Title: The Child of Darkness

Rated: T (most likely going to be changed)

Category: Naruto

Pairings: None

Summary: He wasn't as idiotic and weak as they thought. No… in fact he was strong, raised by the darkness they left him in.

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Okay so I read your reviews and now I have something going on in my head for this chapter. YAY! Enjoy!

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Chapter 4: Enter Sasuke

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Not a lot of people were around at this time of night. Usually ninja idly patrolled the village, but on this night, they were all on guard duty. 'I guess something good did come of this attack,' Naruto thought while he traveled through the back alleys. Even your everyday drunk wasn't walking around trying to get him some booze. Just the eerie silence of the night and the creepy glow of the moonlight. Naruto eventually came upon a training grounds and delved deep into the forest surrounding it before smirking. 'Okay, it's late at night. I doubt the old man is spying on me.' He shuffled around before standing still. "Now then, there should be a pull on my chakra and..." He thrusted his fist forward, attempting to force his chakra to follow the movement of his arm. He waited for a few seconds and relaxed with a huff as nothing happened. He tried again, getting the same result. Frustration clouded his features and he kept thrusting his hands in front of him. He stop channeling his chakra and swiped the sweat off his face, growling his lack of results. He saw movement to his left and watching in fascination as a shadowy tendril hovered in the air, dancing softly like a flame. He moved his hand and it followed, extending from his shadow.

It barely felt like he was doing anything but holding his hand in the air. He dropped his arm and the tendril dispersed into his shadow, a few wisps of black disappearing into the air. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding to break into a shit-eating grin. He lifted his arm again, imagining the tendril rising out of his shadow to do its dance. He let his arm drop quicker this time, settling into a basic stances with his knees bent. He thrust his hands out on either side of him, shouting with joy as multiple tendrils shot up all around him. He crossed his arms at the wrist and the tendrils started spinning around him, slowly at first but picking up speed. He crossed them further and the tendrils swirled up into a dome that protected him in a full 360 degrees, his shadow being the base of the dome. He gasped – he could see everything perfectly clear from inside the dome but it was pitch black to anyone who looked in. He dropped his arms but imaged the dome staying put. The blond smirked as the image faded, letting the dome melt back into his shadow.

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A frown marred his perfect face, ebony eyes staring at nothing in particular. An unrolled scroll was in his lap, its contents irrelevant to the child at that moment, his conversation with his blond friend a few weeks ago on his mind.

"So why are you not at home? The moon is already up. Isn't your... family worried?" Sasuke shook his head no.

"My mom probably is, maybe my brother, but my dad wouldn't really care. He's always disregarding me because I'm not like my brother..." Naruto frowned.

"Why?" Naruto asked. If he had a kid that wasn't as a good as the other, he wouldn't disregard them. A child is still a child, no matter what – he would know that first hand.

"I don't know. He doesn't like me at all. He thinks I'm too soft or something. And he's really controlling. I'm probably the last thing on his mind right now." The blond's frown deepened at that.

"Why don't you ever talk to him about it?"

"Well he never has time for me, so I talk to my mom and she just says it's because father has to worry about Itachi and his place in the ANBU." Naruto closed his eyes, as if in thought.

"Maybe he keeps doing it because you don't react... Maybe Itachi reacted to being restricted and that's why your dad pays more attention to him," Naruto said with a friendly smile. Sasuke shrugged – anything was worth a try.

The young raven was startled from his thoughts as his door slid open, his father standing in the doorway. He sat straight up, sliding the scroll off his lap. "Oh, good evening, Tou-sama."

The clan head held his youngest's glaze for a while longer before speaking. "Your mother told me you went to the hospital today... why?" he demanded.

"Oh I just went to go see a friend of mine who got injured in the incident at the academy."

"And who exactly is this friend of yours? And why has he been keeping you out late as of recent?"

"You might not know him but his name is Naruto. We train together after school."

"Uzumaki?" Sasuke nodded, caught off guard by the hostility in his father's voice. "Stay away from that child. I don't want you associating with him ever again." He and Naruto's conversation flashed in his head and anger coursed through him, unrestrained.

