UPDATE: Having more writers block cause I didn't plan it! GG me ! BTW Thanks so much for the reviews everyone its awesome.
I hope this chapter isn't too boring!
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Chapter 3: Where's my...?
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"Tsunade-sama..." Sakura said in a light tone while looking upwards at a beaming Hokage. Tsunade just patted Sakura on the head giving her a temporary awkward face. Shizune holding a notebook in her chest standing straightly by Tsunade's side.
Sasuke, hands now resting on his sides looking at Tsunade from the corner of his eyes awaited un eagerly for what Tsunade had come to say. Even though Tsunade and Shizune couldn't see it, Sakura could see it clearly how tense Sasuke was getting even with his expressionless face.
"Better already Sasuke?" Tsunade spoke as if it was obvious.
"Hn." replying in his usual bland tone still avoiding direct face to face contact.
"Well, I would expect so seeing as my favorite apprentice was the one who performed the surgery even with immense amount of chakra drained." with a look of pride in her face. "But let's get straight to the point Uchiha Sasuke." her face now shifting into very serious look.
Sasuke sort of new what was coming. If not in his mind, it was an instinct in his gut that he would have to face with this sudden return to Konoha. In fact his original intention had to not return to Konoha at all if it wasn't for several certain factors during that night. With this drastic change he had not prepared to answer anything, so he told himself to just go with what his instincts go with straight out.
"The first and foremost, it's rather the obvious...Sasuke do you want to stay here in Konoha?" she asked awaiting a direct answer. Sakura was motionless except staring very curiously at Sasuke's answer waiting like the other two. That was probably the question on her mind ever since she finished the surgery on Sasuke, however she was so unsure when the right time to ask or maybe she was just trying to avoid it all together.
About a few seconds past and Sasuke hadn't answered he seemed to be thinking deeply. '...' was the only things going on in his mind. Sakura began to worry.
Tsunade then sighed "Sasuke, I'll be honest with you. I really don't mind you staying here in Konoha again, I care for all and everyone who was raised in this town. However many of the villagers and even the elder council don't trust you."
Sasuke finally turned his head slowly to face towards a waiting Tsunade who had her arms crossed.
"I don't have all day Uchiha Sasuke, there are other shinobi who were injured last night." starting to sound impatient.
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In his mind he had finally decided, he would be better off to just leave to another country. A place where he would start a new life and probably a new identity. A place where he could train his jitsu so that he could finally achieve his long goal of vengeance. He was about to confirm his decision when all of a sudden his eyes came into contact with a beautiful pair of emerald pleading eyes. A simple little stare like that had changed his decision.
"Yes..." Sasuke said lightly.
"What was that?" Tsunade said seemingly to just annoy Sasuke, who turned away to look at the window. Sakura felt relieved with Sasuke's decision finally able to breathe again she felt overjoyed.
"I want to stay here in Konoha..." he said still lightly, but definitely hear-able. Sakura now reassured.
"I'm glad to here that." Tsunade looked over at Shizune who appeared to be scribbling quickly across sheets of paper in her usual hard-working ways. "Shizune, the report please."
"Yes, Tsunade-sama!" Shizune replied a bit panicked ruffling through green sheets of paper until she got this red sheet. Sakura, a bit curious remembered what the red sheets were for. The green sheets were for any Konoha ninja Injury reports, while the red was for S & A ranked criminals.
"So what am I charged for." Sasuke said acting as if he didn't care. Tsunade's eyes scrolling across the sheet.
"Well Sasuke, you have been marked an A ranked criminal working with an S-ranked criminal, committing treason against Konoha's code, and severe injury of Konoha shin-"
"But he did that to save me!" Sakura finally spoken out since awhile of staying silent. Sasuke was a bit confused, he could have sworn Sai had died, but nonetheless the moment he heard the word injury he felt great relief taking exhaling a good amount of air.
"Which is why I after several hours of arguing with the elder council, I was able to reduce as much penalties, but even though I am Hokage there are laws I cannot bend." Tsunade explained.
"I know the laws, just kill me already." Sasuke said slightly bothered by the choice he made, while Sakura was bothered by his choice of words.
Tsunade smirked as she remembered what happened few hours earlier.
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12 hours earlier
It was dark the busy hospital ran all night tending all the wounded that had arrived.
Tsunade was walking from hall to hall worrying about the shinobi who were hurt, listening to people shouting in pain.
"Tsunade-sama!" a pink haired girl came rushing towards her sensei.
"Ah Sakura, I'm glad your still standing." Tsunade said while peaking into a nearby door.
"Tsunade-sama, please I need to know, whats gonna happen to Sasuke-kun tomorrow?" Sakura was the most serious Tsunade has ever seen.
"How did I know you were gonna bring this up, well Sakura the elder council and I were going to probably discuss his punishment in awhile."
"Is he gonna be executed?" in a sad tone. Tears beginning to form up in her eyes
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"I said, Is he gonna be executed!" those tears began to river down the side of her cheeks.
"Please...I'll do anything...Just don't let him be killed" Tsunade put her hand on Sakura's shoulder as she looked up.
"Of course I will never let that happen."
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" Sigh...You're really ungrateful. You remind me of someone I used to know." She let out a comforting smile. Sasuke raised an eyebrow as she continued. "I was able to suppress any major criminal charges so you won't be put in prison."
"That's good to hear." Sakura exclaimed with a smile feeling as if everything was going her way. She began to feel like her goals were being accomplished.
"However...I'm sorry to say this, but you have been denied from being ever allowed to join Konoha's Shinobi upon any rank. All your previous records have been suspended permanently." Tsunade informed awaiting his reaction.
