So it has taken a bit and I want to thank everyone for staying with this story. Without my reviewers I don't think I would even want to finish this story but I am going to even if it takes awhile.

I know I'm suppose to put this in every chapter but I always forget.

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Chapter Ten: The Document

Neji had read that stupid thing at least a dozen times and he still couldn't believe it was true. Had the elders of the village really demanded that Itachi kill his clan? Had he only been acting under orders when he had destroyed the clan. Had he been protecting the village from the attack they wouldn't have seen coming from the inside? He clutched the document in his hand as he thought back to that night. He had been eight or nine, he couldn't really remember, what he did remember was the silent tears streaming down Sasuke's face as he came to the Hyuga for help. He had stood outside the door as Hiashi had listened to the boys account that Itachi had killed everyone in his clan and had escaped the village. He had then passed out and had spent some time in the hospital. Sasuke had never recovered and had eventually left the village himself to find more power so that he could hunt down the man sitting with his son in his lap in their living room. What in Kami's name was he suppose to do now.

"It's a lot to deal with but I have confirmed that it is not forged, honestly I don't know what to do now. Our orders were only suppose to keep track of you for a few months and then return to the village and pass off all this intel off to your brother."

Itachi stood and nodded. "I will return with you, my brother will get his vengeance for our clan but I ask that my son be cared for., he is an Uchiha and he belongs in Konoha."

"Before we decide on any of that I'm going to send a hawk to the Hokage, it will be up to her what happens next. Though I will say that it is probably a good idea if you stay close to us. Madara being around is never a good thing."

"It's only going to get worse, he has been after me for the last few years. Since I killed my partner for murdering Tsuneo's mother."

"I'm going to send a note and we will see what the Hokage says about all of this, I'm going to trust that you aren't going to run so why don't you go and get Tsuneo some food, we will talk later."

"Yes, I am certain we will."

"How about two out of three?" Hinata could only laugh as Sasuke stood near the tree wrapping his arm from the attack she had landed. "I was taking it easy on you, you are still recovering and so I figured we would start slow."

Still giggling she moved over near him and pressed her hand against the wound, a soft white glow started and he felt his skin stitching back together, there was a coolness to her touch as well. "I see, so the mighty Sasuke was going easy on a opponent, I think the world might come to an end."

He scowled and as soon as his arm felt better he grabbed hold of her and pressed her against the tree and started trailing kisses along her jaw and down her neck, he loved nibbling on his girlfriend and listening to her laugh, so he wasn't ready to be attacked from the side by a large white dog. He heard Hinata scream and punched up at the dog and was up and in front of her in seconds only to find himself staring into the furious gaze of the Inuzuka.

"Get your filthy hands off her traitor!"

Sasuke knew he would most likely get punched in the face but he couldn't help it as the smirk played over his features. "I didn't hear her asking me to get my hands off of her." True to form he saw the fist flying at him and reached up and grabbed it. "Look dog boy, Hinata and I are together which means that I get to put my hands on her if I want to. She doesn't need you coming here and causing trouble just because you can't get over the fact that she didn't want you but she seems to want me."

Hinata pressed herself between them and turned to face Kiba. "He's right Kiba, Sasuke and I are together now and have been since dinner the other night. I should have told you but you left on a mission right after and I haven't seen you. Please apologize for attacking him." she turned and faced Sasuke and frowned. "You don't have to look so smug about things either, you knew he didn't know and you are just trying to pick a fight. Both of you are important people to me and I don't want you fighting. I know you have something against Sasuke, but it was years ago and it's time to move on and let it go."

Kiba bristled slightly as he looked at the still smirking Uchiha. "I won't ever forgive him, he didn't want to be one of us and went to a lunatic to gain power. I went to bring him back and almost died, sorry Hina but not going to happen in this lifetime."

