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A/N

I suppose I should state that I will be using OC's for this story. For what stories I've seen of Naruto entering this world, he's always with team RWBY. Not gonna lie, I like the idea of doing that, but it's also something that I hate. I have mixed feelings about that and while the idea of using three other OC's is generally kind of frowned upon because they're author created characters, in this case, I kind of want to do it. So without further delay, here is the first chapter for what I hope will be a fic you guys want me to continue.

Prologue

The steady beeping of the monitor was enough to make him go crazy, but he couldn't. He was too hurt to do anything. Too broken to really move. All of his life choices. All of his fears, his dreams, his desires… all of it was gone. He was lost. He had no more purpose in life. What was the point in it all now if he was here and not there?

"We found him like this."

Weakly he turned to the voice. A man with gray hair stood solemnly in the door. The gentle tap of his cane on the ground as he walked barely made a noise in the room. There was another; a woman with blond hair and a purple cape. She looked sad as she gazed at the boy in the bed.

"I don't know what happened, but I think I know enough." The man walked right beside him and glanced back at the boy in the bed. He'd be lucky to ever awaken again. His injuries were that severe. The idiot always woke up from everything. Why wasn't he waking up now? "You two fought. He lost. You won. I don't know who was right or who was wrong, but judging by your actions, I'm assuming you feel guilt about something. Was he close to you?"

He nodded softly. His rough shell that he had made for himself was broken. He didn't want it anymore. Not now. Probably not ever again. Power was not worth this pain. "He was on my team." His voice was horsed as he tried to speak. It was a funny thing to him. He hadn't spoken since he got here… wherever here was. He didn't cry. His tears had long since dried up. He couldn't remember crying since the night his family was murdered and his brother turned traitor. He was sure that when reality hit him after he awoke in the hospital that day, those were the last tears he ever shed. "The dunce was someone I considered a brother. Well… he considered me his brother. I didn't. I saw him as an obstacle that needed to be removed. Unwanted feelings and baggage. I thought if I simply pushed people away, I would never have to feel pain again. But I wanted power. And I learned a dark truth. To attain more power I had to do something terrible. I was going to… but… I realized that the kind of power I was trying to attain wasn't worth it."

The man tapped his cane softly as he walked around to the other side of the bed.

"It should be me in that bed. Not him."

"Why?"

For the first time in a while, Sasuke looked up at the man fully. A price to pay for their fight was his left eye. He had bandages over it. Losing it was probably for the best. They both lost something if he was gauging his friend right. He wasn't up yet. That meant he probably lost it. Whatever that power was he had. "He's been in that bed for three days. I've seen him suffer worse and get up in hours. I fought to kill him, just like how everyone else does for where we're from. You either live or you die. He's been through worse and yet, here is not getting up. I should be in that bed, not him."

"I'm sure your friend will be fine. Some of the best doctors are looking over him right now. He'll be back on his feet before you know it." Sasuke doubted the man. If he wasn't on his feet yet, he wasn't getting up any time soon. Seeing his distraught, he changed tactics. "Do you believe that what you did was wrong?" Sasuke suddenly became alert. He wasn't bound by their magic anymore. They had released him the moment this man entered. The woman had been less than pleased when the choice was made and even less happy when they came here to see the other one. "You are not wrong to want to grab power. It is the thing that drives all of humanity."

"I didn't want power to become strong to protect people. I wanted power to kill someone that wronged me." The woman took a deep breath. "It's a different world. Different rules…" He could still feel her gaze on the back of his head. Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew that in the end his power would be used to protect people. He told himself that no matter the cost, once all of his skeletons were laid to rest, his power would be used to protect the people close to him. He was going to go to Orochimaru and gain power from him so that he could go and kill his brother. That was his goal. After that… he didn't have anything else. He'd try and return to Konoha, make a life, settle down, have kids, and revive the Uchiha clan. But now those dreams were just that; dreams.

"People use power however they want and justify their actions by telling themselves it's for the better," the man continued, his eyes returned to the face of the boy in the bed. "People believe that power will free them of their weakness, make them stronger, keep them alive longer and stop others from trying to take what's precious to them. But sadly, that isn't the case. People will always want what others have and they'll use any means to justify their actions. Having power doesn't make you right. Being powerless doesn't make you wrong. It is a cycle that all hate and want to break, but still follow through with it."

Sasuke closed his eye. Kakashi's words about revenge came to mind. He was right; he ended up suffering more in the long run than he thought he would.

"I know that I'll probably never understand why you did what you did. But perhaps I don't have to." He pulled out a small object. Sasuke's eye flickered to it and for a moment he saw a face on the clear thing. Faces and people appeared and disappeared on it like magic. He kept dragging his finger along it until he came to an image. Sasuke recognized it. It was himself fighting his friend that now lay in the hospital bed: Naruto Uzumaki. They fought through the city streets in a berserker furry. Sasuke didn't let up. Naruto grew tired. Sasuke moved in and shoved an arm through his shoulder and then something snapped in him. The images faded as the man put the device away. "Perhaps I'm wrong in assuming that I can trust you. I highly doubt that you meant what you did now that I see you. I highly doubt he meant what he did. From the way you speak, you make it sound like you were the one who did the wrong doing here."

