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Chapter 14: One night left

"I can't believe your married." The blonde shinobi said, grinning from ear to ear, "Now the elders will have to be nice since your married to one of the top Ninjas in the village. You don't want her getting mad."

Sasuke smirked, "Yeah, defiantly don't want to get her mad." His mind remembering all the times she had lost her temper and would beat Naruto up when they were genin. His smiles faded, "I face them tomorrow, we can't put it off any longer."

The fox also lost his smile, "Everything will be fine, teme. I'm sure Tsunade will talk some sense into them."

He sighed, "I just wish I had one night with her, just one night with only the two of us." Right now she was working her shift at the hospital, they only had their time together at the hospital were anyone could and would knock on the door and interrupt them.

"I know what you mean; I deal with the same thing with Hinata. Her dad always has someone watching us. Sometimes I think he doesn't trust me alone with her." he said angrily.

Sasuke scoffed, "I wonder why?"

"Hey, it's not my fault." He looked at Sasuke with crossed arms, "Have you not seen her, she's a total knock-out. I can't even take her near that pervy sage."

Sasuke laughed at the blonde.

"I wouldn't be laughing; he's hit on your wife a few times to." He said with a raised eyebrow.

He stopped, glaring at the blonde, "Well you tell him if I ever catch him looking at her like that again, and he won't be writing any more of those perverted books of his."

Naruto laughed, "I don't think Kakashi sensei would like that."

Both shinobi laughed at the thought of their sensei's perverted book obsession.

Later that day, Tsunade came in to see him, face grim, "How do you feel?"

Sasuke, who was standing by the window, turned to face her, "Nervous, scared, anxious, what else would I feel?" a hand ran through his hair as he let out the breath he had been holding, "I know you can't push it back anymore, and I know I would have to face them sooner or later." He met her eyes hesitantly, "I just wanted to thank you for everything you did. It was more than I expected, and I know you did it mostly for Sakura, but all the same, thank you."

A smile on her lips as she walked over and placed her hand upon his shoulder, "Uchiha, I didn't do all this just for my student's sake, I did it for you as well." A sigh escaped past her lips, "I respect you, Uchiha, more than you know. A man who can admit he was wrong is always better than a man who thinks he is always right. It's not everyday you hear an Uchiha thank you for help, much less ask for it. You saved the life of someone very important to me, in more ways than one. Sakura has been more social and happy this past year."

Sasuke tensed, wondering if she knew what happened in cloud.

Placing her finger to her lip, "She didn't tell me anything I figured it out on my own, if that's what you're wondering." She smiled, "I would have pushed her into telling me more, but I didn't want her to go back to the way she was."

Sasuke looked down onto his lap, "How long have you known?"

"Oh, about a year. I just saw no reason to bring it up to her. It was pretty obvious what happened at cloud. I don't think she has ever taken that necklace off." She sat upon the chair beside the bed and crossed her legs.

"But I was a missing Nin, isn't it a crime to withhold information about missing Nin." He asked confused.

She smiled, "I knew you would show up eventually, and I enjoyed seeing her smile. And you're right, it is a crime to with hold information, but I knew she wouldn't have kept it a secret if you were a threat." She raised an eyebrow, "I trust you to take care of her."

He smiled back, "I will. I just hop I get the chance to."

She continued to smile, "I know." She looked at the clock, "Well, I have work I need to do, I'll be around ten or so to take you."

He only nodded as she made her way to the door and stopped. "Before I forget," she turned and reached into her pocket and pulled out something wrapped in paper and tossed it to him, "Kakashi thought you would like this." And she was gone, slamming the door behind her.

Sasuke looked at the small rectangular object and slowly removed the paper around it. His hands trembled as the moved over the cool metal surface of the leaf headband sitting in his lap. His fingers traced the leaf symbol as he thought of the one he had lost long ago. A note caught his eyes causing him to pick it up.

Sasuke,

I thought you would like this back, Naruto and I had it fixed just in case you would like to wear it to your hearing.

Kakashi

A smile came to the Uchiha's lips. So this was his headband, he thought as he held it in his hands, the scratch across its surface gone. Without hesitation he tied it around his forehead feeling complete.

Night came and Sasuke laid awake, to nervous to sleep. Sakura had come by before she headed home; she seemed so upset and sad. He wished he should go see her and comfort her. That is the job of a husband; right, to be there for his wife?

He sat up with a jolt, night stars illuminating the room it their soft glow. Someone was in his room. Sasuke reached under his pillow for the kunai that Naruto had given him. Who would be stupid enough to sneak into his room a night? Activating his Sharingan, he scanned the room. In the blink of an eye he stood behind the intruder, kunai at his neck.

"So you still have some skill?"

Sasuke released him, "Dope, what are you doing here this late?" he hissed.

Placing his fists on his hips, he grinned, "I'm busting you out."

He sighed, "Running away isn't the answer." It was now Sasuke's turn to hit Naruto over the head.

Naruto rubbed his head and looked angrily up at the raven haired Shinobi, "Fine then, so much for giving you your night with Sakura," he turned away and mumbled, "last time I try and help you get laid."

At the sound of her name Sasuke grabbed the collar of Naruto's green vest, "What are you talking about." Curiosity filled his tone.

"Well, I thought since this is the last night before you face the elders, I would take your place here and you could go see Sakura." The fox smiled, "All you would have to do is to make sure to be back before dawn."

Sasuke smiled and released Naruto, "You would do that for me?"

He flashed him a foxish grin, "Yeah, teme, believe it." And with a puff of smoke the blond was replaced with raven hair with eyes to match. "They will never know you're gone."

Sasuke smiled and with another puff of smoke, he was now the idiot blonde, "This is a shape I never wanted to take."

Naruto glared at him, "Well who asked you, just get out of here." He almost yelled, trying to keep his voice down to not wake up the others in the hospital.

He nodded and was at the window, ready to jump out when he turned around, "Thanks Naruto."

"No problem." He smirked.

Sasuke listened and nodded as Naruto gave directions to her place on the other side of town and he was gone.

As he jumped from roof to roof, he took pleasure from the freeing air and the lights and sounds of his village and home. It didn't take long for him to feel her chakra radiate over his skin as he neared the Anbu housing area. Landing on a nearby tree he scanned the area and located her place. He could see her through the window of her second story apartment as she walked across the room in nothing but a red tank top and black panties. His heart beat grew rapid at the thought of what he wanted to do to her.

It took all his courage as he leaped for the window, landed gently upon the edge and tapped upon the glass. She turned to face him, surprise filled her face. He couldn't help but watch her form walk to the window, the soft seductive sway of her hips. She slide the window open

He smiled at her, "Hello, love."

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