Hajimemashite and Konnichiwa, dearest reader-san! Apple Fairy here! . Thank you all for your selfless reviews! They all make me do some sort of 'I luff SasuSaku' dance! XD
Ur2tRoUbLeSoMe90- Aww...you really should, hun! It's a cute and wonderful friendship. And, if you listen closely to their match in the Chunnin exams, you'll know that Sakura didn't only rival with Ino over a guy, but also because she wanted to be just like her too. Carefree and perfect.
I love their friendship. That's why Ino was trusted with the truth. :3
Yay! Now you can say 'Yoshi is my homie'! xD
Hmm...they need to make shirts like that...I'd defiently buy the 'Link is my boy' shirt! xD
Yah...someday...
-goes off and sends in millions of fan letters pleading Kishimoto to make the pairing canon-
Aureamonster-
-gives you tissues-
Sorry you cried. T.T
But thanks for the compliments!
Pale Moonlit Nightsky-
x3
Thank you for the compliment! It made me squeel...-emberrassed blush-
And they were budget drawings too...sigh...Oh, Photoshop, how I long for you...T.T
Yah. They got girl power and Ino tis now a Sasuke-hater. XD
Oh my, how wonderful...x3
XweaponsXmistressX-Hey! Look on the brightside!
Sasuke's got an enemy now, and her name is Ino. xD
-cheers and throws rose petals- OH! How I love that word! Beautiful! It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy...x3
Yeah! You say it girl! We gotta dry our tears and go kick his dumb ass!
-picks up pitchfork and torch-
Who's with me! x0
Because he's a hot baka, silly...:3
And when I say gunshot-wedding, it means I'm forcing Itachi to marry you by threatening him with a shotgun during the ceremony...xD
Ah...You have a boyfriend? Well congrats, hun, I hope you two have a beautiful relationship ahead of you. : )
And that's why we all love poligamy, hun! It's where you can have more then one spouse! xD
Or we could just call Itachi your love slave. Whatever works for you. :3
-bangs Itachi over the head with shotgun-
Stop giving your wife funny looks! x0
Itachi: I really hate fangirls...
And...I can be at the wedding?
-goes all teary-eyed-
Ah...I want to be a flower girl, too! x3
Itachi: No, you can't. You're already the shotgun-wacko.
-hits him over head again-
Apple can be whatever she wants, weasel boy! So shut up 'fore I shoot j00!
Itachi: I demand a lawyer...T.T
Ha ha...I already find your boyfriend funny. Wish I could meet you both, but I'm permanently glued to my laptop. :3
And my beautiful (sighs) story tis updated.
Oh, how I love that word. -hums happily and throws more rose petals-
I'm glad that you like my penname, weapons-chan! I just adore apples and love fairytales so it stuck. x3
Tis it not lovely or what:3
pinkrazor- OMG, UPDATED! x3
Sarah Rebecca-
-gives you whole bunches of tissues-
Sorry you cried! Hard to cheer it up when he just left. T.T
And thank you for the compliments toward the pictures! I can't believe people love my budget drawings...I need Photoshop...-.-;
O.O
-hugs you-
Oh thank god! The world isn't full of weirdos that think everytime people say they like a person it means they want to get into their pants!
I mean, seriously, what happened to the days when love was loving your family and friends without having to be all steamy and icky!
Sigh...I, being the pure and innocent romantic that I am, lament over the fact that love can longer mean care, but has to mean sex...
I can only be happy for the fact that some people allow others to be friends without saying they're lesbians or gays...
(not that I'm saying I'm against that, only the fact that friends have to be in love these days. Know why I hate NaruSasu now?)
-pats you on the head-
I hope you keep that pure and innocent view, hun. And for the fact you have one makes me happy.
Thank you. : )
Kitsune Kit- xD
'Sakura needs that for when he comes back!'
Oh my oh my...well, he does need it to revive a clan...
Apple: -points to Sakura- Go heal Sasuke's manhood! You're a medic nin after all...
Sakura: -blushes- Stop making me blush! x0
Inner Sakura: Do it! Touch him! Heal him!
Sakura: You stay out of this!
XD
My my what silliness...
bunnyandpuppylover-
-hands you supersize box of tissues-
Yay! Bittersweet stories seem to be what I'm doing these days...O.O
And I kept it up and updated:3
Silverstar871-
-huggles you- Silverstar-chan! I missed you so much! I was worried you had stopped reading it for good...T.T
Ah...for chapter ten, I almost made them break up! O.O
But my sister said that would be very bad...so I didn't. : )
I know hun...but in my fanfic, remember, he never wanted to leave them. But he had to before Itachi became unreachable...
So let's go beat up Itachi, okay? He's the one who started all this. xD
Ha ha...'wittle'...that was so cute. x3
Ah! What did happen to Sasuke? You can either go watch the eps (127 to some episodes where it shows it) or you can read my fanfic. Please go watch the eps hun...it has more emotion there...I'd reccomend YouTube. :3
Thanks for the compliments, Star-chan!
Ha ha...Apple-chan and Star-chan...I feel like a hippie now...xD
Twilight Dragoness-
-hugs you-
Yay! Finally another person understands! They're just friends! What's wrong with liking your friends? Does liking your friends mean you want to get into their pants now? Gosh!
Sorry, end of rant. XD
Glad you saw that, hun. I really like the Ino and Sakura friendship, so I guessed Ino would be a really good person to go to after a break-up. :3
And now Sasuke made an enemy! Her name is Ino!xD
There's something funny about that, but I'm not sure why...
kunoichi alchemist- Yah, he's and adorable baby-blue eyed dork that we all love. :3
And Ino had to be told! Does that make her dense?:0
I not sure. Oh well. :3
Mmhm. They're good friends, if not a bit competitive. I love their friendship. It's so cute and sweet.
Yah, when I saw freak Sasuke I was all like:
O.O "You left Sakura to look like that!"
xD
Thanks for the compliments! My favorite chibis to draw were when they were all dancing and Sasuke didn't want to dance, so he just pouted with a pucker face. x3
Cunning Angel-O.O
But if you did that, then who would revive the Uchiha clan? Itachi? T.T
Yah...Shikamaru... .
-hits Shikamaru over the head-
Shika-Ow! What the heck was that for?
Apple: For hurting a girl's feelings! Stop being so damn passive and at least offer comfort or sumethin! x0
Shika: How troublesome...
Ino: You helped make Sakura-chan like that? Oh no, Ino's gonna open up a can of whoop-ass on your-
Shika: O.O -runs off-
Ino: GET BACK HERE YOU!-chases after-
xD
And, hun, they haven't even done time-skip in the anime. They're only doing filler episodes and they aren't showing any sign of stoppin. T.T
So, no, they have showed no indication of Sasuke coming back to the village in the anime or manga. And, no, hun, he hasn't died in manga or anime either. So don't worry, hun. Sasuke's okay!
