I took a deep breath and slid my eyes shut, hoping the rain would just wash everything away. It, of course, didn't, it just continued to pound down me. My mind ran wild with thoughts are the past month, god had it only been a month? It felt like years since I started that bloody school. My little stalker had made it no better either. That Riku kid had taken the liberty of following me almost everywhere I went, the only place I could escape from him was that dingy apartment room. I didn't want to be there though, it was so quiet, so lonely. Johar was constantly at work, I had no friends all that I had was my stalker. In a way he had sort of grown on me, a constant nagging presence. I had tried everything I could think of to make him leave, but he just kept bouncing back. He had a presence that just drew people in, everybody enjoyed being around him it seemed.

"Saphira? Why are you standing out in the rain?" I jumped at his voice.

"God, you really are a stalker."

He just laughed. He stood in the hallway of the building, the door swung open letting the rain soak the floor. His arms were crossed, his eyes baring straight into me, almost like they saw through me. I shivered at the thought.

"You looked lonely, I thought you could use some company" he stated.

"I'm fine, go away." I stated a little insulted that he hit home.

"Are you hungry? Mom just made dinner, we have extra." He ignored me.

"No, I'm fine." I lied. I was starving.

"I haven't seen your brother in a while, is he still at work?"

"Yeah, he always is."

"If anything happens you can come over to my apartment, it's only next door." he continued.

"I'm fine, I can take care of myself." I replied.

"Is that why your standing out in the rain? Your just fine?"

I slammed my foot on to the concrete, water sprang up around me at the motion.

"What part of go away don't you understand? Leave. Me. The. Fuck. Alone." I breathed.

Riku just smiled. "You know, your pretty cute for a basket case."

"A basket case?" I scoffed.

"Yeah, from what I've seen your issues have issues, girl."

"So that's what this is about? Helping the crazy girl?" I nearly shouted.

"No, I'm not some bloody social worker, but I like to help out if the girls cute enough." He wiggled his eyebrows oddly.

I bit my lip but couldn't help it, a laugh escaped my lips. Riku began to laugh too. That's pretty much how our friendship began, the two of us laughing at his stupidity under a curtain of rain.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Chapter 6: Becoming anti-tree and monstery~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I shook my head and pushed all my thoughts to the back of my mind. I had to get back to team 7 before they decided to leave me or something. I looked down at the ground warily, gulping at the height. I bit my lip and made a quick move to show the tree love, still clutching the book in my hand. How the hell did Riku manage to get us up this high? I tightened my arms around the tree itself not at all liking the situation I had gotten in to. What was wrong with this bloody world? All the tree branches just so happened to be like 80 feet off the ground on every freaking tree! No wonder people always put sharp objects into them. Or knocked them down. Or sent tsunamis at them (in Kakashi's case). I now have no sympathy for trees.

Soft hissing sound above my right ear then drew in my attention. I looked up slowly, fearing the worst, staring down at my was a large light green, scaly, monstery like, snake. I screamed bloody murder and launched myself way from the tree. I was met with nothing but the air against my feet. My screaming continued as I plummeted towards the ground. I braced my self for the pain and thought of my life thus far. My feet hit the earth softly and my hands soon followed so that I was in a crouching position. I looked back up at the snake half expecting Orochimaru to come flying at me. It looked down at me, it's tongue darting out before it moved back up the tree. I sighed and put a hand over my heart, then straightened up. A sense of pride built up in my chest right then, not just anyone could survive falling from evil trees of doom, only ninjas can~! I let that pride add some spring into my step as I went off looking for the clearing. The mist still pressed in on me but I chose to ignore it. I squeezed the book Riku gave me lightly, deciding to read it at Tazuna's house where it was safer.

I began to run then, thinking of how Haku was going to show up soon undoubtedly. The sound of the water vertex jutsu crashing through the trees alarmed me. As well as the scream of Zabuza in his "last moments". I could smell the group not to much farther ahead of me. Should I warn them that Haku wasn't a tracking nin? Yet again I believed I shouldn't interfere, they group needed this to grow as individuals. But then again I should interfere at some point right? Could I stop Sasuke from leaving the village, maybe I could even stop him from getting the cursed mark. I pushed those thoughts to the back of my mind as well, the Chunin exams were far off for the time being. I should be thinking of why I was here in the first place and why I had my newfound abilities. If I was lucky, the Hokage in Konaha would allow me to read up on my 'clan' (at least I don't think we could be family, they could just simply share my family name) and figure out what was going on. These were my thoughts as I rushed into the foggy clearing my new friends occupied. I slipped the book into my backpack then, not wanting it to get damaged.

