DIVORCE OR NOT DIVORCE!

Summary: How did two people that were married for 16 years and had 5 children end up hating each other? He was cold and uncaring; she cheated and told the entire world! Add two lawyers that also hate each other and you will get ultimate chaos... Is there any hope for this couple?

Rate: M for cursing and later lemons

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters except the children!

Hello, again! New chappie! Loved your reviews! Thank you!

I know that many of you complain for my grammatic mistakes and I'm really sorry! I try my best to edit carefully and read it many times, but as you know English is not my first language and I only use it in Fanfiction these days. I hope you understand.

Enjoy the chapter.

EVERY END IS A NEW BEGINNING

"So, what do you think, kids?" Sakura was trying so hard to appear excited and optimist, but she knew that her children weren't buying it. Yet she was determined to make them believe that the new house was just as good as their old one. It would have worked, if the apartment she had found wasn't half as big as their old basement.

"It has an amazing view and it's so cozy!" Temari, her real-estate agent, was trying to help as the children looked around as they didn't believe their own eyes. She had worked her ass off looking for the best place Sakura's money could rent and she had made a real bargain. The place had three bedrooms, a nice bathroom and an open space that was used both for living room, dining room and kitchen. It was also in a cheap but not very dangerous neighbourhood very close to Sakura's work. It couldn't get any better.

Of course the only thing the kids could see was the small space. The three boys and the two girls would have to share 2 bedrooms much smaller than the ones that had at home and they didn't have to share. Sakura would have a bedroom that could fit in her old closet and there was one bathroom for all of them. The kitchen was as large as their old refrigerator and the best view was that of the closest buildings emergency stairs.

Tadashi looked around and turned to his mother. "My stuff don't fit in this place."

"Well, you didn't need most of them! We can give them away! There are so many poor children that never had a toy in their life!" Sakura smiled warmly and kissed his cheek. Daichi stopped his brother's complaints with just a look. He could understand very well what his mother was going through. Sakura couldn't stand the disappointed faces of her children anymore and she hid in the bathroom pretending to examine it.

Temari approached the children. "Why don't you see the move as an adventure? You can make your rooms as you like and you get to choose your own furniture. Plus you will make some other children very happy with your old stuff!" They didn't cheer up, but all of them accepted that they were going to live there from now. Sakura felt grateful to Temari; she had saved the day.

"Minori, what do you think?" Sakura asked as she got out of the bathroom. She was afraid that the girl would say that she was going to live with her father, but the girl just shook her shoulders as if she didn't care that she would stay in the same room with Anna. "Are you alright, baby?"

"Yes, I'm fine! I told the place is fine! Why are you asking all the time?" That was odd. Minori would normally start a fight, but now she seemed like she was avoiding her mother. She kept checking her phone and walking up and down in the small space.

"Why don't we go to buy some furniture for this place?" That seemed to excite the children, but Minori got a text message and told that she had to meet some friend. Sakura decided not to pressure the girl any more and let her go without questions. She left without saying goodbye to her siblings or Temari, but Sakura felt relieved. Maybe Minori would want to stay with her at the end.

She moved in the new apartment within a week.

"Sasuke, I told you a hundred times. You can go if you want. The law allows you to see the place your children live. But it's better if we ask Sakura first! She won't use it against us in the trial and it's the polite thing to do!" Neji lived in hell from the moment Sakura moved out of Sasuke's old house. They talked about it all day long.

"Do you expect me to call her and ask permission to see her house?" This had been going on for a long week. He had met his children again, but Sakura brought them to him and he only got to see the outside of her building and was very unhappy about it. Plus the children complained to him for the small rooms and the noisy neighbourhood, so he was even more anxious to see it with his own eyes. Neji finally reached his limit and took his own phone.

"Hey, Sakura!" Sasuke tried to stop him without making a noise and acted even more stupid. he tried to take the phone off his hands, but Neji pushed him away and silently blackmailed him that he would tell Sakura what he was doing.

"Neji?" That was a surprise. She didn't expect to see or hear Neji for the foreseeable future except for the trial.

"Yeah, it's me... How are you?"