"I left our village for power. He was sent to retrieve me. I was so furious with him. I wanted revenge for my family. To attain more power for my eyes, I had to kill him. But I couldn't do it. I just…" Sasuke shut his eye and suddenly he remembered why he couldn't do it. I never want to lose someone precious to me again. A tear of blood trailed down his cheek. The man made a noise. Sasuke sighed and rubbed the blood away. "I lost so many people one day that I snapped. I wanted to fight him because the man I wanted to kill didn't look at me the same way he looked at him. He wanted him for something. Said he was special. The man I wanted to kill, the man I trained my whole life to destroy, was not interested in me and only this idiot of a person that was on my team. I hated him for that."

"So it was jealousy?"

"That man was my brother. Flesh and blood… and the same man that killed our clan. He murdered them all and did it for power. He left me alive because he wanted me to become stronger so we could fight and see which of us was stronger. I hated him for it. I still hate him!" Sasuke could feel the burning power of the Curse Seal on his shoulder. It was strong and it burned. He couldn't feel Orochimaru's influence anymore. There was no driving voice calling him back to the Otogakure anymore. He couldn't hear anything but his own inner demons mocking him for his loss.

"I know this is difficult for you." The man walked around the bed again and put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. He glanced at him and his eye turned red with the Sharingan forming. The man smiled at him. Sasuke could see no evil in him. "I'll make you a deal. We'll keep your friend safe and help him make a full recovery. In exchange, you come to my school and receive training on fighting monsters. I know you're already skilled enough in combat, and the people might be terrified of you for what you did, but I think you can use your power for good and protect our Nation." Sasuke looked back at Naruto. "I can't speak for your friend. I don't know how close you were. But what would he do?"

Sasuke snorted and could see it clearly. "That idiot would jump at the chance to help others. If he was up and I was in that bed, he'd be smacking me awake right now or trying to find a way to get home to drag me back."

"I can sweep all of this under the rug. Make it so that this never happened if you promise to join my academy." He put his hand out. Sasuke stared at it for a moment and then looked back at Naruto as he slept soundly in the bed. He closed his one eye and sighed before taking his hand and shaking it. "Understand that this will be no easy task. But I have faith that you will help protect our kingdom and its people."

"What about trying to find a way for us to go home?" As soon as Sasuke said those words, he regretted it. What was the point in going back? He'd be hated. No one would care about him and the few friends he had would demand justice for his actions. The Curse Seal would act up again and he would most likely fall into Orochimaru's thrall. Here, he wouldn't be known. He could start over. How many people actually got a chance to start over like this? A whole new world. A whole new life! But then, when Naruto woke up, he'd fight his way through Hell and back to get home. A promise was a promise to him.

"I'm afraid you're asking for a lot there, dear boy." The man sounded sad by his own words. "I, too, would like to see you home as well. Not because of the damage you did or the panic that it caused, but because I know this isn't your world. This isn't your life, but I would hope that you would treat it as such for the time being." Sasuke looked at Naruto one last time and then put him out of his mind. Shinobi don't cry and they don't feel anything. They kill, complete their mission, and move on. "My name is Professor Ozpin. I'm the Headmaster at Beacon Academy. A new group of students will be joining us in a few months. That should give you plenty of time to adapt to our world and its culture. Don't you agree?"

Sasuke looked to the woman. She hadn't said a single word this entire time. "Where will I be staying?"

"At the dorms under heavy surveillance." Now she finally spoke. She dragged her fingers along the same kind of device that Ozpin was using earlier. "A room will be ready for you by the time we arrive. We can worry about your clothes later. We'll even find a job for you so you can make some cash to buy whatever you may need."

"We'll supply you a few things. Understand this, Sasuke. I'm taking a big risk in doing this. Don't let me down."

Sasuke nodded and looked out the door towards his freedom, his new life, and his future. "Will I be able to come see him?" Sasuke didn't dare look back. He'd want to stay some more if he did. Ozpin nodded and with a heavy sigh, Sasuke nodded. "You can count on me. I won't leave. I'm done running." Together they marched out the door and towards Sasuke's new future.

A/N

Short, probably not sweet, but the start of the series I've been working on. So I started DUST as a proof of concept and since it's an OC team that story had and this will one will have at least three confirmed OCs, I was hoping it'd be taken a little bit better. Hopefully, you're not going to drag this through the mud because Sasuke is the main person at start. Obviously Naruto is here and won't be around for a bit, but HE IS HERE! So this whole thing truly stems from a scene that I planned out towards the end of Volume 2 in the RWBY series with the Grimm attack. Literally this whole thing is planned around one whole scene that I just thought was cool in my head and I can't wait to get to it.

Sasuke might seem a tad bit Ocish here because there was always something weird about why he looked at Naruto the way he did after their Valley of the End fight. To me it was like he regretted what he did and was just playing the bad guy later on when they met him again because I like to think that he was playing a long game with Orochimaru. He wanted power, Orochimaru had power, so Sasuke naturally was like, "I'm a use you still, so I'm a take care of these guys right quick." Honestly, I might be giving Sasuke too much credit, but hey, it's a how I'm choosing to perceive it for this story. So I don't really have a pairing in mind but, I also kind of do have a pairing in mind. Obviously one main pairing is Jaune and Pyrrha because they are funny together and I like them. Any pairing I come up with for Sasuke and Naruto when he wakes up, cuz he will wake up, not even going to hide that, has to have a good reason for it. I'm not just going to slap Blake with Naruto or Sasuke because, she's a Ninja and their ninjas, so they make ninja love and it makes since. Not happening.