There is no way I can make this sound original, ever. An attempt to write a believable RrB/PpG in high school fic. Rated M because teenagers use terrible language. "Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal." - Camus

She doesn't see that all along, what he wanted was her. Her, not a perfect wife. Just Sakura. — SasuSaku, AU.

This love is difficult...but it's real. Sakura learns that growing up means saying goodbye, and learning how to begin again. Senior Year is going to change everything. Sasuke/Sakura AU

Uchiha Sasuke is beyond totally smitten for the pink haired girl who is ten-years younger than him, ten times more beautiful than any woman he has ever met, and more than ten spaces out of his reach.

She gave him names to kill, in order not to be killed herself. But having blood on her hands was turning out to be much worse than dying. "…There's still round 2…3…4…" When does this game end? She asked. "Don't you see, Sakura?" He said, "It never does."

One-Shot. Post!Timeskip. The whole point was to get the best date; that meant the richest and classiest guy, right? Sakura realizes what she has taken for granted and Ino learns a lesson in value. NaruSaku NaruIno!Friendship

Take my hand. — sakura-centric, sasusaku.

Endings are never as clean as the books make them out to be. — narusaku, chapter 699 and beyond.

"Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France

"I said I don't dance, Sakura." She's not done waiting, no, because she'll wait for him a lifetime if needed be. And yet, she's done waiting while standing idly aside, doing nothing. "Please?" / Sasusaku travels setting. Pre-700.

NaruSaku. COMPLETE. If love were easy, no one would ever feel pain. Naruto and Sakura have grown closer than ever, but never crossed the boundaries of friendship. This is a story of them coming together despite all obstacles, the strongest of which is the heart.

Sakura knows Sasuke is planning to leave the village. She knows with the sort of certainty that creeps under your skin and settles in the marrow of your bones. Like there's a thread connecting his heart to hers, and when he wants to wander, she feels the tug of it.

Sometimes he'll think, "Okaasan will be so proud," or "I wonder if Itachi will have time for me today." Before he remembers that his mother is dead (slaughtered) and his brother is a murderer. That the best parts of his life have already been cut away.

Wanderer!verse. Maybe one day I'll fly next to you. —Sasuke/Sakura.

Sasuke looks so peaceful, sleeping. Watching him now, with those vigilant eyes closed, it's hard to believe the things this boy has done. The havoc he can wreak on an enemy, a friend. Or a young girl's tender heart.

AU. SasuSaku. He was a mystery, he was the boy who survived, he was the boy who returned. "It was never despite, Sasuke. I never loved you despite anythin'. It was always because."

Post-Canon. One-shot collection. Story number one: When Sakura presents Sasuke with the unforeseen news of her pregnancy, he does not know what to think. All he can do is panic. The Uchiha way.

He's broken;lost, and she's trying to fix him. "You came back," his eyes widen slightly, "that's enough." / SasuSaku; Post-canon.

Sasuke is back to the village and team seven is together again. But, two years later, after a failed mission, Sakura starts missing practice and no one seems to know why. Naturally, that doesn't sit well with Sasuke.

Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha have nothing in common except for a daughter named Sarada.

SasuSaku. He made love to her in between the hospital sheets, released her name like a prayer between cracked lips. "I thought I lost you."

As lovers go, Sakura is about as low-maintenance as they come, and since even that seems to be too much for him, she is doing her damnedest to become no-maintenance. In which Sasuke takes his wife out for dinner, and for some unfathomable reason, she enjoys it. Post-canon, Gravitation-verse, and (spoiler alert!) smut.

Team 7's failure to pass the first stage of the Chunin exams leads to the fabled Sharingan slipping through Orochimaru's fingers, prompting the Snake Sannin to mark Hinata Hyuuga with the cursed seal. While Team 7 attempt to make up for not advancing to the next stage, Hinata has to deal with the consequences of bearing Orochimaru's mark.

SasuSaku. Post 699. It is a quiet love that blooms between them. It is a love shared between trivial conversations, and passing intimacies. It is a love expressed through gentle stares, and timid blushes. It is an unspoken bond, tied up in history, and it is a secret that everybody knows about.

Drabble Collection. Sasuke doesn't say much, and sometimes, Sakura says too much, but they're happy, and these are the moments they share.

There she was, holding her ANBU mask smirking at him, knowing exactly how much it hurt his pride. Uchiha Sasuke, the solemn heir to a prestigious clan, serving under no one less than Haruno Sakura. Life couldn't get any worse... right?

In which Sasuke learns that dating Sakura isn't all rainbows and butterflies because his girlfriend is studying to become a doctor in the future. /SasuSaku. AU. Series of one-shots./

AU. Anthology. SasuSaku. She says, "wake up, it's no use pretending." I'll keep stealing, breathing her.

Because Sakura loves Sasuke in kaleidoscope colors, and not all of them were so pretty. AU.

I don't need you to fight my battles; I just need for you to be there when my hands begin to tremble and my voice breaks, to help me steady my sword and teach me how to roar. Fairy tale AU. —Sasuke/Sakura.

Sakura takes a job as a local club singer under the alias name Saki. But things begin to get complicated when the guy you hate starts to fall in love with your other self. Especially if that guy is Uchiha Sasuke.

SasuSaku. Here are ways on how Girlfriend breaks up with Boyfriend. With creativity. Let's not forget the ways how Boyfriend makes up with Girlfriend. With creativity. Need I say more? -Ways on How to Breakup with Your Boyfriend Anthology-

/SasuSaku/ After her boyfriend recklessly almost gets himself killed, Sakura can only find one way to teach him a lesson. Oneshot.

Anthology. Sasu/Saku. Just in how many ways can Sasuke realize that he's loved her all along? 33: new year's eve

Christmas Fic. Sasu/Saku. Wide eyes searched frantically for Naruto in the crowd. He was still grinning, stupidly, brightly, just as he always did, but there was something more, something else in his expression. His blue eyes were sparkling in a way they never had before. "Well?" he yelled. "He's not here for me, Sakura!" So Sakura ran.

