Chapter 2! Hooray! :) Well this is kind of hard for me, I'm not use to writing in third person. So next time I may do first person. Still not sure...

Well Enjoy! ^-^ And PLEASE REVIEW!


Everyone stood there silently, watching as Sasuke gripped her hand. The Hokage was the first to move. Making his way over to Sasuke, he laid his hand on his shoulder.

Sasuke looked to him, at first his eyes confused, then suddenly turned angry. He got up and shrugged the Hokage's hand off his shoulder. Sasuke was back on feet, and now staring back at her body.

Sasuke now looked more than angry as he looked back to the Hokage.

"What ever the hell joke you're trying to play, Stop it now." Sasuke demanded through clenched teeth.

The Hokage looked at him confused. And Kakashi moved closer to Sasuke to try to calm him. But Sasuke just stepped back.

"I'm serious!" he yelled.

"I assure you this is no joke, Sasuke." The Hokage tried to say, as comfortingly as he said.

Sasuke ran up to him and grabbed him by the collar. Kakashi and Asuma then jumped to Sasuke, holding him back. As Sasuke yelled, "You're lying! Seitsuki's dead!"

Everyone stood back, shocked and unable to say or do anything.

"Why would she be dead, Sasuke?" The Hokage asked, hesitantly.

Suddenly Seitsuki screams as she lunges up into a sitting position on the hospital bed. Everyone jumps, and their eyes all turn to her. Sasuke actually gives a little yelp himself as he turns, startled.

She keeps screaming, and for a moment no one does anything. Just staring in awe.

She rolls off of the bed, crawling backwards, breathing hard and looking around her, wild-eyed.

Sasuke finally pulls himself free of Kakashi and Asuma, who are both now more interested in the girl. Sasuke directly goes to her.

Hana, who had come as soon as she heard the commotion, pulls off the covers on the bed, ready to cover Seitsuki with it.

Hana yelled over Seitsuki's hard breathing and screaming at times, "She's in shock! Try to calm her!"

Sasuke decided to ignore his doubt that it was really her, and try to help. "Seitsuki?.." he asked hesitantly, as he puts his hands on her shoulders.

She screams at his touch and Hana instinctively moves forward, incase she does anything. But Sasuke holds onto her, trying to get her to look in his eyes.

"Seitsuki. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay, I'm here!" All the while he kept trying to turn her to him, but she would do nothing but look around frantically.

As she did, she noticed the stares of everyone around her. Which only frightened her more. Hana, sensing this, ran over to the door and asked everyone to step back, for a few moments. But everyone stood still, unable to move.

Finally though, Seitsuki looks at Sasuke, trying to focus, still breathing hard. She looks about, at everyone once again, then back at him.

Sasuke's heart skipped a beat as she looked into his eyes. The bright, shining purple that he had missed so much. "Seitsuki..." He said after a few moments of them staring at each other.

Seitsuki's voice came out in a whisper, yet rang through the silent room. "Sasuke...?"

As she realizes who that he hands are on her, her mouth opens as if to say something, but nothing comes out. She slowly moves her hands to his face, gently placing them on both his cheeks, caressing his face. As she begins to understand that it's really him, she starts to cry.

At first she just looks at him crying, but then her eyes widen and she begins to speak frantically, "Sasuke.. I-I was running, he- he wants me-he wants me to hurt... I-I.."

Sasuke moves her head onto his shoulder, running his hands through her hair. His other hand on her back, just holding her there. Seitsuki clutched his shirt and cried into his shoulder. Sasuke said soothingly, "He's gone.. He's gone. You're safe now. You're safe.. We're safe, I'm here.."

At this point Sasuke didn't care if she was really there. He just loved the feeling of holding her against him. The feeling of his beloved Seitsuki in his arms. All he wanted was to stay like that, just holding her.

Everyone in the room didn't expect this at all. Sakura and Ino were in shock, and completely jealous of the girl in Sasuke's arms. Kiba wasn't overly jealous of Sasuke, but very very shocked at Sasuke's behavior. Hinata was just worried about this girl, surprisingly so was Shino. Shikmaru and Choji had been watching, and unsure of what they could possibly do, had walked away. Not because they didn't care, but because they felt that staring at this girl was only making things worse for her. Naruto was the most shocked off all, yet was slowly walking towards them, subconsciously.

There is a kind of respect in their silence..

But suddenly Ino walks forward a little, "What the hell is this?" She asked, the annoyance obvious in her voice.

Sasuke, Seitsuki clinging to him and crying, looks over at Ino, his eyes full of anger at her disrespect.

"This is the only thing important to me left." He states.


