A/N: I have never written from Sasuke's perspective before and I haven't written fanfiction let alone Naruto fanfiction for a very very long time. Hopefully, I haven't butchered his character and I hope I've realistic portrayed him in character. This idea just popped into my head so I'm going with the flow.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"As my journey took me around the world… I would often be reminded of back then, when we were lonely kids starving for love… but finding nothing but hatred."
-Uchiha Sasuke
After all these years, Sasuke's heart was finally at peace. He had lost many things along the way to get to where he is standing now. He had lost his family, his parents, and his brother. He created a new family with Team 7 and threw them away in search for power. His revenge did not satisfy his soul and had lost himself in the darkness. He sought death and didn't really remember what it was like to be warm again.
But Team 7, especially Naruto, never gave up on him no matter how deep Sasuke fell. Over and over again, the compassion from his former teammates would reach out to him, until he was finally out of the darkness. That was how he got here, missing his left arm, and his right joined with Naruto's left making a hand seal to dispel the Infinite Tsukuyomi.
Sasuke was never a man of words, but rather a man of action. But no words needed to be said because when he looked into the eyes of his team, he knew that he had found where he belonged. The strange cocoons were releasing all the people under the justu's power. The sun was rising, and the sunlight kissed the remains of the fallen statutes at the Valley of the End. Naruto's warmth was like the sun. His sunlight warmed all those who touched him.
After the release was completed, his remaining arm dropped to his side. He look towards his right and Naruto covered in dirt and blood just smiled at him. Sasuke looked behind him and knew that Kakashi was smiling underneath his mask. Next to Kakashi stood Sakura, also covered in dirt, smiling the biggest smile she could as tears endlessly rolling down her face. Her watery green eyes met his gaze, he willed his lips to almost smile back at her.
Too bad, Sasuke didn't utilize the opportunity before he collapsed.
"Sakura I… I'm sorry for everything up until now"
"Shut up, Usuratonkachi"
"…I have absolutely no reason to love her and likewise, I can see no reason why she would love me."
"What I am calling for, what I am bringing forth… that is… Revolution."
"I have long since closed my eyes...My only goal is in the darkness"
"It's not like you ever had a family in the first place! You were on your own right from the beginning, what makes you think you know anything about it?!"
"Thank you."
"I know the four of us have worked together. And for a while, I thought I could choose that path instead… but in the end… I've decided on revenge. That's always been my purpose of living."
"You're such a loser, Naruto.
"Sakura, who did this to you?"
"I hate a lot of things, and I don't particularly like anything. What I have is not a dream, because I will make it a reality. I'm going to restore my clan, and kill a certain someone."
"My name is Sasuke Uchiha."
When Sasuke arose, everything was dark. Tense, he looked up to an unfamiliar ceiling, in an unfamiliar room, in an unfamiliar bed. Only the moonlight and stars faintly illuminated the room. He was probably in the Konoha Hospital. He wondered how long he was unconscious as his last sentient memories occurred during the day. He looked to the left side of his bed to see Kakashi asleep, slumped over in a wooden chair with a copy of Icha Icha Paradise over his face. His body relaxed. He thought it was a little strange that his sensei stayed with him into the night but at least it wasn't Naruto or Sakura. Then again, if it was either of those two watching him, he probably would have woken up much earlier. It was only when Sasuke tried to shift his body to get a better look at Kakashi, that he noticed something was very wrong.
His left arm was gone.
"Kakashi!" he screamed.
His instructor immediately straightened his posture to Sasuke's urgent cry. The Icha Icha Paradise volume fell to the floor. Scowling, Kakashi look straight into Sasuke's eyes and said, "You know that there are much better ways to someone up."
"Kakashi, this isn't time to joke around. My left arm is gone!" Sasuke snapped.
Sighing as if Sasuke's statement was just an everyday fact of life, Kakashi moved to pick up the fallen book. "You lost it during the battle remember?"
Sasuke paused, trying to recall the moments before he fell unconscious before he spoke again.
"I remember the fight clearly. I don't know I did what I did… I guess I just didn't want to lose to the dobe…" Sasuke rambled, "I thought I was going to die. I really thought I was dying but I'm still alive."
"Yeah, you should be fine." Kakashi remarked nonchalantly, "It was just chakra exhaustion. You should be released within a day or two."
Sasuke's mind was still scrambling to put his thoughts together. He sunk his face into his hand. Ignoring Kakashi's comments, his crazed rambles continued, "I remember that it didn't hurt that much. Then I felt nothing. Then everything went black."
Kakashi was already irritated with Sasuke.
"That's what happens when you use too much chakra. Just go back to sleep and a nurse will see you tomorrow morning-"
Sasuke looked up and directly met with Kakashi's eyes. He interrupted him.
"Why would Haku cut off my arm if he thought I was dead?"
Kakashi realized that a nurse couldn't wait until tomorrow.
