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Welcome to... A really weird sotry written by the weirdest person on the planet!

YES IT'S TRUE! Okay... Anyway. Herro. Dis is Mian-chan desu~~. This is my first time ever thinking about writing a Naruto fanfiction. So I have to do it.

I've been rereading Naruto lately. Volume 35 right now. And it makes me get all teary eyed. Sniffle.

Yes. So. I take it you read the previewy thingy? Okay. Well this is the first chapter.

You want me to get on with it now, don't you?

Sasuke is my favorite character! I'm actually rethinking all the couples... so... Like I said, I might input myself into the story, but with a Japanese name. And I might write a little chapter about Naruto's parents. I MIGHT. I might not. We'll see.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!!!

Okay. Here goes.

The lost, finally, returneth.

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Chapter 1: At Least I Still Have You.

Sasuke's POV

Traveling for weeks on end was no fun. My chakra levels were depleted and I was tired and hungry and scared of what was to come.

Should I return to Konoha? I didn't know if I was welcome there anymore. I had betrayed them for something so stupid. But it hadn't been stupid to me at first.

It was my driving force. It was the only reason I had to keep living. I had to kill my brother. I had to have revenge for the death of my entire family.

And through all those years that I had been training with Orochimaru, and traveling the world, I realized, I did anything to get my way. I killed and slaughtered and picked up a few friends on the way, though I didn't want any friends. And now they were gone. Dead. Not because of me. Because of my stupidity.

But they had saved my life. They knew I was going to go back to Konoha after I killed my brother. And when we were ambushed... They protected me and made sure I got away.

Not that I wasn't strong enough to protect myself.

I stopped running for a moment to catch my breath. I was getting close. About a day away now. What would I do when I got there? Maybe I should just turn back now and find something else to live for.

But I had found something else to live for. My friends in Konoha. I hadn't realized how much I had loved them when I left. My hatred clouded everything. I am such an idiot.

Who would do such a thing to their brother? To their sister? To their best friends? My older brother would. But he was gone now. And I wasn't my brother. At least, I tried to tell myself that.

I stood up and started walking again. Not running this time. I needed the time to think everything over.

Then again, I guessed I wouldn't get that time to think it over. I could feel a familiar presence around me but couldn't place it in my mind. I whirled to see who it was, and a shuriken came flying towards me.

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Naruto's POV

What a stupid mission. All we had to do was escort a Lord's daughter to their vacation spot. The Lord had been targeted by assasins lately so he thought they would go after his daughter to get to him.

As if.

Why would they go after her? She was loud, and ugly and fat. Really fat. Her horse could barely carry her.

Stupid missions.

Why couldn't we have gone after the Akatsuki or Sasuke?

Stupid old Lady Tsunade. Stupid hag.

I must've been mumbling to myself because Sakura reacted.

"I know what you think Naruto, but that girl was really sweet. It was fun protecting her, though we didn't do much. Quit whining. At least we get payed a lot for this."

"I don't care about the money." I grumbled, stuffing my hands in my pockets as we continued to walk. Stupid hag.

"Don't you call Lady Tsunade a stupid hag! You're the stupid one!" Sakura punched me on the arm.

"OW! Sakura! Come on! I didn't mean it, I prom-" Something felt weird.

"Stop. Do you feel that?" Sai asked. Kakashi-sensei had gone ahead a bit, he was fed up with my whining. He was going to report to Lady Tsunade so he could get back to reading Icha-Icha Paradise.

"I feel it. It feels like..." Sakura didn't finish that sentence. I was glad. We were all on the same page now, we felt his presence all the same.

Sasuke.

I could feel his chakra deep in the forest. I doubted that he couldn't feel mine. Maybe he was waiting for us to show up.

"Sasuke." I whispered to myself and took off into the forest, leaving Sakura and Said behind me.

"Naruto!" Sakura yelled after me. "Get back here!"

I ignored her and ran with all my strength, pushing harder off the trees with each step. I was flying. Faster then I ever had before.

Why was Sasuke so close to Konoha?

I bet he is here to take us down. But he's alone. I can't feel any other chakras around him.

So why is he here?

I saw the white of his shirt, the purple sash around his waist and reached for my pack, digging for a shuriken.

I threw it at him, knowing that he would dodge it right away.

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Sasuke's POV

I dodged the shuriken barely and shifted slightly to the side, into my usual fighting stance.

I could feel his chakra greatly now. It was pulsating, like a heart.

Bu-Bump, Bu-Bump. Bu-Bump, Bu-Bump.

He landed in front of me, already yelling his attack.

"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" 3 clones materialized around him. I stood my ground, not sure what to do anymore. I shouldn't fight him. That wouldn't help my cause. But my natural instincts were suggesting otherwise. I started to pull out a shuriken of my own, ignoring my sword completely.

