Authors note: See prologue. Please review!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I do own the nameless ninja that finds Pein!
Pein's Point of View:
I opened my eyes, expecting Konan in heaven or the burning pits of hell. But what I saw was very different. It was trees. The first thought that raced through my mind was 'I'm alive?' I tried to get up, but instantly felt burning pain in my leg.
"Your awake..." I froze. Who was that? It was a female voice, I knew that. I looked towards the voices owner. It was a dark blue haired girl with dark blue eyes. It wasn't Konan, but I had to admit she was pretty. She was wearing black pants that ended just below the knee, with a black t-shirt and ninja sandals that most Konoha ninjas wore. Now she looked worried.
"Oh! I didn't scare you did I?" she asked. I slowly shook my head no. She looked relived. "Aren't you the so called God of Amegakure?" she asked.
"I was..." I muttered. She nodded with understanding. Apparently news spread fast.
"You never told me what to call you," she said. I looked up again.
"Sorry... You can call me Pein," I said, not caring who I trusted, I was good as dead anyway. She smiled. "What can I call you?" I asked. She bit her lip.
"Well... You see... I uh... Kind of don't have a name I can remember..." she muttered. I blinked. No name? That was odd. "I guess you can call me whatever you want..." she trailed off. I thought for a moment.
"For now you can be Kagami, for you remind me of someone I know" I said. The newly named Kagami brightened.
"Here, let me boil some tea for you!" Kagami said. She got up and walked over to a fire. I took this time to examine my wounds. Most were bandaged. Others had some kind of healing cream on them. My pathetic excuse for a cloak was a few feet away. I reached for it and looked for Konan's flower. I found it preserved, perfect. I breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's a pretty flower you have there," Kagami said, coming back with two cups of tea. I carefully put the flower down and took my cup of tea.
"Yeah... It used to belong to my girlfriend..." I said, sighing a bit. I fought back tears. She took a sip of her tea and gazed at the flower.
"She sounds like she was very talented," Kagami said. I nodded.
"I guess my first task until I die is to avenge her death," I said. Kagami gazed at me.
"How will you do that? There are hundreds of Konoha ANBU," she said. I sighed.
"I'll know him when I see him. After that... I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Maybe find a village to stay in. A small one preferably," I said. She nodded.
"You should rest for a while," she said, then got up to pitch a tent. I nodded and held the paper flower in my hand. Soon I was lost in the memories of Konan.
Kagami's Point of View:
Once I made Pein comfortable in the tent, I spread out my sleeping bag and stared up at the stars. Pein had said that he would leave the tent to me, but I said I couldn't sleep unless I saw the stars. He shrugged and claimed the tent. I thought about how I found him, laying, half dead on the ground.
flash back
I was jumping through the trees, not going anywhere. I was confused and disorientated. I suppose I could have been the worse ninja ever. Even if I was in the ANBU. I had no idea where I was, somewhere near the Rain Village I thought, since it was raining, and it hadn't stopped raining for a long time. I had nowhere to go and no place to be. Hell... I don't even have a name! I was just a pawn. But I had broken away, apparently I had died, and I regained some of what was lost to me. I thought I should just kill myself. Until I found him. He wore a black cloak with red clouds on it, though half of the cloak was shredded. He had many wounds and burns. His various piercings did not shine now, they were dull and lifeless. His orange hair was no longer brilliant, it had faded to a mucky brown-orange. I stopped to help him, might as well help at least one soul before I died. I cleaned his wounds and skin. I took out some of the piercings so I could put some healing cream on. I took his cloak off to treat the wounds on the arms and legs. There I found the pure paper flower. It was complex yet beautiful. This person must have tried to keep it perfect. Carefully I put it back under the cloak, in the hidden pocket it was hidden in. I started a fire a little ways away under a hollow tree. I gather some water from a near-by stream and put it beside to the fire to boil later. I found my bandages in my backpack and went back to bandage the deeper wounds on the man. Soon he woke up, and the rain steadied to a drizzle. I noticed he possessed the Rin'negan. His name was Pein. I told him I had no name, so he named me Kagami, meaning mirrior. He also commented that I looked like someone he knew. Maybe it was just my blue hair. It always gave me away in battles, even when I had my ANBU mask on. I made Pein some tea and put up a tent for him to sleep in.
end flash back
Pein said he would track down the Konoha ANBU that killed his girlfriend. If I could, I decided I would help him. I had nothing better to do anyway. Soon I fell asleep.
My dream was very vivid and strange. I saw flashes of blue and orange, glints of silver and white, streaks of red and black, shreds of gray and dark blue, swirls of orange black and red, and blood was all around. Then everything went black. Something was glowing up ahead. I ran to meet it, somehow knowing this was a dream. What I saw was an angel, or something along the lines of one. Giant paper wings almost grew out of her back, a paper flower in her hair, and blue hair that clashed with all the white. She smiled once at me and took the flower out of her hair.
"Thank you..." were the only two words she said as she handed the paper flower to me. She then disappeared into a thousand pieces of paper. I stared in awe and amazement. Then the dream ended.
When I woke up I half expected the paper flower to be in my hands, but it wasn't. All that my hands gripped was air. The sky was gray with dawn. I yawned and sat up. Pein was already up and attempting to stand. I sighed. No use stopping him now... I stood up to go help him before he injured himself anymore.
"Pein, do you need any help?" I asked. He glanced at me.
"I guess I could use a little..." he mumbled. I repressed a smirk. I took one of his arms and put it around my shoulder. Carefully he put weight on one of his feet. Then he started on the other. Soon he was balanced enough that he didn't need me anymore. But he kept holding on. I coughed a little and Pein finally noticed his arm around my shoulders.
"Sorry, just wanted to see if I could still balance..." he said. I smiled politely.
"It's ok..." I said. Though secretly I was kind of freaked out. "So... You said something about avenging your girlfriends death... Why don't we start looking for the guy who killed her?" I asked, changing the subject. Pein nodded.
"Let's go, but slowly please..." Pein said, still aching from his battle.
A/N Konan saying Thank you? Pein keeping Kagami close? Kagami helping Pein? The world coming to an end? All these questions answered soon! (Except for the last one... That was supposed to be a joke) Next chapter out soon! And for those who are saying why I am not updating Bitter Resentment... Could it be Love? Is because this was too good of an idea to throw away. If I ever get active enough to update Bitter Resentment, I will work on chapters of that. But don't count on that soon, because I am going on vacation for a week starting Wednesday (June 18). Keep watch for more chapters and please review!