A/N: I'm sorry if my updates for this story is really, really slow! I've been so focused on Blood-Stained Hope that I totally forgotten that this still exist. Whoops hahahaha. Anyway, I dedicate this chapter to my very first commenter, Hino1Hyuga for pulling me back to this fanfiction (( I owe you man ))

DISCLAIMER: I don't own Sasuke and Sakura and Tsunade and "dead" Naruto. But I do own the idea of this story ( sort of, cause I got inspired by another fanfiction on . I forgot the title but anywho ).

And also, I know it's like a bad idea to make Sasuke and Sakura have a civilized friendship but before you throw any sharp, pointy objects at me, just go with it alright? Trust me, I know exactly what I'm doing (;

ONWARD MY FELLOW READERS

"I don't like the guy,"

"But, he's not a bad nin!"

"Still don't like him, look at how he dresses. Slut,"

"Sasuke, you dress like a stripper but no one's pointing it out,"

"Because I'm actually good-looking? Duh, Sakura,"

"Gosh, you're annoying. Just let him, please?"

"Alright, but he's your responsibility," was what I said before the kunoichi squealed with excitement. Behind us stood a boy about our age, with the same shade of black for both his hair and eyes as mine, as he awaited for our small discussion to come to an end.

"Okay Sai, you're in!" Sakura announced happily before jumping up and down like a child.

This Sai guy just gave Sakura the creepiest smile I've ever seen before bowing his head at my direction.

"Thank you for having me on this rescue team, I will do my best," he said to me.

"Hn," was my reply to his bootlicking skills before I started to set off. Sakura and Sai soon caught up to me and with that, the three of us set off to The Village Hidden in The Sands.

"On my calculations, we'll reached there in 5 days," Sai told us, as he looked intently at the map.

"We can make it within 2 days if we're fast and traveled at night," I recountered back, pulling my backpack in the most comfortable position possible.

"We should at least have breaks in between," reminded Sakura, trying to talk sense into me. I merely nodded yet I didn't say anything to her suggestion.

It had been five long years since we've lost him. He was the reason why Sakura and I trained so hard. For this upcoming moment. I know we can find him, he couldn't have died just over a puny fall. He was stronger than that and he had a determination to become Hokage, something that would drive him to live on. I also didn't want to delay the reunion any longer - five years was a horror, a terrifying silence. If his absence was torture, imagine how much I had craved for his presence. Who cares if we overtire ourselves travelling to the Sands with no sleep? I would rather give up an arm and leg if it meant for him to be by my side again. He was my sunshine, my warmth and the very core of my existence. Without him, what's the point of life? I don't care if that Sai guy gets tired or if we exhaust ourselves too much. There's a reason why we have an inn room booked for us specially.

Their voices lingered behind me as my head was filled with nothing of the present. Would he have changed? Will he ever come back with us, after the misunderstanding we had? How would he looked like right now? It was hard to imagine him as a totally different person. The idea of him with contrastingly coloured hair and outrageous tattoos all over his exposing skin sent a terrible chill down my back. He is only complete with his blonde spikes and those ridiculously blue eyes, the ones that would stare right into your inner soul. . Questions after questions kept coming in.

When I snapped out from my muse, realization hit me. Where were they? The woods rustled around me as a wave of breeze flew along the leaves, making that sound. Activating my sharingan, I placed my hand on the handle of the sword while bracing for an attack. With the mangekyo, my senses began to heighten up as well. Sounds around me began to become much clearer and scents of nature began to be more distinct. There wasn't any sign of chakra movements or signatures. Everything happened so fast. Before I could retaliate in time, I was already down in the bushes. My entire body was numbed by some unknown substance as I stared above me, wide-eyed. What the fuck just happened?Whatever hit me, was apparently too fast for me to detect it's chakra signature. Maybe it was too fast to even be able to get detected I retorted to myself before quickly getting into the bushes. My mind was buzzing as I tried to think of a strategy.

"Gotcha," a voice said and I was pummeled 10-feet out from the bush. Before my face could meet the ground, I stretched out my arms and pushed myself back up standing perfectly in a fighting stance. There, infront of me, stood a 9-year-old boy. White wavy hair and mysterious grey eyes, he smirked at me spontaneously. He didn't hold any marks to indicate which village he was from nor did he look like a skilled ninja.

"Where are my friends?" I asked the boy, with my sharingan glaring down at him. Tilting his head to the side, his voice echoed out in kiddy giggles.

"What friends? The pinkette overly-attached girl and the suicidal emo stripper? They're back at the base,"

"Tell me what's this base is or I will hurt you," I gritted my teeth in annoyance, my grip tightening at every word I've mentioned. Grey iries stared right through me, unaffected by my mangekyo. Slowly, he took a step towards me not once being frizzled by me. He stopped just a few feets away from me, near enough for me to pin him down yet far enough for him to jump back in time. I stood firmly on my ground, thinking of ways to escape and filtrate this base place he was talking about.

"You won't be escaping, Uchiha. Our co-leader wants to meet you," Before I could asked any further questions, everything turned pitch black.

I'M SORRY FOR THE SHORT CHAPTER UPDATE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXACTLY WRITE AND THEN SUDDENLY THIS WHITE HAIRED GREY BOY CAME TO MY MIND AND I THOUGHT HE WAS FATED TO BE.

As you're reading this, I would already be halfway through the next chapter so stay tuned! It's starting to get interesting hehe.