A/N: Just to make it clear to everyone that none of the encounters with the Akatsuki after Naruto's training trip have not occurred.
Also sorry for the long update, this chapter gave me a bunch of problems.
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"Just let them see," he spoke softly, calming the woman down. "They are going to find out any way." He nodded at Kiba who lifted the top cover of her backpack. He found a small baby with bright red hair, sleeping against the back of her carrier.
"Ah," Kiba said. "This may be a problem."
Chapter 6: Sasuke's return, part 2.
As Sasuke and his companions where put together into a cell the ANBU captain appeared out of the darkness one again. He took off his mask to reveal Sasuke's old sensei, Kakashi. Yet Sasuke didn't seem surprised by this.
"A medic is coming down to give you all physicals, especially for the little one. Don't worry its protocol with all the prisoners," he reassured Karin who began to panic again. "The hokage would do this herself but she is in a council meeting at the moment. I've just spoken with her and she'll be down to talk with you as requested. But for now she's sending one of her second in command. This ninja is the head medic in the hospital so don't mess her about O.K?" They all nodded.
"Finally if you are not deemed a threat you will be released." The white haired shinobi paused. "Got that?"
All four nodded again.
"Yes of course we understand Kakashi-sensei," Sasuke replied.
Kakashi, content with this answer, went off to find the medic ninja that had been assigned for the physical exams. He hoped that his wouldn't cause trouble because he knew that she could react badly. He arrived at the hospital and found the pink haired medic in the main waiting area.
She turned to find Kakashi right behind her, causing her to jump a little.
"Kakashi- sensei?" she said. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you have your ANBU mask on?" The shinobi smiled behind his facemask.
"It doesn't rally matter Sakura technically I am not on a mission." His smile faded as he got back down to business. "We've got some new inmates that arrived at the gates earlier today and they are in need of a physical check up. Lady Tsunade ordered that you do it since they are incredibly dangerous and she is in a meeting." He pulled out the paperwork on the prisoners. "The woman of the group has got a baby that is not very old so Tsunade wants you to pay special attention to them." Sakura nodded as she took the files from her former teacher. Her eyes widened as she took in the names of the prisoners.
"I know the circumstances Sakura, but you must act professionally. You must not let your feelings get in the way of your job." Sakura looked at Kakashi and nodded dejectedly. She had given up on Sasuke a long time ago, when she realised that he was not coming back after the death of Orochimaru. Kakashi knew this but he still warned her.
"Thank-you Kakashi sensei, I'll go immediately."
She got some spare forms from the main reception and left the hospital for the prison.
Sasuke sat in the corner of the cell with Karin, letting her rest her head on his shoulder. She was holding the baby girl in her arms as it slept soundly. On his other side sat Juugo. Suigetsu was on the floor by the bars trying to keep an eye on things outside. At the sound of echoing footsteps he leaned closer to the bars to get a better look at the approaching person. The man grinned,
"Woo Hoo, looks like our medic is finally here and she is hot! Can't wait for her to get her hands on me," he said.
"Suigetsu don't be such a pig!" Karin sneered.
They saw the ninja appear at the bars and Sasuke was surprised for the first time that day. He saw Sakura opened the cell door and enter. She had a long white lab coat on, which fitted perfectly, showing all her curves. He noticed that her hair had grown longer and was now in two loose pigtails; much like the Hokage's own hair. She also wasn't wearing her headband. He half expected her to go ballistic and maul her where he sat, he had forgotten about the fan girls. However she just looked at the prisoners and gave them a smile.
"I'm your medic and I'm here to give you your check-up." She flicked through her paperwork. "Karin is it?" The red head looked up.
"Yes?"
"I'll do you and the baby last as I need to check you two more thoroughly. To see if you and the baby are coping O.K." She took in a deep breath. "Right, which one of you want to go first?"
Suigetsu stood up from the floor.
"You can do me any time you want gorgeous," he said.
"Okay, your name?"
"I'll be whoever you want me to be, hot stuff." He grabbed her rear and both Sakura and Sasuke tensed. Sasuke thought she was going to pummel him where he stood, but instead she leaned closer and whispered calmly into his ear.
"If you don't remove that hand I'll castrate you where you stand. And I'll make sure that it is as painful as possible."
Suigetsu whimpered and quickly removed his hand. She calmly smiled again,
"Now what is your name and date for birth?"
