Ow! Ow! Don't hit me with rocks! (Sorry, I'm a dork…) Yes, I'm back! After nearly five months! Sorry about the wait, but I kind of got caught up in other things, and I got a little… or a lot disconnected with this story. I tried to write more, but I failed. So, it's taken me this long to get back into it. So! Here we are, the fourteenth chapter! I hope you like!

The deal he made repeated in his mind, as he swore to himself that if this didn't work, he would slaughter the other. Sasuke rubbed his eyes, as he leaned against the wall, outside of the house. He breathed in and out, deeply, hope shining inside him, before he took the plunge. Sasuke cracked his eyes open, and light blinded him, temporarily, before the world became visible to him. Tall tree's surrounded him, and the house he was leaning against.

Wow… He had forgotten how wonderful it was to see. Sasuke smiled a little, as he put his hands in his pockets. He closed his eyes and reopened them, smiling wider to himself. His smile immediately disappeared, replaced with a frown, as someone cleared their throat. Sasuke turned his head, to look at the door to the house, which was open, only a shadow of the person visible to him.

"In case you have forgotten, but you haven't fulfilled your part of the deal, yet", the person said, angrily.

Sasuke rolled his eyes, and pushed off of the building. "Don't worry, I'll get it done", Sasuke said, as he looked out at the forest, before he looked at the ground, "…Thanks… I guess" He felt his eye twitching, at having to say 'thank you'. It wasn't like the shinobi wanted to help him, they were only doing it to help them.

He shook his head, and glanced at the small cottage-like house, before he jumped up into the tree's. Sasuke ran through the tree's, wishing he could use the Sharingan to find the others, but the other had advised him against it.

He stopped, landing on a tree branch, high up in a tree, leaning his hand against the truck as he strained his ears. Sounds of fighting could just be faintly heard, as well as yelling. Sasuke pushed off of the tree, running as fast he could. His heart pounded, as he ran, thoughts of Kakashi flitting through his mind.

Once he got close enough, he masked his chakra, as he dropped from the tree's, and stalked through a few bushes, peeking through them.

He got a look at the fight, just as Sakura was flown back by one of Deidara's bombs, with a scream. Worry flooded through him, as he quietly watched her, Kakashi's voice screaming her name, reaching his ears.

Sasuke's eyes immediately searched for Kakashi, before finding him high up in a tree. He breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes savoring the sight of the silver haired man, a small smile quirking his lips… It was really nice to actually see him again.

He could see that Kakashi was angry about Sakura. Kakashi was such a good man, who cared deeply about those around him. He quietly, and painstakingly watched Kakashi as he performed his Lightning Blade, and chased the blond bomber with it. Sasuke glared at Deidara, as he escaped Kakashi's attack, as the latter smashed his attack into a tree.

Luck flew in his corner, as Deidara landed in a tree, that was only a feet away from him. He smirked up at the bomber, before he snuck out of the bushes, and jumped up into the trees. Sasuke landed on a tree branch, right behind where Deidara was standing. He acted quick, knowing that Kakashi was about to strike again.

Quickly snatching a kunai from his weapon's pouch, he surged forward with the kunai, stabbing the kunai deep into the blonde. He winced a little, as he done it. It wasn't exactly the most pleasant thing in the world.

Deidara clutched at his stomach in pain, crying out, as he slowly turned his head to look over his shoulder, at his attacker. Sasuke looked up into his eyes, as the other looked at him, with wide, shocked eyes. "You!?", he gasped.

He smirked at him, as he twisted the kunai, causing the blond bomber to cry out again, scrunching his eyes up in pain. Sasuke watched as the blond suffered, his eyes opening a fraction to glare at him. "H-How?", Deidara gasped out, breathlessly.

Sasuke leaned forwards a little, as he pressed the kunai into him more. "Hn… Maybe not everyone's your friend", he whispered, quietly.

The blonde's eyes grew confused, his eyebrows furrowing. Sasuke watched his confusion for a second, before his attention drained a little, as his eyes flickered over Deidara's shoulder. A sliver of silver hair could be seen from his point of view, reminding him of the others presence.

