Meant to Be?

Summary: If you truly love something let it go, if it was meant to be it will come back to you. Does everyone get a second chance? Does everyone deserve one?

Disclaimer: I own a Naruto manga. Not Naruto though. Sasuke would disembowel me, shish kabob me serve, pull my floating ribs out, pull my brain out with tongs, eat me alive, cut my limbs off, and poke me with senbon. And maybe castrate me!

Warning: I wouldn't read this if you loath indulge in peculiar writing. Beware of character ooc! Its not his er her fault

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Chapter Three: Reunion

I awoke the next morning to find that I was refreshed and reasonably content. Did the morning regimen and began to stand. Ugh maybe I'm not too refreshed. My head pounds and I feel myself swaying. Too much sake. Massaging my headache I notice a foreign itch in my pants. I reach down into my pocket a pull a note out. It reads:

"Please report to the Hokage's Tower at noon per order of her assistant."

Jiraiya"

I glance at the grandfather clock on the wall. It says twelve thirty. I pull on a lose kimono and leap up, dashing out the door while ignoring my throbbing headache. Why am I even doing this? I guess I sort of want to live again.

Out of breath and in horrible condition I run into the Hokage's Office. Sitting at the desk is a woman with gigantic breasts, almond eyes, and light blond hair. She is doing paper work. She has a strange blue diamond on her forehead. I didn't know that the Fifth was this young. I stand in an awkward silence next to the door.

"Who are you?" Tsunade demands looking up at me straight in the eye, although still writing on her papers.

"Akemi," is my answer. She snorts but says nothing more. Then she continues to attend to the papers on her desk.

I sigh in exasperation, "I came here to be talked to, not to stand."

"You are late," she says with a hint of annoyance.

"Yeah, I noticed that," I shoot back at her.

She asks, "Akemi, is it? Could've fooled me. You have the demeanor of an Uchiha. Pompous and conceited. That fueled their downfall. And you look just like Uchiha Mikoto. How peculiar. Well it looks to me like you are an Uchiha. Last I heard they were all dead except for two." She leans back into her chair crossing her arms. She must be playing with me.

"I don't understand what you are saying. My birth name is Oshiro Akemi. Why are you questioning my identity?"

"I don't know. Why are you questioning my authority?" she counters back. I glare at her with equal intensity.

"UCHIHA! Listen up. I know who you are. I know exactly who you are. Uchiha Sasuke why are you a woman?" she asks peering closely at me her eyes filled with inquiry and slight confusion. Her hand shoots out and grabs my wrist. Of course the only way to tell. She obviously knows I am an Uchiha, because of my mark. All Uchiha's have a fan burned into the inside of their wrists when born. You can't remove it, without knowing all the clan's secrets.

"Uh, I, well, I died, right. Shinigami, well, he came, and the saying, if someone truly loves you they will let it go, and if it was meant to be it will come back, something like that," I stutter, for the first time in my life.

"I NEED ANSWERS DAMN IT!" Tsunade screams picking up a chair, but managed to contain her anger to a reasonable extent. She's most likely frazzled that a traitor returned totally transformed. I would be too.

"I made a pact with Shinigami. I have to win someone's heart before the end of thirty days or I go to hell," I blabber. Since when do I blabber? There's got to be something wrong with me.

"Okay. Uchiha do you know what you just did? You've sold yourself to the devil. I'll have to research that. You will stay in my quarters for the mean time. No going out with out written consent. I will give you further details on your arrest later. I will also see what I can do about that. Also since you are technically dead. I have to tell your former teammates. You'll see them very soon. Get going in to the room, now!" Tsunade decides. That was way too fast.

I walk into the door she pointed out earlier and settle on the couch. My head is spinning from my hang over, and I feel sick. I lay down and my head doesn't cease to spin. I try to think about what just happened but can't.

Ever since I was reincarnated I don't have a sense of time. So some time later I hear voices and scuffling sounds. I don't attempt to listen but hear a high-pitched voice and a reprimanding one, that isn't Tsunade. I hear a body flop onto the ground than stand up. I wonder what is going on.

