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Hey! I'm sorry that it's taken me a while to update. I hope that you still have this on your story alerts list! I would've updated sooner, but finals and then having to deal with getting ready to go to California put things on hold. I was spending my first week of summer, and only week before my long trip with my boy friend. It was fun. I miss him :') I wish I could've just stayed there with him, but I apparently have to go… so it sux. But I know I'll see him again. But not until after our 3rd monthsary :3 It's kinda sad… but he also has to go to some kind of summer camp too. He might not even be there when I get back! Anyways, I'm currently on the road headed to California from Georgia. Today We're headed to Las Vegas for a short detour. I hope all goes well, as long as my dad's not driving... he's a great motorcycle driver… but not a good car driver. I currently hardly have enough room to even sit right… my family decided to pack our whole freaking house into this car… I just brought cloths, my mangas, summer reading, camera, iPod, cell phone, and pillow. My brother brought his base and laptop, my dad brought his guitar and laptop (which I'm using to write this), and then my mom brought her entire closet and every last bit of her two thousand pounds of make up…
I didn't bring any musical instruments, make-up, hair accessories, or any other useless items that'll just wind up taking up space…
Anyways… enough of my griping =)
I hope that you all enjoy reading this! I look forward to reading your reviews soon!
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Ashiteru 3
"You have to do this" Sasuke said in a stern voice staring at Sakura with pensive onyx orbs.
Sakura had a blank face, but her eyes were like that of a puppy dog's. She wasn't sure what she should do. She was the only one in the hospital at that moment that could do something, and by the time she ran to get her sempai, it would be too late. Sakura made her mind up right then and there and accepted the challenge with a determined nod and a fierce gleam in her eyes.
"I will" she said to Sasuke as she ran behind the double doors down a hallway. Just seconds later the red light above the door turned on which meant that they were starting.
Sakura ran into the room and started barking orders at the lower ranked medic-nin who were assigned to assist her with the procedure.
"You, get a drip IV in his arm!" she said pointing to a medic-nin who saluted after the order was given and jogged off to complete the task assigned.
"You!" she said pointing at another, "Get a reading on all his vitals and hook him up to a reader so we can monitor them real-time. And You, lay my needed tools in chronological order to the procedure. You, make sure the patient is fully unconscious but be careful not to over dose him!"
Sakura gave many other similar orders all while doing things herself and washing her hands and getting her scrubs on and putting on a facemask.
"ohh... Shikamaru…" Sakura said looking down at the said boy's face with half lidded eyes.
She stroked the loose and sweaty strands of hair away from his face. A depressed expression overtook Sakura's stern and determined facial features as she contemplated all the possible outcomes of what could happen if she were to fail.
"How could this happen to you…" she whispered, then her façade came back and her determined look returned as she added "there's no way I'm going to let the love of my best friend's life die like this! She would kill me!"
With thoughts of Ino's wishes in her head, Sakura began to slide the thin material covering Shikamaru's mangled body. She would have to do a very long and hard procedure if she were to save her friend's life. She grabbed a scalpel in one hand, and gauze in the other then started to work.
Outside the operation room in the little lobby a small group of people were sitting with different facial expressions and auras. Chouji was sitting with his arms crossed, eyes closed, and a frown plastered on his features from his mind wandering deep in thought. Ino was sitting with her head tilted back against the wall so she was looking upwards at an angle, her eyes were closed as well, arms hanging loosely at her sides resting on the long bench, and a single tear trailing slowly down her face. Sasuke was sitting with his legs and arms crossed, eyes open, and an expression that was emotionless as ever. Chouji opened his eyes for a quick moment, and it was long enough to see Ino's single tear of despair. Chouji uncrossed his arms and placed a hand on top of Ino's limp ones. Ino snapped her eyes open and turned her head to look at Chouji. She smiled a crooked smile at Chouji's determined look, and he simply nodded in silent reply.
