Chapter 1 –The Whispers

Time: Unknown Place: Unknown

Drip. Drip. Drip. Small droplets of water was hitting another body of water as the sound echoes through the vast empty void that seemed to have no end. Drip. Drip. The sides were far too dark to see anything while it seemed that there was no sides at all along with no ceiling. The floor was covered in a small layer of water that held no reflection at all. A large wall of thick iron bars was there as it stretched well beyond the darkness while it reached high through the endless ceiling. Through these gates was one lone blade that floated around in the air as if weightless like a feather. The 'Kyubbi no Kitsune' blade was floating around in a circular pattern as a dark red aura surrounded the blade.

"I won't forgive…"

"I won't forgive…"

"Hate."

"Hate."

"HATE!"

A voice let out a demonic howl that echoed throughout the empty void of this prison but, it reaches the ears of one certain person.

"Where…am I?" A very quiet voice asked to the void as the owner of the voice seemed nervous. A teenager, around eighteen years of age, was standing in the middle of the void with only a blue pair of pajamas on his small body. This male was slightly smaller than average and not much muscle but, he was still lean and had a very cold face. He couldn't help it, to be honest; he always had a cold, emotionless face on even though he always had a kind heart. His black hair framed his pale face around the sides while the back of his hair was spiked up to resembled, what some call it, a duck's butt. Still, he was quite handsome and tended to have a lot of girls, and some boys, chase after him like crazed animals. But right now, he was wondering what was happening. Was this all a dream? It feels real to him as the water was cold under his feet as he looked around the void.

Sasuke Uchiha wandered through this darkness with no real sense of direction but he could feel something tugging him towards something. Where am I going? He wondered to himself as his body seemed to have a mind of their own.

"Awaken me…"

Awaken who?

"Closer…" The voice purred within his ears that caused a shiver to run through his body.

"Almost there~"

Why can't I move my body?

Where am I?

This is a dream, right?

Before he knew it, he was standing in front of, what seemed like, a giant cage with no end to it. A lone blade was still floating around before flying towards the front of the cage as Sasuke wanted to flinch or at least, react. The blade stopped right in front of Sasuke through the iron bars as the dark red, almost crimson, aura began to drip off the blade and landing on the water-covered floor. It began to bubble and shifted as it slowly started to take form of what looked like a human-like figure. The figure was taller than Sasuke and much more built than him before the features began to form a-

BEEP! BEEP! BEEEEP!

"Ah!" With a sudden jolt, the ever-lovable Sasuke Uchiha rolled off his bed and with a thump, hit the floor face-first. With the alarm still ringing loudly in his ears, he groan against the carpet of his room as his face was slightly in pain from his sudden heart attack. He wasn't even sure if he should even bother getting up from the floor but sadly, the knocking on his door told him that his brother was getting annoyed by the alarming. He sighed and slowly sat up on the floor as he rubbed his face while one hand slapped the button to finally silence the alarm. He got up to his feet as he rubbed his eyes slowly to at least wake himself up.

'Next time, Sasuke…" A voice whispered to his ear softly.

He snapped his head up quickly and looked around his room, expecting someone to be there but only finding nothing. Maybe I've just imagined it. He thought to himself as he made his way to his own personal bathroom to quickly do his routine. He brushed his teeth and took a hot shower to wake himself up before getting dressed in the school uniform. He buttoned up the white dress shit that held the school symbol on the right breast. He tucked in the shirt in the black dress pants as he made sure everything was in order. He put on his tie as he was checking himself out through the mirror reflection. He made sure everything was perfect before nodding to himself; he walked back into his room that was pretty large to say the least.

The walls were painted a navy blue color as the ceiling was pure white that balanced well with the dark color. His bed was a King-sized bed but, he always loved sleeping near the edges for some reason and sadly, that usually meant that he always rolled off the bed every morning. On one side of his room, his wooden computer desk was near the wall as his computer was hooked up and the wires hidden. Around the desk were several bookshelves that were filled with all sorts of books and manga from all sorts of genres. Towards the door to the room, a large 45" plasma TV was mounted on to the wall, right above a small cupboard. On the cupboard were his gaming consoles while the inside of the cupboard was filled to the brim with games; mainly puzzle and adventure games. The last wall, the one with the bathroom door, had a large dresser that stretched along the wall with a small amount of picture frames that stood on top of the dresser. He smiled soft at the picture with his family; his mother {Mikoto Uchiha}, his father {Fugaku Uchiha} and his older brother {Itachi Uchiha}. His parents died in a fatal car crash when he was only ten years old and cried for many weeks due to the loss but his brother was still there to pick up those pieces. He shook his head to get rid of those remembers for now as he quickly grabbed his backpack and ran out of his room.

The Uchiha manor was a large three-floor building with wide windows that allowed the sunlight to shine through and filled the hallways with its warm light. The interior was made from dark oak with creamy white carpets that only covered the middle of the hallways. Expensive vases and paintings covered the walls of the hallways while maids and butlers ran around the manor to keep it up to date. Whenever he passed by one, they quickly greeted him and bowed their heads in respect and he did the same to them out of kindness. Once and awhile there will be plants near the window sills while most of the plants where in the green house in the back yard of the manor. The green house used to be his mother's since she always loved to garden whenever she could find the time but now, the maids took care of it in her memory. The plants within the green house were unique in their own way from colors to height and even to regions that she visited. The exterior was made out of grey bricks with a gothic design that mixed well with the large fountain at the very center in front of the manor. A limo was waiting in front of the manor as Sasuke made his way to the first floor and grabbed a quick snack, an apple, before heading out towards the limo.

