Chapter one
Disclaimer: I do not own the Naruto characters.
A/N: There will be different POV's so don't be confused.
[Pruu's POV]
I stared out the window with a bored expression. I wasn't paying attention to the babbling of Iruka sensei. I adjusted the black cap on my head. I blew a strand of cerulean blue hair out of my face with an aggravated sigh. My violet blue eyes scanned the sky for something possibly new. Nothing. I let a low hiss of disgust leave my lips when I heard some girls giggle in my direction. They're all stupid. I looked over to the front of the class to see Iruka giving me a glare.
"Mekotowa-san, is my lesson not interesting enough for you? Maybe you could learn it better after school?" he inquired. Ugh, the last thing I needed was to be here after class. I shook my head silently and the girls gave a squeal. Annoying girls. Iruka announced we were going to start the exams. I smirked. I would pass. I rolled my eyes seconds later when some girls squealed. "Good luck, Pruu-kun!"
I just sat back and ignored the girls. They were so blind. I looked over to my left to see little Hinata Hyuuga fiddling with her fingers. She was so cute. She would pass easily. She noticed that I was looking at her and looked to me with a blush. "Wha-what is i-it Me-Mekotowa-san?" she stuttered. I just placed a hand on her head.
"You can pass," I said in reply. And I looked back to the front of the room. My attention was finally caught when Iruka called my name. "Your turn," he said. I nodded my head and started walking. I shoved my hands in the pockets of my red skinny jeans and walked down the steps. I ignored girls' squeals of adoration and stared blankly at the fabric of my black zip up jacket. I walked out of the room with Iruka.
"So," he started. "The girls haven't noticed, have they? The fact that you're not a boy?" I shook my head in reply.
"I gave up trying to convince them. They'll find out sooner or later. I have a pretty feminine face and figure."
"But you hide them. And it doesn't help that your hair is short. You wear that hat and all those clothes. They assume that you just have a soft face. It's quite weird actually."
I smirked. "Imagine their faces when they find out I'm a girl?" I replied. "And anyway, I can't show them what I really am. And I would hide it but I'm not skilled enough to do the jutsu. And it would be troublesome as well if I had to have someone do the jutsu for me." Iruka nodded in agreement.
I walked into the exam room and stood in front of Iruka and Mizuki. "I'm ready." I stood and did all the jutsus I was told. I was confident. I had passed. Iruka gave me my headband with a smile. "You earned it. Your overall grade was very high. You're top of the class." I took my headband with a nod. "Arigato (thank you)." I walked out of the room. Where was I going to tie my headband? I walked through the classroom and was greeted by many squeals.
"Pruu-kun! You're so awesome! I knew you would make it! You're so strong!" the girls droned. I looked away from them and walked up the steps. I went to my seat and grabbed a book I had brought with me. It was a worn, old journal. No one had touched it, thank Kami. I looked at Hinata, who blushed when her pearl-like eyes met my violet-blue ones. I patted her on the head with slight confidence towards her and started to walk out.
Several girls complained how I acted to Hinata and saying I was too cool for Hinata and stuff. Whatever. She deserved the confidence booster. They didn't. I walked onto the academy roof and laid down. Not like anyone was waiting for me down there. My parents were dead and I had no one else. No family, no friends, no one. I opened the journal to the first page.
Dear Pruu-chan,
Your father and I put this journal together for you in hopes you would find comfort if we ever do pass while you were still young. Even though we aren't here, we love you no matter what. You are an excellent kunoichi and an even better daughter.
-Your mother, Lea Mekotowa
I could recognize her beautiful writing anywhere. It was like a pen flew across the pages as gracefully as a geisha. She was always so gentle to me. But she never understood the emptiness I felt. I felt…detached from the people I had to call "family. But she was my mother and I loved her. I turned the page and continued to read the notes I was left by my parents.