"Why?" Sasuke suddenly shouted, startling Fugaku. "I understand he doesn't have the best reputation but he's changed! He's more serious now. And he's a really great training partner. He's my friend!"

"I could care less if he's your 'friend'," Fugaku said, mocking the boy. "I will not have that hellspawn tainting anyone from this clan. Especially not my child." Sasuke's eyes widened in rage before his bangs fell in front of his face.

"...A hellspawn?" he muttered through clenched teeth. "He may be a hellspawn but he understands me!"

"What is there to understand? You are the simplest child I have ever come into acquaintances with! Even as a baby you were entertained by the stupidest of things. Never a sharp one."

"Well guess what? I'm you're child and the apple doesn't fall to far from the tree!"

"Excuse me? You dare insult me?! I am your father!"

"I don't care anymore! You're always belittling me and ignoring me because I'm not as advanced as Itachi! You act like everyone around here is a freaking genius and I'm the only one dragging behind! I'm at the top of my class, I've almost mastered our famous clan jutsu, for Kami's sake I can hit a bull's eye without even looking! What more do you want from me? I'm just a child!" Fugaku opened his mouth to retaliate but Sasuke beat him to it. "But even after practically disowning me for my elder brother, the second I make a friend who will do the things you won't, it's not okay? You can't stand there and tell me what I can and cannot do when you can't even do your job as a father!" A loud smack resounded throughout the room, and Fugaku watched as Sasuke fell to the floor, holding his cheek to ease the pain. The elder male waited for his youngest to start crying like he always did but to his surprise, the raven just glared up at him, silent rage dancing in his eyes.

"Don't you glare at me, boy." Sasuke kept glaring, his jaw set into a scowl.

"Fuck you." Fugaku's Sharingan activated and he grabbed his youngest by his arm in a painful grip. Sasuke didn't yell out in pain but gritted his teeth, his ebony eyes in a permanent glaring match with his father's crimson ones.

"How dare you... How dare you raise your voice at me! And you wonder why I won't train you. You aren't worth any of the time and effort I would put into training you! You are a disgrace to this family! You aren't worthy of this clan or its doujutsu!" With that he through the raven to the floor and went to attack him. However, in a quick series of movements, the young raven was out of his father's way, gripping the arm where is father grabbed him, his own Sharingan activated, their one tomoe spinning slowly. "When did you..."

"The attack at the academy. Then again you wouldn't know that." Fugaku went to attack Sasuke again in another fit of rage. In a flash, Mikoto was standing in front of him with a knife at his neck and Itachi at his back with his katana at the base of his father's spine, both with their Sharingan activated, three tomoe spinning.

"Stand down, Fugaku. Attacking my child is completely unacceptable." Mikoto said calmly, a cold edge in her voice. Fugaku frowned – taking on his wife and his heir was unnecessary to just punish that disgrace he called his son. "I'm serious, Fugaku. I wasn't known as the Ebony Rose or was Red Death's partner for playing around."

"And I am not in the ANBU for nonsense either, father," Itachi remarked, his voice soft but firm. Fugaku snorted and deactivated his Sharingan, walking out of the room.

"Pathetic." Mikoto and Itachi relaxed and deactivated their Sharingan, Itachi returning his katana to its sheath. The two brothers' mother rushed over to her youngest, falling to her knees to check him over, her knife clattering to the floor.

"Sasuke-chan, what happened?"

"Nothing... He just told me I couldn't associate with my friend and I got a little angry. That's all..." Sasuke rubbed at his eyes, letting his Sharingan fade as well. Mikoto sent a glance over to Itachi, to which he nodded, and sighed.

"Well I'm going to go put dinner. Want me to bring your dinner in here?"

"Yes, please." Mikoto smiled brightly, pecking her youngest on the check. Sasuke smiled a little, his anger slipping away from him. Mikoto stood up and walked out the room, sliding the door shut softly. Sasuke turned to his brother. "Aren't you going to go too, nii-san?" Itachi shook his head, sitting on the floor and patting the spot next to him. Sasuke sat next to his brother, relaxing as tiredness replaced the spot where his rage had been.

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So as you can see, Sasuke is slightly OCC. But that's because he met Naruto. So there. Anyway, review and favorite please!