I'm fiddling around with the summary and title to make it fit better. There will be some edits in the first few chapters.
Title: Deception
Full Summary: The world sees him as a businessman, but beneath the surface nobody knows what Sasuke has done. Gaara was supposed to be a loving elder brother, but leaving your little sister to fend for herself on an isolated beach doesn't exactly count as loving, does it? Naruto seems to be everyone's favourite cheesy idiot- but he knows far more than he would ever care to let on. Itachi is supposed to be a movie director- but he is far more connected than anyone can imagine. And Hinata? Well you know what they say - it's always the quiet ones. Even Tenten has something she's not told anyone. Sakura is an elite FBI agent, but even she doesn't know the whole truth about herself. When everything comes together and everyone has something to hide, can anyone find the truth behind the masquerade?
Genre: Romance/Crime
Hope you read on...
~Raven
~Prologue~
13th December, 2019, Lost Coast, California
It was a winter evening.
The sun was setting over the horizon.
Waves lapped against the soft, black sand.
The sky and sea merged somewhere in the horizon, above hung an orange glowing orb suspended in the sky.
A small trail of footprints traced the sand where the water met land. Side by side, a trail of larger footprints followed.
They led to a girl with flowing hair. She frolicked happily in the waves, a euphoric smile on her face. Her hair was bleached by the light of the fading sun.
Standing a little away, watching the girl with a tender gaze, stood a boy, a few years older than the girl.
Walking back to the boy, the girl smiled looking up at him.
The boy put his hand on her head, and she hugged him tightly.
A soft sigh, a light, small, feminine voice,
"I'm so happy. We're safe. And I'm still with you."
The boy's red hair appeared black in the light of the setting sun.
"Sakura…" he breathed her name, hugging her close to him, sighing deeply. He was accepting an unavoidable fate.
"If I could…I would give you the world."
She pulled away from him only to look up at his face with a happy smile. "But you already have." Her voice was quiet and content. And she spoke the truth. He was her world.
The boy frowned slightly.
"Sakura?" his voice was barely above a whisper.
"Yes?" she was blissfully unaware of his serious tone.
"Promise me that no matter what happens, you'll never use your ability to harm anyone else."
She didn't understand why he was saying that then, but it was something that they had decided on a long time ago.
"I promise."
Anything to keep a smile on his face.
"Brother?"
"Yes,"
"I love you." She hugged him once again. And they stood there for a while.
He paused for a while, placing his hand protectively on her head, "As do I you."
She did not love him like a woman loves a man.
He did not love her like a man loves a woman.
He loved her as a brother did a sister.
And she loved him as a sister did her brother.
And it was enough for them.
It was the only love they needed.
17th December, 2019.
It was midnight.
A small house stood alone.
Moonlight poured through the windows, falling on the wooden floors.
Four hooded figures stood in the room, surrounding a fifth person.
The fifth person was a boy with red hair.
A girl with pink hair slept peacefully, only a floor above.
One of the hooded figures stepped towards the boy in the middle.
Roughly pushing the boy forward, he bound his arms behind his back.
Another man came forward and put a bag over his face.
More people bound him together so he was unable to escape.
They left the house with him in tow.
Not a word was exchanged.
Nor did the boy struggle in the least.
Almost as though he knew they were coming.
And yet he did nothing to escape.
Next to the bed in which his sister slept, a glass of water was half empty.
And she would not know about the sleeping pills.
They had been dissolved in her water before she drank it.
18th December, 2019
She was alone this time.
She stood alone, her feet submerged in water.
The trail of footprints leading along the water's edge was alone this time.
The girl stood facing the horizon, watching the setting sun.
She looked serene.
Calm.
But her overwhelming emotion was betrayed by her quivering voice.
"Y-you haven't gone anywhere, have you?"
She closed her eyes.
"You're going to be in the house when I get back, right?"
Her voice was almost desperate.
"I'm going to turn around right now, and you're going to be there, right Brother?"
She took a deep breath and turned to face the hills behind her.
Nobody was there.
Tears which she had been trying to withhold now ran freely down her cheeks.
They dripped off her chin, mingling with the sand around her feet.
With another deep breath she started sobbing uncontrollably.
She fell to her knees, black sand sticking to her knees.
And she lay there sobbing as the sun set.
The softened orange glow of the sun fell on her back, and her bare neck.
She was so fragile.
Like a porcelain doll.
Which had finally broken.
1st January, 2020
She knew not where he had gone...
She knew not why or how he had left her...
Not aware of if he was safe, or happy to leave, or even dead...
But she knew that she had not been betrayed...
And as she watched the sun rise of a new year
Her resolve was set
She would become strong
Strong enough to stand without her precious brother
And strong enough to find him again
And she would definitely find him again
The colours of the morning sun bathed her face in a soft yellow glow.
No trace of tears
Her face was calm
The only trace of sadness lay in her eyes
They were not the eyes of an innocent child
They were windows to the sadness of her soul
And she was all alone.
~End of Prologue~
And in case you're wondering, it is a Sasusaku, so just wait for the next chapter, to let their story begin!
~Raven