Hallo my lovelies, I'm home from my trip c: In super short: it was fun and I loved every minute of it, but I am happy to be home and actually relaxing at home for the rest of my summer (my classes are over now for a month, thank God xD). I hope everyone had a good time while I was gone? c: You all look even more pretty since the last time I saw you all~

This beginning note will be short this time because I have other stories to work on c: That is right, Sing To Me, Baby and Wilting Roses will be updated for the first time in...a long while xD I had been so busy since 2012 and I could only focus on one story for the time being, and I chosed the story that had the most followers and favoriters...and that was this one TwT" Now, I will focus on all three (possibly four?) stories for the rest of the year and hopefully until all the big stories are completed. So! Wish me luck and I will put a smile on your face by updating to the best of my power c: Updates will take longer, but patience is always rewarding!

Please feel free to Review, Favorite, Follow or do nothing. I'm not a picky person when it comes to something you don't want to do (unless you like it, then I'm not stopping you c:) I write these fanfictions for fun, and I like to see other people liking it. Have a wonderful day and enjoy!

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I will be the one to hold you when you cry...

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Kiss you when you're sad, or put a smile upon your beautiful face.

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You are mine and I want nothing more then to give you comfort.

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You are mine and I want you to be happy.

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You are mine...

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Tasting Flesh

Chapter Twenty-One

Sasuke watched from the porch of the Haruno Shrine of the large backyard, filled with cat tails, daises, tall strands of grass and other little tiny flowers and danelions as a tiny girl popped up and down from sight. He watched carefully as Sakura knelt down in her cute sundress and yank on a flower or weed and add it onto the collection of them in her other hand; and then looking around for another one. Whenever she would try and venture a little too far away, Sasuke would make a quick whistle for her attention and she would instantly hurry back into view and try finding a flower elsewhere.

"You're hounding her, little brother," Itachi's distracting voice made Sasuke frown. Sasuke could just see the amused smile on his older brother's face as he sat down next to him with a mug of tea Chiyo made. "Doesn't she ever yell at you for being so over-protective of her and where she goes?"

"She knows that there are scary things in the woods," Sasuke said flatly, his eyes watching Sakura sitting down on her bottom as she piled her collection of flowers onto her lap, inspecting them with a bright smile. "She listens to me because she trusts me better then her own conscience."

"It's curiosity, not conscience," Itachi chuckled teasingly.

"Hn."

Once Sakura was done looking at her flowers, she scooped them up into her hands and ran (stumbling wise) over to the porch where Sasuke and Itachi were sitting. Smiling, Sakura emptied her hands infront of Itachi and turned her attention to Sasuke, holding her arms up to him with a cheeky smile. Sasuke willingly picked up the three-year-old and nuzzled her face gently, earning a fit of giggles from her as she grabbed his hair and kiss his chin. Itachi smiled with soft eyes as he placed his mug down and started on his tiny project; taking two daisies at a time and twisting them around.

"How is she coming to learning, little brother?" Itachi asked as he looked at the flowers. He could hear Sakura patting Sasuke's face with her hands, playing with his cheeks as he spoke back directly.

"She keeps pointing at women, who we assume are, or would become pregnant," Sasuke explained as he settled Sakura onto his lap and wrapped his arms around her, allowing Sakura to cuddle her face into her chest. "She also looks at Demons who venture into Konoha, so she is able to pinpoint who is human and who isn't..."

"What a smart baby girl," Itachi cooed down to the adorable child. He grinned when she opened her tiny mouth and let out a cheerful 'Yep! Yep!' to him, understanding his praise easily. Going back to his task, Itachi ignored his brother's stiffening body. "I should tell you that I will be returning home to take care of the military plans for Hyuuga."

"You literally just arrived here last night," Sasuke bit out with a displeased tone. He ran his fingers through Sakura's pink hair to calm himself down, feeling more content once his darling smiled at him with a content sigh. "Can't you hold it off for a week? I wanted to show you Sakura's school and how she plays on the playground with Yamanaka's child."

"Being a royal prince comes first, little brother," Itachi chuckled. "But, what do I know? You're the one who's taking the throne next."

