Fated Encounter

A/N: This is an AU. I got inspired by Akagami no Shirayukihime.

Summary: Fate has brought together an exceptionally skilful shinobi and an ordinary girl with extraordinary features. What will be the outcome of this encounter?

Sasuke Uchiha, the son of the head of the Uchiha Clan encounters a civilian girl names Sakura Haruno during a rescue mission. Their different perspectives about life attract them towards each-other. But will the difference in their social status allow them to have a relationship?

Chapter 1: Fated Encounter

The mission that has been appointed to his team is quite an easy one. Truth be told, an extremely easy task to be put under the category of an S-Rank mission. Rescuing the Konoha civilians who have been captured by Orochimaru's henchmen is not supposed to be an S-Rank thing. Perhaps it is the name 'Orochimaru' that has increased the rank of this mission to that of an S? But seriously, how strong can the guy really be? He may be one of the three legendary sannins but he sure as hell cannot be stronger than an Uchiha. 19-year old, young Anbu Captain Sasuke Uchiha thought this all to himself whilst running and bounding-off trees to reach the assumed location of the nearest lair where the captured civilians may have been taken.

At maximum it will take a group of trained shinobis about three hours to reach the spot. But since his squad consists of only the elites, they will arrive at their destination within an hour and a half. They will infiltrate the base as soon as they arrive and rescue all their village's people. And if by chance, any misfortune befalls them, then they may even run into Orochimaru. Yet even that won't be much of a problem as he'll handle that snake-lookalike paedophile in no time.

And this is exactly how it happened. Every single thing occurred in the same sequential order that he had guessed on his way. Everything..except for one part that is...

The minute they entered the lair, they were not met by the sight of a small bunch of shinobi guarding the place. Instead, a huge wave of sound ninjas surrounded them from all sides. The whole thing turned into a long boring procedure of fighting off the sound shinobi and helping the Konoha civilians escape at the same time. In the midst of all the gruelling actions, someone bumped into him— a woman to be specific (he guessed by the body shape). However, the whole exchange seemed very weird as the woman had covered every single part of her body by a huge, white cloak, obscuring all of her features from the eyes of this harsh world. She apologised and ran out of the underground base, leaving him behind to take care of the sound small fries. Well, it's not like he cares...

As he craned his neck back to face the battle zone, he saw the actual reason for the lady's hurried run. There in the centre of all the commotion stood the leader of those dirty henchmen— Orochimaru! With his hands folded across his chest, he smirked like the Cheshire and looked directly at him. He accepted the challenge expressed by the older man's eyes and charged at him. It turned into one of the best and the worst fight that he has ever had in his life till date. At one point, the sannin began shedding his skin and took the form of a huge, white snake that was constructed by numerous smaller white snakes. The whole appearance was really ugly and disgusted the young captain to no end. The humongous snake even tried to use some unknown genjutsu on him that made him feel as if he were swallowed by the snake. But still..he is an Uchiha and all Uchihas possess the formidable sharingan which proved to be a powerful asset in this battle and Sasuke managed to defeat the snake.