Sharing the Pain

Chapter 1 - Childhood

Okay, so people must be wondering where Crystal Snow is. Well, it is not dead but I just have not had the time to write any chapters on it. So, until then I will be uploading the VERY FIRST story that I wrote on Naruto. This story is littered with stupid things that make little sense but until I get more time to write I will have to upload this. Also this story is not finished and I do not plan on finishing it. Anyway after all of that crap fest I do hope you readers can get a small amount of enjoyment out of this story.

Notes -"speaking"

thinking

Setting up story/information

Crying from a cave. A small stream of water coming from the mouth of the cave and echos of pain resonate . The passing ninja would have normally just moved on but after the recent Uchiha massacre and so close to the village they assumed it was Sasuke and was going to bring him back to make sure he didn't get lost or sick or worse stolen by some enemy village. They slowly made their way to the entrance and yelled into the cave

"Hey you can come out we want to help." What they heard in reply was the sound of heat as a fireball jutsu came out of the cave.

"What is that kid thinking, he could have killed us." yelled one of the shinobi.

"Ya no kidding." replied the other.

They went into the cave and making sure that they didn't hear another roaring fireball. After a few minutes they saw the kid who was unconscious from the fireball jutsu and were given a huge surprise, the ninja were not surprised at the fact that the kid could do such a jutsu because any young Uchiha could do it, Sasuke already could, but what surprised them is the fact that the kid had a Uchiha crest on the back of his shirt but it was not Sasuke. It was another Uchiha that survived the slaughter just a few weeks back. The two shinobi looked at each other not believing what they saw.

"I'll go notify the Hokage and you take him to the hospital."

The other ninja nodded and slowly lifted the child into a gentle hold and noticed how thin he was. How long was this kid out here? He slowly made his way out of the cave and sprinted of the hospital. When he arrived he told the nurse what happened and she took him away on a stretcher.

At about the same time the other ninja was reporting his findings to the Hokage. His face wrinkled slightly more when he started to think about a plan of action of this. What if he comes back for the boy? Should we tell Sasuke Uchiha about this? How does this impact everything? The Hokage sighed at the deep thoughts then he told the ninja that was quietly waiting for orders "Watch the boy and tell me when he wakes up. I want to speak to him personally but do not tell a single person about this and tell the other one who found him this to." The shinobi bowed and disappeared in a poof of white smoke. The aging man stood up and walked to the window to look out at the village. I have a feeling this boy is going to play a big part in future events. The Hokage sighed again and went back to work.

After a few days

In mid afternoon his eyes slowly parted. He was staring at white tiles. What? Where am I? The boy raised his hands and looked at them. Am I dead? Maybe this is a... At that moment a nurse walked in and smiled.

"Oh good you're up, How are you feeling?"

The boy just looked at her and started to cry. Her smile faded and she walked up to the frail boy and hugged him. She said in a calm motherly voice "Everything is going to be alright you're safe."

He held her in tightly not wanting to let go and just cried and keep crying for almost ten minutes. The women just stood there and let him and after words wiped the tears from the boy and smiled. She and the boy both looked at the door when they heard it slowly open and saw the grand figure of the village in his white and red robe. His voice echoed in the room

"Thank you for helping this poor boy but I need to talk to him alone." She looked at the boy and stood up and walked out of the room, closing the door on the way out. The Hokage sat on the stool and began to speak "So I heard that you were found in a cave, is this true?" The boy only looked down at his lap. The Hokage sighed and said "I heard that you know fire style is this true?" The boy kept looking down but his hand clenched the blanket that was next to him. The Hokage and the boy just sat there, in deadly silence. The Hokage then stood up and started to walk out of the room, the boy silently whispered

"They are all dead aren't they?" The Hokage only looked down and said in a very depressed tone

"There were two that survived, you and Sasuke." The boy's head raised slightly

"There's someone else?"

"Yes, and I think he would want to know about you so I think you should rest up and then you can meet him." The boy smiled just a little I'm not alone and rested his head against the pillow. The Hokage left the room and started to out of the hospital Now all I have to do is to find Sasuke, I wonder how he will take the news...

The next day

A man walked into the hospital room with a scar across his nose and woke up the Uchiha boy who was sleeping and said in a cheery tone "Time to wake up" The annoyed boy looked at the inturder of his sleep. The man spoke again "I'm Iruka, nice to meet you...?" The boy responded in an irritated tone

"I'm Meiyo, nice to meet you Iruka - sensei ." The man looked at Meiyo

"Sensei?" The boy sat up and looked at the headband

"Yes, you are an academy teacher and I'm a student." He looked down "At least I still hope I can be." Iruka smiled and replied

"Of course I think that's not that much of a problem." Meiyo looked up and the man and smiled. After Meiyo got dressed in a long sleeve baby blue shirt that he considered annoying and black baggy pants that was more accepted by him, Iruka and Meiyo walked to the academy. On the way to the academy Iruka started to talk "Meiyo, there is something I have to tell you."

