In the moments after Hashirama skipped out there was a beat of silence between the two left in the room. Slowly Sakura started to come to her senses that her current position on top of Tobirama was not only inappropriate, but had given his brother the wrong idea about them. Well, in such a situation as this the most logical solution would have been to quickly dislocate herself from his person, however her mind and emotions had different ideas completely. Not only was she frozen with a mixture of humiliation and embarrassment, her treacherous eyes were locked in an intense staring competition with the male below her. It wasn't often that Sakura found herself in such a situation, and she guessed neither did he. Maybe they stayed like that for a minute or for an hour, all she knew was it was starting to get a tad bit awkward. It seemed as though he was patiently waiting for her to get off, not staring romantically into her eyes like inner had suggested.

With as much dignity that she could muster, the pink haired woman gently eased herself up, out of quite possibly the worst situation she had been in, in a while. However, Tobirama had other ideas. His hands planted themselves onto her waist and slowly brought them back down to him, to resume her straddling position over him. His eyes seemed to relax a little, which they rarely ever did, and clouded over with something that looked a little like desire but wasn't strong enough to be lust. Sakura's breath hitched in her throat as she watched him intently for what he would do next. Kami knew that there was no way in hell that she would be making the first move, in fear of rejection. Years of this from Sasuke had somewhat damaged her capacity for failure and sometimes still haunted her to this day.

His hands squeezed her sides softly before slowly caressing her lower back and hips. Tobirama knew exactly what he was doing. He knew that this issue with the elders would cause her to avoid him completely, and he had to admit that he had become rather fond of her and the company she provided. He wasn't willing to give this up just yet, however is also wasn't willing to let the subject drop. He had tested her truthfulness, and loyalty to her teammates and she had yet to disappoint him. In his mind he knew that there was a very good chance that she knew exactly what had happened to his former students and thus wanted to spend this little intimate opportunity in case they went from friends to foes.

Tobirama was a product of his time. In his generation feminism and equality didn't exist. Women's rights didn't exist. Anything that even implied anything other and patriarchy didn't exist. Therefore he saw no harm in gently guiding her forward to place a chaste kiss upon her lips. He knew that she didn't expect it, but nor did he care. Right now he wanted a type of intimacy with her that was hard to come by during his era. A part of his person that was often supressed, truly desired possession over the girl. He wanted to do what was usually done in his time and make a claim over her so no other man could touch her like he currently was. The purpose of a claim to purely for possession, not marriage. There was a lot a stigma surrounded by the women who found themselves in such circumstances.

He didn't care about this though, right now the most important feeling was her slightly grinding up against his body to deepen the kiss even more. He reciprocated accordingly and weaved a hand though her hair in order to angle her face into a more comfortable position. His other hand had wiggled its way up her shirt and rubbed soothing circles around her back to coax her to lean closer to him. At this point their bodies were more or less meshed together and their breathing had become ragged while they increased the intensity of the kiss. Their tongues intertwined and somewhere in the back of Sakura's mind she thought that this wasn't the best thing to do, but her senses completely dazed her to the point where she didn't want to the rational part of her mind anymore. She wanted to feel, she wanted to connect in a way that she had been denied for so long.

Her hands moved to tangled within his hair as she deepened the kiss even more, a while later they paused from their activities in order to put some air back into their lungs.

Sakura…. This is really a bad idea, I know he's hot and everything but… Outer had been pleading continuously and right now Sakura thought it was best to listen. This kiss had just pushed their relationship into another zone that neither were sure whether the outcome would be good or bad.

Tobirama could see the conflict bubbling within her, keeping her here when she was obviously starting to doubt her actions would damage whatever progress he had made, so with a sigh he dropped his fingers from her hips and allowed her to get up. Upon standing, Sakura's once strong demure around him had become skittish and shy.

"Did I scare you, Sakura?" deliberately dropping is tone an octave or so Tobirama watched her like a hawk and took slow purposeful steps towards her while her opted to retreat as he came ever closer.

