Elizabeth Samboa
By loveydoveywriter93
Disclaimer- I own none of the plot, characters or any thing else in this except my ideas.
Chapter 1
Elizabeth Samboa walked up to the gate of Hidden Leaf Village. She couldn't believe her luck. Her stupid parents had sent her here to be trained as a ninja. On the journey, it had definitely crossed her mind to escape more than once, but she was not a coward, anything but a coward. A ninja, she would sooner kill herself. A single woman stood on the gate's other side. She was an old woman with light blond hair and worn hands. Elizabeth guessed they had been used to heal. Elizabeth, or as she liked to called Liz, called her animal familiar Takamaru to her quickly. The bird shot through the air and landed softly on her arm, claws digging in ever so gently.
"Good Afternoon Hokage Tsuande" Liz said, bowing low, The woman merely waved it away impatiently.
"It's good to meet you Elizabeth" she said warmly. Liz warmed up to Tsuande at once, it was impossible not to once you heard that honey soft voice.
"You also, Hokage" she replied. Tsuande smiled and opened the gates slowly. They creaked ominously as Liz stepped through quickly. It was obvious, the change in the air, the atmosphere, almost like an alien planet. She looked around in wonder, every sound, every small thing seemed enhanced by something. If not happiness and love, she didn't know what! Roughly she shook herself, keep yourself together Liz, she chided to herself. You are EMO. THINK EMO.
She smiled weakly at the Hokage who took her by the arm and led her past shops and groups of people every size and shape smiling and conversing. As she passed, everyone paused momentarily to observe this outsider. She stilled herself, ready for teasing, goading, anything of the sort. A boy about her age stepped in front of her path deliberately.
"Hi, I'm Naruto" he said brightly, holding out a hand covered in dirt for her to shake. Liz's eyes traveled up his body, a stupid orange body suit, a headband thing everyone seemed to wear around here, about five noodles of ramen sliding down his chest and that annoying smiled plastered on his face.
"Liz" she said shortly, shaking his hand curtly and intending to move on but another form blocked her path. A more imposing one, a boy with black hair. Silly black hair and dark eyes, her heart lifted- another emo like her!
"Sasuke Uchiha" he said curtly and did not shake her hand.
"Elizabeth Samboa" she said with the same level of curtness. He raised one artistically posed eyebrow, though the effect was partially ruined by the headband he wore, but kept his serious demeanor.
"Lets just make this clear Elizabeth Samboa." he said loudly and clearly, "I have one mission and one mission only and that is to extract revenge on my brother for murdering my whole clan. Spending any time with you is last and not a priority on my list" he curled his lip and leaned back, waiting for the usual response of shock and tragic acceptance. He got neither.
"Now Uchiha, don't let me insult your intelligence. But I fail to see why I would want to spend any time with you and I don't give crap about your life mission. In fact, it means shit to me" She smiled falsely at him and walked onward, leaving a slightly shell shocked Sasuke and a giggling Naruto. Tsuande kept with her this time, making it plain she did and would not tolerate any more interruptions. They finally reached the Administration building and retired to the Hokage's offices.
"So, Elizabeth Samboa. Do you want to become a ninja of Hidden Leaf Village?"
Tsuande asked simply. Elizabeth smiled and answered truthfully
"Na-Yes. Absolutely" Liz could hardly believe her own mouth.
"I swear, Hokage, I didn't mean that. I really don-DO want to be a ninja. Damn!"
"I'll assume you do want to be a ninja" The Hokage reached beneath her desk and pulled out some items
"This is your Flak jacket, file, mirror, radio, range finder, a couple shuriken, three kunai, and a couple makibishi" Liz blinked, many sharp objects were being handed to her and she was accepting them with ease. A different Liz seemed to be in control. The Liz in control smiled and thanked the Hokage easily, taking the key to an apartment that was next to a person named Kakashi.
"What the fricking hell" she burst out as she was out on the street. The Liz she knew was back in control and she walked down the street. She passed many places she didn't know, but it didn't matter. She just wanted peace, wanted solitude.
"Hey Lizzy-chan" a voice erupted from a small restaurant to her left. Liz groaned, it was that Naruto guy again.
"Lizzy-chan" the name came out again and Lizzy suddenly realized that this boy was calling her Lizzy, that unforgivable nickname she despised. She whirled on her feet, making Takamaru squawk in annoyance.
