A/N – I am sooooo sooooo sooooo sorry I haven't updated this story in like, forever. I had been so busy with my other stories I had completely forgotten about this one. And I know that's a really bad excuse, but I promise I'll make it up to you with this one. So enjoy this chappie!

Chapter 4 – Getting settled and going out to lunch

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Sasuke POV

I yawned and opened my eyes to see a sleeping Sakura, whose delicate little hand lay limply against my chest, her chest rising and falling ever so slightly. Thank God…she was still here with me. I don't know what I would do without her. I know that there are some things going on right now, but I knew this time I'd be there to protect her through all that she needed me to. I looked down on her sleeping face and smiled. She was just too cute when she slept. Her eyes fluttered open, and looked blearily up at me.

"Sas…uke-kun?" She said, wiping the sleep out of her eyes, and blinking up at me. Then she got this worried expression on her face. "I didn't wake you, did I?" She said, looked at me, scared. I chuckled and carefully brushed some stray strands of hair out of her face before kissing her lightly on the forehead, then nose, causing her to blush.

"No hun, I was awake before you. Ya know, you are even more adorable when you're asleep, if that's possible." She giggled and I smiled. I eyed the clock I had in the room, wondering how much of the day had already been wasted away. 11:54. Okay. So we'd wasted a lot of the day…I guess Sakura really must've been tired…after all those tests at the hospital…I couldn't imagine…I shook my head and brought myself back into reality.

"Hey, love, we should probably get up and ready to face the day, seeing as it's already half over." I said, pointing to the clock behind her. She turned over to look at the time and gasped. She looked back over to me, her small hands now covering her mouth. I couldn't help but chuckle. I sat up and ruffled her hair, as she sat up with me and leaned in onto my chest. I leaned down close to her ear.

"All you're clothes are in you're bedroom. There is a bathroom connected to your room if you want to shower." I whispered. She nodded and began to get up. Before she got off the bed she quickly wrapped her arms around my waist, much to my surprise. I got over that and stroked her hair.

"It's okay. I'll be right in here. I'm going to shower then call Tsunade to see if anything has come in or has changed. Okay?" I said gently.

"Okay. Oh and Sasuke – kun?" She said quietly, looking up at me.

"Yes dear?"

"Thank you…for everything." She said, gently placing her lips onto mine. I was a bit too shocked, in a good way I assure you, that I couldn't think enough to react, but even before I could she pulled away and smiled. With that she walked over to her room. I shook my head and got up. I grabbed some clothes from my closet and turned on my shower. I was in and out and clean before I really knew it. My head was just too full of thoughts about what could happen to Sakura. I was shaking out my hair when the phone rang and scared the hell out of me. I quickly regained my composure and answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, Sasuke? This is Tsunade. We've found out most of what we need about Sakura. But…" She trailed off, her voice uncertain.

"Found out what?!?" I said, trying not to let my anger, worry, and concern get the best of me.

"Well, we need to know what exactly she saw in her vision…that's the only way we can know what help she is going to need. And Sasuke…you're the only one who can get it out of her. Now, it doesn't have to be now, but…before Friday. Sasuke, I'm sorry. I can't think of any other way to do this…" I could here the sorrow in her voice, and I didn't blame her. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.

"Okay…I'll see what I can do…" I said in a tired voice.

"Thank you. You call me when you get some information, and I'll call if anything changes. Alright, take care."

"I will. Goodbye." I said, hanging up the phone and dropping my head into my head. I shook my head. What was I going to do? She was so fragile now, and according to what Tsunade told me, whatever she saw during that time…was more terrible than anything I could imagine. I…just don't know what I could do to get her to tell me what she went through. I jumped slightly as a felt a small hand on my back.

"Sasuke – kun, what's wrong? Is everything alright?" I heard Sakura's small voice behind me say. I took a deep breath and turned to face her. I wrapped my arms around her petite frame and just held her tight for a moment. I pulled away and just looked at her. She was worried, and I didn't like her to be pained.

"Yes, everything is alright. Don't you worry." I said, kissing her forehead. "Now, are you hungry?"

"Mmm-hmm." She said, smiling and nodding. I laughed.

"Okay well then –" Just then the phone rang again and stopped me from finishing my sentence. I sighed and picked up the phone, hoping with everything I had that it wasn't Tsunade telling me that I had to do something else that might hurt Sakura.

"Hello?"

