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Chapter 1 – One last breath

Sasuke stared angrily at the tree in front of him, his brother laid in front of him against the tree with a proud look on his face even after death; yet Sasuke could feel his heart wrenching in pain and tears welling in his eyes as he stared at his brother. Within a moment he knew for sure he would be dead as well, he glanced towards his body, his clothes were ripped and his body was very visible; he could see the bloody gash across his chest yet he could feel no physical pain from it, only numb sensations and slight vibrations as he could feel his heart pumping blood to nothing but his upper body. His veins were torn, the cut was deeper than he had anticipated and he could feel his eyes slowly close as he fell to the ground. At that moment he heard a blood curdling scream and at the last moment his eyes were open he saw two quick bright blurs appear in front of him, one pink and one orange; he knew exactly who they were and smirked as he drifted into the darkness.

After a few moments he awoke to see two flowers at his bed side, one was wilted and the other appeared to be new; his immediate thought was that one was from Sakura no doubt but he couldn't quite figure out who the second was from, he continued to stare at the two flowers in confusion as he burst back into reality, he heard a door open and could sense three chakra signatures, one was very strong and prominent the other two were weak in comparison and were around equal in strength, he knew one, it was Sakura for sure. He was abruptly shaken to hear a voice that was all too familiar to his ears; it was Tsunade, the slug princess or known as the fifth hokage.

"Sasuke Uchiha," stated a terse voice.

"You are hereby arrested on charges of treason, as you are probably aware you were an S-Class Missing Nin, your punishment will be decided by the council and I" Tsunade said in an angry yet satisfied tone.

Sasuke didn't flinch, he knew his goal to kill Itachi was done yet he couldn't put his finger on why he was still so angry, sad and he felt mostly pitiful that he had killed his own brother, the back of his mind told him he shouldn't have while a small voice in his head was proud and satisfied that his goal had been fulfilled and that his clan had been avenged yet he still felt as if he still had one more purpose but he couldn't put his finger on it.

Suddenly there was a crash at the door, Tsunade, Sakura and the unknown person turned to the door, Sakura and the unknown figure had kunai in hand in a defensive stance, he then recognized the unknown figure as Shizune, he had heard of her from Orochimaru and Kabuto before, he quickly identified her as a strong opponent who might rival that of his ability. That thought was shaken out of his head, he was an Uchiha he was better than a simple assistant!

"You will be escorted to Konoha's Jail Facility in the morning by ANBU," Tsunade said sternly before exiting the room, Shizune and Sakura followed after turning to Sasuke who was again staring at the wilted flower once again in confusion.

Sakura took a last look at her former teammate and silently whispered

"Welcome home Sasuke-Kun, I'm glad you're home, I'm sure Naruto is too."

After, she hurriedly ran to catch up to her master, Tsunade.