Kites and flowers flew in the sky above the small child's head. He looked up at them with awe and longing. He wished he could just fly away from here. The boy Sasuke looked down again at the wares that he was trying to sell, all lined up in front of him on a small, ragged cloth. He just wished someone could just buy them so he could be free to explore the festival by himself. A few hours ago, his brother Itachi had told him to sell the small trinkits to the tourists that would be coming to the festival. But Sasuke could now see it was useless. No one was going to pay attention to a little poor boy when there were magnificent floats and the like swaying side to side down the street.
The little Sasuke sighed and stretched, again looking to the sky. It was blue. Blue. He liked that colour, but he didn't know anything that was that colour except the sky. Everything in his world was grey. Sometimes red.
The crowd that lined the street on both sides suddenly gave a roar and Sasuke jumped. He knew what it was that was coming down the road, but he couldn't stop himself from trying to peer through the crowd to see the royal family stride down the street. He couldn't see a thing. Sasuke pouted then jumped up and was about to run to the crowd when he glanced down at the trinkets he was supposed to be trying to sell. I'll be only a moment, nothing's going to happen to them, he thought quickly to himself, not wanting to miss what was going on. Satisfied with the excuse he ran over to the crowd and pushed his way through.
The spectical was amazing. Hundreds of dancers and bard walked down the centre of the road, on and around the huge floats. Sasuke had heard of such an event, but he had never believed how amazing it was. Now he did. And then the royal carriage turned the corner and everyone tried their hardest to see into it. Inside it was the royal family. King Minato, his lovely queen Kushina and their small son, Naruto. He looks about my age, Sasuke thought as he saw the boy. As the carriage passed the area where Sasuke stood, the small prince looked out, down where the other boy stood. Their eyes connected. It seemed to be an eternity, but it was only a few moments until an unwitting dancer leapt between them, breaking the connection.
A light tinkling awoke the small boy, and Sasuke turned to find a youth bundling up his trinkets and about to run away.
"Hey!" Sasuke yelled as the youth took off. Sasuke tried to catch him but the others longer legs proved to hard to keep up with. Finally the small boy colapsed on the ground. He had run flat out from the festive streets, down small streets, over walls, and now he sat in this dark alleyway.
Sasuke, after finally getting his breath back, stood and looked around to see where he was. Cold, dark, strange walls towered around him. He was lost. Sasuke turned and tried to find his way back, but he couldn't. The theif had taken too many turns and now he coudln't remember from where he had come from. Finally the small, dark haired boy dropped to the ground, leaning against a damp wall. His brother was going to be so angry at him. He curled up in a ball and tried to fall asleep, but the banging of fireworks from the festival kept him from sleep. Some time passed and the din quietened down and Sasuke was able to sleep. He dreamt of spiraling kites and fireworks, flying through the sky. Then his dreams took a darker turn and he dreamt of theives that leapt around him, slipping their hands into his pockets and taking all he owned. He gasped and awoke from the dreams. He looked around him again and found himself to still be in the dark alley. It was now night. Close to tears he buried his head in his knees and again tried to sleep. A small hand rested on his head and Sasuke jerked up. Blue eyes looking into onyx ones.
"Are you alright?" the little prince asked. Sasuke tried to find his voice, but found he had left it in the world of dreams. He rubbed his eyes and nodded. The blonde boy grinned. "That's good!"
"What is?"
"Mmm," the prince said, scratching the back of his head. "I can't remember now!" He grinned again. "My name's Naruto," he said, reaching out his hand. "And you are?"
"Sasuke," replied the boy, taking the others hand.
"Sasuke... I'll remember that!" Naruto then pulled on Sasuke's hand. "Let's go!"
"Huh? Go where?" In response to this, the small blonde boy laughed and just pulled hard on Sasuke's hand. They were now running. The blonde pulling the raven. He didn't know where they were going, but somehow, he liked feeling Naruto pull him along. He blonde boy looked back and grinned. Sasuke grinned back. He has blue eye, Sasuke thought. Blue... like the sky.