Summary: Nobody knows of Kakashi's constant nightmare about the day of Uchiha massacre. Why? What had Itachi done on Kakashi before taking his leaving? And Now Sasuke returned after killing Itachi, having realized that revenge is stupid thing. But that's not the only reason why he returned... Would Sasuke treat his sensei better than Itachi did?
Warning: Contains rape&violent scenes
SasuKaka, some SuiNaru, One-sided JuugoSasu.
AU: Review pls.
After team Kakashi and team Guy had returned to Konoha from camping mission, all of them headed to Hokage's office for the report_ save for Kakashi, who seemed rather unusually tired and therefore went straight to his apartment.
And no one had ever expected of somebody waiting for them in Tsunade's office...
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"Sasuke...?" A blond, blue-eyed ninja dressed in black and orange clothing mumbled, eyes widened.
"Yeah, Naruto." A raven haired ninja greeted in warm voice.
"Sasuke...?"
"Yeah, Naruto."
"Sasuke...?"
"Yeah, Naruto."
"Sasuke...?"
"Yeah, Naruto."
"Wow wow." Jiraya giggled as he watched them with arms crossed, causing Tsunade to give him a deadly glare.
Sakura had been frozen for a moment at the sight of Uchiha boy, then suddenly fell on the floor, fainting, though Lee quickly held her before her boy contacted with floor. Guy was staring at the scene with his jaw dropped, Tenten was rolling her eyes quizzically, and Neji_ Neji merely blinked.
"Come on, are you going to carry on like that forever?" Suigetsu groaned juicily, crossing his arms.
Then Crystal liquids started to well up in blond boy's blue pools. His jaw quaking, he barely made another words. "You are back..?"
"Yeah Naruto." Was Sasuke's affable answer.
"You.. Bastard!" Yelling suddenly, Naruto embraced his returned friend tightly. Sasuke seemed to be little embarrassed at this, however soon he made his rare smile and patted his old friend's back.
Nobody had expected Sakura to suddenly open her eyes and jump up to stand, her green eyes fixed upon the Uchiha boy eagerly. "Sa.. Sasuke kun..."
"Hi Sakura. You look good." Was Sasuke's kind answer, which caused Sakura to blush hotly.
And that snapped Karin, who was standing silently beside Juugo, out of it. Frowning, she sneered. "So you are so called Sakura, the useless and worthless girl of Sasuke's former team."
"What the hell did you just say?" Sakura immedately demanded.
"Wow, Bitch fighting!" Suigetsu blew whistle. Juugo smacked him, forgetting his own strength once more as Suigetsu toppled over on the floor.
That was when Lee, who was standing frozen beside Guy, slowly strode toward Sasuke with dangerous air. "Uchiha Sasuke..."
Sasuke blinked. Looking at him directly, Lee continued, in warning tone. "Even if you're back, Sakura chan is already mine! You're too late!"
Soon Sakura's punch sent Lee fly across the room. Keeping her decent posture Karin snorted. "I'm sure you're a great ninja and all, with all that horrible strength. But, you'll never be Sasuke's type!"
"Well then do you think you're his type?" Sakura growled.
"I knew this!" Both Suigetsu and Jiraya exclaimed altogether happily.
Sighing, Tsunade raised her both hands up. "Come on, girls. And boys. Sasuke kun has returned now. And Sasuke, why don't you introduce your new friends to your old friends?"
"Oh yeah." Uchiha boy's many-scarred hand pointed at each newbies. "That's Hozuki Suigetsu,"
White haired ninja grinned, looking at Naruto. "Yo. So you're Naruto."
"Yeah." Naruto greeted back rather clumsily.
"Juugo."
Juugo smiled gently at the gatherings. "Hey."
"And Karin.."
"I think she's prettier than Sakura." This jokingly comment was said by Guy who'd been frozen up to this time. Karin beamed affably. "Thank you, sir."
"Guy sensei!" Sakura hollered, her eyes now flashing with murderous will. Chuckling Guy shook his hand. "Joking."
Neji seemed to hesitate for a while before he finally made a speech. "Emme.. So you're back, Sasuke. I'm sure that it's your fate to be in Konoha."
Sasuke made a wry smile. "You did not abandon your fate something." Then he turned his eyes onto Naruto who was still trying to suppress his urge of emotion. "By the way, where's Kakashi sensei?"
"He went home straightly." Sakura replied quickly.
"Do you want to visit him now? He will be pleasantly surprised." Naruto suggested cheerfully, which caused Sasuke to make another rare smile.
"Yeah. That's a good idea." Then turning to Sakura and Karin who were glaring at each other fiercely, he requested. "Sakura, would you please take karin and introduce her of our village's directions?"
"Wha..What?" Both Sakura and Karin's faces flushed. They never never wanted to roam around the village together! However, it was Sasuke the idol of both girls' request, so all they could do was merely blink, swallowing swearing words.
"Yes, girls, that's a nice idea." Tsunade assisted evilly, already imagining of the two girls roaming in the village together, trying to tear each other apart...How funny it is!
Jiraya chuckled. "Yeah, go together, and remember, no bitch fighting.."
Suddenly, Tsunade turned and all that Jiraiya saw before he was forced into unconsciousness was a fist coming straight for his face.
"Yo..." Suigetsu muttered, mesmerized at the woman's power. Juugo gulped as he saw Jiraya land flat on his back with blood dribbling from his nose.
Naruto and Sasuke simply glanced at Jiraiya before shrugging and turning towards each other. "So let's go now."
The two boys had a lot thing to talk on their way to their sensei's house.
