Sasuke looked calmly and quietly at the shrine underneath the Uchiha Nakano temple. Itachi told him all of it will make sense here. Brother, this doesn't make sense! Looking down at the scroll on the shrine, Sasuke couldn't make any connections. There was a large family tree, all connected together. His name was at the bottom along with a few of his friends. His brother's name, in a segment directly above his was circled in almost a blood-like substance. At the very top of the list there was another name circled in a faded color of that blood red. There was a drawing of the eye his brother had at the bottom corner of the scroll. Sasuke looked up and down the scroll again, blue markings covered the Obito name and symbols which seemed to say Hatake. He rolled up the scroll and put it in the shrine. This was the Magenkyo shrine. Sasuke's only ability was to assume the names circled in red were the ones that have acquired the special eye. Itachi…. Sasuke turned away and walked back into his main house.
It was silent without the many Uchiha. The entire village was silent. It was really creepy to him. The wind chimes were casting a tingle into the air as Sasuke looked out into the lake. He remembered how his father taught him the Gokkakyu. He was so happy when he had finally mastered it. His father had said the same things he always said of Itachi. Sasuke flinched, just remembering his brother was scary. Why could someone do something like this? He remembered his last words. "If you want to kill me, curse me, hate me, become strong and when you have these eyes…" SHUT UP! Sasuke screamed into his mind as his reflection in the lake turned into Itachi. I will not be like you Brother… however no matter how far into the darkness I go I will kill you, I will do anything for such power. Sasuke plummeted deeply into the water, swimming for vengeance or for salvation. He pushed himself down as if air was at the bottom of the lake. He held himself down until his lungs screamed for air and then he stayed longer. Hi throat was burning, but he measured the pain by what Itachi had done… this is nothing! I will get strong… Sasuke crouched at the bottom of the lake and launched himself up. He wasn't going to die, he had to kill Itachi.
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Naruto sat on the swing and watched the other student's graduation ceremony. This was his second failure of the exam to become a genin. He should have been a genin by age 10, but he couldn't seem to use henge properly. He watched as the number one rookie, Neji and his scary white eyes talk to other people of the Hyuuga clan. There was another Hyuuga in the academy now, Naruto had seen her around a few times. He played his hands over the swing chain and looked over at Fuzzy Brows. Now that was a weird one.
Fuzzy Brows, the person Naruto knew the longest. The kid had highly exceptional Taijutsu specialties like Naruto himself. Poor kid, he was even worse at charka molding though. It was impossible for him to be a ninja is what everybody thought. He made it though, in an effort that even surprised Naruto. He moved so fast that he appeared to be using henge by being at two places at once. He was Naruto's role model. He kept saying things like, "Hard work will overcome genius." Naruto hoped it was true, because he wasn't a genius at all.
He listened as the Hokage himself gave a speech to the graduates. He wasn't really listening to the Hokage. He was admiring the Hokage because everyone admired him. He wanted to be admired by everyone. Nobody will admire me. His thoughts jumped to Sasuke. This upcoming year he will be graduating, provided he doesn't fail. Number one's never fail anyways. He was just as alone as Naruto though. Everyone admired him, but Naruto had heard that the Uchiha clan was murdered. His third year in the academy, Naruto had tried to talk to Sasuke. It was impossible though, he always shrugged everybody off, and he was the top. Naruto was the bottom.
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"Hey, Shikamaru!" Chouji cordially greeted his best friend.
"Oi Chouji…" Shikamaru less then enthusiastically replied as he stared acrossed the field at Uzumaki Naruto. Laying his head onto the park table in front of him
"Only one more year.." Chouji ripped open a bag of barbeque chips and offered them to Shikamaru. "How long has he been at the academy?" Chouji nodded his head over to the boy on the swing.
"He was in his.. 4th or 5th year when we first joined. He is our age too, he is a true genius." Shikamaru reached his hand in the bag and grabbed a handful casually placing one or two in his mouth at a time.
"Why is he still here then?" Chouji looked at the orphan, and took a seat next to Shikamaru. "Naruto should already be a genin."
"I don't know why…" Shikamaru looked at the boy again. He remembered the looks the people gave him. He saw how everyone looked at Naruto. He wasn't certain how people could have such hatred for just a child. Parents and teachers alike, all shunned Naruto. Even when Chouji, Kiba, and Shikamaru played pranks with each other, only Chouji's dad let Naruto in. Everybody else had to keep hanging out with him secret. Besides, their friendships crashed when Naruto started pulling dare devil pranks around Konoha. Defacing important monuments and running from city patrol and just being a general hoodlum. "too troublesome… come Chouji let's go get Kiba."
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Sakura watched Sasuke sitting at a lake. She was hiding in the bushes in a stalker way, but more innocently. She liked kids like Sasuke, top of the class the best there were when it came down to it. She had a crush on the top rookie of the year ahead of her for a time. She never got his name, but his white eyes were equal in beauty to Sasuke's deep black determined eyes. "What's this!" she excitedly whispered, Sasuke had stood up. She was getting ready to move again when she noticed him starting to take off his clothing. "oh my…" she slightly blushed and looked away covering eyes though she was peeking through. Inner Sakura getting more excited each moment. He had stripped down to his boxers and just diving into the lake swimming. She continued watching for sometime, until she saw him go deep into the lake. Did something happen? Her mind raced for thoughts. He had been under water for at least four minutes before she decided to go investigate.
Running onto the peer she leaned over the edge just as he was coming back up. For a brief instant they were face to face and she looked into his deep lonely eyes and in the very next she was submerged in water. "Who are you?" Sasuke had pulled her into the water and at this point had her at the wrists. "tch…" Only Sakura.. He released her and pulled himself onto the peer. "What are you doing?" He noticed a blush on her cheeks.
"uh.. I-I was walking down the road… and I saw you suddenly… disappear into the water." She was still in shock at the cold of the water. She fell silent as she prepared who words. "I thought something might have happened…"
Sasuke stared at her as he put on his shorts. "Are you going to stay in there forever?" He went over to the edge of the peer and reached out to her. She gladly took his hand as he eyes, for the second time gazed into his. She blushed and he diverted his gaze away from her only slightly. Why do they always look into my eyes. He felt insecure when people looked into his eyes. He had developed an unusual phobia thanks to Itachi. When people stared into his eyes, he felt they could see everything about him.
Sasuke pulled a towel out of his bag and handed it to her. "You better get home." Leaving her with the towel he walked down the road. He heard a feint 'Bye Sasuke-kun' and a very girly shrill.
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"Kakashi, you can't keep failing students like this!" Iruka frowned at one of the most elite ninja ever born in Konoha. "You know as well as I do you have failed some good subjects."
Kakashi stared at Iruka, "train better candidates." Iruka was about to say something more when Kakashi abruptly turned and walked out the door. Kakashi was bored with all the potential Genin sent to him. They were all the same. They didn't know a thing about teamwork or caring for anybody else. As he walked to his house the most annoying of men bugged him.
"Kakashi! My arch rival!" Gai shouted as he ran up to him…….
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