"What if we have no village of origin?" Karin asked.
"Ha! You're an orphan, at least I had Zabuza." Suigetsu teased. Sasuke reached over and hit him upside the head. "Alright, I'll keep the provoking to a minimum."
"Karin, just write Orochimaru." Sasuke said and handed his form over to Shikamaru and pulled a bag of chips out of the groceries and began eating. Katsuna put the cap on her pen and handed over the form to Shikamaru as well.
He took hers and began looking over it. "You're from Snow Country? And you've never had any village training?"
"Well, that's where I was discovered. And nope, no village training, I teach myself or learn from the ninja we deal with." Katsuna said leaned back against the wall. "Does anyone else feel extremely crowded?"
"It'll be better when we spread out into pallets." Sasuke said opened the window. "This place is so dusty… It's terrible."
Karin handed in her form and Shikamaru looked over it, "you've been with Orochimaru this whole time?"
"Practically raised me along with the prisoners I was assigned to watch." She said innocently. "I sense a good deal of chakra coming."
"I'll be outside on the wall." Sasuke said and stepped outside planting his feet to the left of the window and sitting on them. He brushed his hair out of his face quickly and Naruto copied him and leaned against the wall. "So?"
"So." Naruto took in a deep breath and sighed. "So that's your team?"
"Three of them, the girl without the glasses belongs to Kaiyomi. For some reason she's staying over here." Sasuke said and pulled another chip out of the bag and shoved it in his mouth. He held the bag over to Naruto who shook his head.
"She and Sakura are having a medical ninja party, they're being really noisy." Naruto looked over at him, "I don't know who you've become over the past three years, but you're still my friend, even if you want to destroy Konoha."
"I'm being a stupid emotional teenager… I never wanted to destroy Konoha, I just want someone to blame. Has, has Itachi said anything about me?" Sasuke asked gripping his bag nervously.
"Let's see… he said you're stubborn and impatient basically. I think he feels sad for you though, a lot of things he said were big brother things, like how you were treated." Naruto turned away and looked up to the sky and stared up at the moon. "He loves you, you can easily tell. He just wants to make sure you don't make any stupid mistakes."
"Naruto, I'm sorry I tried to kill you."
"Don't think twice about it. Oh, Itachi said it was alright to sleep in your bed, hope you don't mind." Sasuke shook his head. "A lot's changed since you've gone. We have a lot of rebuilding to do after the funerals. You are coming to Kakashi's funeral aren't you?"
"I don't know, I really haven't been invited." Sasuke said and Naruto stood up.
"Then, you'll come with me and Sakura and Sai."
"Naruto," Sasuke said quietly. "I'm sorry that you lost Kakashi, and I heard about Jiraiya too." Naruto nodded and the clone disappeared. Sasuke smirked, "figures."
Sasuke stepped inside and sat down on the window sill. Shikamaru looked over at him and turned back to the forms he was going over. Shikamaru stood up. "I don't see any reason that would threaten us on the sheets. Usually I'd stay no matter what, but I had a talk with a clone while you and Lee were out; your lucky Naruto still trusts you. Lee, let's get out of here." Shikamaru said and jumped passed Sasuke.
Lee bowed quickly. "See you later Sasuke." Lee jumped out the window behind him.
"Whose Naruto?" Juugo asked.
"He's the nine tailed fox." Karin said quickly. "He's the boy with the spiky blond hair we saw earlier. Orochimaru's notes said he can put up a deadly fight when provoked. Also said he's very dense headed."
"That's Naruto. He was my team mate when I was here, and he's still one of my best friends, and one day he'll be Hokage if his stupidity doesn't get him killed."
"It's like the sky's mourning…" Naruto said as he, Sakura, Sai and Itachi walked along the streets toward Sasuke's apartment. Naruto put his hands behind his head. "The sky was like this on the Third's funeral too."
"And when Asuma died. The earth seems to know when its people are sad." Sakura added. Naruto jumped up on the wall and went up to the window and pushed it open. Sasuke came out and stood on the wall and walked down with Naruto by his side and went up to his brother.
"Come on Sasuke," Itachi said and put his hand on Sasuke's head. Itachi showed no emotion but began to walk away letting the hand drop. Sasuke followed with the three in tow.
They arrived at the Hokage's building and began to walk up with the other shinobi from the village to the rooftop where Tsunade was holding it. They lined up and Tsunade approached them, "As his team I want you up front."
Naruto, Saukra and Sai began to head up, Sasuke watched them until Tsunade shoved him foreword. "You too."
Sasuke stepped up to them and Sakura began sniffling. "It's hard to think of Kakashi in that little box. Our mentors in a little box."
Sakura began crying and Naruto pulled her in and hugged her head to his chest. "What would Kakashi say if he saw you crying like this?"
Yamato walked up and patted her on the head. "He'd tell you there's no use in crying, it's something you can't change." Yamato moved over next to Sai and Tsunade walked to the front in her official robes, a bitter expression on her face.
"Sasuke, this is what Akatsuki does. This is why I had you kill me, to stop him." Itachi said from behind him. He leaned in and whispered. "Look at your friends, can you see the pain in their eyes? This is what Madara wants, this is why we have to stop him."
"Kakashi tried to teach me that revenge wasn't everything… he warned me about this happening." Sasuke said quietly. He bawled up his fist and two streams of tears came down. Naruto turned over and looked at him beginning to tear up as well. "If I hadn't left, there'd be other Akatsuki members alive so the Peins wouldn't have been released… It's a domino effect I set off."
Naruto placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, Sasuke turned and gripped on to Naruto and Sakura and began apologizing. Naruto moved his head hitting Sasuke's head, "it's not your fault. Anyway, Kakashi would want to die like this, he'd be a super perverted old man if he didn't."
The three began laughing a bit and Tsunade interrupted. "We are here to celebrate the life of a true ninja, a true friend and a true hero. Kakashi Hatake…" Tsunade lowered her head. She walked over and placed a hand on Yamato's shoulder. "I'm faltering… Yamato can you…"
Tsunade wiped a small amount of tears away as Yamato began to talk. "Kakashi was a good man."
"Kakashi was a great man!" Naruto yelled. "He's a better person than any of us could ever hope to be!"
"Yes… thanks for the correction." Yamato said. Yamato continued and the three remained like that, the funeral dispersed and everyone left them there comforting each other.
"I miss him." Sakura said quietly.
"He's the one person I would have proudly called dad." Naruto muttered.
"Kakashi was the greatest teacher any of us will ever have." Sasuke said.
"Remember when he didn't show up on time… on the first day."
"I can't believe he actually got hit by the eraser."
"I can't believe he didn't kick your ass for that." The three burst out laughing.
"Let's go get some dinner." Sakura said wiping her face.
"We have to stop by my place, I have to get money." Sasuke said.
"No way, I'm paying, now come on." Naruto told him and the three left, Naruto and Sasuke each with an arm around Sakura who had their hands around their backs. "This is the first time we three have ever been this close to each other."
"That's a good thing about death; it makes you realize what's important." Sasuke said and they leaped off the building. Itachi watched from above on a telephone pole. He stood up and bowed to the coffin on the roof. "You were a good ANBU Captain, Kakashi."
