Naruto : Uchiha : Chapter 40

(Time-skip Six Months)

Hokage Tower

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Mission's Office

"Mission Accomplished Hokage-sama, Squad Seven reporting in." Sasuke's voice rang in the silence adorning the large room filled with several chunins round a desk with the Hokage sitting at it's anchor point.

The stoic shaggy haired Kage nodded, taking the paper with the official report and scanned it with his critical eyes. Everything was meticulous, just as he had become used to from the strategic mindset of their team's strategist.

He wasn't a man to see imperfections and was glad that he never had to point out any mistakes in their reports like he had to for many others before they were filed into the archives.

"Report received and approved, a mission well done as always." he stated blankly and the three genin smiled. It was their tenth C-rank mission, and as always they had put their all into it just as they did for each of their missions.

"Alright team, you all are dismissed for the day. Meet me tomorrow after resting up, and we'll see what we do from there on." their sensei told them and the three nodded, with Sakumo letting out a tired yet happy smile.

"Alright, come on Naruto let's go out for some food out today. It's been a while since we've been able to hang out outside of these missions…" Sakumo suggested but got a negative shake from Naruto that confused his dear teammates quite a lot.

"Why, what's the matter my youthful friend?" the green spandex lad boy asked and got a little apologetic smile from their blonde friend.

"Gomen, but Kagami Ojii-san asked me to come for a clan meeting today. I have to go, but we'll go next time I promise…" he spoke the last part quickly when their faces saddened and both smiled with a nod of understanding.

"It's alright, you go and do that. But next time…" Sakumo spoke slyly, catching him in a head lock and rubbing his head with his fist to make his blonde friend laugh.

"I'll see you tomorrow guys, Ja Ne…" the blonde chirped up, running out of the office and Sasuke smiled seeing his happy blonde subordinate. The boy certainly did bring a joy to everyone when he was around, he just had that calming sort of an aura in him.

Tobirama though let his gaze linger on the door for a while longer, the symbol embossed on the back of said boy's shirt making him fall into a deep thought of his own.

Sasuke saw his faraway gaze, and was surprised that his old friend had spaced out. It was quite unlike him to lose focus when he was on duty over something.

"Something the matter Tobirama?" he asked, dropping the honorifics to replace it with a warm tone and the stoic Senju's eyes snapped to his friend, realizing he had spaced out. He shook his head and started working on the papers on his desk with a new vigor, though his mind was still elsewhere for the time being.

Sasuke started to walk out with a shrug, only to be stopped from leaving by his friend's voice. "Sasuke…" the man turned around with a raised eyebrow at seeing Tobirama eyes that told him he was about to ask for something. "…tomorrow…" he spoke, confusing the elder Sarutobi greatly with his words.

"Take the day off." he stated flatly, in a voice that meant he wasn't taking no for an answer. Sasuke's eyes narrowed in on his friend's, not quite getting where he was going with this.

"Why?" he asked in a voice, that demanded he needed answers. The chunin by Tobirama's side shuddered when they felt a thick tension form between the two shinobis. Finally Tobirama relented seeing his firm stare and broke the silence himself.

"I have to borrow your subordinate for the day tomorrow, you may give the other two a leave…" he spoke blankly, turning his gaze down to his work to make the matter closed there and then. Sasuke knew the man won't say anything else and flickered away in a swirl of flames.

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Meanwhile with Naruto…

The blonde ran past the streets quickly, seeing the time on several of the clocks placed throughout the street lamps and wanted to be there a bit earlier than intended.

But his eyes caught sight of a figure sitting down on the porch by the Naka river that made him stop in mid stride and a small smile lit up his face.

Tsunade waved her legs back and forth, her feet dipped in the water and let out a soft sigh. She hadn't been getting any time with all the labor jobs her granduncle had been assigning them. It wasn't as cool being a shinobi as she always used to…

"Hey…" a voice whispered in her ear, a chin placing on her shoulder while arms wrapped up around her shoulders from behind. She smiled widely, already knowing who it was from the embrace alone and nuzzled her cheek by the one now placed by her own quite snugly.

She scooted aside when the arms let go and patted her side, where the blonde sat quickly and she put her head on his shoulder happily with a content sigh.

"When did you get back?" Naruto asked her, rubbing her arm to make her cuddle up by his side even more.

"Just today, you?" she asked him with a curious look and Naruto placed his own cheek on top of her head with a smile.

"Me too." he said in a whisper and both fell silent, enjoying each others presence that had become quite a scarcity these days in comfortable silence.

Naruto watched the sun, now dipping into the horizon and he knew he had to move now if he wanted to be on time.

"I have to go." he spoke, making her clutch his waist and shake her head quickly.

"No." she spoke flatly and he chuckled, kissing her head to get a small giggle from the chirpy girl, she wouldn't admit it but these small tender actions always warmed her heart.

He got up after wriggling from her grip, much to her protest and he saw her stand there with her hands on her hips and a frown now marring his face at being disturbed while she wanted to laze around with him a bit.

"Come on let's go…" he poked her forehead with a smile, making her grumble and rub the spot with a pout. She hated it when he did that.

He tucked his hands in his pockets, walking slowly towards his clan compounds lazily while enjoying the evening breeze and smiled hearing the soft humming from the girl beside him.

Usually, she would chat her heart away but he could see that she just wanted to relish the moment they had gotten together as much as she could, he wasn't quite far away from her thoughts either.

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Uchiha Clan compounds

"So…" he rose an eyebrow seeing the girl placing her hands behind her and looking at him curiously. "…where are we going?"

She finally asked when it became too much to let her questions in anymore, and he looked on ahead towards the right corner of their compounds that had a small hill with a smile.

"You'll see…" he spoke calmly, making her pout but she pursed her lips and nodded, scooting a bit closer unknown to him to make herself a bit more comfortable while they whizzed past the streets of the guarded Uchiha districts.

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