The Tales of the Unheard-of Ninja
Disclaimer: I don't own NARUTo, but I do own Ameko and Akio.
Chapter 1: Ameko of the Rain
She ran. She didn't know what else to do. Ten-year-old Ameko was a chūnin ninja in Amegakure. Tears ran down her eyes. She was scared. Ameko had run away from a battle. There had been a civil war going on in her country, and all the ninjas were bumped up to at least chūnin level so they could fight. But Ameko didn't want to fight, she never had. With her parents' death, becoming a ninja was the only way for her to survive.
She pulled off her headband as she stopped to hide behind a tree. Two light-blue pupil less blind darted around. Though she couldn't see, it had become a habit of hers.
"Hey," a voice said behind her. She stumbled away. "Don't be afraid. I'm Uchiha Sasuke, and I'm going to be a great ninja like my brother, Itachi-nii." She could tell that he had a big goofy grin on his face. Stupid kid, she thought, if she was his enemy, she now knew his identity.
"You'll never be a great ninja. You're too naïve. You wouldn't know what it's like to be a real ninja." She held out her headband. "You don't know." She turned to give him a death glare. "Get lost, brat. I don't need you giving off my hiding place."
The boy left without a word.
"Damn it, Ameko! Where the hell are you?!" a voice yelled. She knew who it was. "Ameko, what kind of ninja, chūnin no less, are you? What ninja runs from a battle?"
"I-I'm sorry, I was scared. I couldn't kill my best friend." Tears rolled down her eyes as she watched her teammate run at her. He kicked her in the gut. "I can't take this anymore. We're being forced to hurt our friends. This war is pulling the village apart. I wouldn't do this any more-"
He kicked her and her back slammed into the tree. Sasuke poked his head from behind a tree. He had left, but he was worried about her, being that she was blind and alone.
"You're weak!"
"I know, I'm sorry, Akio-kun. Please, I'm sorry, I'm sorry that I'm so weak. I want to be stronger."
He hit her again. "I don't care if you're weak. You ran from the battle and I had to come to find you. We're losing! Don't take us down any farther than we already are!"
Scared her eyes started to turn black. The iris, the white part, and the non-existent pupil all turned black. A long rod made purely of her own Chakra materialized at her side. She grabbed hold of it as Akio continued to rant about her misbehavior.
"I'm sorry, Akio-kun," she slammed the rod into the side of his head with full power. Sasuke stared at her in disbelief. She had just attacked her comrade, why?
She looked at her ex-teammate's body. She had smashed his head and shattered his skull. But she felt no emotion. She wasn't sad, nor was she happy. She stared at her bloody hands.
"What is this?" she said stared at the red on her hands. "What the hell is this?"
"Y-you killed that guy," Sasuke walked out of his hiding spot. "He's your teammate and you killed him! Why?"
"Heh, 'why'? because… because he deserved it. To be able to kill your friends; to be able to kill your teammates without hesitation… that is what it means to be a real ninja," her voice changed. It was dull and emotionless.
Ten years later…
Ameko sat by the fire. Her metal headband reflected the flames.
"Ameko, what's wrong?" her friend Kusamaru asked turning to her.
"Just a bad memory." Uchiha Sasuke, I hope you've become stronger she thought turning toward the night sky.
A/N: I finnaly got to writing my OCs' stories. The next chapter won't be up til a lot later, school and stuff. By the way, Ameko's name has 'Rain' in it and she's from the rain village.