"Hello": regular talking
'Hello': thinking
'Hello': Inner Sakura and Kyuubi talking

Don't forget to R&R ;)

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Revenge

Sighing, Sasuke walked through the village with a sad look on his face. He could still remember the face of the pink haired girl when he left her without saying anything. It looked like she was really scared to be left alone. The girl had woken up in the hospital of all places and she had no idea what had happened and how she had ended up here. It had to be hard to deal with.

He quickly shook his head. He wasn't the type to dwell on these things. He was an avenger and he couldn't let his emotions get to him. True, Sakura and Naruto meant a lot to him, but he couldn't stray from his goal. It was his only purpose in life.

He reached the market place in town and looked around. The destruction is this part of the town was terrible. There were broken roofs and windows everywhere. He could still remember the day of the attack. There were dead bodies everywhere and Konoha had lost a great deal of strenght. How could all of this have happened? Konoha was known as the strongest hidden village, right? Then how could the sand and sound villages bring it down like that.

He just couldn't help but think that he was living in a foolish village. You couldn't trust anyone in this world. That was a fact and he was one of the people who knew that. Konoha shouldn't have trusted the sand village like that. He was betrayed in his past as well, so he had to learn this the hard way.

He felt something fall on his head. He sighed once again and looked up to see that it started raining. Just his luck. He quickly looked around and smirked when he saw his destination. "I know that I am going to regret this, but I don't want to get wet right now. And I had planned to go there sometime today anyway…"

He opened the door and headed inside. When he saw who was standing behind the counter, he immediately realised that he had made a mistake by coming here. Blonde hair, purple clothes, blue eyes. Putting his hands in his pocked, he waited for the scream that would absolutely follow…

The blonde girl standing behind the counter looked towards the entrance to see who had walked in. Her eyes widened and a smirk appeared on her face. Jumping over the counter, she ran towards the raven haired boy with a big smile on her face. "Sasuke-kun!" The girl immediately clung to his arm, not letting go.

Sasuke sighed and tried to get loose, although he knew that it wasn't going to be easy. "Hello, Ino. Could you let go of my arm, please. It's really irritating."

The blonde heard his words and sighed. He was just the same as always. She let go, but stayed really close to him. "You're no fun, Sasuke-kun!"

The boy was getting a bit annoyed and put on of his hands in his ear. "Could you pipe down for a moment. I just got out of the hospital, you know…"

Ino, realising that she was being loud, stuck out her tong and turned around. She walked back to the counter and leaned against it, facing the boy. "Yeah, I know, Sasuke-kun. I visited you every day, remember?"

Sasuke, thinking back, sighed. The girl had come to him every single day and he was sure that she had gotten even louder every day. She had tormented him with questions and hugs every day. "Oh yeah…I remember, alright…"

The girl giggled and sat down on the counter. "So why have you come here? I think that this is the first time I have seen you in a flower shop."

Sighing, the boy motioned to the door. Ino didn't get it at first, but when she saw the rain, she quickly caught on. "Oh, well it's not like I have any costumers at the moment. So feel stay as long as you like! I don't mind at all!"

'I'm sure you don't…' Sasuke thought while turning to the flowers next to him. Scanning the area, he found what he was looking for. Taking some white roses from one of the vases, he walked to the counter and laid the down.

Raising an eyebrow, Ino looked at the white flowers. "I thought that you were here for the rain, Sasuke-kun?"

The boy sighed and took some money out of his pocket. "I needed some flowers anyway, so I decided to buy them right now. It's not like I've got something better to do at the moment. He extended his hand with the money in it.

The blonde shook her head and sighed. "Well, then I won't stop you, Sasuke-kun! I am happy that you decided to buy some flowers. She accepted the money and put it away. Sasuke noticed that she had touched his hand longer than was necessary, but he just sighed. Somehow all the girls found him dashing and mysterious, although he still didn't know why. He just ignored all of them. Why couldn't they just get the picture and leave him alone?

He was broken out of his thoughts when he felt something on his arm. Looking down, he daw that Ino was touching him again. Quickly retreating his arm, he gave her a angry and confused look. "What's the deal?"