"Thank you, I've been tracking Zabuza for a long time. Waiting for this chance to finally take him down." Haku claimed bowing his head to Kakashi.

The sensei was bent over the fallen demon of the mist, his eyes narrowed, studying the young ninja before him.

"By your masked, I would say you're a tracker from the hidden mist." Kakashi said.

Haku straightened out. "Impressive, you're well informed."

"Though it's odd." I called out. "I don't know many trackers who use Senbon, in fact I don't know many ninja who use them period. They have a low killing capability, wouldn't a kunai have been better?"

All eyes turned to me. Sasuke's glare was the most noticeable, he knew a had been gone. Kakashi's eyes held the unasked question of where I had gone. I was going to have to make a REALLY good lie for this one. 'oh well you see, my best friend, you know the one I'm on the look out for, kidnapped me for a hot minute, went psychotic on me, then told me he loved me, shoved this lovely book at me then ran off. It was all rather lovely you see' ….that wasn't going to fly.

"Watch out a tracker!" Naruto cried out jumping in front of his two team mates and Tazuna.

"Naruto, you don't even know what a tracker is…" Sakura said rolling her eyes. "You missed the class on it, their special ninja with a certain role, you should have tried coming to class more." She then explained what they were.

I came closer to where Kakashi was then, moving to stand beside him. I looked up at Haku from near the base of the tree he stood.

"Both of you are correct. I'm an member of the elite tracking unit for the village hidden in the mist, I was charged with stopping Zabuza. Also Senbon is just my weapon of choice, my orders are not always to kill, but to capture. Wouldn't want any one accidentally dying." Haku explained.

"If you say so." I challenged just as the wind picked up.

Naruto ran towards the base of the tree looking back at us and back at Haku. His eyes were trained on the unmoving demon of the mists. I frowned as I looked down at him, his eyes were totally wide open, it was slightly unnerving. I edged away from the 'body' slightly, suddenly a little scared that moo-moo-chan might go moo-moo-zombie on me. Naruto's anger was building up as I had my internal debate with myself over the fact it was impossible for Zabuza to be a zombie, he wasn't even dead…..or was he? What if the series lied to us and Zabuza was actually a Zombie? I made a noise low in my throat that didn't go unnoticed by the ninja crouching next to me. He was unable to make a comment though since Naruto then called out to Haku.

"What's the meaning of this!" he shouted pointing up at the young ninja "Who do you think you are? Did you hear me?" He asked when met with silence.

"Easy Naruto he's not our enemy." Kakashi stated rising to his feet and slipping his hands in his pockets.

"That's not the point!" Naruto said turning towards us. "Did you see what he just did? Zabuza was some kind of monster and a kid no older then me brought him down with one move like it was nothing, then what does that make us? We don't know anything, we're just messing around. How can I accept that?" Naruto shouted as his sensei made his way over to the blonde ninja.

"Even if you don't accept it, it happened Naruto" he placed his hand on his pupils head. "In this world, and maybe even others (he glanced towards me. Making my spine go ridged) there are kids younger then you and stronger then me." Kakashi said.

Haku chose this time to take Zabuza's body. He disappeared from the tree branch (…the lowest tree branch which so happened to be like 80 feet off the ground mind you) in a swirl of wind and appear next to me and (Zombie) Zabuza. I looked down at the boy who set Zabuza's arms over his shoulder as he stood, he was taller then my by at least a head. He glanced in my direction, feeling my eyes bare right into him.

"Your struggle is over for now, there are many secrets hidden within this body, they must not be allowed to get into the wrong hands. Please excuse me, farewell." He said to Kakashi making a hand sign.

"Goodbye Haku-kun." I whispered just as he was about to leave, his head snapped towards me and then he was gone.

"He disappeared." Naruto gasped.

