Sasuke went home to refresh first. Every one in the village thought that he must have a fancy house, most have them thought he still lived in the Uchiha Manor. But Sasuke couldn't stay in that place. He took his meals there from time to time, to trick his fans. But as a matter of fact, his house was not far from Naruto. He lived in the same shabby neighborhood. Of course, he always took a longer path almost exactly three times as long to trick everyone, even when he was late for something. He took a long shower first. Then he put his clothes in the laundry, switching to a black shirt and beige pants. Then he got packing. He was going to move to the Uchiha Manor tomorrow. He smiled. The Uchiha Manor... who will soon be full with more Uchiha's. He went to report to Tsunade Sama of his return. Of course, she would have known by now. But she might want to know of the events. So he hopped around Konoha's rooftops and reached the Hokage's office.
"I wish to speak to the Hokage." he told one of the guard. He was let in immediately. After all, he WAS Uchiha Sasuke.
"Sasuke." Tsunade stated.
"Hai." Sasuke answered.
There was a silence.
"How is your older brother doing?" she asked him.
"Quit bad, apparently. He committed suicide in the middle of our battle." Sasuke answered. Tsunade frowned.
"Are you sure about that?" Tsunade asked. Sasuke remembered the time they thought they had killed Zabuza. He had learned then to never trust someone to be dead unless you killed them yourself.
"Hai, Hokage Sama. I stayed with his body for two days after. He wasn't breathing at any time. I buried him." Sasuke replied. He was not so stupid.
"Good. Now that you have put that in your past, are you ready to become a Jounin, with full Jounin responsibilities? The Genin test is in a month from now, and I would rather like to attach you to a group... will you be interested in that?" Tsunade asked. It was good to have Sasuke as a Jounin for Konoha. And she wanted him to train as many young ninja's to be as strong as himself.
"Hai, Hokage-Sama. I have however one more task to do before I proceed on being a Jounin, which I plan on settling tomorrow. Is that alright with you, Hokage-Sama?" he asked. He snorted inside. He was going to do it whether princess Tsunade likes it or not and she knows it.
"Of course, Sasuke. I assume your task is restoring the Uchiha clan, am I mistaken?"
"No, you are not, Hokage Sama." He replied. 'duh.'
"You are excused to leave now." She said, and he set off. 'I wonder which lucky young lady he has in mind'.
After the little talk he had with the hokage, he decided not to waste time. It was night already. He moved all of his belongings to the Uchiha Manor and spent the rest of the night fixing things in a way it looked as if someone was living there. He went to sleep at around five in the morning. The next morning he woke up at 7 AM (Sasuke's a morning dude, what do you want?!) and washed himself. He combed his hair, brushed his teeth, and left his new home. He didn't want to be there if he didn't have to... not yet, anyway. In a day or two it would probably all work out.
He appeared in the gate of the Hyuuga Manor two hours later, with a bottle of wine in his hand.
"I wish to speak to Hyuuga Hiashi." he stated to the guards. They let him in. 'damn, I thought the security in the Hyuuga Manor would be higher... then again, I suppose that no one would have the guts to land an attack on so many Hyuuga's... if he did, he'd probably be dead.'
He entered the first building he saw. He asked around, until one Hyuuga was kind enough to escort him to Hiashi. Sasuke took a deep breathe, and stepped inside the room. He stood by the door.
"Hiashi Sama." He said, so that Hiashi would notice his presence.
"Uchiha Sasuke?" Hiashi asked. Sasuke nodded. "Please, do sit down."
Sasuke gave him the wine he had bought and sat down.
"What do you wish to speak about, Uchiha?"
"Itachi is dead." No time to waste, he was getting straight to the point. "and I want to restore my clan."
"That's all very nice and sweet." Hiashi said. He knew what that damn Uchiha boy wanted, and he saw no reason to give it to him.
"The Uchiha's originally come from the Hyuuga, I assume you know that, Hiashi Sama. The Hyuuga's are also the strongest bloodline in Konoha, it is no surprise I want to restore my clan with an Hyuuga. Please, Hiashi Sama, I am begging you, and this is not something I tend to do every other day."
"Why should I give you what you want? The Uchiha's used to be the Hyuuga's rival clan. Right now the Hyuuga's are the strongest ninja's in Konoha- why should we do you a favor that could risk that title?"
