As you all well know, I do not own anything whatsoever in this story excluding 'Raiex/Michiko/Ray' one character.
All rights reserved: Masashi Kishimoto, Square Enix, and Nine Days.
I read over this many times, If I didn't catch a mistake that you have, please let me know. Thank you for your time.
NINJA HEARTS01; the story of a girl.
this is the story of a girl who cried a river and drownd the whole world, and while she looks so sad in photographs, i absolutely love her when she smiles.
Near the Uchiha home, stood a tiny barefooted girl with dark straggley hair, hiding from someone. Her face was streaked with dirt and tears.
The youngling looked scared half-to-death, her deep gray eyes were filled with sadness and confusion.
There was a sound of footsteps coming her way, she knew the person she was hiding from was coming for her.
Seconds later a tall dark figure stood before the girl, who was now trembling. Just as the man was about to step into the
light and grab the shaky girl, he heard another small child approaching. He then turned his back to the girl, and focused on the
boy running in their direction. His large, blood red eyes followed the boy as he sprinted past him. Swoosh! As if he had tfeleported,
the man was now face to face with the small boy. "Sasuke," the man said calmly, almost in a whisper.
The little girl, who hadn't moved an inch yet, let out a small shriek. She knew what terrible things this man had done to the rest of the clan and didn't want to see anymore. The male turned to the frightened child, still whimpering.
"Itachi!" Sasuke cried out as he saw his older brother moving toward the small girl standing behind him.
"Now little sister," Itachi says as he grabbed the tiny girl by the mouth. "You will keep quiet-"
"Big brother, let Michiko go!" Sasuke yelled to Itachi.
He took his hand from her mouth and clamped onto her throat, and as the girl gasped for air he started to speak in a ice cold tone.
"You think you deserve to live child? To run free?"
"ITACHI, PLEASE!" Sasuke yelped out, tears falling from his eyes, the same shade of gray as his siblings, although at the moment the eldest Uchiha brother's eyes were a shocking shade of red.
Itachi's ears caught a sound of slight footsteps coming their way. He would have too little time to escape if he had to finish his sister off, so he lessened his grip on her neck and told her to run.
"Leave Michiko, and never come back here, you filthy little halfling." Itachi growled, glaring at her with his blood red eyes.
Sasuke, wanting his baby sister to be safe from their demented brother he motioned her to leave, giving her a pleading stare.
"Don't make me change my mind, Michiko." Itachi said, clutching a long katana.
The female hesitated, taking one more long glance at her beloved sibling, Sasuke. He tried to make his face look as reassuring as possible, being as terrified as he was, and nudged his sister to leave. She finally did as she was told and started beating her legs as fast as she could, leaving the village, and not caring where she went. She just had to get out of there, then she heard it, the blood curdling scream of her closest brother, Sasuke. "No, No. What has he done..." She asked herself, faintly.
"No, brother!" You scream as you wake from your horrifying dream.
After calming down, you take a look over at the bed next to your own, checking if the person was still asleep, and he was.
"Ray?" The man asks a bit concerned.
Ray being your nickname, which everyone from the Organization has called you, with the exception of Superior, who had given you your real name, Raiex Ray-icks.
"You okay?" There was a brief silence before you realize your companion was NOT 'sound asleep', and had asked you a question.
"Oh uh, yeah. Sorry…" You reply, now sitting up in your bed twiddling your thumbs, thinking of a certain someone, wishing he were there to cheer you up.
"Axel," you start, he glances over at you, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah?" he asks curiously, probably hoping that you finally will tell him about your recurring nightmare.
He'd been one of your best friends for a while now, but you've never told him what goes on in this frightening dream.
Still twiddling your stubby little thumbs, you ask Axel "Don't you miss Roxas? I wish he were here...".
You think of your other best friend, who had disappeared almost one year ago. You and Axel had been on the hunt for him ever since.
Some of the guys from the Organization say he was kidnapped, while the others call him a traitor and claim that he ran away.
