Sorry I took so long to update!
I have been caught up with my college work!
Anyway I decided to finish this story at one go
rather than splitting it up!
The long wait is over!
You guys go ahead and enjoy this chapter! :-D
THE TOKYO AIRPORT
Shikamaru, Ino, Neji, Tenten, Naruto and Hinata stood opposite Sasuke and Sakura with their bags packed. Slight relief on the guys face and bright smiles on the girls face! Yes! For now they were escaping the horrible situation. Now all they needed to do is to keep the secret going until a year and few months. If the lady luck was on their side they would just finish off the matter without telling the girls a thing about it. For the girls it would be like nothing was out of the normal. The guys just looked at each other meaningfully. They silently understood and decided to keep in mind what Itachi had told them yesterday evening at the compound. The plan was to be carried out smoothly.
On the other side, the girls had smiling faces! They moved away a bit farther from the boys to have a girl talk.
"I can't believe I'm going on such a long vacation! Who would have thought these guys had a romantic side to them?" Ino was chirping away happily.
"I swear! I want to see how they would react after the baby is born!" Tenten joined Ino.
"If its a boy, I'm sure they will make sure they turn out to be gentleman and to be cold at the same time!" Hinata was imagining the future days.
"If its a girl, I'm pretty sure that they would become the overprotective daddys!" Sakura was giggling.
"Well then! We'll bee seeing each other after 8 months. It will be a long time! Just be safe" Ino commented, concern in her eyes.
"Yea! I will miss you guys so much! Keep in touch okay?" Hinata spoke. With sad eyes.
"This will be the first time that we'll be apart from each other. That too for so long!" Tenten sighed. Sadness evident in her tone.
"Girls! I do believe that we have separate lives now! Our own family! We've been together all our lives and we will be forever! But its time we gave our attention to different aspects of life! Don't you guys feel bad! Its just a matter of time! Then we'll be together again in the Dollar mansion!" Sakura tried to cheer up girls hiding the fact that even she was sad.
"Sak is right! Well then, it will be a long time since we'll be able to see each other. " Tenten commented with a smile.
"Guess we should get going then!" Hinata added.
"Alright forehead! Call before you leave! Have a nice week here with Sasuke! We'll see you around!" Ino came and hugged Sakura.
"Sure! Pig! You guys keep in touch okk? Be safe! Don't strain yourselves! We'll see each other soon!" Sakura hugged Ino back. Hinata and Tenten joined. It was a beautiful one min hug.
"See you girls!" Tenten chirped and went near Neji.
"See ya" Hinata waved and went next to Naruto.
"Bye!" Ino went next to Shikamaru.
"Safe journey!" Sakura smiled at them and went next to Sasuke.
"Alright teme! You better keep your eyes open! I'll see you soon"
"Hn"
"See ya Guys! Just don't drag any trouble. It will become too troublesome!" Shikamaru said lazily.
"Have a nice holiday! We'll see you soon!" Neji spoke.
"You better take good care of my girls!" Sakura threatened.
"The same goes for all you guys!" Hinata joined in.
"Gee! No need to sound so scary!" Naruto muttered.
"Well who knows what you guys will do if you aren't warned before hand" Ino said offhandedly.
"Woman!" Sasuke sighed.
"If one of them are in bad shape, consider yourselves dead when I come back!" Tenten said in a sickening sweet tone.
The boys looked at each other and gulped. Who would want to face their wrath? Not them.
"Okay!"They muttered.
"Alright then! Lets move! Its time!" Ino exclaimed. The three girls started making their move.
The guys finally fist bumped and left to their respective terminals.
Sasuke and Sakura looked at each other. Sakura smiled. She was remembering what happened the afternoon she had spent in his office. In a week she will be off to Paris with Sasuke.
"Lets go" Sasuke said.
"Hmm."
Sasuke took her hand and started making his way towards his car.
"Sasuke-kun" Sakura called out.
"Hn?" Sasuke answered
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Sakura asked nervously.
"What did I forget?" Sasuke stopped and looked at her with a fine brow raised at her.
"Your fangirls!" Sakura reminded him. She watched how Sasuke's calm facade changed into an irritating mask.
"Fuck! We'll leave through the back gate!" Sasuke started pulling her towards the back gate.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said again.
"What?" Sasuke asked in an irritated tone.
"No matter how we leave , they'll get you while we make it to the car!" Sakura said dejectedly.
"Screw this!" Sasuke then started walking out of the main exit. He didn't have time for his stupid fangirls. Not that he had any before. He needed to track down Yahiko! And his annoying wife was being annoying right now by reminding him of those brainless bimbos.