...He's just with Orochimaru and stuff...-.-;
Aw...sorry you're upset now! I know you said it wasn't my fault, but I'm still sorry. T.T
Ha ha...Sasuke tis stupid now...xD
I'm glad that you love it when I update! I'm going to update sooner from now on, okay: )
Love that pride, hun! It's a most lovely thing to possess!
But don't you go joining weird snakey people to gain strength, okay? xD
I agree with you! SasuSaku roxors! xD
sakura 1567-O.O
That is so cruel to Sassy...xD
Ah...sorry, hun, but I'm going with the storyline and in the manga or anime Sasuke hasn't come back yet. So I will not do that unless it's said in the storyline, okay: )
But, I am doing SasuSaku-ness during time-skip, so don't worry. They'll still have their moments even with him gone. : )
-hands you bulk package of tissues- I'm sorry! I'm crying with you, okay? T.T
baby's breath- Sorry it's sad, but he just left, y'know? It can't be all sunshine when he just left. T.T
And I know! When I watched that scene I instantly thought 'Were they a couple?'
And that's how I got my whole idea of them being a couple in my fanfic. x3
Thank you for waiting for this update: 3
And of course I like your penname! It's so delicate and cute. : )
Mmm...you'll just have to wait and see how the SasuSaku-ness will happen. : )
Ah...I love your politeness, by the way!
Aya-Marie-chan-In the nose, out the mouth, hun...xD
Actually, that really makes you breather better. My doctor told me that since I've got asthma and all.
xD
Yeah! Let's go frame the NaruSakus! XD
Yah, it's called the 'Pink Nazis'. It's for the Cloris pairing from FF7. :3
Aw, sweetie! You should take a nap when you get home from school! It will help, so don't worry!
I have the same problem, I'll be all sleepy in Algebra and say 'I'm taking a nap when I get home' but then I get home and instantly get on my laptop. xD
I'm terrible at planning, so I hope you'll be better off then I was. :3
XD It's like the world would end if Sasuke didn't have fans!
Oh my, how terrible would that be: D
Have fun being a SasuSaku missionary now! xD
Your Bubbly Nightmare- You were wished good luck, hun: )
And don't worry. It would only be annoying if you didn't comment meaningfully. So it's okay. :3
Ah...don't worry, I luff mushy and fluffy romance stuff too! You're not alone!
xD
That's fine. Keep your pie, sweetie. But thanks for the muffin:3
-munches on muffin and smiles-
And cease your begging! I have updated, dear!
BOO!-Sorry, hun, that you don't want them to be a couple! But that's how the fanfic goes...fluff y'know...I'm sorry that I dissapointed you, but I just can't change it now. It's too late.
-hands you tissues-
I'm very sorry you cried, hun, and I deeply apoligize for making you cry. If you do not like this fanfic, you don't have to read it anymore.
I'm very sorry.
And, hun no, I am going with the storyline here and in the story Kishimoto-sensei hasn't written or hinted of Sasuke's return so I shall not write it. I apologize, but that's how I choose to write it and that's how I will write it. Alright?
BewareMySpork- Yay! Zombie-hugging!
But no hug for Sassy's daddy! He didn't love his sons enough so no love for him! 0
-Zombie daddy glares at me-
xD
Yay! I'm a filthy whore! XD
You get shot alot...D: Spork is 50 cent or sumethin...
Narry's nickname sounds like Navi, Link's fairy's name. xD
And...Neji shall be Ni-Ni! He is Ni-Ni and we love our Ni-Ni!
And Kakashi...is Spanish poop. xD
Kakashi: Dx Damn kids...
Sakura can just be Saku-chan cause I love her too much...
Thank you. It's a vicious cycle with my jokes. If you want me to stop I will. : )
kiki steelangel- I think about that all the time, hun. It'd be awesome if this was actually put in the anime, but alas, I dream. -hands you tissues- Sorry you cried! Remember, I was probably crying with you. T.T
Thanks for the compliments to my budget art! Ah...everybody seemed to love my chibis. x3
zyn-wolf--.-;
Hi Lauren.
Yami-Tsukiyomi-Thanks for the compliments, dear! They mean alot to me. x3
daydreamer22057--loves j00-x3
Of course you're on there, hun! You have spunk and inspire me to write more. : )
Ah, I'm going to have to go change your name then...O.o;;;-goes to do so-
Author's note- It has come to my attention that some people would like me to write Sasuke's return to the village. I can't do that though, because my story goes with the plotline and Kishimoto-sensei has not written or hinted of Sasuke's return, so I shall not write that.
Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto
Memories
Story by Apple Fairy
So sweet...
So innocent...
First kisses...
My first love...
Whe he was leaving, I wonder if he remembered any of the old memories.
I mean, I still do.
To me, he was never a crush.
He was my first love.
And he always will be, forever and ever.
"Sasuke!"
His voice resounded in an echoe. Sasuke only stood there.
He had to go; before his emotions caught up to him. He began to walk away.
"Are you going to run away from me?" Naruto asked with provocking tone. Sasuke stopped and turned. Naruto's eyes widened as he witnessed this horror before him.
The left side of Sasuke's face was partially covered with the menacing scrawls of the Curse Mark and his left eye had black surrounding a murky yellow cornea, his pupil pure black.
"Hey. Clumsy idiot." Sasuke adressed him as if everything was fine. Naruto stood there gaping at him.
The two only stood there, with their gazes locked.
Teammates.
Comrades.
Rivals.
Friends.
This is what they were to each other. They both shared a bond that was trusting and mistrusting at the same time.
And they both knew it.
"It's you this time?" Sasuke said breaking the silence. Naruto glared at him as her crying facade came into mind.
I couldn't do it...I couldn't stop Sasuke-kun. I'm sure of it... The only thing that can stop Sasuke-kun is...The only one who can save him, is you, Naruto. Naruto, my only wish...Sasuke-kun...Bring back, Sasuke-kun!
Sakura's pleading and despairing words came back to him. He glared at the midnight-haired boy.
This was who she loved. This was the one she longed for.
Yet, he didn't seem to give a care.
"I've already told Sakura, but..." Sasuke continued "...don't concern yourself with me anymore." He commanded.
I told her to leave me to be happy...I'm telling you because I envy you.
Don't care for me...any of you... Sasuke told them soundlessly.
He hated this...
...and loved it at the same time.
He was leaving his friends, his teammates, his second family...
And he was gaining immense strength while doing so.
He couldn't decide if he should enjoy his new powers and disgard these feelings or disgard the powers and tell them sorry...
He looked to his heart for answers, but it seemed to remain quiet.
It was much too disgusted with his behavior to help.
So he had no choice, but to listen with his strict and cruel mind.
Naruto looked to him with disbelieving blue eyes and an angry face. Sasuke placed his hands on his hips in a pompous manner.
"What's with that face?" He asked smugly and laughed evilly. Naruto looked to him stunned and sweat trickled down his face from chasing Sasuke for so long.
He recalled everything he had shared with him.
From when Team Seven had started to when they all fought Gaara.
Friends...
...he had called him and Sakura his friends.
So...if they were his friends as he said...
...why was he leaving them?
Naruto's fist clenched aggresivly.
