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"Who knows? But anyway, we should be doing more cleaning around here. The tables are a mess. Sure we took care of the dishes, but the tables still need to be wiped."

Sasuke found the rags and tossed one to Yumi.

Meanwhile, at Empress Dee's lounge, Sarada Uchiha gazed at her mother eyes with wonder and asked, "Where exactly are we, mom?"

Sakura replied, "We are at a place that your father used to come to every so often. This is called Empress Dee's lounge. Now while it may seem like Dee is not following the rules of the code about men, she does have a responsibility as queen. Lately, she has really cleaned up her act and tried making peace with the many men she has been with over the years. She feels loyal most of all to the guy who built the original mansion. Terry Bogard is a man who has fought in many martial arts tournaments, but never once has proven to be too arrogant after winning the competitions. He just does it to keep in shape."

"Cool. But does dad still come here?"

"Not as often as he used to. Not since he got Yumi pregnant. He left me and Dee for Yumi. I choose to stay single though and look after you."

"So what kinds of things can we do at this lounge besides eat?"

"There's an arcade, a gym, and a few other things that I am not sure about. I am bringing you here for the food though. They have a good selection of it and its all cooked properly. Most of it is automated, but there are some things that Dee makes better than the machines."

"Like what?"

"Pasta. Thats her specialty. Ask for Pasta cheese and tomato soup, then select your choice of pasta shape and the kind of cheese you want and you will get something that truly is delicious. Better than barbecue."

"Oh wow! And we know that Choji would kill for good barbecue. Has Choji ever eaten the pasta here?"

"I do not know. When we get back to the village you will have to ask him. Unless he happens to be at the lounge when we get there."

Yumi caught the rag and headed towards the doorway “ Fine but this isn’t over”

At the lounge, sarada watched as all the kids came running in followed by their heartbroken father. She was surprised by all those kids running around and climbing all over the place “ Mother, who is that?”she was looking over at Will on the keyboard.

Sarada was going to say something when she heard the sound of many footsteps and yelling. The reporters had found out about Will and his children. They swarmed the area asking Will and the kids about Lust.

Will made his report to the press telling them all that happened. Simply put, Lust had died because she didn't spend enough time with Will or the kids and she spent most of her time at a bar with the other demon guardians. In fact, she had died while in the bar and it was Custos that had told Will of her demise. He added to the press that he doesn't know in all honesty if he will ever find love again considering the number of children that he has, but he does feel like he should at least try and raise them to the best of his ability. He said that once he feels like his broken heart has settled, he will return to Nalith with the kids and continue to work on the farm that he has built with them. He wishes that he could have some more people helping to raise the kids as it is a lot of work, but he isn't going to force anyone to do so.

Choji was impressed by what he overheard and was reminded about Naruto and how Naruto had always wanted to be Hokage and now that Naruto had fulfilled his dream and was being a doof on his days off, Choji began to wonder if he would ever find a love like Will had, but if not better. His number one love at the moment was food, that was true, but to have a woman that loved food as much as him, that would be nice.

Sakura ordered something light to eat instead of the pasta cheese and tomato soup meal along with a tea. While she sat there, she began to think where she might have gone wrong with Sasuke. It took forever to win his love or what she thought was his love. Her heart was telling her that he never truly loved her to begin with and treated her like he did Dee. Like a good for nothing whore. It was clearly different with Yumi. He wasn't pressured to love her, she wasn't a fan girl, and if anything, he owned up to a mistake that he made to her.

Thinking about all of this made Sakura want to cry. She still truly loved Sasuke even though he didn't return those feelings.

Sarada found the fighting arena and began to work on her taijutsu, even though she knew that the world was at relative peace. There wasn't a place to throw weapons otherwise she would have been doing that.

Terry was in the stands just watching silently until he noticed the Kunai knives at Sarada's hip. He then said, "If you wish to toss those around head to basement number 4. There's nothing that can get hurt there and there are trees you can practice on."

Sarada jumped when she heard Terry's voice, but then agreed to what Terry had suggested. "How exactly do I get there from here, mister?"

"Just take the elevator that is located by the entrance stairs and press the snowflake button," Terry replied.

"Thank you! Oh by the way, the name is Sarada. Sarada Uchiha."

"Terry Bogard. Anyway, I gotta go work at polishing my guitar again. That thing gets so dusty..."

Ochru, his clothes caked with dirt, walks into the lounge via the stair entrance, the chimes indicating that someone had entered. He had his son Keitaro with him whose clothes were also caked with dirt. After spending some time in the bathroom washing their dirt-caked hands, they wandered to the restaurant section where they noticed that it was quite busy. That's when Keitaro pointed out a depressed looking Sakura. He wanted to cheer her up.

So, Ochru and Keitaro asked Sakura if it was okay if they joined her along with an introduction of themselves.

Of course she asked what was with the dirty outfits and Keitaro replied with a huge grin, "We were farming in Flower bud village and are on a bit of a vacation."

Sakura giggled a little bit because she should have known. But then her frown returned.

Ochru asked what was bothering her and although she tried to say it was nothing, Ochru managed to get the truth out of her. Sort of shouting, apparently loud enough for Rock Lee to hear, "Its all Sasuke's fault! He mistreated me! After all I did for him, loved him for everything that he was despite his faults, and he treated me like Dee! As if all I was good for was sex. A way to rebuild his clan through reproduction. No love whatsoever!"

"I lost a love too, Sakura," Ochru said with a sad look, "To a volcanic eruption. I really did love Harriet and I did used to love it in Mineral town. But, thanks to where this lounge was initially, it was destroyed along with my wife and for that matter, my half-brother Link's love too was killed in that incident."

Picking up a book that Sarada apparently dropped, Terry read that Sasuke was a neglectant father much like how Dee used to be in terms of her having to travel between worlds. Then he read that Sasuke one time threatened to hurt Sarada because he didn't even recognize her! He wouldn't reveal that Karin was in fact her real mom and that Sasuke didn't even know that because Sasuke was absent on the day of her birth. Sakura did birth a child that was Sasuke's, but it wasn't Sarada. Now Terry was beginning to understand why Sakura was looking so sad. It also made him wonder what Dee ever saw in Sasuke.

Terry walked up to Sakura's table and presented her with the book that Sarada had dropped not knowing that it was Sarada's diary. "Um, I believe Sarada dropped this Sakura. It sure opened my eyes to why Sasuke is with Yumi now. Maybe Yumi is just the woman he needs to set him straight."