Chapter 69 – Sasuke's Chapter (Part 9)

When a couple gets married, one of the most important things for them to have is a home. I knew Sakura would not want to move away from Konoha so I decided we should have a home in Konoha. Besides she couldn't really leave because of her job. We had to have a big house in a nice neighborhood since Sakura and I were definitely going to have like six children. After weeks of searching with the help of Naruto and Itachi, I found the perfect home for Sakura and me.

"Where are we going, Sasuke-kun?" She asked while I led her around blindfolded.

"It's a surprise," I kept pushing her along. We didn't walk long since the house was not far away.

"Are we stopping now?" Sakura twisted her head as I made her stop.

"Stand still," I urged her then removed her blindfold. I waited for her reaction.

"A house?" She looked at me confused. I nodded.

"Did you…" I saw her lips curl up slightly. I nodded.

"This is yours?" She looked back at it.

"Ours," I corrected her.

"Ours!" She beamed and kissed me.

"Want to look inside?" I pulled out the key.

"Yes!"

I took in the house. She eagerly went through the empty rooms. She began deciding what rooms would be what. I didn't really care as long as she was happy.

"And this will be the master bedroom where we'll sleep," She entered the biggest bedroom.

"My favorite room," I came behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist.

"Perv," She giggled and broke away from me to look at the bathroom. I kept following her around till she stopped again in a room with a large window seat.

"Wow! The backyard looks amazing! So spacious!" She looked out the window.

"I thought it'd be good to have a lot of room. For…the children…"

"Children!" She turned around blushing. I liked how she blushed.

"Well, we are going to have some right?"

"Yes! Of course! But how many do you think we'll have?" She asked.

"At least six," I was honest. She laughed.

"Six? Do you know how hard it is to have a baby or to raise one?" She was serious but still smiling.

"Sakura, I invested my money wisely and hardly spend it. I think we'll be fine," I assured her.

"I'm talking about money. I'm talking about the physical labor of having children and also all that goes into raising children. Dealing with teachers, answering life's most awkward questions, teaching right from wrong, and all that other stressful stuff. Could you really handle have six moody teenagers at once? I don't think I could handle six little Sasuke-kuns brooding around," She shuddered.

"I think we could handle it. Besides, if you're their mother I bet they wouldn't be just like I was. If anything they would be annoyingly optimistic like you," I groaned.

"Annoying! Optimism isn't annoying and why must you always refer to me and things I do as annoying?"

"Because you and they can be really annoying," I probably shouldn't have said that. Sakura was turning red in anger.

"You're annoying!" She yelled at me and stomped away.

"Sakura," I sighed and went after her. The house was really big and I was fast so I easily caught her before she got to the front door.

"Let me go," She tried to get out of my arms.

"Not until you're not mad at me anymore."

She growled and kept squirming in my arms. I liked how she squirmed.

"I thought you didn't like annoying things," She tried harder to escape.

"I never said that. I like it when you're what's annoying me."

She stopped and craned her neck to look at me.

"What?"

"You're annoying but I like that. I like that you're always doing things that stick with me all the time. It can be really annoying but I like it. I like it because it's you. If all our kids are as annoying as you, I will be very happy."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah," I released her. She turned and put her arms around my neck.

"I hope they're smart, handsome and cool like you," She kissed me quickly, "But I don't think I could have six…"

"Five then."

"Three."

"Four."

"Okay."

"Four sons," I smiled at the thought.

"Four sons? No, four daughters!" She protested. I laughed.

"Two of each," I offered.

"That'd be nice. We better put our order in then," She laughed.

"I'll be happy with whatever we get," I assured her and kissed her forehead. It was just so perfect for kissing. I looked down to my watch briefly and frowned when I saw the time.

"I have to go meet with Naruto," I told her.

"You do?"

"Yeah."

"Can I come?" She asked eagerly. She stepped closer to me.

Poke.

"Maybe next time," I withdrew my finger from her kissable forehead. She pouted.

"How will I get back to my house?" She asked me.

"It's just a few roads over. I need to go. I'll see you later," I stole a kiss and left her.

The wedding was getting closer and closer. I heard most grooms got cold feet. Not me. I was ready to marry Sakura. I wanted go to her work and steal her away to the court house so we could be married and be done. Why did people want to make spectacles out of such events like marriage? It wasn't that big of a deal. Well, it was but I just hated waiting. I just wanted to be with her. I couldn't stand to wait another week.

"Why you look so down, Sasuke? This is your bachelor party. You're supposed to be having fun," Naruto nudged me as we hid from the others who were trying to kill us with their paint balls. Yes, usually, there would be a lot of strippers and drinking at bachelor parties but most of my friends were married and none of us really wanted to have a hangover. A paint ball war was picked which was a good idea since what was more exciting than trying to kill each other?

"I'm fine," I assured Naruto and shot at my brother. I missed. Damn.

"Are you getting cold feet?" Naruto asked.

"No," I shot at Suigetsu who dodged me.

"Are you sure? I mean I did. I was so scared of getting married. I mean if I ever did anything wrong Hyuga-sama would kill me," Naruto paled.