"Why...Why? Sasuke...Why did you become like this!" He asked with a yell. His voice echoed around the waterfall from where he stood on a giant statue. Sasuke standing on a giant statue oppisite of him.
The Uchiha-heir only stood there. He wasn't expecting to be asked that.
But he answered him anyway, choosing to break off all bonds with those close to him.
Even his.
Even hers.
"What does it matter to you, what I become? I have my own path to follow. No matter who it is, no one has the right to tell me what to do." He explained to the kyuubi boy coldly. Naruto glared at him.
His attitude was ticking him off bad.
"I'll keep it simple. I am not going to associate with Konoha anymore. Go home." He said tursely.
I'll never see any of them again...I'll forget them...
Kakashi...forget me...please don't care for me like the parents I never kept...
Naruto...stop caring for me...don't be that idiot I rival and care for anymore...
Sakura...
...hate me...move on...be with someone who will treat you better and love you more then I ever could...
All of you...my family...
Forget and hate me.
Naruto looked to Sasuke stunned.
Who had sacrificed themselves for him to get this far?
Chouji...a true friend with a heart of gold...
Neji...a genius with a soft spot for those he cares for...
Kiba...a wild guy who you could trust...
Shikamaru...a lazy but kind man...
Lee...a true good guy who would do anything for those who he loved...
All of these warriors, true and trust-worthy...sacrificed themselves...so willingly...who risked their lives...
For Naruto to be disregarded and mocked like this?
"Everyone... Everyone...risked their lives for you...to come after you!" Naruto yelled at him. Sasuke looked at him passivly. He shrugged.
"Well, good for them." He responded emotionlessly. He turned and began to walk away.
He didn't want to deal with this.
Naruto wouldn't stand for it.
It was one thing for him to be mocked...
...but he wouldn't stand it when his friends were being abused.
Sasuke stopped in his tracks as he saw a shadow fall before him. He looked up.
Naruto had leapt and had a determined and furious look in his baby blue eyes.
"How could you think of us that way!" He yelled in anger.
Naruto tackled him and Sasuke's body skidded across the ground roughly. Naruto aimed his arm for a punch and hesitated.
Comrades.
Teammates.
Rivals.
Friends.
Naruto punched Sasuke hard and silence grew.
The words were exchanged.
Sasuke was going even if he was to be a tool.
As long as he achieved his goal was what mattered.
Naruto wouldn't stand for his selfishness.
But Sasuke wouldn't let him get in his way.
He picked Naruto up with vicious and unmerciful strength, punched him hard enough that Naruto coughed up blood, and sent him flying into the river.
Memories brought up.
Thoughts of evil and despair...
The fight began.
Comrades.
Teammates.
Rivals.
Friends.
These were what they were to each other.
He would wake him.
Wake him from the evil sick trance he had fallen to.
In his agressive and rutheless fighting, Sasuke looked back to why he was leaving them...
For why, he could never remain in the future and for him to only live in the past...alone...
The birds chirped lightly as Itachi carried his younger brother, Sasuke, on his back. Getting too over-excitited and over-doing it on training, Sasuke had twisted his ankle.
Oh boy...what a bother little brothers were.
"Brother...I'll walk." Sasuke protested not wanting to be carried. Itachi looked to the little boy with a slight smirk.
"Don't push yourself." He corrected him. Sasuke grunted and lifted his head to see something with amazed midnight eyes.
"What wrong?" Itachi asked.
"This is where Father works, right?" Sasuke asked like any curious child would. He motioned to a building that had a crest on it that was a blue shuriken with a red-and-white fan in the middle. Little blue dots decorated the spaces between the shuriken's points.
"Yeah, it's the Konoha Military Police Headquaters." The elder brother confirmed and stopped in front of it as he gazed upon it with his little brother.
"I've been wondering about this for awhile, but...why is the Uchiha clan's crest on the Military Police's emblem?" Little Sasuke asked.
"You noticed?"
"Of course!"
"Simply put, the ones who established the police force were the Uchiha clan's ancestors. And that's why our family crest is on the symbol. Since long ago, the Uchiha clan has been responsible for enforcing and protecting the village's public order. The Uchiha crest also serves as a symbol for our clan's pride. Now, the clan has become smaller, but most of us work here, contributing to maintaining public order." Itachi explained. He looked to Little Sasuke with a cheerful gleam in his eyes.
"The only shinobi who can enforce the laws...are superior ones." He told him in a bright and confident tone. Sasuke looked at him amazed.
"Wow, Father is amazing!" He exclaimed in innocent childish admiration. Itachi began to walk again towards their house.
"Brother, are you going to join, too?" Sasuke asked as he looked back to the building.
"Maybe..." He answered passivley.
"You should!"
Itachi looked to Little Sasuke boredly. Sasuke was smiling and had an excitited and bright look in his eyes.
"When I grow up, I'm going to join the police force too! And Father will come to my Enterance Ceremony tommorrow. It's my first step towards my dream!" He told him with eagerness. Sasuke enjoyed his dream. He couldn't wait to help protect the village.
"Yeah..." Itachi responded with passiveness once again.
The two siblings arrived at the gate to the Uchiha district in town. A figure stepped out leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.
The man had shoulder-length brown hair, a rough face, and an annoyed look in his black eyes. He wore the typical jounin outfit with his own touches.
"You're late. What were you doing?" He asked tursley.
"Father..." Sasuke whispered silently.
"I have something to tell you. Hurry and come." He ordered his two sons.
Itachi and Sasuke sat Japanese style in their house's meeting room. Their heads bowed slightly. Their father sat cross-legged with his arms intertwined before his chest.
"As expected of my child. To come this far after only half a year becoming a chuunin..." He complimented Itachi. The teenager only looked to his father with annoyance.
"For tommorow's special mission, I've decided to come along." He continued with a confident and proud look on his tan rugged face. Little Sasuke's head shot up.
Tommorow? He wondered. Tommorow was supposed to be when he would be admitted into the Academy.
Would his father not be there?
"If you succeed on this mission, your enlistment into ANBU will be official. You understand, right?" He threatened as his Sharingan eyes gleamed command. Itachi stared at him with passive hate.
"There's no need to worry about it. More importantly..." Itachi trailed off and glanced to Sasuke with supportivness. Sasuke blushed with a bit of emberrassment and looked to his father shyly.
"Um...Father...Tommorow's my..." He began to say.
"Tommorow's mission...is not only important for you, but for the Uchiha clan as well." He cut him off with superiority. Sasuke felt his heart pang and looked downcast with despair. He could never stand up to Father.
Itachi noticed this and looked back to his father.
"Looks like I'm dropping tommorow's mission then." Itachi protested.
"Have you lost your mind! You know how important tommorow is!" The elder man scolded. Itachi did not flinch at his furious tone.
"Tommorow, I'll be attending Sasuke's Enterance Ceremony at the Academy." He told him. The two males in the room looked to Itachi surprised.
"It's required for a relative to attend the ceremony. Father, you've received the notice, right?" The long-haired boy informed him with a small smirk. The brown-haired man glared at his eldest son and stood up.
