Summary

AU-Sasuke was sick of misarable life, so he decided to leave it all behind, He never expected to find the one person who could truly save him…Narusasu

Enjoy (I hope), my first real story so be gentle please, but I do love critisism which help me better myself. Especially if I made major errors in my spelling; English isn't my native language...

O yeah, I do not own Naruto... or Boston...

Chapter 1 The Great Taka Base

"Brother, brother! Will you play with me?" An excited Sasuke asked his brother Itachi excitedly, which prompted said brother to look up, the son shining down on them which made his pale skin shine slightly, and smiled apologetic "I'm sorry, little brother, I've got a lot of studying to do"

"But you're always busy! It's not fair" The little boy pouted (adorably)"Why are you studying anyway? It's not like your grates can get EVEN higher!"

Itachi smiled fondly down at his brother and extended his arm to ruffle his hair "Silly Sasuke, if I want to get into a college and make father proud my grates have to be really high" The little boy pouted some more, displeased that his big brother was still treating him like a five-year-old, which was unacceptable; he was almost seven now! "Excel at everything you do, Sasuke, that's the Uchiha way"

Sasuke innocently looked up "The Uchiha way? Daddy's always talking about that… Is it hard to do?"

"Very, you can't do everything you want, for instance…" Itachi moved his face close to his little brother "I'd love to play with you, my little brother, but it's simply not possible"

"What about Aoi?"

The elder Uchiha paled "How do you know about that?"

"I heard you and Daddy fighting about her yesterday evening…"

Itachi let out a sign "What have I told you about spying on your elders, Sasuke?"

"Don't do it?"

"Exactly, yet you keep sticking your nose in places it does not belong" Itachi closed his eyes and let himself fall onto the grass, Sasuke knew he wasn't supposed to see, but he could clearly see a small smile of amusement appear on his big brother's face. At that, Sasuke smiled too and let himself fall down next to his brother, both brothers gazing at the clear blue sky.

"I love her, but I'm not supposed to"

Surprised, Sasuke turned to his brother, he didn't get it, wasn't love supposed to be a good thing, his mommy had said so. But he guessed there was some grown-up reason to it, so he remained silent, like he understood, he didn't want Itachi to think he was still a kid who didn't know anything!

"That's what I really want, aside from playing with you that is" The large hand intertwined with his small one "to be with her… a new life, far away…"

Sasuke squeezed his brother's hand some more, he could tell the teen was sad and if Sasuke hated one thing, it was his big brother being sad. "Far away? Where?"

"She lives in Boston, so that's where I want to go"

"Would you visit me?" Sasuke asked fearfully

"As often as possible" His brother answered, a fond smile on his face, as if he was already underway to his beloved.

"Then I'll ask god! I'll ask him to make you happy, so that you can go to Boston, if you ask too, our wish will certainly come true!"

This time it was Itachi's turn to look surprised, he gazed a second or two at his younger brother, and then he shot forward, encircling his arms around the little body and digging his head into the crook of the youngsters neck "You'd do that for me, Sasuke?"

Small arms slowly circled around the older males waist to, still not long enough to reach the whole way, so he digged his fingers into the blue shirt Itachi was wearing.

"Of course, I just want big brother to be happy"

Sasuke, big boy as he was, ignored the tears he felt dripping into his neck

"So, let's go to Boston, big brother"

A particularly large bump in the road caused Sasuke to jolt awake, a wince of pain immediately evident on his face. Disoriented he looked around, taking in the filthy bus he was currently sitting in, a few questionably strangers leering at him, a few other questionably strangers leering at a rather terrified girl sitting in the front of the bus.

So, really one look was necessary to realize; no, he wasn't in his king-sized bed, which stood in his king-sized room, which in turn was placed in the east wing of his (not really his) king-sized mansion. And also no, he wasn't in a grassy field with his brother and he certainly wasn't seven years old anymore…

Sasuke quickly checked his bag, it really hadn't been smart to fall asleep in a shady bus, with shady people at one O'clock in the morning, but it had been an awful long day and it was no surprise he was dead-tired. Luckily for him, he still had all of his possessions –few as they were- and he didn't seem to be approached by any of the men while he was asleep.

But he needed to start using his head, he couldn't make mistakes, in a few hours he would be discovered gone, and Sasuke planned to be far away by then. He couldn't afford being caught, his wrath would be unimaginable and he would rather not be on the receiving end of it.

So, far away he would go! Far, far away! He would leave Japan, Asia even, and start a new life on a whole different continent. One that harboured thousands of illegal immigrants every year, one that he could disappear into, one that man had little connection too.

America

Once there, it didn't really matter which part, but Sasuke had decided on the state as soon as he had decided on the continent. He would go to Boston, just like his brother had always wanted to, and he would try to stay hidden, he would try to blend in, he would try for a different life.

Leaving all his old memories behind.

The bus stopped moving, halting a stop before his and Sasuke was glad to see the girl leave the bus, a bulky boy (likely her boyfriend) outside waiting to pick her up. The men that had been leering at her were obviously disappointed, the girl passionately hugged the boy and they left together.

