Chapter 2

As he went in for the kiss, he was extremely nervous, yet he gathered up all his courage and kissed her gently on the cheek. He felt a sensation so great like a hot knife through butter, like it was his first time he saw light, like his darkness was all cleared. He was suprised that she did not wake, perhaps she was just pretending, perhaps she has forgiven him and loves him again, as he was about to leave, he saw the shurikens that had his blood on them laying beside her daggers. In a split second, he was outside her house and was wondering why Sakura would keep those, he thought he had made progress and would come back in time, but that didn't clear the problem of Orochimaru wanting her dead.

He left for the leader of Konoha, Tsunade. He quickly found her practising her jutsus in the woods. As the Uchiha approached her, she said in a soft tone.

"I was expecting you.. You wish to join the Konoha village again.. Yes?"

Suprised, the Uchiha nervously replied.

"H-h-ow.. Yes. I have came back, joining the sound village didn't help me, it caused me pain. I wish to return to Konoha.. Will you accept me..?"

Tsunade, seemed un-suprised and emotionless, closed her eyes, and soon after a few minutes, she replied.

"I'm sorry Sasuke, I cannot let you in Konoha again, you have betrayed us before and I cannot tell why you wouldn't do it again. I'm sorry Sasuke Uchiha, but you must find a place to stay other than Konoha.."

Disapointed and unsatisfied, the Uchiha was leaving when Tsunade quickly said.

"However, there is a solution, in two days time, there would be a martial arts tournament between Leaf and the Sound village, If you were to win, I would gladly accept you in Konoha, but i must warn you..-"

Before Tsunade finished, sasuke broke into a sprint all the way to his the place he has been camping for the past week.

"What does Tsunade take me for? She wants me to win a stupid tournament, I'm Sasuke Uchiha, this would be a joke, what could the sound village possibly dish out that I could not handle? I have been training with them for two years and there is no Ninja or Shinobi that could match my skills, Hmph."

Although he was extremely powerful, he thought, if Tsunade warned him about something, it must've been important, perhaps the Sound have been training their warriors differently, he thought to remain on the safe side, he would train, he had two more days till the day.

Two days past, the Uchiha was pumped out from 48 hours of unstoppable training, he was confident as ever...

"WELCOME TO THE MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT BETWEEN SOUND AND LEAF VILLAGES"

"THE FIRST MATCH WOULD BE... UCHIHA, SASUKE AGAINST... KIDOUMARU!"

"ROUND 1..."

"BEGIN!"

Without flinching. Kidoumaru instantly used a Spider bind technique on Sasuke, without effort, the Uchiha destroyed it with a Pheonix Immortal, the Pheonix Immortal burned the webs and suprisingly, the Shurikens hidden inside pierced into Kidoumaru's stomach and caused severe bleeding. Soon, Kidoumaru used a Spider Cocoon technique and hided himself in a strong cocoon, with no hesitation, the Uchiha used a Great Fireball Technique on the cocoon, it was perfect, in his two days of training, he has mastered it, the Cocoon burst apart and Kidoumaru was laying on the ground Unconscious.

"THE WINNER OF ROUND ONE... UCHIHA, SASUKE!"

"NEXT ROUND WILL BEGIN IN ONE HOUR!"

"ROUND 8, UCHIHA, SASUKE AGAINST... KIN TSUCHI!

"BEGIN!"

Kin Tsuchi Created five illusions of herself, the Uchiha was confused, not with the clones, but how she used such a stupid technique, then he relised, clones are her only special technique, swiftly, the Uchiha used a powerful Pheonix Immortal and the fireballs attack all five and hit the real Kin Tsuchi hard, she flew out of the arena.

"KIN TSUCHI IS OUT OF THE ARENA, MAKING UCHIHA, SASUKE THE WINNER!"

"ROUND 14 WOULD BEGIN IN 30 MINUTES"

"ROUND 14, UCHIHA SASUKE AGAINST... SAKON!"

"SEMI FINALS.. BEGIN!"

Sasuke remembered he once fought against him just before he left Konoha, he wants revenge, he also remembered that he was strong and posess the Cursed seal, he took extra caution with Sakon. Sakon used Parasite Demon Demolition Technique against Sasuke and started to fuse with him and destroying his cells, after minutes of tortore and pain and suffering, the Uchiha was struggling..

"I MUST DEFEAT HIM! I MUST ENTER KONOHA!"

"YES! I REMEMBER, HE SUFFERS THE DAMAGES I DO, HE MUST BE WEAK, THIS IS MY CHANCE!"

Instantly he uses his One Thousand Birds technique and charges his arm with electricity very powerful, he stabs Sakon with it, and almost immedetly, he falls down, breathless.. dead.

"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT! UCHIHA SASUKE HAS KILLED SAKON, MAKING SASUKE UCHIHA THE WINNER!"

"THE FINAL ROUND WOULD START IN 15 MINUTES, DONT MISS IT!"

Sasuke was resting in the locker room when he was called.

"THE FINAL ROUND SHALL START NOW, IT SEEMS ITS A FAMILY GAME, UCHIHA SASUKE AGAINST UCHIHA ITACHI!"

As Sasuke heard these words, he was very excited, it was his chance to take revenge on his brother, he was going to kill him. He stepped onto the ring, eyeing Itachi carefully.

"FINAL ROUND.. BEGIN!"

With this, Sasuke and Itachi both used Sharingan, but Itachi used his special Mangekyo Sharingan. Soon, they flew at each other, they clashed and fought so fast it was unseeable with the naked eye, the crowd was shouting and cheering as they were watching the battle of their time.. Itachi used the legendary Amaterasu technique on Sasuke, the flames burned him unbearably, Sasuke was in devastation of pain, it was the most painful experience he ever had.. Uncontrolably, he unleashed his Cursed seal, and Sasuke used the Fire Dragon Flame Missile once used by the Third hokage, as the flame neared Itachi.. Itachi whispered..

"We Shall Meet Again"

And he disapeared. Sasuke, filled with rage and anger, was furious and shouted

"ITACHI YOU COWARD! FACE ME! YOU DO NOT DESERVE THE UCHIHA NAME! YOU COWARD!"

With this, the Uchiha calmed down and his seal disapeared.. the M.C was so suprised, he lost his words in his throat, finally he shouted.

"L-l-l-adies and GENTLEMEN! THAT WAS THE BEST MATCH WE EVER HAD! UCHIHA ITACHI IS DISQUALIFIED WHICH MAKES UCHIHA SASUKE THE WINNER!"