When they had arrived in Konoha the next day none of them were prepared for the reaction Hokage Tsunade would give them. Naruto was in fear the most, however. He had failed more missions then he had passed. He would probably have the harshest of all the punishments.

When they arrived in Tsunade's office she said she had already heard of Saskue and Hanabi. 'But who had told her about them?' Naruto thought to himself.

"Don't worry, I won't count this mission as failed. Since the mission was to find Hanabi and her kidnappers, you were successful." Tsunade looked like she was busy with something important. She motioned for them to leave. All exited except Naruto, who was going to find out what had happened while he was gone and who reported these findings to her.

" Naruto, Saskue has returned with Hanabi. But I'm more cautious about who tagged along with them. Its another Uchiha who claims to be Saskue's uncle." Tsunade told him without hesitation.

As soon as Naruto got this information he fled from Tsunade's office in search of those two. Why now? Did he want to raise his family in the same city he was raised in. Did he do it for her? No, he was still too selfish; he hadn't changed a bit since Naruto saw him last.

When Naruto had finally caught up to Saskue and Hanabi, she was carrying around her arm. Tobi was no where to be found, however.

"Hanabi!" Naruto yelled, she stopped and turned around.

"Naruto, something is wrong with Saskue, so he told me to come here. I don't know where to go though. I can't go home and Saskue has no home. Can we go to your place?" Hanabi looked so concerned about Saskue. Naruto remember when he actually cared about Saskue. But he no longer did, and saw no point in helping either of them.

"I'm sorry I don't..."

"Naruto, there you… HANABI?" It was Hinata, when Naruto saw her he realized that the love he felt for her was the same Hanabi felt for Saskue.

"Ok Hanabi, you guys can stay at my place for a little while. But Hinata and I will try to find youu guys a place to stay ASAP." Naruto then turned to Hinata and continued, "Can you help your sister take Saskue over to my place?" Hinata nodded and Naruto went in search for a place to stay.

"Hanabi, do you know what is wrong with him?" Hinata asked her sister. She shook her head.

"Why not take him to the hospital then?"

"I'm trying to avoid being seen by too many people and being reported to father. I don't know what I'd tell him if I saw him again." Hinata understood what she meant and with that she placed Saskue's other arm around her neck and they went through the back roads to Naruto's house.

Once they arrived they gently placed him on the couch and then looked around the room to see the mess Naruto had left before he left on the mission. They started cleaning up while they talked about what might be wrong with Saskue and what was really going on between Hanabi and him.

"Saskue was actually looking for you Hinata, but remembered you liked Naruto and where probably somewhere watching him train or something. But since he was already sneaking around the town he remembered you had a sister. Like he told you guys early, he was looking for a good companion so that his clan would live on. And me, I was looking for a way out. I didn't want to be here anymore. You and Neji have people who cared about you and who you cared about. I felt left out. Then he came along." She looked over at Saskue who lye motionless on the couch.

"He promised me protection as well as a way out and since I no longer felt like being the "perfect daughter" I left. The note was to keep you guys from finding out the truth. But that worked out well. After that we got married and, even though he doesn't love me, he looks after me, and after his unborn child, up until the time he got sick." She went over and grabbed his hand.

"Please, get better, if not for my sake then for the sake of your child's." Hanabi gently told her husband and lightly kissed his forehead. Hinata could tell that Hanabi had grown up a lot since she had disappeared. The worried look on Hanabi's face made Hinata pray that nothing like this would happen to Naruto. But her concern now was the well being of her sister.

'I wonder if I could stay here too and watch out for Hanabi' She thought. Then she went to the kitchen and started to make some dinner for the four of them so it would be ready when Naruto returned.

"Hinata, I'm sorry for causing a mess. And I hope that one day you find a guy that truly loves you, instead of ending up like me." Hanabi never once took her eyes off Saskue as she spoke. She loved him so much it hurt to know he didn't love her the same. But she thought that over time he would love her. Now, who knows how much time was left?

"Hanabi, lets take him to the hospital. I know you're worried, but which is worse, losing your husband or dealing with father?"

Hanabi knew that Hinata was right, she didn't want to do either, but Saskue had to get better.

"Alright, we can take him tonight after dinner. Everyone should be inside and that way we won't be seen as easily as we would during the day." Hanabi then kissed her husband's hand and got up off the floor. She walked over to Hinata, hugged her and said

"Thanks for helping me out when I need it the most." Hanabi then helped Hinata cook dinner and set the table.

Naruto came right on time, he smelt food coming from the direction of his house and dashed right in. He ran to the table and looked eager to see what was cooking.

" I'm sorry I couldn't find a place for you guys to stay yet, but I'm not giving up" Naruto said as he stuffed his mouth full of food.

"Its ok Naruto, we are taking Saskue to the hospital tonight" Naruto stopped eating when he heard this and looked at her like she was crazy.

"Are you sure? Cause you know that Sakura is working there due to their low staff count recently." Naruto pointed out to Hanabi.

"Well, its better then him dying, Naruto."

"Yeah, but Sakura might kill him if she finds out the truth."

"Naruto," Hinata cut in "Don't joke like that right now." She lightly sapped the back of his head and he looked at her shocked. She blushed and quickly apologized.

"No, your right Hinata, I shouldn't joke like that, I'm sorry Hanabi"

Hanabi was shocked. From what she had heard about Naruto, what he said was what he meant. But why did he listen to what Hinata had told him?

"Are you two dating?" she asked them outright. They both looked at each other blushed and swiftly turned the opposite direction of one another.

"So you two ARE dating," Hanabi exclaimed in a mischievous way. She knew the whole truth about Naruto, most of town had figured that out after Itachi had come for him. But Hanabi wasn't sure if Hinata knew or not.

'This should be interesting' Hanabi thought to herself.