A/N Ok this is chapter 4. I would like to thank everyone of the reviews and i would like to thank Tiger Priestess for giving me an idea of who to kidnap. I liked all the other ideas everyone gave me, but i liked her idea the best. So i hope you like this chapter and I'll try an put more fluff in this one, and I'll try and get the other couples in. I'm sorry if the story gets confusing beacuse for some reason i can't put line breaks in. They disappear after i put them in. I'm putting them in now put i don't know if they'll still be there when i put this chappie up. I'll be able to update more because I'll have my ds browser back so you can expect faster updates. I also forgot to mention that they are all 15 years old. Also i edited chapter 3 a little. I had to change some things so check my authors note in chappie 3 because it might get confusing. I change the days and times of certain things like when Sasuke's gonna be back to full strenght.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but if i did Sakura and Sasuke would be together. (i know i forgot to put disclaimers in all my other chapters.)
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Chapter Four
Trial, Kidnapped, and a New Mission
"SAKURA, SASUKE" yelled Naruto coming into view and pulling Hinata behind him. Sasuke and Sakura had been waiting at Ichiriku's for Naruto because they knew that sooner or later he would show up there. Naruto slid into the seat next to Sasuke and Hinata sat next to him.
"Granny Tsunade wants Teme in her office." said Naruto as soon as he sat down. "Why does she want me?" he asked even though a sinking feeling was telling him it had something to do with his trial. "Dunno -slurp- she just said -slurp- to tell you to -slurp- come to her office." replied Naruto while eating two bowls of ramen at the same time.
"Guess I better go. See ya later." I'm betting it has something to do with his trial. He hadn't told Naruto or Sakura because he didn't want them not to worry.
Sasuke walked to Tsunade,s office. Soon he was outside her office. He knocked and heard tsunade say "Enter". He came in and saw Tsunade and Jiraya. Tsunade didn't bother with greetings or anything she just got right to the point. "Sasuke you probably know why you are here. Right?" Tsunade asked him. "I'ts because of the trial isn't it, Tsunade-sama." Sasuke guessed. "Right. The village elders will hold it tomorrow and they will decide your punishment. They won't give you the death penalty because I already spoke to them, but your punishment will be severe." she said. "But that's not the reason you called me here is it. I'm guessing that you want me to with hold certain information because some of the village elders are against you. Am I right?" finished Sasuke.
"You gotta admit Tsunade that he has brains. He figured out your intentions faster before you told him." Jiraya said speaking for the first time since Sasuke entered the room. He spoke to Sasuke this time. "You're right and very impressive. You figured this out now, right?" Sasuke nodded.
"Getting to the point, I have enemies amongst the elders, and they're going to go against all my decisons. They don't want you back because your jounin level and if you choose to become an ANBU you would support me and be a dangerous enemy to them. I do have few elders that support me and they will vote for your return. Also you can't tell them where the Akatsuki are currently." Tsunade paused and Sasuke used that pause to ask "Why shouldn't I tell them where the Akatsuki are. Chances are they will have moved because they have been in that area for a while and they will have disovered Itachi's corpse."
"That may be true but Danzo one of the village elders will send shinobi there because he wants to be known for capturing the Akatsuki, but ifhe acts rashly then shinobi may die." Tsunade said. " I understand. Anything else I'm not suposed to say?" asked Sasuke. "Yes don't tell them how far your curse mark has activated. I can tell it's in the third stage but if they ask it's only in the first stage. I don't want them to know the full extent of your power." she said and told him a couple other things that he shouldn't tell them because it would hurt his chances of getting back into the village and Tsunade was worried about what her enemies would do if they got their hands on certain information." Ok I think that's all." Tsunade finally said.
Tsunade leaned back in her chair as Jiraya turned to Sasuke because he had been looking out the winow. "Sasuke you know what Naruto holds inside him right." " Yes, he has the kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox. He's a jinchiriku and the Akatsuki are after him." said Sasuke surprising Jiraya. "How did you know that the Akatsuki are after him?" said a nonplussed Jiraya. "I overheard them talking once about Naruto. They're planning something, but I don't know what yet." he replied.
" Well since you two are good friends I want you to keep an eye on him. Ithink that the Akatsuki might attempt to kidnap him. They might also try and take Sakura to use her as bait." Tsunade said.
