Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Let Me Love You ❯ Return ( Chapter 6 )

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Warning: Adult Language, Some Angst

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At that moment she realized that she was in deep trouble… She realized that she was never going to be able to get over the Uchiha and for that reason she decided to have a morning training session by punching the hell out of the tree that Sasuke was just a few minutes ago.

“Damn Uchiha if I see his face again I'll make sure to punch that stupid smirk of that pretty little mouth of his,” she growled, finally deciding to head back to Konoha and beat up another one of her former teammates.

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Return

 

It has been three months since she had last seen Sasuke and to say the least she had all but given up on the possibility of seeing him again. When she had returned from her mission she had decided to not mention her little encounter with Sasuke to Naruto. She thought it was best that Naruto didn't know, considering there was a rare possibility that he would even come back to Konoha. Sakura sighed and turned over another sheet of paper, her jade eyes roaming over the words scribbled on the paper, not really registering what was written.

`He owes me big for this, I hate doing paper work!'

She turned another paper over and sat back in the rather uncomfortable chair. She turned her head and gazed out of the window, watching the many villagers go about their daily lives down below.

Sighing again she turned back to the huge pile of mission reports. She had relented to Naruto's begging to help him with the paperwork so now she found herself stuck inside, going through this huge pile of reports. She personally hated doing paperwork of any kind and she had always respected Tsunade for being able to deal with it. She got up from the desk and started to pace before the window. For the past three months she had been kept pretty busy with missions, both solo and with her team. Unfortunately she hadn't been busy enough to stop thinking about her encounter with Sasuke. It infuriated her to no end when she couldn't help but think about where Sasuke was and what he was doing, but lately she had thought of him less and less. She had stopped expecting him to show up and started thinking that he had probably decided against coming back to Konoha. She knew the minute he stepped into the village he would be arrested and taken into custody. If he was lucky he would get his ninja status stripped from him, but knowing Naruto he would probably get off with better circumstances. Truthfully she didn't know how his return would affect the village. On one hand the return of the one of the last remaining Uchiha's would be a benefit to the village but on the other hand, Sasuke had lost a lot of trust within Konoha after his desertion.

She glanced back at the paperwork and seeing the large pile she had yet to go through, she groaned.

“I'm finished for today, I'll just finish everything tomorrow,” she mumbled under her breath and walked out of the door, happy to get out of the stuffy office. She made her way to Naruto's office and walked in, not bothering to knock. She froze in the open door way when her eyes fell on the other occupant of the room.

“Hey Sakura I had just sent Shizune to go get you… come in I need to talk to you.”

Sakura glanced at Naruto, noting the troubled expression he wore. She numbly closed the door and made her way to the chair and sat.

“So you finally decided to show… did it really take you that long to kill Itachi, Sasuke?”

Naruto's brows rose to disappear under his golden hair. His blue eyes drifted from Sasuke to Sakura, clear confusion present.

“How did you know…”

Sakura sighed and combed her hand through her pink strands. “I didn't tell you this, but do you remember that mission I had that I failed three months ago? Well he was the one who saved me.”

“You let him save you?” Naruto asked incredulously his blue eyes moving from Sakura to Sasuke again.

Sakura chuckled and leaned back in her chair. “Well I wasn't exactly conscious or it wouldn't have happened. He has come back now so that I can take the seal off of him that he got from Orochimaru.”

Naruto folded his hands before him on the desk and glanced back at the stoic man before him.

“Sasuke you know that you are considered an S-class criminal here. I'm risking a lot just by speaking to you right now. As the Hokage I am required to do what is best for the village and I don't think that you suddenly appearing again after 8 years would bode too well with the villagers… I will let Sakura take the seal off of you but after that you will have to go through trial with the village elders and the representatives of the clan's. They will decide whether you will be able to stay in the village. Until then I am going to put you under Sakura's custody.”

Sakura's eyes shot to Naruto's and she immediately opened her mouth to protest. Naruto put up a hand to stop her and frowned.

“I'm sorry Sakura. I know you would rather not, but you are the only one I can trust that is strong enough to hold Sasuke. For right now put a binding jutsu on him so that you two will be bound together until it is time for the trial…”

“Naruto are you kidding me? You want me to be stuck with him for three weeks?” Sakura exclaimed standing from her chair.

Naruto smiled and backed his chair up a bit, discreetly; he did not want to be the brunt of her wrath, not this time at least.

