Chapter Six
"Fine. We'll release him," Tsunade finally relented, cracking under the pressure.
"Are you serious, old hag? You really, really, REALLY mean it?" Naruto asked with stars in his eyes, holding both of his hands in anticipation. Tsunade smiled. She hated the nickname, but coming from Naruto...well, he was so silly. Who could take him so seriously?
"Why not?" she mused, "yes, I admit, he's dangerous enough as he is, but he seems...able...with you around. Just don't let him wander off away from us again."
"I won't!" he promises with a cheer, already making a mad dash to the door. Before he steps out, she says,
"Oh, one more thing, gaki," she says sternly, "On the condition he won't harm anybody, including our village-" she's interrupted by a loud voice.
"-I know, I know. Geez, grans. As long as I'm here, he wouldn't hurt a fly!" he salutes, and is already out before she can say another word.
'And what if you're not? Will hell freeze over?' she asks, as she signs yet another file on her desk. 'Hopefully I won't be around to see it.' Sighing, she leans back and looks at the portrait of her, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, and Minato Namikaze with his wife, Kushina.
'Let's hope I made the right choice.'
"You again?" Sasuke asks, as Naruto opens the cell door with a pair of keys. He smiles sitting across from Sasuke on a cot. He folds his hands together, and leans forward. "I bet you're wondering why I'm here." he states the obvious. 'Might as well go out with it already.'
"I really wasn't," Sasuke mutters under his breath, still looking past his chakra restrainers to stare at Naruto with red eyes. "Ok, so," he starts, "you're gonna go free, teme! Aren't you excited?" he asked with pizzazz. Sasuke scowls.
"Not as much as you are. What did you do this time to let me go? Ask the hokage?" Sasuke raises a brow, crossing his arms, and Naruto can't help but smile.
"Ahh hah ha, you got me!" Naruto chuckles, scratching the back of his head with one hand. "Granny agreed. She said stuff like 'blah blah blah I'll let you take Sasuke home blah blah blah. Which means, in Uzumaki language, I can take you with me to see the world! Together!'
"Hmph. Figures your own clan is just as dumb as you are. Alright, I'll go with you, deadlast. Let's go to my house and sort things out!" he declares to himself, and stumbles over, but Naruto catches him. Sasuke, embarassed, stands up again and they walk out of the dark dungeons.
"I'm half-blind, so lead the way, dobe."
"On it!" Naruto swings his arms, holding Sasuke's in his.
Maybe life like this wasn't so bad, after all.