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Hi…um…should I bother explaining my absence *dodges knife and laughs nervously*
On with the story then!
Runs out the door, multiple numbers of weapons and explosions following
*calls from the other room* Enjoy!
His memory returned….
…he remembered his team mates…
…he remembered rookie nine…
…he remembered team Gai…
…he remembered the times he would spend with Naruto…
…Fuck he even remembered the fruity bastard…
…he remembered everything…
Right after he escaped from the herd of females he rushed out of the area, into a nearby alley-way to clear his thoughts, and where he, quite stupidly, tripped over his clothing effectively hitting his head on the wall. Sure it hurt like a bitch but it jogged his memory… that was good he guessed. At the moment however he sat contemplating on all that had happened, the liquid he was injected with was still half full when the kunai had shattered the syringe, did that mean the full effects of the fluid would not influence him? Or were the effects not as bad as what they could have been? Looking down at himself once more for the hundredth time that minute, he came to the conclusion that it was probably the latter. Sasuke sighed, he supposed since Naruto had not remembered anything, the liquid was meant to immobilise them and wipe their memories….why?
The raven rubbed his temples frustrated, he would leave the matter for now, his main concern was Naruto…and the money he had with him, seriously what was he thinking giving Naruto half the share of money?! Damn Chibi body was affecting his mind, taking a glance at his surroundings he surveyed the area, searching for a little sun-kissed blond. The raven haired boy went to take a step before meeting the floor, pushing himself up he gave the ground an icy glare, he really needed some cloths.
Picking himself up off the floor, Sasuke's gaze turn to a near-by shop….Naruto would be alright alone for one minute, right? Whatever. Sasuke shrugged before running over to the shop, money jingling in his hand, a small grin on his face, he forgot what it was like to feel young….now he could act like a child again and look out for his precious person, without a care in the world…explanations could wait, right now he wanted to spend some time with his little brother.
Meanwhile on the other side of the village, said blond was sitting on the curb of the street, a pout on his face, the long waves in his hair came down to his shoulders, his bangs hovering just above his eyes and framing his face. He sat with his elbows resting on his knees and his palms supporting the weight of his head. The young boy cursed the shopkeeper, he looked ridiculous! He tugged down on the hem of the light-blue dress that he wore, why wouldn't anyone believe him when he said he was male?! Well at least he wasn't tripping over every five seconds…'no! You're meant to be angry!' he scolded himself. He groaned, where was his aniki when he needed him most?
Naruto sniffled trying to hold back his tears, he felt them crawl into his eyes and attempt to leak out onto the side of his face, but he didn't let them as he harshly wiped them away from his eyes. The blond suddenly halted his actions as a dark shadow came over him, looking up he came face to face with a young female, she had a sympathetic smile on her face and had the oddest colour of hair
"Hey, what's the matter? Are you lost?" she asked her eyes revealing nothing but sympathy and concern, but Naruto still didn't trust her, quickly getting up he scuttled back so he was up against the wall fear and mistrust clearly etched onto his features. Naruto wasn't stupid he learnt from his experiences and the many experiences had told him that people can hide their true selves under a simple smile. The female seemed to understand, her smile faltered and worry etched into her features, backing away a little she gave the blond his space.
Naruto, unsure of what to do, ran in any direction, the blond found himself running straight into an alleyway and hid behind the dumpster curling himself up into a little ball. He could protect himself against ninja's, they were no problem, but he couldn't lift a finger against villagers because he knew that it would only make things worse.
The tears crept back into his eyes but he willed them away, he laid his head against the wall of the alleyway, sitting there for minutes wondering where his brother was before his eyes, heavy from the rush and adrenalin of the day, slowly closed shut from exhaustion. All the while he didn't notice the same shadow of the female consume him once more.
Sasuke came out of the shop completely refreshed, glad to have some proper clothing on he took it upon himself to dress in clothing appropriate for ninja's, with the standard black ANBU pants and simple sleeveless white turtleneck top he found himself wondering the streets in search of Naruto, occasionally stopping and asking civilians whether they had seen the child or not. Slipping by the wondering shinobi, he grew worried as the more and more time went by and he still hadn't found the little blond boy, the sun had already set and he found himself getting tired.
