Sasuke

It was raining.

He sat in a chair, drinking coffee. The rain was always like a bad omen for him. When his family had been brutally annihilated, it had rained.

The day after when everyone avoided him like he had some horrible, contagious disease, it had rained.

When he was forced to live with his uncle, Orochimaru, it had rained.

When he had beaten up Naruto (the day before he left), it had rained. If he thought hard about he could remember thunder booming in the distance.

And when he had finally accepted Sakura to be his girlfriend it had rained the hardest. There was even a flash of lightning when he said yes.

Kami was warning him, like he had all those other times.

And just like all those other times, he ignored it.

Sakura

She knew she shouldn't be doing this. It wasn't right and they didn't deserve it. But she had been blinded and before she knew it this had happened. She trudged home through the rain, not in the least bit worried about getting sick. She had to end it. She had told herself this many times before. And each time she wouldn't do it. She was greedy; she wanted to have her cake and eat it too. Unfortunately, life didn't work that way.

She entered her dorm and went to the bathroom to change out of the wet clothes. She was grateful Ino wasn't awake. She didn't want to explain herself. All she wanted to do was sulk about how her life had taken a turn for the worst. There were many people she could blame and at the same time she couldn't blame anyone but herself. She turned to look out the window and sighed.

Naruto

Life was good.

He had convinced on of his oldest friends to come back to Konoha, gotten a girlfriend and had slowly started to gain some respect and acceptance among his classmates at Hasato Academy. Even with all of this going on he still wasn't the brightest crayon in the box. He knew there was something bad about what he was doing but he hadn't figured out what it was.

Stupid Ero-sennin (his godfather) had always said "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." So he ventured and he gained without losing anything. Deep down he knew he was hurting someone and he knew he should stop but he could not and would not lose something he worked so hard for. He deserved all of this.

He deserved the respect and acknowledgement he worked so hard for.

He deserved to be the hero for once, instead of "the class screw-up" or any other derogatory names his classmates and even some teachers called him.

He deserved to be noticed and loved.

He deserved to have Sakura.

And now he did.

Hinata

Ignorance is bliss she thought wistfully.

She had always found that saying stupid. Why in the hell would anyone not want to know about something that had an impact on them? If they didn't know, how could they do something about it? When she saw how weak she was compared to others she had changed that through her best friend. He had helped her until she could run circles around everyone-literally and figuratively.

Now, due to his impatience and piss-off attitude, she had become more confident and even developed a little attitude herself. After all that training she had managed to revert back to her 12 year-old stuttering, blubbering self.

All because she had bad timing.

She had always had a feeling something like that had been going on behind her back. She might be trustworthy but that didn't make her stupid. After a few weeks, she always timed herself to get to his dorm when she was sure the other girl was gone. It wasn't that she didn't like confrontations; she LIVEDfor them. She just didn't know how to properly handle that type of situation. Should she be angry?

Sad?

Disappointed?

She didn't really know. What she did know was that ignorance was indeed bliss.

Too bad she had figured that out too late.

"C'monnnnn Sasuke-kun I know you can do better then that" she teased, twirling a kunai in her hand. She knew he hated when she called him by that suffix, but it was always funny to see his facial expression. It was the same face he made when she had first asked if he was gay. He smirked at her.

"Don't blink or you won't know what hit you" he warned. He ran toward her and as her body tensed for a counterattack, he jumped and flipped over her. She quickly turned to stab him with the kunai.

"Point"

She huffed and dropped to the floor. She poked herself with the kunai and sighed dramatically. "They just had to make the points dull, huh?" He smiled. "Trying to get rid of me already? And after all I've done for you." She pouted. "Maybe if you weren't going easy on me again might I add, I wouldn't have said that" She saw a shift of movement in the shadows. Maybe I'll draw some fan girl blood she thought delightfully. Oh jeez, I'm turning into Sasuke now.