"I understand. I'll go to the Academy." He agreed in a defeated tone.
They all left it at that.
Sasuke thought to himself of how unreachable his brother was.
So strong...so smart...so...perfect.
And what was he?
A nuisance. Mediocre. Just...flawful.
When he had gone to the Ceremony the next day, his father didn't even seem to care to be there. And when one of Itachi's old teachers came and told Sasuke he was to be strong like Itachi one day, Sasuke had blushed a bit shyly and cutely, but the compliment was soon shot down by his father.
"Become an excellent shinobi like your brother." His father had commanded him. Little Sasuke had only looked down and said 'Okay'
And in the classroom during Break Time, he left to avoid the whispers said behind his back and went to train.
He threw another shuriken at the target, feeling tired and dissapointed in himself.
Was he ever to live up to his Father's and everyone else's expectations?
Sometimes, he wished someone would like him just for him.
Not because he was Itachi's brother or an Uchiha...but just for him.
Sasuke.
He never knew...that when he was training that day, a young girl was watching him and admiring his strength.
She could only wonder this strong and handsome boy's name...
This young emerald-eyed girl did.
The kunai bounced off the target with a resounding clang. The young midnight-eyed boy panted from training so long.
He wanted to be just like him. His brother.
He recalled what Itachi had done two days ago. He had jumped up so gracefully and used his skills to hit all the targets with one try.
So perfect was how he did it.
So imperfect Sasuke was attempting to.
Sasuke scowled as he picked up the failed kunai. He began to try again until he saw a flash of pink. He snapped his head to the direction.
Silence.
Maybe it's my imagination... He thought to himself and attempted to do the techinque again.
He failed. And from over-exhaustion...
...he also fainted.
Sasuke felt his lungs hurt after having breathed so much. He heard footsteps run near to him, but he was much too tired to look to them.
"Are you okay?" A voice asked panicked. The possesor of the voice ran to his side and he looked up.
Sunlight streamed through the thick canopy of trees and the figure was illuminated by its golden rays.
It was a girl.
Her pink-rose hair fell in front of her with gracefulness, her peach-toned skin shadowed beautifully, and her emerald eyes full of worry.
She looked like some delicate glowing fairy.
Sasuke blushed deep from this girl's looks and his heart pounded fast.
Some would say it was Love-At-First-Sight, but no one can really say what he had felt that day when he looked at this girl.
"You..." He whispered with shyness in his voice. Sasuke felt himself drift into unconciousness.
Who...is this fairy? He thought tiredly and went unconcious. The pink-haired girl fretted.
"Hey! Hey! Wake up!" She urged and shook his body. Sasuke didn't budge.
She had no choice, but to try to take him to safety.
The little girl picked up Sasuke with struggled attempts. He was just so heavy!
"Uhn!" She grunted and finally got him off the ground.
Partially.
His legs still dragged behind her, but his body was leaned against her. The girl blushed and her face grimaced.
She was much too weak, obviously to carry him, but carried him, she still did.
She walked and finally realized.
She had no complete idea where this guy lived.
The emerald-eyed girl panicked again; She finally decided to just take him to her house.
She walked and walked and sweat streamed down her face.
Footsteps.
She lifted her head as a shadow cast before her.
There stood a tall boy with long black hair tied up and cold obsidion eyes. Her breathe caught and her heart pounded.
"Who're you?" He asked plainly.
"I-I-I..." She stuttered. She was much too afraid to say anything.
"What're you doing with my brother?" He asked her. Sakura looked to Little Sasuke and back to the towering man.
"Th-This is your b-brother?" She stuttered. He only nodded.
"H-He fainted. Um...and he won't wake up..." She explained. Itachi blinked to the girl.
He reached behind her and picked up Sasuke's limp body. The girl jumped and flinched under his touch but felt Sasuke's weight be taken off her shoulders. She felt like she was floating with the heaviness having been removed.
"I'll take him then." He informed her and placed Sasuke on his back. She nodded fastly. Itachi looked down to her before he left.
He smiled to her and patted her pink head softly.
"Thank you for helping him." He told her gently and began to walk away. The emerald-eyed girl blushed.
Who was that boy? She still didn't know his name.
But...she sure admired his strength and looks.
"Geez, you need to rest on your day off from the Academy." His mother chided her young son playfully as she tended his wounds.
"Ouch." Sasuke complained and jumped a little from the rubbing alchohol placed on his wounds. It burned.
"There's no need to overdo it." She continued with her soft motherly voice. Sasuke looked downcast.
"Brother...he graduated from the Academy in only a year." He stated in a sad tone.
"The times have changed then. And, he is special." She reasoned. Sasuke thought back to when he had heard his father overpraising Itachi.
As expected from my child.
Sasuke longed to hear those words be directed at him.
"Mother." Sasuke called out weakly.
"Hm?"
"...Does father love me?"
"Sweet Sasuke...of course he does."
"But he loves Itachi more, right?" He asked in despair.
"He loves you both equally. You should know that."
"I know, but..."
"By the way, Sasuke."
"Yes mother?"
"Itachi said you were saved by a...girl." She commented with mishief in her voice.
"I was?"
"Mhmm. So...is she your girlfriend now?" She asked with a wink. Sasuke blushed and widened his midnight eyes.
"M-Mother! It's not like that! She wasn't even a girl!" He protested. The woman's eyes gleamed confusion.
"Then what was she?"
"A fairy!" He proclaimed with intensity.
"A...fairy?"
"Mhmm. She was beautiful and graceful...she had to be a fairy." He stated his case. His mother chuckled.
"Whatever you say, Sasuke. Now I'm done here. Go rest your body." She told him gently.
He threw another shuriken to the target.
Missed again.
He thought back to what had happened that day at the Academy.
They had received their Report Cards and it had said Sasuke was getting the top marks in all his classes.
He felt pride overwhelm him. What would Father think?
He would surely approve of him...right?
But when he had showed him, he had only said to keep it up so as to be like Itachi.
Sasuke didn't want him to say that, but to congadulate him.
Sasuke sighed as he picked up his shuriken again. He glanced to a tree after gathering them all.
"I know you're there." He called out. A small gasp was heard.
Little Sasuke knew who it was.
The fairy girl.
Sasuke walked over to the tree and looked behind it.
There stood a young girl with big round emerald eyes and short shimmering pink-rose hair that covered her face. She was back-first to the tree and looked at him stunned and embarressed, her face a charming cherry.
"A-Ah..." She whimpered. Sasuke cocked an eyebrow.
"Why are you watching me, fairy girl?" He asked. The pink-haired girl blushed deeper.
"M-My name's not 'fairy girl' and I-I wasn't watching you!" She protested with shyness.
"Then what're you doing here?"
"I-I was going to t-train..."
Sasuke blinked. Maybe he was wrong this whole time?
No, he wasn't. He knew how fairies loved to be trickful and and she would most probably steal his soul!
But...she was just so beautiful...He didn't have the heart to mistrust her...