I hear Tsunade stepping towards the door. The door creaks open. I feign sleep and she bangs on the table next to me.

"GET UP!" her thunderous roar reverberates through my skeletal system. I shakily stand up swaying at the knees as I do. She motions for me to come meet the people in the room. I walk slowly wondering why in hell I came here.

"Sakura, Naruto, this is Oshiro Akemi. And that is Kakashi. Akemi is a ninja, from a different village," Tsunade explains pointing at Kakashi giggling behind an orange book. I give her a 'Why the hell did you wake me up' glare but she ignores me.

"Hey," Sakura gives an unsure wave. She must recognize something. I nod in acknowledgment. She glances at me uncertainly.

"HI! Wow! She's prettier than you Sakura-chan!" Naruto whispers frankly into Sakura's ear. If he thinks I can't hear because he put a hand in front of his mouth, he's wrong. And they call themselves ninjas.

"Dobe," I say slipping up a bit. A sad look passes through his eyes. I suddenly feel a pang of guilt but let it pass. I fear I've crossed the line with that insult.

"Teme," he says under his breath.

"Naruto, let me say this once, Akemi-san is a girl. You don't call girls temes. She is a bitch," Kakashi pats Naruto on the shoulder still reading his book. What a loser. Still has the same temperament. Hmph. I thought he would have grown up a bit.

Naruto nods and turns away from me. This is going to be a long month. He already hates me. I sigh into my hands.

Sakura comes up beside me and says, "You will get used to him. Don't worry. He makes fast friends with everyone!"

I nod in comprehension, of course I will. I did once time to do it again.

"Well, now that we are all acquainted you guys are going to be the new Team Kakashi. Your first mission won't be for a while. Akemi is a bit sick," Tsunade explains. Just as she finishes Jiraiya walks in the door.

"IS that all Tsunade no baa-chan? I want a mission! And I don't want another replacement! Why a ninja from another village? " Naruto whines not noticing his former sensei.

"No, its good for alliances," Tsunade's voice turns grave. She motions towards Jiraiya.

"I would like to say that Uchiha Sasuke as you know killed Orochimaru. My sources also tell me that he is currently dead. The details of his death are unheard of. I will have to do some more research," Jiraiya's voice ominously rang out in the room that was now silent.

His voice echoed, "is dead," over and over again.

Kakashi paled and held his head in his hands continuing to read. Sakura began to weep and dropped onto the floor. Like a slow motion movie Naruto slumped onto a chair caressing his head in his arms sobbing, into the ground.

"I couldn't save one friend. I'll never become Hokage," he mutters.

Tsunade stood firm. She didn't know me. She shouldn't like me I was a traitor. I wouldn't like me either. Hell, I don't like me.

I remain impassive and let a small smile come to my lips. I know in a time of death it isn't funny, but this was funny. I think I'm going to enjoy sort of starting fresh. I didn't realize they wanted a traitor so much. I knew Naruto's reason. But I didn't quite understand the others. Sakura could like any good man and Kakashi well Kakashi is Kakashi.

"WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE YOU TEME!" Naruto screams punching me in the face. That surprised me. My chi is a little out of whack. I fell my mouth curve upwards as I fly backwards hitting the ground. He completely ignores the fact that I am a girl, and I am a bitch, not a teme. That was a bit of shock. I thought he would be a little more considerate towards a girl.

"Why should I?" I ask coolly wiping the blood that smeared my mouth. I chuckle darkly as I spit blood out onto the floor as I drag myself to stand. Although I have a girl's body I still have a side of masculinity.

"TO PAY SOME RESPECT TO THE DEAD!" he cries wiping tears that are flowing freely from his eyes.

"Everyone dies. It was his time," I say.

"IT WAS TOO EARLY! You don't even know him! How can you say that?" Naruto yells at me.

"I knew him too well," my somber tone startles them.

"What do you mean? He's never talked about you! He doesn't like girls! He doesn't associate with them!" Naruto cries. Jiraiya looks apprehensive. He must be scared that Naruto going to go into demon fox form. I can control it though. Tsunade sighs wearily and Sakura is still weeping, but she looks like she is going to murder Naruto soon.

