Hey guys Slyvia here!

Okay, well I really, really shouldn't be starting a new story but...and a really bit BUT, since EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE is almost over, I wanted another SasuSaku story! So, here it is, it takes place seven years after Sasuke leaves and he comes back!

READ AND REVIEW tell me if i should continue!

"Do you want to know what's changed?" Naruto asked excitedly, walking next to his returned friend.

"Hn," Sasuke replied, looking between the two sides of the road at the shops. Some he recognized from his genin days and others he didn't. How long had he been gone? Three years, no, it was longer than that.

"Seven years," Naruto began, seeing Sasuke's pensive face, "seven years is a long time Sasuke."

"….Yeah," Sasuke nodded, watching in bitter amusement at the small family sitting down to eat in a nearby restaurant.

When he was younger, he wanted that. He wanted a family, somebody to love him and children to live on after him. That was his fantasy.

'I guess some things just aren't meant to happen,' Sasuke thought sadly as the Jonin father of the family sat down next to his pregnant wife.

They looked so happy, innocent of the ex traitor of Konoha walking down the street as if nothing had ever happened.

"Well, Kakashi sensei hasn't really changed," Naruto laughed, "he still reads his books and well, oh, you haven't really met them but, Yamato taichou, he's pretty cool and Sai….he's a bastard just like you and-"

"Do you ever come up for air?" Sasuke wondered, listening in annoyance to his friend.

"Why you!" Naruto growled, "I just thought you wanted to know what's different around here!"

"Hn," Sasuke shrugged as he walked past Naruto.

At least he hadn't been forced to come back to the village like so many thought would happen. No, he came back of his own free will, not dragged by Naruto, Kakashi, or Sakura.

Sakura.

He hadn't even seen her when he came back. Where was she?

"You're wondering about her huh?" Naruto quietly asked, watching Sasuke's travelling eyes wander between stores and kissing couples.

"…no."

They continued to walk past the main street of town and down to a row of cozy homes.

"Liar," Naruto sighed, "I….well, she's kind of-"

"Sakura! Sakura!" a voice shouted, from behind them. Sasuke turned around to see Naruto's sad and yet smiling face looking towards the ground. The masculine voice continued to call as a dark figure ran into one of the opened gates.

Sasuke twisted his head to look beyond Naruto and saw a dark raven haired shinobi standing in the front garden, panting and eyeing a woman standing on the houses' porch. He walked passed Naruto and saw the familiar shade of pink he had missed.

'Sakura,' he thought.

"Sakura!" the dark haired shinobi called.

"Sai!" Sakura shouted, turning around swiftly. She jumped down the steps of the porch and ran into Sai's open arms, smiling and laughing.

Sasuke's breath hitched, watching Sai lift Sakura and twirl her around in the air. The dark haired boy buried his face into her collar bone, brushing his nose over her skin.

"I missed you Sai!" Sakura exclaimed, wrapping her arms around his neck and pressing his body closer to hers. Sasuke watched Sai pull his face from Sakura's neck and crash his lips on hers.

His heart cringed at watching his former teamate. Sakura warmly accepted the kiss and smiled into Sai's mouth. The two stumbled backwards until Sai tripped. He fell back on the ground with Sakura on top of him.

Sasuke watched the two fall and narrowed his eyes when Sai's arms dragged lower on Sakura's back, circling and tightening their hold around her waist.

"Naruto….what-"

"Well, Sakura kind of….moved on," Naruto sheepishly replied, watching in contentment as the couple cuddled on the ground, oblivious to the eyes watching them.

"Moved…on?" Sasuke questioned.

He watched in slight sadness as Sakura and Sai broke their kiss. Sakura wrapped her arms around the ninja and buried her face into his neck. Sasuke continued to gaze at the two obvious lovers and longed to be the one in Sakura's embrace, the one to be kissed and loved once again by her.

"That's Sai," Naruto started, "our teamate and Sakura's ...husband."

"H-h-husband?" Sasuke stammered, ripping his eyes from the couple to Naruto's bright blue eyes.