"Okay." He said passively and walked away. He had to train.
To gain father's acceptance.
"U-Um...I can help you..." She told him softly. Sasuke turned to her with wide midnight eyes.
"Really?"
"Mhmm. I'm really good with shuriken and kunai, so if you want I can help teach you..." She offered.
Sasuke blushed a bit but nodded.
Fairies, after all, could be helpful and kind, too.
"No, no, no! You've got it all wrong!" She exclaimed and ran to him. She knew what kunai techinque he was attempting. She had studied it in a book once.
But...this boy was getting the structure all wrong.
Sasuke snapped his head to her with irratance in his eyes as he landed on the ground.
"What now?" He asked impatiently.
"Here." She commanded and took some kunais from the ground. She held three of them within the gaps of her fingers and held them as Sasuke had.
"You're supposed to led them slide out of your fingers, not force them out. You have to do this with grace!" She scolded him and threw the kunais the way she had instructed. The daggers hit three targets perfectly. Little Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Wow...fairies really are powerful..." He exclaimed in awe. The pink-haired girl looked to him with uncertainty.
"I'm telling you, I'm not a fairy! So stop saying that..." She protested with a hint of pink.
"But you're pretty and graceful! You are a fairy!" He protected his opinion. The emerald-eyed girl blushed as did Sasuke.
He didn't mean to say that so loudly...
"A-Ah..." She uttered emberrassed. She gulped and backed away.
"I-I just remembered. I-I-I have t-to go home..." She lied and began to edge away from there.
"W-Wait!" Little Sasuke called out. She turned her head to him.
"Promise you'll be here tommorow?" He asked with innocence in his eyes and crimson on his cheeks. She nodded.
"O-Okay." She agreed and ran off.
Sasuke gulped and felt his face redden.
He then remembered, he didn't even ask what her name was.
She had come just as said. That made Little Sasuke happy.
He didn't know why.
Either way, it didn't matter as he threw another shuriken to the target using the tidbits of advice and tips she had given him.
"Say..." She asked as she sat against a tree trunk and watched him train. "...why do you train so much anyway?"
Sasuke continued to throw the shuriken.
"Because..." he began "...I want to be stronger then my older brother. So my father will recognize me."
The little girl blinked her big emerald eyes. She remembered the guy that had taken Sasuke from her when he had fainted. He did seem strong.
"Doesn't your father love you?" She asked. Sasuke's heart panged.
"Of course, but...One day I want him to tell me congratulations or some sort of compliment, y'know?" He informed her and continued to train. She blinked and nodded her head.
"Makes sense..."
Little Sasuke stopped for awhile and looked to her with an emberrassed blush.
"Wh-What?" She asked as she caught him staring. Sasuke only shook his head and smiled shyly.
"Nothing." He lied and continued to train. He couldn't tell her...
That when she was around, he seemed to feel more confident.
Oh well.
It must be a fairy thing.
Sasuke sat on the porch of his house with his elder brother; the report card that had said Sasuke was the smartest in his class between them.
"Father always talks about you." Sasuke said simply and sadly.
"Am I that bad?" Itachi asked rhetorically with a sad smile. Little Sasuke looked to him stunned.
"Whatever, it's alright. Shinobi are hated by others, so it's no surprise." Itachi continued passively.
"Tha-That way..." Sasuke protested but stopped. He knew he was true. His midnight eyes looked downcast.
It's just as he said. In truth, I...about my brother... He realized. He felt the same jealousy towards his own blood.
Itachi smiled at him cheerfully.
"This is what happens when you are skilled. Power causes you to become isolated and arrogant. In the beginning, you only aim for what you dream of. It's just that we're unique siblings. I'm the barrier you must overcome, so you and I will continue to exist together." He explained. Sasuke listened to his older brother intently and with interest. Itachi looked to him joyfully.
"Even if you hate me, that's what being a big brother is." He continued and a sound interrupted his speech.
The sound of their front door opening.
"Is Itachi here!" A voice yelled in irritated tone. "We need to speak with you! Come out!"
Three Uchiha clan members stood in the door way with angry looks on their faces.
"What is it? With everyone here..." The long-haired shinobi asked confused.
"Two were absent from last night's meeting. Why didn't you come?" The brown-haired man asked. Sasuke peeked from the corner at the scene in front of him. His eyes sheened fright.
Just as I thought, he really didn't go to the meeting father mentioned. Little Sasuke commented as he recalled a fight he heard his father and Itachi got into one night over the subject.
"Ever since you joined ANBU you have had several missions. I understand that. Your father has told us that too. He watches out for you, but...We don't plan to give you any special treatment." He continued sternly. Itachi closed his eyes and nodded.
"I understand. I'll be more careful now. Please leave." He requested politely.
"You're right. But before that, there's something else we want to ask you..." The wrinkle-faced member began. Itachi opened his eyes in silent surprise.
"It's about the suicidal drowning in the Nakano river last night. That of Uchiha Shisui."
Itachi flinched. Suicide? Sasuke wondered. He didn't hear anything about that.
"The other one who was absent last night was Shisui. Honestly, it was believed that you thought of Shisui like an older brother." The brown-haired one contiuned.
"Is that so? I have not seen him at all recently. It's unfortunate." Itachi commented emotionlessly. The tension thickened in the room.
"So we, the police force, decided to investigate this more thoroughly." The man continued.
"Investigate?" Itachi questioned. A gray-haired member reached into his sash and pulled out a note, handing it to Itachi as he did.
"This is Shisui's suicide note. We identified the handwriting. There's no doubt that it really is his writing." He explained.
"If it really is a murder, what are you investigating?" Itachi asked.
"If one can use Sharingan then it would be easy to copy any handwriting." The brown-haired one sneered. Itachi read the letter silently. Sasuke ached to read it himself, but stayed where he was.
"He was one of the most skilled Uchiha..." The gray-haired one explained. "...and was feared as 'Shisui of the Mirage'. He was a man who could take on any mission for the clan. It's hard to think he would do this kind of thing and kill himself."
"You shouldn't judge others by their appearance and you preconceptions." Itachi protested.
"For now, we'll leave that note with you. Take that to ANBU and request that they investigate it as well." They ordered.
"Understood." Itachi agreed. The group began to leave until the gray-haired one stopped.
"I hope there'll be other clues." He spoke.
"We have different ways than ANBU too. If you try to hide anything we'll know right away." The brown-haired one commented smugly.
That did it.
Itachi glared at him and clenched his fist.
"How about being more direct? You're suspicious of me, right?" He asked angerly. All of them glared at him with red Sharingan eyes and Itachi did the same. The tension and mood turned foul. "Listen up, Itachi! If you try to betray the clan, you won't get off easy!"
Itachi wouldn't stand for it and he could surpress his anger no longer. He charged forth and knocked all three of them back unto the street. Sasuke's mouth gaped open as he witnessed the violent scene.
