Note: When it's typed like 'this', it means that they're thinking, not saying it out loud. And when it's typed like "this", it means they're having a conversation.
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Normal P.O.V.
It was getting late and it started to rain. Amaya was sitting on a branch in front of her favorite place, a beautiful lake. The water had the same color as her eyes, and she was watching the circles forming on its surface as the raindrops were hitting it. She liked rain, she didn't mind the drops falling off her chin and nose, or even getting all wet. She thought rain was part of anyone's life, and part of her name too, actually. 'Amaya' meant night rain, but she wasn't a night person. She hated it, she hated the darkness and whatever it was hiding. She loved spending most of her time at the lake because it gave her inspiration. She would lazily lay in the grass and daydream as long as she could, wondering how her life would be if she had a family. She had no parents, her mother died after giving birth and her father passed away when she was three. Besides, she was an only child, and as far as she knew, she didn't have any other relatives. At sixteen years, she knew how to cook, clean, earn money, basically how to take care of herself.
As she stood up ready to leave, the usual bun she wore her hair in fell due to the heavy rain, letting her black, silken hair fall on her back, reaching her hips. She hated it when that happened, she liked holding it up with a clip instead. After putting it back together, she gathered her things in order to leave. She lived in Kirigakure, the Village Hidden by Mist and got promoted to the rank of Chuunin at fourteen.
The distance between the lake and the village wasn't too long, but it would take her about fifteen minutes to get back unless she was in a rush.
"Amaya!" The girl heard someone call, before noticing that her comrade, Aki, was running towards her holding an umbrella. He was much taller than her, with his short, brown hair swept to one side and wearing his usual green jacket with buttons going down the front. She thought the jacket matched his beautiful, green eyes.
"Aki. How did you know I was here?" Amaya asked as the boy approached her.
"Are you kidding me? You're always here."
"I guess so." She chuckled.
"Anyway, Mizukage-sama wants to see us."
"Us?"
"And Minori, of course."
"Oh." Minori was their comrade too, and they were Amaya's only friends.
Amaya's P.O.V.
"Amaya!" I heard my name being called on my way back to the village. I guessed it was either Aki or Minori, my best friends, considering I wasn't the star of the village for everyone to know my name. And as I predicted, it was Aki.
"Aki," I answered calmly. "How did you know I was here?" Of course he knew, I spent most of my time at the lake, but I still asked anyway.
"Are you kidding me? You're always here."
"I guess so." I chuckled. I didn't chuckle often, but I was a completely different person around my friends. Other than that I was pretty uncomfortable with everyone.
"Anyway, Mizukage-sama wants to see us." I mentally sighed.
"Us?" Not knowing what to say, I just asked that randomly. She probably wanted to see us and Minori to send us in a mission or something.
"And Minori, of course."
"Oh." And we remained quiet for the rest of the time.
Aki's P.O.V.
I stayed quiet while walking back to the village with Amaya. I didn't know how to be funny and she rarely cracked a smile. We headed to the kage's office when it stopped raining. Even so, Amaya was wet from head to toe. Minori was already waiting for us in the hall, seeing as I told him that the Mizukage wanted to see us before going to the lake. He was staring at a picture, his back turned to us. We recognized his spiky, shoulder-length black hair with a blue tint into it. As he heard our footsteps he turned around, his usual blue-grey eyes showing affection.
"Yo, guys."
"Hey, Minori," we both greeted him. He smiled at us with his usual big, cheeky grin he liked to show so much. He knocked at the door and opened it for us before going inside as well. The Mizukage, Mei Terumī, was a cheerful and smiley person, giving anyone confidence with simply her presence. A slender woman in her thirties with green eyes and ankle-length hair, she seemed to be just the perfect woman anyone would admire.
"Amaya, did you wait for the rain to cover you like that before heading back home?" She asked cheerfully, gesturing at her with a smile. She knew almost everyone in the village and what they liked.
"Maybe," she answered quickly, making Mizukage chuckle. She was standing between me and Minori and she was shorter than us. I always thought short girls were cute.
"I guess you only want to talk about why I wanted to see you three. Well, I have an important mission for you and since your team is the most trustworthy, the choice was obvious."
"What is it?" Minori asked. He wasn't the patient kind.
"I want you to deliver a message to the Kazekage in the Village Hidden by Sand immediately," she answered, holding up a scroll. "And it is extremely important that he receives it himself. I know it's a long way to travel but I trust you. All of you. Amaya will be the one to carry the message and you have to protect it until it reaches its destination. Got it?" We nodded at the same time. "Good. Take it," she added, handing Amaya the scroll before waving her hand as if she was telling us to go away. "And take care. You'll be leaving tomorrow morning." We nodded again and Minori smiled confidently. We waved Amaya goodbye and she waved back at us as she headed home.
Normal P.O.V.
Amaya walked home calmly after a day of doing almost nothing, ready to take a bath and get her clothes clean for the mission. She would wear her usual outfit which was consisting of a dark blue sleeveless blouse, a dark skirt and stockings that stopped at her thighs along with the village's forehead protector and black sandals.
Back at home, the girl packed her things up, including the precious scroll her team needed to deliver without fail and went to sleep. She met with her team early in the morning and they quietly started their troublesome journey.
After three days of walking, sleeping and not too much talking, the three friends were already exhausted. They decided to sleep in turns and it was Minori's to guard his two sleeping friends. But he suddenly noticed that Amaya looked rather agitated in her sleep. He guessed she was having a nightmare, or something. She was sleeping close to Aki because they already knew the girl's fear, and thought it was cute, actually.
