Tsuki: Hola! Here's chapter 7 everybody!

Okay so some people were wondering what was up with the whole "Tsukuyomi" thing, and basically, here are my thoughts: When Sasuke actually did get his Mangekyou, it was very similar to Itachi's; in the way that it used torture as its aliment of power. So basically I didn't know of any other Mangekyou Sharingan with that aliment or any other powers for it, so I used one of Itachi's. It was easier than making up my own, because that would have resulted in a lot more questions and details to be answered or implied.

Well, tonight's disclaimer is Itachi himself! Yay!

Itachi: *dead*

Tsuki: *sweatdrop* Oh yeah, huh. Heh heh…. I don't own…

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"Grandma Tsunade, is Sakura okay?! How is she?" Naruto rose from the chair outside Sakura's emergency room. Tsunade had just entered, and she looked tired from all the chakra she'd used to try to heal Sakura's major wounds.

"She isn't bleeding anymore, but she lost a lot of it so she'll need to be bedridden for a while. Yet I can't heal her wounds with chakra that much, because that could cause long-term issues, which is one of the down-plays of healing serious injuries with the healing chakra. She will live though, I guarantee. Her injuries were deep though, four broken ribs, both her left limbs snapped, her cheek and nose were broken as well. She also had a hole in her torso, but luckily it just missed the liver, but it went very far through, we got that patched up though. She also had a pretty hardy dose of poison in her system, most likely used to stop infection and keep her alive longer or maybe to just make her suffer more, either way. I think if she would have been there any longer, she wouldn't have made it. You did well."

"I didn't do anything. I didn't even have to fight; no one was there except that girl we told you about, Hana, and of course Kabuto."

"That doesn't surprise me, the rest were pretty ordinary nin rouges, and they probably flew the coop first chance they got. People like them don't stick around for long. Speaking of which, where's Sasuke? I know he went with you." Naruto flinched at this and looked embarrassed.

"I'm not sure… Tsunade, will Sasuke be allowed to stay in the village?" The Hokage looked to the door she just walked out of for a while, deep in thought, and then turned back to Naruto.

"He will, but on one condition."

"Anything, I'm sure he'll do whatever it is!"

Tsunade laughed heartily and used her thumb to point to the room where Sakura was, behind her. "He better marry that girl in there. I'm sick of waiting." Naruto couldn't tell whether she was joking, or serious, either way he figured that wouldn't be too hard of a condition for the Uchiha.


He wiped the blood from his face as his world flickered silently from negative, to its original colors. Kabuto, or what was Kabuto at least, lay as a heap of flesh, blood, and bone on the floor. It was a bloody sight, but Sasuke had no pity for the man. If he could, he would repeat his death fifty times over. Sasuke's curse mark spun wildly, but he willed it not to break free, he'd been learning to do that. He grabbed his back where the mark was and held it, as if he could feel the ink-like curse, but he could only feel the pain, not the mark itself.

Sasuke walked over to the body and did the appropriate hand symbols. "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu." He whispered, and flames engulfed the body. They danced about sending the smell of burning flesh into the air, and a bone popped. Shoving his hands into his pockets, Sasuke made his way out of the building, never once looking back. Even if he was dead, he didn't deserve that much acknowledgment. The only question is why he wanted to kill me? Was it because I killed Orochimaru? I thought that had been a favor.

When he got out, the sun shone brightly, but was headed down. Kakashi was positioned against a tree, his book in hand, and blood splattered over him. He looked up.

"You done?" He flipped his book closed. "Let's get going." Kakashi began to walk, but Sasuke stood firm. "Aren't you coming? Or will you leave again?" Still, nothing. "It's your choice, I can't stop you. Sakura though, she'd be angry at me. She really loves you, you know?" He laughed. "It's funny because after you left, I had even thought Naruto and her would possibly get together, but then again I always kind of knew that she'd never like him as more than a best friend."

Sasuke sighed, and slowly started walking after his sensei. "Is Sakura alright? Where is she?"

"Naruto took her to the village, like you told him to. But as for her condition, well I couldn't say. We'll know when we get back." Sasuke nodded and the two began their trek home. His ex-sensei put a hand on his former students head as he read, ruffling his hair. "Just like old times. You've gotten a lot stronger though, why, I bet you could even catch the bells now if you wanted to. I should give you that test again when we get back. How's that sound?" Sasuke felt a lump in his throat and he just nodded slightly. Why am I so emotional all of a sudden? He wondered. But he vaguely already knew the answer, he'd just been so emotionless his whole life, it was catching up to him. He smirked at the thought.

"Pick up your pace Kakashi, or are you really getting too old for this?" Kakashi laughed.

"Not quite yet, Uchiha, not quite yet."


Sakura opened her eyes groggily, her thoughts ran together, as did the colors of her surrounding as the world seemed to spin. She heard the beep of a heart monitor, and tried to move her left arm, but found it was in a heavy cast, as well as her left leg. She looked around, but no one else was in the room.

"What in the world?" Sakura only vaguely remembered her return back here with Naruto, mostly just that she had been so tired but he had been yelling at her to stay awake. Stupid Naruto, no need to yell… She laughed drunkenly, probably all chalked full of pain relievers. Yawning she swung her leg like swing, since it was currently elevated above her, and looked around the room with a child-like attitude, like it was all so boring but interesting. Finally the door opened and a nurse she recognized with short black hair walked in.

"Oh, Miss Haruno!" She dropped her clipboard in surprise. "You scared me! How are you feeling?"

She thought for a second. "Tired mostly, and a little worn out…" The nurse chuckled lightly.

