Disclaimer-It's been forever since I've worked on this story. I wonder how many people still know I exist? Anyway, for those who are still here and are reading my story I don't own Naruto but I do own this story that I didn't quit on...just didn't have a lot of time to just sit and work on. Oh well, I'm here now aren't I?

Moving on!

---Recap---

"So you'll tell him for me? Cause quite frankly, I don't know the guy personally, let alone do I know what he looks like."

"Sure..." With that Sasuke began to eat his lunch.

"Thanks kid. You have a good day and enjoy your lunch." Elovick said before walking over to take an order of a woman who just arrived seconds before.

Sasuke ate his lunch slowly, thinking about who the mysterious girl could be the whole time.

Could it have been a fan girl? No, I doubt it very seriously. Most fan girls know where I am 24/7. Could it have been Sakura? No, probably not. One: if it was her, she'd have most likely have left her name and Two: she falls under the same reason why it couldn't have been a fan girl as well. But if it wasn't any of them, then who was it?

This was starting to be a real mystery for the young Uchiha prodigy. A mystery that would take more than just brains to solve, but a great deal of remembering as well.

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Story time!

Chapter Three: The Heart Is The Key: Identities Revealed

Sasuke wandered around town for a while before returning home. He thought really hard about what he'd heard about during lunch. Many ideas popped up to explain who this mystery girl was. Unfortunately, it seemed like every idea had some kind of flaw that went against it being the true answer.

Who could be looking for Sasuke that didn't know where to look?

Big question…no answer.

As all these thoughts collected up in Sasuke's head, a familiar blonde walked by, humming a tune at an amazingly low volume.

"Hi Sasuke." He said walking by. But his miraculously nice greeting wasn't what disturbed Sasuke at an unbelievable level. What disturbed him most was the smirk on Naruto's face as he walked passed Sasuke and marched down the street. It was a smirk of knowledge, like if Naruto had something over Sasuke. Such a smirk gave Sasuke the chills. The thought of Naruto knowing something Sasuke didn't was all too creepy. Creepy enough to make Sasuke twitch as he looked back at the little dot that was Naruto walking away, probably towards Ichiraku.

Ok…I'm just gonna pretend that didn't just happen and walk away…slowly. Sasuke's mind was even more clouded and cluttered than before. It was like some plot to make Sasuke's brain turn to mush.

Eventually, Sasuke was able to start walking again. He walked about a yard ahead and then stopped in the middle of a step. Sasuke squinted to make sure that what he saw was really there.

Yep, it was there all right. Or better yet, she was there.

She was talking to a man in an art shop some feet away from where Sasuke was standing. But for some reason, the girl seemed to notice Sasuke watching her and turned around.

Sasuke didn't move. He just looked at her, eyes wide.

She did it again. Sasuke would never get over how creepily familiar her smirk was.

The girl stood up from the chair she was sitting in and turned in Sasuke's direction. Giving the man at the counter one last wave, she walked forward.

Still, Sasuke didn't move. He stood stiff as she got closer...

And closer...

And closer...

She stopped in front of him. Her eyes were red...really red. Her smirk became a smile. With that, she walked passed.

Sasuke was now sure he'd seen her somewhere before. He was almost positive that he'd seen her more than just in the two recent times. He turned around to see the girl was still walking away, but she soon stopped. She didn't turn around, though. She just stopped. For the first time, she spoke.

"You haven't changed at all...cool."

(Ok, if I was Sasuke, I'd be running...no, scratch that...sprinting!)

The girl put up one foot, as if to begin walking. Suddenly, something hit Sasuke's mind. "Wait!"

The girl turned one last time. Both of her eyes stared blankly at Sasuke. An strange scene flashed in Sasuke's mind.

"Come on, Sasuke! Why are you avoiding that place?" a girl said waving her hands in little Sasuke's face.

"Because...it doesn't feel right." little Sasuke said sitting down in the grass.

"Oh come on, you can't be talking about what onii-chan said." the girl said putting her fists on her hips.

"No, it's not that it's just... What if you get hurt? What can I do?" The girl looked back at little Sasuke with blank eyes.

"It won't happen..." was all the girl said in response.

"How do you know?"

"I just do..."

"Promise?"

