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Hello! I'm back! Okay this chapter is slightly rushed but I promise a nice big long one next to make up for it! Also the more you review the faster I'll update! I need motivation (in other words I need you to write me loads of reviews so I feel guilty because I'm not updating fast enough and then I'll get off my lazy ass and start writing for you!) Also READ THE DISCLAIMER because there is actually an important notice in there!

Disclaimer: Ok think about this logically people... Why the hell would I be sitting here writing fan fiction about Naruto if I owned it!? Also I don't own the character Rika either, she belongs to Ri-16-Chan, and no I am not stealing, she asked me if I wanted to put her in the story and I thought it was a good idea so I did, so please don't send me hate mail cursing me into oblivion because I am NOT a thief!

"They want you to marry and produce an heir."

Sasuke groaned.

Great. Really great.

"But then why am I here?" asked Sakura confusedly "Do you want me to do something at the hospital?"

"Well... not exactly..." Tsunade said, shifting around in her chair, and looking guiltily at Sakura.

Sasuke's eyes widened. She couldn't possibly mean...

No, God, please no. Anything but this-

"Well, as to who Sasuke marries, the council have a suggestion... well more of a preference... Ok fine, an order-"

-Please, I know I've done a lot of wrong in my life, but I promise you that if she's not about to say what I think she is, then-

"Sasuke, the council, err..."

-I'll never do anything wrong ever again in my life. I'll pray every night, I'll help the needy, I'll give away a quarter of my fortune to the poor-

"Sasuke, they want you to marry..."

-No, fine I'll give away half of it, hell, I'll give away all of it! Just don't make me marry-

"Sakura"

The silence was deadly. Sasuke and Sakura stared at Tsunade blankly, comprehending what she had just said. Suddenly, at the same time, they both yelled,



"What!?"

Nothing short of uproar followed.

"They want me to-?!"

"No! I refuse, you can't make-"

"Can't I just go to prison?!"

"Yeah, can't he just-"

"SILENCE!!"

Sakura and Sasuke fell silent, gawking at Tsunade, with looks of fury and horror on their faces.

"Sasuke, the only other option is execution and I'm sure you don't want that!" she said raising up her hands in exasperation.

"It looks pretty tempting," muttered Sasuke.

"Well, it's not an option now. I'm not going to let you and neither will the elders. They don't want the Uchiha clan to die with you."

"You mean, you want me to- to- to- with him?!" Sakura spluttered, pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke.

"Unfortunately, yes, Sakura, you will have to have sex with Sasuke." she stated bluntly.

Sasuke choked and turned bright red. He had forgotten exactly what reproducing meant.

"Why me? Why!?" whined Sakura.

"Because, Sakura, the council have ruled out all fan girls and you're the only one who could-"

"What about Ino?"

"Sakura, don't be an idiot, you know she's in a relationship with Shikamaru."

"Hinata?"

"She wouldn't survive."

"Tenten?"

"Neji would kill me. Look, Sakura you're the only one who could handle him-"

"Hey!"

"Shut up, Sasuke. Sakura, you're the only one who will shout back at him when he's being an arrogant git-"

"I am not-" Sasuke began indignantly.



"-and the only one who can calm him down when his curse seal takes over."

"But I don't want to marry him!" she cried, throwing her hands up in the air.

"Believe me, Sakura, I'm not exactly thrilled," Sasuke said dryly.

"You knocked me out and left me on a stone bench in the middle of the night, after I told you I loved you. For once Uchiha, perhaps you could think about how I feel," she spat out furiously, standing up and facing him. He stood up too, and looked down at her, one eyebrow slightly raised.

"Don't assume that this marriage is going to be easy, because I can tell you now that for every moment of hell you put me through, you will pay!"

With that she turned on her heel and stalked out of the room.

"Sasuke," sighed Tsunade "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke..."

"What?" snapped Sasuke crossly.

"You're attracted to her, aren't you?"

Damn, I guess she knows our dirty little secret then...

"Yeah right," he scoffed.

"Don't lie, Sasuke, I can see right through it."

"It's not my fault she's hot," he muttered sulkily.

"You are an idiot."

"Can you please stop the personal attacks?! I've had enough of that today, thanks."

