AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hi Everyone! This is an Untitled Naruto story (haven't figured out a title yet) - it will be SasuSaku, you don't have to like the pairing but just please be respectful. This story is an AU based on our current timeline. They're not Shinobis but the Uchiha is part of a Japanese Yakuza or mafia of some sort who immigrated to the US. I am writing two versions of this - one using the original Naruto names and another under different names so if you see a mix-up b/n the two please bear with me. This story will deal with Sasuke, Sakura, and Itachi. It might have other characters but they will only be cameos or secondary characters. Story will be different from the original storyline though it might have similarities - so you might think you know what's gonna happen, but you don't...hehe ;-D. The characters might or might vary slightly from canon but I hope you love them as well as I do. Please leave me your comments/thoughts and I hope you enjoy! Thank you for reading!

PROLOGUE

A dark, shadowy figure holding a trembling gun stands over an enormous, California king-size bed. The luxurious bed appears in pristine shape except for the blood-stained sheets belonging to the late owners, a husband and wife, currently sitting dead atop - one gunshot wound expertly placed between each of their brows. The bodies gave no sign of struggle. The husband looks to be in his early 40s, Asian descent with dark, handsome features, his hair a few inches short of his shoulders, a few bangs falling on top of his forehead and even with his eyes closed, his stoic face tells nothing except for a slight frown at the corners of his mouth. The man's wife, who's head rests on his shoulder, seems to be a few years younger than her husband, has long, dark wavy hair, beautiful, Brazilian descent, same stoic expression as her husband except her cheeks are still damp from her tears. Thunder booms in the distance, reverberating loudly throughout the grand room. A series of lightning shortly follows, illuminating the room like a strobe light in a nightclub revealing a barely teenage boy in dark clothes, long, dark hair in a loose ponytail that reaches down the middle of his back with a few strands layering his boyish, melancholic face. Tears stream down his jade-colored, almond-shape unblinking eyes as he tries to hold the heavy gun steady and keep it from shaking.

"Itachi, I'm scared!" cries a small child from down the hall.

Huh! Sasuke... The unknown assailant blinks back to reality and drops the gun.

FLASH FORWARD TO...

6year old Sasuke Uchiha lifts his head from his trembling hands. His face soaked with tears - confusion and devastation etched upon the boy's angelic face. He scans around for a familiar face but all he sees are too many adults running around in Calabasas Police Department uniform. Looks like a very busy night filled with lots of noise he couldn't really understand. Some of the officers were standing idly by talking amongst themselves, a guy in handcuffs was yelling words Sasuke knows he isn't suppose to hear, another lady with too much make-up winked at him, which made Sasuke stifle his tears, cower and turn the other way. A woman cop yanked her off her feet which the make-up lady didn't like because she started to yell bad words too. Sasuke lifts both hands to cover his ears and closed his eyes.

I just want to go home...where's Mama, Papa, and Itachi? In his mind, replayed the gruesome scene he stumbled into - his Mama and Papa lying dead on their bed with holes in the middle of their forehead.

"No! Mama! Papa!" Sasuke cried out loud, violently shaking his head. A warm hand softly urges him to uncover his ears.

"Hey, it's gonna be okay. My name's Kate. What's your name?" a calming voice asked. Sasuke opened his amber-green eyes to see a pretty detective kneeling in front of him with long, silver-hair holding a cup in one hand, steam rising out of it.

"S-Sasuke," Sasuke shakily answered, wiping his tears with one hand.

"Hi, Sasuke, would you like a cup of hot chocolate?" Kate brightly smiled, offering Sasuke her cup.

Sasuke sniffled and slowly nodded. Sasuke took the cup and stared at the hot liquid inside without taking a sip. "Where's Itachi?" Sasuke asked.

Kate displayed a worried look on her face. Sasuke's eyes started to well up with tears but he kept a straight face and didn't let his tears fall. Kate sighed, placing an arm on Sasuke's shoulder.

"Don't worry, we're going to do everything we can to find him. We'll bring your brother home to you." Kate reassured him.

Sasuke managed a slight smile. Itachi, where are you brother?

"Excuse me, Kate, can I have a word with you?" an older male cop interrupted. "How you holding up, kiddo?" the older cop asked Sasuke with a concerned smile.

"I'll be right back, Sasuke. In the meantime, you drink that hot chocolate before it gets cold, okay?" Kate instructed.

Sasuke nodded. Kate and the older cop walked a few feet away from Sasuke just enough so he couldn't understand what the adults were talking about except for a word or two. He blew the steam off the cup as he sees his grandma talking to another officer.

"Grandma!" Sasuke called out. He was about to get up and run to his Grandma when she gave him that stern look she always gives when she's dead serious about something. She shook her head and Sasuke immediately knew better than to disobey so he sat back down.

Grandma was never the type of grandma who doted on her grandchildren like other grandmas did. Papa said that she's always been that way – nice enough but strict and harsh. Sasuke's only seen her mean side one time when he and Itachi were visiting for the summer. He had ran inside for a drink of water when he walked by his grandma's study and the door was left slightly open. He peeked in to see his Grandma with her very serious face surrounded a group of her bodyguards and men in black suits, some he's never seen. They were always around but Sasuke didn't understand why except that his family are rich and important so they have to have people to protect the family all the time, is how Grandma explained it. What caught Sasuke's attention though, were the two men kneeling in front of his grandma. They had terrified look on their faces and one of them was actually crying. Sasuke knew that his grandma was scary but scary enough to make grown men cry, that thought shook him to the core but he shook it off since Grandma could never be that mean. Itachi found him a second later and dragged him away so fast from that door that you would've thought it was about to explode or something. He's never seen his brother so upset and scared. Itachi said never to go near Grandma's study. Ever since then, they haven't been back to Grandma's since Itachi always protested but Sasuke didn't know why.

"Itachi?! Are you sure?" Kate asked incredulously. Sasuke snapped out of his flashback at the sound of his brother's name.

"Keep your voice down," the older cop insisted. "Yeah, there's no doubt. The murder weapon was found with his prints on them. Poor kid, what the hell do you think happened to make him kill his own parents in cold blood?" Kate covered her mouth with her hands in shock.

Sasuke dropped the hot chocolate, breaking the cup and spilling the hot liquid everywhere. Eyes wide in disbelief.

Itachi? You killed Mama and Papa? Why?!