"Hey Sasuke! What's up?" Oh thank god it was Naruto…oh wait…is that a good thing or a bad thing? Ugh…

"Nothing. What do you need?" I said, looking over at Sakura and smiling at her.

"Ahh, nothing really. Hinata and I were going to head over to Ichiraku for some lunch and she asked me if I could call you to see if you and Sakura could come with us. I mean, Hinata heard about what happened to Sakura and was hoping she was alright." Naruto finished quietly.

"Ya know, that'd be great. We'll meet you there in a few, okay?" I said; Sakura looking confused. I just put that all-knowing smirk across my face.

"Sure! See ya then!!" Naruto said before hanging up. She walked over closer to me and looked up, seeing as I was, oh, about six inches taller than she was.

"How does going out to have lunch with Naruto and Hinata sound?" Her face instantly lit up and she nodded excitedly. I just chuckled.

"Alright, then let's head out!" I draped my arm around Sakura's shoulders and brought her closer to me as we walked out of my house and out toward Ichiraku. It didn't take long to get there and Sakura and I made small talk on our way. Once we got there, Sakura on my right. A little while later, Naruto showed up and sat on my left.

"Hey!" He said, then, leaning in closer to me. "Hinata wanted to talk with Sakura, so that's why she's not by me…just incase you were wondering." I nodded. That was fine with me. Besides, there were some things that I needed to talk to Naruto about.

Sakura POV (Sakura doesn't know there is anything wrong with her. She just clings to Sasuke because of that vision thing she had.)

I looked over to my right as Hinata sat down next to me. I was confused as to why she'd want to sit by me; I mean, yeah, we're great friends, but wouldn't she want to sit by Naruto? I knew she's liked him ever since either of us can remember. It was sweet, about two or three years ago, she finally confessed to him. He was very surprised but accepted her love, saying that he actually loved her for a long time too. They were inseparable.

"Are you alright?" Hinata asked me. She looked at me, not knowing really what to do. I smiled and took her hand in mine. She was a little surprised at first, but quickly recovered herself and smiled back.

"Yes. Why?" I asked, confused. Hinata's eyes widened, then quickly turned back to normal, so quickly it was as if nothing had happened in the first place. My eyebrows furrowed, but I wasn't so curious as to ask her what was the matter, so I let it drop.

"No reason. I mean I heard about you're accident and was worried." She laughed nervously. I giggled along with her. We were asked what we wanted and we gave them our orders, then continued talking. We talked about our guys, and what we've been doing. (A/n – okay, not like that doing. Just clarifying.) I had always ended up giggling at the look on Hinata's face, as she'd end up blushing furiously, and vehemently denying something. Once we got our food, our talking slowed but was worth it because the food was really good.

"I could never…I'm sorry…" I heard Naruto say quietly to Sasuke, as he put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. I was confused and worried. What was going on? Did something happen? I looked over to Hinata and she was looking away, as if she knew something but didn't want to say. My eyebrows furrowed and I really started to get worried. I turned to Naruto and tugged on his sleeve. He turned to look at me.

"Naruto? What's going on?" I said, looking up at him. I was really scared, was there something going on with Sasuke that he couldn't tell me? Naruto looked down at me with a sympathetic smile. He put his hand on the top of my head.

"Nothing is going on, and nothing is wrong. Sasuke was just telling me about one time that he was close to getting Itachi when he slipped away." He said with total sincerity. Relief flooded through me. I took a deep breath and put a hand to my chest.

"Oh, that's good. I was scared something bad happened." They all just smiled at me. Sasuke stood up and walked over to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his head on my shoulder.

"You ready to go, sugar?" He whispered gently in my ear. I nodded and turned my head to kiss his cheek. He smiled and released his grasp on me.

"Alright. Guys we're going to head out. Here," he said to Naruto, handing him some bills. "This is for what we owe you for lunch."

"Oh, um thanks. You don't have to pay us back, ya know." Naruto said.

"I owe you that much, I mean…well you know what I mean." Naruto nodded. We said our goodbyes and walked off. I looked up at Sasuke, whose arm was wrapped around my waist.

"Where to now?" I asked him.

"Well, where do you want to go? We have…" he checked his watch. "It's close to 2…we could go back to the house and watch TV for a while, or we could go to the dumpling stand, or we could…do what ever you want." He smiled. I always got a little embarrassed when he smiled at me. He had the most charming smile anyone has ever seen. I knew my cheeks were pink.