Two-shot. SasuSaku. "It's scary how much things change, but it's even scarier how much they stay the same." For a moment you think, why is he apologizing to me? He doesn't owe me anything. And then it occurs to you: Sasuke just cheated on his wife, and he did it with you.

There are pictures on the walls of a small, loving family and he has the presence of mind to feel unsettled, as though he's intruding on their happiness just by existing. Still, though, her mother fills his teacup with a smile and her father claps him on the back, and they're kind and warm and welcoming. Sakura had to have learned it all somewhere.

The war is over, and like Konoha, Team 7 has rebuilt itself from the ground up. Everything has changed, but Sasuke and Sakura remain much the same. Eleven years, she thinks, is a long time to be in love. SasuSaku.

Alternate ending, NaruSaku. Title credits go to Stone Sour

Wretched blood runs through my veins. —SasuSaku.

He spent years ignoring it, avoiding it, and pretending he didn't need it. But after mistaking a whorehouse for a hotel, Sasuke realised he had just been fooling himself: of course he wanted sex. Semi-AU and rated M for a reason. COMPLETE.

Christmas Fic. AU. Sasu/Saku. Sakura had known she would have a horribly busy day from the moment she realized she couldn't find clean clothes to wear; she just never imagined it to be so full of... surprises.

'It was an unusual arrangement to be honest. Nothing like she had ever seen before. Four of them and each different from the other. Besides the obvious white rose, Sakura couldn't even tell what kind the other three were. She was sure she had seen one of them in the Yamanakas' flower shop but two of them seemed completely new.' Post 699, pre 700. SasuSaku. Slight Team 7.

He doesn't love her; he's not in love with her. But he loves this. And maybe that's just enough for now. / My story on what happened before Salad-chan was born. Pretty messy.

/Sasuke&Sarada./ There's something he's been wanting to do, since the day she was born. Something he's thought about every day. And now that she is finally old enough to understand, he can finally find peace of mind. ONESHOT.

She still wears her wedding ring even though her husband is dead. She never looks at me the way she looked at him. Despite that...even if she'll never love me back, even if it hurts this much; I love her, I'll protect her, and I'll stand by her.

Uchiha Sarada didn't understand why her father can't stay with them. SasuSaku CANON Manga-verse. First Naruto fanfiction Please read and Review and no flames :)

It starts with a kiss and ends with a bang. Except, in reverse. — Sasuke/Sakura

/SasuSaku/ Sakura stares at him for a good minute, and the pretty flush on her cheeks only grows darker and darker, and just when he frowns and starts wondering if she's alright, she grasps his shoulders and blurts out, "I want a baby!" POST-CANON. ONESHOT. Smuff.

The earth holds an inescapable attractive force on the moon, holding it in orbit despite the astronomical effort it puts into moving forward. Sasuke knows this from experience. Post-canon celebratory smut

This is a piece of Sasuke's thought on all types of love he has experienced. Love can be sweet, daring and soothing; love can hurt, tear you apart and make you insane. What is love and what is hatred? In the end, they go hand in hand together. She was a silly fangirl, but she has blossomed to become the woman he will forever love and hate. One-shot on the canon SasuSaku ending.

/SasuSaku/ On his return from one of his many trips, Sasuke relishes in a peaceful times spent with his wife, and watches as his most beautiful daughter causes his heart to swell with the sweetest pride. POST-CANON. ACTUALLY POST CANON. WITH CANON SASUSAKU CHILD. Drabble.

As he lay there, helpless and dying, Sasuke figures that Sakura deserves to hear his confession. Inspired by 698

AU, slight OOC. Throughout Sasuke Uchiha's life, he was only forced to acknowledge that he had an illegitimate child three times. The first two were easy to ignore. The third would send his life spiraling into pandemonium. Rated for language. Three-shot.

Drabble for SS Month. Inspired by Sakura's necklace in The Last Movie. In which a displeased Sasuke notices the increasing admiring glances Sakura is receiving from the young men of Konoha each time he returns from his travels. And he finally decides to do something about it.

/SasuSaku/ He had no right to show up at her door and wait for her the way that he did, with no apologies or explanations ready to spill from his lips. He had no right to act like he had never done anything wrong… like he hadn't burned her heart to ashes. In those three years he was gone, she had never forgiven him for doing this to her. Oneshot. Naruto: The Last!setting.

/SasuSaku/ The wracking sob that followed made his chest tighten, no matter how much he tried to brush off the guilt. She was always best at doing that, wasn't she? Making him feel guilty, making him reconsider—making him falter. She was such a dangerous little thing, for someone who never meant him any harm. HUGE SPOILERS FOR 693. ONESHOT.

"Sasuke always had the emotional range of a plastic bag," Ino laughed and, despite feeling the tears burn somewhere behind her eyelids, Sakura joined in. "But as little emotion as he could feel," Ino said in a more serious tone, "it was all for you." With more makeup than boys can handle and the reply Sasuke never thought he'd get. Modern-day AU. One-shot. Sequel to Subscribed!

- How his five minutes of killing time on kishimotion-dot-net had turned into hours of stalking Yamanaka Ino's beauty and lifestyle channel was beyond him. One-Shot. Modern-day AU. *07/16/14: Sequel up - 'Recommended'

Sasuke/Sakura. Sasuke walks back into Konoha with certain memories strategically removed. Sakura doesn't know if it does her heart good or bad that he still remembers her—but it stings when he doesn't remember Naruto. Sometimes, the big things are not so big after all.

His touch is electric and he sets her heart on fire. — Sasuke/Sakura

Sakura begs him not to go, so Sasuke stays. And year by year he falls a little more in love with the girl he couldn't leave behind. (AU in which Sasuke never abandons Konoha.)

Now it was kind of hard to explain what they were. They weren't in a relationship and if anyone was to find out about them, they would be frowned upon. No, it wasn't all that strange for random shinobi to fall into bed together, but they were usually one night stands or secretive relationships. The man she was currently curled around, was none other than Uchiha Itachi.

Sasu/Saku. He wasn't willing to open up and be happy. She wasn't able to give him a good reason to take a chance. So, why did he keep her by his side, regardless?

