A.N.: Thanks everyone! I'm sorry if I didn't update for a day or two 'coz I was freaking busy and my eyes hurt badly. I was tired too. And oh, I made the chappies longer because you all were asking for it but I can't assure that all the future chapters are going to be as long. It depends on the event. And also…

Sakura: LET'S START DAMMIT!

Sasuke: Stop yapping.

Author: Hey! I was just explaining to them!

Shikamaru: Troublesome.

Author groans.

A.N.: Okay then, read and review folks!

Neji: You're supposed to say that AFTER the chapter.

Author: Oh… yeah! Sorry…

Sakura: START IT ALREADY! And don't forget the disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. (A.N.: bangs her head at the table…)

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Sakura arrived at their house as she hurriedly changed into her PJ's and dropped herself into the bed. Sasuke did the same as he changed Kioko and then he changed himself then went to bed!

"Damn… I don't know but I feel really tired." Sakura said, placing an arm above her head.

"Good night Sasuke." Sakura managed to mumble while Sasuke just nodded.

"'night."

At the dream…

Sakura found herself at the same cherry blossom filled area again as she ran and tried to find Mrs. Uchiha. She heard someone talking and found Mrs. Uchiha with one man that looked like Sasuke and beside him was…

"ITACHI!" She gasped. Itachi waved. Mrs. Uchiha gave her a small hug. She just nodded at Mr. Uchiha as he nodded back. She glanced at Itachi who smiled.

"Itachi… you're nice all of a sudden."

Mrs. Uchiha pushed Itachi towards her as Itachi rubbed his nape (back of his neck) while blushing. Sakura placed one hand on her waist.

"Go on son." Mr. Uchiha said as Itachi sighed.

"Look, Sakura, I'm sorry for what I did to you of being a jerk all of a sudden and with me trying to get you. And could you tell Sasuke that I'm sorry that I made his life so miserable."

O.o

Sakura was speechless.

"But honestly, when I was still after you, I was really in-love with you." Itachi added, blushing like a tomato. Sakura's eyes widened even more at the statement.

"I see you're in good terms with my Sasuke, Sakura." Mrs. Uchiha smiled as Sakura tried to find her voice. It was just too much.

"Y-Yeah." Sakura managed to say.

"Well, I forgive you Itachi but I wish you have told me that when you're still alive. Who knows? I might fall in love with you as well." Sakura joked as Itachi blushed.

"Then kill yourself and we'll be together." Itachi joked back. Sakura laughed.

"Nah. It's too late." Sakura said.

"Oh! And I have some things to give to you Sakura, as a gift of appreciation from the whole Uchiha clan. We're so proud of you." Mr. Uchiha said, giving her a large box. Since Sakura was strong, she didn't seem moved by the weight.

"It's the weapons and the important things of the Uchiha clan. It was buried with us but we can't use it here. It's better if you and Sasuke would share it." Mrs. Uchiha explained.

"Mom, you're referring to Sakura as though she's Sasuke's wife already." Itachi chuckled. For Sakura, it seemed creepy. Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha laughed.

"Again, thank you for everything Sakura. We owe you big time." Mr. Uchiha said. Mrs. Uchiha smiled at her then engaged Sakura in a bear hug. Itachi patted Sakura's shoulder.

"We'll see each other soon."

"Wait! OH NOT AGAIN!"

Sakura shot up from her bed, gasping for air. It seemed like her soul was out of her body for a while because she felt really cold.

"Damn it. It freaked me out even more." Sakura mumbled, and when she looked at the foot of the bed, she saw the large box. She woke Sasuke up.

"Sakura, it's 3 in the morning." Sasuke said, sitting up. Sakura turned the lights on as she placed the box on the center of the bed.

"What's that?" Sasuke asked. Sakura sighed.

"Your mom, dad, and believe it or not, Itachi, talked to me in my dream again earlier." Sakura explained, as Sasuke's eyes widened.

"What!"

"And Itachi wants to say sorry for making your life miserable and something like that. They gave us this box as a sign of appreciation to me. Your dad said that these are the things that had been buried with them and they can't use it so they're giving it to me. And he said we could share it together."

Sasuke hurriedly opened the box and saw some things. He pulled out a similar crest to Sakura's.

