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Ch 5: Rest is Needed

"Sasuke, let me see your shoulder." Sakura called over her shoulder.

"The wounds not deep" Sasuke denied kunai rigged with ninja wire drawn in his hands. "You heard Kakashi. Stay guarded. Don't drop it to heal me. They'll use that. I can wait."

"You shouldn't." Naruto held his hand out to him. "Take a hit. In case there was poison."

"If you insist." Sasuke conceded, the two exchanged a low high five, Sasuke expertly tilting the kunai in his hand away from Naruto when their hands met, and a nine tails cloak coated Sasuke's skin.  He sighed as the wound knit itself together. The kyubi's chakra making quick work of the wound. He rolled his shoulder in contentment. "That's the good shit."

"Now that that's taken care of who are we watching out for?" Sakura asked eyes scanning around them. Ready to punch out anyone who neared.

"Well, he's the head of root. So let's just assume all the anbu in this room want to kill me." Sasuke seemed to think about his statement. He looked back at Itachi and Shisui. Both already had sharingan blazing. "Minus Itachi and Shisui, of course."

"Of course. Damnit. You're always so popular. I can't take you anywhere." Naruto leaned his head against Sasuke's. "Now I'm going to have to put all these anbu bitches in their place."

"Hm." Sasuke smirked lightly. "Isn't that a pity. Careful not to beat them too badly or I'll have to replace them all when you become hokage."

"Having one anbu to treat instead of hundreds would make my job a lot easier someday." Sakura smiled. "Don't hold back, Naruto." She clenched her fists tighter. "Let's show them not to mess with us, Sasuke."

"Yeah." The Uchiha agreed, finally activating his sharingan. "Let's move!"

"Like hell." Itachi denied looking at the trio sharply. He threw an arm in front of the trio. He was lucky his brother had the sense not to slash at it. "You're staying put. Let Shisui and I handle them, Sasuke."

"What? But Itachi I can-"

"This is no time for an argument."Shisui berated them. "None of us are fighting if we can help it."

Sasuke growled in irritation. He risked a look at the ceiling as he heard movement above them and was stunned by the sight.  It wasn't just Kakashi up there with Danzo anymore. He was joined by the fourth and even former third hokage. But most importantly, his father was up there too and he was kicking Danzo's ass six ways to Sunday. He'd never seen his father so furious before. There was a wicked look in his eyes as his sharingan blazed. Sasuke felt his heart clench. He was defending him himself. His eyes watered, did his father actually care?

"Sasuke, keep your attention on the ground." Itachi's warning brought him back to reality in time to avoid a shuriken to the neck. He wiped at his eyes.

"What did I do to set this guy off anyways?" Sasuke asked completely entirely lost. He nodded at Danzo. His eyes were begging Itachi for answers even more than his voice.

Itachi wished he had a good answer for him. But he didn't. "Nothing Sasuke. Don't read into his actions."

"Don't read into-" Sasuke growled in frustration for what was probably the thousandth time. Itachi never told him anything. "I almost just got my head chopped off! You don't do that over nothing!"

"He fears the clan." Shisui spoke up, Sasuke's protest went silent as Shisui started to explain.

"Shisui-" Itachi tried to protest.

"He almost got his throat slit open. You can't protect him forever." Shisui gave him a hard look. Itachi glared at him, but went silent. He nodded at Shisui to continue. But he didn't look happy about it.