Hey people. I suppose for most of you guys, I am a new writer. I haven't written a Naruto Fanfiction before, but with the resent development in the Manga...I just couldn't resist. (Because Sasuke pisses me off right now; "GO BACK TO KONOHA, JERK!!"))

So therefore, please have patience with me.

This chapter takes place before Manga 380...because I just don't like the recent development.

I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters.

ENJOY!!

Coming for tomorrow

Chapter 1: Never go that way

There was no crowd to welcome Naruto back.

There was no big party and there was no joyous mood.

In fact, the only people waiting at the Konoha gates, were the 5th Hokage Tsunade, Kakashi, Yamato, Sai and Sakura. Their faces were grim.

The reason was the person he brought with him on his back: The missing-nin Uchiha Sasuke. The young man was unconsciousness.

"You did it, Naruto," Tsunade said, as the yellow haired boy stepped through the gates, her voice was mildly surprised. He had failed so many times before. Naruto looked tired, and even if he didn't have any visible wounds, everyone knew he had used his Shuriken Rasengan.

"You beat him up badly, didn't you?" Kakashi asked while looking at his two pupils. He had never regarded them as something else, even after all that had happened.

Naruto glanced at his friend and rival on his back, "I once told him, even if I had to break all of his bones, I would bring him back," he said but the smile seemed strained. "I don't go back on my word, that's my way of the ninja."

Nobody blinked at the over-used phrase, it had become a custom thing around Naruto.

"Bring him to the hospital," Sakura said coldly, "We have to treat him. Knowing you, he should be damaged pretty bad." She knew she should feel something, but the fact was: she didn't. He was no longer the Sasuke-kun she knew, but a stranger, a criminal.

An avenger.

She knew what he could do. He hadn't hesitated killing his brother and the two remaining Sharingan bearers, Uchiha Madara and the former ANBU-leader, Danzo. All these people, he had killed with his bare hands, Figuratively speaking since he carried that sword, Katsunagi, of his.

Sakura knew she would treat him, but there was a limit to the things she could do. Forgiving was not one of them.

Naruto followed his team-mate silently. He wasn't the brightest kid in town but he knew they never could be team 7 again. Then suddenly, his knees gave in to tiredness and ungracefully, he fell on the ground. Sakura looked back, but to Naruto it seemed she had no intention of helping him.

Or rather, she had no intention of helping the person on his back. She refused helping the criminal she saw.

Then he felt the burden of the body lifted from his back, Kakashi had lifted Sasuke over on his own back,

"You overdid it, Naruto," he said quietly. Naruto looked back at the ground, but said nothing. They resumed their way to the hospital.

Uchiha Sasuke felt strange when he returned his mind from the pitch-black void called unconsciousness. First he noticed he wasn't outside since the smell of trees was barely noticeable. Then for second, his body didn't hurt as much as it should be doing.

After all he had fought Naruto, and though grudgingly, he had to admit the idiot had surpassed him in terms of strength. Not something easy to admit, but him passing out is prove enough.

Before, he had refused to open his eyes, now he realized he had to. When he opened them however, he wished he didn't.

He seemed to have returned to where it all began, the Konoha Hospital.

He growled angrily, the dobe must've carried him back like he always said he would.

"Ah, Uchiha-san, glad to see..." the nurse who had entered the began, but then met a pair of furious red eyes.

She almost ran out in terror.

Sasuke was annoyed by this place, it was definitely the last place on earth he wanted to be. The door opened again and Sasuke activated the Sharingan once more, he didn't want anyone to be here. Heck, even he didn't want to be here.

But this person was different from the previous nurse. She didn't back away from those eyes, she just stood there, observing calmly. "Well, Uchiha, it seems like you're almost back to normal," she said.

Sasuke deactivated the Sharingan. Somehow this voice seemed very familiar, even though it had matured a lot and wasn't screaming his name. Also that pink hair wasn't hard to indentify.

"Sakura?" he asked. If it weren't for his amazing emotional suppression skills, he probably would have looked surprised as well.

"It's Haruno-san of -sama for you," she replied coldly.

Now Sasuke did blink surprised. This was not the over obsessed girl, he had known almost 7 years ago.