"It's my father's crest." He said, unable to believe that he is actually holding it. Sakura smiled as she took the crest and placed it on Sasuke's neck. Sasuke felt strong all of a sudden.

"Your chakra. It turned into deep purple." Sakura said. Sasuke looked at the box and saw the Uchiha sword that was his uncle's property. The sword had an orb at the handle and it had the Uchiha symbol on it.

"Such a beautiful weapon." Sakura said as she took it.

"Hey look! Mom's twin swords!" Sasuke said as he pulled out two swords with a red handle with the same orb at each handle. Sakura took the weapons as well.

"The first Uchiha fan." Sasuke said as he pulled out a framed fan. It looked old. Sakura saw a book. She took it while Sasuke was busy checking the fan.

The book was colored red with the Uchiha symbol at the front. She opened it.

Property of Uchiha Shizu

"Uchiha Shizu? Who's that?" Sakura said as Sasuke looked at the book and took it.

"Her diary! My mom's diary!"

"What! Why the heck did she give it to us!" Sakura said as she yanked the diary and they both read the contents of it. Sasuke looked at the box again as Sakura looked at the front page again.

She gasped.

Property of Uchiha Sakura

She read that many times making sure that what she's reading is actually real. It changed!

"Mrs. Uchiha! You're teasing me again!" Sakura mumbled as Sasuke looked at her. Sakura was extremely red as she pulled the book out of Sasuke's reach.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh—Shizu-san said that this diary should not be read by men that's why it should be under my care!" Sakura lied.

"Oh."

She looked at the contents and it was empty. Sasuke pulled out a square box as he looked at Sakura.

"I think this is for you." Sasuke said as Sakura placed the diary down and saw that the box had the cherry blossom flower on it. She peeked into the box as she gasped and squealed in happiness. There was a note as she read it.

I wore it in my first cherry blossom festival with his father. Don't let Sasuke see it until you wear it ok?

Shizu

Sakura giggled as she closed the box instantly. Sasuke eyed her.

"You and mom have many secrets together. I know it. But it's so unfair that you're the only one who could dream about them."

"I already explained that to you." Sakura said, and brought the box into the closet.

"Don't open my closet unless you ask permission ok?"

"Whatever." Sasuke said, annoyed by the fact that she's being secretive due to his mother. He saw a square box and saw that it said: TO SASUKE.

"Look, it's for you." Sakura said as Sasuke peeked. He gasped and he saw a note too!

I wore this on the first cherry blossom festival that I went to with your mother. Don't let Sakura see it until you wear it ok? I pass this down to you, son.

Your dad

Sasuke quickly closed the box and placed it under the bed.

"Don't open that box or I'll be mad at you." Sasuke warned as Sakura raised an eyebrow and nodded. Sasuke rummaged the box again as Sakura saw about five female's Uchiha shirt. It was colored black but it was smaller in size compared to the men's size.

"Look! Female Uchiha shirts!"

"That was my mom's property. Why don't you wear it?"

"And risk being teased by Tsunade for an eternity? No thanks." Sakura said. She knew how badly Mrs. Uchiha wants her to be Sasuke's wife and she's still teasing her.

"But I think I'll keep these." Sakura said, taking about ten t-shirts and placing it in her closet.

Sakura got a jewelry set that came from Sasuke's aunt. It had ruby studded earrings, necklace, bangle, and a ring. It all had the Uchiha's symbol on it. She also got Mrs. Uchiha's lucky red ribbon. Sasuke got his grandfather's ring (for the head of the family) and a dagger that had the same symbol on it.

"Wow. Talk about clan merchandise." Sakura mumbled.

"That's it." Sasuke said. There was a moment of silence.

"You know what? The way you and the females of the clan interact with each other? It's like they're accepting you as my wife already."

"Ahem. Change topic." Sakura said instantly. Sasuke chuckled.

"Why don't we train?" Sakura asked. Sasuke eyed the alarm clock.

4:30 AM

"Are you sure?"

"Yep." Sakura responded as she clambered out of the bed. She wore the clan earrings first and Sasuke wore the ring since he's the current head.

"I'm going to use your mom's twin katanas."

"What about Kioko?" Sasuke asked. Sakura heaved Kioko.

"We're going to let Shizune take care of her for a while." Sakura said and with a puff of smoke, they were already gone.

