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Kakashi took a step back from the man at the door, his back hitting against the wall. He started to shake his head, almost as if trying to pretend the man wasn't there. "That's not possible! I don't have a brother! And Sakumo was my father!"
"Your father..." Sakumo looked at the copy ninja, confusion in his eyes. He turned to Tsunade slowly, speaking slowly to match his movements. "Did you tell him that?"
"No... I wasn't around this village when Kakashi was a kid. I'm only here a couple of months. I wasn't even here when the Uchiha clan was murdered."
Sakumo sighed slowly, bringing his hand up to his face and pinching the bridge of his nose, deep in thought. He spoke suddenly and almost sadly as he looked at the silver haired jounin against the wall. "Well come inside and I'll tell you everything. All of you. I may as well tell you now seeing as you're going to find out sooner or later." He turned on his heel and entered the office quickly, everyone following him. Everyone, except Kakashi.
Iruka waited until Tsunade had closed the office door before taking a gentle step towards his lover, talking lovingly to the man. "Kashi... Are you okay??" He put his hands on the jounin's face, grey eyes avoiding his own chocolate ones. He was taken by surprise when their eyes met and Kakashi threw his arms around Iruka, burying his head in the younger's shoulder. When he pulled away, Iruka saw a fresh tear rolling from the man's visible eye and he removed it with his thumb before pulling up the headband to wipe the other tears. He left his hands on the jounin's face for a few moments longer before dropping them down to Kakashi's waist again. Kakashi took a step away from the chunin, finding out too late his legs were neither strong nor stable enough to support him. His knees buckled from underneath him and he fell to the ground. Iruka sat down on the floor against the wall and pulled Kakashi into his arms, rubbing soothing circles on the man's lower back as the jounin cuddled into his chest.
"He's not... I'm an only child... Sakumo... my father...." Iruka sat with the man, not saying anything as he tried to calm him down and let him work through his thoughts aloud. They both looked up to the door when they heard it slowly open, revealing three genin. Sasuke took a few steps forwards towards Kakashi, trying to ignore the eyes watching him from the front and behind as he crouched before the silver haired jounin.
"Kakashi-sensei... listen to me. I know it's hard. I know you're hurt and confused but it's alright. I know you don't know what's going on. You feel as if everything you believed, everything you lived for was a lie. You feel as if everything you cared about was wrong and that suddenly everything has to change. But that's not true. None of it is! That pain you feel in your heart, the pain that's slowly spreading throughout your entire being, it will begin to change and fade away. The emptiness that has consumed you will fill and trust me, it won't take long." Sasuke took a shaky breath and looked over his shoulder to look at the two Hyugas briefly, turning back to Kakashi once more.
"I'm not going to say I know how you feel right now, because I don't. But I do know what it means to find a brother. I do know what it means to have someone turn your whole life upside down with just a few words. We both know what it's like to have everything taken from us, and we're both beginning to find out what it means to have some of that back again. Kakashi.... we both have family now. So go in there and listen to what he has to say."
Sasuke stood up slowly and extended his hand, feeling awkward at the gesture for an unknown reason.
"No." Kakashi looked up at his student, surprised at the words and emotion coming from the Uchiha.
"Why not?" Irritation flashed through the Uchiha's eyes, but left when he remembered Kakashi's situation.
"I don't care what he has to say. I don't want to hear it."
Sasuke paused for a minute, smirking as he thought of a reply. "He saved your sorry ass Kakashi. He's your brother; now go hear what he has to say."
Kakashi was about to bark a reply, when he realised something. Sasuke just told him what he had told the Uchiha when Itachi reappeared. He stood up after Sasuke left, muttering something about Sasuke being a brat as he stood shakily on his feet and wrapped his arm around Iruka's waist as they walked in the door.
"...don't care who you are get the hell out of my chair before I throw you out the window! And if you prefer, I will throw you out on the chair!" Tsunade was standing in front of her chair, her hands gripping the arms while Sakumo sat on it.
