It was a heavy breeze. Shadows were lurking, but that didn't stop her from running. Running away was all she could do to escape that wretched excuse of a clan. Her mesmerizing, blue eyes searched for shelter. Her blue shirt was torn and her black shorts were stained with mud. She tripped over a tree root in the woods and collapsed onto the floor letting her pitch black hair loose. Right before her stood the one thing she needed at the moment. Protection. The blonde person before her had beautiful cerulean eyes. He held her just as her eyes drifted away onto Dreamland.
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~Anonymous Girl's POV~
As I awoke, I heard some REALLY loud voices. "Do you think she's fine?" said someone. They sounded feminine. " Hn." replied another. He sounded like a guy who was a jerk. That voice, ya know. Attitude. "ARE YOU ALIVE!? OH MY GOSH! SAKURA-CHAN, DO YOU THINK SHE'S DEA-" another said as he was cut off by someone (I'm guessing) punched him. I tried to tune out the loud annoying voices, but was unsuccessful, sadly. I really just wanted to sleep, but that wasn't going to happen around these people, now was it? I quietly grunted as I got up from what I'm guessing was a bed. It was comfy and smelled like hospital. I opened one eye only to see a girl with pink hair. PINK! WHY PINK!? Although, I did like her beautiful green eyes and cool red ninja-dress thingy. She was medium size in height.
Well moving on, I saw a dude with navy blue hair that wa- WHAT THE HELL!? His hair resembles a DUCKS BUTT! I couldn't help but giggle which earned me a few weird looks. He had a dark blue shirt that had a weird ping-pong looking thing on the back and he was sorta tall. His eyes were like WOAH! They were pitch black, sorta lifeless.
I turned my head to the side and saw a strange boy with a REALLY bright orange jumpsuit. He was small compared to the other two people I just saw. Actually, I was probably just around the same size. Damn, I'm SMALL. His face had weird whisker marks and his eyes were... Wow. Beautiful. Or so I thought at least.
"HI! MY NAME'S NARUTO UZUMAKI AND I'M GONNA BE HOKAGE SOMEDAY! WHAT'S YOUR NA-" he 'quietly' asked me just as he was once again punched.
"SHUT UP, NARUTO! I'm sorry for his behavior. My name's Sakura Haruno and that's Sasuke Uchiha. He's the best rookie in Konoha!" said the pink haired girl. The duck butt guy just answered 'Hn'. Does he not have any other word in his vocabulary list?
"So... What IS your name?" asked Sakura. I answered,"Azumi. Azumi Akarashi." I really wasn't sure of what to say so hey, might as well say my name. I looked around and noticed I really was in a hospital. I looked back to Sakura only to see her gasp and look at me wide eyed. I was about to question her, but she immediately ran out shutting the door behind her.
"What's wrong?" I asked the so called 'Sasuke'. As always, 'Hn' was his answer.
"Hn. Duckbutt," I replied.
He glared at me, but I paid no attention for I could care less. The hospital door to my room SLAMMED open to show Sakura and a man with grey hair that AMAZINGLY defied gravity. He was quite tall and had a green vest, ninja sandals, all that ninja-y stuff. He glanced around the room until his eyes landed on me. He walked over to me and observed me. What the hell is he doing?
He looked to Sakura as she answered, "Her name is Azumi Akarashi." The man looked me over once more before he asked,"Do you remember anything from your clan?"
"No. Is something wrong here?" I responded. I didn't know what they meant. All I know is that I ran away for dear life.
"You must have forgotten what happened to your clan due to the battle, I suppose. You should get some sleep. We'll continue later on," he responded just as he took out an orange book. It looked interesti-... NOOO! NEVERMIND! I immediately looked away from the book in disgust.
"ALRIGHTY THEN! BYE KAKASHI-SENSEI!" said the orange kitty-faced kid known as Naruto. HA! So that's his name... Kakashi. Hehe. Kaka-shi. I lied back down in bed. With the very few people I met, I seemed to like this place already.
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I twitched and groaned unable to rest peacefully. All I could think about was all the horrible blood shed. Those lifeless eyes staring at me, watching my every move. No matter how much I wish I hadn't done it, I did and there was no going back. Stop. Please. Leave me alone. I tried to ignore their yells of hatred, but it was useless. STOP!
I shot out of bed sweating and grasping the bed sheets. My bangs were stuck to my forehead. Gosh, I felt like crap. The sun was setting HERE yet, I felt distant to the world. I hadn't even realized that duckbutt was sitting there staring at me with his oh-so lifeless eyes.
