Story: Sasuke Returns

Chapter One

Prologue

Disclaimer – I do not own Naruto, no matter how much I wish I did.

Sasuke

It had been 4 years since he'd left Konoha and now that he was going back, he didn't think much had changed. Naruto is probably still a dobe; Sakura was definitely still as weak and controlled by her emotions as ever. She'll still chasing after me, I bet. He smirked. Dobe's probably still going around screaming about how he's going to be Hokage someday. He should give up now. Out of all the people who'd get chosen to be the 7th Hokage, he's the last. Even if Danzo's dead now.

No matter what he thought though, he couldn't suppress the excitement that was building up inside of him. The ANBU had found him and informed him that the death penalty on him had been removed. He wasn't sure why yet, but he was assured that everything would be explained when they reached the village.

I wonder what has changed.

Naruto

Sakura was not going to take this well. The 7th and youngest Hokage of all time was in at his favorite ramen place, the Ichiraku, waiting to meet his longtime friend and colleague, Sakura Haruno. The moment that he was chosen for Hokage, his first act was to insure the safety of the S-ranked criminal, Sasuke Uchiha. Watch me, Sakura, This time; I'm going to bring him home.

Then he dispatched a personally chosen team of ANBUs to lead a mission to find and inform Sasuke of the news. There were a couple other conditions that he was to return to the village on, but Sakura wasn't about to know the other conditions. He had wanted to go himself, but the village elders wouldn't let him. So he handpicked his team. Shikamaru was now the head of the entire ANBU Corporation and had willingly obliged to Naruto's request to lead the mission. He hadn't even complained once of how much work it was going to be. The other 4 members of the dispatched team were Hinata and Neji Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka, and Ino Yamanaka. All 5, he knew, were fiercely loyal to him, and would have no trouble locating Sasuke.

Shikamaru had the intelligence to make sure that his team never fell into any trouble and none would be hurt. Hinata had the bakugan, but that wasn't the reason he had chosen her. She also had a sense of belonging to her group. He knew that she would never let her team down, or betray them in the heat of battle or if she got captured. Neji Hyuuga was the one he had chosen for the bakugan and his keen senses. Kiba Inuzuka was chosen because of his tracking skills. There were going to need the very best of them to find Sasuke. And finally, Ino Yamanaka. Under Sakura's training, Ino had become an excellent healer. Of course, Sakura was still the best, but he couldn't afford to send her. Her behavior regarding Sasuke is always unpredictable. He was remembering the many instances that he was always shocked how she could continue to love him, no matter how much he hurt her or even tried to kill her. Even now, he still couldn't let her go see Sasuke.

"Naruto!" he heard a voice behind him. He smiled. Sakura was running towards him with a smile on her face completely oblivious to the fact that her afternoon would definitely not leave her happy. Damn… well, here goes nothing.

Sakura

"WHAT!?" She nearly exploded. The blonde haired boy in front of her winced. "S-Sakura-Chan, there's no need to scream. It's not as bad as it seems." Naruto said cautiously. "Not as bad as it sounds my ass! You're leaving for a mission to the Kazekage, and Sasuke's coming back while your gone, and you're leaving ME alone with HIM!?!?" she ranted. "Sakura, I'll be back in 3 days. Sasuke will be here in 2. You're only going to be alone with him for a day. Plus, you're the only one I can trust with this kind of stuff. Please Sakura? For me?" he pleaded.

Ah, I hate it when he does that… He knows I can't resist that line or that face!

"Fine. Only for ONE day." She said. "Thank you Sakura-Chan!" he said with his trademark grin as he got up to crush her in a bear hug. I'm a very well trained kunoichi who can break the ground with just one punch and yet this idiot can crush me like this. Oh well. Damn. He's gotten taller again.

He was now at least 6 feet without his sandals and growing handsomer everyday. Now, even he had fangirls popping up everywhere, but he didn't even notice them. Baka, she thought with a smile.

I know, I didn't do a very good job on this first chapter, but hey, I swear it'll get better. Review Please!!!!!!!!