AN: Here's the next chapter and it's even out on time. Anyway please enjoy and Read & Review. Flames are welcome. By the way this chapter for the very first time will be based on Sakura. Enjoy…

Sakura was sat in her office as usual doing her usual routines when a knock sounded on the door. She sighed and looked towards the door before answering.

"Come in"

The door opened to reveal a blonde haired, blue-eyed woman, the same age as Sakura.

"What do you want Ino, I'm very busy." Sakura said as she offered her a seat on the opposite side of the desk which Ino gladly took.

"Well, I'm here because it's Sasuke's trial today and I thought you might be in a bit of distress about it. Also I found this outside your office door, it's addressed to you." Ino told her as she handed over an envelope. Sakura slowly took it and opened it. Inside was a card with a cherry blossom design, she opened it to find a small note.

"Have a look at this Ino-Pig" Sakura told her, Ino walked behind Sakura and began to read.

"Dear Sakura, I am always thinking about you and can't get you out of my mind. I wake up with your beautiful face plastered in my mind, I go through the day wondering how you are or what your up to, I dream of only you. Usually this would bother a person but to me it's just a way of being close to you because I know you don't feel the same, or maybe you do, I'm not really sure. You've been on my mind for years now. If only you knew the exact way I felt, without you with me I feel alone, and it's hard to be on my own. I could have millions around me and still without you there I'm alone. I needed you to know how I feel this is why I wrote you this letter. I hope that maybe one day I can tell you who I am and be accepted by you, maybe you will even be able to love me. From your secret admirer." Ino said out loud. Sakura had a clear blush on her face.

"I never knew someone could feel so strongly towards me, apart from my fan-boys, omg what if it's one of them. What if a fan-boy wrote that." Sakura said.

"It's way to romantic for a fan-boy to have wrote, also they want you for your looks, none of them would go through the trouble of writing it, they try and buy your love not write it. Don't worry it's totally not a fan-boy. Question is who is it?" Ino asked.

"I have no idea, I suppose it could be Lee, he's had a crush on me since the Chunnin exams, maybe he finally thought of a good idea to get me to go out with him." Sakura said seriously.

"Na, Lee's sweet and all but he's more of an action guy than a guy that would write a secret love note. Maybe it was that really gorgeous guy that looks at you a lot, You know the guy with the blonde hair and eyes to kill for, the shimmering blue one's." Ino said even though she knew the true identity of the the writer.

"Are you talking about Naruto there? I never knew you had a thing for him Ino, though I do suppose you are both loud mou…" Sakura was cut off by a fuming Ino.

"Of course I don't mean Naruto, I mean that guy that works in the Weapons shop. And for your information, I don't want to go out with him, I'm perfectly happy with my Shika-Kun." Ino shouted at her.

"Calm down Ino-pig I was only joking." Sakura chuckled. Ino looked at her and slowly calmed down. She then went Back to the conversation about the letter.

"So do you think whoever it is will write again?" Ino asked her. Sakura shrugged and once again looked at the card with a smile on her face. "Awww you really like the card don't you? Maybe you even have a crush on the writer."

"One letter doesn't make me like a guy, but I do admit it is really really sweet, shame I have my Sai-Kun or maybe I could give the guy a chance. That is if he ever wrote again." Sakura explained.

"Well we'll just have to wait and see. Anyway lets change the subject since I won't get anything more out of you." Ino paused and waited for the small nod Sakura gave her to tell her to carry on speaking. "How do you feel about the trial Later billboard-brow?"

"You of all people should know how I feel, after all you're the only one that actually knows I still love him. I'm really scared the council will sentence him to death. I don't think I could stand it if he was to die." Sakura told her truthfully with a tear slowly falling from her right eye. " I try so hard to hate him Ino cause I know the chances of him being out to death is very high but I can't, no matter what I do I can't hate him." Sakura now had tears pouring out of her eyes, the thought of Sasuke being put to death stuck in her mind.

