Look What We've Become
TO LOLGURL: So, two story ideas came into my head and I could NOT for the life of me let them go. The story "That's The One" was a complete failure to me and I was a bit disappointed because I was supposed to be making it for lolgurl. Anyway, I've decided to create another fic with a badass organization just for her. I seriously hope she reads it though, I'm gonna be so sad. :(
I am working on my biggest project yet for Silkbunnies and It's not AU. OMG! So on the way, I'll be finishing up other fics. And this is one of them.
So, Unlike my other Narusasu fics, Naruto and Sasuke already know one another. The action begins there. I own nothing of Naruto, sadly. The Prologue is where they meet, but they are already married in this whole fic.
At the end of this chapter, I will have a character section to tell you all about them. Anyway, once again shout out to lolgurl for indirectly requesting this story.
On with the story. Tout de suite.
The Icy Beginning of Time
Sasuke ran as fast as he could from roof to roof. He was tired- eyes weary; head spinning; legs numb and rogue- but he had to get away. The teen was not running from a broken past or people who deemed him weak and vulnerable.
He wouldn't be jumping from roof to roof and dodging bullets skillfully if he were.
He just couldn't let them see his face. Narrow thoughts were cut off by a gunshot near his head. The sixteen year old smirked.
"You're good with a gun, aren't you?" He whispered in the dead of the night. Digging into his trench coat, the man pulled out two pistols. "But, I'm even better."
Flipping graciously in a zigged line to dodge bullets came to an abrupt end. Sasuke froze on the edge of the building he stood on, staring at the large gap before him.
A raspy voice spoke from behind. It was the kind of voice Sasuke wouldn't want to be under at night in a bed. "You ain't go nowhere to go, kid."
"Now tell us who sent you. And death'll be quick." The other said.
Sasuke turned around, staring into the eyes of the two men who had been chasing him, eyeing their movement, and every flaw that gave the Uchiha a chance to get away.
"Are we above an apartment building?" The teen asked in a whisper. He knew they could hear. The december snow wasn't loud enough to disconvey his speech.
One raised a brow. "That don't matter, kid. Now drop them guns."
"Alright." The raven whispered. He lowered one weapon only to shoot one of the men in the knee and the other in the head. The knee-injured man cried and pointed the gun, but Sasuke had already fell backward with his dual weapons back in their home.
Just as he neared the bottom, the teen latched onto a rusty frozen pipe, wincing a bit as he dropped to the ground.
Looking around, he noticed that no one stood in the alleyway. "It's done" he whispered monotonically into the headset hiding beneath his mask.
There was static until "He's dead right? The status?" That was the voice of Tsunade Senju, his intercom specialist and a co-head of their no name assassin organization.
"Died instantly. I shot four needles into the main arteries of his chest and neck. The deal was stopped." Sasuke told her reassuringly.
"Any injuries, kid?"
The Uchiha clenched his cut hand into the snow beneath him to numb it. "I had to jump off the roof. Scraped my hand on a rusted pipe."
"Alright, get back to base before it gets infected. Remember to stay out of sight and out of mind. And Sasuke?"
"Yes, Ma'am?"
"You did good. That's why you're the second best in here."
The line went dead and the mission was a success, leaving Sasuke to his own thoughts. For the most part, the teen was okay with his thoughts. They gave him wonderful ideas about who was the first best in the organization.
He wanted to know who could possibly be greater than him. Because Sasuke was wonderful at his job; removing people who did wrong for fun. So to have someone better at the job was ecstatic.
He was raised and trained by his father, an elite Uchiha, so it was saying something.
It could be his week trainer, who had trained in for a week when he first began at the age of fifteen.
The woman had pale eyes, was older than him by three years, and was badass. He once saw her take out three large men in a stimulation.
Still, no matter how intrigued he was, Sasuke was too prideful to even ask. Now his thoughts for the second part were sullen and lonely.