Suigetsu complied and gave his details quietly as she gave him a medical check over.
"Right you seem to be in perfect health Suigetsu, all things considered," She finished filling out is form. "Sasuke your next!" Sasuke quietly stood up and only spoke to answer the questions. When she finished she went and checked over Juugo. "You two seem to be in perfect health. Karin I have a few extra questions I need to ask you before we carry on. O.K?"
"Yes I understand," she replied.
"Is the baby yours?"
"Yes."
"How old is she?"
"She'll be 2 months old in 3 days."
"Where there any complications during the pregnancy?" Karin shook her head. "Whats her name?" Sasuke and Karin nervously looked at each other.
"She hasn't got one yet," Karin mumbled. Sakura looked a bit shocked but carried on. When she had finished she gathered some chakra in her hands and began to check the condition of the baby. She was now awake and staring silently at the stranger.
"She's adorable and she looks like you," Sakura commented. "But she has her fathers eyes."
"Yes she does." Karin smiled.
"Right. You two also seem to be in good shape. I'll give these to Lady Tsunade. Hopefully she will be down soon to discuss the conditions of your stay."
"Thank-you Sakura." Sasuke replied. "It's nice to see you again."
Smiling the pink haired kunoichi left the cell.
"You too Sasuke," she replied.
"Are you alright Karin?" Juugo asked. The woman seemed to be in deep thought.
"I don't think I ever said who the father was," she replied. Sasuke smiled and picked up his little girl from Karin's arms.
"She's a top rank medical ninja," he replied giving her a peck on the cheek. "She worked it out for herself."
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Tsunade was having a bad day. It was bad enough that the council kept nagging her to name her successor and it was getting really annoying. The news of Sasuke's appearance in Konoha had made things twice as bad, as the council had now split into two sides arguing about what should be done about this.
She had now left the council room and headed down the corridor. She intended to get the prisoner's story before she decided their fate, unlike the councillors. A team of ANBU were following her down the halls insisting that she needed protection when the ninja were questioned, but upon realising that they were from Root she ordered them to leave. She didn't want Danzo meddling in this as well. Knowing that they wouldn't have gone far, Tsunade hoped that Jiraiya was nearly there, because he would need to put up seals around the cell to stop them eavesdropping. Luckily he had made it to Konoha in time and she met up with him just before she met up with Kakashi, who had also been summoned to be present in the interrogation. Sakura was also due to meet up with them but she was probably in the cellblock after the medical examination. They would meet up with her there.
Sakura had been waiting for about 20 minutes after finishing the medical examination before Tsunade, Jiraiya and Kakashi arrived. The hokage asked for the medical forms and gave them a quick check over before she headed to the cell.
"Lets get this over with," she sighed and they all walked into the cell. She looked at the four adults inhabiting the cell and got straight to the point.
"So would you like to tell me what you are doing back in Konoha?" she asked Sasuke, who was sat next to Karin. All four of them stiffened and Sasuke nervously eyed his former teammates and Jiraiya. Noticing this Tsunade spoke up again.
"Anything you say to me you can say to them. Now could you please answer my question? The Uchiha glanced at the woman next to him, only to find her glaring back at him, her eyes were telling him to do as the hokage said. Taking a deep breath he began his story.
"We want to become leaf ninja," he paused and looked at the Hokage, who just stayed silent. Her eyes were just screaming for an explanation. "Look I know that I don't really deserve to be accepted back into the village for what I did, but I want you to at least consider these four, especially Karin and the baby. They haven't done anything against the village."
"You seem to have forgotten that all of you were in league with Orochimaru," Tsunade interrupted.
"Hey!" Suigetsu retorted. "He just used us! Treated us like we were his pets." He was stood up with his fists clenched, glaring down at the Hokage. Sasuke ordered hi to calm down before he carried on with his story.
"Ever since I killed Orochimaru, we've been searching for Itachi. But s you could probably guess we haven't had a single clue to his whereabouts. I know you are looking for the Akatsuki as well," he paused. "After what happened to Naruto. If we work together in searching for the damned Akatsuki we are most likely going to find it easier to face up to their threat. All I'm asking is for you to go after any Akatsuki leads." Tsunade did not look convinced, causing Sasuke to sigh. "Look if you don't want to do it for me, do it for my daughter."
