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Life As A Fox
Chapter 10: Will Konoha accept a traitor?
By: Passionate-Eyes

Notes: “Talking”
‘Thoughts’
[‘Demon Thoughts’]
[Demon/Summon Speech]
JUTSU (description)

Hinata: “That’s your daughter?!” everyone turned to look at her. The only response she received from Sasuke was a nod. She was amazed that someone like Sasuke had a daughter, but even more surprised because that the girl was three years old.

Sasuke: “I know what your thinking, ‘but she’s three years old and I’m only 17’ right?”
He was making his way back to the group with his daughter in his arms. The girl still had a few tears coming down her cheeks, but to Hinata’s surprise, she had calmed down greatly. “What can I say, other than we were in love, and I guess that the two of us didn’t care about our age difference.”

Naruto: “Heck! What the two of did would be considered immoral and disgusting by most people.” There was a lot of sarcasm in his voice. “I mean, how old was she, 26? But you both still didn’t care.”

Sasuke: “Yeah,” his voice sounded like it did when he calmed down Sakuya earlier, “it’s been really hard for me to raise Sakuya on my own.”

Hinata: “Wait, you’ve been raising her on you own?” she sounded very concerned, “What happened to her mother?” both Sasuke and, surprisingly, Naruto suddenly got a saddened look on her face. Everyone remained quiet. The only thing that could be heard was Sakuya’s soft crying.

Sara: “Alright then, I think it’s time for us to take our leave.” Both her and Pain began to put on their straw hats. She turned to leave while Pain turned to Naruto and handed him the bloody bag that he was carrying.

Pain: “Fox, I trust you know what to tell cat.”

Naruto: “Yeah, I’ll make sure to tell her everything. I’ll make sure to have a response within a week.” For once, he sounded as serious as he did a few hours ago.

Pain: “Make sure that snake is the one to give the Hokage the heads. He can use them as a bargaining chip to remove his missing-nin status.”

Naruto: “Wait, your telling me that he’s staying? But you do know that he’s on the ‘kill on sight’ order.”

Sasuke: *sigh* “And here I thought that this idiot had gained some brains over the years.” He turned to him. “Listen ‘BOSS’,”

Hinata: “WHAT?!” everyone turned to her as she had a surprised look on her face, but she merely turned to Naruto, “YOU’RE HIS BOSS?”

Sasuke: “Well, he is sort of my boss. We’ll explain it later, but for know just drop it.” He sounded as though he was tired of explaining. “Naruto, did you forget the I have the same type of uniform that you and the others have.”

Naruto: “Soooo, what’s your point?” Hinata had started to giggle out just funny her newly found boyfriend looked when he had a confused look on his face.

Pain: *heavy sigh* “It means that he will be able to hide his identity with his uniform, BAKA!” he finished by giving Naruto a nice smack to the back of the head. “I still don’t know how I can always lose to you when we sparred.”

Naruto: “Yeah, yeah, I’ll give you our answer in a week.” And with this, both Pain and Sara left in a puff of smoke. Leaving the three teens and young girl alone.
(A/N: >.> no idea what I meant by this)

Sakuya: “Does this mean tha I hav to wear tha bwankie again?” the girl looked at her father with a questioning look on her face.

Sasuke: “Yes, it means that you have to wear that blankie and hat again.” His voice was full of a softness that only a father could provide. He started to pull out a small cloak and hat from under his cloak.

Sakuya: “Aww, but it gets too hot under there.” She said this with a pout on her face that could put others in a position to get her what she wanted. It obviously didn’t work on her father who only gave her one response.

Sasuke: “If you don’t wear them, you won’t get any dessert tonight, and we’re having your favorite,” he, without a doubt, knew just which buttons to push on his daughter.

Sakuya: “You mean?” she had a surprised look on her face.

Sasuke: “That’s right, chocolate éclairs stuffed with strawberry filling.” He stated with in an as-a-matter-a-fact voice. With this, the girl snatched the clothes out of her father’s hand and began to put them on.

Hinata: ‘Wow she must really love them.’ *sigh* ‘I wonder what it would be like to have kids.’ She turned to look at Naruto who was looking at her with a blush on his face.

