Chapter Fourteen

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Beta-read by: Lilac Queen

Sasuke glanced at the clock for the hundredth time- it was five minutes till midnight and the rosette was nowhere in sight. He checked his phone, still no missed calls or texts. And the weather wasn't helping his mood either; it sent chills down his spine.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard; with each step it became louder and louder. Daisuke shuffled against the living room's floor and made himself comfy on Sasuke's lap. "Nii-san, is Nee-chan home yet?"

Sasuke shook his head.

Daisuke rubbed his eyes and became wide awake within a split second at the news of Sakura not being home yet. "What? Nee-chan's not home yet? It's been over five hours! And it's midnight!"

"Calm down, everyone's still asleep Daisuke," Sasuke said. "Nee-chan will be home in a little bit, go back to sleep."

"I'm waiting for Nee-chan,"

"Hn."

"Is Nee-chan in trouble?" Daisuke asked worriedly a half an hour later. "Did she get kidnapped?"

"Hn, you go to sleep."

"But Nii-san," Daisuke whined.

"Daisuke," Sasuke growled slightly, "go to sleep. I'm going to go look for Nee-chan."

"Aa,"

After seeing that Daisuke safely made his way back to bed, Sasuke grabbed his car keys and rushed out into the garage. He jammed his keys into the ignition and shifted out of the driveway within a minute and began speeding towards the park. His hands were wrapped tightly around the steering wheel, so tightly that his knuckles turned white. His heart was beating a thousand miles per hour, just the thought of him being a second late made his body turn ice cold.

The speedometer flicked past 70 then 80 then 90. The rain came down even harder; lightning flashed and thunder rolled in the distance. The mixed feelings that crept up inside gave an aphonic vibe; negative thoughts replaced his hopeful ones.

He came to a screeching halt and parked the car. Twisting his body, he grabbed his football hoodie from the back seat and pulled it over his head. He dashed across the lot, not caring that he was soaking wet to his bones. Dark eyes scanned the area for any signs of pink, or of the rosette, but it was no avail.

A piercing scream filled the tenebrous night; Sasuke's heart plummeted in his stomach. He knew that voice. Sasuke started to run at top speed towards the direction of the dreadful sound. Turning around the corner, he heard muffled cries through the wooden door on the right. Grasping the metal handle, he took a deep breath and turned it.

The image displayed in front of his made his blood boil. Sakura was pinned to the wall with a guy's lips all over her. Sasuke felt his vision turn blood red the moment the guy got his filthy hands on her hips.

Sakura turned her head, for a moment, Sasuke saw relief flashed in them but was replaced with fear a second later as the guy shoved her into the nearby bedroom. The next few moments were a blur. Sasuke moved swiftly inside the room then yanked the guy off of Sakura and shoved him to the wall.

"What the hell do you want asshole? -U-Uchiha-sama?"

Sasuke narrowed his blood red eyes upon the trembling figure he had his hands on, then he realized that it was one of the workers at the Uchiha manor. His hands were tightly wrapped around the front of the guys shirt as he growled, "I want you to get the hell out of here, pack your bags, and fly out of this country immediately."

"Y-yes S-sir,"

"When I come back from this vacation, I expect your resignation letter on my desk. And I'll also be notifying your family of this. Depending on her," Sasuke eyed Sakura, "charges might be pressed as well as a lawsuit."

"Y-yes S-sir."

"Hn, now get the hell out of this place before I change my mind and decide to beat you into a bloody pulp and skin you alive."

The guy was in such a hurry to get out that he tripped over his own feet, landing face first on the ground, but fearing the young Uchiha's threat; he quickly got up again and dashed out of the door.

Silence quickly filled the room except from the rain clashing against the roof like nails and Sakura's soft cries. Sasuke looked at the girl in front of him, the sight nearly making his heart rip apart.

Sakura had her knees pulled to her chest with her arms wrapped around her small, quivering shoulders. She looked smaller and more fragile than ever with her eyes glassy with tears. The hated sight of Sakura's tears made him growl. He couldn't do anything about it, and that made him angry.

Slowly, he reached for her, but Sakura moved out of the way. Sighing, he sat on the bed. 'Great, that bastard caused her to have a trauma.'

Sasuke sat there listening to the sound of Sakura's soft whimpers and sniffs. Sighing, he spoke softly, "Sakura, come here."

The rosette shook her head. He tried again.

"Sakura, come here," Sasuke reached out for her again. She flinched at the contact of his hand upon her shoulder but slowly relaxed under his touch. Sakura leaned into it. Sensing her need for comfort; Sasuke pulled her into an embrace. He ran his hand through her pink locks while she silently cried onto his shoulder.

The two stayed there for what seemed like hours, but neither one were bother by it. Sakura didn't mind his company or comfort, while Sasuke didn't mind her being in his arms, protected.

