A/N: I've finally updated this story! Yay me! I've been working on my story, 'Riko the Miko' for all of you fanfic addicts! Thank me people! I'm oh so popular! (Sike!) I have a lot of things going on so don't get mad if I don't update right away! Please read and review!

Sakura began to wake up and felt a rhythm carrying her. She felt like she was being held. She blinked a few times before becoming blinded by the sun. She moved her head a little bit and saw a navy blue. She gave a small smile.

"Sasuke…." She faintly said.

"Sakura? You're finally awake." Sasuke was carrying Sakura in a bridal style while walking towards the village. He looked down at her.

"Thanks for saving me." Sakura said in a greater but still weak voice.

"No, thank you for saving me." Sasuke said with the first smile Sakura ever saw.

'So beautiful.' Sakura thought as she gazed at his smile.

"I hope I didn't hurt you too bad." Sasuke supposed.

"Yeah, you did. It doesn't hurt as much but I think you bruised my leg pretty bad. I hate you." Sakura replied as she lifted part of her dress up with a little smile in her last sentence.

"Sorry! I hit hard… I didn't think it would be you I would screw up. I can't believe I did that." Sasuke continued as he looked at the greenish-purplish bruise on Sakura leg.

"Yeah! I'm just glad you're back to normal. What did that freak of a brother do to you? I thought he was a girl 'cause of his hair. Are you sure he's a boy?" Sakura asked as she gestured for him to put her down.

"I really don't know what he did. It happened so fast. And yes, he IS a boy. I hope." Sasuke shivered a little as he made a face that meant what he thought was a little unusual.

"Ok. Ouch!" Sakura, by instinct, fell down and rubbed her bad leg. Sasuke quickly ran to her aid.

"You ok, Sakura?"

"Yeah. I just need some help getting up against this tree. Will you do the honors?" Sasuke gave a small smirk and helped Sakura with the tree. She nodded her head as a thank you and pulled a bandage from her pouch.

"So what happened while I was gone?"

"Nothing. I made Ino jealous and that's all." Sakura kept glancing at her leg as she bandaged her leg up.

"Oh…."

"I know! I came without telling anybody. Not even Kakashi. I guess when there's someone special in your heart your heart goes after them." Sakura froze as she said that last quote from GeminiEyes. (He he!)

"What?" Sasuke asked as he sat beside Sakura.

"Nothing!" Sakura shook her head and covered her mouth, while blushing and giggling at the same time.

"Ok then. Can you walk on your own? Not to be mean but you made my arms hurt.." Sasuke said as he looked the other way.

Sakura got up and had fury in her eyes. She was about to release her Inner Self. Fury was arousing in her. (Not the arousing you perverted freaks think! You perverts!) She couldn't take it anymore.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY, SASUKE?!?!?!" Sakura acted like she did even have a bad leg. She stomped over to Sasuke as he almost fell to the ground.

"I said-" Sasuke the fire in Sakura. "I didn't say anything!" He was shaking his hands rapidly in front of him as he sweated and had a fake but scared smile and he shook his head.

"That's more like it. I can walk on my own."

'Why was I suddenly scared of Sakura? She's, she's different. I sensed danger in her. I'll think twice for slightly insulting her.' Sasuke thought. Even thinking about him made him timid a little.

"The village is only a few more meters away! Come on!" Saskura, amazingly, started to walk.

"Ok. You seem different, Sakura. What happened to you?" Sasuke asked as he walked backwards in front of Sakura.

"Nothing happened. This journey saving you made me feel like more…. me. I hope you liked it also." Sakura put her face in front of Sasuke's and he kind of blushed. He never had a girl so close to her face before.

The two walked some more but they barely talked. They bumped into each other a few times, but it was playfully. They laughed sometimes also. They even looked at each other, making each of them blush a little, a lot, or just blushing. They soon arrived in Konoha.

"We're back home!" Sakura exclaimed.

"For some reason, this place is different. It's not in physical looks but something is different." Sasuke looked around. Everyone was there. The familes were there.

"Why do you ask?" Sakura turned her interest to him.

"I guess it's something in the air." Sasuke secretly threw a kunai at a tree like 50 meters from them. A body plummeted to the ground, making a big thump sound.

"What was that?" Sakura quickly turned her head about, trying to find where the sound came from.

"Like I said, I guess it's something in the air." Sasuke and Sakura walked further into the village, finding Naruto and Kakashi by the bridge.

"Sakura-chan! Sasuke.." Naruto came after Sakura.

"Naruto. Hey Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura called back, ignoring Naruto.

"Why won't she notice me!" Naruto gave a whaling cry out into the sky.

"Because you are a baka, you're a baka, and last but not least, you're a baka." Sasuke walked passed Naruto and came over by Sakura and Kakashi.

"Sasuke! I'm going to get you one day!" Naruto pointed to him and shouted out.

"That will only be when you become Hokage, which will be never." Sasuke yelled back.

"AHHHH!" Naruto screamed as he pouted.

Over with Sakura and Kakashi, they had a very serious conversation.

"Sakura, I don't want you running off on your own like that."

"I know but I really wanted to save Sasuke on my own so everybody will think more of me then just a girl. I wanted to be noticed."

"You are noticed, Sakura. Look around. Naruto always notices you. He's practically obsessed with you. Sasuke gives a helping hand when you need it. I am your sensei. We give you all the attention you need."

"I know."

"You could've gotten killed by Sasuke out there by yourself. When someone is gone, you come tell me, Tsunade, or other grown ups that are near that can help. I never want you doing something that is life-threatening like that again. You understand?"

"Yes, Kakashi-sensei."

"Since that's over, how about we all go for ramen?"

"OOOO! RAMEN! YAY!" Naruto raced off, making a dust trail.

"I'll leave you two alone." Kakashi picked up his book and started to follow Naruto.

"Want to walk together?" Sakura asked, forgetting about her leg.

"That would be cool." Sasuke was about to trail off before Sakura stopped him.

"Can I do something?"

"Like what?"

"This." Sakura leaned over and kissed Sasuke on the cheek. He blushed so much he almost looked like a tomato. He froze as her pink brushed lips met his pale-milky face. She came off of his face with a smile playing her face.

"What was that for?" Sasuke gently touched his face.

"Everything. Just don't do it again or I'll kill you." Sakura had a straight face that kind of scared Sasuke again.

'Why am I suddenly feeling vulnerable to Sakura if she glares at me, stares at me like that Neji kid, or shows me her affections? Do I lo-' Sasuke's thought process broke as Sakura's voice peered into her mind.

"Come one already! Kakashi-sensei is probably spending all of his money on that baka Naruto!" Sakura's voice screamed from halfway down the street from Sasuke.

"Coming!" Sasuke called back. He ran and caught up with Sakura.

She couldn't help noticed a black spot in the corner of her eyes. She turned it direction and it had three huge commas on Sasuke neck. She squinted her eyes and examined it carefully, like her life depended on it.

'I wonder what this is. I hope it won't hurt Sasuke." Sakura thought as she came to Ichiraku's Ramen Bar.

'Hello! Did you forget about me?' The little voice in Sakura's head came back just in time.

'No. Why did you make me yell at Sasuke?'

'I didn't.'

'Oh.'

'I'm glad you found your mate.'

'WHAT?!?!'

'Nevermind.'

'I kissed him, though.'

'I guess it's love, isn't it?'

Sakura smiled as she sat by Sasuke, her new mate.

A/N: How'd you like this chapter? I'm making a sequel but not for a long time. I hope you liked the story! Bye!