It was only a five-minute drive to Konoha's High School near the forest that surrounded the outside of the city completely. The trees were already changing their color, from the deep forest green to various reds, oranges and yellows. The small fall breeze blew through the leaves while students were all gathered around the entrance of the school. Some were in groups while some were checking their cellphones as a few students made their way inside to escape the fall chill. When the limo pulled up in front of the school, a group of girls screamed at the top of their lungs while rushing over to see the Uchiha getting out of the limo. Many of them were pushing and shoving each other while some took photos of him as he quickly passed by the group. Shit! Got to get rid of them fast! He quickly walked towards a small group of students that looked over at him and waved for him to come.

These students were his friends that never judged him for being silent and always accepted him, plus they were usually the ones that hid him from the stalkers. These students go by as followed: Shino Aburame (17), Hinata and Neji Hyuga (both 18), Shikamaru Nara (19), Kiba Inuzuka (16), Tenten (17), Rock Lee (16), and finally, Choji Akimichi (18). Each of them were wearing the usually school uniforms as the girls uniform were mainly the same as the boys expect for the black skirts that reached above their knees. Shino and Hinata were the only ones that were silent like him while Rock Lee was easily the loudest with Kiba. Shikamaru was yawning as he always had a sleepy daze on his face even though he was the sharpest out of all them and even the school. Tenten was known for her fighting skills since she grew up with a dojo owned by her family. Choji was always seen with a bag of chips or cookies and usually had his mouth stuffed with food to even talk to someone clearly. They were an unusual group but they were the closest to him as he greeted them with a simple "Hn."

"Yo, Uchiha!" Kiba grinned at him while Hinata and Shino nodded at him.

"Morning." Neji, Hinata's brother, greeted him as he kept close to Hinata since he always had a protective nature towards her.

"Morning, Sasuke!" Tenten smiled while Choji was too busy chewing on some BBQ chips that Shikamaru bought for him earlier.

"Good morning, fellow youthful friend! Isn't today wonderful?" Rock Lee yelled at the top of his lungs as he stood proudly, ready to take on everything.

He gave a rare smile at them as they talked for a while about the field trip tomorrow to the temple of Konoha. Sasuke just nodded and gave small opinions as he had a strange feeling that someone was watching him. He easily figured that it was the girls that usual stalked him throughout the day. The main stalkers were Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka that had stalked him since middle school. Sakura was the worst since she always tried to get him to date her regardless of how he felt. She would keep pressing and pressing until he would snap and tell her to get away but, of course; it only made him seem like a cold-hearted bastard. Ino was more tamed than Sakura and would ask him out a few times but she knew when she was pressing too hard and would leave him alone for a while. He looked over his shoulder slowly, looking around the school yard and making sure that no one was staring at him. There were the usual girls that stared at him lovingly and of course, the duo stalkers that were whispering to each other about him. But, that was normal for him while this feeling was different; it made him want to run as far away as possible.

"Sasuke."

"Hey, Sasuke!" Shikamaru's voice snapped him back to attention as he looked over at the tired looking boy who only raised an eyebrow at him. Sasuke could only shrug as the school bell began to ring loudly throughout the yard. He sighed softly and walked into the school as another dreadful day has officially started.

"Alright class! Let's go over the rules for tomorrow's trip!" Mr. Umino, Iruka Umino, looked around the classroom towards his students as he smiled kindly to them. He was the history teacher for the junior grade and he loved his job teaching these students about the history of Konoha. So, it was obvious that he would pick the Konoha Temple, known for the legendary tale about the five Kages that sealed the nine powerful demons away. To be honest, this was the first time he would ever take a class on a field trip since he was always know to over-worry about something, especially towards his students.

"First off, I will make groups of three and each of you is responsible for each other. You will behave like grown-ups and will follow the rules of the temple. I will allow cellphones for emergencies. We will have lunch around noon by the Temple's courtyard and we will leave around three pm. You will be expected to take notes and by the end of the week, give a small presentation about what you have learned. Any questions?"

After a moment of silence, Iruka nodded and began to read out the names of the groups and give them numbers.

"Group Number 5: Sasuke Uchiha, Neji Hyuga and Hinata Hyuga."

"Group Number 6: Sakura Haruno, Ino Yamanaka and finally Choji Akimichi."

Sasuke sighed in relief as the thought of being grouped with the duo was now crushed but felt sad for Choji who paled slightly when he heard the groups. Hinata smiled over at Sasuke and Neji nodded to him as if to say that they have his back and it was nice to be grouped. Meanwhile, the duo were having a fit about being grouped with Choji who was looking paler by the second as he was known to have issues with girls besides Hinata and Tenten.

"This is going to be a long school trip…" Sasuke whispered to himself as he looked out through the window as Iruka was telling the class about what to expect other there.

"So close…" A voice echoed through the wind.