Chapter one; Learning about me:

I'm running, both spinning and dancing, the cool air wraps its self around me I don't know where I'm going and I struggle to remember where I've been. I have no memories, no past only Chiyoko's voice follows me, the voice of the forever children rides the wind alongside me. I don't know where I am, but they are telling me not to worry. They say they need me to find the savior for them, their Eri, their protector, the awake one. The offer me no answer when I ask what needs to be saved, they don't have to tell me, instead they just tell me to listen and I can hear it. The screams of unimaginable pain, I want it to stop but I don't know how to shut out the noise. I feel the wind spin faster around me then slow down to a halt and I find myself lying on a bench watching the clouds pass over me as if nothing had ever happened.

Shikamaru:

I'm in my usual place, lying on the bench watching the clouds past by with out a care in the world. Temari is leaving Konoha today after finishing a mission with us; it's been a while since I last saw her, and it'll be a while until I next. She's meeting me here so we can spend our last day together, that reminds me she'll probably hit me if she comes and I fail to notice, better pay attention to my surroundings a bit more closely. As I begin to sit a gust of wind whirls next to me, guessing its Temaris fan I start complaining, 'Troublesome woman… why does she always get so angry when I don't notice her?' the wind settles down but instead of seeing Temari with her massive fan and a look of pure hatred on her face, I see a girl of about fifteen just lying right where the wind was only a moment ago. She is stark naked, but seems to have a layer of wind covering her, there are small tears in her light grey eyes, her long white hair sticks to her unbelievably pale face from the salty liquid. She notices me staring at her and just looks back at me, surprise and confusion on her face, about a minute passes before either of us even move.

"Where am I?" they girl whispers, she would seem slightly afraid, but this girl doesn't seem to feel fear. "You can see me?"

"Konoha," I reply cautiously, "the village hidden in the leaves. Of course I can see you... Who are you?"

She pauses for a moment as if she's considering just who she is, a slight chill runs down my spine, could this young girl be an enemy, a potential threat? How could she have gotten into the village so easily? My thoughts are interrupted as she starts to speak. "I'm not exactly sure," she answers, "I've never thought about who I was, I just was." She has a distant look in her teary eyes. "But I wasn't human..." She finishes in an almost inaudible tone, that confused me to no end.

"Well what's your name?"

"I don't think I have a name, what's yours?" she asks with a smile that doesn't reach her swolen eyes.

"I'm Shikamaru Nara, you're not from around here I'm guessing, where do you live?"

"Where do I live?" she repeats slowly, "I wonder if I even have a home, in the wind I suppose."

For crying out loud this girl was going to be a drag to figure out, "well what land are you from? We're in the fire country now, when you say wind do you mean the wind country?"

"I don't have a country, I travel with the wind." She says, more to herself than to me.

I've been trying to analyzing her but I haven't gotten anything yet, gosh what a drag.

Girl (we won't name her yet):

We sit in silence for a while, in my head I'm going over everything he has asked me, who am I, do i have somewhere to call my home, do I even have a name? He has a look of deep concentration on his face so I'm guessing he's going over the same line of thoughts as me.

"Why were you crying, you know when you... appeared? Hell, how did you just appear?" he suddenly breaks the silence, a puzzled look taking over his face.

"I was crying because of their screams, the pain they could feel."

"Whose screams?" he asks after a moment.

"Can't you hear them? It's the Chiyoko."

"The forever child? Huh, why are they crying?" A tone of disbelievement (A/N Is that even a word? Well if it isn't it should be.) just under the surface of his voice,

"Well it's more like the forever children, they are crying because of the evil they say that is upon us, for the deaths that will shortly come, for the pain that will be felt. They are crying for us, because we are yet to learn of the horrors on their way."

"Who are these forever children? How do they know of what will happen when we do not?' he asks, he still doesn't seem to believe a word I'm saying, the feeling of being patronized washes over me.

"They are the spirits of the dead children, of those who never got a chance to live, and those who died before they even got to experience the wonders of life." I start while giving him an ice cold stare, I'm surprised that this boy doesn't know. He seems to contemplate this for a while tossing the idea over in his head.

"Why only children?" he suddenly asks, I'm shocked he can't figure that out, this boy doesn't seems very clever to me, but something tells me he is seen as a bit of a genius.

