Revenge

The smirk on Naruto’s face was, if nothing else, smug.



Not because he had once again managed to outsmart those old councilmen, but because he knew that, since he didn’t die and absolutely forbade anyone from harming Sasuke for his sake, his best friend, would be safe.



Well, at least until he decided to kick his as for trying to harm his mate. His life, he could have forfeited for either one of the last Uchihas, be it because of friendship or love, but his loved one’s life was another matter entirely.



And he promised himself the bastard would be feeling it for a long time once he was done with his sorry ass.



He focused his attention on Tsunade, who was watching him with a disappointed glint in her eyes. He narrowed his own, willing her to understand that he couldn’t abandon his first everything. He saw her sigh after a while and nod her head, showing she would accept his decision.



“Fine” he heard one of the old coot say “But we cannot allow him to go unpunished. It will reflect badly on you, show how biased you are when it comes to him, how he is one of your weaknesses”



“Not only that but what would other villages say?” Added another.



Naruto thought for a while and finally turned to Itachi “What do you think?”



Itachi sighed before answering “I have to agree with the council. You cannot endanger yourself and the village by showing mercy. But death is out of the question since this is not what you want and Sasuke seemed to welcome it anyway. Maybe house arrest or sealing his Chakra for a while would be good enough”



Naruto smirked inwardly. Itachi and he had prepared the entire meeting before it started; trying to anticipate every loophole they could use to counter the council who absolutely wanted Sasuke’s death.



He turned back to the old men and asked “Is this good enough for you?”



One of the bolder ones was about to say something but Naruto narrowed his ice-blue eyes and the man closed his mouth so quickly, his teeth clicked.



“Very well then, you can leave I will handle it from here”.



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Sasuke was quietly sitting in his cell, patiently waiting for his freedom to come, when he heard the door to his cell open.



He kept looking at the ground, eyes half-lidded in anguish, until he saw the white clad feet stop in front of him.



His eyes widened slightly before he closed them again as he thought ‘They already appointed a new Hokage’



The days in his cell were the same to him. He didn’t know how long he’d been in there consumed by both grief and guilt. Shame was also present, but he preferred not to dwell on it. It wasn’t strong enough to hurt him and he wanted to hurt so bad, maybe then he could face his Naruto once he was freed from this pitiful life.



He didn’t raise his eyes as he heard the feet in front of him move slightly but almost gave himself a whiplash when he was hit on the head and called a Teme!



“Wha…?”



He almost felt like sobbing from joy when he saw his now awake Dobe. But almost recoiled when he saw the flat stomach Naruto was now sporting.



“The babies..?”



“Are fine. All three of them. But Sakura..” Finished Naruto.



“I know, Tsunade told me”



He saw Naruto settle on the floor next to him and wanted so badly to have the right to reach out to him, if only to make sure he wasn’t dreaming.



“You’ll be free to go, once I seal your Chakra” started Naruto “Itachi and I convinced the council to abandon all charges since I am not dead and I was not the target anyway. You will also be confined into the village for a year, under surveillance to make sure you don’t just up and leave, even though you wouldn’t go far Chakra-less”



Sasuke was silent trying to absorb the facts. What if he didn’t want to leave this cell? At first, staying here had been a nightmare, but soon the darkness and absolute silence became so comforting he was almost afraid to go back to a normal life.



As if reading his thoughts, Naruto said “The accident stayed between Tsunade, Itachi and the council. No villagers will ever know, I’ll make sure of it”



Sasuke looked at him and shook his head “I almost killed you, why are you still..”



“And I will kick your ass for it and for trying to kill Itachi in the first place, but this is our personal lives, it has nothing to do with the villagers” He sighed as he saw Sasuke frown “Look, just accept that I hold no grudge for what you did to me, but I will be beating you into the ground when you have your Chakra back, ok? If you want I can even beat you extra hard!” He added with a grin.



Naruto was almost relieved when he saw his friend smirk slightly. The Sasuke in front of him looked less defeated than when he first came in, and that was a good sign. He could work with that.



Of course the two brothers would have to face each other often, since Sasuke would like to see his son and daughter, and he wouldn’t deny him. But he was sure they could come to tolerate and even appreciate each other’s company once again…



He sealed Sasuke’s Chakra and they both left the building heading toward the hospital where Itachi waited for them…



They had babies to name!





A/N:



Sorry for totally disappearing for months!!!



Short and crappy chapter I know but I think this fic is totally lost to me!!! I have no more inspiration!!!



Anyway, please review even if it’s to tell me how much it sucked!!



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