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Mistake
Chapter Two:
Resolution.

There was a moment of silence that seemed to stretch for an eternity, one that all tensions seemed to slide and everything that had been set up, everything that stood. Silence shattered all and would continue to do so.

…for a few minutes.

In this precise moment of tense and terrified silence he found himself staring at one of the few people that had truly mattered to him in his life after Itachi's reign of terror. Uzumaki Naruto stared straight back.

The nervous silence was straining everyone.

But really, all Sasuke wanted to know was why the hell was he still in a straight jacket?

Tsunade was a witch he decided, a complete witch. Not even a similar word containing a 'b' could begin to describe the cruel, evil, demented soul that resided in that creepily attractive form.

Shortly after being introduced to his 'wife' he had once again lost consciousness, the last thing his blurred senses spotting was the troubled expression on the girls face as she watched them knock him out.

When he awoke he was in a familiar and very unfamiliar setting. It didn't take him long to realize he was still in a straight jacket and he was more annoyed to realize the duct tape remained as stuck to his lips as ever. Something that he would reap vengeance upon the Godaime for… somehow…

The furnishing of the room he sat in was far from breath taking, it was simple but most certainly cozy. The structure of the building reminded him of where he had grown up, where he had spent a good portion of time before Itachi destroyed his life.

It was definitely the Uchiha compound.

But… it was different. It was lived in and the personal effects…

…someone might have called the place a home instead of the hell he truly knew it to be. It didn't seem how it did previous to the pain Itachi had inflicted either, before it was formally a house that contained a very important clan. It was a compound. Never had the place been so… pleasantly personal.

Not that he found it pleasant, at the moment he wanted to crush everything in his path with the Chidori, but that could have something to do with the duct tape.

As phrased earlier, Tsunade was evil. Hands down, she beat any demented criminal organization or perverted snake like pedophiles.

The voice piped up again that despite appearances, Orochimaru was far from a perverted pedophile. He retorted back that he shouldn't make appearances like that then.

He heard someone shift out of his sight and wished dearly to turn around and find out who else sat in the room with him. Sadly, he realized that he was sitting on whatever he had been in Tsunade's office, whatever it was it kept him perfectly still.

Just thinking about it made his nose itch.

Before the other person in the room could make their identity known though, a sliding door that just so happened to be in Sasuke's vision slammed open and a figure panted and searched the room with his eyes for only a few seconds before zeroing in on Sasuke.

This would be where the mind shattering silence came.

From what he could see Naruto was hardly breathing, shock painted across his expression as he seemed to attempt to take in every bit of Sasuke. His facial features screamed words that couldn't be said, words of fear, of longing, of happiness, of despair, of disappointment, of satisfaction… yet still, silence attacked the room like it had none other, at very least, none present to Sasuke's immediate memory.

"…teme…"

"…"

Did we mention that Sasuke despises Tsunade and all her chakra infused duct tape with such a passion that it could send even the most hateful soul reeling at the absolute depth of Sasuke's loathing…

…though he still hates Itachi lots more, he reminded himself quickly.

Before the dramatic reunion of the metaphorical 'brothers' could continue down its serious disposition, a laugh cracked through the air, slowly dissipating into guffaws.

Apparently, Naruto found the Godaime to be quite the character, or at very least found her form of retaining Sasuke to be endlessly amusing.

Ignoring anything the voice in his head might say, he swore right there that he would somehow obtain vengeance against the demented women.

The voice, instead of mentioning the unlikelihood of it happening, commented on his obsession with vengeance and vendetta's, you'd think after Itachi kicked it he would have had his fill of that sort of thing, but apparently he couldn't resist a good grudge.

Sasuke decided the voice in his head would also go on his 'to murder' list.

Rumbling foot-falls could be heard and even Naruto paused in his mindless laughter to pale at the approaching…

…what Sasuke wanted to know was who was approaching, the aggressive foot-falls… the way they assaulted the floor-boards that did not deserve…

Suddenly, the exact green shade of Naruto's face made sense.

The traditional sliding door that he hadn't noticed Naruto closing slammed open again and another panting figure made their appearance.

A girl that both he and Naruto had both feared and cared about in their genin days, albeit for different reasons and in different ways; whereas Naruto mooned over the girl because of an unrequented love and feared the girl for her constant poundings, Sasuke appreciated her as a teammate, possibly even a close friend, and feared her because of her fan-girlish nature.

Haruno Sakura glared darkly at both of them after she seemed to catch her bearings and once more silence had attained a room for its cruel and evil uses.

That is until a far from familiar voice piped up from behind Sakura, "Why the rush Sakura-san?"

Black hair along with dark eyes that Sasuke could not discern the color to, a vague memory reached him of meeting the Shinobi came to his mind. Somewhere around the time he was still involved with the wrongly dubbed snake like perverted pedophile.

