In the previous chapters: After 16 years of marriage Sasuke and Sakura decide to get a divorce. Sakura can't handle her husband's coldness any more and publishes a story about her cheating on her husband with a model. Sasuke leaves the house and their five children and moves in with Neji, who is also his lawyer who hired to get the divorce and gain custody of the children. Sakura hires Tenten for the same cause, but her older daughter wants to stay with her father.

Warning: Cursing

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Get ready for the big meeting!

3. PRESTIGE

Mr. & Mrs. Kei Kitamura

request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their daughter

Matsuri

to

Mr. Gaara no Sabaku

on Saturday 11th of June,

half past seven o'clock

at the Fancy Hotel, Tokyo

The dress she had chosen to wear hang in front of her closet. It was a pale shade of purple and she had never worn it before, because it was a little short and showed some cleavage on top. She felt a weird satisfaction as she thought of Sasuke's face as he saw it. She hadn't seen him in two weeks.

Of course Hinata had called her and she knew that Sasuke was staying with Neji in the Hyuuga Estate. Also Naruto had called and begged her to go and apologize to her husband, but there was absolutely no way. Sakura still believed strongly that she was the one who had suffered the most from her marriage.

As they days passed, the media found her story less and less interesting, but she still found articles about her divorce and heard her name on the news. That was her only joy in life. She lived only for the pain and embarrassment she had caused to Sasuke.

In her house she felt unwanted. Her older children were angry and avoided her while the two younger ones were depressed and always needed her consolation. Their father hadn't called them for two weeks and she was the only one there to listen to them. The house was unbearable.

Sakura didn't want to admit it, but it wasn't her children that bothered her. For the past five years she wished that she wasn't married to Sasuke and yet now she missed him. Every night she kept waiting to feel his weight on their bed before she fell asleep. She realized at last that even though Sasuke had never loved her, her feelings weren't gone.

With her hair and make-up done she thought that she had to be stronger. She had to get away of Sasuke at last if she wanted to find out what happiness was like. She decided that she would make Sasuke believe that she was perfectly happy without him and very interested in other men. He had to suffer for their divorce.

Sasuke hated hotel lobbys. All the noise and the people coming and going drove him crazy. The things only worsened as one of the TVs started to present a story about his marriage and his children after Sakura cheated on him. Some people looked at him, other laughed and whispered to each other. Unbearable.

All that thing reminded him of the time after his parents and Itachi had died. Everyone was whispering and pointing at him just like that and he pretended that he couldn't hear them. Thankfully Kakashi helped him out of that by bringing him to Konoha and opening his house to him. In that little town Sasuke found love again. Kakashi cared deeply for him and took care of his every need. Naruto became his best friend and a constant fountain of fun. And Sakura adored him so much that nothing was ever good enough for him. She had been always...

"Uchiha Sasuke?"

Sasuke turned his face to see where that voice came for and saw a middle-aged woman with short hair and formal clothes behind him. She smiled obviously impressed by his presence. "You can see him now. Room 216. Sasuke nodded and started climbing the stairs till the second floor. When he found room 216, he knocked the door. A male voice told him to come in.

In the room stood the reason for all his troubles and his blood immediately boiled.

"The moment he takes off his shirt is the moment any woman feels weak on the knees and starts to nosebleed like a cartoon. Like it's not enough that he has the most handsome face in this world, he has also a body to die for. Now, if he gets naked in a hot car and you are inches away, fainting is highly possible."

That was had his soon-to-be-ex wife had written about James White in her article and he was pathetic enough to memorize it. As he looked at the man closely he thought that she was clearly exaggerated. The English model was a handsome man, but not 'to die for'. His blond hair and blue eyes made him look exotic for Japan and his body was very well-built, but other than that he was plain.

Sasuke shook his head as he understood that her was trying to compare himself with the man Sakura had cheated on him with. He was being ridiculous. The man was very uncomfortable and slightly afraid. He was probably thinking that Sasuke wanted to beat him up for stealing his wife but that was hardly the case.

"I want you to know that I had no idea that she was married and writing an article about me. I'm in a very difficult position because everyone is asking me about her and my reputation is ruined, too. The press..." as the man continued to talk about publicity and his fans, Sasuke felt disgusted. James White was truly happy that Sakura had written about him. The only thing he cared about was fame and he was getting much of it from the story. He used Sakura as much as she had used him.

"OK, OK! I don't care for your reputation; I have a proposal for you." Even a braver man than James White would have shut his mouth if Sasuke was talking to them like that. James white almost pied himself as he saw Sasuke's eyes.

"What... kind of proposal, mister Uchiha?" The tone of respect pleased Sasuke, but then he thought that he was almost fifteen years older than that guy and he got mad. He though that maybe the man considered him too old and had to remind to himself how pathetic he was again. That was quite unpleasant.

"This publicity you talk about is very annoying for me. How much do you want to tell the press that she made it all up and you never... ehm... had intercourse with her?"

James White raised his eyebrows and his jaw fell. That is Uchiha Sasuke for you. No blubbering... he goes straight to the point. The model thought about it and found the proposal very appealing. The man was filthy rich; he could make a fortune out of him and also he would appear as the victim in that story. The public would love him. Completely uncaring about Sakura he named his price.

"So, here comes the last one of us to get married! Are you sure you don't need any advice for the first night of marriage?" Naruto teased Gaara as he entered the room the groom waited in. Gaara was so anxious and impatient that he was actually happy to see Naruto coming to him before everyone else.

"Neji is still single, isn't he?"

"Nah, I've given up on Neji for a long time now. Even if he finds anyone good enough for him in his opinion, she won't be able to tolerate him! This is the last wedding for this gang!"