"I'm not offended." Sasuke said blandly. He knew this was coming and he felt he didn't care and found it pretty reasonable. This refusal didn't bother Sasuke at all, however this definitely bothered Sakura.
"That's not fair!" exclaimed Sakura feeling anger rising, "Tsunade-sama you have to convince the elders to reconsider!"
"That wasn't the elder's decision." This surprised Sakura.
"But why Tsunade-sama? Why can't you just reunite our original team." That had been one of Sakura's dreams, to have the old Team 7 reunited back together like their genin days. To go back to the simple memories of them training together or just merely bonding together was what Sakura wanted the most, but on the look on Tsunade's face it was clear it was not gonna happen.
"Sakura it's complicated, my decision stands." Sakura hated it when Tsunade was right and this time she was again. Sakura forgot that they had another teammate still who survived despite being pierced in the back. The new team 7 had been training together for a very long time and not to mention the villagers would be bothered due to all the bad rumors about Sasuke.
"But-" Sakura attempted one last time before being cut off.
"Sakura, it's fine." Sasuke said in his usual tone, turning to face toward Sakura, who could read his eyes which ensured her of how he was feeling. Sakura just nodded disappointed although finally accepting that the original team 7 was long gone, but a memory that she will keep forever.
"And finally, Sasuke you are prohibited to leave Konoha territory for any reason. I think you know why, you know the rules." Sasuke knew, it was because they didn't trust him, which he found logical.
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"Stay home all day, huh?" Sasuke remarked in a sarcastic tone.
"I'm glad you see it my way." Tsunade smiled to see that Sasuke wasn't completely bland.
"Oh...uhm...about that" Shizune spoke scratching her hair. With the other three getting curious. "It seems your apartment has been long gone."
"Well, then get him a new one!" replied Tsunade
"Yeah, I tried that already, but it was denied by the elder council and even the tenants."
' What's the point of being Hokage without any power.' Tsunade thought to herself. Tsunade continued to think. Sasuke began wondering what they did with his furniture.
"He's staying with me then!" Sakura announced looking very seriously towards Tsunade and then to Sasuke, who looked disappointed. It wasn't disappointed at the fact that Sakura was offering him a place to stay, but the fact that he had become a burden.
"Sakura...I can't." trying to convince Sakura, but she looked determined.
"You will." she ensured once again looking directly at Sasuke. But before Sasuke could refuse again,
"Then it's settled. You should be out by tomorrow." Tsunade said, handing the papers back to Shizune who opened the door which signaled it was time for them to leave. "Ah, Sakura we have more work to do, so I'll give you 5 more minutes to check on Sasuke."
Sakura nodded as she stood up and went towards the cabinet. Tsunade then nodded towards Sasuke as she and Shizune walked out the door.
Sasuke looked over to see Sakura preparing something on the counter, she had been pouring some water in a glass. He couldn't seem take his eyes off looking at the still same short pink haired that covered her cheek. She turned around and saw Sasuke just staring and smiled back at him.
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"Hey, even though you recovered well, you're not fully recovered yet. Take these they will increase your physical recovery. As for your chakra, you'll just have to some good rest." walking toward his bedside, handing him the medicine and the glass. As he consumed them both, he realized that she really was incredible at medicine.
"Sakura, I don't want to burden you and you're parents." Sasuke told her feeling a bit concerned that he was gonna disrupt her life.
"Don't worry, I live alone now. My apartment has a lot of room, in fact sometimes I think it's too big for me to live alone now, a roommate was what I've always needed." He felt comforted.
"There really is no arguing is there." he finally smiled at Sakura. She felt her heart warm and her cheeks heated up.
"Definitely" She smiled by seeing that he began to look sleepy. She took the glass from him and stood up to put it away.
"How's Naruto doing?" feeling great concern of the fight between them. His smile had disappeared and in came worried. He still hadn't though of when or how he would confront Naruto, especially what happened. Knowing Naruto it wouldn't be too long till he saw him again. Sakura saw Sasuke lost deeply in thought.
"Don't worry, Naruto is recovering just fine. He'll definitely see you soon, I'm sure of it" now walking towards his bedside. Sasuke felt a bit satisfied.
"And what about Kakashi? ...Or Sai?" Sasuke could feel a sudden wave of sleepiness overcoming his body. Like he was slowly passing out trying to hold his eyes lids up. He began to feel tipsy.
"And since when did you become the worried type? They are doing fine resting, something you should do." Sakura sat on Sasuke's bedside, next to a drowsy Sasuke. She put her right arm around to support his back as she used her other arm to gently push him lay him down.
As Sasuke laid barely conscious, eyes still fighting to stay open, squinting. He could feel Sakura put her soft hand on his forehead. He had missed that hand, the one where he felt both sides off close to his heart. If only he had the energy to hold them, but his arms seemed paralyzed. Her smooth hands gently brushed through his messy black hair, pushing his bangs aside so he could see her smiling face. Sadly after a minute or so, he felt the hand disappear and the weight of the bed return.
"Sleep well Sasuke, I'll pick you up tomorrow." he heard her voice. He slightly turned his head and blinked, but the next he saw was her pink frame closing the door behind her.
Then it struck him. That was the first time she said his name for the whole time she was there. Something bothered him very deeply. He wanted to think about it, but finally the medicine had proved victorious. Before following into a deep sleep, his eyes already closed.
Finally Sasuke asked himself.
'Where's my suffix...?'
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Damn did my story get boring! ( ill have to work harder now just like gai-sensei would want me to! BTW yeah Sai is still alive. I started feeling a bit bad for him cause of the latest Manga chapter. Next chapter will be up soon and will be so much better trust me! (gimme 2-3 days cause i keep getting sidetracked, too much video games lol)
Read and if you don't review ill frigging kill you. (sorry just saw that on old school right now)