"How do you know?" I challenge him.

"I was his best friend. I, I wanted to save him so bad. I can't stand myself, I couldn't save him," Naruto confesses breaking down again. This is like the confession of a lifetime. His eyes fade into a blood red and his whisker marks deepen and widen. Sakura puts an arm around his shoulder in an attempt to comfort him. It didn't work.

"Why would you want someone who betrayed you and put a hole through your chest?" I ask forgetting that I am not who I was.

"How do would you know that?" Naruto growls, Sakura attempting to hold him back in case of a little accident. It healed during the battle. Only few people knew that detail. Shock passes over Sakura's face. Her green eyes turn dark and her tear free faster than before. Its not everyday you find out your former crush almost killed one of your closest friends.

Thinking fast I just shrug my shoulders in an effort to brush the subject off. He narrows his eyes at me and snarls, "I'll never forgive you, you, bitch!"

Kakashi claps oblivious to the seriousness of the situation. Sakura is still in shock. I guess she only knew we fought, not extreme like almost to death. I can't blame her.

"Sure, dobe," I say pausing and saying 'dobe' extra slowly.

"Don't call me that tem, bitch. Only he can call me that," Naruto yells then gets quieter as he finishes his sentence.

"Naruto, be nice," Tsunade finally decides to intervene.

"Why, baa-chan she is a bitch. She insulted Sasuke and she doesn't even know him," Naruto whines.

"How do you know?" Tsunade asks.

"Sasuke would have told me! We are best friends!" Naruto says. Tsunade sighs.

"Sasuke didn't have to tell you everything. Best friends don't necessarily confide in each other. As I recall you didn't tell him about a big factor in side you."

"Well, that was personal and restricted by an unspoken law," Naruto mumbles into his shirt.

"Still, best friends should tell each other stuff. You just said that," I interrupt.

"That's different."

"It's no different. Secrets are spilled all the time."

"Not like that."

"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Sakura screams. She walks up to me and glares at me, hurt evident in her watery emerald eyes. She narrows her eyes and slaps me across the face. I feel my neck wrenching the wrong way and a sting on my cheek.

"I'm sorry. I don't know what Sasuke was to you but don't speak about him like that in front of me!" she cries.

"Your feelings are no concern of mine," I say. I don't know what is wrong with me. It is like I have no control over my mouth. Saying things as a girl is different than if you said them as a guy.

"Just don't do it again, or I won't hold back," she says. (1)

"Okay, okay. That's enough of that. Well say good-bye. You guys will be bonding the whole week! Starting tomorrow. Meet at your normal spot. No complaining. Try not to kill each other," Tsunade saves us all. She waves them out the door, all but Kakashi.

"Kakashi, please take care of them. I don't think they will be able to handle it. And Akemi watch out for him," Tsunade sighs.

"I understand," Kakashi says seriously. He knows too. In a poof of smoke he disappears leaving the woman and me alone. Just when I thought I could get off the hook she whips her head around features ablaze.

"What the hell was that?" she booms.

"I don't know. It just happened. Life moves on," I say an ignominious feeling crawling into the pit of my stomach.

A strange pressure builds in the bridge of my nose. I feel a sting in the inside corners of my eyes. Something wet and hot comes down my cheeks. I was leaking. My face was leaking. What is this? Do girls leak all the time?

"Go get some rest."

I make no motion to move from my respective position.

"That's not a recommendation that's an order!" she yells pointing to my new couch. I raise an elegant eyebrow at her even while I'm crying. She scowls and pushes something into me, and I tumble into the room. My legs give and I tumble onto the couch, feeling the wet press against the cloth of the couch and the salt from my tears trickling into my mouth.

I find my consciousness fading as I wonder why everything had ended up like this. I don't even how I died yet.

Note: Wasn't that nice! Do you ever get the feeling that you are well rested than you stand and the world spins? That's what our dear Sasuke experiences there.

Don't mind that I used the line she said to Sai!

Okay sorry for the late update. I'm kinda slow at updates lately. Also I have finals real soon. No more excuses but this chapter I had to restructure it so many times.

I kind of think that argument of secrets was a little pointless? You too?