Though he was glad the girl was out of harm's way, this posed another problem, the men who were leering at him had now doubled and Sasuke wasn't so lucky to have some strong looking guy pick him up when he reached his destination. You see, Sasuke had always been exceptionably beautiful -obviously an Uchiha trait- and it was often said that he could turn any man gay, any lesbian straight, any asexual horny. He was also extremely feminine looking (something he had tried to counter by chopping his hair short, rather than growing it out, like Itachi had done… it hadn't helped) and although he willed with all his power to grow, he remained rather short.

He was a small, feminine looking beautiful boy, who many were attracted too, in a bus full of lowlife horny man at one o'clock in the morning, needing to get out at a stop notorious for its crime-rate and many dark alleys.

See his problem?

It really was rather sad that he still felt safer here, in this bus, than he had felt in that king-sized mansion.

Needless to say, Sasuke was surprised when in fact he was being picked up by 'a bulky guy', he blinked twice to confirm that he wasn't having a hopeful hallucination, but no, a man really was standing there by the bus stop, obviously trying to look inconspicuous which he failed miserably in, being an giant and all. How the hell did that man know? Had they already discovered him to be gone and had the guy took wind of that? Was he already being hunted?

Sasuke quickly excited the bus when it had finally stopped, and almost flew towards his saviour, barely even noticing the longing looks he was receiving from the remaining occupants in the bus. With a smile -a real one- on his face he hugged the man around the waist, barely able to contain the tears gathering in his eyes. He felt a gentle hand descend onto his head and instead of feeling sad and guilty, like so many times before, he only felt happiness.

"Juugo!"

"Sasuke" The voice he knew so well answered him "Karin told me what happened, we can't waste any time, come with me"

Sasuke quickly obeyed the command, clinging to his friend's arm, hiding in his shadow, they walked fast, but didn't dare run; it would only arise suspicion. You could never know where his spies were, and Sasuke could easily be recognised. Not a word was exchanged between the two men, the questions would come when they were safely inside, but Sasuke could tell Juugo was worried, his sharp eyes kept scanning his body for possible injuries and Sasuke's pride made him try to look as fine as possible, but he really couldn't stop the occasional wince of pain.

After about fifteen minutes, they finally arrived at a rather poor excuse for a house, the walls blackened and dirty, the garden littered with all kinds of objects –ranging from a rusted bike, to a discarded mouldy matrass, to an used condom laying innocently in the grass- and the roof seemed it could crumble at any minute. The house certainly had seen better days, Sasuke would know, it had been one of his favourite places when he had been younger. It was also the place he had agreed to meet Karin, Juugo being here was an added bonus. She must've been able to contact him at the last moment…

They silently made their way to the front door, once arrived Sasuke raised his fist to knock, one, two, three times before a feminine voice answered "Who dares to enter the great Taka base?" Sasuke allowed himself a brief smile "The one with the inferiority complex" Sasuke turned his head towards Juugo "And the one who's to scary to ignore"

The door clicked open, and both men silently went inside, as soon as the door behind them closed with a dull thud, Sasuke found himself with an armful of Karin, pregnant heavy Karin, pregnant, heavy, hormonal, Karin. She was hysterically crying into his chest, not one word audible, and he could only wrap his arms around her and thank god that she and the baby seemed okay, that everything hadn't been for nothing.

"Sasuke! Thank god your alive! I thought he would surely…I thought…" once again, the girl dissolved into tears, clinging desperately to him. He could only watch her, not having the heart to tell her exactly how close he had been to death.

Karin, still glued to his side, eventually led them to the living room, which was adorned with filthy furniture and many spin rags, like it hadn't been inhabited in quite some while. But that wasn't true, it just had to seem that way. Though Sasuke himself hadn't been there in over five years, just like Karin hadn't, someone else used the house plenty.

"Sasuke! Old friend! You're okay!" a white-haired, sickly looking male called out, his voice raspy, before he too went in for the kill; grabbing the (smaller, NO NOT SMALL) boy roughly by the shoulders before giving him a bone-crushing hug. Sasuke was always surprised how many strength Suigetsu still possessed despite having a life/energy-sucking disease.

Not long after that, they all took a seat –Sasuke on a chair that seemed to be the home of several disgusting insects- and their expressions became grim. Suigetsu was the first to break the silence.

"Well, it seemed we're kind off screwed, aren't we?"

Karin sadly rubbed her bulging belly "Yeah, but I still like to think that my little one has a chance, if only a little one"

"We're not losing hope yet" Sasuke spoke up "We still have a chance" He turned to Suigetsu "Have you had any luck with the things I asked?"

The boy grinned toothily "Who do you think I am, Sasu-chan? Of course I have them!" And with that said, The white-haired boy tossed three passports onto the table, together with three airplane tickets, he barely had time to dodge Sasuke's attempt to punch him for the 'sasu-chan' comment. "Pretty face you'll be- AH that hurt Sasuke!- you will leave for America, as you and Karin had already planned, once there you're pretty much on your own. That bastard hasn't got much influence there, but neither have we, though he'll look for you the hardest, considering your…ehm… history, so you really need to be in a place he can't easily access. Besides he'll expect you to travel to England, since you still have some relatives living there, don't worry, if you aren't there he will not hurt them; even he isn't so stupid to involve the British authorities. Your nationality won't be Japanese, since the whole world knows what Japan has become and therefor wouldn't trust you, I'm guessing you want some sort of a chance?"