Sakura was a bit taken aback from his tone. His movements were too harsh. She didn't know what wrong she did. She was wondering if she should ask him what's wrong. She decided against it. She didn't want to face his wrath.
Soon they made their way to the car only to see so many girls swooning,drooling,squealing and with hearts in their eyes. To make matters worse the media was there too. Sasuke looked at Sakura. Soon she understood why he looked at her. She covered her face with her stoll.
"Uchiha Sasuke is it true that the other three left for a vacation?"
"When are you going to make a formal appearance with your wife to the media?
"Do you have plans of starting a family?"
"Sasuke-kunnn! I love you soooo muchhhhh!"
"Can you give me your autograph?"
"OMG! You look so sexy right now"
"FAINT"
"CRASH"
"HE IS SO FREAKING HOT!"
"HEY WE CAN SEE HIS WIFE'S FACE A BIT! SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS PRETTY TOO" A guy shouted.
"SERIOUSLY?"
"SHE LOOKS SEXY! ONLY IF WE COULD SEE HER FACE PROPERLY"
"HE IS LIKE A FREAKING GREEK GOD"
Sasuke was absolutely pissed. He didn't need this now. He had work to do dammit! What pissed him even more was that some guys were eying his wife .
"PRETTY WIFE OF THE UCHIHA SHOW YOUR FACE!"
Sakura was startled. But then she came back to her senses soon. She was hoping Sasuke wouldn't take out his anger on one of those men. Before she could finish her thoughts, her dear husband had already walked up to that fellow and punched him in the face.
"Don't. You. Ever. Talk. About. Her. The. Women. In. My. Family. Are. Off. Limits. To. Everyone" Sasuke spoke sternly with a dangerous edge to it.
"Aa" That guy said arrogantly. Smirking (Even though he was sacred to death on the inside). Sasuke saw this. He was back with the cool facade again.
"If you do continue, I'm sure you'll be facing Itachi soon." Sasuke smirked and went near his car. Sakura followed. The people around them went quite. None of them ever wanted to face angry Itachi or angry Sasuke . The brothers were known to be deadly. They kept numb and allowed the couple to drive away.
Sasuke was relieved when he was on the highway. Now he could go trace Yahiko. That bastard. Sasuke was still pissed cuz he was already late on doing his job. He never was late. Damn those people!
Sakura decided to ask what's wrong.
"Sasuke-kun! What's wrong? You've been acting weird" Sakura asked out of concern.
"Jut shut up Sakura! You're so annoying. Must you always ask? Can't you give a minute for myself?" Sasuke shouted at her. Sakura was too shocked to respond. Sasuke felt a bit better after taking his frustration out. Even though not completely.
Sakura didn't utter a word through out the drive. Sasuke kept his focus on the road. Soon they were in front of the Uchiha gate. Guards opened the gate and let Sasuke drive through. They were now in front of the main door of the house. Sakura didn't know why they were here. It had only been hours since they were in this place.
"Go on inside. Wait for me to pick you up" Sasuke ordered .
Sakura got out without saying a word to him. Not even a nod. Sasuke made sure she went inside. Then he left towards his office.
INSIDE THE CLAN HOUSE- BALL ROOM
Sakura walked inside the house and made her way to the ballroom. She saw some of the maids cleaning. They all bowed down to her out of respect. She smiled back at them.
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned back to see who was calling her. And then she finally saw who it was. God! Not her! Why her? I was about have some peace and now its all gone! Witch.
"Mika-san" Sakura called out of fake respect.
"Hn. How come you are here alone?" Mika, the super witch Sasuke's aunt was examining Sakura from top to bottom.
"Well Sasuke-kun had work. So he left me here, alone" Sakura answered in the same stern tone.
"Are you sure you're not here to steal anything?" Mika spat. Mika didn't like Sakura one bit. Because of the pink haired monster, her daughter couldn't get married to Sasuke.
"I don't know if I should be asking you that question. Plus I don't have to steal anything from here since I have all the rights to take whatever I want" Sakura said coldly.
"How dare you speak to me like that? You slut!" Mika was pissed. How dare this girl belittle her?
"Slut? Its your daughter who's a slut. Not me! Can't you mind your own business?" Sakura spat back. This means war!
"I'm an elder Uchiha! I will make sure Fugaku hears about this! I bet he will throw you out of our family. You don't even deserve our family name! You don't deserve Sasuke! You slept with him so many times and made sure he fell in your trap and then you made him your husband to steal all our money!" Mika accused Sakura. Sakura's eyes narrowed.
"That's right mother! I bet she slept with hundreds of guys.! Who knows if she was pregnant with the amount of sleeping she has done with other guys! We need to throw her out of the family." Mitisha, Mika's daughter joined in.
