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"talking"

'thinking'

'Ugh! Where am I? Is hell suppose to be this bright?... And smell like bleach?' Sasuke knew that was a stupid question, of course the firer pits of hell weren't suppose to smell like the all powerful disinfecting liquid; but that still lead to his first question... where the hell was he?

Sasuke slowly opened his eyes to reveal the white walls and sterile floors of a hospital, 'I'm not dead? How the hell is that possible?'

"Hn. Bout time you woke up." The very male voice caught Sasuke off guard, he didn't expect anyone to be there, and what's worse is that he didn't sense him to begin with; he concluded it was because of all the drugs he was on at the moment. But low and behold on his right, standing by the door, was Naruto leaning against the wall. At Sasuke's confused glare, the blonde decided to defend himself, "I ain't here for you Uchiha, I'm here because she refuses to leave your bedside till you woke up," Naruto pointed to the other side of the bed.

Sasuke followed his gazed and was shocked, though very happy to see a mop of pink hair on his left. Sakura had fallen asleep with her head resting on the bed, and Sasuke didn't miss the fact that she was clutching his hand.

"Now that you're up and the doctor said you'd survive, we can finally convince her to go home and sleep in her own bed."

'How long had she been there to have him worry about her sleeping habit?' "What day is it?" Sasuke glared at how strained his voice sounded, his normal intimidating timber was replaced with the hoarse voice of someone who hadn't had a glass of water in a while.

"It's tuesday, and you shouldn't move around to much, you're reopen you're shoulder and I doubt my mother will close you up a second time."

Sasuke was surprised to hear that the woman that clearly hated him, would actually stitch up his wound. He didn't like being told what to do, but stopped his attempt at trying to sit up, even with the morphine he was on he could still feel a slight tug at his shoulder and didn't want to push it.

"I know you're not going to go anywhere so keep an eye on her while I go get coffee, my dad wants to talk to you too."

Sasuke was about to protest that without his gun, which he really wanted to know where that was and hope the police didn't have it, Sakura wasn't safe in here; but when Naruto opened the door, he caught a glimps of an older man standing outside the door... Jiraiya had two guards watching the room the whole time his daughter was in there. That put Sasuke's mind to ease knowing she was protected; it gave him time to try and think about what happened three nights ago.

He was pulled from his thoughts though when the prince spoke again, "Hey Uchiha... thanks for protecting her," Naruto didn't wait for a replay as he quickly left the room.

For the exception of Sakura sleeping next to him, Sasuke was virtually left with just his thoughts for the time being; which was good so he could piece together what happened saturday night. He remembered the surprise attack and placing Sakura under the table, and then when it was over... Karin!

'She tried to kill Sakura, but I took the bullet instead... stupid slut!'

Now he remembered and it also explained why his shoulder hurt so badly, he was bleeding out but Sakura saved him. At this thought Sasuke looked back over to the girl at his side.

'She... was crying for me, she didn't want me to die; she risked her own life to save me.'

At that moment Sakura stirred in her sleep, and unconsciously gripped his hand tighter. Sasuke thought it was an involuntary action and that she would fall back to sleep; but he was surprised when she sat up and stretched in a very cat like manner, rubbing the sleep from her eyes like a child would and then looked his way. Sasuke smirked a little seeing that she was still not fully awake; but when she saw that he was staring at her, her eyes shot wide open and a look shock was planted on her face.

Tears began to form in her eyes the longer she looked at him, until finally, "Sasuke... you're awake!" she practically jumped on the bed with him and hugged him around the waist, her tears wetting his hospital shirt.

"Sakura... I."

"Don't you ever do something like that again do you hear me! You could have died jumping in front of that bullet, how could you, of all people be so stupid! You didn't even think about it did you? You almost gave me a heart attack you know... what would I have done without you?"

'Is she... is she yelling at me? And she just called me the stupid one?' It was definitely the medication he was on, that was the only thing Sasuke could think of that would cause him to think this way.