Moments later the red light slowly faded off. Ino immediately jumped up and Sakura came through the double doors with her scrubs covered in blood and a broad smile plastered on her face. To any onlooker passing by she looked like a sick cereal killer, but the three people in the mini-lobby knew that she would rather give the news first, no matter how disheveled she looked, then she would worry about cleaning herself up.
"He's going to make it" she said 'matter-of-factly'.
Ino screamed a scream of relief and flung her self at Sakura. The pinkette was startled but caught her irrational friend in her arms non-the-less and hugged Ino as the blonde's tears of joy intertwined with the bloodstains of her lover on Sakura's scrubs. Sasuke simply nodded with a smirk that said 'I knew you could' and Chouji simply stood up and bowed. Sakura raised a brow at Chouji's ability to be more emotionless and in control than Ino (because it was normally the other way around), who obviously had no control at this point as she continued to profusely cry her happy tears. Then before Chouji turned around Sakura spotted a single tear flow from each eye. He was obviously happy too, but walked away silently. Sakura knew Chouji wasn't being rude, he just didn't have words to speak at the moment.
"Ino, you have to get a grip!" Sakura joked with a smile.
Ino slowly stopped crying then grabbed Sakura's shoulders and Sakura did the same to Ino. They both stood there looking at each other for a few moments until Ino broke the silence.
"I won't ever be able to repay you for what you did today…" Ino said in the most sincere and serious tone Sakura ever heard her blond friend use.
Sakura let go and nodded with a smile. Ino didn't let go but pulled her pink haired friend into a back-breaking hug. Sakura gasped for breath but hugged the overjoyed blond back. Ino let go and ran down the hallway to go tell everyone else who was in the main hospital lobby the news.
"Imagine what would've happened if you hadn't stepped up and tried to go get Tsunade" Sasuke said dryly as he stood up towering over Sakura.
Sakura looked away with a distant expression then whispered "I'd rather not… I succeeded… and that's all that matters…"
Sasuke nodded and then raised a brow at his girlfriend sarcastically asking "you gunna wash that blood off you? Or are you trying to dye your skin another color?"
Sakura rolled her eyes then walked towards the employee washroom not bothering to look back at Sasuke as she did. Sasuke only closed his eyes with a triumphant smirk then opened them to get one last look at Sakura before she turned a corner.
Flash Back To Mission
Sasuke woke up next to Sakura who was still asleep. Her chest was slowly rising up and down, and bother her bands were next to her head with her elbows bent. To Sasuke, she looked like a sleeping pink-haired angel. He slowly slid out of the covers and found some casual cloths to throw on to work on rebuilding the village. They were still far from completing their task.
"About time you woke up Uchiha" Neji said leaning up against a tree outside the hut.
Sasuke had a stoic face on as he walked up the Hyuuga.
Before Sasuke could ask anything like 'how long have you been standing here?' or 'why are you here?' the Hyuuga added "and you might want to wake up Sakura."
Sasuke raised a brow asking "and how do you know she's in there?" pointing at the hut.
Neji rolled his eyes then flatly said "we could all hear you last night…"
The Hyuuga heir could've sworn that he saw Sasuke's cheeks start to redden, but waved it off as a coincidence and said "we need to begin work today. Shikamaru is already assisting the villagers."
Sasuke nodded and walked back into the hut, closing the door behind him.
"Sakura, wake up" he said emotionlessly as he put on his Anbu armor that was strewn about the place from the previous night's events.
Sakura ignored Sasuke's order and just turned on her stomach, burying her face into the pillow.
"Not this again…" Sasuke muttered as he walked over to stand on Sakura's side of the bed.
He shook her shoulders and even tried tickling her, but nothing worked.
"You leave me no choice" he said before positioning his hands.
"EEEEIEPP!" Sakura squealed as she jumped a foot in the air and hit the floor.
Sasuke smirked at the success of his plan. Sakura simply rubbed her sides and glared daggers at the Uchiha.
