SCARS

A Naruto fic

I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANYTHING INVOLVING NARUTO.

Ushi, Midnight, Dove, Jay, Uma, and Rin are all my OCs, but they are not under copyright...Even though I think that they are.

I KNOW THE PLOT OF NARUTO AND THAT THIS GOES AGAINST IT. I READ THE MANGA EVERY WEEK THAT IT COMES OUT! I'LL EXPLAIN THE MAJOR PROBLEM AT THE END.

DON'T READ IF YOU HAVE ISSUES WITH CHARECTERS ACTING OUT OF CHARECTER, LACK OF CONSITENCY WITH THE NARUTO PLOT, AND/OR SPELLING/GRAMMER ERRORS! MY FICS ARE FULL OF THEM.

I ALSO KNOW THAT THIS FIC HAS PROBLEMS IN CERTAIN PLACES. DEAL! I KNOW PERFECTLY WELL THAT IT IS MESSED UP, SO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT. IF YOU WANT A PERFECT FIC IT'S NOT HERE!

Chapter One

Meeting

To some it would seem like another ordinary night in Kohona. But in a seemingly empty house, a ninja leapt in searching for something…Or someone.

"Where is she?" he asked to a raven sleeping in the corner.

The bird awoke at the ninja's voice, "I don't know anymore then you do.…Ushi."

The ninja stood into the moonlight revealing a young man. He appeared to be a little over twenty years old despite him having spiky gray hair. His ice blue eyes appeared to be both tired and sad.

The raven flapped over from her perch to him. "I'm sorry." They were the only words to say in a situation like this or at least the only words the raven could think of. Ushi nodded as if he understood…Or at least as if he WANTED to understand.

"I know that her absence affects you too, Midnight."

Midnight, the raven, looked at Ushi as if trying to figure him out, "How did you find out?"

"I've been spying on the Kyubbi kid, 'member? That makes it easy for me to see that she isn't there."

Midnight sighed, "His name is Naruto. Please call him that."

Ushi gave a small grin, "Fine." He then looked down, "I just don't understand. Why would Rin leave? It just isn't like her."

Midnight looked back at Ushi as if this too had been a question she had been pondering for a long time, "I can only guess Ushi."

Ushi banged his fist onto the nearby bedside table, "I told her mother that I'd protect Rin as long as I lived. Why did things have to turn out this way?"

Midnight also remembered that day, when her young mistress, Ame Rin, was born…..

Flashback

Midnight was sitting on the nightstand next to her mistress, Ame Dove. In Dove's arms was her newborn child, the next head of the Ame clan. Her husband and the child's father, Ame Jay hovered close by. His face showed only pure adoration for both his wife and child.

Suddenly, without warning, two boys burst into the room. The first boy, Uma, had short straight black hair that was trimmed right below the ear and sparkling green eyes that were full of life. The second boy was Ushi. He looked just like the current day Ushi but smaller and happier.

Jay and Dove turned their heads to the newcomers a bit shocked. At first Jay seemed to want the two boys to leave but after Dove motioned the two to come over, Jay agreed. The boys smiled to each other and ran to the bed. They were both full of questions and comments and the words spilled out of their mouths so fast that you could barely understand what they were saying.

"One at a time," said Dove softly.

They both nodded.

"What's its name?" asked Uma happily.

Dove laughed a little, "You guys came before Taakii –sama, the head of our clan. You know that he is the one who decides the name of the babies, especially when they will hold the position of the head of our clan."

Uma rubbed the back of his head and muttered, "Sorry Dove-san."

Ushi looked at the child in Dove's arms, "Boy or girl?"

Jay answered that one, "Girl. A healthy little girl."

Dove held out the baby, "Would you guy each like to take a turn holding her?"

They both nodded eagerly.

Ushi went first. As he realized how fragile the small body was, how easily it could be broken, how easily this delicate life could be no more, Ushi made a pledge, "I swear that I shall protect this girl until I die."

Uma nodded, "I swear the same thing."

Dove laughed a little, "You know that she'll become strong soon. Perhaps even stronger then you guys."

Ushi nodded, "True. But even the Hokage has loyal bodyguards."

Dove smiled, "Okay guys. I'm counting on you guys to make sure that my little girl doesn't get hurt."

Jay laughed, "Yah. Be sure to beat up any loser that tries to date her."

Uma and Ushi nodded, "We both will."

End Flashback

Ushi frowned, "But after the 'incident'…" He paused as if this 'incident' was something that he would rather prefer to forget and it was. He took a deep breath and continued, "…After Uma and the others died. Even after I had to leave the village…I still tried to protect her."

Midnight nodded, "I can't exactly say that you did the best job ever but you tried."

Ushi looked at the raven, his eyes filled with sadness, his voice tinted with anger, "I did what I needed to do." He paused again before continuing, "Please…Midnight…Tell me what you know about Rin's leaving. Please."

Midnight sighed, "Alright Ushi. I'll tell you everything that young mistress Rin told me. About her teammates, about what was going on, about what she felt, about you."

THANKS FOR READING!

SPOLIERS

Lone Kunoichi: Okay...And now for the major issue about Ushi's personality. When I first came up with the idea for the fic, Ushi was going to be a pysco. I later changed it, thinking that it was going to conflict too much with the actual series. I made it instead that Ushi was more of a guardian of Rin...Creepy guardian but a guardian none the less. Then Itachi tells us the real (????) reason that he killed the clan. I got REAL upset. The original Ushi design would have worked but I had already wrote most of Ushi's parts and they all were for the new design. That's why some parts will come out a little odd and inconsitant. Most of the story is typed up but its gonna take some time to fix some of the chapters. I just wanted to shove another fic at everyone

SPOLIERS END

I quote "Silence is golden but ignoring stupidity works for me." If you complain about any of the matters that I said not to complain about at the begining...I'm just going to deleate it (if you can deleate comments) or ignore it. Complaints about things that I HAVEN'T mentioned will be used to burn up Gemotry tests. Reviews, however, are loved and replied to.

Part Two coming out sometime this month. Sooner if I get reviews.