Everyone raised his or her eyebrows at finding out who the father was.
"I don't want revenge anymore. I need to protect my daughter from the Akatsuki as well."
Kakashi finally spoke up, as his anger couldn't be held back any more.
"How do we know that you are not just using her to try and get your revenge? When the Akatsuki crop up again, how do we know that you won't just go an abandon the village again. Or even worse and go against the village. Do you realise how many lives you put at risk the last time you decided to leave?" Jiraiya and Sakura nodded and Sasuke looked into the eyes of Karin.
"Do you think I should tell them? I mean I was going to tell the hokage but it must be kept top secret."
Karin nodded,
"Go ahead, I feel that you can trust these people."
"Alright is the room secure because I do not want anyone else finding out about this."
Jiraiya got up and double-checked the seals that he placed around the room.
"It's secure, carry on."
"The reason my daughter needs to be protected from the Akatsuki is because she is on of their targets. We don't want them to find out about her to keep her out of danger."
"I don't understand," Sakura interrupted.
"We went to the village hidden in the cloud to meet up with the Raikage. Since he had two jinchuriki ninja in his command we went to se if he had any news on the Akatsuki. But like everyone else we had came across there was nothing. It was at that time we had found out that Karin was pregnant. We didn't want to go looking for the Akatsuki anymore so we asked the Raikage to stay in the country until the baby was old enough. However, that didn't go to plan.
"A month after she was born we came across the jinchuriki of the two tailed cat, Yugito Nii. She was visiting the village that we were staying at, which was about 5 km away from the cloud village. Unlike the 8 tails jinchuriki we had never met and when she found out that I was an Uchiha she went completely berserk. She tried to attack me. Juugo and Suigetsu tried to hold her back but she went into her demon form and lost control. She was completely consumed by the cat."
"It s a wide known fact that Yugito Nii has complete control over her demon, even when on the beast's form.' Jiraiya interrupted. Sasuke glared at him.
"If there is one thing I do know, Jiraiya-sama is that there is no such thing as complete control. This was different. More and more of the cat's chakra leaked out and it was fully released, killing the woman in the process.
"It wasn't long before the Raikage was informed of the situation and he made his way from the village hidden in the cloud to assess the situation. Once he arrived more shinobi had joined the fight trying to contain the cat. He brought along his brother and his seal master. He didn't even ask what had happened before they started their sealing ritual. Suigetsu, Juugo and I carried on fighting the cat until we were approached by the Raikage himself along with Karin and the baby. Apparently our daughter was the only one young enough to reseal the cat in. No one else in the village met specifications. He had come to ask my permission. Karin didn't know what to do. I mean h-how could I condemn out d-daughter like that?" Sasuke began to stutter.
"That's why Minato chose Naruto when the Kyuubi attacked," interrupted Jiraiya.
"I d-don't think I un-understand." Sasuke stuttered out once again.
"Don't worry about that for now," Tsunade said. "Carry on." Sasuke managed to regain his composure.
"We didn't have long to decide so we agreed and it was over before we knew it."
"So she's a jinchuriki?" asked Sakura.
"Yes," Karin replied softly.
"Then why are you here? The cloud could have quite easily kept you safe." Tsunade questioned, she wasn't convinced.
"Well when the Raikage found out that Yugito attacked us without reason he asked us to leave. He said that he couldn't have us reminding him of the death if Yugito. He loved her dearly. He also said that he couldn't trust us any more, but he promised to keep the attack and sealing secret, and everyone else was sworn to secrecy on punishment of death.
"So we came back here. It took about a month to get back here and luckily the Akatsuki are still hiding so we met no trouble." Jiraiya frowned, not believing a word of it.
"I think I would have heard about the death of the 2 tailed cat jinchuriki. My spy network is working double time in all Akatsuki matters," he said.
"Well go and check, you won't find anything, because I already said it has been kept secret." Sasuke scowled.
Tsunade sat contemplating the situation.
"Jiraiya you'll know if she's a jinchuriki if she has the seal. I'm assuming that it was the same seal as the one used on Yugito?" All the prisoners nodded. "Is it O.K. that Jiraiya takes a look? He's the only one who could prove that what you are saying is true." Karin handed him the baby and Jiraiya confirmed that Sasuke was telling the truth, but he had to confer with Kakashi as well. They were both quite knowledgeable about seals. Once they gave Sasuke's story the all clear, Tsunade felt it was time to leave.
