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7:30 PM

Sakura woke up as she slowly sat up and found herself at her bed. Sasuke was no where in sight. And Kioko was now sleeping at the crib. She felt nervous, but she didn't even know why.

She rubbed a hand on her nape and found that the Uchiha crest was gone.

She gasped.

"No!" She shot up from the bed and looked at the floor. It was gone.

"No… he can't have…"

"Looking for this?" a voice said as she whipped her head and found Sasuke holding the necklace while leaning on the door frame. Sakura's eyes widened.

"Sasuke… I…" she didn't know what to say. Sasuke entered the room and shut the door.

"How long have you been keeping this?" he asked, his voice dangerous. Sakura didn't know what to say. She was voiceless at the moment.

"Sasuke…" was the only word she could muster.

"Why did you keep this from me Sakura?" He asked again. And again, Sakura can't answer him. Sasuke grabbed her shoulders and shook her slightly.

"TELL ME!" he yelled. Sakura noticed that Sasuke's grip was incredibly strong. But she has to pacify him and make him listen to her explanations.

"Sasuke! Calm down! Your mother doesn't want you to know!" Sakura finally said it.

"So your chakra was blending with my own mother's chakra! How come you got this!" Sasuke asked again as Sakura fell to her knees when Sasuke let go of her.

"I don't know okay! I had that dream and when I woke up, it was on my hands! Mrs. Uchiha doesn't want you to know for an unknown reason!" Sakura said. Sasuke realized what he had just done as he fell to one knee in front of Sakura.

Much to his surprise, Sakura was now crying.

'Why am I crying dammit!'

"Sakura… I'm sorry." Sasuke said, hugging her.

"I just wanted to help you!" Sakura said, her voice muffled because her face was dug into Sasuke's shirt.

"I'm sorry… I got out of control." Sasuke apologized. Sakura shook her head and looked up at him. She separated herself from him as she wiped her tears.

"I don't know why the heck I'm crying." She chuckled. Sasuke managed to give her a weak smile. Sakura got up and Sasuke followed suit as she sighed.

"Well! I'm going to cook dinner for us! Please watch Kioko for me!" She said and was about to leave when Sasuke grabbed her wrist.

"I think this belongs to you." Sasuke said, giving her the necklace. Sakura raised an eyebrow.

"Why?"

"My mom gave this to you. I'm going to respect her decision." Sasuke said, smiling as Sakura thanked him and wore the necklace again.

"This is pretty helpful especially when Itachi comes." Sakura muttered as she went down the stairs and towards the kitchen. She looked at the fridge and noticed that she just ran out of supplies.

"Sasuke!"

"Yea!" Sasuke called back, as he appeared, carrying Kioko.

"Is your curse gone now?" She asked, as Sasuke smiled and nodded.

"Thanks."

"No prob. Now could you please pick up some stuff at the grocery. I ran out of supplies." Sakura said, writing something on the paper as Sasuke nodded.

"Sure."

Sakura gave him the note and he transferred Kioko to her.

"I'm going now!" Sasuke said, putting on his sandals.

"Be careful!" Sakura called back from the kitchen. He smiled inwardly and went out.

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"Oi! Sasuke!" Naruto called out as Sasuke was looking for some cabbages.

"Naruto." He nodded.

"Whatcha doing here!" Naruto asked happily. Sasuke picked one cabbage and placed it unto the basket.

"Are you that dumb?" Sasuke asked, again, scanning the vegetable corner.

"What did you say!"

"Naruto, what do people do when they go to the grocery store?" Sasuke asked, sighing.

"Uh… grocery shopping?" Naruto replied, scratching his head.

"Glad you know. And what am I doing now?" Sasuke asked.

"Grocery shopping!" Naruto chirped happily as Sasuke rolled his eyes and went to the fruit corner and started to look for some fruits.

"I didn't know you had a craving for fruits!" Naruto observed.

"Naruto, are you just going to follow me around and annoy me?" Sasuke asked, looking at him. Naruto gave him a fox grin.

"Nope. It just happens that I'm doing that! Anyway, how are Sakura and Kioko? How's the assignment, ne?" Naruto asked. Sasuke picked some fresh apples.

"They're fine."

Then he went to the aisles with some baby food.

"Why are you buying baby food?" Naruto asked.

"For Kioko." He replied bluntly. He took some and then took some baby milk as well. Naruto kept on following him.

"Ne… you know what! You look and act like Kioko's father!" Naruto said.

"That's what the assignment is about Naruto." Sasuke said, glancing at the note.

"Isn't that Sakura's handwriting! Are you shopping for her?"

"Obviously." Sasuke replied.

"You two are going well aren't you? Tsunade-baachan chose a perfect assignment for you two!"

"Hn." Sasuke mumbled as he went to the aisle with instant noodles. Naruto saw some instant ramen and instantly bought ten of them.