"What was that for?" She screamed.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and stuck a finger in his ear moving it around muttering "you're making my ears bleed…"
"Why did u tazer me?" she hissed.
Sasuke just ignored her question and started walking towards the door. Sakura collected her Anbu armor with an angry expression and began getting dressed. Sasuke just shook his head at the easily irritable kunoichi and walked out of the hut.
"I think she's menstruating…" Shikamaru whispered to Neji as the two males walked behind the fuming female.
Neji just scowled at Shikamaru's assumption and countered "no I think you are."
Shikamaru crossed his arms and scowled while muttering "troublesome…"
Sakura ignored their whispers and kept trudging off towards the village. She was about to go another step until she felt herself suddenly being covered. Just milliseconds after loud explosions were heard all around them. Right after the chain of five paper-bombs was set off the coverage was gone, and Sakura saw Shikamaru and Neji standing in front of her with scowls and fighting stances.
Sasuke was creating a plan with the villagers about the village's progress and future infrastructure. They were making plans on whether to upgrade it or keep it like the original foundations.
"We need to keep the tradition of our village, it's the only foundation we have left. That's what's been keeping this village in one piece so far" one elder boldly said.
Another stood up countering "this village needs to upgrade, traditions are pointless if people die. Out ancestors will be happy that we are getting better buildings and such for the safety of the villagers."
Sasuke was standing at the end of the room with his arms crossed and eyes closed (a typical stance for him). The elders in the room paid him no mind. He was simply there as a sort of bodyguard. Once of the elders stood up to speak when suddenly they heard loud booms like fireworks in the distance. Sasuke's eyes shot open with blood intimidation. He glanced at the elders sitting at the table who all nodded at the shinobi in understanding. Sasuke nodded back and jumped out the only window in the small meeting room. He bolted off towards the forest in the direction of the explosions he now not only could hear, but see.
"Look what those tree hopping fools sent us Takeshi!" a man said from in front of them.
They were rain village ninjas, two of them. They appeared to be skilled opponents because in a fraction of a second, one of them was standing right in front of Shikamaru.
"Shine!" the rain village ninja yelled as he cast a nin-jutsu that sent Shikamaru flying trough the trees.
"Shadow Weaving!" Shikamaru yelled from where he was squatting on a tree branch.
Sharpened strands of shadows leapt out from the tree towards the unsuspecting ran ninja, but he jumped out of the way and already started making hand signs for a counter attack. Before Sakura could see what all was going to happen Neji grabbed her wrists and flung her ten feet behind him into Sasuke's arms.
"Get her out of here!" Neji yelled at Sasuke with both Sharingan and Byakugan flaring.
Sasuke knew about Neji's ability to evaluate his opponents, and if he wanted Sakura out of here… these opponents weren't a joke. Sasuke held Sakura in his arms and pulled her close.
"Remember what I said to you last night?" he whispered in her ear.
Sakura shook her head and was still paralyzed from the fear of the intense explosions.
Sasuke sighed then said "I whispered that I wouldn't be able to live with myself if anything ever happened to you, and I meant it."
Sakura's eyes widened and she looked up at Sasuke whose Sharingan was now spinning. Sakura felt her body go limp and her world go blank as more explosions were heard going off.
"What was that for Uchiha?" Neji yelled at Sasuke who was holding an incapacitated Sakura in his arms.
"I'll only be a second" Sasuke said as he leapt into the trees carrying Sakura.
Neji knew that Sakura wouldn't go willingly back to the village, so in a way, that sharingan trick was necessary. Neji quickly snapped his attention to the problem at hand and focused on the enemies he and Shikamaru were facing. His lack of attention already caused a laceration on Shikamaru's arm, he didn't want to cause any more damage.
Sasuke bolted into the village leaping from roof to roof and found a small hut to place Sakura in. He set her down inside and placed a note in her limp hand, then left.