She eyed him again, "I am your medic during your stay here, and I'll be held responsible for you. So please refrain from scaring the nurses," she said.

Sasuke was baffled and little did ever. It was not like he cared, but this was a complete personality shift. When did helpless Sakura turn into a coldhearted medic?

"You will stay here for two weeks, after that, your prosecution will begin," she informed him.

Sasuke crossed his arms, "And that would mean for me?" he asked skeptically.

Sakura barely blinked at the question, "Is there a need for you to ask? I am disappointed," she said. "It will mean that either way, you will be killed after all or there will be taken special measurements. That's what awaits an S-class criminal. Out of all people, you should know, Uchiha Sasuke," she said.

She had almost spat out his name at him. Sasuke decided that there was not much left of someone caring or crying for some other person than herself. He suddenly felt like there had changed so much.

Sakura bowed, shallow and strained, "Please behave," she said as she left. Sasuke was too baffled to even respond with his usual, "hn,".

The previous nurse returned. Sakura had probably talked some courage into her, but her eyes still flashed nervously, "Can I do some small check-ups, Uchiha-san?" she asked carefully.

Sasuke looked outside, "There is not much I have to choose between" he said grudgingly as the nurse did her tasks quickly. He even cooperated so he would be done sooner.

His mind ran over things, again. Some of them were hard to cope with, or even acknowledge. Like Naruto's force, that monstrous power he now possessed. Sasuke thought his own chakra control was good and also his chakra levels were easily called extremely high.

But, Sasuke found, he hadn't been able to actually hurt the guy. Oh yes, he had tried because he'd never wanted to return to Konoha, and Naruto had been holding on that he would drag him bag.

Last time he had been able to see the Kyuubi in him, and he had even been able to force that thing back in its cage. Sasuke finally realized why things had also been hard for Naruto: he had always been shunned away because of the bijuu in him, the jinchuuriki he was.

And yet, Naruto had been able to live with it, he had been able to take control himself over his power, to suppress it when he should have been losing control. And he hadn't been affected by it. Sasuke wondered, had the boy and the monster found a truce? Either way, Sasuke had been beaten up to the point of death.

Naruto did not know of holding back when things mattered.

And now here in the hospital.

It seemed that helpless, weak, pathetic, annoyingSakura had grown too.

He had actually expected her to give up being a kunoichi. But instead, she was the one taking care of him. He sighed: she also was the one holding him imprisoned. Things were not looking well for him.

He heard a knock on the door. 'Can't they just leave me alone,' he thought frustrated. Naturally, being Sasuke, he didn't respond to the knock.

And naturally, Naruto didn't care. "Oi, teme, How have your wounds been cleaned up?" he said with a big cheeky grin on his face as he entered the room.

"I am not grateful," Sasuke replied icily.

Naruto sat down, "You just have to get used to living here, again. There's no reason for you to keep wandering forever," he said.

Sasuke said nothing for awhile, staring at his sheets.

"Why did you bring me back, Naruto?" he finally asked.

Naruto, surprised at the use of his name, grinned, "because we're friends, teme. Brothers by something other than blood." There was no joke in his words.

Sasuke, being Sasuke, remained passive. And not even Naruto did know what to say to the boy that had changed so much, that had distanced himself so much from everyone who cared.

"I have to go, Tsunade-baa-chan is not the one to be kept waiting, I really don't know how Sakura did it all those years," he muttered the last part mostly to himself. "Don't pull any stunts when I'm not here," Naruto said as he stood up.

"If I remember correctly, it was you always causing trouble around here," Sasuke remarked.

Naruto grinned, "I grew up, I don't do those things anymore, they slow the healing-process. Besides that, Sakura-chan will let me get away with it, you won't have that much luck," he said.

Sasuke felt his brow twitch. Just when exactly did Naruto become favored over him?

The door closed and only when the lock clicked, Sasuke noticed he was both trapped as left alone. Naruto didn't pull any fights with him.

He really should start trying to find the writer of this twisted story, Sasuke decided, the world was messed up. And the worst part was, that Sasuke noticed it was not him who rose high above the others in terms of power.

it was him who was left behind.

