The Legend of Sasuke Sarutobi

In the lands far north of the elemental nations, there were mountains and beyond that lands unknown. There were legends about these mountains, legends of demons loosed upon the earth where they ran rampant as the free wind. At a Gokage summit years before, at the time of the first Hokage nearly 100 years ago, it was decided that all nations would forbid passage into these mountains to preserve the peace of the world. At that time, the 9 tailed beasts that were roaming the land had been captured by the power of the First Hokage and the Uchiha clan.

But the demons in the mountains and the lands beyond knew that at one time they had all been the one ten tailed beast, the Juubi. Seeing the power of these shinobi in action, they too decided amongst themselves that it would be foolish to ever cross into these lands where men could seal away demons almost as easily as pouring water into a jar. So they remained in the mountains and the lands and seas beyond that, never going into the elemental nations where human life thrived and grew. Soon a hundred years after that decree people slowly began to forget about the demons…but the laws remained the same; that they should never go to the mountains lest they wish to lose their lives. This was how the world lived.

That was until one ninja, one of the Sannin, Orochimaru, learned of the truth behind the past laws and his natural curiosity and lust for power willed him to want to learn more. This was around the time that he had gained a new pupil, misguided due to his curse mark implanted on his shoulder. Over the next two years, Orochimaru forced all his knowledge and skill into the last Uchiha. Another year passed from then and he had killed Orochimaru and his older brother Itachi, and finally learned the truth of his life from Madara Uchiha, that Itachi was ordered to kill his family by the higher ups of the hidden leaf village, but just couldn't bring himself to kill his little brother who was innocent and blameless in the wake of the possible Uchiha coup'de'tat.

Hatred began to consume the young ninja as he and his group went to disturb the Gokage Summit, fighting and nearly beating the Raikage, then taking off to track down and finally kill one of the hidden leaf elders, Danzo along with his teammate, Karin, in the process. Finally some time later, it happened, the big moment where he and Naruto faced off in a death match to end it all. At first, Sasuke believed it would be yet another win for him. But then his feelings changed when Naruto pulled out all the stops, using his sage mode and fox mode together nearly beat him.

Finally after having some sense beat into him, and using his Mangykou Sharingan to stop Naruto's fox powers from being used, he mind seemed to clear a bit, and knew that if he didn't run right now, Naruto would beat him. So using a cheap trick to escape while Naruto was speaking of how he wanted to bring him back to the Leaf Village, he ran, wanting to leave his world behind. With the defeat of Madara close at hand, he ran north through Earth Country, until he finally came to the mountains which Orochimaru spoke of so often. With Naruto pledging that someday he would bring Sasuke back to Konoha, this…is where the story begins.

Chapter 1

It was cold to say the least, high up in the mountains, the last Uchiha climbed upward. His clothes were a wreck, which was of course irrelevant as he had been in a massive battle only a few days ago. But it was also Sasuke's mind that was in shreds at the moment. How, how was it that Naruto had gotten so much stronger than him? Wasn't he always supposed to be one step behind him? And Naruto had beaten such sense into him. He could barely understand why his mind had become so full of hatred. Hadn't his brother wanted him to remain blameless for the Uchiha massacre?

But he hadn't realized it when Madara had twisted his mind into trying to take revenge for the Uchiha on the elders who ordered the attack be carried out, when it was Madara who had killed them. Knowing his full plans now, he ran north, bringing him to where he currently lay, on the side of this snow covered mountain, trying to move forward through the cold. These mountains were said by the now dead snake Sannin to be infested with demons of all kinds. So far he hadn't seen one, but right now when he was so weak he didn't want to face off with one to see how strong he was compared to them. The mountain range itself was only a few mountains wide, but stretched the entire length of the elemental nations. And with their high altitudes, the cold easily surpassed below 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

As his luck would have it, he encountered one of the demons, just when he was at his lowest point in his life. Despite his keen ninja senses, he barely sensed the sound of flapping wings till it was right on top of him. Giant black crow's wings flapped as it passed the mountain. Sasuke turned his head from the mountain face to see the large creature fly by. It had no body, just a large face for a body with no head. It had a pipe stuck in its mouth with a small flame coming out the end. What stuck out the most about it was not only the two wings on either side of its face, but also that it had a ridiculously long nose.

Ever since he had been a boy he had seen pictures and statues of this being, but never in his life did he ever think he would see a live tengu. Suddenly it stopped and sniffed the air, then without warning, it turned to see Sasuke on the mountain face, and with a roar it flew at him with killer intent. Sasuke had been greatly weakened from his battle with Naruto, thus the reason he actually had to climb up the mountain instead of just using chakra to walk up it. So it was with great effort that he had to turn around to face this devil in the mountains. But that never broke his resolve. In one swift movement, his hand swiped upward, a sword of electric chakra forming from his hand and extending out, then in the same movement, swung his arm down just as the creature passed in range of it.

