Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto!!! Waaaahhhh!!! (i really wish i did)
Note: This is my first fan fic, so any helpful criticism and comments will be welcome. I hope you guys can help me with pairings, jutsus, and other ideas so i can make a really good story. The story begins four years after Sasuke leaves to go to Orochimaru, Sakura trains under Tsunade, and Naruto trains with Jiraiya. I'll be switching between characters (although I don't know which characters as of yet) from time to time, so you guys get a good feel of what happens in every side of the story.
Normal - conversations, narration
Italics - thoughts
Bold and Italic - jutsus
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Sasuke walks through the poverty-ridden Village of Sound, deep in the forests north of Konoha. Many people see him and give him way, mainly because they know him as "Sasuke-sama." They move aside wherever he walks, not because they respect him as the future leader of Sound, but because they fear him. Here, in this village of despondency, the Sound ninsare considered to be higher than civilians of the village itself.
Sasuke avoids eye contact, not even wanting to see this village which he considers to be "the land of lost hope". He was not originally from this village. He was from a village called Konoha, but Sasuke knew that it was worthless to remember the village where he was once from.
"Why… why am I still here? Why have I not yet left this village?" Sasuke mumbles to himself, as he finally looks up at the Village of Sound. This village always had that aura of decay, from the cracked buildings to the wooden homes of the villagers filled with holes. There was no air of joy, no entertainment of any kind, not even a tea house where he could enjoy spending afternoons drinking. This place, known in the Village of Sound as "The Lower Octave", surrounded the "The Higher Octave" which housed Orochimaru's grandiose palace and the residences of the Sound nins.
Sasuke was suddenly aware of all the eyes focused on him. All around him, civilians were looking at him, with a certain emotion in their eyes. Was it fear? Hatred? Anger? He could not determine which. He knew that these people only went to the Village of Sound because they thought that Orochimaru could give them a better life. But once they arrived, they could never leave… Sound's Hunter-nins made sure of that. These people were only test subjects for the numerous kinjutsus that Orochimaru created. These people were only guinea pigs; they were only trash in the eyes Orochimaru, and yet he, Sasuke, of the once noble family of Uchiha, would not do anything about it.
Sasuke ignores the stares of the people and trudges on, completely in his thoughts.
"Four years have passed since I left Konoha… anda year since I last confronted Itachi. And yet… and yet…!" Sasuke clenches his fist in the memory of this bitter event.
"I still was not strong enough to kill him, even with the power of the Curse Seal!!!"
And he remembered that day well. He had gone on an S-rank mission for Sound that day. The mission was to assassinate the 5th Hokage, Tsunade, and if he could not do so, he was to kill as much jounins and ANBU as possible without attracting attention. And it would be done in the most opportune moment of all: during the Chuunin Exams, which were held in Konoha at that time. Due to the number of chuunin, jounin, and ANBUcurrentlylooking after theexam, Tsunade would lack the protection that she needed.
This would create an opening for Orochimaru to commence his attack on Konoha, and would result to Konoha's utter destruction.
Sasuke was given four jounins to lead on that mission; three of the new Sound 4, and a medical nin. However,back then,he thought that he could do it alone. He had trained so much under Orochimaru, learned so many ninjutsus and kinjutsus, and improved his control over the curse seal to a level that was yet to be achieved by the former Sound 5 and rivalled Orochimaru's Seven Heavenly Notes.
And yet, after all his training, he still could not attain the legendary Mangekyou Sharingan.
Thatbecame his downfall.
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Author's Note: I know it's short, but I'm working on the next chapter already and it'll probably be up shortly.