"Thank-you for your co-operation Sasuke," she turned to the red head. "Karin, Suigetsu, Juugo… We will have our judgement as soon as possible." The four Konoha ninja went to leave the cell, yet Jiraiya paused and turned back to the Uchiha.
"We met her on our travels you know. Naruto and I. Yugito took quite a shine to him and when she found out about your betrayal she was furious and hated you for that. She promised him that she would make you pay. Naruto didn't a=want that of course, but that was probably why she attacked you." He turned back to the entrance and left the cell, leaving Sasuke gaping at the old toad sage.
As they arrived at the Hokage's office Tsunade spoke as she went to sit at her desk.
"We have a problem," she said. "There is something that may jeopardise this."
"What is it Lady Tsunade?" asked Sakura. Tsunade rummaged through her desk drawer to find some old looking paperwork.
"Shikamaru found this in the records about 6 months ago. "It says that Konoha ordered Itachi to kill the Uchiha clan. If Sasuke finds out about this it could cause major problems and he may turn against us."
"No I think your wrong," Kakashi said. "He doesn't seem to want any revenge any more, he has a child to protect now. The risk from the Akatsuki out weighs his bloodlust for revenge."
"But he could go elsewhere for protection," said Sakura. "He could still go against the village, take his revenge and go elsewhere.
Tsunade sighed. This was not helping at all. She turned to her friend for advice.
"I think you should tell him before you make your decision. If he reacts badly then lock him up, but I don't think that the others need to be punished for whatever Sasuke decides." Jiraiya shrugged.
"Your right," said Tsunade. "I should tell him now." She looked at the ANBU captain. "Kakashi could you have him brought here under guard of you best men. Sakura could you get Shikamaru in here, he should be in his office…"
"Probably sleeping," she thought.
"I would like some advice on this matter."
Both of them complied and left Tsunade's office. It wasn't long before an angry looking Sakura returned with a very dreary looking Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru if you keep falling asleep I swear I'll take that office away from you. You'll have to do your paperwork in the corridor instead." Shikamaru completely ignored this comment and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
"You asked for me Lady Hokage?" He drawled. Tsunade filled in Shikamaru on everything, even the jinchuriki situation, as she knew he would figure it out anyway. By the time she had finished Kakashi has returned with Sasuke. The hokage explained everything that she knew about the situation, with a bit of input from Shikamaru. To her surprise he took the news very well.
"Don't worry Tsunade, I trust you. If what you say is true then you had nothing to do with it. However, I must express this. My loyalty is to you and not the council. I cannot trust them anymore, and as a sign of good faith I won't kill them." An eerie smile grew on his face, before it disappeared again. "Just make sure that they won't do the same to me and try to kill me and my daughter off."
"You have my word," Tsunade answered.
"And I'll still go after Itachi if possible. He still killed my clan," Sasuke added and Tsunade nodded. She dismissed them and Sasuke was led back to his cell. Now Tsunade had to figure out what to do with them all.
The sun was beginning to rise when Tsunade once again left the council's meeting room. She hadn't got any sleep, but she was grinning nonetheless. She had managed to get her way for once and the council weren't too pleased about this. Especially since they knew she was still hiding from them. Those in the council that where on Tsunade's side merely shrugged this off and carried on with negotiations, but the others didn't want to dismiss Tsunade's secrecy so quickly. However, even they were shut up when the Hokage informed them that she and Sasuke knew about who was responsible for the Uchiha massacre.
Without a moments rest Tsunade went to her office and summoned Sasuke and his team. They arrived with the same guards as Sasuke had earlier the previous day. Sakura, Shizune, Kakashi and Jiraiya also arrived to find out the verdict. Once everyone settled in the office, all looking a bit worse for wear, Tsunade spoke up.
"Sasuke, Juugo, Suigetsu, Karin and errr… baby… I have come to a decision to allow you to become citizens of Konoha. I will allow Sasuke, Juugo and Suigetsu to become Chunin of Konoha for a 6-month probationary period. This means that as a team you will be accompanied on missions by a jounin and you will not be able to take your jounin exams until after this period. Karin, although I would love to make you a Konoha ninja as well, I believe that you need to look after your daughter for a bit longer. I will promote you as soon as I see fit, under the same conditions of course.