"We don't know that for sure yet, Itachi. Don't assume just because I have Sakura in my care, that you would be second best," Sasuke rolled his eyes.

Sakura blinked at the two, wondering why they weren't having a happy conversation, she crawled out of Sasuke's lap and stood up. Looking at Itachi, he presented her with a crown of flowers with a happy smile. Taking into awe, Sakura gasped and clapped her hands.

"Pretty, Ita-nii!" Sakura smiled as Itachi plopped it ontop of her pink head. She felt with her tiny fingers of the daisy petals and gushed at the softness. "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, Sakura-chan," Itachi nodded back as Sakura leaned against her Sasuke, plicking off the flower crown and mush it into his inky locks, tangling them into his chicken-butt-like hair. Itachi didn't hold back his teasing laugh as Sakura stood back and placed her hands on her hips.

"Sasu-kun is pretty now!" Sakura declared with a triumphing smile. "Ne, Ita-nii?"

"Uh-huh," Itachi grinned as he tickled Sakura's sides, causing her to puff her cheeks and hide behind Sasuke, who turned his head instinctly to watch her every move before she cuddled her face into his warm neck. Itachi watched as Sasuke reached up with his left hand and cradled Sakura's head gently, turning his chin to press a gentle kiss ontop of her pink hair and pick out the fallen daisy petals out of her locks. "You're doing very well with her, little brother. I am very proud of you and I hope for nothing else that you remain that way."

Narrowing his eyes, Sasuke looked at his older brother with a raised brow. "You make it sound like I won't ever see you again."

Itachi shrugged. "I plan on working with Hyuuga for a while; I haven't decided how long I will be gone yet," he said with simplicity. "It all depends on how horrible their military actually is and how my team will put up with it for me."

"I'm glad I am not you," Sasuke snorted as he twisted around and pulled Sakura back into his lap, making her smile as he pressed his nose on her cheek and making playful growling sounds. "When are you leaving, Nii-sama?"

"Tonight."

Jerking up, both Sakura and Sasuke looked at Itachi with wide eyes. "Why that soon?" Sasuke snapped as Sakura pouted with some sadness.

"The sooner I put my plan in order, the better for us all," Itachi explained softly as he played around with the remaining flowers left on the porch carefully. "Besides, you have your hands full with that little baby, right?" he leaned forward and smirked at Sakura, making her smile once more. "Will you keep Sasuke busy for me, Sakura-chan?"

"Yep! Yep!" Sakura nodded confidently as she clung to Sasuke's black shirt. "Saku will take care of Sasu-kun!"

Later that night, when Sasuke finally settled into the bed he shared with Sakura, he saw Itachi leaning against the opened doorframe, looking at the two carefully before he smiled. Sasuke carefully rubbed Sakura's back, rousing her to wake up, and pointed over to Itachi's somewhat dark form.

"Itachi is leaving now, baby," Sasuke whispered. "Go say bye to him."

Sakura sniffled from her drowzyness and got up. She hurried over to Itachi and waved him to kneel down, which he complied silently, and she pressed a quick kiss on Itachi's cheek and hugged him sweetly. "Byebye, Ita-nii! Be good!"

Using one arm to wrap around the small girl, Itachi promised her that he would behave for her sake, since she always meant it before Itachi or Fugaku would leave the Haruno Shrine. Itachi closed his eyes for a moment to inhale Sakura's rare scent; the Forbidden Flower's smell that would make any Demon crave for a taste of her blood or flesh. "Take care, sweetie."

"Bye," Sasuke muttered out with a displeased tone. Itachi opened his eyes and grinned at his brother's sour attitude. He knew that his little brother didn't like it when Itachi didn't put time in for either him or Sakura, like he always promises. Itachi let Sakura go and allowed her to crawl back into bed and curl up against Sasuke, sighing softly once he laid down and draped the thick blanket and his arms around her. Resting his cheek ontop of her soft hair, Sasuke took one last look of his older brother before he leaves. "Don't start any trouble back home."

Itachi simply chuckled. "Now, I can't promise that, can I?"

Three days.

