, making the miiror like surface shimmer. She was wrapped up in one of his hakamas, and he qiuetly shut the shouji behind him as he stepped out onto the rouka.

"Sasuke..." He heard her whisper, "I'm sorry...I just wanted to sit outside for a while...It looked comfortable..." He came up beside her and sat down, looking into the water. He didn't say anything as he did, and just stared into the glassy, dark surface. "Are you okay...?" She asked, looking up at his profile that was hidden by his bangs. "Sas-Sasuke...?" Then he suddenly turned on her, and grabbed her around the throat, choking off a suprised gasp, and cutting off the breath to her lungs. He slammed her against the ground, and she couldn't cry out at all. The only thing she could do was whisper in a hoarse voice. "...?!"

Sasuke flew out of the bed and landed on the floor, stomach first. He gasped for air as he sat up, and sweat ran down his face, neck, chest, back and abs. "Sh-SHIT..." He looked at the clock on the bedside table. three in the morning. "SHIT..." He sat back down on the bed, and put his face in his hands. a familiar burning pain was starting to envelope him. The left side of his neck, just below the tendon. The curse mark had come back. He stood up and looked in the full length mirror that stood at the end of the bed, by the fusuma. "WHATTHEFUCK!!"

Sakura practically jumped three feet into the air, when she heard Sasuke's yell of pain and confusion She hastily threw on the hakama that she wore earlier and tied an obi around her waist to hold it in place. "S-Sas-Sasuke!!" She yelled, and ran to where she presumed the scream came from. He was sitting in the Study room, and he was huddled up into a fetal position against the desk. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!" He yelled in pain again, and she ran over to him. She took his hand way from his neck, and froze when she saw the familiar inky black stain on the side, just underneath the tendon. Orochimaru's curse mark. The three tomoe glowed red for another few seconds, and Sasuke threw her away from him. She flailed her arms around her trying to regain her balance, then as she did, she came back to his helpless form.

"Sasuke...No, listen to me...please listen..." She begged, holding his face against her breasts as he tried to shove her off. He relaxed at the sound of her voice, and moaned in pain. His hand covered the marking at his neck again, and she wrapped her arms around him. "Sasuke...please...calm down...im here...I'm STILL here...Please...you're okay, baby...you're okay..." She didn't even have a second thought at calling him baby. He felt so helpless in his arms, just lke he did all those years ago when he first got bitten by that snake-bastard.

He fell to sleep a few hours later, and she didn't want to move hm from where he was. "Sasuke..." She whispered, and combed his raven hair back, away form his eyes and face. "You're all right...I'm here...I'll always be here..."

oi!! So...how it was? lol...i hope that you liked it, sorry to end it with another cliffy...i needed to cut it out somewhere, cuz i gotta go and run and then guzzzle some cranberry juice...bladder infections...they SUCK!! ANYWAY...I go to the recruiter's office tommorrow at around 0800, so ill post it on my bio when i find out when i leave...i might not know til sumtime next week, cuz i think that is when i go to MEPS in Montgomery AL. Hmmmmmmm...lets throw a dart on the board and see where she goes for AIT...

Sasuke appears out of nowhere..."YOURE GOING TO HELLLLLLLL FOR WHAT YOUVE DONE TO MEEEEEE!!"

THWACK!!

"SHUTUP SASUKE-KUN! youre supposed to be passed out!!"