Story Title: Sasuke and Itachi, Mukashi to Mirai

DarkMoon: Hiya! I decided to redo the story over again. The beginning does change, but the plot doesn't, so don't worry about it too much.

Disclaimer: Ooh, I cannot wait for the day that I can finally say I own Naruto! However, it seems highly doubtful that I ever will, so for now, I'll just stick to fanfics.

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Chapter 1: Parting is Such a Sweet Sorrow

-Outskirts of Asahikawa-

"Sakura? You're leaving me?"

A boy with soft, sand colored hair and dazzling emerald eyes—much like Sakura's—approached her and grabbed her hand.

"I have to sensei. My time is done here. I can't stay any longer."

"But why not? Sakura, you belong here. You're like my family!... Aren't I yours?"

"...Sensei, it's been six years since I've been back home..."

"But you've only been with me for three years!"

"True. The first three years, I was just a traveler..."

But of course, this was a lie. The first three years were not spent on traveling, but for honing her ninja skills. But you couldn't really expect her to say that. After all, this was Samurai domain, and Kurasaki Hisouka was a renowned master samurai. At the age of 22 no less. Samurai and ninja had been sworn enemies since God knows when...

"But Sakura... I... I-I..."

"Please." Sakura gently clasped his hand, not knowing that as she did, her sensei blushed deeply. "I need to do this. My time with you has been wonderful. Truly, it has. But I promised that I would return once I've reached my goals. And I have. I've become a master samurai just like you sensei."

"I told you to call me Hisouka. You're only a year younger than me." Hisouka leaned his face closer to Sakura's until their foreheads were touching. Emerald clashed with emerald as they continued to stare at each other's eyes. Hisouka broke the wonderful silence and whispered in her ear.

"Promise that you'll see me again?"

"I promise."

"And if you don't, I'll come and see you."

"I wouldn't know about that..." Sakura pulled away from him and faced the sunset. "I have to go now... Bye..."

As her pace quickened, she briefly touched the Amberite stone hanging down her neck... It was the reason why she sought to be stronger after all.

She ran towards the horizon as Hisouka stared after her with sad eyes. He never really got the chance to tell her how he felt...

"Known, alone, line, mind..."

I scribbled down the rhyming words as I tried to compose another song. My eyes were no longer sharingan seeing as it wasn't necessary. I could just as easily detect anything without them. Suddenly, I heard a swift, rush of air from behind me and I instantly knew it was Kisame.

"I am aware of your presence Kisame. You may come out."

I stopped writing as the tall sharkman stepped out. It was like this every time. I get a moment to myself; Kisame finds me and tries to attack me without being caught, but I always end sensing him before he even gets the chance to strike. This was probably the one hundredth and eighty-seventh time he tried... And failed of course... Not that anyone's counting...

"Hn. Writing songs again I see."

"So. I suppose you've come bearing interesting news? Seeing as I've told you over and over that whenever I wander off by myself, you should not follow..."

"...There's a samurai approaching. And by the looks of it, she's heading for the village hidden in the leaves."

"...A Samurai?"

I immediately set down my book and pencil.

"Yeah. A pink haired one... She looks pretty worn out."

I pondered this for a moment... It was, unusual. That a samurai would wander around these parts I mean. But she isn't a threat or has nothing of interest... Then why should I care?

"...So, how is this important? Is she doing anything that I should be concerned about? If not, then you have wasted my time, and yours."

"She's wearing a ninja headband and carrying samurai weapons..."

I quickly rose to my feet and hurriedly put on my cloak... Now it was interesting.

"A Samurai-Nin?"

"Probably. Her weapon was dripping with blood and she looks half-dead."

"... Hm... Now I'm curious. Kisame, let's go."

Uuuhhh... I feel like I'm gonna die. It has been five days since I left Samurai territory and arrived at Ninja... And along the way, I caught fever. Which is still here by the way. And to top it all off, I had to deal with uncommonly talented rogue ninjas today... With a fever!... A burning fever!

I continued to trudge down the path for a couple more minutes until I felt a rush of wind push me back. That's when I realized that someone was standing right in front of me and staring me down.

"Well, well. What have we here?" Looks like little lost, and injured sheep."

What an ugly face... It was Kisame... We already met so I'm already well aware of what he looks like.

"Oh Lordy, why must you torture me so?"

I pulled at my hair and looked to the sky expecting some kind of answer.

"I'm not the least of your troubles." He stepped aside, and in his place, was much younger, less frightening looking young man, but somehow, I had the feeling I should be more afraid of him rather than Kisame.

