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Konoha

The winds were peaceful this afternoon; the sun was at its high, giving off gentle warm rays on the skin of the villagers. The chatter among the villagers was in perfect harmony with the chirping of the birds that continued to flutter around so aimlessly. Joyful laughter of the children echoed through the streets as they ran about chasing after one another.

From a lone standing tree you can see the masked Jonin relaxing for the afternoon, his book over his face as he slept. It had been awhile since the village was this peaceful, he thought to himself.

Above the stoned face of the Fourth Hokage, lay Naruto Uzumaki. It had become a daily routine for him; climbing up the monument just to be able to talk to his father, it was a kind of comfort for him. He had someone to talk to incase Kakashi-sensei was to busy to do so, or if topic was too prone to provoke his pink haired teammate's anger.

"And yeah old man, that's basically it," he patting the stone beneath him, "But like I said to Sakura that day and now I'm promising to you too, and mom, I will bring Sasuke back to the village." He said throwing a fist into the air, "After all he did fight by our side the remaining of those white things that were still left," his gaze lowered, "He just disappeared after that." With a sad smile he stood up, "Well, I'll talk to you tomorrow tou-san," he waved at the stone face and hopped down onto the village.

It's true; the teme did disappear after helping defeat the rest of the Zetsus that were there. He was sure that Sasuke would return after that; he hopped too much. That day, they had both met up with Sakura when she saw that he wasn't tied up or even drastically injured, she hugged the Uchiha. At that moment was when Naruto's hopes soared through the roof when he saw some emotion enter the eyes of the dark haired boy as the girl hugged him tightly. However, that probably made the whole thing worse when he left without saying a word to the two teammates. Tsunade still kept the ANBU black ops outside the perimeter of Konoha; she still didn't trust the Uchiha to not try anything against the village. They were assigned to capture the Uchiha if they saw him near the village. They had little hope that the Uchiha would even consider coming close to the village, but it didn't hurt to take precautions.

Naruto found himself walking towards the Village entrance, his head still bowed down as he pondered through the events in the recent past. He didn't even notice the commotion that had erupted near the gates.

"Let go of me!" He heard someone shout, That voice… "I said that I didn't do anything!" It has to be him… Naruto thought as he raced forward, pushing through the crowd of people that had suddenly formed.

Once he was through the crowd his eyes widened; there he was. Being held by two masked ANBU ninjas was his best friend; Sasuke Uchiha. He had stopped struggling against the grasp of the two ninjas that held him to look at the blonde before him. Giving him a glare he snapped at him, "Who the hell are you?"

He watched the expression of the blonde falter slightly after he said those words, "What do you mean who am I?" his hands clenched into fists, "Don't act stupid Sasuke!"

The glare on the boy's face deepened at the sound of that name, "God, would people stop calling me that! Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, hell I don't know who he is or what the hell he did, but I'm not him!"

Naruto saw the certainty in the eyes of the raven haired boy in front of him. How could this be, his missing best friend seems to believe that he didn't know him, or who he himself was.

"He's been saying that since we captured him," one of the masked men said, "We saw him coming towards the village."

There was a pause as Naruto continued to eye his glaring friend, "Have you told lady Tsunade?"

"Were going to report to her as soon as…"

"What's going on?" they heard their current Hokage yell through the crowd. As soon as her eyes landed on the Uchiha her eyes narrowed, "So you decided to make your move Uchiha?"

The boy let out an annoyed groan, "Like I've been saying, I don't know who that guy is!" he said thrashing against the hold of the men detaining him.

Tsunade's frowned at the Uchiha who was now kneeling on the ground from the force of the ninja that were holding him. Like Naruto, she saw nothing but sincerity in the boy's eyes.

"Then tell me," she walked closer to the boy, "Who are you?"

"I'm…" she saw his glare vanish from his face, replaced by nothing other than confusion, "I don't know," he said with lowered eyes.

Murmurs echoed through the still gathered crowd surrounding them. The Godaime's eyes widened at the statement, it seemed unbelievable, yet there wasn't a single trace of fib in his voice or eyes. However, it was wiser to make sure that he wasn't lying,

"Take him to Inoichi, have him see how much of this is true," she ordered the masked men.

"Hai!" they both said before disappearing with the still down looking Uchiha.

Naruto stood there, still starring at the place the three men once were. He just couldn't wrap his head around that fact. After all his friend was back, back in the village, back into they're lives!... But, he also didn't have a clue of who he was.

"Tsunade," he said still not looking up, "Is it possible for him not to remember anything?"

The woman beside him sighed, "I'm not sure, but we'll find out soon enough."

"Is Sakura-chan back from her mission?" he asked in a low voice.

"She should be back by tonight," her gaze went towards the village gates, "Hopefully we'll have this resolved before she gets here."

