It has been a while since I up-dated, which I apologize for greatly.

But, think of this a gift for the end of exams for those doing or finishing exams,

or think of it as a New Years gift ! :P

I recommend listening to Whiskey Lullaby the beginning of this chapter by Brad Paisley Feat. Alison Krauss. It works somehow.

And the song in this chapter is Angel by Jack Johnson, i recommend listening to it at the point where it comes in this chapter.

Haha, and if you care at all for my advice I also advise listening to What I should have learned in study hall by Ice Nine Kills after Angel by Jack Johnson. And maybe even My Heroine (acoustic version) By Silverstein at the end of the chapter. That would be advise to feel the true aspects of the words.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or the song in this chapter.

The curtain separating Sasuke's side of the room with Sakura's had been removed allowing him free access to gaze at her when no one was watching him, courtesy of Tsunade. His body hurt, but that was accepted after everything. Orochimaru and Kabuto all gone, took merely seconds after years. How was that possible ?

Everytime Sasuke had some sort of pain after everything that happened he would turn his head and look at Sakura, she took the pain away. She always had. Thankyou... he remembered when he left her, he said thankyou. And he meant it, for everything, for love, for hate, for tears, everything. People may have judged him, and when this story is told in the future there will be people who will say "What a horrible man, how could he have said 'thankyou', after she said 'i love you.' ?"

But truthfully, thankyou was the right answer.

If he had said "I love you" she would have been left wondering for years why he left her if he loved her; But 'Thankyou', that was real and she wouldn't have to wonder. If no one else understood, she would. She knew what it meant.

He let out a deep breath, his lungs needed to be continously re-freshed, he needed to be breathe the air she breathed. He glanced over at her again... she would wake up. This was something that he knew.

He glanced up as Naruto peered into the room, and tiptoed up to Sasuke's bed. Pretending to be a sleuth. Badly.

"What's going on Dobe ?" Sasuke questioned.

"I'm going to push yours and Sakura's beds together, cuz i am aware that you want to be closer to her." He stated professionally. "Ok, so don't move."

Sasuke looked at him, "I ovbiously can't move Dobe..."

Naruto nodded and continued to try to push the heavy metal bed next to Sakura's with no success. "I don't know why I can't push it... " He scratched the back of his head and looked around the room for some sort of help.

Hinata peared around the door just in his time of need, "Ummm, N-naruto-kun, it has no wheels." She suggested timidly. She watched shocked at Naruto ran over and put both his hands on both sides of her face and gave her a kiss. Sasuke thought she was going to faint, and suppressed a chuckle but then looked over to Sakura and began to smile silently again.

Naruto, still holding Hinata's head between his hands yelled, "HINATA, you're a genius!!" She blushed and Naruto ran over to the bed with Hinata running to the other side and they lifted the bed, carrying it to Sakura's side.

When they were content with the job well done they both left together. Who knew that you could bring two people together, by moving two beds together ? He reached over into Sakura's bed and held her hand, stroking it softly.

He had heard someone say once that you should talk to people when their in acoma because they can here your voice. Ao he began to talk...

"Hi Sakura, you know its been a while, do you know my voice? It's deeper than it used to be... but age does that to a person. You know I'm so sorry this happened to you, I'm so sorry, I killed him though you know ? I killed Orochimaru, because he hurt you. But Konoha won the war, and I came back home. I don't plan on leaving, never ever again, never ever again...." His gruff voice continued un-stopped into the darkest parts of the night. Tsunade and Kakashi were going to give them check-ups, but stopped as soon as they saw him talking to her. Telling her everything and anything about everything and anything. This sight itself was enough to break and old woman's heart.

Tsunade sat outside the room crying into her hands, and Kakashi sat beside rubbing her shoulder un-sure of what to do himself seeing Sasuke there like that made him think of Rin; and made Tsunade think of Dan.

But thinking of two different people they both sat with each other.

Sasuke did not know people were so shocked by the scene, people every hour had stopped in front of their hospital room and started crying. "Sakura, I'm here, you can open your eyes you know. Sakura, I'm here, Sakura honey, come home. Come home. It's alright, your a hero, come home, home is here."

He stroked her pretty face memorizing her face with her hands, who knew how long he'd been there. Sasuke's voice was vulnerable at that point, so gruff and so delicate. Like a man who looked tough but cried often. "I'm going to sing you a lullaby Sakura, I'm going to sing you a lullaby... I've got an angel, she doesn't where any wings,she wears a heart that can melt my own, she wears a smile that can make me want to sing..." He smiled at his bad voice, but continued to sing to her out of tune, "She gives me presents with her presence alone, she gives me kisses on the lips just for coming home..."

Almost every worker, resident, or visiter had gathered outside their room. Tears fell un-aware to him out of Kakashi's eyes even. If she didn't wake up.... no... he wouldn't think that. Ino broke out into tremerous sobs and Shikamaru was holding her so tight, and he was so afraid she would crumbled to bits right there.

Sasuke's low voice continued, "She could make angels, I've seen it with my own eyes, you've gotta be careful, when you've got good love. Cause the angels will just keep on multiplying." Sasuke refused to cry, he was a man. He held her soft hands up to his cheek and almost gasped at how how well it fit his face, "but you're so busy changing the world , just one smile can change all mine."

His singing was getting worse and the time between lines were getting longer, it was becoming harder not to let a few tears out. "We share the same soul, ohoh, we share the same soul, ohohoh, we share the same soul... umm, we share the same soul... " He ended the song on a note that was so atrocious and so beautiful at the same time it was almost impossible.

