You'd never forget the night he left. It was sudden, quiet, and then Naruto and other Genin went after him in the morning, returning failed, or in Naruto's case, passed out. Leaving Sasuke to go to Orochimaru and never turning back, as you'd last heard.

What you didn't tell anyone was that he'd left you a note, a small one at best, but a note at least, telling you goodbye and that he didn't plan to return, along with a silver chain necklace which had the Uchiha fan symbol in the middle.

Like your fellow teammates, Naruto and Sakura, you'd trained yourself off to the bone, leaving the village for three years and working hard to bring him back, but you didn't forget the note, still keeping it in your pocket, and wearing the necklace.

After finishing your training for the day with your teacher, you went out for a leisurely walk in the forest.

What you didn't expect was to see a handsome man, about your age sleeping on a tree, clad in a grey collared shirt, black pants, and a blue cloth tied around his waist with a purple rope, along with a katana. He had raven dark hair, which fell over his fair skin and closed eyes, the color of which unseen - Sasuke?