Sasuke finally is strong enough to beat his brother after five years with Orochimaru. Catching news of him near Konoha, 18 year old Sasuke comes back to the Leaf Village in search of his former team mates. But there, he finds the Akatsuki roaming around the Village. With nobody after them. They're protecting Konoha. And Sakura. Where is Sakura?!

Disclaimer:I really don't see why I have to write this because if I really owned Naruto I wouldn't be sitting here writing stories about it and Choji and Neji wouldn't have died, and Sasuke wouldn't be an idiotic, psycho nuthead who can't grasp the notion that revenge is wrong!!! Sorry, I'm ranting, sweatdrops Annnyywaaayys…I'm just gonna come right out and say it. I don't own Naruto. Yep. Story of my life.

Ok, let's start the story…

1 WHAT!?!?!

Two figures walked side by side up a beaten path. They were headed toward the gates of The Leaf Village, Konoha.

"Why again are you coming back here?" A curly brown haired girl with green-brown eyes asked a tall man with black hair in a small pony-tail. (A/N: You probably think that this is Itachi but it's not. Hair grows, ya know!) His eyes were blood red.

"Because, Karin, I want to find my friends again. It's been five years."

"Sasuke, you made new friends. Besides, aren't those people so lame?" Karin wondered.

"Well…" Sasuke began.

"What?" Karin demanded.

"We're here." Sasuke saved.

"You never awnsered my ques—what was that?" Karin pointed.

"What?" Sasuke looked to where she was pointing.

"I thought I saw something black and red."

"There are a lot of things black and red, Karin."

"It looked like an Akatsuki cloak."

"No, seriously."

"Hey! Yeah." A blond with one eye covered by his hair was yelling at them.

"Deidara!" Sasuke and Karin yelled at the same time, and sunk into fighting stances.

"You need to come with me, yeah." Deidara motioned for them to follow him.

"What have you done, taken over the Leaf Village?" Sasuke snarled.

"No, yeah."

"Where is my brother!"

"With the Hokage, yeah." Deidara said, "Come on, yeah. She needs to talk to you, yeah."

"Bullsh—" Karin started.

"Come on, Karin. Let's just go with him and talk to the Hokage about this." Sasuke growled.

"Yeah, come on, yeah."

At the Hokage's office.

"Itachi!!!"

"Brother."

"What are you doing here!"

"Helping Konoha."

"Why??!!"

"After Kisame was killed by—"

"Thanks, Itachi. No more." Tsunade cut in.

"Yes ma'am."

"What are the Akatsuki doing here?" Sasuke asked.

"Sit down."

"What are the—"

"Have a seat, Sasuke!!!" He sat down reluctantly with Karin.

"Itachi, go get Naruto and Kakashi." Tsunade ordered.

"Wait, what about Sakura? Shouldn't she be here, jumping all over me and telling me how much she missed me?"

Everyone looked at the ground.

"No." Tsunade said.

"Where is she?" Sasuke asked. Just then, Naruto and Kakashi arrived.

"SASKUE!!!" Naruto screamed and jumped on top of him.

"Hey, calm down, Naruto."

"Sure, teme."

"You're hair is longer!"

"Hn."

"It looks cool, teme."

"Don't call me that!"

"How are you, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked kindly.

"Fine. Where is Sakura?"

"She's on a mission." I was Itachi who awnsered.

"What kind of mission?"

"Hello? Sasuke? Who is Sakura?" Karin interrupted.

"No one. Go away, Karin."

"You can't order me around."

"It would be best if you left." Tsunade told her.

"Fine." Karin stormed out.

"So, really, where is she?"

"On a mission." Naruto said.

"When will she be back?" Sasuke asked.

"Not for a while." Tsunade said.

"Oh. Ok."

"So why did you come back, Sasuke?" Kakashi asked.

"I was done with Orochi-teme. I need to complete my task. But, you won't let me." Sasuke glared at Itachi.

"Sorry, little brother. I work for Tsunade-sama now." Itachi grinned.

"You are on suspension, Sasuke. You can leave." Tsunade said.

"But, I have more questions."

"Not now."

"Hn."

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