AN: Alright here's the next chapter. Enjoy!
A Promise
Sakura and Akine had spent the afternoon doing nothing much but seeming to enjoy the others company, unknowing to the three that tagged along. They watched as the couple talked and laughed, exchanging a gentle brush of the hand now and then, her true smile coming out and all because of this stranger.
After dinner the couple went walking down the street of the small village. Sakura's arm intertwined with his. Sasuke felt a surge of anger run through him again. He'd had enough of watching this man making her happy in way he could not anymore. 'Of course how can I blame her, it was my fault' Sasuke thought with a sigh.
"Sasuke?" Naruto whispered sitting next to him on top of a roof of one the shops.
"Hn" was his answer as kept watch over the couple below.
After hesitating a moment he asked. "Do you love her?"
Sasuke was surprised by this sudden question as was Kakashi; both now looked over at the blonde. "What are you talking about?"
"Do you love her?" He repeated.
"Tch….what kind of question is that?" Sasuke said as he turned his attention onto the couple again.
"Just answer the question." Naruto said glaring at Sasuke.
Sasuke stared down at the pink-haired woman. A loving smile on her face directed towards the man at her side. 'She's happy with him' He thought as he remembered the day he made his promise.
FLASHBACK
At Ichiraku
"So Sasuke what do you plan to do now?" Naruto asked with a mouth full ramen.
"Eat lunch" Sasuke said dryly breaking his chopsticks apart.
Naruto gave him a well-no-duh look.
"What he wants to know Sasuke is if you plan on joining Anbu" Sakura said quietly as she stared down at her untouched food.
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
"Well if you do we can't be a team anymore" Naruto stated.
Sasuke glanced over at Naruto. "So. You can survive without me."
That statement alone brought back memories from a time Sakura and Naruto tried so hard to forget and Sasuke just acted like nothing ever happened. He acted as if they meant nothing to him.
"Yeah, sure" Naruto said the sound of defeat in his voice as he took another bite of ramen.
Sakura couldn't be there right now, she had to leave, just get away from him. She stood up and walked towards the exit.
"Sakura where are going?" Naruto asked worried.
"Away" she muttered and exited the shop.
Naruto watched her as she disappeared into the busy street. With a sigh he turned back to his half eaten lunch.
"What's her problem?" Sasuke said taking a bite of his noodles.
"Why don't you ask her yourself?" Naruto sighed again.
Sasuke now looked over at Naruto with a raised eyebrow. "Fine"
He found Sakura at the library her nose stuck in book. "Sakura" Sasuke said walking over to her table.
Sakura glanced up for moment and turned back down to her book. A few moments passed in silence.
"You gonna tell me what your problem is." He said arms crossed while staring down at her.
She slammed the book closed and stood quickly, then disappeared down one the aisles. She placed the book back in its proper place and scanned the shelf for another title.
"You can't ignore me and you know it." Sasuke said now leaning on the bookshelf next to her.
"Watch me" She hissed and grabbed a book off the shelf turning to go back to her table.
Sasuke put his arm out blocking her way. "Talk"
"I have nothing to say, now if you don't mind." She said pushing his arm out the way.
He grabbed her waist pulling her to him. She gasped and the book in her hand fell to the floor when she felt her back pressed against his chest.
"Oh I do mind Sakura" He whispered in her ear and encircled his arms around her waist, his warm breath against her skin causing a shiver to run through her body.
"S…Sasuke….let….me go" she breathed trying to hide the shakiness in her voice.
He nuzzled his face into her neck. "No" He muttered against her skin with a light kiss.
Sakura closed her eyes trying to block it out, this feeling that she felt when he touched her. Want. Need. Lust.
"Sasuke…Please….Stop" She whimpered
"Sakura I know what it is you want from me" He said in low husky voice, placing another kiss on her neck.
A gasp escaped her throat. "There is nothing I want from you anymore" She desperately was trying to hold back her tears.
