Sasuke's View

Her brown hair was so pretty during that sunset. The way the sun made it look golden and her eyes sparkled. I shook my head. What am I doing?! I'm not supposed to be friends with anyone.

I think that was when I started to see Keke in a different light. She brought out the good in me. I was happier around her. A touch on my shoulder brought me out of my thoughts. Keke had fallen asleep with her head on my shoulder. When she's asleep she looks happier. There isn't pain or sadness on her face. Soon I found myself asleep too

When I woke up the next day, Keke's head was in my lap. Instead of sleeping sitting up, she must have moved and layed down. It was cute. She stirred. She sat up and rubbed her eyes.

"Morning Keke."

"Mmm…morning."

"Did you sleep well?"

"Yes I did. Thank you."

"Do you want me to make us something to eat?"

"No. I'll make it. You just sit and wait." She got up and went into the kitchen. There was a bit of clanking and noise, but after a while the smell of food wafted in to the room. I walked into the kitchen.

"Smells good."

"Thanks!" "It's ready when we are!" We sat down at the table and ate. Again, it was really good.

"Thank you Keke. It was as a good as the last."

"I'm glad you think so."

"So Sasuke, what do you want to do today?"

"Hmmm. I don't care."

"You never do. Hmm..what to do. Oh! We never did that fight you wanted!" I had completely forgotten.

"There is no need. I saw your strength. You are powerful."

"Mm." "So are you!"

"Yes, but I worked for mine. Did you work for your power?"

"Yes I did. I've had to work since I was ever able to walk. We have to go through a class. Sort of like you ninjas. But we not only learn taijutsu and such, we also learn to make our chakra into a type of magic, as you saw with the creature when I fought it. Also sort of like your lightning blade technique."

"Amazing. Could you teach me?"

"Mm." "I wish. If you were an angel I could. But for me to teach it to you is forbidden unless one of the higher ranked angels allow me to."

"Like Gabriel?"

"Yes. He is the second highest angel. He is the most powerful except for the head angel, Lafayel."

"So Lafayel is the one who gives orders to Gabriel who can pass the orders down to any angel he wants to?"

"Exactly. But he usually seems to always do the things himself which pleases Lafayel. It shows he is competent and will do things himself."

"So how far up were your parents?" I sipped some orange juice.

"They were right under Gabriel."

"Wow. So your almost royalty. No wonder you know so much."

"Mm."

"So, how were you able to get away from your sister?"

"I don't really remember. It's all sort of blurry, but I remember Gabriel doing something and then him leaning over me worried and then it all went black and when I woke up I was on earth."

"Oh."

"Yeah. I love Gabriel. He's always protected me. He's like a brother."

"Yeah. From the sound of him he's pretty cool."

"You know it!" "And the other day he said something and I don't quite know what he's saying. If he's warning me or what."

"Hmm… what did he say?"

"You will do well with Sasuke Uchiha. I can see it in your eyes. Keep him close by at all times."

"Hmm… interesting."

"Yeah."

Keke's View

After a while we kind of ran out stuff to talk about. We watched another movie and played some video games. Then there was a knock on his door. I got up to answer it.

"You cheater! You unpaused the game!

"Heh." I opened the door.

"Oh. Hi Keke."

"Sakura! What's up?"

"Nothing. Can I come in or am I interrupting something?"

"I'll ask Sasuke. We are just playing video games. Hey Sasuke, can Sakura come in?"

"I dunno. I guess." He didn't look too happy.

"Okay. Come on in Sakura."

"Thanks." She walked over to Sasuke. I went into the kitchen.

"I'm sorry about the other day Sasuke. I really like you and I would enjoy going out to dinner."

"Really? By the sound of it I think your being told to say that."

"No! I really do like you! I'm doing this by my own bidding. The other girls gave up after the last time. I can't help if you like her. But I like you!" I walked back in from the kitchen.

"I still won't I don't want to. Besides, I'm having fun beating Keke at this game."

"Oh whatever! You know I'd beat you if you hadn't cheated and unpaused the game!" Not that I won't beat him anyway. Heh.

"Okay. Bye then." Sakura bowed her head and started walking to the door.

"Let her stay Sasuke."

"No. I don't like her."

"Please?"

sigh "Fine."

"Hey Sakura!"

"Huh?" She turned around.

"You want to hang out with us?"

"I don't know. I have to get home anyway. Thanks though Keke."

"Okay. Bye then."

"Bye." She opened the door and walked out.

"I feel bad." I sat back down next to Sasuke and picked up my controller.

"Oh well. You'll get over it. Ready?"

"Go."

Sasuke's View

She did not just beat me!

"No way! I rock at this game. How'd you beat me?"

"It's my little secret." Y

I can't believe Keke beat me.

"You did good though Sasuke, so don't be hard on yourself. It's only a game."

"Mm." We went into the kitchen and she made us lunch. As usual, it was really good.

Since it was such a nice day, we decided to go swimming at a pond nearby.

Keke jumped in.

"Aaah. It feels so good! Come on Sasuke!"

I slowly waded in and then swam over to where Keke was. She splashed me.

"Haha! Gotcha!" I dunked her under the water and 5 seconds later she had pulled me down with her. The pond was deeper then I thought. I swam back up.

"Wow. I didn't know this pond was so deep."

"Wow. And you've lived here longer than I have Sasuke."

"Yes. I know. But I don't inspect every little thing."

"True."

We swam around a bit and I went back underwater to look around better. It was amazing. I looked for something interesting but found nothing but seaweed. I swam back up to find Keke sitting on the shore. I swam around a bit more, enjoying the water and then I went to shore. By the time we were at my house the sun was setting.

"Wow. I didn't know we were gone that long."

"Hmm..I guess so. But it was fun."

"You know it! Haha!"