A small sound floated to his ears, as he snapped his eyes back to Deidara, just as the bomber's hand was moving in his bag. Sasuke acted quickly, tearing the kunai out of him, and kicking himself backwards off the tree, just as an explosion went off in front of his eyes.

Sasuke covered his eyes with his arms, as he was temporarily blinded. He landed blindly on the ground, kneeling down, as he rubbed at his eyes.

He opened his eyes, blinking them, until the bright lights in his eyes stopped blinding him. When his vision cleared, he froze, as someone's feet landed in his vision. His eyes quickly ran up the body in front of him, before they landed in surprise on Kakashi's face, the man gazing down at him, fondly.

"Sasuke?", Kakashi asked, softly.

Sasuke was a little lost in the others eyes, cursing himself mentally for not being able to find any words to say, so he just nodded, silently.

Kakashi chuckled at him, his visible eye smiling at him. Before Sasuke could see him move, Kakashi's arms were wrapping around him, tightly. He froze at the contact, his eyes growing wide. He relaxed a little, allowing the other to hug him, as he temporarily let himself enjoy the embrace.

He smiled to himself, as he inhaled Kakashi's earthy scent… Sasuke wasn't sure why it smoothed him so. He sort of forgot himself for a moment, before he was ripped out of it by a wandering hand. What the!?

Sasuke snatched himself from Kakashi's grasp, before punching the man in his face. Kakashi fell to the ground, surprised by the sudden hit.

Sasuke glared murderously down at the other, as he felt his cheeks heat up, just knowing he was blushing. "What the hell is wrong with you!?", Sasuke asked, angrily.

"Why Sasuke, I'm not sure what you're talking about", Kakashi said, innocently, as he smiled up at him with his eye. Sasuke snorted , narrowing his gaze at the man, who was acting as if he was completely innocent. Hn… If that man was innocent, then so was Jiraiya…

"Whatever, pervert. Where's Deidara?", He asked.

Kakashi's face turned serious, as he stood up and looked around, still rubbing the sore side of his face. Pride filled Sasuke, as his eyes raked over the cheek… Just because he liked him, didn't mean that he could teach him a valuable lesson.

"I guess he got away, with that distraction. Too bad", Kakashi said, before his eyes focused on Sasuke, as he raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"

Sasuke turned his eyes away from him, not wanting those wonderful eyes to pry the truth from him. It wasn't like he knew the whole truth anyways, just what that certain person had done for him, and made him promise. His eyes searched, aimlessly, through the trees up above them.

"I managed to escape. Story over", he murmured.

"Hm", he heard Kakashi hum, before silence temporarily surrounded them, only to be broken when heard the other approaching. Sasuke turned his head, his eyes focusing on Kakashi's face, as he leaned down, leveling their gazes. "Can you at least tell me how you gained your sight back?", Kakashi asked.

Sasuke averted his eyes to the side, ignoring the other's eye, as his mind flitted around for an eligible excuse. "I don't know, pervert, I don't think you deserve to know", he said, fuming a bit.

He looked at the man, unable to stop a small smirk from lighting up his face, as Kakashi wilted a little, pouting beneath his mask.

"When will you stop calling me such a mean name?", Kakashi asked.

"When you die of your guilty conscience, pervert", he snapped back at him.

Kakashi sighed, still pouting, as Sasuke rolled his eyes, and turned away from him, walking towards where Sakura had fallen. "In case you've forgotten, baka, but our teammate needs help", Sasuke said, as he heard the other shortly follow after him.

The two of them found Sakura leaning against a tree, as she was trying to tie a piece of torn cloth around a bloody wound across her shoulder.

Sasuke paused a few feet away from her, as Kakashi walked around him and kneeled next to Sakura, taking over her job. "Do you have any other injuries?", Kakashi asked her, softly.

"No… Stupid bomber. Where is he, anyways?", Sakura asked, angrily, as she looked around, before her eyes landed on Sasuke, surprised, "Sasuke! Oh, I'm so happy you're okay! Did Kakashi save you?"

