I DON'T OWN NARUTO
I'm baaaack! Well this chapter is bigger and far more interesting! If you have read any of my other stories, you know that I like to write about all the couples and not only Sasusaku. My favorite one is Neji and Tenten, but I will include all of them in my story and also their children. Get ready for some serious drama!
2. THERE IS NO WAY BACK NOW
"Are you sure that you want to stay here?" Sasuke really couldn't spend another night alone in his office and needed to be around people that wouldn't laugh at him all the time, so he decided to go with Neji for a while. The Hyuuga Estate was a very old traditional building with huge gardens and a lot of space for visitors since the family no longer lived in the city and it was almost empty.
"It's close to my office and quiet, so it's ok. I can't believe that all your relatives decided to leave for the countryside at the same time." Some years ago suddenly Neji's parents and uncles had decided to move out and now they lived in a cottage far away from the city of Konoha.
"It's not weird at all!" Neji sighed. "This place isn't peaceful anymore and my family doesn't like..."
"UNCLE NEJI WATCH OUT!" Neji quickly bent down, but Sasuke wasn't so fast. A huge water balloon hit his chest and immediately popped splashing all over his face and his expensive suit. The water was freezing cold and it made him shiver in the cold winter breeze.
"Good aim! You got the teme kids!" The voice and the mocking laughter was unfortunatelly very well known to Sasuke. He wiped the water off his eyes and saw his number one annoying best friend and his two boys, who looked like little clones of him, laughing hard eventhough they were completely wet as well. Neji stood up and shook his head defeated.
"You were the one that wanted to stay here! If Hinata hadn't begged me, even I would be gone by now!" Sasuke couldn't help but laugh as well. The famous Hyuuga genes of pale skin, dark hair and lavender eyes were completely defeated by Naruto's tanned skin, spiky blond locks and blue eyes. He had three children with Hinata and not one of them looked the slightest like a Hyuuga. Not to mention there were also loud, hyper and stubborn as hell.
"So Naruto is the reason your family moved out!" That seemes only logical..."
"TEMEEEEE!" The blond run and hugged Sasuke so fast that threw him back on the grass. "I knew that you would come to me to change your mind! I was sure that you would forgive Sakura-chan that I have already told her! HINATA-CHAN! Call Sakura and tell her..."
"NARUTO, GET OFF ME! And I'm only here to stay with Neji until I get a new house for me and the kids!" Hinata appeared on the doorstep holding her little girl and heard him as he mentioned the kids. She also so Naruto's dissappointed and angry face and Neji's determination.
"Minato, Maruo, come inside and change those wet clothes now!" The moment the door was shut down, Naruto got off Sasuke and sat on one of the garden chairs. His voice wasn't loud for the first time in his life.
"Why, Sasuke?" It was no secret that Naruto loved Sakura as much as he loved Sasuke. He even had a big crush for her in Middle School. The three of them had grown up together with a great teacher, Hatake Kakashi, but Naruto and Sakura had lived with him since they were babies when Sasuke moved with them after his parents and brother died when he was seven years old. Neji thought that the two guys should talk alone and got inside the house.
Sasuke sat next to Naruto. "It's over, dobe. I can't forgive her and I don't really think that she wants me back."
The atmosphere couldn't be any heavier. Dinner in Sakura's house used to be the most fun time of the day for her. Eventhough Sasuke was rarely home, the children were usually happy, talking about their school and friends or teasing each other and making their mother laugh. Now even the younger ones that didn't know what had happened were moody and silent. They hadn't seen their father in three days.
Minori wasn't going to tolerate her mother's silence any longer. "Anna, Kaito, Tadashi brought you your favorite comic books tonight! Do you want to go check them out?" The little faces suddenly lightened up.
"Can we go, mum?" Sakura nodded and as the kids rushed upstairs she prepared herself for what was about to come. The twins also let down their forks and stared at their mother, waiting for an explanation. Minori put her hands in her pockets just like her father did when he was angry or upset. Sakura gulped.
"I went to the company after school, but dad had already left and he still isn't answering his phone! Where is he?" Even her voice tone resembled her father a little. Her mother was amazed by the way she looked even before her sixteenth birthday. If her mother hadn't persuaded her to let her hair long, she would be an exact replica of her father. Her body was tall and athletic and she wore always dark clothes that matched her equally dark eyes.
The twins at least had green eyes like her and they were very outgoing children. Now they were angry, but usually they adored their mother. Sasuke was very relieved that they didn't inherit their's mother pink hair and he was also very close to them. They were confused that their father hadn't even called them all those days.
"I don't know where your father is. I haven't spoke to him since Saturday."
Daichi looked his mother straight in the eyes and spoke with broken voice. "Why did you do that?"
Sakura tried to keep her eyes open to dry her tears and her voice steady. "I know that you are all disappointed in me and you miss our father, but it's none of your business what happens between me and your father. I'm sure he will contact you soon, but he is not coming back."
"Are you two getting a divorce?"
"Yes." Minori almost turned the table upside down as she stood up and started to walk back and forth in front of her mother. Her hands were still in her pockets. Tadashi hid his face in his hands and Daichi looked at his sister with a terrified look in his face.
"Of course he wants a divorce! You made our family the laughing stock of the country!" No one doubted the ability of an Uchiha to hurt others and Minori was a true Uchiha girl. "If it's none of our business, you shouldn't tell the entire world, lady! You ruined this family!"
"Enough, Minori! Even if I was wrong, I'm still your mother and I did my best for you all these years! Now I need to take care of myself!" And Sakura stood up and left running to her bedroom, where she could cry at last. Back in the kitchen Minori sat back in the table and looked at her brothers. The boys didn't look angry like her, just sad.
