Well, my first Naruto fanfic, and indeed my first fanfic period. Though I have been writing fiction for a few years, I never even thought of trying some fanfic. Well, I hope you enjoy it.
I consider this the first chapter, (though I'd usually use the term scene for it)

Enjoy! And feel free to rip it apart as much as you want in the review. I can always use some help on improving my writing.

(This is an edit, to increase the readability of it.)

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Naruto characters, nor any of the original series idea. The ideas put forth in this story, which are not expressly mentioned in the episodes) are all conceived by me, however.

Sasuke stood there, staring off into the sunset, the wind grasping at his hair... He watched as the sky painted itself a brilliant reddish hue, and then, as the sun slowly slipped behind the hills, the sky faded into a rich inky night...

He heard the soft step of feet as a person stepped up behind him... He put his hands to the pouch at his side, expecting a sneak attack, but instead, he heard a voice.

"Sasuke-kun?" The voice was Sakura's but it sounded confused, as if she had not expected to find him here watching the sunset.

"What?"

He could feel her looking at him for a few seconds, sizing him up. "I wondered why you were here. Your house is on the other side of town."

He didn't know how to explain. How to tell her what this place was to him. That this was the place where his family had gone on a picnic, back when he was little, and that this was the only memory he had of them... But she would never understand. After all, she blamed all of Naruto's faults on the fact that he was an orphan. "Watching for an attack."

Sakura stared at the back of Sasuke's head for a few minutes, not knowing what to do. She was sure he wasn't waiting for an attack, no matter what he said. What was he hiding? "Oh. Well, do you want help?"

"No." There was no pause, no hesitation

She stood there for another minute. "Well, then, do you mind if I sit with you, while you watch?"

Again there was no pause. "I don't have any control over what you do or don't do."

She frowned. "That isn't what I asked."

There was silence for a few moments. It wasn't an uncomfortable silence, but at the same time, neither was it all that comforting. Sakura wondered what he was thinking.

Finally, Sasuke nodded. "Yeah. Come and sit."

She did so. Slowly, hesitantly, she crept over and sat beside him. She sat there silently, not wanting to push him, not wanting to break the silence, content to just sit there, beside him.