He took mental note that there was an earth shaking silence that time as well, but less because of the oddly smiling ANBU and more towards Naruto and Sakura's presence that day.

"…Sasuke-kun…"

Normally, when fear filled his heart because of the pink haired Kunoichi it was because of the idea of her suddenly jumping him for less than innocent reasons… but the spark in her emerald eyes at the moment didn't cause him fear of her adoration for him, his fear resembled Naruto's fear for her far more at that exact second.

The genius was proven right only seconds later when a blow infused with what seemed to be pent up stress smashed him and whatever he was sitting on against a wall.

He heard a girlish gasp from somewhere he couldn't quite see and was reminded that there had been someone else in the room previous to the entrance of his… 'old friends'.

Somehow he felt as though Sakura's appearance and violence was the least of his concerns.

"Y…you bastard! How dare you leave us like that you jerk?!" Sakura's furry caused all in the room to cringe a little… well, everyone but Mr. Smiley. Kami he's annoying…

Sasuke had a witty retort prepared and everything. He would never be able to be in the same room as duct tape ever again, not without a homicidal rage at very least.

Before she continued her rant she seemed to realize that Sasuke had been smashed against a book-case and had dented the wall behind it beyond repair. The shelves crumbling at his sides left him at a sort of unease.

Instead of rushing up to him worried and the like because of what she had done, she turned to somewhere out of his direct vision and apologized, "I'm sorry Hinata… I know the place just got refurnished, I shouldn't have let my anger get the best of me…" she turned a glare to the male Uchiha present, "…but you can't deny that he deserved it, ne?"

The silence from the other person proved that she did in fact agree.

He was already starting to dislike his 'wife'.

"…I-I… it's a-alright Sakura-san… I-I can fix it easily, thank you f-for apologizing…"

Sakura nodded and brought a near demonic gaze to Sasuke, "You don't mind if I borrow him for a few hours, do you? I think we have some… catching up to do." Such a phrase likely would have sent him into chills, as she was last known as a fan-girl, but with the look she was giving him… he got the feeling it was more likely to be torture and interrogation.

…fun.

To his surprise though he heard the vague sound of Hinata denying Sakura the privilege, "G-gomen Sakura-san… demo… m-my direct orders from Hokage-sama is to not let hi-him leave this house for any reasons for an i-indefinite amount of time…"

Sakura looked a little put out but nodded in understanding, nothing she could do and Hinata was just following orders… she couldn't even beat him to a pulp without feeling guilty about destroying the place.

Sasuke was happy to know that his vicious, horrible, painful fate had been pushed back to a later date for the time being. As much as he was sure he could defend himself easily against her… that was without the Hokage's taunting restraints.

He sourly wished to grumble dejectedly, but once again his fiery hate for duct tape got in the way.

Naruto seemed to have recovered from the shock of Sakura's appearance and turned to Mr. Smiley, "You finished the mission debriefing already?"

Sakura's eyes, which had gone back to being subtly content, more or less, blazed to life with an anger that didn't quite terrify Sasuke as much as her previous rage, "No thanks to you!" she whirled and glared at the now cowering boy, "Just go running off the second you heard Sasuke was here! I had to sit there and endure Sai' presence and inform Tsunade of the status!" her rants continued, followed up occasionally by a blow to the Kyuubi boys head.

Sasuke would have found this amusing but as he was in a highly uncomfortable position, you know with the straight jacket and all, with broken shelves threatening to fall on top of him at any given second.

Unable to ask for help he could only sit there as a shelf somewhere above him broke and countless books piled on his head. Unpleasant as this was it was nothing compared to having everyone's eyes shift to him and Naruto's guffaws that followed…

…irritating jerk…

Finally someone decided to have mercy on him, small hands gripped his shoulders and helped him get out of the unfortunate position, Sai was holding up the shelves for said person as she had asked nicely.

Once righted and placed in his previous position he found that Sakura still intended to glare at him as if he were the scum of the earth.

…and he thought Tsunade could hold a grudge…

Considering that she was the older women's pupil it was really no wonder that she had inherited some of her traits, or perhaps Sakura always held grudges well she was just too moonstruck with him to hold stuff against him.

He supposed the later was probably correct but he had the irking feeling that Tsunade had something to do with cultivating the skill.

Before another awkward silence could stretch to eternity, Naruto spoke up, "So… why's he in a straight jacket?"

'You forgot to say duct taped as well dobe…' Sasuke thought darkly.

Hinata took a seat on one of the two couches he could see, he had the feeling there was an armchair slightly out of his vision as well. She gestured for the others to seat themselves and they all seemed to decide for the couch across from her, Sakura in the middle with Naruto and Sai on her left and right respectively.