Sasuke returned to his team mates still battling and found Neji scratched up and semi-injured. He was able to fight, but not easily. Sasuke looked around then saw no sign of Shikamaru.
"Where's Shikamaru?" Sasuke asked leaping to standing beside his comrade.
Neji pointed to the woods beside them. When Sasuke looked over his eyes widened when he saw Shikamaru with several kunai in him that pinned him two feet off the ground against a tree.
"How in the…?" Sasuke muttered before turning his attention to the enemy who thought that Sasuke was distracted (big mistake).
Sasuke leapt in the air, now furious for the death of his fellow teammate, and made hand signs then yelled "fire phoenix jutsu!"
The rain village ninja below him was completely disintegrated into a pile of ash. The other rain ninja that remained standing looked frightened.
"Neji, take Shikamaru to the hospital. I just saw him breathe. He's still alive, but barely" Sasuke said as he stepped in front of Neji.
Neji nodded and made his was over to his comrade and took him down from the tree taking out the multiple kunai. He activated his Byakugan and noticed that his chakra flow was still existent, but very faint.
"I have to go now if he has any chance at all" Neji said with a dead serious expression.
Sasuke nodded and said "I can take the last one on myself. You saw what happened with the first attack I did."
Neji shook his head at Sasuke's over confidence and flew into the trees with Shikamaru slung carefully over his shoulder.
Sakura woke up in a shed very dizzy and confused. She shot up and panted remembering the last events that happened. Sasuke was saying that he didn't want anything to happen to her, she saw the spokes in his sharingan spinning, and then suddenly everything was black. Sakura sat up and scowled wondering why on earth he would just incapacitate her like that and then ditch her in an abandoned shed. It seemed that he was doing more harm then good. Sakura stood up then heard a slight *skiff* sound as a sheet of paper fell from her hand to the floor of the old dusty shed. She bent down and picked it up then read its contents.
I'm sorry to make you pass out, but we both know you wouldn't have gone willingly, and I really don't want anything to happen to you. When you wake up which should be fairly soon, go strait back to Konoha. We'll all meet you there. Go strait to the hospital. Something tells me that we'll be heading there first...
-Sasuke
"Oh how nice of him to leave a note…" Sakura said sarcastically as she stretched a bit then bolted out of the shed and ran out of the village.
She reported that she and her team was leaving because the threat was eliminated and they'd helped them get back on their feet, the rest needed to be done by them. The elders simply nodded at her as she explained it to them panting for breath. She didn't have much time to rest, in fact she didn't have any time to rest. She needed to get back to Konoha ASAP. She leapt into the trees and started hopping from branch to branch as fast as she possibly could. She had a bad feeling in her gut that urged her to move faster.
Neji rushed into the emergency room with a bleed Shikamaru over his shoulder. Medic-nins rushed to go get a stretcher to take him to the emergency room in the back. Ino just happened to walk out of the surgery ward and into the lobby to see the sight of blood all over the linoleum floor and traced the trail to that of the love of her life. Ino fell to the floor in despair on her hands and knees trying to get a grip and hold back her tears. It was working, for the moment. Ino looked up as she saw Sakura bolt in just moments after he was placed on the stretcher about to be taken to the back where the ER rooms were located. Sakura saw the scene and gasped and was about to go get Tsunade when she bumped into a rock solid figure and stumbled backwards. She saw Sasuke standing right in front of her and stood up to face him.
"I have to go get Tsunade-sempai!" Sakura said determined.
Sasuke stopped her by grabbing her arm then saying "you have to do this…"
End Flash Back
"She did what?" Tsunade roared at Sasuke.
Sasuke crossed his arms annoyed at the Hokage and dryly said "you weren't at the hospital and something had to be done. She was the only one who stood a chance of being able to perform that procedure."
"But that procedure is a challenge, even for me…"
"Then maybe you should put more faith in your apprentice from now on" Sasuke said right before he walked out of the Hokage's office.
