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It was stupid, really, but direct of him.

The first thing Sasuke did, was run into a dark alley. No one followed him, no one cared where he went. He was, after all, the second born, and just a daughter. And, unlike the Hyuuga, the Uchiha didn't use escorts for their offspring.

So Sasuke used minimum effort to run and escape, and slide into the poorer civilian districts with many buildings and less people.

It didn't take him long to reach Naruto's house.

Sasuke stopped, and tilted his head up to look at the run-down, graffiti-stained building.

Sasuke's breath hitched at what he was going to ask of...Naruto...Not to mention, he was going to see him again.

His ears went red as he looked down, kicking at the ground- still ashamed of his past screw-up with fuuinjutsu, that landed him into this situation in the first place. It was beyond humiliating, to think that maybe he should have contacted Naruto and got the Uzumaki idiot to decipher that mysterious seal.

Well...now that he's learned his lesson, he was going to ask Naruto for help.

But...

Taking a look, and making the slightest of a hand sign, he sensed that there was no one within range except Naruto's chakra. Sasuke's brow furrowed. Naruto was the Kyuubi jinchuuriki, but security was extremely lass. How incompetent WAS the Sandaime Hokage?

Sasuke hoped the Third would die soon. Most of the hatred came from the Third being one of the Elders who instigated his clan's genocide because he was such an ineffective Hokage.

He closed his eyes, and tried tugging open a pocket dimension that he was so skilled in doing in his past life. A hole opened up in front of him, and through that hole was the inside of Naruto's apartment.

Sasuke jumped inside, and promptly tripped onto the wooden tiles.

Then pain hit is body, and eyes.

"AAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH!" Sasuke screamed, his eyes bleeding. He clenched his eyes, and curled inwards his body as they bled freely. The blood refused to stop flowing- and what was worse-

He felt someone tugging his shoulders and shake him hard, like he was going insane. Fucking Naruto, who else.

Then he registered a pail of water being poured atop his head, soaking all his clothes wet as the freezing cold water burned his hot eyes.

Sasuke promptly bit his tongue and shut himself up, opening his Mangekyou Sharingan eyes to glare into normal cerulean ones.

The look on her face was murderous.

"You fucking usuratonkachi!"

Those were the first words Sasuke said to the four year old boy, and Naruto gasped and fell onto his butt, coming down to the same height as the not-last Uchiha.

"I- I- Y-You-" The blond boy pointed a shaky finger at Sasuke. "W-Who are you and what are you doing here and why were you screaming like there's a ghost are you screaming because of me and why are your eyes all weird and red and bloody and I'm fuckin-" Sasuke slapped a hand over Naruto's mouth. Naruto shut up.

He shook his head, unable to hold back a smirk as he wiped his face with his wet shirt. "No matter where I am, you never change, Naruto."

Naruto's eyes widened as he pushed the stranger hand away. "How do you know my name?"

Sasuke ignored the dobe, choosing to stare at the air, lost in thought, contemplating his life.

Two minutes past, and Sasuke was still trapped inside his thoughts. Naruto grew bored. Apparently this stranger wasn't afraid of him or trying to ignore him, otherwise he/she'd be leaving already. And he/she knew his name!

"Ne, ne," Naruto started bugging him/her. He couldn't tell his gender, nor did he know who this kid was. "What are you doing here, weirdo?"

Sasuke snapped, "I'm Uchiha Sasuke! And I'm here to-..." Sasuke went silent, touching his eyelids. They had stopped hurting, although his chakra levels were woozy.

Naruto tilted his head. "Oi, Sasuke...Are you a boy or girl?"

"I'm a boy-!" Sasuke choked. Should I tell him that? What if the dobe later finds out I'm female? Would that raise complications in his trust? I need his trust if I want to save Itachi. "I'm a girl," she corrected herself.

"Argh, make up your mind, teme!" Naruto rubbed his hair, before pointing at her. "You don't act like a girl! Girls don't run around with bleeding eyes!"

Sasuke's eye twitched. "How about this: I'm physically a girl, mentally a boy."

Naruto burst out laughing but Sasuke slapped him over the back of his head. He can't believe this hyperactive knucklehead was the one that changed his entire philosophy on life. Sasuke hated Naruto so much, even though Naruto was the only person who reached 1% of Itachi's importance, and that's considered a lot. The rest of the world was 0% in regards to Itachi's importance.

Which brought him back to the main point, "Naruto, you've always considered me as your best friend," Sasuke said. Seeing the baffled look on Naruto's face, Sasuke sighed and pointed at the dobe's chest, where his heart was supposed to be. "In spirit. Besides, you're the only person I am willing to consider a friend. Even if I dislike you."

Naruto had a befuddled expression as he processed Sasuke's words. Sasuke left Naruto stranded in the living room as he began exploring the mess of Naruto's apartment. Ramen cups and garbage over the floors, a messy kitchen with an empty fridge, Sasuke noted as he shut the left-open refrigerator door, ruffled bedsheets- someone didn't make the bed- and a punching bag. It was such a tiny apartment, fit for a person who lived alone. It was nothing like the mansion-sized Uchiha clan head's living quarters. Sasuke would have felt pity if he hadn't suffered worse-

No. None of that future has happened yet. So Sasuke allowed himself to feel pity, because he was not going to let himself experience the forthcoming doom. He stopped and let himself ruminate.

Suddenly, Naruto glomped Sasuke from behind tackling him to the ground as he hugged him and cried and cried and sobbed.

"I- my- there's no- I don't know if I heard right-" The four year old hugged him desperately. "..you said you're my friend...did you...?"

And then Sasuke stilled. He tilted his head and stared into Naruto's wet, wide eyes with the bitter, frigid darkness and insanity of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"Yes. I am your friend, Naruto." Sasuke smirked, and it would have looked outright evil and sent shudders through the most powerful shinobi, were he not trapped in the body of a child. "Your one, and only, best friend."

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Author Disclaimer:

This is actually Sasuke's and Naruto's FIRST MEETING within this timeline. They didn't actually know each other! The reason Sasuke acts like he already knows Naruto, is due to his memories of Nrauto from his past life, and his own lack of tact/acting skills.

From Naruto's perspective, Naruto has never seen nor met Sasuke before, yet instantly trusts Sasuke already, and just accepts Sasuke's weird antics. That's because Naruto, at this period, would take anything, he's just a child who's always been neglected and shamed by everyone. He doesn't even live in an orphanage to make friends either.

So it's realistic that Naruto acts sappy/"desperate" now, but this won't last (knowing Sasuke's personality.)