Three freaking days, and Sasuke has still not come back to the palace.

Three days!

Growling lightly, Sakura opened her green eyes to look at Sasuke's empty bedroom. She had been sitting here every afternoon, patiently waiting for her Demon God to come home so she can be held; minus the times she goes to hang out with Ino, running around the palace to kill time and see Mikoto (whenever she came out of her bedroom from her depression).

'I'm starting to think that Sasuke-kun doesn't plan on coming back,' Sakura sniffed with slight sorrow as she dropped her knees from her chin, stretching her legs from the long time of being curled up. 'No one has seen any trace of him and I'm getting worried.'

'Do not fuss about it, Sakura-chan,' Rin spoke inside Sakura's thoughts carefully. Sakura felt warm fingers rub her chilly arms, since it seems that Sasuke has no heat inside his bedroom. She was grateful to have her previous life onhand for comfort, even if it's like she has no choice.

"I just want to know...why he left me like that," Sakura spoke aloud. Rubbing her nose tiredly, Sakura stood up with Rin still clinging to her. "I'll come back later."

'You haven't slept well lately, honey,' Rin pointed out as she covered Sakura's eyes with her invisible hands. 'Go to sleep...'

Opening the door, Sakura left Sasuke's bedroom and slowly made her way out of the hallway. "I'm alright. I just need some water and I will walk around for a little while."

Sakura entered the opening of the many hallways, looking around to see the usual occupants of the Uzumaki nobles and Uchiha royals wandering around the heart of the palace, where that interesting fountain stood in the middle with the misty colors drifting up. No one minded Sakura emerging from the Prince's secluded hallway; since they could already tell no one else is occupying the bedroom... they would say anything anyhow, since Sakura has become friendly with the others. She said hello here and there, which was nice considering Sakura sat straight on the cold floor in the cold room.

"S-Sakura-chan!"

Turning around, Sakura encountered the pregnant Demon woman with pale eyes, smiling as bright as the sun as she scurried across the tiled floor and holding her slightly-swollen belly. With a somewhat pleased smile, Sakura turned all her attention to the sweet lady dressed in her Uzumaki-styled clothes.

"Hinata-chan," Sakura responded softly as she let Hinata grab hold of her hands carefully, "how are you feeling?"

"I should be a-asking you that, honey!" Hinata scolded poorly as she tugged Sakura's cheeks gently. Tears swelled in her pale eyes as she forced out a pout. "I hear that you haven't been sleeping and you keep waiting for S-Sasuke-sama? W-why must you make me worry like this, ne?"

Blinking, Sakura tried to blame the pregnancy hormones overflowing the poor Demon woman. Gripping her wrists, Sakura peeled the delicate fingers off. "I'm waiting for Sasuke-kun to come home. Do you know where he is?"

"N-no, and you need to eaaat!" Hinata fussed, her canines slightly pointed as she started to drag the pink haired teen; some of the Uchihas and Uzumakis watched the two carefully before going back to their usual routine. "And you need a warm b-bath, because you need t-to relax... Just like I need to!"

"Uhm...did you get any sleep last night, Hinata-chan?"

"My stomach cramps do not need to be involved, S-Sakura-chan!"

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Making bubbles under the hot water of the bath, Sakura watched carefully as Hinata eased herself into the rocky pool with her pregnant belly in her hands as she sighed tiredly. Raising her head from the water, Sakura swam over to Hinata and grabbed a wash rag from the ledge. Without asking permission, although Sakura didn't need to ask, she started washing the tense temples on Hinata's poor face. She could easily see the stress and the bags under Hinata's pale features.

"I don't think I'm the only one being up at night," Sakura said softly as she brushed a trail of water nearing her noble's long lashes. "And you say your belly is cramping?"

"Mm," Hinata nodded. "I w-wake up in the middle of the night, and this sharp c-cramp happens around the stomach." She gestured above the water to the lightly large belly shown underwater. "I don't want to wake N-Naruto-kun at all, but it come un-unannounced!"

