Retribution

A/N: Hey guys hope you enjoy this one, SaiSaku love but saddly no lemmon ::sigh:: it jut diddn't feel right but soon I promise soon!!!

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Passive eyes followed the trajectory of the pen as it glided about the surface of the sheet of paper. It had started as a landscape and still somehow she had made her way on to it, as always only adding to the beauty of the drawing. Sai smiled as the last line to his drawing was added. He held it at arms length satisfied with his work he set the sketch pad down on the coffee table beside him. Today was a good day today he would see her again after a month of being away from her he would see Sakura’s beautiful face again.

He was not sure how it had happened but some how the woman had managed to get under his skin to become part of his very being and it was wrong. He should have never allowed him self to fall for her. She was not now nor would she ever be his. She, her heart and her child all belonged to Sasuke it was not right for him to feel the things he felt for her. But how could he help himself when every time he came home she was there waiting for him with a warm smile and a hot meal.

At first he had kept him self in check by reminding himself that she did these things for him but wished that it was Sasuke that she was doing them for, but after a while he had stopped trying to think coherently and let him self believe that it was all for him that she … that she too l-lo… that she felt something for him as well.

He loved to go with her places even if it was just the market place. Always using the excuse that the Uchiha’s might still have enemies and he did not want the child harmed, which was true, he had managed to have Sakura let him tag along when she needed to leave their home. Truth be told, however, he did it mainly just to be with her no one was really dumb enough to try something against them and especially against Sakura.

She allowed him to hold her hand as they walked and some times he even got away with draping his arm around her shoulders. One time they had been sitting on a bench in the park by their house she had let him touch her belly. He had crouched before her and talked to the baby inside. This had earned him two weeks of taunting from Naruto but it had been worth it the look on Sakura’s face when she realized that the would treat her child as respectfully and lovingly as he did her in public had almost made her cry.

The problem was at home though she was warm and affectionate but some how she managed to still be distant. She hardly ever disagreed on much and avoided any conversation that lasted more than five minutes.

Sai had left her in charge of arranging and decorating their new home when they had first moved in, not two weeks after their wedding, and was unpleasantly shocked to find she had arranged for him to have his own room. She had gone on to say that when the child got older that they would buy individual beds and would then sleep in the same room, but since that time was a ways off she saw no need for either of them to be in an uncomfortable situation.

He didn’t know what he was going to do, the situation he had gotten him self into it was almost enough to make him want to pull his hair out and if he were a lesser man he would be bald by now. He stared at the Uchiha crest that was embroidered into the cuff of his long sleeve. He had hoped to save the child … Sasuke’s child from a life time of ridicule when he had decided to marry Sakura, but had told him self that he would step aside the moment that Sasuke returned … now that he thought about it … it had been a stupid idea .

How in the world had he thought that, a husband swap would be any better than Sakura’s child being born a bastard?(1) And suppose it was ok … would he, now that he felt this way… would he give up his wife without a fight? This time Sai did reach up and tugged at his hair as a frustrated growl escaped his throat.

Just what the hell was he thinking …. He had betrayed his brother and he was betraying Sakura’s trust. No these feelings… what ever they were needed to stop they needed to die. He would indulge no more it was high time for a large dose of reality Sakura would never be his.

A loud knock at the door almost made him jump.

“ We head out in five” Naruto called in a formal commanding voice. Neji must have been with him ever since the Jinchuuriki had married the heiress to the Hyuuga throne one month ago, he had acted more mature and collected when any Hyuuga’s were around so as not to embarrass his wife. Not too long after he had the blonde barked out his command when Sai heard a loud smack and the blond begin to protest. The muffled argument still made it to Sais ears.

“The hell was that for”

“For you to stop acting like that Hinata already told you to knock it off” came Neji’s soft reply before he began to move down the hall no doubt leaving a dumbfounded Naruto at his door. He rolled his eyes as he moved to collect his belongings. The last thing he picked up was the sketch pad that he had left at the coffee table. He idly flipped though the pages, thinking one day his drawings would be all he had left of Sakura, then that too went into his sack before he and the rest of the platoon headed home to Konoha.


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Sakura woke that morning with a slight sense of dread. Out side the sun still had yet to rise but she was already running late. Sai was due back home today from a month long mission , that however was not why she dreaded today no. She actually welcomed the prospect of watching him lounge about the house sketch pad in hand. Absentmindedly she reached down to rub the growing bump on her stomach.

