Author's Note: Sorry for not updating sooner. :( I was busy traveling back from the beach and celebrating Mother's Day with my mom. But here is a nice long Sakura chapter for you! Please enjoy and let me know what you think! :)

Chapter 62 – Sakura's Chapter (Part 10)

Nothing made me happier than seeing Naruto's face when we brought Sauke-kun to Ichiraku's. I thought Naruto was going to cry. Instead he tackled Sasuke-kun in a hug.

"You came! You really came!" Naruto was extremely excited. Sasuke shrugged with a slight smile.

"Can't miss my best friend's wedding," Sasuke-kun play it off as if he had come willingly. I decided against telling the Naruto the truth of how Sasuke-kun came.

"I'm so glad. I was about ready to come kidnap you," Naruto laughed. I had to laugh as I saw Sasuke-kun pale little. Naruto was a little too late for that.

I left the boys so they could reconnect. Kakashi-darling walked me to Ino and Sai's on the way to his apartment.

"Sakura!" Ino squealed when she saw me at her door.

"Hi, Ino…" I did not know why she was so excited to see me.

"Come in! Come in!" She literally pulled me into her apartment. She made me sit down then sat a cross from me. She grinning from ear to ear.

"Ino, what's going on?"

Her smile somehow got bigger.

"I'm pregnant."

"You're pregnant?" I looked down at her flat abdomen.

"Yes! Look at all the test!" She ran and came back with seven different tests that all read positive.

"Oh my gosh! Congratulations!" I hugged her then pulled apart, "How far along are you?"

"Just a few weeks but I took all the tests today."

"I can't believe you're pregnant! I thought you didn't want kids."

"I changed my mind. Sai really wants some and so we've been trying for a while."

"Does Sai know?"

"I'm so honored," I pretended that I would cry like a beauty pageant winner.

"You can't tell anyone though. I want to keep it down till after Hinata's wedding. I don't want my little angel to have to share the spotlight," She rubbed her stomach.

"When are you telling Sai?"

"I don't know," She bit her lower lip.

"Don't wait for the thing to pop out to tell him," I joked. She laughed.

"I think I'll tell him after the wedding too but before everyone else. I know he would be bragging to everyone at the wedding if he knew."

I could see Sai walking up to random people with his polite smile and slipping in to every conversation that he had gotten Ino pregnant. He would walk up to Naruto and go, "Congratulations on your marriage. Now it is your turn to congratulate me."

"Why?" Naruto would ask.

"Because I've gotten Ino pregnant."

It wouldn't be too bad but the day was supposed to be on Naruto and Hinata. Sai and Ino would have nine plus months to celebrate their child.

"So this will just be our little secret then," Ino took my hand. I smiled. I was so happy for Ino. She was going to have a baby. She was the first of my friends to get pregnant. I was going to be an aunt. Well…aunt-like figure.

"Be good in there, little Sakura," I rubbed Ino's little stomach.

"Little Sakura? Her name will not be Sakura," Ino laughed.

"What? But I have such a great name. It'd be so cute," I protested.

"No. If it's a girl she'll be called something like…Misaki."

"Misaki…I like it! It's cute! It…Ino, you can't name her Misaki," I grabbed her arm.

"Why not?"

"That's heroine in the Icha-Icha series," I could not let Ino's baby girl be named after someone in that kind of series.

"Aw. I guess I'll to think of something else. Wait. How do you know the name of the main character of Icha-Icha?"

I blushed.

"Kakashi-dar-sensei told me once," I was honest.

"Ok," She skeptically believed me, "But what would be a good name for her?"

We both paused and thought on it.

"Inoko," Ino decided.

"Inoko? A bit vain aren't ya?"

"What? I can't name the thing I make after me?"

"I guess you can," I laughed.

"Yes, Inoko will be her name," Ino rubbed her belly.

"But what if it's a boy?" I thought.

"A boy? Hmmm…."

"Inojin?" I giggled my offering.

"Inojin? Inojin. That's cute. I like that. Inojin," She actually liked it.

"Inojin or Inoko, be good to your Mama," I stroked her stomach again. I left Ino when Sai came home. I started walking home and I could not stop thinking about Ino being pregnant. She was growing a lifeform inside if her. She was going to have a cute little baby. She and Sai would have a little part of them mixed together and it would be all their own.