"What are you looking at, duckbutt?" I asked earning me a glare. 'Hn' was all he said, but I didn't care. It was only me and him in the room. Where was everybody? I asked him and he responded,"They're out. What do you want?"
"Jeez. I only wanted to know. You're not very social, are you?"
"What do you care?"
"Everybody needs friends. Or else you'll get lonely." Duh!
"They'd only get in the way of my goal." Whoa... That's deep.
"How can you not have friends? Aren't Naruto and um... Sakura your friends? They seem like good people."
"They're annoying. They'd only stop me from reaching my goal." I think he's shy to friendship. That's gotta be it, I think?
"If you'd like, I'll be your friend. You look rude, but that's your outer image. People aren't born rude, ya know?"
"I... I don't need you. Or anyone." he responded with... a... BLUSH! I'm seeing things, right?
I was about to respond an answer when Kakashi and Team... um... 7 walked in. He looked quite pleased, although I didn't know why. He looked back and forth between me and Sasuke.
"Well that was quite the conversation you two were having."
"That was?" I responded. That didn't seem like a good conversation to me.
"Yeah! Sasuke-teme doesn't talk much, but when he does he's always a jerk." Naruto commented calmly with his hands behind his head.
'Hn' was all Sasuke said as he turned his head away from everyone.
"Are you okay Sakura?" I asked. She looked a little... upset. She kept on staring at me like a madman. Her beautiful green eyes were dull and evil.
"Sasuke never talks to me like that. What have you done to him?" she said with a dark, evil voice.
"I didn't do anything to him. Tell her, Sasuke."
"Hn."
"GOSH DANG IT, SASUKE! VOCABULARY PLEASE!" I shouted. He glared at me with his onyx eyes. I was having a glare-down. He was now next to my bed and I was in the bed.
"GO AZUMI! BEAT UP SASUKE!" Naruto shouted.
"Azumi! Leave Sasuke alone!" Sakura begged. Kakashi on the other hand just stood there reading his book and peeking at us every so often.
"GO AZU- WOAH!" Naruto shouted as he tripped over a bag of chips and clashed into Sasuke. How'd that even get there?
My eyes widened at what was happening and I'm sure everybody's eyes were WIDE as well. I quickly pushed Sasuke away from me as I felt heat rise to my face. Oh gosh, I'm blushing.
"Um... I'm sor-" I said as I was cut off.
"OH MY GOSH! SASUKE JUST KISSED AZUMI-CHAN!" Naruto shouted to the world. Kakaski was wide-eyed and Sakura was mad and sad at the same time. I put my head under the covers to hide my embarrassment. It got silent all of a sudden. Awkward.
"Well, I'm leaving." Sasuke said breaking the silence. Finally, some vocab.
I peeked from the covers and saw Sasuke's eyes meet with mine. My eyes widened a bit, but then he smirked at me. Are you serious? Why is he smirking? I quickly got under the sheets again as I heard his footsteps get further. Naruto had been a little to quiet that I got suspicious. I glanced around the room and found that he was gone. Oh gosh, where did he go?
"Are you alright, Azumi?" Kakashi asked. I looked at him with an embarrassed face which resulted in him smiling at me with comfort.
"Is Sakura mad at me?"
"Most likely. Just give her time."
"Why is she upset? It wasn't my fault Sasuke kis-... collided with me. Is she obsessed with him?"
"Every girl is obsessed with Sasuke which isn't something he likes. But..." Kakashi paused.
"What? What is it?" I asked. I was curious to know about the 'but...' part.
"You seem to be an exception. It seems as Sasuke has noticed you as worthy," Kakashi continued.
I was quiet. I was trying to process these words. Sasuke sees me as a worthy person? Pfft. Please, this is a joke, right?
"HA! I doubt so. He's really distant to everyone. What makes me an exception? I just met him."
"That is something you'll have to find out. Anyway, where the heck is Naruto?"
"I was about to ask that. I hope he hasn't said anything. That'd make a REALLY bad impression on me and I just got here."
I looked over to Sakura and saw that she had finally gotten over this incident. She was smiling, but... why?
"Sasuke's only being nice to you because you're new here. That's my Sasuke-kun's way. Don't get any ideas that he likes you," Sakura finally spoke. She started laughing hysterically, which creeped the heck out of me. I looked over to Kakashi and he shrugged.
"Well, Azumi. Shall we continue our talk from earlier? If you're ready, that is," Kakashi spoke.
"I don't want to talk about Sasuke anymore. How about..."
