Fear, suspicion, hate; this is all I feel when I feel their eyes following my every move. To them I'm only a problem they don't know how to solve. I was alone since my parents died, and the villagers around me...They're scared of me. It's not like I did anything bad to them but I can tell. I went out to the woods, nobody knew when I was home or gone, or even dead or alive. In the woods I looked at the flowers and there were a few animals. I was daydreaming as I searched about for herbs and I had tripped over something. After dusting myself off I looked back to see what I tripped over and saw a woman lying still on the ground.

I laid her on her back and slapped her gently, "Hey wake up," I shook her lightly but there was no reaction. I put my ear down to her chest, she was alive but I couldn't tell for how long. I noticed a kunai in her side. I could treat her but I couldn't do anything here. I decided that for now the best course of action was to get her to my house.

Soon enough I was able to get her home safely. I actually live some distance away from the village but I have to go through it to travel. I asked the villagers for help as I passed through but as usual my cries fell on deaf ears. I did have my own herbs and medical supplies, I intended to use them now. The woman was without a doubt a ninja, I've seen a few of them before. She had a flak jacket with multiple pockets, a holster, and a sword in her possession.

I took the knife out of the woman's side and took off her clothes. She had cuts all over her body, some worse than others. I got to work, first I cleaned the wounds the best I could then I wrapped her wounds in clean dressing and bandages, some of the cuts on her arm needed stitches to heal. It took longer than I thought and the woman was still unconscious when I finished. She should wake in due time. I put my ear back down to her heart and she was still alive.

when the treatment was over I took time to look at her. She had dark skin and short electric-yellow hair. She was tall and a bit muscular but she was very pretty in an amazonian type of way. I noticed a headband with white cloth that had a cloud emblem on it, but there was a slash going though the symbol. I checked her heartbeat one last time then I went on to wash some clothes.

While tending to the clothes I thought to myself then the water suddenly crystallized while I was washing. I took the big rock I used for times like this and shattered the crystallized water and shirt. Believe it or not this was a regular occurrence. I have a strange power. When I touch things they turn to crystal and sometimes they shatter. The worst part is that everybody knows I can't control it. They all hope I fade away so I'm not their problem anymore.

I hung the finished clothes and went back inside. I needed to change the bandages. After that I got some herbs and berries from the forest. When I came back to check on her she was awake and looking around the room from where she laid.

"You're finally awake." I said pleasantly. I put the berries down and put my hand on her head. The herbs did their job, "How do you feel?" I asked.

"I'm alive?" She asked dryly. She looked around the room again, "Where am I?"

"You're in my house. I found you like this out in the forest and brought you back here." I said.

She looked at me with skepticism, "You did this? You're just a little girl. Where are your parents?"

I stopped in my tracks and my back stiffened so quick I nearly dropped the tisane in my hands, "First of all, let's make it clear that I am not a girl. Second, my parents are dead. Don't look down on me because I'm young. I'm more than able to take care of myself. I'm caring for you if you haven't noticed" I tilted her head and set the tisane to her lips, "Drink some. You're thirsty," She complied with what I asked, then tried to get up, "Stay down, you'll open your wounds."

She sucked her teeth, "No, the wounds won't open. How long was I out?"

"A few hours. What happened if you don't mind me asking?" I said

She shrugged, "I'm a missing-nin and the hunter ninja came, but I was able to escape and cover my tracks."

"They really did a number on you," I said.

She chuckled softly, "I guess they did. Do you have anyone here?"

I tended to the berries, "No one," I said casually, "I'm on my own."

"Surely you have somebody. Who's keeping this roof over your head?"

"Fear and Pity," I took the topic away from me, "What's your name?"

"Aya Suzuki. Yours?"

"Yuuki. Yuuki Momoko."

"Mind doing me a favor, Yuuki?" She asked.

"Hm?" I raised a brow.

"In the right pocket of my jacket there are some pills. Give them to me." She asked. I reached into the pocket and showed the black pills, "Thank you," She ate them quickly and I could tell it kicked in when I saw the color come to her face. She stood up despite my protest and stretched, "Much better."

