Freshly Fallen Snow

Author's Note: I decided to grant a request I received for a Sasuke x Elsa pairing. This is my first time writing anything about Frozen. So if you notice anything 'wrong,' that was either a mistake on my part or done for the sake of the plot. Please see Important Story Notations for further details.

IMPORTANT STORY NOTATIONS: I bent certain 'rules' to make this story work. Sasuke is moderately 'OC' because he's more talkative. This is to make the plot flow better and because he's in a completely different world. I've also clarified in Chapter 10 why Naruto didn't sense the villain's intentions instantly. Mostly though, it was to prevent this from being an extremely short and boring story. If any of that bothers you, you might want to turn back now. For those of you still here, I hope you enjoy this story and reviews are always appreciated. Happy reading.

Disclaimer: I own nothing and make no profits off of any of my fanfics.

Chapter 1

One step. That was all it had taken to start his journey that had taken him across the Five Great Nations to the Island Nations and back again. Despite all that, he wasn't done.

"He's lucky I have the Rinnegan." Sasuke shakes his head as he enters the Land of Snow.

A few days ago, Sasuke hadn't known where he was going. He was just wandering as he had been since the war ended. Things were different now though. At least for a little while, he had a purpose again.

"Kaw!" Garuda flew towards Sasuke with a scroll attached to his mighty talons.

It was just easier to leave the massive hawk in the Leaf Village. Sasuke could summon Garuda whenever he needed him and Naruto could use the Summon to pass messages along to Sasuke quicker.

Sasuke smiled at the enormous bird of prey and waited for him to land. "Thank you." He quickly took the scroll and read it, even by Naruto's standards this was out there.

Dear Bastard,

Gale says that she has been detecting unusual chakra patterns and hearing voices outside her home. I would pawn it off to a dream, but even her guards are confirming this.

So get your ass moving and check it out. It's really freaking her out. Oh and make sure to wear purple clothes.

Your Best Friend, N.

The scroll was a mark of Naruto getting at least a little bit better at being cryptic. N obviously referred to Naruto. He was the Bastard. Gale was a reference to Princess Gale. The part that Koyuki Kazahana was best known for portraying under her stage name. Yukie Fujikaze.

The most cryptic remark was obviously asking him to wear purple. That was Naruto's way of asking him to use the Rinnegan to investigate.

"He's such a Loser." Sasuke shook his head fondly at the time as he set off for the Land of Snow.

"Sasuke, thank goodness you're here." Koyuki sighs in relief as she races towards him.

That was a greeting that he would have killed to get as a Genin. If only to taunt Naruto over it. The idiot used to have the biggest celebrity crush on this woman.

"I'm happy to be here." Sasuke nods as he looks around. "Though I don't see anything unusual so far." Just a lot of snow and of course, the castle where she lived. Koyuki was a daimyo now, after all.

It wasn't exactly a lie. Sasuke had no real reason not to want to come to the Land of Snow. Despite having a fire and lightning affinity, the cold had never bothered him all that much. Actually, maybe that was why it didn't bother him. He was naturally warmer than most people.

That and he finally had a concrete purpose again. It might not last for long, but he was 'happiest' when he had a task to complete.

She smiles at him and leads him towards castle grounds. "I'll show you where we've been hearing the voices." The former actress looks around a bit warily as though she expected a ghost to attack her or something of that nature. "I'm not a ninja, but I recognize chakra when I feel it. It's like chakra, but different somehow."

That sounded interesting, Sasuke thinks to himself as he follows her. Every step he took, he could hear the sound of snow crunching underneath his feet. Each crunching sound only serves to remind him of something very important. He was far away from home. Far away from the Hidden Leaf.

"You're right." Sasuke tries to shake off such thoughts as he feels something strange. "It is like chakra, but it's lighter somehow. Less solid and more dynamic." This was new.

Maybe, he should have brought Karin with him. She was a Sensor Type. The woman would have been able to analyze the chakra pattern more thoroughly than him.

"I'll see what I can find out." He smiles reassuringly at the Daimyo as he activates his Rinnegan.

It was definitely chakra and there was a ripple effect to it. One that felt vaguely familiar. Too familiar.

"I think it's a tear." Sasuke frowns. "A tear in the walls separating this dimension from another and I think I know which one." He glances at her, wondering how much he should tell the Daimyo. "Kaguya had six dimensions and one of them is made of snow and ice." So in a twisted way it made sense that the tear would be here.