Sakura wanted to shout back at the two and beat the shit out of them. Suddenly she remembered that she was carrying her and Sasuke's child inside of her. She decided to not strain herself or the baby. She then slowly smiled at the two witches.
"That speech you both just gave deserves a standing ovation" Sakura spoke slyly. The mother and daughter were grinning, thinking that she would agree to their accusations.
"A standing ovation from MY MIDDLE FINGER! I don't wanna argue with you or your mother and strain myself or strain my baby! Good day!" Sakura turned away and walked out of the door gracefully. Mika and Mitisha were dumbfounded! They weren't sure if they were hallucinating or if they heard her right.
"She's pregnant" Mitisha said in a shock-surprised tone.
"Yea!" Mika was gaping.
"MOTHER! WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. WE CAN'T LET HER HAVE A BABY. IF WE DO, SASUKE-KUN WILL NEVER BE MINE" Mitisha wailed.
"How about we just kill the baby?" Mika asked evilly.
"kill? But how?" Her daughter was confused.
"We'll push Sakura from the stairs or make her slip. When she falls, the baby will definitely get hurt. Then the baby dies. Fugaku and Mikoto won't be pleased after hearing about her miscarriage. They would want to disown her since she couldn't even give them a grandkid. Sasuke will be pissed and wouldn't want to look at her cuz she failed to give him an heir. Failed to carry his baby. She won't be able to see any of their faces cuz she killed her own child with her carelessness."
"But what if Sasuke decides to try another time?" Mitisha asked worriedly. She didn't want to give up on Sasuke.
"We can get a fake certificate from the doctor saying she can't carry kids." Mika grinned evilly.
"But she is a doctor, MOTHER!" Mitisha was shouting.
"But she won't be able to conduct the tests herself since she'll be in an emotional state. By the time she recovers you'd have been married to Sasuke and you would be carrying his heir!" Mika winked at her daughter.
"Mother! You are so brilliant!" Mitisha hugged her mother out of happiness.
"So what do we do now?" Her daughter questioned.
"We go find her. We ask a maid to call Sakura down to the kitchen. While Sakura descends the stairs, she'll slip since we would've applied oil and water to the marble floor" Mika explained.
"Alright then! Lets get this show on the road. " Mitisha said. She sent a maid to get Sakura to the kitchen.
SASUKE'S CHAMBER.
"You traced Yahiko?" Itachi was asking his brother.
"Yea! He is on the outskirts of Tokyo. That's what we found out after we traced his cell phone" Sasuke was rubbing his temples.
"Where did you drop off Sakura?" Itachi was leafing through Yahiko's history.
"Clan compound. " Sasuke answered.
"Hn"
"I found out a bit about Yahiko's plan through an agent." Sasuke said. Looking directly in Itachi's eyes.
"Go on" the elder Uchiha commanded.
"He wants to draw all the girls to the outskirts and then blackmail us."
"Why would he blackmail us now?" Itachi was wondering out loud.
"Why? Don't forget the fact that the guy holds a grudge against us since we bought his shares. He now wants us to hand over the company." Sasuke was glaring.
"Of course he would want the company! Rookie is the world's number one company. Now wouldn't he want that? Bastard." Itachi spat angrily.
"Does Konan know?" Sasuke asked.
"No. Where are the other two located?"
"The other two are in the city."
"Do they know that Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru left?" Itachi now turned towards Sasuke and asked him in all his seriousness.
"No. They don't" Sensing Itachi's next question, Sasuke decided to answer. " Neither do they know that the Akatsuki are involved"
"Good! Keep it that way. Alright then. I'll see you tomorrow. Relax. We will be making the first move even before they realize" Itachi patted his brother's shoulder and smiled at him reassuringly. Sasuke felt a wave of relief wash over him. He smirked in turn. Itachi walked out of Sasuke's office.
On the way, Itachi was scowling. Those bastards! They just can't stay away from my family. I bet Yahiko will want revenge against me too, for what I did to him last time! dammit! No one messes with my family. When I say family I mean even Naruto, Shika and Neji!
Sasuke decided to pick Sakura up and then head towards the Dollar mansion. He suddenly realized how he had treated Sakura few hours back. He was harsh to her. He realized she was hurt. Damn! Now he need to be extra sorry! Why the fuck couldn't I watch my anger? Screw me! With those thoughts Sasuke left his office and started driving towards the clan house.
CLAN HOUSE- THE KITCHEN
Sakura was slowly making her way to the kitchen , wondering why the two people who hated her the most would call her down? She slowly made her way down . She started descending the stairs. After a min or two, the kitchen came into view. So did the smiling *coughfakesmilecough* faces of the two witches. There was only two or three steps for Sakura to descend . As soon as she took the next step , Sakura slipped and was falling face front. Sakura was horrified. She didn't know what to do to stop herself.