"It's just as I said earlier. You shouldn't judge others by their appearances and your preconceptions. You thought that I would be patient. The clan...The clan...All of you, without measuring your own capacity had no idea of mine. And, now, you lie here defeated." Itachi spoke in a sick and evil tone. Sasuke couldn't believe what he was hearing.
This side of my brother...is something I've never seen before.
"Shisui...had been watching over you recently. Just half a year after joining ANBU, your actions and words became strange. What in the world are you thinking?" One of the men uttered. Itachi only narrowed his Sharingan eyes.
"You focus on your group, and you focus on your clan, and you focus on your name. These kind of things should be done away with, as it retstrains us and our capabilities. Also, things we have not seen yet and things we do not know yet...It is foolish to fear them." He continued ruthelessly.
"Stop it, Itachi!" A commanding voice boomed. Itachi snapped his head and looked into the angry eyes his father.
"What in the world are you saying? Itachi, you have been a bit strange lately."
"There's nothing strange...I'm carrying out my duty. That's all." The ANBU explained passively and avoided the Clan leader's gaze.
"Then why didn't you come to the meeting last night?"
"To reach the height..."
"What're you talking about?"
Itachi merely grabbed a kunai from his pack and threw it at one of the Uchiha fan symbols on the wall that surrounded the Uchiha district.
A bad omen.
"My capacity...I've lost all hope for this pathetic clan." He told his father sternly. Sasuke's eyes widened and recalled the Itachi that had reassurred him when he thought himself too weak...who had cheered him up when times were bad...who had helped him try gain father's attention...
This wasn't him. This wasn't the older brother who cared and joked with him. No, this couldn't possibly be him.
He was much too evil.
"You forget of what is most important to because you're not letting go of a lesser thing, the clan. There is no room for change if rules and regulations, expectations and wishes, prevent it from happening." He continued.
"Such arrogance! Enough! If you keep spouting nonsense, we'll have you arrested! Well, what're you going to do?" The gray-haired member shouted.
"We can't allow this any more! Captain! Please issue an order for an arrest!" One of them ordered. Sasuke's heart stopped.
He didn't want his brother taken away.
"Brother! Enough, stop!" He called desperatly. He wanted his older brother back. He wanted this demon that had possessed him to leave.
Itachi snapped awake as if he was asleep. He looked downcast, fell to his knees, and bowed deeply.
"The one who killed Shisui wan't me. For all I have said, I am most sorry. Please forgive my rudeness." He begged. His father paused for awhile and closed his eyes.
"Recently, he's been worked to death by ANBU and is tired." He explained apoligeticaly.
"Captain!"
"ANBU is a unit under the direct control of Hokage-sama. Even we, the police force, can't arrest someone without a warrant. Also, about Itachi...I will take responsibility of watching over him. Please!" He begged the three.
"I understand."
Itachi was safe.
The clan leader walked back into his house and passed by his frightened youngest son. Sasuke continued to look to Itachi with worry.
Itachi glanced back to the man and his Sharingan eyes went a strange shape...none that the small boy had seen before.
This frightened and worried Little Sasuke to no end.
Fire blew hottly above the lake's surface, but died away just as quickly.
Sasuke panted and formed the seals again.
His father had taken him out that morning to teach him the fireball justu. He said it was a basic Uchiha justu that, when mastered, you could finally call yourself a clan member.
But when his father first saw Sasuke do it, he only produced a small short-lived flame. His father was dissapointed, said "Just as I thought, you aren't like Itachi...", and walked back home leaving Sasuke on the port alone and ashamed.
He was finally noticed by his father that morning! He was so overjoyed, but his happiness was dashed when he had failed.
He would try. He would try to master the justu so as to live to his father's expectations.
Little Sasuke blew another miserable flame. His heart panged.
Something was wrong. Whenever he usually trained he would feel excited, but now...
...he felt so empty. Like something was missing.
The he realized it.
Fairy girl.
She cried silently and hugged her legs.
Maybe he was late? No, that couldn't be it.
He had abandonded her.
Was she too annoying? Was she too...ugly?
She hated this forehead. This huge and hideous forehead of hers.
She buried her face in her lap and cried some more.
Why was she crying anyway? He was just a boy...
A boy, that when she helped him, smiled at her and thanked her shyly. Sometimes the two would talk as well and laugh over silly things. The boy who had called her 'fairy girl'.
...She really liked him.
She cried and cried.
Maybe he hated her. Yeah, that was it. He hated her.
She kinda hated herself too. So weak she was.
She never stood up for herself. Not when those mean kids picked on her or never piped up in class. She didn't have friends.
All because she was Forehead Girl and Billboard Brow.
She felt so pathetic. So stupid.
Maybe she would stay like this forever...
"Fairy Girl!"
The emerald-eyed girl shot her head up and saw a boy run to her.
The boy she admired.
Sasuke ran up to her and stopped with widened black eyes. She was confused.
Didn't he hate her?
"Wh-What're you...doing here?" She blubberred between hics and sobs. Little Sasuke looked to her sadly. He kneeled and looked into her face guiltly.
"I'm sorry..." He apoligized and bowed his head. The girl dried her tears and nodded.
"It's okay..."
Sasuke stood up and blushed shyly.
"I-I'm training somewhere else...and something different...a justu..." He explained.
"You don't need me anymore?" She asked frightened. She didn't have a clue how to train with justus. She was much too young.
"No..." He whispered.
"But I don't know how I can help you..."
"Can...you still watch me?" He asked embarressed. She didn't need an explantion why as she blushed profusely.
"Okay."
She stood up, sniffled, and walked beside him. He glanced to her nervously and quickly took hold of her hand. He didn't know why he did.
He just knew he had to.
She snapped her head up with a stunned face. He looked away and only squeezed her hand.
The pink-haired girl looked down and smiled. He smiled as well.
The two walked in blind and giddy happiness.
He formed the seals and blew once again. She watched Sasuke intently on the hill connected to the port with her head in her hands and her elbows on her knees.
She was intrigued that he could do such a justu at his age.
"Hey...do you need help?" She asked. She had read alot on chakra control; Maybe that could help? He stopped, looked to her, and shook his head.
"No...I...I want to do this on my own, okay?" He explained and formed the seals again. She smiled.
He was a really courageous boy.
"Then...why am I here?" She asked skeptically. The Uchiha boy stopped once again and looked down.
"Because...um...I don't know...When you're around...I feel really strong..." He explained and blushed profusely. She did the same.
"Maybe it's a fairy thing..." He mumbled and began to train once again. She sighed.
"But..I'm not a fairy..." She whispered. She wasn't pretty. She wasn't perfect.
She still didn't understand why she was 'Fairy Girl'.
"I wish you wouldn't call me fairy girl..."
"But you are a fairy."
"Then can I call you Chicken head?" She asked playfully. Sasuke snapped his head to her annoyed.
"N-No! I do not have a Chicken head!" He protested. She smiled and giggled.
"But your hair is shaped so funny!"
"N-No it's not! Stop saying that!" He denied and held his hands over his midnight locks.
Darn fairies and their teasing...
She burst out laughing and fell back. Sasuke felt irritated at her.