Naruto: ‘I wonder when me and Hinata will have kids?’ he had turned to look at her in an attempt to picture her holding his son or daughter. He saw that she turned to face him. The two off them just stared into the other’s eyes.

NaruHina: ‘I wonder if she/he was thinking the same thing.’ The two of them just continued to stare into each other eyes, but quickly turned away when someone ruined the moment with his laughter.

Sasuke “HAHAHAHAHA, you look ridiculous Sakuya-chan!” on the floor holding his sides from the strain it took on him to laugh as hard as he did. Naruto and Hinata turned to see the girl. She had hat on her face and was wearing her cloak inside out and backwards unfortunately, Sasuke accidentally gave her one of his spare cloaks. Naruto tried with all his might to keep from laughing, but failed miserably when he fell and held his sides as he began to laugh along with Sasuke. Hinata merely giggled.

Sakuya: “Hey, what’s so funny?” she was completely confused. Hinata finally got control of her giggling and managed to fix her clothing with one of the girl’s cloaks that Sasuke had taken out. “Than koo.”

Hinata: ‘KAWAII, SO CUTE!’
(P-E: KAWAII, SO CUTE! …Oops, back to the story.)

The girls clothing now looked exactly like her father’s clothing. The only difference was that her number was different. Instead of having the crimson red nine, instead, she had a violet number seven in the same spots that her father had the number nine. Hinata was about to ask why her number was different but decided not to as the girl ran up to her father. Him and Naruto still had a few in their eyes tears from all the laughing they had done.

- - - - - - - - -Back in Konoha- - - - - - - -

Kakashi was passing his day off by reading the latest edition of his favorite book, Make-Out Paradise. He had just gotten off a long A-Class mission and was enjoying his day off. His wife on the other hand, had different plans for the day. It had surprised everyone when he asked for her hand in marriage, it was even more surprising on who it was that he asked. Even though they had been married for two years, the two never really seemed to have any time for each other since they returned from their two-week honeymoon. When one of them finally had a day off the other was out on a mission. Today was the day that his wife was looking forward to, since they both finally had the day off.

???: “Hey Kakashi,” she called to him in the most exotic voice she had, “why don’t you stop reading that book and do some of the things in it.”

Kakashi: “Oh really,” he turned to face her, “and just which things would those be, Anko dear?” she walked up to him and turned the pages to what she was talking about.

Anko: “Like the ones in this chapter,” she had a small blush on her face, “and I know that you like to be in costumes.”

She knew exactly what worked on her husband. Even more since she was also a fan of the same book. So they both had a very good understanding on just how they could please each other. She had wanted to make the first move but he beat her to the punch. He had removed his mask and began to kiss her. She had jumped in surprise but returned his kiss. They were both sent into the moment as they explored the others mouth. Their moment, however, was cut short as someone began to knock on their door.

Anbu: “Kakashi-san, Lady Hokage needs to speak to you!” The Anbu sounded very serious. Kakashi was about to continue with his wife until they both heard the rest of the Anbu’s words. “It concerns one of you students, Naruto Uzumaki!”

Anko knew that their little adventure was over. She had learned a great deal about the boy in the two years she has been married to Kakashi. She had even talked to the boy a few times. He was someone that would die to protect those he held dear to him. He told her about his dream and the reasons for his dream. She looked at the boy as though he were her little brother. This is why she got just as worried as her husband.

-Later-

The two jounin stood before the Hokage. Both with serious looks on their faces, at least it looked like Kakashi had a serious face on, but who could tell. Tsunade was surprised that the two of them had decided to come. She had a slightly confused look on her face

Kakashi: “What is it Lady Hokage?”

Tsunade: “Nothing, anyways, to business. Earlier today, Naruto and Hinata were attacked by a group of cloud Nin, but don’t worry, their alive. I’d tell you which hospital bed they’re in, but they went with two shinobi that appeared to be from another village. Apparently, Naruto met them during his training with Jiraiya.”

Kakashi: “Do you know why he followed them?” he was getting worried. ‘Just what could he have gotten into during his training?’