“Sakura… I know how you feel, if I could, I would be the one looking after Sasuke but you are the only one that I trust enough with this… please Sakura…”

Sakura sighed and glanced at Sasuke who had staid quiet the whole time. He didn't seem to have been affected by Naruto's words. Yet again you never could tell what the man was thinking anyways. She brought her hand up to rub her temple, to ease the pounding in her head. The next three weeks were going to be hell. She knew she was going to regret what she was about to do but looking at Naruto again she knew she would not be able to say no.

“Okay Naruto I'll do this but you owe me big for this and for doing your work for you,” she said glaring at the blonde haired man.

Naruto could feel himself break out into a sweat and he chuckled nervously.

Sakura moved to stand before Sasuke, who was still leaning against the wall, his arms crossed before him. His onyx eyes followed her and narrowed when she brought her hands before her and performed a set of seals. Sakura shut her eyes and funneled her chakra through her arms and fingers to connect with the purple tint of Sasuke's chakra. She continued making her way through his chakra stream to his brain. There she planted the binding seal and opened her eyes. She could now feel the ebb and flow of his chakra and she could vaguely feel his emotions. She could feel the confusion and suspicion in him and she smirked.

`This might not be as bad as I first thought, now lets see those emotions you always keep locked up.'

She let her hands drop to her sides and she stepped back. “I just put a binding jutsu in your brain, it will bind your chakra and to me, I will be able to control how much chakra you can use and if you get too far away from me that binding will explode and kill you instantly.”

Sasuke's eyes widened a bit, but he smirked. “So how far away can I go before my head explodes?”

“You can go about three and a half mile's before you start to feel pain and if you go any further then a five mile's then you will die.”

Sasuke didn't say anything more and Sakura turned away from him and glared at Naruto.

“Will I be able to do mission's still?”

“No, it's too dangerous, I'll have you do mission's in the village but other then that you have the next three weeks off. You can take the seal off anytime before the trial just let me know beforehand. Thanks again Sakura… Sasuke, it's nice to see you again…” Naruto drifted off not knowing what else to say.

Sasuke only nodded and then turned and walked out of the office. Sakura exchanged one last look with Naruto and walked out of the door, following Sasuke.

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“You can stay on the couch, sorry I don't have an extra room,” Sakura said walking into her small apartment, Sasuke a step behind her.

She took off her gloves and threw them on the coffee table. She walked into her kitchen and took an apple from a basket on her table and bit into it. She leaned against the wall and watched Sasuke as he slowly made his way into the apartment, looking around.

“So you going to tell me if you found Itachi or not?”

Sasuke sat on the couch, laying his sword on the floor at his feet.

“You were right, he was living just outside that village and he was blind…”

Sakura chewed on the apple thoughtfully, she noticed that he hadn't mentioned if he had killed his older brother but she decided to drop the subject; she didn't really care anyways.

Throwing away the remnants of the apple she walked into the bathroom and washed her face, enjoying the feel of the cool water on her hot skin. When she was finished she went back out into the living room where Sasuke still sat.

“Okay since you're going to be living her for the next three weeks we are going to have to make some rules. First you will sleep on the couch and I am sleeping in my bedroom. I'm a very light sleeper so if you try anything funny you will pay for it. You can go in any room in this apartment except for my room. Second I don't cook so if you are hungry cook something for yourself but I will not cook for you so don't expect anything. Third you will have to go with me everywhere so when I'm working in the hospital or on guard duties make sure to disguise yourself.”

Sasuke nodded his onyx eyes boring into her own. Feeling a little self-conscious before his emotionless eyes, she looked away and made her way to her room. It was still pretty early so she decided she was going to go train a little bit; she might as well not get lazy in the next three weeks. Plus she might have a training partner. Slipping out of her jounin uniform, she laid it on her bed and took out a loose black sleeveless shirt and slipped it over her head. She slipped out of her pants and put on some tight black shorts and re-wrapped her kunai pouch around her leg. After putting on her gloves she connected her other kunai pouch to the back of her shorts. Checking to make sure she had everything she walked out of her bedroom and back into the living room where Sasuke still sat nonchalantly on the couch.

“Come on, we're leaving,” She said not bothering to look back and see if Sasuke was following her. She walked out of her door and stepped back to let Sasuke walk past her. Locking the door, she turned and continued to walk down the hallway and out of the apartment complex.

“Where are we going?”

“I'm bored, so we are going to train.”

