Yosh! I'm putting up the next chapter today! I have writers block…but I'm not gonna stop until it's done for you guys!

Warnings: As you know this fic is gonna be yaoi. Also if you have been reading Serendipity you are going to find a difference in some storyline and characters…but it's basically the same thing. If this story sounds good to you…but you don't care for yaoi as much as others…then read Serendipity instead….

With that said, let's get onto chapter One!


Three Years Later…

The guard at the gate of Konoha sighed for the 50th time that day. Man, he was bored out of his mind. Standing there, waiting for something to happen…somebody to walk down the foggy road so he could bug him or her with his questions. It had been like this all week, with him just standing there, doing nothing. He tried to find good ways to pass the time, humming, dancing you name it…he tried it. But in the end he just ended up sighing and trying to think of something else to do.

He had just run out of ideas when a noise caught his attention. A ringing…like bells…small ones. He turned to where the noise was coming from, and sure enough there was a man making his way down the road, alone. His cloak was black with red clouds outlined in white, and his face was hidden within the strands of cloth coming from the hat he was wearing. The newcomer wasn't walking fast, but as he walked towards the gate the sound of the bells got louder, and as he began to pass the guard he spotted the red string that the bells were attatched to.

"Oi…what is your business in Konoha…" here the guard had been waiting for so long for something to do, and when he was finally able to do something he damn near forgot to do it. "State your business, or I cannot let you pass…" as he said this the figure stopped. A hand reached up and moved the brim of the hat, as well as hair from the man's face. The guard saw a terrifying red eye before he hit the ground; his newest way to pass the time was now counting sheep. The dark figure continued it's way into Konoha; the only noise that could be heard was the bells…and the guards snoring.


"The two of you did well today…" Kakashi told Sasuke and Sakura as they made their way to Tsunade's office. Sakura gave him a smile and Sasuke nearly grunted as they stepped in, and he was about to point out how easy it was…but then he noticed the stillness in the room.

Standing in front of Tsunade's desk was a man with clothes all to familiar to him. The fist thought that came to his mind was instantly his brother, but then he came to his senses: the man before them was half a head shorter than Itachi, which was his own height. This fact calmed him a bit…but not enough.

"Who are you?" Kakashi's smooth voice beat him to it. The figure didn't budge. "Hokage-sama…are you alright?"

"Yes…I am fine…my guest arrived only moments before you…" she sounded a bit nervous. 'What it a member of the Akatsuki doing here…?' She stood from her seat, "I'll ask again…what is it that you want…?" Nobody moved, they only waiting until the reply came,

"Your help…" the voice was familiar…but somehow different…it was hard to place. He took a step forward and Kakashi immediately appeared before him. "I did not ask for you…" with a wave of his hand he sent Kakashi back a few feet. It wasn't much, just a warning. Behind him Sasuke's eyes turned red and he stepped forward.

"Be careful, Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cheered and stepped back like she so often did. Sasuke didn't seem to even hear the words as he jumped forward, watching carefully. Before he knew it he was on the floor, in front of the man he was behind not a moment ago. His arm hurt where he landed on it.

'How the hell…' he glared up at him. He was on his feet in an instant, with his kunai in hand. He watched to see a movement if any as he swung it towards him, refusing to even blink. Right before his eyes the guy disappeared, and then he felt a knife being pressed to the center of his back.

"Your eyes will no longer work on me…Sasuke…" Sasuke whirled around, suddenly alarmed and he swung, He felt fabric and he pulled down, it was the hat. It jingled when it hit the floor, but nobody in the room noticed. Sasuke couldn't believe what he was seeing. With his eyes wide, he took a slight step back.

The blonde hair, the three whisker marks on each cheek, and the visible blue eye…Sasuke took them all in and it hit him like a brick to the head. Before him, a smirk framing his face stood Naruto. Everything seemed unreal all of a sudden. There he was…right there…smirking at him, his visible eye laughing at him for not noticing it sooner. For three years Sasuke had waited for the day when he would have a chance to yell at him, call him an idiot for leaving and then hit him to get the point across…but that wasn't how it was going. He was standing there with his mouth open and his mind blank. Speechless…utterly speechless. Thankfully he wasn't the only one staring at Naruto…but who couldn't…? He had changed a lot dispite the well-known smirk on his face.

His sunshine hair had gotten longer, and it didn't stand up so well anymore because of it. Without his forehead protector his bangs did whatever they wanted, in this case cover his right eye. The bangs were actually longer on the right side…just long enough to cover it. His left visible eye was as blue as ever, and Sasuke looked straight into it. Seeing eye-to-eye with him was different…he had gotten taller over the years. But the cloak he was currently wearing… was a problem…


Ah…thank God my writers block went away…I'm actually satisfied with this chapter…

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