Can you believe it? I actually feel like writing again!

The third Hokage watched as the cell's sole occupant slowly sat up, being careful not the make any unnecessary movements. The sedatives that the Anbu gave him were wearing off by now, but they probably left a nasty headache in their wake. "I was hoping that I could speak with the both of you." He said quietly.

"Sorry to disappoint you old man." Kakashi chuckled. "'Fraid Obito couldn't make it. I'm sure he sends his best wishes though."

"We'll just have to make due without him then." The Third said. "You, Hatake Kakashi, are being charged with the abandonment of your hidden village. However, you and Obito, should he choose to show up, are being given a chance to redeem yourselves."

Kakashi laughed "Redeem ourselves? You know old man, we left for a reason."

"That reason being?" The Hokage asked evenly.

"How 'bout I tell you a little story instead." Kakashi growled. His head was pounding. He looked down at his feet, and when he looked back up he was calm again. "I once knew a man, he was a great man, and a great shinobi. He had this amazing ability to smile, a real, genuine, smile, no matter what was going on around him, and it made everyone else smile too. He worked hard for his village, and did his best no matter what the circumstances. Then one night, a horrible, blood filled night, he made the ultimate sacrifice for his village, he gave up not only his own life but the life his son could have had too. He sealed the nine-tailed fox demon Kyuubi into his son then died in the arms of his two remaining students.

"Despite popular belief this story doesn't have a happy ending. Instead of respecting and honoring the man's wishes, the villagers all but spat on everything the man stood for. They…"

"I understand your upset about the way the villagers treat Naruto." The Third said kindly.

"Should have taken him with us" Kakashi muttered.

The Third Hokage sighed. "The life of a Missing-nin is no place for an infant. For that matter, it's no place for you and Obito either. Please come back to us Kakashi." He stood. "I'll leave you to rest now."

Grateful for the silence Kakashi rolled over and went to sleep.

Obito had made it into Konoha unnoticed as a refugee from a village in the grass country that had been flooded, who was going to notice one extra refugee among a hundred or so?

It didn't take him long to learn that Kakashi was being held in the cells underneath the Hokage tower. He used Kakashi's dogs to gather information. Thankfully he'd talked Kakashi into taking off their Henohenomoheji symbol years ago, so they shouldn't stand out as anything but regular dogs.

He was mingling with a few of the refugees, talking about how nice the weather was in konoha, when Pakkun walked up to him and pawed his ankle. Making a quick excuse to leave, he picked the little pug up and went to find a quiet place for him to report.

"Well?" He asked once he'd found a suitable place.

Pakkun grunted and sat down on his haunches. "Well, it appears that some of the Anbu are a bit upset that the hokage is offering you and the Hatake brat immunity."

"Immunity?" Obito was stunned, that wasn't exactly what he was expecting.

"Yes." The dog continued. "Apparently the old man has some sort of job for the two of you, not sure what though. He looked rather pleased with himself though, so if I were you I'd call Hatake as a lost cause and scram."

"I'll be sure to pass on your sentiments to kakashi when I see him" Obito muttered. "Now you scram."

When the mutt was gone Obito sighed and watched the clouds. The way he saw it, he had two choices. One, plan a strategic assault on the Hokage tower and bust Kakashi out. Or two, give himself up and tough out whatever the Hokage had planned for them.

On one hand he had most likely certain death. On the other hand though it could be a trap, false information fed to gossiping shinobi because the Hokage knew he was in the village. On the other hand the punishment for abandoning one's village was only a small prison term, he could probably deal with that if it down came to it.

Looks like he was giving himself up. At least he'd get to see Kakashi.

The Third Hokage was finishing up some paper work when he heard yelling coming from outside his office door. Before he could get up to see what was going on however, a shinobi appeared standing on his desk in a puff of smoke.

"Good afternoon Obito." He greeted just as the door burst open and a whole platoon of Anbu swarmed in. "It's all right, Obito is a guest and he will behave himself, won't you Obito?"

