Chapter 2
Disclaimer: Do not own.
So sorry I haven't updated in so long, I've been looking for inspiration. And well I found it, just not for this story, for other stories. I think I have story a.d.d. Haha. But I'm going to try and focus on one...this one. Please bare with me! I know I haven't really established a plot yet but it'll come in time. I promise!
Warning: Sasuke OOC-ness.
As the sun slowly woke up for the day, so did Sakura. She laid comfortably in her bed, lethargically opening her eyes. Her mind slowly plotted out her day. 'Get dressed, go to work, and come home. Simple day.' She thought to herself. Then she thought back to the dream she had last night, more like 'nightmare' actually. What a horrible, realistic dream it was. In it, Sasuke had come back. To stay. She scoffed at the thought, then stopped when she heard noises coming from her kitchen.
She quickly got up and quietly made her way to the noises. Kunai ready, she leaped forward to her kitchen only to see a very disheveled Sasuke looking as if he were battling an opponent, when it was simply scrambled eggs. She was a bit relieved to find it was only Sasuke in her home and not some rouge ninja or something of the sort.
Wait, only Sasuke? Sasuke? Hold on a moment. So her dream/nightmare wasn't one at all. It was real? Sakura's mind was rambling on and on and a full panic mode when she was interrupted by a cough. She looked up to see Sasuke smirking at her with two plates, full of food, in his hands.
In shock and confused, Sakura sat down in the seat where the plate had been placed in front of. She didn't even look at the food. She was busy glaring at the Great Uchiha munching on his breakfast as if they did this everyday.
To her surprise, he looked up at her when he felt her cold stare. At this point, he realized she must have been at a lost for words. She hasn't even yelled at him yet. That is something very un-Sakura like. He wasn't much of a talker but he thought 'I've come this far, might as well go all out,' and proceeded to say something. Before he could get his words out, Sakura finally spoke. Well actually, she started to laugh.
In her life, Sakura has only encountered two events that have made her laugh until she cried. First time was the day Team Seven tried to un-mask Kakashi. The second time was when she woke up the day after he left her. To rot. Or so she felt like she was going to.
But now, she was in a full blown laugh attack. She was laughing at the fact that she had literally gone off the deep end. For real this time. It was the only way to explain why there was a seemingly nice Sasuke Uchiha in her kitchen making her breakfast.
Her laughter subsided. She got up from the table, smiled at the 'imaginary' Sasuke, and started walking to her room to shower.
Cleaning up the mess he made, Sasuke began to wonder what Sakura's problem was. Didn't she appreciate the breakfast? He worked his ass off to make that for her and she didn't even say thanks. He was angry.
He heard the shower stop and waited for a couple minutes so she would be dressed when he yelled at her. I mean talked. When he 'talked' to her.
Sakura's bedroom door opened to reveal a very still wet looking Sakura in only a plush pink towel. He could smell her cherry scented shampoo float to his nose. His eyes widened for only a second but fell back to place before she could ever notice.
She noticed him looking at her but ignored him as if he weren't…real? Was she really that comfortable with him, already?
Sakura felt his hard stare on her body. If it were six years ago, she would be melting right now. But of course it wasn't and he wasn't even real. Just a figment of her imagination. 'A very vivid and realistic figment,' she thought. She didn't care that she was only in her towel. He wasn't real.
One thing the hallucination didn't do was make coffee. She continued to make her way to the counter when she noticed warmth near her body. She looked up and 'Dream Guy' was standing right in front of her. She ignored the fact that she could feel his breath on her face and the warmth of his skin near hers. She also ignored the shivers that went down her spine from the close proximity.
"Sakura." He finally spoke. Hearing her name being said by him brought back so many memories. Real or not. She lowered her head trying to rid herself of them.
He slowly lifted her head with his index finger and thumb to look into his eyes. He then shifted his hand and was now caressing her cheek with his thumb. He spoke softly.
"Sakura, I'm here. I'm real." He wasn't stupid. He figured she thought she was going crazy and started to think he wasn't even there. He didn't know what she was thinking.
Sakura's face began to grow red. Red with embarrassment and red with anger. Finally she slowly started to speak, feeling like it was a lost talent of hers.
"I thought I told you to leave last night?" She bit out the words coldly.
"I thought I told you I'm here to stay?" Sasuke bit back just as coldly. If she wanted a fight, then she was going to get one.
"There's no need. You have no ties to this village."
" I have ties to this village." He slowly stated, not sure of where it could lead.
"Uh-huh. And what is it that could possibly tie you to this village?" She scoffed at his remark.
"You."