"I asked you something and you didn't answer. I thought that something was wrong. Sorry for caring!" The girl turned around with an angry look on her face.

Sasuke sighed for the thousandth time that day. It so wasn't his day. Putting one of his hands in his pocket, he looked towards the flowers. He couldn't take it to see another girl crying. Sakura had been more than enough for one day. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that. What did you ask?"

The girl continued to make sobbing sounds. "I asked you if I had to put a note with the flowers!"

The Uchiha had done it now. The girl was screaming. That couldn't be a good sign. "No, I don't want a note. This is just fine. And could you please stop crying. I'm sorry, okay…"

When he heard that the girl continued to cry, he made his way over her and he put one of his hands on her shoulder. "Ino?"

He was surprised when the girl suddenly turned around and kissed him on the lips. This had never happened to him before. Okay one time, but he didn't want to count the time he had 'kissed' with Naruto. He quickly pushed her away from him with an angry look on his face. When he saw the smug look on her face, he realised that he had walked into a trap. "What was that all about!"

She gave the raven haired boy a smile, before answering: "Don't you like it when I kiss you, Sasuke-kun?" She tried to make her voice as cute as possible.

"Shut up. You're annoying!" Sasuke replied with anger in his voice. He grabbed the flowers and made his way towards the exit. The rain had stopped already, so this was the perfect time to leave.

She could see the red tint on his cheeks. The boy was actually caught off guard. She made the peace sign and grinned. She had actually kissed the boy everyone wanted to kiss. Oh, Sakura was so going to hate this.

Her smile was immediately replaced by a sad look. She knew that Sakura was in the hospital and although they weren't on the best terms at the moment, she still saw her as a good friend. "Sasuke-kun, wait!"

The boy grunted and stopped in the doorway. "What…."

Looking towards the ground, she took a few steps towards him. "How's Sakura? I haven't been able to go to her for some time now…"

Sasuke turned around, hearing her softened tone. The look in her eyes showed him that she was dead serious now. "She has actually woken up just a few hours ago."

Ino's eyes widened and she started jumping around. "Oh really, I am going to visit her right away!"

"But, she doesn't remember what happened. She's still in the phase of remembering everything." The Uchiha finished, while turning around again. He took a few steps, before he stopped again. "I think she would like it if you visited her." With those words he left.

Ino smiled at his last words. 'So he actually has a nice side too. This makes him even more likable. I can't wait to tell forehead about the kiss.'

Sasuke walked through the market place with a confused look on his face. Had he just really said something nice to her. That couldn't be right. He had to be getting soft, too soft. He didn't like it at all. Looking up, he could see that there were still clouds. It could start raining again every moment now. "How troublesome."

He exited the market place and continued to walk towards the east side of the village. When he saw a bench on the side of the road, he sighed and walked over to it. He sat down and laid the flowers down next to him.

Looking up, he could see the stadium in which the chuunin exams were held. Memories of the fight against Gaara were flashing through his mind. How could he have lost against that monster? He thought that he had become very strong after training with Kakashi, but that Gaara bastard showed him that he was still a weakling. He was even able to withstand his chidori! If even that jutsu wasn't strong enough, then he would have to learn a even stronger one.

It was even worse that his team mates needed to save him from death. If he hated one thing, it was that. He didn't want to be protected. He needed to complete his goal on his own and he couldn't let anyone help him. His brother was the only thing that mattered. He closed his eyes and saw the face of the one who had killed his clan, the so called genius of the leaf village: Uchiha Itachi. His eyes shot open and the sharingan was activated. "I will kill you, Itachi!"

Getting angry, he fisted his hand and punched the ground in front of the bench. He hated it to be weak. He wanted power, no, he needed power. It was his only purpose in life. He couldn't get defeated by some sand ninja. In order to attain his goal, he needed to get one of the most powerful ninjas ever. And that's what he would do. He would become stronger than that bastard no matter what.

Standing up, he picked up the flowers and he started walking again. His mind wandered to a conversation he had overheard a few days ago.