Red was for passion- but red was also for anger. Because she was supposed to be the heartbreaker, not the one whose heart was broken. SasuSaku, and onesided SasuKarin. Please read and review!

"I could have loved her," Sasuke says flatly. "If she'd just given me the chance—" "Sakura gave you all the chances in the world," Kakashi cuts in, stern. "You underestimated her. And you underestimated her ability to walk away from you. At the core of it all, that's where things went wrong." —Naruto/Sakura and light Sasuke/Sakura.

It's a lazy Sunday morning in the Uchiha household, and the children are still asleep. Sasuke lies with his wife and enjoys a moment of peace. SasuSaku.

Sasu/Saku. When Sasuke engaged in taking an intoxicated Sakura home safely, he never thought he would end up having a sultry, mostly one-sided conversation about whose bed was most comfortable.

Sakura wakes up away from the battlefield. In a world where things are different. People that are long dead walk the streets of Konoha, she finds memories of Haruno Sakura that are not her own, memories with Sasuke. And the longer she stays, the more she forgets who she really is. And for some reason, she can't seem to remember: that this is actually the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

A bet can lead to many things, but can it bring love? Sakura's innocence is in question, which only serves to drive Sasuke over the edge. After all, anger will always be the one thing that triggers his actions.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

AU / Fire had burned away her old life and made her anew; he'd spent his whole life in a shadow. Back to back, they fight their battles, but the war never ends.

/SasuSaku/ He would not give her the satisfaction of knowing how deeply she was affecting him. PWP. ONESHOT.

AU. Sasu/Saku. She was so afraid of hurting and losing him, that she failed to realise that, in her quest to avoid either outcome, she was pushing him away and unknowingly heading straight for both.

/SasuSaku/ She loved him best like this—when he made love to her in the morning. When they were only half awake, when he was at his most earnest, his most tender, his most vulnerable and in love. Oneshot.

AU OOC Sakura has been caught in the middle of a war, and gives her freedom in exchange for the lives of the citizens of Konoha. But lies and deceit is everywhere in court. What will happen when she is forced to choose between her heart and her home?

/SasuSaku/ Naruto's grin was far too sly to his liking. His eyes narrowed in warning, and after a moment of staring, he snapped, "What the hell are you looking at me like that for, dobe?" The blonde's grin widened, and he snickered. "Oh, you totally know why," he said, wiggling his eyebrows. ONESHOT.

Christmas Fic. AU. Sasu/Saku. Sakura had everything a woman could possibly want, but with so little time at her disposal to enjoy that, it wasn't unusual for her to feel terribly overwhelmed.

/SasuSaku/ She almost found it ironic that Sasuke, who dedicated more than half of his life to avenge his family because he loved them so fiercely, would find himself having a lack of romantic attraction to anyone as soon as he would find peace. Or so she thought. ONESHOT.

The ten years and ten separate times that Uchiha Sasuke catches himself staring at Haruno Sakura's back chronicled his descent into a maddening, consuming and achingly prosaic lunacy he fearfully acknowledges as love. [SasuSaku. Canon-verse and Postcanon-verse.]

Sakura and Naruto skive off training to engage in a snowball fight that ends up in a direction that neither expected. Not that either of them were complaining. Fluff! One-shot. Naruto/Sakura

Sakura has become proficient at loving from a distance - SasuSaku, for les on her 22nd birthday :)

Sasuke realizes he's twisted, wanting something he can't have. Maybe this is all part of his punishment. He never felt this way until he was forced to take care of her. SasuSaku

A retired avenger and tired medic find their way back to each other again. "He thanks Sakura because that is what Uchiha Sasuke does to Haruno Sakura, time and time again, arigato after arigato. Because she has always been there, chasing the cobwebs off his past, killing his ghosts in that annoyingly Sakura fashion." [SasuSaku. Oneshot. Post-war.]

She pops in his head enough, accidentally, that he doesn't need to think about her on purpose.

SasuSaku. Post-Canon. Sometimes you couldn't let go of the past without facing it again. In which Sasuke was broken, Sakura was frightened, and a shared journey to salvation eventually bloomed into love.

Sasuke's memories of Sakura are not based on sight. No: Sakura was a press of desperation along his back, a sob to "please, don't hurt them". Sakura was a cool hand around his wrist, startling against his feverish, new-cursed skin. Sakura was the taste of apples; the breeze of an open hospital window; the stinging pain of a third Chidori. Sakura resides in the heart.

Sasu/Saku. The day Uchiha Sasuke swore to protect Haruno Sakura happened long before they were assigned on the same Genin team.

Sakura imagined many firsts with Sasuke, but reality can leave its own impressions.

Sasu/Saku. Being as different as two people can possibly be, Sasuke and Sakura disagree on everything, down to the smallest details, such as the bedtime stories they tell their children. As long as she understands him, though, and as long as she continues to mean the world to him, Sasuke has learned that everything will always work out.

For SasuSaku Month 2013. Day 7: Contrary to popular belief, Sasuke is NOT the scariest Uchiha.

Whether it's love or hate or something in the middle, his pupils dilate when he sees her. — Sasuke/Sakura

Neji/Sakura. Neji's eyes are as white as snow, so it's only natural that Sakura falls in love with him in the winter. An anthology of years spent finding warmth in the coldest of seasons.

How the world goes round. NarutoSakura.

In a time where political decisions devastatingly affect the shape of their world, how will Sakura, Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke endure the uncontrollable hardships thrust upon them? Discover RED; a dramatic exploration of history repeated. Wear a mask to hide yourself; let your past follow you like the shadow of your future; and cover your eyes. They determine the value of your life

Nothing scared him more than she did. — Sasuke/Sakura, au.

Sasu/Saku. Ever since he returned to Konoha, ignoring how much a certain pink-haired teammate of his had grown proved to be quite a challenge for Sasuke. A night in Suna tests his control.

She's no one's little girl, anymore. Ino/Sakura friendship vignette.

