Death and rebirth

Chapter 6

By UchihaSanNin

"Sasuke-Kun..." She murmured. He grunted in his sleep. "How do you feel..." She whispered, and lightly rubbed his scalp, letting her chakra help calm him. She had just finished with her operation of sorts, and she had hoped that it would work. It would take days to prove itself. If it didn't, then all hope was lost on him. He would be lost in the darkness forever. She had managed to increase the blood flow by pumping her chakra into those two vital veins that circulated he blood to his retinas and eyeballs.

"..." He breathed in deeply, and she smiled.

"Sasuke..." She murmured, kissed his ear, noticing the sweat that ran down his face and neck, and beaded on his chest.

"...unnn..." He grunted in reply.

"C'mon...We gotta get you to bed..." She murmured, and lifted him up effortlessly. she put an arm around his sweat moistened waist, and he stepped with her as she half carried him to their bed. She laid him down, and went to the bathroom to get some bandages and guaze.

He won't be able to expose his eyes to sunlight for at least two days...She thought. Becuase he has been in the dark for as long as he has...his pupils will be very sensitive to the UV rays...and if he decides to be an ignorant badass, then I dare him to complain next time... Sh smiled at her bantering, and went back to the bedroom. I guess that I will wrap them in the morning... She laid the wrapping and gauze down onto the bedside table, and layed down on the bed. She hugged the pillow at her head, and closed her eyes, and prayed.

Please...Tsunade...help me let him see again...please...

Sleep took her thoughts a few minutes later.

The next day...

"If you take that off, I swear to Kami, I will not help you anymore, Sasuke Uchiha!!" She growled, making the raven haired man stop in his tracks. Suigetsu hummed to himself, and Sasuke scowled, his hand stopping at the bandage that lined the upper part of his face. His eyes were covered with it, and it wound around the back of his head. It itched terribly. He wanted to rip it off and scratch like a dog.

He hated those pained words. It had hurt her to say them. He could hear the tears that she was tryong to hold back in her voice. Karin stood outside in the green grass, and yelled, "Oi!! Let's go, Sasuke-Kun!! Suigetsu, you asswipe! You too!!"

Uchiha, He thought. She hasn't called me that in a long damned time. "Go ahead, I'll be there in a few minutes."

"Fine then..." He replied, and disappeared. He heard karin's annoying protest, and he shook his head as he turned back to Sakura. He sighed.

"Sakura...how long do I have to wear this...?" He asked.

"At least three days..." She murmured in reply. He was suddenly in front of her, and he took her hand in his.

"You know that I've always had a problem with doctors telling me what to do." He said, in a low whisper.

"Hah..." She looked down at the ground. "II'm not your damned doctor...I am your wife...and If you would like to continue sleeping in there with me, you will take my word as--"

He cut her off as he put a hand under her chin, and pushed her face upwards to his. He smirked. "You talk too much." He leaned foreward and kissed her, then pulled away slightly. He put his hands on her waist, then they moved up toward her breasts.

"Sasuke, you-"

"I have time..." he murmured.

--

"It's been fifteen minutes," Karin spat, thuroughly disgusted. She crossed her arms, and sighed abjectedly. "Jeez..."

"Oh God, Karin, does it bother you that much that he is comforting his wife? Hell, you're still jealous aren't you?" He yelled, throwing his hands up into the air as he asked both qeustions. She went red in the face as the other men and women stared at him, and threw an angry punch toward his face.

"Asswipe!!"

SPLAT!!

--

"Sasuke-Kun..." She murmured against his mouth, as he gave one last thrust, and reached his own climax. He groaned loudly, and leaned foreward against her, pushing her further back into the wall. Her legs loosened around his back, and she massaged the back of his neck.

"I won't take them off..." He whispered, as he started to pull away, and chastly kissed her. He pulled out and away from her, and pulled his nin pants up. "But...I have to go..." He kissed her again, and she smiled.

"I'll see you tonight...?" She asked, looking up at him, her arms still around his neck, and he set her down on her feet.

"Tonight." He smirked, and disappeared as he picked up his pack.

Sasuke came up to his two teammates, and Karin was boiling mad. "What the hell took you so long!?"

"An Ode to the ten minute quicky...!!" Suigetswu suddenly sang out, and fell into a tune, and whistled. Sasuke grimaced, and lashed out.

