Chapter Ten~ Acceptance

No more Motivation. :( Please check out my second story, "A Different Side", I know the first chapter was horrible, but it will get to it :) I am more excited to start on that on right away! Please take a look, it's a whole new twist! Here's the summary...

Summary:

This is now a whole different world. Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura are brought together to a whole new world, where all their surroundings are unknown. Things, People, friends, family,everything changes from here on out, and they're stuck right in the middle of it. What will they do now?

(Note- No more slanted italics (at the beginnings) for the rest of some chapters, I'm out of figurative language ideas :/. On to the story!

Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own any rights to Naruto. :'(

Chapter Ten-Acceptance

Hinata's pale slender fingers were entwined with Sasuke's. The two were enjoying every ounce of the last moments they had together. They were walking towards Konoha, close to their arrival. Sasuke thought out his plan; to persuade the Konoha shinobis to enter the Hidden Leaf Village with Hinata. He had all his hope up for the plan to work out.

Looking down at the dark-haired girl, Sasuke saw a delighted smile on her face. This always made Sasuke feel good inside. He wished that he could stay with the beautiful girl together, always at her side. But he also had different problems. His long time goal, the task he lived for his whole life, was to assassinate his older, cruel brother, Uchiha Itachi. Sasuke lowered his eyes, so now he was staring at the dirt.

Looking to the side, Hinata noticed his saddened mood.

"Sasuke, what's wrong?" she asked, stopping their travel. Sasuke jerked his head up, then smiled at her.

"It's nothing, Hinata."

"O-okay," muttered Hinata. They both continued walking towards Konoha.

Sometimes the innocent girl wanted to return home after almost three weeks away from it, but a large portion of her also wanted to stay by Sasuke's side.

Hinata and Sasuke were right in front of the Konoha gates. The columns and welcoming sign stood right over the two. Hinata was very excited to come home, but Sasuke also had a little welcoming feeling inside his gut, somewhere deep down. It has been years since his return, and weeks for Hinata's. The girl had the biggest smile yet, pale cheeks with a light shade of blush smeared over it.

"Thank you so much Sasuke," she whispered, turning to face him.

"Hn." Sasuke replied simply. Hinata pulled in to give Sasuke a heartfelt embrace. Finally pulling away, she asked him, "Are you staying?"

Sasuke hesitated.

"I don't know if they would let me."

Hinata's expression saddened.

"Oh," she muttered quietly, while the smile on her face disappeared.

Before Sasuke could talk, a voice from the village called for them.

"Are you guys valid?" a guard by the gates asked lazily.

"E-excuse me?" Hinata asked taking a step closer to the gates.

"Where are you guys coming from?" said the guard.

"W-well I was lost, away from the village for almost three weeks now, and the man saved me..." she mumbled, hoping Sasuke would be accepted in the village.

"You're Hyuga..." he replied examining her.

"Y-yes,"

The lazy guard skimmed his eyes down her, then to Sasuke, widening his eyes, which then turned into a frown.

"You. You're Sasuke Uchiha?" the man said, catching most of the others guard's attention.

Tsunade sat in the Hokage office, secretly drinking a bottle of Sake she recently pulled out in her private stash of Sake bottles. Shaking the bottle to mix it up more, she went for another sip, when she heard a sudden knock on the door. The Hokage quickly closed the lid, then placed it back into the place in her desk where she held all her Sake bottles.

"Come in!" Tsunade yelled, clearly annoyed. The door crept open, revealing a male chuunin shinobi with a green vest, with long chestnut hair. The man politely bowed his head.

"Hokage-sama, we have reports of an intruder," he said sternly. His voice was deep.

Tsunade quirked a brow, clenching her hands into a fist on the desk.

"Who is it?" she demanded, obviously impatient.

"Hokage-sama, our sources at the Village Gate says that intruder is Sasuke Uchiha, a Missing-Nin. We may be incorrect though, although he does have an Uchiha crest on the back of his clothing,"

Tsunade clenched her jaw, grinding her teeth.

"Uchiha Sasuke!?" she repeated, raising her voice.

"Yes Hokage-sama. We had also confirmed the Missing-nin was with a girl, part of the Hyuuga clan. She claims she was lost, away from home for almost three weeks now."

Tsunade widened her eyes, in shock. Hinata, she thought. Who had helped her return to Konoha, and why was Sasuke Uchiha with her? Many questions had popped inside the hokage's head.

"What a nuisance," Tsunade growled, "take the girl back to the Hyuuga compound, then tell her to meet me in the Hokage office in an hour. In between the hour, make an appointment with the hospital for a checkup and therapy."

"Yes Hokage-sama. But what about Sasuke Uchiha?" the chuunin bowed once more.

Tsunade hesitated, then shut her eyes and let out a long sigh.