At the Hokage's office…

"Shizune! Shizune!" Sakura called out as Shizune appeared before her.

"Sakura-sama!" She gasped. She was shocked why Sakura was so early. Sakura gave Kioko to Shizune and explained everything.

"I'm going to check up on Tsunade-sama for a while. Anyway, thanks Shizune! We'll be back in an hour or two!" Sakura said as Shizune nodded and the two went to the Hokage's main office.

Tsunade was of course, asleep at her desk, snoring with dozens of sake bottles scattered all around and the paper work was really messy. Sakura pinched her nose due to the sordid smell while Sasuke just sneezed. (A.N.: Aww… Sasuke sneezed!)

"Damn it." Sakura muttered as Sakura slammed a hand on the table but Tsunade didn't even move one bit.

"She's such a heavy sleeper." Sasuke said as Sakura shook her head.

"We gotta clean this mess or else a guest might see her and would think that we have a slovenly Hokage, which we do have." Sakura said as she formed a hand seal.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Sakura said an in an instant, ten other Sakura's appeared. Sasuke formed a hand seal as well.

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." He muttered but he only produced five. If he would create ten, it would be a little over crowded.

Ten minutes later…

The room smelled richly of pine.

"Ah! That's better! What a nice way to start our training!" Sakura said, rotating her shoulders which made a few cackling noise.

"Shizune!"

"Yes!"

"Please remind Tsunade-sama to take a bath!"

"Yes Sakura-sama!"

At a training ground… They were there for thirty minutes already and Sasuke was now panting heavily while Sakura was fanning herself with her hand.

"Come on! If you wanna pass! You have to at least scratch me!" Sakura said. Sasuke lounged to her as he disappeared and appeared above her.

"Chidori!" Sasuke said but he only hit the ground, making the ground have a large crater on it.

"Your chidori have improved a lot ya know. But you gotta do better than that!" Sakura said. Sasuke got pissed as he formed a series of hand seals.

"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" He yelled. Sakura dodged the fire balls easily as though she was just dancing.

"Neji was much better than you!"

That plucked a nerve.

"HIYAAAAAAA!" Sasuke yelled and the two started to fight. Sakura dodged and blocked all of his attacks but he managed to create a large gash at her. She turned into a log and appeared behind Sasuke, and slapped him making him fly exactly ten feet away.

"You're getting better! Now stand up!"

Sasuke tried to stand up as he coughed out blood. If that was possible, he could tell that Sakura was faster than Rock Lee.

"Sharingan!"

'Oh no! He's gonna copy my moves! I gotta use advanced jutsus!'

Sasuke smirked and for the first time, he wished that he still had his curse. He gathered chakra on his legs and sprinted towards Sakura, who was secretly forming hand seals at the back of her hand.

Much to his surprise, she didn't use ninjutsu or anything. Just simple taijutsu. Sakura landed a few feet away from him and when he was about to run to her again, he can't move.

"What the?" He said as he looked around and looked at Sakura, who held out something.

Strings.

"When you're still busy attacking me, I rounded up strings into you. And now, you're like a puppet." Sakura teased as Sasuke sighed.

"Dammit."

He smirked as he produced fire in his hands but it didn't melt the strings.

"These are not ordinary strings Sasuke. Look more closely." Sakura said. Sasuke eyed the strings and found pinkish red chakra flowing through them.

"Chakra!"

"That's it." Sakura smirked. Sasuke pondered over it as he smiled.

"I give up."

"Okay." Sakura said as the strings disappeared. Sakura turned around as he attacked her. Sakura turned around, grabbed his arm, and twisted it, making Sasuke tumbled at the ground as Sakura immobilized his wrists and sat at his stomach.

"You sly dog." Sakura hissed playfully. Sasuke smirked as he rotated his wrists, as he winced in pain and grabbed Sakura by the shoulder and their positions changed. Sasuke was now on top. Sakura was in shock, then she started to laugh.

"You can't defeat me by using that." Sakura said as Sasuke smirked and bent down.

"Stop being so confident about yourself." He whispered. Sakura raised an eyebrow. Sasuke was now holding her wrists now.

"Don't forget about my strength!"

They turned around again, Sakura was now on top.

"See?"

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A.N.: Ooh…

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