Dedicated to cfox and SailorMenz, thank you for your reviews. I actually wanted to leave the story as a one shot but you guys sounded like me when I was begging for "the Beginning" to continue. I know how it feels and personally I kinda like this story too. So I guess 1 more chapter can't hurt . (grin)

How in the world did I squeeze in the fluffiness I have no idea.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and gang.

Chapter 2

Losing sleep and losing sanity, slipping slowly like sand through her fingers. Thoughts of him race around in a frenzy, occupying the meager space of her mind. She searched her memories for anything to ease the pain and dull the loneliness in her soul. Craving relief and freedom from this madness, she took to escapism within her own past, revisiting and fantasizing about the good times they shared together.

In a quick change of pace, Sasuke lost herself in the memory of her wedding day. Feelings of joy and utter excitement coursed through her veins like a drug, drowning out all reality. She could still remember her bridal kimono; the snow-white silk garment was hand-stitched with beautiful cranes and bamboo motifs. And her hair, her long dark hair, was fixed in place by the most ornate wakazashi pin set she had ever seen. Sakura and the girls spared no expense in dolling her up for her groom.

She remembered the aisle she walked down, into her beloved's arms. How he always looked so radiant in that ceremonial yukata. His beautiful blue eyes never seemed more alive then that second he beheld his bride's face. And his smile always so warm, but on that day Sasuke had thought she was marrying a piece of the sun himself.

A burst of pain forced Sasuke to pull herself out of her revelry. She knew that though doing this would dull her pain for a moment, it would only serve to intensify her longing for him further. She knew she just couldn't let go… of the man called Naruto.

Slipping back into her office for the fourth time in a row, Sasuke made a habit of pulling both day and night shifts in hopes of easing her insomnia. Hoping to finish up two weeks worth of work she immediately got down to business the minute she hit her chair.

No sooner had she gone through two piles of paperwork, a sharp knock interrupted her. She called for the person to come in and close the door behind him. It was her section deputy, Takamura Yugi, a rather imposing looking jounin who worked closely with her. Sasuke had gone out with him once before as a token gesture to the Hokage's concerns. He was nice, though he came across as being rather brutish.

"Yugi-san, what is it you wish to see me about?"

"I came to hand in a report, Sasuke-sama." Yugi declared and promptly handed her the completed weekly observations report.

Sasuke browsed through the file and gave him an approving nod before turning around to find the report a permanent home amongst her shelves. Suddenly, she was shocked to feel two broad arms wrap themselves tightly around her waist and someone's face breathing heavily down her neck.

"You're so beautiful Sasuke-sama, why is it you never remarried?" Yugi whispered huskily into her left ear. He felt her shiver slightly against him, and that greatly excited his ego.

"The boys need a man in the house and the girls need taking care of, don't you agree?" again Yugi didn't get a response. Thinking that silence means consent, he decided to press his luck.

"Sasuke-sama how bout I look after you and your little brood," Yugi propositioned as he ran one of his hands down the length of Sasuke's back and slowly savouring the feel of her firm buttock.

The very next moment he got the answer he had been waiting for, with his feet in the air, back pressed against the wall and Sasuke's vice-like grip around his throat. The legendary Magekyou Sharingan staring back at him with the most malicious intent.

"About my social life, that is none of your concern!" Sasuke spat poisonously, tightening her grip around his jagular. "You will never ever hold a candle to my husband, so don't even try."

"Never underestimate me, Takamura Yugi. I am and always will be an Uchiha, remember that. I can and will break every single bone in your worthless body in a second if you try this stupid joke with me again. Just so we are perfectly clear on this…" she twisted the offending hand until a loud sickening crack could be heard. Yugi screamed at the painful treatment and begged to be let go. "And I want to see your letter of resignation on my desk tomorrow."

With that she unceremoniously threw him out of her office. After all,It wasn't anything she was unfamiliar with. After Naruto was out of the picture, there had been more jerks trying to get lucky with her then the whole Sand Village put together.

The next morning, Sasuke was amused to learn that Yugi's "mysteriously" quick resignation had become the latest news in the office. Everyone was speculating about the cause of such hasty behaviour. Hypothesis ranged from alien abductions to enemy reconnaissance; boy did she place her bet on the alien abduction theory.

"Sasuke-sama, I have an urgent report!" Konohamaru cried as he ran into the Police Chief's office.

"What is it, Konohamaru?" Sasuke replied curtlygiving her right-hand man a cursory glance before going back to her paperwork.

"There have been reports of an unknown Nin coming in from the northern borders heading towards Konoha. He has so far avoided all our traps and anti-personnel mines. It's almost as if he knows the military layout of Konoha, however none of our surveillance teams have had an encounter with him yet."

"Are you sure it is not one of our own?"

"Affirmative, Sasuke-sama. The witnesses who spotted him said that he shows no identification of his origin and may be a high level ninja." Konohamaru then lowered his voice to almost a whisper, "…and they say he has three whisker-like marks on his cheek…"

End.

I love the first part, felt it was rather poetic. "She knew she just couldn't let go...of the man called Naruto."

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