I do not own Sasuke Uchiha or The quote below. Any hint of OOCness or Mary-sueness is not intentional. Enjoy!

Hello once again! Thanks to 123Blue's Clues and unftastic for reveiwing :) I hope (demand) to get more reveiws later.

Anywho, just FYI to avoid confusion. All the chapters will take time about a year from eachother.

Last time it was after Sasuke left Konaha and was with Orochimaru. I'd say he was training and fighting Orochimaru's henchmen when Cheshire met him.

So, read, enjoy, and reveiw!


"There's no use trying," said Alice, "one cannot beleive in impossible things."

"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen.

"When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

~ Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland


The sun was high, as were here spirits as she made her way along the well worn path. It occupied her rather easily bored mind to try to imagine how many different people have travelled the same path she was now setting foot on. It amused her gretly but soon even that grew tiresome.

People passed and people went, though none stayed to chat. That was the problem with humans now a days; they were too caught up in either where they were going or where they had been. They never stopped to enjoy now.

Cheshire was, as most people would say, unique. She took her time and went her way, savouring the day for what it was.

It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place, she mused to herself

Her mind wandered in the vast space of her mind were memories lurked; dark memories stained with blood and hopelessness.

Though that was behind her now. She was not one to dwell on the past. It was irrelevant to the now.

Her mind's eyes land on the memory of him.

Sasuke ...Uchiha was it? Yes, I beleive so...

She frowned, a look that she was no familar with. He was surmerged with the past, with clouded his future. It was so painfully obvious that one would not stand to look at it for too long. Yet Cheshire continued to go back to him. He was a challange.

Oh, how Cheshire so much enjoyed challanges!

Through her travels she has come upon so many of different sizes and shapes. It had become somewhat of a hobby of hers.

Yes, this challange would be a rather fun one at that. She would see that Sasuke would see the know of his life.

Her grin returned as it always does. Her eyes brightened in a sly tone.

Cheshire would most definetly enjoy this challange.


Normality was a rare factor in Sasuke Uchiha's life. Though his life was never what one would call normal.

It was a quiet, gentle day lacking excitement. It was a simple task that was asked of the young Uchiha; to receive a scroll. He beleived that it was simple enough. It was only guarded my a few hundred men in a heavily guarded fortress. Yes, it was a simple mission.

Though, it lost its simplicity when Sasuke could not find the so very needed scroll. Red eyes glared at the empty box where the object should very well have been.

He dropped the box without care. Frustration bit through him as he thought of all the trouble he went through to attain the scroll. He had questioned many, and had slaughtered a whole fortress just to get to emptiness.

Sasuke devoured the whole fortress, turning it upside down but his antics turned out to be useless as he found no such thing as a scroll.

Fuming, he made his way back to his previous path.

A giggle erupted behind him. The Uchiha froze and his hand inched torwards his katana.

"Trouble on the road, I presume?"

Spinning around Sasuke found himself slicing a tree in half; not his intended target.

"My, my, someone's a bit angry at journeying to nothing."

He turned around only to be met with blue eyes and a wide grin. She was clad in a simple white kimono with her curly raven hair loosely falling into place around her ever grinning face. She appeared to be a bit older than before, for she seemed a bit taller than of that she was on their last encounter. The Uchiha's eyes fell upon the object in her hand, half way hidden behind her back.

His red eyes narrowed.

"Give me the scroll, Cheshire." He demanded. Her grin grew wider. "Oh, so you remembered my name! I'm oh so flattered by that!"

Sasuke only glared in return. "I have no time for games. Give me the scroll, before I force you to."

"But there's always time for games, Uchiha. And I highly doubt that you would be able to force me too." Her grin turned sly and her eyes flashed dangerously.

Ignoring this, Sasuke lunged with his sword drawn. He blinked in surprise as he met empty air. He surveyed the area, but it was as if she had dissapeared instantly.

Giggles burst from behind him. He turned to see Cheshire leaning casually against a tree throwing the scroll back and forth inbetween each hand.

"Let us turn this into a little game, why don't we?" said Cheshire.

"I'd rather you just hand the scroll over to me. I'm not the type to play games."

"Oh, but that will spoil the fun, Uchiha! A preposition, perhaps? How about if you lay one finger on me," she held up a single finger to emphasize, "Then I give you the scroll."

He lunged at her in response, but she evaded by climbing the tree.

She laughed as she jumped from tree to tree, with Sasuke trailing behind.

But her laugh was subsued as she felt unfamilar chakras making their way torwars them.

I despise it when people ruin my games, she fumed in her head. She decided upon disppearing for now, or at least unitl Sasuke took care of them. Though, while all the time thinking this, the said Uchiha was making his way closer to the girl. He at last reached her, grabbed her around the waist and threw her over his shoulder.

"I caught you," he stated bluntly, "Now give me the scroll."

Cheshire drummed her fingers on his back, clearly angered by the fact that he had actually caught her.

"You do know," she informed, "That they should be here about this time."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "Who?"

