Chapter 3: chastisement
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Sasuke was not having a good morning. POKE. No, definitely not. POKE. To have that irritating sun shining like there is no tomorrow on his head is definitely not a good sign. POKE. What worries him is that conversation he had with his aniki. He can barely sleep thinking who really attacked his family if it's not his brother. POKE. Being anxious to his coming punishment never helped either. POKE. Naruto hiding something from him is disturbing too. POKE The puzzle named Haruno Sakura messed his mind more. POKE. But what really pushed him to the edge of his patience is the constant poking on his cheek. Just when he was welcoming sleep with open arms, he was pushed back to the real world annoyed, no, enraged by this bane of existence who decided to defy his will to sleep.
The desire to sleep was now gone. He can no longer call it. Patience almost reaching its limit. The poking... still there. He decided to ignore it, not liking the idea of poking devastating his precious resting time. He snuggle deeper to the sheets hoping that the intruder will stop.
"Oi, Sasuke-teme! You sleepyhead, dattebayo!! Baa-chan is not patient person"
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And that did it. Last card of patience gone. He slammed himself to world of consciousness and saw a mop of blonde hair.
"DOBE!!!"
Let's just say that Naruto got what he deserves.
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The trip to the Hokage tower was silent much to the pleasure of a certain Uchiha, well except for the mumblings of the dobe and the villagers. The villagers, as expected, were discussing about him returning to the village. Fan girls swooned as he walk through the busy streets of Konoha. And certain dobe cursing under his breath, "damn uchihas...disturbing beauty sleep... being helpful but got punched..."
"Oi dobe, aren't you too old for baby talks?" Sasuke smirked knowing that it will push Naruto's buttons.
"Sasuke-teme!! If I don't know about Baa-chan's temper, I will mop your sorry ass to Kakashi-sensei's face!!"
"What about mopping Sasuke's behind to my awesome face?" as if on cue, the said masked person appeared behind the duo. "Anyway, Hokage-sama is pretty uhm... upset that you aren't still there. So she sent me to fetch you, too."
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To say that the hokage is pissed off was an under statement. No sake (courtesy of Shizune), late Sasuke, damned nosy council. Add in a VERY talkative gaki who never know when to shut up equals a damned f*cking headache.
"And then, he punched me Tsunade-baachan. That's why we are late," Naruto ranted while glaring at the Uchiha and the said Uchiha is smirking. Old habits really do die hard, don't they? Ignoring the loudmouth hokage-in-training, she proceded to the business straight to the point.
"So Uchiha, ready to face your punishments?" she stated more than she questioned. Having no choice to the said matter, the raven-haired only grunted. Besides, grunting will do better than saying something bad, right? Afterall, he doesn't want to die yet if Sakura said that her temper is just as bad as two bouncy fats.
"Well then, you will be having a year probation with anbu behind your tracks. Of course you will have a probation officer too, which will be my apprentice. You are also forbidden to leave the Konoha grounds without my permission. No high rank missions, too. You will only be having D-rank missions until further notice," the Godaime Hokage stopped when the raven paled, paler than his already pale complexion. She smirked as if saying there's more.
"And because you are still a Konoha genin despite the fact that you are an S-ranked missing nin, you'll gonna have your exams next year. For now, you will be placed into a genin team who had recently graduated the genin exams," she calmly stated while looking to the distressed pale teen.
"The genin team will be under the tutelage of Haruno Sakura, my apprentice, so don't worry," she smiled as if taunting him.
"And she's also your probation officer so be good to her. Any questions?" she finished.
"...yeah. Who is the real killer who slaughtered my clan?" he inquired with fire of determinations in his eyes. Tsunade was suddenly taken aback to his question. She knew Itachi will tell him this but still, him knowing the SS-ranked classified matter is still too early. Then again, the weasel prepared his whole life time to tell his otouto the truth.
Tsunade lowered his face not liking the idea of crushing the heart of the boy. With a trembling voice, she muttered, "your father."
TBC