Sasuke snorted, and rolled his eyes, as he glared down at Kakashi. "Sorry, but he was a little to busy being a pervert", he said, still fuming.

Kakashi hung his head, dramatically, sweat dropping, anime style, as Sakura furrowed her eyebrows, looking confused, while she nervously scratched her cheek.

"Um… Am I missing something here?", she asked.

"It's nothing", Kakashi said, his head popping back up, as he smiled at her with his visible eye.

Sakura looked at him, skeptically, before smiling happily at Sasuke. "How are your eyes? They look back to normal", Sakura said, studying his eyes.

He just nodded, not feeling like lying. "Hn", he hummed.

Sasuke shuffled his feet, awkwardly, as Sakura raised her eyebrow at Kakashi, obviously trying to pry an answer from him. Kakashi just waved his hand in dismissal though, as he stood up straight.

"You know how Sasuke is", Kakashi said, smiling amusedly with his eye.

Sakura shrugged, as she stood up tiredly, her hand clutching at her shoulder, wincing a little. "Whatever. What happened to Deidara?", she asked, curiously.

"He distracted us and escaped. We might as well give up on him, now that Sasuke's back with us, safe", Kakashi explained. As he spoke, Kakashi pulled out his book and opened it, hiding his face from Sasuke's view.

"What if he tries it again?", Sakura asked, worriedly, as she looked around them.

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure the baka blond has other problems to take care of", Sasuke said, smirking a little. It was nice to know that the one who put him and his teammates through hell, would be going through his own hell. Without knowing it, his smirk widened a little. When he realized that it was, he forced his face to go blank, as he looked at the others, who were staring at him weirdly.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at them, but the two of them just shrugged it off. Sasuke rolled his eyes, and turned his back to them, looking up at the trees, smiling to himself at how things were back to normal… kind of. The absence of Naruto kind of made it blaringly obvious that one thing wasn't normal.

Fucking dobe… What was it with baka blonde's and their stupidity?

"My eyes are good, so why don't we just get back on our path?", Sasuke suggested.

He heard Sakura and Kakashi move, before they came into his view, Sakura walking ahead of him, while Kakashi stopped in front of him.

Sasuke looked up at him, watching as Kakashi snapped his book shut and put it away, while smiling down at him, with his eye. "Are you sure you don't want to rest your eyes? I could easily carry you again", Kakashi mused, innocently.

"What the fuck's wrong with you, pervert? Did Deidara knock you on your head a few too many times?", Sasuke asked, glaring at him. He cringed mentally, as he blushed. Stupid face!

Kakashi had the nerve to laugh at him, as he took a step towards him, and lifted his gloved hand to ruffle Sasuke's hair. He glared harder up at the older man, and smacked the hand away, as he felt his cheeks flare up some more. Fuck!

"Get going, pervert", Sasuke mumbled, embarrassedly, as he jumps up into the trees, running away from the older man.

He glared ahead of him, as he heard the other chuckle behind him, following him closely. Sasuke groaned, mentally, as he ran. He just wanted to get back to Konoha and forget that this entire trip had even happened…

Hope you enjoyed! Now, listen up for those who enjoy this story! This is my first multi-chaptered fanfic on , and my second fic on ever. I've been writing stories for like years, but they've always been for myself. But I wanted to start writing fanfiction, cause I love it so much, and read it like every day. Anyways! To the point! This story was mainly for me to see how good I would be at writing it for , and get a feel for it, so I didn't really plan it out that far. So, with my original outline, I have only a few chapters left with this story. Although, I wanna try and go farther than I had originally planned, I sort of wanna end it like I originally planned. So, I'm writing this long freakin' paragraph (that I'm wandering if some of you are actually gonna take the time with read, because I sometimes tend to just read the story and skip over the author notes), to ask you to pick for me, please!:

A - I go farther than I originally planned, and stretch my brain to accommodate you and this story.

OR

B - I end the story where I originally planned, leaving you with only a few more chapters, if you don't mind.

Please answer, cause I can't make up my mind!