Sasuke was walking through the hospital with a frown on his face. He couldn't believe that the Gaara fellow had done so much damage to his body. Sighing, he continued to walk, until he heard a familiar voice behind one of the doors. It was none other than his own sensei.

The voice was muffled, so he walked towards the door and tried to listen. This usually wasn't his thing, but he had been out for quite a while, so he wanted to know what had happened while he wasn't there.

"Yeah, I can't believe that the guy would actually return to the village after what he did. The nerve of that guy."

Sasuke didn't know for sure, but if he would have to guess, he would say that it was the sensei of Ino and her team. So there were two jounins?

"Don't worry. We will defeat him with the power of youth!"

"Shut up, Gai. You're annoying!"

When he heard the sound of someone falling on the ground, he smirked. The teacher of Kiba and his team, Kurenai was her name, must have hit that green spandex guy. He then became dead serious again. The senseis of all the genin teams he knew were there. Just what was going on? This could only mean that it was something important.

Looking inside, he could see that Kakashi was lying in the bed. The rest was standing somewhere in the room. Gai was currently on the ground with a black eye.

"I can't believe he was actually able to beat you and Kurenai." Asuma said while looking towards the two.

The woman sat down on the bed and sighed. "Even one of my most powerful genjutsu didn't have any effect on him. He just countered it…"

Kakashi sighed, before lying down again and closing his book. "He's become even stronger than when he left. This could become a real problem soon."

Sasuke couldn't believe what he was hearing. The jounins of the village had lost to some guy and he left, so does that mean that he is from this village? He was broken out of his thoughts when the blue beast decided to jump up.

Walking towards the bed, he gave the lazy jounin a thumbs up. "Don't worry, my rival. We've got a whole village with behind us and they didn't seem to want to kill us. And besides, we've got the power of youth!"

The grey haired jounin shook his head and sat up once again, placing the green book he was holding on the night desk next to him. "Gai, this is Uchiha Itachi we're talking about, you know."

Sasuke's eyes widened. They were talking about his brother! Anger took over and he activated his sharingan as if on instinct. He almost barged into the room, but he knew that that wouldn't be smart. Then he would never found out what had happened. Slightly calming himself, he continued to listen at the door.

"And then there is that guy he is travelling with, Hoshigaki Kisame. That fish guy is no pushover either. He's one of the seven shinobi swordsmen of the hidden mist village. He managed to overpower me with only the tip of his sword. That requires a lot of strength. We really need to be careful of these guys." Asuma replied while taking a cigarette out of his mouth.

Kakashi bowed his head, before sighed once again. "His sharingan is to be feared. I couldn't even stop his genjutsu with my own sharingan. He has somehow evolved his sharingan into a even stronger version, the mangekyo sharingan."

Everyone stayed quiet for a while. Sasuke kept getting more angry by the minute. He had known about those eyes for a long time now. He has been the victim of them as well. And he knew that it wasn't pretty.

"I just don't get one thing. The guy has massacred his whole clan without looking back, but yet he doesn't kill us, when he could easily do so. I don't get his motives." Kurenai said with a frown on her face.

"I don't know his motives. All I know is that he's part of an organisation named Akatsuki. Not much is known about that organisation, but Jiraiya-sama told me that Orochimaru used to be a part of that organisation as well." Kakashi said frowning.

Sasuke's eyes widened once again. He immediately reached for his neck, where the curse seal was located. He could still remember how strong that guy was. The man had just played with Naruto and him in the forest of death that day and he could have easily killed them. And he has killed the hokage as well.

So Orochimaru had been in that organisation as well. Then it suddenly hit him. That guy had to know something about his brother. He needed to find that snake again and make him tell him about Itachi.

The curse seal suddenly started throbbing and he had to refrain himself from screaming out in pain. He could see that the marks were spreading over his body in a slow motion. Gathering all of his will power, he tried to get rid of the marks, but it didn't work. He buckled down to his knees and closed his eyes. He could hear the voice of the pale man in his head.

