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Hate and pain

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Two weeks went by…

Sakura was not in the mood to understand Sasuke's problem with her since they had talked in the living room, but the same attitude was reflected on Fugaku and she could only guess they were mad for the very same thing.

For a moment she had thought Fugaku and Sasuke were on better terms, but nothing had changed at all, the boy kept avoiding him and she realized he was feeling guilty, as if he had betrayed her when he talked to his father… Fugaku was a complicated mind, but she could read him like an open book.

Mikoto was coming with her today to the hospital for the monthly check up and now the two of them were walking down to her office; she was about to see Jugo and the girl wanted to meet the man that had been her father's companion for the last 12 years.

"Is he nice, mom?" the girl asked with her big green eyes shining.

"He's really nice, Mi-chan, but you need to behave is that alright?" she said as they reached the office's door.

The two entered the place and he was already there with an ANBU standing stiffly behind him; she pushed her daughter in and told the ANBU to wait outside. Mikoto walked over to the man who frowned deeply as he regarded her.

"Hello, you must be Jugo-san…" Mikoto asked softly with a smile that made Jugo smile despite his confusion. "I am Haruno Mikoto…" she replied and then her face brightened. "Though maybe after dad is better I can become Uchiha Mikoto!" she turned to smile brightly at Sakura and the mother couldn't help the grimace.

Jugo's eyes widened and he immediately looked up at Sakura.

"Is she…?" he asked with trembling voice.

"I am Sasuke's daughter…" she nodded happily. "And I'll be leaving soon I just wanted to thank you, Jugo-san…" she said and the man returned his eyes to her…

"What for?" he asked totally amused by her easygoing speech.

"I think you were really brave for staying with my dad all that time, I know it must've been difficult to take care of him and I just wanted to thank you for that… for not leaving him to die alone and forgotten…" she smiled and then bowed deeply.

Sakura smiled feeling proud of her daughter and bowed too.

"Thank you very much, Jugo-san…" she said receiving a blush from the older man who stood sharply and bowed too in front of them.

"Y-you're welcome." He said; it was the very first time someone treated him so nice.

Mikoto straightened and looked up at the tall man.

"I'll leave now… I hope we can see you again some other time." She extended her hand to him and he took it gingerly.

"Ah… thank you Mikoto-san…" he smiled and watched as she let go and bounced out of the room after waving a hand to her mother who returned the gesture. "She's…"

"His spitting image? Wait until you see Fugaku…" she sighed and rounded her desk to sit on her chair.

"Fugaku…?" he asked confusedly.

"Her brother…" Sakura smiled as she watched his widening eyes. "They're twins, but they are not completely identical…" she said shifting through papers.

"He must be happy…" he muttered in a soft voice. Sakura felt curiosity… she wanted to ask so many things, but repressed the urge.

"He is… Mikoto is too, but he's having a hard time with Fugaku… I guess one out of two is better than none…" she sighed again.

"You sound tired, Haruno-san…" he said and she snorted.

"I am tired… mentally tired. I just… I forgot what it was like to deal with his monosyllabic replies… his haughty attitude and his cold demeanor. I've been living with two warm creatures for too long and he's just… as cold as before." She said with another sigh.

"That's what you see… that's what everyone sees…" he said and it made her look up with interest.

"I know what you mean… but what made you say it?" she asked.

"I spent too many years listening to his nonsense… and now that I am here and I've met his old friends I realize it wasn't nonsense…" his smile was so kind Sakura had to wonder if this man really had a curse seal. "Would you believe me, Haruno-san, if I tell you he loves you…?" he asked her and she widened her eyes.

"I am sorry, Jugo-san, but… no I wouldn't. I once heard that actions speak louder than words… but Sasuke did none of them. Not when I needed him to." She replied.

He nodded in understanding and again Sakura felt she was talking to the kindest man in the whole earth.

"It must've been difficult to raise them by yourself. Then again I have to partially side with Sasuke… Things got complicated after he killed Itachi; he's got too many ghosts inside ripping him apart."

"So I take it that you know about the circumstances of the Uchiha massacre?" she asked lightly as she readied her files.

"Yes. He told me… I guess he thought he'd die at some point and so he trusted me with that bit…" Jugo frowned. "I'm not a violent man… at least not because I want to… but… wouldn't you want to avenge your family?" he asked and Sakura took a deep breath.