"What is your business here?"

Cool, calm, and straight to the point... Reminds me of someone...

I couldn't see him very well, of course, I can't see anything very well right now because of my fever, but that's beside the point.

"Who're you?"

I placed a hand on my forehead so as to see if the blur will clear, but unfortunately, it just made me more dizzy than I already was.

"I asked first."

"I'm goin' to the hidden leaf village. Now who're you?"

I had already forgotten that I was supposed to be alert, but my head was spinning like no tomorrow and whoever this guy was sure wasn't making it feel any better.

He hesitated for a moment, but sighed.

"Uchiha... Uchiha Itachi."

"Wha—? It took me a while to register what he said. "The Lord must really hate me... Please let this be just a bad dream" And soon enough, my face blanched out and everything faded to black.

"That girl's been singing in her sleep for too long!"

It was true. The pink haired girl had been singing for about thirty minutes straight since we carried her off to our hideout and healed her fever partially. Something about black sheeps and rings around rosies... To Kisame, it was annoying. To me, well... I didn't care. But what interested me most were her weapons. I had seen her carrying the kodachis and upon closer examination, she had been in a battle earlier. All of her weapons tinged with blood... It's as if she never bothered to wipe them off. The double kodachi she had been carrying earlier was the most intriguing though. The blade was the sharpest I've ever seen and the hilts had ruby and sapphire stones embedded in them. The scabbards were inside her long, travel bag along with her other weapons. I must admit, I didn't expect to find any other weapons in her pack at all. I had imagined that it would be full of girl things and shoes, but all I saw was four more changes of clothes, but the rest was foreign weaponry. All of which stained with blood...

"Stop the infernal racket!"

Kisame was just about ready to slice her throat, but before he could, she had stopped singing and started talking.

"Need... Blood..."

Kisame lowered his kunai. He stared at the girl with interest.

"Is she a vampire?" Kisame had reached out a clawed hand and poked at her mouth as if to see if there were fangs or something.

"Whusamma?... Ow... What the heck are you doin'?

"So. You finally wake up." I slowly made my way towards her as she examined her surroundings.

"And praise the lord too. You were singing these annoying songs for like thirty minutes and driving me nuts!"

"Sorry. I do that a lot... Hey..." She felt her forehead. "My fever's gone down."

"Itachi treated you."

"Itachi... Holy—What happened to me? Why am I here?... Wherever 'here' is..." All of a sudden, she became alert again.

"We had an encounter earlier today." I sat down on the edge of the bed. "Kisame, you may leave us."

"Thank Lord. I thought I had to stay here and listen to your boring conversation. Well, guess I'll see you guys later."

He waved a lazy hand and closed the door shut. For a while, no words were exchanged between me and Pinky. But of course, I wasn't one to waste time, so I spoke first.

"All right. Let's get down to business... Who are you?"

"Excuse me?"

"Did I stutter? I asked you who you were and I expect an answer."

"Why would you want to know?"

"We can do this the hard way or the easy way Pinky. Either would be fine with me, but I suggest you go with the easy way to save yourself some pain."

"Pinky?"

"It is my temporary name for you until you tell me your real one."

"It's Sakura."

"No last name?"

"You never asked for my full name."

"I can see you're going to make this difficult." I stood up and stared at the window. "Let's make a deal Sakura-san."

"...What do you have in mind?"

"You answer all my questions to the best of your abilities, and in return, I'll cure your fever."

"No thanks. I can manage."

"Then you would rather I make it worse until your visceral boils in the heat?"

"...Well...No..."

"Then you would answer my questions?"

I heard her mutter a few profanities until she sighed and gave up.

"Fine... Ask away."

"...All right. First of all, I want to know your full name."

"That was not a question Itachi-san. That was a command."

I grimaced, held my breath, and counted to ten. This girl is really testing my patience...

I watched as the older Uchiha in front of me control his anger. I was loving his discomfort, but if I kept this up, I might end up getting maimed...

"Fine, fine. It's Haruno Sakura if you must know."

"...Why do wish to go to the hidden leaf village?"

"Because I want to visit my family. I've left for six years and I promised I would come back eventually."

"I see... Would you mind telling me the story as of why you left for such an extended amount of time?"

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him staring at me. I would rather not relive painful memories and have to cry in front of him. He'll probably just taunt me and say I'm a crybaby. But, I suppose I have to let someone know about my problems. If I keep them all bottled up inside, who knows what'll happen to me?

