Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!!!
Warnings: Some OOC! OC! Some spoilers, but not much! Manga spoilers near the end of the chapter! Spoilers include Chapters 382-384!
There is no Yaoi! Or Yuri! Alright, so I'm sorry if you thought there was. The closest to SasuNaru in this is friendship, it's a pretty deep friendship, but that's it.
It's rated T for language! Oh and Naruto is fifth teen in this story, Sasuke being sixteen.
I hope you enjoy it!
Naruto and Sasuke came back into the clearing and Riku immediately looked up and smiled slightly at her Master. Then her eyes came to Naruto, she still gapped at him. It was unbelievable the resemblance between them. Kiba was right, if she dyed her hair blonde, she could pass off as Naruto easily. Well there was the height difference, but still, it was pretty creepy to say the least. Sasuke came and sat next to Riku, who seemed to relax slightly now that he was in her sight.
If what Riku said was true, then Itachi had pretty much ordered her to be his bodyguard as well as his slave. He didn't like the slave idea, but he was really wondering just what was going through his brother's head. And did Itachi know of the resemblance between her and Naruto? Of course, how could he not. Sasuke got the feeling that Itachi had known this was going to happen all along. It seemed to peeve him even more; Itachi was such an insane person.
"So I think it's time I introduce myself properly. I'm Uzumaki Naruto." The blonde known as Naruto said as he sat beside Sakura, and held his hand out. Riku looked at it, put her bowl down, and took the tan hand. The moment they touched it was like everyone disappeared from around them. A small electric current ran through them, and they quickly released their hold.
"That… that was weird." Riku voiced. Naruto nodded weakly as they stared into each other's bright blue eyes. The other's just looked between them, not knowing what had happened. Kiba was the one to voice what everyone was thinking.
"What happened?" Kiba asked. Naruto and Riku looked to each other before looking to Kiba like he was stupid. "What?" He asked. They both sighed at the same time.
"It was like an electric current ran through by body, starting with the hand shake." Naruto said and Riku nodded agreeing with how the blonde put it. Sasuke smirked; there was definitely something between them. Riku raised an eyebrow at Sasuke who was smirking but remained silent.
"So Sasuke you said you killed Itachi?" Yamato asked as he walked over to join the small group that had been formed. Sasuke looked to the man, as did Riku. He was older than everyone else there, and his face was emotionless, he had short brown hair, with some sort of frame around his head. It was probably for protection, but Sasuke could tell a mask would fit over it perfectly. He had on a Jounin vest, with a pair of brown pants, his weapon pouch on his hip.
"Yes." Sasuke stated and pulled out his headband, and necklace. Yamato looked at them for a second before letting a small smile grace his lips.
"Good, Hokage-Sama will be happy about that. You've done a lot the past few weeks." Yamato said and Sasuke just stared at him with a blank expression. The man before him and Sai were the only two he had only met once. And he couldn't say he was too fond of Sai in the first place. He looked almost like him! He was his replacement, and that made him feel slightly bad. Sai was sitting alone drawing, but occasionally he'd look up at Riku before going back to work. It made Sasuke wonder just what in the world the guy was drawing.
"So why are you coming back." Shino voiced and walked over, sitting to the side of Kiba, Hinata following quickly behind him. Now they were all gathered, well besides Sai who stayed where he was, which was a crossed the fire. Sasuke looked around at everyone who was waiting for a response, even Riku.
Sasuke sighed before saying. "I killed Itachi; I don't wish to rule Sound. And Konoha is my home, I hadn't done anything besides leaving to put Konoha in harms way. Orochimaru hadn't done anything with the village in my presence; he was waiting to take over my body for that. You all may not believe me, but I do care for the village the Uchiha clan had been protecting for years now." Everyone looked to each other, Riku kept her look to Sasuke, the emotion on his face clearly showing he wasn't lying either.
