Ad Lucem

Summary: The very same night Sasuke had left her on a bench, her whole life was thrown upside down. "My leaving hurt you", she shook her head with a sigh, "You'll never learn, it was nothing about you. Shut up and let me tell my story".

Rated: M (Explicit content ahead)

Couples: SasuSaku (Other included)

Disclamer: Naruto does not belong to me, So no nagging. Beware of Spoilers!

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She woke up before she actually opened her eyes, and it took all her determination to will herself to leave her human bed, somehow during their nap Naruto had ended up halfway under her and she was partially on top of Sai, with Sanyu still on her chest sound asleep.

She took a pillow that rested innocently beside her foot and did the old switching trick, gently putting the small boy on the plaid plush before tip toeing into her room.

Her hair was easily a birds' nest and she bit her lip to not groan out loud. She was sure as hell not as vain as she used to be when she was a genin but it was painful and unnecessary to go through this every morning.

Every time this happened, she got herself more worked up and she always ended up almost deciding to cut her hair short with a kunai that she found around the house but every single time she was even remotely close to actually doing it, something distracted her.

If it wasn't Sanyu, or some medical emergency it was some other orange-clad distraction, or a new jutsu to learn. Something always came up and she was growing sickly tired of it. With her jaw clenching in determination, she took a spare kunai she kept under the low table in the hall and walked the extra steps to the bathroom.

In that single moment were she cut the extra weight off the rosy mane, she smiled. Later if she had time she'd try to stop by Ino's to convince her to even it out, but for now it was decent enough to please her eyes.

As if she had been shaken, her eyes turned wide as her mind started going through an extensive schedule she had forgotten to clear for the day, and now she'd have to do all of her previous appointments in rapido mode which was never easy yet not impossible.

Mechanically wetting her toothbrush and cleansing her teeth as she narrowed her eyes, she looked a bit too much like a zombie for her own benefit, the shadows under her eyes clearly expressing her latest stress.

She yawned as she spit the water into the sink and dried her face off, she didn't need to run just yet. She took a spare glance to the living room and grinned when she saw that the boys were still under the delicious sleep she craved.

So she glanced to the clock on the wall beside the wooden cabinets and frowned, she had enough time to shower, make breakfast and drop Sanyu at the Hokage's tower. She sometimes wished he was old enough to enter the Academy, otherwise she feared he'd soon be bored of the dull hallways in the tower.

If she hadn't know the chakra signature that had just flared, she would have been confused, now instead of confusement she only grabbed the kunai she had been using and a few seconds after a quiet knock resounded in the main hall.

She scowled and neared the door in a taut crouch, she was not quite mad yet but not far from it. What was he doing here? She opened the door a couple inches, enough for her to look at the man standing on her front porch. She also detected the faint sparkles of live surrounding him, Anbu was with him. Interesting.

"Sasuke" she nodded and opened the door just enough, she was clearly making a point by resting her body casually against the door, in order to complicate his almost non-existing desire to snoop around her house. Sasuke was the image of indifference as she stood watching him, his pockets were currently the home of his hands and he looked like the handsome aristocrate he was, however she knew better. He seemed to be looking at her now-short hair. She narrowed her eyes at his unreeling mind. "Why are you here?" she asked in a soft yet commanding voice. She had learned that particular tone whilst studying interrogation techniques from Ibiki.

Thousands of images flew through his mind and she tensed at a particular one that kept coming up, her blushing face as she was being kissed roughly by the remaining Uchiha. So that´s what he wanted? She smirked without humour and he narrowed his eyes.

"Sakura" he nodded and remained silent, as if he expected her to say something. Anything. She cocked an eyebrow and shifted her weight to her left leg, clearly waiting. "Sasuke, that's never going to happen. I'm over being an obsessed fan, I'm over the cold impassiveness you seem to radiate" I'm over you she really wanted to say but it didn't seem to come out of her pink lips.

Even if those words hadn't been muttered, he tensed and clenched his fists. "So because some random man decided he was good enough for you, you decided to stoop as low as to let him touch you" as that she breathed in a gasp "because you were trying to get over me you let some shithead fuck you until you got pregnant" she was sure the heat on her cheeks was due to anger.

Her fists were clenched and she was about to retort a nasty answer when she actually got the real answer from him, why he was so pissed. Why he radiated hate in waves.

You were always supposed to wait for me to come and ask you to marry me. You were supposed to let me love you back.

She wanted to cry, she wanted to hug him and then punch him into oblivion, she wanted him to feel every bone break in his body to feel an ounce of the pain she felt. She wanted to tell him what had happened to her, what happened during his leave.

But this was Sasuke, he was no longer her Sasuke-kun and she was positive he'd never be that boy again. She opened her mouth to let something, ANYTHING be said but an Anbu with a lion mask interrupted her. She recognized his passive chakra and his long hair, she smiled.

