Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Life for a Life ❯ Two days later...Aftermath ( Chapter 66 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Yes it may have been short, but I was in tears feeling all nostalgic....shares a hanky with Kinky Kitsune....

Mirena...Confused here...what do you mean hear all of it? I like hearing reviews that are honest, just not patronizing...THAT gets on my nerves, because people seem to forget something that you said in your review. This is simply a story. Nothing more nothing less....

Chapter 66

Fate breathes a small sigh of relief. For right now the two that can fully stop D'Eskel, are safe and sound. The Lost onehas found a place with his spiritual sibling and his father. Things are tentative for the three of them, which is why he had pulled strings to bring in the last of the Tanaka clan.

The mother and her daughter can bridge the gap between them, and help heal both of the young ones' souls.

Now it is just a matter of time...

Looking at the Master of it, he sighs. For once, he hopes the idiot doesn't go into a different personality....

It would really suck, if the events came about faster rather then the time he had allotted for it.

Konoha Village, two days later, aftermath

Sasuke couldn't help but feel strange waking up in a place, that was not dark or dreary as Orichamaru's lairs were. Having gotten used to it over the years, the youth was almost afraid of this light and warmth.

As the door to his room opens, a small black haired figure leaps into his bed and pounces on him with glee.

“Morning Sasuke-brother!” Sasami chirps with a huge smile. Her amber eyes sparkling with happiness, the little girl looks at the dark haired youth with adoration. “You slept to long! The...the.... what is it again Naruto-brother?”

The blonde who had followed the little girl a few moments later grins, as he throws Sasuke some new clothes that Arashi had made specially for the youth. “Adoption...” Naruto replies with a grin. “Father is adopting the teme....”

Glaring at him, Sasami jumps off the bed and kicks Naruto hard in the shin. Sasuke watches as he tries hard not to laugh, as the blonde yelps in pain. “OW! Why did you that?”

“It not nice to call people names!”

Watching as the little girl scolds Naruto, something that is quite rare erupts from Sasuke.

Laughter..... Honest to goodness laughter explodes from the Uchiha, who is amused at the little girl, who was busy yelling at Naruto about being polite. Watching as the fox vessel tries to defend himself, Sasuke looks behind them to find the older blonde man watching the three of them with amusement in his eyes.

Warm and caring, Sasuke can't help but want to look at the clothes Naruto had thrown at him. Although he was proud of being an Uchiha and would honestly miss wearing the symbol on his back since his real father had accepted him. The fact of the matter was, was that he honestly barely remembers his parents anymore.

He just remembers emotions really now...

Longing...need...want...pain...anguish...and desire. Emotions, which were altogether good to some degree, should not be what a child feels for his family. Although his mother had claimed, that when she was alone with his father that the Uchiha head always talked about him when they were alone. Sasuke had always doubted her kindness. He loved his mother that much he knew and he knew she loved him just as much.

But his father....

The one person Sasuke desperately wanted his approval and his love from. He never really got that... Never did until it was to late...

Looking back on it, Sasuke can't help but feel that Ar...no Father was right. Itachi, that fateful night, had taken something away from him, that to a child was precious. Itachi had taken away his control. His ability to choose what he wants to be....his dreams were pushed to the wayside, so that Itachi can have someone surpass him when the time comes....

“Sasuke brother?”

Startled out of his thoughts, Sasuke looks up to find Sasami staring at him with a little bit of worry. The little girl, looks up to him and Naruto now as he once did Itachi. Seeing her face close to mirroring his own that night, he shakes his head and smiles at her.

“I'm fine, now do me a favor. Get the dobe out of here so I can change...”

Grinning happily, Naruto glares at him. “Teme, don't call OOOOOWWWW!”

On the receiving end of one of her ferocious kicks, Sasuke as well as Arashi bust out laughing as Naruto looks at the little girl who glares at him. “What! He started it!”

Reaching up on her tiptoes, the little girl reaches and grabs an ear as best she can tightly and starts pulling on it. “So! You could have ignored it Naruto-brother!” The little girl replied. “Mommy always told me if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all!”

As the little girl's scolding fades away. Arashi approaches the dark haired youth with a smile. “Let me help you....”

Nodding his head shyly, the youth hands the clothes over to Arashi, who spreads it out as Sasuke gets out of bed. Gazing at the room around him, the youth feels a measure of peace from the dark blue walls, which are highlighted with the red symbols of the Uzamaki clan. Naruto's room was similar in style, but was in shades of orange and green. The red symbols of the Uzamaki clan splashed into the green with a happy zeal.