"What, Naruto, or whatever your name is" she shouted, Sure enough, the boy with the bright orange suit stepped out of the crowd.
"Lizzy-Chan, please call me Naruto-Chan, and I want to show you around. Introduce you to my friend Sakura-Chan" A smaller girl stepped out from behind Naruto and smiled tentatively.
"Hi Lizzy-Chan" she said quietly. The girl was normal in all ways except for the bubble colored hair that brightened her complexion by a mile.
"Hi Sakura-Chan, Hi Naruto-Chan" she said in good temper, "I'd love to hand out but I've gotta put all this stuff away" she continued, gesturing at all the crap she had.
"Oh, don't worry about that" Naruto said airily, "Just drop it off at your apartment quickly and then we can leave". Liz smiled and ran quickly to the building that she supposedly had a home in now. She didn't really pay attention to anything inside and ran out with Naruto and Sakura five seconds later. The first thing they passed was the Administration building, three circular buildings that were all connected. Liz was bored, it was a sunny day out-which meant it was fricking hot out too. Naruto had started to babble about all the places they passed,
"Okay Lizzy-Chan, this is the Dango Shop, they serve awesome dango! And this is the Uchiha Compound-really really big, Sasuke lives there. And this is my apartment" At these words, Naruto looked so happy that Liz could have slapped him. Sakura, sensing the battle of wills, butted in and started the tour up again
"This is the Military HQ, and the bookstore", Naruto jumped in at this point
"I get information about females there" he said, puffing up in pride. They soon had passed Hokage Mountain, the Yamanaka Flower Shop, Ichiraku Ramen (which Naruto made her get some ramen), Konoha Hospital,and the Public park.
"So, how did you like your tour, Lizzy-Chan?" Sakura asked, smiling with more confidence now that she knew Liz better.
"It's cool, but I miss home" Liz said, again the separate Liz had butted in. What Liz had meant to say was that she wanted to leave to start on her own.
"Totally get it" Naruto said, trying to imitate Liz's demeanor. Liz couldn't help but to laugh at this while Naruto and Sakura laughed with her.
They accompanied her back to the apartment, promising to get together soon. Finally having a moment to breathe, she stepped inside her new apartment. It was one room, with a double bed with dark purple sheets and a comforter with the logo of the Hidden Leaf Village. There was a small kitchen in the corner which made Liz feel like home a little bit more. She sat down on the edge of her bed, opening her bags and setting out the clothes and other items she considered important.
Up on the window sill went pictures, one of her family, and another of two girls smiling brightly together. Liz smiled briefly at this and turned away, but not before her eyes watered with tears. She still remembered...
"WHAT! You can't leave me alone here. I'm gonna die, I can't live alone" a girl with light brown hair dropped back, shock evident in teary eyes.
"I don't want to, Please! Lily, My parents are making me do it" Another girl, with darker curly brown hair said hysterically, tears rolling down her already stained face.
"Elizabeth Samboa, this is goodbye, isn't it?" the girl named Lily said quietly
"Yea, Lily Mustang, I think it is" Liz replied. The two girls embraced and parted for the last time.
Liz blinked back another tear and hastily wiped away the offending droplets. SHe finished the rest of her unpacking fairly quickly and made to go outside and catch some food. A figure blocked her way,
"Could you move?" she said, impatience raw in her voice
"And if I don't feel like it" a voice answered in return, quiet with amusement,
"Sasuke" she said, and turned to ignore him,
"Wait Elizabeth" Sasuke said, he looked strained, "Could you keep a secret for me?"
"Yeah" she said suspiciously,
"Well, I'm leaving today later to find my brother and kill him."
"Oh" was Liz's response as she icily examined her nails.
"Don't you care?" he said with surprise
"Why should I?" she said, "I barely know you, and you were extremely rude to me, I do reason to mourn your absence". Sasuke was in a state of shock for a moment but quickly recovered himself.
"Well, you see most girls usually fall for me within five minutes" he said smugly,
"I am not going to fall for you" she said matter-of-factly and pushed past him. SHe felt his eyes on her the entire time she ate, it was odd being the subject of someone's attention but not totally unpleasant.
By the end of the day, she was sufficiently annoyed to yell out
"Sasuke, go away". He did no such thing of course but merely smiled and continued to watch her. Liz was started to get very annoyed...stupid Sasuke.