"Kakashi, do you realize how late it is!? This better be a real emergency!" a loud mouth well-endowed blonde woman proclaimed as she slammed open the door of his hospital room.
Kakashi stood up at the woman's presence, "I think you should really give him a physical exam now. There's something definitely wrong with him."
No shit, Kakashi. Sasuke thought as if his dark gaze could convey sentences and sarcasm. His entire left arm is missing, of course there is something wrong.
The woman her face peered closer to his. Although Sasuke visibly didn't show it, he was attracted to women. And this older woman's very large bosom was nearing his face. He cheeks slightly tinted red as he tried to avert his gaze from being inappropriate. Instead he looked at Kakashi who merely chuckled at Sasuke's obvious discomfort with the fairer species.
Sasuke just scowled at Kakashi's reaction. "Of course THIS is the nurse you had to call in?"
Tsunade punched the last Uchiha in the head causing him to lose consciousness once again.
Sasuke woke up and he could hear Kakashi and the blonde haired woman speak through the hospital room.
"Well, what's your diagnosis?"
Is that Kakashi's voice?
"It seems that he has retrograde amnesia."
"Do you think his memory will come back before the tribunal?"
Tribunal? Whose going to a tribunal?
"Let's post-pone the tribunal for now and focus on what the Uchiha actually remembers."
"Are you just trying to push the tribunal to after the Hokage coronation ceremony?"
Is there supposed to be a new Hokage?
"What was the last thing Sasuke said he remembered?"
"He thinks his arm was cut off during the Wave mission. You didn't answer my question."
"The Wave mission? Was that when Sarutobi was Hokage?"
Sarutobi isn't the Hokage? Then who is the Hokage?
"Yes, it seems that he's lost the last four years of his life."
Four years?!
His mind was racing. The last thing he remembered was his fight against Haku during his first C-rank mission with Team 7 as a gennin. If he had lost four years of memories, then there must have been so many other missions that he cannot recall. Sasuke wasn't sure of the exact date, but he was probably fifteen or sixteen years old now. Was he still on the same team as Naruto and Sakura? Was he still even a gennin? He probably wasn't a gennin. Sasuke figure that somehow he moved up in the ranks if four years past. But he continued eavesdropping on their conversation, to try to catch up with the memories he didn't have.
"That's unfortunate… He doesn't even remember the Fourth Shinobi War."
"What should we tell Naruto and Sakura?"
"For now, we'll limit his exposure to outside visitors besides us and the medical staff. It'll be too much stimulation for Sasuke because a lot has changed. We'll reintroduce him to the current shinobi world slowly. Until then, an ANBU will be stationed outside his room at all hours to restrict his access to the outside world. This situation must be under the utmost secrecy."
"Those two are not going to like this."
"Too bad. I'm the Hokage, and the head of the hospital right now. These are my orders."
"Understood Hokage-sama."
Sasuke slumped back into his uncomfortable hospital bed. So he's still associated with the two. Sasuke was surprised. He had figured that Naruto would have gotten himself killed in action for his reckless behavior. He also thought that Sakura was more or less a liability that he would have had to leave for dead sometime. Maybe they were just lucky and fell back into support positions? However, apparently there was a war? If there was an ongoing war then the two must have improved at least enough to stay alive. In war, only the strong survive.
He looked out the window to see that Konoha was not what he remembered. His childhood village was under heavy construction-probably something to do with this Fourth Great Shinobi War that was mentioned. From his view outside the window, he knew that the Uchiha District was on the other side of the building and not visible from his perspective. He wondered if that was an intentional placement. He was very tempted to just escape from the hospital, but he just didn't have enough information about the current world.
No one talked about the absence of his left arm. Was that not a serious medical condition? Has his arm been missing for a long time? Maybe he lost it in a previous mission. With no weapons, sense of direction, or information about the world, he was frustrated. Was he stronger now? He wanted to test his strength outside of these four walls but he also weighed the possibility of being more injured as his room seemed to be abnormally heavily guarded. More importantly, did this loss of limb impede on his ability to get strong enough to complete his life goal or did he become just another cripple retired shinobi?
He wondered if he lost his arm against his fight with Itachi. If that was how he lost the limb, then the absence of the appendage was somewhat more bearable. As long he could complete his revenge, then any loss seemed negligent to the overall predicament. Is Itachi still even alive? Sasuke knew that before he could make any move, he needed more information.
The raven haired man, turned over in his bed trying to find a comfortable position that didn't emphasize his lack of an arm. He drifted off into the abyss of sleep, hoping for no nightmares and for his memories to return.
Sasuke woke early the next morning at the crack of dawn. He had tried to look for a way to leave the hospital room to obtain more information but the outside window was guarded by two ANBU and the entrance to the hallway was also guarded by another two ANBU. The lack of information and amount of security for his hospital room was both frustrating yet also flattering. He hoped that the security was high because he had risen to a high level shinobi. He fantasized about the possibility that his room was so heavily guarded because his memory loss had to do with a national security threat or some key to stopping the war. He could be a war hero and not even realize it.