Sakura, who was done berating him, was now crying again into the front of his shirt; gripping tightly onto the fabric as if someone was trying to pull her away. Sasuke was never one to like being touched, but he was getting use to her jumping on him; he could really get use to it. He was just about to wrap his arm around her slender waist, just to comfort her and assure her he would be alright, he told himself; but the unexpecting grunt from the door caused both the occupants on the bed to jerk away from each other quickly.

"I hope I'm not interrupting, Sakura?"

"Daddy! I... um... I," Sakura quickly hopped off the bed, a blush spreading across her cheeks rapidly; she was in a very provocative position with her body guard on the bed, and now she couldn't bare to look at her father out of seer embarrassment.

"Sakura please wait outside... I would like to speak with Uchiha-san alone."

Sakura took a quick glance at Sasuke, a look of fear and longing in her eyes, but she knew she couldn't disobey her father's direct order. "Yes daddy." One last look at the man that saved her life, and then the mob princess moved to the door, leaving a few seconds later to sit out in the hall.

The clicking of the door lock signaled that they were indeed alone, neither man seemed like they were going to talk at the moment; but they weren't disturbed with the silence. Sasuke was waiting for Jiraiya to accuse him of planning the hit on Sakura, since he already knew he was sent to kill her; it still amazed him that the older man didn't tell his wife about everything that he knew already. Sasuke was pretty sure if she knew there was no way he would be breathing right now; Tsunade would have let him die on the operating table without a second thought.

Sasuke caught movement to his right and saw Jiraiya move away from the door and approach his bed; he was pulling something out of his pocket, and Sasuke knew it was a gun. Ironic how a bullet was what put him in here in the first place and now one was going to end his life again; he doubted he was getting a third chance at life... and there was no way Sakura would save him this time. He was surprised however when his own gun appeared from the man's pocket.

"It is quite amazing, a forty-five with hollowed out rounds, come in contact with any resistance they disintegrate instantly and yet still leave enough damage to kill. Did you come up with the idea yourself?"

"Hn."

"I'm impressed... I'll just hold on to this until you're out of here. I wanted to thank you for protecting my daughter, I know who's side you're truly on now." Jiraiya put the gun back in his pocket and moved back to the door. "Orochimaru was behind the attack, I know this, I also know that he doesn't like being betrayed... you are in as much danger as Sakura now, and you're in no condition to protect anyone at the moment. Therefore, as of now you are not to leave the mansion unless accompanied by a member of my special forces."

"I can still shoot Uzumaki-san."

"I know, but with your other arm in a sling you're not as fast as you were; and I'm sure Sakura wouldn't like seeing you on duty yet."

"Aa."

"Rest up, and we'll discuss the situation with Orochimaru when I return in a few weeks."

Sasuke didn't get the chance to ask where the mob boss was going, most likely to again try and recruit people to the council. Who knows how long that would take, so Sasuke would most likely be healed by that time; he was expecting an all out war against the snake.

As Jiraiya left the room, Sakura snuck back in and took up the chair she was previously in. She must have still been embarrassed about her behavior earlier because she wouldn't look at him; no she found the bed sheets a lot more interesting.

"How was your test?" It was the only thing they had in command right now, and the only thing Sasuke felt comfortable talking to her about at the moment. He had a feeling no one told her why she was really targeted during the party; he wasn't about to burst her perfect bubble of the world... not yet at least, her life wasn't in danger anymore so she didn't need to know.

"W-What?... Oh the history test, yesterday right um... I didn't take it."

"Why not?"

"Well... I've been here since saturday night; I was worried you wouldn't wake up. And besides it's not like I would have passed anyway, and I was so worried about you I probably wouldn't have been able to focus much on the test."

"So you failed it?"

"No, I didn't fail, I explained to Kakashi-sensei the situation and he let me have an extension... he sends his well wishes by the way; he wanted to send a gift, but I don't think one of those adults books would be appropriate in the hospital."

'He's still reads those things?' Sasuke tried not to smirk seeing the blush on her face when she mentioned her teacher's favorite reading material, she was really cute when she blushed. 'Where the hell that come from?' "Hn."