"Promise...plus, even if it does, I know you can take 'em down. Have you forgotten who you are?"

"Forgotten who I am...?"

"You're an Uchiha, silly. Just like..."

"Just like..."

"You remember?"

"Remember what?"

"Guess not...but you will. Because that's who you are."

"You're an Uchiha, silly."

Sasuke suddenly began to have a headache. He placed both hands on his head as if to block the pain from coming in.

"...an Uchiha..." The words kept coming back. Question was, why?

"Who...are you?" Sasuke asked looking up at the girl. He was now rubbing his head with one hand.

"You'll remember..." was all the girl said. She smiled slightly and turned around again. With that, she walked away.

Sasuke's head began to throb. He hated being toyed with, especially when the answer was right there.

Sasuke tried to forget the girl and all the strange pictures that had played in his head. Instead, he just walked.

His destination was unknown. He just walked…and walked, until:

SLAM!

Sasuke looked up to see who he bumped into.

Oh, great. Just great! Why? Why her? Why now?

The pink-haired kunoichi just stared at Sasuke in confusion. He seemed stressed…too stressed.

"Sasuke-kun, something wrong?" Sakura gave Sasuke a concerned look. He ignored the look at first but then got an idea.

"Where's Naruto?"

"Umm, Ichiraku?"

Sasuke thought for a moment. "Did you talk to him at all today?"

"No…why?"

"Maybe…"

"What?"

"Nothing…forget it. There's training tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, but-" Before Sakura could say anymore, Sasuke disappeared.

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Sasuke pulled the weird cloth pieces of the Ichiraku sign out of the way so he could see inside. He looked around for a moment but his thought process was interrupted by a man's voice.

"Welcome, are you here to eat?" said a man with a smile. He wore a white outfit with a hat to match. Apparently, he worked there. But Sasuke didn't pay much attention to him. He just shook his head to signal he wasn't going to eat and went back to looking around. Unfortunately, his luck was shot.

"Grr, probably just missed him." Sasuke whispered to himself.

"Looking for someone?" the man asked with a smile.

Sasuke looked up. "Yeah…"

"Maybe I can help. I know everyone that's been here by at least description."

"His name's Naruto. Short, blonde…"

"Ah, it's Naruto you're looking for. He just left. He said he was going home to practice molding chakra."

"Thanks…" Sasuke wasn't in so much of a hurry that he couldn't be courteous. But with that, he turned around and left.

"Hey, wait!" the man called out. But Sasuke was already gone. "Your supposed to at least have a bowl to show appreciation…" the man said to himself.

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Sasuke opened the doors to his house, removed his sandals, and walked in.

His house was empty…as always. But it didn't bother Sasuke anymore. He'd gotten used to the silence. I mean hey, once you've spent about six years of your life living in a completely silent house, who wouldn't eventually get used to it?

Sure, it would be nice to hear a few voices every now and again, but it was still something Sasuke had learned to live without.

Sasuke sat down at the small table in the kitchen and thought about what he should eat. He wasn't ready to eat just yet, but he was still ready to start thinking about it.

Unfortunately, Sasuke mind had not stood on one topic for more than a couple of minutes before being changed again all day and it was not about to start now. So yet again, Sasuke's mind was clouded with trying to figure out who the mysterious girl was.

"Who…are you?"

"You'll remember…"

The memory flashed again and again until Sasuke froze it out with an idea.

"That's it!" Sasuke said punching the table and then getting up.

Sasuke traveled through the halls of the house and walked into what seemed to be his room. He searched through the void he called a room.

Sasuke soon located what he was looking for. He gave the item a questioning look. He seemed to ponder about whether or not he should pick up the item. It was a black book, designed with the Uchiha symbol on the cover.

"You'll remember…"

If she's someone I remember, then there's a chance she's in here. Sasuke picked up the book and dusted it off. It was pretty thick and filled with sheet protector pages. Sasuke flipped open the book to the first page and fingered it for a while (if you haven't already guessed, it's a photo album he's looking at).

The first page was a picture of little Sasuke with his mom. Sasuke was sitting on the ground smiling. You could tell that he was around six because he was missing a tooth (I always found six-year-olds with a missing tooth so adorable). Sasuke's mom sat beside him with a sun hat on. Her smile was so warm and comforting that it brought back memories. Memories that Sasuke thought were long gone. Although he didn't smile, you could tell Sasuke was content.