A happy smile spread across her features as she recalled the night that she and Sai made the announcement. Obviously they had to divulge that Sakura had already been pregnant at the time of the wedding at the time of the wedding but at least now all the cards… well most of the cards were on the table. However this had caused her mother to pass out and Naruto had to restrain her father to keep him from trying to injure Sai. Ino had been ecstatic while Hinata had just smiled pleasantly and congratulated them, Sakura was convinced that Hinata had known since long before because of her biakugan but had never questioned her on the matter. The boys had dragged Sai off and had tortured him a bit with their puns and lewd remarks.

She had been removed from active duty the moment Tusnade had found out and placed, to her displeasure, behind a nice comfy desk at the Konoha hospital and of course Tsunade had made her self Sakura’s doctor.

Word of the new Uchiha heir had traveled quite fast and in no time the whole village knew. A frustrated sigh escaped her lips as she ran her fingers though the tangled mess that was her hair.

“Alright you get off your ass and act like a damn kunoichi” the volume was in her voice but still it did nothing to persuade her body to follow the order. There was just no two ways about it she hated to go to the market place alone but Ino and Tenten were both out on a mission and Hinnata was more than likely busy learning all she needed to from her father to one day lead the Hugga’s besides she had people to do those kinds of things for her.

Maybe she should have taken Sai up on the offer of getting themselves a house maid. No that would never do at least not now Sai always came home tired and needed his rest he did not need to come home and act for who ever they hired, because she knew that he would have to put on the same show he did when he was forced to go with her on her menial tasks about the village. Besides she had made her self a promise that she would do everything she could let him lead as normal a life as possible and people talked and they would especially of the Uchiha’s.

She shivered it was weird thinking of her self as an Uchiha but she was just as she always dreamed she would be but not because she had married Sasuke. She bit her lower lip in anticipation of the surge of emotions that would rake her body, she was surprised when it didn’t come. She must have been getting used to the idea that he had never really cared for her and would not be coming back any time soon.

The sun was slowly starting to rise in the horizon that meant that she had diddle doodled long enough it was time to get to work there was a lot to do and now thanks to her procrastination there was little time to do it.

One hour and a half later she was walking out the door of her house to the market place. A smile placed firmly on her face. She, if she said so her self, had turned out to be a damn good wife even though she had cleaned the whole house it had only taken her a fraction of the amount of time she had anticipated. She assured her self it was because she stayed on top of things and never let anything stay dirty too long she was a meticulous cleaner and that made her proud of her self.

She took in her surroundings before she actually started walking, she loved the location of their home. A small park/garden lay majestically just outside their door putting less than a block’s wroth of distance between them and the Konoha hospital, the ninja academy was two blocks in one direction and in the other direction less than one from the best market place in all of Konoha. How Sai had managed to get such an amassing location was beyond her but she did not doubt that his last name helped him in his purchase of the two story home.

He had told her that he was going to have the old Uchiha compound fixed and that once it was done then they could occupy one of the homes closer to the main gate. But she knew that neither were eager to do such a thing. They liked their home well at least she thought that Sai like the home as well he always seemed so comfortable and lately he had seemed happy … or at least she thought that calm peaceful look on his face meant that he was happy, when he came home. Or maybe … he was just happy to see her. She stomped on the thought the moment it came into existence. She thought that she was done thinking silly little things like that. If she was unable to get Sasuke to love her she had a snowballs chance in hell of getting any where with Sai. There was no use in entertaining such childish thoughts so she never allowed her self to.

Before her thoughts crept up on her she began to walk briskly towards the market place her shopping basket hanging from her arm

The walk to the market place was uneventful the old bats of the market place were begging to resign themselves to the fact that Sai Uchiha had already chosen his wife and that she would soon be bearing his child. At first they had all been vicious towards her. The firs time she had set foot in the market place by her self the pointing of fingers and whispering had eventually made leave the place with out any of her intended purchases.

Things were different now though since she had made a stand for her self but still some whispers still followed her but she supposed she couldn’t shut every one up the hard way, she would end up in jail. Sakura was a picky shopper and she liked to compare quality and prices so an hour into her shopping the whispers caught up with her.

“ Yea that’s her …” the first ones voice was sickly sweet it made Sakura’s eye’s roll

“ No mistaking that ugly pink hair is there?” this voice was raspy like the woman had a cold

“Or that large forehead” the two behind her bust out in a fit of laughter. Sakura did not like where this was going they could end up hurt she quickened her pace, they followed suit.

