Summary: Sakura gaped as she looked at the sign before doing a double take. Yup, she wasn't dreaming. There on the sign in front of the mansion, was stating that Uchiha Sasuke needed a wife. And it was her lucky day that she became the hired wife.

Disclaimer: Seriously, do you WANT me to die and go away forever?

CHAPTER 3

Sakura and Sasuke got into the car once more and Sasuke looked at Sakura who was more cheerful than before, "Sorry, about earlier," Sasuke said finally as he started the engine. Sakura looked at him and smiled widely, "It's alright! Well anyways, you say we're headed for my house now?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke nodded, "Where do you live?" Sakura instructed him which road to take before the two finally arrived at a peachy colored house that had a warm feeling coming from it. Sakura invited him inside the house as she unlocked the door to the house. He heard barking and looked around only to be jumped by a caramel colored Chihuahua.

It licked him as Sakura giggled, "I'm over here Misae-chan!" the dog looked at her and got off Sasuke who stood up as it started clawing on Sakura's legs. Sakura giggled once more before picking Misae up, "We're going to a new home, alright Misae-chan?" she was about to walk to her room to pack up when the doorbell rang.

Sakura opened the door only to meet eyes that matched hers. She widened her eyes when she recognized who it was. Sasuke narrowed his eyes as Misae growled at the person. Sakura's eyes turned solid blank as she looked at him.

"O-…"

"O… Otou-san?"

Sakura gasped out as she looked at the person in front of her. His eyes matched hers incredibly in detail and his hair was a cool dark violet purple. Sakura could only stare as he looked at her, his gaze drifted to Sasuke and Misae and he frowned as he spoke to her, "Who is this man, Sakura? Why is he in your house?" he asked.

Sakura finally snapped out of her daze to glare at him, "Why is it any of your business? You never seemed to care 6 years ago when you left Okaa-san and I here to suffer! You took away everything! It was because of you Okaa-san became and alcoholic and slut!" Sakura shouted as she breathed hardly.

Sakura's father widened his eyes and his mouth was set on a grim line as he spoke once more, Sasuke kept on eye on him as he held back Misae who looked ready to jump. "Sakura. Who is this man?" he asked again, his voice was firm and he didn't look like he was going to reply to her outburst.

Sakura could only look at him in shock and surprise, who did he think he was?! "I have no idea what place you hold to question me about the people I know. But, if you would like to know that badly, he is my fiancé, we're getting married," Sakura smirked bitterly when she saw the look that overcame her father's face.

Sasuke carried Misae in one arm who was still growling viciously at Sakura's father. He walked up close to Sakura to stand beside her as he wrapped another arm around her small waist protectively, he looked into Sakura's dad's eyes as he spoke, nodding his head in greeting and 'respect.' "You must be Sakura's Otou-san. My name is Sasuke, Uchiha Sasuke."

He and Sakura watched in disgust when her father's face lit up with happiness at the mention of Uchiha, his grim face suddenly settled into a happy one, "A-Ah! You're the second heir to the Uchiha Fortune! My name is Haruno Kouichi, Sakura's father, I was hoping if I could borrow some-!" he was cut off when Sakura's cold answer reached his ears.

"No." Sakura's voice was icy cold and the look in her eyes meant business.

Sakura's father looked at her with wide eyes before taking a step back, "E-Excuse me young lady? Are you actually saying no to your father when he needs your help?" Kouichi questioned her once more, thinking she would say yes with Sasuke there.

Sakura shook her head once again, "I said NO, Kouichi-san. You are not my father, my father wouldn't ask me for money, you're not the same Haruno Kouichi I grew up with. You have no right anymore, absolutely no right. When I get married, Kakashi-sensei will be the person to walk me down the aisle, not you," with that, she closed the door on him, his face in utter shock.

She turned around and Sasuke finally noticed the tears building up in her eyes, "Sakura…" he whispered, Misae jumped out of his arms and licked at Sakura's leg gently, Sakura giggled as the tears finally dropped. Sasuke hugged her tightly as she cried more. "Sasuke! I'm a horrible daughter! I just said no to my father!"

Sasuke pulled away from her to grip at her shoulders tightly as he glared into her eyes, Sakura looked at him, "He is NOT your father, Sakura, you said so yourself." Sasuke told her as she looked at him clearly, she nodded before repeating what he said, "He's not my father… he's not…" Sakura nodded as she laid her head on his chest.

Sakura thanked him as he handed her a cup of hot chocolate. He sat down beside her as he drank from the glass of water in his hand. The two stayed silent for a while before Misae barked at a bird she saw fly by, she ran to the yard to bark at the birds. Sakura smiled as a pained look filled her face. "I was 15 at that time and I was studying at a prestigious high school for the rich," Sasuke looked at her as she told him her past.

She smiled as memories came rushing to her head, "My mom was the one working, she was successful at nearly everything she did and we, the three of us, me, Okaa-san, and Otou-san, always had a good time together when we could since Okaa-san was always out working. My Otou-san meant well for me and spoiled me nearly to death, until he met that woman…" Sakura's eyes turned stone hard as she remembered.

