Where are you?

Introduction

DestinyDevistation

Kakashi and Naruto had caught up to him a few days ago. The battle was short, the former teammates were evenly matched, atleast it seemed that way. Neither of them put forth their all their power. Something always held them back, something keeping them from destroying each other. Something was different about this battle, it was more brutal than usual, but something else, there were no cries to stop, no tears staining the ground; just screams of anger and pain, and blood. He wondered where she was, she usually was the first, other than Naruto, in line to come after him. The thought was forgotten in battle, he never paid her much attention anyway.

But that was then, before he knew.

"I'm not coming home, Naruto."

The blonde grimaced, a growl erupting from his throat.

"This isn't about you, Sasuke, you Bastard!"

An experssion of confusment flashed over the Uchihas face, then dissapeared.

They both stoped fighting, and Kakashi stepped in to explain the matter more thuroughly.

"The Leaf is in need of your services, in exchange for this service we have agreed to completley stop the hunt for you, call off all bounties placed on you by the village, unless you make a direct attack on the village.

The raven haied shinobi considered this, it would be an asset to not need to dodge every possible leaf assault and focus on his training, but, then on the other hand...

"What's the catch?"

Kakashi caught on to Sasuke's intrest. If he was going to flat out decline he would have just said no and walked away.

"You'll follow orders on one mission in its entirety, and then you're free to go on as you wish."

"Hn"

There was a pause, a long awkward pause, that might have been filled if one member of team seven wouldn't have been absent from the make shift meeting.

"you can stay in your own home until completion of the mission, free from any unwanted visitors."

Kakashi and Naruto needed the Uchiha for this, even if it meant losing him forever, something more precious was on the line.

Sasuke's eyes slid closed, in thought. He wondered just how dangerous and important this must be for them to let him get off with no punishment for every crime he commited, He wondered where Sakura was during all this. He realized the complete seriousness of the situation when he realized Naruto hadn't uttered a single word during the conversation. He sighed, this was something he needed to do, the leaf were becoming an annoyance, and this was the cleanest way to rid himself of the thorn in his side.

"What's the mission?"

Naruto made some sort of grunt. As much as he hated letting Sasuke walk away, he knew this was more important, he knew it had to be this way.

"A rescue mission, Konoha's greatest medic ninja was abducted from her family's compound three months ago. The abductors identlty is unknown, and the hostages well being is unknown. Your job will be assisting the leaf in the locating and extraction of the leaf shinobi."

Sasuke smirked, "The leaf must have fallen hard, you can even track down some doctor, his family must be paying out the nose to call off all these bounties just to get him back. Who is this miserable man?"

Naruto erupted running up Sasuke latching onto his shirt collar, "It's Sakura-Chan you Bastard!"

Kakashi was quick to pull Naruto off, and he was quick to regain his composure.

Sasuke's experssion changed, his eyes determined.

"I'll do it."