"I will respect your request that you want to be sent on all Akatsuki related missions, and you will be informed if they appear out of hiding. However, if you are on another mission when the Akatsuki make their move, it most m=not affect the outcome of said mission. Is that understood?"
They all nodded.
"Yes Tsunade-sama."
"As for your daughter, her status is to be considered as an S-rank secret. No one outside of this room is to know about it and that will hopefully keep her safe. The only other person who knows is Shikamaru, but I assure you he knows the consequences of spilling this secret." She paused, "For now you shall be escorted to a hotel room. You will be assigned apartments by the end of the week. Come and collect your paperwork later today, along with your headbands. Dismissed."
Sasuke was along through the streets trying to ignore the glares that were directed at him. Obviously people didn't expect to see the man, but it wasn't just stares of surprise, they were angry. He got the feeling that people didn't want him there anymore; well at least they weren't worshiping him anymore.
He and his team had all been escorted to their hotel room but once settled he decided to go out for a stroll, to try and regain his bearings. The village hadn't changed as much as he had thought it would, but he still wanted to waste some time before he met up with the hokage later on that afternoon. The ANBU said that they should get some rest, but he had managed to get some shuteye when he was in the cell.
He was deep in thought with worry about his daughter and what Tsunade said about his brother, but her snapped out of it when something caught his eye. On top of Hokage Mountain he saw a speck of pink. Grinning a little he made his way to the top of the cliff. Sakura was sat on the cliff edge, her legs dangling down, staring into the distance.
"Hey," she said without turning around. "Shouldn't you be getting settled into your hotel?"
"I wanted to take a look around the village, but it hasn't really changed much. What are you doing up here?" Sasuke asked.
"Oh, I come up here when I have some thinking to do," she answered absentmindedly. "It's a beautiful view don't you think?"
"Yeah," he replied. He sat down beside her and they both sat in silence. He watched her as the wind blew through her long locks, which were not tied up in pigtails. She sat back on her hands and had her eyes closed as she basked in the sun. She didn't seem uncomfortable in the silence like Sasuke was; he had to say something to break it.
"Thank-you," he said.
"For what?"
"For understanding, for not trying to kill me when you met me in the prison cell."
"Oh I finally understood why you left a long time ago. It wasn't me who you should have worried about. But you don't have to worry about him any more." Her eyes filled with sadness so he quickly changed the subject.
"So, when did Kakashi-sensei rejoin the ANBU ranks?"
"Oh, Kakashi-sama joined the ANBU about three years ago," she said cheering herself up. "Tsunade-sama tried to persuade him out of it, but Kakashi-sama wanted to rejoin to increase his skills," she turned her head towards him and smiled. "He's pretty much in control of he whole of ANBU. He's like second in command now. He also gives Danzo a run for his money by counteracting his every move with root. Danzo is pretty much powerless now."
"Wow," Sasuke was amazed.
Another uncomfortable silence followed and Sakura began to absentmindedly watch the birds.
"She's beautiful you know," Sakura said as her eyes followed a pigeon flying through the flock she was watching.
"Who?" Sasuke asked confused.
"Your daughter stupid," she giggled. "You know you will have to name her one day, and we wouldn't have this problem."
"Well I was thinking that Mikoto was a nice name, but I'm not sire that Karin would approve."
"After your mother?" Sakura asked.
"She looks a lot like my mother you know and she acts like her mother."
"Yeah she does," Sakura giggled. "Although I don't really know what Karin is like, so I'll have to take your word for it." Sasuke blushed.
"Well she was a but like you at first, an annoying fan girl who wouldn't leave me alone." Sakura scowled and hit him around the head. "Ouch, but then she slowly just started to act herself around me and I fell in love with her. She's the most amazing person in the world."
"It's nice that you have found someone," said Sakura.
"Yeah but she looks after all of us really."
"Well she couldn't just let 3 boys try and look after themselves could she?" Sakura said as she poked him in the arm, causing him to scowl like she used to remember.
"I'm sure she would love the name," the rosette added.
"So do you have anyone?" Sasuke asked causing Sakura to blush. "You must have met someone after all this time."
"Well if you must know I'm dating Kiba," she replied and turned around to find Sasuke gaping at her. "What!?!" She exclaimed.
"That was the last person I was expecting to say, you never really got on that much when I was around."
