Hi, everyone. :3 Here's the second chapter to my story. I kind of tweaked the original storyline a little (okay… maybe a lot). But the modification only has to do with Sasuke. Instead of trying over and over and failing every time, Naruto actually succeeded in bringing Sasuke back to the Hidden Leaf. I think it's much better this way. *Sigh*… I wish this actually happened…

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Chapter 2

Shikamaru led me to my new house and stopped. It was actually pretty nice. The walls were lavender, matching my shirt and my bag, which was kind of weird, but cool. There was also a nice, yellow welcome mat in front of the door with a patio a floor up.

"Hmm," said Shikamaru. "You weren't as troublesome as I thought you'd be." Regardless, he smiled.

I laughed. "Well, people don't regularly peg me as the troublesome type. It was really nice walking with you, Shikamaru."

Shikamaru had his hands stuffed in his pockets, and he was looking down at the ground. "Yeah," he said. "I hope we can do it again sometime."

"Sure," I said. "I probably have to go get new furniture now…Did the Hokage give me a bed?"

Shikamaru looked back up, a lazy expression on his face. "You can call her Lady Tsunade. And yeah, she gives everyone a bed whenever they come here." He handed me the key.

"Cool! I'll just check out my home, then," I said. "Thanks for everything, Shikamaru."

"No problem," he called as he strolled down the gravel path. "See you later, Savanna." I waved as he disappeared down the road.

I faced the white door, put in the key, and slowly opened it. Inside, there was a window to the right, letting sunlight spill into the room. The walls were colored light blue, and the pale pink carpet felt lush under my feet. A set of stairs leading up to the second floor to my left stood about 15 feet in front of me, and there was a small kitchen to my left. Upstairs, there was a bathroom above the kitchen and a queen sized bed resting in the right side of the room, perfectly made with clean, white sheets. A door leading outside to the patio stood to my right. I sighed, grabbed my wallet, and set my other possessions on the bed.

A few hours later, people were already delivering furniture to my new home and I strolled down the main road, entering a flower shop.

I just needed a few flowers to lighten up my place, so I chose two roses and walked up to the cashier. Another girl my age manned the cash register; she had blonde hair pulled into a ponytail, and loose strands covered the right half of her face. When she looked at me, I noticed that she had blue eyes.

"Hey, there." She smiled. "So, I heard that you're the new girl that fought with Lee!"

Wow… I guess new traveled quickly around here. "Yeah," I said. "I didn't really have a choice, though…"

The girl nodded. "Yeah, Lee's like that. Anyway, I'm Ino Yamanaka. You're Savanna Raiyn from the Hidden Rainbow Village, right?"

"Yes," I smiled. She checked out my flowers and handed them back to me.

"Man, Sakura's so jealous. Everyone's been dying to meet you. The ones that already have are bragging about it now. She's jealous because even you peaked Sasuke's interest."

Who was Sasuke? And why me? I wasn't interesting. I was so confused right now…

"And if you ask me," continued Ino, "Naruto has a huge crush on you."

My eyes widened in surprise. "What…? Me? Why would he like me? I just barely met him."

"He didn't really say," said Ino. "But to me, it's really obvious that he has a crush." She winked. I was about to ask more questions, but a female voice called through the screen behind Ino.

"Well, that's my mom," said Ino. "Catch you later, Savanna." And with that, she rushed through the screen and I dismissed any thoughts about this so-called "crush".

Exhaustion took its toll on my body when I reached my house at 8:00 pm. Previous that day, I met two girls named Hinata Hyuga (she was Neji's cousin) and Sakura Haruno. Hinata was considerably nicer than Sakura, but they were both pretty cool. I also met two other guys named Choji Akimichi and Shino Aburame.

Slowly, I made some hot cocoa, changed into a robe, and made my way up to patio. A light breeze played with my hair as I sat at a table, and the moonlight was gorgeous. Sipping my hot cocoa, I smiled and felt content for the first time in forever.