Kakashi sighed and moved his headband back over his Sharingan eye. Naruto ran to the place Haku once was, coming to stand next to me.

"He's gone Naruto. Let it go." Kakashi stated.

Naruto let out a noise of frustration and sank to his knees, he proceeded to punch the poor ground (He should have gone for the tree).

"What are we doing here? We're nothing! I can't believe it."

Beating Kakashi to it I caught my new friends arm as he made another attempt to beat up the earth. I bent down to his level slowly letting go of his arm to place a hand on his shoulder instead.

"Sometimes we want something to not be true, but no matter how hard we try some things simply cannot be changed. so instead of only hurting yourself, save what your feeling now and when the time comes make it so that no one has to go through what you are now." He looked up at me for a second and then turned his attention back to the ground.

Kakashi turned to the rest of the group. "Our mission isn't over yet, we still have to get our bridge builder, back to his bridge."

Tazuna tipped his hat and laughed. "Sorry to cause you guys so much trouble, you can rest at my house once we get to the village."

"Alright lets get a move on." Kakashi said as he walked passed me and Naruto.

The both of us stood up slowly. He took maybe two steps before collapsing on the ground. Everyone gasped rushing up to him. I feigned worry, knowing he was just exhausted.

"What happened?" Sakura screeched.

"Kakashi-Sensei…." Naruto called.

"He's probably just exhausted from using the Sharingan to much. He pushed himself a little to much." I observed.

"How can you be so sure?" Sakura asked me.

"I've uh seen it happen a lot back home." I lied. "The passing out from exhaustion." I added quickly so they wouldn't think I was talking about the Sharingan as something common back at home.

Naruto, Tazuna and Sakura seemed to accept my answer, Sasuke on the other hand turned to me.

"Where did you go during the fight?" he called me out.

"Um, A bit of a long story, shouldn't we get to the bridge builders village?" I asked changing the subject.

"We have time, enlighten me on the way there." Sasuke said narrowing his eyes.

I bit my lip a million thoughts running through my head. I thought back to the book and to Riku, well sometimes honesty is the best policy. I sighed and pulled out the book.

"Well my friend, Riku, really need to talk to me and just couldn't wait even though we we're in the middle of our epic battle. So anyway, don't look at me in that tone of voice young man (to Sasuke), I think my friend is having problems, and well he gave me this book that he found since he knew I wanted to know about my clan." I said slowly honesty, half truths, it's all the same in the end. "Then he left me there and I wondered back to you."

"Why should we believe you? You have an answer for everything it seems. How do we know your not an enemy?" Sasuke asked moving slightly closer to me.

"Um. Well Kakashi trusts me, so should you." I shrugged. Sasuke is soooo scary. Phhhhffffttt.

Naruto looked over at me from across his Sensei's resting form. "I don't think Saphira is bad."

I smiled at him. "At least SOMEONE has some faith in me."

"I don't care who trusts you, there's something not right about you." Sasuke stated.

"I agree with Sasuke." Sakura confirmed.

"Fine, be a jerk, but if you'll excuse me, SUPER GAY, (I pumped my fist into the arm at the new name for Sasuke) Your sensei needs rest and well so do I. So please go spread your magic happy rainbows else where for now. Maybe frolic through some flowers for a bit to calm down." I smirked.

Ahhh if looks could kill….. I'd be one dead anti-tree , half insane, confused, moon monster.

(A/N: okay I lied no questions were answered in this one ahahaha. It was more of a transition chapter if anything. But next one will be about Saphira's Abilities. We finally get a look at that bloody book as well. And maybe I'll let on to why Riku has had his sudden mood swings. But don't worry once of these questions are cleared up I throw some more confusing things in ^^.

Also have you noticed that right now our lovely Saphira is not anywhere close to falling for Sasuke ? That's because she totally has in in for Riku, and that won't change to after the Chunin exams. Hint Hint.

ChanouChan.- Glad it made you giggle^^

icyprincess1 - you exactly right! I kinda wish they resolve their problems too butttt well let's just say the beginning of the story has him in it. Ahhh I said to much!

shinigamiConnections - I busted out laughing at that! ahahhaa

Random.d0.0b - well for now your suppose to be confused hehehe

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