He looked up only then aware of the people watching and listening, and crying. Everyone, including people he didn't know. There was a dog or two, despite the fact animals were not allowed in the hospital and even the animals looked a little bit like they understood.

Sasuke looked back at Sakura ignoring all of them. Tenten watched and her tom-boy shell shattered around her in pieces as she dove into Neji's chest. Combing her fingers through his hair, that could have been Neji laying on the bed, she looked around it could have been anyone of her close friends.

Shino's arms folded across his chest, and Naruto looked up from Hinata's hug. Was Shino so stoic he couldn't care even a little bit ? His eyes were covered with his glasses and and hood and collar covered his face, but his silence made it obvious to Naruto at least that he didn't care. He was taken aback then when Shino removed his glasses and wiped away small crystal tears falling from his eyes.

Everyone watched Sasuke whisper sweet nothings into her ear for hours un-able to turn away. "Sakura, everyone is waiting for you, everyone is waiting for you... i love you...I never told you but I do.... I do so much..."

Anko walked by the crowd of people un-aware of what was going on, and all too quickly as soon as she figured out tears poured covering her face with the black mascara that had lined her eyes beautifully only shortly before. She fell to the floor and her knees made a shattering impact on the polished floors. Jiraiya took Kakashi's place comforting Tsunade and Jiraiya wrapped Tsunade in his arms too comfortably to be friendly and crossed the border into romantic. Oddly enough, she let him.

Kakashi crossed hesitantly over to Anko's crumpled figure on the floor.

"I- just, h-he...." Anko sobbed out, Kakashi placed his finger on her lips and wrapped his other arm around her quickly and tightly.

"Shh... I know...Anko... I know..." He removed his mask and kissed the tears away,

Sasuke continued to memorize Sakura's features finally aware that one by one, by him finally showing he was in love with Sakura he was letting everyone else in Konoha open up their secrets. Sasuke traced the lines of Sakura's lips, and he whispered, "Ohh, your an angel, look what you've done for everyone. You can't go just yet honey, not yet.. not y-yet..."

An Elder from the Konoha council pushed her way through the mess of people crying and hugging, "WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS !?" She screamed.

Jiraiya helped Tsunade up, "It's Sasuke and Sakura." Tsunade stated strongly.

The elder put her hands on her hips and watched stoically as Sasuke Uchiha cried. "There are a lot of injured ninjas, and not enough nurses I have decided that we need to move Sakura to the hospital in the sand. At this point they are much more equipped to help her then we are."

Tsunade turned hesitantly around to see Sasuke kissing Sakura's hand again and again, "I understand..." She replied quietly.

"Good, Sakura will be returning to Konoha once she recovers. If she recovers. But it will take a while, weeks, maybe even months." A click of her fingers and ANBU members rushed quickly un-hooking and hooking her up to to different machines, moving her oh so delicately but quickly onto a movable hospital bed.

Sasuke reached out watching her silently be taken away. "NOOOOOO!" He screamed struggling against the restraints of another ANBU, angry screams filled the room. Electricity filled his hand and the crowd screamed, he was going to try to kill the ANBU.

Just as Naruto and Kakashi were about to run in to stop Sasuke they heard someone scream, "STOP!" The ANBU, continued to take Sakura away but that could not be stopped.

Itachi Uchiha of all people walked into the clearing but no one knew what to do. Kill him ? Even the elder seemed a little confused. "I thought I killed you..." Sasuke spat.

"No, you didn't." Was all he said.

The ANBU loosened his grip on Sasuke as Itachi came and grabbed his arms. Everyone watched silently, un-sure of what just happened.

"I thought you were dead." Sasuke whispered.

"I merely faked it." Itachi stated calmly, "Look little brother, I've been watching you ever since you tried to kill me. I saw you fight. I saw you cry with her in your arms. I even saw you sing to her. Touching almost to an old criminals heart."

"Your cried." Sasuke pointed out the moisture in his brothers eyes.

Itachi looked off with far off eyes, "Merely the wind little brother..."

"What do you want... ?" Sasuke asked confused.

"Sakura, the girl you love, she is going to go to Sand, and they are going to make her better, ok?" Itachi spoke like he was speaking to a baby and he felt Sasuke's anger fade, "It may be weeks or months but she'll come back you know, and you'll be here. Let her go little brother, let her go." Sasuke nodded amazed at why he let his brother talk him out of his anger. His brother was the reason he had always been angry... yet somehow he wasn't angry anymore. He needed no revenge, he only needed Sakura.

"Take me away sir." Itachi said bored to the ANBU, and the ANBU did take him away.

Naruto and Kakashi ran to Sasuke's side, "What's going to happen to him?" Sasuke asked confused.

"Probably kill him... I'm sorry Sasuke." Kakashi stated quietly, Sasuke just stared off confused like a child un-knowing of why he was being yelled at.

Sasuke looked out the window and saw Sakura being taken away, but she'd come back. He knew, and she would see him and forgive him, he knew. After every story anyone ever told about him and Sakura this wasn't exactly the ending they had told... but then again this wasn't the ending.

It was only the beginning. He looked at her in the distance, he didn't remember the last time he felt so in love with someone. In fact he never had felt that before, but Sakura made him feel.

He loved her.

Sasuke looked at the sun still shining somehow in the sky, he closed his eyes to dream of a pink haired girls pirouettes, and he knew it would not be the last time...

because he had One More Chance.

THE END.

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