Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I wish I did though…;;
This is my first Naruto fic so please be gentle!!!
Flames will be used to heat up hell.
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Chapter 1: Saving
"Do you have… anyone precious in your life?" a girl with long black hair said.
"Precious…" 'What is she driving at?!' thought a blonde haired boy. "What are you trying to say, lady?"
There was a moment of silence. The girl was quiet and seemed to be zoning out as if she was remembering something. When she snapped back to reality, she raised her head to meet the blonde boy's questioning gaze.
She answered, "When a person has something precious to protect that's when they can become truly strong."
The blonde boy seemed to let her words sink in. He had a big smile before saying, "Yeah! I understand that very well."
The girl just smiled and picked up her basket of medicinal herbs and stood up. She said, "You will become strong."
"Yeah!"
The dark haired girl said, "Let's meet again somewhere," before walking away. She paused and without turning, she said, "oh, and I'm a boy." And walked away leaving a very freaked out Naruto.
'WHAT?!!?!?' thought a very disturbed Naruto. 'No way!!! He's even cuter than Sakura-chan!!'
After he left, Sasuke came up to him. Naruto was still thinking about him. 'How weird… this world is full of mysteries.'
Back to Haku
While he was walking back to the place that he and Zabuza-san was staying at, he noticed 5 men were crowding around something. He was going to see what they were doing, but reconsidered it. Just when he was about to leave, he saw a glimpse of someone huddled in the crowd. That person was bleeding very badly. Haku couldn't make out if it was a boy or a girl. He was staring at the bleeding figure when he heard one of the men cry out, "Let's see you suffer demon!"
Some of the men around him cheered. "Yeah! Make her pay for ever showing her face in this world!" There were a couple of more cheers.
He then saw them kicking and throwing rocks at her. The girl didn't cry out or anything. She just laid there quietly and wincing in pain every time she got hit. Haku saw one of the men unsheathe his sword and was about to plunge it into her, but Haku intervened.
The men stopped what they were doing and looked at them. He tried to get out of his grasp, but his grip was too strong.
"You shouldn't do that," he said with a smile. This only caused the man to grow even angrier. The man tried to punch him, but missed. He cried out in pain when Haku twisted his arm. If he moved his arm would come right off, so he stayed put.
Everyone was staring at them in shock and was getting angry. The girl on the ground could do nothing, but stare. He was actually helping her, a demon. He was helping a demon. 'Didn't he know what would happen if anyone would find out?' she thought. She continued to watch as the men got angrier by the minute.
"What do you think you're doing boy!" the man he was holding shouted. He cried out in pain again and dropped his weapon when the boy's grip on him got tighter. When Haku let go, the man massaged his arm while the others were getting ready to pounce on him for interrupting their little fun and hurting their leader.
"You'll pay for that!" he cried. After he was done massaging his wrist he called out, "Rand! Hand me your weapon!"
"Hai! Magatsuhi-san." The man known as Rand came and handed him his dagger.
Magatsuhi smirked and said, "You think you're so smart aren't you?!" The other men shouted out what they should do to him.
Haku just smiled, which made Magatsuhi turn red with anger. "This'll teach you not to help this demon child!" he said and attacked Haku with his dagger. Haku merely dodged it and flipped over him. The others joined in and attacked him.
Haku kept on dodging them with ease. He then took out his needles and killed 2 men. 2 of the men went after him. He quickly killed those 2 too. Magatsuhi was surprised to see that a mere boy can kill his men. He then charged at him, but cried out in pain instead.
The girl they were attacking earlier bit him in his right arm. She turned into a silver wolf and killed him off. Magatsuhi fell to the forest floor with a thump. The wolf then staggered forward then turned back into her human form before collapsing.
Haku stood there and stared at the girl who had killed the leader. She was unconscious and a puddle of crimson liquid formed around her.
She had long black hair with silver highlights. She was about his age, which was 15. Her sleeveless black kimono was blood soaked. She was thin, but he could tell she was strong. There was a tattoo on both sides of her shoulders. It was 2 black crescent moons and a dot in between. (A/N: when I can get a hold of a scanner, you can see what she'll look like. The tattoo looks kind of like (.) ) A black bag was lying near her bloody form.
Haku took her and her bag to a nearby stream to bandage her wounds. He laid her down by the stream and cleaned her wounds. Then he took his medicinal herbs he collected in his basket and put it against her wounds to help it heal faster. Then he bandaged her wounds.
As night fell, Haku lit a fire to keep their bodies warm. He leaned against a tree and stared at the embers for a while. 'Why were they trying to kill her? What could she have done to make them so angry?' haku thought. 'How will I explain to Zabuza-san about my absence?'
After a while the girl stirred. She opened her eyes to see it was night. She could feel heat beside her and turned her eyes and saw a lit fire. The girl tried to sit up, but felt pain shoot through her body.
"You shouldn't be moving. You're still healing," said a voice beside her. The girl turned her head to see a boy leaning against a tree.
She glared at him. He merely smiled. After a moment of silence she asked, "…why?... Why did you help me back there?"
Haku answered, "I couldn't just stand there and let someone get hurt when I could've done something now could I?" He smiled again.
It was very strange to her. His smile was so kind. She had never felt someone's kindness towards her before. It was very strange indeed, but it felt so nice.
She turned her gaze towards the starry sky. She loved the night. It was full of mystery and peace. That's the way she liked it. Before long she was consumed by darkness.
Haku watched her when he smiled. It had occurred to him that she had never felt kindness towards her before, since she was a demon. He wondered what had happened to her parents or if she was ever loved or wanted by anyone before. He had watched her as she fell asleep. Such peace in her features even though she was injured badly.
After a while Haku left the girl and went back to where he and Zabuza-san was staying at.
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Well I'm gonna end it here. Hope ya liked it!! Please R&R!!!
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