Emma: Well, new story, new story, new story! Seriously three in one day I think we're on a roll! So, this is a Naruto fic I've had playing in the back of my mind for awhile because I found an old OC design a few days ago and I have been dying to use her! So, let me explain one quick thing about this OC so you won't get confused. Melody Dito is the OC and she is a sand ninja girl whose mother was involved in a underground rebellion against a rebel group of sand ninja who was dictating her village. She was killed and Melody ran away to save herself; she disguised herself as a boy and started ninja training which led her to meet Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara. She then became Temari's assistant when she became head of guard over Gaara as the Kazakage and only Temari knows she is a girl. So, through this story I will refer to Melody as "her" or "she" but everyone thinks she is a guy, or her alternate ego Masha Minoto, even though I may refer to her as Melody or "she" or "her". Any who, I don't own anything!

Hidden From You

Chapter One: Living Life In Melody

A young girl watched as a group of men took her mother away. She had been told to stay quiet and to not say anything, no matter what. Her mother had pleaded with her to hide; to stay away and to run when the time was right. She didn't want to; she wanted to help, she wanted to fight and save her mother, the only family she had. But she couldn't; she was weak, she was young… She was Melody and she was scared to death.

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Melody sat up in bed gasping, her whole body drenched in cold sweat and her heart racing. She calmed down and leaned her forehead into her hands and calmed herself. She looked over to the bed sharing her room and sighed as she watched Temari sleep peacefully. Temari was her best friend; the only one to know Melody was a girl, the only one to know that the charade she held was an act, not reality. Temari was her only true friend who she could tell anything.

"Temari, are you asleep?" Melody asked. Her voice was low and raspy, but soft like a bell. A conflicting force that only Melody could make work. Temari turned to face Melody and yawned." I'm going to the music room; to play some piano, don't worry okay?" Temari nodded and watched Melody stand and throw on some black jeans, wrap her breasts with the bind she had created out of an old corset, and throw a baggy black shirt on then her usual black sweat shirt." If I'm not back before sunrise, I'll see you at the meeting, okay?"

"Another nightmare, Mel?" Temari asked suddenly. Melody stopped in the doorway and nodded stiffly. Temari sighed and turned back over to rest." Don't be too long, Melody, we have training tomorrow, and then we leave for the Leaf Village…"

" I won't," Melody said softly. She walked out and closed the door, biting her lip to hold back the tears she knew wanted to come. She stoned herself and sighed, making sure no emotion betrayed the barrier she had created around herself." Calm, cool, strong."

She chanted this as a mantra, a way of calming herself and once she was through she stood straight again. She walked down the hall of the Kazakage Palace until she came to a wide, polished, black wood door. She opened it to a wide open room, with only a piano and a row of seats in it. The room had black tile floors and opened out to a wide balcony on one end. Crisp winter air floated into the room and Melody closed her eyes, taking a deep breath of the cool air. She hurried over to the piano and sat down. Behind the piano was a wall made entirely of mirror, and Melody looked at herself intently; she saw her short black hair, cropped short and spiked around her face in a boy style, her dark, blueberry blue eyes, and her pale skin, stark against her all black attire. She would have been beautiful as her female self, but now she was a handsome young boy who was head of guard to the Kazakage; Melody Dito had no place in this world, Masha Minoto did.

Melody sighed and poised her hands over the black and white keys and stared out the window. She closed her eyes and began to play. Soft music floated around the room, echoing around the tile and making Melody lose herself in the sweet music; it was almost unbelievable that she was creating this sweet music and not someone else. She played nonstop until she heard someone open the door behind her. She didn't stop playing because she saw Gaara in the mirror. She finished the song and then let her hands fall to her lap. Gaara sat beside her and put a hand on her shoulder. They didn't say a word and a few moments later Gaara stood and left. Melody felt better and stood to leave herself soon after; Gaara had that affect on her and Melody knew she shouldn't be falling for him. She couldn't help it though. She was still Melody, she was still scared and trying to find her place; she was still weak.

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"Masha, will you run ahead and tell the gate we're headed into the village?" Temari asked. Melody nodded; the trio was a few miles from the Leaf Village gates and Melody knew she had to let them know the group was coming in. She came within a few yards of the gate and three ninja stars fell from above her; she easily dodged the first two, but the third one hit her across the chest and sliced her shirt and corset wide open. Melody gasped as she grabbed at her shirt trying to hold it across her chest. Naruto jumped down from his perch and was about to exclaim in victory when he saw her shirt.

"Holy shit you're a chick!" Naruto cried. Melody saw her whole life flash before her eyes; all she had struggled to hide, wasted away and ruined because of this blonde annoyance." Masha, I swear if this is some sick joke I will-"

"Shut it Naruto!" Melody hissed. She didn't bother lowering her voice like she usually did with the outside world." Turn around for a sec! I swear I'll explain!" Naruto did as he was told. And Melody reached into her side pouch and yanked out a sewing needle and thread. She swiftly sewed her corset back into place and then repaired her t-shirt and slipped the jacket, around her waist, on and zipped it up. She turned back and sighed as Naruto ogled at her." My real name is Melody Dito and I am a girl."

Naruto was silent and Melody closed her eyes, horrified that her secret, and her whole charade was in the hands of this boy.

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Emma; So, a cliffhanger for Olivia to take up! Wahoo! Tell me Whatcha think of Melody, she has a lot more then what I explained, a whole other story behind the mask she puts up. I hope there are people who realize this and enjoy her as a character. R&R please!