Disclaimer: I STILL don't own Naruto, sigh. I also don't own the original song 'Confessions Of A Broken Heart' By Lindsay Lohan. The song altered a bit to fit the story so it makes sense as always.

A/N: Sorry that it took so long to update. I know I said I was going to try and update every weekend, but I had tests and stuff. Today turned out to be one of the worst days of my life. Rumors are a stupid thing because they ruin people's lives, I'll tell you that for certain. I'm not gonna give you my sob story because no one wants to hear it. But I pushed on because I promised myself I wouldn't go TOO long without typing up this good, cliffy chapter.

c h a p t e r . f o u r

Normal POV

Sasuke is in his room; he just got back from training. He re-reads the letter Sakura wrote him often. It's been about 3 weeks since he got it and he still reads it as if he will forget. He doesn't know how to respond to it exactly. Instead he just lies on his bed and thinks. The tapes that she made him are played just about as often as she plays his tapes. Every time he's in his room, he plays them. He hums them when he trains to keep going. Even the Sakura clone told him once that he sings them in his sleep and starts to toss and turn. His favorite is "All You Wanted" which is the one he sings the most. He also sleeps with the clone more often than not because now he needs her more than ever with him.

Sakura still trains hard and gets stronger everyday because she knows that time will be up soon. She'll be sent after Sasuke again and there will probably be more dangers along the way.

Sasuke also trains hard because he knows that the time will come sooner than he knows it. He's noticed that Orochimaru is constantly in pain, meaning the body he has is rejecting him. He'll probably try to perform the ritual to take over Sasuke's body soon.

Even Naruto trains hard, but that's just what he always does. He is clueless of the lovesick couple and Sasuke's will to actually come home.

Hinata did spar Naruto and she ended up beating him, but we all know that was luck. The result was Naruto apologizing a thousand times and Hinata eventually forgiving him after he was down. There was also a short makeout session to show that Naruto actually did care and was sorry. But it was cut short when Naruto had to bust Kakashi-sensei for watching.

Even though all is well between those two love-doves, Team 7 is at a very low point in unity. The secrets kept between the Uchiha brat and Konoha's Cherry Blossom separate the little family. Although the secret is somewhat necessary to maintain peace in Konoha and among friends, it still separates the 3.

Tsunade-sama's POV

My student had been working herself like she's about to face all of Akatsuki or something. Well, she was an ANBU Black Op and was training to fight the specific member, Kisame, but Akatsuki wasn't affecting Konoha at the moment and her training had been postponed for that. She was constantly overworking herself. That time she did a quadruple shift, I was so furious that day. I think I went through 20 bottles of sake and 3 desks. She only passed out of being physically tired, not chakra exhaustion, thank Kami, but it still scared everyone.

She's hiding something, I can tell. She had become like a daughter to me, so I know her well. I believe that she can handle whatever this is, but I am sort of hurt that she feels that she can't tell me. She told me everything from her feelings for Sasuke to how she especially likes cherry blossom's in her house all the time. It's probably nothing and I'm overreacting like I've done so many times. It's just that I have a gut feeling that this was pretty important and would effect me as the Hokage as well.

I shrugged it off and continued my seemingly never-ending paperwork. I took a gulp of my sake and continued to plow through my work.

"Shizune!" I shouted over my paperwork, "more sake!".

She sweatdropped and began to run to go get me some more.

"Sakura-chan, I hope you'll be ok," I whispered to no one in particular.

Sasuke's POV

I woke up to find my clone of Sakura had dissipated. Smiling sadly, I got up from my bed to go answer the door. I could sense Kabuto's annoying chakra at my door so I put on my ever-present stonic face and opened the door.

"Good morning Sasuke-kun. How are you this morning?" Kabuto chirped.

I almost gagged. Him and Orochimaru acted SO FREAKIN' GAY! I believe that they're together or something. When will they realize that I'm not gay? They're swear they're worse than fangirls!

"Hn" I grunted back.

He smiled happily and said, "Well that's good. Orochimaru-sama wants you to deliver a scroll to a small village by the Sand. He said to come get it from him around noon, okay?"

I merely nodded and slammed the door in face. How I hated that man. He got on my nerves every time I even saw him. I was glad that I'd be done within about a half a year. I'd finish my revenge and go back home to my cherry blossom.