"...Fine... What do you want?" She sounded cold and distant. Suddenly Neji felt that it was the most stupid thing that he had accepted to represent Sasuke in the court. It appeared that his friendship with Sakura that had lasted since High School was over. But there was no way he could leave Sasuke alone into that.

"We need to see the place you have chosen to live before the trial and make sure that it is appropriate for the children. As the father Sasuke has the right to..."

"Ok, ok! But my lawyer is going to be here as well."

"Call her. We are on our way."

Your father is coming. Please come home ASAP. Those were the words in the text Sakura sent Minori after her phone conversation with Neji. The girl frowned as she read the text.

"I need to go." James White did his best to look disappointed and heartbroken. Minori tried to stand up but he pulled her back in her chair and kissed her again. She knew that she had to go home soon, but every time he kissed her it felt like nobody else existed but them two. She hadn't had a boyfriend before and she didn't even want one before she met him, but now she wondered how had she managed to survive without him all those years.

That had been going on for days. Every afternoon she told her mother that she had to meet some friend and went to his hotel. He treated her to dinner and told her all that cheesy crap that her friends were dying to hear and she hated before, but now she wanted to scream to the entire world that the man was dying for her. He had found all her right buttons and she had completely surrendered to his desires.

The new house didn't interest her. Seeing her father was unnecessary. Anna had painted their room pink and she was ok with that. Her mother was asking questions all the time and she kept lying to her. There was no time during the day that she thought something other that him. Her friends had noticed that she had disappeared and worried, but she didn't care. Not even the divorce mattered any more.

Her mind didn't work around him. Nothing warned her that he wasn't honest. She just let him do anything he wanted, any before James she had kicked a guy in the nuts because he tried to put his hand around her waist while they wer dancing. He had thrown her on the bed on numerous occasions and she only managed to escape the last time. He had taken off her blouse and she didn't even complain. His hands were always on her body and she wasn't stopping him. She even thought that she was wrong for not letting him have sex with her.

"Stay a little longer, baby." He was playing Minori like a pro. He had had his fair share of girls and he knew very well what she was dealing with. Spoiled, inexperienced girl, in a sensitive phase in her life ,trying to look tough but hungry for love. That was Minori and he was wondering why she hadn't let him in her pants yet. She was way into him, but not willing to give him her virginity yet. But that was about to change.

"I can't, James..." His kisses made her weak and unable to leave. Every time his lips touched her, she felt like she had a fever. She was always shy and silent when she was with him and she had started to think that she could do anything to keep him close. She suddenly remembered the way her mother worshiped her father a few years ago and she felt ashamed.

"Then don't go to school tomorrow. Come to my hotel and I'll make you very happy."

"Do you like my room, daddy?" He didn't have the courage to do anything else but nod. "This is my bed and that's Minori's. And we have the same closet, but all her clothes are black, so we don't mix them up. And here I have my toys and here Minori studies for school. Do you like the color? One day I, mum, Kaito, Tadashi and Daichi put on old clothes and painted all the house! We worked all day and we ate on the floor, but we had so much fun! Mum doesn't know how to cook, so we eat out all the time! And the twins had a small party on Saturday, so we slept over at auntie Ino's house and..."

He wasn't even listening to Anna's words. The house was perfect. Small, but full of colors, voices and smells. Even the kids had started to love it. The had created personal corners and used very well the little space. They were having fun in there and created a life that didn't include their father. Sakura sat at the kitchen table with Tenten and looked ready to defend the home she could provide for the children.

"So, what do you have to say?" He looked at Neji and knew what he needed to do. He needed to persuade her that he could provide more to his children. And that wasn't hard. Sakura hated the new house. She hated the cooking and the other chores that she was still learning how to do, she hated the way their stuff were squeezed in ugly closets and most of all she hated the empty pillow in her bed that didn't smell of Sasuke.

"Can we talk somewhere else?" Sasuke wasn't so stupid to trash talk about the house in front of the four children. He kissed the goodbye and he took Sakura outside of the building wher they could talk, leaving Neji and Tenten to watch over them. They just stopped in front of the building's door and Sakura sat on the few stairs there. Some youngsters passed by them yelling and cursing at each other, entering a small weird-looking bar at the next corner.

