Blue Eyes Yellow Flash

Chapter two

Anger and Acceptance

Something that should be said is that this will not be a yaoi fic. Sorry to anyone who was hoping that it would be. The reason why I listed the characters as being predominantly Naruto and Sasuke is because the majority of the story will be focused on them. It is not an indication of a possible pairing between them, and as such I have changed the main characters to be Naruto and Hinata, as that is the only revealed pairing so far. Sorry to anyone who got the wrong idea. That said, please read, review, and take note of the fact that I still don't own Naruto!

Sasuke looked at her with something strange in his eyes. "Itachi doesn't matter anymore Sakura. He's dead, the Uchihas are avenged. My only concern now is the rebuilding of the clan." And with those words, he leaned down and kissed her. She leaned into it, wanting it. But at the same time, there was a strange feeling inside her, something that made her pull away.

She stroked his cheek gently. "Sasuke-kun....." Suddenly, without any change in expression, she drove her free hand into his stomach.

He dropped to the floor, gasping for breath. "Sakura, why...."

Leaning down to look into his eyes, Sakura looked furious. "What the hell was that Sasuke? Last time we were together you knocked me out and left me on a cold park bench in the middle of the night. I don't care what seals you had on you at the time, you can't do something like that and expect me to be okay with you kissing me the next time you see me. If you ever try to kiss me without my permission again, I'll aim a little lower." Sasuke went even paler at the thought. Dropping a small dripper bottle on the floor next to him, she said "two drops per eye every hour and a half." And with those words she stormed out of the room.

The next day, Sasuke and Naruto stood before Tsunade in the Hokage's office. Naruto was grinning as if he knew what was coming. Sasuke was burning with curiosity, but was pretending to be impassive.

Tsunade looked up from her paperwork and smiled at them. "Naruto, Sasuke. It's good to see you were able to get here on time. I have two things to tell you. Firstly, Sasuke. It is a condition of your reinstatement as a Konoha ninja that you have a parole officer that will be living with you. This officer must be a ninja of power comparable to yours, who is explicitly trusted by me. To this end, you will be staying with Naruto." Suddenly she frowned. "I was going to give you a choice between Naruto and Sakura, but Sakura came to me yesterday afternoon asking me to place you with Naruto. Whatever you did, sort it out with her. I want to reform the old team seven, but if there is dissent between you, I can't."

At this, Naruto looked questioningly at Sasuke. When he didn't show any signs of wanting to explain, Naruto looked back to Tsunade. "Hey baa-chan, tell him the next part already!"

Tsunade sighed at hearing Naruto's disrespectful name for her yet again. Pulling a ring of keys out of her pocket, she threw them to Sasuke. Startled, he caught them, and then looked at her quizzically. She smirked, then said "Uchiha Sasuke. As a ninja, you have been considered an adult ever since you graduated the academy. However, you are generally not allowed to receive any inheritances until you turn fifteen. This date is well and truly past. On that ring are the keys to every building in the Uchiha compound, which is now the property of you and you alone. There is also a key to a safe deposit box at the Konoha General Bank, which holds the fortunes of all the deceased Uchiha's. Congratulations, you are now the second richest man in Konoha."

Sasuke snorted. "Like I care about money. And if I own the Uchiha compound, why am I living with Naruto?"

Tsunade glared at him. "I already said that it is a condition of your reinstatement that you have a parole officer."

Sasuke looked frustrated. "But the Uchiha compound is far better than Naruto's tiny apartment!"

At this point Naruto butted in. "Don't worry Sasuke, I don't live there anymore. My place is more than big enough for both of us. You'll see."

Sasuke was amazed. To say that Naruto's new house was big enough for both of them was a huge understatement. It was a veritable mansion. He couldn't believe it. "Naruto, I have a question. How the hell did you afford this?"

Naruto grinned. He'd been waiting for Sasuke to ask that question. "My father left it to me" he said casually over his shoulder.

Sasuke gaped at him. "You found out who your father was?"

Naruto grinned again. "Yeah, it turns out you aren't the only one who comes from a good family. My father was Namikaze Minato."

Sasuke looked at Naruto thoughtfully. Now that he thought about it, there was a good resemblance between Naruto's new, older face and the face of the fourth carved into the cliff. Then he remembered something he read once. "That actually explains a fair amount. The Namikaze clan never had a recorded kekkei genkai, but almost without exception the members of the clan had freakish physical and chakra stamina. It appears to have manifested very strongly in you, but some of that might be the fox."

Naruto started and then glared at Sasuke. "Chakra stamina maybe. But my physical stamina is purely me now, even though that might not have always been the case."

Sasuke looked curiously at Naruto. "What do you mean by that?"