"I'm talking about your clan, Azumi. Shall we continue THAT talk?"
"I guess so. Where do I start?" I asked. He started walking away and looked back at me. That's my cue. I got out of bed and MAN did that feel good. We walked through the hallways when we pretty much could've jumped out a window or something.
"Where are we going?" I asked. Hahaha! I sounded like Dora the Explorer.
"We're going somewhere more private," he answered as we stepped out of the hospital doors.
"Wow. It's still sunset."
"Yeah, it is."
As we continued walking, I saw girls glare at me. I had a feeling Naruto had something to do with this. Has everyone caught the glare disease from Sasuke?
"Kakashi, hide me," I said as I hid behind him.
He looked at me with his one eye. He smiled in that mask of his and continued to protect me from the glares. One of the girls was following us which was creepy.
"What do you want?" I asked with an annoyed tone.
She glared at me and spoke,"Is it true you kissed MY Sasuke-kun?"
"If it were me, how'd you know I did it?" I asked. She better not say Naruto.
"Naruto told EVERYONE about what YOU did to MY Sasuke-kun," she said and continued,"He also told us how you looked."
By now, I was fuming with anger. That teme! I'm going to KILL HIM!
Kakashi began pulling me off to where we were going because I was too pissed off to move.
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Finally, we arrived to the Hokage Tower. It was HUGE, but not too huge. We began walking in when I heard a certain "someone's" loud voice.
"YEAH! IT WAS FUNNY 'CUZ -" Naruto said as I cut him off by slamming the door open.
"YOU... YOU TEME! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" I yelled as I tackled him and "softly" high-fived his face.
"HELP ME, GRANNY!" Naruto exclaimed making me even more mad. How dare he ask for help?! I punched him until a shadow appeared above us.
"Both of you, up. NOW!," the lady commanded.
I quickly got up and walked over to Kakashi. He told me that the lady's name was Tsunade. Naruto was still laying on the floor, beaten up.
"Kakashi, what do you need?" Tsunade asked.
All he did was look at me and then back to Tsunade for her to understand what he needed her for. She looked at me like I was a stray lion. She was ready to attack me if I attacked, although I wasn't.
"What's your name?" She asked with clear annoyance in her voice.
"Azumi Akarashi. I don't get what you're so upset about," I answered.
"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked.
"Your voice sounds upset. You should take a break. Who cares if you're Hokage. Everyone deserves a break or two," I replied.
She stared at me with a clueless face. Kakashi just smiled at me while Naruto... was still dead.
"Okay then... Well, let's get going with the interrogation. Handcuff her," Tsunade commanded.
"Yea- WAIT WHAT!? WHY'RE YOU GONNA HANDCUFF ME?!" I shouted for dear life.
"Because it's part of the procedure so just go along with it," she explained.
Tsunade's ANBU people suddenly appeared out of nowhere so I got into a defensive stance. Kakashi gave me a reassuring smile and patted me on the back. I allowed Tsunade's ANBU people to put handcuffs on me, at last. We began walking through corridors until we reached what I'm assuming is the "interrogation room".
"So I'm not going to get punched or anything, right?" I asked Kakashi.
"Maybe," he answered causing me to flinch. He laughed and clarified,"I'm just kidding. They won't."
"Alrighty then. So where is Tsunade?" I questioned him.
"She had some paperwork to finish."
"Oh... I see."
"What's wrong?"
"I feel uneasy. Something's not right."
He gave me a questioning look, but said nothing. I felt uneasy being in a room with untrustworthy ANBU people. And without the Hokage.
"Something's off about them. Can you come in as well, Kakashi?" I asked with teary eyes.
"I'm sorry, but I have some training to do with my team," he responded.
I gulped. "Okay then," I said and continued,"But if anything happens make sure to come help me."
Kakashi began walking away. He raised his hand to reassure me he had heard. I smiled at him although he didn't see. I turned around and began to enter the interrogation room. I hope nothing bad happens.
"Hurry up and sit down," one of the ANBU guys commanded. The other just stood by the door and watched. I ignored my senses and made my way to my seat. I sat down, trying to hide the fact that I didn't trust them.
"Alright, ready?"
"Ready," the other ANBU guy answered to the other.
The guy that was standing began walking towards me with a... KUNAI! OH NO! What the hell is wrong with this cruel world?!
I jumped out of my seat when I got punched in the face by the ANBU guy "interrogating" me.