'He would never run away from us, right?' No, he would never leave us.' You think to yourself, almost reassuringly. He had been like a brother to you and Axel, that's why the two of you kept up your search for so long. He glanced at you, then to the floor, and to you again, smirking.
"So he can save you safe you from da bad guys wif his widdle keyblades while eating his sea-salt iceycream?" He asks mockingly in a baby voice, as you giggle. Okay so Roxas wasn't the only one who could cheer you up after a bad dream. You throw a pillow at Axel and realize that you were still awfully exausted. The both of you had a long, tiring day in Hollow Bastion, searching high and low for the blonde boy, but finding nothing but nice, soft beds to crash in again. You yawn and scratch your head, time to get back to sleep, wondering what time it was.
"Axel what ti-" Before you could finish your sentence, you hear Axel's loud snoring. You glance at the clock next to his bed, and saw the big red 1:32 A.M. and lay your head back on your pillow, falling into a dreamless sleep.
The next morning you woke up feeling refreshed. It was 8 o' clock, the birds were singing, the sun was shining, and Axel was still snoring.
"Time to get up, sunshine." You call out to Axel while opening the curtains.
He pulls the covers over his spikey red head and groans.
"Lev'me 'lone punk, still early. Got memorizzz…" You barley make out his muffled words.
You jump on top of him and yank the fuzzy blankets off and give him the puppy dog eyes.
"You know I don't have a heart! That stuff won't work on me." He mumbles as he starts to get out of his bed.
"I'm only getting up because you're annoying." He stammers a bit, trying to hid that he really is a sucker for your cute doughy eyed look.
"Uh-huh, whatever you say, just go take a shower now, stinky!" You shout to him as he shuts the bathroom door.
You lay back down on the bed, wondering about your ol' goofball Roxas, and all your big brothers, mainly the Hyuga brother. You really didn't remember much about the three of them, especially you're middle brother.
"Neji…" You say quietly to yourself, reminiscing about the fool.
FLASHBACK
You see a miniature version of yourself chasing after Neji.
"Big brother!" you moan. He smiles at you as he runs through the forest, as the orange sun was setting. "Catch me if you can Michi." He chuckles. You start to slow down to catch your breath.
'Man he's fast.' You think to yourself. He finally stops running and tackles you.
"Having fun little sister?" he asks softly.
You nod your head and giggle, pushing him off you.
END FLASHBACK
"What happened to him?" You ask yourself, frowning a bit, remembering what happened after your father had died.
FLASHBACK
"Hi, big brother." You wave to him, sitting in his room staring out at the rain. He stays perfectly still and silent.
"Brother?" your voice echoes, as if you are talking to yourself. You go over to him and put your little hand on his shoulder. He pushes it off, and looks up at you.
"What do you want?" He asks coldly.
"I just wanted to see how you were doing, after last night…" You reply innocently.
"You didn't know him like I did. You were just his child on the side." He says looking away from you.
"He never loved you. I never loved you." You stare at the back of his head, tears filling in your eyes.
"Neji…" You whisper.
He only stayed quiet and signaled you to leave.
END FLASHBACK
You still lie in Axel's bed as he comes out in his towel searching for some clothes.
"Hey, where are we going today, Cap'n?!" You ask excitedly. He ignores you, as he keeps looking for something to wear.
"Axeeeeel." You whine. He finally finds something and goes back into the bathroom to get dressed.
You sit up and stare at the door, waiting for him to come out.
"Whaaaat?" He asks, matching your tone, as he comes out of the bathroom, minutes later, fully dressed.
"Where. Are. We. Going." You repeat grumpily. Folding your arms as he picked you up and dropped you into the bathroom.
"Get dressed and you'll see, you lazy bum." He smirks, shutting the door.
"Fine, humph." You complain, turning the shower on.
Axel leaned his body up against the bathroom door and pondered himself about were the two of you were headed this morning. Then he wondered about Roxas, it had been a year of searching for him day after day, and still no sign of him. Where you ever going to find him? Or was this all just a wild goose chase?