Thinking of his family always made him realize how alone he was. There was no one to speak to. His mother had died giving birth to him, so his father raised him. However, two years prior the older Uchiha had died not long after a mission; poison was truly a slow silent killer. And his brother, Itachi, had gone off way before that to start his own organization.
Nonetheless, Sasuke Uchiha was alone. He only had his missions and the Uchiha pillow his father had given him when he was younger.
Sasuke whined as he searched for his father in their small house. The man had his light on and was sitting up, tired and weary.
Sasuke knew the man had just gotten home from work, where he would take out bad guys like in the movies. His father had said that he would be doing so too.
It was the only life he had planned out for Sasuke.
However, this was not the boy's big problem. The big problem was the thunderstorm roaring outside.
"Daddy, do you hear the thunder?" The seven year old asked as he jumped on his father's bed.
The man turned around with a smile as his son hid under his covers. "Of course, bub. It's very loud. Are you scared?"
It grew quiet in the room. "It's alright if you are. I used to be so afraid."
Sasuke poked his small head from under the covers. "Really?" He couldn't believe it. His father was the strongest person in the world to him.
"Yeah?"
"But… you aren't scared now." The boy pointed out.
Fugaku leaned back and grabbed his red and white pillow shaped like a fan. "That's because I have this." he mumbled. "My father gave it to me when I was scared. Said if you squeeze it really tight, you won't hear the thunder."
He watched Sasuke's orbs follow the pillow with awe and delight, a reaction to power he had never seen before.
"Do you want it, Sasuke-kun?"
Dark eyes widened. "But you-"
"Nonsense. I'm getting older anyway. May as well need to pass it down, huh?"
Sasuke grabbed the pillow softly and laid down with it, squeezing it with all his might. Fugaku chuckled as he removed his shoes fully.
"Does it wo-" The man laughed a hearty laugh. It seemed the pillow did work because Sasuke was already asleep, his face not so twisted.
The man didn't even need to ask.
Sasuke smiled as he turned out of the alleyway onto a vacant, yet bright street. He walked past a movie theater which had been closing and froze.
He stared at the blond teen sitting on the steps of an abandoned building, a warm cup of cocoa in his palms.
The blond couldn't be. Was he?
Looking closer and seeing no phone near the teen, Sasuke deadpanned.
He really was.
Naruto sighed as he left the movie theater. The action movie on wasn't spectacular because action didn't go the way the movies showed.
Naruto Uzumaki had seen it all, and the movies never even came close. Luckily, his feelings could be restored with a warm cup of hot chocolate.
Who knew this town sold it at midnight? When he asked the stand owner why this time of night and in this rough neighborhood of Iwagakure, the old man only replied that he was hoping people would fall in love over it.
Walking away was the only reason Naruto didn't throw his steaming liquid in the old man's face. The nerve of him to think that love existed in such a world.
The teen sighed and sat on the porch of an abandoned building, bundling his red scarf tighter around his body.
He had done it again; he let his experiences of the world overcome desires that he held. And such a desire was to have a family.
He grew up in Konoha as an orphan and got kicked out of the orphanage when he was just ten. How ironic. He was kicked out of something that he didn't even call home.
However, the boy was homeless for a year until a woman named Tsunade came and picked him up. She trained hi-
There was static in his ear and Naruto cursed. His scarf must have turned it back on after the movie.
"Naruto? Are you there?" Tsunade called into his headset.
"Yes, granny?"
"Dammit, kid. Stop calling me that." The woman screamed into the phone. Naruto only chuckled, used to the woman's anger issues. "Where are you? You finished your mission more than an hour ago."
"I had to clean up a few things" the teen lied easily. Like hell would he tell her that he went to see a movie.
"Alright. You have to tell me these things. I have another agent near your area, so that's why I didn't send anyone to look for you."
"You know I'm always fine." Naruto argued softly. It was always on his mind that Tsunade deeply cared for him, no matter how much she scolded him.
