A/N: Wow, I'm tired. I just received another kunai I bought in amazon; yeah, I like kunais, I have like 23 with this one ;-;
Just so you know, I love Neji so he is alive here.
So for my disclaimer, if Naruto was mine, Neji would have never died or at least with a deserved death so that's why it's not mine but Masashi's.
-PREVIOUSLY-
I went as fast as lightning to my room and then went to the hot springs; I was so busy thinking silly things that I totally forgot about Temari and Gaara.
"Sorry I'm late Temari, I was just thinking about some silly things and lost track of time and-" I tried to apologize to Temari when I saw her getting changed back to her clothes. Wait, getting what?
"No time for that Henka. We need to get to Konoha now."
"Wha- what happened?" I asked while Temari dragged me.
"Naruto is making a fuss about Sasuke being in jail and when I say fuss I mean chaos. Some rumors have being going around, Tsunade-sama wants to prove they don't forget and forgive so easily but Naruto is a problem." She explained.
"What about Sakura?"
"I haven't heard about her getting near him. Maybe she is angry at him or something." She said not really caring about her.
"Okay let's go then," why would Sakura do that? Wasn't she in love with him? We went outside where Gaara was already waiting for us.
"I will take us there" Gaara said, enveloping the three of us in a ball of sand.
"I hate traveling with sand…" mumbled Temari, Gaara glared at her and I just giggled. These two brothers...
An hour later we were in the gates of Konoha. Gaara was making some paperwork to be let inside; who would have thought the Kazekage would have such a hard time. Temari was trying to get rid of a guy trying to hit on her. I was just admiring my surroundings, looking at how the people were reconstructing their beloved village. Naruto wasn't even near, where's the chaos? Oh, maybe they controlled him already.
"We can go in now. We have to go to the hokage tower first," said Gaara already walking in.
We followed Gaara and I took the opportunity to look around from a nearer distance. Little boys were with their fathers helping repair the buildings while the mothers and little girls were making food: big families having fun together, helping each other. I saw how happy they looked, even when their village was nothing more than scums, they were still laughing. Is it okay if I'm jealous of them because I am.
We stopped in front of a big group of ninjas and I instantly recognized the faces. They are really tall when you get close.
"Oh Kazekage-sama, are you here to help Tsunade-same with Naruto?" asked Shikamaru.
"I'm here to do precisely that," answered Gaara.
"And who might this be?"
I turned around and found the other blond of the group, Ino, looking at me, or should I say my hair.
"Her hair is beautiful!" said Tenten.
"S-she i-is B-Be-Beautiful and t-tiny" said Hinata while she hide behind Shino, Kiba and Akamaru.
I'm not tiny. This stupid body is not advancing in time, that's all.
"YEAH! THE POWER OF YOUTH BRINGS MORE BLOSSOMS TO KONOHA! AND SMALLER ONES FOR THE CASE! WE HAVE A NEW HAIR COLOR FOR GIRLS AS WELL!" shouted, for some random reason, Lee all pumped up.
"Are you hungry? I have some chips," Said Chouji, eating. It didn't look like he was giving me; it was more like being nice.
"Are you the girl they are talking about?" asked Neji, ignoring all the earlier comments towards me, not leaving me an opportunity to answer. Good, I would have decapitated someone by now, and calling me tiny... who do they think they are?
"Yeah I am, nice to meet you all," I said, "and for that reason I have to go to Tsunade now to see what we can do." I said trying to calm myself after being called tiny. Sure, I'm not as tall as they are but still... then I notice a few faces missing "Mmmm, where is team 7 by the way?"
"I haven't seen Sakura today. Sai, Kakashi and Yamato are with the Hokage already, trying to calm down Naruto." Kiba said and grinned down at me. "You are like a little tomato; raid her and red face…" he teased me while I blushed.
"Let's go then Gaara," I said, noticing Shikamaru and Temari were already getting up to date, the rest just looked at me bewildered at me calling one of the kages by his name. Pft, whatever, it's not like I'm doing anything bad, he hasn't said anything anyway.
We got to the tower and then to the office where we could hear screams; you can imagine whom that might be from.
"I'm telling you Sasuke is good now!" shouted Naruto.
"Naruto calm down." said Kakashi and Yamato.
"This is so amusing to see, dickless fighting for the Uchiha," said Sai although it didn't sound like he was amused, at all.
"We are here Tsunade," I said as Gaara and I entered the room, which went silent as we did so.
