Author's Note: Here's my new story! Im actually really liking this story... so it's probably gonna be updated a lot more often than my other stories! ^.^

Summary: Naruto brings Sasuke back, only to find a very different pink haired girl.

Rating: T (for now)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Nope. I don't.

"We'reeeeeeeee almost there!" shouted Naruto.

Naruto Uzumaki was grinning to himself, as he helped his ex-teammate through the trees. Following shortly behind was Sasuke's newer team. Each member had wild, messed up hair, but none of them looked half as bad as Sasuke did, nor did they need any help with moving their drained bodies.

Sasuke was cut up all over his arms, and his shirt had been torn to pieces. He looked exhausted. His face looked drained and his hair was sticking to him, drenched with his sweat. His clothes were all ripped in all places, but Sasuke didn't care. He just wanted to get away from the blond kid as soon as possible, but he knew he wouldn't be able to, any time soon at least.

Sasuke glared at Naruto as Naruto started to speed up. If he had any chakra left, he would have punched Naruto in the face for trying to act cool. Naruto was the only one in the group who didn't look beaten up. He was smiling madly, and didn't even break a sweat, despite the fact that they were traveling at a fast pace. Naruto pulled Sasuke a little closer to him, and started to move even faster.

Naruto had left the village hidden in the leaves a little over a year ago in order to get Sasuke back. Even after all of the pain Sasuke had caused him and his friends, Naruto still felt the need to save him. He never once gave up on Sasuke, and he figured that nobody should. Everyone deserves a second chance.

When Naruto found Sasuke, he and his team were standing around in the middle of a field, each a small distance apart from one another. It was dark out, so it was hard for Naruto to see what was going on. He leapt out of the trees and landed with a 'thud' right in front of the group. He quickly noticed that the people in front of him were all extremely tired. They each had cuts on their faces, and their clothes were ripped. Naruto assumed they all most have been fighting somebody strong, seeing as even Sasuke was looking tired.

Of course the moment Sasuke saw Naruto, he tried to fight him, but seeing as he was almost totally out of chakra, Sasuke couldn't do much damage. Naruto dodged Sasuke's attack, and pulled him into a headlock. Sasuke's team tried to help, but Sasuke told them not to.

Naruto put more force into the headlock, and Sasuke was unable to do anything about it. Eventually Naruto let Sasuke go, and Sasuke landed face first into the ground. Naruto laughed at Sasuke's supposal stupidity, and Sasuke turned onto his back. He was unable to move. All of his chakra had left him, and here he was, doomed to stare at Naruto's grinning face.

Karin moved over to Sasuke's side, and pulled him up into a hug. Suigetsuand Jugo moved closer to the group, but still kept a safe distance from Sasuke. Naruto gave Karin and Sasuke a questionably look, until he noticed the look on Sasuke's face. It was full of distaste, but he wasn't looking at him. Sasuke was staring straight at Karin, whom didn't even notice.

Naruto moved over to the two, pushed Karin away, and helped Sasuke up to his feet. Karin immediately went to argue, but Sasuke shot her a nasty look, so she bit her tongue and looked away.

Naruto started walking away from the group when Sasuke's teammates started calling after them. Naruto told everyone that his goal was to bring Sasuke back toKonoha, and that was it. If they wanted to follow, they could. Nobody would stop them. Sasuke's team looked at one another and each silently agreed to follow Naruto and Sasuke to Konoha.

Naruto leapt into the trees, still holding onto Sasuke, and began rushing back to town. They were close by, but they would have to hurry if they wanted to make it by sunset. That only gave them 18 hours, and ordinarily it would take them well over a day to get there, but Naruto was determined to get there as soon as possible.

From time to time Sasuke would glare at Naruto, whom in return would just shrug it off. Naruto had gotten used to Sasuke's moodiness, and decided it would be better to ignore him for the time being. He had told Sasuke about what Lady Tsunadehad told him, and Sasuke didn't seem to react in a negative way, so Naruto took it as a good sign.

Once Lady Tsunade had found out about Sasuke killing his brother, she demanded to have him returned to the village. She didn't how Sasuke made it back, or if others were with him. She wanted to see him in her office, as soon as possible. She was telling a few Anbu members about it, but she also decided to invite Naruto. She would've had Sakura join them, but she was needed at the hospital.

Out of everyone in the room, only Naruto had known Sasuke. Naruto felt the need to be the one who bring him back. He felt it was his responsibility. He did, after all, fail the last time. He was determined not to fail this time.

Naruto gripped onto Sasuke even harder, and started to move faster. Sasuke winced a bit at Naruto's firm grip. Naruto didn't seem to notice, and if he did, he didn't seem to care. Sasuke looked behind him, and saw his team was still following. He felt ashamed of himself that he, out of everyone, needed help. An Uchiha needed help. That didn't sound right. Sasuke looked back at Naruto and glared at him again.