But Sasuke didn't have much time to just sit and look at all the great pictures in the album. He had his own mission to complete. Sasuke snapped back into the real world when he realized that fact and began to flip through the pages.

Birthday parties, family outings, and festivals galore. But nothing seemed to be of what Sasuke was looking for.

"Now, I won't you to listen closely and do as I say, ok?" said a girl with a serious look in her eyes. It was already dark out and she was sitting with little Sasuke in his room.

"Ok, I'm listening..." little Sasuke said. He was sitting on his bed smiling as he saluted to the girl.

"Ok, I want you to take any all the pictures from today until the day you first met me and put them in this box under your bed. DO NOT open it until your heart tells you to. Got it?"

"Until the day I first met you? But that was–"

"I know, I know. But still. Do it for me, ok?

"But how do I know it's ok to open it if you're–"

"Shh, you'll know...you'll feel it. Trust me."

"...k"

"Not until my heart says it's ok...?" Sasuke was extremely confused. But then again he seemed confused in the memory. What could that person have meant? And what was cut off in Sasuke's sentences? Then it hit him. "The box..." Sasuke whispered, turning towards his bed.

Sasuke walked slowly over to the edge of his bed. He hesitantly reached under his bed and felt around. After a few seconds, Sasuke hand finally landed on something hard and square. He carefully pulled the object out.

It was a box. It was blue and engraved with the Uchiha symbol and swirled lines. There was no lock or clip on the box. It was just open. Sasuke suddenly began to feel light and his mind was drifting. Without knowing it, Sasuke flipped the cover of the box up. As said in the memory, there were tons of pictures in the box, along with a bunch of other trinkets. Among the many things in the box, one thing caught Sasuke's eye.

Sasuke held it out in front of him and stared at the designs. A blue locket with silver diamonds outlining the edge. Sasuke went to look inside of the locket, but didn't have the time. For by the time his fingers touched the side of the locket, Sasuke's eyes had shut and he had fallen asleep.

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"The spell is breaking...will you be angry when you awaken? Perhaps...perhaps not...We shall see..."

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Sasuke's eyes shot open. He looked around as if searching for a clock. After coming to the conclusion that there were none in his room, Sasuke rose and made his way to a room he was certain had a clock. Many things had fallen off his lap, but he was too much in a daze to even notice. He stared at the clock in front of him for a moment. It read 4:47.

He blinked a few times before he walked back towards his room. He'd just remembered there was practice that day.

It didn't take long for him to get ready. Once he was completely dressed, he turned around as if to walk back to the kitchen. It was then that he noticed all the stuff on the floor.

Sasuke made his way to the corner of the room and picked up all the things he'd dropped. He put all of the pictures that were scattered on the floor back in the box. When Sasuke was done, there was one thing that he was holding in his hand, still.

I'll take look at this later... With that, he stuck the locket in his shuriken pouch and walked back to the kitchen.

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First one there...like always. Being first gave Sasuke time to himself before it was time to get on the move, though. Realizing he had this time, Sasuke pulled the locket out. He didn't open it. He didn't want to. He just looked at it and tried to think of who it could've belonged to. The question didn't linger for long, though.

"It's yours..."

Sasuke looked up. It was her again. She was standing about 5 feet away from Sasuke. But something wasn't right. She seemed...sad.

You don't remember because... her thoughts trailed off.

Sasuke didn't talk to her. He just sat there.

"I guess your in your mind you already know it..." The girl turned around and started to walk away.

Sasuke suddenly lifted his finger and pointed in her direction. She stopped. She felt his eyes on her. She didn't turn around. She didn't want to know what he looked like at the moment. She knew he was upset.

"Misato Uchiha...my younger sister...correct?"

The girl looked down and didn't answer. She sensed someone was coming a mile back. The girl turned around one last time, before disappearing out of sight.

–End Of Chapter–

So what did you think? I think that Sasuke might have been a little OOC and if he was gomenosai! I tried not to, but in the end it was too hard. Anyway let me know if it was still good anyway.

R And R!