Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Sasuke's return had brought an upset to the village as he waited for their decision. The assembly of his right to enter the village again was in an up roar as the chunnin who had been sent to get a list of the supplies Sasuke needed had been sent back, sickly pale with fear as he delivered the message to Tsunade in front of the crowd that Sasuke requires Sakura to "fetch" his things. The sudden uproar was deafening, but to every statement a new wave of protests formed. Tsunade's voice grew hoarse from yelling above the crowd, the arguing went on for hours, until Sakura rose and announced that she was going to get Sasuke's supplies leaving Tsunade to deal with the crowd momentarily silenced.

Sasuke smirked to himself as the sounds of the muffled protests died down "Any moment now, Sakura will come running throw those doors, with her usual annoying statements" his smirk grew wider as the huge gates opened revealing Sakura; petite, innocent, sweet yet fierce and defensive with head bowed down and her muscles tensed. She walked up to him and stood in silence for a moment, still refusing to look at him.

"You said you need supplies, could you tell me what you need" her voice calm but empty, her intensive stare at the large tree roots was aggravating Sasuke more than he liked "LOOK AT ME!"

"Hn, that's all you have to say to m-"

"I have things to do tonight other than stand out here, tell me what you need so I can go home" Sakura cut through his sentence like a kunai through skin, Sasuke was taken aback

"hn"

"Don't waste my time"

Twenty minutes later Sakura returned carrying a back pack full of Sasuke's requested items, placing them in front of him she bowed and turned to leave.

"That's it is it?" Sasuke called after her stopping her mid-step "I come back, and that's all you can do for me" she turned around slowly, eyes still cast to the ground "why won't you look at me?" his voice rising she opened her mouth then closed it again, her eyes reflecting her sadness "SPEAK TO ME!" in a flash of sudden anger he was in front of her a hand on each shoulder, he shook her as he yelled "LOOK AT ME DAMNIT! SPEAK!" he saw her head lift a little just in time to see her hurl him off her and to the ground.

"Don't touch me, don't you dare touch me!" Sakura said her voice no louder than a whisper but he heard her clearly as he picked himself up and stared at her "You left me, you left our village, you can't just come back here and expect everything to go back to how it was! I know what you did, we've all heard of what you've done the slaughtering of women and children!" She poured her heart out letting her emotions of angry and grief free showing him her first really emotions since he arrived "What you did to Naruto! He nearly died! He blamed himself you know! For not bringing you back, but you had to go, right, you had to get stronger, well guess what Sasuke you did it, you killed your brother, you did what you had to do, and all it cost you was your humanity and your soul" she stared hard into his eyes "and you expect to find us awaiting your return with open arms? You were once the most important person in my life, but not anymore"

"Why not?"

"because your not a person anymore, I look at you and all I see is a monster without a soul" she turned and walked back to the gates, as she entered the village she lifted her head a little and said just loud enough to hear each word dripping with cold sarcasm "Welcome back"

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Jenai