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Naruto Reborn: Sasuke Uchiha

Chapter 4

Page 8

After the defeat of Orochimaru and the spreading information of the supposed death of the Kazekage the war didn't last much longer, with the Oto nin losing their morale and the Suna nin losing their desire to fight after realizing they'd been tricked like that. This resulted in the retreat and subsequent retreat of the Sand village shinobi and the defeat or capture of the majority of the Sound ninja.

It didn't really take long though for the body of the Kazekage to be found, though unlike what most believed he was alive, but he was in very bad shape after what Orochimaru did to him and needed urgent medical care. Which thankfully the Leaf village was all too happy to provide right now.

It was mid afternoon when Obito entered, watching as his student Sasuke was being helped by the med nins; one of Sasuke's arms was bandaged and so was his body but he was well enough, so they helped him learn how to use one of the crutches with his good arm to walk. Turned out the fight had done a bit more damage than he'd thought and left him in quite a bit of pain, though thankfully with Kurama's help he was already beginning to heal.

He would just need to lean most of his weight onto his good arm but if he really wanted, they could have given him a wheelchair…tempting…but no, he would rather stretch out his leg muscles.

The only reason he needed the one crutch was because his legs were a bit unstable, the crutch was to help keep him balanced when he tried to walk.

Sasuke walked over to his sensei, the crutch tapping on the floor as Obito smiled at his student.

"You do heal fast," The elder Uchiha spoke as Sasuke grinned before the med nin known as Chouseki approached Obito.

"Alright then," he spoke, turning to Sasuke, "I'll sign you out for the afternoon, but you need to return by tonight," he turned to Obito who nodded before smiling at Sasuke, "at this rate, you'll finish healing by the end of this week…if not sooner."

Sasuke looked thoughtful, "how's the Hokage?"

Chouseki nodded at the question, "he is not so lucky; his damage is more severe," he looked thoughtful, "The good news is that currently he's stable though, if things continue he should be better, but it will take at least a few more weeks."

"Oh," Sasuke looked sad at that as Chouseki offered a reassuring smile before leaving with the rest of the med nins.

"So now," Obito started to leave as Sasuke followed, they walked down the halls as his sensei continued, "Are you ready to meet the Sand team, we requested their presence in the Hokage's tower to discuss where we go from here."

Sasuke nodded but asked, "how about Kin, I know she was part of the invasion plans but she did help us out?"

"She will also be there, at least, afterwards if the Sand team agrees."

"Alright," Sasuke tried to speed ahead as Obito humorously watched on, "let's get there quick."

The older male walked forward, catching up; Sasuke glanced back through the sides of his eyes before continuing, "I can't really walk that fast…"

This caused a small chuckle to come from Obito, "don't worry, we'll make it."

*With Team Sand…*

Suisen walked down the road with her siblings in toe, seeing as they were asked to meet the Hokage for some sort of planning or meeting after the invasion.

"This just sounds strange to me," Kankuro spoke out as Temari nodded.

"Why would they want to see us?" Temari asked.

Suisen continued to stare ahead, "It doesn't matter, I was going to speak to him eventually."

"Yeah but that was right after the meeting with Father," Kankuro added as Suisen shrugged, not really caring about anything right now except seeing the Uchiha again, whom she'd been told would be there. They continued on their path towards the tower in silence, each wondering what might be going on to require the meeting.

*Naruske's Apartment*

Kin stood in her room, ready to leave. She was requested to attend the Hokage tower just in case she was needed, though she wasn't really sure why.

She had taken up residence at the apartment as per offer/request given by the young Uchiha after her betrayal to Orochimaru, with Sasuke insisting that she would be safer there with Orochimaru and his lackeys not knowing where his home was as well as those who might think of her as still being a sound spy.

Calmly, she left her room, a small smile on her face as she thought of the possibilities now with her possibly taking up residence here. She sighed, nervous, he could maybe be her first significant other or in plain words...her first boyfriend. But she was getting ahead of herself, she needed to focus on things as they were now.

*Scene Change*

As Sasuke and Obito entered the Hokage tower meeting room he saw not the Hokage, but instead Mei Terumi and A, the Kage visiting from other villages. This of course caused Sasuke to look away from the female Kage, who gave him a look that he didn't quite understand, a look he'd been seeing a lot lately from a few of the females he knew. Yes despite all of his future knowledge and his amazing combat abilities, Naruto inside that poor head of his was still as dense as a rock sometimes.

Obito couldn't stop himself and chuckled as he saw this, but they couldn't dwell on it long as Mei lightly 'Ahem'd to say she was ready to start the meeting.

Obito looked around the room and to each of the people present then nodded, "I'll be nearby just in case," he left out the door; he trusted his student and he knew the sand nins wouldn't do anything inside the Hokage tower that would merit attention.

As soon as he left, the Sand siblings stood around Sasuke.

"What's going on?" Temari asked as Sasuke looked at each one of them before concentrating his face on Suisen.

