A/N: Hey all. Thanx for reviewing! I decided to update sooner this time because it was such a long time for the last one and besides, that one was way short…

I think this chapter is funny… Me thinks I like this one the best.

Murderous Alliance

Sasuke gasped when he realized what he had just done. It was sort of funny that way… Itachi, his older brother, would always flick his forehead in such a manner and bringing it up would only cause a wave of frustration and anger to spring to life in the younger Uchiha's eyes… but now… nothing happened. It was almost a natural thing for him to do to himself. And it didn't bring forth any pain as it had done in the past.

Maybe it was because Itachi… was now dead.

He sighed. Yes, he had finally committed his dream and now here he was lounging on his couch living life without any worries of the man.

Now, what was he to do with himself?

Tonight would be the new moon. The new moon… What was a new moon anyway? What did that mean? How is the moon new if there is only one moon for their planet?

Sakura had started out thinking about the excitement. This would be the first time she would see the new moon, how awesome would that be! But then, questions that could probably never be answered filled up her head and she had to stop thinking… for a few seconds.

She was strangely fascinated with the moon ever since she first saw it in the window of her hospital room. It seemed so close she could almost touch it…

It was beautiful.

Dusk was slowly rolling around and Sakura was just about finished with dinner.

Sasuke was already home, much to her surprise and was even out of his room. Moving about. It was sort of a nice change, she had to admit, and she watched him in the corner of her eye as he walked about the room, tidying up a bit.

'I wonder if he's having company over. Close friends? Relatives? …Oh no… Could it be! Could it be his long-distant girlfriend!'

The knife, of which she was using to slice up some chicken, slipped slightly, making her accidentally slice off her finger.

She screamed in pain as blood squirted all over the place.

Nah, just kidding.

The knife, of which she was using to slice up some chicken, slipped slightly, making her accidentally nick her pointed finger, and she dropped the knife as a sudden reaction to the unexpected cut.

Sasuke heard a yelp come from her direction and it was so out of nowhere that he dropped the book in his hands and prepared to attack. When he saw nothing coming he looked at Sakura, only to find her jumping from foot to foot, holding her left index finger.

Seeing the cutting board in front of her and the knife a couple inches away, he put two and two together and made cupcakes.

She had cut herself.

He sighed with a slight smile as he made his way over to where she was and grabbed her left hand, much to her surprise and he happened to notice the way she blinked as she wondered what he was doing.

As he inspected it, he realized that it was just a simple cut that would probably serve no real big deal, but she would have to clean it before an infection took place.

He let her go, again much to her surprise and he couldn't help but wonder if that was disappointment in her eyes, but he shrugged it off as just wincing from the pain.

He noticed how the tiniest cuts seemed to be the most hurtful ones. Most of the time, at least.

Sakura tilted her head to the side as she watched Sasuke walk away like nothing and became even more confused.

'What was that? Is it that bad? (Insert a glance to her finger here.) He didn't even say anything! …Way to leave a girl hanging…'

Sakura began to lick her hand, in an effort to clean the blood away, but that was kind of stupid, considering the fact that the sink was practically right next to her.

Sasuke reappeared and blinked at her a moment before shaking his head.

"You look like a cat."

Her head sprung up faster than he had ever seen anyone ever do and wondered how she didn't wind giving herself whiplash.

He chuckled a bit at the innocent look on her face and took her hand once again.

Putting the first-aid kit on the counter, he examined the cut one more time, just in case… but then something odd happened.

It was almost unconscious as he licked her finger, the way she had just done to her palm, in an effort to wipe the blood away. Did the sink no longer hold a purpose to these kinds of things anymore?

Sakura froze, going tense, while Sasuke suck on her injured finger. It was kind of weird. In a cute, I-don't-want-you-to-stop kind of way, but the feeling dissipated all too quickly as he stopped that and took out the medicine to do the real job of cleaning.

She closed her eyes and yelped again, when he dabbed at her cut with a cotton ball, which Sasuke wondered why he even had such a thing.

At first, he thought he was hurting her and tried to be more gentle with what he was doing, but than she muttered, "It stings…" and smirked at her instead.

"Weakling."

"Hey, it wasn't like I cut myself on purpose!"

'But maybe I will, if you do that again…' She thought.

"I wouldn't have been surprised if you had cut yourself on purpose, knowing how idiotic you are."

He wasn't serious, just joking, and she caught on fast.

"Oh, well, sorry, if I'm not perfect like y-tomatoes!" The blinked at each other at her response.

"Like tomatoes?" He raised an eyebrow at her.

"Yes. Like tomatoes…" Her eyes darted around the room, trying to find a way to save her self. At least, she hadn't said what she was going to say. That would've left the conversation a little awkward… Not that this… wasn't…

"Because… they're so red and… juicy?" She mentally smacked herself. They're perfect because they're red and juicy? I don't even like tomatoes!'

"Are you sure you didn't hit your head when you cut yourself? I thought you didn't like tomatoes…?" He asked, wrapping a bandage around her finger and then patting her hand to let her know that he was done with it.

"Why do you say that? Of course, I love tomatoes!"