He thought that maybe they were going out, dating, but, married? How could she be married?

"Yeah," Naruto gave a small laugh and continued, "Sasuke….they've….uh, they have a-"

"He missed you too Sai," Sakura's sweet voice broke through Naruto's awkward sentence as Sasuke turned back around to face the married couple.

"I want to see him," Sai smiled, letting Sakura rise from him and watching her run to the porch. The artist sat up on the ground and leaned back on his arms, watching his wife coo over a bassinet.

Sai's smile widened when she lifted a small bundle from the light sky blue bassinet and grinned over at him. Sasuke watched Sakura slowly descend the stairs and quickly walk over to Sai's position on the ground, softly smiling and looking down with love at the small bundle.

Sai excitedly took the child from his wife's arms and cradled the baby against his chest, craning his neck down to give his son a small kiss on the head. The boy's soft fine black hair tickled his face while his eyes scrunched closed. Sakura stood back and watched the ninja brush his nose against his son's face, gently embracing the child.

"She has a son Sasuke," Naruto cut in.

"A son?" Sasuke questioned. No, that couldn't be. He was only gone for….

'Seven years,' Sasuke's conscious finished for him, 'Seven years is a long time,' his thoughts echoed Naruto's first words.

He still couldn't believe it. Sakura Haruno. His Sakura, the Sakura that loved and begged him not to leave seven years ago now was married to another man and had a child.

'I see why she didn't come to see me….' His thoughts trailed, thinking back to how happy she looked when she saw Sai.

What did he expect her to do? Did he really think she would just wait around until he came back? She was ready to love him seven years ago and he wasn't. He was ready now, seven years later but, he was too late.

"He's…really cute Sasuke," Naruto tried to amend. Somehow, Naruto thought he had to apologize for Sakura falling in love with another man.

At first, the initial reaction to Sai and Sakura was just like Sasuke's: absolute shock and slight horror. Usually Sakura was punching or hitting Sai for calling her ugly and hag but, one day, it seemed to Naruto, she stopped. He didn't call her hag and she didn't hit him. Naruto thought Sai had finally caught onto the cause and effect relationship his nicknames had: call Sakura ugly and you get the beating of a lifetime.

But that wasn't it. Apparently, even though no one but Naruto was really surprised, Sai had always 'loved' Sakura. He didn't know the exact words to describe the feeling but, it was there. In his heart.

Naruto still remembered the rest of the original squad's reactions.

"Well that's no surprise," Ino laughed.

"Yeah, I'm happy for them," TenTen agreed.

"I think t-that they a-are good for each other," Hinata stammered.

"I guess I should lend him one of my novels," Kakashi snickered with Yamato.

"Don't worry!" Jiraiya yelled, "Sai can have my newest one! I think it's the best yet!"

"Troublesome..." Shikamaru dragged, "What's the big deal?"

"Sakura san!" Lee shouted, "My youthful flower has found someone else! I am happy to hear this, even if Sai is my new competition!"

"She's happy," Neji stated, "that's all that matters."

Naruto remembered Neji's words mostly, it didn't matter to him that she had chosen Sai but, as long as that bastard didn't hurt her like Sasuke had then, he was okay with it.

"Sai's a good man Sasuke," Naruto defended through clenched teeth, even though the man still called him 'Dickless.'

"…oh," Sasuke murmured.

"Seiha," Naruto said.

"What?" Sasuke turned around to look at Naruto's pensive face.

"That's his name," Naruto continued, refering to Sakura's son, "Seiha."

"…I see," Sasuke softly replied, "Naruto….let's go."

"….right," the blond ninja responded, walking down the path passed Sakura and Sai's home, listening to Sasuke's faint footsteps behind him.

'I'm sorry Sasuke,' Naruto thought, 'but you're too late.'

Awww, Sakura has a child! with Sai no less! I love Sai and I have no idea why!

Well, this will be a Sasusaku story, just give it time!

Well, tell me if i should continue, i came up with this idea when writing my Sai Sakura fic called SEE WHO I AM, read it if you want!

Ta Ta for now!

Slyvia out!