"Well, they are breaking up and there is nothing we can do but accept it!" Daichi said to calm his sister down a little.
"But the paper..." Minori wasn't going easy on her mother.
"The paper will be forgotten in a few days, but they will still be apart." Tadashi started to clean the table. "Minori, you should leave mum alone for a while. She would never do such a thing if she wasn't really unhappy and hated dad!"
Minori sighed. "But why does she hate him so much? He is perfect!" Daichi smiled. Minori's attachment to their father was unreal. They loved their father, too, but she became totally stupid when it came to him. They were too much alike for her own good.
"You must admit that he is a little obsessed with his job." Daichi said.
"And not very good in expressing his feelings..." Tadashi added.
"And maybe something has happened between them that we don't know! We've known mum forever and she is not that type of person!" Minori had to admit that it was very weird of her mother to cheat and embarrass her dad. She always seemed completely devoted to him. But even if the marriage wasn't working out, it was her mother who ruined it at last.
"I'm still going with dad!
Naruto was furious. Neji and Sasuke had locked the door of Neji's apartment and they refused to open even though he almost broke his hand knocking and screaming. Neji had chosen a space in the top floor of the Hyuuga Estate and created a loft-like apartment there to find some peace. He even had his own entrance (to bring ladies) and a separate plone line just for himself (to call ladies). Naruto was allowed in there only in special occassions.
"Can you believe they locked me out?" he said as he entered his bedroom where Hinata was already lying in their bed. She was relieved that Naruto had gained back his usual temper. She knew that it was very hard for him to watch Sasuke and Sakura hurting each other like that.
"Naruto-kun, you have to let them do as they want! They are old enough to make decisions and to tell you the truth, this should have happened years ago." Hinata was one of Sakura's best friends and the only one who knew about the article before it was published. She didn't approved Sakura's way of revenge, but she believed that Sasuke had used her just to have children and had made her suffer for a long time.
"What do you mean?"
"Well, Sasuke never really cared for Sakura as a woman and Sakura isn't in love with him anymore. It was only a matter of time before they splitted up." Naruto knew very well what Hinata meant.
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flashback
"You proposed to Sakura-chan?" Naruto and Sasuke were in their bedroom in Kakashi's house. The blond had climbed in the other's bed and was now sitted on Sasuke's legs with his face full of disbelief and confusion.
"Hn." Sasuke kicked Naruto out of his bed and tried to concentrate on his homework, but Naruto grabbed his textbook and threw it on the floor to make Sasuke look him straight in the eyes.
"When did you do it? What did she say?"
"An hour ago I went in her room, gave her my mother's wedding ring and ask her if she would marry me. And of course she said yes; you know she is obsessed with me! She screamed and kissed me and then she fainted."
"Is she ok now?"
"I don't know; I left." Narutro rushed out of the room and went to the door right across of their room, which was half open. He could hear Sakura from the inside talking to the phone with Ino and her happy squeals showed him how excited she was. Naruto felt truly worried for her. Back in the boys room Sasuke had picked up his textbook and continued with his homework like nothing had happened. He felt the urge to grab the broomstick and smash his head open.
"Why did you propose to her, teme? You are only sixteen and she now she thinks you are in love with her!" Naruto knew very well how much in love Sakura was with Sasuke, but he had never returned her feelings before. Naruto himself had a big crush on Sakura and was very jealous of Sasuke, but the Uchiha didn't seem to care about that either. But Naruto realized that Sasuke had waited until Naruto found a girlfriend to propose to Sakura, so he was at least thinking his friend's feelings. What about Sakura's?
"Don't be stupid, dobe! Sakura knows that the only reason we are getting married is so I can restore my clan and honor my family's name. If she wants more than that, that's her problem, not mine!"
end of flashback
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Naruto sighed again. Maybe it was better for them if they got a divorce. But he was sure that all these years Sasuke was as much in love with Sakura as she was and even more. Maybe it was just his imagination, but he had seen jealousy in Sasuke's eyes. Hinata hugged him from behind and he felt the silk cloth of her nightgown against his bare back.
"Don't worry, Naruto-kun. They are grown-ups and they know what they are doing." She was trying her best to comfort him, but the only thing in her husband's mind was the feeling of the two large soft breast on his back. He took her little white hand in his palm and kissed it. The hell with Sasuke and Sakura. He was still married.
Sasuke had slept again after two nights and his mind was finally functioning again. As he was drinking Neji's black coffee, a plan was slowly formed in his mind. He wouldn't go to work that morning. Neji's apartment was a pretty nice place to hang and he intended to stay for a while.
There was absolutely no color; everything was white and the walls were mostly windows that let too much light in. Sasuke admired the taste of a single man in the apaptment. Everything was very simple and elegant, pointing out that there was no woman (or Naruto) involved in the decoration. The rest of the Hyuuga Estate was so traditional with wooden surfaces and heave furniture, but the loft was actually modern.
Suddenly his own house came in his mind. At first he had hated all the colors and flowers everywhere, but now he missed the colorful childrens' bedrooms and most of all her floral sheets and curtains, that were the first things he saw everyday as he woke up. And then the strawberry scented pink locks on the pillow next to him. Now someone else was waking up with that scent.
His anger returned and suddenly Sasuke wanted to crush all the nice things in Neji's apartment. He was now sure for his plan. He needed to gain his dignity back. Neji had just left to his office and Sasuke was free to do whatever he wanted.
He took his phone and called his secretary, who answered immediately and very formally. "Mister Uchiha, can I help you?"
"Yes, I would like you to find me a phone number. Today."
That's it! Can you guess whose number Sasuke was searching? Please review your answer.
The rest of the gang is meeting again in the next chapter! And also a surprise: Gaara is getting married and our two lovebirds will have to meet again...
