Hello readers I am back with another chapter. I am sure you will like if not love because it has got some good fluff. (no perverted thoughts people). Well just saying. I am surprised I got this out today. I had to go to a funeral for a friend and then tons of make up homework. Not to mention studying for 3 tests that I have this week. EEEEEKKKKK!!!!!!!


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Chapter 13

That morning Shiru and Chiro made their not so grand entrance into the Village of Konoha. The two were immediately taken to Ibiki for questioning about Ryu's death. Both sat back-to-back in a clean,crisp white room. Chiro fidgeted slightly. "Stop fidgeting will you." Shiru barked. "you need to calm down. They can't pin anything on us because there is no proof." "But still, this waiting. It's making me nervous." "Stop whining." The door suddenly opened causing both men to jump and look towards the door. Ibiki stood there. He walked into the room with Tsunade right behind him and two other interrogators. Chiro gulped knowing he wasn't going to like this.

Tsunade walked to the middle and stood in the middle of where their chairs were placed. "Shiru. Chiro. So good to see you so soon. I'm sure you know why you are here." Both nodded and Tsunade continued. "You have both been accused of killing Taheshi Ryu. But since we don't have solid witness information you two will be interrogated." "What information do you have that would make you suspect us?" snipped Shiru. Tsunade arched an eyebrow. "I had my assistant Shizune examine the body. We found something very interesting. She found a poison in Ryu's system that we can say was given to him after he left Konoha and since there are no villages or tea houses in the route Ryu takes and the only people with him were you two, the evidence points at you." Chiro gulped while Shiru slitted his eyes. "Ibiki, I'll let you take over." She gestured her hand and the man leaning against the wall moved and began to walk towards the two. Tsunade decided not to stay for the interrogation of the two so she left the room.

Shiru was furious. 'how dare the dolt actually tell.' Grinding his teeth he slumped against the stone cold wall. He knew what would be next. The Tsuchikage would be informed and they would certainly be put to death. It was a good thing he wasn't in the same cell as Chiro or else he would be tempted to strangle to man himself. What he didn't expect was the visitor that he got the previous day. His eyes narrowed just remembering the confrontation. The girl had come to him. In all her glory. She had stood before him and asked him why which he didn't have an answer for. Just replied a short one worded answer of 'mission'. The girl just looked at him and then left him to contemplate his answer.

The Hokage stood in her office. Pacing around the desk thinking about what Ibiki had told her. So they had done it. In her mind she knew that they had done it from the beginning but now it was fact. Sitting down at her desk she grabbed a scroll and began to furiously write on it. Calling Shizune, she handed the scroll to her and told her to send it to the Tsuchikage air mail style. Slumping down in the chair she remebered Ibiki telling her that Sakura had gone to see the two men. Sakura needed to see the two men responsible for this fiasco. Sighing she reached for her bottle of Sake. Finding it empty she did something she was good at. "Shizune! I need Sake!"

The Tsuchikage sat at his desk. The door opened and a messenger walked in. Deposited a scroll on his desk and left. Unraveling the scroll almost knowing what it would say he nonetheless read the scroll dropping it when he finished. Knowing he only had one choice he scribed a scroll back to the Hokage and in the same day sent it to the Hokage of Konoha knowing he just sealed the fates of two of his shinobi and the fate of himself. Knowing that if he wanted the alliance he would have to do it on her terms and after what had happened, he had reluctantly consented. The alliance was needed and whatever he had to do he would do it and retribution was retribution. Even though he hated it he knew he would have to give up a lot of opportunities and freedoms as he just placed himself below the Hokage. Konoha would almost be like a a protectorate until the Hokage thought the he and the Village Hidden in the Rocks had served enough retribution. Burying his hands in his face and hair he sighed.

One Month Later

Leaning against a sakura tree the woman rolled the scroll she had been studying about a healing jutsu. Looking up towards the sky noticing the clouds passing overhead and the light breeze that moved her hair around her face. Sighing she looked down at the scroll in her hands. Picking herself up off the ground she made her way back to the hospital to check on several patients that would need her attention shortly.