"That would be something for me to explain" Came the voice of Mei, who held a grim look on her face that drew the attention of all present. "We are here to not just thank you all for your help in defending against the attackers" At this she looked at Kin, who blushed a little at the praise. "As well as to ask for help in fixing the damages" With that she looked at the sand team, who raised their brows.

"What kind of help do you mean exactly" The voice of Temari came first, receiving nods from her siblings as they looked at the older female.

"Sarutobi had decided that if he does come through his injuries…. That it is time for him to step down as Hokage. But his wounds in the battle were very severe as well, and it's not certain whether he WILL come through it. So Jiraiya has decided to take Ami along to find the Slug Sanin Tsunade. She will hopefully be able to heal him as well as others who were injured in the invasion, but also we hope that she will take his place as the fifth Hokage" A explained, his tone equally grim. "We aren't letting them go alone though, with all the impending threats out there, there's no way we can just let it happen. So we will be asking anyone who's willing, to go along on the mission to act as backup for them"

After hearing all of this Suisen closed her eyes, recalling the past few days before replying, "Sasuke, you and your team helped me find my existence, to find something I never thought I could feel" she opened her eyes, staring back at Sasuke. -You helped me to feel love- She thought while looking at him before speaking again to avoid the awkward silence "I will help protect your friends."

Naruto nodded in thanks before turning to Temari, she nodded, he turned to Kankuro who grinned and spoke out, "we support our sister, and we've already decided to help. Especially after what you did for us."

Naruto chuckled and gave a thankful nod as the door opened, Obito and Kin walking behind him, seeing this Naruto looked at Kin in surprise.

"Kin," he spoke, "you're here," it was more of a surprised greeting as Kin smiled at him and tilted her head as a response.

"We heard the whole thing," Obito spoke as the Sand siblings looked at the Sound nin before turning to the others in the room.

"I thought the room was sound proof," Kankuro asked as the Hokage raised a brow.

"Normally we would put up such a barrier, but with what happened during the invasion even with Sasuke-kun's word here we couldn't just leave potential enemies, as well as a Jinchuuriki in a room with high value targets and an injured shinobi." Mei explained while giving a soft smile as Kankuro blushed a little for not realizing that. -Kun? Where did that come from-

The Kage nodded gravely took a moment to ask a question that had been bugging her ever since hearing about the potential invasion. "If Suna is suffering in these troubled times, why don't they ask us for help? Our alliance offer entitled that if he had joined each of the villages involved helps each other."

Temari sighed softly before shaking her head, "Lord Mizukage, our father, the Kazekage, won't ask for help, this has to do more with father's pride then the village."

"Ah," She spoke and nodded her head, "I see," she moved a hand under her chin, "Even I find it hard to ask for help…he thinks the Leaf village is suppressing his own?" she sighed, "Whatever happened to peace treaties?" she spoke more to himself before turning to Kin, "is there any other info you could offer?"

Kin spoke, "All I know is that Orochimaru iis injured at the moment, he will retreat into one of his nearby bases to lie low for a while, and I'm pretty sure, the sound spies have also lied low, seeing as Orochimaru will need to find a way to fix his arms before he can continue his plans" the Mizukage nodded.

"Then, I do not consider this betrayal, I would have done the same thing you three are doing, if the situation calls for it," Kankuro and Temari nodded as Suisen looked on stoically.

Mei then turned to address everyone, "We have two weeks to prepare, whichever of you plans on going on this adventure please pack what you will need and be ready for a long journey. This will be a joint mission between villages"

"Yes Ma'am!" Came the voices of the shinobi before all but Naruto and Obito were left, seeing as Naruto couldn't exactly go rooftop jumping any time soon. At this Obito smiled proudly at the boy and ruffled his hair, "I'll meet you at your home later," he then vanished using the typical Shunshin leaving Sasuke to hobble his way out of the room slowly.

As Naruto got outside he saw the Sand team waiting for him, which caused him to look a bit curious at them. But curiosity turned to surprise as the Sand Jinchuuriki walked over and wrapped her arms around his neck gently. A small blush came to his cheeks as he softly patted her back and returned the hug.

"I never got a chance to really thank you for what you did, I'll never fully be able to repay you" She said, almost on the verge of tears that even she didn't expect to feel.

At this Naruto nodded, giving her a soft smile before whispering "Then thank me by being safe. Show everyone what a Jinchuuriki can really be, and uh… keep the 'fox' between us if you can?"

Suisen then raised a brow and went to speak but before she could, Sasuke bid them a farewell, leaving on his one crutch while chuckling to himself.

"So it starts," Kankuro spoke to Suisen as Temari stood by him, she asked, "will you really change Suna?"

Their sibling gave an affirmative nod as Temari and Kankuro looked on in confusion before Kankuro asked, "But how will you do it?"

Suisen blinked once before walking ahead, her siblings watched her go before following in step as She answered, "Simple, I would have to one day be the Kazekage."