She felt him smirk against her skin, which felt like it was on fire at this point. "Liar"
"Stop" She whimpered as he began his attack on her neck again.
"Sakura I promise that when the time comes, you are the one I want to restore my clan with."
She shut her eyes unable to stop the tears from rolling down her cheeks after hearing his words. "Empty promises mean nothing to me."
He spun her around and crashed his lips on hers. She was startled by the sudden kiss, but she didn't fight, she couldn't push him away, she still loved him after all.
When the kiss broke he rested his forehead against hers. "I promise you Sakura Haruno, that you will bare the Uchiha name when the time comes."
Tears were now streaming down her face. "Promise?" She whispered
He gently wiped her cheek free of tears. "I promise" as he brought his lips to hers once again.
END FLASHBACK
That was six months before her tragic mission. "Empty promises mean nothing to me" Her words now rang loud and clear in his mind. He broke that promise to her.
'Sakura I didn't mean for any of this happen.' He thought watching as another man now held her. His heart felt pain at the sight and memory from his past.
"Sasuke are you going to answer me?" Naruto said breaking Sasuke from his thoughts.
"I can't answer that question." He lied. He did love her, and even after he broke his promise, he couldn't be with anyone else, he needed her, wanted her and only her.
"Well, I still love her" Naruto said his face held sadness.
Sasuke glanced at Naruto. He knew the blonde had feelings for her, but he never knew he held that much feeling for her.
"She waited for you." Naruto chuckled as if trying to cheer himself up. "She waited ten years for you."
Kakashi had now turned back to watching Sakura. 'I think she is still waiting, for someone at least.'
Sasuke opened his mouth to speak, but shut it when Sakura's voice drew his attention.
"Akine what are you doing?" She sounded surprised. He had pulled her into an alleyway and pinned her against the wall ravishing her with kisses.
"I need you Sakura" Lust evident in his voice. He captured her lips with his.
From their perch the three men watched their little make out session. Hands were roaming over covered and bare flesh, lips attacking each other with hunger. Only a few minutes of this and they couldn't even stand to watch, but watched either way.
"I am putting an end to this" Sasuke growled as be begun to stand up.
A hand quickly pushed him back down. "No Sasuke, I don't like this anymore than you, but we have to wait." Kakashi ordered.
He grunted in disapproval and crouched back down. A minute or so later the glint from a kunai was seen and a wave of fear rushed through there bodies. Before they could react they saw Sakura holding a kunai against Akine's throat.
"What is it you are after?" She growled pressing the kunai a little harder into his neck.
A smirk crossed his face. "Why Sakura, I don't know what your talking about." He said mocking her.
"Please don't play your pathetic games with me. You're a pitiful actor." She hissed
"Well if you knew why did you let me go that far?"
Her eyes narrowed at him. "Because, you treated me like a woman and not like a ninja, I thought I would get some enjoyment before I killed you. Now state your purpose." She pressed the kunai harder, a small trail of blood now trickling down his neck.
"Sakura" Sasuke whispered as he watched the events unfold below.
"I sought you out for your medical expertise you could say." He winced at the pain from neck.
"Well you know what? You wasted your time. People come after me every week seeking my medical skills and you're all beginning to become rather bothersome. I do not just work my medical skills on just anyone."
"Well maybe I can persuade you." He chanced and brushed her cheek gently.
"I am not one to be persuaded" and in a flash the kunai cut his throat, his body falling lifeless to the ground. She wiped off her kunai and headed back to the guard house without a second thought.
The three men hadn't moved. They stared down at the lifeless body.
"I have never seen Sakura so……" Kakashi said looking for the right word.
"Cold" Sasuke finished for him. "Her eyes hold hatred" He thought out loud. He wondered if that hatred was really held for the now lifeless body on the ground or someone else.
AN: Well another Chapter done. Please R&R. (Promise some cough togetherness in next chapter) ;) Again please review. Thanks!