She could see similarities between her new Master and Sir. But there were already so many differences between them. She wondered what kind of Master he would be; she could tell he didn't like it when she called him Master. But Master was the proper name, and he hadn't told her to call him any different. Like Sir, Sir had told her to call him that, and nothing else or she'd be punished.
"Okay, so Riku, you said Itachi bound you to Sasuke? Can you go into more detail about that?" Naruto asked, wanting to move onto other details. If Riku was related to him, he wanted to know more about her past. Riku looked to Sasuke and he nodded, clearly telling her to go ahead and talk.
"Well Sir said Master was to be my new Master, since he was dieing. I can't really go into any more detail then that." Riku answered and Naruto nodded. He wasn't sure how to ask questions, it felt weird.
"Why do you call Itachi sir?" Kiba suddenly asked. Sasuke perked up, he'd been wondering that for a little while now. Riku looked to Sasuke who nodded once again.
"Because Sir told me to call him Sir, and nothing else." Riku answered truthfully. Sasuke perked up even more.
"So if I tell you to call me Sasuke, you'll call me that instead of Master?" Sasuke asked Riku quickly looked to Sasuke with slightly wide eyes. She'd never called a Master by his first name before; it was as if an unspoken rule.
"If you wish it Master." Riku said and noticed the way Naruto glared heavily at Sasuke who recoiled back slightly.
"Yes, I wish for you to call me Sasuke." Sasuke said, Riku bit her lip for a second.
"I've never called a Master by his first name before though… but I'll try Ma-S-Sasuke." Riku said and seemed to have some difficulty with it. She then seemed to wait for an impact that never came, and she relaxed when Sasuke gave her a smile. Naruto frowned.
"How did you become a slave?" Naruto asked. Riku looked to Naruto for a second then to Sasuke who once again nodded. Riku bit her lip and began to think of how she could explain it.
"You want to know about my past, right?" Riku asked and Naruto nodded, Riku sighed slightly before beginning her tale.
"I don't really remember much. All my life I've only remembered serving people, twelve in total masters, but there was a time, I remember I had at least what I think was a family. I don't really remember, just a face. She was beautiful, with long black hair, and her eyes were almost gold. I don't think she was my mother, I believe she was my care taker. I remember her telling me my birthday, and telling me to never forget it. October tenth, I'm not sure why she told me to remember it but I always have, and celebrated it when I could. But I remember being taken away when I was little, she died, my care taker. Ever since all I knew was the slave trade, and my masters. Then Sir came and took me away from the master before him and well I spent the past two years with him." Riku explained. Everyone was looking between Naruto and Riku.
"That's just weird, she looks like you and has you're birthday too!" Kiba said and Hinata sighed slightly at him. Riku looked at Naruto with wide eyes. He has the same birthday? Was that what she meant by remembering my birthday? Did she know I was going to meet him later in life? I don't understand! Naruto and Sasuke shared a look before Naruto smiled slightly at Riku.
"Let's not think about that right now. I'm sure everything will be explained and all that stuff tomorrow once we get back to Konoha, let's just get some sleep for now." Naruto said. Everyone nodded slightly, feeling very tired at the moment. Sai looked up and at a stunned Riku before looking back down. He finished something before closing his notebook and pulling out a blanket and lying down before anyone else.
"I'll take first watch." Hinata said as she began to gather the dishes, even Riku who was now leaning against the tree looking up at the night sky. Kiba had gotten up and went around the fire looking for his bag. Sasuke sat next to Riku, and Naruto sat on the other side, with Sakura close by. Sasuke noticed those two seemed, a little closer than before. But he couldn't really say anything about it; he looked to a still stunned Riku and smirked slightly.
"This is so not what I thought would happen today. Part of me just wishes that I'd stayed in bed." Riku muttered. Sasuke nodded slightly understanding where the girl was coming from. He closed his eyes and let sleep take over, hopefully not full of nightmares he was pretty sure was going to come whether he liked it or not. Riku watched her master for a second; she was surprised when he had asked her to call him Sasuke. It was odd to call a master by their first name. But if that was what Sasuke wanted then, she'd do it, as his slave. She looked to Naruto who was already sleeping beside her; his head leaned over and lay on Sakura's shoulder. Sakura was just now closing her eyes, not caring about Naruto at the moment.
