The Raven and the Sun
souna no hime

A/N: Hello, this is just something I came up with during my long vacation from work. It might be a bit confusing for some since they're random ramblings of girl and it might look OC centric to you but that's because she plays a very important role in Sasuke and Naruto's life and relationship. Naruto and Sasuke might be a little OOC, especially Sasuke's take on having friends and having somebody else (other than Naruto I guess) get close to him. So I hope you don't get tired of her ramblings and I hope you get to enjoy her story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and its characters. I also don't own the titles and other characters that would be mentioned in this story (there will be lots of them, trust me). The only thing I own here is the idea of the story and the original characters. This disclaimer is extended to all six chapters of this story, so please don't sue..^^

Chapter one: The Raven, the Sun and the little girl

One was like the raven, dark, cool, mysterious and at some other times, scary. The other was like the sun, happy, bubbly, loud and most of the time obnoxious. Not that I consider the sun obnoxious most of the time but, you know that hot summer day where in you just wish the sun would go away but it wouldn't? That's what I meant by obnoxious. Anyway, this is a story about two boys I became friends with since kindergarten; when we get in the middle of the story don't ask me how I stayed friends with them through the years because up to now I still have no idea how the hell I became best friends with those two.

Our story of friendship started that one day in kindergarten while I was on my way home from school. My brother was always busy so he taught me at a young age how to get home safely from school and it involved walking through the park.

Anyway, I was on my way home when all of a sudden I noticed this boy sitting on the swing all by himself. I recognized him as the kid who goes by the name of Naruto. He was a year older than me and a notorious trouble maker at our school. He was always either throwing fits, painting on the walls, cutting classes (yes at his age he already knows how to cut classes) or doing practical jokes, he was a real pain in the ass that Naruto. I didn't want to have anything to do with him but I noticed how sad his eyes were. Usually he was very loud, boisterous and annoying and at that time I remembered thinking that I didn't hear his voice once in school that day. I walked towards him and approached him cautiously, kinda like how you approach a scared kitty.

"Hello." I greeted.

Naruto lifted his head and I was taken aback by how he looked. His eyes were full of sorrow, no tears but filled with so much sadness that I had to take a deep breath. Naruto looked away when he realized that I saw what I saw. I sat on the swing next to him and opened my lunch box.

At this point I guess I should tell you that I live with my older brother since our parents died one and a half years ago and my brother was insufferable when it comes to my eating habits. I don't like eating a lot, same reason why I look so thin and frail. So my brother would always put in another carton of milk and another bag of cookies for me to eat, which I never did mind you. Oh I'm babbling again, where was I? Oh yeah, I opened my lunch box and took out my second set of milk and cookies. I offered it to him and said,

"When I'm sad my papa used to give me milk and cookies. He said it makes the sadness go away."

The blonde boy stared at my offerings, took the bag of cookies and said,

"I don't like milk."

I remember smiling a little back then because he too was smiling softly at me albeit the sadness in his eyes. I sat there as I watched him munch on my cookies.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto by the way."

"I know. I'm Kyra, Hiroki Kyra."

Naruto glanced at the patch of my uniform.

"Oh, we go to the same school."

I smiled, "Yes we do but I belong to another class."

"How old are you?"

"Four."

"Wait you're younger than me, how did that happen?"

"I'm smarter than the rest of you and I got promoted."

"Oh okay. You're cute." He said with a slight blush on his cheeks

"You're not."

"Ouch." Naruto said with a chuckle.

"Why are you so sad?"

Naruto averted his eyes from mine and decided that there was something far more fascinating with dirt.

"Naru-chan?"

Naru-chan's head shot up like a bullet upon hearing me call him '-chan'.

"It's my pet name for you starting today." I said with a grin.

Naru-chan fell of the swing trying to hold his laughter and I thought 'Ah this is much better; this is his loud annoying laugh.'

After a few minutes I grew tired of listening to his loud laugh so I got up and started to leave. He stopped immediately and chased after me, gripping on my wrist.

"Please don't go."

His cerulean eyes said that he needed me so I stood there and asked,

"Will you tell me what's wrong?"

