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Chapter 2: The Loved Survivor
The compound in which the boy roamed was empty. Once full of life it often brought back haunting memories that he'd never escape, he was a smart boy, a prodigy and genius some said – they took pity on him and had sympathy insisting that it was unfortunate that the Uchiha were wiped out.
He knew a little better than the citizens of Konoha and how truly clueless they were sometimes amazed him, he kept himself distanced from everyone and wished they did the same, usually though packs of girls would follow him around making high pitched squealing noises that he just couldn't appreciate.
It irritated him sometimes, mostly he could ignore it but when they claimed to know about him or even care about him that really grinded on him, he'd never spoken to them and if he had it was only ever a few words that weren't exactly kind – no, they knew nothing about him or what had happened or they'd give him some damn space.
The Uchiha compound served that purpose he thought, the place was secluded, away from most of the other parts of the village, he was certain that it was probably under surveillance ever since the murmurs of a coup but even those had left when the clan was wiped out, it was a silent place, free from the life it once held.
Sasuke walked into his large house, his family held some power within the Uchiha clan, although he tended to send thoughts of his family to the back of his mind, especially those about his older brother, even now he still couldn't believe he did it – he didn't want to believe it and he could of sworn Itachi had tears in his eyes as he left the village for good.
The house he was in was decorated plainly, he hated the decorations of the house, they were cold and unforgiving, and only helped to increase the feeling of loneliness the place already emitted and in the living room of the house the Uchiha Fan was proudly painted on the wall taking up most of the wall, and in the middle of the room was a trap door leading to a place where plans were secretly made.
Sasuke went down there a lot, there was a tablet in the room that contained information on the Uchiha's bloodline ability – the Sharingan, and all of the different stages – he couldn't read it however as he didn't even possess the sharingan yet – so all that was available to him was the first stage – that the Sharingan usually awakens in a difficult battle pushing the person to their limits.
Sasuke was done wallowing in the past and decided to goto bed, to be honest the boy didn't really do much, usually he trained for all he was worth and stuck to a schedule of eating, sleeping, resting, training of different things as well as studying, and every once a week shopping was also on his agenda – mostly when resting he would take long walks around Konoha.
The raven haired boy awoke the next day, sitting upright in his bed he shifted the loose strands of hair out of his face, and continued to get dressed. Today was one of his rest days and surprisingly his least favourite of all the days in the week, the sun shone in through the windows, at least the weather was nice.
After getting dressed into his usual dark blue shirt and white shorts that were almost ¾ lengths he pulled on his boots and walked outside of the door and followed the path leading to the Uchiha compound he ducked under the 'do not cross' tape and continued up the path towards the outskirts of Konoha.
"Good morning Sasuke." Said a friendly female voice, he didn't mind this woman, they talked sometimes and she actually held a good conversation, most of the time a simple greeting was enough for each of them though.
"Good morning." He stated and continued his walk which was now taking route down a hill onto a patch of grassland the thing he dreaded appeared, it had pink hair and annoyed him faster than most.
"Good morning Sasuke-kun!" She exclaimed merrily to him "Would you like to do something together today?" she asked with high hopes. "I'd like to be alone, thanks." He stated walking straight past her towards his spot, he had woken late today at it was already past noon.
'Good job it was a rest day after all.' He thought to himself.
Sakura merely left the scene, she'd try again tomorrow, Sasuke was always deep in thought and at least she respected when to leave him alone, Sasuke appreciated that even if he didn't show it.
He walked closer to his spot, it was almost like a small fishing spot, a small wooden pier that stretched into the centre of the small lake, Sasuke would sit here and look into the water at his reflection and think for hours, but today – today was different, apparently it wasn't his spot today.
Sitting in his spot was a blonde, a blonde that even know they haven't talked before – probably knew him better than anyone else, he knew pain which meant he understood Sasuke, deciding that he wouldn't give up on his spot so easily, and chances were that the blonde was there for the same reason as he was, he took a seat next to the blonde.
The blonde was taken from his thoughts as he looked up at the Uchiha, who had sat down next to him; he was staring into the flowing water just as he had.