"I'll take care of him. Just hurry and do your task now,"

"Hai." the chuunin replied.

"Dismissed."

Hinata and Sasuke waited eagerly for the response. Finally, the chuunin with the long brown hair who was just in the Hokage's office arrived. The two eyed him, and so did the other guards. The man walked over to the guards, murmuring something to them which they nodded to. He then walked over to Hinata and Sasuke. He gave Sasuke a dirty look, making Sasuke loose part of his temper. The man faced Hinata.

"Hinata Hyuuga. You have been confirmed of your presence by Hokage-same. Please follow me back to the Hyuuga compound."

Hinata lightened into a smile, finally returning home. As the Hinata and the man walked, Sasuke followed them until he was stopped.

"Uchiha Sasuke, you are not permitted to follow along, as then you will be met by Hokage-sama," the brown haired man said sternly. Sasuke scowled. Hinata gave him a worried look.

"It's okay Sasuke," she mouthed which was followed by a warm smile. Sasuke immediately calmed down.

It has been minutes waiting for the Hokage. Sasuke had become impatient. The boy wondered who was the Hokage was now. Finally, he spotted a familiar looking female, with disgustingly to his taste, large breasts, who was wearing the Hokage robe.

He raised a brow. Who knew she was going to be Hokage?

"Sasuke Uchiha," she said sternly.

"Who the hell are you?" he scowled.

"Heh, I see. You're still the same as before. No respect for your Hokage. " The lady smirked.

"Tsunade?" He asked examining her. Yup, same eyes and appearance the last time he saw her.

"So you remembered?" she continued to leave a smirk on her face. Sasuke frowned, warning her not to push him. He was very short-tempered.

"Anyways, Sasuke Uchiha. Welcome home. Missing-nin for like what, two years now?" she started to change the subjects.

"Hn."

"Okay, well. What are you going to do now, here is Konoha? If you plan on threatening Konoha, I swear, I will pull your throat out. You are not to be trusted since you used to be associated with Orochimaru,"

Sasuke lowered his eyes, staring at the ground.

"I'm not going to threaten Konoha. That's not my reason to stay here."

"Stay here?"

"Isn't that why you welcomed me home?" he became very annoyed.

"Correct. But if you follow the rules for the first week. Mind if I explain them?"

"No."

"Alright, listen up. You're a missing-nin, almost like the leaf's rogue. You killed many ninjas, under Orochimaru's commands. Orochimaru, as you may know, is a very dangerous Shinobi, and you have decided to agree to be among his allegiance. You have betrayed the leaf, whose considered traitor. You are not trusted. So, in order to stay in the village, you must obey the following rules to be trusted once again. Understand?" Tsunade said, looking serious.

"Hn."

"What was that Sasuke?"

"Yes Hokage-sama."

"Good. So here are the rules. Pay close attention, therefore if you break them, you're out." Tsunade glared at Sasuke. Sasuke grinded his teeth. If he made one bad move, no more Hinata. "You will be placed in a house, but I highly predict you will choose the old Uchiha Compound."

Sasuke's eyes widened. Tsunade continued. " You will stay under house arrest for one week. Groceries, doctor visits and such, you will be allowed to leave under the house but you will be followed around by some of my ANBUs."

Crap, Sasuke thought.

"You will be surveillanced 24/7 by them also, so watch out."

Sasuke frowned, obviously he did not predict things would go this far.

"Isn't that stalking?" he scowled.

"No. That's called being monitored from your poor actions earlier." Tsunade retorted. "There are more rules. You must obey what the ANBUs say to you, no matter what. If you fail, that is a violation, so the call is off. You are not allowed to be in range of any weapons or harmful objects until your trial is over. You're only allowed to do essential, non-shinobi activities. You'll be out of shape some time soon, that's the disadvantage. And finally, you are not allowed to talk to anyone unless you ask permission from the ANBUs. Is that clear?" the Hokage finished.

"That is stupid," Sasuke snarled.

"Well, that's what you get for being a traitor, and massacring a bunch of people."

"I had no choice. I needed more power."

Tsunade scoffed. "Oh, really?"

Sasuke growled.

"So you in or not?"

Sasuke hesitated. Hinata, he thought. Finally, he spoke up.

"Fine."

Tsunade smiled.

"Are you going back to the Uchiha Compound?" Tsunade asked.

"Yeah."

"Do you need help to get back?"

"No. I remember. I don't need anyone's help. I'm going." he said, then walked off to the direction of his old house.

"Sasuke." Tsunade called one last time. The boy turned his head to the side, showing that he was listening. "I warned you, you are under probation. "

"Figured." he said simply.

"Dismissed," the Hokage waved off.

The guards bowed their heads, and all said in unison, "Good-bye Hokage-sama."

Finished! This one was a little longer, I hope you found it okay. Thanks.