"SHUTUP!!" He bashed him upside the head, and the shark toothed water Nin splattered everywhere, and glared coldly at him as he began to come back together.

"What the shit was that for??"

"You and your big mouth." The Uchiha replied. "C'mon. Lets go."

"You know that they did it," He whispered to Karin, who went red in the face. "Ten minute quickies are the best. I mean, look how relaxed he is...? And he is blushing..."

SPLAT!!

"You are such a shit head!! Nothing but bull up in that mind of yours!!" She screeched.

"Then what the fuck is up there in yours huh? I mean hell! I would hate to find out what wild fantasies you have written up there!!"

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!! SHUTUP!!"

"Both of you shut your mouths!! Damn you're so fucking annoying!!" Sasuke roared, clenching his fists.

Naruto and Hinata wore worried expressions as each Nin and ANBU agent came back with the same reply. "We have found no traces of where they have gone, Uzumaki-Sama. They went into the forest, but disappeared."

"Could they have gone to Otogakure?" Hinata piped up, hope in her eyes. "Thats where they were headed wasn't it?"

"No, Hinata-San..." He replied. "They were taken...They reached the halfway point between the Leaf and the Sound, and there was a sign of a struggle. And then nothing else..."

"They weren't hurt now, were they...?" She asked, and Naruto turned and looked at the Operative. He gave the man a look that said 'NO.'

"not to our knowledge, Hinata-San." He murmured.

Later...

Naruto felt like punching something. He was pissed. His son was missing, and so was Sasuke Uchiha's. He couldn't keep it down for long. He had to tell his friend. Word would get out, and his friends wrath would be even worse if he found out that way. Hinata was upset, and Amaya was equally distraught. Ishin's younger brother and sister didn't even know what was going on, but they understood that Ishin was gone.

He didn't know what to do. After thinking about it all day, he went to Shikamaru. "I need an excort," He explained. "I'm heading out to Otogakure in about thirty minutes."

"Uh...how troublesome...I need to let Ino know...I'll be here waiting in about ten." He replied, and leaped away. Naruto turned, and sighed.

This is NOT going to bode well...He is going to go nuts...

--

Sasuke smiled as he walked into the new Police district. It was finally finished. three months of work. Done. The hospital was started after Sakura left with the family, and it had already been finished also. Now all was left was to talk with Naruto.

The village itself seemed to have come to life. Small shops and street stores opened up, and started business. People began to crawl out of their hiding places, and walking around shyly, trying to figure out what the hell was going on. The Uchiha had finally done it. He brought the village-that orochimaru had silently wiped off the face of the earth- back to life.

He was proud. He couldn't explain how he felt. But he was proud of himself. He didn't think that he could do it. But he did. It took nearly twelve in a half years, But he did it. Finally.

He was just sorry that he couldn't see it. But today, he would be able to take the bandages off, and then the outcome would playout the rest of his life. So, instead of sitting down at his new office, he walked right back outside, and straight home to see his wife. He couldn't wait til he got Ishin home with his brother and sister to see the place. He would love it.

--

Sakura carefully unwound the long strips of bandaging from around his head, and smiled when she saw a perfectly arched, raven brow. "Does it hurt, or ache...?" She asked, and he grunted in his usual reply.

"Hn..."

"Sasuke."

"Not much." He smiled, and she rolled her eyes. She started pulling the bandaging of once again, and then it was completely gone from his handsome face. she let it fall to the floor, and she looked up at his closed eyes expectantly.

"...So..." She watched him, and he slowly opened his eyes. Those obsidian black colored orbs came into view, and he blinked rapidly for a few seconds, letting his eyes adjust to the lighting, then closed them tightly, grimacing. "Sasuke...?"

"It hurts...that light is too damned bright...turn it off..." He whined, and instead of getting up and going to fix it, she leaped into his arms, squealing like a ten year old. He hit the wall behind him, and laughed as she sobbed into his hakama, hugging him tightly.

--

Naruto sat down beside the fire, and glared into that blue and orange flame. Where did they go...Not even Kiba Inuzuka's nose could smell them out...I doubt that mine could either...even though he taught me how to do it...Kakashi's dogs...failed. No one found traces of their wherabouts...Where the hell could they be...? Its gotta be someone who is conspiring against both Konohagakure and Otogakure...Something is going on...and I have a bad feeling about this...

