A/N: This is an AU fic. I've tried to explain everything in the prologue. Read it first, I have another explanation to clarify things at the end.
Mr and Mrs Uchiha
Prologue
Rain suited the occasion well. Over a hundred people gathered to pay their respects to a great man. Publicly the man's death was put down as some chronic heart condition, but those on the in knew the true cause of death. Sandaime had died at the hands of the traitor Orochimaru. Sooner or later Konoha was going to seek revenge against the man that brought down their leader.
Centuries ago Japan was divided roughly into five large countries, the fire, wind, water, earth and lightening, each with its own hidden village, the leaf, sand, mist, rock and cloud respectively. These five great nations were known to breed elite Shinobis. Konoha had close to a thousand ninjas, hiring out these people was the largest source of income of the village. Ninjas had been just another profession. With the unification of these countries to what was now called Japan, their borders formed the areas Honshu, Kansai, Hokkaido, West Honshu and Kyushu. In the modern times these nations still retained their commanding power, but their method of intervention changed to one that worked mostly behind the scenes to balance the powers in Japan. So when the position of one political party or faction became too dominate and threatened the stability of Japan, Shinobis were requested to quietly eliminate such threats.
As the ninja arts became more of a myth, the hidden villages had to slowly morph into large commercial corporations. Konoha Incorporated is but one example; it had its current base in the capital city, Tokyo.
The five countries haven't always adopted the same view regarding the development of Japan. Bitter wars have been litter across history and even in the current peacetime there still existed some notions of distrust.
Of the people gathered today, most, probably around 90 percent were just regular employees of Konoha. They were the accountants, lawyers, economists, managers and other kinds of personnel required to keep Konoha financially successful. The rest were Shinobis, hired for their special abilities. These abilities were often genetically inherited. Kohona scouted such talents from all over place and often picked out potentials at a young age.
Sakura was one of those people picked. She was intelligent and had a knack for controlling Chakara. Her family and friends knew her as Sakura, head of the Medical department. And that her primary job was to manage the hospitals owned by Konoha. But in the ANBU, a highly specialised assassination squad, people like her weren't given name just numbers, hers was 092. Sometimes they called her the panther, named after animal on the mask she wore. Not all Shinobis were part of the ANBU, there were others that worked in tactics, intelligence and various other areas.
No matter which division a Shinobi was a part of, their identities were guarded with the uttermost secrecy. This precaution was necessary to avoid collateral damage when a fellow Shinobis fell into the enemies' hands. Thus, over the years Sakura had learnt to live a double life and more than once she had used her 'normal' life as an escape from her real occupation.
The sky continued to weep as the newly appointed Godaime, Tsunade-sama, stood signalling the start of the final farewell to one of finest Hokages.
Standing beside Sakura was her husband of nearly 4 years, Uchiha Sasuke.
AN: Okay…confused yet? Well basically, this is set in modern day Japan. The story is loosely based on the movie 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. Sakura is a Shinobi, so is Sasuke. Neither knows the other is one, yet. I have plans on how I want this story to progress. I would like to hear your opinions on whether so far it looks like an interesting concept…(I'm not shamelessly asking for reviews or anything…/shifty eyes/)