He was an Uchiha! He wouldn't stand for this mockery!
"Then that makes you a Billboard Brow!" He yelled without thinking.
The girl froze and stopped laughing.
All the teasing came back to her. The laughing and sneering.
They had even thrown dirt on her once. God, how much she cried then.
She looked up to the sky and her vision blurred.
She began to cry.
Little Sasuke blinked his eyes.
Was she okay?
"H-Hey..." He called out and began to walk to her. She sat upright and looked to him despairingly. His breathe caught as he saw her cry.
She felt betrayed. Maybe he was another bully like the other kids. Maybe he wasn't a friend she could have.
She lowered her head and sobbed hysterically. Sasuke didn't know what to do. He rushed to her and leaned down.
"H-Hey, don't cry! I-I'm sorry!" He apoligized hurringly. She didn't stop. He was probably lying anyway.
Sasuke was confused. He did the first thing that jumped into his mind.
He kissed her softly on the forehead.
She widened her tear-streamed eyes and blushed madly. He pulled apart quickly.
"You're supposed to kiss a wound to make it better..." He whispered as an explenation. Of course he didn't believe in that. He was much too mature and level-headed to. But it was the only thing he could think of at the moment. She blinked a few times.
She stopped crying.
"Th-Thank you..." She whispered. Sasuke cleared his throat as he had seen his father do so many times before.
"J-Just for the record...my name's Sasuke." He told her. She looked to him surprised.
Sasuke...she liked it.
"What's your last name?" The little girl asked.
"I can't tell you that. They say that Fairies can steal your soul if they know your last name!" He exclaimed. Sakura smiled at him and giggled.
"You are so weird..." She commented and smiled at him warmly. Sasuke coudn't help but blushed.
She was just so cute...
"I-I should get back to training!" He excused and turned.
She smiled and touched her forehead.
Sasuke...she really liked this guy...
He trained nonstop for the next few days.
He would train till the late night, at which she had to go home in case her mother worried, and he trained in the rain, too.
He would master the justu.
No matter what.
He walked to the port again one morning.
His mother stopped him.
"Sasuke! Wait a minute." His mother called out softly. He stopped and turned his head to her.
"What?" He asked puzzled as she walked to him. He looked to his mother cutely as she bended down to his height.
She began to rub ointment around his mouth and he flinched from the stinging. Burn marks were around his mouth from using the fireball justu too much.
She smiled and giggled at him from his reaction.
"What is this?" He asked. It hurt and stung. He began to walk away when she finished. The black-haired boy wanted to go and train.
"Ah, don't move." She told him sweetly and placed bandages over the ointment.
"There, all done." She anounced when she finished. Little Sasuke looked to his mother with seriousness. He turned his head away forlornly.
"Mother..."
"Hm?"
"No, nothing."
"Alright."
Sasuke began to walk away. The beautiful black-haired woman stared at her smallest son with happiness and her soft eyes filled with motherly worry.
She hoped her son wouldn't push himself too far.
She, like any other mother, wished her son only safety and happiness.
The crickets chirped as he blew once again, and the stars twinkled above.
His father wanted him to be strong. Be like Itachi.
His heart panged.
Why couldn't he be loved for himself? As Sasuke, not Uchiha Sasuke or Itachi's little brother.
He sighed and looked behind himself.
Fairy girl hadn't come that day either.
Was she bored of watching him?
He felt sad and despaired as he thought back to his previous train of thought. Would anyone love him just for who he was? Not for who he was related to...
...but just for him.
He breathed heavily. The burns hurt.
He had to train, though, so that maybe father would see who he was.
Perhaps it was all a far-fetched dream, though. An unrealistic fantasy.
He felt like crying but held back the tears. He was an Uchiha. He couldn't cry.
But Sasuke stopped training anyway and looked down sadly.
Footsteps.
He ignored them. Maybe it was some villager out for a stroll.
But...they sounded so light...
"Sasuke!"
He turned his head slowly and saw a girl with pink-pearl hair; tied back with a red ribbon. Her emerald eyes bright, as they no longer hid behind shaggy bangs.
He blushed.
"Fairy...girl...?" He whispered astonished. She had such a prettier face behind all that hair...
"I-I'm sorry...it's just that I met this girl named Ino and we talked yesterday and today she gave me this ribbon and I met her friends and-!" She explained in a hurried panic.
"You're hair..." He mumbled. She stopped.
"Wh-What? D-Do I look f-funny...?" She asked worringly. Little Sasuke shook his head.
"N-No...it's just...you look really pretty without all your hair in your face..." He mumbled shyly. She blushed and looked down.
"Th-Thank you..."
A long awkward pause followed.
"S-Sasuke..." She called out after a few uncomfortable moments grew.
"Y-Yeah?"
"Are you okay? I mean, you looked all sad when I ran here..."
"Yeah, I'm-!" He began to protest, but stopped.
What's the use of lying?
"...not fine." He finished.
"Why?"
He blinked and sat down with his legs dangling on the edge. She walked over and sat by him.
"I...don't think anyone loves me for who I am." He confessed. She looked to him sadly and listened intently.
"They don't see the real me. They only see me as my older brother's sibling and my clan's member..."
"I think you're strong..."
"Only cause of what I am right?"
"What do you mean?"
"My clan..." He trailed off. She knew he was an Uchiha...right?
"Is your family all that big?" She asked questioningly. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.
The Uchiha clan was famous in Konoha. Everybody knew who they were.
Didn't she?
"Don't you know what I am?" He asked confused. She shook her head.
"You're not in my Academy class and I've only seen you when you train...and you didn't tell me your last name..."
"You don't know I'm an Uchiha!" He exclaimed. Her emerald eyes widened.
"Y-You are?" She questioned with a stunned tone. She couldn't believe it. She had been talking to an Uchiha all this time!
"You seriously didn't know? What about the clan's crest on my back?" He asked. She shook her head.
"I never noticed. I'm sorry..." She apoligized. His mouth gaped open and he looked at her stunned. She had hung out with him all this time...with no complete clue of who he was.
"So...you really like me for me..." He breathed amazed. She nodded.
"Of course, Sasuke." She reassured him. Little Sasuke's heart beat madly and he felt his face grow hot. His heart skipped and he felt like jumping for joy. This girl liked him for him!
This girl...she was so kind and cute...he couldn't help but...like her as well.
Sasuke gulped and looked down.
"Uh...um...H-Hey...I-I-I was wondering..." He stuttered emberrassed. She looked to him confused.
"What is it?" She asked cutely. He glanced to her and then back down. She looked so delicate under the moonlight...
"C-Can..."
He didn't know what was wrong with himself.
"I-Is it alright if..."
He had no complete idea of this warm feeling in his heart.
"I-Is it a-alright i-if I can..."
But others would say he had fallen in love.
"Is it alright if I can kiss you?" He finally asked her daringly. Her eyes widened and her face grew cherry as did his.
"Wh-What...? Why...?" She asked mortified. Sasuke looked down nervously.
"I-I don't really know..." He answered. The red-ribboned girl looked down and fiddled with her hands.