Tsunade: “It appears that they had business with both Naruto and Hinata. They left to discuss some private matters.”

Anko: “AND YOU LET THEM GO JUST LIKE THAT!” she was pissed.

Kakashi: “Calm down Anko, remember, Naruto went. He won’t go with anyone he didn’t trust without a fight.”

Anko: “AND WHAT ABOUT HINATA! SHE’S A HYUGA1 DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT SHE’D BE SAFE IF CLOUD JUST ATTACKED EARLIER TODAY!” Everyone knew that cloud has been after the secret of the Byakugan for years and years, but they had always failed.

Tsunade: “You don’t have to worry about that.” This statement brought a questioning look to Anko’s face. “It appears that the idiot finally noticed the girls feelings for him. Not only that, it appeared the he’s had the very same feelings for her for quite some time.” She finished with a grin on her face.

Kakashi: “So that’s why you let them go,”

Tsunade: “Yes, you both know that when he finds something precious to him, he’ll do everything in his power to protect it. In this case, it’s Hinata.”

Anko: “Okay, so that’s explains why you let them go. But who are the people you let them go with?” she had calmed down enough to ask.

Tsunade: “The four of them will be returning within the hour. Kakashi, I want you to wait for them and act as an escort.”

Kakashi: “Why do they need an escort?”

Tsunade: “It appears the Naruto’s friends are survivors of the village hidden in the sun.”

Kakashi: “I understand. Anko,” he turned to his wife, “wait for me back home.”

Anko: “Bu-“ she was suddenly cut off.

Kakashi: “If what Lady Tsunade says is true, herself, Naruto, and myself are the only ones who could fight them off.”

Anko: “Alright,” she turned to leave, but not before she glanced back at her husband, “I’ll be waiting for you.” She said this in a sultry voice that could melt the coldest of ice.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elsewhere- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Chihiro: “So you delivered the message to the two of them?” the mysterious woman was speaking to two of her strongest students.

8-tail: “Yes, your message has been delivered.”

6-tail: “He reported that they should have a decision for us within a week.”

Chihiro: “Good, return to your posts until further notice.”

8-tail: “HAI!”
6-tail: “HAI!”

With that the two of them disappeared and returned to their post.

Chihiro: ‘So fox, what will your mate’s decision be? And will it be one that helps the two of you? I guess I’ll have to wait a week for me to find out.’

- - - - - - - - - - -Back with the three teens and young girl- - - - - - - - - - - - - -

The four of them were making their way back towards Konoha. Sakuya was riding horsy on her father’s shoulders. Naruto and Hinata were walking hand in hand talking about each other’s pasts. They both learned that they lived very similar lives. Him hated by a majority of the village most of his life while she was looked down upon by most of her clan because they all thought she was weak. They both knew that she wasn’t weak, and she definitely showed it when she fought with Itachi one-on-one in order to give they guys some time to prepare their attacks.

It wasn’t until Sasuke put down Sakuya when they noticed that they were nearing the village gates. Sasuke brought out his hat and put in on. With this Naruto took the lead and began to lead the way. They entered the gates without any problems, at least, until Kakashi appeared in front the four of them. He looked at the two in the cloaks questionably but shook it off. Thinking that they were the two that Tsunade had told him about earlier.

Kakashi: “Tsunade is waiting for you, follow me.” They all nodded and followed.

- - - - -Later- - - - -

Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, and two cloaked figures that Tsunade didn’t recognize stood in her office. Both Naruto and Hinata had bloodstains on their clothes, and so did the tall person in the black cloak that had the number nine on his chest and back.

Tsunade: “You two aren’t the same ones that we spoke to earlier, are you.”

Naruto: “No, they’re not. Pain and Sara left them behind as a way for us to contact them with our decision.”

Tsunade: “And just what kind of decision would that be?” she was glaring at him.

Hinata: “We’re sorry Lady Tsunade, but we’re not allowed to talk about it,” she sounded like she wanted to avoid the subject.

Tsunade: “I understand,” she dropped the subject and turned to the cloaked figures, “but just who the bloody hell are the two of you?”

