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A bleeding six-year-old boy realized that blood family didn't mean they were a real family.

He thought nothing of it at first, the boy, being born into a wealthy noble family, a descendant of a successful clan that has prospered generation to generation-he had never wanted to pay attention to any of that. He was the second son of the influential clan's current Head. He was the younger brother of the eldest son who was born with greatness. He was the baby to his affectionate but sickly mother.

The boy loved his family more than anything-he threw away the chances of making friends and instead spent all the time training over and over just to reach his father's high expectations. He wanted to be acknowledged by his extremely hard to please father. He wanted to spend more time with his busy but kind and soft-spoken elder brother. He wanted for his mother to not be in pain anymore.

The boy's clan had a signature power amongst all the members that has to be activated. Priced ruby tome red eyes. In the eyes of the clan, should one awaken said trademark ability, the individual is bound to be a prodigy.

His elder brother awakened his at the age of three, and it brought immense joy to their father. To their clan.

The boy, now six years old, still has nothing but the same jet-black eyes. It led to nothing but the cold and criticizing treatment from his father. The clan only knew of him as the second son and ignored him all the time. It stung, but the boy had been naïive and chose to work even harder, hoping to one day finally stand proudly beside his elder brother-as another genius.

That had been the boy's original plan until he had overheard his parents heatedly arguing in hushed voices. He will never forget each word that had been uttered that late afternoon as they were to be picking him up from school that day-something he had begged them to do plenty of times. His mother had been pleading that he was never going to be like his elder brother and that to stop mistreating him. His father merely remarks frostily.

"If he wasn't such a disappointment, maybe I wouldn't be so harsh" His father had uttered so coldly, sending a stabbing pain to the poor boy's fragile heart. "Do you know how much of an embarrassment he is? If Itachi hadn't been born first, that boy would've made the Uchiha Clan a laughing stock to the world."

The boy's mother vehemently countered his father's words. Should he have heard his loving mother's motivational words, maybe his life would be different. Alas, the boy had been too hurt at the time, and proceeded to turn his to his heels-and ran.

He ran and ran until he couldn't recognize where had his legs, mixed with unstable emotions, brought him to. Without realizing, he had gotten himself in serious trouble. He had always been told never to go anywhere unless with a bodyguard.

"Our eyes are highly wanted by many, many bad people" His mother would always remind him as she sees him off the door, ready to go to school as always. "That's why, never go anywhere by yourself."

The boy had failed to heed his mother's words and it didn't take long for a group of crooked men to spot a lost well-dressed child with the features of an Uchiha, a clan well-known for zealously guarding their prized eyes. It didn't take long to capture the boy, they had immediately taken the child to a place far away from the reach just authorities where other children were being held and forced the boy to activate his clan's signature ability for days.

Much to their dismay, the boy wasn't of much use, and as such-had beaten and stabbed him in fury before leaving him to bleed to his death in the foul cage of a dingy room. The boy was utterly terrified the entire time, he wanted to be rescued by his clan, by his great big brother. He didn't want to die alone in this cold and dark room. And as his eyes begin to dim, he sees the door open once more and the men throws another kid at his age to the floor and roughly slamming it closed again. He hears the clinking of metal and watches the child make her way towards him.

She looked absolutely beautiful, the boy thought. Never had he ever seen a girl whose appearance represented spring so accurately. The girl, despite the painful red marks decorated across her skinny arms and chains, smiled.

"You're very beautiful" She had said, kneeling beside his bleeding form and gently cups his cheek with one hand. "Don't worry, I won't let you die."

The girl kept true to her word that night, she healed him completely. For the first thing he sees when he opened his eyes again was the same girl's gentle smile. He had thanked her profusely, cried at the near-death experience and felt nothing but gratitude towards his savior. The boy worried for their fates, for he had heard from the bad men that this room was supposedly where the useless ones were to be 'disposed' off. The girl on the other hand, simply smiles again with that gentleness and promises they will escape this place soon.

They did.

One of the evil men actually who came to 'dispose' of them listened to each and every request from the girl the moment her voice was heard. She had the man feed them at the closest hidden restaurant, and that was where the boy's image of first family shattered-never to recover until the end of time.

The television screen showed the news. His father in a solemn press meeting, with the same cold, heartless expression, Uchiha Fugaku declares his youngest son, Uchiha Sasuke, officially dead.

Dead dead dead dead dead dead dead dead-

The boy had long stopped eating his meal, and before he knew it, they were taken to a motel and there he was-laying his head on the girl's lap as she gently runs her hand through his obsidian locks. "-It's alright" She says, breaking him from his trance. "A true 'family' isn't decided by blood, it's by love. And I promise you I'll help you find a real family."

Just like the previous promises, she does find a one for him. As he sits beside a ragged Naruto, staring at his savior laying on the bed with small bruises marring her perfect skin. Blood kissed his knuckles as he declares to the two most important people in his life. Despite the fact that they have only spent a short amount of time together, the boy knew he would never trade any of the two for anything in this cruel world.

"Sakura, Naruto, no matter what happens" He says, catching the attention of the two. "You two will always be my 'family' and if there's anyone who tries to say otherwise" His eyes narrowed, Naruto and Sakura stares with awe at the beautiful yet menacing shade of red with one comma on each of their friend's-no, of their brother's eyes had become. "I'll destroy them"

To his happiness, Naruto grinned. "Yeah! No one messes with us, dattebayo!"

Sakura smiles brightly as she nodded fervently in agreement. "We'll always be with you Sasuke-kun."

Their replies warmth his very being and he feels his lips twitched up. "Ah"

At age six, Sasuke found a real family he had vowed to protect for life and beyond. And any threats to his family will incur the wrath of a former Uchiha-who were unknowingly once described as fiercely loving to their precious people.

Whew! Another CHappie done! I hope you guys enjoyed another chapter of this story. And now we'd seen how Sasuke ended up an orphan... So now that's;

Naruto - Check!

Sasuke - check!

Sakura -

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The next chapter is going to be focused on Sakura. Also, thank you so much for the reviews. I'm glad you guys are liking it so far. Once again, I hope you guys liked this chapter and I'll see you all in the next one.

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-Valdis23