"...I suppose you don't have to tell me if—"

"No. I've been keeping things to myself for too long. Maybe it's best if I just tell you..."

I sighed and prepared to share all of the tragedies that happened to me for the past 21 years of my life.

"Well, it all started when it was time for Chunnin to take the Jounin exams... I tried my best, but I didn't pass. I tried over and over again, but it seems I was just too weak. The only thing I was good at was controlling Chakra. But it's really no use if you fail to use jutsu... I sought comfort from my parents, but they never have time for me. In fact, I don't even think they care. They only pay attention to Nadeshiko... After all, she is a prodigy. Perfect in every way..."

"... Who was she?"

"My older sister..." A picture of my sister came to mind. And instead of feeling sad, bitterness and hatred replaced any sorrow I had.

"None of my family really cared for me. All they really do is just nag and ask me why I can't be more like Nadi."

"... I understand. But that doesn't explain why you left."

"... My family was not the only reason I left..."

"There's more?..."

I thought about telling him about the main reason why I left, but telling him about his own family, well... I'm not so sure, but he asked to know. And even if I did lie, he'll just use the Sharingan to see if I'm lying or not. I hesitated for a moment, but decided my best option was just to tell the full truth.

"... Are all Uchiha's so cold and heartless?"

"... What does this have to do with anything?"

I bowed my head to hide the tears that threatened to fall.

"... Sasuke..."

"...What?... My little brother?"

"Yes, him. You see, on my birthday, my parents were on a mission and so was Nadi... I was alone. So I decided to celebrate by myself... Like I always do. On that day, I wanted to confess my feelings to Sasuke. I thought of it as my present to myself since I've liked Sasuke a long time and maybe... Maybe he had feelings for me too..."

"... Hold on, rewind and freeze."

He held his hands in "Take" position and startled me. It was actually kind of amusing for the older Uchihah brother to get his curiosity get the better of him and act a bit out of character.

"Sasuke? As in my younger brother Sasuke?"

"... Yes, him."

"Oh... I see... Please continue."

"As I was saying, maybe he had feelings for me too so I mustered up the courage to tell him on my birthday..."

"May I interrupt?"

I sighed. "Sure."

"By any chance, does Sasuke have a lot of girls chasing after him?"

"Oh my God, yes!" I slapped my forehead trying to count the girls I knew who had a crush on him. "You have no idea..."

"Actually, I think I do..."

"What?" It was barely a whisper, but I heard it anyway.

"No, don't mind me. Please go on with your story."

"All right... Like I said, I decided to tell him how I felt. And when I finally did, he..."

"Stop."

"Wha?" This guy interrupts me too much...

I think I know enough as to why you've left. I can see that you've had a hard past and don't need to relive them all over again...

"So... Will you let me go now?"

"No. There's still a lot about you that has me curious. You will be staying here until further notice... And don't even think about escaping. This entire place is filled with Akatsuki and you will be killed once they see you... But just in case..."

I saw him move his hands swiftly and that's when I realized that...

"Water Prison Jutsu!"

"What? But there's no—"

Just then, I saw a wave of water come in through the window and come towards me. I saw Zabusa use this jutsu on Kakashi-sensei before, but didn't the user have to be touching it so it could work?

"It's a more advanced form of the water prison jutsu. You can't get out. Unlike the first one, where the user has to be touching the water in order for it to work, this one doesn't need me to be here. The first one traps you in, but allows the one who has trapped you to pass through the water and attack you. However, this one does not work the same way. No one can get in or out unless I disable it. But until then, have a good night's sleep. And don't waste your oxygen. You're going to need it in there..."

I watched seethingly as he walked out the door and left me in this cursed water bubble... He thinks things out too well...

-To Be Continued-

BlackRose: Hello! And sorry that I started the whole thing over! It's just that, this beginning just made more sense than the first one and I actually never wanted the four OC's anyway. I just put them there because they're kinda needed in future chaps, but I figured a solution to that and they're no longer needed. And anyway, I'm sorry I didn't update on Christmas, but school is closed during winter break and my computer is so messed up that the Internet won't run... I just have to wait till my birthday to get a new one then... Oh, and before I forget, Merry Kwanrisdanukahulevus and a happy New Year! Follow your New Year's Resolution! I know I will! My New Years Resolution: To make a whole lotta stories about Hiei and Botan... They'll make such beautiful children together! Sob... How do I know? Because I saw a picture of baby Hiei and it was so CUUUTE!... So adorable I could squeeze it forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and... Hold on... Can the Grim Reaper have children? O,O