"I'm sorry I yelled at you earlier, I... I was... I was out of line. I know why you put yourself in danger, it's your job as my body guard you have to do those things because that's what my parents are paying you to do; and no matter how much I hate it, you're still going to. But... have you ever thought just about you? What you want and not what everyone else wants you to do? Because believe me, I wouldn't be happy if I had to babysit some spoiled rich girl like me; but you never show your displeasure about it. What does... does your girlfriend think of all this? She must not be happy with you never being around."

"Sakura." Her head shot up as he called her name, she was trying to hold back tears which made her green eyes sparkle more vividly. "I don't have... a girlfriend." And it was true, he didn't have a girlfriend waiting for him at home; he didn't really have a home to go to.

Sakura's heart beat a little faster hearing him say he wasn't attached; she knew she shouldn't get her hopes up. She admitted he was handsome, and now she found she had a little crush on him, but she would never tell anyone that. She moved from the chair to sit on the edge of his bed, not getting too close to him because she knew he liked his space. "Oh um... wife then?" she was sick for about a whole two seconds before she relaxed again when he shook his head.

"In my line of work your relationships don't last long."

"Do you get hurt a lot? A lot of the other body guards I've known, some were injured, but others had families. I remember this one body guard my mother had, he had a daughter that was my age, he brought her around and we played together. So don't tell me you can't have a relationship... and you probably wouldn't," Sakura quickly covered her mouth with her dainty little hands, obviously the last part of her sentence wasn't meant for him to hear.

But he did, and now he was going to do something very out of character, "Probably wouldn't what... Sakura?" feeling a little better than when he first woke up and despite Naruto's earlier warnings, Sasuke sat up to be a little bit more intimidating towads her. The pain that shot through his shoulder was one thing he wasn't counting on during his little game.

His hiss of pain and the way he bit into his lip caused Sakura to jump up and quickly force him back to his pillow, "Sasuke don't force yourself, lay back down, you'll reopen your shoulder." She didn't think he would allow her to just push him around, but when she used a little more force than was necessary to get him to lay down, she found herself on top of him yet again. "Sasuke," bracing herself on his chest with her hands she was able to feel every muscle tense and flex under his shirt; being this close caused her blush again.

"What's the matter... Sa-ku-ra?" this time Sasuke did wrap his arm around her waist to pull her closer to his body, a smirk spread on his lips, he found it quite easy to make her blush and he rather liked doing it.

This was a completely different side of the Uchiha she had never seen before, she wasn't quite sure how to handle it; she never thought with how quiet and cold he was when they met, that he could be dare say... playful? "N-Nothing... Sasuke... it's just."

"Just what?"

It was then that Sakura noticed how close their lips were to touching, how close she had gotten to him; and how badly she wanted to kiss him right now. She froze at that thought, where did it come from? She was a good girl and never had those impure thoughts before, even when with Sai she never thought of kissing him; maybe it was because this man was so much older than she was and far more experienced than Sai ever could be, or maybe because she was finally getting into her bad boy stage and Sasuke just reeked of it. Either way she knew exactly what she wanted, and she was going to take it.

Sasuke could see the pink haired angel thinking hard about something in that little head of hers. He watched as her eyes focused again, she seemed more determind than before and it showed when she closed the distance between their lips in a chaste kiss. The gentleness was new to him and it confirmed his theory; this was her first kiss and this was a first for him by letting her set the pace, he didn't want this to be the last kiss they shared so he didn't want to scare her away.

But the newest person in the room did just that, "Uchiha, what the hell are you doing!" The two on the bed pulled away and looked to the door to meet the angry cerulean eyes of the older Uzumaki sibling.

"N-Naruto!"

Note: Oh man Naruto had to go a ruin a good moment between them... why? And Sasuke didn't die so everone should be happy, he just has a shoulder wound, which will heal. But now that Orochimaru knows Sasuke isn't working for him anymore what will he do to gain the title of mob boss? Will Sakura find out about the family business? What happened to Karin and will she be back? And will Sasuke finally let someone get close to him and allow Sakura in... will they be together now that he's not going to kill her? What's Tsunade going to think of that?

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