Heart of Ice
Chapter One
Pairing: Sasu/Saku
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, nor the characters, no matter how much I want to!

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Sasuke Uchiha was the object of every girls fantasy- tall, muscular, and completely, drop-dead sexy. All the girls loved to watch him just walk by because he carried himself with such control and he had this…power…always coming from him. Wherever he went, at least half of the girls were there, and that included Sakura. Most of the time they had to keep the drool in their mouth whenever he so much as looked at him.

Sakura, ever since she remembered, had had a crush on Sasuke. She had gotten teased by the kids in her class, gotten into a fight with her best friend, and eventually even the man himself had scorned her. Now, at age 19, it was no different. He had just gotten back, and he still had the power to rob her of her breath.

She watched him walk down the street, wishing on some star in the sky, that one day, one day very soon, he'd be hers. Hers and only hers.

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Why am I here? Sasuke wondered as he walked through the streets of the village. Because you need a wife. He had finally killed Itachi, and broken free of Orochimaru, and was now under the pressure of restoring his clan. And in order to do that, I need to find a wife and have her bear me lots of sons. He thought back over the time he had known a lot of the people around her, and tried to recall some of the girls. There's Hinata, Ino, Temari, TenTen, and Sakura. He kept on walking through the streets. He spotted a very pretty girl with waist-length pink hair. Sakura! He kept on walking, not even bothering to say hi or anything at all. He went over to the apartment he remembered Naruto staying at, but was surprised when a very large Hinata opened the door with a little girl attached to her leg. "Is Naruto here still, Hinata?"

"Sasuke? Is that you?" Hinata asked, clearly surprised.

"Yes. Is Naruto around?" he asked, not wanting to waist time.

"Is that Sasuke I hear, Hinata?" Naruto called. When he got to the door, the little girl said, "Daddy!" and Naruto bent down to pick her up.

"Yes. Are you two finally married?" he asked.

"Why don't you come in and I will fill you in on what's happened since you've left." Naruto said, motioning Sasuke inside.

"Okay." Sasuke followed him inside, shocked to see two other kids inside.

Naruto chuckled. "Those are the twins. Two little girls."

"Don't you have any boys?" Sasuke asked.

"Nope. Not yet. Hinata's due any week, though."

"Doesn't that bother you?" Sasuke wondered.

"Nope. I love my three little girls." Naruto set his oldest daughter down. "Go help Mommy." She ran off and Naruto turned to Sasuke. "Shikamaru's the new Hokage, and him and Temari got married around three years ago. They have two kids, both are little girls. Ino married a man from a different village right after you left, and the last I heard was that she has five kids. Three boys and two girls."

"Wait a minute. Why didn't her and Choji get married?" Sasuke asked, very shocked.

"Because they got into an argument and separated. Choji, too, moved to another village, and he currently has two sons. I am pretty sure that the last I heard, Ino's husband died on an assignment, and Choji's wife died along with their baby girl during childbirth. When Choji hear, he said that he wanted to make things right with her because he never stopped loving her. So, him and his two sons might be traveling somewhere soon to go find the true love of his life."

Ugh! All this mushy stuff is making me sick! "What happened to everyone else?" he asked, trying to keep his voice level.

"Well, TenTen and Lee married each other about six years ago, and they have four boys and five girls. Two sets of triplets, and the others were born one at a time." Naruto took a deep breath before he continued. "Unfortunately, Lee died a couple days ago in a fight that involved four drunk men, and he got caught in the middle of it." Naruto stopped, wondering how far he should go.

"Anything else?" Sasuke asked.

"Um…well, Sakura's…um…she's…being chased after by Neji because TenTen and him split up, so since Sakura's the only one who never married, he wants her. In a way he's always liked her."

"What? Why?" Sasuke asked. "I thought you said that everyone got married!"

"Neji's wife died during childbirth." Hinata said, bringing in drinks from the two of them.

"Interesting." Sasuke said. "Does he have any more kids?"

"No, he doesn't." Hinata replied, getting up to answer the cries of her two daughters.

As she left, Naruto asked, "Sasuke, why did you come back?"

"Because it's time for me to start the Uchiha clan again."

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"Sakura!" Neji called. "Put aside this foolishness. Marry me."

Not this again! Sakura thought. "No." How many more times do I have to tell him that?

"Why not? There's no one else to marry, and you're going to be an old maid before long!" Neji said.

"I don't care if you're the last person on earth! I don't love you, therefore I am not going to marry you!" Sakura said, annoyed that he still hasn't given up yet.

"You still love Uchiha, don't you?"

"So what if I do? Who are you to tell me who I should love? Or should not love?" she challenged.

"I-!" Neji stated, but another voice interrupted.

"I do believe that she doesn't want to marry you." came a deep voice.

Sasuke! Did he just here what I said? Sakura thought, blushing. What a great way to welcome him back! she thought dryly.

"Sasuke Uchiha. Never thought I'd see your face here again." Neji said, moving over to where Sakura was standing and put his arm around her waist.

"Neji! Release me this instant! You have no right to claim me!" Sakura said, not wanting to be touched by Neji. He released her, giving her a glare as he did.

"Fine! You'd be better off with me, Sakura! He's just going to use you! He'll never love you back, only hurt you more!" Neji cried out as he left. "I won't give up. Be ready, because I sure won't give up."

"You never had a chance," Sakura muttered under her breath. "Just stop while you're ahead."

"Sakura, will you marry me?" Sasuke asked, taking her hands in his.

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To Be Continued...
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NightBeast