Obito hopped off the desk and sat down in the seat across from the Hokage. "Of course, I'm a good little boy." He grinned at the Anbu as they left one by one. When they were gone he turned to the Third. "So what's this I hear about immunity? Or was that just some semi-clever trick to get me to show myself?"

"No trick. You and Kakashi will be free to go." The Sandaime said.

"Then what's the catch?" Obito asked.

The Hokage chuckled. "There is a catch." He said. "All I ask is that you stay in the village and raise Naruto."

"Raise Naruto? He doesn't have somebody raising him now?" Obito growled.

"At the moment, no." The Hokage sighed. "His recent caretaker had to quit. Nobody else will take care of him. That's why I had those Anbu retrieve you and Kakashi."

"All right, but I want see Kakashi now." Obito stood.

"Of course." The Hokage also stood and motioned for Obito to follow him.

After descending many flights of stairs they finally reached the basement where the cells were. In the second cell down there was a lump lying on the cot, facing the wall. Obito could only assume that that was Kakashi.

The Third stood back. "Kakashi." Obito called. "It's me."

"Count me out of whatever you agreed to." Kakashi muttered. His headache had only gotten worse and he didn't feel like doing anything but trying very hard not to move or breathe too deeply.

He cringed at the screeching sound of metal grinding against metal as the cell door was opened.

Obito slipped through the door as soon as it was opened and sat on the cot behind Kakashi. "Are you all right?" He asked quietly as he gently rolled his lover onto his back. He turned his head to the Hokage who nodded in understanding and went for a medic. The two guards watched them silently.

Kakashi tried to look at Obito as his vision swam in and out of focus, when that didn't work he settled for holding onto his arm instead. "I don't feel so good." He whispered.

"You'll feel better soon, a medic's on the way." Obito took Kakashi's hand and kissed it. "Soon love." He could hear footsteps rushing forward, he turned just in time to see the head medic, Tsunade, herself step into the cell.

"Obito, Kakashi, long time no see." She said kindly as she shoved Obito out of the way. "What seems to be the trouble Kashi-chan?"

"Too loud." Kakashi groaned.

Tsunade looked down at Obito, who was still seated were he'd been dumped onto the floor. "He'll be fine. As I thought he's just having an adverse reaction to the sedative he was given." She pulled a small vial of blue liquid out of her med-bag and, while holding Kakashi's head up, poured it into his mouth. "Swallow that." She ordered.

The blonde medic stood and looked at the Hokage. "I'm going to go out on a limb of faith here and say your Anbu are merely incompetent for not thoroughly reading Kakashi's file, had they done that they would have known that Kakashi is allergic to that particular, and rarely used, type of sedative."

"They knew?" Obito growled.

"Those Anbu will be dealt with." The Third said. "Tsunade would you be so kind as to help Obito take Kakashi to their new apartment?"

"Of course Sarutobi-Sensei." Tsunade said.

The apartment they were given was about average size, two bedrooms, one bathroom, living room, and kitchen.

After they had Kakashi in bed and comfortable, Tsunade showed Obito where everything was. "Jiraiya helped me set the apartment up so if you find anything inappropriate stashed away let me know and I'll bash him over the head with it."

"Always loved watching you terrorize him." Obito grinned.

Tsunade chuckled. "Well anyway, there's food in the fridge and cupboards, it's all you get for the week so don't pig out. Make sure Kakashi takes this at around sundown." She handed him another vial of the blue liquid. "He should be better by morning." She opened the front door, then turned back. "Before I forget, Naruto will be dropped off later this afternoon."

"The sooner the better. Though I'm still not sure what I'm going to tell Kakashi." Obito said.

"You'll think of something." Tsunade said. "And Obito?" She reached out and pulled him forward into a hug. "Welcome home." She said and kissed him on the forehead, then left, closing the door behind her.

A/N

Hope you liked that. And yes I know the whole raising Naruto thing has been done, but I wanted to toss him into the mix. Also let's just say Tsunade hasn't left Konoha yet as I'm not sure exactly when she does that.
I think that's all I have to say.

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