"My Darling Pruu-Hime (Princess),
I am glad and proud to say you were everything I expected and more. I remember when I first held your tiny body in my arms. I was scared because I thought I wasn't ready but the way I watched you grow made me change my mind. You were so adorable and I know that you have blossomed into the beautiful woman you are now. Since you are reading this it means I have passed. I wish I didn't but it was sadly so. We had so much planned for you- your mother and I. Your academy days, your genin days, chuunin days. I even was prepared for the day when I would have to give you away on your wedding day. When I think about what I'm writing I realize that you must think I'm sounding very strange. But, my dear, dear hime. I love you with all I have. Watching you grow made coming home something to look forward. And to see your smiling face made it even more worth while.
Do you remember our secret password when we were hiding something from your mother?"
A frown grazed my lips. I had forgotten. I couldn't remember much as a child..... I continued reading.
"It was Pumpkin in case you don't remember it very well..... I remember the first time we left on a mission after we brought you home. You were about 6 and we left before you woke up. We left you with your uncle to babysit you. Haha, when we got home, the house was a mess and so were you. You hadn't gotten out of your pjs yet and your face was tearstained and your eyes were all puffy. You ran over to us and hugged us, crying like we'd never seen you before.... You were so cute. You slept in our room, trying to make sure we didn't leave you..... But now you've blossomed into a beautiful young woman. Be careful not to forget your father, sweetheart.
As crazy in daeth as in life, your father, Tidus Mekotowa :)
I smiled slightly before standing up. I brushed myself off and walked off the roof. I gave my routine glare at the girls who thought they could have me and the boys who thought they could beat me. I hurried in a calm manner into the forest, wanting to be myself for once. People thought I was weird because I never talked. but did the best. I never showed emotion but captured the hearts of many... It wasn't me.
I reached the middle of the forest. A small clearing with a few flowers grew here and there was awaiting me. I made sure no one was around before I let my real self come out. I took off the stupid hat I had that hid my neko ears that matched my hair. I shock my hair out and brushed my fingers through the cerulean locks, combing out the tangles. I unzipped the zipper of the thin black sweater I wore to reveal a grey and black striped long sleeve shirt with safety pins aroung the sleeves and collar. I pulled out my black choker with a small bell attatched to it from my pocket and tied it around my neck. I smiled slightly when it jingled as I tied it. This necklace was my prized possession. I'd had it all my life (as I'd known it to be). The wind blew, brushing my hair to tickle my face. I smiled again and let out a sigh.
"Why can't I be myself anymore?" I asked myself. "I'm not ashamed of who I am, nor what I am.... What's wrong with me? I don't want to be this cruel character for the rest of my life." I felt tears sting my eyes with their salty being. "I want to laugh, I want to smile, I want to have friends, and fall in love like everyone else does. How come I can't but everyone else can?" The tears fell from my eyes as I looked down, not willing to recognize my own tears.
"How come I have to make people hate me when I see them? I don't want to be alone anymore......." I shook when a violent sob raked my body. "I want to be normal. I want to be normal....." I was on my knees, my arms keeping my up as my nails dug into the earth. "I don't want to be cold.... I don't want to be weak and die like you did, Mom and Dad...." I coughed hard and my throat began to hurt. I close my eyes and bit my lip, trying to stop the whimpers that wanted to escape my lips. Tidus and Lea weren't really my parents....I was adopted because I was unneeded by my real family. At least, that's what I had been told. I had always been told I was abandoned because I was unwanted and unneccisary....
Unwanted and unneccisary........
I choked on another sob. "I don't want to be useless....... I want someone to want me here.....I want someone to know I'm alive...Even if it's just a small notice, I want someone to know I'm here....I want to be needed like everyone else.... I don't want to be unrequired..." I whimpered a little more before my arms gave way to the strain I was feeling. I just let myself fall, my cheek hiting the hard dirt. I inhaled the smell and opened my eyes again. I rolled onto my back and rubbed my eyes of the crystal liquid. I chuckled with dry humor. "Why do I always think of songs...?" I began to sing to one of my favorit songs: Falling Inside the Black by Skillet:
Tonight I'm so alone
This sorrow takes a hold
Don't leave me here so cold
Never want to be so cold
Your touch used to be so kind
Your touch used to give me life
I've waited all this time,
I've wasted so much time
Don't leave me alone
Cause I barely see at all
Don't leave me alone,
[Chorus:]
I'm falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Dreaming of the way it used to be
Can you hear me?
