--: Chapter 06 – Something's Wrong… :--

Tsunade smiled as she looked down the streets of konoha, from her usual place, behind the window of her office, in the hokage tower. She saw how one certain blonde had gotten the light into his life again, in just a few days.

He was smiling, as he talked to Sasuke, who was walking next to him. Holding each other's hands, they walked through the crowded main street of Konoha, Naruto leading the way, as if Sasuke had to re-discover Konoha again.

Tsunade could see that Naruto was literally talking Sasuke deaf and the raven looked even more annoyed as always, but even from far above the street, Tsunade could see that a little smile was tugging at his lips, although she knew that if she confronted him, he would never admit it. She sighed, and turned around, sitting down on the chair at her desk, she began to work on her paperwork, which she had been postponing since the moment Sakura died, and the gacky, also known as Naruto, demanded her undivided attention.

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"Come on Sasuke, we still have to get you some new clothes, your old ones were taken away by the ANBU in order to search for you with the trained dogs." Naruto was practically skipping, while dragging Sasuke through the streets. Sasuke let him be, even though he found Naruto's behaviour rather annoying. He knew Naruto better than anyone by now, and he knew that Naruto was just excited that he was back, although he could have shown it in a different way, instead of practically dragging him through whole Konoha, while talking his ears numb.

"Hn…Dobe…" he muttered, shaking his head, as he was dragged into the first clothing shop on the list of clothing shops Naruto had decided to visit of which he didn't even want to know the length. He was pushed into a changing room as Naruto kept coming with clothes he picked. Much to Sasuke's dismay, most of them were bright orange, and he had to fit all of them, else he knew Naruto would throw a tantrum. He sighed, "This is going to be a long day…"

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Something was not right… Something was not right. She knew it.

Essupa was pacing back and forth through her room. "Something's just not right… Something's wrong, I can sense it." The course of spiritual energy had changed in the spiritworld right after Sasuke made his appearance, which indicated something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it. "What's so different than before, looking at the past and present, Sasuke doesn't seem to have changed at all…"

Sakura had even come to visit her, but something was wrong with the ghost girl, even she didn't know what was going on, all she could say about the matter was that Sasuke was not who he was supposed to be.

Suddenly, it struck Essupa like a blow in the face, "he didn't change… he went through a kidnapping by the Akatsuki, which probably involved torture, happened to him, and he didn't change… no psychological or physical trauma… nothing…" She said quietly, throwing a brief glance out of the window. She snapped out of her thoughts as a soft knock could be heard from the other side of the door of her hotel room, "Come in…"

"Essupa-san, you have to come to the Hokage's Tower immediately, Tsunade-sama wants to see you." Shizune said as she walked into the room, closing the door behind her.

"I'll go in a minute, but first, I need to ask you something, Shizune-san…" Essupa sat down on the bed, once again, throwing a brief glance outside the window. Without waiting for Shizune's answer, she went on, "Haven't you noticed that Sasuke's behaving strangely lately?"

"What do you mean, he's been acting like he always does…" Shizune threw a not understanding glance at Essupa, before sitting down on the bed next to her.

"That's it what bothers me, he's been kidnapped, taken away from Naruto, to not be seen for months, then suddenly comes back out of the blue, with some weird story that he doesn't remember very well what happened, and acts like nothing has happened at all…" Essupa looked Shizune straight in the eyes, before standing up, "Do not share this information with anybody else, I need to run some more tests first."

Shizune was still deep in thought about what Essupa had said after she had left for the Hokage's Tower. It was against dusk that Shizune had finally noticed her surroundings and that she was still in Essupa's room, before she decided to leave.

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"Tsunade-sama, you wanted to see me?" The sudden interruption of the silence by Essupa's voice startled Tsunade a little, as she had been too focussed on her work to actually hear the door opening and closing again when Essupa came in.

