SAI´S POV
We all walked through the village heading quickly to Tsunade-sama´s office, to check if the rumors were in fact true.
Naruto, the erratic, impulsive and cheerful shinobi, despite being the host of the Kyuubi ran quicker than me and Sakura-chan which in turn was as energetic as her partner this time.
Only I didn´t seem to show any enthusiasm towards all this, though I wouldn´t be able to show it if I felt it anyway.
We entered the Fifth Hokage´s office, and there we was, standing before us, a tall man, in his fair 16 or 17´s, onyx eyes and hair, no smile drawn in his lips however as he saw us staring at him…
"S-Sasuke?" – Naruto asked shaking in some sort of happiness upon seeing his long-lost partner
"Naruto…" – Sasuke replied with such a smooth voice that Naruto´s ocean eyes started to water…
"Sasuke-kun…" – Sakura mumbled already in tears of joy – "Y-you´re back…"
I didn´t make a sound or movement, I just stood there scanning the Uchiha with my two dark moons…he didn´t even flinch upon noticing I was staring at him, simply ignoring me and turned his sight towards Tsunade who, by the way was really in a no very nice mood.
"I called you here to make all the rumors clear. Yes, Uchiha Sasuke has returned to Konoha. Yes, Uchiha Sasuke has eliminated Uchiha Itachi, one of the most dangerous members of the infamous Akatsuki and defected from Orochimaru, however…" – that last word made Sakura and Naruto freeze in concern and fear – "He is still unworthy of our trust and will be judged by his crimes against Konoha, he did, after all, betray the village and attack Konoha´s shinobis. Are you aware of this Sasuke?"
"Yes…I am" – Sasuke muttered in his calm and low voice before glancing at us – "I regret leaving Konoha…my sensei…my team…my friends…since I killed Itachi I have come to realize that by doing so I was becoming what I hated the most…a cold blooded killer…so I returned…in hopes of redeeming myself…"
Sakura was already drowning herself in tears for Sasuke…why did she care so much for the man that coldly abandoned her and everyone as soon as she told her she was in love with him.
"Sasuke…no matter what happens…we´ll be right there for you." – Naruto suddenly declared cleaning his tears, and smiling at the Uchiha boy – "I promised…and intend on keeping it, my friend…"
Sasuke briefly smiled at his partner and Sakura before the words started to come out of his lips.
"Thank you Naruto…and Sakura…please forgive me…my friends" – he said in a somewhat cheerful tone making the magenta haired girl stop crying before he left the room escorted by several guards to his cell where he would be staying until his trial.
Me, Naruto and Sakura said goodbye to the Hokage and left to the outside, where Naruto started to happily jump around singing.
"YEAH! HE´S BACK!! WE´LL BE A TEAM AGAIN IN NO TIME!!" – The fox boy yelled with that bright in his eyes…the one only children possess…I guess he did feel like a child in Christmas
Sakura´s emerald eyes practically "trapped" my gaze…making me stare at her continuously…she had become so beautiful and could be so nice and sweet when she wasn´t in one of her anger rampages…this was one of those occasions, her soft and delicate lips took the shape of an angel like smile making her look like a goddess that had descended upon earth.
However, I wasn´t particularly amused by the reason why she was smiling. He was nothing more than an hypocrite, that had abandoned everyone and everything that could have really come to feel something for him in search of power and vengeance…he hurt both of my team mates so badly…wounds that would turn into everlasting scars…why were they so happy he had returned? Did they like pain and angst? Did they like being hurt? He didn´t regret anything…he only wants power…and that will never change…because people don´t change…he can hide it…he can fool everyone else…but not me…
I was chosen as a replacement for Sasuke since he had left…now that he has returned…what will happen to me? Will they allow me to continue in Team Kakashi? Will Sasuke be a member again and my team mate along with Naruto and Sakura? Or will I be cast aside like an old toy that no child enjoys and return to the ANBU, to be stripped of a name yet again and have everything erased from my mind? Would I be nothing more than a shadow to the world? A cloudy and shapeless being? A ghost?
"What´s wrong Sai?" – Sakura asked still with a sweet and loveable tone
I clenched my fist…so this was anger…the feeling of desiring to inflict harm and to despise someone so badly that you would do anything to not look at them ever again…I hated Sasuke….I hated him so much….and I had only been near him two times and didn´t even talk to him in any of them…
"Nothing…" – I whispered coldly in reply not looking at the angelic pink haired shinobi before standing up and leaving them to be alone with my thoughts…
"You wouldn´t understand" – I muttered when I was sure they wouldn´t be able to listen