She suddenly caught on to the wooden railing of the stairs. Then slowly avoided falling face front. She was glad she didn't hurt herself or the baby. She sat down after catching her breathe. She was wondering what would happen if she had hit the floor. Her baby! Would it have survived the fall? What would Sasuke say? What would her in-laws say? She was too scared right now.
"Sakura!"
"..."
"Sakura"
"..."
"Sakura"
"..."
No response. The two of the ladies turned to each other and started whispering.
"Damn! She didn't fall! " Mika muttered
"You think we could try again?" Mitisha asked
"Not today! It'll become obvious"
"You think the baby would be hurt even in the slightest bit?"
"I don't think so. Since she caught herself in time"
"Should we help her?"
"No! It'll become clear to her that we were up to something. We'll just ask from here!"
Mitisha nodded.
"Sakura! You okay?" Mitisha asked.
"..."
Sakura was having a train of thoughts and she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings.
"Do you need help?" Mika was faking the concern in her voice.
The girls failed to notice another presence enter the kitchen.
"Sakura" Mika called again.
Sasuke who had entered the kitchen was watching the scene in front of him. He was wondering why Sakura wasn't responding to them. This time he decided to call her.
"SAKURA" Sasuke called out sternly. This time Sakura seemed to have snapped out of her thoughts. She turned towards Sasuke.
"Why haven't you been responding? They have been calling you since the last five minutes!" Sasuke demanded. Sakura was too wary to answer him.
"Sakura dear! You should be more careful! You shouldn't walk so fast! It is bad for the baby!" Mika spoke in a sickening sweet voice.
"Yea! Don't you want the baby or something? Is that why you were walking around like you weren't pregnant at all?" Mitisha asked innocently. Actually faked the innocence.
Sakura didn't answer. She realized what the mother daughter duo had planned earlier. What they were trying to do now .They wanted Sasuke to believe that she didn't want the child. She wanted to shout back. But nothing came out of her.
Sasuke was suddenly shocked. He was wondering if she really didn't want the child. Was she not happy to have his kids? Was she just pretending to love him? Was she getting him back for what he had done to her?
Sasuke finally made a move and took Sakura in his hands and led her out of the house. Towards the car. Sakura sat inside. Sasuke closed the door. He then sat in the drivers seat. Then started to drive away. Unknown to the two of them, the two witches were grinning.
Sasuke and Sakura were a good two miles away from the compound. Sakura latched her right hand to Sasuke's left, which was on the gear. Sasuke looked at her. He could see she was scared.
"Sakura? You okay?" He asked
"Sasuke-kun just wait for a few mins" She said and she withdrew her hands and she started checking herself up. After a few mins she sighed in relief. Sasuke was puzzled.
"Everything's okay!" Sakura said in a wary voice.
"You seemed scared." Sasuke stated.
"I don't ever want to go to that place" Sakura frowned.
"Why?"
"Your aunt and your cousin tried to kill the baby!" Sakura said flatly. Sasuke was taken aback from what he heard. So he pulled over the car to a side on the deserted highway. He made Sakura look at him.
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked worriedly.
"I'm not lieing. When I went in the house they started calling me a slut and stuff. I just ignored them and went up to rest. Then Mitisha sent a maid to tell me to meet them in the kitchen. When I walked the last three steps of the stairs , I slipped. If it wasn't for the wooden railing of the stairs I would have fell face first and the baby would have got hurt. Looks like they don't like me being with you. The planned this. And when I would fall and the baby wouldn't survive they decided to replace me with Mitisha by giving your parents a reason along the lines of I cannot bear kids anymore or I didn't want the child so I purposefully killed my own flesh and blood." Sakura spoke in a distant voice.
Sasuke just stayed blank. How could he have not known? Of course those witches would harm his wife all the time! He was dumb enough to leave her there! Tsunade's words were playing itself in his mind. She couldn't be stressed! God! Why was he so stupid?
"Sakura!" He pulled her closer to him, his arms wrapped around her tightly. Protectively. Her head resting on his chest.
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have shouted at you in the morning. I shouldn't have left you in that house. I just wanted you to be safe and not alone. So I thought you could stay at the clan's house till I finish work. It doesn't matter. I'll just take you with me from now on. Where ever I go, You follow. I swear I will deal with those two." Sasuke was speaking seriously. He sounded so angry about his family trying to do that to his wife. Sakura could feel the anger radiating off him.
"Its okay Sasuke-kun. I know you've questions. We can talk later. I'm tired. Can we go home?" Sakura asked warily.
"Hn" With that, Sasuke kissed her forehead and held her right hand while he drove in his right hand.
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