"Well I would consider, what with all the pain-medication Tsunade forced down your throat! That women acted like a mother bear, she'd barely let anyone touch you!" They laughed in unison.

"Hey, can I go to sleep now, or will you guys yell again?"

"Oh, you remember that? Well we had to so you wouldn't leave us, but now I suppose you can. I'll tell Naruto you were up; do you want me to send him in before you doze off?"

"No thanks, if you did I'd never get any sleep." The nurse nodded and walked out.

"If you need anything, just click the button next to your bed." Sakura glanced at the indicated red button, and the nurse closed the door. Sleepily she looked out the window to the Hospital's garden, where a bunch of people were currently out there planting flowers. Gardening was a good therapy for the sick. She looked over her wounds and decided they weren't terrible. Kabuto could've done much worse.

Sasuke! She sat up, gasping. Oh my god, where is he?! Sakura acted on instinct and her hand flew to the red button. She heard nothing, but soon the same nurse walked in again. Now fully awake, Sakura could read her name tag, Haruko.

"What is it Miss Haruno?" She asked almost impatiently.

"Where is Sasuke?! Has he returned yet?!" Haruko looked at the clipboard.

"Is he a patient here?"

"No, just get me Tsunade!" Sakura hadn't meant to snap, but she had no time to apologize, Haruko already ran out the door. Soon Tsunade entered, Haruko no longer with her.

"Ah Sakura, it's nice to see you up." The Hokage looked sincere.

"Shishou, where is Sasuke?!" Tsunade laughed.

"He's here, yeah him and Kakashi returned not too long ago. He's been trying to get in here, but we've had to have Kakashi and Naruto hold him back and explain you needed rest. Sasuke hasn't moved though, would you like me to get him, or do you want to sleep?" Sakura breathed in sharply.

"Get him." Sakura couldn't help but to smile.

"I thought so." Her shishou walked out and Sakura anxiously awaited the young Uchiha. She prayed he was alright, but she doubted Kabuto would've been able to do much as far as hurting him went. After all, he'd killed some terribly strong people in his life-time.

"…Sakura?" Sasuke entered, his face was smeared with dust, and his hair was disheveled. It seemed his eyes had gone back to normal though, if there was one thing she remembered, it was those bright red eyes looking at her.

"Sasuke-kun." Her voice was light and airy, almost a whisper. He stepped towards Sakura, and then sprinted, embracing her. She buried her face in his shoulder and began to cry. "I was so scared… He left me in that room and let them do terrible things to me… Sasuke they tried to take advantage of me!" She sobbed, and he gripped her tighter, but was eased by the word 'tried', not 'did'.

"It's okay, you're okay now…" He gently rubbed the back of her head with his thumb and cooed her soothingly. Soon just a few tears slipped down her face and he rubbed them away. "Are you okay now?" She nodded, and he leaned his forehead on her own, sighing contentedly. Finally he could relax.

She brought her hand up to the scrape that was still barely there and he smirked as she healed the insignificant thing. Sakura laughed at herself, and placed her hand on his cheek. They looked at each other for a moment, just happy to be together.

"I was worried you know. You shouldn't leave me like that."

"I know, but I had to. I couldn't let that bastard get away with hurting some I love so much…" Everything went dead quiet as he realized what he said. Sakura's eyes widened and she looked at him. He was silent and stared straight at her.

"Sasuke, did you just say…" He didn't let her finish. His lips captured her own in a passionate kiss. She tasted a lot better than revenge, if only he had known that earlier. They stayed like that until they were forced to part for air. She began to cry again. "Sasuke…"

Worry flooded through him. Oh god, she doesn't love me… What did I do? She smiled though.

"I love you so much, Sasuke. Since we were kids even, but now, now I'm sure of it." Sasuke couldn't help himself, he smiled. A full smile and she cried harder at the sight of it.

"I love you, Sakura." He captured her in another kiss, but they were soon interrupted.

"Should I come back later?" It was Naruto. Sakura blushed and turned away a bit; Sasuke just grunted and sat in the chair next to her, his hand possessively over her own. "It's about time you two got together. Oh and hey, Sasuke," the indicated boy looked at his friend. "Tsunade said you can get off scot-free on one condition." Naruto gave a mischievous smile.

"Really! Naruto that's wonderful, he'll do anything! Won't you Sasuke-kun?" Sakura smiled. "What is it?"

"You have to marry Sakura-chan!" Both the teens blushed (yes even Sasuke a little bit), and the raven-haired boy smirked.

"Well, I mean it isn't too bad, we could…" Sakura hit him over the head.

"Sasuke-kun~! I'm seventeen; I am not getting married yet!" He looked at her and held her gaze. Finally the coal colored eyes weren't empty any more, as they had been on that day he returned. There were emotions there, and a feeling, living person too. Not just someone who seemed cold as ice. A bright future was concealed in those eyes, a very bright one indeed.

Oh, and there was love. Yes, there was lots of love in there too.

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Tsuki: Kind of a cute ending, no?

Well, what do you think? Epilogue? No epilogue? I'll probably do one just to complete the story! Alright so how was my second ever fanfiction? I'm not a master at fluff, or fighting yet but I tried and that's what counts, right? *wags tail* I guess this was a pretty fun story to write and if anyone gives me any ideas (even just a small one), I'm positive I'll turn it into a good story, that's what happened with this one!

Oh, and the person who gave me the main idea of the hostage setting was xXemocolorluverXx, so special thanks to her! Yay! Well I'm off to writing that epilogue (if I feel like it I guess). Tallyho! Haha!

*howls*

~Tsuki