Naruto again grinned smugly. Concentrating, he formed a rasengan in his right hand. Rather than the blue ball Sasuke was expecting, it was a swirling sphere of blue and red. "The seal the fourth put on the kyuubi was designed so that over time my chakra and the fox's would align, and his power would become mine. It happened about a year and a half ago. My chakra control's also gotten better as result; I don't need a clone to make a rasengan anymore."

"Hn. I can see that, dobe. Now open the door already, there's no use just standing around outside."

Sasuke looked down at the table and sighed. He supposed he shouldn't have been surprised, but with the grand new house, he had sort of expected that the food Naruto ate would have gone up market as well. So when Naruto had offered to make them some dinner after they finished moving Sasuke's very limited belongings into the house, Sasuke had thought nothing of it. So he decided it was his own fault that he was now looking rather unenthusiastically at a steaming cup of instant ramen. "Do you ever eat anything other than this stuff?" he asked.

Naruto laughed. "I only eat this stuff when I'm alone. Hinata always cooks whenever she's over. She's coming round tomorrow night, you'll love her cooking."

Sasuke suddenly remembered the surprisingly open and confident kunoichi from the hospital. "What's happened to her anyway? She used to be so quiet and weak."

Naruto frowned at him. "She was never weak Sasuke. It's just that her family never saw that."

Sasuke smirked at him. "Whatever you say. But you can't deny that she used to be so shy that she would blush and faint whenever you were around. That has definitely changed."

Naruto grinned. "Yeah, that's true at least. Sakura thinks it's because of me. I think she always had it in her, she just never let it show." He frowned. "She went through a really rough patch when her father disowned her, but she came through it stronger than ever."

The stoic Uchiha barely stopped himself from gasping. "She got disowned? But why?"

Naruto looked away from Sasuke as he thought of how he would explain what had happened to his girlfriend of eighteen months during the most difficult time in her life.

Flashback/

Hinata gasped in pain. She couldn't keep her legs straight, the repeated hits were all that were keeping her upright. Finally it was over. "64 palms." Hanabi said coldly as her older sister fell to the floor. Hinata let out a soft sob. Not only was she hurting all over, but she knew what was coming now. Her father would not be pleased.

As if on cue, her father's voice reached her ears. "Hinata. We must talk. My study, now." When they were in his study, he sighed. What would come was going to be difficult, but he had no choice. "Hinata. As you know, there are two branches of the Hyuuga clan. The main family, and branch family. Normally, Hanabi would be part of the branch family due to your position as the heir. However, up until now I have trained you both. This cannot continue. The elders have decreed that I must name one of you as the heir." He turned around and faced her with a sigh. "Hinata, I am sorry. But given the evidence of your spar with Hanabi, she is clearly stronger. Despite being younger than you she not only defeated you, but did so with a technique that you are yet to learn. I must do what is best for the clan. I will be naming her the heir tomorrow and you will be made a member of the branch family and will be branded with the caged bird seal."

Hinata could tell she was about to start crying. Not wanting to show yet another sign of weakness in front of her father, she let out a soft "yes father" before turning and running form the room.

/end flashback

Sasuke looked disgusted at the story that had just been told to him by the one he secretly considered his brother. "So what happened then?"

Naruto frowned. "She left. She wouldn't let them put the seal on her. Hiashi disowned her and made it known that she wasn't welcome back at the Hyuuga compound. She was living with me for nearly half a year. Hiashi took her back when she made jounin, and she's back living in the compound now. It's a strange situation. She was offered the position of heir again, but after what she'd been through she told the elders that she didn't want it. So they still want to put the seal on her, but me, Hiashi and Tsunade won't let them. Neji's pretty angry about it too, but he's still got the seal so he can't do much. To be honest, Hiashi disowning her is the best thing that could have happened. She's technically not a Hyuuga anymore, so Tsunade is allowed to intervene on her behalf, if it was just a clan matter she'd have no jurisdiction. And you wouldn't believe how much stronger Hinata has gotten now that she's not under all the pressure of being the heir."

Sasuke looked at Naruto strangely. "You seem to be quite familiar with Hinata's father. I would have thought that the uptight head of a 'prestigious' clan would hate the 'demon brat' ."

Naruto sighed. "It's wierd. He still cares greatly about Hinata, and I can't help but respect him for that, but he has to act like a jackass a lot of the time because of his position as clan head. He's gotta do a lot of things he doesn't want to do because that's what's best for the clan."

Sasuke smiled. "Well we might have to do the same thing some day. The Namikaze's used to be a very important clan in Konoha, and you know how important the Uchiha's were. We're the heads of those clans now, if only because all our family is dead."

Smiling sardonically, Naruto lifted his ramen cup in a mocking toast. "To the last of the clans!" Sasuke lifted his cup and knocked it against Naruto's. They resumed eating in silence, lost in their own thoughts.