"A-ano… well… Tsunade-sama says he's not t-trustworthy quite yet a-and we're unsure of his intentions… so the council has d-decided that he'll be staying like that for a-at least a month before they take him in for questioning. A-after that, if he p-proves himself trustworthy, they'll take off the duct tape."

Silence…

Despite the lack of movement Sasuke was capable of at the moment he managed to squirm indignantly, a look of rage and horror on his face.

Sakura was halfway between looking satisfied and surprised, struggling for her words she finally decided on a simple question that he was sure was on everyone's minds, "Isn't that… a bit excessive?"

Naruto nodded in agreement, jaw hanging agape.

Sai was still smiling his usually emotionless and meaningless grin.

Hinata smiled faintly, "A-actually that was what Tsunade-sama wanted to do… d-demo she's leaving it mostly at m-my discretion… I-I'm not quite sure what to do… perhaps I should go with Tsunade-sama's plan?"

Sasuke's eye twitched, his fate… was in the hands of some twit of a girl.

…joy.

Sakura seemed to contemplate it for a moment; "It is tempting…" her earlier anger had most obviously not faded, a vindictive streak causing her to seriously consider the plot.

Naruto snapped out of his shock and turned to Sakura, "No! Even for Sasuke-teme that's a bit… much."

Sai disagreed, "I think it's a great plan."

Due to his absence for the last, say, three years he was unsure as to why exactly it was that when Sai had agreed to the plan that both Naruto and Sakura either redoubled their opinion or swiftly changed it in Sakura's case.

He had a feeling they didn't like Sai much.

The sooner he got the duct tape off, the better. It was infuriating to sit there and watch them argue while unable to do anything, sure, he was normally a quiet person anyway but it was irritating beyond belief to not be able to.

Hinata cut into their bickering though, "A-ano… I-I…" she trailed off and they faced her, Sakura looking semi-remorseful for making her position all the more uncomfortable by arguing.

"Gomen, Hinata. Was there anything you had in mind?" Sakura asked gently, well aware of how awkward the situation must have been for the ex-Hyuuga.

He imagined that it was common knowledge that their little marriage was a mistake… either that or the marriage wasn't common knowledge at all.

Even though he knew exactly how it happened, he still found it to be highly ironic and enormously shocking that he was actually married without his own knowledge.

…he knew that scroll was a bad idea.

"E-eto… I-I'm not sure… I w-wish I could d-discuss it with him, as he i-is the most effected by this decision… d-demo… I'd be making some sort of decision by merely removing the duct-tape…"

'Twit…' his dislike for his newly obtained wife grew slightly when he realized her indecisive nature. He despised those who hesitated to make decisions, it troubled all those around them and it was a gaping weakness that he detested.

This could however, the voice interjected, be because of his own indecisive nature.

He threw the voice into a cell into which he hoped it would never escape, ignoring that it was in fact the 'voice of logic'.

Sakura seemed thoughtful for a moment, "True… according to Shishou he came quite willingly, meaning it's likely that he has someone on the outside he can contact fairly easily to escape…"

Bulls-eye.

Despite the fact that she had simply been musing she had brought up one of the bigger reasons he detested this duct tape with such a fiery passion that, though still paling in comparison, could have been similar to his hate for Itachi.

He couldn't contact 'Hebi'.

He had ways to contact them, he had plotted and planned. He figured they would do something about his arms so that he couldn't use jutsu…

…he really hadn't thought they would be intelligent enough to gag him.

Hinata nodded, "Correct…" she sighed and brought her hands in front of her and began playing with her fingers in a familiar manor.

Sasuke blinked, he almost recognized the gesture… almost, but as it was it just sent a jolt of Déjà vu down his spine.

"…p-perhaps… we could have him nod o-or shake his head?"

It was official. He hated her.

Naruto chuckled, shaking his head, "Sasuke-teme is too prideful for that… he's likely to just glare holes into your skull."

Score one for the dobe; apparently he did know a thing or two about Sasuke.

Hinata lowered her head with a blush of embarrassment staining her cheeks, "A-ah…"

Sakura's eyes softened and she went to sit next to her fellow kunoichi, placing a hand on her shoulder and rubbing it soothingly.

It was a harsh reminder to all present; she didn't know anything about her husband.

Hinata brought a smile of appreciation to her face when she turned to Sakura.

"Hinat—" the other girls voice was cut off by a sharp knocking at the sliding door, Sakura got up and opened it, looking in confusion at the ANBU that kneeled by the door.

"Curfew, I apologize but you all have to leave."

'Curfew?!' Sasuke despised his situation more by the second, though it was a plus to not be in the same room as his teammates…

…he still needed time to digest.