Riku then looked around, everyone had already started laying down, and falling asleep. She felt odd, being surrounded by so many people at once. When she was with Sir, it was just her, Sir, and fish boy, and all her other Masters would just shut her up in a room, or make her stay in the house and clean. She felt shy, but anxious at the same time, she looked back to Sasuke who's breath slowly started to even out as he fell asleep. She took this as a sign to finally rest, and so she too closed her eyes and began to drift into the darkness of her mind.
"R-i-k-u… R-i-k-u… Riku… RIKU!" Sasuke finally yelled at the still sleeping girl. Riku shot up and looked around, wondering where in the world she was. Kiba was snickering a crossed the fire and Naruto was staring at her from her side. Riku's eyes went to her side and saw her master looking slightly peeved and amused at the same time.
"S-sorry!" Riku cried and Sasuke's face softened as he patted her head.
"It's alright. But we're leaving." Sasuke said and stood, Riku quickly got to her feet and dusted the dirt off her cloths. Naruto sighed slightly and pulled his bag up on his shoulder.
"Let's just get going already. I want to make it back to Konoha before night fall." Naruto said. Yamato came up behind him and put his hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"Don't worry Naruto; we've got plenty of time to get back to the village." He said and walked forward. Riku smiled slightly at Naruto who gave her a grin back. Sasuke sighed slightly and began to walk, Riku quickly filling beside or behind him. Naruto was close to Sakura and everyone started off towards the village. Taking to the trees, and picking up speed.
Riku felt weird, it was odd that her and Naruto had the same birthday, and looked alike. She'd heard of strangers being identical, but it wasn't very often, and usually the look alikes were the same gender. But she wondered why he had whisker marks on his face. She then wondered if maybe Sir knew about the resemblance between them. She hadn't really heard of Naruto from him, he didn't really talk much. And when he did, it was either telling her what to do, or just random talking that she couldn't really remember, or when he trained her. Riku also had no clue where they were going at the moment. She didn't really know where she was going with Sir, but he usually told her something.
All Riku knew was they were going to some village. But she couldn't say anything, even if she wanted to know what the hell was going on. She really wanted to know what was going on, but kept her lips shut. The last time she had slipped up and said something she was punished, and that was before Sir. So she hadn't questioned Sir, besides when he told her to be Sasuke's slave, which was the only time she had an out burst. But it wasn't the fact that Sir had told her to be Sasuke's slave, it was the fact that she wasn't set free. She was hoping, but hope was such a stupid thing and Riku knew it. She knew deep down that Itachi wasn't good, wasn't to be trusted, and wouldn't give her what she truly wanted.
Sasuke looked over at Riku who was glaring at the spot in front of her as she ran behind him. It looked like she was off in her own mind, but still was able to see and jump from tree to tree without hitting something. Not something Naruto could do, Sasuke smirked at that thought. They were alike so much, but Naruto was more out spoken than Riku. But then Sasuke wondered just what Riku was really like, if she was able to express herself better. His thoughts went to how to free her, he wanted to ask, but would she know. He pulled back, and Riku looked at him as he came back with her.
"So, Riku… how would I be able to… well free you?" Sasuke asked. Riku's eyes widened and she stopped jumping and looked to Sasuke who had to stop as well. Sasuke jumped beside her, and Naruto stopped, and then everyone else followed.
"What's the matter?" Naruto asked. Riku snapped her head up to him before looking to Sasuke, then to the ground.
"I don't know Sasuke. Even if you were to say I was free, the slave trade could capture me and I'd just be back where I am. If Sir had freed me, then I'd truly be free because he branded me." Riku said. Naruto came up beside Sasuke.
