Chapter 2: Not Such a Good Start

"You're boring," Imiro glared at Sasuke.

"Eh?" Sasuke stood up. "Well you're annoying."

Sasuke began to walk away with his hands in his pocket. Imiro stood up and chased after him. She ran out in front of him stopping him in his tracks. "I'm just trying to be friends. You don't have to be so mean!" Imiro fell to her knees and started to cry. (A.N: Just imagine a little 6-year-old girl crying over nothing D)

Sasuke started to panic. "Oh please don't cry! If my dad sees, he'll kill me!"

Imiro stopped crying and smiled. "You're silly. I was only joking with you! Plus, I'm a pro at crying on demand."

Sasuke stood there with a blank face. When he got back to his senses he said, "Hey! That was NOT funny."

Imiro laughed and started to skip away. She turned around and smiled. "Aren't you going to show me around town, Sasuke-chan?"

'She looks kinda cute right now…' Sasuke then snapped back to his senses. "CHAN!? Since when am I so close to you!?"

The frisky girl stuck out her tongue and turned around to start skipping again. Sasuke gave in with a sigh and followed.

As they walked into town, Sasuke began to pin-point all of the important places. (ie. inns, hospitals, good restaurants, the park, places to stay away from, etc.) Sasuke got pissed at the fact that Imiro was highly interested in all of the places. She kept asking so many questions that he didn't have answers to. Then they came across a lake with a large dock.

"The water's sparkling! It's so pretty!" Imiro squealed and ran out to the edge of the dock.

When Sasuke finally caught up with her running, he looked over at her only to see the warm expression on her face. She stood at the edge, with her eyes closed and breathing in the fresh air deeply. It was almost like she was absorbing the scenery.

'She's strange…but amazing' Sasuke thought to himself even though she had annoyed him the entire time. Her adventurous aura seemed to always catch Sasuke's attention.

She opened her eyes and smiled. "I love it here. I want to come here everyday. But I don't want to be lonely so will you come with me? It can be our secret hangout."

Her seriousness had surprised Sasuke. It was the first thing she'd said all day that wasn't a joke. "Sure."

"So…should we name this place, Sasuke-chan?" her head turned his way and she stuck out her tongue.

"CHAN!?" 'Well there goes her seriousness' "Hmm…I guess so. So, then, what would YOU like to call it Imiro-san?" he was obviously trying to get out of making a big decision that she might not even like.

She glared at him.

"What?" he asked.

"That was the first time you said my name all day," Imiro looked shocked for a second but quickly changed her expression. "I guess I would call it…The Sparkling Lake"

Sasuke nodded in approval. "Ok."

After that, there was a long pause of silence. It started to get dark out and when the moon arrived, the lake sparkled even more in the moonlight. Then Sasuke stood up. "It's getting late, we should get back to the house."

Imiro stared at him like she didn't want to leave.

"It's fine, we can come back tomorrow."

"Ok," Imiro smiled again.

Sasuke began to walk down the dock and back onto the land with his hands in his pocket. Imiro followed and they both headed back home. When they got there, Sasuke noticed that his bed was moved into Itachi's room and guessed that the Fukazawa family were staying in his room. And on that night, both Sasuke and Imiro dreamt the same dream; just the two of them sitting at the dock with the sparkling water in the moonlight.

END OF CHAPTER 2!

Yay chapter two is done! If you're wondering about 'The Sparkling Lake', it's supposed to be the lake where Sasuke's father taught him the Katon Ryuuka no Jutsu (fire element attack). Also, just so that you don't get confused, Sasuke does NOT have feelings for Imiro the first day he meets her. Even though he has many thoughts to himself of how she looks and acts, he simply just admires her at this point.