Soon enough, she had backed herself into the wall and cursed herself for her stupidity. Tobirama's hands came up either side of her head so now she was looking directly into his eyes.

"I'm not scared of anything, Tobirama", her defiant edge came back with her refusal to back down from what seems to be a challenge.

At this point, Tobirama had already made his mind up. He wanted her. He wanted this enigma that was Haruno Sakura. He wanted the girl who could break the earth with a single punch, yet use these same hands to heal a nation. He wanted her all to himself. Dipping his head again he lips made contact to hers with a certainty that wasn't there previously. Pulling back once more to gaze into her emerald eyes he whispered slowly, "Don't think for a second that I've forgotten about the elders, but trust you and I trust that you wouldn't willing do anything to harm Konoha. Right, Sakura?"

Staring back into his dark eyes, Sakura understood the intent behind his words. By kissing her he was opening himself up in a way that he had never done before, but any sort of betray from her would see the end what they had newly established and quite probably her life.

"I understand." The enormity of the situation hit her and she knew that she had to tell someone, mostly likely Tsunade. With a few parting words and a tender albeit small smile from Tobirama, Sakura took her leave and made a beeline for the orphanage to find Naruto in the hopes of dragging him to see Tsunade with her. The walk to the orphanage gave Sakura some much needed time to clear her thoughts on what had just happened between Tobirama and herself.

I'm not sure whether he likes you... Or just wants claim over you…

I don't know either, Outer. I didn't expect any of this…

Since his healing Itachi had been enjoying his new lease on life, it seemed as though all of his sacrifices had turned out for the better. He had his family back. But not only that, his village was safe thanks to his selflessness. Although a small part of him worried over the safety of Sasuke and what punishment would befall him for the murder of the Elders. The older Uchiha couldn't remember being so positive about life. Looked to the corner to observe his mother smile faintly at his father, his mind drifted back to the fateful day he had to massacre his own clan. Even in the face of death, his parents had supported his alliance to his village and gave him closure as he killed them in cold blood.

What village would order a person to kill their own family? Their own flesh and blood?

This is a question that had plagued him for many years after their deaths. If it wasn't for his will of fire, Itachi was sure that he would have succumbed to the manipulation of Madara and destroyed Konoha for what they made him do. Even still the bitterness sometimes gripped his soul so hard that it took all of his strength to force down the hatred.

Sasuke had told them that soon he would reveal the truth to the people of Konoha and openly admit that he was the cause of the death of the Elders. For once in his life Itachi didn't view their deaths to be a waste of live. He knew very well that they weren't the ones to order the massacre, but he knew that did nothing to stop it and watched idly as his clan was pushed to the edge of society. There were times when the Uchiha heir would question what life would have been like if he actually sided with his father and supported the Coup. Would they still be alive? Or killed by their hatred?

The former ANBU soldier stared unseeingly ahead, his eyes cloudy with the memories that haunted him, memories of the night that decided his fate. The unsuspecting Men, women and children he had killed all in the name of peace, all in the name of his village. He was redeemed, but they were buried and gone. The ones who had nothing to do with the coup and were only guilty by association. Fugaku eyed Itachi with a thoughtful expression on his face. Who would have thought that he would have a son so selfless and devoted to his village? The small feeling of pride mustered within him as he remembered when he had learnt of Itachi's loyalties.

He and his wife had their knees folded beneath them on a sit, as they sat side by side and awaited Itachi's entrance. They knew he had been sent to kill them, yet they couldn't be prouder. The kill family in the sake of what you believed in. how many could do such a thing? None that he knew.
Fugaku pondered the final moments of his life, on the night he was killed when Itachi sobbed quietly with a katana extended from his arm.

"The way we think is different, but I'm still proud of you… you truly are a gentle child…"

Not once did he regret his action, but had more or less come to see things in a different light. His curse of hatred had been lifted and Kami had blessed him with a second change to get things right. He'd be damned if he messed up again.

