"Somewhere there is someone who dreams of your smile, who finds in your presence that life is worthwhile. So when you are lonely, remember it's true, that somebody somewhere is thinking of you."
~Unknown
When my team first started this mission never in my life would I have thought we would have ended up here, in the Land of Waves and fighting for our lives to protect a village that is drowning in its own poverty. In my own village even this would be extreme but I was used to it. I had lived my entire life like this, from one day to the next. When I was smaller I could remember the nights and days I had spent crying about my situation just hoping that one day someone would come by and rescue me. I grew up and learned that crying wouldn't solve my problems; only action and a positive attitude would carry me in a direction that, I hoped, was better. But, the Land of Waves was still drowning waiting for someone, like my team, to come and save them. Why would anyone want a monster like me to save them?
After my team had fought against the demon of the mist, Zabuza, we had thought that most of our problems were over. That was until Kakashi-sensei awoke a few days later. He told us that Zabuza was still alive and if we, myself, Sakura, and Sasuke, were to survive the next attack we would have to become stronger. He led us, on crutches, to the forest nearby. That was where we learned a new technique to control our chakra. My only thought on this exercise was, how stupid it was. By learning how to climb trees with our feet we could stand a chance against a jounin shinobi. It was stupid but I did as my sensei told me.
Sakura was the first to be able to climb the trees with little effort. She didn't have as much chakra as Sasuke and I did so of course she would have had an easier time with this exercise. She was sitting up about fifty feet on a tree limb. I looked up at her and gave her a foxy smile. She didn't look at me but had her eyes on Sasuke and Kakashi-sensei. She had never liked me and I knew it but that didn't stop me from trying to make her see me. Kakashi-sensei congratulated her and allowed her to guard Tazuna during the following days.
The days went by and I had barely made it up twenty feet. This was all that I had to show for my hard work. I killed the urge to snarl and growl at my own failure instead I just kept trying. A part of me felt hurt, Kakashi-sensei had only been by when Sakura was trying and after she finished the exercise he left us alone. Did he even care to offer us advice? No, he had given advice to Sasuke and Sakura but ignored me entirely. I clenched the kunai in my hand tighter and sprinted towards the tree intending to make it up higher this time. I'll show them.
AN: Just the prologue, to wet your appetite, there will be more to come. Hopefully, the wait for the next chapter won't be too long. This story is finished for the most part, I am just editing the chapters before I post them.
There is a poll on my page that lists other story ideas and plots. After this story I will start working on which ever one has the most votes.