Team Kakashi nodded and bid Hinata farewell, Sakura shot him a glare, Naruto snickered a little and made a snide comment, and Sai gave him his usual smile before bidding him farewell the same way he had to Hinata.

Silence… sweet, beautiful silence…

"A-ano… Uchiha-san?"

Scratch that.

He shot her a glare of acknowledgment, too tired to care about ignoring the girl at the moment.

"…would y-you like some dinner?"

He was about to harden his glare and send her scampering off like the pathetic little girl he had already pegged her for…

…but then his stomach protested…

Loudly.

He imagined if it were any other girl they would have giggled at his predicament, because he was quite surprised when she herself didn't giggle, chuckle, snicker or in any way express amusement.

Nodding slowly as if she had been given a direct order, she turned and exited the room.

'Odd…'

If his ears were not as trained as they were, if he had put his guard down for even a second, he wouldn't have heard it. But being the trained Shinobi he was he was able to discern a sound from what he guessed was roughly four rooms away.

He wasn't quite sure what to make of the sound at first; it was muffled, girlish and might have held some mirth, despite his excellent hearing he honestly couldn't tell. A part of him said that it could have been a small laugh, it only lasted a second, yet another part claimed it was very possibly a sob.

Or she could have simply tripped over something and made a brief sound of surprise, logic spoke again, having escaped the cage he had shoved it in earlier.

His muscles were starting to cramp, he attempted to shrug into a more comfortable position but the straight jacket made it impossible.

The sliding door opened again and he briefly wondered how she managed to create a meal so quickly, a rice bowl, some sushi and a cup of water sat on the plate she brought into the room.

Placing the tray on a small table he hadn't taken note of yet, she turned her eyes a stared seriously into his.

"I-I'm going to remove the d-duct tape… please do not m-make a single sound throughout, if you speak or make any noise throughout being f-fed I have to alert the Hokage and y-you will be held in a cell for roughly t-two weeks, all in all it would become a very large inconvenience… for both of u-us…" she sighed and waited for him to nod in acknowledgement.

He was tempted not to, but decided to humor her for now and nodded swiftly.

The duct tape… was painful to remove, that much he could say quite honestly. But it felt so good to be able to breathe through his mouth; he nearly smiled because of the sensation. Nearly.

She shakily picked up some rice with some chop-sticks and brought it to his mouth, he ate silently and amused himself with the many, many shades of red her face was turning.

When he had finished she brought a napkin to his face and dealt with any of her many… misses. She was very nervous and hadn't quite managed to get his mouth every time.

"…I'm sorry about this…" he wasn't sure what she meant by apologizing, there were a quite a few things she could be apologizing for, key examples would be his position, missing his mouth, getting him married… or she could mean everything, but he didn't think so.

He also didn't think she was actually sorry; the tone of voice she said it in was not the remorseful apology that one would expect from such a girl, it was dry of most emotions and sounded more like something she felt she should say versus something she actually meant.

He glared darkly at her trembling figure and decided one thing firmly.

She was weak.

He would crush her for it.

She seemed to understand his thought patterns and shook her head sadly, as if he were a small child that it was pointless to argue with. Infuriated by her reaction he activated his sharingon…

…he hadn't expected her to flinch back so horrible that she tripped, only to scramble away with horror filled eyes pointed at his kekkei genkai.

Her heart was beating quickly, she was cowering and shaking in fear, sweat poured down her brow and horror rested firmly on her expression.

He had the irking feeling that it had nothing to do with a fear of him, but he would use it to his advantage. Narrowing his eyes further he sought to send her into a terrified fit.

Instead of cowering further and hiding like he was sure she would, she sighed and shook her head. Standing up only a little shakily she didn't look at him when she spoke, "…y-you are very pathetic…"

He didn't need her to elaborate, he knew what she meant.

How pathetic, you knew I was scared, you knew that it wasn't truly of you and yet you decided to attempt to use it as a power play? His voice of logic phrased sarcastically.

It wasn't pathetic, it was tactic, they both knew it… but he supposed that in her eyes it was a pathetic tactic.

When the girl looked at him again she was staring evenly into his eyes, a sense of finality surrounding as if she had made a desperately important decision, "I… won't let y-you scare me."

He hadn't expected the reaction, more over; he hadn't expected the confidence in her stance and eyes. Even with her light stutter she had sounded so determined. He blinked twice, somehow he didn't think it would be the last time she surprised him.

Sadly, for him at least, she did not forget to put more duct tape over his mouth.

((Ending Notes: Holy crap… long chapter X3 I kind of want to chop it up a bit but meh, what can ya do? I hope you guys like it, I'm a little worried that this came out to be a rather boring chapter.

BTW, anyone notice the excessive Itachi usage in the beginning? Yeah… Sasuke doesn't think about much else, ne? XD lol.

Muse-chan drowsy and munching on breakfast.))