AN: This is my first fanfic. So I did my best to stay in a realistic Sasuke character.

Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.


Prologue

I stand here looking straight at your graves.
Kaa-san...Otou-san…
Now that I stand here, I think back to all those years when we were a family. Thinking back on those long training days just so I could surpass Itachi or at least measure up to him.

Those days were I would come home and you would be there smiling at me asking how was school. Those days were I finally perfected that fire jutsu, just to get that good job from you. Those days were all destroyed when that had happened.

It was then filled with days of loneliness, anger, and sadness.

I tried everything I could just to get better…stronger.

I spent the days, years, just to build up a wall.

I spent it becoming an avenger, so that one day I could avenge the Uchiha clan.

I've spent it alone.

Of course…I hadn't spent all these years alone.


During my academy years I've spent it learning and very often running from the rabid fan girls. Although surrounded by people, mostly fan girls, I was still alone, still very alone. In my teenage years I've spent it with my team, an orange jumpsuited dobe, a bright pink highlighter and a late as always sensei.

Even at that I was still alone but somewhat 'enjoyed' the company they gave whether it was on a mission, training, or just eating ramen. On the other hand I did not at all enjoy the annoyance the highlighter or dobe gave me. It always gave me a huge headache and the more of a reason to strangle them dead.

As I grew older, my hunger for more power grew, as well as my hate. Alone the line of one of those years, Nii-san gave a "friendly" visit, unintended of course. At that time I might have made the biggest mistake in my life. This of course was concluded afterwards during my time in the hospital.

Also during my recovery I was absolutely sure that my hate grew ten-fold. At that time it also occurred to me that unless I leave Konoha, I would never be able to avenge the Uchiha clan. It was decided at that time I would leave and join the snake sanin, Orochimaru even if it meant betraying my village; it was all done so I could become stronger. In the silence the night gave I left.


For the 7 years that I left the village I had changed drastically. I was no more that 13 year old chunin. I was a 20 year old S-Class missing nin. During the 7 years I grew from a 5'6'' frame to a 5'11'' frame.

My voice has also matured into a lower tone but still had a soft cream ring, as I've been told. Along those 7 years have honestly been the worst 7 years of my life. Being brutally trained by one of the legendary sanin is no joke. Especially since during the first 2 years of training I had utterly no control over my curse mark.

Although after the 2 years I had gained complete control of it. On the other hand I did not show Orochimaru my new improvement. I had dragged this success for 5 continuing years. During the 5 years this little accomplishment was not the only thing I had dragged.

I was awaiting the time—the perfect time to finish him for me to gain absolute power. Training with the snake sanin had done me well. In the total of 7 years I was able to gain the necessary power I needed.

Orochimaru had trained me to the bone or until I would collapse from a 4 hour training session, but it was completely worth it from the results. I was able to control fire and electric jutsus, even able to do a combination of both.

It was no longer just doing a small handed chidori; it was more of a full body chidori that I had mastered. Because of dragging the 5 years Orochimaru had completely thought of him being victorious. Still during training with him I would collapse after 4 hours, to him he thought I was at my limit.

To Orochimaru, he thought he had the advantage as he sees he could easily outlast my stamina if I had ever decided to attack him. How very wrong he was. As the years went by my stamina grew by a ten fold size.

Each day, month, year of training my 4 hour stamina grew into a week's worth. Of course I didn't show this accomplishment to the snake sanin. I always ended our training around 4 hours; sometimes I would even decide to collapse after 5 hours.

Just to show some slight improvement to Orochimaru. But since I had dragged the 5 years and 'slowly improved' the sanin grew weaker and weaker. More and more he had taken newer bodies, waiting until mine became absolutely perfect.

That one night I decided it was time to finish off the sanin. He wasn't at least surprised at this but he fought me regardless. Him of course thinking he had the upper hand in this just because he "knew" where, when, and what about my limits.

He was very wrong, so very wrong. Eventually I had killed him. At this point in my life, I felt satisfied; at this point I was confident that I had finally surpassed Itachi. I had no idea why but I started a new journey from the hideout to Konoha.