Even Sasami's room had colors that made the little girl dance with delight. In light shades of purple, blue and green, she had felt warm and fuzzy in her words, at the feeling it had given her. The red swirl symbol was also in her room, intertwined with the blue stripe hat split the other colors in half.

Sliding off the bed, Arashi hands him a rich sapphire colored pair of pants, with a white stripe down the side, that feel light and comfortable. Sliding them on, Sasuke moves around, as Arashi watches with amusement. The delight at the flexibility of the material and the movement it allows him. Sasuke is handed a white and sapphire blue shirt, similar to Naruto's orange and black. Completely white except for the blue stripe across the top, the only different color is the red swirling symbol on the back.

“There you go, now you look like an Uzamaki!” Arashi smiled proudly as Sasuke slid on a pair of sandals.. “Now lets go and make it official, what do you say son?”

Sasuke nodded his head as a smile appeared on his face. Leaving the room with Arashi close behind, the youth is startled to find Sasami and Naruto grinning at him from ear to ear, down the stairs. The blonde wearing an outfit identical to his except his was orange and black was holding something behind his back.

The little girl beside him was ecstatic as she looked up to Naruto with bright happy eyes.

“Do you really think he will go for it Naruto-brother?” She asked. The purple dress she wears reminds him much of Sakura's wardrobe from when they were children. Underneath though, the little girl wears a pair of simple black pants much like their own with the same purple stripe that flows down the side.

“Yeah if I know him he will. He will do it just to see if he can beat me still...”

Listening to this, Sasuke looks to Arashi who grins. “Tsunade, the Hyuuga and I went to bat for you with council Sasuke. But it is only if you want this....”

“What?”

“A chance to be a Chuunin Sasuke-brother!” Sasami replied happily. “Arashi-Daddy and Naruto-brother said the exams are coming up again!”

Looking at Naruto curiously, the blonde gives a sheepish grin as he hands over what was his forehead protector from way back when. The slash was still somewhat visible, but it had been worked at for a long time and had greatly rubbed away.

“You kept it....?” Sasuke said with shock and surprise. Sasami looking at her two big brothers, the little girl instinctively scrambles towards Arashi, who lifts her up into his arms and onto his back. Both of them saying nothing, they just listen and smile. “Why?”

“Because I knew someday you would come back Sasuke...”

“You had that much faith in me?”

Grinning, the blonde approaches and wraps an arm around the slightly taller boy's neck to mess with his hair. “Of course! I knew you were going to come back, even if I had to break both your arms and legs remember?”

“GET OFF!”

“NOT ON YOUR LIFE!”

As Sasuke and Naruto mock wrestle one another, Arashi and Sasami watch and laugh in amusement. The little girl, smiling with warmth, as the two stop their wrestling match. She and the elder blonde, grin with pride, as the youth ties on the protector in a way that makes Naruto smile with remembrance.

“Come on Sasuke...” The blonde said with humor. “I can't wait to literally have an excuse to beat the crap out of you.”

“You wish, Naruto, the day you beat me will be the day that Frog of yours can fly!”

Both youths arguing over, who was the better fighter, head out the door towards Hokage tower, followed by Arashi and Sasami, both of them shaking their heads.

“Do you know them Arashi-daddy? I don't.”

“Nope...don't know them, baby-girl.” Arashi replied with a smile. “But you know something? I don't think I will be able to fully live without either one of them.”

“Me to Arashi-daddy. Me to...”

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45 minuteslater...

Having eventually got up to the arguing boys, Sasami grinned happily as she waved at the pink haired girl. Sakura who was planning on serving as a witness, to this occasion alongside Kakashi and Hinata, ran up to both Naruto and Sasuke together and hugged the daylights out of both. Naruto returning it, Sasuke almost seems at a loss with what to do.

Intent on rectifying the situation, Sasami point blank, yells three words...much to the embarrassment of both parties involved and the glee of the blonde in between them.

“HUG HER BACK!”

“Yeah Sasuke...what she said.”

Taking a swipe at Naruto for old time's sake, Sasuke is happy as he finds the pink haired girl linking her arms, within his and Naruto's.

“Team 7 back together again...” The pink haired medic ninja replied with a smile.