Temari and Kankuro widened their eyes in surprise before hardening their will, -It will be a hard goal, the council is against you but,- both of them looked back at their little brother, remembering his speech, - As your siblings we will stand by you, we will help you achieve your goal,' they both grinned as they walked down the street.

*Scene Change*

Naruto continued walking down the street, towards his home as he felt the familiar presence of Kin; earlier, he had instructed her to follow him in secret so they wouldn't be seen together in public.

Sasuke opened the lock to his door before entering, he moved to the back window, opening it before moving away; a figure emerged, closing the window before looking around.

"This is a nice home you have," she spoke out as Sasuke lit the place before heading to the kitchen.

"It's a lot better than the old place I was living," Sasuke spoke out before a thud was heard in the kitchen, it seemed Sasuke was having some trouble in the kitchen as Kin went to check on him, but he continued speaking as if nothing was wrong, "the other place brings back a few…memories."

It was true, ever since his soul had inhabited this empty shell…past memories still lingered from the hollow vessel, merging memories from the boy with his own, every time he passed the compound it just seemed to bring back memories of the massacre and Sasuke's family.

Kin entered the kitchen and found Sasuke on the floor, he appeared in thought before turning to her, he smiled sheepishly as he reached for his crutch on the floor. Seeing this the Sound nin raised a brow, "You need a little help?" She asked.

Naruto helped himself stand up before making his way to the table, chuckling lightly to himself and looking down.

"Not yet," He said as he sat on the table, "I was just checking if I could reach my utensils and stuff," Kin waited for a moment as Sasuke looked back at her, "it's kind of hard to get them."

Kin giggled at his expense before speaking, "What are we doing here again?"

"Just relaxing a little before what comes next" The uchiha said softly, his memory telling him of some of the upcoming things he would need to deal with: The snow mission, finding Tsunade, Itachi's attack, there was so much to do and so little time.

Sasuke made his way out of the kitchen as Kin followed curiously.

They walked through the living room, passing a few rooms before entering a room filled with books.

Kin looked around in wonderment at so many books as Sasuke headed towards the back; Kin was scanning the titles around the shelves, "did you read all of these books?" she asked.

"What, um, yeah I guess," He answered as he then picked up a book before turning to lead her back to the kitchen.

"Let's cook something for tonight," Kin looked unsure as Sasuke continued motivating, "oh come on, I'll help direct, it'll be…interesting."

Kin shook her head before smiling, "sure," she answered back as Sasuke started explaining what items he had in the fridge, Kin followed a few of his directions; sometimes, she spoke playfully to Sasuke when he was taking his role as director too seriously.

*Scene Change Hyuga Mansion*

Hiashi watched as his daughter showed him her chakra manipulation, inwardly, he was proud at her daughter for the strength she'd shown even if she didn't win, and already, she was able to perform chakra range attacks…Hinata tripped as Hiashi looked away, his face remained stoic, 'she just needs to change that attitude of hers,' he thought as he knew she was nervous.

Hiashi looked up as a Hyuga elder came in, despite being nervous about being the youngest elder and female at that she kept her face serious as she held a scroll with the Hokage's symbol.

Hiashi stood up, taking the scroll and leaving, the elder following as they made their way to his office.

Hinata watched, something was wrong and she knew it, for a moment, once the scroll had arrived, she spotted the worried look on her father's face. Hiashi stood with the elder as he pricked his finger as a drop of blood appeared, he let it drop onto the scroll as a burst of chakra appeared before the scroll opened, Hiashi read its contents, his face turned serious as his head continued to move from left to right, reading the words until he finished.

"Kora (1)" Hiashi spoke to the young female before burning the scroll, "there is another meeting…you are my most trusted fighter, I select you to attend with me, trusted members are needed…it seems we are headed for war, and there is a spy, possibly multiple spies among the Leaf village."

"A spy," Kora spoke harshly, "I can't believe it."

Hiashi nodded, "Let's go, we must meet with the other war councilors and Homaru."

They both left, Hiashi informing the other branch members of a meeting before he stopped near the door, Hinata stood to the side; worry was etched in her face.

For a moment, Hiashi almost stumbled as he watched his daughter worry over him before his face turned stoic, "Hinata, become stronger," he headed out as Hinata nodded, "and be safe," he spoke under his breath before leaving as Hinata widened her eyes, she couldn't believe what she just heard…whatever it was, it must be serious.

*Back in Naruske's Apartment*

After finishing their food and bidding each other goodnight Naruto was now in his room, climbing into bed with a slight wince as he thought of everything that was to come.

-Tomorrow- Sasuke thought as he wondered back to Ami, -maybe I could see Jiraiya tomorrow, I wonder what Ami is learning- he thought before he rested his head on his pillow, already feeling the bliss of sleep beginning to wash over him.

And there's another chapter taken care of, I hope so far you're still enjoying it. I know this one is a bit boring but I kinda have to get through this in order to reach the next arc. Though I'm still deciding which one to cover first.