"I'm quite comfortable here... and besides, if you throw the chair out you'll need to get a new one. If you throw me out, Kakashi will never know what happened. And here he is now." All heads in the room turned to Kakashi and Iruka as they silently entered the room, taking a seat in the chairs on the opposite side of the Hokage's desk.
Kakashi sat down and crossed his arms over his chest, slouching in the chair in his uncaring manner. Iruka sat down beside him and put his hand on the jounin's knee while shooting Tsunade a look that told her to forget about the man in her chair or he would shut her up. In response, Tsunade tightened her grip on the chair and quickly, she raised it at an angle, throwing the man off of it. She put it back on the floor and almost immediately Sakumo was trying to pull her off.
Suddenly, both were pushed back and the chair was gone. By the time they realised what had happened, it was too late. Both turned to the silver haired jounin who had thrown the chair out the window and was now standing at the desk, his fists resting firmly on top of it. "You, shut up. You, start talking."
"Hey brat who do you think~" Tsunade was cut off by Kakashi turning to glare at her, his eyes daring her to continue. When she said nothing, Kakashi sat back down and gestured for the other to continue.
"Right well... I'll start at the start then. No wait, actually Kakashi you tell me what you know about your family and what happened. And what happened the night of the Uchiha massacre." Sakumo sat on the desk, crossing his legs and resting his head on his hands as he sat staring into Kakashi's eyes.
Kakashi broke the contact before speaking. "I was abandoned by my parents when I was a couple of weeks old. I don't know what happened to them; I always guessed they didn't want anything to do with me. But now I know something about that is wrong because you are not my father, but you have his name. I was told I was an only child and told nothing about the rest of my family. I didn't care. For all I knew I was the last and I was happy that way because it was better than thinking I wasn't accepted in my own clan." Kakashi paused and looked into the eyes of his brother once more.
"I don't know what happened the night of the massacre. I arrived the morning after. I knew that Sasuke was alive and he said Itachi was too. So after we gathered the dead, I joined the hunt for Itachi outside the village. Do you know how many died that night? Too many. The entire Uchiha clan, except two. Everybody assumed Itachi was the one to kill them because he ran and he left Sasuke. Everybody knew the only person he ever cared about was him."
Sakumo sighed, and this time he broke the contact and stood up. "Don't hate me."
Kakashi looked at his brother, his eyes wide and panic flooding his covered face, the rest seemed unaffected. "What?"
"What I'm about to tell you will turn your whole life upside down. Everything you thought happened, was wrong. Please, don't hate me Kashi."
"Don't call me Kashi like you know me. Only one person can say that. And he's not you."
"But I knew him. And he can't call you Kashi anymore."
"What? What's that supposed to mean."
"Obito... isn't that who you were talking about??"
"How do you know about that?!" Kakashi stood up quickly and stood beside his brother, towering over him. "How do you know his name?!"
"Because I was..."
"What?! You were what?" Kakashi moved his hands up and gripped the man's shirt, pulling him closer as rage began to fill him.
"I was his best friend. Well, except for you of course."
"No. That's not possible! His best friend was~"
"Akio?"
"Who the hell are you?!" Kakashi released his grip on the man's shirt, taking a step back from him.
"I'm your brother. But, I was Akio Uchiha. I was from when you were four years old, until the massacre. Since then, I've been a wanderer. I acted like a civilian, not a ninja. Until now. I've come back because I heard of the fourth Hokage's death just recently and now I am the only one who knows the truth."
Kakashi didn't respond. Even if he wanted to words wouldn't form in his throat. He just stared at the man, allowing all emotion to show on his face. Iruka walked over to him and took his hand, offering his presence for reassurance he would be okay. Sakumo smirked at seeing the man taking Kakashi's hand and continued his explanation. He didn't like talking about what happened so everything was spoken quickly and to the point.