"I wish I were pregnant," I suddenly wished. I stopped. Did I really wish that? No. I just wanted someone for myself that was a part of me and that I could love unconditionally. A baby was that but I couldn't have a baby. I was a single virgin who would stay that way forever since the only man I loved didn't love me. If he did love me and we got married, I could totally imagine our future family. We would little in a nice little house and have a kid or two. I'd like to have a little girl with him. I'd want her to have the Uchiha look: black hair, black eyes, pale skin and beauty beyond compare. I bet she'd be cool just like Sasuke-kun and smart like him too. But I would make sure she was much nicer than him. I think Sasuke-kun would be good father. He really cared about his family and so I know he would care about his children. I could just imagine our child calling him "Papa" and me "Mama".

Of course that fantasy couldn't be since Sasuke-kun didn't love me. He didn't even seem to like me. He practically ignored me the whole way back to Konoha. I'd never be with him and we'd never have a family. I would just end up old, alone and unloved. Unless Kakashi-darling and I got back together.

I knew we broke up because I was still in love with Sasuke-kun and he wanted to support by love, but I was falling for Kakashi-darling. He was such a wonderful guy and supportive. He had great advice and we always had a great time together. I bet if we had stayed together and Sasuke-kun never came around I could have really fallen in love with him. We would've gotten married.

With Kakashi-darling's history I bet we would have made lots of babies. We'd have to have a son. He'd look like Kakashi-darling but maybe have my eyes. We'd might name him something like Takashi since it is close to Kakashi or maybe Sakumo after his late father. Maybe we would have two boys so we could have both. We'd have to have a daughter. No matter the father I want a daughter. I wouldn't care if she looked like me of Kakashi-darling. He would probably want to name her Misaki but I would not let her have that when it was from Icha-Icha. She'd have to have something else that was short and cute like…Suzu. Kakahsi-darling liked bells and she would have the laugh of a bell. Suzu Hatake…very cute.

But Kakashi-darling would never want to be with me as long as I still had feelings for Sasuke-kun. Why did I have to love Sasuke-kun? Why? Why could I not be like everyone else and fall in love a few times or at least like a lot of people? Why did I have to be raised with the mindset that I had to love Sasuke-kun? Why was I destined to love him? Was I supposed to be destined to be miserable?

"Sakura," My name being called drew me out of my thoughts. I looked up and saw Sasuke-kun.

"Sasuke-kun." Why did it have to be Sasuke-kun?

"Walking home?" He asked me.

"Yes. You too?"

"Yeah."

"I'm surprised you didn't stay with Naruto."

"I wouldn't have been able to sleep if I went with him," He explained.

"I don't know how Hinata will be able to live with him," I felt so bad for Hinata. I knew from Sasuke-kun's stories that Naruto was a sleep talker, a snorer and moved a lot. Hinata on the other side was always silent and hardly moved in her sleep.

"They are a very odd couple," He commented.

"Well, opposites attract," I felt a sense of déjà vu. We were silent as we walked. It was a little awkward.

"How have you been?" He broke the silence.

"Fine."

"Everything at the hospital going well?"

"Yeah. I really love working there. How has being a baseball star been for you?" I asked in turn.

"Good. I don't much like the attention but I like the pay and being able to play. I've made some good friends."

"I'm glad."

We were silent again.

"Have you been seeing anyone?" He asked me surprising me.

"Like dating someone?"

"Yeah."

"I dated a guy for a little bit a few months ago but that was it…what about you?" I asked.

"Girls and baseball don't mix," He responded then went on with questions, "Who did you date?"

I didn't want to tell. It would be so awkward to tell him I dated our old teacher…

"Just a guy," I tried to wave off his question.

"Was it Kakashi-darling," He snickered. He knew!

"How did you know?"

"Itachi told me," I answered. Dang it, Itachi!

"Yeah, we dated but only our families know. Please, don't go telling anyone like Naruto."

"I won't."

"Thank you."

We kept walking.

"I never thought you liked old men that much," He kind of sniggered.

"He's not old," I hit his arm. He rolled his eyes but kept a smirk.

"He's not!" I insisted.

"Yeah. Yeah," He walked ahead of me. I caught up to him easily. We walked silently.

"So why did you two break up?" He asked me. Why did he keep asking such personal questions about Kakashi-darling and me?

"That's between Kakashi-darling and me," I smirked.

"If you're broken up then why do you still call him 'Kakashi-darling'?"

"Because…he is no longer my sensei but my close friend."

"Why not call him Kakashi-kun or just Kakashi then?" He seemed irritated.

"I'm so used to calling him darling now that not calling him that feels weird."

Sasuke-kun rolled his eyes.

