The force of the explosion blew Sakura back causing her to land with a hard thump on the solid ground. There was a bright flash before her eyes as two figures had collided.

Sakura lifted her arm so shield the bright flash from her eyes as she watched quietly. The two figures both darted backwards after the collision—Sakura watched in fear.

Kakashi had been hiding up in the trees watching Sasuke and had chosen now to attack. One of Kakashi's hounds trotted over to Sakura asked if she was alright.

"Stop this! Stop Kakashi, Sasuke wants to come home!" Sakura shouted as she tried to stand. A sharp pain through her leg told her something was broken. Reaching down, she used her own chakra to try and heal the wound a little. She was able to mend it, but not fix it completely – it didn't matter to her for she had already started running.

"Kakashi, stop! Sasuke wants to come home!" Sakura screamed as she ran between the two. They were still coming towards each other, ready to collide again head on. Kakashi saw her; he looked right at her and aimed his Chidori down into the ground.

The explosion caused more debris to go flying, and Sakura threw her hands up over her face again. A set of familiar hands found their way to her waist as she was pulled away from the rubble. Sasuke kept a firm grip on her as he jumped up into a tree.

From the ground Kakashi starred up at the two, he still had his hand on a kunai—completely untrusting of Sasuke's motives.

Sakura was just happy to be back in Sasuke's arms, back next to him.

"Throw down your weapons." Kakashi stated, aiming his Kunai. "This is your only chance to come back to the village peacefully. I'll have no other choice but to kill you if you refuse."

Sasuke starred down at Kakashi and then looked at Sakura. With a sigh, Sasuke dropped his katana from his back and stood with Sakura in his arms.

Kakashi watched as it fell with a clatter and then asked Sasuke to come down.

As the two descended from the tree, Yamato and Naruto had arrived on scene with Sai not too far behind.

"He's coming back with us now." Kakashi said to Yamato as Naruto flew past them. The young blond stopped to stare at Sasuke—the boy that had caused him so much pain over the last few years.

"So we finally got you." Naruto whispered to himself as Kakashi tied Sasuke's hands. Sasuke was finally coming back to the village—Naruto had kept his promise to Sakura even if he wasn't the one who brought him back.

"Sakura… Thank you." Naruto said quietly as she watched Sasuke being escorted back to Konoha by ANBU agents. The rest of the group headed back behind them. It had been a longer than expected day.