Hey guys, this is my first fic in a while so I apologize if it doesn't flow as smoothly as I'd like. I hope you all enjoy.

A New World

Ch. 1-

The First Day

The cell they had been keeping him in was just as filthy as he was and smelt of human waste. It made her cringe to see him in such a state. It was really a testament that she had done the right thing. Who knows who else had been treated the same before him?

'Probably too many to count,' she thought to herself before his voice brought her back to reality.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, it sounded like he had gravel in his throat.

"I thought... I'd visit you, seeing as you've had no other company but Naruto and he's on a misson right now," she murmured, offering him a small smile when she finally settled herself in the chair across from him.

"I brought you some tomatoes. Everyone wants to come see you, you know, they just...," she trailed off there. They both knew what was keeping everyone away. He was just the only one willing to openly admit it.

"They all feel stupid, huh? To know that they were working for the enemy the whole time," he bit out sharply. Sakura took in a shaky breath before nodding her head in the affirmative.

"They didn't know, Sasuke. Not like we did. They were doing what they had been taught to. To protect their home no matter what. I did the same," she responded as she began to cut the tomatoes into slices for him.

"But you knew. You looked for the truth," Sasuke said as he lifted his head to finally look at her.

"You knew the truth about my clan, what they did to us. You figured it out."

"Hai, I did. It was the coward in me, Sasuke," Sakura stated with a sigh, this is why she hadn't really want to come at first. Talking about what had happened wasn't something she wanted to do just yet but she knew they would have to talk about it eventually. It was probably best to get it out of the way now.

"What do you mean?" he asked as he licked his lips. He was starving and thirsty and the sight of those tomato slices was making him hungier by the minute but he didn't want to lose focus on what was really important. They needed this talk.

"Because I care for you, I care for the people who we faught. People I hadn't even met. Violence only begets violence, that is civilian thinking. Weak, cowardly thinking for a ninja but I would choose to think no other way," she said firmly as she moved to pop a slice of tomato into his mouth.

He chewed slowly, savoring the flavor of the juicey fruit as her words played over in his head.

"Is that always been your way of thinking?"

"No, it wasn't always but I'm glad it is now. Afterall, if not for that way of thinking we wouldn't be here," Sakura replied as she offered Sasuke another slice.

They sat in silence for a moment, both thinking her words over. Sasuke realized, in that moment, that for all the years he had known Sakura he had never actually known her. He wondered, absently, if anyone really did.

"Do they feed you often?" she inquired softly as she watched him finish chewing the first slice. He shook his head as she feed him another.

"Sorry about that," she muttered as she offered him another. They sat like that for another twenty minutes, her feeding him and him eating what she so kindly offered.

"What will they do with me?" he asked once they had finished. Sakura leaned back in her metal chair and shrugged her shoulders.

"Well right now, as we speak, the elders are disbanning the council. It's a public display to confirm what we had all already agreed upon. A new council will be formed in the next few weeks and then a new Hokage will be chosen. Kakashi's getting rather tired with the position," Sakura spoke with a slight nod of her head.

"Will he be the next Kage?" Sasuke asked as he leaned ever so forward in his seat.

"More than likely, yes. We still have to talk it over but everyone is pretty much on the same page," Sakura confirmed.

"'We'?" he questioned with more interest, was she taking a position of power? She deserved it.

"Yes. I am the co-head of the new council, a long with Kakashi," Sakura explained proudly.

"You and him?" Sasuke asked in confusion, looking over the lithe figure of his childhood comrad. Something in him stirred at the idea of her coming from being such a weak yet talented girl to being the co-head of the new council. Pride, perhaps?

"Of course. I am the one who exposed the previous council and Kakashi has already shown he is more than able to handle a leadership role. You wouldn't believe the opposition we faced though. As if having a female Hokage hadn't readied them for a leading female councilor," she said, her smile widening at her own jest.

"So then... what will you do with me?"

"We will be reinstating you as a ninja of Konoha, if that is what you want. We will work with you to bring the Uchiha name back to it's former glory. But only if you are willing to coopperate with us," Sakura said as she began to stand, her coat swishing at her movement.

"I have a meeting to attend and then I must be off to the hospital," Sakura said as she gave him a gentle smile. Sasuke watched her leave as the feeling in his stomach returned.

Yes, he was very proud of her.

So yeah, there's the first installment. It's short but this was honestly only supposed to be a one shot but my brain just took it in a whole other direction. I'm not sure I should actually continue, if I do it'll still be a short story.

Let me know what you think though, thanks. :)