"Can I see?" Sakura asked as she raised both of her palms in the idea, to which Hinata agreed with a gentle nod. Pressing her fingers featherly-like on the soft skin; the water didn't stop the blue-green flames from sparking out of the water as Sakura focused her energy into it.

"Just relax, okay, Hinata-chan?" Sakura whispered below the sound of the small waterfall from the ceiling. Feeling the Demon woman ease back against the bath and breathe slowly, Sakura found the reason underneath the belly with a smile. "Hinata-chan..."

"Mn?" Hinata instantly tensed, making the evidence hide once more.

Smiling bigger, Sakura pinched Hinata's cheek lovingly before whispering her reveal. "Your baby is kicking whenever you relax. Is that normal for a Demon baby?"

"Whenever the mother relaxes, the baby wants to switch with its mother to protect her!" Karin's voice perked in, startling both Sakura and Karin easily. Karin flushed with embarrassment as she rubbed the steam off of her glasses, hoping to explain herself without words. "Ahem...I helped a lot of Uzumaki women in the village for pregnancy and childbirth. I know some stuff."

"Well, that explains it!" Sakura chirped childishly as she beckoned Karin over, who was still standing in her towel and hiding behind a pillar of the women's bath. "Come on in, Karin-chan. Where's Ino? I haven't seen her in a while."

Slipping into the hot water, Karin flushed harder with embarrassment. "From what I understand, she's busy with soldier Nara Shikamaru; I believe they are exploring the forest together for game."

"Eh? Ino-chan is on a date?" Sakura gasped with wide eyes. The flustered Uzumaki redhead started panicking, saying that she didn't define it that way, but Sakura knew better. "Nooo, I may not be well-known in the dating world, but Yamanaka Ino is totally on a date with Shikamaru. I thought she wanted to kill him last time!"

"W-well...I suppose it is normal for a Demon Ino's age to look into dating, or getting married," Karin blinked shyly. "She's turning eighteen, so I suppose she and Shikamaru find a liking to each other."

"I can't believe Ino actually gave Shikamaru a chance," Sakura sighed, dropping her body to become deeper level of water and made a bubble in the bath. "Last time she spoke of him, she wanted to skin him alive."

"Karin-chan and S-Suigetsu were the same thing, Sakura-chan," Hinata pipped in. "Before K-Karin-chan was claimed by him, they w-would literally be at each o-other's throats..."

Karin's blush beated her red hair color as Sakura gaped at the noblewoman with round eyes. Splashing the water like a child, Sakura waddled over to Karin and glomped her, screaming in shock and joy at the same time. "You never told me that you and Suigetsu are married!"

"Like hell I let Suigetsu get into my underwear, Sakura-hime!" Karin scowled with a demonic presence that had Sakura blinking in curiosity, not a pinch of fear. "Hinata-neesama is being overly-dramatic about it!"

"H-having Suigetsu say he refuses to h-have you flirt with anyone else..." Hinata blushed with a sweet smile, making both Karin and Sakura cling to each other out of mere caution for her pregnancy moodswings. "To me, it l-looks like you are claimed."

Karin simply sniffed in defeat and plopped her head on Sakura's wet shoulder. Sakura smiled and pet Karin's soft hair, allowing the setting with all three girls to become peaceful. "Hey, Karin-chan, why are you not married to Suigetsu anyway? If it's okay I ask...it just seems like you and him are really happy together."

"Aweh...it's complicated," Karin shrugged. "Suigetsu is an idiot, but he makes me smile whenever I'm down; he also keeps me busy, like, the other day, he took my gardening tools and took off with them. I chased him all around his camp, and you know what he wanted if I were to get them back? He wanted a kiiiss!"

"Aww, how sweet!" Sakura gushes with stars in her eyes.

Shaking her head, Karin pouted sharply. "He can be really insatiable somtimes, I don't know how I deal with him."

"But you haven't answered her question," Hinata said after rubbing her fingers on her scalp. "Why haven't you been claimed by Suigetsu?"

"Mmm... I'm scared?" Karin gawked at herself. "Uhm, it's more like...I don't-! I have no idea. Oi, Sakura-chan, why aren't you claimed by Sasuke-kun, huh?"

