Sasuke: -raises hand- Question…

Ino: -points ruler at Sasuke- yes mister Uchiha?

Sasuke: Since when is Kakashi-Sense a valley-girl?

Ino: Since I decided it would make my readers ROTFL…

Doodle Lover: But you can't change characterization just to make it funny! Good fan fictions don't work that way!

Ino: Well my fan fiction sucks… and not the good kind of sucks… so….

Sasuke: OOOO I know what you mean…

Naruto: -elbows Sasuke in the ribs- Pervert!

Sasuke: You know you like it .

Naruto: O.o

Ino: Would you couple of little fucktarts shut the hell up so I can write the next chapter already?!

Chapter 8: The Greatest Tag-Team EVER!!

(damn… I didn't think I'd make it this far…)

There was a great crack, like the sound of a large rock denting the surface of a thick sheet of ice. Sasuke's fist hung in the air, quivering in unsuppressed anger and adrenaline. Blood dripped down his knuckles and was splattered across his left cheek. Kakashi's head flew back, his neck twisting at an unnatural angle as his body was late to follow. His whole body twisted in mid air, a trail of blood seemed to float after his nose where the Uchiha had punched him. Sasuke's eyes widened, he was not expecting his own volatile reaction, impulse had gripped his muscles in his moment of ecstasy and he had bludgeoned the face of his sense. The white haired man staggered to his feet; aside from a dark stain of blood on his mask and the disfigured shape of his obviously broken nose, Kakashi seemed unscathed.

"Now now Sasuke. Who was it who taught you to strike your instructor like that? Obviously wasn't me now was it?" Kakashi taunted. Naruto's eyes narrowed and his teeth clenched. The blond knew very well that Sasuke had not intended to hit their sense, but he felt insulted by Kakashi's words. "Was it Orochimaru who taught you? You have spent an awful long time with him haven't you?" Some filament of tolerance burned out in Naruto's brain; he felt some impulse to defend Sasuke from the biting truths woven by their sense's sharp tongue.

Kakashi's head jerked forward so he was staring at his feet. He stood there slouched, eye fixed on the ground before falling face first into the grass. A second Naruto stood behind him, his fist where Kakashi's head had been only moments ago. The doppelganger vanished in a puff of smoke. The blond glared furiously at the white haired man collapsed before him, his teeth gritted and his fists clenched so tight his nails dug into his own skin.

Sasuke stood to the left of the furious blond, horror struck, sure he had been angry with their sense, but now he lay in an unconscious heap at their feet… The blond still didn't quite register the situation, his filament of tolerance was still under repair. An eerie wind blew through the trees, shaking the autumn leaves ever so slightly. Even the fangirls were silent. The silence was so pure, Sasuke herd Naruto's heart skip a beat as the shock poured through the blonds head.

"What have I…" Naruto whispered half to himself, but his words were cut off as he felt sick for a moment and fell face first onto the ground, completely immobilized. He was only aware of the soft thud of Sasuke joining him on the ground as his consciousness slipped away.

--WTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTFWTF--

Naruto blinked his eyes open, adjusting them to the bright beam of light that seemed to fall only on him. His first idea was that he was being called to the great beyond, but when he tried to stand, he fell back down on his ass. It took his braid a bit to recover, but it always did take a while… Naruto's hands were in a large thick pair of handcuffs which kept his hands bound together behind his back. There was something linked to the cuffs, something heavy, like a ball and chain. He tried to stand again, but the weight pulled him down and he landed hard on his ass.

"That's obviously not working… dobe"

Naruto's head whipped around, he hadn't realized what it was exactly he was bound to. I can't tell you whether he was more shocked or relieved to see the raven on the other end of his chain.

A man clad in a beige hooded cloak and a painted cat mask stepped forward out of the ring of darkness that surrounded the shaft of light where Naruto and Sasuke were bound. The man was clearly from Anbu and stood to their side to address both ninjas equally. His voice was low, but quiet and menacing, the kind of voice that comes from an expressionless face. Sasuke could tell, even with the mask hiding the man's face.

"Uzumaki Naruto," The blond raised his head, "and Uchiha Sasuke," he began. "You are charged with assault on an Anbu officer and treason against The Hidden Leaf Village…"

There was a blinding light that seemed to strike Sasuke in the face as hard as any fist. There was a loud slam and a tremulous noise as two double doors were flung open and the light from outside poured into the Uchiha's face. He squinted his eyes as they adjusted to the increased light and he begun to be able to make out a silhouetted figure in the doorway. As his eyes became fully adjusted, Lady Tsunade came into clear view as she strode urgently toward the Anbu ninja. The two exchanged critical hushed words, audible to neither Sasuke nor Naruto. The busty woman then turned to the two bound ninjas, a look of what appeared to be anger was burned into her eyes.

"Sasuke, Naruto? I understand you two managed to defeat Hatake Kakashi in combat this morning…" Naruto's head strained to look Tsunade strait on.

"What do you mean 'defeated him in combat' that other guy said…"

"That other guy was not informed of Kakashi's secret mission until now you little brat!" Tsunade leaned her face intimidatingly close to Naruto's and poked her finger at his nose.

"What are you talking about grandma? What secret mission"

Tsunade sighed at the thickheaded blond. "You could have just let me get you out of Anbu interrogation and explain it all in my office, but you insist on me explaining it here…"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever granny, just what's the big idea?"

"After hearing of your… relationship… with Sasuke, I feared I would lose two valuable ninja. So I sent out Kakashi to keep an eye on you two and to test your skills in combat as a team. Needless to say you have accomplished something now that you are together, that you have never been able to accomplish apart, even through teamwork. I must say, I am extremely impressed with the result of your… togetherness… and have decided that you are to hereby carry out all missions together as Konoha's greatest tag-team ever!"

Naruto's jaw just dropped…