Two-shot. "Do you love me, Sasuke-kun?" she questioned softly. "I cannot, your highness." He sighed loudly, disappointed. "I didn't ask if you could or you could not," her voice became stern, sure, "Do you love me, Sasuke-kun? Like I love you?" He pursed his lips. "More than anybody will ever allow you to know." The story of a pauper and his Princess.

For most girls, true love is first love. That should be true for Sakura, too... but there is a longing inside her that hasn't stopped NaruSaku .

Sasu/Saku. The day Sasuke lost Naruto's respect forever was the day the blond saw him apologizing to Sakura.

Collection of SasuSaku Month stories for 2012. July 18: Sasuke's sleep is disturbed by an unexpected visitor. Post-canon. July 19: A messenger-nin gets a mission that could make or break his career, or so he thinks. Post-canon. DOUBLE UPDATE!

Believe it or not—it takes a lot of love to hate you like this.

Christmas Fic. Sasu/Saku. One way or another, Sasuke has always managed to avoid being brought back to Konoha. But what happens when Sakura realizes that, just like any other man, he has a certain weakness?

Anthology. SasuSaku. Because Sasuke Uchiha is always in a league of his own.

/SasuSaku/ Day after day she comes to see him, and he doesn't know why. Post-canon. Oneshot.

/SasuSaku/ He was at a loss, and wondered if he could last alone until tomorrow. He wondered how in the world Sakura could ever leave him alone like this, two young kids and no one guaranteed to help him. Oneshot.

SasuSaku: "I don't do it because I think you're weak! I do it because—! Because I… just… Never mind." Years later it finally happened. Unfortunately, she just didn't care anymore. A story of love and irony, where one is oblivious… and the other is Sasuke.

Sasuke is the first to admit that he wants more than small, shared moments of intimacy, kisses that last only a few seconds, but linger for hours on end and sweet nothings passed between sheets in the dead of night. 20 truths.

Her voice was warm, sweet honey in his ear as she murmured, "Then come and find me, Sasuke-kun." It's the last summer before college, and he won't let her get away so easily. Posted: Epilogue!

That is why Itachi does not expect himself to fall completely and utterly for the sore thumb of a girl that waltzes gracelessly and clumsily into his life and expects even less that she will not fall back. SasuSakuIta.

Sasuke reflects on the ultimate Uchiha curse: that of being really, really, ridiculously good-looking. One man's journey to protect his children from their own physical attractiveness.

Sometimes it's the smallest things that matter the most. A collection of NaruSaku oneshots.

AU. Sakura gets pulled over by Officer Uchiha Sasuke.

SasuSaku. One-shot. She says she'll marry him, when he asks her. "I won't bother you like I did when we were genin," she jokes, smiling. "Unless you wish otherwise, it'll be like I'm not even there." And when she tells him not to worry, it's the very thing he does.

Sakura had heard once that it was very common to marry your first love, even after dating many others. After all, a first love is a first love, and they always hold a special place in your heart and mind. So, five lovely boys later, Sakura found her everything: she found love. Both Sasuke and Sakura didn't mind falling into that stereotype.

Sakura could never heal after the Fourth Shinobi War ended, but Sasuke would never find it in himself to commit another murder either.

One-shot. Sasuke feels the Sharingan whirl to life, alarmed, expecting some sort of enemy. His instincts tell him to run, to flee, to get as far away from her as he can. Unnatural, his mind screams at him, inhuman. And it's true. Because she isn't human. No, the girl who used to be his teammate has turned into Sasori's prize possession. She's nothing now. Nothing but a puppet.

"If I get married," she pushed a lock of obnoxious, candy-colored hair behind her ear, "it will be in December, around Christmas time."

Sasu/Saku. Sasuke overhears an interesting conversation and decides to take action, wanting to see the now cold and composed Sakura flustered at least once more. Little does he know that he will be the one rendered speechless.

Sasu/Saku. That night, he used to reflect. She used it to chase his doubts away.

theirs is a story that hasn't finished yet. Sasuke, Sakura and life during the war. written for ssmonth 2012

welcome back to the gang life. welcome to the nonexistent existence of a double-crosser. sasu/saku AU. for sasusaku month on lj

Never, never had he anticipated that he would understand her. Never had he anticipated that he would connect to her. Not to Sakura Haruno. To put it in terms of her astrology, he's always assumed they were opposing signs, on opposite ends of the zodiac and hopelessly unable to find any sort of common ground... Canon.

She rejects her past, while he runs from his. They leave nothing behind except everything. College AU. SasuSaku, others.

SasuSaku. Three-shot. Sasuke has been brought home after five long years, and as time goes on an evolution begins. Sakura's kind to him, when she finally stops ignoring him, but not overly so, and Sasuke finds that being in her presence is something of a novelty. She's different from what she used to be, and he's indifferent, as always. "Welcome home, Sasuke-kun." "Aa."

She watched as he graced the revolver's muzzle against his temple. He pulled the trigger. She waited. The absence of an escaped bullet silenced the tension in the room. She was relieved. That is, until he placed the revolver opposite of her. It was her turn now.

50alternates. SasuSaku. See you in the next life. 50. In the end, they ran away together.

"It was wrong, she knew, so very wrong, but here, it was just between the two of them, and he didn't seem to mind when he shuddered at the I won't tell she whispered against his cheek." AU. Warnings inside.

On day three hundred, he realises he's probably loved her all along.

Would you even try to lie and say you love me?

Dark. Sasuke/Sakura. AU. In the morning, when all the pretence has dissolved and they have finished the deeds that will become the death of them, he pretends he is asleep when he hears her sob. She breaks too beautifully, he believes.

Team 7. Sasuke/Sakura. "Sasuke, would you—if you could—take everything back to how it was?"

/ItaSaku/ /some SasuSaku/ /Dark/ /Collection of one-shots/ And, it was in the end, she realized: The beauty never really did end up with the beast. And, she was reluctant to admit that, compared to him, she was the beast.

/Sakura-centric. Light SasuSaku/ But as you embrace her fragmented heart in the palms of your shaking hands, it is all you can do to swear to mend and protect it.

Setting out on one of the most difficult missions of his life, Sasuke knew he'd need some highly skilled teammates. When the Hokage appointed Sakura and Karin to assist him, he had to wonder what she was thinking. Post-canon SasuSaku. One-sided SasuKarin.

