Sunshine After the Rain By Misaki Sakura
Prologue
Uchiha Sasuke loved his brother. He was good, kind, strong, smart, great-looking … he's perfect. Everybody loved him, including his brother, but his love was tainted with hatred. They never saw him as Uchiha Sasuke. He was known as Itachi's brother and he hated that. He wanted people to acknowledge him as himself, but whatever he did was compared with his brother. Whatever he did had been done by his brother before and he hated it. That's why he tried to do things that Itachi never did.
Uzumaki Naruto never knew what a family was. Anything that resembled family was Iruka. He felt betrayed by his parents for dumping him, very betrayed. When Iruka picked him up from the orphanage when he was seven, he was a silent and brooding boy, but years with Iruka had changed him. Now, he was able to smile, play pranks, hang out with his friends but never once he forgot his hurt against his parents.
They lived different lives, but fate had them met in a twisted way.
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"Sasuke, get up!"
Sasuke opened his eyes when he heard his mother's voice but didn't do anything to get up. His mother knew that and sighed. Ever since he entered high school, Sasuke had changed so much that she felt she didn't know her son anymore.
"Sasuke!"
"What are you doing here!"
"I think it's obvious. To wake you up. School's starting in half an hour."
Sasuke said nothing.
"Breakfast is ready."
Sasuke grunted and walked into the bathroom.
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Naruto stood outside Konoha High School with determination. He had studied so hard to get into that school. He couldn't risk getting expelled. Konoha High had a very good reputation but it also had a bad one. It's known as a school for people with high social status. Students like him, the 'usual' ones were the 'black sheep'. But still, it's the best school around. The least he could do for Iruka was to graduate from there and got a good job.
"Are you new?"
Naruto almost jumped when he heard the voice behind him. The boy was wearing green t-shirt and trousers with matching colour. The first thing that caught Naruto's eyes were his eyebrows. They're so … thick!
"Fuzzy eyebrows …"
"Excuse me?"
"I mean … yes, I'm new …"
"My name is Rock Lee! I'll give you a tour around the school!"
Naruto watched in awe as the boy took his hand and started dragging him around the school while yelling, "The power of youth!"
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Sasuke put his legs on top of his desk and closed his eyes. He could hear some of his fangirls yellings. He's used to that. All those annoying fangirls, with their stupid leaders, Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino. They had been friends, but ever since they saw Sasuke, their friendship shattered and turned into a battle between them. Sasuke didn't care about it. In fact, he actually enjoyed their fight as long as he wasn't drag into it.
"Hi, Sasuke."
"Shikamaru."
Shikamaru was the only person who was willing to be his friend, not that the other didn't want to. They were too afraid to come near him. Shikamaru was the only one Sasuke respected out of his schoolmates. He said that he's worth to be noticed because he had skills. Shikamaru was a genius and he was strong, a match for Sasuke. Unfortunately, he didn't want to show it because he didn't want any fangirls like Sasuke had. Too troublesome.
Other than Shikamaru, Sasuke also respected Hyuuga Neji, the adopted son of the Hyuuga family, one of the richest and oldest families in Japan, next to the Uchiha family. Neji was adopted because the Hyuuga family didn't have an heir. They had a daughter, but being an old family, they didn't believe that a girl was able to lead it. So they decided to adopt Neji who was their servant's son. This arrangement made Hinata, the daughter of the Hyuuga clan felt unneeded. If it's not for Neji, she wouldn't be able to stand to live in her family. The fact that they wanted Neji more than they wanted her had hurt her deeply and made her felt inferior.
"I heard there's a new boy."
Sasuke looked up. "His name?"
"Uzumaki Naruto. He's in class I-1."
Sasuke smirked. This was one of the things his aniki had never done. Sasuke had his name feared throughout Konoha even in other schools. He's a bully, and new students were his preys. This time he had another prey, called Uzumaki Naruto.
TBC
Hi! This is my first Naruto fic, please tell me what you think about it. I don't know the age difference between Sasuke, Naruto and Itachi in the anime, but in this fic, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Gaara and Neji are 17; Naruto, Lee, Hinata, Sakura and Ino are 16. Naruto came from another school while the others came from Konoha Junior High. Itachi is in university. And yes, Itachi's not evil. I don't think Orochimaru will be in this fic …