"I don't know about the rest of our clan. Mom and dad never spoke about them. We lived in a tiny civilian village not far from here. Dad was a ninja, mom wasn't. The Third let dad stay in the village and marry mom as long as he still took missions and his loyalty remained with the leaf village. He agreed. I was born and dad trained me to be a ninja and one day I was to go to the leaf village and live my life there. Twelve years later, I go on my first mission. Dad was the team leader. When I got home, I was left to tell mom. It was a D ranked mission but it should have been A or S ranked. I was the only one to survive because dad told me to get home to mom. I got home and she blamed me for their deaths; dad's and the two other people on my team. I left and stayed in the leaf village. I returned to her two months later to give her some money I had earned so she wouldn't have to worry as much. She was pregnant. Before dad left, she got pregnant. I stayed with her until the baby was born. Until you were born. Then I went back to the leaf village. When I returned to her the next day, the house and many others were destroyed. A group of bandits had robbed and killed everyone they saw. I left mom's dead body and took you. You were three weeks old, I was twelve. I brought you to the Hokage and reported what I saw. I watched you grow over the next four years, but never once could I speak to you. When I was sixteen, the Third told me to either leave the village or change who I was or you would be in danger. I tried to ask why, but I got no answer. That's when I became Akio Uchiha."
"Stop... Akio Uchiha? I know that name...." Itachi took a step forward, pointing his finger at the man. "I heard father talk about it when the rivalry between the clans began to get serious..."
"Yes and that he would have. If he said nothing at all about me, something would have to be seriously wrong. You see, the Uchihas knew about me and allowed me to join their clan. I changed everything about myself. My face, my hair, may name. Everything. But, when you were about sixteen, Kakashi, I met someone. A girl. Hanabi Hyuga. I didn't know she was married until after I got her pregnant. Nine months later she had a son. Neji Hyuga. She died shortly after birth. It was agreed that Hizashi would father him and I wouldn't show my face in the Hyuga estate again. But even with me gone from there Neji remained, and Neji was mine so the feud only worsened. Six years later they murdered the Uchiha clan. They forced me to watch as they killed every single one of them. When it was over, they took the dead bodies of the fallen Hyugas and tried to kill me, but I escaped from the village."
Sakumo stopped talking there, and bent his head, hiding behind the hair that fell into his eyes. Neji was in Sasuke's arms, trying half heartedly to break free from the grip and murder the man who was supposedly his father, but he was using most of his energy trying to stop the tears that were threatening to fall. Itachi was standing behind them, his gaze falling onto the two Hyuga brother's on the other side of the room, the electricity sparking between them almost visible. Kakashi was sitting still in his chair, looking at the floor while he thought about what was said, avoiding eye contact with everyone in the room.
"How do I have the Byakugan? If you are in fact my father, how is it possible for me to have it? How do I have none of your traits?" Neji stopped fighting against Sasuke and stood still, staring at the man claimed to be his father. The man smiled before looking to the Hyuga's eyes.
"That I don't know. I guess your mother gave you the Byakugan and your looks. You say you don't have any of my traits, but you do. Maybe not my looks, obviously. But kid, you have my personality."
"So the war. It was your fault it started? It was your fault so many lives were taken and nothing was done about it?!"
Sakumo's eyes suddenly changed. All the time, they were serious, sometimes even showing signs of happiness or fulfilment. But now, they were sad and held regret. Guilt. Remorse. "Yes. It was my fault. Mine and the Hyuga's uncanny ability for holding grudges and not knowing when to stop. I could do nothing as my friends, family and comrades fell before my eyes. I could do nothing to save them, nothing to warn them, nothing to stop what was happening. I saw Itachi run through the compound, hope and fear in his eyes. I saw everyone move out of his way and those who didn't were killed. I made that happen. I saved my brother and in the long run, my stupidity killed an entire clan. I may as well have been the one to kill them." Sakumo brought his hands up and stared at them, seeing blood covering every inch of his bare skin and decorating his clothes.
