He was seven.
She was seven.
They were seven
He was cold.
She was not.
They were opposites
He was the moon.
She was the sun.
They were an eternity apart.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you have been chosen."
The best in the bunch, he was.
The test book definition of perfect:
The quickest learner,
Quick to put aside emotion
Prepared to kill
Protect
The perfect one
He was the one,
He was the guardian.
His mother wept silently, tears of joy or agony, he would not know. Morino Ibiki, gave them the news. It was to be a proud moment, but the young seven year felt nothing but cold and distant. The wizened master, the giver of the news, offered a small smile to the weeping mother before standing to leave the mother and son alone.
The door swung close, and the young boy spoke, "I can refuse."
His mother gasped and wept harder. She spoke through her tears, "You can't refuse Sasuke-chan; you must obey." She pulled the young raven haired boy to her chest and cried into his hair.
"Nor can I ignore the cause of my brother's death."
His mother gasped and looked wildly around, such big words coming from a seven year old, "Hush, my child, you cannot talk of your brother's death in the open!"
The seven year old held an understanding beyond his age. Experience and trauma had ruined the young innocent. His mother looked at him in grief; he would never have the chance to live the life she would have chosen for him.
He glanced at the tears of his mother.
The only condolence the boy of seven years could offer was a promise, "I won't die like Nii-san."
The mother could only sob harder and nod her head.
"Your father would have been proud."
"Your job is to live for one person only, that one person is your Hime. She will come before anyone. No one should stand in the way between you and your hime, no one."
The seven year old boy's grip tightened on his deceased father's katana.
"…her life comes before yours, you will not hesitate to kill for her, you will not hesitate to die for her, she will be right, you will be wrong, you will live for her alone – only her. Do you understand me Uchiha Sasuke?"
The boy grit his teeth and bowed slightly to the old sensei before him.
"Good, may you fulfill your duties well." With a last nod, the boy disappeared.
He climbed the stairs of the castle, silently surrounded by five guards, each there to protect the Hime, each ready to slaughter the boy if she were to be threatened.
With emotionless eyes, he looked on ahead, refusing to glance at the surroundings he had never seen before.
They stopped near an elegant door, and the elder guard knocked.
He blinked his eyes, awaiting the person whom he would be protecting.
The door opened slowly and there stood the young girl with curious orbs moving from face to face.
Her eyes landed on the youth and brightened considerably. She shyly walked up to him, her white dress trailing behind, and asked, "Are… are you my Guardian?"
There was a moment of silence, where the elder guards tensed gripping their weapons, awaiting the boy's response.
His dark eyes bore into her curious emerald ones, as he opened his mouth to utter one sound-one word, "Yes."
The guards nodded, leaving the two, one by one. The one with a twinkle in his eyes leaned down to whisper in the boy's ear. "Do not fall in love with her."
Her eyes drank in his appearance, curious, sweeping over his jaw, his lips, his nose, stopping at his eyes. She stared deep with emerald orbs into his unflinching eyes and she asked, "What is your name?"
His eyes never left her gaze, "Uchiha Sasuke."
A smile broke across her face, "Well then Uchiha Sasuke, will you be my friend?"
There was a moment of silence in which she awaited her answer.
He spoke, "Hime-Sama, I will kill for you, I will die to protect you, I will do whatever it is you wish without a moment's hesitation, but…I cannot be your friend."
His eyes never left her surprised ones.