???(Sakuya): “Ooooh, she said a naughty word daddy,” the smaller of the two pointed at Tsunade as she began to tug on the larger one’s sleeve, “does that mean that she gonna get in twoble?” Tsunade began to glare at her. The girl saw the glare and quickly hid behind her father. She was shaking like crazy.

???(Sasuke): “I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t glare at my daughter.” The larger cloaked man had a familiar sounding voice. “Since we both bring offerings of peace for you.”

Tsunade: “What do you mean ‘peace offerings’?”

Kakashi: “Sasuke?” he immediately recognized the man’s voice. This caught Tsunade off guard as she stared at the man. The cloaked man twitched and sighed.

Sasuke: “So much for disguises, eh Sakuya-chan.” He turned down to look at the small girl and they both took off their hats. Unfortunately, Anko had chosen this precise moment to walk in.

Anko: “Hey Kakashi, just wha...wha…SASUKE!” She immediately pulled out a kunai and held it to his neck from behind. Just as Kakashi was going to make his move to stop her she suddenly jumped up as Sakuya kicked her hard right in the her shin.

Kakashi: “Calm down dear, their here as guests.”

Anko: “WHAT?!”

Naruto: “Right now, all Sasuke wants is for his missing-nin status to be removed so he could take care of his daughter in the village.” The three adults turned to look between Sasuke and the girl. All three of them had a look of disbelief on their face.

Tsunade: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”
Anko: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”
Kakashi: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”

Sasuke merely nodded as he picked up his daughter. She had a smile on her face as she sat on her fathers forearm. The three adults were at a loss for words. None of them could believe that Sasuke, who was only seventeen, already had a daughter. Tsunade was the first to regain her words.

Tsunade: “And just what are you willing to give us in exchange for the removal of your missing-nin status?” Sasuke reached into his cloak and pulled out two small sacks that had blood dripping from them.

Sasuke: “Here are the heads of two Akatsuki members, Kisame and Itachi Uchiha.” He dropped the bags onto her desk. She opened them to see the heads of the two he said.

Tsunade: “So it would seem the you’ve finally achieved your revenge. Unfortunately, even if you brought us these as a collateral, it will take me awhile to convince the elders.” She had a hint of worry in her voice.

Sasuke: “I understand, I knew that it wasn’t gonna be easy to return if I ever did.” He was completely worried. His daughter hugged him; she didn’t like it when he got like that.

Naruto: “Are you sure that there’s nothing that you can do for them?”

Tsunade was contemplating on what to do. She could easily revoke his status, but some of the villagers would want answers. A good majority of the village knew that Sasuke had left to exact his revenge. She went through every possible choice in her head. After a few minutes of thinking things over she came up with an answer.

Tsunade: “Sasuke, your missing-nin status is hereby revoked,”

Naruto: “YES!” he was jumping for joy with Hinata in his arms. She was just enjoying the ride as the two jounin stared in amazement at how close the two seemed to have gotten.

Tsunade: “However,” this immediately stopped all of the celebrations, “You will be put on probation until further notice, and have someone escort you at all times.”

Sasuke: “That’s alright with me,” he had a casual feel to his voice that reminded everyone of how he was before he had left to go with Orochimaru. “Who’ll be my escort?”

Tsunade: “I’m so glad you asked that, Shizune!” Shizune came in to see what her sensei had wanted; she wasn’t surprised to see Sasuke since she had heard everything. “I believe that you’ve already found someone to act as Sasuke’s escort.”

Shizune: “Yes I have Lady Tsunade. Do you want me you bring her in?”

Sasuke: ‘her? Why would they be assigning a kunoichi escort duty?’

Tsunade: “Yes, bring her in.” she signaled for her to be brought in.

Shizune stepped out of the office to get whoever was assigned to be Sasuke’s escort. It surprised everyone when a young woman about his same age stepped in. Sasuke was amazed to see that it was none other than Sakura Haruno.

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Preview
Chapter 11: Reunion of the Rookie Nine

Ino: “I don’t believe it.”

Shikamaru: “Is that really, him?”

Naruto: “Only one way to find out guys.” He had a devilish grin on his face.

