Prologue
A t T h e B e g i n n i n g

STANDARD DISCLAIMER APPLIED.

One Sunny Morning! 10 Years Ago...

Ding Dong.

A pink-haired woman in her early thirties rushed to the front door of her two-story house. She hastily wiped her hands on the edges of her frilly pink-laced apron and quickly opened the door. A wide smile that can cover a tennis court adorn her tanned face.

The visitor appeared to be a woman about the pink-haired woman's age embraced the said woman into a crushing hug. "Hana!" The visitor exclaimed. Hana's smile can only spread wider and she replied back wfith as much enthusiasm. "Mikoto! Long time no see!" Hana reluctantly broke the embrace to look at Mikoto Uchiha's face.

Her face was as beautiful as always, it didn't change much since college except the straight black hair which reached pass her shoulders unlike it's short unkempt spiky self back in the day. Hana was always jealous of how Mikoto's hair can be so silky even until now. A memory flashed through Hana's sea-foam eyes. 'Mikoto still doesn't know who used up her shampoo and conditioner back when we were sharing dorms.' Hana inwardly chuckled at the memory. "Well! What are we waiting for? Come in! Come in!"

Mikoto complied wordlessly. It was only then that Hana noticed there was a man about the same age as them, though the wrinkle across each eye of his made him seem older walk towards the house from his silver Toyota Saturn. You would've thought that someone of his status would come out of a shiny black limousine or something. Hana thought then lowered her eyes and noticed a tall twelve-year old boy that reached the man's shoulders walk alongside him.

He wore a short ponytail and had the same features as the man walking. Two wrinkles right below each eyelid but handsome nonetheless. His red eyes seem like it can you pull into another world.

Trying not to get too entrance by the red eyes. Hana lowered her eyes more to see a cute, young boy about the age of seven skipping happily alongside his older brother smiling and grinning without a care in the world. She smiled warmly at the sight. "Fugaku! Long time no see! I guess you and Mikoto had been getting busy these past few years after getting married." She wiggled her eyebrows suggestively at him, darting her eyes back and forth between the two kids to express her meaning. She hadn't seen the couple since their wedding twelve years ago.

Fugaku Uchiha grunted but it was a friendly grunt and lifted his face with a small smile. The smile increased by a millimeter when he spotted his wife standing inside the house in the middle of the hallway. She smiled back and took his right hand when he reached the door and pulled him in.

The two boys looked around the front yard hesistantly before stepping inside the house. Mikoto left her husband's side to hug the two boys, giving them both a small peck on the cheek. Mikoto then gave back her attention to her college friend, "Hana, please meet my two sons, Itachi-kun and Sasuke-chan." Sasuke scowled at the mention of the "-chan" prefix after his name.

Hana just grinned and replied, "Why nice to meet you Itachi-kun. It's also a pleasure to meet you Sasuke-kun, I have a daughter that's about the same age as you, how old are you?" The little boy named Sasuke stared at his mother expectantly and brought his head back to the woman after getting a tiny nod from his mother. "Seven." "Why, perfect! My daughter is the same age as you! Maybe you guys can be friends?" Hana said expectantly. The boy looked confused for a second then nodded slowly.

"Sakura!" Hana yelled out towards the stairs that was right beside the door on the left. "Come down here! We have guests and I want you to meet someone!" A little powder of pink puff clothed in pink pajamas with patterned cherry blossoms blurred into vision as the little girl ran downstairs excitingly. "Mommy!" Sakura jumped into her mother's open arms and giggled. Her mother slowly lowered her down and turned her to the guests.

Sakura leaked out a small gasp then hid behind her mother's legs. She never noticed the Uchiha family standing there. She blushed a little at her small outburst. Her mother just chuckled at the sudden shyness. It seems like she wasn't the only one finding this adorable. Mikoto was awed by the cuteness of the small girl.

Mikoto then noticed Sasuke staring expectantly at the little girl. She also noticed the small blush appearing on her younger son's cheeks. It was barely visible but it was still there. Itachi also seem to notice this since he stared at his little brother for a while then looked straight back at the pink-haired mother and daughter with a smirk, closing his eyes and shoving his hands in both of his pockets.

Mikoto almost wanted to laugh at that because her little man never showed any signs of interest in girls. She thought he might be in the cooties phase but apparently, she was wrong.

Hana started, "Sakura-chan, look here. This is my old college friend Mikoto and her husband Fugaku and their sons, Itachi-kun and Sasuke-kun." Sakura's innocent emerald eyes analyzed the family. They were really a family of beautiful people. Her gaze then suddenly landed on the youngest of the family. Sasuke stared back and Sakura couldn't help but have a huge pink blush covering her face. She hid more behind her mother's legs.

Sakura's mother laughed at this and said, "Oh Sakura-chan, don't be shy. Say hello." The small girl's tiny hands clutched her mother's soft apron tighter but replied anyways. "H-hello" She stuttered out.

