Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters I only own the ideas to this story, but since I am not receiving any compensation for writing this, on with the story.

Summary: AUish.What if Orichimaru had met an 8 year old Sasuke who just witnessed the massacre of his entire clan, and then gave him an offer he couldn't refuse? 8 years later Sasuke is the skilled apprentice of the Snake Sannin training and doing missions in order to gain the power he needs for revenge. No pairings yet, possible SasuSaku and others in later chapters. WARNING! May contain spoilers from the manga. Read and if you have a question, comment, concern or flame don't be afraid to drop it in the review box.

A/N: Naruto and the gang are all around the age of 16 in this fic. I know that puts the time line a little out-of-whack, but it works for me. Just a heads up.

"..." speaking

'italics' thoughts

Prologue

"Good job Sasuke, you have made remarkable progress" a silver haired man says as the sun starts to set.

With sweat dripping from every pore on his body, 8 year old, Sasuke Uchiha thanks the man, "I'm exhausted Kakashi-sempai. That technique drains me of all my energy."

The man called Kakashi looks down at the kid and smiles behind his mask. "That is only natural. Few kids your age have enough chakra to even attempt anything like that technique, but you are able to the chidori after just one month of training. That is quite impressive."

flashback to one month prior

All his life, Sasuke has been neglected by his family in favor of his older brother Itachi. Unable to receive recognition from his own home he has had to look elsewhere. One day while Sasuke was training by himself, Kakashi happened to notice the younger son of Fugaku Uchiha training alone. Understanding the unfortunate situation Sasuke was born into, Kakashi offered to teach him a few tricks that might impress his family. The young kid, recognizing this man as the non-Uchiha who possesses the sharingan, readily accepts the Jounin's offer, and starts his training to learn Kakashi's own chidori attack.

end flashback

"Hey Sasuke, it's getting really late. You should probably start to head home. Make sure you keep practicing what I have taught you, and then your parents will have no choice but to accept your abilities."

As he starts to head home Sasuke turns to the person behind him and with a wave says, "Thanks for you help Kakashi". Now on his way home from the training grounds Sasuke starts to lose himself to his thoughts 'I can't wait to get home and show my parents what I can do. Maybe they will even start to treat me like they do Itachi.' Little does he know that he will never have the chance to find out.

Upon reaching the Uchiha compound he is so immersed in his own thoughts that he doesn't realize the deafening quiet that surrounds him. As he walks down the street, however, he does begin to take notice of the lack of outdoor activity from that particular district of Konoha. 'I know I got back late, but this still seems a little...off.' When he finally reaches the front door of his house he starts to feel something is truly amiss. Usually he would hear Itachi and his father discussing missions, Konoha politics, or even his mom working in the kitchen. Right now though, everything was eerily quiet.

He cautiously enters into the house only to find it completely dark. He would likely be wondering why it was so dark if it weren't for his acute hearing that had picked up a soft shifting from the next room.

Now somewhat frightened he continues onto the door, being ever so careful not to make any sound. Hesitating as he finally reaches the door, he summons up his courage to glance inside.

The door swings open and all he can do is stand in shock as he sees both his parents lieing on the floor, each in their own pool of blood. Completely unable to move he doesn't even notice the other person standing in the room until said main speaks, "Welcome home little brother."

"I-Itachi? What is wrong with mom and dad"

Itachi looks down to the younger Uchiha staring into his eyes when he says "Why don't I show you?".

"Itachi stop this right now, what is wrong with you!" Fugaku bellows at his oldest son who has just finished killing another of the Uchiha clan.

"I am perfectly fine, and don't worry. You and mother are next." As he says this Itachi thrust his sword into Fugaku's chest.

Sasuke opens his eyes with a scream and runs out of the house. He keeps running as fast as he can. He runs for what seems like hours until he finally runs into something hard and falls to the ground. After taking a moment to recompose himself he looks up to the snake like man and shouts in between breaths "Itachi..h-he..killed them..mom and dad too! You have to help me!"

"Hmm?...Itachi you say? As in Itachi Uchiha?" the snake man inquired.

"Yes! He is my brother, but he killed everyone!" The young boy

With an all too disturbing grin he replies, "Itachi killed the entire Uchiha clan, interesting. I guess that makes you one of the only living Uchiha left then doesn't it?"

"Y..Yes"

While speaking his next words the man is unable to remove the smile that is plastered to his face. "Then that must also make you an avenger does it not? Surely you must want to avenge your clan by killing the man responsible for all their deaths"?

Suddenly a new emotion, rage, fills up the young boy's entire being, and for the first time since finding his parents dead he speaks with confidence. "Yes, I have to avenge everyone. Itachi must pay."

Now mocking the boy in front of him, "Good, but how do you plan to do that? Itachi is very strong and has received advanced training for several years now. You aren't even in the same league as him".

"I...I don't know, but I will find a way" Sasuke says as he looks down and clenches his fist.

If possible the man's grin got even bigger and he licked his lips, "You know I suppose I could help you a little with your revenge if you really wanted. Let me introduce myself, my name is Orichimaru".

gasp "You're a wanted S-class criminal"!

"True, I also happen to be one of the legendary sannin. Think of what all I could teach you. All I ask in return is your loyalty to me." Seeing the young Uchiha look unsure he adds, "What is more important to you? Living out your life as another Konoha ninja...or fulfilling your duties as the avenger of your clan?"

That did it for the young Uchiha, he now knew what he had to do. "My only loyalties are with gaining the power I need to avenge my clan".

"Excellent decision"

And with that Sasuke follows Orichimaru knowing that his life has but one goal, and that is to defeat Uchiha Itachi.

Did you like it, hate it, indifferent?

A/N: Let me clear up a few things.

1. Yes Sasuke was OOC, but this entire chapter takes place before and immediately after the massacre. So my justification is that he hasn't built up his cold personality yet.

2. The reason for the scene with Kakashi in the beginning was to justify the use of one of Sasuke's best attacks (chidori) and the variations he has come up with. For later chapters of course.

3. I know the Tsukiyomi technique used on Sasuke was really short, but I couldn't remember exactly how everything transpired. Besides, I think I can safely assume that nearly everyone who is taking their time to read a Naruto fanfiction has at least a vague understanding of the Uchiha massacre.

4. The reason Orichimaru was in Konoha is because he had a dinner date with the Hokage...ok so maybe not, but it was worth a try :P. Maybe you'll find out the reason later, but for now just know that it probably wasn't something good

5. I have a rough idea of how exactly I want this story to go, but I don't really have any kind of a conclusion set up yet. So, if there is anything you would like to see let me know and I'll take it into consideration.

6. I'm not real happy with the way the dialogue at the end turned out, but this is my first fic and just the prologue, so things should get better?

7. Could anyone please tell me how to say mom and dad in Japanese. I'm thinking that it is Otou-san and Oka-san, but I didn't want to put it into the story since I wasn't sure.