((okay, new characters are being introduced, and they are all made up...sort of.))

Confessions and New Friends

The next day I woke up very early. "Damn dream." I muttered to myself, for I had yet another of those dreams that involved my past. This one, in my opinion, was the worst. I went to my dresser and brushed my hair as I tried to forget it. Unfortunately, it just kept on coming back:

"No, Mommy! AUGHHH!" I fell to the floor as a sheet of hot iron was pressed firmly against my tear-stained face. "You are so spoiled, Roza! Why can't you just wake up when I tell you to?!" she yelled, as she raised her hand and slapped my in the same cheek.

As I thought about this, my left cheek throbbed. Though that could have been from constantly falling out of my bed head first.

I put down my brush and opened the curtains of my window.

The sunlight blinded me for a second. But finally my eyes adjusted to the orange light. I turned around and yet another light blinded me. I squinted stupidly as I found the source.

My ninja headband was on my bedside table. The sun reflected off the metal part and landed in my face.

I saw dots as I moved out of the way and picked it up. I wrapped it around my leg.

We were supposed to wear it around our head, but then I would probably get a headache.

I grabbed my key, left my room, and locked the door without even looking at the time.

"Oh, hello Roza, dear." the Inn keeper greeted me. I liked her a lot; she took me to her Inn and took care of me for six years. She told me to call her 'Auntie.'

"Hey, Auntie," I said, smiling at her for the first time. She noticed, "You awfully happy today!"

"It's a big day; I start my Advance Ninja Studies!"

"That's wonderful, Roza! You make me so proud!" She ran and hugged me. That was new.

I've never felt so much affection before. In fact, I sometimes pondered at night was love really was! Tears ran down my face as I hugged back.

"Be careful out there, Roza. I don't know what I would do if I lost you."

"Auntie, for you, I'll come back in one piece. I love you." Those last words left my mouth of their own accord, but I meant it all the same.

Her hug tightened, "I love you too. Your...like a daughter to me."

"And your like a...a real mother."

She let go, patted my shoulder, and wiped a tear off my cheek. Then she went to her desk and took out a notebook.

It looked like anything I've ever seen; plain, boring, and gray.

She handed it to me, "Now I know that you don't like talking to anybody when your feeling down," she started, "but I want to make sure you don't keep everything all bottled up inside you." I looked at her, and then she sighed. "I know you killed your parents, Roza." I backed away.

"What?" my face was horror-stricken, "How...? You...!"

"When their bodies weren't found in the fire, you hardly cried at all. And you managed to pay for an Inn, even though you were only a child." she stopped and looked at the notebook in my hands. We were silent for a long time, then I spoke in a hoarse voice, "Why didn't you turn me in? I killed my parents and stole their money!"

"Maybe you should be going now. You wouldn't want to be late, now would you." and she ran off .

I didn't know what to think as I walked to the academy, instead I asked myself questions, 'Why didn't she turn me in? I don't even think she was frightened of me when she asked me to live with her.' All these thoughts swirled in my head, 'Will she ever tell me?'

I made it to the door and walked in the building, then to the class room door. I opened it without thinking and went inside, looking strait ahead.

I snapped out of my trance when I noticed two boys...kissing! I stared with my mouth open and laughed.

One boy with blond hair was squatting on the table Sasuke, a smart-ass, was sitting at.

Right when their lips made contact, they released with disgusted faces.

The blonde's name was Naruto. He was the class clown, always begging for attention. I think it was because he never had any parents. 'Lucky.'

Sasuke lost his parents and the rest of his clan. They were all murdered by the same person, but Sasuke somehow got away.

I hated him because he seemed to think he was better then everyone else, but only his fan girls thought that. I wasn't a fan girl, but he was handsome.

Sasuke's admirers didn't like the fact that their dream boy was kissed by a boy. Naruto was pulverized in a few minutes.

I spotted an empty seat next to...a kid.

I had no idea who he was, it was strange, 'Maybe he's new?' I thought as I walked towards him.

When I made it to the table, he looked at me. If it wasn't for the fact I always had a bored expression, he probably would have thought I was a fan girl. Eww.

"Hello," he said, "May I help you." He said in such a casual voice, it was breath taking.

"Um..." I started, "Is this seat taken?"

'What the hell is wrong with you?!' demanded a voice in my head.

"My brother is coming, but I doubt he will mind." said the God. 'Great!' I thought sarcastically, 'He has a brother!'

"Well I don't want to get on anybody's bad side." I turned to walk away, but another unfamiliar face. He walked around me and said to the other boy, "Hey, bro. What's up?"

"Nothing, Yasashiku."

"Who's this?" the one called Yasashiku gestured to me.

"I'm not sure, but she seemed kind enough to sit next to me. You don't mind do you?"

"Course not, Kenshin. There's an empty seat behind you." he smiled and took the chair behind his brother. I sat at the seat next to Kenshin.

"So...what's your name?" Yasashiku asked.

"All right kids settle down." said a voice that sounded like Iruka's. "Thank you. Now as you know, you will be picking you teams today. They will consist of three people; two boys and a girl.

"We have two surprise rookies today, Kenshin and Yasashiku."

'That explains a lot.' I thought.

"Okay, seeing how you are brothers, you will not be separated to a different cell. So the third person in your three-man cell will be," he looked at the piece of paper he was holding, "Roza." most people laughed.