Sasuke looked at the way his girlfriends face fell and sighed, he extended his hand and looked into Kiba's eyes. "Please accept my apologies for my actions. Hinata is right, I was looking for a fight but I didn't really want to hurt you. I very much regret leaving Konoha all of those years ago and I am even more grieved to know that people were seriously hurt in the attempt to bring me back. I hope that you can find it in your power to forgive me for my moment of stupidity."

Kiba could only stare at the Uchiha, was he really serious about wanting to be forgiven or was it just and act he was putting on in front of Hinata. Either way if he didn't at least shake the mans hand he would look like the bad one in this ordeal and so growling softly he shook the hand. "This doesn't mean I forgive you, It just means I accept your apology. Prove to me you have really changed and MAYBE and I mean that is a really big maybe, maybe I will forgive you."

"That is all I can ask of everyone that came after me."

Everything was wrong, Hina hadn't been with anyone ever, she had a crush on Naruto and then she was happy just being with her friends and getting stronger. Now she was with the village traitor and they had seemed happy. He had seen a real smile on her face, not the one she faked all the time. He had seen only a handful of real smiles because of her father but she had been really happy.

Akamaru whined at his side and bumped into him but he wasn't really in the mood to deal with his friend. The Uchiha had been right about him being jealous that she had chosen him over himself, he tried to think about what the Uchiha had offered her other then a place to stay but nothing came to him. Hinata was just so innocent and the Uchiha had played it perfectly earlier forcing him to apologize of look like a jerk. He hadn't forgotten what it had been like that day when they had all set out bring him back. The strength of the enemy had proven to him that he had a lot of training before he would ever be able to fight on that level. He had trained like mad and had sworn if he had even met up with the Uchiha he would make sure they fought just so he could prove he was better then the traitor of the village.

He clenched his fists tight and whirled heading toward the forest, once he was past the first string of trees he slammed his fist into a tree then again, he kept going until his hands bled and even then he continued.

Shino had been observing his friend thinking that eventually his anger would fade but Kiba just kept slamming his hands into the tree, he didn't even seem to notice that Akamaru was whimpering and howling at him. He stood finally and walked over and laid his hand on Kiba's shoulder. "You have to stop this." He managed to avoid the fist that came at him and sighed. "You still thought you would end up with her?"

Growling Kiba pulled away from Shino. "We are better for her then that traitor."

"Maybe that is true but it's up to Hinata to decide on that. The Uchiha doesn't seem to be taking advantage of her in anyway."

"Not taking advantage! I found him pinning her against a tree and defiling her body in broad daylight!"

"Was she asking for help? Did she look like she needed a protector?"

"No because ever since she moved into that house he has been able to turn her against all of us and now he has brainwashed her."

Shino's eyes flashed over the rim of his glasses and then his fist landed squarely in Kiba's face. "You should be ashamed, Hinata isn't fooled by people, she sees people for who they are and Sasuke must have done something very good for her to be with him. If he was really brainwashing her he wouldn't have let any of us into his house but we are all welcome there whenever we want to visit with Hina. The fact that you think she has been brainwashed is disgraceful, maybe the Uchiha sees her better then you ever will."

"You just watch, he is going to run out the first chance he gets to go after his brother! He hasn't changed and then Hinata is going to be hurt."

"No that is what you want to happen. I didn't realize that you were so obsessed with Hina that you would actually want for her to know pain just so you could try and win her heart. You are her friend Kiba, that is all you will ever be." Turning he walked off into the forest to think about how best to tell Hinata to be careful around Kiba.

Tsunade sat at her desk and read over the letter and the copy of the document that Neji had sent, she slid open her desk drawer and placed the Hokage seal in blood near the back, a small compartment flipped open and she took a set of keys from there and then headed to a secret room buried under the monument she would find out presently if the document was the real thing. Every secret deal and all records of everything that had ever been done had been filed away in this room but there was a file that was Hokage eyes only. Something as big as what was in this letter would surely be found there.

She finally managed to find the cabinet and withdrew the key, slicing her finger she added her blood to it and opened the drawer, pulling out the records she looked at all the information they had gotten about the Kyubi incident. She flipped past several files and then pulled out a large file labeled "Uchiha Itachi" Opening it she slid to the floor and began to read.

