Disclaimer: I don't own any othet the Naruto characters except for Gerdie. I made her up. XD
"Get out! Get out, right now!" screamed the livid Uchiha mother. She grabbed a large vase from the side table sitting in the hallway, filled with carnations that were somewhat wilted. She aimed for her son's head but missed and hit the wallwithin several inches from her target. The antique china vase shattered into meaningless pieces, water splashed on the wall, the droopy flowers laying helplessly on the floor.
Sasuke didn't need a second invitation to leave. He ran out with only the clothes on his back and the shoes on his feet, running away from the lonesome, rundowncountry home, away from the only troubling life he knows.
He was weak and unnourished; his immediate family of seven was in chaos every minute, of every hour, of everyday. The father and mother were both Uchiha clan members. Unfortunately, the young father made the choice to leave his wife and children, for another woman, when Sasuke was nine years old. His youngest sibling was barely a month old when the boozed-up dad left.
That was when his mother started her addiction to alcohol and when her deep depression started. But what else could she do? She had enough money to feed her family and provide them with shelter, but that was it. She was unable to afford medicines that her family needed, including the anti-depressant she needed herself. The alcohol was her way to get out of the damned reality she faced everyday.
This was a danger to all of the Uchiha children. Sasuke spent almost his whole childhood caring for his little brothers and sisters, making sure they had at least one small meal per day, even if he had to sacrifice his supper day after day. He could recall that once he hadn't eaten for four days straight; he had no other choice, though. His mother was working a back-breaking, minimum wage job, thirteen hours everyday. When she was home for the other eleven hours, Sasuke would take his five other siblings into his small closet-like room and waited for their mother's next day shiftto begin once again, trying to evade her usual drunken-self.
Now seventeen years old, taking care of his needy family had aged Sasuke mentally and physically, more than anyone could imagine. It was like he was at least a decade older, and far more mature than any other rowdy, undisciplined, and inconsiderate teenagers his age. Even though Sasuke hated the kids his age, he still envied them. They had parents, had food, had love.
Love… Something I have never received, nor something I will ever give.
Sasuke didn't really know where he was going or how long it would take him to get there, but he knew one thing:
I will come back for you, brothers and sisters, all of you. I'll get you out of that hell-hole that I once called home.
Still running from the life he disowned, Sasuke was traveling on a dirt road. Not too far ahead, he could see where the old country path merged with the black paved road.
A little ferther from the merging intersectionwas the city limits of Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village. He estimated he was somewhere around four miles away. He had already gone several miles, probably more but he had not counted.
The sun was starting to set, now. It was mid afternoon when Sasuke's mom had kicked him out, too drunk to know what she was doing. He had started walking about two miles back. This gave him more time to think and analyze his situation. There was still the problem of food and a place to stay,but tonight, Sasuke knew there would be no where for him to stay. That would not be a major problem, though. He had spent the night outside many times in his youth and once a blue moon after his father left. He decided to spend the night laying in an old oak, it's branches placed on the trunk so perfect that it could support a person's body without falling through the slits between them.
Sasuke climbed in the tree and sat on a thick branch and let his hands rest behind his head and soft, jet-blackhair. He had a sort of smug look on his face, partly because he was up for the challange and partly because he was trying to hide his trying feelings.
Everything will be alright. I'll get a job, make some money, and get my family out of there soon. Maybe I'll befriend a person or two and get some help. I don't care what I have to do, my family comes first.
Author's Note.
This is like the introduction to the story, that is why it is so short. In my following chapters to come, Sakura will be introduced into the mix. Lots of adventure to come, not to mention some romance.
I'm writing this for personal reasons. I would like to dedicate it to a friend of mine; you know who you are. Thanks for being there for me, my friend. Even if we're miles away, I'm glad we can still be great friends.
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-Mj