' OH please! Really? Is he really going to be like this? Wow,' is all she thought. She fought the urge to laugh at him. She just realized right now at how close they had gotten during their argument. She started to back away when she was stopped.
Sasuke held her even closer wrapping his muscled arms around her small fragile waste. She held back a gasp, not wanting to look weak by letting her natural instincts show.
She tried to fight against him but he wouldn't budge. She finally gave up. This was all too familiar. It was like last night all over again. She just couldn't hold her own against him. She always gave in when it came to Sasuke. It was a weakness she had yet to improve on.
She was bound and determined to let this be the last time she ever gave in to him. She wasn't going to let him in anymore. She couldn't bare the pain of it all over again. Giving your heart to someone and watching them literally rip it to shreds and stomp on it wasn't something she wanted to ever happen again. For one thing, she didn't have a heart to let him mess with anymore, so there was no way he could hurt her. Or so she thought.
"Me? Yeah okay. So you just expect to come back and say a couple of 'I'm sorry's' and whatnots, and suddenly win back your friendships? Well, it doesn't work like that. There's nothing you can do or say for me to ever let you back into my life. And I'm sure Naruto thinks the same way."
She was so upset by now that a light gloss started to form over her eyes. He face was flushed and she was getting really warm. She could feel her heart pound out of her chest. Had she just run twenty miles?
"I never expected to be welcomed with open arms. But I am here to stay whether you like it or not. I've already reported to the Hokage and she has welcomed me back to the village. Why can't you? Why can't we try to go back to the way things were?"
"There is no way things can ever go back to the way they were. Do you have the slightest clue as to what you did to me? To Naruto? You have no idea what we went through after you left us. If you really cared, you will leave at once."
"I'm not leaving Sakura."
"Fine! Then I will." At that, she broke away from him and stormed into her room to change quickly and got the hell out of her house. She ran as fast as she could and reached the Hokage's tower not long after. She raced up to her sensei's office and burst through the doors.
"Sakura! So nice to see you this morning. Your shift doesn't start for another two hours, why are you here so early?" The Hokage warmly smiled at her apprentice only to be returned with a cold glare.
"How could you just let him back in so easily?" She forced out through gritted teeth. Tsunade's bright smile faded into a dull frown. She knew this was coming and it wasn't going to be pretty.
"It isn't going to be so easy, Sakura. Once Naruto heard of it he requested every S class mission he could get his hands on. Naruto isn't going to be around for quiet some time so we've lost a very valuable asset to our village. And also, Sasuke is going to be on probation for six months. With the skill level he has, he only gets to do simple missions in the village. What a waste of talent."
"What a…waste of…Are you fucking kidding me?! Who the hell's side are you on? Were you not the one who stood by my side when I wouldn't leave my house for two months after he left me to rot on that damn bench?! Were you not the one who held me for hours upon hours each night letting me soak your closes with my tears?! Were you not the one who slowly but surely got me through it all and back to a semi-normal life?! Were you not? Were you fucking not?! How could you even let this happen? Why is he still even in this village?! I don't even understand you anymore! I don't even know you! All of this is the problem and yet all you can think is 'what a waste of talent'? And you're okay with letting him run Naruto out of the village? What the hell!"
Sakura was beat red with fury. She has never in her life yelled to much to anyone. She almost felt bad, but it really needed to come off her chest. Maybe she should have waited to ream on someone else who deserved it but Tsunade happened to be here and what she said really pissed Sakura off. This time, Sakura felt like her fell straight out of her chest and was pounding like a drum on the floor. She looked at Tsunade's eyes and saw a small tear form in the corner. 'Damnit.' She thought.
"Sensei…I'm sor-" She was cut off by Tsunade's hand being thrown up like a police man yelling halt! or stop!
"I know. You're right. You're completely right. But as Hokage, I'm obligated to let him in. This was his first and only offense. If he messes this up then he's done. But he's only been here for a day, so it's hard to tell what he really wants. Maybe he is back for good."
"Itachi isn't dead. That's his only goal in life. How do we know he isn't just going to sneak off in the middle of the night to go kill him?" A bad memory crossed her mind at her last words.
"We don't. All we can do is trust his word. Sakura, it's the only way, so you're going to have to deal with it one way or another."
To others, this may have sounded cruel and mean but to Sakura she knew that in Tsunade's harsh words there was love and understanding. Sakura knew what she had to do and what she had to face.
She just isn't prepared for any of it.
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Well there you have it, the second portion of my story. Hope it's okay. Please review. It helps. Flames are okay, just don't burn me too much...Thanks!!