Sasuke frowned, he didn't want to train, he wanted to explore his old home. He wanted to see the Uchiha compound; he wanted to learn more about what Sakura had been doing all of these years. He stopped causing Sakura to stop and look back at him, clearly annoyed.

“What's wrong now?”

“Can we… look around Konoha instead? I have not been back for a while and…”

Sakura sighed she knew what he wanted and to be frank she didn't want to walk around Konoha with him. She knew that they would end up talking and she would end up sharing more about her life then she really wanted too.

“Okay… but disguise yourself,” She said changing directions and walking towards the abandon Uchiha compound. Sasuke used 'Henge' to disguise himself as a brown haired average looking male ninja. She nodded, satisfied with his disguise and continued on her way.

“Sakura, what happened to you? I know in the cave you told me that you had changed because you needed to, but why have you become so callous and uncaring…”

“Oh that's rich Sasuke! You know you really shouldn't be talking considering you are, and have always been, an uncaring bastard,” Sakura said grimacing at the bitterness that had snaked into her words.

“I do admit that when I was younger I was foolish… I did not trust anybody enough to open up and I regret that a lot, especially knowing that my actions have caused you so much…pain,” He ended awkwardly.

She could tell that he didn't feel comfortable talking about the way he felt and apologizing, but she felt the truth in his words through their binding link. Sakura sighed a little and then changed directions again. Sasuke looked puzzled for a minute but followed her without question. They ended up in a very familiar clearing and Sasuke leaned on one of the three poles that stood next to the grave marker. Sakura walked past him and stood before the familiar dark marker.

“There are so many names here that are familiar… too many names. Sasuke you have missed so much in these past years, I don't know how I will ever be able to accept you back into my life. I have so much resentment in me and so much hate that I feel like apart of me is drowning under all of it,” Sakura bowed her head in shame.

She didn't know why she was suddenly opening up to this man, the man that had caused her to feel all of this in the first place, but in a way she felt relieved and glad that she could finally tell someone her inner battle. Sakura traced her finger over the many names etched into the cool stone. She whispered a prayer and then turned around to find Sasuke's dark eyes studying her intensely.

“When you left, Naruto and I chased after you and I was in complete denial. I realize my grave mistake now that I look back. I should have realized that you had lost your entire family because of your older brother and it was understandable that you would want to take revenge and kill him. I should have figured out that you wouldn't have staid back for a silly schoolgirl infatuation. Che… love was something I knew nothing about at that time,” Sakura scowled, ashamed at her own childish stupidity. She cleared her throat and smoothed her sweaty palms on her black shorts.

She looked up when she had settled her nerves and was surprised to find that Sasuke had moved from his perch on the pole to only a hairsbreadth from her. She moved to take a hesitant step back, unnerved at the sudden closeness. She was prevented from moving though when Sasuke snaked a steely arm around her waist and pressed her fully against his hard chest. Sakura's eyes widened in shock and then narrowed dangerously. She was just about to unleash her legendary temper when Sasuke did something that rocked her to her soul.

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Authors note:

I know you guys are about to kill me but I just had to do it. So sorry! But yea you'll see exactly what Sasuke does in the next chapter but until then let me explain some of the things that have happened in this chapter. First about Sasuke and Sakura being bound together, well its something I really made up but I think that in that situation Naruto would probably entrust Sasuke with Sakura because he secretly doesn't want his old friend to be stuck in a dungeon and he also has another motive that will come up a little later. Also you'll find out a little later what Sasuke did to his brother and I must say it was rather cruel *laughs cruelly* Also if you guys are confused at Sakura's on and off emotions its because she is very confused about her feelings towards Sasuke being back and the fact that she is going to be stuck with him for three weeks in a way makes her happy which upsets her even more. She is trying to resist opening up to Sasuke but she can't help it that's why sometimes she is telling him her feelings but other times she is being sarcastic and bitchy. Also I know we really have not had much of Sasuke's point of view but don't worry I'll be adding that in more in the next couple of chapters. Well I hope you guys like this chapter even though it was not very eventful. It took me a while write this chapter I think I got some writers block but I worked my way through it. Well thanks again and PLEASE review I love hearing what you guys think! Also quick update I wont be updating this fic as much as I was because I'm starting college again and I wont have as much free time but I'll update as much as I can I'll try to update once every two weeks but I'm not promising anything.

Next Chapter:

Sasuke and Sakura share an intimate moment but what will be Naruto's reaction when he see's them? Also Sakura begins her preparation's to take the seal off of Sasuke.