"Hey look," Naruto said, feeling Sasuke's gaze, "I understand you're not happy about this. But believe me, this is necessary." Naruto looked at Sasuke quickly and smiled. Sasuke glared at him even more, and quickly looked away.

Naruto was semi-right. If Sasuke wanted to be able to move, he did need somebody's help. Too bad it had to be Naruto. Better him than Karin though, right?

Sasuke shifted his weight a little, as he tried to take control. Naruto noticed this, but refused to let Sasuke lead. He didn't want to be out-shined by Sasuke. Especially right now. Naruto had risked his life time and time again in order to get Sasuke to calm down. This time he got lucky, and he wanted to be the hero. The hero of Konoha. But if Sasuke was able to walk into the village on his own, Naruto wouldn't get that much credit.

Naruto's blue eyes scanned the sky, and noticed the sun was starting to go down. That either meant they were close to the village, or they would have to run well into the night. He sighed, and looked ahead of him. He was starting to lose hope in getting there soon, until he saw the familiar path down on the ground. He gripped onto Sasuke, and pulled him down to the ground, with the others closely following suit.

Just a mile or so, and they'd be seeing the entrance to the village. Sasuke glared at Naruto once more, and finally stopped Naruto. Naruto, finally getting annoyed of Sasuke's attitude, stopped walking. Seeing as they were close to the village, Naruto didn't feel the need to rush anymore. He let go of Sasuke, and crossed his arms.

Sasuke glared at Naruto, crossing his arms in return. The others just stared on, giving them weird looks, not really sure what was going on. Naruto was the first one to budge. "Hey! What's your problem? We're almost home!"

"What home?" Sasuke replied back, his words drenched in venom.

Naruto let go of his stance, and stared at Sasuke with disbelief. How could Sasuke say that? He had grown up there. He had friends there. They would always welcome him back with open arms. Right?

"What do you mean?" Naruto said, his voice cracking slightly. His eyebrows were scrunched together, and his blue eyes were full of confusion.

Sasuke merely glared at Naruto. His onyx eyes never showing any emotion. "Are you really this stupid?" Sasuke growled each word out. How was it possible that Naruto expected everyone to welcome him happily?

"What is Sasuke saying? What's his problem? Why won't he even answer me, dammit! He always insults me or just asks me another question. I don't get him! Maybe everyone would've been better off without him. Believe it!" Naruto was deep in thought until Sasuke got his attention again.

Sasuke was trying to move away from Naruto, but seeing as he was still tired, it was hard for him to move at all. Naruto moved to his side, and the moment he grabbed onto Sasuke, Sasuke pushed him away. He stopped moving away, and instead stood his ground with an evil look in his eyes. "Naruto... remember everything I have done since I've left. What makes you think they'll be happy to see me?" he growled out.

Naruto stood there, staring at Sasuke. What he said makes sense, but Naruto still didn't want to agree with him. "Of course they'll be happy! You defeated your brother! That helped the village and-"

"I killed him for my own pleasure. It had nothing to do with Konoha," Sasuke stated. He continued to glare at Naruto, never once blinking, never once looking away.

"But... Sasuke, they don't... need to know that! As far as they know, you did a good deed! Sasuke, you're a good person, you just... have some messed up thoughts," Naruto tried defending Sasuke, but to no avail.

"Am I?" Sasuke asked, starting to toy with Naruto. He moved closer to Naruto. "Am I a good person, Naruto? How many times have I tried to kill you?" he started balling up his fists.

"B-but Sasuke.. That doesn't mean anything! Deep down you're still good and-"

"Deep down?" Sasuke grabbed Naruto up by the collar, and pulled him closer. Sasuke glared down at Naruto, and he snarled. Naruto looked shocked at first, before he started to glare back.

Naruto grabbed onto Sasuke's arms, and pushed him away. "If you think I'm going to let you get away again... Think again!" Naruto shouted. Before Sasuke had the chance to retaliate, 5 Naruto's threw him down to the ground. Sasuke looked around, and saw over 20 Narutos surrounding him and his team.

Sasuke closed his eyes in defeat, and one of the many Narutos helped him up. Some of the Narutos poofed away, but many still remained.

"Now... let's go," one of the Narutos said, with his voice filled with rage. 2 Narutos grabbed Sasuke by the arm, and pulled him towards the village. The remaining Narutos watched Sasuke's group slowly walk behind them, making sure they wouldn't run away or try to help Sasuke.

They slowly walked up the path, and all of the Narutos started to smile. They finally arrived home. After over a year, Naruto had finally been successful in bringing Sasuke back. His one task, finally completed.