"Just hurry back to base. And be careful."
"Got it." And the line went dead.
Naruto sighed deeply, drinking his still steaming cup of sweet. Turning to his side, the teen stared into the eyes of a large bloodhound sitting directly next to him.
The dog was of a muddy brown color and his ears and eyes drooped simultaneously. Naruto hadn't seen the dog before, so he smelled his drink to make sure that old guy didn't spike it.
Then he'd have reason to throw the liquid in his face.
It was quiet for a moment until Naruto turned to the dog. "So what brings you here on a night like this?"
The dog looked at him and the Uzumaki smiled brightly. "Lonely too, eh?"
"..."
"Yeah, I can understand it."
"I didn't grow up with a family either."
"..."
"Oh, you lost yours. Well, I guess I don't understand."
"..."
"I just want to go home too."
"..." The dog still said nothing and Naruto sighed. Who was he kidding? The mutt wouldn't reply.
"So" He drawled out. "You ever seen an action movie?"
The dog grumbled something. "Well, they're fake. The thing with the directors is the fact that they think that action is all about fighting.
Sometimes action can be about losing a friend and having to go aways just to bring them home. Or when they're in war, one guy walks out into the sunlight and they get ambushed and the enemy's all like 'the fuck did you do that for?' and the guy who started it all is like 'I don't know, Story of my life, man.'"
"Like that actually happens."
Naruto's eyes widened and he stared at the dog. "Did you just-"
"I'm behind you." Someone mumbled. Naruto put a hand on his gun, closing his eyes. Calculating the breath of this newcomer. And therefore calculating how far they were from him.
Turning, Naruto stared at the raven man. He was beautiful; milky skin and dark everything around him. His eyes seemed bored and Naruto was a teenage boy, finding anyone's half lidded eyes attractive was a normal occurrence.
"You can't just jump into people's conversation, pretty boy."
The man frowned slightly. "You're talking to a bloodhound." He deadpanned.
Naruto shrugged and drank some more of his hot chocolate. "Everyone needs company."
The raven smiled a small smile that could barely be there. "I saw."
A silence ensued and Naruto shook his head. "Well, if you pity me so much, why don't you join me?"
He watched the pale teen's internal battle within himself and he could also find the outcome of that battle. This was the reason Naruto was so good at what he did. Being trained from twelve years old almost enabled him to tell the future.
There was a smile of victory on his tan face when the raven mumbled something about not pitying and sat next to him.
"Lonely night, eh?"
Before them was the light of the movie theater, and snowy ground, as bright as the closest stars.
"It's snowing and freezing." The raven spoke, burying more into his dark grey coat. Naruto liked this statement-objection conversation they were having.
Removing his long red scarf, the blond cautiously put it around the raven's neck. "Here." Once he wrapped twice, he grabbed the pale bruised hand and wrapped it gently.
The other boy stared at him. "I saw your bruised hand and since I have some ideas in the meds, I figured it didn't need to be exposed in a temperature like this." Naruto whispered.
"Family of medical scientists?" The nameless boy asked. Naruto was still holding his wrapped hand and they were still close and staring, but it didn't matter.
"I don't have one; a family I mean. But, I was taught"
There was no initial shock as the other smiled softly. "Me neither."
"Rough night?"
The nameless teen shrugged halfheartedly. "You could say that. You?"
"Just a rough night of thinking."
The raven smiled fully this time and Naruto thought it was the best thing in the world. "I'm Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha."
"Naruto Uzumaki." He didn't mind telling this teen his real name. Assassins could live discreet and normal lives. If Sasuke looked him up, he'd find nothing. "And that's a beautiful name for someone as beautiful as you."
Sasuke blushed and smiled at the ground. Naruto only smiled and let go of his hand.
"So, you don't like action movies? That's what you told him, at least." Sasuke motioned to the bloodhound who was still mysteriously sitting still, only looking if there was an error in nature.