"What do you mean branded?" Naruto asked before Sasuke had a chance. Riku sighed slightly and pulled her shirt off, revealing her black bra. Sakura gasped slightly, Hinata went wide eyed. While the boy's just gawked at her, Yamato though had the decencies to look away. Riku turned around and faced Sai who was behind her, he just stared at her with an emotionless face, and he had seen what was on her back. Sasuke gasped slightly while Naruto was pretty pissed off.
"Why would Itachi… that's… you're…" Sasuke trailed off as he traced his fingers over the Uchiha symbol on Riku's right back. It wasn't the size of Sasuke's hand, and was a tattoo.
"Why would having this keep you from being brought back to the slave trade?" Sasuke asked, his voice shaking. Riku glanced over her shoulder at Sasuke then Naruto.
"It proves that I was Sir's property and his alone, but since he passed me onto you I'm now up to grabs if anything happens to you, unless when you're dieing you set me free, but even then I can't be sure." Riku said. Sasuke pulled his hand away from the symbol on her back.
"So, all I have to do is brand you as well, and then say you're free?" Sasuke asked slightly hesitant about it. Riku pulled her shirt down and saw the slight disappointment in Sai's eyes.
"I guess so." Riku said and turned to her master. Sasuke frowned as did Naruto.
"This is so complicated." Sasuke said and ran a hand through his hair. Naruto nodded in agreement to the Uchiha's statement.
"Come on, we'll get this straightened out in Konoha." Yamato called back. Naruto nodded and started off again. Sasuke sighed and looked to Riku before nodding and taking off as well, Riku not far behind, and Sai rounding up the rear.
Everything was silent as they jumped through the trees to the Hidden Village of the Leaf. They stopped to rest a few times, and when ever they did Riku would just sit off to the side not talking unless Sasuke engaged her into a random conversation. It usually consisted of 'are you okay?' and Riku answering with 'sure.' They were currently only an hour away from Konoha, and were seated in a small clearing just off to the side of the path. Riku was sitting up in a tree, one knee pulled to her chest while the other leg hung loosely over to the tree branch.
She was lost in thought. She wasn't sure if she could trust Sasuke. She had never trusted anyone in her life; Sir was the closest person she could trust. She wanted to trust, trust everyone she was around. She wanted to trust that he wasn't lying to her. She wanted to trust, she wanted to put her whole heart into everything. But she wasn't sure if she could do it. She wasn't sure if she could ever trust anyone. Sir had crushed her so much when he hadn't set her free. But she knew deep down he wouldn't, she knew he wasn't good. She knew, but she had hoped, and now she wasn't sure if hoping was a good thing anymore. She had hoped to be free for so long, but could it ever happen? Riku could tell Naruto was disgusted at the fact she was a slave to Sasuke. She could see it in his eyes; almost everyone was a little around her now, she could tell they didn't like the idea.
But she couldn't tell what was going through Sasuke's head. It scared her; he was so much like Sir in that category. Riku could never see what Sir was thinking when she looked at him. He was so guarded, and emotionless, the only time she had ever seen an emotion on his face was when Sasuke had slammed the katana into his chest. Riku saw pain, something she had never seen on his face, there was something else, but she didn't want to think about it. They way he looked at her were almost, guilty, but that must have been her imagination. But she could never ask him about it now, he was dead, and there was no way he was coming back. Riku sighed slightly as she looked down to see Naruto and Sasuke talking, once again. It seemed their conversations consisted of the past three years and what each other had learned. That was why she stayed away from them; she didn't want to be pulled into that conversation.
"Alright, rest is over, we should head out now. We should make it to Konoha in an hour or so." Yamato called and everyone stood. Riku stood in the tree and watched as everyone pulled their small bags on their shoulders. Sasuke looked up at Riku and was memorized as a gust of wind rushed past them and blew her hair into her face. Riku took one hand and pulled back a bit of her hair and tucked it behind her ear. Her blue eyes locked with Sasuke's and Riku smiled slightly at him before jumping down to the ground. Sasuke pulled his eyes away from her and tightened the cloak he had on.