"Because children are pure, they can't stand to see pain and they aren't afraid to show their emotions, because a child can not be evil, any evil deed a child has done it has done because it was told it was the right thing to do, children always want to do the right thing, to please others. Because who better is there to protect us and watch over us than the ones who failed to be protected?"

Shikamaru:

"SHIKAMARU!" A sudden shout echos through the village, it's properly Temari, I don't take my eyes of the girl to my left as the shouter arrives, "I'm so sorry I'm late Shika," A voice I recognize as Temari's pants, I then feel her gaze shift from me, most likely looking to the girl sitting next to me Temari doesn't say anything for awhile whilst she looks her up and down, suddenly she makes me jump by bursting out in fury, "SHIKAMARU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A NAKED GIRL? AND SHE LOOKS ABOUT TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN YOU THAT ISN'T LEGAL!"

"What? Wait, what do you mean?" I feel a crease in my forehead appear in complete and utter confusion, first I meet a girl who appears from nowhere and talks about the spirits of children now Temari is going on about something as well, what a troublesome day. Then it hits me, "Wait, you don't think, oh Temari! She just appeared in front of me from nowhere and was crying and all and I thought I couldn't just walk away!" the girl was now giggling at our argument, the salt from her eyes dried.

"Appeared from nowhere? People don't just materialize form mid air Shika! You where properly just watching the clouds and failed to notice her." Temari laughed, this had the girl smiling even more, "And why hasn't she got any clothes then? And, is that wind covering her, that's some creepy-ass Jutsu."

"That's a good question why didn't I ask that? But I don't think she's a Shinobi."

"She must be, that has to be some kind of Jutsu, only Shinobi use Jutsu! And they say you have an I.Q. of two hundred." She rolls her eyes,

"Over two hundred Temari, it's over two hundred," I laughed.

"I am here you know," the girl broke in, "you don't have to talk about me as if I'm not, I'm not wearing clothes because I own none. I'm not a ninja, and I didn't appear from nowhere I came here with the wind." She said with a sweet smile but in a tone far from innocent, yet nonthreatening.

Temari and I just stood there stunned she had seemed so sweet yet she could be so sincere, she gave a small smile and a few giggles at the looks on our faces.

Girl:

They both stood there shocked for a second, I can't fathom why, then the girl suddenly opened her bag and rummaged through it, "Here" the girl, Temari I think Shikamaru called her, said and she handed me a white dress. "It might be a little big, you are quite a bit younger than me but it's the smallest thing I own." She smiled.

"Thank you," I stammered, the dress was a white dress that came down to just above my knees, it had two thick straps and had a V-neck, it floated but had a fitted waste, or at least it would if it hadn't been slightly to big. I had never been given anything before and I felt I had to repay her. "Here, give me your hand" I said, well demanded, after I had put the dress on, she looked a little cautious. "Don't worry I don't bite," I said, maybe a little too seriously, she slowly gave me her hand, I turned it so her wrist was facing up, then focusing my chakra into my finger, something I hadn't known I was capable of until just then, I traced a symbol onto her wrist.

"What are you doing?" Shikamaru asked worry controlling his voice.

"It's fine Shika, I think, it isn't hurting or anything and anyway they have the best medics in the world here in Konoha I should be fine even if it's something bad." Temari interjected. When I was finished Temari studied it hard, "what does it mean?" she finally asked.

"Fearless." I replied absently.

"Fearless," she repeated, "what will it do?"

"What does it sound like? Whenever you feel fear it will protect you, it will warn you and your fear will vanish, you will become fearless or so I believe."

"What if it can't protect me? What if I'm about to be killed will it still protect me? Or what if it can't warn me in time?"

"It can only minor the fear you feel and let you know of dangers that are coming, it will also be a way for me to find you if you ever need help, it may take a while for your body to learn its signals, but it should work shortly." I said whilst staring at the clouds, I realized that shikamaru was doing the same thing.

"You like the clouds?" I asked him, though it was more a statement than a question he still offered an answer after a moment,

"Yeah, they're just… just so peaceful, and free, they're beautiful." So far I had learn this boy was lazy, cared about this girl Temari, was supposed to be some sort of genius and was pretty damn sappy, strange child.

