Disclaimer ; Nope, I don't own Naruto.
Notes ; This is an AU fic, the world is futuristic in terms of technology, Sasuke is a member of the Anbu, a special, scientifically enhanced (this mean's super strength, speed and regeneration, bullets are like stones to them.) branch of the Fire continent's army, the fic primarily take's place in the capital city Konoha, a city that can easily be divided into rich and poor.
Chapter 1 ; Who am I
Who am I ?
I don't know, how do you define you're whole existence in one word or even just one sentence.
Is it my name, Sasuke, no, if people where to define using a name it would probably be Uchiha, not that that say's anything about who I am.
My age, well, I don't actually know that.
Weird huh, well I'm missing some of my memories if that excuse's my ignorance.
Hopefully it's not those memories that would define me.
Maybe it's what I do, is fighter my definition.
I don't think so, or else Naruto and I are the same, although he does claim to be a lover not a fighter, but that's usually after a few drinks and usual said to the T.V. or a poster of a woman, instead of an actual woman, by accident.
I don't really know who I am.
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"2nd Level, Uchiha Sasuke, please take a seat." Ordered the large man in front of me behind his equally large desk, it was covered in many elaborate decorative items.
Or useless things as I saw it.
"Yes Sir." I answered mechanically before taking the offered seat, polite protocol had been drilled into me from as for back as I can remember.
"I'll get straight to it boy, there is a mission that requires your, expertise, accompanying you will be a third of your choice." Explained the man handing me a file, I took it with a regulation bow of the head.
It read ;
Mission Code Name (M.C.N.) ; Fetching the sticks.
Objective ; Regain possession of a shipment of high powered artillery, Sub machine guns x 10, Grenades x 30, body armour x 10, infer-red goggles x 10, machine gun magazines x 50.
Location ; West Konoha Slums.
Maximum Mission Length (M.M.L.) ; 16 hours.
Pay ; 3000r
"Do you accept ?" asked the large man after giving me a few moments to read over the file.
"I do, I'll take 3rd class Uzumaki Naruto as support." I answered slipping the file into one of the many pockets on my rather elaborate combat gear.
My clothing was made up of a plain black t-shirt over which I wore an armoured vest that possessed many pockets and a pair of combat bottoms, also covered in pockets.
"Fine, be here in two hours time to begin you're mission." Ordered the man behind the desk.
"Yes Jiraiya-sama.".
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"Oi, Dobe !" I called loudly hammering my fist against his apartment door, I could feel the wood crack slightly under the force of my fist.
"Stupid Teme, calling so early." Cursed Naruto under his breath after he finally opened his door.
"It's 3' o' clock Dobe, now come on we have a mission." I ever so politely informed my friend the Dobe, before starting down the hallway, the Dobe didn't need to get ready as he obviously fell asleep in his gear last night.
"How long's this gonna take Teme ?." asked Naruto quickly jogging to catch up with me, the Dobe's gear was similar to mine except he didn't wear a vest and insisted on wearing an orange t-shirt, it's part of the reason he's still 3rd class.
"Not to long, Why, scarred it'll be too tough for you ?" I asked to tease the blonde.
"Ya right, I'm taking Ino-chan out tonight, and I'm going to get, laid !" Shouted the Dobe giving a little jig, I snorted, Ino was Jiraiya's secretary, and if the rumours were true, Naruto wouldn't be playing 2nd fiddle, he'd me playing 20th.
"Like I care, Ino's easy." I replied.
"Ino-chan is not easy Teme !" shouted Naruto immediately snapping out of his 'happy dance'.
"Then how do you explain her going out with you ?" I asked the Dobe, who was angrily shaking his fist at me.
"Maybe it's because I'm cuter and cooler than you." Answered the Dobe in true Dobe fashion, how'd he do that you ask, well, trying to take me off he had his eye's closed as he said his line.
That's why he walked into a streetlamp.
