A New World

Ch. 3

The Second Day

The second time she went to see him was nicer. He was clean and looked to be well fed which was good, she would have hated to have had to repremand someone for not following orders. The cell was also cleaned which was also good. No one wanted to sit in a place that smelt of feces.

He sat up immediately when he noticed her standing by the door to his cell. For a moment he forgot where he was as he watched her talk briefly with the gaurd who stood by his cell. He took this time to appreciate what a lovely woman she had grown into.

Her hair was shorter than it had been the last time she had come to visit, now it was cropped close to her skull. It made her eyes look bigger, more expressive. It also made her look more matured, like a leader. He liked it. The rest of her was decked out in a black rope she let hang open to reveal her red mesh top and black shorts. She wore her signature heeled opentoe boots as well, which made him smirk. At least that hadn't changed.

"How are you feeling today, Sasuke-kun?" she asked when she finally entered the cell. Before answering her he watched the gaurd walk away to some other part of the jail.

"I feel fine. They've been feeding me everyday now. Is that your doing?" he asked as he sat up on his cot.

"It might be," she teased as she sat in the same chair she had occupied the last time. Sasuke just smirked at her, her good mood seemed to be infectious.

"We were officially made the new council yesterday," Sakura said, proudly. Sasuke looked over her beaming face for a moment, nodding his head in approval. It explained the black robe.

"Who else is on this council?" Sasuke questioned her.

"Neji is in charge of commerce and the treasury, I am in charge of public welfare and all that that includes, Kakashi is in charge of foreign affairs. The new Hokage will of course make all final decisions and we were hoping to add another council memeber," Sakura said as she began to cut a few tomatoes into slices.

Sasuke raised a brow as he watched her cut the slices and smirked when she slid them towards him.

"My arms are still tired," he murmured softly. Sakura's eyes widened before she nodded and began to feed him like she had the last time. If anyone had walked by and saw them they would probably assume they had stepped in upon an intimate moment between two lovers. Sasuke was quickly realizing that he wouldn't be opposed to that becoming a reality.

"And who's the next council member going to be?" Sasuke asked after she had fed him a few of the tomato slices.

Sakura smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "Well we were hoping that you wouldn't mind heading the departments of education and justice."

Sasuke's eyes bugged for a moment as he took in her words. She couldn't be serious. There was no way, was there? He looked up into her green eyes and searched them for any sign of mirth. All he could see was the sencerity in her words.

"Leave," he said finally. Sakura's brows knotted together at this. That hadn't at all been what she suspected he might say.

"Sasuke... I, we thought that this would be good. You don't have to do it, it was just a suggestion," Sakura murmured as she held her hands up. She wasn't afraid, she just wanted him to know she had meant no offense.

"Get out...get the hell out of here!" he screamed as he stood from his chair. The speed and force of his movement threw his chair back.

"Get out! You think this makes what happened any better?! You don't know!" he cried out once again, flinging his arm out and hitting the tray of tomato slices onto the floor.

"I do know. My mother died for you. I lost her because she wouldn't kill you. This doesn't make that pain better for me... but I was never looking for that. I only want to make this into a village I can be proud of... into the villiage my mother could have been proud to fight for!" Sakura retorted hotly. Sasuke stopped for a moment and watched her as her eyes glowed with unshed tears.

"Sakura, I didn't mean...," he began only to be cut off.

"You save your apologies for her. I don't want them," she snarled out before leaving him, slamming the cell door behind her. Sasuke plobbed onto his cot with a sigh, when things seemed to be going right he always had a way of messing it up.

Three weeks passed and she still hadn't returned. The gaurds still allowed him to bath and fed him three square meals a day, though. Which either meant she cared enough to want him healthy or someone else had told them continue. At this point, he was betting on the later.

Honestly, how did she expect him to react, though? With a gracious smile and a curtsey? It was just... shocking. She had come back into his life like a whorlwind and things hadn't stopped spinning since.

She had gotten justice for his clan, justice he had never been able to forsee. She offered him a place of security, the chance to remake his clan to their former glory. She was a freaking cannon of change shooting holes in his reality. How was he supposed to take things?

"You should have said, 'thank you'," a new voice rang out. He looked over and looked in amazment at his best friend standing there dressed in the robe of the Hokage.

"Took you long enough, dope," he muttered before standing up. Naruto offered him a wide grin as the door slid open. They rushed to eachother, hugging tightly for only a few seconds before backing up.

"That never happened," Naruto said firmly but his blinding smile showed exactly how he really felt. His brother was home, alive and well.

"The ceremony's over?" Sasuke asked with interest. Naruto nodded his head with a grin.

"Yup and my first order of business was to exonerate you of all crimes. Come on man, you're free," Naruto said as he dragged him out of the cell. They walked silently for a while, going through each level of the prison until they finaly came to what Sasuke knew was the way out and into the light.

"This is all because of her," Naruto murmured when they finally stopped.

"I know," Sasuke said with a confirming nod.

"It's funny, don't you think. We were always saving her and fighting eachother. We never moved past that mindset. We were stagnant. She was the only one of us thinking ahead, moving forward," Naruto said in a somber tone. Sasuke watched the range of emotions that played across the face of his dear friend.

"I started a war, You fought in a war, She ended a war," Sasuke concluded. Naruto grinned widely at this.

"Yeah man. It's a whole new world out there Sasuke. And she created it. Once people heard of what happened here change swept through every nation, revolutions in every corner of the worl because of one girl," Naruto said thoughtfully.

"Not one girl. An angel, Naruto. Sakura is an angel," Sasuke murmured softly as Naruto beamed. They stood a moment longer, thinking things over, before Naruto threw the doors open, letting the sunlight wash over them both.

Okay that's not the end but we're one chapter away. How'd you guys like it? Review please, thanks. :)