He was done bickering. He gave is report to Lady Tsunade, and that's all he needed to do. If Tsunade wanted to talk about it, then she should talk to Sakura, not him. He had nothing to do with what happened at the hospital. He also made it clear that if Sakura hadn't stepped in and taken a risk, then they would have one less elite ninja in Konoha.
"You didn't have to do that you know?" a sardonic voice sounded from behind him.
Sakura pushed her back up off the wall and walked towards him with her arms cross and a semi-scowl on her face. Sasuke quirked a brow at her then continued walking down the hall.
"Wait up!" she squealed.
Sasuke rolled his eyes and ceased walking for the moment. Sakura caught up to him walking at her own pace. When she stood in front of him she still had a scowl plastered on her face.
"Stop looking so cynical" Sasuke said emotionlessly.
"Then stop butting into my business" Sakura sneered.
Sasuke rolled his eyes then said "if I hadn't told her, someone else would've, and it would've turned out worse for you. Because of what I did by telling her first thing, there won't be any consequences for you."
Sakura just let out an "UGHH!" then stomped down the hallway.
Sakura had just about had it with the egotistical, goody-two-shoes, my do-do doesn't smell, Uchiha. Sakura was planning to tell the Hokage herself what had happened. That's the whole reason she was there when Sasuke had emerged from her teacher's office. She found out that someone had beaten her to it.
Sakura trudged up the steps of her apartment and unlocked the door, then squealed.
"WHO ROBBED MY APARTMENT?" she screamed while scanning the vast emptiness of her apartment.
"I did" a sardonic voice mocked from behind her.
Sakura whipped around to find the Uchiha leaning on the door frame leading into her apartment with a smirk spread across his mouth.
"Where… is… my… stuff?..." Sakura asked slowly so as not to blow her top (she was dangerously close).
Sasuke walked up to the fuming pinkette and reminded her of something, "you said you would move in with me, remember?" he asked.
Sakura face palmed her forehead and yelled "I never said yes!"
"But you never said no either" the Uchiha countered.
Sakura rolled her eyes then asked "where the hell have you taken my stuff Uchiha? This isn't a game anymore!"
Sasuke knew he was in deep shit now. Sakura called him by his last name, and to add to it, she didn't have any honorifics after it.
"I took them back to my apartment, because that's where you're going to be too."
"I don't think so you egotistical bastard! What gives you the right to break into my apartment and take my things you your place?"
"You're a real pain when you get like this…"
"Then do something about it!"
Wrong choice of words for Sakura to say. Sasuke took a step forward then activated his Sharingan. He made the spokes turn in a spinning motion and concentrated closing his eyes. When he opened them again the pinkette starred strait into them then fell to the floor. Sasuke rubbed the temples on the sides of his head.
"She's so annoying…" the Uchiha muttered walking towards Sakura.
He gently picked her up in his arms bridal style then started walking towards her open door.
"Thanks for the help Kakashi-sensei" Sasuke said while walking through the doorway looking strait up.
The white haired man simply smiled behind his mask raised one hand and said "no problem."
Sasuke wanted to avoid being seen so he didn't travel on the sidewalks or leap on rooftops. Instead, he traveled underground using the trick Kakashi taught him and Naruto. After a few minutes they arrived at the Uchiha compound where he had been residing.
He had cleaned the place up after he got back from his adventurous game of 'kill-the-psychopathic-older-brother'. The place was unbelievably dusty. He converted the room that his parents were killed (where he found Itachi standing behind their dead bodies) into a shrine dedicated to the whole Uchiha clan. He tried his best to find at least one picture of every deceased member. The walls of the room were covered with hanging pictures. Then he had tables moved in. One of the tables had a picture of his mother and father with some candles and a small plaque with their names and the Uchiha symbol on it.
