Author's before-notes: I've had new story favorites with the last few chapter, so I hope this meets your needs 3 If you guys haven't heard Jeremy Renner's new album Live for now, you definitely should! I listened to it on youtube while writing this. That man is so underrated 3 I love him. Ahem, alright, shall we? Sakura and Sasuke's Separation chapter :D

"Neh, Sasuke-kun, let's spar," Sakura suggested casually while doing dishes.

She saw one onyx eye turn to her but the pinkette kept her eyes on her chore. "As soon as I'm finished here, let's go to a remote location so that we don't have to hold back, and let's spar. Like good old times?" Even to her ears, the last sentence sounded hollow but she had made her decision and she was determined to follow it through.

Hinata did it. Why couldn't she?

All the response she got was "Hn." However she heard as the Uchiha stood and started moving around their home.

20 minutes later, both ninjas were geared up and Sasuke's rinnegan was already opening a portal. She pulled her last glove on as she stepped through the swirling portal to reveal the barren landscape now surrounding her. Sakura recognized it to be the same place that Naruto and Sasuke had leveled during their last fight as enemies before Sasuke had lost. Fitting, she mused, stretching her muscles as she walked away from her husband.

Naruto had always said that he could feel what his opponent was thinking simply by fighting. Sakura had proved the Blondes theory multiple times over the years. Rock Lee was proof of that as well. As she turned to face her opponent and dropped into her fighting stance, Sakura hoped to prove both the blonde and Konoha's Green Beast correct once more. There were so many things she wanted to say to Sasuke, but words, she knew wouldn't be enough for what she was feeling. The pinkette wanted him to feel her love, her anguish, her hope for the future, and her determination to move past him.

After all, this was hers and Sasuke's last duel as a couple.

The world around her fell away as Sakura took a deep breath in, her fists tightening. As she exhaled, both she and Sasuke kicked off the ground.

Hit, hit, hit, block, block, block, hit, block, hit. Back and forth, the couple exchanged and blocked blows, each taking as much as they gave. Sakura could feel his bones breaking underneath her fists, and Sasuke could feel where there were delays in her defense that normally wouldn't have been. As their spar continued, Sasuke couldn't help but feel that perhaps Sakura was taking hits on purpose, almost as if punishing herself using him as the tool to do the damage.

As for Sakura, the medic nin poured her feelings into each attack. Her grief of losing her dream, her despair over losing her husband (no matter how superficial it had been), her happiness that Sasuke and Naruto are finally on the same page, and her hope for the future. After all, none of them were the same people as they were when they had started on their journeys together as genin.

After half an hour of the couple going back and forth, Sakura found herself laying on her back staring up at the sky. She was panting heavily, though it sounded more like wheezing. Sasuke was standing over her as the victor though he crumpled to his knees once that distinction had been noted. Both of their clothes were ripped as neither had held back but Sakura could admit that while she couldn't stand on equal ground like Naruto could, the pinkette had to admit that she could at least give the man a run for his money.

Sasuke looked exhausted.

After she pulled herself into a sitting position, she motioned for the dark haired man to join her. Without waiting for his consent, she immediately started healing his more severe wounds. However, Sakura made sure to keep her eyes down. She could admit to herself that she was half to look into Sasuke's eyes, afraid of what she would see there. Especially with what she had to say next.

"Sasuke-kun," she started, gulping her feelings down. "I'm officially kicking you out. I will also be filing for divorce and will make the Hokage approve it by the end of week."

"Sakura…"

She shook her head, stopping him from saying anything more. "Hinata-chan has finally left Naruto right? It's finally your opportunity to get to him before anyone else does, right?"

She hated herself.

That was all there was to it. Even she could hear the tremble of tears in her voice and it disgusted her to no end. She wanted to give her teammates, her family, her blessing. Yet it seemed that it took all she had just not to cry all over her husband. Still, while her voice was being traitorous, her eyes were drier than she'd thought they'd be.

Finishing her healing of any of the worst, Sakura lifted her emerald eyes to meet Sasuke's worried mismatched eyes. Slowly, to give him time to pull away from her, Sakura ran her hand, first through his bangs and pulled them out of his face. With one onyx and the rinnegan looking back at her, Sakura smiled softly at him in amusement. He was always so busy trying to repent, to show Naruto that he was sorry for the damage he had caused as a teenager, that the adult Sasuke had never taken anything for himself other than the continuation of his bloodline. All of team 7 (surrogates included) had spent so many of the early years protecting and defending Sasuke to the rest of the world. Taking the one hand that was holding his bangs out of his face, the pinkette shifted her palm to cup the Uchiha's cheek, her thumb rubbing back and forth. After taking one last look, Sakura retracted her hand just enough for Sasuke to think she was pulling back before she poked him in the forehead.

Sasuke's eyes widened for a moment before he gave her a small smile. "I'm sorry Sakura."

"Go. Tell Naruto-kun that I said you both have my blessing and the sooner he processes the divorce paperwork, the less the council will be able to say about your relationship," Sakura said softly, her chest feeling tight. However she couldn't tell if it was in pain or if it was merely releasing the stress the last several years caused her.

Sasuke held his hand out to her but she shook her head as she had no desire to go anywhere. "Hn." Reaching down, Sasuke grabbed one of her arms and threw her over his shoulder. As he opened a portal that led back into their home back in Konoha, Sakura felt an embarrassed blush creep up her face. He set her down on the couch before moving straight to the door, obviously eager to see their oldest teammate.

"Are you sure Sakura?" He asked, pausing at the door without looking over his shoulder.

She nodded, but remembering that his back was turned to her, she simply waved. "Go before I change my mind."

The pinkette watched as the Uchiha turned his rinnegan eye towards her before nodding and walking out the door.

Finally, that chapter of her life was closed and she could move on. She hoped.

Author's Notes: and the splitting up of couples is wrapped up 3 I don't know guys, I'm not as satisfied with this ending as I thought I'd be. Naruto's and Hinata's felt way more powerful than Sakura and Sasuke's, but this is what came out. I hope you enjoyed 3