Confused by the sudden wave of fatigue he decided to speed up the search, looking around for a few more minutes he determined enough was enough and headed straight for the Hokage's office, sure he'd get and earful from Tsunade but Naruto was more important, the blond had the mentality of a five year old now, anything could happen, 'Besides even if Naruto's memory returned….his mental capacity wouldn't change from where it was now'.
Holding back a sweatdrop at the thought Sasuke travelled atop the roofs of the villager's houses and made his way towards the Hokage's tower. Dodging all the guards and staff he crossed the spacious hallway toward the double doors, grasping the handle he was about to pull the doors open when he stopped as he heard the voices from inside.
"How is he?"
'Kakashi?'
"He will be alright, he had just collapsed from exhaustion and it was lucky Sakura found him when she did otherwise anything could have happened, as powerful as he is, he still acts and behaves as a five year old now"
'Tsunade-sama…'
"Do you think Sakura recognised him?"
There was a small pause, Sasuke pressed his ear further into the door, it took him a while to register why they didn't want his and Naruto's identities to be revealed and then kicked himself for being so stupid as he came to a realisation.
"No, you can barely recognise its him, even the markings on his face are fainter…besides….he completely looks like a girl…why is he dressed like that in the first place"
The raven heard Kakashi giggle and Tsunade chuckle in amusement, Sasuke himself though was completely lost
"So, now that we found Naruto, how do we find Sasuke?"
'How am I going to get him out of there…'
Sasuke paused leaning on the double doors, lost in his thoughts at what he was to do, not really in the mood to recount his past, or put up with everyone's ranting, suddenly a thought struck him, an eerie smile crept upon his once innocent features.
'hn, well there's no harm in acting my age now is their, since they found him there's no need to reveal that I remembered everything and I have more of a chance of protecting him like this considering no one really pays attention to children…besides I needed a vacation' Sasuke thought with a sly smirk before barging through the doors, ignoring Kakashi and Tsunade, who jumped out of their skin when the door slammed open, he ran straight towards Naruto.
"Otouto, wake up!" Sasuke shouted childishly, groaning and turning in his sleep Naruto mumbled something incomprehensible before returning to his slumber, putting a mock frown on his face Sasuke crossed his arms and with a pout jumped onto the couch the blond was sprawled upon, and started to jump up and down all the while shouting for Naruto to get up. On the other side of the room Kakashi watched, with a sweatdrop planted on his head, as Tsunade popped a vain from all the noise.
"Saaa, well at least we didn't have to look that hard-" Kakashi ducked as a pillow came flying straight over his head and hit a vase behind him, sending it crashing to the floor. Tsunade's eye twitched, Sasuke and Naruto, who had just woken up, was making a racket and fuss over why the raven woke the blond. Naruto took it upon himself to tackle Sasuke for making him wake up from his much needed nap, Sasuke in turn simply grinned at the boy as he threw insults at him. Both tackled and rolled over each other, that is until Sasuke noticed what Naruto was dressed in, he halted all actions, Naruto soon followed staring at his aniki blankly
"Otouto…"
"Un?"
"…What are you wearing?"
Tsunade and Kakashi who were quiet until now burst into fits of laughter, while little Naruto was left blushing crimson tugging at his little blue dress. Tears of embarrassment collected at the edges of the blonds eyes as he spoke
"Th-they didn't believe me when I said I was a boy.." he pouted, crossing his arms angrily and turning away from the laughing shinobi before him. Sasuke sweatdropped suddenly remembering the continuous problem they had in the past, giving another glance at Naruto he smiled catching the blonds attention he motioned him forward, suddenly grabbing a set of cloths from behind his back he thrust them into Naruto's chest. The boy recoiled in shock looking down into the other boys hands his widened eyes gleaming, mouth gaping slightly, he stared in awe and excitement.
"Arigatou!" The young blond exclaimed and engulfed the raven in a hug, before rushing to the bathroom within the office. Only seconds before he disappeared behind the door he appeared again dressed in a black singlet top, with grey cargo pants, the pants had multiple pockets and random designs starting from the bottom right side of the pants. He wore the same black ninja sandals, hands on hips Naruto struck a pose and made the peace sign with his hands directing it towards Sasuke, who laughed at the boy.
Thinking the boys had enough time to catch up, Tsunade cleared her throat bringing the two children out of their own little world. Both boys looked up at the woman with questioning glances, the blond suddenly realised where he was and gazed at the Hokage's desk questioningly, before turning back to the strange woman and man before him.