Even though I could detect signs of fatigue, when I tried to sleep it was nearly impossible. Tossing and turning, I finally gave up and changed back into the outfit I wore today.

I stepped out of my house and strolled down a path until I got to the forest bordering the village. Quickly, I darted through it and stopped when I reached a waterfall and a pond.

A boy was already there.

Oh, great. By that point, I'd had enough of meeting new people. I started backing up really slowly, but I heard a whoosh and suddenly felt a presence a few inches behind me. I immediately froze in place.

" I've heard about you," said a male voice.

I turned around until I could face him. The boy was my age (big surprise), and he had raven colored hair with obsidian-colored eyes. He wore a blue shirt with white shorts… As I took a long look at him, I inferred that this was the person every girl was crushing over; he was pretty good-looking.

"Who are you?" I asked. I kept an emotionless mask on my face.

He looked surprised at my reaction, but I saw him relax for some reason. "Sasuke," he said. "Sasuke Uchiha."

Yep. This was definitely the guy everyone was crushing over. It was probably best for me to stay clear of him… The girls would hate me if they were to see me around him.

I sighed. "Everyone seems to know me already. I'm guessing you know my name, Sasuke?"

He hesitated, but then nodded slightly. "I heard it was Savanna."

"Well, it was nice meeting you. I just happened to stumble upon this place, so I think I'll be going now."

I made one step and Sasuke took a hold of my wrist. Despite the breeze, his hand felt warm.

"Tch. Wait, will you? I just barely met you. Can't we talk for a little bit?"

I had a feeling that he didn't ask this very often. I assessed him and finally said, "Sure."

We both sat down on a rock at the edge of the pond and chatted. Well, I tried to chat. At first, Sasuke was anti-social, and he kept to himself a lot. But whenever I didn't prod him for more answers, he seemed to open up little by little. Later, I found myself smiling and laughing and him smirking at times. He generally kept up a blank expression, though.

"So," said Sasuke. "I heard that you're the last of your clan."

I looked down. "Yeah… My entire clan was murdered."

"I'm the last of my clan as well," said Sasuke. "Don't think about revenge."

I regarded him again, the wind producing a serene sound around us. "Actually, I thought about it once, but I dismissed the thought."

Sasuke looked startled. "That's strange… I did actually abandon this village once to kill the one person that murdered my clan… but Naruto saved me." He spoke as if he was completely free of revenge, but I could pick up some malice in his low timbre.

"Naruto…" I trailed off. "He was really nice to me today."

Sasuke quietly chuckled. "He's such a loser." I couldn't help but smile a little. I then started to stand, but my foot slipped on some moss on the rock, and I fell into the surprisingly warm water.

When I came up for air, Sasuke was laughing uncontrollably. "Shh!" I said. He took one look at wet contour and started laughing even harder. A plan formed in my mind, and I swam up to Sasuke, grabbed a fistful of his shirt, and pulled him into the water with me.

We were underwater now. The moonlight filtered in through the water and gave a mystical feel to it. Ninja could hold their breath for an incredible amount of time.

I still didn't let go of Sasuke's shirt, so he pushed me to the bottom of the pool. When I opened my eyes, he had on a serious expression now. I just gazed… and gazed and gazed. Sasuke's dark hair floated around in the moonlight filtering through the clear water, and he reached out, running his fingers through my long, dark strands.

Um.

No.

That wasn't supposed to happen.

I was supposed to stay away from him! According to the other girls, Sasuke was a loner, and he hated everyone. Sure, I guess he was good looking, but everyone thought that. I let go of his shirt and pushed off from the bottom of the pond, resurfacing.

I stepped out of the water and began to wring my hair out. I saw him get out and rest on the same rock that we talked on. "Look, Sasuke. I really need to head home now."

He hesitated for a moment, but then I heard him sigh. "…Whatever." His expression reverted back to the one he had on when we first met- blank and emotionless. I wasn't too disappointed; I was expecting this. Giving him a small smile, I turned around and made my way back to my new home.