I sighed at her sudden hyperactivity, "Your clothes are over there in the corner. They're wearable, I fixed them up," I said before leaving. I sat outside and killed time as usual. I was here alone in my mother's garden that I maintained by myself. I sat in the center surrounded by a plethora of flowers; irises, lilies, poppies. The garden was extremely diverse which gave it color and beauty. It was like an Eden of flowers. Aya came from behind me, now fully clothed, "I see that you live traditionally," She said sitting beside me, "Your house is nice, but weird. What is it made of?" she knocked on the steps, "It's not wood and everything's yellow."

I shrugged, "All I know is that my parents built it. Now that you're okay you can leave if you want."

She bit on her thumb as she was thinking, "I could go…but I owe you my life. It wouldn't sit well with me not pay you back."

"So what do you want to do?" I asked.

She put her thumb in her mouth again, "I know! I'm going to teach you to walk up trees."

I rolled my eyes, "You can't walk up trees. There's something called gravity."

She tapped my nose lightly, "Really? I'll teach you to walk on water then."

"You can't do that either."

She stood up, "How about this?" she made some motions with her hands then was in a plume of white smoke. When the smoke cleared she…was me!

"How did you do that?" It was a perfect reflection of me. Olive skin, shoulder-length straight orange hair, the red-orange eyes were a bit big though. I was on the thinner side of things too, but that was expected. Suddenly the smoke came again and Aya was back to normal.

"Now what do you think?" she asked.

"Fine, if you feel so obliged feel free to teach me a thing or two," I said.

"How much do you know about chakra?" She asked.

I tilted my head, "Never heard of it," I said bluntly.

She nodded her head, "Is there a body of water around here?"

I stood up, "There's a hot spring nearby, and there's a lake east from here."

"Take me to the lake."

While we were at the lake I had a flower in my hands while she lectured, suddenly a frostbite like pattern ran across its surface before growing out from it. The flower was hanging suspended in blue crystal, "I didn't know you had a Kekkai Genkai." Aya said excitedly when she noticed.

"What's that?" I asked. Maybe there was a way to get rid of it.

She walked forward and tapped my nose, "Its one more thing that makes you unique. I've heard of the Crystal release but this is my first time seeing it. I thought it was just a rumor my grandfather yakked on about. I guess I was wrong."

"Can we get rid of it?" I asked.

She looked at me with surprise, "Why? You're stuck with it. That doesn't mean it's a bad thing."

I exploded and the grass around me crystallized like the flower, "How is there any good?" I asked, "Things break because of me. Everything I touch changes and breaks. I'm a monster, Aya. Just go before I break you too."

From nowhere Aya pulled me in a hug, "Don't ever say that, you hear me? I'd be dead if it wasn't for you."

I shoved her away roughly, "Don't touch me so easily when you don't understand. I saved your life today but who's to say tomorrow you won't be broken?"

"Yuuki, please. Talk to me," She pleaded.

"Aya, just go away."

She sat down, "I won't until you tell me."

I kept my back to her, "I don't want to talk about it Aya."

"This is something you need to talk about. Just trust me a little Yuuki, just a bit."

I turned back to her, " I killed my parents Aya." I held up the crystallized flower, "Because of me they shattered to pieces!" I threw it down and it broke to millions of pieces, "Don't you get it? I'm a monster! I can't even decide when this happens! I'll be better off dead, now just go away already!" I started to run off. I didn't know where I was running to but I had to be left alone, I had to get away from her.

I had stopped and was sitting against a tree, "Are you still running?" I heard Aya's voice again.

I sighed put my head on my knees, "Why do you persist?" I asked.

She jumped down from the tree she was on, "Because you saved my life. Give me a chance to save yours," she said.

I looked away, "I don't want to hurt you too."

"Yuuki, I can't imagine how you feel," She lifted my head so I could look at her, "But that doesn't mean I don't know it hurts. I can help as long as you let me."

"Can't you get rid of this?" I asked.

She shook her head, "We can do something even better. We can control it. We can use it."

"What do I need to do?"

She nodded her head, "I'm going to make a ninja out of you."

"If there's a chance it'll work then let's do it," I stood up, "What's first?"

Aya smiled, "First things first. You need to learn to control your chakra."