"Huh-ah! Yes, yes I did Essupa-san, please take a seat." Tsunade said, as she stood up in policy and pointed at the chair right in front of the desk. Essupa walked over to the desk, and sat down on the seat Tsunade had been pointing at. Once Essupa was seated, Tsunade sat down herself, "We got a request of the Village hidden in the Mist, to command you to return to your own town, before anything severe happens."

Essupa smirked, "They think that Konoha will use my power as an advantage to other villages, which they think will lead to the fourth Shinobi war, am I correct?" She asked that, even though she already knew the answer, the spirits were already telling her what was going on, and she already knew the decision that had been made. "I must say I don't think it's convenient to have to go at a time like this, just when I'm suspecting something's wrong with Sasuke…"

Tsunade's eyes narrowed at that remark, "What do you mean?"

"It's really weird, because for once, even the spirits don't know what's going on, the Akatsuki has managed to really keep their operation secret from the world, even from the world beyond. I don't know what exactly is wrong with Sasuke, but something's not alright." Essupa suddenly felt somebody else's chakra enter the room, and from the way it behaved, it was a Water-shinobi. She smirked, "I guess my taxi has arrived… I can't provide you any further help, Tsunade, but I think you should let Hyuuga Neji investigate this, I'm sure he has an advantage with his Byakuugan."

Standing up, she bowed at Tsunade, "It was nice to be in Konoha Tsunade-sama, but as you know, I must return home now. Let our paths cross once again in the future."

Tsunade stood up as well, as she bowed at Essupa, "The pleasure was all mine Essupa-san, yes, I'd love if our paths would cross once more, but until that time, I bid you goodbye."

Essupa made another bow as she bid Tsunade goodbye, before taking off with the water shinobi, who was temporarily left forgotten in the background.

Once Essupa was gone, a worried grimace crossed Tsunade's face, "Something wrong with Sasuke, huh… I can't ignore this information," Normally, Tsunade would have wove it off saying that it was the person's own problem, but now, the brat was involved, and even though she would never admit it, she was worried about him.

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Naruto woke up the next day to a still sleeping Sasuke at his side. He smiled, as his hand softly stroked through the raven coloured locks of his boyfriend. He sighed peacefully, as he was waiting for Sasuke to wake up, until his stomach started growling.

First Naruto thought it was out of hunger, until his stomach started to twist, and make motions to throw out it contents. He stood up, and ran for the bathroom, making it just in time to not make a mess all over the floor while his stomach threw out all its contents.

Sasuke's eyes snapped open when he heard his boyfriend throwing up in the bathroom next to the bedroom. Sighing, he got up and walked over to the bathroom, finding his boyfriend slumped over the toilet, "Are you okay, dobe?" He asked, with a hint of concern in his voice, though he'd never admit it.

Naruto looked up at his boyfriend, and Sasuke mentally noted that Naruto did look a little pale, "Yeah, think so, maybe it was something it was something I ate."

Sasuke wanted to answer that statement, but was cut off by I second spurt of puking. Trying to soothe Naruto, he rubbed his back, letting Naruto easily finish, before standing up, "Come on, you should brush your teeth, I don't think the taste of stomach acids is a great taste to have in your mouth, and go to bed, I'll make you a light breakfast."

Naruto's eyes suddenly got the size of saucers, "Really?" He asked, almost ready to pinch himself to check if he really wasn't dreaming.

"Yes really, now come on, go back to bed, if you're sick then it's the best that you get better as soon as possible so you can carry out missions again." Sasuke helped his boyfriend up, and led him to the bed. Once Naruto was in bed and tucked in, he went downstairs to make breakfast, only to have someone from the ANBU waiting for him in the hallway, "Godaime-sama wishes to see you this afternoon for a full check-up, we need to see if there's really nothing wrong with your body, from the inside, and outside." The ANBU member said, looking Sasuke straight into the eyes.