"Them." Cheshire pointed out just as a gropu of ninjas burst through the underbrush, all aiming their attacks on the girl and the Uchiha.

He evaded quickly, jumping up onto a nearby tree branch along with Cheshire who was still slung across his shoulders. He set her down on the branch.

"Stay here, and keep the scroll hidden," he commanded. She watched as he went to battle, then made her own way away from it. She was never one to follow intructions. Sauntering off in the mist of battle, usually one would draw attentions to herself. This fact was proven true as one of the ninja linged torwards her.

Cheshire was not in the best of moods. She utterly despised it when some one would dare ruin one of her games and her pride was damaged when the Uchiha boy beat her in her own games. So if was safe to say that Cheshire was somewhat angry and was not the one to be messed with at the time.

Sensing the oncoming foe, Cheshire swiftly turned around and gripped him by the neck, forcing him to gasp for air. She forced his back against the tree, raising her free hand in the form of a claw menacingly. Her eyes flashed dangerously in the light.

"I simply despise it when some one idiodic comes along and ruins my game. Not to mention, my pride was minorly damaged when that Uchiha beat me at my own games," she hissed to him. She swung her hand enjoying the feeling of her nails ripping into fabric and skin, inviting some blood along with it. She placed her hand upon bare, cold skin.

It's about time to feed anyway, and why not vent a little of my agner along with it...?

She grinned at the man, but it was empty. It was the grin of something inhuman.

The man felt his life slowly slipping away. Everything he ever worked for, suddenly gone. All because of her.

"...Monster!" he gasped, using his last breaths.

Her grin only grew wider.

"My dear sir, am I any more of a monster than you lowly humans?"

The man didn't answer, for a dead man cannot. She dropped his lifeless body on the ground carelessly.

Monster? Humans are the real monsters. We are all monsters.

Meanwhile, as Sasuke was finaishing off his last opponent, his gaze drifted to an empty tree branch. Damn women... he thought. He qucikly finished his oppenent only to be distracted by an icredible amount of chakra only a few meters away from him. But, it was as quick as the wind, for it was gone in the next second.

Silence surrounded him only to be broken by delicate footsteps making their way torwards him. Cheshire stepped out of the brush, the oppisite direction of the chakra burst. She had the scroll in hand, and a grin on her face, but as she grew closer the grin gained an eerie look.

"I despise it when some one ruins my fun, and I never loose my own games, but do not consider this a win on your part." she hissed with her eyes flashing. She handed him the scroll. He took it from her gladly giving grip.

"Yet, although I am prideful, I am not the type to break a deal." With that note she turned away, only to have Sasuke grab her shoulder.

She shifted around, her grin still intact but it turned malicious. Sasuke hesitated before he spoke, testing her mood. At the moment he felt as if he cornered a wild animal; unpredictable and dangerous.

"You still haven't answered the question I asked last time." he stated bluntly.

"And which question would that be? I've been asked, have answered, and have asked myself many questions in my lifetime, many of which are unanswered by myself and others."

"Where did you last see Itachi Uchiha." Sasuke's eyes grew dark.

"At place, at time, at point in my life where I was alive. I don't find the past that interesting. You?"

"I'm an avenger. It's important to me to know where you saw him." Sasuke said, almost a growl. He was fed up with her riddles.

"Hm. Caught in the past, I see. It's too bad really; you have some many differnt options ahead of you." Her eyes lit up, and her true grin returned. Somehow this gave Sasuke an uneasy feeling.

"Let's make a deal, hm? You do something for me, and I help you find Itachi."

"...What's the deal?"

"Oh, but it would be no fun if I told before hand!"

Sasuek Uchiha looked at the girl in front of him fully. She looked no older than him, most likely the same age. He looked at her wide grin that could give diferent messages. He gazed into her cat-like blue eyes that were mixtures of many differnt emotions.

This was not some one he was willing to trust.

Though, he had a feeling, call it intuition of you must, that this girl knew many things. Including facts about his long time hated brother.

"I agree."

Her grin widen, as her eyes grew brighter. She motioned for him to come closer, although not one soul was around to hear.

Whispers were heard, that could play as the wind as she told him about her deal.


Wow! You guys better know how much I love you guys. It is late at night on a school night, and I have to wake up extra early tommorow. Your welcome.

Anyway, this went a little bit into Cheshire's dark side. Can anyone guess her abilty? If you do I give you a cookie :3

Anyway, as you can tell Cheshire is a little childish with her games, but when some one interfears, she can become dangerous. I'll go into her past later, but don't expect it to be soon, because Cheshire is the type not to care about her past. Please, reveiw! I really appreciate it when you, even if it's critisizing, because that helps to make a better story :) Thank you to those I mentioned above, I love you guys! Hey, you know what? I'll give you guys cookies! Cookies for everyone that reveiws! And the one that guesses Cheshire's ability will get a cupcake!

Anyway, reveiw, rate, and all those wondeful things. See you next time ;)

-Klu891

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Sorry if there is any mistakes in this, i'm really tired at the moment, but I promise you I tried to proof read my best.