Unfortunately for the pinked hair kunoichi, instead of finding Naruto, she should Sasuke. Well to be precise he found her. They were now sitting on top of the roof to her house in silent while the wind softly blew over them. She didn't know what he wanted, but was fairly certain it had to do with his family.

"Tobirama knows I am aware of what happened to the elders." Her ex-crush just nodded in acceptance of her words, not seemingly surprised.

"I'm sorry for threatening you." His apology was short and simple, another way of him showing that he didn't really care if she accepted it or not, he was doing his best.

A soft sigh escaped her lips as she pondered what to say next, something to get him out of this mess he had created and dragged Naruto and her into. "It's okay. Well, it's not but you're doing the best that you can." Eyeing his profile she asked, "When will you tell Tsunade?"

"Now… come with me." It sounded like a command but she knew very well that he was asking, and once more she found herself questioning how much she really knew about her former teammate. He was asking for her support, he was asking that she stand by him when he needed her the most.

"Alright let's go."

Tsunade closed her eyes, hiding the hazel eyes that lay beneath her lids. Her before her was her prized student and a stupid brat did whatever he wanted to. How was she going to explain to the council and Daimyo that the Elders had been killed by the very same shinobi she had fought to pardon. She was going to be the laughing stock of the nation.

Tsunade didn't take disgrace very well.

Opening her eyes, they now had a razor sharp tint to them. On one hand she could sympathize with his actions and understand where his emotions stemmed from, but on the other hand murder was murder and she couldn't let his getaway scot free.

"Let me ask you something, Uchiha. You killed the Elders because they didn't stop your clan from being massacred, but why haven't you killed Hiruzen? I mean, as the Hokage at the time, wouldn't that make him directly responsible for the death of your clan?"

Sasuke froze at her questioning and mentally questioned his own motives. Killing Hiruzen had never even occurred to him, in his mind the fault was entirely the Elders and Danzō.

"Hiruzen-san disagreed with Danzō's methods."

"How do you know the elders didn't?"

"I don't."

There was a beat of silence as the temperature of the room dropped by a few noticeable degrees. Sakura stood to the side of Sasuke, hands clasped in front of her and legs crossed at the ankles. She was anxious and felt torn, between her mentor and teammate.

"Hiruzen sacrificed his life for the village, the elders have done no such thing. I don't not regret their deaths nor will I apologize for justice."

"Hmm. Brave words by a foolish boy. However honourable you think you are, you seem to forget that it is always the ones you are about that will suffer. I'll be blunt with you. No one in their minds is going to want to lose a valuable asset like the Sharingan, so you're safe. But what about Sakura? The teammate with no special clan to defend her or an irreplaceable blood line? Answer me."

Clenching his hand in frustration he retorted, "I'll protect her, you'll protect her, and Naruto will protect her. It doesn't matter anyway, Sakura can protect herself. She's not weak." The last part was said so softly she nearly missed it, but what she didn't miss was the slight look of approval that glinted within Tsunade's eyes.

"I'll hold an emergency meeting with the council and the necessary people tomorrow morning. Tonight I want you to sneak your family in so that they may attend. Nobody must know of them until I say so, understand?"

"Hai, Hokage-sama!"

"Hai."

They had returned to Sakura's house and were currently laying on her bed, Sasuke was on his back with one arm behind his head and the other over his eyes, while Sakura was on her side facing him. He looked so peaceful with his eyes closed. In their genin days he always looked haunted, on edged ready to attack, but now… it was different. He was different. Never in a million years did she think that she'd be lying on the same bed as Uchiha Sasuke.

Neither did she ever think he'd turn and put his hand on her cheek.

Sorry this is late guys, but I hope you like it. I'm really liking the TobixSaku moment in this chapter. I hope things aren't going too fast but then again I don't want it to be too slow either.

If you guys have anything you want to see let me know so that I can try and add it in.

I plan on rewriting the first 3 chapters soon, to make the writing better and also I want to be finished with this story in a few more chapters. Right now I don't plan making this story have more than 15 chapter but we'll see.

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