Shooting her a glare, he strode out of the room with the intention of finding a quiet place to brood.

"RIKA!"

Sakura pounded the door so hard she sent her fist straight through it, leaving a nice, rounded, fist shaped hole in it.

"RIKA! Open the damn do-"

"Bloody hell, Sakura, I'm coming, I'm coming," the door flew open to reveal Sakura's twenty three year old adoptive sister, who looked thoroughly exasperated.



"That's the second time you've done that," she said irritably, pointing to the fist shaped hole in the door "You and your super human strength- hey, are you ok?"

"Well, I've just found out that I have to marry the bastard Uchiha, the very one that abandoned me six years ago, who turned up last night!"

Shock was etched all over Rika's pretty face, and her light blue eyes widened as she began to comprehend what Sakura had just said. She was quite tall, the contrary of Sakura, and had long red hair which flowed all the way down her back.

Her parents had adopted Rika around the same time that they had had Sakura, and they had treated her like their own daughter. Although she wasn't really Sakura's sister, they were very close. Another thing that they shared in common was their mutual dislike of all Uchihas. Before the massacre, Rika and Itachi had been very close and although she would never tell Sakura the whole truth of what had happened between the two, Sakura suspected there had been some romance involved. However, when she had found out what he had done she vowed never to mention his name again, and when she had found out that Sakura liked Sasuke, she had warned her that he would break her heart. Unfortunately she was right and after Sakura had given up on trying to bring Sasuke back, they both promised each other that they would forget about the Uchihas. So this was why she was now making death threats to both Sasuke and Tsunade.

"How dare they?! They day that I see you marry an Uchiha will be the day that- that-" It was evident that she could not think of an event horrible enough to describe it.

"Oh and it gets better," she said, laughing hollowly "Tsunade says that we have to produce an heir."

Rika's mouth opened and closed, seemingly so disgusted that she was unable to think of anything to say anything to this.

"It's awful isn't it," said Sakura icily.

"Isn't there a loophole or something?" asked Rika hopefully "can't you just divorce him or something afterwards?"

Sakura let out another mirthless laugh.

"I think the elders will probably have seen to it that we can't."

Rika ran her hand through her hair, looking around as if hoping some magic solution would swoop down upon her.

"I wanted to marry for love," said Sakura quietly "I wanted to have a proper family, one where I loved everyone in it. He'll never love me and I'll never love him, ever again. The only reason they want me to marry him is because I'm the only one who can handle him..." she trailed off, staring into space.

"Give him hell," said Rika threateningly "Make him pay for everything. And I can be the sister in-law from hell. It's not as though I need to pretend that I hate him.."



"Rika?" said Sakura tentatively, a sudden though having just struck her, "Rika, I just remembered... Itachi, he... Sasuke killed him..." she trailed off looking apologetic, looking up at Rika. She could have sworn she had seen a flicker of sorrow in her eyes before she said harshly,

"He deserved it. He killed his family and abandoned m- Kohona," Sakura didn't miss her little slip up.

"Rika?" she asked gently.

"Forget about it," she snapped "We have to worry about you marrying the ice cube, not about my pointless problems. You'd better come in, once the fan girls find out they'll be after your blood."

"Just another one of the many benefits from this wonderful arrangement," she muttered sarcastically, before stepping over the threshold.

"My life is over..."

Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru all exchanged glances. He was right, his life was over. Sakura would probably murder him.

They were all sat in the kitchen, Sasuke slumped in chair, with the other boys around him. They had called in Shikamaru for extra protection, in case Sakura came looking for Sasuke with violent intentions. Normally he would have been able to take her easily in a fight, but he seemed to have lost the will to do anything, and Sakura was no weakling.

"I'm doomed! She'll castrate me!"

All they boys winced. They wouldn't put it past her.

"Sasuke, don't you think you're being a just a bit dramatic?" asked Neji.

"Tell me, Neji, do you have to marry Sakura?" he asked, furiously.

"I wouldn't mind," Neji said slyly "At least the sex would be good. Sasuke, even you, the human ice cube, can't deny that she is seriously -"

"Neji," said Naruto warningly, cracking his knuckles menacingly. He had taken to becoming very protective of Sakura.