"MOTHER FU- AHH!" I yelled as I was cut off by having to dodge a kunai to my face. I blocked the kunai with my handcuffs causing them to break.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT WITH ME?!" I asked obviously pissed. I was on one side of the room while the enemies were on the other. Damn! I have no kunais with me...
"We were only told to capture an 'Azumi Akarashi' and they told us we'd find you here. There, is that what you wanted to hear?" one of them answered. Who's 'they'? Wait. Where's the other guy?
I looked up and saw Bob (that's the name I gave to the ANBU dude) right above me. I jumped to the right to dodge him, but the other ANBU guy I named Fred came running at me. I lept in the air and sucker punched both of them. Immediately, I jumped away to safety. Boy was I wrong, Fred managed to get behind me and hold me down. Soon, Bob walked over to us holding a kunai in his hand.
"It's a shame that the last living Akarashi member has to die. Such a shame you went down easily," Bob said. Fred continued with,"Any last words?"
This is the end. I'm no good. I went down easily and he's right. I am weak. But... I raised my head and looked at Bob straight in the eyes. He looked at me with that ugly ANBU mask of his. I concentrated until I felt that unusual yet familiar sensation rise to my eyes. There you go! Let's do this.
"Hurry up and kill her! What are you doing?" Fred asked Bob. Bob stood there immobilized, unable to move.
"WHAT DID YOU DO YOU LITTLE BI-" Fred stopped talking when my eyes met his. His eyes widened as blood began spilling out of his mouth. I simply stared with an emotionless face. I hadn't done anything except stare at him. Or had I? The blood from his mouth landed on me staining my blue shirt. Fred's lifeless body landed on me leaving more blood stains. I pushed Fred off of me and stood up trying to recollect this incident.
"What do they mean by 'last living Akarashi member'?" I asked myself, feeling distant once again.
Kakashi, where are you? As soon as I said that, footsteps were heard. I immediately turned my head towards the door where the footsteps were heard. Kaka-... Standing by the doorway was the one and freakin only, Sasuke Uchiha. He stared at me with wide eyes, but his eyes were... blood red. I couldn't help, but stare at his eyes with wide eyes myself.
"What happened?" he asked me, since obviously I was the only other ALIVE person here.
"None of your business, duckbutt."
"Just answer me. Now."
"No. I only want to tell Kakashi."
"Why won't you just tell me. I came here cause I sensed unnatural chakra, only to find YOU covered in blood with TWO dead people. Azumi, just tell me," he replied as he began walking towards me at a medium pace.
"Wow, Sasuke..." I told him, now that we were face to face.
"What?" he questioned.
"That's the MOST VOCAB I'VE HEARD COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH!" I replied happily, gasping, and pointing at him. At this point, Sasuke face palmed.
"STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND TELL ME!" he shouted.
"NO! WHY DO YOU CARE, ANYWAYS?!" I yelled at him.
"I CARE BECAUSE... because.. I..."
"Because what, Sasuke? C'mon. Let it out."
"Because I -" Sasuke said as he was cut off by the sensei I was looking for.
"KAKASHI! YOU BAKA!" I yelled and leapt at him as he caught me. I buried my face into his dark green vest.
"I told you to come help if ANYTHING happened. This always happens when I do things myself. Always," I told Kakashi. He looked at the scene around him, but kept his eyes on the two lifeless bodies.
"Sasuke, deactivate your Sharingan. You'll end up losing your energy if you don't," Kakashi commanded.
"Hn," he replied. He used so much vocabulary just now. What happened?
"Kakashi, isn't Sharingan the Uchiha's specialty?" I asked. Kakashi nodded.
"How'd you know about the Sharingan?" he asked me.
"My clan was taught all about these things," I replied.
"Anywhom, why did you kill them, Azumi?" Kakashi asked. "We could've interrogated them."
I looked away from Kakashi to try and summarize the incident. After I summarized the story, I told him how someone knew me, my whereabouts, and was out to kill me. Kakashi looked like he was trying to concentrate, after hearing my story.
"Umm... Kakashi?"
"Yeah. I'm listening."
"Do you know what happened to my clan?"
It got silent in the room. You could hear us breathing, the trees outside swaying, and children running about. But I got no answer from him.
"Kakashi, if you know just tell me. I can handle it," I comfortingly told him.
He looked at me in the eyes and explained,"Azumi, your clan was attacked yesterday. According to the search team, there were no survivors besides yo-"
My eyes were wide as HECK and were spilling waterfalls. It can't be. Not my brother, sister, my friends. They can't be dea-... I started sobbing my eyes out while Kakashi hugged me. So much for 'I can handle it', right? Sasuke was staring at us with wide eyes.
