It's been nearly a year since Uchiha Sasuke's desertion of Konoha. Orochimaru has conveniently slipped off yet again on 'important business' for the week, leaving Sasuke on his own. The teenage boy has no choice but to improvise in order to maintain his strict training regime. Fortunately or unfortunately, things don't pan out quite as he'd expected.

I knew it wasn't clever to go alone... I knew I should have waited for the others... but I had to confront him, Adachi, for all the pain he had caused... but I had to give up so much in return... this is the price I must pay. *Set in a different universe to my story Best Friends* Rated M for hints to rape and darker images.