CHAPTER 1: Familiar Stranger

The wind was rushing ever so smoothly, while Sasuke and the Eight-tailed Jinchuuriki were looking into each other's eyes, trying to figure out what their next moves were going to be. The Eight-Tails, who was skilled with blades, moved first and jumped high into the air, attacking his opponent with much force. However, his enemy was not weak. They went into combat with skill and speed, and the next thing that happened was that the Jinchuuriki counter-attacked Sasuke's indefensible Chidori Blade. Sasuke was injured very much, with the blades sticking out of him.

But, before the Bijuu could strike his final blow, his comrades come in to save him, barely. They keep fighting with all their might. Then, the true power of the Jinchuuriki appears. Even Sasuke's powerful genjutsu wasn't enough to stop him. Eight-Tails transformed into his true form, the ox-octopus monster, which led to his downfall.

However, Juugo was able to merge with him and save him, for the time being. Then, Sasuke used Amaterasu to avenge the death of Suigetsu. The inextinguishable flames swallowed the Jinchuuriki and Karin. Sasuke used his other eye to stop the flames, and that was the defeat of the great Eight- Tails. However, such power gave him great pain and made his eyes bleed. As they walked toward the floating body, it twitched a little.

"LARIAT!" the Bijuu cried with his last burst of strength. The blow caught Sasuke off guard, and sent him flying off hitting the sides of one of the terrane. The Uchiha was already physically weakened and fell into unconsciousness.

Sasuke opened his eyes to a dim light.

"Where am I?" he looked around at his surroundings. He was lying in a bed, healed.

"You're safe now," a voice said. "You really took a hit in a fight didn't you?" A teenaged girl came into view with tied up black hair and shiny silver eyes. She was exceptionally beautiful even in the grimy surroundings. She placed a wet towel on his forehead.

"You should lie down and rest." the mysterious girl said.

"Where is this place?" Sasuke asked.

"My home well, actually, it's more of a temporary stay for me." It was a cabin at the bottom of the terrains, near the forest.

"Thank you for helping me, but I'll be taking my leave now. I need to get back to my team, now."

"You're not healed all the way, yet." she replied.

Sasuke wanted to get away from this girl who seems to already have taken a liking to him. He sat up on the bed to see that he had bandages around his waist and chest. The faster he's away from this fangirl the better he thought.

"I'm fine. And I'll be going." He stood up and got ready to take his things. "Thank you for helping me."

"You really don't know who I am, don't you?" she said.

"And who's that supposed to be?" he asked, not even looking at her.

The girl stood up from the chair next to the bed and stood in from of him. She closed her eyes and sighed.

"I'm Yuri." she said, and opened her eyes. It was a crimson color with a strange design in it. "Uchiha Yuri."

Hey guys! This is my first chapter of my first story, and I want to see if you guys like it or not. Please write and review. Oh, and I don't own Naruto. Please write anything you wish. Criticism is welcomed! Compliments are even more welcomed.__