On the way there, I was hoping to see a certain orange dobe that had always pursued me, would be looking for me again making it a lot easier for me to enter the village.

Fortunately I ran into him on the 3rd day of the journey. He once again gave me the same speech as he did those another years. The dobe for some reason always thought this speech of his would bring some sense into me and bring me back to the village, it never did. But this time I had decided to listen a bit.

All I really heard where some things about how he had missed me and how I had hurt Sakura that bad. I inwardly grinned; the dobe still had feelings for that pink highlighter. I wondered if anything else had changed.

After his speech he makes his attempt to beat me into a pulp and drag me back to the village. This time I just stood there awaiting that right hand punch to my check. I was dragged back without a 'real fight'. Bit I thought that even if I had put up a real fight I owe it to him. I know now that I had put him through a lot.

So letting him beat his anger of 7 years towards me out on me was just to repay him. I of course spent a nice entire week at the hospital. At the hospital it was no different.


White walls, window, bed, flowers, curtains, door. Nothing changed. As I look at the window the scenery didn't change either. The only one thing I found different was the medic nin healing me that entire week.

It wasn't Sakura, who since I had fought a couple times a while back, is a medic nin, was not healing me. Inwardly I felt at ease for this medic nin had no urge to grope or rape me. But at the same time felt confused, because I had no idea who she was.

She looked like someone familiar but at the same time not so familiar.

Shoulder length blueish hair, healthy pale skin, 5'7'' frame, the list goes on but it still didn't ring any bell. It was only until that day I asked her for her name. She merely replied with, "It's Hinata Hyuuga, Uchiha-san" and left the room.

Once she had left I inwardly grinned, she had completely took my interest even if she didn't mean to. I was also at a surprise because she had been the first girl to say that. I at most expected a Sasuke-kun, thought that she would at least say Sasuke-san, but she had used my surname and with none the less a san to end it.

She was to interesting to easily forget as I could have done so.

After that I had merely wanted to get to know her. As she kept coming to treat my wounds, I attempted small talk between us. Right away I could tell she was uncomfortable with the questions or with this conversation I tried to have with her.

So in the end I merely gave up. We then went back to our complete silences during the times she was there to treat me.

Every now and then I would reply to her statements with the usual 'hn' or 'tch'. Every time she left the room I dreaded that I couldn't talk to her like I wanted to.

At the end of the week, she completely did the unexpected. Right before leaving she stood at the door facing her back to me. Since I didn't hear a door open I merely spoke 3 words to her. The most I've spoken to her at all this entire week. "You're still here?"

I turned towards her expecting a reaction of some sort that involved yelling or a slap to my face, instead all I heard were soft whispers from her.

"I'm still here because I wanted to let Uchiha-san know that even if I didn't get to know him this week, I would like to become friends with him so that I do get to know him." I was shocked to say at the least.

She wanted to become my friend.

"Sure" I replied. At that she turned to me and smiled. A small genuine happy smile to me. She then left saying "Bye Sasuke-san". Again I grinned by not inwardly, I felt that grin plastered on my face. It was because of that day everything changed, not for the worst, but for the better. That One Day.


I stand here looking at your graves.

No longer alone.

"Sasuke? Dinner.'' She called.

"Sasuke? What are you doing out here. You're going to get a cold. Also dinners ready."
"Huh... oh I just… I guess… memories you know?" I said hoping she'll get it or at least understand.

"I know" she said with that same smile. "But just come in soon I don't want you to get a cold." she said as she returned back into our home.

"Daddy…hurry dinner's ready mommie and nii-san are already inside." said a small voice. I looked down at the feeling of a tug around my pants, it was our daughter; Ria.

"Okay daddy's coming". She merely smiled a big toothy one and ran inside.

I stand here looking at your graves one more time.

"I'm no longer alone". I said as I walked inside.

It took just that one day I thought to myself as my family with her come into view.

Yup it's because of that one day.


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