Hours had passed and she could only shake her head, everything Itachi had told Neji had been the truth. She put almost everything back, leaving out a few important pages she thought would come in handy and went back to her office where she began to pen her reply.

Sasuke was slowly losing his mind, he liked when it was just Hinata and himself because both of them cherished the quiet but Naruto and Sakura loved to do everything at top volume. They had come over to announce they were going to be getting married and Sakura wanted Hinata to be her maid. Hinata had balked at that at first saying that Ino would be mad but then Naruto had told Sasuke that he would be the best man and there was no way he was going to be escorting that blonde freak down the isle. So now it was decided that both of them would play an important part in the wedding they were sitting in the living room trying to come up with a date for the grand event.

"Summer would be great Sakura, it will be warm and we won't have to worry as much about rain."

"Naruto I am not getting married in Summer, I will die before I get down the isle to you because of how much a dress weighs."

Hinata giggled as she sat curled up next to Sasuke. "Why not try spring then, it won't be as warm but the flowers will all be in bloom and I think you would look lovely with a lot of flowers in your hair Sakura."

"That is a perfect idea but are you sure you don't want to keep it for when you and Sasuke get married?" she clasped her hand over her mouth as she said it and then laughed. "Wow sorry about that you two, sometimes I forget that you two just got together."

Hinata turned bright red and buried her head in Sasuke's chest. "It's okay Sakura-chan, at least you didn't try and attack me or him about it."

Naruto raised an eyebrow and looked over at his friend. "Someone not liking that you two are together?"

"Hn, it really doesn't matter, the Inuzuka attacked me with his dog earlier but we have worked things out." Just then a knock sounded at the door and Sasuke sighed. "There was a time when no one came to this house and now everyone comes." He walked over and opened it to find Shino standing on the steps, this was not going to be his day. "Yes I'm with Hinata no I didn't attack her earlier, yes I told the Inuzuka I was sorry about the trouble. Anything else?"

Shino almost chuckled, the Uchiha truly was something else and very much different since Hinata had softened him. "I was actually hoping to speak to you about Kiba, would you join me for a walk?"

Sasuke nodded and walked back to the room to tell everyone he was going out for a few minutes and then returned to Shino. Sticking his hands in his pockets he looked up at the night sky. "I meant what I said about being sorry he got hurt."

"I know you did but that is not what I want to talk to you about. I was going to talk to Hinata but I heard her laughter in your home and decided it was better to speak to you. Kiba is not stable right now, I came across him in the forest a few hours ago and he was beating his hands against a tree. He thinks you are going to hurt Hinata and even worse he thinks you have brain washed her. He has had a crush on her since we were genin and sadly it has grown into obsession. Please warn her to be careful if she is ever alone around him, I am afraid that he will do something to hurt her."

Sasuke nodded and held his hand out to Shino. "Thank you for looking out for Hinata, she is very lucky to have a friend like you."

"She is also lucky to have found someone that wants the same things she does." he shook the hand and then vanished into the night.

Well that would change things, he had decided he would try and gain the Inuzuka's trust but now he would be sure to be on guard around him. Walking back to his house he listened to the sounds of life coming from within, he could hear Naruto's loud voice and shook his head, the man was closer then any brother could ever be and then he heard Sakura yelling at Naruto for being so loud and he realized that he viewed her as a bratty little sister. Then he heard the soft laughter of Hinata, the woman that had taken hold of his heart and he would protect against everything that tried to harm her. Opening the door he looked at the three of them and smiled. I'm finally home.

Itachi woke the next morning and looked over at his son he knew that he would have to tell the boy about his past eventually but he didn't know it would be so soon. He could run and leave Tsuneo with these ninja but he was so tired of running. "Tsuneo, wake up" he said as he gently shook the boy awake.

Yawning the boy opened his eyes and look up at his father, confusion already written on his face. "What is wrong? You look sad."