"Oh, you're so adorable Sakura-chan!" Mikoto squealed, clasping her hands together to her mouth. She couldn't help it, it was too cute. Sasuke looked awestruck, Itachi noted and finally spoke, "It seems my little otouto here has fallen in love at first sight with your cherry blossom." His smirk widen when Sasuke turned to glare at him. Itachi just shrugged in return and Sasuke quickly looked down, attempting to hide his growing blush with his black hair, with a tint of blue if you look closely framing his pale face.

Sakura's face was as red as a tomato now and was completed behind her mother's legs now. Sasuke liked tomatoes and his blush doubled. Now both of the kids were looking away. Hana only giggled some more. Today was indeed a happy day. "I think the two make an adorable couple!" She said, while trying to suppress more laughter spilling out her mouth. Fugaku smirked along with his older son.

Sasuke looked around at the adults, trying frantically to stop them from thinking he was in love suddenly blurted out, "No I'm not! Why on earth would I fall in love at first sight especially to an ugly girl with a wide forehead as big as a billboard!" He waved his hands like a mad man, giving emphasis to his claim. He stopped when he noticed the stillness and how the hallway dropped a few celcius.

Silence filled everybody's ears. Some might even think a cricket's call was echoing in between. After digesting the message, everybody's face turned into one of horror and flabbergast as they all snapped their heads towards the pink-haired girl.

Hana slowly whispered, "Oh no…" eyes as wide as saucers. She tried to grab her daughter before it was too late but she was…too late. Everybody's heads snapped toward the little raven-haired boy now, curling up on the floor clutching his nose and yelling, "Ugh! My nose! What on earth is wrong with you?!" towards the other seven year old occupant. Pink hair shadowing her eyes and was about to send another blow was stopped by Itachi who was locking his right arm on her shoulder.

Sakura turned around to stare at Itachi's red eyes. Itachi's eyes widen when he saw the tear-stricken face. She roughly shoved his arm off and started running upstairs crying while screaming, "Big chicken-haired doofus! I hate you!" More chokes and sobs were heard. Hana wanted to run after her but couldn't since she had guests in her home.

Mikoto was astonished at what just happened a few seconds ago and shifted her head to Sasuke as he stood, wobbling a little still clutching his nose tightly as if it would ease the pain. She wore her hands on her hips while trying to look stern. "Sasuke Uchiha! Why I never expected that rude behavior out of you! You are not to step a foot out of the house for a week young man! That also includes no T.V., video games or Naruto visiting!"

Sasuke was still in a daze from the punch, slowly nodded though everybody doubted he got the message. Mikoto let out a heavy sigh and smiled sheepishly at Hana who was still staring dumbstruck at her. "I'm really sorry about this Hana, I never expected this to happen." And with that, she bowed. The woman opposite to her just shook her head quickly and chirped out, "Oh no! It's not poor Sasuke-kun's fault, my Sakura-chan can be so ill tempered sometimes. I think she got it from that Ino girl. Though I appreciate the blonde sweetie of boosting Sakura's self-esteem but who would've thought she also learned her violence too?" Hana scratched the back of her head nervously while trying to smile. It ended up awkward.

Fugaku stepped forward, "Sasuke." He said sternly. The little boy fell out of his daydreaming and straighten his back as he looked his father in the eye. He could feel an ugly bruise forming on his nose. "Yes father?" Fugaku crossed his arms and said disappointedly, "I will not tolerate such rude behavior in a company's presence ever again. Do I make myself clear?" "Yes sir!" Sasuke saluted like a soldier in the military though inwardly, he wanted to get back at that wide forehead girl.

Fugaku nodded and entirely stepped out of the house. He looked over his shoulder and said with a weary voice, "Perhaps we'll do this another time." He looked forward again and started walking back towards his car. Sasuke following behind with Itachi on his tail who gave a curt nod towards the household owner.

Mikoto was the last to leave smiling apolgetically, repeating her husband's words. "Perhaps we'll do this another time?" she whispered. It was Hana's turn to embrace her friend. Mikoto was taken aback by this but returned the warm hug.

After a while, Hana broke the silence and finally said, "Yes, I'll make sure we'll do this another time. Besides, my husband is at work today."

They both grinned at each other. Mikoto headed out the door and with a small wave, got into the car. Sounds of an engine starting reached Hana's ears and in a blink of an eye, the car drove a way leaving tiny rings of smoke in its original position.

Hana sighed and closed her door with a click, "If Sakura-chan forgives Sasuke-kun that is…" shaking her head and started trudging up the stairs to her daughter's pinkified room with words of comfort.

Author's Note: Kayy, that took me a while. I guess I finally got off my lazy butt to start a story. So this is the prologue, not much action here. Just a glimpse of how the two main characters met. No worries, more developments will be made later along with the other characters being introduced. x3 The plot will start in the next chapter, so stay tune and review! Constructive criticism welcomed.

! Kat.