BETA READER NEEDED.
Plot has changed through the course of time, so uh, yeah.

Brief-Not-so-Brief Notes: This an alternate universe fan fiction, of course. So instead of giving you folks a list of characters and their ages, everyone in this fan fiction will revolve around Sasuke and Naruto's age. With that said, Naruto would be 19 and Sasuke would be 20. Just so Kakashi, Iruka, and all of the other jounins/chuunins wouldn't become old geezers because of this, both Kakashi and Iruka will be 29, and everyone else could be around that age (not that it matters much, right?).

Few more things before I go on to the story, this is a SasuNaru fan fiction. That means, even if I add a hint of otherxNaruto, the story will, in the end, be a SasuNaru fanfiction. So you loyal fan girls/boys need no worry. Oh, yeah. I bet you guys like possessive!Sasuke, right? Well, I think it's a crime not to make Sasuke possessive of Naruto. It's written all over his face, so no fear! This fan fiction will be loaded with it.

Disclaimer: I don't own NARUTO or its characters, as much as I wish I did.

Through the Ages
Chapter One: The Beginning .

It was the breeze that whispered ever so softly into the emotionless sky, swaying the branches gently, the sound of the shuffling leaves barely audible. Nocturnal owls cooed arrogantly, birds snored whistles in their sleep and crickets squeaked from all over. The night was silent chaos; the serene combination of all the tiny clatters. The moon was full, bright and golden, almost palpable to the human eye, like a giant sphere floating just a few feet above. It seemed close; dark spots upon the surface clearly visible, showing a clear image of the "man on the moon."

The alerted glare of one particular owl landed upon an unusual sudden swirling vortex of wind, the pace of the breeze slowly hastening, the mild wind rhythm broken. Birds woke up from its sleep and flapped away in alarm, crows emerged a loud 'caw!' as if afraid, but did not fly away like the younger birds. Instead they continued studying the odd wind patterns, gaping hardly. The owl tilted its head to a side, adverting a fixed stare. Leaves fallen from the prodigious trees encircled the rapidly moving cyclone-like current of air, a faint hint of blue appearing in the center of the vortex.

Right before the nocturnal creatures eyes was a façade of a definite human — a man. Dark haired, spiked up in the most unique way and pale skin almost making him look ethereal with the unending support of the moonlight shine.

The winds that was previously surrounding him slowed down its pace, in the most graceful way possible, leaves making a last loose loop around the man's body before swaying its way east of him. His bangs brushed his shut eyes delicately, almost tickling his eyebrows.

The man's eyes opened gradually, his gaze profound darkness, almost like an endless abyss, landing upon the owl that has been examining him. Their gawk fixed, and the creature was the first to be scared off by the intense stare. However, it wasn't the owl that got his attention, it was his surrounding.

The moderate wave of the wind continued as he inspected the atmosphere. The first thing he noticed, of course, that it was nighttime: around midnight judging by the position of the moon which glowered so beautifully in the night sky. Stars glistened, especially the brightest one known as the North Star. The scene got his body to relax even with the unfamiliar environment; a place never have he been to before, for a purpose that was so immensely unexpected. He was convinced that he could do anything for this though. Anything. Just being in this place in the first place proved it well.

The pale man slipped a hand in the pocket of his gloomy-colored pants, a little of a shuffling going on as his hand found the two items he was looking for: a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Taking one cigarette from the pack, he placed it in between his mouth, putting the pack back to where he previously found it. He then used his left hand to hover over the tip of the cigarette to prevent the wind from blowing off his lighter.

Flick flick flick.

With a deep inhale of the cigarette, it was lit, lungs filled with the cloudy veil. He exhaled the smoke, eyes impassive as he stepped towards the ends of a cliff nearby. From there, the man witnessed a whole town in front of him, just down the overhang… the place he had been looking for. He was finally there.

He knelt down, one knee touching the grass of the cool ground, studying. The face statues of four people came to view, only visible due to the moonlight. Ah, yes. He have seen this in the history books before; the face carvings of the Four Village Leaders. He smirked and inhaled more of the cigarette.

"Hidden Leaf Village," he noted to himself, speaking in the most deepest of voice. That had been the first time he have ever spoke since he arrived to this alternate universe. "Wait for me," he whispered as if talking to an invisible figure which no one would ever see.

He stood up again, giving the cigarette a last inhale before spitting it from his mouth and stepped upon it to stop the glowering. The man caught himself staring at the moon for a little bit, a little memory crossing over his mind.

-- "It's so beautiful, Sasuke! How 'bout we do this every night? You know, going out to watch the moon and stars! It'd be great!" A certain blond mused, excitement just dripping from his tone of voice. --

"Dobe," the man, known as Uchiha Sasuke, found himself saying as he shook the memory away, frowning genuinely.

The wind's pace seem to be out of place again as he closed his eyes again, twirling around his body slowly at first but eventually hasten up like before. In an instant, his body faded, and he was gone.

-- "Let's stay like this forever!" --

Shudder.

His windows were wide open, the winds swaying the curtains, caressing the bare skin of a certain man, who was tangled between blanket and the mattress covers. He moaned in his sleep, struggling to cover himself with the blanket. "Stupid… blanket," he huffed as he forced his heavy eyes open, revealing the deep sky-blue orbs. With a sigh, he pushed himself upwards, trying to adjust to the brightness of the moonlight, which shone so brightly outside his wide-open windows. He continued to stare at the moon, as if mesmerized by its beauty.

"'Naruto'," he heard a voice say. The lack of consciousness made him believe that the moon was talking to him, not the dark figure in the other side of the room. "Go back to sleep."

"Yes, Tsuki-san¹," Naruto slurred, and dropped back to his bed with a thud, a sign that he missed his pillow by a tad, uttering a lazy 'ow'. Even so, he was fast asleep.

From the darkness, a light, barely audible, chuckle was heard, and the figure stepped light footsteps over to the edge of the bed, where Uzumaki Naruto laid asleep. The shadow turned out to be Sasuke with a smirk, gazing down at the sleeping man. "You're the same dobe," whispered Sasuke lowly. He brushed the blond bangs which covered the younger's eyelid, and gradually trailed his figures down his face to caress his cheek. His skin was… so soft. Almost like the skin of a baby, so smooth. Sasuke frowned. He had forgotten how much he had missed this man. "Tomorrow," he whispered as he stepped away from Naruto. "Tomorrow, we will meet again."

And Uchiha Sasuke disappeared, once again.

To Be Continued…?

Notes:
¹ Originally, I put "Mr. Moon," but I thought that sounded corny as opposed to "Tsuki-san," right? I'm not one to write an English fan fiction with Japanese tidbits, but since Naruto made it seem that the Moon is actually a person, I put it in the Japanese way. So yeah, plz don't flame me.

So, did you like it? Loathed it? Loved it? Reviews would be a doll, though not forced. I'm still pondering the plot a little… so yeah. What do you think will happen in the later chapters? ; And sorry for the long brief-not-so-brief notes. I feel like I rambled more than I wrote the fan fiction, lol. I may continue it if I have ideas on the plot, which I screwed up so much on. Alright, so bye, and review. Thanks.

Lynne.

01.18.06 - Edited some grammar errors.
10.10.06 - More edited! …Ten months later. (go me!)