Edited: 12/14/13 (just fixing some mistakes)
Ok this is my first fanfiction so be easy on me please^^
Disclaimer: I do not own naruto!
The blonde fox vessel looked into the blood red eyes of the raven haired sharingan wielder, both bruised and bloody. Naruto was in his controlled fox form and Sasuke was in his curse marks final stage.
"Sasuke, listen to me!" Naruto shouted spiting up a little blood in the process.
Sasuke had no choice but to hear what he had to say. His muscles wouldn't allow him to move at the moment.
"This isn't Kohonas fault! You can't blame the whole village for something that some old farts decided on years ago!" the blonde stated between breaths.
"Naruto" Sasuke stood up strait and looked deep into azure eyes.
Naruto mimicked him standing as tall as he could "Sasuke".
Sasuke glared at him with eyes so dark they seemed soulless "Shut up." He said blankly as he flared up one last chadori. Naruto glared with equal force as he began using what was left rasingan.
"AHHHHHH" They both began charging at the same time, the same way they did four years ago. This time though, Sasuke didn't pull a cheap trick and they collided with a force so strong it sent shards of electricity exploding like needles, causing deep gashes all over both teens' bodies as a bright light radiated blinding them.
Damn. . . . I guess this is it. This explosion's going to kill the both of us . . .The Uchiha blood line dies here with me. . . I guess part of me knew it would end like this, but I didn't expect it to be this soon. I feel like I haven't gotten anything accomplished . . . Avenging my clan. . . I killed Itachi only to find out that my revenge wouldn't end there . . . Where would it end, with Konoha? Or would I find out that there was just more? Hmph, as much as I hate to say It, Naruto and the others were right. Revenge is pointless. It's never going to stop. . . Well, I guess it's too late to change anything now.
As the light faded the impact acted as a magnet and slammed their bodies forcefully together, making them both slide to the ground and return to their normal forms.
"Well, I didn't expect that." Naruto stated slightly laughing. The two were lying there inches away from death.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah, Sasuke."
They both stared straight at the sky, neither one able to move a muscle.
"How long do you think we have left asked the dark haired boy.
"It depends," he paused to take a breath before he continued "on how fast Sakura gets here." He finished with a soft smile.
"hmm" he smirked I guess Sakura isn't as useless as I thought. Maybe it's not too late. Maybe I still have a chance to fix things. To have a new start.
"Thank you, Naruto, You've shown me the light." Sasuke said with sincerity.
"It's about damn time" Naruto replied and tried to laugh but ended up coughing up blood in the process.
"If both of us live I promise I'll return to Kohoha willingly and take whatever punishment the Hokage has in store for me." The raven haired boy said as he slowly started to drift into unconsciousness.
Naruto shot him one of his famous grins "I'm gonna hold you too that." Then he fell unconscious.
The last thing Sasuke saw before he fallowed Naruto was a flash of pink. Sakura?
"I can sense there chakra, they're not too much farther away." A silver haired ninja said to his female companion.
"I know. I sense it too. I just hope we make it in time" The pink headed ninja replied with worry clear in her voice.
"Sakura if Naruto's dead we have to finish off Sasuke. Do you think you can handle that?" He asked, knowing her willingness to help Sasuke could sometimes cloud her judgment.
Sakura was hesitant at first but replied with a yes. She didn't want to have to think of the possibility that Naruto was dead, or about having to kill the man she once loved.
A burst of light illuminated the whole forest, causing the two to stop and shield their eyes from its blinding power.
"Kakashi-sensei that has to be them, We better hurry." She looked at him when the light died down. He gave her a nod and they both took off with equal speed.
After a few minutes they came to a clearing, and saw the source of the exploding light. Two boys lie side by side in the middle of the battle field. Sakura ran and knelt down in between them taking two fingers from each hand to check for any sign of life.
"Their pulses are faint but they're both still alive. They've lost a lot of blood so we don't have much time. I'll try to heal their major wounds so they don't bleed to death before we get them back to Kohona" She said as she removed her hands and started healing Naruto who seemed to be the farthest gone.
"Send a massage to Tsunade, explain the situation and tell her to prepare a room and get a staff ready." The pink kanoichi ordered moving quickly from Naruto to Sasuke.
