Author's note: ¾ of this story is told in flashback and it's told in Sasuke's point of view, except for the introduction and maybe the end. Italics are thoughts or dreams. I think you can tell the difference. In this story, there are going to be vehicles, maybe phones and some other technology that we have ok? Oh yea, all of them have never met, meaning Sasuke and Sakura. They haven't met yet so she isn't in love with him or something…
I'm going to make it like they never did the ninja school when they were 12 together and there was no team 7, but they are ninjas, and Sakura is still a medic nin.
No, Sasuke is not a power hungry freak who's aftre Itachi, although he may appear in the story and Sasuke still despises him...
Summary: Pride is tasteless, size less, and colorless, but it's the hardest thing to swallow. An episode in an ANBU's life when he falls in love. SasuSaku
An episode in an ANBU's life.
Chapter 1
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L O S T
It was a dark misty morning in a lake a few miles south of Konoha. An eerie mist could be seen in the few cracks of light emerging, signaling the crack of dawn. Several mountains and large hills surrounded the lake, their shadowy reflection now illustrating on the motionless water. On a small hillock adjacent to the river, a mansion like house stood still, with many glass windows residing there to allow the lodgers to have a gaze at the scenery.
It was only a one-story lodge, but had a small room as the second floor, that gave an appearance of a watch tower, but was truly a small bedroom. There was a large pane glass window there, but unlike all the other open windows, this one had its curtains drawn. The still lake unexpectedly rippled, causing the tranquil creatures residing there to frantically swim about. All of a sudden, there was an outburst from the lodge as the window shattered into numerous pieces and a man plummeted out, driven out by a mighty force.
Together with the shards of glass and some splintered wood he descended into the water, his back striking the chilly morning coolness as he squinted to spot his perpetrator. A shadow passed across the window, but he wasn't able to notice it because blood oozed down his eyelid, forcing him to shut it closed. He was engulfed into the water and slowly reached the bottom, losing consciousness.
His black shirt waved around in the water, torn in many places, and his arm had been severely injured as chunks of flesh hung loosely from it, barely hanging on. Blood seeped from his torn shirt and it mixed with the water, seeming to have disappeared. His bruised face lay beside his shoulders, his shallow breathing causing bubbles to float out. His other arm lay on his ribs, a wristwatch ticking; ticking away his seconds to live.
"What do you want from me?" It was more of a statement than a question. The two individuals stood on a small precipice that surrounded an ocean.
"I don't understand what you're trying to say." She turned around, facing the other way. As the wind blew, their hair tousled around, but other than that noise, there was nothing.
"Concerning the both of us, what do you want from me?" He asked again, making it clearer.
"I want to marry you"
The background seemed to explode and now only those two stood there in the darkness.
"I love you"
No.
"I want to marry you."
No.
"I want to live my life with you forever and die with you"
No.
I couldn't protect that.
A few more bubbles erupted from the unconscious man lying on the soft sand in the water. His eyes snapped open abruptly and his body shifted in the sudden realization of his surroundings. He was running out of breath, fast, and he needed to swim out. A few creatures that had surrounded him in curiosity of whether or not he was edible scurried away as soon as he started to move out. He shuffled around, treading the water as he tried to hold in as many breaths as possible. His lungs tightened in his chest, sucking every bit of oxygen left.
His jet black hair, now resembling silky weed, floated around his head making it harder for him to see. He tried to push both arms forward, trying to progress to the surface but as he did so, he realized that his right arm had lost all feel and movement and that it was now useless. He flailed his left arm and his legs and soon he surfaced, taking in many needed breaths as he floated around in the water. He swam to the nearest support which happened to be the wood that was holding the lodge up from collapsing into the water.
He tried to reach up to the patio where he could be safe on land, but his right arm refused to move. He could only move it a couple of inches, but even then, it took him tremendous effort. Giving it up and already knowing that he didn't have enough chakra to even balance on water, he swam using his left arm to the opposite side of the lake; to the grass.
He dragged himself onto the grass and lifted his right arm to rest on his chest so that he wouldn't inflict more damage. Now, he lay there, not having any more strength to move, but was still conscious. The blood that had been from a wound on his forehead had covered up half of his face and was now drying quickly. His left eye had swollen and he could barely open it. The water dripped off of him and onto the grass and he gave an image of a corpse, but the shallow rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
I am an ANBU, but now my life is in danger.
I need to get up. I can't. In my body are two shurikens, I think it ripped my skin. My knee is split, my ribs are broken and my nerves on my right arm are weakly connected. I can't give up, I can't die now. He took my Sakura, I need to find her.
"Sa...ku...ra"
I need to save her. She needs me.
GET UP. I need to get up. GET UP.
"SAKURA!" He roared out and it echoed in the silence of the land as the sun finally rose above and started to light up the water and the forest.
My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I'm a high ranking ANBU officer.
He ran down the stairs inside his mansion as he fidgeted with his wristwatch and finally fit it on. He shoved open his gates on his front lawn and strolled to a nearby waiting jeep like car and hopped into the passenger seat. Many others who were standing around bowed or saluted and went off to their own cars. He only slightly nodded his head to their respect and he averted his gaze ahead. The car took off and it left a trail of dust behind.
My name is what dictates my life, sixteen years, the age when I was selected as an ANBU.
The car halted to a sudden stop and he didn't bother to look back or say a thank-you to the driver, but just kept his stride as he went towards the building. Four other men in similar uniforms stood there, waiting for him and as soon as he reached them, they all stalked up the stairs, into a large room.
My life was going nowhere, and then it completely changed. Many things happened, things I can't forget, some joys, some sins, and some lies.
He saw a man squinting and trying to aim his shurikens at the target and from the looks of it was failing miserably. He went up and repositioned the man's arm and as he walked off, the man threw the shuriken and it hit bull's eye. The man turned to thank him but he was long gone. One of his partners repositioned his mask to fit better on his face and they reached some double doors. He stood there, waiting for something, anything.
"Come in." They heard, but he made no movement.
"Push the doors and go in teme!" One of his partners hissed at him and he sighed, shoving it open and strolling in.
At age twenty, I was selected as one of the head ANBU's, and two years later, selected for the crime branch.
As he walked in, a woman with blond hair sat in a desk with her fingers intertwined. A man with silver hair, a mask covering his mouth and a head band slanting down his head, covering his left eye(that's the eye right?) smiled at them through his mask. He sat on the opposite side of the woman on the desk. There were five chairs and each of them settled their selves in one.
"Shall we begin?" The woman asked. They nodded.
I am Uchiha Sasuke, commissioner of ANBU, and this is where all of it began.
Good, bad, delete? Tell me in a review please! I just don't have anything better to do since its winter vacation and so I started this and will probably go through it very fast. It's more of an action-y sort of thing but has romance too…..