You will seek me out for power

You will come to me, Sasuke-kun

Accept my gift to you and become stronger than everyone else

The pain slowly went away and the voice was gone. Cursing himself, he stood up again. This was starting to get more frequent since he woke up after the battle with the sand ninjas. The curse seal was getting stronger somehow and his desire to use the power was growing as well. But he knew that it wasn't right to use that power. He got a lot stronger, using that power, but it changed him as well. He couldn't control himself in the curse seal mode.

The information that his brother had come to the village had been stressing enough. He had missed his chance to kill him. But when he thought about it, if even Kakashi couldn't beat him, then how could he? He still wasn't strong enough. Shaking his head, he was about to walk to his room to rest when he heard his sensei speak again.

"They were searching for Naruto…"

This made him stop in his tracks. They were searching for his team mate. This didn't make sense at all. He wanted to know more about this, but when he was about to walk back, he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around, he could see that it was one of the nurses. "What are you doing outside your bed, Sasuke-san. You are supposed to be asleep. Come with me."

He didn't even have a choice as he was dragged back to his bed.

He still couldn't believe that his brother had returned. This brought back a lot of bad memories. And why would they be after Naruto? So many unanswered questions. He didn't like it one bit. He was the kind of guy who wanted to have control over everything.

Sighing, he realised that had reached his destination. He looked up in the sky and saw that it had started to rain once again. He didn't mind this time though. It fit his mood. He bent down and placed the white roses in front of the grey stone. He stood back up and closed his eyes. A small teardrop could be seen on his cheek. "It's been a while, mother, father…"

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Sakura was freaking out on her bed. Throwing away her pillow, she screamed out in anger. She hated to be like this. She had no idea what had happened to her team mate. The nurses who were treating her knew nothing about him. She was getting awfully depressed now.

Sasuke had left a long time ago now and she could feel the sadness getting even worse. Nobody had visited her since the boy had left. This was probably because she didn't have many friends and she still didn't know if her mother was back in the village as well. Sighing, she closed her eyes for a while. This was getting too much.

Looking in her left hand, she could see the forehead protector that she had found on the chair. Tears threatened to spill, when the door suddenly opened. "Naruto?!"

Looking towards the door, she could see that her blonde female friend entered the room with a bouquet of red roses and white lilies. Disappointed at first, she tried to smile for her friend. She was happy to see her friend, but she kind of hoped that it was her hyper little friend. "Hey, Ino-pig."

The blonde smiled before placing the flowers of the nightstand. Turning to the pink haired girl, she could see that she tried to smile, although it was very fake. "What's this about, forehead. I know that we're both blond, but I look nothing like that fool. I'm hurt."

She faked some tears to dramatize the effect. She then turned around again. "I'm going to put these flowers in some water."

"Very funny, Ino." Sakura replied with a sad look on her face.

Both girls stayed quiet for a little while. Ino couldn't take it anymore and she let out a deep sigh. "So, I heard that you woke up today. So how's it going?"

Sakura closed her eyes and sat up in her bed. "To tell you the truth, it's not going too well. I'm still kind of confused at the moment." She was thinking about asking the girl about Naruto. Maybe she would know something.

"Sasuke-kun told me that you were having difficulty remembering some things…" Ino said whilst putting a rose in the vase.

Sakura was snapped out of her thoughts and she sighed. "I had hit my head on a rock while fighting and it made if difficult to remember some things. But I remember everything now. From the time I woke up until when I was knocked out."

This made her think about her team mate again and this time she couldn't hold back the tears. She lowered her face and started sobbing. She had finally become a friend with Naruto and then this happened. Just why was fate so cruel.

Ino, who was busy putting the flowers in a vase, heard it and turned around. When she saw that the pink haired girl was crying softly, she dropped the flower she was holding and then rushed towards her friend. When she reached her, she embraced the girl and she was more than surprised when Sakura buried her head in her shirt.

"Why?" Sakura nearly yelled.

Ino's shirt was getting soaked and she wasn't used to seeing her pink haired friend like that. Was it something she said? She continued to hold her and then started rubbing her back with her right hand. She had to be careful to not pull out the wires that were attached to her though. "What's wrong, Sakura?"