Then there was a smaller table with a picture of his brother. Even though he killed his only brother, it was still in his heart to make him a memorial. He wasn't always the bad guy. He only did what he had to. Sasuke honored that about his older brother.
The Uchiha grounds were well kept and on top of that 80% of it was just empty. No one lived in over half the houses. The whole compound was made to hold over 500 people, and there was only one Uchiha left now. 499 people were absent from their living quarters. Sasuke resided in the house of his family. He left his parents' room as a shrine as described above, but he turned Itachi's room into a private studying quarter, and he kept his room the same as always. He just got a queen sized bed instead of the twin he had before. The kitchen was also much the same as it always had been. He kept a picture of his mother on the small shelf above the sink so that he would always remember that this was her favorite room.
He carried Sakura inside the house and placed her on his bed then got dressed out of his Anbu armor and into some more casual cloths. He picked out jeans and a black t-shirt with the Uchiha fan on the back. He knew she would be waking up soon, but he wanted some fresh air. He figured that if he just stepped outside into the garden right next to the house that he would be able to sense when she was awake.
Sasuke had moved her things into a house across from his so she could access her things easily whenever she needed. It was his uncle and aunts house that was right across the street from his, and since they were… no longer alive… he figured they wouldn't mind.
It almost pleased him to fill up the house. It made him feel like the more he filled the empty Uchiha compound, the more it filled his empty and hollow heart.
Sasuke lazily went down the five steps off the porch and into the zen garden to get some fresh air and think. He needed to just have his 'alone time' right now.
Sakura woke up in a haze. She wasn't sure what had happened. One moment she was yelled her head off at Sasuke, and then she went blank. She stepped out of bed and didn't recognize where she was. It definitely wasn't her apartment. Walking down the hall quietly, Sakura got a feel for her new surroundings. Sakura slipped into the kitchen she got a glass of water and leaned against the counter next to the sink. She set the glass down behind her and just closed her eyes trying to relax.
"I always find the women I love in here…" she heard a husky voice say in front of her.
Sakura opened her eyes and saw Sasuke walking towards her, but he walked next to her facing something above the sink. She turned her head to glimpse at what he was so interested in.
"Women?... as in plural…?" Sakura asked somewhat ajar.
"Yes…" Sasuke said emotionlessly, "this was where I could always find my mother, and I had a feeling I would find you in here too."
Sakura lowered her head in a little guilt at thinking that Sasuke meant something else. Sasuke could read her like a book, so he just smirked. Then he walked out of the kitchen down the hall gesturing her to follow him. She pushed herself off the counter and hesitantly followed him. It seemed like she'd forgotten what had conspired just less than an hour ago.
"I need to show you something" Sasuke told her with his back still turned to her as the two stepped out of the house and walked across the street.
"You should look both ways before crossing" she mocked.
"No one lives in this whole compound but myself" he said.
They crossed the street and walked up the steps of the house in front of them before Sakura asked "What?..."
"I'm the last of my clan…" he said intensely, "this is the Uchiha compound. Why would someone besides an Uchiha live here?"
"Well apparently I am… and my last name is Haruno."
"Not for much longer…" Sasuke thought.
The two entered the house and Sakura was taken aback. All her things were neatly and spaciously arranged neatly inside the home. Everything was undamaged and unharmed. This place was definitely nicer than her dinky little apartment.
"How did you…?" Sakura asked wide eyed while running her hands across the familiar pieces of furniture with a silent joy expression.
"Kakashi followed the detailed instructions I left on where to place everything. He did this while we were on our mission. I did this so that I can have you close by, and you can be comfortable here if you don't want to sleep over in my house with me. Everything was brought over here so you can have easy access if you do decide to live over in my house with me."
Sakura looked at the Uchiha deep in the eyes then whispered "thank you… so much…"
"And the rent is you have to help me keep this place clean, the entire Uchiha compound. If your up for it. It's not as hard as you think. My house and this one are the only ones with anything in them, the rest of them are empty and just get dusty from times to time."
