Hello again x] I might be posting 2 chapters today depending on how busy I am, please don't forget to vote for the Sakura couple or if you just don't care who dates who, enjoy ^^. The spelling I used for Jutsu names were from a fanfic I just read, terribly sorry if they were wrong.
Naruto is not good in Genjutsu, so he cannot trap Sasuke in one, instead I decided to make Naruto like Minato and have him study sealing Jutsus, this way he is able to seal things away, this may be confusing but it will make sense once you read the story ^^.
Warnings include: Violence and blood but not so much, angst (its Sasuke what do you expect?) Swearing, possible OOC-ness.
Also I've read fics where Tobi is Madara; this one is more based on the current events of the manga so:
Tobi: Guy in mask.
Madara: Long hair, zombie.
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He didn't know how long he ran before it happened but he remembered darkness and light, rain and warmth, trees and sand. He may have run for all of eternity and back but he didn't care, as long as Sasuke was at the other end he would run all over the world. It seemed like a good idea back then, back before he actually brought him back.
Sasuke was found somewhere on the outskirts of the ninja world, away from the fire country, after the fourth war Akatsuki had been left in ruins, victims of Kabuto's jutsu were presumed dead when he was killed, Tobi was thrown into an alternate universe with no way of coming back and it was all thanks to Sasuke, who at the last minute turned on Tobi and Kabuto, killed Zetsu and saved Naruto from a fatal blow by Tobi, it was just like the Haku and Zabuza fight but before Naruto could get to Sasuke, he had disappeared and Naruto never got to thank him.
Well now Naruto will give him the biggest thank you ever, he was bringing him home, where they grew up, where they met, where they shared memories of their bond, but people don't always grow up at home.
Sasuke was dealing with what remained of team Taka, Karin stayed at Konoha and took the chunnin exam last year, now she teaches with Iruka at the academy, Suigetsu and Juugo finally found Sasuke at the war, Suigetsu chose to stay by Sasuke's side so long as Sasuke provided him with what he wanted, which was every sword a powerful opponent possessed, Juugo decided to stay back and train himself, after Orochimaru's death, Sasuke was the only one who knew how to use a curse seal and control it, so Juugo stayed hidden and Sasuke would visit him once in a while for training.
They stood face to face now, just like 5 years ago at the valley of the end, just like 3 years ago at Orochimaru's hideout, just like 2 years ago at the war, blue and black, orange and white, determination and dispassion. They both could feel it, today was the day, today was going to change their lives for good, they don't know how they knew but somewhere, in Naruto's heart, he always knew it would somehow lead to this, as for Sasuke, he gave up after the second time Itachi walked out of his life, he didn't care what happened to him now, he could die and he wouldn't care, as long as he died like a true Uchiha, fighting.
They lasted a total of 13 hours, Suigetsu was forbidden to help, Sasuke stated it was his battle and his battle alone, Juugo was just done with a very brutal training and was too unstable to fight, Naruto gave him all he could give without killing his friend, after the war Sasuke became notably stronger, he didn't have his curse seal true, but he had created jutsus that would have made Orochimaru shiver.
Ametarasu, Sasuno'o, Chidori, it was all too much, it got to the point where Sasuke's Sasuno'o was standing on his own 2 feet, Naruto almost released all of the 9 tails, sometime during the fight a band of bandits joined the fight, wanting to bring in the missing nins for the rewards but were torn into pieces and tortured by Sasuke, one burned by Ametarasu, another had his eyes scratched out and tongue cut off before his heart was snatched out from his chest, one managed to flee but in his panic mode failed to notice the Sasuno'o waiting for him at the other side.
Naruto used so much chakra he shocked himself he was standing, on Sasuke's order the other team Taka fled during the fight, Sasuke was bloody, scratches everywhere but he looked like he felt none of them, if it wasn't for his heavy breathing one would say he was a horrible bloody statue.
The end was a blur to Naruto, Sasuke was about to attack with Chidori, Naruto with Rasengan, when they realized that this never worked, Sasuke a little earlier than Naruto, he switched his chakra at the last second, Naruto dodged and attacked, it seemed like pure luck and he thanked the heavens for Yamato and his training, he locked Sasuke's chakra long enough to make a seal that stored Sasuke's conscious long enough for him to take him to the nearest country.
Sasuke was an expert in Genjutsu; Naruto didn't know how long he had before he would figure a way to break free from his seal. Fortunately for Naruto he was able to make it to a country in time, Tsunade and a large team met them there after being contacted, Sasuke was imprisoned and supervised until she took him back to Konoha, he could have escaped, but he was tired, he was tired of everything, he accepted he would die, but he would much rather die by the hands of Naruto than by a faceless executer from the Leaf village.
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He stood in front of the council who looked shocked at his outburst; Naruto's chakra was seeping through the walls, scaring the innocent and ignorant villagers outside, the elders that didn't look terrified at his rage glared at his disrespect.
"The punishment is going to be from execution to sealing him away until he rots in prison, we are going to discuss this matter without any children interfering." Said one, Naruto didn't care who, they would all die any second now from his wrath.
"Children? I saved all your asses when the Pain attack happened, I stopped the fourth war, I protected your damn Hyuuga clan when Hinata's dad was being held hostage by some other country, I stopped Sasuke from killing the rest of you miserable fuckers after he destroyed Danzo, if you didn't want children interfering don't give the burden of holding the damn fucking Kyuubi since birth and shove him up one of your miserable asses instead then." He couldn't stand this anymore; these were the miserable fucks that were ruining his life.