Sasuke went cold as he thought of how close they had been to getting Sakura. Tsunade seeing Sasuke's face change she realized that he was thinking of yesterday. "I know what happened yesterday. Naruto saw everything and he was going to help but you temporarily knocked his water clone out and got Sakura away safely. So he followed you to make sure she was okay. After awhile he left and told me what happened." said Tsunade. Sasuke turned slightly red as he wondered if Naruto had seen him and Sakura kiss and if he had overheard them. Tsunade smile inwardly as she saw him turn red. She knew what had happened between him and Sakura and she was happy for them. Sakura had been sad and hadn't been the same since he left now she'll be a lot happier now especially if she's with Sauke.
" Sasuke," Tsunade was talking again, "watch them because you know Nauto is going to do something rash with that hothead of his and they want Sakura." "Okay I will." said Sasuke "Then you can go now, and renember your trial is at two o'clock at the elders court." Tsunade reminded him. "Bye Tsunade-sama and Jiraya-sama." he said with a slight bow to both of them, and he left.
Kakashi appeared at Tsunade's window and knocked. Jiraya let him in. "So anything new."Tsunade asked. "Actually yes. I lost the real Naruto after half an hour and I was following a shadow clone. Apparently he had been following me to find out why I was following him-" Kakashi was stopped in mid-sentence because Naruto burst into the room with a confused Sasuke behind him. "Aha I knew it! You were following me, but why?" asked Naruto. "It's for your own safety because the Akatsuki are after you." Tsunade told him. "So, old lady I can take care of myself. No Akatsuki is going to scare me."Naruto said with his usual big grin. "That may be but I doubt you could fight two S-rank criminals alone." Tsunade countered.
After a long heated argument between Naruto, Tsunade, and Jiraya. Kakashi was reading his book. Naruto finally won because he was so stubborn.
Sasuke who had been quiet the whole time had been thinking about Naruto and Sakura. He was really worried, and as he heard Tsunade concede defeat he knew that the task of watching Naruto and Sakura would fall to him.
Soon Naruto and Tsunade came to an agreement. Sasuke was getting tired of standing there. "Come on Naruto. I'll pay at Ichiriku's." It was close to dinner time and both boys were hungry. Naruto jumped up with pure happyness at the thought of ramen. He ran out the room grabbed Sasuke by the arm and nearly yanked his arm out of his socket. Naruto pulled Sasuke so hard down the stairs that he tripped him and they fell all the way down and crashed into a wall at the bottom.
Tsunade, Jiraya and Kakashi heard the crash. Tsunade said " I feel bad for Sasuke. He has to get dragged around by that idiot." Jiraya just laughed. "Well I better be off I'm gonna catch up to them." Kakashi said as he put his book away. "You don't have to hurry because they're probably still at the bottom of the stairs." said Jiraya.
"Naruto you idiot." Sasuke said as he got up. "Oops. Sorry, Teme" he said then he saw Sasuke's face and took off running with Sasuke close behind him. Sasuke who was having a lot of fun ran faster and apeared in front of Naruto. Naruto screamed and ran toward Ichiriku's while Sasuke followed him laughing at the expression on his face.
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Sakura finished her ramen and decided to go and train a little because she had some free time on her hands, but as soon as she got to team 7's training grounds she climbed up a tree and sat down. She started thinking about what happened yesterday night.
(Flashback)
"Sakura I love you." Sasuke had said. He wiped away her tears and he kissed her. After that they had talked until midnight. She told him what happened while he was away. Sasuke had surprised her by being talkative. After a while they lapsed into a happy silence and Sakura fell asleep. So Sasuke carried her back to her house. He had to wake her up because he didn't have a key.
She had invited him inside. Sakura made some instant ramen for the both of them because she didn't feel like cooking. Then Sakura took him into her living room and they sat on the couch together. Sakura put her head on his shoulder and curled up, and Sasuke put his arms around her and pulled her close. Soon both of them fell asleep like that.
In the more she woke up and was surprised to feel something warm around her. Then she felt someone breathing in her ear. It was Sasuke and he had a smile on his face. His head was on her shoulder. He looked so happy that she did not have the heart to wake him so she just curled up into a more comfortable postion and leaned her head against his chest thinking.
( End Flashback)
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Sorry have to end it here was going to put in trial and kidnapping but soething wrong with computer. freezes up. next chapter up in 2 days. sorta rushing cause i'm going to camelbeach. i'm really sorry for not putting in the trail and kidnapping. so reaview and i'll have to next chapter up in 2 days. i'll also finish the ending of this chapter in the next chapter. sorry for the long wait reall really sorry bye
