I wrapped the tattered blanket around my thin 6-year-old body; tightly in my left hand I clutched the only memory of my family, a necklace. It is a metal circle with an upside down triangle in the middle of it. On the opposite side of it engraved in the metal was a single sentence.
"Daddy loves you, one day ill find you and we will be a family again. I'm sorry"
I know that even though I was on the streets daddy would find me and we would be a family again. I'm Miaka and I'm an orphan. I have been living on the streets ever since I was five; I left the remote orphanage because I was getting misused. The scars still plagued my skin from those terrible days.
"Get up and clean the floor orphan!"
The owner of the orphanage threw me out of the bed and onto the cold floor, kicking me in the stomach she forced a broom into my hand and I started sweeping, it was 4 in the morning. The lady took a special "liking" to me and I paid the price for it, she forced me to do most of the chores and I was like her personal punching bag.
"My daddy is going to come back from me!"
"Your father is never coming back for you," she screamed
"Your wrong" I sobbed
"I'm never wrong brat, now hurry up and finish cleaning" she snapped
She kicked me again and I yelped out in pain, my fingers were numb from cleaning all day but when it was bath time the pain started again. I was dumbed into the dirty water; I was the 10th child in the house to have a bath so as you could guess the water was pretty disgusting. The lady pushed my head underneath the water, I figured that she was cleaning my hair but her hand stayed firmly on the back of my head, I started struggling but she just pushed down harder.
When I became limp she pulled me back up, I was half conscious but I took that chance to run out, I picked up my clothes from the floor and shoved them on while running, I went up to my room and threw all my belongings in a small bag. I ran past all the other cheering orphans and out into the dark forest, when I finally collapsed I was at a village in a dark alleyway.
I was smart, smarter then a lot of 6 year old and strong to, I was stronger then the average child. I was a special prodigy that was the relevant word to use. I was quick, agile and daring when stealing food but I was only able to get enough food to last me a little while.
I picked up an empty tin can and checked my reflection out in it. Black midnight hair hung down past my shoulders and ended just above the small of my back, my hollow dark brown eyes stared unemotionally at the metal in front of me. My skin is pale from lack of nutrients and my cheekbones poked prominently through the skin. My teeth were a nice pearly white colour surprisingly.
I still wore the same clothes that I left in. I looked around at my surrounding and my home. It was a simple konoha alleyway; a cardboard box was my house. It wasn't much but it was adequate for me. My possessions included a tattered blanket, a necklace, a cardboard box, and a couple of tins cans filled to the top with food. This is my life.
I glanced around a bit and the set off. Jumping from roof to roof I looked down at the different stalls, I jumped behind one of the stalls and masked my chakra, as I said I was smart. I'm a self-taught ninja, my daddy was a ninja I knew that much. I crawled underneath the table and reached up, I stole a bread roll and stuffed it in my pants pocket. I silently reached up for another, but someone's hand tightly wrapped round my wrist, the stallholder pulled me up and glared at me.
"You need to pay for that rat!" he growled
"I'm sorry" I stuttered
I struggled in his grip but he just tightened his hand, he backhanded me and I fell on the ground in a heap. Tears slipped down my eyes.
"Stop" ordered a kids voice
I looked up and noticed a boy, he had black hair and onyx eyes, and he was wearing a short pair of pants with a top that had a red and white fan on the back.
"Will that be enough to pay for it?"
The greedy stall owner snatched the money out of this boy's hand with grubby fingers and left mumbling. The boy reached out his hand and I took it shyly.
"What's your name?" he asked
"Miaka, what about you?"
"Itachi uchiha"
"Thankyou for before"
"That's ok, I always help girls from evil stallholders"
I giggled and he flashed me a huge grin, I gave him a wave and ran in the opposite direction, when I got back into the alley I opened up a tin of food and spread the delicious eatables onto the bread roll that itachi paid for and stuck it in my mouth. I ravished the food and it was gone within the minute, when I was satisfied I curled up in a ball and clutched my necklace, for once I went to sleep with a smile on my face.
hope everyone enjoyed the first chapter! xxx