"He'll be fine Sakura, and then maybe you and him could even get together. I know Sai's in the picture and all but we both know you love Sasuke so much more, and he really has changed." Ino said.

"I can't leave Sai, Ino. You have to understand that in no circumstances can I leave him. I lo…love him" She choked out. Ino looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

"Why the hesitation in saying it then. Don't lie to me Sakura, I know when your lying, we've been friends since we were 6, sorta. I can see right through your lies." Ino said to her.

"I'm not lying Ino-pig, I do love him, the hesitation was because I've never said that about anyone but Sasuke before." Sakura told her. "Anyway you better leave, I have things to do before the trial this afternoon. Goodbye Ino" Sakura told her best friend.

"Fine, don't admit the truth, see if I care. Cya around Sakura." Witht hat said Ino got up and walked out of the room.

"I can admit the truth Ino, I just can't admit it to you, not yet anyway, but soon I promise you. Soon I will tell all of you the truth. As for Sasuke, well we'll have to see what happens." Sakura said quietly to the door Ino had just walked out of. She then resumed her work.

Sakura walked into the small courtroom, she walked infront of the council of elders and bowed to show them respect, in return they also bowed back. Sakura then walked over to her seat and sat down. A minute or two later Sasuke was escorted into the room by two ANBU members. They lead him into the middle of the room and bowed down to the council members and Sakura before leaving. Sasuke also bowed to them, but as he got to Sakura his mouth turned into a frown as he bowed.

"Well Sasuke Uchiha, I'm sure you know why you're here, am I right?" The leader of the council asked.

"Yes sir" Sasuke replied.

"Good. Now we have been thinking about you punishment since we were told you had returned. You do know the punishment for a missing-nin is death don't you Sasuke." The elder asked.

"Yes sir." Sasuke said while looking at the floor. Sakura looked at him and a tear slowly rolled down her cheek, she couldn't bare the punishment to happen to Sasuke, she loved him and he was about to be killed under her command.

"However, as of new evidence that shall not be you punishment. We have come to believe that you have helped this village out dearly. You killed an entire village that was a threat to us, and four of the most wanted nins in the fire country, maybe even the world. Therefore we have had to come up with a different punishment and that will be…" The elder began.

Sakura crossed her fingers and silently prayed to Kami-sama that it won't be too bad. She looked at the elder's then at Sasuke. She could see that he too was very nervous.

"Well first of all you will be prohibited from leaving the village for at least a 3 years. Secondly you will only be allowed to do D-rank missions. Lastly you will be living with Sakura-sama for a year, so she can make sure you don't try and betray the village again. That s as long as your okay with it Hokage-sama?"

"Of course I am, it's just I don't think I'm the best person to be doing this, after all I will be working most of the day, so I won't be able to keep an eye on him." Sakura told them.

"The day is no problem, it' just night's were worried about, we'd keep him with Naruto but we've heard his wife is pregnant and they will need all the room they have when the baby is born." The elder told Sakura.

"Ok then, I'll house him for a year." Sakura said to them.

"Good, during the day however you could assign Naruto to look after him until a month before his wife's labour and then another ANBU to look after him after that." The elders told her.

"Yes council. IS this meeting over now?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, you may now leave with him. Sasuke, try anything and Sakura-hime will kill you, so don't." The council member told Sasuke before he and Sakura left the room.

When Sakura walked out of the room she sent away one of he ANBU that took Sasuke to the meeting, as for the other which Sasuke knew was Naruto she told him to something which he nodded at before bowing and walking away.

"Come on Sasuke, I haven't got all day. I've told Naruto to bring your stuff to my house, so you don't have to worry about it" Sakura told him. Sasuke walked faster and caught up to Sakura in seconds. They slowly walked side by side until they got to Sakura's house coughmansioncough.

AN: Bet you weren't expecting that one and if you were then fine. The idea was mine unfortunately, I really wanted all you lovely people to be involved in the story but I got no idea's sent so I had to go with my own. Anyway sayonara!

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