Koyuki's eyes widen in horror at that. "So you're saying that alien's dimension is bleeding into ours, but I thought she was defeated?!" She had apparently heard enough about the war to realize why that was bad news.

How could he explain this to her? Sasuke sighs as he pauses for a moment. He didn't want to alarm the woman anymore than she already was.

"We incapacitated her, but she's not dead." Sasuke hadn't even thought of what effects that might have on her dimensions.

Nothing had changed when he used his Space-Time Ninjutsu before. Maybe, it had now though.

"Can you fix it?" She looks at him desperately.

Sasuke nods at her and smiles. "Yes, I can seal up the tear by using my Rinnegan and going to that dimension." It was probably a minor tear. Thanks to the Uchiha Stone Tablets, Sasuke could handle this though. "If I'm not back in a few hours send an encrypted message to Naruto about what happened."

He was confident he could fix this, but Sasuke Uchiha had learned that dealing with anything Kaguya related tended to get complicated. Very quickly. It was best to keep the Loser briefed on everything.

"Alright." She smiles. "I will." The Daimyo looks him up and down as though she was concerned for his well-being. "Stay safe."

Sasuke nods at her gratefully as he activates his Jutsu. The familiar black and purple portal appears and Sasuke walks towards it, but not before issuing a warning to Koyuki.

"Don't follow me. It'd be one thing if you were going with me, but don't enter this portal alone." The Daimyo would have absolutely no idea what she was dealing with if she did.

Koyuki nods stiffly as she watches the swirling portal warily. "I won't." She smiles at him as if to reassure Sasuke. "I promise." Sasuke nods in acknowledgement and with that, he darts inside the portal.

"Yes, My Queen." A guard bows to Elsa. "I know that it sounds absurd, but several travelers who have made their way to the mountains have confirmed similar sightings of an unknown castle."

The young woman shakes her head and smiles. "Of course, they have." She had made that castle when she accidentally trapped the entire kingdom in a bitter winter with her magic months ago. "I was the one who made that castle."

She had been queen for a relatively short time, but Elsa liked to think that she was growing into the position. With her sister, Kristoff, and Olaf at her side, everything was going about as well as one could expect until these rumors had started.

"I know that, Your Majesty." The guard looks terribly uncomfortable. "It's not only the castle though. People have been complaining about hearing voices and a strange energy."

The strange energy might be just the residual effects of her magic, but Elsa had no way of explaining the voices. Well, other than the fact people were probably imagining things.

She sighs and looks at her Anna. "Tell Olaf and Kristoff t hat I'm going to investigate this matter and I'll be back soon." Of course, she knew her sister. "Don't worry. If I'm not back by tomorrow, you can send a search party. I will leave a trail of ice posts for anyone to follow."

Anna looks ready to protest, until she hears that last part. "Alright." It was obvious that her sister wasn't too pleased with her decision, but it had to be done. She was the queen and her people were concerned. "Couldn't you send some guards though?"

That would be the logical step for most rulers. It wasn't for her though. Her powers over snow and ice gave her an advantage over most people. It might be arrogant, but Elsa doubted there were very many people who could threaten her.

"I could, but it's just easier to do it myself." She smiles and embraces the princess. "I'll be back soon. Don't worry so much. I left once, but I'm not going to do it again."

Anna returns the hug and smiles. "Alright." Her sister was the definition of bubbly in Elsa's mind. It was a wonder that she didn't have Bubble Magic or something of that nature, really. "I'll make sure that we have your favorite breakfast tomorrow, since you're going to miss dinner. Make sure to take something with you to eat on your way."

Elsa nods as she dons her traveler's cloak. "I'll take Sven with me." It was faster to just have the reindeer pull a sled than to walk.

Anna nods approvingly at that. "Okay. I'll go and tell the others." With that being said, both sisters scurry off to carry out their respective missions.

Time was a funny thing in other dimensions. He knew that it had likely only been a few minutes or seconds back in his dimension, but the Sun was already setting here.

"I've been here for hours." Sasuke shakes his head at the thought, having already sealed up the tear.

It was a bit disturbing to see his breath every time he talked, but there was something beautiful about the frozen landscape. In a way, it suited Kaguya. She had been beautiful in a terrifying way.

He had been about to go home, but that's when Sasuke notices something in the distance that definitely wasn't supposed to be there. "Is that another castle?" Sasuke blinks as he walks towards it.

