Authors Note: Please allow me to give you a little background so the timeline makes a little more sense. One(1) day in heaven realm is One(1) year in the mortal realm. This obviously give Gods longer life spans hundred of thousands years long than mortals being who live 60-80 days for them. However, if a mortal is brought to heaven their soul becomes immortal and hence their life span lengthens. This time frame also would paint the picture of just how long Sasuke has been waiting for his maidens soul to reincarnate. Enjoy the following update.

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GoodThingsToThoseWhoWait

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Sakura traced the edge of her mug freely. A small smile playing at her lips when she flicked her eyes upward towards Sasuke. He was looking at her, not entirely with a blank expressions but close to it. If she hadn't had the chance of meeting and talking with him, she would've assumed him to be bored. Sakura life's red her mug and drank her sweet coffee. She couldn't help but recall how Sasuke gave her an odd look when she put more than four packets of sugar in the coffee. He took his coffee black saying he did not like sweets.

Sakura lifted her arm, resting her elbow in the table and her chin in her propped up hand. "So, tell me the rest of the story," Sakura said with expectance filling her green eyes.

Sasuke let out an amused chuckle and leaned back into his seat. "Well, it's as you said, no ones knows the rest. Though I speculate it hasn't been written yet," he concluded.

"Eh? You...you mean to tell me that you lured me to this coffee shop in the pretense of telling me the rest of Three Lives but don't actually know the ending," Sakura accuses with righteous indignation.

"I never said I didn't know it, I'm only speculating that the other three lives have not been recorded yet. Maybe that maidens soul has not been restored yet," Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Pfft. I don't believe in fairy tales or gods for that matter. I believe I am the master of my own fate," Sakura lied. Though sure she hadn't believed in fairy tales for a long time, the gods sure had turned her luck around when she returned home. Her fate was decided and she had foolishly moved out of it with heart crushing consequences.

"Then why be at the temple? What was your prayer," Sasuke pushed his dark eyes searing the edges of her soul. Probing for answers she was unwilling to give.

"I...what did you pray for," Sakura countered. She didn't want to sound like a naive nationalist. Though it shouldn't be something to be ashamed of, wanting her country to prosper and wanting peace for her parents. A simple prayer by a mortals standards.

"I prayed for my maidens soul to be fully restored," he said unabashed. Sakura let out a laugh and when her fit of amusement eased she saw the seriousness of his eyes. He meant it. Every word.

"You're..." she drifted off. Were they real? Gods? No, they were a thing of the past. Ancient times, relics of foolish mankind.

"And you...my maiden. I've found you," Saduke said reaching across the table. However Sakura abruptly stood from her seat. Effectively putting space between her and this godly man.

"I don't know what game you think you're trying to play, but I'm not fooled by you Sasuke Uchiha," she huffed our in anger. Her cheeks were flushed with a mix of embarrassment and rage. Truly, she thought she had prided herself on being able to see through those who played games. Yet she fell for it, hook, line and sinker.

She fled, hand balled into tight fists, her wooden sandals clicking against the cement. But though she was able to get out of the coffee shop, Sasuke was not far behind. He caught her arm in his hand tightly and spun her to see her face to face.

"Sakura," he said her name with so much longing and melancholy. A sharp pain stabbed Sakura's head and she reached up to her temple and reached up to smooth the pain.

Echoing words surfaced in her own voice along with flowing red and white robs. "Love is affectionate and ruthless, I will wait for you in the mortal realm where I belong. If I live, I will return to you. If I die, I die missing you." Soon pain erupted in her chest and Sakura let out a pain gasped of air before gripping her heart. The pain was scorching hot and it felt her own soul was being viciously torn apart by an angry unknown force.

Sakura let out a pained groaned and gripped Sasukes black robes with one of her delicate hands. She looked up at him with tear filled eyes, the agony and confusion look in her eyes worried the typical static man. Another foggy memory fluttered up. Vaguely she could feel Sasuke wrap one arm around her shoulders before tucking one behind her knees, slowly she faded into unconsciousness. A vivid dream of familiar emotions and feelings.

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Mortal realm 120,000 years ago

Sakura pulled off a few leaves of sage from each herb plant. Collecting the leaves for a medicinal purposes. A few days ago she found an injured black snake and decided to take it in. For the most part, the little black snake slept. Strangely enough when she tried to feed it raw meat the snake appeared to turn its nose up at the option.

"If you do not eat, I will worry," she pleaded with the creature, after a few moments the creature slowly ate at the raw piece of meat much to Sakura delight.

Sakura let out a small chuckle while plucking a few more leaves. She moved on to grabbing a couple of strands of lemon grass and a fist full of chickweed. She had a wide collection of herbs thanks to constant scavenging the hill of the mountain she lived on. She bought in the greenery and began to boil the chickweed leaves. Sakura looked over to shear she kept the snake on the basket. She took a seat and gently stroked its head.

"I hope you will feel better soon. All you do is sleep," she nagged lightly. However secretly she enjoyed the little snakes company very much. She hummed lightly and laid her head next to its sleeping form admiring the beautiful black scales that have off a ravenously blue hue in the dim lantern light. With a content heart, her eyes slowly closed from the weight of exhaustion's since she had just gotten back from being lost in the surrounding forrest for six days. She had been worried the snake would die so she desperately hurried home. "I am glad you are here..." she whispered slowly before drifting off into sleep.

Sasuke, having just come from a clans meeting 'awoke' in his snake form. He found the beautiful woman asleep soundly, feeling confident of her slumber, Sasuke transformed into his human form. He kneeled down beside the woman's slumbering form. For a few moments he just admired her peaceful expression. Inside he felt his icy rigid heart melt slightly which created a strange feeling in his stomach. Shaking his head at the woman.

"Silly woman, you will catch a cold," Sasuke murmured under his breath. Gently he stretched an arm across her back and pulled her into him, he caught her head with his shoulder and effortlessly maneuvered the woman into a carrying position. Standing he turn and took the few steps to the woman bed. Easily Sasuke bent down and gingerly placed the woman on her bed mat. He grabbed a blanket from a shelf on the wall and covered her. Sasuke moves a piece of pink hair from her face before standing to attend the fire.

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Present Day

Sakura woke with a start, her eyes flashed open. At first all she saw was a blinding blackness made her eyes paralyzed to the dark. Slowly her vision focused and quickly a picture was formed for her viewing. For a moment she processed what she was looking at before holding upright into a sitting position. Her emerald eyes did a quick scan of the room. All the light coming through was a warm glow of a bright full moon. Sakura found the detail odd, as it was New Years, it was a new moon.