Description
Life As A Fox
Chapter 10: Will Konoha accept a traitor?
By: Passionate-Eyes

Notes: “Talking”
‘Thoughts’
[‘Demon Thoughts’]
[Demon/Summon Speech]
JUTSU (description)

Hinata: “That’s your daughter?!” everyone turned to look at her. The only response she received from Sasuke was a nod. She was amazed that someone like Sasuke had a daughter, but even more surprised because that the girl was three years old.

Sasuke: “I know what your thinking, ‘but she’s three years old and I’m only 17’ right?”
He was making his way back to the group with his daughter in his arms. The girl still had a few tears coming down her cheeks, but to Hinata’s surprise, she had calmed down greatly. “What can I say, other than we were in love, and I guess that the two of us didn’t care about our age difference.”

Naruto: “Heck! What the two of did would be considered immoral and disgusting by most people.” There was a lot of sarcasm in his voice. “I mean, how old was she, 26? But you both still didn’t care.”

Sasuke: “Yeah,” his voice sounded like it did when he calmed down Sakuya earlier, “it’s been really hard for me to raise Sakuya on my own.”

Hinata: “Wait, you’ve been raising her on you own?” she sounded very concerned, “What happened to her mother?” both Sasuke and, surprisingly, Naruto suddenly got a saddened look on her face. Everyone remained quiet. The only thing that could be heard was Sakuya’s soft crying.

Sara: “Alright then, I think it’s time for us to take our leave.” Both her and Pain began to put on their straw hats. She turned to leave while Pain turned to Naruto and handed him the bloody bag that he was carrying.

Pain: “Fox, I trust you know what to tell cat.”

Naruto: “Yeah, I’ll make sure to tell her everything. I’ll make sure to have a response within a week.” For once, he sounded as serious as he did a few hours ago.

Pain: “Make sure that snake is the one to give the Hokage the heads. He can use them as a bargaining chip to remove his missing-nin status.”

Naruto: “Wait, your telling me that he’s staying? But you do know that he’s on the ‘kill on sight’ order.”

Sasuke: *sigh* “And here I thought that this idiot had gained some brains over the years.” He turned to him. “Listen ‘BOSS’,”

Hinata: “WHAT?!” everyone turned to her as she had a surprised look on her face, but she merely turned to Naruto, “YOU’RE HIS BOSS?”

Sasuke: “Well, he is sort of my boss. We’ll explain it later, but for know just drop it.” He sounded as though he was tired of explaining. “Naruto, did you forget the I have the same type of uniform that you and the others have.”

Naruto: “Soooo, what’s your point?” Hinata had started to giggle out just funny her newly found boyfriend looked when he had a confused look on his face.

Pain: *heavy sigh* “It means that he will be able to hide his identity with his uniform, BAKA!” he finished by giving Naruto a nice smack to the back of the head. “I still don’t know how I can always lose to you when we sparred.”

Naruto: “Yeah, yeah, I’ll give you our answer in a week.” And with this, both Pain and Sara left in a puff of smoke. Leaving the three teens and young girl alone.
(A/N: >.> no idea what I meant by this)

Sakuya: “Does this mean tha I hav to wear tha bwankie again?” the girl looked at her father with a questioning look on her face.

Sasuke: “Yes, it means that you have to wear that blankie and hat again.” His voice was full of a softness that only a father could provide. He started to pull out a small cloak and hat from under his cloak.

Sakuya: “Aww, but it gets too hot under there.” She said this with a pout on her face that could put others in a position to get her what she wanted. It obviously didn’t work on her father who only gave her one response.

Sasuke: “If you don’t wear them, you won’t get any dessert tonight, and we’re having your favorite,” he, without a doubt, knew just which buttons to push on his daughter.

Sakuya: “You mean?” she had a surprised look on her face.

Sasuke: “That’s right, chocolate éclairs stuffed with strawberry filling.” He stated with in an as-a-matter-a-fact voice. With this, the girl snatched the clothes out of her father’s hand and began to put them on.