True it was his father who sealed the beast and there was no other choice but these elders who were supposed to look out for their village didn't do anything when he was abused, teased, rejected by his own home.
"Naruto maybe you should le-" Started Tsunade but the look on his face shut her up.
"You are all scared, scared shitless of what the Uchiha clan was capable of, you knew they were powerful, more powerful than this whole country put together, you knew their eyes are able to tame tailed beasts, you knew they could start their own country and destroy you all, from the moment the first Hokage died, that clan would take over one day and you decided to kill them, because you were afraid, because you are afraid, you are all just afraid for your own sake only and you are terrified of anything that is stronger than you." He made his way to the middle of the room, knowing well that the ANBU were getting ready for an attack.
"The only reason you haven't killed me yet is because you take comfort in the fact that I love Konoha, that I want to become Hokage that's why you haven't killed me yet, you know I won't do anything to harm you, well now I'm rethinking it."
Naruto sat down in an empty chair in front of all of them, glaring daggers at Tsunade, how dare she not help him, he knew she was still upset about Orochimaru, she still didn't move on from the death of her brother, fiancé and Jiraiya, heck she didn't move on from the fact that Orochimaru turned evil.
Tsunade knew Naruto's eyes were on her but she wouldn't turn to face him, she couldn't bring herself to look at him in the eyes since the end of the war, whatever innocence he had was gone, his eyes were void of emotions, they weren't the eyes of a teenagers, they were the eyes of an old man, whose life was taken away from him brutally, tortured for years, hasn't seen sun and rest for over half of his life, no one that young should have those eyes, those eyes have seen too much, have seen death too many times to count.
"We will not execute the Uchiha."
His blue eyes went wide, shock overcoming his features. They weren't going to kill Sasuke, Sasuke will live, he will have Sasuke again, Sasuke-
"He will still be punished though. We want to revive the Uchiha clan, you were right about the Uchiha power and Tobi might somehow find his way back, we need the Sharingan on our side."
"Wait-" Naruto began but was cut off.
"However, we cannot keep him in the state that he is now, he has seen too much, done too much; we will have his memories erased."
"NO!"
"And he will relive his life." The mad raised his voice over Naruto's glaring at him as he stood. "Raised from scratch, like a baby."
"You can't just do something like that-"
"We can and we will. A normal mind erasing technique always backfires on Genjutsu users, it would only block his memories for a minimum of 6 months for a weak Uchiha, if he suddenly regains his memory he might turn against us right in the middle of Konoha."
"You are going to raise him like a weapon waiting for use? That is inhuman!" Screamed Naruto also standing.
"Call it what you will but it's either this or death and you refused to let him die." His eyes were challenging, Naruto knew he lost the moment he set foot in the room, his speech only gave him hope they would change their mind but it seemed to have backfired.
"He will be taken in secret to the execution room, away from the public eye, where we will perform the punishment, we then will reveal to the village that he is dead and the baby would be given to a guardian until he is able to take the academy entrance exam from which then he will be training privately with Hatake Kakashi so he could control his eyes."
The mere thought of that made Naruto's stomach turn over, he felt like throwing up, how could his village use Sasuke, use its own people, a mere child like this? Is this really the village he was so fond off? He wanted to be Hokage of this place?
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Sakura saw him walk back in, he looked like the dead, he walked towards the mirror, stared for what seemed like hours at his reflection, he wasn't who she grew up with, he wasn't who he was 5 years ago, he was looking at a stranger.
His eyes flew to the reflection of his headband, he so proudly wore that thing, polished it, took care of it, proud to be from this country, in one motion he tore it off his forehead and hurled it at the wall, the metal dented and the wall had a large crack in it.
Sakura only flinched.
His eyes met hers in the mirror, it was too much for her and she looked away.
They sat in silence, a blond boy wondering how home didn't seem like home any more, a pink haired girl wondering when was the last time she saw blue eyes shining.
A knock interrupted their thoughts and Sakura made her way to the door, she couldn't stand the tension any longer.
Sai was emotionless thanks to years of training, but he wasn't heartless, he may not understand how normal people acted but working with Naruto he knew how a family felt like, he knew what it meant to truly care, to be cared for, to worry, to smile, to cry, to feel. Team Yamato felt like a family to Sai, they were never Team 7 to him, he knew Naruto felt the same, Team 7 was Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, with their sensei, Hatake Kakashi, Team Yamato was just a replacement waiting for the original to come back.
They didn't speak, he just walked behind Naruto, catching his eyes in the mirror, the stared for a minute the only sound is their breathing.
"Tonight at midnight." Was all he said.
Sakura dropped to her knees trying to stop her tears, her sobs breaking through.
Sai looked away, trying to understand the strange feeling in his chest.
Naruto broke the mirror, emotionlessly stared back at his millions of reflections on the remaining shards.
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In a cell somewhere in Konoha, Uchiha Sasuke let out a small chuckle resting his head on a wall, it was finally time.
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This was not what I intended, I wanted to go a completely different way, well flashbacks are done for now, just detailed ones in future chapters possibly, apologies for the OOC-ness, and the crappy-ness and other-nesses x] hope you guys liked it, please leave a review thank you ^^.