Tsubomi

Chapter 1

Encounter

Darkness was falling. Kimimaro looked up at the sky. Looking back down, he stared at the dirt path leading him out of the forest. He needed to hurry back home; if he didn't, Orochimaru-sama would get upset. As he ran through the woods, he heard a sob. Without thinking, he rushed to the source of the noise.

What looked like a 7-year old red-haired girl had her head held down and her arms wrapped around her knees. Her clothes were drenched with blood. On one of her hands was a chipped flute. Around her were the bodies of two people, a man and a woman. The silver-haired boy slowly approached her. The girl looked up. Her hazel eyes were filled with tears. His jade eyes held curiosity.

"Whaddaya want?" she asked as she eyed his neat clothing.

"To know why you're crying," he replied.

"It's none of your business."

"Then why'd you ask?"

The girl's eyes suddenly held a serious look. "Don't piss me off. You won't like it when I'm angry."

"Why? The most I have ever seen from angry girls is a two minute tantrum," Kimimaro said.

The girl grabbed her flute and started playing a hollow, sad song. A large, dead-like giant appeared. Kimimaro wasted no time snatching the flute away from the girl. He then pinned her to a tree. She looked past his shoulder and saw her giant pinned to the floor by many bones.

"W-what are you?" she whispered.

"A boy," he replied.

The girl watched him turn around and walk away. 'Where'd all those bones come from?' she thought. After he left, she looked at where her giant had been. It had disappeared a while ago. All there was left were bones and the bodies of her parents. Her flute was gone. She walked towards the bones and grabbed one out. Using another of his sharp bones, she started to carve out another flute. She noticed that under the moonlight, the bones seemed to sparkle. This one would be better than her old broken flute.

"I wonder what his name was," she thought outloud.

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R&R plz.