"Which two do you like the best?"

"What do you mean?" he questioned, he didn't seem to have an I.Q. of over two hundred to me like Temari had said earlier.

"Which two clouds do you like the best? Out of all the ones in the sky?" I answered, as slowly and patronizingly as I could muster.

"What does it matter?" he snorted, but soon froze when he saw the intense glare I gave him, after a moment he started to speak again "probably… that one" he said pointing, "and the one to its right."

I looked at the first cloud he had pointed to, and closed my eyes, I imagined it disappearing and then reappearing in my inner world.

"What it disappeared!" Temari exclaimed in confusion.

"What the…" Shikamaru started.

When it was in my inner world I concentrated on covering it in glass then shrinking it to the size of a fist. I then opened my eyes and repeated the process with the second cloud. I then took the two fist sized clouds out and handed them to Shikamaru.

"This one is for you, I said handing him the first, and this one is for you to give to someone else" I Looked over at Temari, trying to drop a not so subtle hint.

"What did you... How did you... What just happened?" He finally stammered.

"Well I saw the cloud, and brought it into my inner world, it's like my own dimension where I can control everything, well most things, it's like your imagination if you don't like something you can just change it." I stated matter of factually.

"I've never heard of a Jutsu like that except for Sharingan, it must be a Kekkei Genkai, then again to be able to move in the wind as well, seems like two different Kekkei Genkai, is that possible? Do you have any other abilities?" Shikamaru asked, he sounded concerned, probably about the safety of his village.

"I can listen to peoples thoughts, I can talk to them telepathically, look," I said after trying to figure out if I could do more, and I started a silent conversation with Shikamaru.

The other cloud I gave you is for you to give to Temari, I know you like her, hell I think she knows. It will be a sweet reminder.

"WHAT THE? TEMARI DID YOU HEAR THAT?" Shikamaru suddenly screamed, his face was going crimson-red, he was a funny boy.

"Hear what she said something about mind reading then I laughed next thing I know your saying you're screaming and looking like a tomato" Temari said, as if she thought we were mad.

"Ok, this girl can talk in your head as well, we should report her to the Hokage." Shikamaru shakily said. "Can you come with us?"

"I would love to," I said sarcastically, "However I have to take my leave now but before I go give me your wrist Shikamaru.' He handed me his wrist and I drew on the same symbol as I drew on Temaris, "now you can call on me anytime." I said with a smile. I had learnt a lot about myself by being with them, I had no idea of any of the things I was capable of until my encounter with them, the thought of learning about myself made me smile, I'm unsure why, but it did.

Temari:

After the girl drew the sign on Shikamarus wrist she ran over to the railing and jumped down to the streets below, both of us ran over to see if she was hurt but she had just disappeared and only wind was left behind, we stood there quietly for a few moments.

"We should call her Fuu," Shikamaru said, "Fuu meaning wind, perfect name don't you think?"

"Fuu... I wonder if she'll like it, if we see her again we must remember to tell her we have named her." I whispered, I felt like if I was any louder I would ruin the wonder of her. We walked away in silence, I think we both knew we were headed to the Hokage to report about her. I'm glad I didn't go back any sooner I wouldn't have been able to meet her, Fuu. Suddenly Shikamaru started talking, pulling me away from my thoughts.

"She, I mean Fuu, told me I should give you the second cloud she made me." He said in a tired tone as if it was almost too much of a bother to even say.

"Why?" I questioned, "why would she think you should give something like that to me?"

"She just said I should." He shrugged chucking it to me I caught it easily, as a Shinobi should, "she said it would be a reminder, don't know why you want a reminder of me though, don't know why I'd want you to have one, she was a troublesome lady.' He stated, how else can I say it, he said it as if it were a fact. I smiled, she was cunning, and I knew he knew why.

"Thank you," I smiled, "it's beautiful, whenever I look at it, it'll remind me of you, and of her but I don't think that's the point of it," I said with a laugh. He smirked, a lopsided smile, like his mouth just couldn't be bother to go the whole way, he looked kind of cute like that.

A/N: By the way this is my first fanfiction, and i read this chapter and it was bad so I re-wrote it, it's slightly better than it was. Please tell me what you think and if you read more chapter tell me if any others need re-writing. Thank you xx