A number of things happened at the same time. First and foremost was the tengu that had been flying at him was instantly carved in half, neatly and with deadly accuracy, the second thing that happened was that a fractured rib, courtesy of Naruto, moved under his skin, causing him severe pain, making him wince with pain and grabbing it with free hand. Then lastly, he fell from the mountainside as the two halves of now dead tengu collided with the mountain face. Without Orochimaru's curse mark and no surface to perform his hawk summoning jutsu, he unfortunately continued to fall down into the dark depths of the valley below.

They say luck falls upon those who least deserves to have it, but only in the worst situations does it fall on them.

Sasuke fell and fell, waiting for the end to come. He thought that once again he would be able to feel his brothers hugs again like when he was little. But then he blacked out as he hit the surface of the mountain river at full force, saving him from the Shinigami's grasp. But only just, as the cold river carried his rapidly, and it was only through luck that he wasn't smashed against any rocks. It took him almost a day to travel down the river. Finally he drifted to a calmer part of the river and at last landed on a sandy beach, just before it went out into a large ocean. There he lay, drifting in and out of consciousness, dreaming strange dreams. Finally just before he woke, he saw a woman dressed in nothing but white, a white kimono with black designs, and her pale face showed red markings on it and her snow white hair. She was gorgeous, even by the infamous Uchiha's standards, which were pretty high even though long ago he had practically killed off most of his emotions. She soon spoke to him.

"Oh young shinobi of the newer world, your heart has been tainted…I know that deep down you seek peace that all seek…go….journey across the seas…redeem and repent yourself before the gods…and you will live as your loved brother wished you to…go….go," the voice of the angelic woman began to fade as she did as well from her vision as he began to stir.

Suddenly as his vision cleared he saw a strange thing…a small boat floating along the coast of what appeared to be a sea….in that boat was the strangest looking being he had ever seen, it looked like a woman...but her head was huge and misshapen, appearing as wriggly as the waves.

She was rowing along until she quickly landed on the beach, got out of her boat and went behind some rocks, doing heaven knows what. Sasuke was hardly one to ever listen to dreams, as his cold logic simply told him it was his brain processing information from the day before, and the images showed in his head simply mixed memories as they were processed. But there was something different about this one….the woman he saw…she was beautiful beyond all recognition. Not even a combination of any girl he's ever met or seen in his life could equal this woman's beauty. He wasn't sure what to make of it. Then he remembered why he was here in the first place.

"Well, it's not like I'm going back for anything. Might as well just roll with what my head tells me to do."

Quickly the last Uchiha got up as much as his water-logged legs could allow, and silently moved towards the boat, anchored down by a heavy stone. The demon had been in the cave for some time now, so he wasn't sure how much longer it would take for her..it, he wasn't really sure, to come back out.

So lifting the stone quickly he put it into the boat and began to shove off, jumping in as he set out to sea with nothing but a pair of oars, the clothes on his back, his sword, and provisions that were supposed to run out today. Suddenly a loud wailing scream was heard as the demon lady spied him setting out with her boat. Her voice sounded like that of someone drowning, a females for sure, but it was also much more higher pitched, and far more menacing.

"MYYYYY BOATTTT!!! GIVE ME BACK MY BOAT!!!!! I SHALL KILL YOU AND DRAG YOU DOWN TO THE DEPTHS WITH A QUICK DEATH, BUT GIVE BACK MY BOAAATTTT!!!!!"

Sasuke almost wanted to laugh at the now pitiful excuse for a creature, but his stoic face said otherwise. "Stupid demon…" he said as he turned around in his boat to face forward, ignoring her screams.

Finally he was off on a journey to nowhere in particular, or more appropriately, a journey to escape an old world. As he kept moving on, he turned his head to look back at the mountains he had miraculously survived coming through, the ones that no one had tried to cross in ages or had ever succeeded. He was the first, and felt a small sense of pride at that. But killed it as soon as he thought about why he had to it in the first place. Before he turned his head to face forward, he spit in the water towards it.

"Good riddance, stupid world."

Finally he faced forward, just as a thick sea fog began to roll in toward him.

"Oh well, guess I'm doomed to face trials all my life...heh…maybe I'll die out here and finally go to be with my nii-san…and my kaa-san, and otou-san…" he said mumbling to himself as he was soon surrounded on all sides by the fog.

Soon he began to feel the ocean currents pulling on his little craft and seeing as he had no idea where he was headed anyway, he pulled his oars in, and figured he'd get some well needed rest. So, laying down in the boats bed, he slowly but assuredly fell asleep.

How's that for a preface/first chapter? :} this one has been buzzing in my head for a while, and the chapters from here on out will be much longer. Btw I've taken a little break on my other stories as I have Real Life things to attend to, like getting a job and what not. But this one is like…BAM, needs to be written…the other ones like my wolf story and my school warfare one have too many crossovers to think about so it got difficult for me think what was going to happen next. This one is simple and straightforward two crossovers, so I'm really focusing on it as it's much easier to reference them. Oh and definitely expect more fluff for A Night at Naruto's. ;D