"Yes that would be nice…"

"Alrighty then, Karin, you'll be heading to a small village near Lyon called Roanne, think up some tragic story about being pregnant and don't attract attention. It may be wise to change your hair colour or something, be sure to get contacts too, some of his people take business trips there, but he won't actively hunt you, so just stay as far away from the big cities and you'll be fine."

"Okay, I always wanted to know what I would look like as a brunette"

"Good, positive attitude, very nice. Now then Juugo-"

"Wait a minute" Karin, piped up "Is Juugo in danger too?"

"Well since Juugo abandoned his post at the time you two escaped, it's safe to say it puts him into a tight spot" Suigetsu answered her "And we all know that a simple suspicion is enough to put someone before a firing squad"

Karin looked horrified, Sasuke noted, and he quickly put an arm around her.

"No! O my god, it's all my fault! First Sasuke, now Juugo! I keep putting everyone in danger!" She cried hysterically, her shoulder shaking as quiet sobs began to wrack her body.

"Don't cry, Karin, You still haven't screwed me over-" A deadly glare from a prissy Sasuke shut Suigetsu up nice and quick.

"It's not your fault Karin" Sasuke comforted her, normally he was terrible at such situations, but living with that man had taught him a great deal about helping tortured and broken people, something Suigetsu OBVIOUSLY wasn't very good at "We all just want to be free, that's all we ever wanted, our freedom. Besides we'll all die before something happened to that little baby of yours"

Sniffing, Karin gently laid her hand on her belly once again, Sasuke had never known the normally aggressive girl possessed such an expression of utter love before she had become pregnant, but this baby had brought new hope into her eyes. It was something new, something untouched, so unlike they were.

Because at the end of the day, they were nothing but playthings to that bastard, just tools to be used and discarded.

Just tools, nothing more.

"Well anyway" Suigetsu continued, ignoring the little sniffles that still came from the redhead "Juugo, I've decided you'll best fit in with the Dutch, their like, one of the tallest people in the world and maybe you won't stick out that much there, again, try to avoid mayor cities like Amsterdam, I'm SURE some of his lackeys are holed up there, I've managed to rent a small apartment in Breda, I think you'll be safe there."

So that was it, Sasuke realized, they would all go their separate ways, all find new life's somewhere far away, leaving their war-ridden country behind, yet it was still their home, and although so much had happened, he still loved it dearly. He sadly raised his eyes to meet Suigetsu's, he had expected this outcome, but it still hurt to leave the sick guy all alone, if any of those power hungry vultures ever got their hands on him…

"Suigetsu… You won't join us?" He finally seemed to get out.

Suigetsu smiled a rare smile, one that had been buried a long time ago "No, I'll think I'll stay here, Japan is lovely this time of season, you know…Burning buildings and all? Besides who would keep taps on the fearful bastard if I'm gone, heh?"

"Suigetsu…" The normally silent Juugo spoke up, clearly heartbroken about the prospect of leaving him. Karin kept her head bowed, silently stroking her belly, tears still streaming down her tired face.

"I'll be okay guys, alright? We all know what will happen if I were to go on a plane, and I really don't want to leave the southern neighbourhood all alone, without any sort of protection, without any chance of leaving the country if that time comes… You guys have already given up far too much at my expense… just try to live, okay? Try to find a better life out there."

After that, all remained silent, but kept seated exactly where they were, they knew each other well enough to know everything without speaking, and as the sky became darker, after Sasuke had forcibly been stripped and his many bruises and cuts he had been concealing had been bandaged up, after they had all tried to hit Suigetsu over the head when he had yet again made some inappropriate comment, after Karin had spent an half hour trying to get Sasuke to say how he managed to get such soft skin, they finally came to the grim acceptance that they would most likely never see each other again.

And before they knew it, it was already morning and they had to leave, to the small airplane which would take them to the border of Korea, from there on they would blend in, all of them leaving for a different destination.

Their goodbye was brief, nobody really knew what to say, they didn't even hug, it all seemed so final… They all just nodded at each other, grabbed their suitcase and headed into a different direction.

Sasuke didn't know what awaited him in America, he didn't know what to expect from those people, but it couldn't have been any worse than living in that dreaded mansion, he couldn't meet people worse than that bastard, and if he died, at least he would die freed from his chains, at least he wouldn't be a tool anymore.

And that was enough for him

Leaning back into his chair as the airplane took off, Sasuke closed his eyes and let his thumb trace his passport, his new identity, right before his movements froze, and his eyes shot open.

There in neat little letters, his new name…

seikou, Kohana

"S-seikou, Kohana? That BASTARD called me delicate little flower?"

If he ever got his hands on Suigetsu, he was going to KILL him himself!

"Brother? Do you think I can go with you if you go to Boston?"

"Silly Sasuke, It's only a dream, Japan is where we belong, It's our home, don't ever forget that."