The Dragon Inside
Summary: Sophie Tatsu is a girl found by Team 7. She looks innocent enough but could there be more to her than meets the eye? Will romance ensue and will it prevail over her past?
Chapter 1: Sophie
-Sasuke POV-
I sighed to my self as we ran through the trees. This last mission had been too easy and frankly, I was bored. Next to me, Naruto was complaining that he was hungry; Sakura was slapping him upside the head, and Kakashi was reading his newest book. Everything had sort of fallen into routine by now. With another sigh, we kept going onwards back to Konoha.
On our way to the gates, I heard Naruto cry out. "Kakashi! Look! It's a girl!" he said. Walking over to see what all the commotion was, I noticed a small girl lying on her side on the forest floor. "Sakura, examine her." Kakashi ordered. Nodding, Sakura walked over and began to check her vitals. "I can't seem to notice anything wrong." She said. I took a step closer to further examine the girl. She was indeed small, probably about 4'11 at the most. The girl had brownish red hair that was long and went past her waist. Besides this her skin was a bit pale, almost like mine and she had bangs as well. The last thing I noticed was a gold chain with a sliver crystal hanging from it. "Sakura, look there." I said nodding my head in the direction of a shuriken that had a curious green vial hanging from it.
I heard Sakura gasp and she stated, "Its poison." That was probably why they girl was knocked out. Kakashi came over to assess everything while Naruto freaked out. "Is she dead? I hope she's not! She's very pretty! Where is she from? Shouldn't we get her to a doct-"then Kakashi cut him off by slapping a hand to his mouth. "Sasuke, carry her. We'll bring her with us." He said. I nodded and went to go pick her up. "Why can't I carry her?" Naruto complained. "Because you're an idiot and would probably drop her!" Sakura said teasingly. I didn't really care who carried her to be honest…
-In Konoha: Sophie's POV-
I was running, running for my life. If I stopped, HE would get me. I couldn't be captured; I was our clan's last hope. HE had betrayed us, killed us all, and now I was the last survivor of the once mighty Tatsu. I could hear him behind me muttering jutsu's and such to try to stop me. I successfully blocked each of his attacks and keep running with all my strength. Suddenly, he appeared before me and knocked me backwards. "Did you think you could run from me little Sophie? Did you really think I would let the crown jewel of the Tatsu escape?" HE blared at me and laughed. I flinched from the impact of the floor and he grabbed my chin and forced me to look at him. "You can never escape me Sophie. Goodbye." He said and dropped my head, leaving a shuriken. It began to admit some nauseous smell and before I knew it, I was out cold.
I'm probably dead, I thought. If this is being dead, then it really sucks. It was all dark and there was absolutely nothing around. "Hey, wake up." A stern voice said. Huh? Wasn't I supposed to be dead? "Wake up." It said again.
I opened my eyes and light filled them. Once the light dimmed I noticed a face hovering beside me. Slowly I began to make out the shape of two others as well. That first I noticed became clearer and I saw it was a boy. He had raven colored hair with dark black eyes that looked like the night. His skin was pale and he had a headband with a symbol etched into it that looked like a bird in a way. He looked emotionless and I instantly sensed that he had a great deal of anger, sorrow, and hatred in him. "Hi there!" said the next face. The cheerful voice belonged to another boy who had blonde spiky hair, blue eyes, and curious whisker like marks on his cheeks. I read his emotions and felt happiness, strength, curiosity, and a great deal of power; hmm.
The setting became clearer as well and I saw I was in a hospital, lying on a bed with thee three strangers staring at me like I was a weird creature. Turning to my side, the blonde looked at me closer and spoke up again. "Whoa, your eyes…" he said. To an average person, my eyes would look almost exotic. They were a red color that faded into pink, purple, and gold as you got to my cat-like pupil. They were a gift, I was once told, from the Dragon himself… "Are they real?" a new voice spoke up. It came from a skinny girl with interesting pink hair and emerald eyes. "Yes." I said politely even though I was internally sweat dropping. "Ah, you can talk!" the blonde said again. "Of course she can you baka!" Pinky told him. "Well then, that you can talk, what's your name?" A tall man with silver hair, dark eyes, and something covering one of his eyes said. "My name is Sophie Tatsu…" I said sheepishly.