"Hey Kakashi." Iruka called without moving his eyes from the magazine.
"Hmme..?" Kakashi answered also without moving his eyes from Icha-Icha book.
The two were in Kakashi's small apartment, Kakashi sitting lazily on his bed with his hand holding a book and Iruka sitting on the chair beside the bed reading magazine.
"Don't you have something to eat?"
"Try search refrigerator there." Kakashi's long finger pointed lazily at small refrigerator located in the corner of the room.
Iruka scowled. "When you have a guest in your house, you should treat him something to eat."
"I didn't invite you. You've just invaded into my precious little home."
"You are an ass, Kakashi."
"Of course I have an ass..." Was Kakashi's lazy drawl. Grumbling, Iruka stood from chair to search refrigerator, and just by that moment sound of bell rang from outside the door.
Moment later the door slammed opened and Naruto burst in, his bright blue eyes beaming with strange excitement. "Iruka sensei, you were here, too!"
"Good evening, Naruto." Iruka smiled. "What's new?"
Suppressing his excitement, Naruto stepped beside, revealing the person who's standing behind. "Senseis! Look who's here!"
...
As the raven haired boy stepped inside quietly, an immediate silence fell in the room.
Iruka's jaw dropped.
Kakashi blinked. The orange book slipped out from his hand and fell on the floor. He couldn't believe his eyes. Is this real?
The boy's baritone voice rang up to the ceiling. "Long time no see, senseis." Soon his onyx eyes gazed fixedly upon silver-haired jounin.
"..."
Kakashi gulped. Is this real? His once gone student was back now, smiling in front of him.. He seemed changed. changed a lot.. His appearance, which once had a tiny figure of little boy, was now cutting a quite fine figure of male. And also his atmosphere changed.. The cynical air which was always about the boy now seemed diluted. He had more... vividness now. And the most notable thing was.. a strange flow of demanding air aroused from the boy.
And he made a little resemblance with.. with his own brother... Kakashi nearly flinched at this thought. He's again reminded of Itachi... Hell. Why the nightmare came back to him again, when he finally managed to forget the damn memory? You idiot, Itachi's dead now.. He's dead..
Iruka's grim voice broke the tensed silence. "Sasuke.. So you're back."
Sasuke shrugged. And by the next moment his face turned purple with suffocation by his former Academy teacher's tight hug. "What took you so long, you irresponsible brat?-!"
Naruto burst out a merry laughter. "Yeah, that's what I wanted to say!"
"Errrrrrrrrgh, I can't breath..." Sasuke complained calmly.
Iruka let go of him.
"Wow.. what a pleasant surprise..." Spoke Kakashi, his voice slight clumsy. Sasuke looked at him again, his onyx eyes glowing with unreadable gleaming. "Kakashi sensei.. You haven't changed."
"And you've changed a lot.." Kakashi himself couldn't understand why his voice sounded so clumsy. What was wrong with him?
Sasuke merely smiled at the remark. Then Naruto clapped his hands together. "Haah, I'm hungry. Why don't we go to Ichikaru's together?-!"
"Oh, that sounds better." Responded Iruka happily.
However Kakashi shook his head. "Well, I'm not really hungry.. I'll just stay home."
"Eh? But sensei.." Naruto tried to grumble, But then Sasuke's low voice interrupted him. "Actually I'm not that hungry, too."
"..."
Naruto and Iruka exchanged glances before they grinned widely. "Oh yeah. So you two want to have some deep talk between waited teacher and prodigal student. Enjoy!" Then Tittering the two left the apartment.
"..."
"..."
An awkward silence fell in the room. Sasuke spoke nothing, his onyx eyes just fixed upon his teacher's silver hair.
Sighing inwardly, Kakashi clumsily opened his mouth. "Well.. So you're back. I'm so glad.."
Yeah. Wasn't he..? He was glad, though he felt damn clumsiness at the same time. Well, those years of departure.. And the visible change of this boy created it..
"..You don't seem to be appreciated of my return, sensei." Sasuke murmured in flat tone.
A light of embarrassment passed upon Kakashi's visible eye. "Huh..? What do you mean? Of course not..!"
"Really." Sasuke's voice was grim itself. "Well then I'm on cloud nine."
"Why would I be unhappy with your return..? Everyone had been waiting for you..."
Sasuke's onyx eyes narrowed little. "Are you included in that 'everyone'..?"
"Why of course."
"But then why are you avoiding eye contact..?" Speaking rather mockingly, Sasuke approached toward his teacher and sat on the chair which Iruka had been sitting while ago. "I'm really disappointed, sensei. For I've been missing you so much."
Kakashi chuckled. "That's very honorable."
"I'm not joking." All of sudden certain flash appeared upon The Uchiha's eyes.
Kakashi blinked. "Huh..? Joking..?"
"Right." Almost snarling, Sasuke slowly stretched his hands and grabbed the jounin's shoulders. "Well, I felt sick of seeking revenge after my poor brother's death. But that's not the only reason why I returned."
"What the..."
"Whether you are unhappy with my return or not," Sasuke's eyes narrowed again. "I won't give up easily."
What the hell is he talking about? Frowning, Kakashi tried to slap Sasuke's hand off. But to his surprise, it did not succeed.
Smirking, Sasuke bluntly let go of his teacher's shoulders and slowly rose up. "You'd better be ready, sensei. I'm not a weak boy anymore, and I don't think you can defeat me. "
"..."
Without words Kakashi stared at the boy blankly. Now now what's this...? What the hell is he talking aout?
Keeping a dark smirk, Sasuke turned back, waving his hand. "Good night, sensei. See you soon."