Chapter 1

His Arrival and Their Fated Encounter

The sun was setting behind the stone faces of the Hokage Mountain in Konoha. The vast evening sky was painted in beautiful blues, reds, and purple hues. As the stars were twinkling and glimmering in the night sky along side the beautiful moon, signaling the inevitable end to the day. At the main gate of the village a lone stranger dressed in nothing but dark clothing stood at the threshold. The stranger, a man, a tall man at that, with handsome regal features, and dark hair that reached his shoulders with bangs that covered one eye. He stood glancing out into the village. He watched as people were moving to and fro settling in for the day on this warm summer night. As he looked on a sense of nostalgia washed over him. There beyond where he stood, lay his home village. The place that bore witness to his birth. Watched as his blood rose to the very peak of ninja ranks only for the village itself to see its untimely demise. This village held so many precious memories as well as so many hidden secrets.

The man so lost in thought looking out into his home town did not notice as two familiar gate guards Genma and Kotetsu approached him until they called out to him.

"Halt, state your name and business?" said Genma. This shook the man out of his reverie. " I'm here to return home" stated the man. "huh?' said Kotetsu. "Then that means...?" said Genma. "Ay, It's me Uchiha Sasuke" replied the man now revealed to be the lone survivor of the once infamous Uchiha Clan. With the revelation the two guards regarded the Last Uchiha with a sense of warmth.

"Welcome Home Sasuke." said Genma.

"Yah! Welcome home! Its been a while. I know someone who is going to be excited to see you." said Kotetsu.

With a nod of his head and a slight wave of his hand. The Last Uchiha proceeded into his home town striding passed shops in the process of closing. Everything looked so familiar yet at the same time it didn't. He can tell the slight changes in the village that occurred while absent. He could only hope that the compound where is family once lived still stood.

As Sasuke walked passed several people he caught whiff of a scent that brought him back to the days when his mother was alive. That scent spoke of the simpler days, of when he would lay his head on his mother's lap and he would just breathe in her scent. Where she would run her thin feminine fingers through his dark hair. She would soothe all his cares away with just her presence alone. Where he was just Sasuke and not a revenge driven young man, the lone avenger. That scent that propelled him into memories of peace that which smelled of vanilla and lavender with just a hint of plum. With that thought Sasuke whipped his head around trying to catch sight of anyone who might have carried that scent but all he caught sight of was a road slightly filled with people making their way home. There were children being ushered by their parents as they whined about going home early. There were those few shops that were still trying to close for the evening. There were several couples holding hands as the walked enjoying themselves as the warm breeze would touch their skin. As far as he knew they were all probably either dating or married. Not far off a young woman with a lavender kimono top, dark belt around her waist, dark shorts, knee length stockings, and slightly below the knee high heeled ninja boots with long hair was crouched helping a elderly who must have dropped her groceries on the ground. Seeing that he would most likely not find the source of the scent. His body decided to help the young and elderly woman with the spilled groceries. It wasn't like he had much to do anyway. As he approached he began to get hints of the scent that was so familiar to him. His body began to move a little quicker. When the scent got a lot stronger his body stopped moving. He was a few feet away from that young woman who he can somewhat tell she was around his age. She didn't notice his presence. She was too busy helping the elderly pick up her belongings that she failed to sense him standing close by. He noticed a stray apple by his foot. As he bent down to reach for the lost apple his fingers brushed with her soft slender pale hand. As he looked up he was greeted with the most beautiful pair of eyes. Her eyes were pearl like with the hint of Lavender. It seemed like time stood still for him and it may have been for her too since she had yet to move. He found the scent. The scent that screamed serenity and tranquility. It smelled like home.

They were both jolted out of their trance when the elderly woman cleared her throat and thanked them for helping her. They both shook their head and stood. The young woman nodded and smiled warmly to the elderly woman then handed the apple to the elder. With that the elder headed off. They both stood there in the middle of the road in silence. Sasuke wanted to ask her for her name but found himself unable to due to his awkward social tendencies. He realized then and there that he may have been at the top of his class in the academy but when it came to socializing he may as well be dead last. At least that would be one more thing that he would be able to share with his one and only best friend Uzumaki Naruto. He was so caught up with his own thoughts that he didn't hear the woman excuse herself. He only noticed she was leaving once he saw her about to turn the corner to one of the many roads. He would have reached out for her but he barely knew her and she him. But those eyes though he would recognize them anywhere. Though hers were not quite the same as theirs, The Hyuga Clan. Hers were warm. They held a motherly hint to them and he quite liked them. They brought stillness and warmth with her. A stillness that told Sasuke she would chase away his demons and a warmth that only a mother would. He hoped that their paths would cross. That way he would be able to ask her for her name. Now filled with a sense of purpose He turned in the opposite direction of which she went and headed to the Hokage building seeing as the lights were still on in the distance. He wondered if his sensei knew what it meant to go home. Well, there was only one way to find out.