A/N: Here it is! The long awaited second chapter of You and Me! I'm really sorry for making you wait so long, but I stopped watching Naruto (but I started again and so far, I'm only up to episode 145…) and I lost all my inspiration. If you haven't read the re-edited chapter one, then I suggest that you do, just in case you get confused. I'm not really keen on updating Paper Moon. Actually, I want to remove it. This is in Sasuke's POV. I'm really, really sorry if this is boring though! Enjoy this chapter!

You and Me

Chapter 2 – Her

How dare she think that she can tell me what I can or cannot do? I thought as I walked along the now dimly lit streets.

I really don't have anything better to do after school. If I went home, I'd probably have to put up with my demanding older brother, Itachi Uchiha. My father might still be at work. Typical of him anyway. My mother may be holding one of her famous tea parties where she keeps trying to get me to fall in love with her 'close' friend's daughters. I keep telling her that I'm not interested, but will she listen? No.

I continue to walk past more stores and houses. I stopped and sighed. Everything was so bothersome today! One, I wasn't really in the mood to put up with Akina's complaints and two, that Haruno girl thinks she can get me to do whatever she says.

I honestly can't help but feel so cold towards everyone. Maybe it was the way that I was brought up. Sure, I come from one of the wealthiest families in Konoha, but all that money can't hide the fact that my parents and older brother weren't always there for me. I always had maids and nannies looking after me. And even now, I still do.

My mother might once in a while say that she loves me or show some affection, but that won't patch up the loneliness and emptiness that I felt as I was growing up.

I kicked some wooden crates that were near me angrily. Some of them even collapsed to the ground.

I clenched my fist and pounded it against the wall. Why? Why do I feel this way!

Then, the afternoon breeze blew gently against me and I felt my navy coloured hair brush softly across my face.

I looked up and saw that the sky was now splashed with different shades of red, orange and yellow. I had never stayed out this late before.

From where I was standing with my hands tucked into my pockets, the Uchiha Estate was in the opposite direction and it would take me at least 20 minutes to walk home.

I then began to run home. The setting around me became a big blur. I was running so fast, that I didn't even realise that I had accidentally run into a dark alleyway where I think, all the drunken idiots hang around after they had too much to drink.

I quickly surveyed the atmosphere around me and luckily, no drunken losers were out yet. As I turned around to escape from the darkness, someone pulled me back by my collar.

The reeking smell of wine was coming from whoever was holding me back. I wrinkled my nose in disgust. Was he really that drunk?

"You…you're one of the Uchiha brats aren't you?" He asked, the strong smell of wine escaping from his mouth.

I struggled to run off, but his grip on my collar was firm. He shook me. Along with his horrible bad breath, I felt the whole world spinning around me.

I managed to smirk at him. "So what if I am one of the Uchiha brats?" was my smart reply.

He smiled at me. But it wasn't in a warm, friendly way. It was as if he were a devil. I didn't like this at all.

"Then you're going to make me a lot of money…You're one of the heirs to the enormous Uchiha fortune…" He whispered.

What the hell is this drunken idiot going on about?

I didn't know. Because I was hit hard on the head. As I fell down onto the cold, dusty ground, I saw the image of my attacker and more approaching drunken losers. He was smirking as if he were rewarded a lifetime supply of wine or whatever else he drinks.


My mind was foggy and I don't really remember what happened afterwards. I tried to move, but then I was hit back. I looked around and saw that I was trapped in a sack. Fantastic. This is really what I wanted to happen to me.

I rummaged around in my pocket, until I felt cold steel. I extracted my pocket knife and opened it up. I worked on cutting open the sack, so I could at least attempt to escape.

After several more tries, I managed to slice open a big enough hole for me to fall out.

Then, I fell right out of the sack. As I fell down, I tried hard not to make any noise, so that my abductor wouldn't realise that I was trying to escape. I looked up at the sky and found that it was pitch black.

I cursed silently to myself. Where I was, I didn't know. But I knew that I was still in Konoha.

"Hey Hiro! Your little moneybag is trying to make a run for it!" a deep, rough voice called out.

I turned around and saw that it wouldn't be easy trying to escape. Especially when your abductor brings in about, five other backups.

I got up and then fought against all the five large men. I knew that it wouldn't be easy, but all the men in my family were strictly trained to be fit in fighting.

In the end, I managed to knock them all unconscious.

"That's what you get, for trying to kidnap me," I said frostily as I stepped over them.

As I walked away, a rough hand reached out and grabbed my arm. I turned to meet the cold, beady eyes of the so called 'Hiro', my original kidnapper.

"Hey! Let go of me!" I shouted out loudly, with small hopes that someone had heard my cry.

"Shut the bloody hell up kid!" He answered roughly.

Hiro then tied my arms and legs up. "You're going to make me a ton of money Uchiha," said Hiro greedily.

Before I could answer back, he tied a handkerchief around my mouth. I tried to talk, but all I could do was make muffled sounds.

I looked at him as if he were an infected disease. This was not funny, so I couldn't see any reason why he was laughing.

I closed my eyes and silently prayed that this was all a dream.


When I opened up my eyes again, I saw that my surroundings had once again changed. I wasn't in the darkness anymore, but in a house. In someone's elegant basement. To me, it didn't look like a basement, but more of a guest room.

I tried to move, but my legs and arms were tied up, along with my mouth. This wasn't all a dream.

The only thing that I could do, was shuffle around and I must've been really loud, because then, I heard footsteps approaching me.

The light in this basement was already turned on, but I was placed in a corner, where there wasn't that much light.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" A high, girly voice called out.

She spotted me and then quickly ran over to me. She untied the tight handkerchief that was stopping me from talking and was shocked to see who I was. I was shocked to see who she was as well, but I didn't show it.

My 'rescuer' was none other than Sakura Haruno. Sakura Haruno. Why her out of all people?

I knew that my face was covered in a lot of dirt, but she managed to recognise me anyway.

"Are you all right…Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura worriedly.

I looked at her sharply. "Do I look like I'm alright?"

"God, I was just asking. If you want, I can always tie the handkerchief back on…" said Sakura as she was pointing to the handkerchief that was now on the floor.

I was panicking. If she tied it back on, there were high chances that I might suffocate.

"No! Don't!" I shouted and she eyed me. "Could you please untie my legs and arms?"

Sakura scowled but did what I asked her to do. After she had untied them, we both noticed that there were a lot of red marks where the ropes once where.

"What are you doing here?" asked Sakura curiously.

"Ask that Hiro man. I think he wanted me here so he could make money. Ransom or something like that," I explained.

"Can't you return on your own?" asked Sakura. This girl was full of questions. But maybe, just maybe, she could help me escape.

"With all the guards out there? I doubt it," I pointed out.

Sakura stood up and peeked through the window and exhaled heavily as she sat back down.

"So, what are you going to do?" asked Sakura uneasily.

I looked around uncomfortably. "I don't know. I don't know Sakura," I responded using her name for the first time.

I then felt a sharp, blistering pain in my back. I placed an arm over it, but that made it even worse.

"What's wrong?" asked Sakura concernedly as she leaned over to where the pain in my back was throbbing.

"It doesn't concern you," I snapped coldly.

She looked at me harshly before inspecting my back. "You've been wounded Sasuke-kun. Let me help you,"

I pushed her away as forcefully as I could. "I don't need you Haruno!"

She stared at me with those calming emerald green orbs of hers. Without saying anything, she left the basement.

I sat up against the wall and closed my eyes. How did I end up in Haruno's house? Why do I have to be here? Were the questions that drifted in my mind.