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Falling inside the black
Falling inside falling inside the black
You were my source of strength
I've traded everything
That I love for this one thing
Stranded in the offering
Don't leave me here like this
Can't hear me scream from the abyss
And now I wish for you my desire
Don't leave me alone
Cause I barely see at all
[Falling Inside The Black lyrics on .com]
Don't leave me alone
I'm Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Dreaming of the way it used to be
Can you hear me?
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Falling inside the black
Falling inside falling inside the black
(black black black)
Falling in the black black black
Slipping through the cracks (cracks cracks)
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Dreaming of the way it used to be
Can you hear me?
Falling in the black
Slipping through the cracks
Falling to the depths
Can I ever go back?
Falling inside the black
Can you hear me?
(x3)
Falling inside falling inside the black
I fell asleep a few minutes after singing, dreaming as you usually did.
*{Dream}*
I was walking down a road alone. There was a fork in the road and I just looked down each road. They both had nothing ahead of them. I t was all pitch black. I shrugged my shoulders and walked down the path that veered to my right. I saw what I could only guess was a clan compound. It was old and ugly. Like no one had lived in it for years....
I walked past the rusted old gate and winced when the gate cut my leg, ripping my pantleg slightly and drawing blood slightly. I walked into the yard of dead grass and plants. I pressed slightly on the door and it opened, so i just walked in. My eyes froze in utter terror when I saw dead bodies strewn all over the place. The compound seemed ancient but the people seemed like they had just died... I could see some of the bodies were still bleeding. I wanted to run but my legs wouldn't let me. They marched me forward on and on.... All the people- dark haired and emerald or blue eyed- were nekos! Dressed formally in kimonos and yukatas, like they were dressed for a special occassion. I walked down the streets of the compound, utterly scared and horrified. I stopped at an official-looking home.....It too looked run down and barren. Against my own will, my body walked intelf into the home. The door I was waiting infront of seemed to call my name- but not my name at the same time. I couldn't hear the call, but I could feel like it was calling out to me.
I opened the door and saw another horrible sight. More bodies. Three or four this time though. I saw a woman who looked very beautiful, but she was covered in blood with a gaping slit on her throat. She had drowned in her own blood when she died. I saw a man too. He wasn't a neko like all the others. He had black hair but I couldn't see his eyes because they were closed. he had a gaping wound on his stomach. I shook with fear when I layed my eyes on a dead little boy. He was young, he seemed 5 or 6 years old. HE had a bloody gash on his shoulder and blood trickling out of his mouth.
I jumped in terror when I heard a noise. I listened more carefully to recognize the sound as sobbing. My body moved me automatically to another room. There was blood everywhere. Splattered on the walls, staining the furniture, and I trembled when I could make out some of the blood on the floor as drag marks. Someone hadn't been killed here. Someone was slaughtered here. A lot of people had. But who were they? I had the image of a faceless figure grabbing their victim and dragging them across the floor towards them and slaughtering them with an evil sneer of pure bloodlust. I trembled more when I could hear someone screaming in my head, my imagination scaring me more than I already was. I heard the sobbing again and I looked quickly to see someone crying in the corner of the room. It was a young girl i could tell. She was about the same age as the boy I saw earlier because she looked roughly around the same size. She was wearing a kimono, its original color unidentifiable because of all the blood covering it. The girl had long brown hair and was hiding in the corner, her back to you. I walked towards the girl cautiously, trying to find my voice.
"E-Exuse me..... Little girl... Are you a-alright?" I shook with terror. The girl sobbed again. I tried to say more but I couldn't find my voice. I placed my hand on the girls shoulder, only to jerked it back when she flinched.
"They're dead," the girl whimpered. "They're all dead. Thjis is my fault. They're all dead..." She looked at me. "Help me..."
I covered my mouth with my hands, stiffling a scream. The girl's face was covered in blood. She had a mouth and nose but nothing else! She had no eyes and her face was covered in blood! She had a mouth full of razor sharp fangs too!
She reached a bloody hand out to me. "Help me...."
I let out a terrified scream.
*{Dream End}*
(You, Your POV now...)