"Right" Kakashi replied, then summoned a messenger bird to relay the info Sakura had just given him to the Hokage.
"Kakshi, grab Naruto, I've got Sasuke. We have hurry I don't know how much longer they're going live if we don't."
Kakashi did as he was told, picking up Naruto bridle style. Sakura carried Sasuke the same way as they headed for the Konoha hospital as quickly as they could.
Tsunade sat at her desk, glaring at a new stack of papers that was just brought in by Shizune. Oh how she hated paper work. It was getting late and filing out report after report was defiantly NOT how she wanted to spend her night. Shizune had snuck in during one of her naps and hid all of her hidden sake. So, now she had no choice but do all this damn paper work.
"Damn you Shizune" she whispered quietly to herself. Then all of a sudden a bird flew through her window and onto her desk, sending the huge pail of papers on her deck pummeling to the floor. Paper scattered everywhere.
The surprise on her face vanished as quickly as it came and was replaced with a look of hatred towards the bird. "What the hell!" She grabbed the poor unsuspecting bird by the neck and began shaking it violently.
"You dumbass excuse for a bird! Do you have any idea how long it's gonna take to-"in the middle of her ranting she noticed the message attached to the poor birds dangling leg.
She stopped to remove the piece of paper then slung the bird over her shoulder. The bird laded on the floor and did a dizzy dance before it tried to fly out the window. After a few attempts it finally made it to safety.
The blonde unrolled the paper and read over it with shock. "Shizune!" she shouted as she headed out of her office.
Said person meet her in the hallway. "Tsunade-sama, what is it?" she asked with worry.
"Follow me!" Tsunade replied handing the sheet of paper to her. Shizune looked at the paper with surprise and followed the busty blonde all the way to the hospital.
Finally after six long hours of surgery, Naruto and Sasuke were stabilized, cleaned up, separated in two different rooms, and on their way to recovery. Tsunade and Sakura walked together to the waiting area where Kakashi was made to stay while they had worked on the two boys. They both sat down in two chairs across from Kakashi. They were covered in blood, exhausted, and had a large amount of chakra depleted from the long hours of work.
"Well?" Kakashi started.
"They're both gonna make it" Sakura shot a quick smile at her former teacher, but then switched to her more serious side.
"So what are we going to do about Sasuke?" She asked, the question directed to the blonde beside her but her eyes focused on floor below.
The Hokage sighed. "I have no clue." She admitted, sinking deeper into her chair.
"Right now the only thing I know to do is to keep the Uchiha's location top secret. We can't let the whole world know that we're harboring a fugitive. I've already briefed the entire medial staff and the guards that were patrolling the gates when you had arrived. Considering the time, I doubt anyone else had seen you enter the village. The rest we'll figure out when the Uchiha wakes up, I guess I'll base the rest of my decision on his reaction to being in the village." She stood up and the other two followed suit.
"Kakashi, I have another mission for you, but it can wait a few day's" She gave the silver haired man a wink, and on that note he disappeared before she could change her mind. She then looked at her pink haired student.
They smiled at each other for a minute before Tsunade started. "Sakura, go home, clean up, and rest. For the next week or so I want you to monitor the both of them. You will be the only nurse assigned, so I want daily reports on their recovery."
She then gave her an apologetic look. "I'm sorry, but I need you to stay in Sasuke's room as much as possible, only leave to check on Naruto or to give me reports."
The rosette gave her sensei a knowing look. "I understand Tsunade-sama. I'm the only one here besides Naruto who would stand a chance against Sasuke. If he wakes up hostel someone needs to be there to retain him."
Tsunade nodded. "Exactly"
A few days later, Sasuke had awoken to something bright. As he tried to open his eyes and adjust to the new light source, he remembered the events that took place before he went unconscious. His muscles were stiff and sore as he tried to move his arms and legs but they felt restrained.
Finally adjusting to the light, he looked down to see that his wrists and ankles were bound to the bed by chakra ropes. He sighed then looked towards the window. Emerald green eyes meet with his charcoal ones. They held no fear whatsoever in them, just worry and curiosity.