"Why do you keep asking me so many questions?" I asked Sasuke-kun.

"I haven't seen you in a long time," He answered.

"And whose fault is that?" I kind of laughed then saw his eyes get a bit serious. He didn't look at me but straight ahead.

"Are you okay, Sasuke-kun?"

"Sakura," He turned to me.

"Yes?"

"I-"

"Sakura!" I turned when I heard my name.

"Shisui-kun?" What was he doing around the neighbor?

"Sakura. Oh, Sasuke, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be away getting ready for baseball?" Shisui and Sasuke-kun had this uneasy tension between them.

"I came for Naruto's wedding. What are doing around here?" Sasuke-kun asked.

"I was just at Sakura's house. You left some items at work. I brought it over for you," Shisui-kun smiled to me.

"Oh, thank you, Shisui-kun."

"No problem, Sakura."

"You should probably get going, Shisui," Sasuke-kun glared at Shisui-kun. Did something happen between them?

"Of course. It is getting late. Good night, Sasuke. Good night, Sakura," He gave me a kiss on the cheek. I rubbed my cheek.

"He keeps doing that," I groaned to myself.

"That's because he likes you," Sasuke-kun seemed angry.

"I wish he'd move on. I have no interest in him," I sighed in aggravation.

"You don't?"

"No. He's sweet and all but he's not-" I stopped. The last thing Sasuke-kun wanted to hear was that I loved him and that I used him to compare men.

"He's not?"

"He's not, not an Uchiha," I lied. I decided I was going to take this opportunity for him to know that I am over him even if I really was not. I did not want him to think I was still in love with him and scare him off.

"Not, not an Uchiha?" Sasuke-kun looked confused.

"Yeah. You Uchihas are so…intimidating. You're all good looking, smart and popular. Girls like me just aren't like that. It's weird for someone like me to be with an Uchiha. I guess our parents were wrong about me being destined to be an Uchiha. It's really a shame they spent so much effort on trying to merge our families. But then again, brainwashing children in hopes they'll love each other is just crazy."

Sasuke-kun didn't say anything but just stared at me.

"So I think I'll just stick to wonderful but normal guys like Kakashi-darling. Hopefully, we can get back together," I looked up at the stars in order to avoid eye contact with Sasuke-kun. I was lying so I didn't want to look at him. I didn't want to confess that I actually wanted to still be with him.

"I swear I'll never raise my child up to think he or she only has the single fate of marry someone I picked out. I don't want my child to ever go through what I did," I felt tears coming. Why was I saying such things?

"Sakura," Sasuke-kun spoke.

"Oh, look we're home. Good night, Sasuke-kun," I tried to escape him.

"Sakura," He grabbed my arm and I turned to look at him.

"Please, let me go, Sasuke-kun."

He pulled me into him to the point I was pressed up against him. I looked up at him. I could see how his black eyes were swirling with anger and something else…
"Sasuke-kun," I mumbled his name.

He kissed me. He kissed me! Oh, how I missed his lips. It didn't last long since he pulled away.

"Sasuke-kun," I gasped.

"You're so annoying," his cutting phrase was like a slap. I pulled away from him.

"Then why did you kiss me?" I wanted to smack him.

"Because," He pulled me close, "I like being annoyed by you."

He went for a second kiss. Did he think I would just let him steal another kiss after calling me annoying even if he said he wanted to be annoyed by me? What did that even mean?

"What?" I pushed away from him, "What does that even mean?"

"It means I want to be with you again, Sakura," He tried to draw me close again. I hit his wrist so he let go of me.

"Be with me?"

"I want to get back together," His words left me breathless. He wanted to get back together. My heart flipped. This was what I had waited years for. I had waited for him to love me again!

"Define get back together."

"I want to be boyfriend and girlfriend again."

I couldn't believe it was actually happening. Was it a dream? No. It was real.

"Boyfriend and girlfriend?"

"Yeah. Don't you want to be?"

Yes!

"I don't know…" I found myself saying.

"You don't know?" He was as shocked as my inner self was to my words.

"You really hurt me, Sasuke-kun." He really had now that I think about.

"I'm sorry. I was…confused. I want to be together again."

"I don't know…I need some time…" Why was I postponing a reunion? Because, Sakura, he broke your heart and you can't be sure if you should try to be with him again.

"I understand," He looked down.

We were silent.

"I need to get to bed. Goodnight, Sasuke-kun," I left him. My heart was racing. Sasuke-kun wanted me back and I told him I needed time. Ah! Why, Sakura?!