"I'm not scared or nervous. I just want to be married already," I took a few more shots.

"I've been shot!" Suigetsu fell to the ground dramatically.

"Really? You don't want to enjoy your independence as a bachelor anymore?" Naruto tried to his Itachi but he was too quick for him.

"Damn. I missed," Narutro cursed.

"No. I'm ready to be with Sakura."

"Oh, right. You ready to lose that old virginity of yours. I know what want you're ready for," Naruto grinned and wiggled his eyebrows suggestively. I shot him.

"What the hell, teme!"

I shrugged. Naruto had to leave and did so furiously. It was down to Itachi and me.

"Give up, little brother. You know you can't beat me," Itachi dared me.

"Ha! I can and will be you, Nii-san," I responded.

"Then come out here and face me like a man!" He stepped out in the open. I was still hiding. He had his arms spread out as if he were ready to be shot.

"I won't shoot you if you come out. We can do it like the old dual style," He suggested.

"Okay," I came out of hiding. He smiled. We got back to back and counted ten paces. We turned swiftly.

Bang!

"Damn!" I heard Itachi curse. I had hit him. I smirked proudly.

"I guess my little brother is a bit better than me," He came to me and ruffled my hair.

I left the paintball filed that champion and my teammates were victorious. It was good feeling. We all piled into a few cars and headed off for the next part of my bachelor party which was still a mystery to me. I rode in Naruto's new car with him since we were following the other guys.

"I can't believe you shot me!" Naruto kept whining about the game, "We were on the same team. Not cool, Sasuke! Not cool."

"You better speed up or we'll get stuck at this red light," I pointed out how far behind we were compared to the other guys. Naruto tried to speed up but the red got us anyway.

"Man," Naruto whined.

"It's fine. You know where we're supposed to go anyway."

"That's true."

"So where are we going?"

"I can't tell you," He smirked, "Oh, look it's green!"

Naruto pulled out. Then it happened. It happened so fast that I don't even know what happened. One moment we were going straight the next we were swerving towards a pole then everything was black.

I felt a terrible pain in my left arm. I opened my eyes. The car roof had fallen in with the wood pole. I couldn't see Naruto. Things were a bit blurry and I tried to look around. I heard sirens and saw flashing light. I looked down to my hurting arm. Where was it? Where was the lower half of forearm? Where was it? Where was Naruto? Where was he?

"We're going to get you," Someone was talking to me. I don't know who was talking.

"Where's my arm? Where's Naruto?" Was all I could ask.

"Sasuke!" I heard my name. It sounded like Naruto.

"Naruto!" I yelled back despite my head spinning. Everything went black again.

I opened my eyes again and saw a bright light and men in masks. It went black again. I opened my eyes once more.

"Sasuke-kun," I heard crying. I looked down from the white ceiling to see Sakura. Her face was buried against my right arm.

"Sakura," I spoke her name, "you're heavy."

She shot up.

"Sasuke-kun!" She gasped. She smiled but the tears kept spilling out. She attacked me with a hug.

"Sasuke-kun! Sasuke-kun!" She kissed my neck and face. I didn't mind it.

"I thought you were going to die," She sobbed and pulled away from me.

"Me? I can't die yet. I have to marry you first. Besides, we were born together, we have to die together."

"Oh, Sasuke-kun," She hugged me again.

"But what happened to me?" I asked when she let go. She looked to my left arm. I looked down to it. I froze.

"The lower half of your forearm was severed from the rest of your arm and crushed so it couldn't be reattached," She explained.

"I see." It was gone. My arm was gone. My career in baseball was definitely gone. Naruto was-

"What about Naruto? What happened to him? Is he alright?" I had to know.

"He's fine. He's just like you thought except it was his right."

"Then he's fine. Thank God," I could relax.

I looked back at my arm. I couldn't believe it was gone. It was gone. My career was gone. I could no longer play baseball. What would I do for a living? How would I support Sakura and our family? I had all my money set aside and everything but we would need money eventually. What was I going to do? Sakura needed a man who could take care of her. She needed a man who…had two hands. Sure she loved me but there were some hardships to being with someone missing a hand. Would Sakura really want a mutilated husband now? I wasn't whole. Sakura deserved a whole man. She –

"Sasuke-kun," Sakura pulled me out of my thoughts.

"Hn?"

"I love you. No matter what I love you."

"Even with me like this?" I lifted the stump.

"I'd love you even if all your limbs were cut off," She assured me.

"But I can't do what I used to now. I can't play baseball. I can't hold you right. I can't be the man I am supposed to be. I can't be right for you. I can't be with you."

"Sasuke Uchiha, I have loved you unconditionally for my entire life. Do not think for a single second that I would even let you break up with me over something so trivial as you missing part of an arm. I love you so much, I can't even stand it. I don't care if you can't play baseball or you can't hold me like most men could. We can work it out. We can work it all out. You and I can do anything. I love you. I love you. I love you. So I'm going to marry you with or without your left hand. I am going to bound myself to you forever no matter what. Come what may, I will be here for you and I will love you."

I loved her. I loved Sakura more than ever.