She approached him in the training grounds hoping to terminate all forms of communication with him, only to end up expecting that she could evoke a reaction enough to salvage her last hopes.

For Sakura, Sasuke was The One. She would never have imagined the day where she would stop loving him.

Sasuke, you have to find her. Don't let her die waiting for you—and thinking she's lost you, too.

SasuSaku. An ancient law in Konoha permits people from prominent clans to buy people who aren't from clans at all. Unfortunately, Sakura just refused to believe it until her mentor confirmed that, yes, she was now owned by Uchiha Sasuke.

Our eyes are placed in front because it is more important to look ahead than to look back. AU/Sasusaku

There had been something like an understanding between them once, he thinks; the potential for something more. But with the memory of her shaking kunai and his maniacal laughter between them, neither can help but wonder if it is too late to go back.

Sasu/Saku. Sasuke had never taken Sakura for granted. No, there was more to his reasoning than that. He had never wanted her next to him, true. But that was because he was afraid—afraid to lose her. Afraid to live through his worst nightmare all over again.

Sakura finds Sasuke again in Wind Country five years after the war, when he is supposed to be dead and she is supposed to be beyond caring. Neither have been very good at meeting expectations. — SasuSaku

Christmas Fic. Sasu/Saku. Seeking help one cold winter night at his old teammate's place, Sasuke remembers just what Christmas is about.

The words that escape from his mouth burn onto you like ash, and leave remnants like smoke – they choke, strangle and lastly, laugh at you. "Do you still love me?"

"You don't have to be always trying to be perfect, you know." "Why?" "Because you already are." A tale of twists and turns, falling and being saved.

"I AM REVIVING THE UCHIHA CLAN METAPHORICALLY! METAPHORICALLY!" Things get complicated for poor Sasuke. SasuSaku. One-shot.

He pulled the trigger of the gun. The gun that he swore he would never use. She could feel the sorrow swallowing her whole when he leaned forward, his face splattered with blood from the impact. "I promised that I would always protect you, Sakura."

"Do you want me to lie or say the truth?" The tears were bottled within her eyes. "Lie," Sasuke answered. She took a while to reply—more than she should've, he thought. "Alright." Breathe in, breathe out. "I love you, Sasuke-kun."

/SasuSaku/ "How are your eyes? Do they still hurt?" Sasuke could not help but to bring up a hand to brush just under his left socket. A deep sigh left his mouth. "...They're better." Post-canon.

Sasuke has always been an Uchiha. But the question is: was he too much of one?

In which Sasuke believes that he's Justin Timberlake.

She never understood why she gave him carnations, but it always balanced out... because he didn't know why he kept them.

We were never designed to be perfect.

Ever wondered what Sasuke meant by annoying?

Sasu/Saku. When obligated to share a tent and a sleeping bag with the ex-missing nin, Sakura finds out something very, very interesting. She swears to use the newly acquired information as blackmail material, but he ends up crumbling her resolve. Again.

Sasu/Saku. In which Sasuke is the one doing the pursuing, and Sakura is giving him life lessons.

Karin just knows that she will marry Uchiha Sasuke. Then one day in walks Haruno Sakura. — AU SasuSaku, one sided SasuKarin.

Sasu/Saku. She is not the type to complain, but she truly believes that the way the cards have been dealt in her case is unfair.

Because sharing's just part of their relationship. AU. NarutoSasukeSakura.

With Naruto, Sakura doesn't know how to do a lot of things. But maybe it's okay if she still wants to try.

"I was sent to protect you," he huffed once he found her again. "I'm not going to play hide and seek with you across the country side. Quit being stubborn." Fluff.

Sasuke had made a vow with Sakura, had believed her words - "we'll never be full bodies. We can't be us any other way, but how we are now." But now she was only a replica. No warmth could exist in that bitter shell. ::SasuSaku. Cyberpunk one-shot. AU.::

where Sakura thinks that 'maybe' is just a word she uses to soften the truth. -slight sasu/saku, sakura pov drabble -for sasu/saku month at lj-

Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?

The Duke of Slaithwaite has been above reproach in every aspect of his life. Of course, when it comes to the most important aspect, he screws up ducally. A SasuSaku Regency.

A life can always be lived as illusions. "You're—" "Lie to me." "—Beautiful."

/SasuSaku/ "Now, do tell why Uzumaki called to announce this engagement of yours."

'In life, she has found out, love counts for nothing.' Sasuke, Sakura and all the lies that break between them.

He admired her. This was the woman Naruto was in love with. — Naruto/Sakura.

SasuSaku canon!drabbleseries. Well, at least the war is over.

After hearing an alluring piece of Folklore, Sakura becomes devoted to proving herself equal to the man she desires most. Sasu/Saku

Sasuke/Sakura. AU. One-shot. She has a lethal disease, and he cannot stand to lose her. She thinks of him as a friend, and he finds her to be his most precious person. "Please, God, don't let her leave me...she's all I have left..."

/SasuSaku/ But right when she caught the look in his eyes, one that was far too surprisingly honest, she caught herself thinking that maybe, yes, he did mean to praise her.

It was just one of those things. A fact, a fact as disinteresting to him as the reason why the moon orbited the earth, despite knowing it was obviously gravity. Sakura would always hopelessly love him, just as Naruto would always be loud and persistent.

AU. Sakura falls in love with a book, Kiba's trapped inside one, and Sasuke's all that can bring them together. This is a typical love triangle, but the real story is anything but traditional.

Sakura and the girls are out for a girl's night out. They go to a bar that has karaoke going for the night, and to their surprise, a drunken Naruto sings songs from his heart. How will Sakura react?

The clock is ticking. —SasuSaku.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Bennet hates her name because she was named after Austen's novel. Mark F. Williamson is a world-renowned Austen expert who is not a "people person."

Whoever said that having guys for best friends equals to no drama probably never had one. Because what happens when you fall for one of them? Answer: Drama. /SasuSaku. AU./

Let's be bulletproof. SasuSaku, NaruSaku. Massing of Angst.