She spoke in a bitter tone to describe the woman, "She was so called perfect in every way by my dad and had manipulated him to the point where he even suggested to me that he could take me away with him to live with that woman so I could be happier and have a mom by my side all the time. Che, as if.

"He only wanted her because of her looks and her reputation in the media. She was richer and more successful than my own mother and was nice on the outside and cold as an ice cube in the inside. She was everything my mom wasn't and had everything my mom didn't and everything my dad wanted. That was when I said no to my dad and he ran away from me… from my mother," Sakura felt tears rushing down her face now.

She wiped them away and smiled at Sasuke who didn't find her pain amusing at the very least. "Okaa-san was at a dinner party late and didn't come home until the next morning. My dad had blamed her for eloping with another man and when my mom got mad at him, he had packed and left late that night when the two of us were asleep. My mom and I had woken up and my mom had started crying and slapping herself when she saw the spot beside her empty.

"All she could say was it was her fault. The next day, we turned on the news and the first thing we saw was news of the famous woman about to marry my dad. That was when my mom snapped. She had said sorry to me for a long time and gave me enough money to spend for mostly anything I needed. I asked her what she was doing and she simply said she was going to the states to start over." Sakura sniffed.

Sasuke looked at her, deep in thought, "She said she would come back for me when everything was stable for her enough to raise me up to become the best kid she knew I would become. So I agreed with her and when she left, I found it especially hard to live by myself. I mean… I was 15 and the only money I had was the money my mom gave me.

"It paid for nearly everything I needed… until… I went to college that is. I was accepted into Konoha-U and I was so excited until I saw the payment per year. My excitement died down and I spent days figuring out where to get the money until I thought… what the hell? I'm never going to get this money! I was nearly going to give up until my teacher, Kakashi, had told the university of my condition and they offered me a scholarship. I was in debt to Kakashi and he's been a father figure to me ever since." Sakura smiled.

"He was a good man and I would have dinner with him every night so I wouldn't feel so lonely… but then something happened. I received news from a hospital in America, it was like 2 in the morning and they told me that my mother just went to the hospital. They asked if I could come see her since she might not make it until I told them I lived halfway across the world. They were stunned and could only tell me what happened.

"My mom was murdered by a woman that said she took everything away from her… and that was when it made sense, my mom had become a third wheel to someone's family. My mom had fallen in love with a business tiger and the two spent most of their time together… they were really in love. I didn't sleep for days and I nearly went crazy until…" Sakura smiled at Sasuke, "I got hired by you…"

Sasuke smirked at her weakly before she took his hand in hers, she pressed her lips onto his hand and smiled at him, "I thank you ever so much Mister Uchiha Sasuke, please, if I ever do something to displease you, tell me," Sakura smiled at him widely. Sasuke just chuckled as he wiped away the tears on her face.

He pressed her head against his chest once more. "Don't worry, I'm sure I'll pick up a lot of mistakes because from now on, you're going to be my secretary in the company," he said. Sakura looked up at him in surprise as he smirked, "Yeah, I needed a secretary and a wife so now you're going to fill both of those positions,"

Sakura giggled as she thanked him, "Thank you Sasuke-kun," she smiled at him as he smirked at her.

"It's the least I can do for my friend," he ruffled her hair as she giggled again. She smiled contentedly as she laid against him and closed her eyes.

'Friends… I like that… at least for now…' it was all she could think of as she drifted off to sleep. Sasuke looked at the girl beside him with her head on his lap. His eyes calculated her as he thought of what he could possibly be feeling for her. Friends? No… even if he said it like that, it seemed more than friends.

'Could I be… falling for her?'

Itachi sighed as he looked at the picture in front of him, set on the desk inside his office. He smirked as he saw the people inside the picture. It was of him when he was 18 and a girl with pink hair that looked like she was 14 or so. He was now 25… and she probably 21. He could only chuckle as he remembered his times with her.

"I'm coming back for you… Sakura-chan…" he whispered. His thoughts of the pink haired girl suddenly led to a certain mini-version of him as he wondered. 'Hmm… what does Sakura have to do with that little pest of a brother?' he suddenly smirked wider when the thought of the two together entered his mind. Oh! He would have Sakura as his little sister!

'Alright! Plan matchmake my foolish little brother and my foolish little soon-to-be sister is a go!'

Oh, it looks like their relationship is building up!! Well anyways, I am SO wrapped up in the whole Sakura's past thing right now because I'm listening to Within Temptation songs and I'm on Thoughts In My Mind currently and it's like, oh my gosh! Within Temptation almost like, WRITES for these two! Their songs fit for Sakura and Sasuke's relationship so much in the anime/manga! You would think the same if you listened to the SasuSaku AMVs by exquisiteKOREAN on YouTube! Seriously, it just matches so much!

Well this chapter just basically explained Sakura's past and stuff… yeah… and congratulations to the people that guessed correctly! Because yup! It was her otou-san! The bastard:P And oh my gosh! Itachi is going to matchmake! Oh, this should be good, lol. Well anyways, sorry for the short chapter but I'm about to leave to go somewhere right now and I needed to end it quickly, so I'm sorry! -.-' Hope you review:)

Lots of love,

XOXO Kaze-Chan