A timid nurse walked into his room at around 7:00am to serve him breakfast. She seemed abnormally nervous about being in his presence that she refused to look him in the eye. She also refused to speak words to him and quickly scurried away as soon as she set up his breakfast on the hospital tray for him to eat.
It took him a little longer to eat with his other arm. He liked to hold the bowl of miso soup with his left hand towards his face and drink the soup from his spoon. However, with the absence of his arm, he just drank the soup straight from the bowl. He also had difficulties cutting the fish on his plate. Normally he would take a chopstick in each hand and use the chopsticks to individually cut all of his food before eating. Without another hand, Sasuke resorted to picking up the entire slice of fish and simply bit into the flesh. His parents raised him with impeccable manners and the way he was being forced to eat made him feel uncivilized. It took him a little longer to eat than usual but he was thankful that no one was present to watch his struggle.
About an hour after his breakfast was delivery, the same timid nurse peeked into his room to take the tray away, trying to be as discreet as possible. As she left, Kakashi and the blonde woman, he thinks her name was Tsunami..or something close to that, entered his hospital room. The nurse quickly bowed and closed the door behind her.
"Do you know who I am, Uchiha Sasuke?" the blonde woman asked him.
"Well now I know that you're not the nurse." He sarcastically replied.
Kakashi intervened, "Sasuke, watch your tongue."
Tsunade's lip twitched, "I am the Fifth Hokage, one of the Legendary Sannin, Tsunade. I demand your respect and obedience."
"My apologies, Hokage-sama. It seems there is a gap in my memory. I thought that the Hokage was Sarutobi. As a shinobi of Konoha, I mean no disrespect."
Tsunade laughed, "Sarutobi has been dead for years. I am also your physician and I'm present here to see what you remember as you have retrograde amnesia. Kakashi believes that you've lost the memories of the last four years of your life."
"Have I killed Itachi?" he immediately asked.
Kakashi smacked his forehead. None of his students had any tact. Were all of them really that disrespectful?
Tsunade frowned, "I'm the one asking the questions here. You are going to answer them. Understood?"
Sasuke did not initially respond. He paused and then slowly nodded his head. He figured that he needed to get on the good side of the current Hokage to figure out his situation and get more information. He was already off to a bad start.
"Good. What is your name?" she asked him while pulling out a clip board to record his answers.
"Uchiha Sasuke."
"What is your birthday?"
"July 23."
"Who are your parents?"
"Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto."
"How old are you?"
"Twelve… but if Kakashi if correct them I am actually sixteen."
"What is your squad and who is in it?"
"I am a gennin on Team 7 under Hatake Kakashi with Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura."
"What does Konoha mean to you?"
Sasuke thought that was a strange question, "Konoha is home. Fire County is the nation where my clan was once dominant. I am a ninja of Konoha and I am a tool to be used for its means."
Tsunade furrowed her eyebrows, "What do you think about your teammates?"
"Kakashi is bearable. Naruto is an idiot. Sakura is annoying."
This time Kakashi was the one annoyed with his answer, "Really? Even with the memory loss, do you really not get the concept of teamwork?"
The Uchiha shrugged, "My opinion of their personalities doesn't affect the efficiency of us working as a three-man cell."
Tsunade continued her line of questioning, "What are your current goals?"
"I have only two goals in life, to kill Itachi and revive the Uchiha clan."
Finally, she concluded, "What are you last memories before your memory loss?"
"I was fighting a Mist missing nin named Haku who had a kekkei genkai which involved ice mirrors. I unconsciously moved my body to shield Naruto, I was struck with senbon and blacked out. I do not know the status of the mission nor why I am missing an arm."
Tsunade and Kakashi both looked at each other and then at Sasuke.
Kakashi decided to break the ice, "You lost it…during a battle?"
Sasuke just scowled. Obviously he lost it in a battle.
Tsunade clicked her pen and secured it onto the clipboard, "Alright, that's enough questions for now. I have other matters to attend to but Kakashi will give you a briefing on some things that you've missed. Afterwards, Kakashi please report to Hokage Tower. Uchiha Sasuke, you are not allowed to be involved in any missions while you have memory loss as it would impair the team."
With that the tall blonde woman, walked out of the room and left Sasuke with his sensei. After the door clicked shut, Sasuke spoke up again.
"….Kakashi, have I killed Itachi?" he asked.
Kakashi kept a straight face. "If I said Itachi was alive what would you do?"
"I would search for a way to become powerful enough to kill him." He responded in a plain matter of fact manner.
"If I said Itachi was dead what would you do?" Kakashi asked.
Sasuke didn't have an answer to that question.