Neji, deciding it would be wrong to accuse or question the man any further, turned to Hizashi. "Why didn't you tell me? Why did you pretend you were my father when you knew all along?! What gave you the right?!"
"They were my orders!" Hizashi barked his answer, his eyes cold and hard. "I was told to so you wouldn't look for your real father or do anything stupid! I was told to keep quiet or they would kill you. Don't think it was easy for me Neji! Your mother betrayed me!"
"Did you kill her?!"
"You don't know what you're talking about! I loved her! I loved her even though she... Even though she betrayed me, I still loved her. She didn't even know I knew about them. But now, I have the bastard here and I can't do anything about it. Ever since she died, I had nothing left but you. And you weren't even my son. I took you in anyway and trained you. When Hanabi was born shortly after Hinata's third birthday, we were made slaves to the main branch by order of my brother. He named his daughter Hanabi, because he knew it would kill me on the inside to serve his daughter who shared the name with my unfaithful wife. And he was right."
"Alright... we need to get things sorted out before things get out of hand. Gai, Kurenai, take Hinata, Neji and Sasuke out of here. They will be filled in later but they don't need to be here any longer. Itachi won't be charged for the murder of his clan so he can go too. Kakashi, if you want to take a break and think over what you heard please do. Iruka is not to leave your side for any reason, got it? Sakumo, you are to stay with me. If you even try leaving I will have you arrested. Hizashi, Hiashi, you clearly have things to discuss for a while. I want you back in an hour and if you don't come here before then ANBU will find you and drag you here. Now, you're dismissed." Tsunade waved her hand and slowly, everyone except Shizune left the room.
"I think I'm getting soft Shizune." Tsunade sighed as she sat down in her new chair, thanking Izumo and Kotetsu. "I shouldn't have let everyone go like that."
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The room was silent, despite people there. Neji was lying on the floor, resting his head on Sasuke's lap and looking up into the dark eyes while Hinata sat beside Sasuke, resting her head on his shoulder. Itachi was sitting on the couch, watching the three sitting on the floor in front of him, enjoying the warmth of the fire. It was dark outside now and they were all tired. None of them wanted to return to Tsunade, but they knew they had to.
Kakashi sat on the armchair closest to the fire, or rather on Iruka's lap. His head was buried in the younger mans shoulder, his mind still racing from all the new information. Itachi would have laughed at the odd sight of Kakashi sitting on the smaller chunin's lap if the atmosphere wasn't so tense.
"Are we going to sit here silent for the next hour or are we going to discuss what we just heard?" Itachi got up from his seat, and stepping over the genin on the floor, he walked over to the fireplace where he could be seen. "If we go back there without having said a word about it, things will get out of hand. So... who wants to go first?"
The room of quiet faces looked at Itachi, none of them saying a thing.
"I know it's hard, and everything seems crazy but you need to think things through. Seriously, do it now. Try it in your own heads and you'll see it won't make any sense. So, who wants to go first?"
"When did everything change...?" Sasuke brought his eyes back down to meet Neji's, his hand reaching out to the Hyuga's hair. "Not too long ago I cared about nothing other than killing you, Itachi. Now I'm an emotional wreck and I appear to have a boyfriend, a best friend who isn't annoying, a brother I don't want to kill and a sensei that is also an emotional wreck. Not to mention I found out it's my boyfriend's family that killed my family because my sensei's brother got said boyfriend's mother pregnant and that family took it out on the entire clan. How does any of that make sense? Everyone in this room found out something, or everything about their lives was a lie. How is it possible all of this was kept hidden for so long?"
Nothing was said for a while after, everyone letting the words sink in."It doesn't..." Neji's reply was short and quiet, but enough to make the room silent again.