"E-eh? Me?" Sakura jumped in the water as she pushed Karin away. "What do you mean that IwouldbeclaimedbySasuke-kunwhatdoyoumeanbythat?"

"Baaah! You know very well what I mean!" Karin pointed out with tears in her eyes as both odd-colored haired woman started to cry. "We've explained this before andyouknowverywellbybeingclaimed!"

"Well-!"

"Both of you s-stop it right now!" Hinata huffed loudly as she pinched both girls' cheeks and pulled to silence them. "I d-don't like it when you argue over s-s-sex!"

Sakura shut her eyes tightly, her lip shaking as she grumbled about how foolish this was becoming. She never knew baths with these Demon women would become so excellerated with their own emotions - but, then again, Sakura was behaving the same way as of now.

Over the silence within the bathhouse, Hinata carefully made her way out to sit on the ledge, scrunching her face carefully and breathing gently. Sakura took the silence to finally ask what has been bothering her for the past few days.

"Why did Sasuke-kun leave? Did I do something wrong..?"

With both Demon girls looking at her with expressionless features, Sakura blinked and puffed her cheeks with frustration. "Y-you didn't see him leave the party! I was trying to comfort him, and then he...just left me there without saying where he was going."

"I heard that Hyuuga spoke of Itachi," Karin tried out. "That would probably explain it."

"S-Sakura-chan," Hinata cooed softly as she rubbed Sakura's scalp carefully, being all motherly and shy at the same. Sakura felt a numbing sensation from Hinata's gentle touches. "Do you remember Itachi at all..?"

"He is Sasuke-kun's brother, I remember," Sakura spoke clearly, yet her eyes drooped tiredly, like in a small trance as her memories flooded through the cracks of her barriers. "When I was little, he would visit the Shrine and I would play with his hair. Sasuke-kun always got moody whenever he had to leave, and stuff."

"Well, I suppose you would be rather young," Hinata hummed, "b-but Itachi was suppose to help m-my old home with military needs...and he killed his team; he w-went to the Hyuuga Kingdom and killed my m-mother and uncle."

"Fugaku-sama said something about that," Sakura whispered, suddenly regretting of bringing of bringing anything up. "I'm sorry, Hina-!"

"It is alright," the pregnant Demon whispered back as she pet her hair carefully. "But now, w-whenever Sasuke-sama returns to his home - to his world - he n-never sleeps... E-ever since he sealed you away, S-Sasuke-kun hasn't slept properly. Never longer then five minutes, I b-believe."

"Yeah, he's always tired," Karin sighed. "For years, everyone has tried to make him sleep, but he won't."

"But...he always slept fine in my memories," Sakura mumbled under her breath, looking down at the bubbled water carefully. Biting her lip lightly, Sakura tried to piece together of what she could do for her Demon God for when he returned home.

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Drinking blood and eating flesh, monsters continue to roam.

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However, within your arms and heart, there is no fear...

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Because you are keeping me safe.

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Now, let us go to sleep, my love.

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Dressed in a simply, baby-blue robe from her bath, Sakura tiredly rubbed her eyes as she waddled into the opening heart of the way to Sasuke's bedroom. Looking around, she had noticed that there was no one around anymore; raising a curious mood, Sakura went closer to the amazing fountain and tried looking around better. Up, down, left and right, Sakura did not see a single Uchiha or Uzumaki walking (or flying with those angelic black wings) in sight.

'Maybe...it is dinnertime for them,' Sakura concluded softly as she sensed Rin near her.

'Maybe,' Rin agreed cautiously. 'Or, they could be training outside.'

"But it's still raining outside," Sakura sniffed with her own issue. She continued on her walk down the dark hallway of Sasuke's wing, feeling pretty content that she could take a small nap on the floor. "Sasuke-kun told me that the rain outside in this world is too cold to be in for so long..."

'Well, I wasn't alive for rain,' Rin sighed to her own demise, and quickly comforted by Sakura to get her to smile again. 'Sakura-chan, when we return to Sasuke-sama's room, why don't you rest for a bit. It might do you some good.'