"Then maybe Sasuke or Sakura will get married again..."

Naruto just sighed. He and Gaara made their way to the grand hall the ceremony was about to take place and stood in the empty room. The empty chairs made Gaara even more anxious, but Naruto as his best man took out a little bottle of tequila and passed it to him. He emptied it before the guests started to arrive.

"Dad!" Sasuke's heart was ripped apart as he saw his three older children running towards him outside the hotel that wedding was about to start. He had been avoiding them on purpose, because he didn't want to explain to them, but it was non optional. Minori hugged him tightly followed by the boys and they all seemed anxious and happy to finally see him.

When Sasuke was away on business trips, he would always call and they were sure that he was coming back. Now they hadn't heard from him in two weeks nor they knew where he was, so they decided to come to Gaara's wedding, knowing that he wouldn't miss it for the world. They had been waiting outside the hotel almost an hour and finally they got him. And now they needed an explanation.

"I'm sorry that I hadn't called." None of the three were happy with just that. "I needed some time alone to think about what had happened. And I didn't know what to say to you." He looked at each one of them apologetically. They boys' green eyes calmed down, but Minori's black orbs were still on fire.

"Well, those weeks had not been easy for us, too! Did you even think about us? Everyone is making fun of us and mum completely ignore us!" As Tadashi and Daichi heard her words the smiles slipped off their faces and they seemed uncomfortable again. Sasuke once again cursed Sakura and her stupid ideas and tried to find the right words.

"You don't have to worry, kids. I will protect you; as soon as I find a place to buy you will move in with me..."

"Oh, really?"

Sasuke froze. Minori took a step back and the boys hid behind her. In thirteen years they hadn't seen their mother so furious! She stood behind Sasuke and she had heard his last sentence very well. And now she had become a lioness ready to fight for her Minori was yet not done fighting with her mother.

"What do you want? I told you that I didn't want to live with you anymore! Tadashi and Daichi agree with me and dad..."

"SHUT UP!" Everyone around them including some of the wedding guests turned and looked at them, but Sakura didn't seem to care. "You three get in the car and the driver will take you home. NOW!" Even Minori obeyed but not before she kissed her father and whispered something in his ear just to piss Sakura off. Sasuke slowly turned aroung and came face to face with his wife after two weeks.

The first thing that came in his mind was to slap her hard on the face, but he was not the kind of man who hits women, even when they deserve it. It pissed him off that she looked so refreshed and beautiful. Her face was flawless and her dress was the most beautiful yet tiny piece of garment he had ever seen. With the corner of his eye he spotted Neji standing at the entrance of the hotel and silently telling him to calm down. He decided to listen to him. Sakura on the other hand looked ready to skin him alive.

"How dare you say such a thing to my children, you fucking asshole? What kind of pathetic father turns his own children against their mother? And you still want to be called a man?" Sasuke's eyes turned wide open. In his life he had never heard Sakura curse like that again.

"You are the one that turned your own children against you." His low and calm voice made Sakura want to punch him. "They are not happy to know that their mother is a cheaty slut so eager to tell the entire world how much she can beg for cock." Sasuke spoke as if he was telling her a recipe for soup.

"Shut up you bastard! You are taking advantage of their anger to take them away from me! As if you care whether I had sex with someone else or not!" Her hands were trembling and she was spitting as she spoke. Sasuke could clearly see that she was at her limit.

"I really don't, but I'd rather have my children live away from a horny bitch in heat screwing with little boys who would fuck an old hag for money! How much did you pay him to...?"

SLAP!

Even the cars stopped moving for a second and everybody was speechless. Sakura picked up her purse that she had dropped and entered the hotel looking nothing like she hadn't just slapped her husband in front of at least two hundred people. Poor Sasuke stood there unable to move or talk. Neji approached him and put a hand in his shoulder.

"Sasuke, be brave! Gaara just told me that the seats had been arranged a month ago and you have to sit next to her for the next hour." Sasuke looked at him as if he wished him a slow painful death. Then he walked in the hotel reminding himself that he had to attend Gaara's wedding no matter what.

"Did you see the Uchihas fight in front of the Fancy Hotel?"

That was the first thing Tenten heard as she got out of her car. She suddenly started to run to the entrance to see if Sakura was ok, but the only person outside the Hotel was Hyuuga Neji. He looked troubled so she decide to break the three whole years she hadn't heard his voice and asked him what had happened. As she approached him he raised his head and saw her coming to him. Neji thought that Tenten was going to pass him by to enter the hotel, so he turned his head away and completely ignored her.

"Hyuuga!" He had almost forgotten her voice. She stood there in front of him, wearing a pair of black pants and a black blazer, a totally inappropriate outfit for a wedding, but it suited her. "Do you know what happened between Sasuke and Sakura?"

He sent her an annoyed look. "They fought over the children, called each other names, she slapped him and now they have to sit side by side." Tenten sighed and hopped that Sakura hadn't said anything that Neji could use against them in court. He continued to stare at that door as if it was the most interesting thing he had ever seen. When she started to move to the door he rushed there, opened it first, got in and closed it right on Tenten's face.

"What a gentleman!"

Sakura was extremely upset, but she tried to look calm and collected. Everyone was whispering about her so her cheeks were flushed and she was still trembling. She found her seat and sat down. Soon enough someone came next to her.

Sasuke sat next to her without looking at her. She immediately smelled his scent and recognized his manly hands, but acted as if she hadn't noticed. Sasuke leaned to her and whispered. "If you ever hit me again, I'll cut your arm off."

Well, how's that? Aren't they adorable? I can wait for the next chapter, but I'm on vacation and it will take some time...

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