There was a beat of silence before Naruto spoke again, "Can I be there while you guys check?"

"Of course."

With Sasuke…

Who am I?...

The stares these people are giving me; their judging me. Why? I don't know these people, yet I let myself shrink under their gaze.

I have nothing to feel guilty of. Whoever this Sasuke Uchiha is, he's not me; I'm certain of that. I may not know who I am, but whatever that guy did seems to be something way beyond something I could be capable of.

I mean, their treating him like a murder or something.

These two guys wearing animal masks pulled me, and too kindly, through a dark corridor. It was cold, way too cold. I doubt complaining about it will make them turn up the heat. One thing though, they did take away that sword I had on me, it still gave me the shivers just thinking about that thing.

I looked up a little and saw some sort of light at the end of the hallway, a bit too bright for my eyes that had barely gotten used to the darkness.

"Inoichi," the guy on my left spoke, "By orders of the Godaime herself you are to inspect this boy's mind."

My mind…

I heard a low gasp in front of me, lifting my head enough to see a long, brownish-blondish haired man standing before me. His eyes were wide as I stared back, completely confused. Of course it would soon be replaced by full annoyance.

"Sasuke Uchiha," he said.

Can't people get it through their head that I'm not that guy… well I hope I'm not.

I sighed in annoyance, as the two men tugged to a chair. I rested my arms on my thighs, there was really no point in resisting, I'll just end up making it worse for myself.

I listened to the men mumble to themselves in a corner, every now and then they would give a glance in my direction.

Now that I think about it; why did I feel the need to come to this village? From what I've seen I knew no one here and no really seems to like me all that much, then again that could be from them thinking I'm this Sasuke guy.

"Sasuke Uchiha," the blonde man called.

I let out another annoyed sigh not even bothering to look up, "I'm telling you people I'm not him."

I heard his steps going behind me, "We'll see just sit back for a minute."

Releasing a heavy breathe I did as I was told. I left a gloved hand cover the top of my head, and before I knew it everything had gone white.

With Naruto…

Just as the two blondes entered the room was when Inoichi had preformed his jutsu. Sasuke's body was limp on the chair, his eyes rolled back as the man went through his mind.

"He's not in pain is he?" Naruto asked worriedly.

"No," Tsunade replied, "He's just in a dead state right now."

Not even five minutes late was Inoichi back to reality and Sasuke was gasping for air, "The hell was that?" he gasped.

Inoichi had an odd look on his face as walked over to the Hokage in the room.

"His memories don't go farther than just about an hour before this time," he said lowly.

"Are you sure?" Tsunade asked.

"I'm positive," he spared a glance back at the huffing Uchiha before continuing, "But there was a seal in his mind, something I've never seen before. I tried to unlock it, but it's almost like it was being guarded by some great kind of chakra."

"So what, it's true that Sasuke doesn't remember a thing about himself?" Naruto bursted out.

"Apparently yes, he has no memory of anything," Inoichi confirmed.

There was a slight bit of joy that overwhelmed Naruto at hearing that. Sasuke can finally start from square one, he can start over. And not knowing who the Uchiha's were or that he was even one could be good for him. They can be Team 7 again, all of them Kakashi, Sai, Yamato and… Sakura… How would she react to him being back, since he disappeared that day she's become a little cold towards him and the others. It was actually starting to scare him.

"Well what are you gonna do about him, granny?" Naruto asked softly.

She pondered over it for a while. Having the Uchiha fully regain his memories wasn't really in the best interest of the village, but she knew that if she said that out loud Naruto will give her hell. "I'm putting you in charge of him," she said as she began to walk off, "Anything that happens now is your responsibility."

He stared with disbelief at the woman leaving the room with a carefree wave. Soon the other men left the room as well, leaving Sasuke and Naruto there.

"So, what up Sasuke?" he said trying to kill the silence that had descended over them.

"Stop calling me that, it got annoying," he muttered under his breath.

Naruto sat cross legged on the ground, "Well I can't call you anything else; that's your name."

He showed a toothy grin as he saw the Uchiha before him give out some sort of pout, "If that's my name it's a little weird," then a glare formed on his face, "How do you even know me?"

His grin increased, shockingly, "You're my best friend here, and my old teammate, how could I not know you?" he said getting up, "Besides, I'm in charge of you until you start to remember some stuff."

The raven haired boy looked up, his eyebrow raised with some mockery, "So you're in charge of me?"

"Yup!" he replied his grin still in place.

"Really? Because, no offense, you kinda look like an idiot."

…

He doesn't even remember me and he's already calling me an idiot, Naruto thought to himself as he slid back down to the ground, "You're still a teme, even without your memories," he muttered.

Well i'll leave you guys with that! Tell me what you think. Any types of comments are gladly appreciated! Arigatou Gozaimasu!

Ja ne!

-Ira