The Narutos that were walking behind everyone poofed away. The only remaining Narutos were the two that were holding Sasuke. Even though Sasuke could walk on his own, Naruto didn't want to take the chance in letting his friend getting away.

"Hey!" Shikamaru greeted them all. He was leaning lazily up against the wall, just outside of the village hidden in the leaves.

The real Naruto let go of Sasuke and ran up to greet the brown haired fellow. "Hey Shikamaru! Whatcha doin' out here?" Naruto asked, looking around, expecting somebody to come out of nowhere.

"The Hokage sent me to keep an eye out for you. Took you long enough," he said, grinning slightly, but still sounding and looking lazy.

Naruto smiled and scratched the back of his head. "Hey! At least I got him!" he said, happily.

Shikamaru looked past Naruto and saw Sasuke, looking beat up. "Did you two fight or something?" he asked, looking back at Naruto.

"Ehh.. You could say that," he said, eyes twinkling with glee.

"Well.. Come on... the Hokage wants to see all of you in her office," Shikamaru said, putting his hands in his pockets. He turned, and walked into the village.

Naruto waited for the rest to walk up to him, before he smiled at them and followed after Shikamaru.

Shikamaru was lazily standing in the street, waiting for everyone. "Come on. I don't have all day. I actually have things to do," he complained.

"Like what? Staring up at the clouds?" a girl said.

Naruto looked around madly, trying to figure out who it was. He was hoping to see a pink haired girl, only to be disappointed by a blond.

"Sasuke?! Is that... is that really you?!" Ino screamed, running over to his side. She pulled him into a hug, and he tried pushing her away but he didn't have much strength left.

"What. Is. This?!" Karin sneered, her eyes looked like daggers. She clenched her fist, and was about to start throwing punches at Ino, until Ino let go, giggled, and ran over to Shikamaru's side.

"Ha Ha jealous, are we?" Suigetsu said quietly. Karin looked up at him, and punched him in the arm.

"So where the heck is Sakura? She should be here!" Naruto said loudly, trying to get everyone's attention away from Sasuke. Naruto first gave Sasuke a dirty look, whom in return glared back, and then quickly looked at Shikamaru and Ino.

Ino was looking down, not smiling anymore. Shikamaru put a reassuring arm around her shoulder and she looked up at him, trying to smile, but was unable to do so.

"What?!" Naruto snapped, not liking the situation. Why weren't they answering him? And why did Ino have to look so depressed?! It's not like Sakura's dead or something! That would be impossible! Sakura can't die. She just... can't!

"Listen Naruto," Ino said quietly after an awkward pause. Sasuke didn't look interested, but he also didn't try to walk away. Naruto looked at Ino and Shikamaru, trying to understand, but he just couldn't.

"Well?! I'm listening aren't I?!" Naruto shouted, not liking Ino's slow response. Ino gave him a dirty look, stuck her tongue out, and stomped off. Shikamaru shrugged and looked at Naruto, a little annoyed.

"Naruto, things have happened while you've been gone," he said plainly.

"I don't care about things! I just want to know what happened to Sakura! Where is she?" Naruto said, clenching his fists. Why won't they just tell him what's going on?

"Naruto, calm down," Shikamaru said, trying to calm him down, but failing. "Sakura's not the same person you once knew. She's changed.. She's... different," he tried thinking of a better way to explain everything, but couldn't.

"I don't understand!" Naruto shouted, punching the ground. What could have happened? Why would Sakura change? How has she changed?

"Hey Naruto," Choji said, walking up to them, eating chips. "What's with all of the yelling?"

"Choji! What happened to Sakura? How is she different?!" Naruto shouted, jumping onto the front of Choji.

Choji, looking confused, glanced over at Shikamaru who didn't look pleased. Choji sighed, and Naruto jumped down. Naruto tried searching Choji's eyes for an answer, but it was impossible.

"If you want to know about how Sakura's changed... You can just see for yourself," he said, shrugging, eating more chips.

"So that means she's here, right?" Naruto said, calming down. Choji nodded, and Shikamaru sighed.

"Yeah, I just saw a little pink haired girl running down this street. She should be coming past here any moment now," Choji said.

Naruto jumped away from Choji and stood in front of the streets, waiting for any sign of Sakura. Sasuke and his group moved a little, so they too could get a better view. It's not everyday that you're told about your girliest and happiest friend changing. And the fact that nobody would say why she changed or how made everything even more interesting.

Imma end the chapter here!

Bahh first chapters are always the hardest... oh well! Its done and over with!

Have no fear! The next chapter will be up right away... seeing as I've already written half of it! Yays! Haha and yes, Sakura will actually be in the next chapter!

Oh! And about Madara... nobody knows about him. All everybody knows is Sasuke killed Itachi. Sasuke, of course, knows the truth, but he hasn't told anyone.