-1Back from the usual hibernation...I havn't gotten to my other stories yet; because, frankly, I'm puzzled with what to do with them. At any rate this is my first Naruto story...and so I hope I do well enough with this.

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Basic summary:

SasuSaku/HinaNaru (other pairings apply and will be introduced in the story.) Sasuke returns four years after he left the village of Konoha, after killing Oorichimaru, but what he comes back to is not what he's expected. After Oorichimaru's death the sound village has secretly devised a plan for the destruction of Konoha, to carry out what Oorichimaru has left undone. Sakura must struggle with the rest of her fellow ninja to save Konoha.

Ages are upped by four years, I suspect everyone can do the easy math.

Warning: CONTAINS some SPOLIERS

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A 16 year old Sasuke drudged his feet tiredly, his arms limp and blood coming from places he wasn't coherent enough to comprehend. His last battle with Oorichimaru had taken a devastating toll on him, leaving him beaten and badly injured. Nevertheless, he had succeeded in killing his former sensei after finding out Oorichimaru's plan for a body transfer to his own body.

He had one goal in mind after killing the snake like relic, to return to Konoha and start back where he left off. He knew he had caused a lot of people pain, Sakura and Naruto; just to name two. He had mentally abused himself over his ruthless decision to join up with the Sound ninja and Oorichimaru, realizing it was foolish. He figured-now-that he would have been better off staying with team seven.

Sasuke's feet carried his ragged body towards his destination, but he had been walking like this for quite awhile, and his stamina was wearing down. He slapped himself with what little strength was left in his arms, keeping himself focused and aware to continue. He knew he didn't have much left to go.

As he passed over a large hill, he had a perfect view of the city; however, this could not be the city he once called home…could it? Smoke spewed with it's partner, fire from holes in roof tops, building foundations were crumbled and explosions were erupting from time to time. As Sasuke stared at the disheveled village of Konoha, his eyes widened as it clicked, and he found a new vigor somewhere inside him, to pick his feet up to jog with a bad limp.

Sasuke now felt obligated to protect his once homeland, and would try his hardest to do so from whatever was doing this. He easily passed through the once strong and fortified doors to the village, via a hole which had been burst through them. After entering he could only poorly sum up the scene with 'Chaos', he thought bitterly as his teeth subconsciously grinded together and his fists tightened limply into weak fists at his sides.

Meanwhile, the line of-presently-Chuunins which included: Naruto, Neji, Rock Lee, Sakura, Ino, Shikamaru, Hinata, and Tenten stood valiantly trying to fight off the overpowering sound nin invading Konoha. Sakura had been staying in the back as a valuable asset to the line of Chuunins with her medical abilities. Neji and Hinata worked to double team their enemies with their combined Byakugan

and gentle fist techniques to pound the enemies, while Shikamaru and Ino used their combined techniques, like the older days, to put down a good portion. Even Kiba was there with an oversized Akamaru having little trouble with his enemies

Tenten was injured and was now currently being healed by Sakura, whom was suited better for this than in-your-face fighting. It wasn't that she wasn't strong, especially after being trained by Tsunade, but she was just more fitted to it with her knowledge in medical jutsu, and her chakra control abilities. She had demonstrated her extreme strength several times in this battle so far.

The Anbu had also been called into the mess to fight alongside the Gondaime herself. As well, the Jounins including: Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma and numerous others were fighting. Many had died out of both sides, but moral was still high, especially with the Hokage fighting along with them. Konoha was in rough shape though, causing all the stops to be pulled.

Tsunade had requested aid from the sand village specifically asking for the Kazekage himself, and she had also called for her old teammate and well known pervert, Jiraiya. Her requests had been answered generously from the village of the sand and their young Kazekage, Gaara, whom stated the he and an army would be arriving as soon as possible; which alone would take roughly three or so days just for them to travel to there. Word hadn't gotten back from Jiraiya yet, but they suspected it sooner or later.

As extra insurance in their fight against the sound village, the genins had been pulled into it as well which equalized the fighting forces more.

Sasuke stumbled about still jogging , trying -so far- unsuccessfully to find anyone relatively familiar. His breath caught abruptly, nearly causing him to choke as he saw a large amount of familiar faces. Most of the rookie nine was there from many years ago, and not many had changed. physically. He barely evaded incoming kunai going to and fro, but his senses became deadly aware and he became frightened as he saw a sound ninja about to attack Sakura in her blind spot, as she was fighting off another.

He ran now, forgetting the pain he felt everywhere coursing through his body, and his Sharingan managed to activate, now using the matured three dots within the spinning wheel. Sasuke's chakra was recovered despite his wounds, but he didn't know how much so, so he wasn't sure how long he could sustain it. He ran around the back of Sakura just as she turned around, seeing the Uchiha emblem emblazoned on the back of a tattered black shirt. He had skillfully pulled out a Kunai at the perfect time, slicing the unsuspecting ninja's throat.

His entrance had gone unnoticed by those fighting in front of Sakura, but soon after killing the ninja threatening Sakura, he fell to the ground on his knees. The sharing an was deactivated and more blood adorned his black ensemble from the previous kill. Adorned in his usual bandages, he was a near spitting-more masculine and taller- image of his former, younger self. Sakura had long since given up hope that Naruto would turn up Sasuke and bring him back, so she found it unbelievable to see him before her now.

As he collapsed backwards, his eyes rolled and shut as his head slammed down on the ground at Sakura's feet. "S…S…Sas…uke…?" She choked out through her disbelief, as she landed on her knees and raised his head to her lap.

TBC

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GJ

(P.S) I'm probably thinking about changing my name in the future