"Na…Naruto…" Sakura managed to call out between sobs.

This caused the blonde to raise an eyebrow. "What's wrong with Naruto?"

Ino was surprised when the pink haired girl raised her head to look her in the eyes. Ino could see the red eyes and puffy cheeks and it was just horrible to see her friend like that. "Naruto…what happened to Naruto?"

Ino gave the pink haired girl a sad look before answering. "I'm sorry, but I don't know, Sakura. I haven't seen or heard from him since the attack. I have been too busy with other things. I have seen Sasuke-kun though!"

This caused Sakura to frown. "Oh…"

Now Ino knew that it was really serious. Her pink haired friend didn't flip out after hearing the Uchiha's name. "But you were with him at the day of the attack right?" Ino asked with confusion written all over her face. Somehow she had a bad feeling.

"I think that you could better sit down for this, Ino…" Sakura said while getting ready for her story.

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Sasuke sighed before sitting down on the wet grass. He couldn't believe that he had actually returned to this place. He hated it like no other place. This is the place where he had spent the most of his days after the massacre of his clan. "I just came here to tell you that I am really missing the both of you."

It's true. Not a day went by without thinking about his mother and father. Even now the death of his folks came to his mind every single moment. He could still see his brother kill them in front of his eyes. Memories of the days with his family came back to him as he closed his eyes. Grabbing a fist full of grass, he threw the green stuff in the air. "Damn you, Itachi!"

Sasuke walked towards his home with a big smile plastered on his face. He was holding a big piece of paper in his hands. It were his grades for the first period of his time in the ninja academy. "I can't wait to show this to mom and dad. Hopefully they will become proud of me, just like they are of my brother."

He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't see the boy in front of him. He looked up until it was too late. The two boys collided and Sasuke fell on his behind. Looking to the other person, he could see that it the boy who was always pulling of pranks around the village. Standing up, he sighed, before offering his hand to help the kid up. "Are you okay?"

The blond boy smiled before taking the hand. "I'm fine, thank you!"

The first thing Sasuke did was putting his fingers in his ears. The kid could sure be loud. "Could you please talk and don't shout. I want to be able to use my ears for a long time, you know?"

He could see that the boy scratched the back of his head. "Sure, anyways, I'm Uzumaki Naruto. Nice to meet you! What's your name?"

Sasuke sighed. He really had no time for this. He just wanted to get home now. "I'm Uchiha Sasuke. Nice to meet you too."

He was about to leave, when the boy grabbed the piece of paper from his hand. "Hey! Give that back!"

The boy scanned the paper like his life depended on it. "Wow, so you are in the ninja academy as well! And you've got nice grades too!"

Sasuke grabbed the piece of paper before shrugging. "I'm aiming to become the greatest ninja in the world, so of course I've got high grades." Sasuke said while smirking. That was indeed one of his goals. He just wanted to be noticed by his parents and brother as well.

This seemed to confused the boy a lot. "Well, I want to become the greatest ninja too, so why don't I have high grades?!"

"Well, maybe you don't study enough." Sasuke said with a smile on his face.

Naruto turned to the boy with a confused look on his face. "Study…what's that?"

Sasuke sweat dropped before walking past the boy. "If you want to become better than me, then you have to study. But you can try what you want, you'll never be stronger than me, because I will become the strongest! But I have to go now. Good luck with studying."

The raven haired boy walked past Naruto. He could hear the boy mumble something, but he didn't pay attention to it. That boy would never become as strong as him. This was something he knew for sure.

He smiled when he finally reached his destination: the Uchiha compound. Walking through the streets, he could see all the people of his clan. He was so proud of his clan members. Most of them were great ninjas and they were well-known throughout the world. He couldn't wait to become part of the police, which was created by the Uchiha clan.

He reached his house and quickly opened the door. "Mom, I'm home!"

"I'm in the kitchen, dear!" The woman shouted back.

The raven haired boy undid his shoes and walked towards the kitchen with a huge smile on his face. When he saw his mother at the sink, his smile became even bigger. "Look mom, I've got my grades for the academy!"