"I'd like that, actually," Sakura giggled softly as she touched the edge of the shouji door. Out of the blue, she felt a dark aura coming from inside Sasuke's bedroom, freezing in her spot as she tried to assess the feeling in her gut. She could tell that someone was inside the bedroom, and she didn't feel a sting of fear as she mustered up her strength to slam the shouji open, ready to raise hell on whoever dared to come into her safe place and Sasuke's bedroom.

"Who are-!"

"Sakura..."

"S-S..." Wide, green eyes scanned the tattered body of Uchiha Sasuke, his giant wings limp as his hands grasped the edges of the porch opening, his breathing ragged. "S-Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura only took one step toward the dark mush that was her Demon God before he snapped at her with a pained expression. "Stay back!"

Freezing for only a moment, Sakura didn't listen to him for once as she stomped her way over and plopped herself infront of him; his eyes unmeeting her's as she grasped his face carefully and raised it up. His whole upper body was exposed and icy to the touch as rain droplets drizzled down his chest and face, his eyes clouded and absolutely tired looking. Scratches and deep cuts decorated his arms and belly, everytime he breathes, another wave of blood would drip from the many wounds - however, they were not horrible to be fatal. Burrowing her brows together, Sakura looked up to his angelic face as she stroked his cheekbone with her thumb, making him shiver and grind his teeth.

"Look at me," she spoke softly, her fingers entangling themselves in his inky locks, "...Sasuke-kun."

Slowly, exhausted eyes met her sleepy emerald jades, and Sasuke's face scrunched up as he hunched over with a growl. She could tell that he was in pain from those marks, and she will be the only one to stop them. By letting go of his face, Sakura grab hold to his big hands, tsking lightly at the shivering and ice-cold digits of his fingers as she focused on her goal as blue-green flames flicked from her hand and overflowed around Sasuke's hands and wrists.

Startled a little, Sasuke jerked his spine straight as she continued on with a determined look on her doll-like face. His eyes never stopping to look at her as she worked, Sasuke swallowed whatever complaints or pains about as she erased them all with the touch of her hands and fingers.

Once healed his hands and arms, Sakura rose to her knees and carefully pushed Sasuke back to the porch, the roof of it protecting them from the rain as Sakura climbed ontop of him as his wings dispersed into black smokes as she positioned herself to straddle his lower abdomen. Her hands went back to work as she slid her palm up his stomach, feeling every toned ab and muscle ripple under her touch and hearing every hitch of his breath everytime he inhaled quickly. Sakura finished her job as her fingertips carefully let go of his hard skin, the warmth from her fire heating Sasuke's body to an average temperature as his blood pumped it through his body; his shuddering breaths ceasing by the minute.

Once his body calmed down, Sakura didn't move from her spot ontop of him, her wet bangs hiding her eyes as she nibbled her lips. "Sasuke-kun...I'm sorry about what happened...at the ball. It was my fault."

Swallowing air, Sasuke opened his eyes to look up to the sweet face he loves so much. Reaching with the hand that was next to her thigh, Sasuke's fingers teased up the exposed skin of her perfect leg, causing her to tense up and shiver. He sat up, making her slip into his lap as her legs wrapped around his waist; his face expressionless, as his fingers reached to her chin, carefully gripping.

"I promised," Sasuke muttered under his breath, drowning out the raindrops hitting the roof as Sakura tell into a trance with their met eyes as he fell into hers. "I promised...that you would not hold my heart in your hands."

Sakura bit her lip and hiccuped a sob, both of her hands fly up and grab the back of his head when he brought their foreheads together. Sasuke's other arm wrapped around her back and rubbed, making her shut her eyes as tears slipped out.

"But now," he breathed, "my heart is nowhere but with you. Always." He touched their noses briefly, trailing his nose to her cheek before he pressed a soft kiss. His monotoned voice continued to chant 'always', making her cry and pull on his hair by a tight grip.

"I was s-scared for you, Sasuke-kun," Sakura whimpered, tightening her legs around him. "I wanted you back, and I missed you..!"

"I was mad," he confessed, kissing her eyebrow once, twice. "I couldn't let you see me angry... Not infront of you, sweetheart."

