Chapter #4

Sasuke woke up to the sound of someone calling Sakura. He lifted himself off the sleeping girl and pulled on some pants.

Quietly and softly, he wrapped an arm around Sakura's shoulders and tucked an arm under her legs. He brought her up slowly as not to disturb her.

Sakura's head lay across his bare chest.

Sasuke walked quietly down the steps to Sakura's surprised comrades.

"Sasuke is that-! Don't tell me you-!"

"Shhh! Be quiet, can't you see she's sleeping?" Sasuke whispered.

"Sasuke, what happened?" Yamato asked calmly. "We've been investigating this area for two hours, but you came out of nowhere holding Sakura."

"I'm not surprised that it seemed like I came out of nowhere. I put a genjutsu on the stairs so only I could see it, but I guess Sakura was able to sense it, too."

"My only question is: why is Sakura sleeping?"

"That is something between us." He looked around at the faces around him and spoke again, "I will tell you this though: I promised Sakura I would come back to Konoha with you."


Three days later…

Sasuke, Sakura, Naruto, Sai, and Yamato neared the gates of Konoha. Naruto chattered away about all the changes that took place while Sasuke had been gone. "Yeah, and I was able to save the village from…" They all noticed the people waiting for them.

"Sakura!" Sakura's father yelled. He ran out to her and grabbed her arm, bringing her away from her comrades, "Stay away from these people! Especially those two!" He pointed at Sasuke and Naruto.

"Father, what are you doing?" Tears formed in her eyes.

"Your mother was right, you should never have become a ninja! If I had realized how dangerous it was, I would never have let you enroll!"

"Dad what are you talking about? Mom wanted me to be a ninja!" she corrected, confused.

"No… Your new mother," he said firmly.

"That thing is not my not my mother!"

"Don't you talk about her that way, young lady!"

"What happened to you, Father? Once you understood me… And now… You're taking away one of the few joys I have left in my life…" The tears overflowed.

"Come along, that's enough of that. We're going home, and no more of these dangerous missions for you!"

"Who are you…?" Pain was exposed in Sakura's bright green eyes. "Because you are not my father…!" She ripped her arm from him and took off into the village leaping on the rooftops to get away from the pain around her.

"What the hell did you say that for?" Naruto yelled. He grabbed Sakura's father by the front of his shirt.

"Ahhh! Leave me alone, demon! Someone, save me from this demon!"

"Naruto, leave him. He's not worth it." Sasuke spoke in with his arms crossed, looking in the direction Sakura went.

"Grrr… She went to the cherry blossom fields," Naruto said to Sasuke knowing what he was thinking.

"Got it." He took off after her.

"Don't you dare go near my daughter!" The Haruno father yelled at him.

"What kind of parent disrespects their daughter so much! You may have been her father but we're her family. I hope you enjoy an eternity in Hell." Naruto walked away as to not awaken the fox spirit with his rage.

"I never really had parents, but from what I do know, they're supposed to be caring and kind, they are supposed to understand and support their children. You, however, do not," Sai said, a rare tinge of anger bringing an edge to his voice.

Yamato just shook his head and walked away.


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