1Hello, I'm sorry I have been gone for a while and I've had hard times for a while and finally decided to write a fanfiction. So no I present you with my new story, I disclaim any familuar character and setting.

I present to you the third part of:

"Amor caecus est"

They had a reasonably nice sized party going on at Naruto's new residence when the villages alarms went off. They were fairly new, put in after the tragic death of the third, as a way to summon all ninja to the gates and surrounding walls. Everyone immediately stopped and dropped what they were doing and started running towards their assigned places.

Naruto was assigned to the gates, with the ANBU black ops. He had slipped on his mask and now stood next to Neji silently.

There was a huge chakura signature moving towards the village at a quick pace. And none of the guard had recognized it. Better safe then sorry, Naruto thought.

Kit, I know this signature. The Kyuubi hissed deep inside Naruto's mind.

You do? Naruto perked up slightly and tilted his head.

You should too, Kit. The Kyuubi said in a drooping voice. For you love the one it belongs to.

Naruto went stalk still and his breath caught in his throat. Neji looked at him and Naruto looked back before speaking. "Get everyone away from the gate." his voice was a little higher than normal. "Sasuke in coming." Neji's eyes grew and he nodded.

The white eyed ninja, appeared at Tsunade's side and repeated what the Kyuubi Container had said. And with a sad nod she gave orders to clear out the ninja. Directing then to hide further back in the village just in case she and Naruto couldn't stop the Uchiha from breaching the city. When all was settled Naruto and the Fifth stood side by side waiting for the missing-nin to make an appearance.

When a figure could be seen running towards the gate Naruto bit his lip as his heart skipped a beat. And when he stopped at the gate looking at the two waiting, the dark eyed ninja smirked."This isn't much of a welcome party." he scoffed "The Hokage and a Hunter-nin" he snorted in disgust.

"Sasuke-teme," Naruto said his nerves replaced with a burning anger "What do you want." The container said removing his mask and staring at his once team mate, and love.

Sasuke seemed stunned for a second but quickly recovered. "So you actually got past genin eh. Dobe?" He was actually completely surprised, he never thought that the dobe would get close to being Hokage, but he was wrong.

"That's more then I can say for you." Naruto snapped back "What is your purpose in the village hidden in the Leaves?" He continued in a business like tone.

"I've come to see you, Dobe." Sasuke shrugged

"You aren't welcome here." Tsunade growled "Leave and never return."

"Wait, Hokage-Sama, what is your real reason. You cannot lie to me." Naruto suddenly looked and sounded older then Sasuke remembered, and he felt like a scolded child.

"I have accomplished in killing Itachi..."he said and opened his mouth to continue.

"And you want to rejoin the village?" Naruto took three steps forward. "Why, after leaving and hiding, do you, the great Uchiha heir, want to come back to us?" Naruto asked sarcastically.

"I have a purpose." was his answer and Naruto glared but his heart wasn't in it.

"A purpose? Like what?" Naruto cross his arms.

"I need to replenish the Uchiha family." Sasuke shrugged simply.

"Hokage-Sama what do you think?" Naruto stepped back and looked to his Obaa-chan.

"He will be held in trial and judged by the rookie nine, except for Uchiha and The dog boy, since they are all now Jounin and have the right." Tsunade stared at Sasuke, "Only then will we know what to do with this traitor."

Naruto nodded and looked back to Sasuke. "Do not struggle." was all he said before using a quick flick of hands to wrap the Uchiha in wires, then reenforce it with chakura.

The Trial

"The defendant is, Uchiha Sasuke, against the Village of Konoha." droned one of the new council members. "You have been charged with high treason, how do you plead?"

Sasuke seems to freeze. "Guilty." he said firmly, sitting up a little straighter.

Hours passed as the rookie '9' conversed about the fate of the genius guarded by two ANBU. Tsunade was sitting, chin on hand when Shino walked in a piece of paper in his hand. First he handed it to Tsunade with a small bow and then to the council member.

"The defendant, Uchiha Sasuke, is found guilty. But it is requested for community service and a year as a genin." The council member sat and looked to the Hokage.

"You have betrayed every person in this room Uchiha, even your friends, and yet they still ask for you to be spared the penalty of death. I will agree to that request and his new jounin instructors will be, Uzumaki Naruto and Hyuuga Neji" court adjourned then.

Next day

Whispers followed Sasuke where ever he went, and it was driving him mad. But when a bouncing little kid stood in front of him with a note he sighed.

Sasuke-kun

Meet Neji and I at the third training ground.

Naruto SENSEI

He scowled at the note, technically he had to call the Dobe sensei. And it made his blood boil, he was clearly weaker then...But he stopped. Naruto was a hunter-nin, yes, but Sasuke had the feeling that the Dobe was much stronger. Probably more so then The Hokage.

When he finally arrived at the training ground he spotted the three vertical logs on which both of his 'teachers' sat. Both stared at him, nothing else, and it made him uneasy. Neji's hand was resting on the blonds shoulder, and it sent a wave of something to his stomach. But then he realized that Neji was holding the other back. Naruto wanted to attack him.

"If we attack him, we are no better." said Neji not taking his eyes off of their 'student'.

Naruto went slack slightly, no longer straining against his friends hand. But before Neji could react Naruto was standing in front of Sasuke looking slightly up at the taller teen. Neji came to tower over both of then, standing at Naruto's back.

"You will not treat me with disrespect." said Naruto through clenched teeth. "I may..."he stopped, he almost said 'love you' but he shook his head "I may be Naruto, but I am not an idiot. Nor have I ever been."

Sasuke nodded, this was not the Naruto he had slowly started to love. This was an adult, not the childish boy he had once known. He would defiantly reach Hokage.

Then a grin broke out on Naruto's face. "Anyways we have a mission." One he had begged for and planned with Ero-Sannin "We have to find the Sannin, Jiraiya and bring him to the Hokage." he knew the Jiraiya would be impossible to find, because he was at Hokage tower already. "He headed out two days ago." looking towards Sasuke "You'll be doing all of the tracking. Tsunade-Sama said it would test your skill."

They set out, and Neji and Naruto were grinning metally at each other the entire time. They traveled for two days and decided to rest. Setting up a quick camp they lounged about. Neji walked over to Naruto and sat down, staring into the fire.

"Naruto-kun, do you plan on wooing a woman of the village?" Neji looked over at his friend.

"No, I'm not fond of the female form." he grinned foxily.

"Neither am I." Neji chuckled "You love his, don't you, thats the reason you included the request?"

Was he that easy to read? Naruto sighed, looking over at the figure across the clearing. "Yeah, but I don't know anymore I think it was more of an infatuation." But he was lying, and he knew it.