"Sasuke." He growled. His whisker scars were elongating already, his eyes turning red.

"Naruto." I whispered in unison with Sakura's yell.

"NARUTO!" I felt Sakura and Sai's chakra closing in on us. It was nothing like Naruto's chakra. Their chakra beat slowly, Sakura's a dark green, Sai's a deep blue. Naruto's chakra was much different, it flashed red and yellow, again and again. "Naruto!" Sakura landed next to him and brought her fist back to punch him. "You baka (1)!"

Sai stopped her and pointed towards me. Her eyes widened as they made contact with mine, then narrowed into sharp slits. Sai stood silently, watching the 3 of us. Well, not counting Naruto's 3 clones.

"Why are you here?" Naruto growled, his hands twitching into claws at his side. His clones did the same.

I opened my mouth to answer, a witty remark on my tongue, but lost the words and couldn't think of any to speak. My mind was blank with panic. What would I say to the people I had betrayed? Hey, I'm good now! I killed my brother and I don't need revenge anymore! I'm back~~!

Haha. No.

"I don't know." I finally confessed, my eyebrows pulling together in a confusion all my own. Sakura and Naruto exchanged wary glances. "I just... I don't know how to... It's..."

"What? Just spit it out! With all that you've done to us, I bet you're here to fight and bring down Konoha. But you won't be able to. Because I will take you down before that can happen." Naruto hissed, his arms twitching with the effort to stay still.

"No. That's not it. What I meant to say was... How do I say it...? I'm... back?" I sounded like such an idiot.

"Yeah. Right. I don't believe you. It's probably just another one of your stupid plots to take us down. It won't work. I wish I could believe you. But I can't."

"No! I mean it! Why would I even say this if it wasn't true?"

"To mess with our heads maybe?" Naruto said, crossing his arms.

"I'm back. Seriously. I never realized how much of an idiot I was doing what I did. I thought I was being righteous. But I wasn't. I wanted revenge, now I have it, and now I want to come home. I'm tired of living like this. I want to be with my friends."

"What about your other friends? The crazy guy and the guy with the teeth and the freaky girl with the glasses?"

"They're dead." No one said anything for a while. "I couldn't stop them. They knew about my plan to return home the entire time and when some people from the Sunagakure attacked us, they pushed me out of the way and told me to run. Dying for me was the greatest thing they would ever do, they said. They said I needed to return home. To my family." I sighed, running my hand through my hair. "I was confused at first. I thought they were messing with me. Return to my family? My family was dead. Then I realized, they knew and they were talking about you."

"I believe you." Sai said suddenly. Sakura and Naruto gasped and stared, wide eyed at him. "What? Don't you remember when I betrayed you guys? I suck with emotions, but I can tell he's telling the truth." He looked at me. "You are, aren't you?"

I nodded quickly, suprised.

"Whatever." Naruto sank to the ground, his arms limp his legs bent and spread in front of him. His clones disappeared. He looked at me. "I wish I could believe you. Your my brother. I wish I could..."

"You can. I promise. I won't hurt you." He raised an eyebrow at this. I was still holding my shuriken. I dropped it onto the ground. "I mean it." I took my pack and threw it in front of them, then took off my sword and threw onto the pile.

"Holy crap. He's serious. Naruto, Sasuke would never drop his weapons." Her eyes filled with tears. "You really mean it, don't you?"

"Yes. I really do. I'm sorry. I really am. I love you guys and I'm sorry." The words tasted bitter. I never said I loved you. I hated showing emotions.

Naruto's eyes were wet too, but his face betrayed no emotion. "We're sorry you left too. I thought it was my fault. I wondered why I couldn't stop you, why you hadn't killed me, did you leave because of me? Or Sakura?" Sakura smacked him. "You stupid teme (2) why did you leave?" He stood and ran at me, and I didn't bloack him, he punched me in the face. It hurt.

"Because I wanted revenge. I was and idiot. I'm still and idiot, but at least I've acknowledged now that I am one." Sakura laughed wetly, she was srying harder now, and Naruto's shoulders shook with laughter.

"Finally!" He laughed heartily. The he stopped and sighed. "You know, that's the most emotion I've ever heard or seen comig from you."

"I know. I feel all dirty now." I shuddered, smiling now. There was nothing that could make me happier then this moment.

"Let's go. I wonder if the guards will even let you through the gate." Sai said, gathering my things and handing them back to me. "Welcome to Team 7. Or welcome back to team 7."

"It's good to be back." I smiled slightly, and started walking through the woods, Naruto and Sakura and even Sai at my side.

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Review. Danke.

(1) Baka means idiot.

(2) Teme means jerk.

I shall love using glossarys from now on. Review!