Love is Pain
A/N: Yay..after months of not being active I'm back with a new story. My other story I am hoping to get back to soon but for now, enjoy!
Prologue
The first time I saw Naruto I was seven. I was walking through the city when I saw a crowd gathering around some shop. I pushed my way through the people to the front and saw a blond hair boy sitting on the ground. The storekeeper was angry and from the whispers I heard from the adults, this boy was nothing but trouble, a nuisance, etc. He looked around at the crowd and stood up. "And don't come back, you hear?" the shopkeeper said angrily. "Fine. Whatever." he said quietly as he ran away.
I felt bad for him. Why were they being mean to him to begin with? It bothered me so much so that when I got home later that day, I felt the familiar poke to my forehead. I looked up at my older brother, Itachi, smiling down at me. My twin, Sasuke, peeked over his shoulder. "What's the matter?" Itachi asked as he sat down next to me. Sasuke slid off of his brothers back and limped to the fridge to grab some ice. "What happened to Sasuke?" I asked. Itachi smiled. "He was trying to show off."
"I was not!" Sasuke whined sitting down and putting the ice on his ankle. My older brother laughed and shook his head, then turned and looked at me. "So are you going to tell me?" he asked. I sighed. "Why are people so mean to that Naruto kid? I mean, it's like they consider him an outcast." I said. "He's an idiot. A dumb idiot." Sasuke snorted. Itachi sighed. "Naruto, well, he is different. I think you and your brother should stay away from him." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Fine with me." I sighed and nodded my head, but I wasn't going to listen to Itachi.
I saw Naruto a few weeks later. I was just finishing practicing with Sasuke out in the forest. "I'm exhausted." Sasuke said as he fell onto his back. I did the same, lying next to him, looking up at the sky. I must have dozed off because when I woke up, my brother was gone. I figured it was late afternoon, from the position of the sun and I stood up and headed in the direction of home, but then I heard something that caught my interest.
I followed the sound and peeked out from behind a large tree. I saw the blond hair boy standing there, hands clenched, ready to fight. "You're such a loser." one of the boys said. "Yeah, what an idiot. Can't even do one simple transformation jutsu!" another boy said. "I can so!" I heard Naruto say, but his voice quivered slightly. "Prove it." they taunted. I watched as he took a deep breath and said "Shadow clone jutsu." A puff of smoke and there was a second Naruto, but he was all wobbly and then fell over and disappeared.
They boys laughed and Naruto got mad and ended up attacking them. But Naruto was no match against the small group of boys. They roughed him up pretty badly where he couldn't even defend himself anymore. I found myself grabbing my Kunai and running over placing myself between Naruto and the boys. "Leave him alone." I said, glaring at them as I held the Kunai out in front of me. The boys gasped and started backing up slightly whispering to each other. "Look, she's an Uchiha! Just look at her eyes. Let's get out of here!"
When the boys disappeared I turned and knelt down next to Naruto. He looked up at me with the one eye that wasn't swollen shut. "You...you have red eyes." he whispered. I nodded slowly as I grabbed the bandages I kept in my pouch. "Why did you step in and help me?" I helped him to sit up and started wrapping it around his head. "Because I don't like how people ostracize you." Naruto grinned. "It's no big deal." He looked away and I could see the pain he was trying to hide. "Really." he said quietly, sounding like he was convincing himself more so than me.
I finished bandaging him up and stood up. "You didn't have to do that...I tend to heal fast." I smiled at him and helped him up. "It's what friends do. They help out when a friend is down." I said. "My name is Saya. Saya Uchiha." Naruto grinned. "Guess I don't need to tell you my name, since everyone knows it." he said and laughed as his stomach growled. "Hungry huh?" I laughed as I grabbed his hand and pulled him along behind me. "Come, we'll go get some ramen from Ichiraku ramen stand."
"Really?" he asked. I nodded. "Really." That was the beginning of our friendship. Naruto would always be there for me no matter what happens and I would do the same for him.