“Just as it should be, right Sasuke.” Naruto grinned.

“Hn...” Sasuke responds, but the warmth in his dark eyes and the hints of a smile at his lips. The two giggle and pounce on the youth once more. Startled by this burst of affection, which he is not used to, Sasuke finds himself resisting it a little bit out of habit. But the need to give into it strong, he ends up finding himself wrapping an arm around Sakura's right shoulder, as Naruto claims her left.

Her arms around their waists, they pause to find Arashi smiling as Sasami looks out from over his shoulder. Together, they walk up, alongside the elder blonde and the little girl. Hinata and Kakashi waiting for them outside the entrance, those of Team 7 are in awe as the famed copy ninja looks up at them.

“Yo!”

“He's...”

“On time....”

“For once!” The original members of Team 7 said in amazement. Kakashi, looking chagrinned is teased by Arashi as Sasami giggles. The two older men and little girl chatting, Sasuke notices how Naruto splits off to be next to Hinata, who smiles warmly at the blonde youth.

“They've been together for a while now.” Sakura smiles quietly as she answers Sasuke's silent question. “She has calmed him down quite a bit...”

“Calmed him down?”

Laughing at Sasuke's words of disbelief, the pink haired girl pulls at his arm as the others start waling into the tower. Telling him of some of the events that had gone on since he left Konoha as they entered the building, Sasuke found himself, the center of a mixture of emotions.

Some hateful, some welcoming...he knew that this would not be easy going for a while as he worked himself back into the fold of Konoha. But as Naruto turns to tell him and Sakura to hurry up, with that familiar grin, Sasuke returns the warmth and smile.

It would be nice having a real family again...

Thirty minutes later, Sasuke Uchiha-Uzamaki walked out with a smile on his face, as he supported an exhausted Naruto with Sakura's aide. Sakura finding her gaze siding over to his new looks just shook her head in surprise.

The Kyuubi had decided that not only did he approve of Arashi adopting Sasuke that the Nine-tails was going to do something a little better.

When Arashi had slid a kunai across his thumb, after Sasuke had done the same. The two had pressed their fingers together to symbolize that as their blood mingles so does the bonds between a father and son. At the moment, a Kyuubi possessed Naruto had surrounded both Arashi and Sasuke with his power.

As the Blood of the new mingles with the blood of the old, may you take on some of the characteristics to stabilize and further bind your relationship as Father...and son.

Once said, the red aura intensifies within them. Because of the Uchiha deal made long ago with the Kyuubi, Sasuke's blood was malleable to the Fox's control. Pulling a little bit from Arashi as the essence devours certain parts of Sasuke's identity. Those within the room watch in awe as although Sasuke's hair remains a firm black.

A single golden blonde streak at his right temple emerges. His eyes opening, the Sharingan flashes of its own accord. But even then instead of the familiar red that they are used to seeing of that skill. Sasuke's eyes turn a brilliant blue with those same black commas.

The council in awe of what was happening as the red light dies down, watch as Sakura catches Naruto who is grumbling about meddling foxes. Still though as Sasuke looks at a mirror to judge his new looks, he can't help but check on his now brother in what is apparently blood as well as spirit.

“Say Naruto, you all right?”

“Yeah, I'm fine. I JUST HATE IT WHEN THE FUZZ-BALL TAKES OVER WITHOUT ANY WARNING...”

Laughing somewhat at his irritation, Sasuke looks at Arashi who smiles in warmth. “Well how you like the new look?”

“I like it... Father...”

With that said, he and Sakura pick up a weary Naruto, and as the small group leaves. The new Uzamaki, looks at his newfound father with a need to make the blonde proud of him. But the smile Arashi give shim, takes that need away. For something tells him no matter what, Arashi will forever be proud of him.

Tomorrow, the small family, will go to visit someone whom admittedly he finds himself nervous to meet. But according to Sasami and even the others, she will accept him with all her heart. Despite circumstances, Umiko was here and she was the woman in his dreams. According to Naruto and a excited Sasami, that something was happening and despite where she was at the moment. Umiko was eventually, if Arashi had anything to say about it.

Was going to become their mother....

With that in mind, Sasuke finds himself looking forward to going back to the Uzamaki compound.

Also known as home...

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Mush glorious mush!

Can never get enough!

I'm in a weird mood what can I say. It may seem quick, but the fact of the matter isI am just in a mushy and yet happy mood. TTYL!