Chapter 1

Sasuke's dark eyes widened as his mother placed a full basket of tomatoes in front of him. She was testing him! The ripe red fruits glistened from the wash that she had just finished given them and the smell of the few that broke scented the air wonderfully. The seven year old licked his lips and reached towards the basket, unable to resist the urge to pop one of the small ones into his mouth.

"Sasuke those are for later," Mikoto said lightly; not looking at him but smiling softly all the same as she prepared the rice patties for their dinner.

"But Kaa-san," Sasuke pouted, plopping his head into his hands and pushing his bottom lip out. "Itachi-nii always gets the dango that's in the fridge, even if it was mine. One tomato won't make much of a difference!"

The mother chuckled to herself and pushed her palms down on the patty to flatten it more. Part of her bangs fell in front of her eyes but she was forced to ignore and continue her work. She really didn't feel like getting the rice in her hair, and she didn't have time to bathe later. It was Fugaku's night off, he'd want the boys home and her smiling and willing to listen to him talk about his work.

"Itachi get's the dango because he's never home when we have them dear," she smiled back at him, turning and wiping her hands on her apron. "Don't worry so much, there will plenty left over I'm sure."

Sasuke grumbled softly and rested his head on the cool surface of the table, it wasn't fair. It simply wasn't.

"I believe Itachi's home," Mikoto smiled, placing her patties on the table along the rest of the meal. "Why don't you go tell him dinner is ready?"

Sasuke's eyes brightened as he ran down the street towards his brother, "Nii-san!"

The child ran to his brother as fast his feet would allow him. His older brother looked tired, stressed, and so many other things that Sasuke didn't quite understand.

"Nii-san, super's ready. Dango's are for dessert, Tou-san had Kaa-san make it just for you!"

The young Uchiha watched as his brother's eyes seemed to distance themselves from him. Sasuke wondered what his brother was thinking of but kept a smile on his face as his brother messed with his hair.

"Alright Sasuke, I'll be in in a few minutes, will you tell Kaa-san I'm cleaning up?"

Sasuke smiled brightly, nodded, and ran back inside.

"The Hokage, the council, and the Leader of the Hyuuga main branch, Hyuuga Hiashi, have all been murdered."

Sasuke's eyes widened as he covered his mouth quickly. He had to keep quiet; he knew he wasn't supposed to listen when an Anbu member was reporting something to his father. The name Hyuuga was one that he knew, a girl in his year, Hinata he believed her name to be, was a Hyuuga. He didn't like her much though, she was far too shy and stuttered way too much which annoyed him when they were paired together to work on a paper.

Fugaku nodded, and then looked back at the masked-nin with a look of concern, "Do you know what happened? What's going to happen?"

The man handed the clan leader a scroll. Sasuke squinted his eyes to attempt to get a better look. However no matter how close he looked he couldn't tell if it was important or not.

"You shouldn't be spying Sasuke."

The child's eyes widened more and he jumped back, forcing himself not to make any noises as he turned to look his brother in the eye.

"I-I wasn't spy!" Sasuke stuttered. "I-I was only-"

Itachi covered the child's mouth and smiled, "Shush now Sasuke, our father is discussing important business, we don't want to interrupt them do we?"

The young boy shook his head. His brother smiled and nodded at him then took his leave. The area had become quiet and Sasuke wondered what was going on between his father and the masked-nin. He peeked his head around the corner once more, only to find the Nin gone and his father looking at him with a calmed expression.

Fear rushed through him, the fear of being caught watching, "T-Tou-san I-I-"

"Sasuke…" Fugaku spoke, a smile warming his features, "come here, I have something to share with you."

A sixteen year old Sasuke sighed loudly and blew his bangs out of his eyes. Things had changed quite a bit from when he was a child. He could still remember the times when Iruka would tell the class that the Third was coming to visit the Academy, but he could also remember the look on their faces, when they were all mooring for their lost Hokage and village leaders. He remembered young Hinata, crying her eyes out but standing strong as she had to if she expected to lead her clan. So many were traumatized by the event that Konoha had gone into depression, several villagers had been found starving on the streets, while others just stared off into the distance as if everything until that moment had been for nothing.

The young Uchiha also remembered the looks he was given by peers, villagers, and everyone else who could even stomach looking at him. The fangirls who had once followed him so thoughtless had been stopped by their parents and now, understanding their parent's wishes, did it on their own. The Uchiha, the all and mighty Uchiha clan, was hated. They were looked down upon by all and spit on by the few who dared to question them. Konoha hadn't lost its power however. The Shinobi and Kunoichi still fought to protect their village and family and friends, they were wise enough to learn to listen the Hokage.

After Fugaku became the fifth Hokage Itachi had began to disappear from Sasuke's life more and more. His father had told the clan to leave Itachi be that after the loss of the leaders the boy had begun to lose his mind and was now confused. Sasuke remembered his brother, so clearly, trying to explain what he claimed to be the truth. The younger brother, who was thirteen at the time, had refused to hear about and sent his brother on his way, it had been the last time he had seen Itachi.

"Sasuke-sama…"

Sasuke looked up at the young woman standing in front of him. She was one of the many people that had been hired, as helpers, maids, cooks, or anything that they were ordered to around the Uchiha compound. The job wasn't well paying, but it was better than most of the jobs around the village. This girl however, was one who still willingly spit at them, openly as well, as if there was nothing better she could do, like try for a raise.

"Your father wishes to see you," she spoke softly, looking him straight in the eye.

It was nice, he thought. To have someone who wasn't afraid of him. He'd break that soon enough though, even if he didn't intend to it would happen, it always happened.

The Uchiha were the power that lead Konoha now, the Hyuuga had been pushed back, forced to stay in the shadows along with the Nara, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, and so many other clans around the village. Sasuke, however, felt that the end for this rein, was on its way, how felt about it, was still in question though.

That's the first actual chapter. I kinda rushed it I'm sorry, I should have updated sooner until waiting until last minute, my next update could take a while because I won't have a computer but please try and bear with me. I'm still not done showing what happened up to the point that I just ended at so each chapter that I do for awhile should have parts where it shows what lead up to the present parts. I hope it was too your liking, I was really happy about the review they made me smile and want to do this faster but I've busier than usual lately :( Anyways, please review and maybe I can update sooner, I'm not sure…