Disclaimer: I don't own anything having to do with Naruto. It all belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. However, I DO own Sheza so hands off!

A/N: Thanks for reading this! I decided to do something a little more serious and a little longer, so here it is! Enjoy! And I would really appreciate any kind of review, even flames!

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Never has a day gone by

When I didn't wish someone could look at me

Without hate or fear.

I wish someone could see me

And look at my human side

Instead of the monster who lurks within.

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The sun was halfway down in the sky on that lonely desert day. The town bustled with villagers and ninja, going about their business. They looked as happy as anyone, but on the inside they kept a constant fear at the back of their mind. A fear for the demon of their desert village. This demon was no child's fairytale. Oh no, he was all too real. Every so often you could see him exit the home he shared with his two siblings, and he would wander the streets with his gourd on his back. The villagers would use all their will power to keep themselves from looking at him as he passed. Meeting his eye meant certain death.

Today this lonely demon was sitting on the outskirts of town on an abandoned swing set. It was placed out into the desert a ways; Close enough to watch the village, but far enough to go unnoticed. If left undisturbed, he could sit on the swing until the sun went down and then rose again the next morning. It would be a small feat for him. This demon never slept.

He gazed out into the desert, not really looking at anything in particular. He became lost in his own thoughts as the hours slowly passed by. The sun was drawing closer and closer to the horizon when he noticed a presence had come up next to him. He turned his head to see who was foolish enough to approach him.

It was a girl. She looked like she couldn't be older than ten and even that was pushing it for her size. If they stood side by side, she would have only come up to his shoulder. She had deep blue eyes and light blue hair that fell just below her shoulder blades. She wore a red and white t-shirt with brown caprice and flip-flops.

What's this? He thought. A suicide attempt? He smirked in his mind. Wouldn't be the first.

She looked at him for a moment and smiled. Then she sat down on the swing next to him and looked at the setting sun. That was the first odd thing he noted about her. She was able to look directly at the sun without giving any sign of it causing her pain. There was a long silence between them before she finally spoke.

"Hi! I'm Sheza. What's your name?" asked the girl. He didn't answer her question.

"What are you doing out here? I'm not killing you if that's what you want," he stated plainly. She smiled.

"That's good. I don't want to die," she said happily. "I got bored, so I decided to wander around for awhile. I sensed someone out here and decided to come over." This was the second strange thing about her. She sensed him? And from this far away? And not even idiots were stupid enough to talk to him like this. He resisted the urge to kill her because he found her intriguing.

"Don't you know who I am?" he asked in a monotone voice. She shook her head.

"Nope, I just moved here. I hardly know anyone yet," she said. That answered one question. She wasn't stupid, just uninformed. That would have cost anyone else their life but still he resisted. Again silence took hold of them. After a little while she turned her head towards him. This was the third strange thing. Her eyes weren't focusing at all. She was looking at him without really seeing him, yet still it seemed like she was gathering information about him. He felt the vague presence of chakra touching him, another strange thing.

"You seem lonely, sitting out here all by yourself," she said. This took him by surprise. No one had ever looked at him and called him lonely before. "Don't you have any friends?" she asked. He looked at the ground.

"No," he said flatly. He felt a pang of sadness for a moment before he brushed it away and replaced it with his usual indifference.

"That's no good. Everyone needs a friend," she said thoughtfully. She closed her eyes for a moment before looking at him and smiling. "How about I be your friend?" This caught him completely off guard.

"W-What?" he stuttered.

"No need to be so surprised. I'm new here and need someone to talk to, and it looks like you could use some company too," she said. He wasn't sure how to take an offer for friendship. This was the first time anything like this had happened to him.

"Don't I scare you?" he asked. "Hasn't anyone ever told you what a demon looks like?"

"It wouldn't matter if they did," replied Sheza. "I'm blind."