“Well all the team members of Team Kakashi are hot Takara … could you blame her ?”

“They are hot aren’t they … save for that one”

Sakura let out an exasperated breath. These girls were only getting louder and people were starting to stare as she rushed by.

“I wonder who the father really is?” this comment from the Takara girl almost made Sakura stop dead in her tracks almost.

“Takara” her friend gasped “no wait what ..” at that moment Sakura felt who she assumed was Takara push unnecessarily past her knocking her basket almost off from its spot on her arm but successfully making her stumble forward. And that was it Sakura was pissed and this girl was going to get hurt.

Before the girl known as Takara made a clean getaway she turned to give Sakura a smirk of superiority. That was her first mistake, Sakura’s lightning fast reflexes (she hadn’t spared with Naruto for nothing) reacted and she caught the cocky little bitch’s throat with one hand raised her slightly off the ground and then slammed her back down flat against her back in a way she considered to be gentle, still the she saw as the wind was knocked out of the girl (ok maybe sparing with Naruto had made her under estimate her own power).

Calmly she set her basket on the floor and moved her attention to the young kunoichi. No wonder she thought that Sakura would take her abuse lying down. Still she was not that young so maybe she just thought very highly of her self … or very poorly of Sakura either way it didn’t matter Sakura was going to teachher a lesson right here and now with all the spectators that had gathered when they herd the girls body collide with the ground.

She gave the girl a once over, as she held her down with a foot to the girls neck, she was not ugly not at all some might even say that she was pretty. Short sandy blond hair and baby blue eyes but not anything special when compared to Naruto.

“ Now, now I know that was no accident gaki. You best lean some manners and real quick by your comments a little while a go with your little friend” at this she turned her gaze at the other girl who immediately raised her arms defensively as she took a few steps back. Sakura chuckled when she felt Takara try to push her off. And returned her gaze to her “ you know who I am so why are you so foolish as to think that you could disrespect me so?”

The young one just glare up at her from her position on the floor both her hands pushed with all their might against Sakura’s foot that was her second mistake thinking she could free her self from Sakura’s hold. She saw as Sakura pulled her fist back and prepared to strike.

“Incase you don’t know who I am…My name is Sakura Haruno wife of Sai Uchiha apprentice of Tsunade and teammate of The Usumaki Naruto I am not still alive because I am weak believe me you are no mach for me never ever forget that”

Takara saw as Sakura’s fist flying towards her, she screwed her eyes shut and awaited the pain.


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She was almost done with dinner and still she was fuming. That bitch…how,… how dare she the nerve. Thanks to her she had to spend the whole afternoon with the lovely people of the ANBU until Tsunade had come to rescue her letting them know that Takara had in fact only passed out. Che she hadn’t even touched her not really she had punched the floor beside her head, a sadistic smirk played on her lips when she remembered the look the girl had given her. That would teach her for messing with Sakura Haru- … Uchiha.

Ugh now after her good start she was running late and she was rushing. Her knife moved at a furious pace on the chopping board as it sliced though the carrots that she was to add to her soup.

“Stupid stupid girl … I swear to Kami.. I swear ..” she went on ranting In her head as she did her work.

Once said carrots were of an acceptable size she took them to the sink rinsed them once more for good measure and then dumped them into the pot she had boiling on the stove. She bent her knees slightly to examine the flame and lowered it to her likening.

She glanced over her shoulder at the wall clock. Rarely was Sai ever late and so she had less than thirty minutes to make her self presentable she stirred the pot once before placing the lid back on it and heading up stairs to shower. Her showered didn’t last 10 minutes she was in a hurry because she did not want her soup to get ruined. She dresses hastily and began on her hair she had not cut it in so long it was becoming an issue she could do nothing with it, it reached the small of her back but old wives tales that her mother insisted were true had kept her from going to get that mess chopped off. With a sigh she did the only thing she could do with it she braided it.

A smile speed on her lips when she felt his chakra nearing the house. Slowly she exited her bedroom and descend the stair case making for the door to great him. She was slipping on her sandals when a chakra and voice familiar form earlier today made her stop dead in her tracks just behind the closed door . Slowly she lowered her chakra just enough to conceal she was listening in on the conversation on the other side of the wooden door .

“Well any ways we were… well I was hoping.. You know that maybe you could join us” the female voice was sickly sweet and immediately made the hairs on he back of Sakura’s neck stand on end. To say she was pissed was un understatement, had that girl learned nothing. She was as persistent as a mosquito. She took a deep beath to control her self and continued listeing in waiting for the response Sai had yet to give.