"I told you to seduce her into getting away from Sasuke-kun! If that didn't work then threatening her! Not get into her pants!" Blood red eyes gleamed unmercifully in the night as a growl escaped her perfect, red lips.

"B-but—"

"Get out!"

"Y-yes Ma'am," the worker quickly scurried out of the room within a second fearing for his life.

A piercing, angry scream echoed through the night. "I can't trust anyone to do anything!"

As Sakura stepped out of the car, she was showered with hugs by the younger Uchihas.

"Nee-chan, are you okay?"

"Did you get hurt?"

"Your eyes are red!"

The children gasped at the sight of her tear stained cheeks and puffy, red eyes.

"Nee-chan cried," Daisuke stated angrily. "Who did it Nee-chan? That son of—"

"Daisuke!" Sakura cried out.

Daisuke shut his eyes tight, waiting for the lecture that would come for his foul mouth but instead he heard sniffles. Cracking his eyes open for a bit, he saw the most unexpected sight- his Nee-chan was crying. "Nee-chan…,"

Whimpers.

Daisuke began panicking. "Nee-chan…don't cry…I promise not to say a single foul word for the rest of my life. Pinky Promise!"

"Promise?"

"Aa."

Suddenly, Sakura began laughing uncontrollably whilst clutching her stomach.

The group of kids stared at her like she had grown two heads, "Nii-san…did Nee-chan get hit in her head?"

Now Sasuke had to swallow a chuckle, coughing. "Hn."

"Nee-chan's fine," Sakura faked a smile. "How about we go make some cookies ne?"

"Really?" Daisuke and the rest looked at her with wide, bright eyes.

Sakura nodded then she bent down to their eye level and whispered, "But you have to convince Nii-san to take us to the market for the ingredients."

"Okay," the children happily nodded with a smirk on their faces. Typical Uchihas. Tch.

"Milk or dark chocolate chips?" Sakura held two bags of chocolate.

"Just pick one already," Sasuke growled. They've been standing there for 10 minutes now, still deciding between milk and dark.

"Don't need to growl Chicken-ass," Sakura childishly stuck her tongue out as she threw both bags into the cart.

"Hn." Sasuke began pushing the cart down the aisle with Sakura and Daisuke throwing ingredients in occasionally.

Sasuke was about to stand in line to pay when Sakura exclaimed, "Crap! We forgot the baking soda! Stay right here, I'll be back."

Sakura turned to leave but was stopped by a hand grasping her wrist tightly. She looked at Sasuke, "Huh?"

"I don't think so. You're not going anywhere out of my sight."

"Oh come on Sasuke, it's just down the aisle at the end."

"And you'll not be in my sight."

"Sasuke," Sakura sighed deeply, "it's just going to be a minute."

"Hn, I'll go get it."

"But—Sasuke," Sakura watched as his retreating back slowly going farther and farther 'til he disappeared around the corner.

'Why does he have to make such a big deal out of it?' Unknowingly, Sakura said it out loud.

"Nee-chan…don't be mad at Nii-san." Daisuke said. "Nii-san was really worried about you when you didn't come home last night. He didn't even go to sleep. You really scared us."

Sakura felt guilty at the moment, "Gomen."

"Hn," Sakura looked up at the impassive face Uchiha. "One baking soda, done. Let's go"

"Nee-chan can we just eat the last batter?" Daisuke eyed the cookie batter with interest.

"No,"

"Really? Thanks Nee-chan- wait…no?"

"Yes, I said no," Sakura opened the oven and took out the second to last batch of cookies.

"But why Nee-chan? We already have one…two…three…four batches! Can't you sacrifice one?"

"No, kitchen rule—whoever makes the batter gets the batter." Sakura winked at him before enjoying herself to a spoonful of cookie batter, sighing with delight.

Daisuke stood there gaping, "N-Nee-chan!"

Sakura just shrugged her shoulders innocently as she helped herself to another spoon, "You should have said yes when I asked for help, Daisuke."

"B-but…"

"Aa-ah, not buts here young man."

"Nii-san, do something!" Daisuke exclaimed as he realized that it was his last resort, hoping that Sasuke would do something about Sakura and her cookie batter. "Wait a minute! You're…."

"Hn." Sasuke had a smirk plastered on his face as he licked the semi-sweet but bitter substance off of his finger.

And he just knew it.

Nee-chan and Nii-san have formed allied forces against him.

A/N: Well that's chapter fourteen for y'all. Yea…it probably sucked…a lot. And sorry for the length, it's much shorter than usual but I promise I'll work at it to make it longer. So Review! By the way, I have two new fanfics in mind for this summer even though I know I'm nowhere near finished with this story, but there's a poll regarding the characters lay out, so check it out. Hmmmm...my editor was totally correct...I over-abused 'neechan.'

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