"Kakashi? You and Iruka go for a walk. I know you need to speak and you're not going to do it with us here. So go." Itachi walked over to the pair sitting on the armchair and extended his hand, waiting for Kakashi to take it. When nothing happened, he spoke again. "Kakashi you need to talk about it. You're not the only one going through a hard time and you need to get past this. If Sasuke can get past me, you can get past you're brother and maybe even get along with him." Itachi placed his hand on Kakashi's shoulder, only to have Kakashi grab it and jumping out of Iruka's lap, he twist it behind the Uchiha's back and spoke in his ear.
"You didn't start a war. You didn't get an entire clan killed. You didn't hang around the village and pretend to be somebody else. You didn't throw Sasuke's first love's name at him in front of the one he loves now. You're not half as bad as that bastard who pretends to be my family. I don't care what he says, he will never be my brother." Kakashi's grip tightened on Itachi's arm until it was almost ready to snap under the pressure. "I don't need to hear anything else from him except that last struggled breath he takes when I kill him. You still want me to talk about it?! You still want me to talk about how I still don't know who my parents were? Or who I wish my brother wasn't?!"
Kakashi released his grip and remained standing as Itachi took a step away from him, rubbing his aching shoulder. "You know, it would be very hypocritical of you to kill him for revenge after telling Sasuke not to." Itachi turned back to Kakashi, who wasn't going to take much more before he snapped.
"I'm not killing him for revenge. I'm killing him, for pissing the hell out of me! I'm killing him for never telling me who he was and daring to bring Obito into this!"
"What was your relationship with Obito anyway Kakashi? You seem to be more than team mates or best friends..."
"That's because we were! He was everything to me! He was my world once! And apparently, that bastard was close to him! I met Akio a couple of times and I never once realised he was my brother! He deserves to die for that!"
"You were dating Obito Uchiha?"
"Yeah. You got a problem with that Itachi?"
"No. Just thought I would let you know, he was my uncle and not once did he mention you as anything more than a friend or team mate."
"That's because we kept our relationship quiet. We told no-one and somehow we went out for a year and a half without anyone finding out. When they did find out it was only because he was dead!"
Itachi looked away from Kakashi, and chose instead to look at the three genin on the floor who were staring right back at them. "When Obito was killed, I was devastated and I was only a kid. How do you think Neji would feel if you killed his father?"
"I wouldn't care. If Kakashi doesn't kill him, I might." Neji stood up, Sasuke standing up behind him and Hinata beside. No one could say when, but they had become a trio that no one would be able to separate.
"Fine. But don't kill him. Either of you. Because if you do, you will be arrested or killed. Don't be stupid." Iruka stood up finally and took Kakashi's hand, leading them out of the room.
"He should be arrested Itachi. And that's being more than generous."
"And why's that Sasuke?"
"Because he's the reason our clan is dead."
"But he didn't kill them. He didn't order for it to happen. The only ones that are going to be killed or arrested is Hiashi, Hizashi and anyone who was involved in the killings. I should be let free with Sakumo's story and we can move past this."
"Stop talking like this is nothing important!" Neji took a step towards Itachi, stopping when he felt a hand grab his own but kept talking. "I found out my father is of no relation to me and he is going to be killed. Myreal father, is the reason your family is dead. Kakashi-sensei, is my uncle! This isn't something we can just get over."
"No it's not something I should be taking lightly. But I am because I'm trying to stop chaos spreading throughout the village. There are enough people who want me dead for something I didn't do. So we are going to go back there when we have to and put this all behind us and get on with our lives. We will be making the biggest decisions of our lives soon and they better be ready when the time comes. So tell me kid, what's the point in throwing a tantrum or shouting and screaming?"
Neji stared at the older Uchiha before sighing, and turning back towards Sasuke. When he reached out for the hand, he noticed it wasn't Sasuke's, but Hinata's. He looked up at the girl, who quickly withdrew her hand, a blush creeping onto her face and an apology leaving her lips. Instead of scolding Hinata like he would have before, he pulled the girl into his arms. Hinata's surprise was obvious by the widening of her eyes and the sound that left her lips.
When Neji stepped back, he looked into his cousin's eyes, and he smiled.