"Okay." The little boy said with a confused tone, Iruka then started up

"The Hokage things it's best you hide the fact that your Uchiha from everyone else than me and Sasuke." The little boy looked down for a second but smiled and nodded his head in agreement. I thought that was going to be harder than that Iruka thought as they walked up to the academy. Meiyo was still amazed by the size of building but his gaze soon went from the building to a child in a dark blue short sleeve shirt and white shorts. The thing that got this attention was not the boy specifically but the crest on his back, the crest of the Uchiha. Meiyo slowly walked up to the other boy and as Sasuke turned around he stood eye to eye with the other survivor. So this is the other one they though and just stood there in silence examining each other. Iruka was getting nervous over the silence of the two I hope those two get along quickly, maybe... and walked up to the two "Hey you guys hungry?" Iruka said with a nervous smile. Meiyo looked at Iruka and smiled and replied happily

"Yes Iruka - sensei." then he turned to Sasuke "How about you Sasuke?" Sasuke then sighed and replied in his usual tone

"Fine." The three of them then went to get some dumplings and the entire time all three of them were smiling, although Sasuke only a little. Afterwords Iruka had to go get ready for the classes that started the next day and left the two Uchiha boys alone. They started to walk together in total silence again and then Meiyo getting annoyed at the silence said

"Hey you want to practice with some shuriken?" Sasuke smiled

Maybe Meiyo isn't as bad as I thought "Yea sure, I guess." he said dully. They were practicing until the sun started to set. Both of them exhausted from trying to best each other.

Wow we are both equal Meiyo thought as Sasuke thought

I'm surprised that he was able to match me. The two stared at each other then both stood up to each other

"Meet you here tomorrow?" Meiyo asked. Sasuke just smiled "Yea and skip the first day at the academy?" Meiyo frowned How could I forget... "I meant after." Wow lucky I thought of that in time. Sasuke replied dully

"Yea sure." and started to walk home and Meiyo did the same.

As the years of academy went by Meiyo and Sasuke grew closer and became like brothers and kept pushing each other to get stronger. Because Sasuke had Meiyo around so much he grew more open than normal but still want to avenge his clan, but Meiyo calmed that wanting a lot. Because of Sasuke, Meiyo grew to hate Itachi as much as Sasuke but was able to control his hate much easier than Sasuke, Meiyo also got much strong because he wanted to match and beat Sasuke. As the years went on they grew to be know as very close and that they were very strong rivals and by the day of graduation every single person knew this. Although no one could ever figure out how Meiyo could get Sasuke to talk so much when they couldn't get a word out of him.

The two Uchiha boys now grown up and on graduating day they were silent but knew exactly what each other were thinking I'm going to beat you. They were both annoying the massive crowd of girls drooling over Sasuke then HE happened. Naruto jumped up on the desk and looked at Meiyo who gave Naruto a blank stare. If I smile maybe he will just leave Mayio thought then smiled. After Naruto looked at Sasuke. Sasuke gave the same blank stare as Meiyo did but did not smile.

How annoying Sasuke thought then Naruto was hit from behind and kissed Sasuke on accident. The girls went berserk and attacked Naruto as Sasuke tried to get the taste of raman off of him, Meiyo was just laughing his butt off and started to tear up. Sasuke glared at Meiyo and stopped laughing, for about two seconds. Sasuke then smiled just a little, it was disgusting but still what are the chances. Just then the girls got done giving Naruto a new bumps on his head and then Iruka poofed into the room and announced

"Okay everyone as you all know today is the graduation day and have selected your teams"

Iruka then read off the names of the teams and when he got finished with the list

Meiyo looked at Sasuke and Sasuke looked at Meyio. Meyio asked him "Was my name called?" Sasuke looked and said in a tone that was a little scared for Meyio

"No, we should ask Iruka - sensei about this." Meyio nodded and after everyone left Meyio and Sasuke walked up to Iruka and Meyio asked

"Hey Iruka - sensei my name wasn't called why is that, did I not make the cut?" Iruka smiled and said

"No no, nothing like that its the fact that we are still trying to figure out what team to put you on because as you heard all teams have three members but don't worry I'm suggesting to the selectors that you join team seven." Meyio and Sasuke just smiled and thanked Iruka and walked out. Meyio brought up

"Man I was scared for a second." Sasuke replied coolly

"I had no doubt if a loser like Naruto passed there would be no way you didn't pass." Meyio just nodded. They just took their normal path that day, from the academy right to the training field and they trained the rest of the day way as usual but as the sunset Maiyo asked Sasuke

"Hey, you want to get a celebration dinner or something." Sasuke dull replied

"Sure." After the dinner they went and home and wondered what their lives are going to be like now that they both graduated and that they were on the same team.