"What good is being the strongest when there's hardly competition? If there would be someone to push you to train harder in order to be the best, the Hyuuga's will be undefeatable!" Sasuke hoped this would work. But the look on Hiashi's face told him he had the wrong choice of words.
"Are you saying that us Hyuuga's don't train hard enough? Are you even daring to HINT that we're only strongest because we have no competition? Leave my house, damn Uchiha, before I kill you!" Hiashi was furious. Sasuke cursed under his breath. There goes his plan. No other family will do and right now it seemed impossible to convince Hiashi. He left the Manor. He will have to go ask the Hokage for a few more days.
Every day, at 4:00 o'clock in the afternoon, the lonely Uchiha came to see Hiashi, hoping to convince him. Each day he brought a bottle of selected and expensive wine with him, and Sasuke noted with time that the Hyuuga's started looking a bit cranky to him. Hangover, perhaps? But Hiashi wouldn't budge, and princess Tsunade was starting to get upset with him. He had to settle this soon. He decided to take Neji to a talk. He wasn't particularly fond of him, but he was the only Hyuuga with senses that Sasuke knew of.
"Neji, I assume you heard of my request from your uncle..."
"What do you take me for, stupid? Of course I've heard. You're the joke of the Hyuuga Manor right now."
"How nice. I don't suppose you've got any tips for me, have you?"
"Why should I give you tips?" Neji asked.
"Because it means there's a possibility of a family that is stronger than the Hyuuga. If that happens, the Hyuuga might tune down a bit. Chill on the attitude. You know. It might even mean that not only the people from the branch family will match to the power of the head family."
Neji thought of that.
"You know what, Sasuke? I'll make you a deal. I'll give you tips on how to get Hiashi to agree. I'll even try to vaguely push from the inside. It's sure to work. But in return... I want you to make sure the head family is destroyed when the Uchiha get strong enough." Neji said.
Sasuke thought about that. Destroying the head family... that's certainly something he'd enjoy doing. But it might ruin the Uchiha title after they already worked hard to get it back... no, he can't...
Then again... he thought about what Neji had said. "I want you to make sure.". he didn't say the Uchiha's have to do it. he didn't even say Sasuke have to do it. all he said was that Sasuke had to make sure. That should be easy enough. Neji wouldn't tell his family he was helping Sasuke, because that would mean he was turning traitor. Neji would be dead in a matter of seconds.
"I accept." Came the reply.
"Fine. Tell him you'll take the most useless Hyuuga he's got, anyone will do. Tell him that as long it's a Hyuuga it's alright with you, beside it will take a useless person off his back." Neji said. "that should work on him. And one more thing, Sasuke... I've stopped believing in fate a long, long time ago. But I can tell you this: it is not the fate of the Hyuuga to be defeated. They'll stay forever. So good luck destroying us; it's not going to work." And with that Neji walked away.
Sasuke went to the Uchiha Manor. How he hated it. He entered and went to fix himself something to eat. He made himself instant ramen. Naruto gave him a ton of them his previous birthday and he couldn't seem to eat them all. He was halfway through the almost uneatable gooey ramen (oh how he hated ramen), when someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." he said. Someone that looked like a fan girl came in. "Go out." He said. The fan girl, surprisingly enough, went out. Sasuke was surprised, the fan girls were usually noisy and didn't give up until they had gotten at least a hug from him. They never did get a hug and they never did give up. Sasuke sighed. 'Too bad... even a fan girl would do as an excuse to stop eating ramen right now...'. Another knock.
"Come in." he said. Naruto came in. Damn it, those fan girls could at least put a little effort if they're going to use henge to get close to him. The entire white collar of Naruto's orange suit was missing, and it also missed the circle on his sleeve.
"Are you the same fan girl as before or a different one?" he asked. The girl popped back to her normal state. She was the same one.
"I don't think of myself as a fan girl. I have nothing in common with those girls who bother you all the time, Sasuke-kun. All I wish is to congratulate you on your defeat of your brother." She said.
"I didn't defeat him. He committed suicide. Please leave now." He said. She turned to leave and walked towards the door.
"I know you wish to restore your clan, Sasuke-Sama, and I want to be in the Uchiha clan." She spoke quickly before she opened the door. She prayed he'd stop her. He didn't. she spoke again "Sasuke I-"
"Leave."
"Fine, I will. But if you ever need me... my name is Tenuyasho Ronpoa."
"Leave." And she did. 'that was interesting.' Sasuke thought as he finished off his ramen. God, how he hated ramen...