The black haired woman turned around with a smile on her face. She walked over to him with a wet tissue. Sasuke was confused, when she suddenly started to wipe his face. "Your face was a bit dirty, dear."

"Mom!" Sasuke said embarrassed.

The woman smiled, before taking the piece of paper in her hands. "Now let's see how my little boy did."

"I'm not little. I'm bigger than most kids in my class!" Sasuke replied with a confident smirk on his face.

Laughing, his mother patted him on his head. "I know, dear. But you'll always be my little boy. Your grades are excellent, Sasuke. You really are as good as your brother. I think that your father will be proud as well."

Just at that moment, Sasuke's father decided to enter the room. "I'm home, dear. It was pretty slow on work today, so they gave me rest of the day off. So has anyone seen Itachi around? I wanted to ask him something."

The man then looked towards his wife and saw that Sasuke was standing next to her. "Good day, Sasuke. How was school?"

Sasuke smiled, before grabbing the piece of paper and giving it to his father. "School was boring and easy, just like always. But I've got my grades today. Here, take a look, father."

The raven haired boy became nervous. His father's acknowledgment meant a lot to him. When he saw that his father looked towards him with a frown on his face, he started to blush. It looked like he wasn't too happy, but he hadn't seen his father happy in his life very often. "Great job, Sasuke. I think that you are going to become a great ninja, just like your brother."

His smile became very big at the moment and he couldn't help but feel happy. His father had told him that he would become as great as his brother. And his brother was the strongest one of the Uchiha clan at the moment. There were even rumours going on that Itachi was one of the strongest men from the entire village and that he might become the next hokage.

He turned to his father with a smile on his face. "Thank you father."

"Make me proud, Sasuke. I know that you will."

"I'll make you proud of me, father, I promise!"

Tears were visible in his eyes now as he slowly stood up. He hasn't made his father proud, he has made nobody proud. All he did his entire life was run, hide and cry. And even ran when he could have tried to stop his brother from killing all of those people.

The raven haired boy clenched his fist, before taking one of the white flowers with him. He stood up and looked up to the sky. There were dark clouds everywhere and he could see the rain coming down on him. "Damn you, Itachi. I will kill you, you hear me!"

The curse seal started to play up again, but he quickly calmed himself down to make it go away again. The curse seal fed off his anger and hate, so he had to make sure to stay calm.

He started to walk away, but not until he glanced over his shoulder for one last time. "I will make you proud of me, mother and father. I will avenge you, even if it is the last thing I do!"

He started walking again with the white flower in his hand. Seeing his parents' graves was a bit weird, but he was happy that he had decided to go. It had made his mind clear again. He was an avenger and he would go on until he had fulfilled his goal. Even if he wasn't strong enough now, he would find a way to become stronger. He didn't matter how he would do it, just as long as he could become stronger than HIM.

He didn't know if he could handle even more sadness today, but he felt like he had to do this today as well. There were graves everywhere, because every ninja that had died lied here. He didn't have to go far to reach his destination though. Reaching the centre of the huge place, he sighed. He stayed quiet for a while, before placing the flower on the ground in front of another big grey stone. Looking towards the stone, he became sad when he read the name.

"Hey, Naruto…"

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AN: Cliffhanger!

I'm finally back with a new chapter. Sorry for not updating so long, guys! You can scream to me, hit me, flame me. Do with me what you want. XD I will now try to write every day again. Expect one update per week at least. Not much happened here, but I hope that you liked it anyway. This was Sasuke's chapter and it explained a bit why he is the way he is. And you can see that I have changed what happened a bit. I hope that you like it.

This is the chapter length I am aiming for. 4000-5000 words.

All of this is just the first ark of my story and it will be a big one. It will get better after the time skip.

As for the pairings It will be:
NaruSaku
InoChou
NejiTen --> although I am a LeeTen fan :P
KibaHina
ShikaTema

And please let me know how I am doing. You can flame me as well or just tell me to say it is good or bad. But please leave a review. It keeps me motivated to update sooner. I know that it might seem corny, but it's the truth XD