Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH NARUTO
Author's note: The time skip has arrived. Sasuke is now 13.
Ch 5: Never forgotten.
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It has been five years since the day he lost his faith, since the day he lost the one dearest to him.
He was never the same since then, his emotions turned somewhat cold and his voice lost all happiness he had ever kept.
The one thing in his life right now that made things better was Hinata. When she heard the news she came to him and stayed with him.
She understood his pain and loneliness.
They are both thirteen now and they are both girlfriend and boyfriend.
That was until Hiashi, Hinata's stern father, found out. Once the word was out, Hiashi made sure Sasuke would never "fraternize" with his daughter.
It ended very badly with Hinata running away from Konoha and Sasuke in a much worse emotional state.
It wasn't his fault nor was it anyone else's.
Yet out of this entire happening, Sasuke never forgot Dawn and he never forgot the memories they had.
The raven-haired ninja sat down on one of the benches nearby and waited for his teammates to arrive.
He was always the earliest one there; the reason being was because it gave him some extra time to search for Dawn.
All of his attempts however have failed.
He was either caught by someone or spent too much time to where it's almost the next day.
The mission to the Land of the Waves came and passed and so has the Chunin Exams.
But that didn't mean he was always alone.
He found comfort while talking to Anko Mitarashi, one of the Chunin proctors, and also Kurenai but later within time she went off on a long-term journey to go find Hinata.
To him Naruto and the others wouldn't understand or they might laugh at him.
Because they don't believe in fairies.
The vivid pictures of her beauty and grace soared in his mind everyday.
Several more months have passed and Sasuke was lured to the village square with yelling and crying.
When he arrived Kurenai was standing in front of a sobbing Hinata while Hiashi and some others from the Hyuga main house were standing across from the two with furious looks on their faces.
Kurenai was shouting horrid insults at them as Kiba and Shino ran towards Hinata comforting and dragging her away from the fight.
Apparently to Sasuke's knowledge Kurenai found and brought back Hinata and the word must have spread.
He doesn't know how right he was.
When the fight was over Sasuke walked over to Kurenai and she gave a small smile to him.
"Sorry you had to see that Sasuke."
"Is Hinata going to be ok?"
"Yes, I found her in the Hidden Mist Village."
"You were gone for at least eight months."
"I know, it took me so much time cause I had no leads."
"Hinata staying with you now?"
Kurenai nodded her head.
"Ill stop by later to see how things are going."
"Alright, see you then."
They both parted ways, Kurenai back to her home and Sasuke to his normal hideout from the insanity and cruelty of the world.
Later that night Sasuke came to kurenai's house.
He was welcomed and saw Hinata lying on the couch weak and upset.
'Wow, quick recovery.' he thought
When she saw Sasuke though she sat up and motioned for him to come sit by her.
"Guess what Sasuke?"
"What?"
"I saw someone, someone special."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at this comment,
"Who?"
Hinata paused for a moment before a smile formed on her face.
"I saw Dawn. She grew even more than the very last time you two saw each other."
Sasuke's breath grew short and he started trembling.
"Sh-she. Dawn, is still alive?"
He could hardly believe it.
His heart went from heavy to light and his head spun.
The next thing Kurenai and Hinata saw was Sasuke fainting.
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Dawn was flying through the empty buildings of the deserted village that had been takenby war.
Her pure black hair waved within the night's wind and her dark purple eyes glittered like amethysts.
She dressed in all black equip with her tube-top, miniskirt, fingerless gloves, and high boots.
The ribbon wrapped tightly around her neck showed a buckle, one that had belonged to Sasuke before they were separated.
Most of all she was taller than Sasuke even at his age of thirteen.
"I will find you my Sasuke. I will not fail you again."
Her pale skin radiated off of the moon as she soared within the shadows, hoping and praying that she may find Sasuke within his and her lives.