"I guess I can't refuse if it's an order from the Hokage now, can I? I'll be there around 2pm. The dobe's not feeling well so I'm taking care of him first." Sasuke saw the ANBU member grimace when he mentioned Naruto's illness, "It's probably nothing serious, probably just a stomach ache."

The ANBU member nodded, "I'll tell Godaime-sama that Naruto's feeling under the weather, please let Naruto go and see her if he stays sick for longer than a week, it's still possible it is nothing but for the chance being it is, it's the best if we found out as soon as possible."

"Of course." Sasuke said, smirking at the ANBU member, "Now if you would excuse me, I was on my way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast, and you're blocking the way."

"Huh?... Oh why, yes of course, I'll say to Godaime-sama you'll be at her office at 2pm, please be there on time, you know her patience limit." Saying that, the ANBU member bowed at Sasuke, bidding him farewell, before teleporting away.

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Tsunade was doing some paper work, when the sound of a soft knock on the door filled the room, "Come in." Without looking up to see who it was, she continued her paperwork.

"You wanted to see me, Hokage-sama?" the familiarity of the voice made Tsunade look up from her work, "Ah yes, Hyuuga Neji-san, I indeed asked for you."

Neji bowed politely, before sitting down on one of the chairs in the office, "What kind of service do you need from me?"

"It might sound weird at first, but I need your Byuakugan for some medical goals, Hyuuga-san." As she had expected, she indeed got a not understanding look from Neji. She smirked, before continuing, "We have gotten some information from a reliable source that something's just not okay with Uchiha Sasuke, and I need your help to find out what."

Neji, who had been slumping over the chair a bit, sat up straight again once he saw Tsunade's gaze was fixed on him again, "And how do you need my help?"

"What can you see through your Byuakugan?"

-"Chakra flow, blood flow, aura, enemies from a few miles away, and if he has some, hidden weapons." Neji answered, going through his Byakunan techniques, "Why?"

"You'll find out soon enough, once Uchiha Sasuke comes here for his medical check-up." Saying this, Tsunade looked down at her desk, as if the material had suddenly caught her interest entirely.

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A firm knock could be heard from the door, as somewhat time later, Sasuke stepped into the room, making the traditional, greeting bow towards Tsunade, "You wanted to see me, Hokage-sama?" closing the door behind him, he walked over to the desk.

"Yes Sasuke, I wanted to see you, but first, I want to ask you how the gacky's doing, I heard he's not feeling well." Tsunade stood up from her desk and waked over to the window as always, while Neji was silently standing next to the desk, waiting for the examination to begin.

"He was feeling sick this morning, but he's already feeling better. I gave him something to eat, and some tea to relax his stomach. It seems to work, he got some colour back in his face. I think he'll be better tonight." Tsunade seemed to relax, but at the same time, a grimace crossed her face for mere seconds.

'Could the gacky's illness have something to do with Sasuke's strange behaviour?' She wondered, but decided not to ask the question out loud in front of Sasuke, if something was really wrong, then it could startle the young raven Shinobi, and make him flee, and then they'd have even more work to do, "Good, I really hope so."

Silence dawned upon the room, as Neji suddenly seemed to catch Sasuke's attention. Tsunade chuckled, "Don't worry, I just need his assistance for your medical check up, I need to run a few tests on you, and before hand, I had Sakura, but since she isn't with us anymore…" She trailed off, not finishing her sentence since she knew Sasuke was getting the point. Sasuke nodded slowly, as Tsunade advanced towards the door, opening it, she mentioned both Neji and Sasuke to follow her, "Shall we?"

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Two members of the ANBU were running through the woods, patrolling the area for any enemy ninjas, Suddenly, one of them stopped, "Did you hear that, Raidou?"

The other one, also known as Raidou, stopped as well, "Did I hear what, Genma?"

"Well, I thought I heard something rustling in the bushes…" Genma said, investigating the area they were right now. Raidou walked over to the left, and listened carefully, "There's nothing else rustling through the bushes than the wind, Genma, I'm sure you just imagined it."

