Chapter 1 - A Long Forgotten Past
"Come on Itachi show me!!" pleaded a girl about the age of 6. She looked up into the black eyes of a boy, literally, because he was quite a ways taller than her seeing as he was seven years older. He had just shown her a difficult move with his Sharingon, which was passed down in their clan. "Maybe when you're a few years older" He told her. He didn't think it wise for her to try something new and end up hurting herself. "Awe, come on. You know better than me that I'm quite talented with my Sharingon." She mumbled. He heard a hint of impatience in her voice. He sighed deeply. If only she new. Their clan's powers ran very strong in her, perhaps even stronger than any other Uchiha except Uchiha Madara himself. "Come on. We should head back to Konoha." He told her putting a hand on her shoulder.
As we headed back to the village gates I noticed a small boy named Sasuke rushing up to us. "Hey Sasuke, what's the hurry?" I said curiosity getting the better of me. He put his hands on his knees to catch his breath then looked back up at me. "Ayame, your father wants to see you," he said giving his brother a quick glance, "he wouldn't say why." " We were just heading back." Itachi told him as he started walking towards the gate. Sasuke and I gave each other a quick glance before rushing to catch up with him.
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Next thing I know I found myself packing. According to my father he was taking me to the Sand Village to meet the Kazekage. I was quite excited. I had never been out of the village before and was quite thrilled by the idea. We were leaving first thing in the morning. I made sure I had everything I would need on the trip. It would take us three days to get the Sand Village at best and that's if we ran most of the way, which I bet we were. I set my pack by the side of my bed and crawled into it. I rolled onto my side eventually falling into a soundless sleep.
What seemed like only a few minutes later I was woken up by my father. "Come on we got a long trip ahead." He told me as he left for the main room. I groaned. Man I hated mornings. I got up drowsily and grasped my pack's strap and swung it on my shoulder and made my way for the main room where my father was waiting.
Three days later
My legs are killing me. This had been the longest trip I had ever been on before. I was exhausted! I was dragging my feet hoping we could find a place to rest soon but there was nothing of the sort in sight. The area was like a huge dessert. A while later I heard my father say look "look." He was pointing. I looked up to see what he was pointing at and there it was. The village gate! "YES we finally made it!" I said running to the gate. "Slow down Ayame." my father said chuckling as he ran too to catch up to me. I paused at the gates to give them one last look and to wait for my father which didn't take long. As we heading for the kazekage's building I felt excitement building up inside of me. This was going to be awesome. As we walked through the crowded streets I noticed that the villagers wore quite heavy clothing considering that it was burning out outside. They must be insane I thought to myself. I also noticed a big circular building near the center of the village. I looked up at my father. "Is that building were the Kazekage stays?" I asked. He smiled and nodded. I smiled back at him and continued to the building.
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Well, that was interesting. I was quite exciting meeting the HEAD HANCHO aka the Kazekage but it wore off after a while of sitting there. He seemed like a good leader but I think he needs to work on his people skills if you ask me. Half-way through I started to get bored. All of this politic talk was driving me up the wall. My father noticed it too as I was having trouble staying still in my seat. He decided I could explore a bit while they finished up. I wasn't to upset by leaving, in fact I couldn't wait to check out the place. I left them to talk and started to explore the building. Wow! This place was huge, though it didn't seem like it would from the outside. I eventually found my way to the first floor. As I walked around I ended up at the front entrance. Exploring the building was fun but what I really wanted to do was explore the village itself. I won't be long I told myself. I'll get back before my father knew I was out of the building.
As I walked out the door I felt excitement and curiosity at the same time. As I was walking down the village street I noticed some village kids passing a ball to each other. "Hi." I announced "I'm Ayame; I'm from the leaf village." They gave me a funny glance. "Hi" said one boy finally and the others followed suit. "Could I play too?" I asked happy to be with someone around my own age. They exchanged glances before nodding their heads. We were playing for quite some time before I noticed something. I stopped to look and the ball hit me in the head. "Ouch!" I gasped. "Sorry about that but you really should be paying attention the where the ball is being thrown." Said one of the girls, "So why DID you stop?" "Who's he?" I asked pointing to a boy who was sitting on a swing. By the looks of their reaction I clearly said something I shouldn't have. "Well…" I pressed wanting to get an answer. After a while of silence one of the boys finally spoke up. "That's Gaara… We don't like talking to him. He's just creepy." He told me as he fidgeted obviously uncomfortable about the subject. I looked back over at the boy on the swing. He had red-brown hair, and green-blue eyes. But I noticed something else by looking at him. He didn't look scary at all I didn't know what the villager's problem was but it was obviously unfair to him. "He doesn't look scary at all." I concluded and before they could stop me I walked over to him.