"I think…that going home would be good…" I smiled up at him. He chuckled and squeezed my waist and pulled me closer.

"Whatever you want." He said and we made our way back home. We casually talked about whatever came to mind. He constantly made me laugh at the most random things, and I was happy; happier than I can remember ever being in a long time. It wasn't long before we reached Sasuke's house. We got settled on his couch in front of the TV. My mind wandered, not really paying attention to what we were watching. I was thinking about what happened at lunch…I had a sinking feeling that whatever Sasuke and Naruto were talking about at lunch wasn't what they told me.

"Um, Sasuke…?" I asked timidly. He looked down at me, a little worry present in his eyes.

"Yes, hun? What is it?"

"Oh, um, never mind." I smiled at him. He looked down at me unsurely but turned his attention back to the TV. I rested my head back onto his lap where he stroked my hair. I sighed and closed my eyes, where I thought about where I was a few days ago and what happened to me.

Suddenly I saw terrible things. I saw blood, everything drenched in blood. My blood. Sasuke standing over me with a sword in his hands, looking evil, happy that I was hurt, dying. He was suddenly inches from my face, my face with my blood scattered all over my cheeks and forehead. He licked the blood off my cheeks and smirked. I started shaking in fear. What was this? Where am I? Why was Sasuke doing this? Somebody…help!!!

Sasuke POV

After Sakura called to me, I knew something was up. I tried not to let her know I knew so I turned my attention back on the TV show we were watching, but glancing down at her every few seconds. She closed her eyes and I thought she was tired, and wanted to go to sleep. But as soon as I finished my thought, she started shaking and silently crying. Oh no, what was happening?

"Stop it…Sasuke, don't do this…please, no!" she shrieked. I stopped dead in my tracks. What…was she saying? Oh, no…was she remembering what she saw in that vision she had those many days ago? I pulled her into my lap and rocked her.

"Shhh…shhh…shhh…Sakura, darling everything is going to be alright, I'm here, I'm here…come back, come back…its okay, its okay…" I whispered into her ear. Her shaking seemed to tone down a bit but her crying didn't stop. She looked blearily up at me, her cheeks and eyes red; I just pulled her closer and murmured to her and rocked her gently back and forth, back and forth. It was a while before she stopped crying. I pushed some stray strands of hair out of her face and just looked at her petite, fragile form. I kissed her forehead and rubbed her back.

"What's wrong? Are you alright?" I asked her. She wiped her eyes and looked up at me. She explained what she saw and my eyes involuntarily narrowed. She started crying again, and saying how scared she was as I held her against my chest, just rocking her and telling her how much I loved her and I wouldn't do anything to hurt her ever. She nodded and sniffed.

"Sweetie, why don't you go upstairs and take a hot bath? I'll make us something to eat and bring it up to you whenever you're ready." She nodded and held onto me for a bit longer before heading upstairs. I ran a hand through my hair and picked up the phone. I sighed and dialed Tsunade's number. It rang three times before she picked up.

"Hello? Sasuke, has something happened?" Tsunade said, her usual calm, firm façade, fading.

I sighed into the receiver and explained to Tsunade everything that had happened in the last little while. She 'uh huh'ed and 'mmmhmm'ed at all the right places. She told me that I shouldn't worry, and that we'd figure everything out sooner or later, and that I should just continue on the night as if nothing had happened. I told her I would and hung up the phone. I quickly made some easy mac and walked upstairs. I gently knocked on the door.

"Sakura, sweetie, are you done honey?"

"Yes…" she said timidly. I slowly walked into my room, or room which I think we now shared, and found her sitting cross legged on the bed, with on of my T-shirts and a pair of my pajama bottoms. I chuckled at her cuteness.

"Here you go." I said, placing the bowl in front of her. She started eating and it wasn't long before we both finished. She had more color in her cheeks, and her eyes weren't as swollen as before when she had been crying. I smiled at her and brushed the hair away from her forehead, placing a light kiss there.

"You okay now?" She nodded, and yawned. I smiled.

"I'm going to take these bowls downstairs, okay? I'll be right back up." Again, she nodded. I went downstairs and put the dishes in the dishwasher and started it up. Once I got upstairs back into our room, I found Sakura already curled up in the sheets, fast asleep. I smiled at her. I climbed into bed next to her, and as if instinctively, she snuggled up close to me, as I wrapped my arms around her petite frame. I don't know how long it was, but I slowly drifted off to sleep, hoping this problem would be resolved soon.