Hinata: ‘Wow she must really love them.’ *sigh* ‘I wonder what it would be like to have kids.’ She turned to look at Naruto who was looking at her with a blush on his face.

Naruto: ‘I wonder when me and Hinata will have kids?’ he had turned to look at her in an attempt to picture her holding his son or daughter. He saw that she turned to face him. The two off them just stared into the other’s eyes.

NaruHina: ‘I wonder if she/he was thinking the same thing.’ The two of them just continued to stare into each other eyes, but quickly turned away when someone ruined the moment with his laughter.

Sasuke “HAHAHAHAHA, you look ridiculous Sakuya-chan!” on the floor holding his sides from the strain it took on him to laugh as hard as he did. Naruto and Hinata turned to see the girl. She had hat on her face and was wearing her cloak inside out and backwards unfortunately, Sasuke accidentally gave her one of his spare cloaks. Naruto tried with all his might to keep from laughing, but failed miserably when he fell and held his sides as he began to laugh along with Sasuke. Hinata merely giggled.

Sakuya: “Hey, what’s so funny?” she was completely confused. Hinata finally got control of her giggling and managed to fix her clothing with one of the girl’s cloaks that Sasuke had taken out. “Than koo.”

Hinata: ‘KAWAII, SO CUTE!’
(P-E: KAWAII, SO CUTE! …Oops, back to the story.)

The girls clothing now looked exactly like her father’s clothing. The only difference was that her number was different. Instead of having the crimson red nine, instead, she had a violet number seven in the same spots that her father had the number nine. Hinata was about to ask why her number was different but decided not to as the girl ran up to her father. Him and Naruto still had a few in their eyes tears from all the laughing they had done.

- - - - - - - - -Back in Konoha- - - - - - - -

Kakashi was passing his day off by reading the latest edition of his favorite book, Make-Out Paradise. He had just gotten off a long A-Class mission and was enjoying his day off. His wife on the other hand, had different plans for the day. It had surprised everyone when he asked for her hand in marriage, it was even more surprising on who it was that he asked. Even though they had been married for two years, the two never really seemed to have any time for each other since they returned from their two-week honeymoon. When one of them finally had a day off the other was out on a mission. Today was the day that his wife was looking forward to, since they both finally had the day off.

???: “Hey Kakashi,” she called to him in the most exotic voice she had, “why don’t you stop reading that book and do some of the things in it.”

Kakashi: “Oh really,” he turned to face her, “and just which things would those be, Anko dear?” she walked up to him and turned the pages to what she was talking about.

Anko: “Like the ones in this chapter,” she had a small blush on her face, “and I know that you like to be in costumes.”

She knew exactly what worked on her husband. Even more since she was also a fan of the same book. So they both had a very good understanding on just how they could please each other. She had wanted to make the first move but he beat her to the punch. He had removed his mask and began to kiss her. She had jumped in surprise but returned his kiss. They were both sent into the moment as they explored the others mouth. Their moment, however, was cut short as someone began to knock on their door.

Anbu: “Kakashi-san, Lady Hokage needs to speak to you!” The Anbu sounded very serious. Kakashi was about to continue with his wife until they both heard the rest of the Anbu’s words. “It concerns one of you students, Naruto Uzumaki!”

Anko knew that their little adventure was over. She had learned a great deal about the boy in the two years she has been married to Kakashi. She had even talked to the boy a few times. He was someone that would die to protect those he held dear to him. He told her about his dream and the reasons for his dream. She looked at the boy as though he were her little brother. This is why she got just as worried as her husband.

-Later-

The two jounin stood before the Hokage. Both with serious looks on their faces, at least it looked like Kakashi had a serious face on, but who could tell. Tsunade was surprised that the two of them had decided to come. She had a slightly confused look on her face

Kakashi: “What is it Lady Hokage?”

Tsunade: “Nothing, anyways, to business. Earlier today, Naruto and Hinata were attacked by a group of cloud Nin, but don’t worry, their alive. I’d tell you which hospital bed they’re in, but they went with two shinobi that appeared to be from another village. Apparently, Naruto met them during his training with Jiraiya.”

Kakashi: “Do you know why he followed them?” he was getting worried. ‘Just what could he have gotten into during his training?’