You sprouted but with a shreik of distress. The little girl. She had no eyes. So many people were dead. No eyes. So much blood. She had no eyes.
You looked at your trembling hands. They wouldn't stop shaking. You couldn't stop them from shaking. You jsut shivered and ran your shaking hand through you cerulean hair. You rested yor hand to the side of you an d froze. You felt sheets underneath your hand. You looked around to see you were in a room. It was too different to be a hospital because it had unhospital-like furnishings. It definely wasn't your room or any room in your house because the walls were all a different color than this room. This room was a formal offwhite with everything in place and clean. Where were you? You looked at yourself to see you were still wearing your clothes. You looked to see a chair close to the bed. Your sweater, hat, and headband were on it. Seriously, where were you.
Your attention was drawn to the door when you heard the knob move. The door opened and in stepped....Uchiha Sasuke?!
"What am I dong here?" you asked emotionlessly. He gave you an annoyed glance.
"I found you unconcious on the ground, told the Hokage who said I had to help you. I don't know whwere you live so I just brought you to my house. I just put you in a spare bedroom. Got a problem with that?"
You shook your head no. "I apologize for being an inconvenience to you, Uchiha."
Sasuke looked you over. "You're all sweaty. That's unbecoming of a stupid girl like you. Who are you anyway?"
You resisted the urge to growl. "Pruu Mekotowa."
"Hm. You give off the impression that you're a boy."
"People assume it and it's pointless to correct them. They are all losers." Oh no, your rough character was coming back. Sasuke tossed something at you. You caught it. A towel?
"You're sweaty, that's gross. Shower. I don't care." he said. You didn't mind. You needed one anyway and he was Sasuke uchiha for goodness sake. He wouldn't try anything.
After your shower
You walked out of the bathroom, fully clothed and clean. Your hair was wet slightly because you hated hair styling devices like blowdryers. You just combed your fingers through your hair and let out a slight sigh. You went to go look for Sasuke to thank him. You found him in his livingroom, staring into space. "Uchiha. Arigato for being ...nice to me, I guess. I owe you one..." You weren't good with apologies or appreciation.
He looked at you and nodded. You turned to leave but sasuke was stading up and he grabbed you wrist, stopping you.
[Sasuke's gonna be a little biit ooc kay?]
You looked at him and got lost in his onyx eyes. They were really pretty once you saw them up close. Sasuke pulled you close to his body. "Uchiha?" you questioned.
"It's Sasuke," he breathed, his breath tickling your lips. you started leaning in, as did he. His lips touched yours lightly and when you attempted to pull away, expecting a fether-like tease of a kiss, Sasuke pressed his lips again to yours, but harder this time. This surprised you, but hey, you weren't complaining. You kissed back and felt him smirk against your lips. You shivered with an unknown feeling when his tongue glided along your lip, demanding. You ignored his demand and smirked yourself when you heard him growl. He hadn't been denied and he didn't like it when he was. Other girls would give him all he asked for, but not you. But, that's what interested him in you in the first place.
When Sasuke pressed your body against a wall, you gasped, giving him what he wanted. Your mouth. His tongue darted in, exploring yours. You ourred involuntairly with the action of his tongue rubbing against yours. Your hands went from his upper arms to his hair, running your fingers through it. His hands were on either side of your head, blocking all routes of escape. Sasuke soon became bored with just dominating your mouth and moved to your jawline, making your breath hitch in your throat.
"Sa-Sasuke..." you gasped. What was the feeling you were feeling? Sauke moved from your jawline to your neck, looking for just the right spot.
Your breathing became more pitched. he found what he was looking for. He became attacking that spot, him tongue teasing, his lips sucking, and his teeth bitting and nipping at it. Your legs felt wobbly under you and you bit your bottom lips, not wanting any sound to come from your lips. you sighed when Sasuke pulled away, finished with his handywork. He had broken the walls of the most emeotionless students in his class _besides himself. He had made he weak and submissive in his arms. He was satisfied. "You can call us even now." He smirked at the red blotches he left on her pale skin. Boy, was school going to be intersting today.
sorry Sasuke is a little ooc but he's sasuke... comment or something please