"Sakura, I am most sorry to interrupt your…conversation. However I must ask of your assistance with an injury", she narrowed her eyes and let her eyes scrutinize his body professionally. She wanted to slap her palm against her wide forehead for not noticing the faint preference he was giving to his left leg. She quickly let him in and supported his full weight as he sagged towards her.

"Lion, care to tell me what happened? I just healed you!" but never the less guided him to her kitchen and pushed him gently against the counter by the sink, she noticed that Sasuke had let himself in and was now staring at Naruto while the blonde energy ball stared right back.

A small gasp echoed through the area and she glanced as she ripped the pants open with her kunai in hand, it seemed Sanyu had noticed the man she was currently holding. "Oto-chan!" his little feet carried him towards the man and just before he could jump into the man's outstretched arms, Sai took him in his own.

She missed Sasukes's shocked look but she couldn't miss the heavy aura surrounding him, and she didn't blame him. Sanyu had taken an obsessive fascination to Neji Hyuuga a couple of years ago and had considered him a father figure in his life.

"Sanyu-chan, why don't you get me the spare pants in the dresser for Oto-chan?" she smiled at the boy as her chakra-infused hand inspectioned the wound. It was quickly turning purple which indicated a poison and she snapped at Naruto, "Baka, stop glaring at Sasuke. Get me a two bowls with warm water now".

And with that, she started to work on the infected and oozing wound the anbu captain sported on his thigh, ignoring the heavy glare coming from the Uchiha heir to her left.

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He tried hard to keep his temper in check, and he was failing in epic proportions. Sakura was healing him, and her face was near his crotch. If he wasn't entirely drained and under heavy supervision he would have taken her right there and there, without much problem.

Trying to distract himself from nasty thoughts, he looked at the young boy who had ran in with the spare pants, he had brown hair and eyes. His eyes, he noticed, were not white. He couldn't be the Hyuuga's kid, but he looked around seven and as far as he knew Sakura wasn't over 22 herself, could she have gotten pregnant that young?

He couldn't keep his eyes off the boy and it seemed the young annoyance noticed because he turned to look at him, staring with awe. The boy puckered his lips and his brows furrowed together, almost as if he was trying to solve a puzzle.

He seemed to find the answer because all of the sudden his face cleared of any puckers and he stared with big brown eyes. Sasuke scowled, what the fuck was he looking at? The boy suddenly came towards him and looked up, he grinned.

"You're oka-san's teammate!" he exclaimed and the dobe frowned behind him, "He was, Sanyu-chan" and he took the extra step to hold the boy's hand. Steering him away from him and towards the other fuckhead, he crossed his arms and stared at the boy who wasn't budging from his spot.

"What's your name?" he asked, and Sasuke remained quiet and let the boy talk, he seemed to have this bright essence about him, like Sakura did. The boy took his hand away from the dobe's and grabbed onto his sleeve with a firm, unwavering fist.

"My name is Sanyu Haruno, I am six years old and I am going to become a great ninja like my oto-chan!" he exclaimed and the Uchiha heir uncrossed his arms, letting his hands rest beside the boy's fist, giving the boy the perfect opportunity to hold onto his hand. The smile he gave him made him blink and he could feel the dobe tensing near him, it seemed every presence in the room tensed up.

"Hn. Sasuke Uchiha" he said and the boy stared in awe, giving him a sense of comfort. "The book says you beat my oto-chan! You're stronger than my oto-chan then?" he asked in an innocent voice and Sasuke had to refrain himself from scoffing, of course he was stronger.

He looked at Sakura and found her staring at him, it seemed the small spontaneous surgery was over, and she was looking at Sanyu's hand holding his own. He looked down at the boy and Sanyu smiled, he led him towards the living room, taking hold of a book along the way.

"Oka-san once told me you were really strong, Sasuke-san! But Naruto-ojii-san said you were a t.. a teme! And Hokage-sama said you had a pole up you're a!" his innocent words were interrupted by Sakura, a very flushed Sakura. "Sanyu Haruno! Those are very bad words and you know it!"

The boy hunched a bit and bit his lip, "Alright oka-san…" he gave in and looked at Sakura with a pointed look that seemed to make her cross her arms on her… developed chest. His eyes lingered a fraction of a second too long and she cleared her throat.

"Sasuke, shouldn't you be somewhere else?" she asked in a controlled voice and he smirked at ther temper, it seemed she didn't want him there, well too bad for her because he wasn't leaving anytime soon. He shook his head and turned back to Sanyu who was far too interested in showing him the many techniques he had underlined and mastered.

"Sasuke-san my oka-san taught me this one! And ojii-san that one!" his voice drowning in the background, he narrowed his eyes at Sakura and watched her gulp. He would enjoy being a part of the village again.

Thank you for putting up with my delay! This concludes chapter 4 of Ad Lucem and hopefully you guys will leave a review for me!

I had to include Sanyu's fascination with Neji because I think Neji would make a great father and of course Sasuke-chan needed some competition! Let's see what happens next!

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