The man watched her leave. Lowering his head. No interaction in a month. Ever since the encounter that night. Ever since he felt her skin against his hand she had said nothing to him. Heck she hadn't even been around him if she could help it. Leaping down from the tree he had occupied he made his way back towards where he knew the blonde idiot would be.

Tsunade had watched her apprentice carefully over the past month. Though showing some of her usual spark as before, most of it wasn't there. Outwardly the girl was fine. Fit as a fiddle. Healthy, active. Everything she should be doing she was doing but inwardly she was dying. If you looked into her green irises for more than a few seconds you could see the pain and loneliness that were there. The girl had distanced herself from most of her male acquaintances especially the Uchiha. She had gone on a few missions and had done well on them but at times the records had said she was reckless.

He watched as his friend sat beside him. "Hey Teme." "Hn." "Man you really need to pull that stick out of your butt and move on with life. You have been so creepy lately." Sasuke eyed the teen next to him. "Hn." Naruto sighed heavily. "Whatever teme." "Hn."

Walking down the white corridors of the hospital she gazed around. Looking at the same things she had seen for the last six years. Nothing ever changed. Patients came in. They were treated. Then they would leave. Routine. Unchanging. Predictable. It wasn't reality. Stepping into her office she slid down the wall after closing the door. Burying her head in her knees she silently cried. How she wished life was just like this hospital. Unchanging.

Laying on his back he stared up at the ceiling. How the heck was he supposed to get close to her? She had been avoiding him like a bad disease. Grinding his teeth he knew he needed to find a way to talk to her. Even just being near her would at least calm him down a little. This was definitely not going as planned. He should have a girl already. He was an Uchiha after all. Getting a girl shouldn't be this hard.

Opening the door to her apartment she glanced around. The pictures still stood along the mantle. She went over and stood before one in particular. Tracing a finger along the faces in the picture. It was a picture of her and Ryu a few days after he had proposed to her. 'By now we would be married.' closing her eyes to let no tears fall as she turned around and left the picture standing.

Sitting at her desk was a total bore. Tsunade said she needed some paperwork filled out and she got stuck doing it. Looking out the window she saw the overcast skies. She had smelled the rain when she was walking towards the hospital. Glancing back down at the paperwork she took up the pen again. Suddenly the door burst open a nurse standing there panting. "Sakura-sama!" Sakura's expression changed immediately. "Your needed in the maternity ward." Sakura bolted out of the chair and up towards the ward. Washing her hands the nurse pointed to the room in which she was need. "Tsunade-sama is already in there but she needs your assistance. Sakura marched into the room. Tsunade looked up at her."Sakura, she's having complications I need you to monitor her readings." "Hai." Sakura took up the clipboard and watched as the readings changed making note of the drops and rises. Sakura looked at the woman laying on the bed. She was panting heavily. She heard Tsunade's commands to the woman as she continued to look at the woman.

It must have been twenty minutes before the cry of a child was heard. Sakura was taken out of her daze of watching the woman and raking the readings. She stepped away after taking the last readings. She walked over to Tsunade to help her check over the newborn. One look at the child stopped her heart. The child, a little baby boy. Already the child had a crop of a dark brown hair color. When the infant opened its eyes it tore her heart. A beautiful green. A color close to the mix of green and blue but having a greener tint to them. This child. She started to hyperventilate. Shaking took over her body. Tsunade looked at her. "Saku...." not finishing the sentence when her apprentice tore out of the room.

She ran. That was what she did hardly noticing the pounding rain around her. 'run' he mind told her. 'get away from the hospital.' and that she did. Not stopping until her lungs were burning. Looking at her surroundings she realized she was at the bridge team seven used to meet on. Collapsing onto the wooden planks below her she cried. She pounded her fist against the wood planking. Remembering the child just brought a fresh wave of tears to her eyes. "He should have been mine." she cried to herself. "he should have been mine." thinking about it just brought new tears to her eyes. She clutched a hand to her chest as though to try to stop her heart from breaking. She didn't know how long she had been crying when she heard the voice.

