Chapter one

This will be the only disclaimer for this story so I don't have to keep writing it over and over:

I do not own any characters but my own. Sadly meaning any men from Naruto….sniffles

She'd been running hard and long. She didn't know how far she actually had gone, but knew it wasn't enough. It never would be. The sky had darkened to twilight, and the birds had stopped singing long before. The tall trees were lush with leaves that whipped by her as she rushed forward. She had to get away from him. Her power couldn't fall into his hands, the hands of a black soul. She had seen it with her own eyes. He had known love once, and then lost it only to be given a second chance. But he threw it away like it was nothing, all for revenge.

She stumbled forward, her legs burned with the effort she had exceeded. Tears streamed down her face as she looked up at her surroundings. She didn't know where to go. Her father had tried so hard to protect her, keeping her secret all these years. It hadn't awakened yet, but she could feel the power it resonated. Why? After all this time, why have I been discovered now? It made no sense.

Gasping, she straightened and looked behind her. He couldn't have caught up to me already. She raced forward recklessly, not seeing the tree branch that grew in front of her. Her foot caught on it as turned, and she fell forward with a loud gasp. She curled into herself with her fisted hands against her chest. What was she to do now? She was so exhausted. A feeling of lethargy swept over her and her eye lids drifted shut. I had…to…get away…from……Uchiha……Sasuke…Her mind blacked out just as the bushes beside her rustled with movement. No……

The dark figure stepped out of the blackened forest, his sharingan spinning madly. Four others stepped out beside him, one stepping forward to look at the lone figure on the ground. It was unmistakably female. The leader stepped to where she lay curled on the ground. He tilted his head as he lifted her face towards his with one finger. "It's her." He said standing again. He turned his head towards the group to address the one who stepped forward. "I leave her in your hands Uchiha. You four are to stay together from now on. She is not to be harmed. I don't know when it will come, but it will be soon. There are certain circumstances she must be under that I have yet to understand. Protect her with your life. I expect her to in good health when I come for her." With that he turned his had back and disappeared from sight.

The Uchiha stepped forward to where the girl lay, but when he reached down to pull her into his arms, he was momentarily stunned. A small field of chakra had wrapped its way around her body, denying him access. His sharingan span faster, though he could detect which jutsu was being used. He narrowed his eyes at her as one of the dark figures behind him began chuckling. He turned his upper body slightly to glare at him as one of the other figures sighed and stepped forward.

When he leaned down to touch the field of chakra, it dissolved beneath his hand. He pulled his hand back in surprise, and then looked up into the glaring face of his companion. "It seems her power rejects you Uchiha. I will take her." He said his face never changing expression. He turned back to the small figure and gathered her up into his arms. Feeling her chilled skin, he pulled open his cape and wrapped it around her as well, pulling her body close to his body.

"Is that the closest you've ever been to a woman before." One man asked him. He spared him only a glance then turned and headed in the general direction of the safe house they were to use. Cursing the one who spoke followed, along with the other two to where they would be staying for the time being.