I then remembered her letter and got it out of the envelope, which I did often, with care. I re-read it a couple times before heading to the shower. After I was dressed and everything, I only had 2 hours to write the perfect letter to my future wife. I could stop in Konoha on my way there to drop it off. It had to show her how much I loved her and deeply cared about her. So I sat down and began to work. The letter, in my opinion, was pretty good considering I suck with words and expressing my emotions. A combination of the 2 had turned out well. I quickly read it again, memorizing it with my sharingan. It read:

"Dear Sakura-chan,

You are important to me. More than you know. I'm glad you want to understand me because that's what I really need. you were never a burden to me, you were my comrade and you still are. All those years you were my fangirl, yeah, you were annoying then. But don't be sorry, the past is the past. You're not my fangirl anymore, you're a beautiful, dedicated and strong woman. You should know by now that I love you. And I know you could help me with my revenge but I'm not going to put you in danger. Stop trying to protest, as the Hyuuga said, it's futile. I am not putting my future wife in danger of my brother. He would try to kill you if he knew that you meant anything to me. I can't loose you. Naruto can't help either because Akatsuki is after him, namely him. You guys are the only family I have now. It's hard to say this, much less write this but I'm doing it for you.

Aishiteru,

Uchiha Sasuke"

I neatly folded the note and put it in my pocket with my scrolls and such. I walked down the hall to the snake's throne room. I hated him and his gay subordinate.

A little group of fangirls screamed hi to me as I walked past the training grounds and I ignored them, as usual. Not to mention the fangirls here were worse than the ones in were Konoha. Not to mention their uniforms were slutty. Like Yamanaka Ino, she was totally OVEROBSESSIVE, not to mention loud. She rivaled the dobe's volume often. There were like, a thousand Ino's around here.

I opened the door to the stuffy throne room. I suppressed a shudder caused by the sickening smile on the snake's face. He told me the objective, gave me the scroll and said he'd expect me back in a week or so.

He looked kind of mad for a second, and probably hoped I didn't find another women along the way again. I smirked because I knew I'd never find another one. My cherry blossom was the only women for me.

Maybe I could get this mission done and go to see her for a while, maybe spend the night. For that, I'd have to pick up the pace because otherwise it'd take 3 days and nights there and another 3 days and nights back. That's counting sleeping every other night to replenish lost chakra. Considering that I followed that strict schedule with few liberties, I could stay at her house 2 nights and 2 days. She would be happy to see me. I summoned a small, but quick snake to deliver the note to Sakura so I could go straight through the mission without worrying.

I packed some things quickly and began to head off, not wasting a minute and began my mission.

I summoned a snake t guve her the note before I came to her house.

I kept going, pushing through 2 days straight, delivering the scroll to the shady man in the small Star village. I slept in the forest when I began to feel the loss of chakra on the 3rd and a half day. I accidently slept until the 4th night and was set behind. I arrived in the outskirts of Konoha, where her house was on the 5th morning at about midnight.

I sighed happily, feeling her chakra. I jumped to her window which was slightly open and was about to open it. But a sad voice stopped me in my tracks.

"I'll wait for you to write me a letter
And I'll wait for the good Lord to make me feel better
And I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders
Family in crisis that only grows older

Bridge 1
Why'd you have to go? (x3)

Daughter to Son (x2)
I am broken
But I am hoping
Lover to Avenger (x2)
I am crying
A part of me's dying

Bridge 2
But these are
These are
The confessions of a broken heart

And I wear all your old clothes
Your Uchiha sweater
I dream of you
That you would never
Again never leave me alone
To pick up the pieces
Lover to hold me that's what I needed

Bridge 1

Daughter to Son (x2)
I don't know you
But I still want to
Sunshine to Darkness (x2)
Tell me the truth
Do you really love me?

Bridge 2

I love you (x3)
I…
Aishiteru

Daughter to Son (x2)
I don't know you
But I still want to
Pink to Black (x2)
Will you ever love me?
Do you really love me?

These are
The confessions of a broken heart

Ohhhh
Yeah, yeah

And I wait for you to write me a letter"

I heard unstable breathing and then sniffling. Sniffling turned into stifled sobbing. I felt a tear slip down my face. I wiped it away furiously and gathered up all my strength and looked at her at a higher window. I fell apart at the sight of her crying her eyes out.