"I just feel like they focus more on the how instead of the why, you know? Action is more about what's going on. I know it sounds dumb." Naruto looked away, choosing to stare at the movie titles before him.
"No. I get you."
That's when the blond froze. "You get me?" He faintly asked.
"We'll always be friends, right, Ruto?"
Naruto stared at his friends, Neji and Shikamaru. They had met one another five years prior and grew up together in the orphanage due to the Konoha wars.
Naruto, now ten, stayed in the orphanage alone until they came, so he had yet to understand this affection Neji was now calling 'friends.'
"Friends?" He questioned back.
Neji looked down from his top bunk. "Yeah. Always having each other's back. Helping one another. Being there. You get me; I get you. You know?"
At the example, Naruto smiled. "Yeah. I guess we can be friends always. We already do that."
Neji sighed contently. "I know that. I mean always because it's our destiny to be friends forever, right Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru, the third of the trio, looked up from his crossword puzzle and sighed. "Yeah, it's a bit troublesome, but sure."
"Jerk" Neji mumbled with a pout.
"Fine, Neji. If it makes you feel any better. I already knew we'd be friends forever."
"That's more like it. Eh, Naruto?"
"Yeah. It feels alright."
Sasuke smiled yet again. "Yeah. I get you."
After getting over his shock, Naruto nodded. "So what movies do you not like?"
Sasuke thought for a moment, by the contorted look on his face, Naruto could tell the teen was either going to say crime or horror. "Crime." Got it, the blond thought. He was just that good.
"How so?"
"It's not necessarily the whole crime movie, just the detective part of the movie. You know when the suspect if being questioned. The cop always says 'tell us your side of the story.' As if the truth could be flipped. There are no sides or truths. They don't want to hear your side of the story. They just want to know why."
"You are so damned smart, Sasuke."
The Uchiha laughed, his eyes closed and head tilted upward. "So what other movies do you hate?"
"Space" THe Uzumaki stated bluntly.
"But, they're so rare."
"So rare and all the same. Why is there always an astronaut stuck in outer space? Why can't they be about a faint discovery? Like a flicker from across the universe, the icy beginning of time."
Sasuke held a look of awe on his face. "You're pretty deep too."
Sasuke loved how they were talking about nothing and absolutely everything. It made life worth it. He was kind of done with just going out to kill.
Just as he was about to speak more, the raven's intercom came on, louder than anything. "Sasuke, this is Tsunade. Are you getting back to base or not? Are they still following you?"
Naruto's eyes widened. "What th-" He didn't finish his sentence because Sasuke had already knocked him out. Hopefully the blond teen wouldn't remember their conversation by the time he woke up. He couldn't let that information get out their
"I'm sorry." The Uchiha whispered. It felt so wrong, to leave this temporary piece of life behind as he jumped underground.
Sasuke once believed that luck was not dying on a mission.
But his whole face lit up when he saw...him sitting on Tsunade's desk. Danzo, the other co-head, was sitting on the other side, reading through papers like Tsunade ordered him too.
He sat on Tsunade's desk, smiling and laughing at something the woman had said. His blue eyes were still blue and his hair was still blond. He was still the sun.
So it was real, the raven thought. He blushed and smiled shyly at the ground and blushed even more when Tsunade caught his eye. "Sasuke, kid. It's good to see you. I have no advanced missions for you today."
Naruto's head almost snapped toward him and the blond stood to do a victory dance. "I knew I was right. I knew it!"
Danzo raised a brow from his paperwork, smiling softly at the boy he'd known for five years. "What are you on about?"
"The dream, Grandpa Danz. The one I told you about with the guy and the movies and the dogs and the knock out?"
Tsunade just laughed. "And how is it real?"
"Because that Sasuke is right here. He knocked me out." Sasuke giggled at the blond's happiness and excitement. He was excited too. He just had a more subtle way of showing it; blushing and giggling.