"N-Neji?"
Sasuke looked at Neji, and seeing the look in his eyes, knew what to do. Sasuke took a step towards Hinata and wrapped his arms around her, whispering in her ear. When he pulled back and looked into her eyes, he could see she was blushing so hard it must have hurt. When their eyes met once again, Sasuke stretched out his arms as she fell. Smirking at Neji, he put the girl onto the couch.
"What just happened?" Itachi walked over to the girl, very confused as to why the girl passed out.
"There's something I want to do and I know Hinata gets uncomfortable during it. I'm probably the person that knows her best, believe it or not and I know how to make her faint. It helps with Sasuke of course, if he hugged her first, he could have made her faint but I didn't know how to tell him without telling Hinata too."
"So she's alright?"
"Of course."
"What is you wanted to do? I don't see what she couldn't go through." Itachi looked at Neji curiously before turning back to the girl on the couch.
"Go over there and I'll show you."
Itachi looked at Neji cautiously before turning slowly and walking to the other side of the room as instructed. Upon hearing the shuffle of feet, he decided not to look back. There's only so much times you can see your younger brother making out in front of you.
As soon as Itachi turned his back, Neji turned to Sasuke and grinned. The grin only widened when it was mirrored on Sasuke's face and he took a step towards the Uchiha, wrapping his arms around the younger once in reach. He bent his head towards the Sasuke's and pressed their foreheads together, enjoying the warmth brought by Sasuke's arms wrapped around his neck, hands running through his silky locks. Neji brought his lips to Sasuke's briefly, but pulled away again, content in holding the other and looking into his eyes.
"You are to report to the Hokage's tower immediately." Two ANBU now stood in the middle of the room, looking from the passed out Hinata, to the other two genin in each other's arms to Itachi who was standing on the other side of the room.
"It hasn't been a full hour yet. We have another ten minutes and even then we'd be early. So we'll go up then." Itachi moved towards the two ANBU, smiling darkly.
"It's urgent. If you do not come with us, we will have to bring you by force."
"Fine I'll go. Can't go giving the old lady reason to change her mind about me."
"No not you. Neji Hyuga and Sasuke Uchiha."
Sasuke and Neji broke apart at this, staring straight at the two masked men. "Why? We were told we didn't have to go back!" Sasuke allowed the confusion and accusation flow into his voice, not caring at the obvious glare he was receiving from behind the masks.
"We don't do why's. We follow orders. And our orders are to bring Sasuke Uchiha and Neji Hyuga back to the tower. We were also told if Itachi Uchiha or Hinata Hyuga felt they wanted to return they could. Now that's more than you need to know so will you come quietly?"
"Yeah. I want to know what's happened. Hinata is coming by the way. I couldn't have you tell the Hokage one thing and do another." Neji walked over to where his cousin was lying on the couch and picked her up, putting her on his back. Once he had a good grip of her legs and her arms were around his neck, the ANBU transported back to the Hokage leaving the group to travel on foot.
They got to the Hokage tower in a matter of minutes, but they were shocked by what they saw. Kakashi was sitting on a chair outside the Hokage's office, Iruka putting stitches into his shoulder. Iruka had a bandage of his own wrapped around his abdomen and his arm. Blood was covering both of their bodies, hair and clothes.
"Iruka-sensei.... what happened?" Sasuke stood beside Iruka, leaving Neji to care for Hinata who was beginning to wake up again.
"I'm not even sure Sasuke. All I know is one second we were all talking, the next it was chaos. Talk to Tsunade-sama, I'm sure she knows." Iruka went back to concentrating on the stitches leaving no room for further conversation with the Uchiha. Sasuke waited for Neji and Hinata, watching as Iruka finished the stitches on a scowling Kakashi. When a hand landed on Sasuke's shoulder, he snapped backwards to see it was only Neji. He nodded at the older boy before turning and opening the door.