"Why are you shopping for her anyway?" Naruto asked.

"Naruto…" Sasuke groaned.

"Yeah?"

"Are you here to interrogate me?" Sasuke asked.

"Nope. But I love to annoy you so why not!" Naruto replied sheepishly. Sasuke scoffed.

"Leave me alone before I kick your sorry ass." Sasuke grumbled and left him.

"I'm going to beat you when I have a chance! Believe me!" Naruto yelled. Sasuke pretended he didn't know the guy so he ignored him and went to the cashier. He paid the bill and glanced at the ice cream corner. He remembered Sakura's favorite and bought one gallon of vanilla flavored ice cream.

'I do need to repay her.'

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"I'm back!" Sasuke yelled out. Sakura appeared, as she grabbed the groceries and zoomed to the kitchen.

"Thanks!" Sakura said as she saw the ice cream.

"I didn't know I included the ice cream." Sakura said. Sasuke cradled Kioko in his arms as he sat at a chair.

"I wanted to repay your kindness so I bought one." Sasuke replied. Sakura smiled sweetly at him and thanked him before putting the ice cream into the freezer.

After dinner…

"I'm stuffed!" Sakura said happily as she cleaned the dishes. Sasuke was watching TV with Kioko sleeping. After a while, both of them watched a TV soap as Sakura started to cry.

"Sakura?" Sasuke smirked.

"Oh my God! It's so sniff sad!" Sakura said. Sasuke stared at her blankly.

"Uh---Sakura? Takeshi just bid goodbye to Miyuki just to head to the… office?"

Sakura ignored him and continued crying. Sasuke rolled his eyes.

'I'll never understand women.'

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By night… Sasuke was wearing a large blue t-shirt and a pair of blue boxers. Sakura wore a pair of pink silk pajamas.

"I'll be the one beside Kimiko." Sasuke said as Sakura nodded. Sasuke lay down at the bed and under the sheets and Sakura did the same. Their backs were facing each other.

"Good night." Sakura said, turning the lamp off.

"Good night." Sasuke replied.

1:30 AM

Sakura shot up from her sleep as she saw a figure in front of her. It was Itachi. His eyes were glowing red and he looked really angry all right.

"Sakura…" he hissed. Sakura just glared at him. She quickly reached in under her pillow. She always has two kunais under her pillow.

"Leave now." Sakura heard a voice beside her as she looked beside her and noticed that Sasuke is awake, with his Sharingan on.

"Oh, little brother. You're awake?" Itachi smirked. Sasuke pulled something under his pillow and saw that it was four shurikens and two kunais.

"Can't you see that I have Sakura now?" Sasuke growled. Sakura was shocked at the sentence but decided to play with it.

Suddenly, Sakura felt cold. She felt herself lose consciousness.

Later…

"Sakura?" She heard Sasuke's voice as she woke up and moaned.

"What happened?" Sakura asked, placing a hand on her head.

"Mother. She… borrowed your body."

Flashback

Suddenly, Sakura felt cold. She felt herself lose consciousness.

"Itachi…" came a new feminine voice. Sasuke and Itachi stared at her.

"Mother!" Sasuke recognized the voice.

"Itachi… I am very disappointed. I thought that you'll grow as a great and strong ninja, but you're no mere than a selfish pig."

"Glad to hear your honest opinion mother." Itachi said, smirking.

"What a damn sordid thing to repay your whole family… murdering us. How could you do such a thing! I thought you wanted to make your father proud. But why did you kill us!"

"…"

"I don't wanna hear anything mother!" he barked.

"Sakura… she's the one you want right? But I'm sorry to disappoint you my son. But she's protected by the whole Uchiha family. I gave her my crest. You're the main miscreant in her life. But now, with the crest with her, she's inalienable."

"I will get what I want."

"You'll die trying." Mrs. Uchiha snapped back.

"Such a repulsive man. You, Itachi, caused disgust for the whole Uchiha clan. You have deluded us, deteriorated our reputation. And your brother is the one suffering." Mrs. Uchiha added.

"…"

"I hope you'll realize what you're doing Itachi." Mrs. Uchiha said and Sakura fell limp in Sasuke's arms. Itachi had his eyes widened as he fled.

End of Flashback

Sakura couldn't believe what just happened. Sasuke stared at her, his eyes full of concern. Her head ached a lot.

"Wow. She gave him the lecture eh?" Sakura joked.

"Are you okay now?" Sasuke asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine." Sakura said, standing up. She went to the bathroom and opened the mirror and took one tablet of pain reliever. She looked at herself at the mirror.

"Thanks Mrs. Uchiha." She mumbled. She proceeded to the closet and rummaged through it and found a small box. It was a rusty box. She placed it down at the bed.

"What's that?"

"It's the box of memories."

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A.N.: Wow! The longest chappie I ever made!

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