Naruto had been awake for two hours now and the sun was beaming brightly through the open window. There was no breeze today, as the curtains of his hospital room were motionless. The room was silent when it came on the decision of what to do about their two new guests. Kakashi simply stared lazily out the window Naruto couldn't work out if he was thinking deeply or just day dreaming. Tsunade however stared hardly at Naruto, the kind of look a parent would give a child who had done something wrong.
What lasted only minutes seemed like hours to everyone in the room. Eventually Naruto burst out with "Well Sasuke's going to be a Leaf-Nin again isn't he?" Tsunade now looked angry. She stood up "Dammit Naruto," she said furiously "Sasuke was a rouge Nin, he was a member of the goddamn Akatsuki, he was powerful enough to take down both Itachi Uchiha AND Orochimaru and of all the things you could've done you brought him back here! We don't even know if he will even want to re-join the Hidden Leaf Ninja. And then there's his little companion," she swiftly turned to Kakashi, who still stared out the window which earned him a prompt backhand across the room. This seemed to get his full attention as he looked up from the floor at a rather angry Tsunade, like a puppy which had just been severely startled.
"Sorry," Kakashi murmured as Tsunade turned back to Naruto. "So then," she continued scolding Naruto "what do you recommend we do?" She stared hard at Naruto who slowly slid down in his bed. Suddenly Kakashi leapt up and darted over to the Hokage and began whispering in her ear. When he finished Tsunade looked at him aghast. "You can't be serious?" She said startled "It's too dangerous," she still looked at Kakashi and he replied simply "It's either that or keep them prisoner for God knows how many years. It's the safest option we have." Tsunade shook her head and Naruto eventually couldn't stand the secrets. He finally burst out "What the hell are you guys talking about?" Tsunade returned her focus to Naruto and shook her head. "It's a very risky procedure, and is only used as a last resort." Naruto still didn't understand. "Well," he said impatiently "what is it?" Tsunade looked gravel out the window. "You are familiar with the ANBU secret extracting technique, aren't you?" Naruto nodded, remembering having gone through It once before, during a sequence of events while he was still a young ninja. "Yeah, what about it?" Naruto was confused even more now. "Well, you know, then, that it dips inside the mind and rummages through the secrets of that individual. Well by using a similar technique you can go into someone's head and edit the way they view different things, change what they like and dislike how they feel at different times. It is considered to be a highly unethical, but I think Kakashi's right. We're going to have to change how Sasuke and his friend feel about this village, and make them want to re-join us."
Naruto turned started to feel rather sickly, the idea of someone changing exactly who you are scared and, of course, confused him. "Told you it was unethical," said Tsunade rather matter-of-factly, noticing Naruto's discomfort. She continued "yes it seems that is the only option, or we can execute, and believe me we do not want that; we'd be overrun by a hoard of angry Sasuke fan girls and not even the ANBU and the entire village forces couldn't with stand that." She shuddered at the thought. "So that's settled, I'll go gather a team of ANBU and medical-nin to get this over with. Kakashi stay here with Naruto, we'll let you have visitors when the procedure is over."
Before Naruto could voice any kind of objections Tsunade swept out of the hospital room, locking the door behind her. The room stayed silent, suddenly, with all of the excitement gone, Naruto's injuries started to kick in, and slowly he drifted off into sleep, leaving Kakashi, who was happily reading one of the Icha Icha books.
Five minutes after leaving Naruto and Kakashi, Tsunade had been joined by Shizune and a five strong team of ANBU black ops. They briskly made their way to the opposite end of the hospital to Naruto and Kakashi and the sun was beginning to set as a cool breeze blew gently through the windows. They eventually found a room. It had two ANBU guards stationed beside it and a thick iron door. Tsunade gave a quick snap of her fingers and the two ANBU guards simultaneously unlocked and opened the door. The vast change between the room and the corridor was unbelievable. Inside was mostly stone and there were no windows, resulting in a cool, dark room. In the middle were two beds which had two people strapped to them. One was a rather unconscious Sasuke Uchiha, who was covered vastly in bandages, and the other a rather agitated Suigetsu Hōzuki, who was attempting to wriggle out the anti-chakra clamps which held him to the bed.
Upon realising that someone was now in the room Suigetsu stopped struggling and started shouting at the Hokage. "Who do you think you are?" He yelled, his temper obviously flared "You let me and Sasuke go right now, or I swear I'm going to cut some bitches!" This obviously annoyed Tsunade as she turned and gave a glare capable of turning a soul to stone out of fear. "Shut up you annoying little brat," she hissed "I know exactly who you are and all of your techniques, you're in the bingo book you idiot. No I'm about to do you and Sasuke a favour, or I can execute you both, which would you prefer, live or die?" She continued glaring at him until he eventually said quite forlornly "Live."
"Good," said a somewhat more relaxed Tsunade "now then." She rubbed her hands together and then suddenly gave Suigetsu a clean right hook to the chin, instantly knocking him out. Shizune look at her shocked and said "You know we have drugs which can knock him out here too?" Tsunade smirked and said simply "This way is far more satisfying." The ANBU team entered the room from the corridor and began setting their positions around the two unconscious boys. They stood each with their palms above one of the two boys head and suddenly a dim blue glow began shimmering above their heads. "Leave, Shizune," Said Tsunade forcefully "you aren't needed here." Shizune left and as she began walking down the corridor she heard the iron door slam shut as the two ANBU guards secured the room.
It was 11 o'clock the next day before Naruto woke, sleeping near 24 hours was nothing new to him but this wasn't a pleasant sleep like he was used to, this was more of a forced, tired sleep which made him wake up in a rather grumpy mood, however this was changed when he woke to find Kakashi still there, usually he would have left to go home by now but here he was, sitting still reading his Icha Icha book. "Kakashi sensei?" Said Naruto, who was now a little confused. Kakashi lifted his free eye from his book and lazily replied "Oh, you're awake, don't worry, we're locked in here, Tsunade doesn't want word that there are two ex Akatsuki members here in the village, it could cause a panic. So we're being held in here until further notice." Kakashi sank his eye back to his book; things were starting to make a little more sense to Naruto.
"What about Sasuke?" said Naruto, quietly. Kakashi stilled fixed on his book said "Last I checked they had gone strong on that brainwashing technique overnight and they're due to be finished by around in a couple of hours." Naruto was slightly annoyed by this, it meant he wouldn't get to see Sasuke for at least the rest of the day. Noticing this Kakashi continued "Don't let it upset you Naruto; you will have plenty of time to see him when you're both recovered, until then rest."
Naruto was quickly comforted by this and he once again fell into a deep sleep. This time he dreamt. He saw himself, Sasuke and Sakura, all having fun and laughing and enjoying themselves, he had had this dream many times, only this time it wasn't a dream that saddened Naruto, it excited him, because soon things could be like this again, and life would be good. However the dream was ended suddenly when he felt himself get a harsh stinging slap to the face. He awoke to see Sakura standing over him. "YOU STUPID, INCONSIDERATE BASTARD!" She screamed. Suddenly she planted a soft kiss on Naruto's cheek and whispered in his ear "Thank you, Naruto."
End of chapter 2. Well urm, not much to say really, things will get more exciting (I hope) and well I hope enjoyed this chapter. Chapter 3 should be up soon because I've finished school so I have way more time to update. Keep reading! - Nick