The next day Sasuke and Naruto rose late with fuzzy heads. They had followed the ramen with a heady mix of sake and memories. Silently Naruto prepared some more ramen for breakfast. After eating in silence they went their separate ways, Naruto going to see Tsunade to enlist the two of them in the jounin exams, Sasuke simply wanting to get out of the house and wander around the village he had done so much for, even if the people of the village didn't know it. Tsunade had promised to make it known that he had been sent to Orochimaru as a mission, but had warned that it would take a little while for all the villagers to know (although of course all shinobi in the village were told as soon as he returned), and even longer for them to lose their distrust of him. True to her word, he received many dirty looks as he walked through the village. He was wandering aimlessly and was surprised to find himself outside the Konoha bank. On a whim, he went inside. He was surprised to be immediately approached by a short, bustling little man who greeted him by name and acted as if they were familiar with each other.

Sasuke couldn't help but be amused by the small man who introduced himself as Tsuchiko. He fuddled with some papers on the desk that he had dragged him over to. Then he looked up to Sasuke. "Over the years since I have been placed in charge of the Uchiha accounts, I have been able to maintain a growth of fifteen percent per year. I would recommend that you allow me to remain in charge of the accounts, but of course that is your decision to make."

Sasuke smiled at the hopeful look on Tsuchiko's face. "To be able to maintain such growth consistently over so many years is quite impressive. I will of course continue to have you in charge of the accounts. But I must ask, you act as if you know me. Is this the case?"

Tsuchiko looked surprised. "But of course. You came in a few times with your father before...well, you know."

Sasuke stared at him. "Before my brother murdered the entire clan. Yes, I know." Changing the subject, he said "I believe I shall require some funds for the next few months. Please arrange it."

Looking very grateful for the distraction, Tsuchiko fuddled around with some papers for a while before going into a different room and returning with a small pouch designed to be hung from a belt. Looking inside Sasuke found it was filled with notes of varying denominations. Tsuchiko said to him "That should be enough to last at least a few months, although if it isn't, you are of course welcome to come back for more."

Sasuke nodded, and feeling himself wanting to get away from the man who had apparently known his father, quickly left.

Naruto wandered around Konoha aimlessly. Not for the first time, he wished he had his girlfriend's eyes. He was sure that Sakura was pissed at Sasuke for some reason, and a pissed off Sakura was hard to find. Naruto then shuddered at the thought of what he was about to do of his own free will. Hunt down a probably pissed of Sakura.

It took Naruto nearly two hours to find Sakura. She was at the training grounds where her, Naruto and Sasuke had officially become genin. She had a line of big boulders in front of her and was systematically pulverising them with her superhuman strength. Naruto approached her cautiously. "Sakura-chan?"

She whirled around, anger showing in her clear green eyes. "What do you want?" she demanded angrily. Seeing Naruto, the expression on her face was softened. "Oh, sorry Naruto, I thought you were Sasuke."

Naruto laughed nervously. "Never thought I'd see the day that you would prefer seeing me to seeing Sasuke."

Sakura sighed. "Yeah, well I never thought I'd see the day that I would be angry about Sasuke kissing me, so there you go. What are you after Naruto?"

Naruto looked at her with worry evident in his bright blue eyes. "I came to find out what Sasuke did to annoy you, but I guess I know now. When did he find time to kiss you?"

Sakura looked away from Naruto. "After I gave him his checkup yesterday....It was wierd!" she burst out suddenly. "I've liked the guy for ten years and when he finally kisses me all I can think of is how much of a jackass he's been." She sighed. "I don't even know if he even likes me as a person. Does he even see me as any more than a womb on legs?"

Naruto stared. Until then he'd known better than to interrupt, but at this last question, directed mostly at the air, he couldn't help himself. "Eheh, Sakura, what makes you say that?"

Sakura whirled to face him. "He's just concerned with rebuilding his clan. For that he needs a wife to give him children. I know what he's thinking. I've loved him for years; he thinks I'll be an easy mark. Well he's got another thing coming. He tries something like that again and he won't be able to have any kids even if he finds someone stupid enough to marry him!"

Naruto winced at the threat that no man likes to hear. He sighed "Sakura...we have to give him time. I'm sure he didn't realize you would be so upset by it." He grinned suddenly "After all, it could even be that the teme loves you but is too proud to say it!"

Sakura smiled wanly. "Maybe......"

Naruto looked back over his shoulder at Sakura as he turned to leave. "I'm having everyone round my place tonight Sakura. We'll be there to show Sasuke we support him and we're glad to have him back. I think you should come. Regardless of how you feel about Sasuke at the moment, he'll need our support." Looking down at his shoes, he said quietly "Tsunade baa-chan told me that Sasuke might be affected by the release of the seal on his mind for anywhere up to a year. Maybe you should talk to Ino or her father, find out what he's going through at the moment." With those words he made a hand seal and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Sakura thought about what Naruto had said for a few moments before heading off to find her blonde headed kunoichi friend.

Chapter two done. Reviews please!