He figured, having Sakura on your squad now, you'd have a reliable companion. In Naruto, you'd have a trustworthy ally and a fearful opponent.

Sasuke was fed-up with sitting on that damned bed and swung his legs over the edge. Last time he had seen them uncovered was when they had been ripped with deep wounds, almost shred to pieces. But now, the only thing marking his legs was a light white scar, that he expected to disappear as well.

And even when he tried to stand, he did not feel the sharp pain that had been expected. The said pain was actually a small tingle easily pushed back to the corners of his mind. The small steps he took were not painful, and not difficult.

So Sasuke straightened his back, this was just an ordinary hospital room after all. That puny lock wouldn't stop him from breaking free. There even was a window, what did they expect him to be? A weak civilian?

He clenched his fist and wanted to smash the window.

He didn't expect to be bounced back and to feel his hand numb. Surprised he looked at it and found it red.

But he wouldn't give up. He would not stay in this place.

He tried to smash the window again, only to find the same thing happening as before. Sasuke tried a few more time and soon enough he felt tired all over his body. Tired and baffled he sat back down on the bed, intently glaring at the window. It was really one of the few options he had.

ANBU surely had to be guarding the door and he was still weakened from his previous battle (but he'd be damned to admit it). Besides that, right now, his body felt as if it was deprived from all the strength he had gathered since.

"Done playing?" a voice asked, both amused as annoyed.

Sasuke turned around and found himself staring in his doctor's eyes: Sakura. She was leaning against the doorpost and grin played mockingly around her lips.

"What do you mean?" Sasuke asked, angry at her for calling his attempts at escaping playing and only barely concealing it.

Sakura closed the door behind her and made a quick hand seal. Sasuke was certain he saw her doing that, he must've missed it last time and he cursed himself silently for it.

"Tch, and that is calling himself a genius," Sakura mocked, fueling to his anger.

"I wasn't asking for your critic," he growled.

Sakura sneered, "Ah, so, you can do whatever you want without me ever being allowed?" she said.

Sasuke saw the anger building on her side as well, covered by a veil of coldness. It was hardly noticeable she actually began to lose her patience.

"Annoying," she muttered.

Sasuke looked away, it had been too long since the use of that word and if it had hurt so much more than he did now, he could imagine what that word actually did to her.

"Just, why can't I get away." Sasuke growled once again.

Sakura narrowed her eyes, "Do you take us for fools?"

But then she chuckled, "You expected to get an ordinary room? You disappoint me again, Uchiha. But seeing you are not able to tell, I will explain. This room is completely sealed off with Chakra draining material. Of course, the window is protected the strongest," she said as she crossed her arms.

"The strings are directly linked to my chakra-system. It is impossible for you to do anything without me noticing it," she said.

Sasuke stood up, "so basically, I only have to get past you? I did that before," he muttered.

Wrong choice of words, he realized too late, as Sakura cracked her knuckles and a maniacal smile took over her features. Sasuke knew trouble when facing it.

In a second her fist had connected with his jaw.

Okay, he had figured as much that it would hurt at least, but hell: he never expected to be slammed right into the wall.

At the other side of the room.

His head did definitely hurt now and those spots were not supposed to be before his eyes.

"Never, again say that, Uchiha Sasuke. The walls in this hospital are made to stand bomb-attacks but I swear, I will hit you right through one," Sakura hissed, angrily.

Then she composed herself, "this will serve as a warning," she said, and she walked to the door with head high in dignity.

Before she closed the door she looked at him, still dazed on the ground. "think that point in the wall is weakened now, and you'll be in for a painful surprise," she said and shut the door.

Sasuke blinked and then slumped back again the wall again and looked up and the huge hole where his body had connected with the wall.

When his mind found its way back to his head, his mouth dropped open, he couldn't help it. His body should have been broken by sheer force, and it was pure luck that it didn't. He could have died as easily, and he suspected her of holding back.

He glanced once more at the hole and then wisely decided to listen to Sakura for a change, and not to try to escape.

Please review for this poor starter XD.

P.S. This is the first time I have two stories running at the same time. I'll try to give both stories equal attention, but it's a gamble. Please do not criticize me because of it!