Chapter 11: Release

"Why'd you do it?"

As soon as Fox walked into the cell holding Sasuke, he spoke. Any other time, it would have been a miracle to get the teme to talk. He wasn't even demanding anything yet! This had to be a record in Uchiha history. Then again, Fox could have done better with a more specific question. Of course, that didn't mean she didn't know what he was referring to. Wolf had informed her on his one-sided conversation with him yesterday. It gave her a headache, one that she was still trying to get rid of.

"That's another vague question, Uchiha." She could feel the glare he sent her as she moved behind him.

"Why didn't you execute me?"

"I think we've been over this already."

"I'm talking about two weeks ago. Why didn't you kill me then? I was insane and in the office of your Hokage."

"Apparently, she's going to be your Hokage as well," she replied, tossing a pair of clothes.

"You're avoiding the question."

"I don't like you- I hate you. Even with all your memory back, that doesn't make you any less of a threat to me. You're more of a threat now that you know what could go wrong if you ever betrayed Konoha again. And if you hurt any of my family, you will answer to me. Now, your bail has been made so get dressed and get out. There are greater people to spend my time with."

"Has he shown any changes from before, Fox?"

"Not that I've seen Hokage-sama, but this is where the hard part begins. The Council may love him but his classmates aren't going to be as easy to forgive him."

"Does this include you, Naru? You're going to be the one to have to keep tabs on him."

"I may hate the teme, but I don't want the psycho Sasuke back anytime soon. If we do this right, we could have a strong shinobi in our ranks. We need it with what we've gone through and what is approaching. Did you read up on what he remembers?"

Tsunade suddenly had a serious look on her face, "The prophecy. We're going to have to be very careful about how we go about this."