Tsunade: “It appears that they had business with both Naruto and Hinata. They left to discuss some private matters.”

Anko: “AND YOU LET THEM GO JUST LIKE THAT!” she was pissed.

Kakashi: “Calm down Anko, remember, Naruto went. He won’t go with anyone he didn’t trust without a fight.”

Anko: “AND WHAT ABOUT HINATA! SHE’S A HYUGA1 DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT SHE’D BE SAFE IF CLOUD JUST ATTACKED EARLIER TODAY!” Everyone knew that cloud has been after the secret of the Byakugan for years and years, but they had always failed.

Tsunade: “You don’t have to worry about that.” This statement brought a questioning look to Anko’s face. “It appears that the idiot finally noticed the girls feelings for him. Not only that, it appeared the he’s had the very same feelings for her for quite some time.” She finished with a grin on her face.

Kakashi: “So that’s why you let them go,”

Tsunade: “Yes, you both know that when he finds something precious to him, he’ll do everything in his power to protect it. In this case, it’s Hinata.”

Anko: “Okay, so that’s explains why you let them go. But who are the people you let them go with?” she had calmed down enough to ask.

Tsunade: “The four of them will be returning within the hour. Kakashi, I want you to wait for them and act as an escort.”

Kakashi: “Why do they need an escort?”

Tsunade: “It appears the Naruto’s friends are survivors of the village hidden in the sun.”

Kakashi: “I understand. Anko,” he turned to his wife, “wait for me back home.”

Anko: “Bu-“ she was suddenly cut off.

Kakashi: “If what Lady Tsunade says is true, herself, Naruto, and myself are the only ones who could fight them off.”

Anko: “Alright,” she turned to leave, but not before she glanced back at her husband, “I’ll be waiting for you.” She said this in a sultry voice that could melt the coldest of ice.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Elsewhere- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Chihiro: “So you delivered the message to the two of them?” the mysterious woman was speaking to two of her strongest students.

8-tail: “Yes, your message has been delivered.”

6-tail: “He reported that they should have a decision for us within a week.”

Chihiro: “Good, return to your posts until further notice.”

8-tail: “HAI!”
6-tail: “HAI!”

With that the two of them disappeared and returned to their post.

Chihiro: ‘So fox, what will your mate’s decision be? And will it be one that helps the two of you? I guess I’ll have to wait a week for me to find out.’

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The four of them were making their way back towards Konoha. Sakuya was riding horsy on her father’s shoulders. Naruto and Hinata were walking hand in hand talking about each other’s pasts. They both learned that they lived very similar lives. Him hated by a majority of the village most of his life while she was looked down upon by most of her clan because they all thought she was weak. They both knew that she wasn’t weak, and she definitely showed it when she fought with Itachi one-on-one in order to give they guys some time to prepare their attacks.

It wasn’t until Sasuke put down Sakuya when they noticed that they were nearing the village gates. Sasuke brought out his hat and put in on. With this Naruto took the lead and began to lead the way. They entered the gates without any problems, at least, until Kakashi appeared in front the four of them. He looked at the two in the cloaks questionably but shook it off. Thinking that they were the two that Tsunade had told him about earlier.

Kakashi: “Tsunade is waiting for you, follow me.” They all nodded and followed.

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Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, and two cloaked figures that Tsunade didn’t recognize stood in her office. Both Naruto and Hinata had bloodstains on their clothes, and so did the tall person in the black cloak that had the number nine on his chest and back.

Tsunade: “You two aren’t the same ones that we spoke to earlier, are you.”

Naruto: “No, they’re not. Pain and Sara left them behind as a way for us to contact them with our decision.”

Tsunade: “And just what kind of decision would that be?” she was glaring at him.

Hinata: “We’re sorry Lady Tsunade, but we’re not allowed to talk about it,” she sounded like she wanted to avoid the subject.

Tsunade: “I understand,” she dropped the subject and turned to the cloaked figures, “but just who the bloody hell are the two of you?”