"Good Morning, Uchiha-Sama." Naruto stated as he bowed his head a little, this caught Sasuke off guard to say the least, but also he felt a small anger rising in him, this boy new pain like he did, and the two had never even met before.
"Why did you call me that?" he stated, a coldness lingering in his voice, he had earned no such right to be given that title so why should it be bestowed upon him, if anything he was being mocked.
"W-Well … You are of a prestigious clan of Konoha; your worth is far beyond that of my own, correct respect and manners should be shown to some one of higher importance." The blonde explained with a weak smile on his face, he didn't know how the boy was going to react and if he was beaten then so be it.
"My worth is not higher than any other person – especially someone who knows the pain of solitude; you will not call me that again." He said almost as an order to the boy, Naruto didn't try to understand why he didn't appreciate his attempt of showing respect and complied with his wishes.
"Even if your worth is apparently not considered to be more than another person, it is certainly above that of a demon." The blonde said sadly looking into the water once more, almost not enjoying the sight of his reflection being there.
"Why is it that you are a demon? I don't understand." Sasuke said – to him the boy seemed normal enough, troubled, but normal in most ways – except for the whiskers on his cheeks, Sasuke saw his politeness and manners as a mask, his way of re-acting to the pain.
Naruto shook his head at the question and lifted his jacket to reveal a large seal across his stomach.
He smiled weakly at the boy, he'd never shown anyone else – in fact he'd never talked to someone for this long before. "This is the seal for the Kyuubi, it was sealed in me when I was born and I became a demon."
Sasuke was puzzled he heard that the kyuubi was sealed away into a boy that would keep it at bay and stop it from attacking everyone, his brother Itachi seemed to have a respect for the small boy he talked about.
"Doesn't that mean that you're stopping it from becoming free? If it wasn't for you keeping it at bay it could attack and destroy Konoha." He said a little confused at why saving the village made the boy a demon.
"If I let him free I'd die." He smiled towards the boy, this smile made the raven haired boy shudder; it now felt the boy held even more of a burden than before.
"Even so, if he was freed he would destroy Konoha and go on a rampage causing a lot of deaths." The Uchiha stated. Naruto just shook his head "last time he was controlled by an Uchiha, and was tricked into attacking the village, then he was sealed inside of me."
"I see, so he isn't actually as bad as people make out? I can imagine you have a hatred for the Uchiha." If was anything Sasuke knew it was that revenge was a strong temptation those that cause harm to you must be harmed equally or worse.
"I do not have any hatred for the Uchiha, it was not the clan, and it was but one of the members… I do not know who that man was – so I cannot blame anyone. Besides it is not my place to hate, I am a tool – a weapon, the Jinchuuriki of the nine tailed fox – a possession of Konoha's." Sasuke was shocked but before he could answer the boy he heard the pack of girls coming down the hill.
"Sasuke-kun!" the majority of them squealed as the bounded down the hill towards them, they glared at the blonde, before becoming angry at the boy.
"What are you doing here!" one shouted, "Get away from Sasuke-kun!" shouted another "Get out of here you demon!" a third called.
The blonde quickly got up and walked in front of the group "S-Sorry, sorry I was just telling Uchiha-Sama that I didn't know he liked to sit here, don't worry I will not come here again." He said sadly as he slowly walked away from the scene, the girls not even considering the apology as they rushed over to Sasuke.
Sasuke turned, he was pissed off at what he just witnessed, "Get the hell away from me." He said coldly to them, they were shocked by this "You are the people who are monsters! If any of you come anywhere near me again I will personally see to it that you are arrested for harassment." He said bluntly before pushing through the crowd, the girls were speechless.
"Oi!" he shouted to the blonde figure that was walking away "Meet me here next week, same time, and next time to do not mask your real self." He called to the boy, before walking back in the direction of the Uchiha compound.
For some reason he could see himself becoming friends with the boy, they were almost tied together, having similar troubles but very different lives, the way he was treated was a lot worse than that of anyone else – or that he'd witnessed, and all the boy did was try to be polite.
He entered his home with a head full of thoughts; he had a lot to talk about on his next rest day.
Author's Notes: Sasuke and Naruto will become friends in this one even before academy days so don't be surprised if he's OOC I don't like writing him in character really.
Anyway hoped you enjoyed reading.