Sakura didn't even dare to look him in the eye. "A nice neighbourhood you picked to bring my children."

"There's nothing wrong with it! It's just a little loud, but there's absolutely no criminal activity around and there are very good schools..."

"Schools? Our children already go to the best schools I could find!" That was true. Sasuke had found the best of the best, perfect at both academics and sports, schools. He was really proud of his children's achievements so far and he wanted them to have nothing less that the best for their future. Sakura knew all that, but she had no other option.

"You know I can't pay for those schools, Sasuke!"

"But I can! If you cared for our kids, you should let them come with me!"

"And if you cared, you would not try to separate them from their mother!"

"You have this amazing talent to make me crazy every time you talk! Why can't you at least admit that you can't do what I can for them?"

"Because money isn't everything! There are other things that they need and you can't give!"

Sasuke sighed. He knew the right thing to do, but he didn't want to. "Ok, listen to me! I will continue paying for the schools no matter who gets the custody. I promise I won't use it against you at the court or tell anything at the children. If you care for them, you will do what's best for them and not what you like."

"...Really?" Sakura couldn't believe her ears. She had spent so much time worrying about money and now Sasuke was offering to help without asking anything in return. As she looked at him she remembered all the happy moments, all the years that she didn't have to worry about everything. She stood up and brought her face so close to his that she could feel his warm breath. "Why?"

Sasuke suddenly saw James White's face in her beautiful green eyes. "Because I will have custody next month and I don't want them to change schools for a few days. You're crazy, remember?" And in a moment he ruined everything. Sakura felt grateful for that. If he was nice to her, she might regret what she had done and end up begging him to forgive her and take her back.

Sasuke caught her hand in the air before it slapped his face.

"Mum? Dad? What are you doing?" With her hand still in his they turned their heads and saw Minori approaching them.

The children had all gone into their rooms and Neji was left alone with Tenten in Sakura's new living room. Neji was actually impressed bu how well Sakura was handling the situation. She used to depend on Sasuke for everything and now she was creating a new life while he was still staying in his apartment. He looked at Tenten and fought it hard not to wonder about her life. Where did she live? Was she dating someone? Was she happy with her life? The only thing he knew about was her job.

She looked back at him and they kept staring at each other for a while. It was weird that they hadn't seen each other for years and now they were together every day. The last time they were in the same room was when Hinata was in labor and that was three years ago. She hadn't said anything except congratulations to him and they didn't even make enough eye-contact.

"Did you find anything to sat in the court for that article?" Tenten looked at him mockingly.

"Do you expect me to tell you my strategy? Are there many lawyers who actually do that?" Neji didn't have anything else to say. He just hoped that Sasuke and Sakura wouldn't take too long. But surprisingly Tenten spoke to him again.

"I just want to know if you really believe that Sasuke must win full custody. And why!"

"I actually believe that they are both good parents and they should have joint custody. And maybe they shouldn't even try to get a divorce. But don't tell Sasuke!"

Tenten smiled. "They were a nice couple. But I don't see a way out of the divorce. They both made up their minds."

"I know. It's a shame they had such a big wedding..." Both Neji and Tenten froze as that word came out of his mouth. He stopped talking and she started trembling. It was the first time they talked about Sasuke and Sakura's wedding in ach other's presence. They looked at each other and immediately turned their heads away. Neji had turned pale white and Tenten crimson red.

The truth was that they hadn't seen much of the wedding anyway.

"Why the hell are you two arguing in the middle of the street?" Minori had just started to accept the divorce and they managed to remind her everything all over again. Sasuke didn't know what to say and Sakura was ready to start crying again. They both tried to hug their daughter, but she puss them both away.

"Minori, we're sorry..." Her father had for once lost his cool and her mother shook her hands uncontrollably as she did every time she didn't know what to do.

"After everything you've already put us through, you're still acting like this! You are not alone in this family! You know what... I changed my mind! I don't want to live with anyone of you!" And with that words she turned around and started running. And she didn't stop until her parents couldn't see her anymore.

To be continued...