Naru-chan sighed in defeat and began to talk. Apparently he was an orphan since he can remember. He's been passed on from one foster family to another until three people came up claiming to be his closest relatives. During that time he was currently staying with his two uncles and an aunt. One of his uncles was a university professor and a leading expert on snakes. The other was an old man who writes erotic novels (didn't know what that was 'til I hit 12) and his aunt was a doctor but had a serious gambling habit, all three were not married during that time and was related to his father. Whew it's amazing how I still remember this. So anyway, that morning he overheard his snake uncle tell the other two that they can no longer support Naru-chan and needs to send him back to the foster care system. Naturally the erotic novel uncle and the doctor aunt protested because they said that they already grew attached to him and that he was the only thing that their beloved little brother had left. Blah blah blah the fight went on, but being the owner of the house and being the one that earned more money than the other two, snake uncle won the argument and Naru-chan was to be sent away first thing Saturday morning, the day I saw him on the swings was Thursday.

I felt really bad for him and if only we could adopt him I'd suggest it to my brother but we don't have parents ourselves and my brother was already having a hard time making ends meet. I stood silent as I thought of ways to help him when suddenly we both heard soft sobs.

"Did you hear that Neko-chan?"

I stared at Naru-chan.

"Hey, if you have a pet name for me then I have one for you too."

I just shook my head in defeat and started looking for the source of the sound and Naru-chan began searching as well. At the corner of my eye I saw a figure hiding behind the tree that stood next to the swings. I peeked and saw a raven haired boy with his arms wrapped around his knees.

'Why do I keep finding lost kittens today?' I thought to myself as I heaved out a heavy sigh, loud enough for the boy to hear me.

Quickly and almost immediately the boy rubbed his eyes and freed them from tears and glared at me.

"Are you trying to scare me off?"

He continued glaring at me. Naru-chan peeked at who it was and was unmoved as I was by the boy's icy death glare. Oh if looks could kill Naru-chan and I would've been dead right then and there but it doesn't so we both just stared back down at him.

He was still trying his best to glare us off but the boy's eyes betrayed him since I saw the panic in his eyes.

"Oh give it up it doesn't work on us." Naru-chan said.

The boy stood up with a shocked look on his face. I shook my head and said,

"There are far more scary things in life than your icy death glare boy."

Surprise covered most of his face by now and I would guess your faces would've made a confused look by now but I don't want to ruin the story so I'll tell you about me next time. Anyway, Naru-chan asked me if he was my friend and I told him that it was the first time I saw the boy.

"However, I do know him, but not personally. He's the youngest heir of the Uchiha family."

On top of that I knew that everyone both feared and adored him. He always had this dark aura looming around him ever since he came to our school about a year ago but he was super "cute" (the quotations are necessary since I don't think he is, just used the term most of my classmates used to describe him) and brilliant, always at the top of his class so every girl liked him. (Yes we were kindergarten kids during this time, I swear it's scary how kindergarteners think.) He was also older than me, and was also held back. His parents were killed by a small time robber six months ago, kinda like Mr. And Mrs. Wayne of Batman and since then he and his brother were the only ones left, kinda like me and my brother only our parents died in a freaky Final Destination way.

"Hey Uchiha!" Naru-chan called out.

The dark haired boy glared ever more deadly and said,

"Don't just call me Uchiha I have a name and it's Sasuke!"

"Okay...so Sasu-chan, what's your problem?" Naru-chan asked.

"Sasu-chan?" the boy asked.

Naru-chan folded his arms across his chest and said,

"Pet name, get used to it. So watcha crying about Uchiha?"

"What's it to you dobe?"

Naru-chan snapped, his temper was much too short back then, and punched Sasu-chan in the face and the two began fighting. As I watched them wrestle I can't help but compare Sasu-chan and Naru-chan to the raven and the sun, respectively. I didn't know why but it just felt right. After a few minutes watching them fight was beginning to get annoying. I pinched the bridge of my nose and thought, 'Why am I even here?'

I hurled my metal lunch box at them and amazingly it bounced off of Naru-chan's head and hit Sasu-chan's.

"Two eggheads in one lunch box, hope nothing's cracked. Aww my milk got wasted."

"I hate milk." The raven and the sun said in unison.

The two looked at each other and the three of us just began laughing. That day was the beginning of a wonderful— rough, bumpy and crazy but still wonderful— friendship between two unlikely boys and one girl.