From the last chapter...
"You don't need to worry too much Sakura, I'm sure Sasuke would be fine. he is a smart boy," Kakashi said.
"Yeah..." she forced herself to smile.
Chapter 3
He lay himself carefully on the soft bed. Due to the harsh training he received today, there were dozens of injuries on him.
"Ow..." he groaned as he put his weight on the bed.
When he was just about to fall asleep, there was a knock and someone came into his room.
"Sasuke sama, I'm here to treat your wounds," a man with glasses said.
"I don't need any treatment, just get out of my room Kabuto." Sasuke growled.
The raven boy moaned in pain when Kabuto suddenly pulled him into a sitting position on his bed.
"What the hell are you doing? I said I don't need anything, just get out of my room!"
"I am just doing what I was commanded to do," Kabuto started healing the boy's wounds, ignoring the complaints from him.
"Can I ask you a question Sasuke sama?" Kabuto asked as he was healing the big cut on Sasuke's arm.
Sasuke nodded.
"Why did you come to Orouchimaru sama for power?"
"To get revenge on my brother. Why are you asking me this?"
The older one stayed silent. But when he spoke again, he asked Sasuke a question that he never thought of.
"Didn't you think you can also gain power in Konoha?"
Sasuke was dumbfounded. Why hadn't he ever thought of that?
The three of them started training again once Sakura recovered from the conversation they had several minutes ago.
At this moment, Sakura and Kakashi were having a match while Naruto watched from beside.
"You really have become strong Sakura," Kakashi panted as he spoke.
"Of course, I didn't waste two years for nothing. Are you getting tired already?" Sakura gave him a big smile.
"Oh underestimate me Sakura, I will beat you in no time," Kakashi reassured her. But he knew he was babbling; his strength had depleted since he first activate his sharingan.
"Are you guys done yet?" Naruto complained. "Your match had been going on for a long time now, I'm bored!"
"Sorry Naruto, but we are not done yet, not until I have defeated Kakshi sensei," Sakura told the whining blond.
"Do you even need to do that? From what I see here, you already won. Just look at you, you are good as new while Kakashi sensei is sweating like a pig. Come, I want to spare with you too," Naruto said.
"Who are you calling a pig Naruto?" Kakashi glared at Naruto with his sharingan. The loud mouth shivered at his ex-sensei's glare.
"No one sensei, I am calling no one a pig," Naruto explained quickly.
"Well, it's noon already, do you guy want to grab something to eat?" Sakura asked.
"Sure, let go eat ramen!"
"Don't you have anything else in mind besides ramen?" Kakashi shook his head and sighed.
Sai was walking in a busy street of Konoha, holding his drawing book. After his first mission with Naruto and Sakura on retrieving Uchiha Sasuke, his personality had a three hundred sixty change. The emotionless boy had became more socialable, thanks to Sakura. He didn't know how to thank this girl who changed his life. On the last mission, she had told him something that he would always remember in his whole life:
'You are alot like Sasuke, but it's just he never really smiles at me. '
He could never forget the mournful look on her face when they failed the mission.
I am like the boy she once loved. If she still loves him, that means she will never...
"Hey Sai!" A voice interrupted his thoughts.
He looked up and saw Naruto waving at him.
And behind the energetic blond was the famous copy ninja Kakashi...
...and Sakura...
"Have you ever thought of returning to Konoha?" Kabuto asked the younger boy.
"I..." he seemed to lost the ability of speech at the questions Kabuto was firing at him.
"Well, Sasuke?" Kabuto raised an eyebrow.
Silence filled the plain bedroom after the inquiry.
"I can't. I did a lot of horrible things to them, they will never forgive me," Sasuke finally said.
"Who is the 'they you are talking about? Naruto and Sakura?"
Sasuke noded.
"They came a month ago trying to take me back to Konoha, but I refused. They will just forget me, forget that I ever existed," a sad look appeared on the stubborn face of the Uchiha.
"They will never forget you Sasuke. Your existence is too much for them to forget. Indeed, I can tell that the girl still loves you."
"But..."
"Is killing your brother the only thing that is keeping you alive until today? Don't you have any plans after you have killed him?"
"I..."
"Do you really want to give your body to Orouchimaru? I'll tell you, it's not worth it. You don't have to live for your clan Sasuke, you can live for yourself."
"Then what should I do?" Sasuke felt lost for the first time in his life.
"Escape, get out of here, go back to Konoha," Kabuto said.
end of chapter 3