Sasuke gave the best confused glance he could not wanting to raise any suspicions, out of the corner of his eye he saw his 'brother' give a questioning glance at the desk. Immediately catching onto what the boy was thinking he held back a smirk, wondering what lie his former sensei and the Kage were going to tell him and Naruto.
"I see you two are feeling well, you gave everyone quite a scare when you disappeared, you know" The blonde woman spoke softly. Sasuke held back an amused snort, and hid the smile that came with it. Naruto beside him, inched closer to the raven, not liking the unfamiliar faces in front of him. Both stayed silent and continued to stare blankly at the woman in front of them, their façade's giving away nothing. Tsunade's eyebrow twitched at the lack of response from the two, she was about to try again, when Sasuke beat her too it and Naruto soon followed.
"Who are you?"
"Why isn't Oji-san here?"
"How come you're wearing a mask?"
"Why is you're shirt so low?"
"How come everyone's looking for us?" both finished off together, Sasuke desperately trying to hold back his laughter at Naruto's question, and by the looks of things so was Kakashi. Tsunade's eye twitched in anger and annoyance. Calming herself and regaining (barely) her composure she looked back to the small shinobi in front of her. Both cutely tilting their heads to the side and giving her and the scarecrow questioning glances. Clearing her throat she slowly started to answer their questions
"My name is Tsunade, I am Sarutobi sensei's student…H-Hokage sama is not…Is going to be away...uhm…on a …Mission! Yeah, uhm, and I am a temporary replacement until he gets back" Tsunade coughed, and Kakashi smiled nodding in agreement, trying to make up for the Hokage's blatant lie as well as not getting himself D-rank missions for the rest of his life by bursting into fits of laughter. Sasuke held back another snort of laughter, he sneaked a sideway glance at Naruto who had bought the cheap lie. Sasuke rolled his eyes at the naivety of the boy, covering his mischievous smirk with an excited smile he asked
"Really? Wow! What kind of mission is it?"
Sasuke smirked as Tsunade and Kakashi froze at the question, Kakashi regained his composure first and knelt down to Sasuke's hight, much to the boys annoyance, and gave him his trademark smile before answering "Sorry kids, but that's only for grown ups to know"
Sasuke almost hit the man for playing such a cliché card, but winced as he knew he wasn't going to be able to corner the two any more then he already had. While Sasuke was cursing his luck, Naruto stood confused and shyly voiced his confusion
"B-but, Oji-san always told us if he was going away and what he was doing" The blond blushed as he realised every eye was on him, while the blond was blushing Sasuke was inwardly laughing at the uncomfortable glances both Kakashi and Tsunade were giving each other. 'Naruto, I could kiss you! However I won't'
The young raven took it upon himself to make Naruto's statement more believable by taking a leaf out of Kakashi's book and nodded along in agreement. Kakashi's smile fell and he caught himself stuttering, Inner Sasuke burst into laughter at the fact that legendary Copy Cat Ninja, Sharingan Kakashi, known for mastering over 1000 jutsu was reduced to stutters by a simple question from a five year old, if the world only knew. But whose to say they won't say anything later on. Sasuke once again found himself hiding a mischievous smile.
"W-we-well you see, uhm, this mission is different from the one's he told you…it's uhm...-"
"Top secret!" Tsunade finished off for him, clearing her throat she continued with the lie "And only for the best shinobi in Konoha to know"
Sasuke and Naruto shared a look that obviously held something meaningful, both turned to face the shinobi in front of them opening their mouths they were cut off by Jiraiya bursting in, followed by Shizune, Sakura, Team's 8, 10 and 9.
Sasuke gave them all a glare for ruining his chance to reduce both figures in front of him into nothing but stuttering fools. Sasuke sighed, no matter their's always a next time. He was jerked out of his thoughts by Naruto whipping behind him and peeking out from behind Sasuke. The raven squeezed Naruto's hand comfortingly, knowing the boy was still unused to such attention and didn't like it.
The new comers however openly gawked at the two boys in front of them, obviously not used to the sight. Sasuke finally broke the silence with a simple
"Who are they?" he asked pointing to the crowd of people at the door while facing Tsunade. If possible the crowds jaws dropped lower.
"They…" Kakashi started, before Tsunade cut in
"…Are the people who are to take care of you two until Hokage-sama gets back"
And the chaos erupted in the large office.
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Shika XD