"By the way Neji, when are you going to ask Tenten out?" said Shikamaru, smirking at him "What's the matter, too chicken? And by the way Sasuke, he's right, have you seen her in a bikini, because-"

"Argh! Stop it! Did you two nick Kakashi's book or something!?" said Sasuke "Stop being perverted about my fiancé!"

"So she's yours now, eh Sasuke? Someone's getting overprotective," Neji taunted.



"Teme, do you like her?" asked Naruto seriously "Because if you hurt her again-"

"I'm not going to," muttered Sasuke.

"But do you like her?"

"I don't know!"

"Wait, you're not denying it?"

"Yes-no- stop it! You're confusing me!"

"Sasuke, confused? Over a girl? It's the apocalypse!"

"Sasuke are you feeling ill?"

"Let me check you're temperature-"

"SHUT IT!!"

They stood there, identical smirks plastered across each of their faces, while Sasuke glared at them.

"I'm going out to train," he muttered, storming out of the room.

They three boys stood there a second before Neji suggested "Shall we follow him?"

"Shall we go and train? It'll make you feel better..."

Once the whole thing had been explained properly to Rika, she had invited Tenten, Ino and Hinata over to hear the news. They naturally been horrified and Ino had started viciously verbally abusing the elders, Tsunade and of course Sasuke (even though it wasn't really his fault), while the others had just stood by nodding in grim agreement.

With Sakura looking as though she ready to punch something, it seemed Hinata's meek suggestion was the probably the most sensible course of action and around five minutes later they were all marching off towards the training grounds.

However they soon found out upon arriving that they were not the only ones who thought that throwing a lot of kunais would be a good stress-reliever. In fact Sasuke was throwing one right now. At Shikamaru. And he was about to throw another one at Neji when he saw-

The girls stared at the four men in front of them, who had all frozen, strings of swearwords and plans to get out of there as soon as possible now running through their minds.

"Uchiha!" everyone turned to look at a fuming Sakura, who was now striding towards Sasuke, who took a hasty step back. The other girls hurried after her, unsure of what to do.



"Fight me!"

"Wh-what?" Sasuke asked, completely startled.

"I said, fight me!"

Sasuke looked around helplessly at everyone else. They just grimaced, edging away discreetly. He knew he was stronger than her but he really didn't want to hurt her.

"Sakura..."

"You heard me Uchiha."

Hinata, who was now standing beside Naruto, clutched his muscular arm and let out a little squeak. In spite of himself, a smug look appeared on Naruto's face. He loved it when Sasuke and Sakura fought. There were so many benefits. Deciding to press his advantage, he gently removed his arm from her vice-like grip and wrapped it around her shoulders. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Neji and Shikamaru giving him discreet thumbs ups.

The group were now standing a good ten metres away from Sasuke and Sakura, wary of being caught in the cross-fire. Sakura was now in fighting stance and was drawing out a kunai. Sasuke however just stood there, seemingly unwilling to fight.

"Sakura, this is pointless..."

"What's the matter, afraid of your little fiancé?" she taunted.

His fiancé. Sakura, his fiancé. His Sakura...

Suddenly the onlookers saw a flurry of pink and then heard the ominous sound of a slashing kunai.

AN: hello again! In case you're wondering about Rika READ THE DISCLAIMER, because it's all in there and I can't be bothered to explain it all again. Anyway, sorry this chapter was not one of my best. It was slightly rushed but I promise the next chapter will be better! And remember, the more reviews I get the faster I'll update! Also in case you are wondering about the HinataXNaruto bit in there, I'm going to put them in a relationship pretty soon but I think you probably guessed that anyway...

Anyways, back to the chapter, how is this little pre-marriage fight going to turn out? What does Sasuke think about fighting Sakura? And Naruto, how much further is he going to 'press his advantage'? Only I know because I have the notebook! Muahahaha! But I'll type faster if you review more... and you'll find out quicker...

Also I am thinking of starting an ItachiXSakura story soon. What do you think? Should I write one? I have a vague idea in my head about the storyline, but I need your opinion on whether I should 

write one... By the way if you hate the pairing don't send me evil reviews, I'm looking for your honest opinion!

Thank you for reading and please review!

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