Of dealing with trying to cut it clean.

There are eight years between the ages of twelve and twenty and Sakura changes with the seasons. Its a long and dusty road to happiness but just maybe they can still find the ending that fits. Sakura-centric, team 7 introspective, minor sasusaku

Life. Sasuke is back, her team is always gone, and the hospital is a grave. Sakuracentric. Updated weekly. COMPLETE!

Sasuke: Naruto thought that I walked away from a potential girlfriend; actually, I walked away with a small scrap of paper in my pocket with the words 'Airport girl' and her number written neatly on it. /SasuSaku. AU. One-shot./

oneshot, Sakura-centric, NaruSaku. But for some reason, when she lay down to sleep, a finger brushing against the smooth surface of a nail, she felt empty inside.

/SasuSaku/ A misunderstanding led to complications. Sasuke Uchiha could not handle complications right now. Not between them. But there was no way in hell that he was going to sleep on the floor.

sequel to And Then You: The weight had become a familiar one, the weight of his head lying on her chest. She lay quietly, not moving, simply listening to his calm inhales and exhales.

Sakura heeds a stern warning to make it clear how she feels about Naruto. Naruto/Sakura.

He actually permitted her to sit on the hospital bed beside him. Under normal circumstances, she knew he wouldn't have allowed it.

Uchiha Sasuke is annoyed at his lab partner, Haruno Sakura, for being useless. What does he do? He spills hydrochloric acid on her hand, of course! /SasuSaku. AU. One-shot./

AU If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return, then the curse would be lifted. If not, he would be doomed to remain a demon for all time. As the years passed, he lost all hope. For who could ever learn to love a Beast? SasuSaku

Will Darcy had absolutely everything. Until the accident. In a glimpse of what could have been, he wakes up beside Lizzy Bennet, the artist he was supposed to dump ten years ago. The fork in his path. Still, what the hell happened to his Armani suits?

AU Slight OOC SasuSaku "I don't want to hurt you." My eyes widened, and I couldn't help but let my tears fall. He saw that I was crying, and he quickly pulled me into his arms. "Just let me go." I said to him. "No. I won't." And I wish he'd say it again.

“Then prove it! Prove it to me in nine days!”. It was that, or run around naked in Konoha. Of course making the Uchiha fall in love with her was easier...right? SasuSaku

“Always remember, Sasuke. The girl you like, treat her right,” Itachi's voice echoed through his head. A walk home with Sakura brings back a memory Sasuke forgot he had.

Drabbles. Sasuke, Sakura, and a life without Konoha.

“Tell me, Miss Haruno, have you ever been with a man?” And so begins her sexual awakening in the name of art.

/SasuSaku/ "Sasuke's not going to live!" In which time means everything. "I'll give him my heart."

Daria comes back to Lawndale for her ten year reunion, and to face some ghosts of her past. Rated M for later chapters. Previously titled Ten Years.

A sasusaku: some things are not about happiness. On marriage, and lies, and coming home for warm soup. And he tells her, "You can stay."

/SasuSaku/ He would have wanted to kill them. He would have wanted to kill her. But the memories that reflected in his mind made the task impossible. And now he was finding himself helping the people he was intending to kill in the first place.

Naruto brings Sasuke back to Sakura. Many, many times over. Sasuke does not appreciate; not the blood and definitely not the angst. For NaruSaku challenge: Sugar & Spice. Team 7 Love. Revised.

I was 6, and I saw her. Haruno Sakura. AU. Sasuke's POV.

Sasuke/Sakura. “It can’t be anyone but Sakura.” “Why?” “Because she’s the only one stupid enough to love me despite everything.”

No," she snarled. "If you're going to leave again, then I want you to be man enough to say goodbye to my face." In which Sakura is stubborn and Sasuke is conflicted.

Itachi has gone blind. Though, he is grateful that he has a chance to turn over a new leaf, and even more grateful that he has found a caring friend. Will a certain Haruno Sakura be able to let him see the world through different eyes? ItaSaku AU

Endless. Everlasting. No Love can beat Death. But who knows? Maybe Sasuke's can. After all, an Avenger's love is the best love of all.

/SasuSaku/ "We accept the love we think we deserve.” Their touches aren't rough nor meaningless, but hovering somewhere in between.

He staggers, too tired to stand up on his feet properly, but too vexed to complain about anything out loud. So he just continues to walk. Sluggishly. But at least he’s moving. SasuSaku AU

AU. SasuSaku. 15 flavors. "Ino, I bet no guy can be like VitaminWater."

Sometimes, she feels like she's invisible and they can't see her. Like she wasn't real. And they finally realize she's there just when they're about to lose her.

“Remember that old rusty swing in the park?” “The one I kicked you out of?” “… Yeah.” In which he tries to rob her house, she reminisces and they have the same best friend. SasuSaku AU.

/SasuSaku/ "I don't care if I throw my life away. If that's what it takes to make your life a little happier, and that this is exactly what you need to fulfill your dreams... then I don't care. Anything and everything for you, Sasuke-kun."

Majority of Konoha's clueless denizens expected the eldest Uchiha heir to chase after his father's shadow. They were very much surprised to watch him chase after Sakura's. --- oneshot, implied sasusaku.

The bad fashion sense didn’t really stop him from loving her. SasuSaku AU.

/SasuSaku/ Sakura had always wondered why he always waited for her before leaving, or why he turned down offers of much prettier girls for a night of passion -only to spend it with her.

/SasuSaku/ Because, trust me, drinks and condoms CAN lead to the proof of one's sexual orientation—and babies, but that's a whole other story.

He is an avenger, so he leaves his soul in her eyes and his heart in her fingers. --- Sasuke, Sakura, SS, NS

Complete. AU from 309 onwards. Following a botched mission, Sakura is made a slave by Sound, a position that could very well alter the future…especially concerning a certain familiar missing-nin. SasuSaku.

Sasuke/Sakura. “Come with me, Sakura.” His words were so soothing, his touches so intimate, his kisses so real. Or, maybe, she just wanted them to be.