Sakura nodded her head with a fisted hand over her heart, and the other hand resting on a side table next to a sofa.
Sasuke smiled then said "dinner's in a few. You can make something if you want to, but if you don't I can cook something."
'Oh! I'll cook!" She said happily searching for the kitchen in her house.
When she couldn't find it Sasuke started chuckling.
"The only real kitchen is in my house. This one only has a fridge, microwave, sink, a few dishes, and a pantry" the Uchiha said with a smirk.
Sakura huffed then walked out of the house and trudged across the street to his. Sasuke simply walked nonchalantly behind her.
Sakura was washing dishes in the sink, occasionally looking up to the picture of Sasuke's mother and admiring her. She thought that Sasuke had a beautiful mother, and to her that was an understatement. Sasuke was across the hall in his private study and Sakura decided it best not to go bug him until she was leaving to go back to her place. After she had washed the dishes, dried them, put them back in the cupboards they went in, and wiped off the table and counter tops she went to go knock on the door of the study room.
"Sasuke," she said calm and quiet after knocking gently three times then adding, "I'm going back over to my place, good night. I'll see you tomorrow morning."
Sakura was about to leave when something caught her attention out of the corner of her eye. When she turned her head to get a better view she saw that there was slight lighting coming through a crack in the door at the very very end of the hall way. She slowly and quietly walked into the room and opened the door stepping inside. Her jaw dropped at the sight of the massive and very elaborate memorial that she suspected Sasuke created after he came back. She was astonished, but at the same time she now knew that he wasn't completely heartless. There were candles lit all across the room on various little tables with pictures and some just randomly set around the room. They're small lights gave the room a dim lighting that made the place glow. Sakura stepped forward to one of the larger tables that seemed to have something shiny on it's surface, she kneeled so she could get a better look (the tables were only two feet off the ground). She read the plaque and felt tears tugging at her eyes. She didn't let them fall and sucked them back in, but decided it was time for her to leave. Something inside her told her that what she was doing was wrong.
When she turned around she saw the raven-haired boy standing just a few feet in front of her. Sakura gasped and something told her that she was in deep trouble.
"What are you doing in here?" Sasuke seethed from behind clenched teeth.
Sakura gulped then started stuttering "I was l-leaving, b-but I saw this l-light f-from in h-here, y-you s-see, I-I'm… I'm sorry…"
Sakura felt like she at least owed him apology even though she wasn't sure what she was doing wrong. Sasuke just continued scowling with his arms crossed and turned his back to her.
"Don't ever let me find you here again… this place doesn't concern you…" he told her with a vicious tone before he walked out of the room.
Sakura lowered her head in guilt and sorrow then walked out of the room avoiding the Uchiha's gaze who was leaning on the wall right outside the room. He slammed the door shut and followed her to his door then opened it for her and let her walk out and across the street by herself.
"What have I done?... I don't… understand!" She muttered as tears finally fell down her face once she was inside her new house.
"Maybe coming here was a mistake…" she tried reasoning aloud as she stepped up the stairs.
She got dressed in her pajamas and told herself that she was definitely going to pay a visit to Ino. For more reasons then one.
To Be Continued…
WOOT! ^(^0^)^ I did the word count thing on this chapter and I think I did a pretty good job with making it long! I also didn't drag it out or anything. I guess I might've when I describe the shrine, but it does play an important part in the chapter and sets the climax for the next chapter's resolution so I a way I felt it was necessary. I hope that you all enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it! I also tried to pack some action/violence in it with the mission and stuff for those of you who aren't 100% lovey dovey fans. Personally I'm not either, so I would want a little something like this to break away from the romance just a little bit. I'm also sorry if I made Sasuke a little more mushy in this chapter. I really am trying to keep him ignorant. But when he takes Sakura to his apartment after knocking her out (total faggot/Uchiha thing to do xD) I think that totally does his character justice xD.
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