It was too far away for him to reach at the moment, but he could see the outline of a second castle. This one was clearly manmade. It was also beautiful, surrounded by a village and the wilderness.

"Something's gone really wrong." This wasn't just Kaguya's dimension anymore.

Either someone had been adding to it or Kaguya's dimension had bordered another. Now that she was incapacitated, the border between the new mysterious dimension and the alien's was just falling away.

Sasuke tilts his head at that thought. "This one is just absorbing Kaguya's Ice Dimension into the landscape." Kaguya's dimensions weren't the same as another organic world.

So this didn't really alarm him so much as perplex Sasuke. That meant that there were people who had unwittingly been Kaguya's neighbor in a way.

He looks back towards the tear he had just sealed for a moment and then at the castle. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to look." It would be irresponsible not to. After all, who was to say these people wouldn't recognize what was going on as well and what was to keep them from entering Sasuke's world?

"I better investigate and then I'll brief Naruto." The last Uchiha sighs as he flits off towards the castle.

The further he got away from 'Kaguya's Side,' the more real things felt. Every detail felt natural. Down to the freshly fallen snow that was crunching under his feet in exactly the same manner it had in the Land of Snow.

Faster and faster he went, taking in all the sights. He was now in a wilderness area of some kind. It was like the Leaf's forests, but colder.

Which meant one thing. "It has wildlife." Sasuke sighs as he jumps up and onto a tree branch, narrowly avoiding the furry creature that came lunging at him.

Upon further inspection, it was a wolf. Sasuke liked wolves well enough, but he didn't want to be their dinner. He also knew one important fact about them.

"They tend to travel in packs." Sasuke sighs as he looks around and sure enough, he could see them.

Lurking behind some trees, he could see the beasts with their sharp teeth. Hmm. He didn't really want to kill them for doing what any predator would, if it got hungry…but they'd probably give chase. Maybe, he should just knock them out.

Meanwhile Elsa smiles at the reindeer who was pulling her towards the castle. "It's alright, Sven. We're almost there. I know you don't like the forest, but there's no other way to get there." She pats the back of his head reassuringly.

He was Kristoff's friend. The man that her sister was in love with. Thank goodness her taste had improved since Hans.

The reindeer makes a whining sound as he continues leading them through the forest. Not that Elsa could blame him. These woods were known to have wolves in them.

"We'll be home before you know it." She smiles encouragingly at the reindeer. "Just keep going."

On and on they went. Arendelle was truly a beautiful kingdom. With it's palace, villages, docks, and forest surrounding it. She never got tired exploring it. Though Sven apparently didn't feel the same.

They must have been traveling for awhile because it was already getting dark. It was no wonder that the reindeer was getting tired.

"They tend to travel in packs." Though that thought was soon overshadowed by those six words.

Someone else was nearby and so were the wolves apparently. That wasn't a good combination.

Elsa sighs as she looks around and her eyes widen when she sees a bunch of wolves circling a tree. A tree that someone had obviously climbed to get away from them.

"We have to help them." There was really only one way to get the person to safety without hurting the wolves. "Sven, stay here."

If the reindeer stayed out of the wolves sight, they probably wouldn't go after him. After all, they clearly thought they had cornered their prey. At least, that was Elsa's reasoning as she goes racing towards the pack and the poor traveler who was about to be dog food, if she didn't do something soon.

Sasuke was just about to Flicker off or something when he sees ice come spiraling towards the wolves. Ice that reminded him far too much of Haku because the wolves were soon trapped inside barred cages. Again, made out of ice.

"Looks like they have chakra in this dimension." Sasuke tilts his head at the thought as he looks around to see who had captured the now, very confused wolves.

"Are you alright?" A woman's voice pierces through the cold air.

It only took him a second for Sasuke's keen eyes to locate her. "I'm fine." She was probably a couple years older than he was and certainly didn't look threatening, but looks could be deceiving. She had just used some sort of powerful Ice Jutsu. "Who are you?"

Her eyes were just as blue as the ice she wielded. Hell, even Naruto's eyes weren't that expressive. If she was a ninja, the woman would definitely need to work on her poker face because Sasuke had seldom seen anyone who looked so shocked.

"I'm Queen Elsa of Arendelle." Her eyes lock on his. "Who are you? Oh and it's safe to come down now. The wolves won't get out of those cages unless I want them too."