"I am sad Tsuneo, it's time that you learned the truth about your dad. I can only ask that you remember that everything I did, I did for the sake of my village so that many others could live in peace."

"You killed your clan and then you left so that you could tell them about the bad people. That is what mom told me at least. She said you were a good man and just because you weren't around anymore didn't mean that you didn't care, you left to keep her safe and that you didn't even know about me and that it was better that way because I would safe."

Itachi sighed and nodded. "She was right, I didn't know about you but the second I learned about you I came looking for you. I was very sad to learn that your mother had been killed and I swore that I would take care of you but I wonder if I shouldn't have just sent you to Konoha which is where I am from. They would have taken care of you and have been safer there. The man we met in the woods is a very bad man and he will do everything he can to get hold of you and turn you to hate."

"Hate is bad though, I don't want to be filled with hate. You told me that everything can be fixed by talking about things and that fighting should be the last resort not the first."

"Yes Tsuneo, I did teach you that but it is also good to know how to fight which is why I have been teaching and you have had some pretty good teachers at the dojo as well."

"They are funny, but they have different names then what they told me, are they going to hurt you dad?"

"No, but we are going to go back to Konoha with them and I might have to leave you when we get there. You see everyone in Konoha thinks I am a very bad person and I am. I was acting on orders when I did what I did but I still have nightmares about having to kill everyone, well almost everyone. Your Uncle Sasuke is alive and he is living in Konoha again, he hates me the most because I tortured him by killing our parents right in front of him."

"I don't want you to go anywhere. I lost mom to that shark man and I don't think I want to go to Konoha if they are going to take you away from me."

"Tsuneo, we have to go there because it will be a very safe place for you. That bad man will have a harder time getting to you there and maybe if we are really lucky I won't have to leave you, but that will be up to the Hokage and Uncle Sasuke."

"I don't think I like Uncle Sasuke if he is going to be mean and hurt you or take you away from me, wouldn't that just make him like you?"

Itachi actually smiled and hugged his son close to his chest. "Yes it would, and he hates what I am."

Two weeks had passed and Itachi stood facing the gates of Konoha, he had been in Konoha since he left but this would be the first time he would walk through the gates and decide not to leave again. If he was pardoned of his crimes he would spend the rest of his life trying to make up for what he had done. He would also have to hope that Sasuke would listen to the events of that night.

He looked over at his son that was staring in awe at the gates and then smiled up at him. "Is this where you grew up?"

"Yes, the Uchiha have been part of Konoha since it was founded by the First Hokage, when the gates open you will see the mountain where the Hokages of the past have their faces carved and also the face of the current Hokage. She is the First Hokage's granddaughter and a very nice woman. Her name is Tsunade-sama so be sure to address her properly."

"Is she going to send you away?"

"I'm not sure son, the letter that Neji-san got just said for them to bring us to the village and that everything would be decided once we arrived. They are probably going to lock me up and have you be cared for by someone in this group but hopefully we won't be apart for long. Just be strong and have faith that everything will be okay."

"Okay I can do that."

Sure enough as the gates opened twelve ANBU gathered around me and placed chakra restraints on me and then led me away from the group and to the village prison. I knew what to expect once I was ushered through the doors and there was Ibiki waiting to interrogate me about everything I had done for the past 12 years.

I was a little confused about why ANBU had shown up at my house and told me that I would need to come with them, I hadn't had to have a escort since the first few months after I returned to the village and they wouldn't answer any of my questions so I followed. Now I was standing just outside of the Hokage office and I had chakra binding bands placed on my wrists. I hadn't done anything wrong so I didn't understand why I would need these. Still I was told to behave as the doors opened, there was Tsunade and a young boy who looked very much like I had when I was younger and as the doors closed I heard the voice of the one that I had searched years to find. "Hello otōto" whirling around I came face to face with my nightmare. "Itachi!"

AN: You know one thing you never want to find in the mail is that stupid letter saying you have a jury summons. What is worse is when you show up and out of all the cases that you could have been chosen for they give you a murder. It really is messed up.