Old Scars, New Tears

Chapter One: Running away

I own nothing but Kio and her past –emosob-

Thanks to my grammar editor, Yuki. ILOVEYOU

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The girl pushed through the wind, scars and scratches covered her feeble body. She was far from Suna, the desert where she had came from. Tears ran down her cheeks.

"Please! Oh God, please!" She tried to keep running, but she was too weak. A white dragon was right behind her. Her green hair trailed behind her and got caught on branches and sticks as she ran past them. Her legs where weak, she was losing blood, fast. She slid to a stop. By this time she had probably went around the outskirts of Konoha and was probably in the unclaimed land outside of Konoha. Her mind ran through the geography she had learned about while at the Suna Research Lab.

"The land of Waves...A island, home to the Mist Village..." She looked around and saw a boat, she ran for it.

The captain looked at her bleeding body.

"Just get to me to the Land Of Waves!" She hissed, feeling the presence of the Suna ANBU behind her. "GO!" The boat sped off.

She fell against the ground as the boat came to the land. She jumped up and dashed past everyone. Tears and blood stained her clothes. She ran into the forest and fell to the ground, tears running down her eyes.

"Please, God, send me an angel..." Her dragon ran over to her and nudged her master.

"Eko...I'm sorry, Its over for me. I never had anyone to love me and no reason to live. Goodbye." Footsteps? Maybe, too hard to tell. Eko hissed. Someone was there, she could sense it.

The girl awoke, pain shot up her body.

"Don't sit up!" A feminine voice, but clearly male. She looked over.

"WHO ARE YOU?!" She shouted in fear.

"Shh. Calm down. My name is Haku." The boy had a light kimono on and long black hair. "You're pretty beat up. What happened?" The girl squeezed her eyes shut, she felt different.

"MY CLOTHES?!"

"They where stained with blood, so I changed you into the clothes I found in your backpack...Don't worry, I tried my best not to look." Haku said, blushing. The girl looked up.

"W-why are you doing this for me?"

"Hm? Why? Because, I can't just let a beautiful girl like you die. By the way, what's your name?" She blushed, here this guy was flirting with her and he didn't even know her name.

"Um...Its Kioa---Kio just Kio." Haku nodded.

"Where are you from?"

"Suna..."

"Why are you all the way out here?" Kio looked up. He did save her. After a pause, she spoke.

"Promise you won't tell anyone?" Haku nodded.

"Okay, You've heard of the story of the four demons, right?"

"The one with Yakane, Alkern, the Nine-tailed fox and Shukaku?" Kio nodded.

"You know ,then, that each demon was locked into a human prison. Well the Kuais clan was the clan chosen to hold Yakane. As you know Yakane is the second most powerful demon. The way to tell if you're a Kuais is that every member has a scar cut into their wrist, a moon with a circle. The first member of the Kuais clan locked Yakane in him. Yakane was weakened by this, but as new members where born into the clan, another, more powerful form of Yakane is in each child. It would take seven generations for Yakane to be back at his fullest power. Well Now that the past is done, on to me. When Suna found out I was from the Kuais clan, they took me and did tests on me and tortured me." Kio could feel tears welding up in her eyes again. "I don't want to go back!" She yelled. Haku looked at her, care in his eyes chocolate eyes.

"Please don't send me back..."

"Kio...I would never do that." He walked over to her and pulled her into his arms. "Shh...It will be alright...Calm down..." After a few minutes of this, Kio fell asleep, in a complete stranger's arms. But he was different, kind, loving, and she trusted him.