"Well if you remember Sasuke I didn't really get on with many of the boys when you where around. I was too busy fawning over an emotionally repressed idiot."
"Hey!"
"You can't deny the truth Sasuke. Anyway I never really stopped hoping you would come back, I just stopped trying so hard when I realised that I would end up getting hurt. That was when I realised what a stupid little girl I was being." Sakura sighed. "Anyway we haven't really been together long. We kind of grew close after a long-term mission about 4 months ago. He's a bit rough around the edges but that's what I like about him."
"Wow, Sakura has a wild streak," he sniggered. "Who would have thought?"
"You can talk… I've never seen you talk so much about anything, let alone love." Sakura giggled and lightly punched him on the arm.
"O.K, so we've all changed," he admitted and smirked. "What does Ino think about your love life?" Sakura's face dropped.
"Well umm she actually doesn't know about me and Kiba yet. Only Hinata and Shino know, so please don't kill her or you're a dead man." Her tone of voice sent shivers down his spine, he knew she wasn't kidding. He glanced at her bracelet again as she ran her fingers through her hair. He frowned, as he knew that she was avoiding one subject completely, but he kept silent nonetheless. Sakura noticed and knew that this silence couldn't carry on.
"Lets go for a walk there is something I want to show you," she said and he grabbed his wrist and jumped of the cliff. They swiftly made it down to the bottom and Sakura began to lead Sasuke through the streets.
"Is this about that bracelet?"
"Yes," the kunoichi replied. "I wear this so I never forget." It seemed rather cryptic to the passers by, nut Sasuke knew what she meant.
"Naruto," Sasuke whispered to himself.
"We are here," They stopped and Sasuke realised that they were at the graveyard. Silently they walked through passing hundreds of graves until they reached the one that Sasuke had been dreading.
"This is will help you understand what Jiraiya-sama meant," she pointed at the gravestone. Sasuke didn't understand at first but then he read the inscription.
Uzumaki Naruto
M.I.A.
Son of Uzumaki Kushina and Namikaze Minato
Jailer of the Kyuubi and
Hero of Konoha
"The fourth put the Kyuubi in his own son?" Sasuke was shocked. Knowing how hard it was to make that decision, hr couldn't believe that he subjected his son to a life of hatred and fear. Sakura nodded and answered him,
"Yes, Tsunade said that he couldn't ask anyone else to make such a decision so he chose his own son who was barely a few hours old. His dying wish was for his son to be seen as a hero for keeping the Kyuubi from destroying the village any further and eradicating its threat." Sakura frowned slightly, she always avoided talking about Naruto, but she thought Sasuke ought to know. "You just make sure that you have not sentenced your daughter to the same fate as Naruto. Or it won't be just the Akatsuki that will feel my wrath."
She tried to hold back the tears they were welling up in her eyes, but it seemed to be a futile fight. The memories of her old friend came flooding back, and along with the sudden appearance of Sasuke, the pain was too much. A concerned look appeared on Sasuke's face and he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Do you want to talk about it?" he asked, causing her to completely loose all composure.
"Oh Sasuke how could they do something like that," she wept. "They tortured him."
Sakura went on to tell Sasuke everything that Jiraiya had said when he returned. Sasuke silently sat beside her on the ground listening to the girl. His anger at the Akatsuki grew and grew as she mentioned how his brother tormented Naruto the most before his untimely demise.
"He never gave up on you though, Jiraiya-sama said that is what kept him going. He said to me before he left that he promised to bring you back no matter what." The kunoichi's tears began to dry up.
"In a way he did," Sasuke replied. "Whatever happened that day, put them into hiding and I suspect that Naruto has something to do with that. I wouldn't be here if I could find Itachi. I may not even have fallen for Karin."
"I still have hope that he is still alive, I mean we never found a body," Sakura sighed.
"But if so what would the Akatsuki have put him through all these years."
"I'd rather not think about it," she paused. "You should head back up to the hokage tower, or you'll be late."
Sasuke frowned, that was a rather quick change of subject.
"Let me know if Karin likes the name," she said as she took off out of the graveyard.
"That was weird," The Uchiha thought. But he shrugged it off for later, after all he didn't want to make the Hokage angry for being late. So he headed off in the other direction towards his hotel to get ready.
A/N: not my best chapter I know but I feel all the stuff said is needed for the story to carry on.
