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Note: Thankyou Hotoki-Chan124 and bittersweetmusicgirl for your reviews! And Toonfanatic5, you are very correct... I will now commense on the other half of chapter three! I'm going to upload it as a seperate chapter as you all can see :p

Btw, italics are thoughts... I could really go for a taco right about now...

..::The other half of chapter three::..

What was that all about? Sakura strode out of her house and towards the old bridge that she and her teammates would usually meet at. They didn't have a mission today, but she really needed some alone time think. Sadly, she never got it. Because just about the time she sat down on the ledge, Sasuke appeared, perching beside her.

"Iyeep! (eye-yeep)" she screeched. "Sasuke-chan, you scared me!" Sakura said breathlessly, her hand over her heart.

"Hn".

"Why are you here? And about last night..." she paused, unsure of what to say next.

"Sakura"

"Huh?" she looked up at him.

"How are you and your mother?" he asked.

"We're both fine I guess..."

He raised a thin, black eyebrow.

"Well it was weird, I mean this morning I get up to both my parents acting all nice and loving, my dad reading the newspaper and my mom making pancakes. I mean, it's been years since they've been like that." She looked at him with a questioning expression, wondering if he had the answers to her unspoken questions.

"You're father has heeded my warning. As for your mother, she seems to be happy as long as he is happy."

Could something that simple be the answer to her question?

"I'll be checking on your family later tonight." he stated, straightening his body from is previous position, getting ready to leave.

"Wait Sasuke!" he paused, for whatever she had to say next, "If you're training, can I go with you?" she had told her parents that's what she'd be doing after all.

Sasuke sighed and stuck his hands in his pockets.

"Pleeeease Sasuke?" she decided that she didn't want to think anymore, and training alone would make her do just that.

"Fine." with that, he was off, walking in the direction of the Uchiha Compound.

Why are we going this way? Sasuke doesn't live here anymore...

As if reading her mind, he probably just saw the confused expression on her face, he answered, "I still have access to the grounds and I have a personal training spot here."

Oh. So on they went, finally reaching the gates, whereas Sasuke pulled out a large key, stuck it into the gate lock, and did some hand signals. The gate opened and he removed the key. Sakura admired all the houses while walking by, wondering which one used to be his, this time he didn't offer an answer though.

Eventually they made it to a meadow, where Sasuke stopped. Sakura could see wooden dummies all the way at the back before the tree line started back up.

*Anime sweat bead forms on Sakura's head*

I'm going to look so dumb in front of Sasuke-kun...

(Note: Italics with underline are inner Sakura)

No you're not! So grow some backbone! Cha!

I guess, as long as I try I can't do too badly...

Atta girl!

"Sakura, we didn't come here for you to day dream." Sasuke stated plainly.

Sakura was bit shocked that she'd stood there in front of her crush having a pep talk with herself. Maybe she really was losing it...

"Sakura."

"I, uh, sorry!" She exclaimed, flustered now.

So they trained until noon, and took a break in the shade. Sasuke had apparently brought lunch, whereas Sakura hadn't thought about it as she walked out that morning. So she waited patiently for Sasuke to eat, her own stomach growling. She had to admit, that apple looked pretty good...

Snap out of it! You're the one who forgot lunch!

She sighed, she knew her inner self was right. She should act professional and stop drooling over food that wasn't hers.

Sasuke had noticed her hunger though, how couldn't he when her stomach was growling that loudly? So setting his chopsticks and box of lunch aside, he picked up the apple. It was red and shiny. He saw her glance his way, so he admired it a moment more. Her stomach growled, so he looked away and handed her the apple.

Before she could speak, "Just don't be a burden and remember to bring your lunch next time." He said this somewhat coldly. But Sakura didn't mind. She simply took a big bite of the juicy, sweet red apple. She practically moaned as she ate it.

"When you finish we'll start again. We'll stop at dark, and I'll walk you home."

So they did just what he said, and now they were on their way back to Sakura's.

"Sasuke?" she hesitantly asked.

"Hn?"

"Why are you doing this? I mean, why did you step in?" She'd been wondering all throughout training.

It was silent several moments before he answered, and when he did he looked straight forward, "Because it's not right for him to beat on the two of you. You're mother especially, considering she has no training."

She bowed her head.

"And Sakura, it's not just his fault. It was you and your mother's responsibility to inform someone and get help. Both of you hurt yourselves and each other by not doing so. In reality, all three of you are stupid and should be punished as your father will be." He sneered the last sentence.

Why is he so upset? It's really not even his business! Sakura was getting angry. And confused. Why wait four days? She was going to ask, but seeing the mood he was in she didn't think she'd get an answer.

There were almost to her house when Sasuke said, "One last thing Sakura" he looked her in the eyes, "By not standing up for yourself and your mother you've earned the title of being weak."

She let him glare at her, by doing so she was probably only proving his point, but she didn't care right now. She just wanted to got to bed, and stop thinking. For someone so smart, she was really getting tired of using her brain.

So they started walking again, not talking. When they stopped at Sakura's door, she nodded a thanks and stepped inside. She assumed that Sasuke had left. But we all know where assuming gets us...

Random idea: should I introduce Sakura to drugs for the numb feeling? Then have Sasuke get mad at her?

3 more days of daddy dearest for those who are keeping count!

Once again, thank you those who reviewed! Let's try and make it to 15 before I update again, I've got 7 now.

Ideas for chapter 4 anyone? ('.' )( '-')

Oh and one more thing, check out my new story plzzz