"Than, why are you always picking it off your plate and most of the time you don't even buy it. And that one time when you tasted that tomato at the shopping center, which I thought was pretty good, you cringed and spat it out right after?"

Sakura blinked…

"Uhh… erm.. because… they're never nearly as juicy or as red as I like them."

He raised an eyebrow again.

"You really are an idiot."

"At least I'm making an effort." She snorted.

"A really interesting effort…" He chuckled and she couldn't help but smile. And soon enough, they found themselves laughing together…

Until Sakura happened to glace at the stew she was making and freak out as it burned and over-flowed.

"Oh no!" She screamed as they tried to save it.

Sakura sat in her room, and thought about what had occurred before her shower. Dinner was fun, to say the least. They had taken out Sasuke's frozen foods and heated them up in the microwave till ready and sat together on the couch watching Television.

It was relaxing. Fun… And there were no words that needed to be said.

They talked over commercials, which she noticed how Sasuke opened up to her more willingly and Sakura vaguely remembered wondering if Sasuke had a period. With his unusual mood swings and random acts of cold-ness... and kindness. She couldn't help but snicker at the thought.

An idea suddenly came to her and she jumped when she forgot.

The moon!

She hurried to her window and tried to get a good view. Stupid tree… She muttered to herself. And rushed out of her room.

She zoomed past Sasuke and he had to stop himself from getting run over by the overly excited girl.

What's with her? He asked himself, following, curiously.

She was outside in a flash.

"Good view, good view…" She repeated, looking everywhere, "Why can't I see the moon?"

"Sakura?" Sasuke asked, appearing beside her, "What're you doing?"

"I'm trying to find the moon!" She stared at him as if it was the most obvious thing in the world and he couldn't help, but sweat drop at that.

"Umm… Wasn't tonight a new moon?" He asked her, confused.

"Yes. I've never seen a new moon before! What does that mean? How is it new? Where is it!"

"There isn't going to be a moon tonight."

"What do you mean? There's a moon every night." She said, now the one that's confused.

"On the night of the new moon, that means that the moon will not show up… or something."

"What…?" She said, distress obvious in her voice and Sasuke tugged at his collar a bit.

"I think you should probably come back inside."

"No moon?" She was silent a few seconds, "…That's what they should've called it. Instead of new moon, it's no moon," Her head hung limply, she had been so excited! She had been waiting for this. "That's horrible… How can the moon be gone? There should always be a moon."

"You really like the moon, don't you?" Sasuke asked, seeing her so sad.

She nodded not saying a word and he sighed mentally, pushing her back inside, since she made no sign of moving herself anytime soon.

"Tomorrow there should be a moon." He said, quietly, trying to cheer her up, although, wondering why.

Her head perked up a bit and she turned to look at him.

"I know the perfect place to watch the moon…" he turned away from her gaze and stopped her in front of her bedroom.

"I can take you ther-"

"Oh, yes, please!" She exclaimed, taking over rolling her self in her chair.

"Hn…" Was all he said, and he walked away with that, entering his room and retiring for the night.

Sakura smiled at his retreating form and also entered her bedroom.

It was probably 8:30 P.M. by now and she waskind of getting tired. She was a morning person after all.

She situated herself in bed and as soon as her head hit the pillow, she was asleep.

Or so we all thought.

Sasuke sat in his room, once again quiet.

Today was probably the most he'd ever spoken to her since that day in the hospital.

It was an odd day, but he had enjoyed himself. As he often did, in her presence.

Wait… what?

He shook his head.

He had to stop thinking like this… It was starting to give him a headache.

He heard a creak coming from outside his door and peeked out to see what it was.

"Sakura?" He called…

Afew seconds past then- "…yes?" came the reply. He sighed.

"What are you doing?"

"Just thirsty, is all…" She said. He couldn't see her, but he knew she was in the kitchen.

He closed his door, satisfied with the answer and decided to turn in for the night, like he expected her to do.

It's almost as if we're… Never mind…'Was the last thing he thought,as he fell asleep.

Sakura was in the kitchen alright. Knives in a kunai pouch that was found in her old room, her wheel-chair, back in her new one.

She was walking… Standing... When had this happened?

Her hair was in a ponytail and she wore an outfit that would lead any one to believe she, in her condition, was as normal as the rest of the other ninja's in this village.

But we knew otherwise.

…Or did we?

A/N: Hey all! Thanx for staying with me through this story.

I had a lot of fun writing this chapter. I usually just go with the flow with my chapters. You know… wherever the wind takes me… and because I had started out writing this at 3:51 in the morning, I'm pretty much in a chipper mood. I'm a morning person. Lol.

N-E ways, I like this chapter the best. Just 'cuz I thought it was funny. Especially the tomato part. I re-read all my chapters just in case I have a spelling mistake or maybe it just sounds wrong or whatever the case… and when I re-read that part, I started laughing. Lol. I hope you guys enjoy reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Oh! By the way, I would've made chapter this longer, actually I was planning too because the last one was so short, but I couldn't go much further without giving something away from the big plot, which I have yet to let the wind take me that far. Lol. Yes, I'm kind of just going with the flow on that too, but wherever it goes, I'm positive it'll be somewhere good! I'll make sure of it.