"Are you positive it was me?"
Naruto stopped to look at the Uchiha. "Yes. I'm absolutely positive it was you."
"How can you remember me? It could have been some other emo looking guy. They are common in Japan."
Tsunade sighed. "Please don't encourage hi-"
"But none of the other emos look as good as you." Naruto argued with a smirk.
Sasuke blushed, but steered the other teen. "As an assassin, you shouldn't be letting people knock you out. It's unworthy."
The blond huffed and rolled his eyes with a smile. "I didn't know you were a threat until I heard granny's voice. Or at least a fellow 'co-worker.' Now, I know for a fact it was you who knocked me out and I still have the bump to prove it."
Sasuke genuinely smiled at such a claim and shrugged, accepting his crime.
"Now you're either going to have to kiss it better or go on a date with me." The blond sixteen year old proposed casually, walking closer and speaking quieter.
He now stood over Sasuke, his lips in a thin line and eyes on just the Uchiha.
"I'd rather die on a mission." The Uchiha whispered with a smirk, his tone calm.
"Not an option, baby." Came the immediate whisper.
They stared one another down for a moment longer, and Sasuke began to feel weird. It was in the pit of his stomach, like a faint discovery, Naruto had said. The icy beginning of time.
Finally he crossed his arms. He at least needed some fun in his life.
"I'll lose either way, I see."
Naruto laughed. "You got it all wrong. This...right here….it's the beginning of something new, creative, beautiful. This a a step in the journey. A walk in the milestone. This is the first day of the rest of my life….and yours too.
"It's a win-win situation. It's the icy beginning of time."
Sasuke absolutely loved this feeling. Being alone for so long made him weary and tired to live. Having a new spark of life itself was just enough.
Okay, so that is the prologue of this story. The story does not begin here. It's merely a prequel to see how Sasuke and Naruto's relationship began. Now I have some character things to do. Please read the because I am not explaining much more in the beyond chapters. These character traits are effective as off next chapter.
Naruto Uzumaki: (23) Husband of Sasuke Uchiha (now Uzumaki). Naruto lived in the orphanage his whole life until he met best friends Neji and Shikamaru. He was kicked out at age eleven for his trouble making and homeless for a year. Tsunade saw him and began to train him. That's why he is the best in the no name organization.
Sasuke Uzumaki: (23) Husband of Naruto Uzumaki. Sasuke was raised to be an assassin although he had no full experience. Sasuke was raised by his father and his brother left when he was 7 to make his own assassin organization. Sasuke is not an assassin anymore by next chapter. He is now the intercom specialist for Naruto. You'll see why in a second.
Tsunade Senju: Co-head and creator of her assassin org that has no name. Tsunade is kind of like the adoptive grandmother of Naruto.
Danzo Shimura: Danzo knew Naruto since he was twelve as well. He even helped train the boy for some months. Keep an eye out because the man has a big role in this.
Hinata Hyuga: (26) Hinata is the wife of Kiba Inuzuka and she trained Sasuke for a week before becoming one of his closest friends. She is also the older cousin of Neji. Big twists for my story.
Neji Hyuga: (24) Neji is a bit OOC in this fic but it's needed there. He is a bit more happier about things and isn't so smug. That's because he grew up in the orphanage. Neji is also the love interest of Shikamaru and a best friend of Naruto.
Shikamaru Nara: (23) Shikamaru is a assassin with Naruto, his best friend. Shikamaru grew up in the orphanage with Neji and Naruto. His possible love interest is Neji.
Nashi Uzumaki!: (3) Nashi was birthed by Sasuke when he and Naruto were only 20. Fast life of assassins, I know. She looks just like Naruto and has his personality as well. Nashi goes to the academy where she learns the way Sasuke did when he was younger.
Okay, so those are my most important characters. I will indeed add more in copy. Please guys, review. Lolgurl, I hope you're reading this and I hope you appreciate it. Thanks!