"Oh, you have arrived," said Tsunade, a little upset maybe by Naruto causing a fuss about this or by me calling her by her name but in my defense I can't do anything about it, I'm not used to call people with their surnames and something in the end and the last name, there was only one person I called by his last name and I killed that person. Yep, I didn't like my brother's name so I used to call him by our last name. "Sai, take Gaara to the place he is staying, Kakashi and Yamato, you two are dismissed. I need to talk to this two in private." and with that the room was left in complete silence, us waiting for Tsunade to talk again.
Tsunade was rummaging through some papers until she spoke again; still going through the papers "I suppose you are Henka right?"
"That's right. But before anything, I would like to tell you everything I know as I did with Gaara, if you still have some questions you may ask, if not, I want to see Sasuke." as I said this she stopped what she was doing and concentrated in what I had to say. Man, even Naruto was with a serious face.
I exhaled and started "I came to Konoha to repair my mistakes, before I could get here I met Sasuke after he had fought Naruto. I healed his wounds and stayed with him for some weeks. I thought he would be my opportunity so I followed him. Soon we got to care for each other and I knew everything about his family but couldn't say anything because I met Itachi and he said it wasn't the way it should be. He killed Orochimaru and then Itachi. He formed a group and joined the Akatsuki, there is when we got separated. He thought I was a traitor for not telling him but I still didn't told him about Itachi, he didn't give me a chance. I knew the masked man was Obito, I looked for the alliance but by the time I found it, all was over. I then met Gaara and now I'm here," I said almost out of breath. I said it all fast so I wouldn't forget a single thing.
Naruto didn't say anything; maybe he was processing all this. There were things he didn't know and should.
"What do you mean by repair your mistakes and why was Sasuke the person that was more suitable for the task?" she was more demanding than asking.
"When I was little I… I-I killed my brother, later my mother. My father hates me and I abandoned him. I killed so many people I lost count, I destroyed so many families, I broke so many promises… then I met Sasuke and I knew what he felt deep inside so I thought someone who wanted to kill someone was somewhat similar to me, I that have already killed and stained my hands in blood"
Silence filled the room until Naruto spoke for the first time I entered the room, he was looking down and I think he hates me, who wouldn't; I'm a disgrace to the world. "Did you do it on purpose?" at his question I also looked down, shame overwhelmed me.
"My brother… it was an accident but it was me and my mother… she had a disease but…" I stayed silent. No one was speaking so I decided to continue "My father blames me for their deaths. The promises, well I didn't want to agree with those but still. The other people were bad people, I think, but they had families and some of them weren't bad because they wanted to…"
"Why are you blaming yourself then? You are good, you stayed with Sasuke, maybe you killed people but we have to live with it." Naruto said. I looked up but all I saw was a blur until I was embrace into a hug.
"You did nothing wrong. You don't need to look for forgiveness, you don't need it." I was surprised and happy. Is the first time someone says that to me, well maybe Sasuke but he was my friend, Naruto is a complete stranger. Tears filled my eyes but I refuse to let them-
"It's okay to cry. You don't have to push your feelings away, it's okay, and I'm here for you. We are friend now, Henka!" as soon as he said that, I couldn't stand it anymore. I cried and cried, tears that have gathered for so many years were finally getting out.
"Naruto… thanks."
I said as I sobbed into his shoulder.
"No need."
We heard a clearing throat and we glanced to Tsunade. "Now that I have your attention… Henka, the audience will be held in two days time. You are not allowed to get near Sasuke. Is that clear?"
"But-"
"Neither you or Naruto can visit Sasuke and that's an order. Now you have time to know each other so leave my office, I need my sake!"
Well this isn't so bad. At least I have company and a new friend, Naruto…
"Let's go Henka-chan, we can eat some ramen together!" said Naruto, dreaming about ramen...
"Sorry Naruto, can we go tomorrow, I need to talk to someone." I apologized. We were now in the street.
"Oh okay. Who do you need to talk to?"
"Sakura."
"Oh you shouldn't. She is being sensible lately, with Sasuke and all."
"That's exactly why I need to talk to her"
"Well I don't know where she is but if I had to guess… the bench that is in the way to leave Konoha."
"Why would you think that?"
"I don't know; that place is important to her or something. I have found her there every time I'm looking for her."
"Okay, thanks Naruto!" Then he went the other way to the ramen shop and I started walking the other way.
I have to talk with her and clear my mind. This Sakura thing has being bothering me for a time now. Why is she acting like this? Maybe if I fix this I can play matchmaker later…