Sasuke didn't know what was more amusing. The fact that Elsa was so shocked he didn't know who she was or that the blonde apparently thought that he needed saving.

"Sasuke Uchiha." He jumps down from the tree with ease and lands on his feet. "I'm a traveler."

He thought about telling her that he was from the Hidden Leaf Village, but Elsa likely would have no idea what he was talking about. That and the Leaf's name would likely sound just as odd to her as the name Arendelle did to him. It would peg him as even more of an outsider than not recognizing her did.

Elsa blinks when he lands and suddenly, Sasuke realizes he might have made a mistake. Apparently, in this dimension jumping down from those heights and landing on your feet wasn't normal.

"Well it's nice to meet you, Sasuke." She looks him up and down. "Are you hurt?"

So they had chakra, but their Taijutsu was lacking. That was good to know. Then again, Sasuke couldn't be sure that this Elsa wasn't something of an abnormality in her world. Maybe, most people didn't have chakra here.

He shakes his head. "I'm fine." Sasuke smiles at her. "Thanks to you."

The queen had obviously gone out of her way to 'save' a stranger. So he'd let her believe that she had saved his life. There was no reason to explain he would have been fine without her help.

Besides, he might not need her help to escape from wolves, but Sasuke did need her help in another way. He needed to learn about this world before going home. As a queen, Elsa probably knew all about this place and maybe, the blonde wouldn't mind answering his questions.

"You're welcome." She smiles at him. "Are you from the Southern Isles? Is that why you didn't recognize me?"

How was he supposed to answer that? If he said yes and he didn't know anything about his home, the queen would assume correctly that he had lied. Being vague, might be the wisest course of action.

"I'm from far away." Sasuke nods at her. "You could say in a way that I'm kinda lost." He looks at the wolves sympathetically. "Are you going to release them eventually?"

Elsa nods as she offers him her hand. "Once we're out of range. Oh and welcome Arendelle by the way." Sasuke nods and takes her hand.

So Arendelle. That was the name of this place. Whether that was the name of the forest, the nation, or capital, he didn't know. It was a start though.

"Thank you." He smiles at her. "So what is a queen doing all the way out here without any guards?"

Sasuke had never really been one for formalities, but he knew that royalty generally didn't travel without guards. Hell, even Kages had guards.

Which really was the height of irony, if you thought about it. Most Kages tended to be far stronger than their guards, but Sasuke had yet to see a Kage without at least some guards.

Elsa rubs the back of her head sheepishly. "Well, it's kinda crazy." So was him being here. "Some travelers have reported seeing another castle in the distance, hearing voices, and feeling a strange energy."

Oh boy. So they were aware of it, but they didn't know what it was. Should he tell her the truth?

"I've seen the castle." Sasuke nods at her. "I wouldn't worry too much though, but I can go with you…if you like." It wasn't really like him, but his mother had read him fairy tales just like any other kid. So he knew the routine. "It seems like the least I can do. You did just save my life."

Well, not really. She could have though. In the unlikely event the wolves really did manage to get the jump on him.

"Alright." She nods. "I suppose it couldn't hurt to have another set of eyes, but I have to say you're very brave. I've never seen someone react so calmly to nearly being eaten by wild wolves before."

Right. He should have acted more scared. That was his mistake.

"I've always been told animals can smell fear." He nods at her as he looks a the ice cages. "So being obviously afraid would have only made things worse." Which was true. Panicking would have solved nothing.

"I guess that's true." She smiles and leads him away from the wolves. "Sasuke, this is Sven. Sven, this is Sasuke." She smiles at the reindeer as if it understood her and who knew, maybe it could in this world. "He's going to help us investigate the rumors."

'Sven' nods his head like he understood. Maybe, he was like Garuda. Mostly quiet, but he understood commands. Was this a Summon of some kind?

"You can get on the sled with me." Elsa smiles at Sasuke. "Were you going anywhere in particular? I told my sister that I'd be back at the Capital by tomorrow."

The Capital sounded just as good as any place to Sasuke. So he'd just go with that.

"That works out perfectly because that's where I was heading before the wolves attacked." He nods at her.

Elsa smiles. "Good." With that being said, she urges the reindeer to lead them off and Sasuke was vaguely aware of the fact that Elsa released the wolves from the cages once they were out of sight.

She had let them go. He had run into an Ice Queen with a soft spot for animals. This Arendelle was certainly a land of contradictions.