Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Rating: T

Warning: Shonen ai, and I could seriously care less what you think.

I don't like busy weekends framed by busy weeks…it pisses me off…but I did finally motivate myself to finish this! I hope you all like it. It's probably full off fluff, I blame that on Twilight, it's been making me way to happy to be alive… Anyway, pleaseenjoy!

Hope

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Karin watched the pink haired girl hover over Sasuke and the blond, both slightly curious and jealous of the way the girl interacted with Sasuke. She had insisted on bandaging several wounds that he claimed were fine, and although he hadn't stopped walking to allow her to do so he hadn't stopped her either.

She was now criticizing the way he was holding the blond boy in a slightly frustrated way as she hovered "Sasuke, his head," she whined "Support his head, don't just let it dangle." she sounded like a mother teaching a bachelor how to hold a baby. Sasuke simply rolled his eyes "Support his back! He's slipping!"

"He's not slipping Sakura, calm down." Sasuke said sounding only slightly annoyed

"He is, Sasuke his head!" Sasuke glared at the girl who ignored it.

"His head is fine." He didn't seem to be as angered by her nagging as he normally would if it had been someone else. "I'm completely capable of carrying him without killing him." Sakura sighed with a slight nod biting her thumb nail. They fell into a short bout of silence before the blond groaned attracting Sakura's attention immediately "He's shivering." Sasuke commented getting the girl really worked up as she leaned over the blond walking backwards now and feeling his forehead.

"He's got a fever, he needs liquid, do you have any? I'm out." The last Uchiha nodded and Sakura immediately began digging through one of the pockets on the vest the boy was wearing. He had been provided with a uniform resembling the one the silver haired man wore due to the mess his own had been in. She found the scroll immediately, producing a water bottle from it. She cradled the blonds head and held the bottle to his lips as Sasuke slowed his pace slightly while the blond drank almost the entire bottle before rolling his head to the side and pushing the bottle away weakly.

"We need to cool him down."

"He's shivering we need a blanket." The girl glared at him

"No we need to cool him down." The blond shook his head his teeth chattering

"See." Sasuke said, the girls glare only intensified.

"While you two were busy trying to kill each other I was busy becoming a medic." She snapped "Repeat after me Mindless killing machines." She pointed at the two boys. "Medic." She pointed at herself "And this medic says we need to cool him down." Sasuke shook his head but chuckled darkly as the girl began reliving the blond of his jacket. The blond didn't enjoy that.

"You're still annoying." Sasuke said with a smirk

"If I end up on another bench, I swear to god you'll end up missing vital parts of your anatomy." She retorted, Sasuke simply nodded in response. "You're a jerk."

"So I've been told." The blond in his arms managed a weak chuckle.

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Tsunade collapsed into the chair behind her desk, pouring a glass of sake as she waited for the others to sit. The original team seven sat across from her, Naruto although unconscious again, wouldn't let go of Sasuke. The Hokage skipped the glass and took a swig from the bottle instead. She doubted anything had ever been this complicated. This was one of those government conspiracies she had thought you could only read about, and she was supposed to fix it. She flipped open Itachi's file once more, she was unsure of how many time she had read through it since demanding the counsel give her access to what they had taken from it. When she had mentioned Madara they had caved rather quickly. She rubbed her temple looking over the last bits of the reports. She sighed leaning back in her chair glancing up at team seven for a moment before looking back down.

"The council, the third, and Danzou signed a contract, Danzou signed as guardian ad litem on Sasuke's behalf with Itachi, that made both Konoha and Sasuke legally responsible for the eventual extermination of Itachi, at all costs." she paused taking another swig of sake and flipping back several pages in the file. "Meaning that in the case that Konoha was unable to provide the instruction necessary for said extermination, a third party was to be called in." she sighed.

"So what does that mean?" Sakura asked after a long silence.

"That, all legal aspects of this contract have bee fulfilled." Tsunade answered

"So then what happens now?" the girl asked apparently the only one capable of speaking

"Konoha is responsible for maintaining the status of the Uchiha name, so I create a cover. Sasuke needs to sign, stating that all aspects of the contract have been honored." The Hokage paused "You aren't eighteen yet are you?" she sighed Sasuke silently shook his head "We need another ad litem." Kakashi stepped forward taking the contract and flipping to the first page. He retreated to the back of the room without a word reading over the document. Tsunade dug through a stack of papers producing another file. "Due to Kyuubi's involvement and Minato's laws the others are bound to secrecy."