"W-where did you go?" she asked with a choked voice.

He kissed the corner of her mouth. "To lash my anger out on lowlives... I'm back, Sakura. I won't leave you."

Having enough, Sakura pulled herself back to push forward, smashing their mouths together in a kiss that had to have Sasuke's hand on her face to press behind him to keep them both upright. He returned the kiss by tilting his head to the side, his lips forming their own shaped before stopping. Sasuke cupped her cheeks with soft eyes before taking her lower lip into his mouth and suckled gently, causing Sakura to gasped dreamily and then pressed an opened mouth kiss to her, making her bite him gently.

Sasuke smirked in his dazed thoughts, carefully leaning forward to lay Sakura down on the ground of the porch as he hovered above her. Their eyes never leaving each other as his hand tangled in her pink hair, relishing the touch of silk in his fingers, he dipped his head slowly and engaged himself and Sakura into a slowly and sensual kiss, making her squirm under him as she gripped his bare shoulders.

"You haven't slept, baby," Sasuke whispered softly as he trailed his kisses to her jaw, feeling her crane her neck with wanting as one hand slipped into his hair and rubbed his scalp with her fingertips. He purred in the back of his throat. "Did you wait for me?"

"Uh-huh," Sakura nodded through her biting lips. She pulled Sasuke's face back to have their lips meet again, to which he complied to her wishes carefully; making her feel cherished, as she should be.

"I'm back," he said against her panting mouth before the tip of his tongue carefully touched her upper lip and slowly traced the shape. His eyes closed once he reached the middle of her lower lip and kissed her softly, sweetly. "You should go to sleep, my love..."

And to that, Sasuke had the surprise of his live.

Pulling his head down, Sakura kissed him with parted lips, her own little tongue licking his mouth as her legs wrapped themselves tightly around his waist. She pressed her hips against his and whined until he fell for her by slipping his tongue into her mouth, tangling with hers as he held both of her hands above her head.

For a long moment, Sasuke pulled back with a thin string of saliva connecting from their mouths. Looking down, Sasuke watched as Sakura opened her eyes to stare at him wantingly, her chest rising and falling slowly as she breathed through her mouth. Her cheeks completely red and her emerald eyes sparkled with stars and glitter, taking him into another world as he groaned softly. He pressed their foreheads together, kissing her cheek lightly as his hips accidentally pressed to hers, making her gasp.

"Sasuke-kun..!"

"You are...getting too excited," he said sweetly, brushing strands of her hair out of her face as he smirked softly. He kissed her cheek again. "You need to sleep, you are far too tired for something like this."

"So are you!" Sakura breathed with closed eyes, surprising her love as she wrapped her arms and legs around him, refusing to let go at all. "You never sleep, and I don't like it! You need to sleep, Sasuke-kun."

"Hn..."

Burying her face into his neck, Sakura nibbled his skin softly, making him stiffen and grunt through his nose. "I want to sleep next to you, like we used to," she whispered into his ear as she hugged him closer, his bare chest colliding with the thin material of her robe. "I want to sleep with you holding me, like back at the Shrine and I want you to sleep with me..."

"Sakura..." Sasuke tried to stop her, his nails digging into the hardwood flooring.

"I don't care what you do to me, Sasuke-kun," she confessed as she kissed his neck again, making him silent. "Just let me comfort you so you can sleep peacefully."

Pondering what to do, Sasuke shut his eyes tightly and wrapped one arm around her shoulders, pressing their heartbeats together. "You do know what you are asking..."

"Yes."

"Saying that I can do whatever I want to you, and you don't care?" he bit as harsh as he could, but still clinging to her shoulder as he pressed his nose to her sweet smelling hair. "The Forbidden Flower woman...allowing a hungry Demon God man share a bed?"

"I love you, Sasuke-kun," Sakura whispered with the full honest truth. "I love you, and I want it to be you to touch me like this."

Opening his eyes, Sasuke gave into defeat as he wrapped his other arm around her lower back, lifting her into his arms swiftly as he stood onto his feet. He was amazed how well her healing abilities took hold while he was gone, and had given him the strength back without drinking her blood. He nuzzled his nose into her neck as she clung to him, just like when she was a child before bedtime; making his heart swell a bit as he slowly staggered to his large bed.