"Mm. Hey Keke, why don't you stay here again tonight?"

"Really? Okay!" 3

I unlocked the door and we walked in.

"You can use my bed Keke."

"Okay! Thanks!"

"Wow. You in a good mood there?"

"Of course! I'm hanging out with my best bud! Why wouldn't I be?"

"Mm. I never said you wouldn't."

"Hmmmm…true."

"Well good night Keke."

"No way!"

"Hm?"

"I'm not letting you go to sleep without a hug!"

Okay..that's awkward.

"Okay." I sat up and she got down on her knees and hugged me. I hugged her back this time.

"Okay. Sorry. That was probably awkward. But you seemed to need a hug."

"Mm. Thank you."

"Sure thing!" She got back up onto the best and fell asleep, as did I.

When I woke up the next morning Keke wasn't in the bedroom. I got out of the sleeping bag, changed my clothes, and went into the kitchen. She wasn't there.

"Keke, you there?" No answer.

I ran back into the bedroom. The bed was all messed up. Could someone have taken her? Then I saw it. A little white piece of paper sitting on the window sill. I picked it up. It said,

Hello Sasuke. I won't tell you who this is, but I'm sure you'll figure it out. You were always smart like that when you were little. Back to the point. I have been watching you. You and that girl seem to be close. I have taken her and it's up to you to save her. Her sister was quite nice. Pity she had to die. I have the girl in the forest by her house. Come and get her. Enjoy your trip my brother.

Itachi took her?! Why? I ran out of the house and ran as fast as I could to her house. I ran behind her house and stopped. I looked around. Where should I start? She could be anywhere. I started into the forest when something caught my eye. Another note.

Hello again. I'm sure by now you have figured out who I am. If you are reading this then you are probably on the right track. Keep going straight. Don't worry about any traps. I want the honor of killing out myself. Now go! Your girl might be dead.

I didn't need to be told twice, but she isn't my girl..

I ran straight ahead and finally I found Keke and my brother.

"Sasuke!" Keke's eyes were puffy. Why is she crying?

"Are you okay Keke?"

"I'm fine! But you need to leave! This is a trap! Leave me here! Run!"

"Never."

"Hello brother."

"Why did you do this Itachi? What did she ever do to you?!"

"She did nothing. She was merely the bait to get you here. I thought you would have figured that out. Now, onto business. As soon as you die I will let the girl go."

"I will not die and Keke is already free."

Itachi turned and like I had said, she was free. She made her wings come out and they broke the rope. Itachi didn't know this though because he can't see her wings.

"Smart girl. You make a good couple."

"We aren't going out. But you will NOT talk about her!"

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Sasuke! Leave!"

"No. I'm going to finish him off!" I ran towards Itachi, jumped into the air and tried to hit him. But when I looked, he was gone. He was then beside me. He pushed me into a tree.

"Foolish brother. You will never get to kill me if that's the best you have."

"Heh." "Not even close."

Keke's View

Sasuke was scaring me. I'd never seen him this at it in a fight, although, I've only seen him do a real fight twice..well one since they were kind against the same person, my sister and her pet. He was doing everything he could, but Itachi didn't even have a scratch on him.

"I thought you would be a better opponent now that your older, but I guess I was wrong." He went after Sasuke then. He was everywhere. They were both so fast, I couldn't keep up. When Sasuke skidded across the ground I stepped in. No one hurt Sasuke and lived. I focused all of my power into my hands. The white light was even greater then when I killed that beast. I shot it at Itachi. He tried to get away, but the power was too strong for him. It caught him. The white flame engulfed him and when I ran out of power the flame died away. Itachi stood up and walked over to his brother.

How could that be?! That should have killed him!

"You are going to die with me Sasuke." He lifted Sasuke by his neck and started to choke him.

"No! Leave him alone!" I took the sharpest stick I could find and ran over and stabbed Itachi through the heart. He let go of Sasuke, fell to his knees, and died. Everything went black after that.

Sasuke's View

What can I do? With that attack she ripped her wings clear off. Gabriel should have known that those stitches wouldn't hold.

"So we finally meet."

"Huh? Who are you?" Who is he? I that Gabriel?

"Yes. I am Gabriel. Good thinking."

"You can read my thoughts?"

"Yes. I'm one of the most powerful angels."

"So I've been told."

"Mm." "So do you need some help?"

"As long as you don't just leave it stitched."

"I see you noticed that. You were probably thinking I would heal it, right? But I couldn't heal it then. Her sister's spell was too strong."

"So can you fix it now?"

"If I do she will be in pain for about a week. She might even die. She will also have scars on her back from her wings being torn. Is that a risk you are willing to take?"

"If we don't fix them she'll die. If there is a way to fix them, I'll take it. I don't care what the risk. I won't want to lose her."

"Mm." "Good choice Sasuke. You will have to sit over there though. I do not want you watching this."

"Right." I walked over to a tree and jumped up into it. I looked the other way. The sunset was fading from a light orange to a pink. The pink got darker and it turned purple. Then everything went dark.

"Okay Sasuke, it's done. I didn't think it would take me this long, but she should be okay in a week or two. No fighting or flying. She needs to rest. Got it?" I jumped down from the tree and walked over to Keke and Gabriel.

"Got it. Thanks for saving her. We owe you one."

"Mm." "You don't owe me anything."

"B-but, you saved her. We have to do something in return."

"No. what you'll do in return is keep her safe at all times. If you do that I will content with your payback. Got it?"

"Mm. Okay." We picked Keke up and carried her to her house.

"Would you stay here with her until she is better?"

"Yes. Of course."

"Good. Thank you Sasuke. I will leave you now. I will come back tomorrow to see how you are doing." He walked outside and disappeared into the sky. I put the blanket over Keke and went to sleep close by her.