She threw the kunai at a shadow in the corner. Her cousin, Neji, walked toward her. She rubbed her temples. "Neji nii, I told you not to spy on me. It's just training I swear" He smirked. "What a sadistic girl you've turned into Hinata. Wanting to put people in pain for your pleasure" he shook his head. She gave an evil smile. "It's not even like that!" she said innocently. Neji and Sasuke looked at each other.

"Right" they said in unision. They sent looks at each other.

"Hyuuga."

"Uchiha."

She got up and went towards the girls' change room. She didn't get those two. One minute they were friends and the next they had random glaring matches. "Idiots" she mumbled under her breath. "I'll get you back for that" Sasuke promised never taking his eyes off Neji.

After Sasuke blinked first, Neji went to lean on the wall. "So" he said casually, "What can you tell me about Hinata's boyfriend Naruto? Because from what I have heard and seen...he appears to be an idiot"

Sasuke smirked.

"Do you mean to say the great Neji doesn't even know much about his cousin's boyfriend?" pissing off Neji was one of his favorite pastimes…when he wasn't brooding. So he was going to use this opportunity as much as he could. "Well I guess you could say Naruto is..." he looked at his watch. "I'd love to sit and chat but I have my girlfriend to meet. Maybe you should get one" and he walked away, leaving Neji to curse him out in his mind.

As Sasuke walked towards the school's café, he started to reminisce about his life before and after he went to live with Orochimaru.

Flashback

"Is anyone alive here?" a voice shouted out. There was a lot of thumping on the ground, like the people invading his home were wearing industrial boots. The door opened. Sasuke heard a crackling sound.

"There's three bodies' in here. A woman, a man and shit they even killed a little boy." Sasuke flinched at the curse word the man said. He curled up a little more. Maybe if he made himself smaller, they wouldn't hurt him like they did his parents. There was a thumping sound toward him. He could hear the man breathing. "Hey kid…are you alright...C'mon get up" Sasuke peeked one eye open and saw the mysterious man's hand coming toward him. He panicked. The man was going to choke him to death.

He jumped up and walked backwards. "D-don't touch me!" he shouted. He tripped over his foot and fell backwards. He stared at the man in horror as he began walking toward him again. "I said DON'T TOUCH ME!" he screamed louder. The man swiftly bent down and picked him up, patting his back and repeating "It's going to be okay" over and over. Sasuke started flailing his arms and legs around, trying to get away from the man but slowly relaxed and started to sob. "Shhh…it's okay. We'll find the people who did this okay? I promise."

End Flashback

But he had lied. Sasuke unconsciously curled his hand into a fist. They hadn't found them. And then he had to go and live with Orochimaru.

Flashback

"Why can't I take care of him!? I've been doing it for the past year and a half!" Kakashi argued. Sasuke looked down. He wanted to stay with the cop who had saved him from probably rotting in his old house also known as Kakashi. After finding him huddled next to his mother and father's dead corpses, Kakashi had taken him home. He had outright refused to let Sasuke go in a foster home.

"Mr. Hatake, you aren't a blood relative. Or even a family friend for that matter. We have found an uncle who has taken an interest in Mr. Uchiha here and is coming tomorrow to pick him up" Kakashi opened his mouth to argue but the social worker cut him off. "Unfortunately you have no say in the matter. This case is closed." Kakashi sighed. He couldn't keep Sasuke. Even if he took Sasuke and left, how long would it be before the police were on their tail? How would Sasuke do anything without his face being recognized as the missing child on TV? He couldn't do that to Sasuke. He sighed again and looked at Sasuke regretfully.

"I'm sorry"

End Flashback

That jerk-off! He vented inwardly. Living with Orochimaru had been hell and as much as he tried to blame Kakashi, he couldn't. He had done his best and he knew turning to a life of crime to save the boy wouldn't be a good idea for either of them. In his frustration he punched the nearest locker.

"Is the great Sasuke trying to punch out his gay thoughts of me again? I told you before teme, I have Hinata-chan…and I don't like you like that" Sasuke didn't have to look to know who the person was. He could even feel the idiotic grin that he knew would be on the boy's face.

"What do you want Naruto?"

Well that was my first chapter...Tell me what you guys think

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