"Ouch, how do you do that all the time Teme ?" asked Naruto as he picked himself up, I would have offered him a hand, but I was busy laughing at him.
"By not being a Dobe, you should try it sometime, now let's go, we're almost there." I answered him before continuing down the road.
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I glanced around the armoury as I waited for Jiraiya to show up and give us the go ahead, we had found a note in his office saying to meet here instead.
"I need a new sword." Complained the Dobe examining his weapon, it was a simple broadsword, and it was rusted to shit.
"Then you should quit wasting your money and buy one." I answered inspecting my own weapons, a katana was on my left hip, the handle was navy blue and white, and slung over my back was a large zweihandler, the hilt and handle were pure black but the blade itself was fire red.
"Well excuse me Mr, I don't drink or do anything remotely fun." Replied Naruto slinging his sword over his right shoulder.
"Whatever, look who's here." I said nodding towards the armoury entrance.
In it stood 1st class Hatake Kakashi, the famous fighter and hunter, also known as our teacher.
"Is that anyway to talk about your beloved Sensei ?" asked Kakashi approaching us in with his usual lazy way, Kakashi was a 1st so his uniform was noticeably different than mine or Naruto's.
The biggest difference from mine was the armlet's he wore, they covered from his wrist to his elbow's and were about two inches thick, these were Kakashi's greatest weapons, as well as that his vest was a lot more intricate than mine.
"Kakashi-sensei…….do you have a sword I can borrow ?" asked Naruto having glomped the man upon seeing him.
"Sure Naruto, I have a sword you can use." Answered Kakashi removing the boy from him and opening his own weapon's locker.
"Really Kakashi, thanks you're so much better than that Sasuke, keeping both sword's to himself." Ranted Naruto, I snorted, like the Dobe could even lift my zweihandler.
"Here you go." Called Kakashi cheerfully, and I couldn't hold back my laugh, Kakashi was giving Naruto a child's plastic toy sword.
"Kakashi ! You're an ass." Said Naruto pouting like a child, maybe I should get him a new sword, I usually partner with him, and it'd be troublesome if his sword broke in the middle of a battle.
"2nd Uchiha Sasuke, 3rd Uzumaki Naruto, report for duty." It wasn't Jiraiya who came but one of the other Zeros, they were the most powerful of us and the mission assigners, the man assigning us this mission was Zero Itachi.
"2nd Uchiha Sasuke reporting." I called out as Naruto called out his own name and rank, Itachi was someone who all ways struck me as a weird person, he seemed completely emotionless at all times, except…..
When he looked at me.
"You may begin your mission now, try to return alive." Ordered Itachi before leaving the room, it seemed like a normal thing to say, but according to the others I'm the only one he says 'try to return alive' too.
"Let's go Dobe, see ya Kakashi." I called before exiting the room myself.
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"I'm looking for something ?" I asked the bartender taking a seat at the grubby, dirty bar, I took all my self control to remain relaxed and casual.
"We're all looking for something son." Replied the man behind the bar sourly.
"But I'm different, I know what I'm looking for." I told him, he turned to face me at that answer.
"That so, Uchiha, and what is it you're looking for ?" asked the man taking a drag of his cigarette, I smirked, it took him long enough to notice it was me.
"Heard anything about new weaponry in the streets Asuma ?" I asked in response.
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"I'm hungry Sasuke." Complained, surprise, surprise, the Dobe.
"We'll eat after the mission." I replied through gritted teeth, I was hungry too, and the Dobe's complaining was making it worse.
"But I'm cold and wet." Was that an intelligent statement from the Dobe, of course not, of course it's cold and wet, it's raining, what do you want me to do about it.
"Yes Dobe, we call it rain, it does that when you don't have an umbrella." I answered sarcastically, the urge to kill the Dobe was getting to me.
"Why don't we go into that ramen bar, eat and wait for the rain to stop." Asked Naruto hopefully, I wonder if I should start a support group, Sakura and Kakashi would undoubtedly join.