"You ready Riku?" Sasuke asked. Riku nodded as she looked at him. Sasuke gave her a small smirked before heading out, following Yamato, Kiba and Hinata. Riku followed, with Naruto, Shino, Sakura, and Sai behind her. Riku felt oddly safe being surrounded by people who didn't look at her as a slave, but as a human being. And part of her was scared of it, yet another wanted to welcome that safety into her life and never let it go. Sasuke glanced back at Riku who looked to be having trouble with a conflict inside at the moment. And who could blame her, he couldn't, he had no idea how she felt at the moment. He could tell she was debating whether or not to trust him, and he wished he could help her, but knew she had to come to that term on her own.
They ran in silence once again, just like they had for the whole time. He started to wonder just what he punishment would consist. What horror would Tsunade give him as a punishment? He slightly shuddered at the thought; she could really be horrible when she wanted to be. He then wondered if she would believe him that he really did care about the village. He also had thought about why every time he thought about Itachi, a small pang surged through his chest. Why he felt like crying and running to hide under his bed like a five year old. The feeling was new to him, and it scared him as to what it meant.
He now regretted leaving Konoha, knowing that he probably could have became just as great if he had stayed in Konoha. Sasuke wished he could go back in time and stop himself from leaving, but another part of him didn't think what he did was all that bad. He did kill Orochimaru, at least to some point. That got a glare set on his face. Kabuto was such a stupid man, he regretted not killing him when he had the chance. If he had just got rid of Kabuto as well, then he wouldn't have to worry about Orochimaru coming back. He sighed, even if Orochimaru would come back, he'd just kill him again. He wasn't going to leave Konoha again, even if he is put on a long punishment. He'd stick it out, no matter what type of punishment that women handed down to him.
An hour had passed by pretty quickly to everyone. Soon the gates of Konoha came into view on the horizon and Naruto let out a large 'finally.' Sasuke smiled slightly, the only ones who caught it were Naruto and Riku. Sakura thought she saw the smile, but when she took a double take, Sasuke was just smirked his famous Uchiha smirk. The group slowed to a walk as they came closer to the village. Riku looked up in wonder at the gates, they were huge! She had never seen gates that large, nor had she ever been to this place, at least from what she could remember. She was starting to get shy as they gates slowly opened; the guards had spotted who they were back further. By the time the large group of people got to the gates they were wide opened, and Riku's eyes widened as she looked upon a large village. She stayed behind Sasuke and Naruto the whole way as they walked through the gates.
Sasuke looked back and could already tell Riku was fascinated, shy, but also he could see the slightly flicker of fear that she had kept hidden. Sasuke, not knowing what to do and did the only thing he could think at the moment. He took Riku's hand that was already close to his and gave it a squeeze. Riku's eyes widened even more and she looked to Sasuke who gave her a small smirkish smile. Riku's eyes softened slightly and she blushed as her eyes flickered to the hand that Sasuke hadn't released. Sasuke's smirk grew as he saw her blush and he looked to Naruto who had a raised eyebrow at him before rolling his eyes, and taking Riku's other hand. Riku's eyes if possible widened even more, she looked to Naruto who gave her a cheesy grin to Sasuke who smirked and looked away from her. Sakura giggled somewhere behind her and Riku tempted to glare at her but couldn't really find her as Sasuke and Naruto dragged her through the town.
The whispers of the villagers she heard perfectly. Some were better then other, and some made her want to ring someone's neck for some odd reason. There were the most that said 'look the Uchiha's back!' 'They finally brought Sasuke-kun back!' Then there was 'If it weren't for that demon Sasuke-kun would have never left' that one made her frown. Just who was this demon they were talking about? Her question was answered as they moved past a group of people who was glaring slightly at her and Naruto. 'Who's the red head?' 'She looks just like the demon child.' That had made her glare at the group as they walked by. She looked to Naruto who was smiling, as if he couldn't hear what they were saying. But she could tell he could hear everyone loud and clear, her advice was the way he squeezed her hand when they said something that made her want to rip their neck apart. Not that she would unless Sasuke ordered her to.
