"Damnit. Damnit!" Sakura banged her fist on the table. "Why did you guys have to come here? Why now? Right after we had everything settled. Damnit. We were going to be together. We were going to be happy. But then you had to tell us THAT!"

Naruto had rushed out the door when Kakashi told them that Sasuke was being kept prisoner. Hinata and Sai had gone after him.

"We didn't know you would be so unhappy to see us," Shikamaru frowned. "We thought you would be missing home. We thought this news would be great."

"This is home."

"You don't mean that," Kakashi looked her square in the eye.

"I do," she replied back. "The leaf has never been my home. I thought, for a while it was. When I was around Naruto and Tsunade. But then I discovered something. It wasn't the leaf that was my home Kakashi. It was Naruto. The way you all treated him- oh don't give me that eye look Kakashi. Don't you dare! Not when you always picked on him! You didn't like him. You chose Sasuke over him every time."

"If you are talking about when we were training it wasn't like that Sakura. Sasuke had more po-"

"Cut the crap," she growled. "You chose Sasuke over Naruto. It's plain as that. All he ever wanted was your approval. Almost as much so as Sasuke's. But even now he's still not first in your book is he? No! Instead you chose to teach Sasuke, who only used the skills for bad! He's done horrible things. I may be in love with him but I can see that Sasuke is partly evil. You have such a rotten skill choosing who to focus on! You did it a few years ago with choosing Sasuke over Naruto. And you did it before choosing yourself over Obito! Don't you realize so much could have been avoided if you just listened to those two more! We wouldn't be in this mess! So don't you dare sit there and speak like you're innocent when you're no different from the rest of the villagers. You can all go to hell for all I care! The only person who ever focused on Naruto was Hinata! How sad is that? One person was able to see him as a human! And it wasn't you. It still isn't you."

Kakashi looked slightly stunned. He had no words. Sakura eyed him with a challenge. She dared him to use his eye to see just how serious she was. She meant every single syllable. "And I bet, if Sasuke wasn't in prison, you'd be there next to him, telling Sasuke he needed to become the Hokage. How am I to know that when this is all over you wont turn on Naruto and promote Sasuke again? I wont let you take away Naruto's dream like that. Do you understand me Kakashi-sensei?"

"The village has made mistakes," Shikamaru cut in. "But that is no reason to damn it to hell. It was your precious home. It was Naruto's precious home."

"Tell me," Sakura curled her lip. "Why should we return? Why should I drag him back into that world when he's just starting to be happy? Why should I do all of this for the leaf and Sasuke?"

Shikamaru placed his hands in front of him on the desk and sighed. "What a drag… Its because you know that Naruto will never be at home here. And he wont be able to get by thinking that Sasuke's in prison. It's a farce. He's a Ninja. He's a damn good one at that. We need him and he needs us. If you really just wanted peace you would have gone to Suna to live out your lives as great Hero's. Gaara's a little upset you didn't by the way. But you chose to stay away from the ninja villages. I think I know why. If you joined another hidden village you would never be allowed to return. Naruto knew that."

Sakura looked down to the side. "Do you realize how selfish you are being?"

"I'm afraid we already owe Naruto the world. What more can we give him to make up for it?" Kakashi offered lightly.

"Acceptance. That was all he wanted from the start." She stood. "You can stay in the living room tonight. Tomorrow I want you all out though. And don't come back."

"Will you come?"

"I can't tell you that."

"You're being-"

"I'm not being anything Shikamaru. I'm not able to make that choice though because thought I'm going to try and talk Naruto into staying, he might decide to go. And I can't let my home run away from me. Not again."