"Get over it," Sasuke "nicely" said.
"What do you mean 'get over it'? The very few people I treasured are dead! How can you be so insensitive?" I retorted, turning around to face him.
"My clan's dead. How's that 'insensitive'?" he responded. I wasn't sure how to react.
"Is that why you're always grumpy? 'Cuz I don't want to be like that. I'll make sure to be happy 24/7!" I feel happy now!
"Hn," Sasuke replied. "Go ahead."
I smiled and ran over to him. He stared at me with a what-do-you-want face. I kissed him on the cheek and hugged him tightly. He was trying to pry me off but was VERY unsuccessful.
"You have a weird way of showing affection, Sasuke!" I explained in his ear.
I felt warmth coming off his face which I'm guessing means he's... blushing! I got closer to his face and saw a hint of red, but he quickly turned the other way refusing to let me see him blush.
"Get off me!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"No! Not until you let me see your face! JUST SHOW ME!" I shouted back.
Sasuke tripped me making me land on the floor face first. I was about to get up, but then duckbutt sat on me.
"Get off of me! Kakashiiii!" I exclaimed, but Kakashi was busy sitting down and reading his book.
"It's your fault for being annoy-," Sasuke was cut off as I forcefully managed to push him off.
I got on top of his back and threatened to cut off his duckbutt although I'm pretty sure I'd be doing him a favor. He glared at me and I glared at him. Well, well, well. Would you look at that? Another glare-down. I'm ready this time.
Immediately, Sasuke pushed me off while I was focused on glaring. He got on top of me, facing me. I began blushing and so did he when he realized where his hand was.
"Oi! Everyone, what's u-" Naruto was saying as he walked into the room with Sakura.
Naruto was wide eyed, Sakura was once again lifeless, and Kakashi was reading his book. I pushed Sasuke off me and crawled to the closest corner I could get to.
"SASUKE! WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO RAPE AZUMI?!" Naruto exclaimed catching Kakashi's attention.
I looked towards Sasuke. He was blushing A LOT, but you could only see him through my angle. Kakashi stood up and glared at both of us (me and Sasuke).
"Why were the both of you 'playing' around with each other in the first place?" Kakashi asked us both. "C'mon. Answer me. Azumi, don't you know?"
"Shut up. His fault for tripping me," I answered.
"Your fault for hugging me AND kissing me," Sasuke retorted.
"I kissed you on the CHEEK, alright? That's nothing compared to what you just did," I retorted to Sasuke.
Sasuke glared at me while Naruto laughed his butt off. Sakura was still 'dead' and Kakashi was smiling. Has everyone forgotten that there's dead bodies here? Jeez! Stupid duckbutt! My chest hurts from being squished to death.
"Well, lets get going. We still have to identify the dead bodies, get you (me, Azumi) cleaned, and find out how you managed to kill them. There's no sign of damage on them, yet there they are... dead," Kakashi explained.
Naruto looked at me with sad, comforting eyes. I was drenched in blood. I had killed someone, yet he was trying to comfort me. I couldn't help but get teary-eyed. Sakura was glaring daggers at me and kept her distance.
"I'm not going to kill you if that's what you think," I explained to Sakura. She kept glaring, but relaxed a little.
"Hn. Let's go," Sasuke said as dull as ever. Everyone followed along and started walking.
"You're starting to speak more often. That's a surprise," I commented smiling.
Sasuke looked over to me and smirked. He kept walking, but stopped when he and I were at the back of the group. I looked at him slightly lost. He turned to face me when suddenly we were face to face. He grabbed my chin and lifted my face up so that I could look him in the eyes.
"W-what do y-you want?" I asked slightly nervous.
It was quiet for a while when he responded,"Do you like me?" I didn't know how to react. I began blushing crazily so I backed away from him.
"So you do like me? Thought so," Sasuke continued.
"W-well how do you expect me to react?! You were so close to my face!" I responded. I actually don't have a crush on him, though.
"Hn. Well I don't mind if you do," Sasuke answered as he began walking away to catch up to Team 7.
I stood there. Lost. Unable to process this new information. Did he allow me to like him? I thought he didn't like it when girls fawn all over him.
"OI! AZUMI! HURRY UP!" Naruto shouted, waving for me to hurry up.
I looked forward to staying here with my new family. Kakashi, Naruto, not so much Sakura, and... Sasuke. They were all waiting for me to come. I smiled and ran over to them. I finally have a new family, Mom.