She could also see the hurt in his eyes; she knew that he could hide them from everyone else. But his eyes were just like hers, emotions hidden underneath fake smiles. They way his eyes twinkled with fake happiness and real happiness. Riku could tell it wasn't just the looks they were the same, it was also how they held in their emotions. Her blue eyes turned to Sasuke. This time she was surprised, he was glaring at every person who dared say anything bad about Naruto or her. She had heard some bad things about her master, and those almost made her pull out of the two who had a hold of her. But to her surprise it made no effect on Sasuke, the only thing was the guilt that passed only shortly over his eyes. Riku had already put two and two together; Sasuke had betrayed this village for a guy named Orochimaru to grow stronger so he could kill Sir. Now he was back, and there was a big uproar about it. Sasuke noticed her eyes on him, and he could see the confusion on her face.
"Don't worry about what the villagers say. They are ignorant thinking, just keep you're head high, and walk." Sasuke reassured her. Riku nodded, taking it as an order, and Sasuke sighed slightly. But even if Sasuke had said it, she couldn't help look o the blonde who they were calling a demon. There was nothing but the whisker marks on his face that was out of the ordinary. He seemed cheerful, and he looked like her, and had her birthday. He didn't seem any different from a human being, and she could tell the hurt in his eyes, and could tell he was no demon. No matter what, she knew that he was no demon, and no one could change her mind, even if she were to be ordered to call him a demon, it didn't mean she would believe it.
"Were here." Naruto announced as they came up to a large red building. It was rounded at the top where the roof was flat. Behind the building was a large stone mountain with five stone faces. Three were guys, one a lady, the fourth face seemed oddly familiar but she couldn't really place it. They walked through the doors and up a flight of rounding stairs. They all walked in silence, but Riku couldn't help the small blush when Sasuke and Naruto hadn't let go of her hands, almost afraid she would run away. They came to a large wooden double door, two people dressed in white and black with masks on. Riku had seen them before, Sir had called them… Anbu if she remembered correctly. But she didn't voice anything out loud, she just stayed silent as the guys in masks nodded and pushed the door open.
"Team Uzumaki is back with Uchiha." One of the Anbu said, his voice low and Riku could tell he was surprised slightly. She felt both Anbu look at her for a brief second before allowing everyone to enter the room. The room was large, and held a lot of books and scrolls everywhere. There was a lady sitting at a oak desk, she was looking at the group with wide eyes. And Riku had now noticed that the two Anbu had stayed inside the room with them.
The lady had long blonde hair, and was parted into two low piggy tails, with some bangs on the said of her face. Her eyes were brown with a hint of blue as she looked at the group of ninjas, plus one. The lady had large breasts that were covered by a tight gray shirt; she was now sitting straight up and was staring at Sasuke and Naruto who was shielding Riku from view. There was silence for a few seconds before the lady sighed slightly, from what Riku could tell she was tired, and it looked as if she had been crying.
"I see you have finally finished your goal Naruto, Sasuke." The lady said. Naruto stepped forward, his hand released Riku's, who felt the lose of warmth he had given her.
"What's the matter Tsunade-baachan? Did something happen?" Naruto asked. Concern and worry in his voice. Tsunade swallowed the lump in her throat and looked down.
"We got a frog today… it was from Jiraiya… I don't think he made it." Tsunade answered truthfully. Naruto's eyes widened and Sasuke stepped forward; his hand not leaving Riku's and dragged her forward as well. Riku looked to Sasuke who had put a hand on Naruto's shoulder. The blonde's head was bowed and his golden hair fell in front of his eyes. Riku's eyes softened, it was something she would do as well, hide the pain that she couldn't herself. Tsunade looked shocked by her masters actions, but still had not noticed her, or if she did she hadn't said anything as of yet.
"Where was Jiraiya?" Naruto asked in a small voice. Tsunade sighed slightly and looked to the desk.
