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"talking"

'thinking'

Chapter 2

"MOTHER! FATHER!" screamed Sasuke as his parents fell and their blood spattered on him. He glanced up to the golden eyes of their killer and screamed, "DON'T COME ANY CLOSER!" He tried to back away from him but he kept slipping on his parents' cold, wet crimson blood with tears pouring down his cheeks and his onyx eyes were wide with fear.

"Help me…someone…anyone…Itachi-nii…please…"

Suddenly, a black cat demon stood in front of him and raised his katana towards the killer. Sasuke looked up and said, "Nii-san!"

His brother, Itachi turned his crimson eyes towards Sasuke and shouted,

"RUN SASUKE!"

"But…nii-san…"

"Sasuke just run! Don't worry, I'll catch up! Go!"

Sasuke hesitated and turned to run out towards the door. He ran out to the streets of the Uchiha compound as fast as his little legs can take him with tears pouring down his eyes.

"Nii-san will come…his promised… nii-san is very strong…"

Suddenly, a pale hand grabbed his shoulders; he looked up and saw a pair of golden eyes glowing in the darkness.

"Run as much as you like Sasuke-kun, no matter where you go, I will always find you."

Sasuke opened his eyes and shot up from the covers. 'Damn, that dream again, it's been 6 years since that happened.' Panting deeply, he looked around his surroundings. It's a typical white hospital room with an I.V drop attached to his arm. 'Well, this ain't hell, I'm sure that I'm not dead.' He glanced out the window and saw a village with villagers conducting their daily task. 'Well, at least it's safe to assume I'm not at Sound, with that bloody snake.' His body gave a shudder when he thought of the snake demon. His long black tail gave a wag of discontent.

"You finally woke up, you had us worry for a moment there, and we thought that you won't wake up."

Sasuke turned towards the voice and saw a blonde demon fox with cerulean blue eyes. His body is well-built and tanned surrounded by an air of cockiness. He noticed nine fox tails behind him and by fox demon standards, he must be strong. At first glance, Sasuke knew who he is, 'Naruto,' the one he's been searching for, and he fingered the silver bracelet nervously,andthought 'Does he even remember me? Well, time to test it out…' he then replied,

"How unexpected to have the alpha male of the pack to visit me personally, don't you have other work to attend to?"

Naruto glared at him and said, "Great, just our luck, we've picked up a prissy bastard, you could have at least thank us for fishing you out from the river."

"Why should I thank a moron like you? Dobe."

"Teme."

"Dobe."

"Teme!

"Dobe!"

"TEME! Ouch!"

Sakura whacked Naruto on the head and scolded, "Naruto! Don't go yelling at my patients!" Naruto rubbed the back of his head and mumbled something and Sakura turned and said, "What's that Naruto? Speak up or I can't hear you."

"Nothing." He said quickly with a grin.

Sasuke heard it with his acute cat hearing, and that sure hell wasn't a compliment. And Sakura being a cat demon herself must have heard it because she gave him another whack on the head. Sasuke gave a small smile, it felt like old times, with their usual squabbles and Sakura who once had a crush on him whacked Naruto on the head for quarreling with him.

Sakura turned with a satisfied smile on her face and asked, "How are you feeling?"

"Like shit… where am I?" asked Sasuke.

"Konoha village, you're pretty lucky you know."

"How long was I out?"

"About a week or so, well, that isn't a surprise considering your injuries."

"Injuries?"

"Yeap, two broken ribs, fractured arm, bruising and bleeding here and there, hypothermia, and a serious concussion. No wonder you're unconscious for so long." replied Sakura as she checked the check board. "And it's best if you don't remove that." she said, pointing to the cast on his left arm.

"Yeah, what happened to you teme? What, you tripped and fell flat on your face or something?" said Naruto with a grin on his face.

Sasuke averted his eyes from his and replied, "Accident, chased by some hunters and fell into the river, dobe." He knew that he is lying through his teeth but he sure ain't going to tell the truth. Hopefully there's a place for him here, then he can reveled his true identity one day. But not now, if Orochimaru got a wind of an Uchiha in this village, no doubt he'll burn it to the ground, he never liked this village anyway.

"Sheesh, you sure are prissy! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the alpha male of this pack and that's Haruno Sakura, my childhood friend and our medic." He said as he extended his hand while Sakura gave him a smile.

"Sasuke." he replied as he shook Naruto's hand. He might be imagined it but, he was sure that both Naruto and Sakura's exterior faltered slightly. Followed by an uncomfortable silence.

Either way, Naruto couldn't stand the nasty silence and said, "Well, Sasuke-teme, for the time being you will have to stay here, until we decide what to do with you."

"Naruto, I…" but Sasuke was suddenly cut off when a rabbit demon with long brownish locks and grayish eyes appeared and hugged Naruto from the back. Naruto gave a full blown smile and hugged him back with their tails wagging frantically.

Seeing Sasuke's shocked expression, Naruto kept one hand on the rabbit's shoulder and said, "Sasuke, this is Haku, my mate."