Being careful, Sasuke laid down his bride first onto the soft bed, watching on how well she fits in his room, with him, and how she fits perfectly in his bed. His thumb stroked her cheek before he slipped in next. Not caring how wet or dirty his once-pretty ball pants were, Sasuke rested on his side and pulled the folded blanket up just a little ways, so that their legs could be covered into warmth. Sasuke felt her tiny hand slide up to his face as she turned him down for a kiss.

Their mouths touching again, Sasuke became grunt on her soft breaths and the taste she had when he touched her with his tongue, and she willingly accepted him with her head tilting back. He couldn't control himself as he rolled a little, controlling his weight on her as his knee slid between her legs and tangling his hand in her hair once more. He loved how soft she felt to his hands, and even to his lips as he slipped his mouth to the corner of her jaw, licking and sucking on her pulse gently as she let her head loll to the side with a soft exhale.

Traveling to her neck, Sasuke cupped her limped head as he nibbled and suckled on her veins, her mouth dropping open as she gasped with a heavy blush. Her hand gripping his hair tightly, Sakura sighed his name over and over, encouraging him to continue on as he bit his way to her collarbone and set his target to her-.

His lips touching something cold, Sasuke opened his eyes to see the beautiful necklace he made by hand for his bride eighteen years ago. The ruby flower in the middle of the silver artpiece sparkled in the dark, distracting him to realization of the situation they were in.

Smirking, Sasuke pressed a tender kiss below her collarbone before raising his head up to attack her mouth with his for a moment. He felt her shiver as he deepened the kiss, their mouths fitting together and their tongues touching briefly before Sasuke let go with a 'pop', leaving his lover all dazed and bothered.

"Not tonight, baby," Sasuke told her softly, combing his fingers through her hair.

She pouted a little before breathing harshly. "B-but...I was told Demons marry from s-!"

"I don't believe in having sex with you," Sasuke grunted harshly, his eyes narrowing as he leaned down to whisper into her ear with a sly smirk. "I want the first time to be making love; and I want it to be on a special occassion... Just so I won't have to stop for anything. Not for sleep, not for food or water."

Sakura shivered as she cuddled her head against him. She wrapped her arms around him and held onto her Demon, her sleepyness overpowering her now from all of the heated kisses and touches. "Mmm..!"

"When our wedding happens, I want to make it thorough," Sasuke smirked a little bigger when she whined and bit his shoulder, "so no one will dare to be near my beautiful woman..."

"You're possessive," Sakura remarked with a sniff, burying her face into the crook of his neck as he rolled onto his back, having her laying half on him. "I love you, Sasuke-kun."

"Aa," the Demon Prince responded by pulling the blankets over them both and pressed a sweet kiss to her head. "I love you, too. Now, go to sleep."

"You sleep, too," grumbled the young teenager with a grumpy pout. "You need..it more, Sasuke-kun." Sakura grumbled as her fist lightly batted at his chest, but she soon snuggled herself more into his arms as their limbs tangled carefully.

For once, Sasuke chuckled as he pressed on last kiss to her hair before holding her as close as possible. He listened first to her breathing, hearing her sigh softly before her breathes became shallow and careful, letting him know that it is now her time of sleep. He smirked a little and rest his head on his pillow.

And, for the first time in ten years, Sasuke fell into a deep sleep and didn't wake up after a short time; with the only thing that calmed him down right in his arms.

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Now, with you in my arms, I can not ask for anything more.

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I will wait for the time to make you mine, and it will be sweet, I promise...

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You're everything I want and everything I need, baby.

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So let me dream of our wonderfully beautiful future...

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Before it's tainted.

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AUTHOR'S ENDING NOTE- I'm so sorry it's short, but Kitty is struggling with work and going back to school D: (a month off is not enough, you know?). I promise next chapter will be better...much like my other stories that were put onhold and the new ones! Note that updates will be longer waits, but patience is always rewarding c:

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