"Excuse me?" Tsunade asked she had to make sure she had heard right
"We said we have made the decision that either the Uchiha is killed or one of his former team mates that is the punishment we are going to pass and it is not going to change" Tsunade wanted to scream she couldn't believe it
"I understand the kill off Uchiha but harming one of his team mates, innocent team mates at that?" she asked the council nodded
"We want your decision by the end of tomorrow or we will decide for you" they said with that Tsunade nodded and left heading for the high security room Sasuke was locked in when she arrived it was to see that the rest of team 7 was there all 4 waiting for the judgement.
"They are really being sadistic" she said all four waited in silence
"I have a choice to make. Sasuke or one of the other members of the team" she explained Naruto looked horrified at the thought and shocked everyone by breaking down
"What's wrong Naruto?" she asked
"its because of me I know what they want they want you to choose one of us and to then pick me they want rid of me" he sobbed, Tsunade suddenly understood and called a council meeting taking team 7 with her she barged in her face livid
"I see what your game is you want me to put Naruto in Sasuke's place" the looks on the council members faces was enough to see that she was right she went to speak but Sasuke beat her to it
"I won't allow it" several heads turned to the raven haired boy to stare
"It's not fair, not fair to punish an innocent person" he said
"That boy is anything but innocent" one member of the council shot out
"Tell me please what it is he is guilty of?" Sasuke requested
"Because I would love to know" he added, no one replied Naruto looked down to the floor and stayed quiet for probably the first time in his life, he didn't want anyone to tell only Sasuke, Kakashi and the Hokage knew
"Why? Why am I guilty of anything, I was just a baby, I dint make the choice." Naruto said a hand gripping his belly where everyone but Sakura knew the seal was.
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"It's not going to happen so drop it" she said before also leaving Sakura looked confused,
"I don't understand" she said, Kakashi didn't help he just began following where the other three had gone…
2 hours later in Tsunade's office
"Ok here's the plan, Sasuke Naruto you two are going on a mission I received earlier today from an old friend of mine, your going on it because its a long term mission and it will get you away from the village while we sort this mess out." Sasuke and Naruto nodded
"Details?" Sasuke asked
"On the Scroll" she replied throwing two scrolls one to Sasuke and one to Naruto,
"There's one more thing, that's not on that scroll" both the boys looked up,
"For this mission you both need to be a little.... more officially qualified..." she said throwing two ANBU uniforms to the boys,
"As of now you are both ANBU of the hidden leaf village, go get packed up read the scrolls and meet back here in 1 hour" Naruto's mouth was hanging open in shock as he stared at the porcelain mask designed to look like a fox that was on top of the pile of clothes he was holding he numbly nodded then turned to leave, Sasuke following behind
"Oh and one more thing" the boys turned around beginning to get sick of the 'one more thing'
"Confess already" If they where shocked they didn't show it, but both left in silence...
As they walked through the village both where processing what they had been told, Naruto was still shocked about his becoming ANBU because it meant he was one step closer to his dream, but they last thing Tsunade has said was still playing on their minds as well. Naruto turned his sights on Sasuke, his best friend, Naruto would openly admit that he liked Sasuke as somewhat more than a friend, but he never once believed that Sasuke might like him back, after all the teme who was his best friend had his own dreams to fulfil one of those dreams could not be fulfilled if he was with Naruto, he looked ahead muttered a goodbye and wondered off towards his apartment that they where just passing by.
Sasuke barely registered Naruto's muttered goodbye also too lost in his own thoughts to notice that he was even alone, 'I don't really care about my clan, I could live without them if it meant having Naruto' with that single thought line Sasuke decided, he was going to make Naruto his.
1 hour later outside the Hokage tower
Sasuke arrived back at the same time as Naruto and before the blonde could even register that he was even there pulled him off to one side out of the way, Naruto went to shout at him but Sasuke was quick to cover his mouth
"Be quiet and hear me out Dobe" Sasuke took a deep breath
"Ok I have been thinking about what Tsunade said, well I was thinking about it before she even mentioned it, and well she was right, I like you Naru, more than a best friend should, but I don't care I want to be with you, and if you say what about my clan I will hit you so hard I will have to carry your unconscious body to the mission" Sasuke let everything out then slowly removed his hand Naruto didn't speak to begin with
"Sasuke, she was right when she said it to me too, I like you too, and after you said that about your clan I'm over everything that was stopping me from saying yes I want to be with you too" with than Naruto gave Sasuke a quick gentle kiss on his lips and walked off leaving a slightly shocked Sasuke to catch up, when he did he grabbed Naruto's hand and held it tight mentally noting that it felt so right, Naruto's hand seemed to fit in his perfectly with that they both entered the Hokage's office.