"Naruto, you may only be a 3rd but you're still a Anbu, rain shouldn't be able to beat you." I answered annoyed, I'd love some food and warmth right now, but the mission comes first.
"Teme, Teme, who'd know, you know you want to, take a walk on the wild side Teme, you'll like it, come on, be bad." Naruto just kept pestering me the whole time, when we finally got the factory that Asuma had told me about I was considering whether to bury the Dobe in the slums or outside of the city.
"Alright Dobe, here's the plan-" I began only to have the Dobe cut me off.
"We don't need a plan, let's just rush them." Stated Naruto boldly, especially considering the state of his sword.
"Dobe, you're aware they have high power weaponry and that thing you call a sword about as useful as a toothpick ?" I asked the ever intelligent Dobe.
"Shit, I forgot." The Dobe answered as I expected.
"Whatever, so the plan is for you to sneak around the back while I confront the gang, it's likely they haven't figured out how to open the weapon's containers so you may be able to get all the stuff out like that, however if they have opened the stuff up they've probably only taken the gun's so I'll collect them after dispatching the gang members, with your enhanced strength you should be able to get the stuff to Asuma's on your own, got it." I asked the Dobe praying he understood.
"Yep, you'll take the front, I'll take the back." Answered the Dobe running off after I gave a confirmation nod.
"Showtime." I whispered under my breath before stepping up and violently kicking the factory door open.
"Anyone home !" I shouted with a smirk as I observed the gang in the factory before me, 8 members, unarmed and weak looking, I wouldn't even need one of my swords for this.
With inhuman speed I sped into the room hitting the closest man a spin kick that sent him flying then another joined him in the air thanks to a punch from me.
Another gang member swung for my head with a lump of wood but I was faster and had ducked in time, I retaliated with a sweep kick, before catching another man with an uppercut on my way to my feet.
Back on my feet I noticed that the other four gang members had been surrounding me as I fought, I smirked arrogantly, they should have been running.
All four lunged at the same time toward me, but it seemed like slow motion, a roundhouse kick sent one flying into another one, the third was stopped my an elbow to the face, the last was grabbed and thrown into the building pile of gang members.
That was all of them, or so I thought, I could now hear some movement in the back of the ware house I was sure wasn't Naruto, he moved silently, like every other Anbu.
"Help !" that scream settled it, it was a girls scream and I could only pray it wasn't what I thought it was.
It was.
A ninth and obviously lead gang member had dragged an unwilling girl back to their hideout.
As I entered the room the first thing I noticed was the torn raggedy women's clothes lying on the floor, then I noticed the fat ugly leader about the same time he noticed me.
He rose to his feet ignorant of his state of undress and grabbed the hilt of his broadsword, raising it in a defensive stance, I didn't need my zweihandler to handle him, but I used it anyway.
The heavy blade swung almost effortlessly in my grasp, my first strike shattered his sword, the second took off his head.
I moved carefully towards the frightened girl, she looked to be maybe a year or two younger than me, her hair was tangled and dirty, her skin too was dirty, but it was her eyes that caught my attention, pure white.
Had I saved an angel.
No, she wasn't safe yet, I wasted no time in removing my t-shirt and dressing the girl in it, she struggled violently but I somehow managed, it was autumn now and cold, she would desperately need the warmth it would give.
"Get away, stay way from me, Help !" shouted the Girl struggling for freedom and pinching, scratching and biting me to get it, I ignored it pulling the girl to my chest and shushing her cry's softly.
"It's okay now, I'm here to help, I won't let anyone hurt you." I whispered rocking the girl in my arms as her struggles quieted.
"W-who are you ?" Asked the girl slowly staring at me with her large white eyes, this was a question I needed answered myself.
"I'm, Sasuke." I answered slowly giving the girl the best smile I could manage.
"Hanabi." She whispered softly to me before passing out on my chest.
"Don't worry Hanabi, I'll protect you." I whispered to her sleeping form, this girl would need it, from the looks of things she was a orphan, the one's in the slums were simply cast out on there own to fend for themselves.