While gathering water at a stream, Sakura happens to meet Sasuke’s brother, Itachi. She doesn’t know who he is, but he comes to the conclusion that she knows Sasuke. "I’ve made it my secret mission to make Sasuke-kun smile more."

We were eight years old and we met at church. He was the mean-looking kid next to my crush. —SasukeSakura

Sakura's parents have died and Naruto has brought Sasuke back to Konoha. With Sasuke acting more forward with his emotions towards Sakura, will she miss the subtle hints that Naruto is slipping away? NaruSaku Complete.

She was pink, he was blue. Perfect. And yet so terribly wrong. “Why won’t you give us a chance…?” She cried. Smirk. “Because you’ll be the death of me, I swear.” And Uchihas were always right. Full sum inside. Better than it sounds, I think. SasuSaku.

/SasuSaku/ Because best friends can't fall.

“How old are you?” “Seventeen.” “How long have you been seventeen?” Blink. “Three months? You planned my freaking surprise party.” SasuSaku AU.

/SasuSaku/ "You can't want this." And with every smile, every kiss, and every touch. He realizes just how dangerous she actually is. Christmas!fic for Becca.

Of all the times that Naruto had thought about kissing Sakura, never once did he think that she would be the one to latch onto him and claim it herself. It was their first kiss. And it wouldn't be their last.

“Exactly how many basic chords are there?” “Twenty six.” “The whole freaking alphabet?” “Yes.” ItaSaku AU.

They're always close, but they never touch, and it's killing them both. One touch is all Sakura craves to set things right. SasuSaku. Oneshot.

He's bleeding out, and for the life of her, she doesn't know what to do. Confessions in all the wrong places. BI-SHOT. Contains CITRUS. NaruSaku

In her last moments, Naruto tells Sakura a story.

/SasuSaku/ Have you ever wondered how it is to live with the Uchiha prodigy? It's crazy really. How would i know? Well... My name is Haruno Sakura. I am Uchiha Sasuke's girlfriend... And I just recently moved in with him. /Sequel to: Go Ahead Kill Me/

“Er, because we‘re in a democratic country?” “Lies! ALL LIES!” SasuSaku AU.

I was nineteen. I had just passed my Jounin exam. And then I met him..."You conceited, stuckup, selfish, pathetic excuse of a man!" Unfortunately it took four years and a war for us to fall in love. SasuSaku. EDIT: First chapter now available in Vietnamese! Check out my profile for the link.

In the long run, she can never really hate him enough. SasuSaku AU.

It was like the Holy Grail. Something that anyone would die to get their hands on. Something that anyone would want to read, even if it meant they had to kill. And I was pretty sure that if I sold it on Ebay, I would be richer than Donald Trump.

He's broken. He yearns for her. He's afraid of getting broken once again. SasuSaku

/SasuSaku/ Frown. She has... -cringe- "Matured."

AU. SasuSaku. So there's something I've always wanted to say to you.

/SasuSaku/ His habit: Get in bed, wrap an arm around her waist, let his chest press against her back. Then sleep. "Do you take Haruno Sakura, to be your wife? Through thick and thin, sickness and health..blahblahblah.." Pause. Nod. "I do." Smirk. I do.

Tears seeped through tightly closed eyes, lining thick eyelashes and it all went unnoticed by the only man she could ever love, she really was a slave to him in every way. Inspired by Nightwish .:SasuSaku, NejiSaku, AU:.

Sometimes words are all a shinobi can have. NaruSaku.

/SasuSaku/ As her mask started to fall, Sasuke couldn't help but stare at the pink hair falling out of the hair tie and the mask's grasp. He caught a glimpse of those pained emerald eyes, and his eyes became wide with shock, his heart skipping a beat. He couldn't bring himself to believe it.

OneShot. SasuSaku NaruSaku. Conflicted at a crossroad: a love long sought after, or one hidden in the sidelines. For Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke, getting what you want most doesn't ever come easy.

This is not an epic tale of action, suspense and true love. Yeah, I'm disappointed, too. NaruSaku

/SasuSaku/ Sasuke and Sakura are fighting alone and it comes to the point where Sasuke has the chance to kill her... Will he?

AU. SasuSaku. She says that he's the most gorgeous man she's ever laid eyes on. He says she's perfection in a picture. They won't say what counts, but it's still love.

He never stopped hoping... despite knowing that his heart would be crushed into a million pieces. Hikaru's POV.

It hadn't been anything like what she had imagined. The morning after, Sakura reminisces. One-shot. NaruSaku

In which Sakura is doubtful, and Sasuke is otherwise. And maybe, just maybe, they'll have their happily-ever-after. sakuracentric and sasukecentric. sasusaku, with various other implied pairings.

The truth behind the lies. Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke, and a Lie Detector Machine, all revolving in the ANBU exam. Who said the road on becoming ANBU was easy? Sasusaku. CRACK fic.

A marriage contract was signed to seal a treaty of peace. She fell in love at first sight. In one horrifying night he was dead. The treaty still holds, but her new betrothed holds secrets behind his cold, emotionless facade.

Naruto, Sakura. Sakura, the men in her life, and how they all abandon her. Usually.

Team Hebi takes the term 'Peeping Tom' to a whole new level. Finally, their big boy Sasuke is growing up and becoming a man, but this time they're gonna see first hand just how much of a 'man' he actually is. Crack, Oneshot, Sasuke&Sakura

SasuSaku It hurts to know when she thinks you're joking when you confess. But then, love hurts right? And despite that fact, you still manage to smile for her, and that's the irony of it. AUOOC

Whatever happens, he knew there was one more thing he must protect. Her smile. AUOOC SasuSaku

In which Sakura wants to be most precious in someone's heart, and Sasuke tries to oblige. Not all love stories are romances because some are better. [sasusaku] [oneshot]

The urgency in wanting to touch her rushed through me. I wanted to touch her. I wanted to feel her body against mine. It was too late. I was already fixated on her, I needed to have her with me. I needed to feel her, I needed to kill her. [Descriptive Lim

Little Naruto and little Sakura meet one day and Naruto receives a precious gift. Now watch how their relationship changes as years goes by. NaruSaku

Is she real...or isn't she? They say Sakura's dead but she's standing right there in front of me. SasuSaku

The Uchiha clan would rise yet again, magnificent in all its aspects. Perfect. Even though Sasuke wasn’t. She was light and he was darkness, after all. [sasukecentric. sasusaku. drabble.]