“ …. I’m sorry Takara I just made it home and I would like to spend time with my wife”

Sakura’s eyes widened and she had to slap a hand over her mouth to keep her from gasping out loud at the answer. Approaching foot steps brought her out of her daze.

“… Uchiha sama …” Sakura felt her self snarling as she heard the seductive tone in her voice. “ It would just be for a couple of hours at most I’m sure that your wife would not mind …” here her tone changed as a short dark chuckle escaped he throat . “ she needs her rest after all …how far along is she again?”

“….”

Sakura could practicaly hear her smirking.

“ well any way her due date is only getting closer yes?”

That was it she could not take it any more this girl she was trying to seduce HER HUSBAND in front of the mother fucking door of her morther fucking home. She schooled her features in to a look of happiness. She grabbed the door handle and pulled it as gently as her temper allowd her to. Startling the two on the other side. Decideing to ignore the questioning looks she forced her self to smile blissfuly when her eyes met Sai’s.

“Sai Love !!” She practicaly sqeealed as she threw her self into his arms. He instinctively caught her and returnd the embrace. Slyly she wedged her self between him and the sandy hair kunoichi as if not even noticing her she reached up and delivered a chaste kiss to Sai’s pale lips only to be surprised when he refused to let her back away his arms were securely wrapped around her both his palms pressig her as close to him as possible.

The kiss taking on a life of its own and harly appropriate for publick display the two were lost in each others arms. Surrendering to the feelings they both had denied for too long. It was magical like the day they had married, just indulging in this one kiss delivered a euphoric high that neither had ever experienced.

When finaly the need for air became to much the two pulled reluctantly from each other. Inhaleing noisily they tuched forheads as smiles and deep blushes played on their faces. A small cough made them realize there was some one still behind Sakura watching the little show they had just put on.

Both turened their annoyed glares on the young blushing kunoichi. Sakura’s face darkened when the girl dared look her in the eye.

“huh…oh ah Saku...this is..”

“ oh I know who she is …” she turned to face Takara settling her back against Sais chest. She did nothing to hide the smug smirk that graced her features when Sai rested his chin on her shoulder and his arms reached around her to rub her tummy.

“Oh?”

“Yes she introduced her self to me this morning at the marketplace…. Told me about the gathering your squad was having later to day … asked if we would attend … but love…” she turned in his arms to face him then wrapped her own around his neck. “I would rather stay home.. You know… we have… catching up to do” she added raising her delicate eyebrows suggestively.

Sai stared into her eyes for a second then loocked over her head at Takara. “Mrs. Uchiha Sama has spoken .. She wishes to day home and I’m not one to deny her. Sorry perhaps another time” he ended in a dismissing tone. Sakura didn’t even bother turning to look at the blonde instead she leaned her head against Sais chest.

Together they turned twards their opened door and stepped in . Sakura stoped a step later and motioned for Sai to go on in. He leaned down and kissed her forhead lovingly and went on. When she turned to close the door she wasn’t surprised to see Takara glaring daggers at her and more than anything it amused her to no end.

“ Gaki …” she started in an amused/ fake caring tone and smirked when the girl began to shake “ I wonder what my husband would say if I told him of our little scuffle and the threat that you posed for our child” she smiled triumphantly “I did tell you not to forget who I am did i not? … the next time you even think about trying to seduce my husband remember this … I can crush your bones to dust and heal you before you can even begin to scream in agony …” she opend her mouth to go on but the pale look that had taken over the younger girl told her she had more than made her point so intead she just closed lips and smiled as Sai normaly did.

“ Saku is everything ok” Sais voice called in from most likely the kitchen

“ yes love …just saying goodbye to Takara Chan here” she called over her shoulder she turned to the girl that might have considered her self her rival smile firmly in place and closed the door unceremoniously in the young ninjas face

Still smiling she made for the kitchen as if she were walking on clouds she could still feel his lips on hers and couldn’t wouldn’t deny that she wanted them there again.

“Sakura” Sai’s monotne voice almost made her jump ash she turned when he called from the living room she had just passed. Lost in her musings she had not noticed him sitting on his favorite chair in the darkend room .

She swallowed hard when she took in his apperance his demeanor had darkened and he looked positively scary … a true Uchiha. His left arm lay lazily nest to him on the armrest while the other bent at the elbow raised up so that his fingers could play on his lips while his thumb drew circles on his delicate chin. His leg were crossed the right on the left his susspened foot bounching at an insane rate.