"You take me for some psycho who's hallucinating and making things up, Raidou?" Genma asked his companion, a bit irritated by the remark.

"Of course not Genma, I'm just thinking, I mean, what could possibly be here that should hide in the bushes?"

-"Raidou, why are we here?" Genma asked, raising his eyebrow.

"Partol, why?"

-"exactly, we're here to investigate this area for any sort of attack on Konoha, so when I say I hear something in the bushes, it means we have to check it out!" Genma raised his voice in impatience.

Raidou sighed, how much he wanted to contradict Genma's point, he knew that for one, Genma was right, they were here to patrol, and had to investigate when there was something suspicious, and two, contradicting Genma was absolutely no use, once the man had a statement, he stood for it, wether it was Raidou contradicting, or the Hokage. "Fine, we'll go check it out."

"Thank you." Genma said smiling, any trace of his irritation and impatience instantly gone. "Now I was sure I heard it somewhere around here…" Genma walked over to the bushes, and checked them out. After a few minutes, Genma went totally pale, and his eyes widened in shock, "Oh my god! Raidou, come here, quick! Hiyaku!"

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"Once we're in the examination room, you're going to lie down on the examination table, I want to do this quick, so we can get this over with, and the three of us can return to our normal tasks." Tsunade said, walking down the hall with Neji and Sasuke, leading them to the examination room.

Once they entered the examination room, Sasuke lay down on the examination table, just as Tsunade instructed, "Good, we're going to check your chakra-flow, to see if there are any abnormalities, then, we're going to do a physical check up. Now all you have to do, is relax." Tsunade laid her hands on Sasuke's stomach, as she turned her head, and nodded at Neji, as sign that he had to activate the Byuakugan.

Neji activated the Byuakugan, while Tsunade sent out green chakra from her hands in order to scan Sasuke's chakra points for any abnormalities. In the mean time, her gaze stayed fixed on Neji, as she suddenly saw he grimaced in surprise, that was all she needed to see that something was indeed wrong with Sasuke. She stopped the chakra flow from her hands, and acted as if nothing was wrong towards Sasuke, since she didn't know what was wrong, "Okay, now Sasuke, your chakra ways seem to be fine, so I'm now going to run a test on you to see how your physical state is." She run a quick test on him, but it turned out negative, everything was totally fine with Sasuke's body. "Well, nothing wrong here, you can leave now, I have to talk to Neji… private."

Sasuke stood up from the table, he looked at Tsunade, and saw that she was acting a kind of nervous. Shrugging it off, he walked towards the door, and exited the room, closing the door behind him.

"Okay, what did you see?" Tsunade asked, once she felt Sasuke's chakra walking down the street towards the Uchiha/Uzumaki estate.

Neji looked at her with an emotionless expression, though a hint of shock could be read from his face, "Well, Hokage-sama, this might sound weird, but, I didn't see an aura of the living…"

"Which means?" Tsunade asked, already growing anexious.

"Well, it means that what we have here is Sasuke's body, with Sasuke's chakra, but it doesn't contain Sasuke's soul… it's like he's a zombie, or a ghost…"

VICTORY! Yes, I finally managed to get chapter 6 done, which I promised you long ago… yes, I'm sorry guys, I know I promised you that I'd write in the vacation, but something happened, making me unable to. My bro ended up in hospital in Slovenia, while we were in Croatia. It was food poisoning, together with something else. When we were back in Holland, we found out what, it appeared that my bro is suffering from Crohn's disease, a horrible chronic disease for which he has to take medication for the rest of his life, so at that time, I didn't really feel like writing. But now that everything has settled down, and school has begun again, I just put myself to writing again, so this was the long promised, chapter 6 of Psychic about You! I'll try to update this story every two weeks, on Saturday evening again, so stay tuned!

Btw, for the real fans, I've finally managed to draw Essupa, there's a link to the painting on my profile, if you want, go check it out