Fan Fiction : Naruto
-Title : Three Years Later
-Pairing : Sasuke Naruto
-Rating : M
-Summary : Three Years Later... Now he's back, how will his old teammates reacted when they come home from a three year mission to find that Sasuke Uchiha returned two years before they did.
-Warnings : This is a Yaoi Boy Boy Love Storie, Bad Language,
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, and now that I've made that clear, I'm fairly certain you can't sick lawyers on me.
Beta Note: There were some elements that weren't grammatically sound. They have been changed accordingly. You're killing me with the capitalization. Sometimes I think Caps Lock is something spawned from one of the lower circles of hell- you know, one that focuses on ways to make those that work with text on a regular basis writhe in agony and want to beat their computer with a louisville slugger just to vent a bit? Or... maybe that's just me.
Chapter 5 : Welcome Home Team 7
It was a beautiful afternoon in Konoha when Team Kakashi entered Hokage Tower. After the ANBU member left Naruto, Sakura, Sai, and Kakashi all sat down in a neatly aligned row of chairs in front of Lady Tsunade's desk.
"Welcome home, Team Kakashi, welcome home," the woman greeted fondly.
Sakura was the first to speak. "We're glad to be home," she smiled over to the Hokage. "I can't wait to get back to training with you." The Hokage took that opportunity to smile back.
"Yeah, so glad to be home; the first thing I'm going to do is get me some Raman!" Naruto announced loudly.
"Naruto, not so loud," Sakura admonished. "The first thing I'm going to do is sleep," she mumbled.
The Hokage nodded, "Ok, I want you four to take a week off, then I want a mission report in my office from all of you." Tsunade told them, eyeing Kakashi as she did so; he was notorious for handing in reports late. Team Kakashi nodded as one before getting to their feet, pausing when they heard Lady Tsunade clear her throat, "Just one question first. Who attacked you out there?"
Naruto was the one to answer. "Sound," was all he said before leaving the office.
Tsunade turned to the only team members left in her office. "What happened out there?"
"A ninja from Sound… He told us that Sasuke was dead," Sakura whispered. Kakashi looked at her from the corner of his eye discreetly, not turning to face her.
"I see. Put it all in the reports, please. You are all free to go now; get a good night's sleep." There was another round of nods before the remaining three members of Team Kakashi filed out of the Hokage's office.
Tsunade grabbed another bottle of sake before sitting down. "You can come out now," she mumbled as she looked out the window. A shinobi dressed in the ANBU uniform stepped out of the shadows immediately upon her request. "I thought I told you to leave." Tsunade took a measured sip of sake.
"Hn."
Tsunade turned and looked at him. "Still a brat I see. What do you want?" Sasuke slowly walked over to sit in front of her, not saying anything. Tsunade smiled, "So, you don't know what to do." Sasuke looked away from her, out the window where he could see the outlines of people as they made their way down the village streets. "She's over you, you know. She's grown up."
Sasuke quickly turned and looked at her, aware that she couldn't read his confused expression from under his mask. "What?"
"Sakura," she explained, "If this is about her; she's over you, she's moved on."
Sasuke sighed before turning back to the window. "This has nothing to do with her," he told Tsunade.
Tsunade looked him over once more. "Then what is this about? Why are you in my office?"
Sasuke turned his body once more so that he was facing the large breasted blonde. "What am I supposed to say?" he mumbled back.
The Hokage joined him at the window, looking out it at the village below. "This is something you have to do yourself Sasuke; it's your team. The entire village knows not to tell them that you're here. It's your job to do that."
Sasuke nodded before he disappeared, this time for real.
Sasuke returned home, unlocking the door pushing it open, stepping through and then closing it behind him. He was in the process of locking it again when he felt something in the apartment that didn't belong; specifically, someone elses chakra signature. Pulling a two shuriken from his weapon pouch he moved slowly towards the living room, and stopped dead in his tracks, shock quickly making its way to his face, when he found Naruto and Sakura sitting on his sofa.
"Shit." He thought, forcing himself not to make any sound. He wasn't ready for this quite yet. He wanted to do this on his terms. Silently he moved to the darkest corner he could find, and wondered if they had any idea he was back in Konoha. Looking around him, he realized it really didn't look like someone was actually living there. It was clean, yes. But it was also sterile, as if someone had merely been taking care of the place while he was away. Something he knew Iruka had been doing for him at the request of his favorite former student. The only room that showed any sign of someone actually living there was his bedroom, and all he could do was hope that they hadn't gone in there.
"Sakura, what should we do?" Naruto whispered to his pink haired teammate. Sasuke was just barely able to hear it without straining, or moving closer and risking getting caught.
"Well, we can either stay here, or go looking for him again." Sakura said, as he got up and looked out the window. Naruto got up as well and joined her.
"Yeah," the blonde let out a sigh, "I'm going to get going; I'll see you later, Sakura-chan."
Sakura nodded as she watched him leave, and sighed before turning around and walking back to the couch only to flop down unceremoniously. She sat there a few moments looking up at the cobweb free ceiling before calling out, "Sasuke, get your ass out here!"
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