The first chapter. Same disclaimers as before. Enjoy!

Chapter 1

He wiped the sweat forming on his forehead. Moving furniture every now and then really is a pain. He could never find them in the most perfect orientation. Something is always missing and when he 'acquires' a new piece of furniture, he needs to move everything around making sure that the new piece of furniture will fit into the surroundings. He shuffled a small set of drawer away from the wall and to its new area. A small piece of paper fell off the back as he moved it. He wiped more sweat off his forehead and picked it up. A chuckle escaped his masked lips. Sakura, never fails to miss a small line in whatever text she reads.

It felt like such a long time ago since he last saw her dressed in a pure white gown, her pastel coloured hair teasing the white material as it fans out on the cloth, challenging the whiteness. Her face showed neither happiness nor sorrow, all he saw was a blank face trying to smile like Sai. It was exactly three months after Sasuke walked through the gates of Konoha again. Everyone greeted him as if he just came back from a long holiday. Everyone, except the young kunoichi with pink hair. No one ever understood what happened afterwards, as if it was some sort of blur in the memory. Nonetheless, it was happy days in Konoha when one of the wealthiest and not to mention most handsome young man announce who will be his wife.

What sounded very strange to Kakashi was that he was fairly certain, no scrap that, very certain, that the young kunoichi came crying and telling him during those two months that she hates Sasuke with every cell in her and that she would never marry him even if he asked her. 'Maybe people change their minds faster than me' that was Kakashi's only explanation that kept worries at bay.

Heavy knocking on his door woke Kakashi from his midday thoughts. To be quite honest, he was quite sucked into them, how they used to be a team and together like a family even if one of them wasn't so keen on playing part in the family. He reached to open his door to find the person that has been swimming in his thoughts just now to be standing in front of his door. Those same glassy eyes in their red frames like all those years ago…reappearing again as if it was a cunning déjà vu.

Sakura has become an accomplished medic after training under the Fifth who is now busy taking Naruto under her wing to shape him into the next Hokage, although some say that training was so intense that Naruto was often found passed out on the Fourth's face carving on the cliffs or the Hokage's office. Her reputation of inhuman strength that is even scarier than the Fifth's and her incredible manipulation of chakra as a medic rippled like ripples on the surface of a large pond. Everyone in the village have respect for this kunoichi and no one dares to challenge her strength. Some say that earthquakes of 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Hidden Village of Mist, one of the further villages away from Konoha, from a single knock of Sakura's fist in Konoha. Recalling that fact made Kakashi slightly uneasy, especially when she suddenly shows up at his doorstep. Nonetheless he showed her in and offered her some tea.

"Yo!" He greeted her like all those years ago.

"You're late." She chanted out unenthusiastically as if she was a hollow person, emotionless. Something was definitely not right. Despite her scary abilities, Sakura is always full of emotions.

"Well, you see this black cat…now tell me what's wrong." He cut the chase, guessing that it was pointless to cling onto the phrases of the past. He is no longer her sensei. She is a jounin now, like he is.

"Kakashi-sensei, am I weak?" She too stopped beating around the bush. Kakashi's visible eye widened.

"What makes you think that? Did someone beat you in making a bigger crater?"

"No…it's just that…"

"The took down more trees than you in a single punch?"

"No! Sensei…I…Sasuke…he…"

Oh so Sasuke's in this too? I wonder what it is. Maybe he sent her after my Icha Icha collection…no way! He glanced his collection in the corner in an unnoticeable sideward glance only to be brought back down to Earth by the sobs next to him and the sudden hug from Sakura along with a sudden splash of tears on his shirt. He wrapped his arm around her comforting her like anyone else would've done.

Seconds went by followed by minutes and hours. She stopped now and Kakashi broke the ice. "What did Sasuke do?" His care free, lazy voice had such soothing effects on his former student that she stopped showering him in her tears.

"Would you believe me if I told you that I was trapped in his genjutsu for the past three months?"

This was quite out of the world, but he said he believed her.

"He came up to me after he came back to Konoha and made me stare at his Sharingan. He showed me what will happen if I will not follow his instructions." She broke in a small sob.

"Oh please, don't tell him I told you. I trust you with all my life. I'm so afraid. Please, save me. He wants me to do things I don't want to do." She spoke barely above a wisper.

"What does he want you to do?" He whispered back calmly, keeping his cool whilst pondering what Sasuke is up to putting Sakura through this when she apparently is his wife.

"He…he…he wants me to give birth to his children…not just one…but ten. He wants ten within the next five years, meaning five pairs of twins. He said that I was a medic and I can do that…"

"That's a bit…intense…"

"That's not it sensei. I came to you not only because I trust you. It is because I have to warn you. He wants to be the only man with the Sharingan family. He doesn't want a pedigree carrying his family trait…He…he…wants me to…" She couldn't say those last words, but he understood her. Sasuke had indeed changed. Sakura is no longer safe in the Uchiha residence.

"I understand Sakura." He quickly pulled out a copy of Icha Icha as if nothing had just happened. Sakura peered over his shoulder to see for the first time of her life what text those orange paperbacks contained. It was not long until Kakashi put away his Icha Icha and Sakura groaned and mumbled a "Hey! I wasn't finished yet!".

"I didn't see you there Sasuke. Want some tea? I'm afraid your old sensei cannot take you to the ramen place." This shook Sakura slightly. He could feel her straighten up more and cast her gaze down onto her own lap.

"No, I've come to take Sakura home." Sasuke spat angrily. His Sharingan spun around and when he called Sakura who instinctively looked up, Sakura just drifted towards him and followed him like a ghost. Before she left, Kakashi heard her whisper "Help me…"

So this is the first official chapter of the story. Like it? Need some tweaks in my spelling? Gimme a tell on reviews!