Disclaimer: If you think I own Naruto or any of it's characters you should have your head examined, realize I'm the wrond gender, and kindly get out of my dreams.
The night is dark and windy; he can almost smell the rain that will fall before the morning. It is mostly silent, save for the whistle as the air around him picks up and dies down once more. He looks down, through the leaves that are only just losing their color and stares at the darkness of the building before him. It is dark and cold and dank and screams death. It's always cold and silent; as silent as a grave because for many who enter, it may as well be.
He looks through the small window, barely catching the movements of the shadows that signify life. The moon breaks briefly, and he catches a glimpse of pink that looks horribly out of place amidst the grayscale of the rest of the world. Then it too is gone. He knows that they don't know he's here, just as he knows how easy it would be to do his job; to slip away and bring ANBU before they could even blink. They are older and wiser, but still not on his level. He knows how easy it would be, and yet he stays.
He watches as they emerge, peering cautiously before half-darting and half-limping across the brief yard that separates them from the shadows of the forest. He knows when they reach that there will be no stopping them; they grew up there, and know it better than any living soul. He sighs, the sound fading as the wind picks up once more, and jumps down to land lightly before them.
They freeze, one angling another slightly behind them; the other stands before them both defensively. He knows they can tell who he is, just as he can tell them. They're like family after all. He takes the briefest of moments to close his eyes against the pain of remembrance before he pointedly drops a bag at their feet and turns away. He takes a few steps and pauses; glances back. "Take care," he whispers, and he's gone. If they ask he will know nothing. If they search they will find even less.
Sakura turns to look behind her as the sentence is read and people alternative between rejoicing and demanding a harsher sentence. She locks eyes with the blue ones she was seeking and walks until they are less than a foot apart. She sees everything she is feeling reflected back at her, and she knows. "Tonight." Naruto nods slowly at the word and raises a hand to brush across her cheek. "Tonight."
I saw this picture and it had Team 7 in a jail cell, visiting Sasuke as their "reunion" and I started thinking about what would happen if Sasuke really did go to prison if/when he returned. I didn't see them leaving him there. So...
Anyone catch the SasuNaruSaku hint? =D