4 hours later
Sasuke sighed and leaned against the wall beside Naruto in what was supposedly a kitchen in a place called grummand place he glanced to his left where Naruto was also leaning against the wall, watching what was going on. Two people where arguing Dumbledore their employer and a man called Sirius who was apparently their charges godfather
"Harry is more than capable of taking care of himself why have guards?" he asked
"Furthermore, guards whose faces we can't see and from the looks of things are about the same age of not younger than Harry himself." He added before Dumbledore could say anything, the others in the room nodded in agreement
"Sirius does have a point" a red haired woman who they knew was called Mrs Weasly said, Dumbledore turned to Sasuke and Naruto, would you please come over here so we can introduce formally, without masks as the other members of the order should know what your unmasked selves look like since you will be undercover at the school"
Sasuke sighed
"This goes against every protocol in the book, I can't believe I am doing this" he grumbled, Naruto placed a hand on Sasuke's shoulder
"Don't worry we can sort it out, besides we probably wont even end up here again and if the need be we can do a mass memory wipe jutsu" Sasuke nodded and sighed before reaching up and removing his mask, Naruto doing the same beside him
"I'm Sasuke Uchiha" Sasuke stated
"Naruto Uzumaki" Naruto followed with, Sirius's eyes went wide
"How old are you?"
"I turned 15 a couple of weeks ago and Naruto turns 15 in October" Sasuke stated, receiving shocked looks from several people
"You are too young to be doing magic outside of school" Mr Weasly stated, Sasuke sighed again now beginning to feel like Shikamaru with all his sighing.
"ok, look, by all laws and jurisdictions from our home we have been legally adults since we where 11 when we graduated the ninja academy, since then we have been on countless missions from the simple thing of washing someone's clothes to going out on a mission that could potentially get us killed, this is one of those missions, the lack of details given for this mission and your refusal to give us any more information makes this mission frustratingly difficult giving it a rank of ss rank, the lack of details could get us killed, and this is what I have to point out, from what we have heard this Harry person you are talking about apparently has a rather big mission to fulfil, however if it comes to my attention or Naruto's attention that one of us could be harmed or killed its our duty to each other as fellow shinobi of the hidden leaf village as well as being my boyfriend that I have to protect him meaning if the need be I wont hesitate to kill this dark lord you are talking about as well, do I make my self clear" Sasuke finished with a glare that told everyone that if they dared say anything against what he had just said they would be in for serious trouble, Naruto had also nodded in agreement with what Sasuke had said about the duty to protect telling everyone that the same applied for him as well. There was a shocked silence for several moments while everyone processed what had been said, and then something clicked in Sirius's head
"Wait, did you just say boyfriend?" Sasuke glared again and nodded
"Got a problem?" Sirius shook his head,
"No none at all, but I can't promise that the kids at the school wont" Sasuke shrugged
"They don't bother me" he stated, Naruto beside him tried unsuccessfully to stifle a yawn,
"I'm sorry for keeping you after such a long journey but Harry and the others should be arriving shortly."
45 minuets later
And Sasuke and Naruto where finally trudging up the stairs with a tired Harry, Ron and Hermione following behind them, they had been introduced as foreign exchange students to the three and where suddenly shoved to the side into a room with one double bed and a bunk bed
"This is your room boys" Mrs Weasly said before closing the door and taking the girls to their room.
Naruto yawned widely and flopped down onto the bed asleep before he landed, Sasuke scoffed
"Stupid Dobe," Sasuke shook his head then began pulling off Naruto's clothes. Leaving him in his boxers before striping himself down and climbing in to bed himself
"Good night" he stated and also quickly dropped off to sleep; Harry and Ron shared a look shrugged and also went to bed.