With her lowered eyes she thought about it.

"I guess I can understand his hatred towards this village… I don't know what I would do, but I like to think I'd be able to forgive or understand… We are shinobi after all; we are tools…" she replied. "Naruto doesn't approve of that thought anymore…" she smiled softly. "But I guess I like to reassure myself with it…" she mumbled.

"Sasuke's grudge is not over…" Jugo suddenly said making her snap her green eyes to him; a staring contest before she could answer.

"I know. He's just distracted by Mikoto and Fugaku, but he's already better… Soon I'll have to notify the Hokage and the council about his condition so they can proceed with his punishment…" she cleared.

"Are we going to share the same punishment?" Jugo asked narrowing his eyes.

"No. You're only under a permanent watch, mostly because of your violent condition, but Sasuke will be put under a chakra seal and a permanent watch…" she said watching his saddened face.

"You do realize that… as soon as he'll be standing in front of the council he'll try to kill them…?" he muttered.

"I know." She said with the same stern voice. "Naruto tried… as soon as he became hokage he tried for a punishment… Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado are the only ones left from the ancient council… I've been praying that they'd die before this day arrived, but they are still there… Naruto could only demote their ranks and the only relief we got was they cannot interfere on his decisions anymore…" she explained.

"Sasuke will kill them…" Jugo supplied.

"I know, Jugo-san… The new council is formed by close friends; people we trust; Tsunade-sama, Inoichi Yamanaka, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi, Tsume Inuzuka and Hiashi Hyuga. I'd like to think they won't interfere on Sasuke's actions, but I know they will, in which case I hope Sasuke realizes his life is no longer his only…" her eyes stared harshly at the man… "He's got Mikoto and Fugaku now…"

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Sakura arrived home earlier because she decided to take the day so she could talk to Sasuke about what was to come; as her doctor she was supposed to reassure the patient even if he was a criminal…

She closed the door behind her and hung the coat behind it; she placed her bag on the table and walked on to the bedroom… she opened the door sharply and stopped with wide eyes as she stared at a half-naked Sasuke… He was only wearing a pair of boxers and was pulling a shirt over his head…

He too gasped as he watched her taking a fast step back, but tripped over her feet and fell on her butt; she whined and buried her face in her hands…

"Put something on!" she growled from behind her hands.

Sasuke was too amused to see her so flustered mostly because he had been avoiding her for the last two weeks and now she had walked in after his shower a second earlier and she would've seen him in his naked glory… oh yes, because he had regained much of his muscles and weight.

"What do you want, Sakura?" he asked pulling the shirt over and smirking as she peeked through her fingers. "What are you, fifteen?" he mocked and she let her hands fall to her lap, pulling her skirt down.

She blushed and turned her head to another side as she tried to stand with her wobbly knees, avoiding his lower half as he sat on the bed's edge with his arms crossed over his chest.

"What do you want, Sakura?" he asked again and she fought to remember what she had come to do…

"I came to talk to you… but…" she was blushing madly and she no longer cared if he saw. "Just put some pants and come to the table!" she yelled yanking the door close behind her; she let her back rest against it and pressed a hand over her throbbing heart. "Oh dear lord…" she muttered as she walked to the table.

A few minutes later Sasuke appeared around the corner and smirked as she choked on the water she was drinking; he was still tying the knot around his hips…

"What do you want to talk about?" he asked as he sat relaxed and regarding her with amusement.

She did the same and sat in front of him.

"About your condition…" she said pulling a file from her bag and reading through it with a bright blush still covering her cheeks. "Your body is working properly now, you still need a bit of exercising and to follow a diet, but aside from that you're all better now…" she said shifting through pages.

Sasuke's scowl returned to his face; she was eager to kick him out and he wouldn't stay to bother her…

"Tomorrow I'll have a meeting with Naruto and the council…" she said regarding him with hard eyes trying to see the truth behind those black orbs.

Sasuke returned the glare…

"What?" He asked feeling her eyes on him like an eagle ready to attack.

"Sasuke…" She sighed and leaned on her chair. "I've been meaning to ask…" she added. "How do you feel?" she asked.

Sasuke looked at her with confusion.

"How do you feel?" she asked again.

"I've been better…" he admitted.

"Not physically, Sasuke…" she explained and then lowered her eyes fearing his reaction to her next words. "We know about Itachi… We as in team seven and Tsunade… obviously the council too…" she said cringing slightly when his chakra flared dangerously.