"Rain country, he went alone, he was looking up things about Pain the leader of Akatsuki." Tsunade said, and Riku stiffened. That was the first thing they were talking about that she knew something about. Akatsuki, that was one thing Sir would talk about, and she would catch fish boy and Sir talking about it. Sasuke had noticed the tenseness in Riku's form and wondered what she knew about Akatsuki. Naruto was staring at Tsunade like she was crazy.
"Why would he go alone to the Rain country where the leader of Akatsuki could be at? Did he want to die?" Naruto asked clearly pissed off. Riku stepped up, and looked to Sasuke who nodded, not knowing exactly what she was going to say. Riku took Naruto's hand in hers and he looked to her, she looked saddened but clearly knew something. Tsunade was gapping at her, just now seeing the red head that looked like the boy she thought of as a son.
"If I may, I don't think this Jiraiya is dead." Riku said. Tsunade stood.
"And why not?" She asked the red head who stood firmly in front of her. Riku looked to Sasuke quickly.
"Because, Pain… he's just a tool of Akatsuki at least that's what Sir always went on about." Riku took a deep breath. "If a powerful ninja were killed and Pain found them, he could somehow bring them back to life. But not fully, he just put part of his soul into their bodies and used them like a puppet. Every technique he had already known was transferred to the bodies he used. If Jiraiya had died, then Pain would have used his body, and could stop the frog by simply canceling it right? If Jiraiya is alive, he got away, that meaning he's doing his best to hide somewhere while the injuries I'm sure he has are healing." Riku explained and everyone gapped at her knowledge.
"How do you know all this?" Tsunade asked, wanting no demanding to know who this child was. Riku looked to Sasuke who again sighed and nodded.
"Sir would come and complain to be a lot about Akatsuki. He went on about how Pain was nothing but a puppet to the real leader. But Sir didn't know who the real leader was, or if it was just one…" Riku looked back at Sasuke. "Sir was like a child throwing a hissy fit about that. He said something about not wanting to take orders of someone who took orders. Or something along those lines, he usually came to me at night, when fish boy was never around, so I was usually half asleep." Riku said. Sasuke gapped at her, trying to put Itachi and hissy fit together, what he got made him chuckle, and only slightly.
"Who's Sir?" Tsunade asked, clearly confused. Naruto stepped up; he placed a hand on Riku's shoulder.
"I'll answer that Riku. Thank you… really." Naruto said, Riku smiled slightly before nodding and going back to Sasuke's side, already feeling the blood rushing to her head. She hadn't really ever talked to someone about it, but it felt good to make Naruto happy.
"Riku was a slave that Itachi had found. He then gave Riku over to Sasuke when Sasuke killed Itachi. As Itachi's dieing wish he… bound… Riku to Sasuke. So Sir is Itachi." Naruto said, trying to put it into words, it was still confusing for him.
"Slave?" Naruto nodded. "Itachi?" Again the blonde nodded. "Dead?" Again the blonde nodded. "Sasuke?" Tsunade asked and then looked to the Uchiha with wide eyes.
"You're back?" She asked, this time Sasuke nodded. Tsunade glared slightly at him.
"And what makes you think you can just come back?" Tsunade asked, Sasuke looked to the ground in guilt.
"Baa-Chan…" Naruto started and Tsunade looked to the blonde.
"No Naruto, I know you've been looking for him. But I can't just let him come and go as he pleases. He betrayed the village brat." Tsunade said.
"But…" This time it was Sasuke who interrupted him.
"Don't worry Naruto; I'm prepared to deal with whatever Hokage-Sama deals to me." Sasuke said. Tsunade smirked and Riku immediately didn't like it.
"One year, probation. No missions, and that year you will be doing community services. You will have two Anbu watching over you for three months, if Naruto, Sakura, or Kakashi aren't around." Tsunade said and Sasuke winced. A whole year, it was fair but still, he wasn't too found of an Anbu looking over him, but what could he do. "If I deem that you have proven you're loyalties to the village I may shorten it the probation, or if we desperately need you in the next year. You also have to go to therapy lessons; I want to know what all happened while you were with Orochimaru." Sasuke nodded, already seeing that one coming. Tsunade smiled slightly.