'Hm? W-Where am I?' Amaya asked herself, looking around. She felt scared and lonely. Everything was covered in blood, it was horrible. She was all bloody too, when she suddenly noticed a figure running towards her. She couldn't make out who he or she was, but she heard that person call her name. From what she figured, it was a male. "W-Who are you!? And what happened to me!?" She asked in horror as he knelt to her side. He seemed worried. But before she could take a better look at his face, she suddenly felt like the world was spinning and in a matter of seconds, she fell unconscious.
And with that, she snapped awake, frightening Minori who also started to fall asleep but was awakened by her sudden gasp. "What happened!?" He exclaimed, crawling towards her.
"N-Nothing… I had a nightmare, that's all," she answered, taking a deep breath. "Go to sleep, I'll stay awake."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Yes… I don't want to sleep anymore anyway."
"Alright then… Wake me up with something happens," he finished as he fell on his back, exhausted.
"Good night...," she whispered, leaning against a tree. She didn't want to think about her dream, all she needed was some well-deserved peace.
The next day, Amaya woke Aki and Minori earlier than usual, considering that she wanted to end their mission as soon as possible, even if it apparently wasn't much.
Amaya's P.O.V.
I decided to wake those sleepy-heads up early in the morning so we could get that mission done already. Truth is, I was scared of the nightmare I had last night. Usually, I dreamed about monsters, beasts or storms, not blood. And I kept wondering who that person was, but I wanted to push those thoughts aside and forget about it, so that's what I did.
"Minori, Aki. Wake up," I called out, shaking them lightly.
"Ugh… What time is it? I can't even see the sun," Minori muttered sleepily, moving onto his side.
"I don't know, but we have to keep going. Come on, guys, didn't you hear Mizukage-sama? This mission is important and she trusts us. We don't have time to sleep."
"Fine, fine…" Aki was already up and ready to go. I nodded and gathered our backpacks before starting to lead the way.
Several hours later, the weather became very hot and almost unbearable. We felt like collapsing in the middle of nowhere, seeing as we couldn't see any villages ahead of us.
"Please, Amaya, if we aren't going to take a break at least give me some water!" Minori whined.
"Not now, Minori. We have to be careful so we don't drink it all until we reach a village, alright? We only have two bottles left," I explained.
"She's right, don't be such a baby," Aki added, upsetting him even more. I rolled my eyes looking at them as I suddenly bumped into someone. I didn't have to look up, the person wasn't extremely taller than me, but about my height.
"I'm sorry," I said, before widening my eyes as I took notice of his clothes. The man in front of me, and the one behind him, since I noticed that there was another person there, were both from the criminal organization, Akatsuki.
"Stay back!" Minori suddenly yelled, which only made the man I bumped into roll his eyes. Well, his eye, because his other one was covered by his hair.
"Shut up, un. I really can't stand having everyone that sees us pick a fight!" The man exclaimed. He had blue eyes and very long blond hair worn into a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely.
"Maybe they pick fights because you're criminals..?" Aki commented.
"Maybe it's not your business. Leave the kids alone and let's keep moving," the other man joined the conversation. He had wide brown eyes and short red hair.
"We're not kids," I corrected. But I soon started to regret it, because the blond looked directly into my eyes, as if he was trying to intimidate me. Which in a way, he did.
Deidara's P.O.V.
I was walking with Sasori, wondering how much longer we had until we finally got to Kirigakure and threaten a man to tell us something apparently important for us. I didn't know, Sasori was told better and I wasn't even paying attention when we were explained what we had to do. As If I cared.
I was looking calmly at the sky with its white, fluffy clouds when I felt something warm against my chest. It was a girl. And damn, she was beautiful. My first reaction was to tell her something like 'Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?', but I didn't want to sound like Hidan, so I remained silent until one of the boys that was with her yelled, "Stay back!" as if we were going to kill them. We would have normally killed them, but I wasn't in the mood to.
"Shut up, un. I really can't stand having everyone that sees us pick a fight!" I answered, moving my attention towards the other to.
"Maybe they pick fights because you're criminals..?" The annoying boy added.
"Maybe it's not your business. Leave the kids alone and let's keep moving," I heard Sasori say, before the miracle happened.
"We're not kids," the girl corrected, when I looked at her again. She had a very peaceful, angelic voice. I could see a bit of fear in her eyes which only made me think that she was even more beautiful like that.
'A woman is a piece of art, and she's beautiful when frightened,' I thought. Her eyes were blue, but a more intense color than mine. And with her black hair kept up and only a few long, curly strands let to fall freely in her face, she did look like an angel.
"It's clear that you're a bit too grown-up to be a kid,un," I said, looking at our chests that were still connected, when she suddenly pulled away from me and stepped back. "…Every work of art needs a name as good, so what's yours?"
"Not one you'll need to make use of," the boy with brown hair said quickly as he pulled the girl behind him and the other brat.
"Hmm… I see you're from Kirigakure. When are you headed?" Sasori asked.
'Seriously? I see a fine piece of artwork in front of us and you see their headbands?'
"None of your business," the boy who yelled at us in the first place said.
"But we- well, I get to know what I want, un!"
"Leave them be. Like I said, they're kids. Let's go," Sasori finished, taking off. I couldn't do anything but sigh and run after him, taking a final glance at the girl that looked like an angel.
I hope you like it, and I'll be updating pretty soon because I have a lot of ideas for this story. Thank you! ^^