Hesitantly she answered his call “ Sai?”

He only continued to glare … were was the Sai of seconds ago “ What the hell was that?” he gestured towards the door with his head. Shit he was mad … wait … Sai go mad? what? She felt heat rise to her checks at his demand for an answer.

“ Just playing the part koishii” she almost smirked at the look he gave her when she answred the same way that he had at their wedding. The only thing that kept her from displaying said smirk was that she suddenly found herself pinned to the wall behind her. Her eyes widened she haden’t even felt the her self move until she felt her arms pinned at the writs above her head to the wall behind her. She gulped when Sai’s face moved in dangerously close.

“Don’t fuck with me Sakura what the hell was that about?!” his voice almost raised at the end but he caught it. He just couldn’t loose it in front of her, No that simply would not due .. He couldn’t let her act like that … no she just couldn’t go arround greeting him like that … kissing him like that teasing him like that.

Sakura began to shake under his scrutinizing glare and she could not stop the tears that overflowed from her eyes. “I don’t know OK !!” she did nothing to hide the emotion in her voice “I … just … and then … And… you’re the one that kissed me like that !!”

Sai almost stepped back as her retort caught him off guard. “ … Well what was I supposed to do push you away after you threw your slef at me?!” he pressed her wrists harder against the wall. He knew well hat she could swat him away like a fly if she so desired, but she hadn’t … why ? This peeeked his intrest.

“ well… “ Sakura gulped “what the hell were you doing flirting right outside the door ?!”

Sai almost laughed… almost “ I did nothing of the sort!!”

“ DID SO !!”

AH!! It was worse than dealing with a child… Kami what had he gotten himself into he sighed “ look if I had which I didn’t what’s it to you … Its not like you can fufill my needs and I do have them you know I am human !” Was he starting to her mad? He almost cocked his head to the side to ponder on this thought but her answerer stoped him from doing anything of the sort.

Sakura‘s mouth dropped open … she had never really ever thought of Sai wanting physical attention let alone need it. As far as she knew he was a vergin not that it was a problem that he was not, she wasn’t but still that thought of him being in any one elses arms made her blood boil “I’M YOUR FUCKING WIFE !!”

“ BUT YOUR NOT MY WOMAN… YOU BELONG TO HIM !!” Shit he had lost it and now tears threatened to spill from his eyes as he recognized the jealousy he felt for his brother. “ YOU’LL ALLWAYS BE HIS! ALLWAYS! … EVEN IF I HAD YOUR BODY … I WOULD NEVER….” he let go of her as if she was fire when he felt the sigle tear that had escaped his eyes roll down his cheek. He wiped the tear mercilessly denying its existence.

Sakura watched on in awe not even sure of what to do only the tears continued “… you … you l-l-lov”

“STOP, LEAVE ME BE WHAT ELSE CAN YOU TAKE FROM ME!!” turned from her no doubt more tears were now flowing from his eyes. Without thinking she threw are arms around him holding him her eyes shut tight as she buried her face into his back.

“ I-I..” I love you she finished in her thoughts her eyes snapping wide opened .. When had this happened when had she betrayed the love she felt for Sasuke… “Kami sama ….” she gasped “…this was not … we were not supposed to …”

Sai just quietly bowed his head he wasn’t listeing it was hell feeling like this… but it was the first time he was feeling this ..and he almost welcomed the emotions that rained down on him never had he felt more human than at this moment, when she realized what he…Wait what? We? …had she …

“Sai… On …I …” She stopped to sniffle. The words she wanted to say were the hardest she had ever had to say not because she felt she was betraying Sasuke but beause that love sick girl was who she had been for so long. It felt like a betrayal of her self, but that was not really her … this was her the person she had allowed her self to be since with Sai’s help had got to her feet after she had fallen to her own silly disiers the one that walked with her head held high and so the courage she needed to say the words came to her.

She took in a deep breath and spoke steadly “ My body ... Mind and soul are yours Sai …I-I’m only s-sorry it took me s-so long to realize … w-who knows … I-I” she was cut off when he turned in her arms and returned her embrace. “ I LOVE YOU” she scrammed into his chest half sobbing.

He rested his head atop hers as his silent tears flowed down his now pink tinted face she love him, HIM he was not just a replacement he was who she wanted “ I love you to Saku…”


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1.) this does not mean that Sai hates or resents the child that's just what a fatherless child is called ... i think any who yea