Alone, always alone. Darkness everywhere, starting to take over. Must find him, must avenge.
But in the darkness, a light. A star…
She was beautiful; she was strong, no matter how shy she was. She was everything, yet no one noticed her. But I noticed her.
She smiled softly as she listened to the brown haired babble head next to her, and I scowled to myself, gripping my chopsticks harder. I didn't even like Ramen, but I came here everyday, just because she always walked by, but I didn't think she'd walk by with him. Her smile was a sad smile, but of course, he misinterpreted it as happy. I had no way of knowing what he was talking about, but I could guess fairly well. He was probably talking about Hinata, his team mate and the girl he had a crush on. The idiot, he was completely oblivious to the obvious better of the Hyuuga girl that was right in front of him, the one that liked him, much to my own frustration.
Rosuto, her name, beautiful yet oh so fitting much to my sadness. Her name meant lost, and that was defiantly what she was. Lost to everyone's eyes, lost to anyone's love, lost to everything she deserved yet what everyone else had. She was shy like the Hyuuga, but somehow the boy before her had missed her. She stood before him, yet he had never really seen her, and had given his attention to the other girl gone unnoticed, but had gotten all of Rosuto's attention. The girl he was always chasing never noticed him though, she was always chasing after the other blabber head, the blonde knuckled headed ninja, Naruto. Then, of course the blonde liked Sakura, who liked me. It was like a total love rectangle… Or a six pointed star.
Hinata was like a comet, the part unseen that was always chasing the sun, Naruto. The sun never saw the comet, and the comet's tail was always chasing after the comet, what everyone else noticed, right behind the invisible comet. However, it was burning itself out. The comet would come around the sun, only seeing each other for a short time before the comet headed back around. Rosuto always watched the comet's tail, wishing she could reach it, but it was impossible for her. And I always watched her, waiting for when she'd stop watching the comet and find me, or the comet would burn itself out, and she would lose interest.
That day had yet to come. In fact, the girl ignored me even more than Hinata did. At least Hinata talked to me, she was polite. Rosuto… She barely even looked my way. Her eyes were always glued to the stupid Dog boy, who barely returned her gaze. He was always looking at the Hyuuga girls Byakuugan, blank white things that looked dead, unable to be read. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the Hyuuga girl, but I just don't understand what the idiot dog boy sees in her that he doesn't see in Rosuto. Or what she sees in him for that matter. Everything about her is a mystery to me.
I was the darkness. The thing that was always there, always thought of as beautiful, but never really seen. No one understood it, even though everyone thought they did. It was always cold and dark, forgotten in the light of the sun and stars.
"Hey Sasuke!" The Idiot called, grinning broadly as he pulled a flustered Rosuto over to me. I resisted the urge to snarl at him, mostly for her sake.
"Hi," I responded with my icy voice ringing out into the air, and I wasn't talking to him, but of course, everyone is always talking to the egotistical bastard.
Kiba grinned sliding into the seat next to me, dragging a still overwhelmed Rosuto, who was stuttering out protests. I don't think I'd ever heard her talk so much, or be so flustered. I felt guilty about it, but I actually kind of enjoyed her acting like this. I got to see her interacting slightly, instead of the indifferent person she usually acted like.
Kiba finally released Rosuto's arm, her face turning slightly pink, not that he noticed. But I did.
"Hey Sasuke, how's Sakura?" He asked, nudging me and winking. I sat scowling at the wall, holding my chopsticks even tighter. Kiba always persisted that I was with Sakura whenever we met up, and it happened so much I didn't bother to correct him anymore.
"Fine," I grunted, staring down at my untouched Ramen bowl.
"Yo, you gonna eat that?" Kiba asked, and I sighed and pushed the bowl so it sat in front of him, earning a large grin on his face. "Thanks!"
Rosuto watched him with a small smile, a happy one. What did she see in him? Why did she like his idiotic childishness?
"So, what's up with you?" Kiba asked with a full mouth, stray noodles hanging from his mouth. Rosuto stifled a laugh, or a giggle. I couldn't tell.
I shrugged. "…Stuff, hn…"
Kiba watched me with a raised eyebrow for a moment, before he shrugged and turned his attention fully to the ramen before him.
Rosuto glanced down at her watch, her eyes widening in alarm before she hopped out of her seat and onto her feet.
"Sorry, I'm late! Bye!" She called, swiping up her bag from where it leaned against the ramen stand, running around the corner, her hair whipping behind her for a moment before it was gone too.
"Late?" I questioned, looking at the Dog boy, who shrugged and slurped up the rest of the ramen hanging from his mouth, making a deep swallow before turning to me.
"She's got training with her team, and her sensei doesn't take well too people who are late. She makes them run a whole lap on the jogging track for every minute they're late." He explained, before diving back into his ramen.
"Harsh," I commented, glancing at where she had disappeared around the corner, hoping that she made it to her training grounds as quickly as possible. The jogging track went all the way around Konoha, and more than a few laps was a near impossible feat for anyone under Gai and Lee's standards.
Kiba continued to gulp down his Ramen, and I sighed, slipping out of my seat. I grabbed my bag, heading down the road to my own training session. It didn't matter if I was late, since Kakashi showed up at least an hour later than the time planned at every meeting. The rest of us knew to just assume to meet up at least a half hour later than planned.
Sakura squealed as she saw me heading around the corner, running to meet up with me. I could see Naruto glaring at me in the background.
"Umph," I grunted as Sakura launched herself onto me, latching on.
"Sasuke-kun!" She shouted, and I sighed beneath her, gently pushing her off and onto the ground. This didn't seem to faze her, and she still watched me with excited eyes, following me as I made my way to where Naruto was leaning against the railing of the bridge.
"Hello," A voice called out and we all turned to towards it, Sakura and Naruto shouting in unison.
"YOU'RE LATE!" I mentally groaned. Why did I have to get such loud team mates?
"Sorry, sorry. There was a stray dog stuck in the middle of a stream…" He started to make up, but stopped when he saw our glares, walking up and scratching the back of his neck sheepishly. "Well, maybe this will make up for it." He handed us each a strip of paper, which we all examined.
Kakashi explained that they were for the Chuunin exams, and how to enter and all that blah blah blah.
"Oh!" Naruto exclaimed when he was done, "Like those guys from that other village said they were here for!"
I remembered that. Naruto nearly started a fight with one, and I ended up hitting him with a rock. I wish Rosuto had seen that, it might have impressed her.
"Wait, Kakashi-sensei, does that mean other teams are entering?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Kakashi answered, "You'll be competing against them."
I added in, "Will we be fighting against other Konoha ninjas?"
Kakashi nodded. "Yes, all the rookies were entered this year."
That meant I would get to see her. I mentally smiled at the thought. But then… I might also have to fight her… But at least I'd get to see her fight.
Sakura scoffed. "Great, I have to see Ino-pig." I mentally shuddered at the thought of having fan girls hanging off me left and right, but at least only two had passed as Konoha ninja. That didn't mean I couldn't pick up more though…
"Well, I'll see you later then." Kakashi said, giving a small wave before poofing away.