A/N- Alright! Chaptah 2 is up and RUNNING!!! sigh, just like my nose... its clogged completely. Yep, I'm siiiick. Supah sick. I sound funny, look like a clown with my damn red nose (afraid of clowns), and have a monster headache. Not even Frumpy can help.. Oh well, life goez on. Thanks to my 3 reviewers! You guys rock! (But not as much as Frumpy. Sorry.)

Disclaimer: I have a feeling that typing this in every frickin chapter will most likely get annoying after a while.. Naruto not mine... cold...yes...

Chapter 2-- Unexpected Turns

He lifted his face towards the sky, laced off by towering trees and branches. "Dammit." he muttered, eyes shut. The teen ruffled his hair in an attempt to make his stress disappear. It sorta worked.. No- wait. No, he failed miserably. His mind flashed images of all his old, yes, friends- giving him nasty looks and walking away. He didn't want that. No way in hell did he want that.Sasuke stalked back to his bag which was convientiantly tucked against an old tree and snatched it just before he took off.

Night poured into his view, so Sasuke decided to rest and finish the short distance in the morning. It wouldn't take long and he probably wouldn't even break a sweat. He blew a fireball at the gathered wood and plopped down next to it. Soon enough, he was roasting rabbit and munching away. (Okay, even though im writing this, it still makes me shudder in disgust.. groooosss..) Then the raven-haired goth passed out after becoming content with the fullness in his stomach.(still gross, man.)
The first few streaks of daylight smacked his face as he groggily rose like the dead. Barely awake and squinting from an overload of light, he managed to wake up and wash off in a close by river. (freezing, might i add.) Almost immediately, he slipped into identical clothes to his other outfit and made off and out of that forest in a blink of an eye.

Sasuke sighed from relief when the gates were plainly in sight. Slowing down, he snuck up to the border enclosing the village and slipped right in. 'Don't be mad..' he repeated in head.

He turned the corner onto a busy but quick street to Tsunade's office. If he even wanted to be allowed to sleep in Konoha grass, he'd better be smart enough to hold off his "hello"s to former friends and just get his ass in the sake-obsessed blonde's office. But on the way, people acting very strange. Of course he expected them to show some fear, since he is a missing-nin. But this was pushing it. They'd gasp in fear and freeze, like deer in front of headlights. Then they would start trembling and push to get out of his way. Women would shriek and tremble and hide behind the closest object or person bigger than themselves. Children. Oh, the children. They'd scream bloody murder and cry and cry and cry and theeeeeenn.. run to their mothers, who were hiding behind something or someone. The only positive was that the fangirls who used to chase him were even afraid, though still thought he was sexy.

Then it happened.

Pink.

Yellow.

Orange.

Right in front of him.

A gigantic sign the size of his old mansion read, "Come one, come all! Next month's annual picnic! Free for all!" (You thought it was Sakura and Naruto, no? Looooserz. Just kidding. But not about the sign.) His left eyeliner-traced eye twitched at the kinkiness of the sign as he walked around it.

On the other side, someone was slouched against the back of the board, eating a sandwich with a few others. The dude felt his heart freeze under his grey turtle neck. Sakura.

But not just her, it was Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, Tenten, Ino, Kiba and Hinata. They all stared in disbelief at him. No one said a word. Just.. stared. His expression was unreadable. "S-sasuke? W-wow.. I mean, wow." Naruto stuttered out. He had a hard time taking in his new appearance. He knew the guy had problems that made him seem emo.. but this? Wowzerz. The others just continued to stare until Sasuke looked at Sakura. Her eyes seemed a bit hazey as they were slowly soaking in the man. Then she glared at the ground, as if to melt a hole in it. Boy, did she seem pissed. And this definitely didn't go unnoticed by the Uchiha nor anyone else.

The group one by one rose to their feet and gave a general comment on hiiisss..arrival. Mostly, you could feel how uncomfortable they all were around him. Hinata clutched Naruto's arm, alerting him of her fear. Shikamaru loosely hung his arm around Ino's waist while his face was as hard as stone. Tenten fidgeted and Neji rubbed her back to relax her. Kiba and Akamaru growled slightly. Sakura was..just staring at the ground again, yet her expression was blank. Finally Sasuke broke the silence. "I'm going to check in with Tsunade." And then walked away. Immediately, they all spat out what was on their minds. "No way!" "He's back! I can't believe this!" Believe it! Teme's back!" "But..so different.." At Tenten's comment, they all frowned and took note of his look. "Oh Kami. That was super creepy. Shika-kun, I actually felt afriad of him.." "Eh, I think we all did. Troublesome.." Neji spoke up and murmured, "Nothing can be done." Hinata chimed in and said, "W-well, he certainly has changed. No doubt the village will have a hard time swallowing this. We sh-should try our best to accept him, no matter what h-he looks like." "That was very sweet, Hinata-chan." Naruto smiled and pecked at her lips as she blushed a bit. Everyone looked at Sakura, waiting for her to say something. "I'm going back to work. My break is probably almost over." With that she whisked away towards the hospital.

"My GOD. What the hell happened to you?" Tsunade hissed. Sasuke just stood in front of her desk emotionless. "Let's cut to the chase. Knowing you, I'm guessing you completed your goal and decided to return home. Right?" she flashed him a phony smile. He narrowed his eyes slightly and replied. "The snake-pervert is dead, too." Her expression was shocked at first, then relaxed. "I see. That will surely cut down on your punishment a bit." She snorted and jotted down a few scribbles onto a scrap paper and slammed an approval stamp at the bottom. She lifted it with two polished nails and handed it to him. "What is it?" He asked coldly. "Your list of doom. Heh, kidding. Well, not really. It's a simple list of the things you must do in order to become a citizen again. Now scoot out of here and start working!!" She practically yelled and guzzled down some smelly sake. Out the door he flew.
'Hn. What a retarded way to give someone a punishment.' He stopped by an empty street and leaned on a shady tree as he read through the scribbles that were hard to understand. It read:

1. Vow to attend the annual picnic. This will show you will not be a total stranger to the world.

2. Complete 97 D-rank missions. Have to walk before you can crawl, baby!

3.Another vow. Vow to never betray Konoha again, or face death. I mean it, bub. (She's probably a little wasted.)

4.Don't kill your fangirls. Even with the new you, they will still find you like ants to sugar. (Or her to sake..)

That's it. Break ONE little rule and your ass is OUTTA HERE!!!

He rolled his eyes and headed to his mansion, where much dusting was probably needed.

Well? Was is horrible? Good? Okay? Sorry, can't read yer mind.. Oh no. ThAt MeAnS you actually have to... REVIEW!!!GASP! How HoRrIbLe!!!! And if you don't, I'll somehow give you this dreadful cold of mine. I know! I'll find your address and mail it to ya! Yeah! Oh wait.. I can't read minds, so I can't figure out your address.. Damn.So close.. Still, plz review!!! I need some support to continue! Next chapter, Sasuke somehow ends up talking to Sakura!! Aaaannnd... she sees the gauge. Dun dun dun...