"Naruto." Shikamaru muttered, looking up at the stars, lying on his back in the grass. THe blond kage looked over at his old friend.

"Eh?"

"Stop thinking so damned hard about this and go to sleep. That's my job. So quit. We are going to get to Otogakure in the next two days, so worry about telling him then. We'll find them soon enough. I can tell you right now, that they wouldn't dare harm them. Whoever has them is probrably holding them somewhere. They'll be fine."

But, Naruto's conscious wouldn't drop the matter. Even Shikamaru had a really bad feeling about the whole thing. I feel like this isn't going to turn out the way we want it...

--

Sakura brushed her hands through his hair. "You need a haircut, Sasuke-Kun..." She whispered, and stood up. "Now...tell me. Can you see anything...?"

He looked around, and narrowed his eyes in concentration. "It's...blurry...but not much...I see your head of pink hair...That stands out well..." He smirked when she put an elbow into his stomach.

"C'mon." She muttered, as he stood up next to her. He walked off, down the hall, to Hikaru's room. She watched him, and went into the kitchen. I am so glad...maybe...this will work...

She walked into their room to see Sasuke laying on the bed, with Hikaru laying sprawled across his chest, under a protective, muscled arm. Sasuke was asleep, and the boy was breathing deeply with his father, in a deep dream. She smiled, and walked over to him. "Sasuke." She whispered, and his eyes slowly opened.

"Hmm...?" He looked in her general direction, and his pupils retracted to focus on her face. She wanted to yell with joy. "Hey..."

"Let me take Hikaru...stay here..." He let her pick the sleeping infant up, and take him to bed. She came back and stood over him, at the side of the large bed, and looked down at him.

"I see you..." He murmured sleepily, and offered her a hand. She took it, and he pulled her to him, and kissed her long and hard. "Sakura..." He pulled away from her, and she sat up. She put a leg over his hips, now straddling him, and looked down at him. "Thankyou..."

He studied the way the moonlight added a brighter pinkish hue tinge to her hair, and lit her face up. Her iredesent eyes seemed to light up, and he let his eyes waver to roam over her body. Then his hands made their way to the zipper on her altered and shortened cheongsam, and heslowly unzipped it.

"Sasuke..." She moved closer to him, and he sat up, keeping her legs down against his. he ran his hands over her waist, and the curve of her well rounded breasts.

"I guess they were bigger when I couldn't see...My imagination ran wild-"

"You ass!" She shouted, and he laughed.

"I was kidding." He squeezed gently, and she leaned in, and kissed him. "You're perfect..." He murmured against her lips, then slid his tongue into her mouth to dance with hers. He pulled her clothing off and shucked his own, and the next thing she knew Sasuke's length was rubbing against her, and she moaned.

"Sasuke-Kun..."

He pushed into her, and kissed her again, taking her moan into his mouth, and started moving against her in a slow rythem. His hands smoothed out over her stomach, and and went further down to where they were joined, and she gripped his shoulders in a bruising grip as he played with her. "Sas...Sasuke...Faster..." He obliged, and picked up his pace, removing his fingers, and gripping her hips tightly. He thrusted into her unrelentlessly, and she gasped as that spring of pleasure seemed to burst within her, and sent her over the edge.

"Sasuke-Kun!!" Her walls tightened around him, and He gave one last thrust, feeling himself explode, and she milked him for all he was worth. She shuddered in his arms as he gathered her to his body, and he kissed the curve of her breasts.

"Sakura..." He murmured lazily. "I have missed this..." She giggled, and nuzzled his neck, then bit his shoulder.

"Since when are you a sex addict, huh...?"

"For a long time..." he said, and kissed her agian, and moved within her. She gasped, and he smiled. His hand moved to her rounded bottem, and pulled her up against him, letting his length move even deeper within her.

"Sakura..." He leaned down and claimed her lips once more, and repeated his movements once again as his length hardened once again.

--

Naruto and Shikimaru walked into Otogakure, and looked around. "Well, I guess that he did a good job." Naruto smiled, grew alittle uneasy at how the villagers were staring intently at him. "These people look paranoid..."

"What do you expect from the ones who were constantly at Orochimaru's mercy...?" Shikamaru asked, his hands shoved down into his Nin pant's front pockets. "C'mon, Naruto. Let's get to Sasuke."

"Yeah..." They quickly leaped away, headed for the kage's living quarters.