"U-Um..." She struggled to say. Sasuke looked to her with hopeful eyes.
What could she say? She had just met this boy weeks ago...
Yet her stomach filled with butterflies when she was around him. Her heart lifted.
Whatever the feeling was, she was sure it was good.
"O-Okay..." She answered and looked to him. Sasuke gulped.
She closed her eyes and he leaned in with a shaking body.
And his lips touched hers softly.
The Uchiha boy's heart sped quickly and his face grew more warm.
She blushed deeply and suddenly felt shy.
He drew away fastly and looked to her nervously as she did the same.
They only stared at each other amazed at what had occurred.
Their first kisses... had gone to each other.
Sasuke, feeling brave, leaned in and kissed her again. The fairy girl wasn't the least bit surprised and kissed him back.
He parted and his eyes were innocent and shy.
"Why did you kiss me again?" She asked softly. Sasuke looked down.
"Because...I really like you..." He uttered. She blushed and looked down as well.
An awkward silence fell.
"I should get going..." She stated after a while. Sasuke nodded fastly.
She stood up as did he. He had to get back to training.
"S-See ya..." He farewelled and turned back to the lake. His eyes widened at what she had did next.
She leaned and kissed him on the cheek.
He stared at her with amazed eyes. She looked down with a blush and smile on her face. Her hands were clasped behind her back.
"Good luck." She whispered, turned, and began run.
He looked to her till she was gone from sight. He placed a hand on his cheek and smiled shyly. Little Sasuke turned back to the matter at hand and formed the seals.
That night, he fully mastered the Fireball justu.
His Father had approved of him and respected him now. He was getting stronger. He had fallen in love.
Things were looking bright for Little Sasuke.
He threw another shuriken.
Shuriken pratice was running late, but he didn't care. He felt like he could catch up to Itachi now.
He smiled.
He would reach his goal. He would join the Konoha Police Force and help protect his village.
Heck, he would probably marry a nice woman too when he grew up...
...like Fairy Girl.
Sasuke blushed timidly.
He hadn't seen her after that night. He went back to the port, but she was nowhere to be found.
That's alright. Maybe he would bump into her one day in the village.
That would be wonderful.
Nothing could ruin his day. Sure, the suspicion of the strange Sharingan eyes Sasuke had seen Itachi with bothered him, but he shrugged it off.
Things were looking bright.
He ran home with eagerness that night and felt a chill run up his spine.
A bad omen.
He stopped and noticed something.
Why were the lights in the Uchiha district out? It was much too early to sleep...
And...why was there a smell of blood in the air?
He woke up sweating and panting.
A dream...? He wondered.
Was what had all happened a dream? The clan having been slaughtered by his older brother...Itachi admitting to killing Shisui for the Mangekyou Sharingan eyes...The harsh words he spoke to him...
Could it have all been a dream?
He began to sit up and felt a stinging pain in his shoulder. He lifted up his shirt-sleeve to see the cause of it.
Bandages wrapped around his shoulder. His eyes widened in fear.
From the shuriken Itachi had thrown at him...
He walked out of his hospital room and heard some nurses talking.
"Yes. That's right. He was the only one spared."
"He had an older brother, right?"
"His whereabouts are unknown."
"It's hard to imagine the illustrious clan, Uchiha, would fall."
Sasuke walked silently behind their backs. He wanted to see. He needed to see.
He must see.
Was it all really gone? His clan and his family. He had to see with his own eyes.
He ran outside to the Uchiha district. The clouds were gray and threatened to spill rain, but he didn't care.
He wanted to see.
He arrived panting. Police tape barriered him from the inside. He ignored this and went through anyway.
"Hey, Sasuke-chan. What have you come to buy today?" His Auntie Shizu greeted him in front of her shop. He smiled.
Maybe it was all just a horrible nightmare?
His vision blurred. The shop was destroyed and his Auntie and Uncle gone.
It was only a hallucination.
He looked around.
Silence. Dead, cold, unforgiving silence.
They were all gone. They were all dead. His family, his relatives, his clan...
...Gone.
Rain fell.
He walked slowly, disbelieving what was happening, and felt cold and soaked.
Mentally and Physically.
He recalled an old conversation he had with his Auntie Shizu.
It was about Itachi. "He's the pride of this clan, that child is." She had said.
The person they were so fond and proud of killed them all though.
Every single one of them.
He walked into his house. Memories flooded back of his sweet mother and his stubborn father.
He wanted them to come out and tell him it had been a bad nightmare.
That everything was fine.
They couldn't, though, and they never would.
For they were gone as well.
He heard a noise in the kitchen and ran.
"Mother!' He yelled. Was it that kind and gentle woman who loved him dearly? The sweet and innocent lady who cared for him?
A hissing meow came from a black cat on the windowsill when he opened the door.
It was not mother.
Because, mother was gone.
You're brother is your brother. You are you. She had told him softly one time.
Did you know brother was a murderer, mother? Or did you still love him then, like the caring and forgiving women you have been?
He walked into the room they were killed in. No, he had dared himself into that horrid room.
The blood stains were there. The bodies gone, but chalk lines had showed where they were.
They were really gone. They were really dead.
Forever and to never come back.
He fell to his knees and cried.
They were gone. All of them. His family...the ones he loved dearly...
...Gone.
He dangled his legs on the port and looked unto the water. He reminisced of his parents.
He missed them.
He wanted them to come and for mother to say "Sasuke, of course we're not dead." and for father to only smile at him with that stubborn smile.
But they wouldn't.
For they were dead.
He felt so depressed and empty...
Sasuke threw a pebble into the pond and saw the waves form as his reflection became blurred.
He widened his eyes as a visage of Itachi came into view.
He killed them. Killed them all to...test his strength.
Hate rose in Sasuke. He hated this man. No, he loathed him.
Sasuke stood up and jumped unto the water.
He would kill him. He would kill his brother so as to avenge his family.
No matter what.
He forgot of the first kiss he shared with her. He forgot the love he felt.
But she never did.
Sadly, influence from Ino and the need to be popular turned the emerald-eyed girl selfish.
But, she truelly did love him. She still did and she still does.
For she was Fairy Girl.
For she was Sakura.
Now, she waits for him. For the man she once loved even as a child. The small boy who had nicknamed her Fairy Girl.
The man she will always and forever love.
A past is remembered. Sad yet happy, a bittersweet childhood.
Can Naruto really fufill his promise? Will he save Sasuke?
The clock has betrayed us. You may hear the epic tale later.
That's the end of Ch.15! Thank you for reading :3
Ah...the whole Itachi pet younger Sakura on the head thing was my sister's idea. Go thank her for it.: D
Mmm...I made fluff for you guys! Ah yes...young love, how sweet. x3
Hm...I mostly wrote this chapter as proof that SasuSaku could happen even if his family was never killed.
Just stopping Anti-SasuSaku opinions before they even start. xD
Well, anyway, thank you for reading! I hope you have a most wonderful day! Ciao!
-Apple Fairy