10. Deceived
She was the first person he deceived when he returned to Konoha.
Uchiha Sasuke was the most searched for man in the country. That is, he used to be the most searched for man—he was currently walking to the Hokage's tower.
The search was over, Uchiha Sasuke had been captured; the rumor ran like unbridled flames through the village.
Questions followed: Would he be allowed to return? Why did he return? Would be he executed? The last question was quickly dismissed; a best friend would not condemn a best friend to death. The verdict was swiftly handed down: Uchiha Sasuke was under temporary ANBU supervision and would once again be a member of the village.
The pieces were falling in place, but there was something missing; Sasuke needed to perform a final action that would allow him to become fully accepted, he needed to do something that would make his once best friend stop looking at him with apprehension.
Uchiha Sasuke began courting Hyuuga Hinata. She was perfect, she was loved by the entire village; if Hinata trusted him then there was nothing to fear.
It had been a year since his return, and eight months since he had starting seeing Hinata.
"I—I love you,"
"What was that? Speak up," the words that spilled from his lips were warm and light he even managed to grin.
"I love you," was the firm answer.
"I love you too,"
"Thank you," Sasuke whispered into her dark hair later that night as he crouched by the side of the bed,
"thanks to you everyone thinks t that I've changed. All these fools think that you've changed my dark, evil heart; what a load of bullshit." Sasuke straightened up and kept his hand on top of Hinata's hair.
" Hn, I never thought that you would be the first person that I would have deceived coming back to Konoha."
Sasuke jumped through the open window and headed towards where he had a group of men waiting, handing out instructions to avoid a specific apartment building; Sasuke smiled down at the sleeping village.