"Sasuke it's about time! What took you all so long? Sit down, all of you." Tsunade was sitting at her desk, Izumo and Kotetsu on either side of her. Sasuke sat down in one of the three chairs opposite the desk, Neji and Hinata taking the other two while Itachi stood behind Sasuke's chair.
"What happened Lady Hokage? We saw Iruka and Kakashi-sensei outside and neither of them looks too good. Why was there blood?" Neji sat forward, growing impatient of waiting.
"You don't miss a thing do you Hyuga? You already know something bad has happened. Well to be honest, I'm not even sure what happened. All I know for sure is Kakashi was pissed and there was a lot of blood. It started when Sakumo said something to Kakashi about wearing his mask and Kakashi snapped. He activated his Sharingan and his Chidori. It was headed straight for Sakumo but he somehow dodged it and it hit Hizashi. He didn't die right away because I healed him most of the way, but it had hit his chest so he died a few minutes later regardless of my medical skills. Kakashi then started a fight with Sakumo in the middle of the room but no one could get close enough to stop them because they were moving so fast and they had chakra emitting from everywhere so it would have been hard to stop them. Eventually, Sakumo got cornered and Kakashi once again used his chidori. Deciding enough was enough, Iruka pushed Sakumo back and took the blunt of the Chidori, piercing his left side. Unfortunately, his efforts were pointless considering Hiashi threw four Kunai at the man, luckily in less vital places. ANBU are questioning him now to find out why he almost killed Sakumo before they send him to his death."
"Why is Kakashi even here? I thought you told us all to stay away for a while..."
"I don't know why he came here... to finish things with Sakumo is a possibility. He'll be lucky if he isn't charged with the murder of Hiashi Hyuga. He may have already been given the death sentence but that doesn't matter. He did still kill a leaf ninja and I can't guarantee his sanity is still intact." Sasuke was drawn out of asking a question when he heard Hinata's voice.
"Y-you said my father was being held for qu-questioning. Earlier, you s-said some of the other members of my clan would be held too. Who are they?"
"I'm not sure Hinata... but I'm going to find out from your father. I'm sorry, this must be hard on you. All of you. But it must be done. Now that you know, you don't have to stay here. Hinata, if you want to speak to your father you will have to wait until we get something out of him."
"No... I don't have anything I need or want to talk to him about. I... I just wanted to know about the rest of my clan." Hinata stood up and left the room, bowing before she opened the door and slipped outside.
"So... am I free to go Lady Hokage?" Itachi smirked at Tsunade, laughing at her scowl.
"Yes. And watch yourself Uchiha. A lot of people won't be happy about this even though I will declare you innocent."
"Yes ma'am." Itachi stood away from Sasuke's chair and left the room, Sasuke and Neji following him.
When Sasuke closed the door he saw Kakashi and Iruka sitting on the chair outside the door, Iruka sitting on Kakashi this time. Hinata was leaning against the wall, Itachi beside her and Neji was walking over to them. Sasuke smiled despite himself, and walked over to Neji, wrapping the Hyuga's arms around himself.
"So what are we going to do now? I doubt Tsunade would be very happy if we stayed here for the next few hours." Sasuke looked to the people around him, waiting for someone to answer.
"How about we go get food? I haven't eaten today because I was supposed to take Naruto out for Ramen a couple of hours ago and I'm starving." Iruka stood up, and pulled Kakashi with him, still wrapped in the jounin's arms.
Everyone silently agreed and started to walk out of the building, already having decided to go to Ichiraku's. By the time they got there, the mood had lightened and it was like everything was all a bad dream. As they all took their seats at the counter, everyone feeling like a new person, a certain knuckle-head ninja made his grand entrance.
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And there we have it ^^ Another chapter I hope you enjoyed!
Sasuke's little speach thing to Kakashi was originally a lot better but I lost that and got a version that wasn't as good D=
10 awesome points for anyone who can guess the mystery ninja at the end xD (Like it's not totally obvious lol)