Unforgotten Wanderer
Summary: Sakura is a wanderer that travels from village to village at the age of six. Even as a young girl, she is able to travel far and has even made friends on the way. What if everyone saw her again during the Chuunin exams? And who are those people in her team? Wait a second….is that a LIVE doll with her?
2 Years Ago…
"Kaa-chan?"
A tiny, frail voice asked in the dark. In front of a gigantic fire that engulfed her house, was a little girl, confused at what was happening before her.
"Kaa-chan where are you?"
The trembling girl asked again, her eyes watering and her arms tightening the hold on her bear (A/N: I handwrote this stuff first and when I read it over and typed this, I thought it said "her arms tightening the hold on her BEER" lol!) she was about to go into the flame-engulfed house, when a hand on her shoulder stopped her. Thinking that the hand belonged to her mother, she quickly jumped into the person's arms, only to find black eyes staring at her instead of green, and black hair instead of fiery red. Just as quickly as she jumped the man, she backed away from him. She grew angry, but was disappointed at the most.
"Where's my kaa-chan!"
She yelled. But even as she asked that, she knew that she would never see her mother again.
"KAA-CHAN!"
She stood there for hours. In front of her mother's fresh grave. Her once lively eyes, were now dull and emotionless. The people who came to the funeral, had already left, and she was all alone now.
All of the sudden, she heard footsteps becoming louder and louder as it came closer to her. Becoming a bit curious, she turned around.
It was the same man at the fire. He kept coming closer and closer until he stood next to her, facing the grave. He then bent down and placed a lone rose in front of the carved stone. Around the rose was a pure white ribbon. She wondered what that ribbon meant, but decided against asking him. The silence was comfortable and lasted for almost an hour, until he abruptly stood up, still facing the grave. She was staring at him, still confused at why he was visiting her mother.
As if he knew this, he told her his answer.
"I knew her a long time ago, before you were born."
Though still not satisfied with the answer, she left it at that. Now he stood facing her as if trying to study every bit of detail on the girl. What surprised her was that after he studied her features, he placed a hand on her cheek and smiled at her.
"Your eyes look exactly like hers, but now it's very different. You want to know why?"
"Why?"
"Because now, there no longer happy."
Then he hugged her. He hugged her like a father would. Like her mother used to. She couldn't hold it any longer. She burst into tears again. Even though she promised herself that she wouldn't cry at the funeral she did.
"Your mother wouldn't want you to have those eyes. Those kinds of eyes shouldn't belong to little kids like you. You don't deserve this kind of harshness of the real world. Your mother would want you to be happy, even when she's not here. I think, that she wants you to know that she's going to be with you, even if she's gone now."
Emerald and Black eyes clashed again, but this time an understanding had come between them. One that would form a bond that would last a long time.
Well that's like the prologue, and the next one's going to be the first chapter. Sorry if I had any grammar errors or if it was too boring hehe. I'll try to make if more interesting if you still want me to keep updating.