Today will never come back. -sasusaku-

Caught between love and lust [SasuSaku]

Sakura notices something odd in the mirror, and since her mother seems hesitant to explain what's going on, she decides to find her own answers...but is she ready for the truth? First place winner in the 2006 Great Heaven and Earth Fanfiction Contest.

He said it once. She heard it one thousand and two times.

Where there is love, there is pain. [sasu saku]

She was born to create trouble, thus, landing her in that dump of a summer school which would turn out to be the place with the best memories of her life. AU/sasusaku

Eliza’s an outspoken American, Darcy’s a blueblood British lawyer. Eliza’s prejudiced to think that her opinion is the only one worth having, Darcy’s pride causes him to be ill suited to recommend himself to Americans. Can hate turn to love? Perhaps...

How many times would you say I love you?

[oneshot. SasuSaku with others implied. slightly AU.] It was only a fortune cookie, something made in a factory, not a temple. No reason at all to suspect that anything that stupid strip of paper said was true. But that didn’t quite stop her from hoping.

Sasuke and Sakura are both unwillingly thrust into the largest televised kissing contest in the city for charity. Hope someone brought the breath mints.

Uchiha Sasuke has been turned into a halfcat and stuck in his 8yr old body! Sakura is assigned to take care of him until a cure is discovered. But will he ever return back to normal? SasuSaku slight OOC

Her heart was stolen. Her life was taken away. She's a victim of love, and Uchiha Sasuke is downright guilty. [sasusaku]

[OneShot] “Good morning Sasuke!” She cheerfully shouted. She carefully placed the small tin onto an emptied spot on his desk, making sure not to put it on top of any important documents he might’ve been working on. “Hn,”[Sequel Added]

When the rain falls... Sakura is betrayed one too many times, but is saved by the person who loves her most. Bad summary, good story. Fluffy oneshot. NaruSaku.

[SasuSaku] ”Things are different now. We’re not the same as before.” Oneshot.

A little version of Sakura and Sasuke's married life: The day they were married, it rained. It’s what Sakura thinks about as she stares out the window, waiting for him to come home. He is never late. One Shot.

[Collection of OneShots] The last of the three SasuSaku Disasters has finally been completed. A collection of sad tales, of how Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura's lives twist and turn. Last story: [[Everlasting Fairytale]]

You watch her, careful that she never sees, never realizes, never hopes for anything more than cold disdain. Maybe you’re a sadist. Or a masochist. Or just stupid. But still she smiles, breathtaking and beautiful. And for you. [SasuSaku] [Oneshot]

[SakuSasu NaruSaku oneshot Character deaths] When Sakura was young, she was told that if you make 1000 paper birds you'll get one wish. But her wish keeps changing with the events of her life.

AUOOC 'Smile for me' that was what he would always tell her whenever she was sad or crying. And for that, he always took her picture whenever she does smile for him, because that always meant a picture perfect to him. SasuSaku

Oneshot Sasuke is pronounced dead after a long mission, what will Sakura and his son think? And what happens when Sasuke isn’t supposedly dead? Lots of Fluff! Oneshot!

[SasukeSakura]He was enggaged to a very beautiful woman, everything was planned...his emotions were in check...and just when everything was perfect...she passed by...intriguing him with her unusual pink hair and dazzling green eyes...

Uchiha Itachi takes the necessary steps to make the clan he always wanted.

/OneShot/SasuSaku/ When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned: do not have sex with the authorities.

AU Prologue The next day was the day I confessed to you, the day we became together, and before that day ever came, you ended our relationship. SasuSaku

The real, sober, daytime Haruno Sakura wouldn’t have spoken so candidly to Hyuga Neji like this. There was a sick kind of longing in her smile. Sidefic to Rosemary for Remembrance. NejiSaku, implied SasuSaku, NejiHina

AU SasuSaku Haruno Sakura, a daughter of the leader of Japan, is in danger. Her father hires a bodyguard, who is actually a part of the Yakuza who is after her. However, what can you do if you start falling for the target? Contains Lime or more...

She thinks it's impossible to get over something that never was. He thinks there's nothing left. A few years later, Sasuke and Sakura pick up where they left off. Sort of.

My romance masterpiece. Playing with kisses, emotions and death is always arousing...especially when the game is played by the sex god, Uchiha Sasuke. [SasuSaku] [prequel to Angels Still Fall from the Skies]

Oneshot [SasuSaku] She loved it whenever his possessive side for her emerged.

“Angels fall in love with angels. Demons know not what love is. Angels and demons do not fall in love with each other.” The Universal Rule must not be broken. [sasusaku]

Sasusaku. Sakura has to come to terms with the Uchiha bastard. 'Why would he ask ME to train with him if he thinks I'm annoying and weak in the first place? Bastard. Bastard. BASTARD.' Slightly crack. Oneshot.

A few years after the manga: Sasuke managed to kill his brother, but there is no feeling of relief. He uses Sakura to fill the emptiness within his heart in a way she did not expect. Rating just to be safe. Sasuke x Sakura FINISHED!

[SasuSaku] Now that Sasuke had a taste, will he still be at peace with himself? Or will the secret continue to haunt him for as long as he lives? Sequel to “Worst Days”

[SasuSaku] [Oneshot] Trouble ensues when Sasuke and Sakura get stuck in a deserted alleyway... with a number of Sasuke's fan girls tailing after them!

SasuSaku. Angst. Sasuke had only nodded, immediately falling into old habits him counting cracks in the sidewalk, her smiling politely at a spot just over his left shoulder. Take a walk? he had finally said.

NaruSaku. Everything to everyone, Naruto thinks that he can never be what he really wants to one important person.

[SasuSaku] One-shot. A game of truth or dare brings Sakura closer to Sasuke than she thought possible.