Sasuke sat up, and stretched, looking down at the pinkette that was lying in his arms. She was sleeping soundly, and oblivious to his waking. He just sat there for a few minutes, watching her. She was beautiful. He was so glad that he could see again. He missed seeing her face when they made love, like lastnight, whenever he woke up in the morning, and just any time in general.

He missed Hikaru's small face. Ishin. And even Satoshi and Sayuri. Seeeing Sakura's iredesent eyes change to a darker green whenever she cried. And now he didn't have to be miserable and pine over what he lost. He could see again, and it was all thanks to Sakura. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, and got out of the bed. He decided to go find someone to train with him and help his test his new sight, to see if he had any limitations. If not Suigetsu or Juugo, then he would train with her. After all. It had been a while since they trained together.

--

They walked out of the manor together, and Sasuke had Hikaru on his shoulders, holding his shrot legs firmly with his hands. The sun greeted them, ans she noticed Sasuke's slight wince as he looked around at the sunlit world. The boy screamed loudly with excitement, and bounced n Sasuke's shoulders. Sakura smiled. "Ready...?" He asked Sakura, turning to her and giving her a questioning stare.

"Yeah, lets go..." But, before they could take off, Naruto and Shikimaru suddenly appeared in front of them. They stopped where they were, and stared at the panting and tired pair.

"Na-Naruto-Kun? Shikamaru-Kun??" Sakura stuttered, pointing. Sasuke stood there, trying to figure out why Naruto, of all Nin, was standing in front of him.

"What's going on, Dobe...?" Sasuke asked, his voice full of curiousity. "Why are you here?"

Naruto struggled to catch his breath, and took a deep breath of air. Shikamaru straightened, and looked over at the kage.

"It's...It's Ishin...and Hajime...They've gone missing two days ago...I got here...as soon...as I could..." He panted, and gasped out between breaths. Sasuke stiffened, and Sakura gaped at the two Nin that stood in front of them. The next thing she knew, Sasuke had shoved Hikaru into her arms, and she instinctively held him to her chest. Sasuke walked foreward, his cold, apathetic gaze betraying the emotions he felt raging inside him.

He stopped when he stood right in front of the Hokage, who stared into his eyes. "They got out at night...when Hinata was asleep...I didn't know of it until I came home from the Kage's quarters...and he was gone--" Sasuke threw a punch, and Naruto took it full in the face. The sheer force of it sent the kage flying, and he hit the ground a couple feet back, on his back. His head hit the dirt road, and he sat up quickly.

"I'll kill you!!" Sasuke yelled, and lunged again, this time his eyes blazing red, the tomoe spinning. A shadow flitted across the ground, and in his rage, Sasuke failed to see it. He was caught as the shadow caught his own, and he froze. his hands were forced back down to his sides, and he clenched his jaw. Naruto stood up, wiping the trail of blood that began to make it's way down to his chin. He spat more out of his mouth, and he looked at his old friend.

"I may have diserved that, Teme...but you forget. I said BOTH Ishin and Hajime. They're both gone. Instead of going into a violent rampage...I would appreciate your help in finding them...They've been missing for three days now. THe trail has gone cold. No scent, no nothing." Sasuke ground his teeth, and looked down at the ground, as if he suddenly found it fascinating.

Sakura just stood there. Not again... She told herself. Who could have taken him this time...? I don't understand...why...?

Sasuke glared at Shikimaru, who kept him from moving with his Shadow Sewing Jutsu. "Sorry, Sasuke, but until you calm down and talk this over, I am not letting you go. Ahem...And I see that you've gotten your sight back. How troublesome..." Sasuke growled loudly, giving him a warning.

"Let him go, Shikamaru. I can handle him." Naruto muttered, and the Nin reluctantly released his hold on him. Sasuke clenched his fists, making sure that he had full control, and turned aroun to see Sakura standing there, just staring at him. Naruto walked foreward.

"Sasuke...?" She whispered, and sat down on the steps. "Who would do this...?"

He jsut stood there, and clenched his fists and jaw again, and told her to stay here as he and the other two leaped away. Hikaru cooed against his mother's skin as she stared down at the ground. "I won't stand here and do nothing..." She murmured to herself. "I refuse to sit here like a child..."

She stood up, and went to go find Karin and Juugo.

I must end it here once more. I have to update on other things. lol. Good night!!

UchihaSanNin

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