"Hn… So what now, Sakura…? Are you happy? You know something about me indeed…" he mocked and she glared at his red eyes.

"Why…? Why do you have to be like this? I'm just saying because I am supposed to reassure you in any way possible… The council is not the same from 13 years ago…" she told him watching his frown deepening.

"What happened?" he demanded though he knew they were all probably dead.

"They're dead… most of them…" she muttered not taking her eyes off him.

"Hn. Most of them? Sarutobi's teammates… Utatane and Homura… Are they dead?" he asked.

"Sasuke… Naruto really did his best about this matter…" she said pleading with him to understand.

"That's not the answer to my question, Sakura… Are they dead?" he asked again.

Sakura felt trepidation as his eyes glared; she couldn't back down again and she could barely believe she actually wanted to protect him…

"Sasuke… You won't kill them." She stated and he repressed the urge to snort at her bold statement.

"Sakura…"

"You cannot do this to Fugaku and Mikoto… I know how much you hate them and so do I, but killing them would mean that you'd face more charges and then sent to incarceration… Are you willing to ditch your new family to avenge the last one?" she asked narrowing her eyes.

"You don't understand, Sakura…" he growled out with gritted teeth as he stood from his chair. "Does it bother you, Sakura? Why? You've been acting all distant since I got here, so why would I hope you'd understand?" he asked with resentment.

"This has nothing to do with how I am behaving… You ought to do this much for them… You've been away for thirteen years and now that you're back you are actually thinking of throwing all out the window?" she stood too and glared at him. "You're just as selfish as I remembered you to be…" that actually made him flinch.

He reached his hand to grab her shoulder but then it was as if she was made from thin air and his hand went through her body…

Genjutsu…

He looked around and everything turned to black… he felt his heart pounding against his ribcage and the blood rushing to his head; he felt dizzy and hopeless in the frightening darkness…

He pressed a hand to his left eye feeling as if it was about to explode, a shiver went down his spine and then he could see flashes of the bodies that belonged to his long lost clan… when he turned around again there was Itachi smiling at him with his bloodied face and ragged breathing…

He backed away until his back collided with something; he turned once again and was greeted by a destroyed Konoha… Sakura's body lying motionless on the ground in front of him and if he looked beyond her he could see Naruto's and Kakashi's…

A strong gust of air made him cringe and he turned again… he fell to his knees… Mikoto and Fugaku… both of them dead…

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Sakura watched as his hand reached to her, placing it on her shoulder, but his eyes widened… he opened his mouth and his breathing turned ragged…

"Sasuke?" she asked worriedly…

"Stay away from him!" She turned to see Fugaku standing on the doorway with glaring red eyes… Mikoto behind him with huge eyes clearly scared.

Sakura then turned to Sasuke again and she realized what was happening… Fugaku was casting a genjutsu on him and thus his paralyzed state.

"Fugaku stop!" she yelled frantically as his body fell forward and she tried to hold him, but her knees gave away falling to the floor trying to keep his body up… "Stop right now!" she yelled again as she felt him trembling.

"No! He was going to hurt you!" he yelled.

Sakura ignored him and pumped her chakra into him making the hand sign to snap him out of it, but it didn't work… Why was this happening? Sasuke should've been able to snap out of it… Sakura felt tears prickling in her eyes and once more she looked at Fugaku with pleading eyes.

Fugaku widened his eyes when he saw her tears and he deactivated his sharingan; Sasuke's body immediately relaxed and he started to pant heavily, still unmoving… Mikoto stared down at her parents with wide eyes.

"Go to your rooms…" Sakura said with stern voice she never used for them, for they never provoked…

Fugaku lowered his eyes confusedly and started to walk to his room pulling Mikoto's hand with him; she heard the door closing and she sobbed harder… This was her family and it was crumbling down… She wanted a nice family as much as Sasuke did, but it was as if it was impossible to achieve.

She was startled as she felt his hands grabbing her blouse tightly on her back; she could feel his tightened fists on her clothes and the way he trembled, his forehead hard against her chest and his breathing coming in short gasps.

Her back against the counter and supporting his weight he was crushing her against it trying to find some source of comfort.

"Sasuke?" she called softly.

"Please…" she heard his voice so pained and sad against her chest. "Please…" he begged again pulling her closer… "Make it stop…"

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