"It's good to have you back Uchiha. Be grateful, if you hadn't killed Orochimaru and two Akatsuki members, it could have been worse." Tsunade said. Naruto grinned sheepishly.
"Well, Sasuke didn't really kill Orochimaru completely." Naruto said. Hinata had moved up beside him by now. Tsunade looked at Naruto with raised eyebrows.
"What do you mean not completely?" The fifth asked slightly annoyed and worried voice. Naruto sighed.
"Kabuto, being the idiot he is, injected what was left of Orochimaru after Sasuke had his way. When Kabuto came to us, Orochimaru already had taken part of his body over." Naruto said.
"Eighty nine percent of his body to be correct and he was still spreading. I don't think we've seen the last of Orochimaru. Kabuto may be a good ninja, but I don't think he'll be able to overcome Orochimaru's power." Hinata said. Tsunade gapped at them, her mouth open just slightly as she took in their words.
"Damn, and here I thought Orochimaru was finally gone." Tsunade took a deep breath. "Anything else you want to lay on me before I dismiss you, and have Yamato fill the mission report?" Tsunade asked. Naruto grinned again, and Sasuke smirked slightly.
"We want a blood test." Naruto said. Riku looked confused at this and looked to Sasuke, Tsunade raised an eyebrow at them.
"Blood test?" She asked uncertain. "For who?" Naruto grinned again; he grabbed Riku's hand and pulled her beside him.
"Riku and I, we look alike, I'm sure you've notice. She also says her birthday is the same as mine." Naruto said, Riku gasped and looked to Sasuke who smirked and nodded slightly. Riku looked to Naruto who grinned at her. Tsunade shook her head.
"It's not possible… is it?" Tsunade asked and looked Riku over again. Tsunade stood and walked around the desk and over to Riku who stiffened incredibly. Tsunade's hand ran through Riku's hair and down the side of her face, her eyes wide as she was hit with realization.
"It's incredible; you look almost exactly like Naruto. But you have the red hair of his mother. It could be possible you're related or even twins." Tsunade said and looked to Naruto who was wide eyed.
"My mother?" Naruto asked. "You knew her?" Tsunade smiled sweetly.
"Of course I knew her, she wanted me to be the doctor for the birth, but I couldn't do it. My fear of blood and all from back then was pretty strong. You're father was there though; she had decided to go into labor an hour before Kyuubi attacked. So you're father used you to seal the Nine-Tails into, the Third was supposed to tell you when you hit sixteen." Tsunade explained and Naruto's eyes widened and Sasuke just gapped slightly, he had seen the resemblance between the fourth and Naruto but never voiced it. Everyone in the room, minus the Anbu, and Yamato gasped slightly.
"My father… the fourth?" Naruto mumbled. Tsunade smiled.
"Yeah, we'll talk later; there are a few things I'm going to have to sort out. I was waiting for you're sixteenth birthday to do it though." Tsunade said, Naruto just weakly nodded.
"Wow, I wouldn't believe Naruto was the fourth's son if I hadn't heard it from you." Kiba voiced and everyone sighed at once. Riku was just staring at everyone, wondering just what the hell was going on. She felt everything start to spin; everything was too much for her take on at once. She felt so weak at the moment; they thought Naruto was her brother? If he was then someone knew who her mother and father was? She was so confused about everything. She heard everyone stop talking, and she could faintly hear Sasuke's call, she wanted to reach out to him, to stop the dizziness. The last thing she saw was Sasuke's and Naruto's worried face before her world went black and she felt her body fall.
Hope you liked it! Took me a little while to write down! I'm doing like four stories at once, so it's a little hard to keep track of stuff! Beyond Worlds is going to be the next update! This one will take a little longer to update, so all my fans I hope you are reading my other stories! Thanks for the reviews so far! And again I hoped you enjoyed this one!