Picking her up into my arms I pulled out my cell phone as I exited the warehouse, I needed to make some calls.
Ring. Ring.
"Hello !" greeted the soft voice on the other side of my phone.
"Sakura, I need some help." I asked the woman, Sakura, as I tried as best as I could to shield Hanabi from the rain with my body.
"You get hurt again Sasuke-kun." Asked Sakura in an exasperated tone, why'd she assume that, can't I call to be friendly, yeah, she was right to assume.
"No, not me, can you meet me at my apartment." I asked her hopefully, the girl would need to get cleaned up, checked for wounds, and dressed and those were thing's Sakura should do, not me, I simply kill thing's and made sarcastic remarks.
"Yeah, I'll be over as soon as I can." She answered, I mentally thanked the god's.
"Thanks." I said before hanging up.
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Knock. Knock.
"Come in." I gestured inside after answering the door relieved to see Sakura arrive so quickly.
"So what's the problem Sasuke-kun." Asked Sakura removing her soaking wet jacket.
"In here." I brought her into my living room where Hanabi was lying on the couch covered by several blankets, Sakura was immediately by her side.
"Where did you find her ?" asked Sakura quickly checking her temperature and pulse.
"The slums, in a warehouse belonging to a dangerous gang." I answered honestly, Sakura didn't need me to sugar coat anything, she knew what it was like down there.
"They didn't….?" she asked leaving the ending open, even after so long it still brought up bad memories.
"No, I stopped them before they had the chance." I answered somewhat unevenly, I could still feel pent up rage about what I had seen.
"Thank God for that, I need you to leave for a bit." Asked Sakura nicely, was I being kicked out of my own home, what's the world coming too.
"What ?" I asked kind of dumbly.
"I need to get her changed and cleaned up, beside's I bet you haven't given in your mission report yet ?" She had a smug look in her eyes as she said this, damn her she knows me too well.
"Fine, but call me if she wakes up. Okay." I ordered before leaving the apartment, I briefly wondered why I cared so much, but that was a silly question, I promised to save her, just like I had with Sakura so many years before.
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Who am I ?
Sasuke, a guardian.
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Okay that's the first chapter, and I have to say I think it turned out well, anyway if you want more make sure to review.
Here's a little character bio for you, I'll put one in for every character introduced in a chapter.
Uchiha Sasuke ; A young boy with a large gap in his memory bank, the only memories Sasuke has is of his most recent years spent with Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi, he has incredible combat abilities rumoured to me more advanced than most 1st's.
Uzumaki Naruto ; best friend and rival of Sasuke, Naruto is young and optimistic despite a dark past, his combat abilities are up on 2nd level easily but due to thing's like breaking uniform regulations and unfitting care of his equipment Naruto has remained 3rd, something Sasuke takes great advantage of when choosing his backup.
Hatake Kakashi ; Mentor of both Sasuke and Naruto Kakashi is currently regarded as the most powerful 1st and is rumoured to be promoted to Zero status soon, he is held in high regard not only for his abilities as a fighter but also as a hunter, he's rumoured to have never failed in catching someone.
Haruno Sakura ; Sakura is a young energetic girl, who is good friend's wit Sasuke, Naruto and Kakashi, this is due to her originally being Kakashi's third student until a mission with Naruto and Sasuke inspired her to become a doctor instead.
Hanabi ; Little is known about Hanabi, except that she has lived on the streets most of her life and is currently under the care of Sasuke.
Jiraiya ; A Zero status Anbu Jiraiya is rumoured to be incredibly powerful, both Sasuke and Naruto however doubt this as they've only ever seen him hand out files.
Itachi ; Rumoured to be the most powerful of the Zero, Itachi seems to have some connection with Sasuke and possibly his forgotten past.
Asuma ; A bartender in the slum's Sasuke regularly uses to gain information from about missions.
Ino ; Jiraiya's secretary, she is currently seeing Naruto.