"What will happen to Karin?" Sasuke asked Tsunade shrugged

"Depends on what she wants I guess. We'll have to debrief her but after that its up to her. She has a pardon now so she can do as she pleases." Tsunades was interrupted by a frantic banging on the office door

"Where is he!" Iruka yelled through the door "Is he okay?" Tsunade sighed "Open the goddamn door!"

"Naruto will be fine." Tsunade answered half yelling at the door.

"No! Kakashi! Where is he?" All eyes flicked back to Kakashi who had looked up from the contract to look at the door.

"He's fine." Tsunade answered as the jounin approached the desk, he picked up a pen and signed the bottom of the contract.

"You fucking ass!" Iruka yelled. Tsunade raised an eyebrow at the jounin who said nothing as Iruka continued to bang on the door "Open this door!"

"Your excused." The woman sighed. Kakashi nodded and turned to the door, Sasuke and Sakura fallowing curiously behind him. As soon as the door opened Kakashi was greeted with a brutal slap across the face.

"Where were you?" Iruka demanded "You said you'd tell me when you got back! They brought back body bags! And no one would say a word! And you didn't call me!" the tan man was red in the face from yelling.

"I'm sorry." Kakashi answered simply

"I'm sorry? I'm sorry? I thought you were dead and all you can say is I'm sorry?" Iruka had tears in his eyes now. "You're an idiot." He mumbled his anger dissolving in half an instant; he turned and began walking away leaving Kakashi to fallow closely behind him and three bystanders to watch in confusion.

"Apparently I've missed some things." Sasuke mumbled quietly

"Apparently everyone's missed something." Sakura corrected.

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It wasn't a wet dream, or even a sex dream really. None of it was very clear, he was with Naruto, except he couldn't remember actually seeing Naruto, he just knew it was him. They were naked, but again he had no memory of actually being naked, he just knew like you sometimes do in dreams. And they were on a bed…or against a wall? Something like that. Either way it was a nice dream. Holding Naruto in that way, being with Naruto.

The last Uchiha sighed slightly glancing from his book to the mop of blond sticking out from beneath the quilt on the couch across from him. Sasuke had believed, before the death of his brother that he wouldn't ever return to Konoha. He had allowed himself this one comfort, this one weakness. He wouldn't ever be with the blond again, so he allowed himself to think of his old team mate as more than just that. He wasn't sure if he regretted it now or not. Being with the other made him feel whole somehow, but would that change as his feelings went unreturned? The Uchiha set his book down and slouched into the cushy armchair taking in the room around him. It felt so strange being here again. He had expected it to make him uncomfortable that it might possibly be frightening, he had thought he would be haunted by memories of the dead. He had not expected the wave of relief that washed over him the moment he stepped inside, or the slight smile the familiar place put on his lips. It seemed insane, but he had missed this place even before leaving Konoha, being back here just felt right. Naruto tossed in his sleep, groaned quietly, rolled over, opened his eyes groggily, then shot straight up eyes going wide as they darted franticly around the room before they settled on Sasuke and the blond relaxed slightly though his eyes were still darting around in confusion.

"Where are we?" he asked breathlessly his blond hair stuck up in several different directions and he looked rather jumbled and confused, his clothes wrinkled and bunched.

"At my house." Sasuke answered simply keeping the smile that begged to stretch across his face from doing so. Naruto gave him a confused look obviously not understanding where that was supposed to be. "The Uchiha complex." Sasuke clarified. Naruto blinked at him rubbing his eyes.

"Why are we here?" he asked

"Tsunade wanted someone to keep an eye on you. Your apartment is too loud and someone lives in my old one." Naruto shifted, noticing how completely silent the house was the sound of their voices and the rain pouring heavily on the roof the only noise. If they were at his apartment the sound of water gushing down the pipes in the walls and the neighbors voices carrying throughout the building would have most likely drowned out the sound of the rain.

"Did things go well?" he asked glancing out the window behind him.

"Yes, there were no casualties on our side." Naruto smiled and let his head drop onto the back of the couch.

"What time is it?"

"Three twenty." Sasuke answered "You've been asleep for about forty eight hours." The blond didn't seem too surprised as he yawned widely and let his eyes close for a moment.

"Sasuke?" he asked almost hesitantly

"Hm?" Naruto said nothing but opened his eyes watching his finger trace a nonexistent pattern in the fabric of the sofa. The boy bit his lip then fell back to lie across the cushions, he pulled the blanket up to his chin then rolled onto his side avoiding Sasuke's gaze by staring at the carpet.

"You're staying right?" Sasuke almost smiled

"Yes." The blond nodded meeting his gaze now

"Good, I didn't want to have to kick your ass."

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