This amused Sasuke, what reason does she have not to fear him? Then he remembered he was tied to a bed, and thinking of Sakura's younger self made him worry a little. He chose then to look away.
"How's Naruto?" He said, breaking the silence.
She looked at him skeptically before answering his question. "He'll live, he's still unconscious but he's making a full recovery."
She was confused as hell. He wasn't threating her, making demands, trying to escape, or anything. He actually looked relieved to hear the news about Naruto.
"That's good" the raven haired man said as he sighed in relief. That, just confused her further. Did she hear him wrong? Or had he gone crazy?
She carefully walked over to him and placed the back of her hand against his forehead. He looked at her with a raised brow.
"What are you doing?" he asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Nothing" She lied as she removed her hand. Hmm, he didn't have a fever.
"Are you ok?" she decided to ask after a long pause.
"I'm fine, now untie me." Ahh, there was the demand she was expecting. Maybe the world wasn't ending after all.
"No" she said simply.
He glared at her. How dare her tell him no.
"Why not?" he asked, still glaring diggers at her.
"Umm let's see," she stared up at the ceiling and put a finger on her chin.
"One" She looked at him and held her hand to the side using the finger she had on her chin to symbolize a number one. "You're a missing-nin," She continued "Two," she held up another finger "you're an enemy, Three," she held up another "You tried to kill Naruto and four," she held up a fourth finger "I don't want to," she finished with a shrug and smiled at him before she brought her hand down.
He stared at her like she had just sprouted a second head. Then is shocked expression turned to a smirk. If she wasn't going to let him go at least he can pull her chain a little bit, after all he has to start fresh somehow, might as well be with her.
"Well, I had promised Naruto that if we both lived I'd stay in the village, but now I think I've changed my mind." He said as he casually started to look around the room.
The room was empty except for them. It was bright with the light shining through the open window, a breeze of fresh air filled his lungs. It looked about noon. The bed next to him was empty but it looked as though it had been slept in. The person either had just left or it had been Sakura. He assumed it was her, after all they wouldn't leave a missing S-class criminal in a room alone. Hell, he's surprised he hadn't woken up in a prison cell.
After that last statement the Sakura's' eyes lit up and she broke into a huge smile. "You're really gonna stay in the village?"
"I was thinking about it." He said as his eye's returned to her. Her eyes were a beautiful bright green compared to the dull ones she had when he had first woken up. He could see the sheer happiness she was feeling.
"Well then" She was catching on that he was playing with her, which made her even happier. "I guess, since you've changed your mind," she gave him an evil smirk. "I'll just have to treat you like any other S-Class missing ninja. I think we have some extra strait jackets in the closet. Let me go check." But before she could head over there he interrupted.
"Hn, I'd like to see you try to get me into one of those things." He gave her a small smile. She smiled back and walked over to his bed side and started undoing the chakra ropes only leaving the one on his right hand.
"I'm sorry, but I have to leave at least one, its protocol." She gave him an apologetic look.
"It's ok, I understand" he replayed pushing the button on the bed so he can sit up more. He winced at the pain. His whole body ached.
"So . . . you're really staying?" She said hopefully, walking over and sitting on his bedside.
"Yeah, Naruto finally beat some sense into me." He smiled softly at her but then a frown graced his lips.
"Sakura . . . I'm sorry for all the pain I've cause you, Naruto, and Kakashi . . . I was so blinded by Itachi's blood that I became just like him." He looked at her, his eyes filled with pain and regret.
"Sasuke . . . It's ok . . . your back now, that's all that matters." She smiled at him with tear filled eyes and gave him a hug.
"It's time to start fresh, and I'll take whatever punishment this village has for me." He returned the hug with one arm.
"I have to go report to Lady Tsunade and check on Naruto. I'll return as soon as I'm finished." Sakura told him as they broke apart. He gave a nod and watched her walk out the door. He was defiantly glad to be back.
OK, first fic, let me know what you think. If I continue this it will take place five years later, it will be SasuSaku based and the other miner pairings will be NaruHin/NejiTen/ShikaIno. I'm sorry for any misspellings and grammar (I have autocorrect but sometimes it just makes things worse). If I spell anything wrong please let me know so I can fix it later.
Thank you so much ~ PhycoNinjaWolf