It had been about an hour since the event. In that time, Sasuke had sat on Seitsuki's bedside, just sitting with her until she had fallen asleep. The group of people were all waiting in a private room with couches and chairs, much like a lounge.

They all waited in their silently, unsure of what to say. After Seitsuki had fallen asleep, Hana fetched Sasuke and brought him to the room.

As he walked everyone's eye's turned to him. Sakura and Ino were both sitting together on a couch, they looked up at Sasuke with slight disappointment, still thinking of the girl clinging to him.

Naruto, Hinata, Kiba, and Shino just looked to him with questioning eyes, eager to hear what he had to saw. Kakashi, Kurenai, and Asuma all looked worried. The Hokage just looked at him with understanding, waiting for him to be ready to speak.

Sasuke stood in the room, leaning against the wall closest to the door. After a few moments of silence he spoke, "I am very smart. I had the highest scores in my class, as most of you know."

Naruto scowled at this and Sasuke continued, "'Prodigy is the term that a lot of people like to use." Naruto was about to say something, but then stopped when Sasuke said, "So when I tell you that Seitsuki makes me look like an idiot child, I want you to understand exactly what I mean.."

This had perked everyone's interest, especially The Hokage's.

Sasuke looked around for a moment, taking in all their looks, but again continued. "Seitsuki was more than a prodigy.. more than gifted. She.. she was truly the greatest gift." These words anger Ino, but really stung Sakura. But still they remained silent.

Sasuke continued, "Everything she did taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu, math, music, even dance.. There was nothing that didn't come as naturally to her as breathing comes to us."

That was when the Hokage interrupted, "That's all fine and well Sasuke but.. Why is it that no one seems to recognize her? I mean I do, but I don't really remember where from."

Sasuke paused for a minuet. "Well.. you probably had seen her as a kid before, but she never went to the ninja academy. Her parents we're ninja's but they didn't want her to be. And she was always shy. She hardly talked to anyone at all."

"Who are her parents?" The Hokage asked.

Sasuke looked at him and hesitantly answering, "Izayoi and Taisho Uchiha."

The Hokage nodded in understanding, motioning for him to continue.

"Well basically.. After all the Uchiha's were murdered.. including her parents, I never saw her again. I just assumed.." Sasuke didn't continue after this, he just looked down.

Until Kakashi said, "You said that she was good at a ninja skills, correct? How did she learn them?"

Sasuke looked up to him and said, "Well.. I was going to the academy so I would show her some things. When my brother saw her.. he said he'd help train us both.."

Kakashi nodded in understanding.

Everyone was silent now, just sinking everything in.


Suddenly the door flew open, and there stood the girl they had just spoken of.

She stood there, not any taller than four feet and five inches. Her dark red hair flowed down to her ankles. She was wearing a white hospital gown that nearly touched her feet, and draped over her hands. She was leaning against the door way. Her bright purple eyes darting around the room.

Sasuke pushed himself off the wall and went to her. Her hand reached out and she held onto the sleeve of Sasuke's shirt.

The Hokage looked at her with a smile. He started, "Young lady, I don't want to overwhelm you, but I think we should talk."

Everyone stood there staring at her. Her hand clutched tighter as Sasuke's shirt, as she nodded.

"Very well then." The Hokage looked around the room, "Well I know that this has been an interesting day for you all.. but I think it would be best that we talk alone."

Everyone nodded as they all began to leave the room. Ino walked away in a hurry, obviously unhappy about the events that had taken place. Kiba went to find his sister Hana. Hinata and Shino both walked home together. Naruto got up and decided to go back to Ichiraku's. Asuma and Kurenai had also left together. (Wonder what they could be doing. -.-)

Kakashi had walked to the door, but decided just outside of it for Sasuke. Sakura was the last to get up as she moved towards Sasuke.

She stopped in front of him, and he looked to her. "Maybe we can walk home together." She said with a fake smile, trying her hardest to hint that she wan't him to go with her.

"I'm not going anywhere." he blankly stated.

At the risk of more heartbreak, she just walked out the door and began to walk home.

The Hokage looked to Sasuke, "I think it would be best if you go as well, Sasuke."

Sasuke immediately turned and glared at him. "I just said I'm not going anywhere."

Sensing the tension Kakashi was going to say to Sasuke, but Seitsuki spoke first.

"It's okay Sasuke." She said as she looked to him.

He looked down at her with confused eyes. And she continued, "I'll be fine. I should do this alone.." She said as she gave him a smile.

He looked down to the ground and clenched his fist for a moment. Until he looked back to her and said calmly, "Find me if you need me."

She nodded, and slowly let go of his shirt. Sasuke began to walk away. He looked back at her once and hesitantly closed the door.