"Sakura?" flinging her head up she saw a hazy form of a man in front of her. He just looked at her. Then he took a step. He could see her breath was ragged and her face was soaked from the rain and tears that he saw left trails along her cheeks. She moved her hands to her face and tried to wipe the tears from her eyes and face though it proved difficult due to the rain. He walked up to her. Craning her neck up she saw the man clearly. Sasuke. He was looking down on her like he had always done. She dropped her head not caring about the man in front of her. Her hair fell in front her face and parts clung to her wet face. He could see her body shake telling him she was crying.

He went down on one knee in front of her. He started to reach a hand forth to touch her. "don't touch me, please don't." he heard her voice quiet yet trembling. His hand stopped for a moment but then continued to reach for her. Turning her head to the right so that he couldn't get a closer to her. She felt the hand cup the right side of her face turning the cheek back to the front to make her look at him. "please." she whispered again.

He looked at her. Pleading with him not to help her. She was breaking and he saw that. Breaking. That was what she was doing and it made something inside of him hurt. He moved his thumb across her cheek to partly dry her face and remove the hair that clung to it. He moved his other hand to her other cheek so his hands cupped her face. He too moved his thumb across the other cheek to do the same thing. He tilted her head up so that she could see him. He slowly began circling his thumbs on her cheeks. "Let me help you." he said. He had almost pleaded with her. He sought for something in her eyes. "No." he brought a hand up and moved it across her forehead to move her hair out of her face before placing it back on her cheek. "why were you crying?" it sounded stupid to him but hopefully not to her. Furrowing her eyebrows she looked at him. "it was nothing." she whispered tears still seeping from her eyes. Wiping the new tears away he looked at her. "It wasn't nothing Sakura. Let me help you."

She gazed at him. Was he for real? Acting nice and kind. What the heck. Before she could respond she felt a light pressure against her forhead. He was kissing her. He pulled back a little looking down at her face. Looking back at him she was speechless. "Sakura, let me help you." with that he kissed her cheek and then the other cheek. He moved a hand through her wet hair.

She couldn't help it. She loved the feel of being so close to someone. Of being held, well almost held. She loved the close contact, the small intimate contacts he was giving her. Closing her eyes she lightly sighed. Loving the feeling of his hands against her skin. Opening her eyes again she looked deep into his onyx one. "hold me." and that he did. He pulled her flush against him. She wrapped her arms around him loving the warmth. "Sakura." he breathed. She breathed ragged breaths but she felt her chest not heaving as much as it had been. "Sakura." he whispered again. He drew apart just slightly. Looking at my face he drew his closers to hers. He gently pressed his lips against hers. His hand again cupping her cheek. He slowly applied more pressure to the kiss. She responded. Not thinking about what she was doing. He drew back and brought her flush against him again.

She wrapped her arms around his torso. "Take me home. Please." she said. She felt herself being lifted off the ground. He moved her position around and slipped an arm under her knees to pick her up. His other securely around her small back. He carried her home. Her arms around his neck. Her face in the crook of his neck. He felt her light breath against his skin. Closing his eyes for a moment he reveled in the feel. The feel of her light weight in his arms. The way her hands were intertwined behind his neck. The breath he felt on his neck. Her smooth skin against his. Right. That's what it felt like. It felt right. He brought her to her house. Turning the knob he found it unlocked. He opened the door and gently slipped inside with her.

Taking her up to her room he gently placed her on her bed. He noticed that she had fallen asleep. He gently untwisted her hands from his neck. She was soaked. Her clothes clung to her body and when he set her down he felt her shiver from the loss of heat. He looked around the room and found a larger shirt laying on the ground. He slowly took off her soaked top. Being careful not to wake her. Slipping the shirt off over her head he slipped the new one on. The shirt went down to her mid thighs. He slowly moved his hands to the top of the skirt she was wearing and slipped it off of her. He left her underwear on. He slipped her inside of her sheets and pulled the covers over her. He looked down at her sleeping softly. Noting that he too was soaked decided to quickly change and then come back to her and that was what he did but not before leaving her with a kiss on the lips and tracing his index finger along her face and jawline.

Perfect. That was this felt like. It felt so right to him and nothing had felt right to him for a long time.

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