???(Sakuya): “Ooooh, she said a naughty word daddy,” the smaller of the two pointed at Tsunade as she began to tug on the larger one’s sleeve, “does that mean that she gonna get in twoble?” Tsunade began to glare at her. The girl saw the glare and quickly hid behind her father. She was shaking like crazy.

???(Sasuke): “I would appreciate it if you wouldn’t glare at my daughter.” The larger cloaked man had a familiar sounding voice. “Since we both bring offerings of peace for you.”

Tsunade: “What do you mean ‘peace offerings’?”

Kakashi: “Sasuke?” he immediately recognized the man’s voice. This caught Tsunade off guard as she stared at the man. The cloaked man twitched and sighed.

Sasuke: “So much for disguises, eh Sakuya-chan.” He turned down to look at the small girl and they both took off their hats. Unfortunately, Anko had chosen this precise moment to walk in.

Anko: “Hey Kakashi, just wha...wha…SASUKE!” She immediately pulled out a kunai and held it to his neck from behind. Just as Kakashi was going to make his move to stop her she suddenly jumped up as Sakuya kicked her hard right in the her shin.

Kakashi: “Calm down dear, their here as guests.”

Anko: “WHAT?!”

Naruto: “Right now, all Sasuke wants is for his missing-nin status to be removed so he could take care of his daughter in the village.” The three adults turned to look between Sasuke and the girl. All three of them had a look of disbelief on their face.

Tsunade: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”
Anko: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”
Kakashi: “THAT’S YOUR DAUGHTER?!”

Sasuke merely nodded as he picked up his daughter. She had a smile on her face as she sat on her fathers forearm. The three adults were at a loss for words. None of them could believe that Sasuke, who was only seventeen, already had a daughter. Tsunade was the first to regain her words.

Tsunade: “And just what are you willing to give us in exchange for the removal of your missing-nin status?” Sasuke reached into his cloak and pulled out two small sacks that had blood dripping from them.

Sasuke: “Here are the heads of two Akatsuki members, Kisame and Itachi Uchiha.” He dropped the bags onto her desk. She opened them to see the heads of the two he said.

Tsunade: “So it would seem the you’ve finally achieved your revenge. Unfortunately, even if you brought us these as a collateral, it will take me awhile to convince the elders.” She had a hint of worry in her voice.

Sasuke: “I understand, I knew that it wasn’t gonna be easy to return if I ever did.” He was completely worried. His daughter hugged him; she didn’t like it when he got like that.

Naruto: “Are you sure that there’s nothing that you can do for them?”

Tsunade was contemplating on what to do. She could easily revoke his status, but some of the villagers would want answers. A good majority of the village knew that Sasuke had left to exact his revenge. She went through every possible choice in her head. After a few minutes of thinking things over she came up with an answer.

Tsunade: “Sasuke, your missing-nin status is hereby revoked,”

Naruto: “YES!” he was jumping for joy with Hinata in his arms. She was just enjoying the ride as the two jounin stared in amazement at how close the two seemed to have gotten.

Tsunade: “However,” this immediately stopped all of the celebrations, “You will be put on probation until further notice, and have someone escort you at all times.”

Sasuke: “That’s alright with me,” he had a casual feel to his voice that reminded everyone of how he was before he had left to go with Orochimaru. “Who’ll be my escort?”

Tsunade: “I’m so glad you asked that, Shizune!” Shizune came in to see what her sensei had wanted; she wasn’t surprised to see Sasuke since she had heard everything. “I believe that you’ve already found someone to act as Sasuke’s escort.”

Shizune: “Yes I have Lady Tsunade. Do you want me you bring her in?”

Sasuke: ‘her? Why would they be assigning a kunoichi escort duty?’

Tsunade: “Yes, bring her in.” she signaled for her to be brought in.

Shizune stepped out of the office to get whoever was assigned to be Sasuke’s escort. It surprised everyone when a young woman about his same age stepped in. Sasuke was amazed to see that it was none other than Sakura Haruno.

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Chapter 11: Reunion of the Rookie Nine

Ino: “I don’t believe it.”

Shikamaru: “Is that really, him?”

Naruto: “Only one way to find out guys.” He had a devilish grin on his face.