This story will contain harsh lemons. Thank you.

Dedication to Ai.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of their characters they all belong to the creator Masashi Kishimoto

"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time"

-Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 3: Tango with me and you will regret the sex

Out of all the ironic things he could have said. Any sentence would have sufficed than the one that escaped his lips. It would have been a lot easier to have turned back and make a dash, but he had to finish what he started. Sighing he waited patiently for a response but slowly died away his steps. Put his hands into his pocket and awaited for her to give life to the silent night. And there he stood for some kind of acknowledgment.

Quiet…

…quiet

…

Silence was always at his side but for some reason it was not the same comforting silence he was accustomed to. It felt….threatening?

His insides were battling every emotion he hid but his face remained at its same stoic form. He closed his eyes for half a second to remember his former teammate. The girl and not the woman standing before him.

If he still knew his teammate she would have been at his side. Crying, like she had always done when they were Genin. But that was the problem, he stopped reading her when he turned his back and started his new journey. The pages were now blank and the name faded within the elapsed time. Dust growing and the bond he once held disintegrated.

Sakura was just another name and just another girl that was part of his past. Although, this girl was something more to him. The bond was different with her. Naruto was a friend but Sakura was what? No matter how many times he would contradict himself, that bond was still intact. By a thread, but nevertheless the bond still held its purpose.

Often times when he wasn't with Orochimaru, Sasuke would fall onto his bed and remember. Subconsciously, of course, but his mind would wander to his life in Konoha. So while he drifted to sleep his dreams would take him there once again, leaving him even more irritable in the morning. Avenger was his goal but what was his goal afterwards? That was another thought that would keep him awake at nights. Where would he go once his goal was achieved? After thoughts always led back to her smiling face and dreams gave him the pleasure he would never admit.

His stomach clenched at his foreign memories. Knitting his brow together to make out the blurry picture, he could see her. Smiling brightly as the light blush would tint her soft, pale skin. Taking dote to every step he would walk, like a fawn to its mother.

It was hard to ask that twelve year old girl to come back, when in all actuality she was never going to return.

Patience had always been his best aspect. It was only when she didn't say a word that bothered him.

Ate at him every chance it got, each minute passing and not knowing what her next move, thought, or word would come out. It was uncharacteristic of her to not smile at him, and not greet him with a pleasant "Sasuke-kun". A piece of him at that moment wished she would do that even now, just for the sake of hope.

Maybe she hadn't heard him-

"In order to enter this village, you have to take this road."

Silence broken.

Her voice always held some kind of comfort when they were younger.

It was after all her that was always there for him. Whether it was a small embrace or a feel of fingers entangled with his own, it was Sakura.

But this time it sounded hoarse as if she was crying and angry at something.

"What are you doing out here this late?"

His eyes watched as she carefully lifted herself from the bench. Eyes cast down to the floor he could not make out her reaction. He wanted to see those same green eyes that haunted him. Instead, a shadow of her hair covered her face so he focused on her hands.

Fists balled up and knuckles losing their color. Slowly opening and closing as if controlling something she would regret later.

"Why should it matter to you," Looking up at him she made out the image of the man she had grown to love and hate. Blurry and darkened but he was still the same Sasuke she remembered. She didn't know what she should do, report him and hold him down or run up to him. "Apparently the night you left, Sasuke, you cut away bonds with us… remember?"

Well since she put it that way…it sounded bastardized and a tad over sarcastic? Still she didn't really have to say it in such a mocking, ridiculed, sarcastic, Sasuke-I-hate-the-crap- out-of-you-go-die, tone. But in a way he felt the corner of his mouth lift up slightly.

Taking view of her face he was amazed. Even as she wiped away the tears from her face he found her even more beautiful. All traces of her youth gone but, still, her eyes stayed the same over the years.

A small memory flashed through his mind. It took place during the Chunin exam at the Forest of Death. Late at night when Naruto was asleep he stayed watch. Watching the fire slowly die away his eyes glanced at the sleeping girl next to him. She would always find a way to be closer to him, and at the time it annoyed him. Still, as the fire cast its shadow around her he saw tears fall down her cheeks, glistening with the slowly dimmed light. Her hair lightly brushing her small shoulders, and his guilt pulled him in. If there was anything worse, seeing Sakura cry was his silent weakness. Kneeling closer to her sleeping form he could hear her whisper his name. With a light smile his mind said hers, and with his thumb he wiped away her tears, thinking why she had grown her hair long in the first place.

Shaking his mind away from that thought he looked at the Sakura that stood before him.

"What do you know about bonds, Sakura?"

"I know you left us here in Konoha with nothing but your damn headband! Do you even know what Naruto and I went through? Did you even care?! Leaving us with nothing but memories; worrying about you constantly!"

Sasuke noticed the anger that emitted from her. The way her eyebrows would draw close together, while the breathe she took would become uneven. Things hardly changed and for some reason even after the years of absence…she stayed the same, only stronger.

"I know plenty about bonds. Don't you give me that crap, Sasuke. Naruto and I offered our help! Even Sai joined in, and for what?!"

Again he listened. Looked at her in the eyes and listened as she poured her heart out, again.

"Sakura," his voice louder than hers held its authority. She knew every time he would say her name it would make her stop in mid-sentence. "It's late go back to bed."

"…go to hell, Sasuke." But this time it would not work.

"Already was, Sakura," If she was going to give him sarcasm…"and still am, talking to you." He would just give it right back.

Glaring at him she pulled out a kunai.

"…so you want to make this difficult. Let's see what my years of absence did for you."

In all truth he would not go easy on her. It was not in his nature to argue with someone who wouldn't listen, but this excited him.

"Sakura-chan…stop it."

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-Tbc-

Author's LATE note:

IT'S A FILLER! \O3O/ its not my best, nor descriptive but…you can be the judge of that.

Okay, first of all. I HAVE SCHOOL!! –awaits people to complain about crappy chapter- Uhh I have learned a lot from Kishimoto! Lag on chapters. Hahahahaha….haha…ha? No? Not funny? Okay how about…yea I got nothing.

Truths! I have been busy with school, I know what direction I want with this story I just want to know what some of your opinions are. What do you want out of the next chapter…besides knowing if Sakura said yes or no? Well it is called 'You're invited' for a reason. Excuse the grammatical errors I'm too lazy to actually fix this chapter and go back. I'll do it next time! I understand if I get flames from you…make sure they are kind but with a threat? I'm hoping this chapter makes sense and doesn't need to be re-worked; I have done enough of that already. I did without a beta again because practice never makes perfect :D

Next update will be at 40 reviews. After that expect one every other Thrus. Meaning NOT this Thurs but the next. You know…like Friday after next…with ice cube? Because they had Friday and next Friday, and and Friday after next! I've never watched those movies though. Hahahaha aaaannnnyyywwwwaaaaaayyyyyysssss before you see more of an A/N than a Fanfic…I appreciate your kind words. All my readers have really made me try harder and given me a lot of support. I write because of you and I write for Sasuke and Sakura.

Sorry my lovelies but school is a killer! I will try my best to make you happy though.

-Alicia Emilia

February 20, 2008

Soundtrack: Hollywood's not America by Ferras and These Hard Times by Matchbox Twenty.