Chapter Ten: Befriending the Monster

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For the next five days Alli have been spending a great amount of time with Sasuke. They have become the best of friends and surprising none of the Konoha girls have noticed. They were really good at hiding from all the fan girls and Alli mostly has been awaiting the results back from the Chunnin Exams and also her blood results.

Alli was currently at the Konoha Hospital with Sasuke. They were waiting on the blood results that should be arriving any second now. This was the most anticipated wait ever for Alli because she really wanted to know if she was healthy enough to start her ninja training. It was the most awkward moment of her whole life. She was so nervous. Just then Lady Tsunade came into the room Alli and Sasuke were currently waiting in.

"I have Alli's results back," Tsunade spoke softly.

"Well?" Alli asked calmly.

"You're totally fine!" Tsunade laughed happily. "You can start training, but you have to watch out for the increase chakra overload. That bracelet you have controls your chakra, but your body is still getting used to your chakra system together."

Tsunade looked over to Sasuke and sighed, "I'm sorry Sasuke, but if anything happens to Alli you let me know right away. Also I got Kakashi informed and I taught him a sealing justu just in case something happens. After all, your father informed me that Kakashi will be your sensei."

"Dang this is going to be great," Alli said.

"I feel for you Alli," Sasuke spoke to her, "Kakashi can be rough. He is known for only passing three students which was me, Sakura and Naruto."

"Yeah, but I don't have a team. I think I was going to be trained by myself. I was half expecting it, and besides I'm a faster learner. I'll home school myself and Kakashi can teach me techniques. See I already figured it out."

"Smart girl, almost like Shikamaru," Tsunade complimented, "Alli, if you ever decide to go into the medical career or if you want to learn medical nin-justu I would be honored to teach you."

"I'll think about it," Alli replied. She then nodded to Sasuke and they both headed out together. Tsunade watched them and she knew that those two will end up together. She had that feeling. She just hoped that nothing will happen to them.

Sasuke and Alli were walking together back to the Uchiha Estate. They both knew that Minato and Kushina would be there along with Sasuke's parents. They at least had to tell them that Alli would be okay.

"Sasuke, what are you going to do once you are done looking after me?" Alli asked. "I know it was your mission to watch over me, but after that, are we still going to hang out?"

Sasuke was shocked that Alli asked that question. "Of course we will be friends."

Alli sighed in relief. "I was afraid you were only being my friend because of the mission. I understand that we were good friends in my world, but..."

"Don't Alli," Sasuke interrupted. "You are my best friend, why would I abandon you?"

Alli jumped at Sasuke into a tight hug and began to cry. "I'm sorry, it's just I've been feeling a bit insecure. Don't worry though, I'll get over it."

Sasuke was definitely shocked, he wouldn't think that Alli would be the one to ever think depressing thoughts. Sasuke and Alli stayed like that for a while longer. Then the broke apart and they both sat down at a nearby bench under a tree.

"Alli, what brought this up?"

"I see everything, I see all the pretty girls, I see all the strong ninjas, and I see how peaceful this village is. I see how everyone gets along and it warms my heart. I've never experienced this and I don't feel like I belong. I feel like a fish out of water and trying to survive. I'm in a whole different world and I'm surprised I belong, yet I've only been here a few days but knowing that I can't go back, it bothers me, but yet I also want to stay here. I'm torn and my heart hurts." Alli looked to the ground. She never told anyone, never even told her parents or brother, but told Sasuke first.

Sasuke looked at Alli with wide eyes, "then let me heal you…" Sasuke spoke softly. Sasuke's lips crashed down onto Alli's. She was shocked, but she let happen, she put all of her feelings into this kiss. The kiss was rough, but it caused a moan from Alli and Sasuke slipped his tongue her mouth. They going on, feeling each other's mouth with their tongues. They finally stopped to breathe.

"I've always had feelings for you," Alli admitted.

"I've loved you way back when we lived together," Sasuke spoke. Alli kissed him and Sasuke happily joined in. A few minutes later they broke apart once again to breathe. "I love you Sasuke."

"I love you too Alli," Sasuke spoke softly to her and kissed her forehead. Then he got up from where he was sitting and pulled Alli up. "Come on, we got to get back to the estate. We got to tell your parents about your results and then we can tell Kakashi to train you, and we can also find out if your brother made it through the Forest of Death or not."

"Okay, let's go," Alli agreed and they walked hand in hand together, enjoying each other's company.

Kushina was busy talking to Mikoto about Alli's health.

"Sasuke and Alli should be back any moment now to inform us about the blood results," Kushina said while helping with the dishes.

"I hope she is healthy enough to start training. My boys always loved to train," Mikoto told her.

"I can tell. Itachi and Sasuke would always go out in the woods and do all these fantastic training skills. Oh I wish I could thought of that," Kushina sighed silently.

"Yeah, but you have your own fighting skill and it wouldn't be cool to have the same fighting skill as everyone else. It would be arduous and your enemy would know all your moves if it was the same," Mikoto explained.

"You're right," Kushina agreed. She looked over to her husband who was in the living room with Fugaku. They were discussing Konoha military and daily reports. They did this often but instead of being in the office, being at the house was so much cozier and less stressful for both of them. Kushina looked back at Mikoto and smiled, "Thank you for cooking lunch for me and Minato. Next time it will be over at our house."

Mikoto smiled back, "That would be great!"

"HEY! We are back!" Alli yelled through the household. Mikoto and Kushina walked over to their children and hugged them.

"So what did they say?" Kushina asked as Minato and Fugaku walked over to the group.

Alli looked over at the adults. "They say I'm okay, but I should watch my chakra levels and if anything happens, Kakashi and Sasuke should know what to do."

"That's great honey," Kushina replied. "Your dad was going to wait until he heard the good news to tell you that Kakashi was going to train you, but I guess Lady Tsunade was a little ahead of herself."

"It's true," Minato spoke out, "I was planning on getting Kakashi to train you, and I don't know who could train you mentally though. After all Kakashi isn't a school teacher, he doesn't sit you down and instruct you. He's more like a fighting teacher."

"I explained of my plan to Tsunade and Sasuke," Alli said, "I will teach myself and Kakashi would teach me in physical training."

"Good plan Alli!" Mikoto agreed. After the little talk, Minato and Fugaku went back to discussing shinobi and military plans and actions while Kushina and Mikoto were back in the kitchen gossiping as women usually do.

Alli turned to Sasuke, "Wanna go and see if Naruto and the others are back yet?"

"Sure, they should be back in a couple of minutes actually, the time is almost up," Sasuke said while looking at the clock.

"Mom, Dad, we are heading out, catch you all later," Alli yelled through the house and grabbed Sasuke's hand and ran through the village and headed towards the arena area. Once they got there, they saw Naruto and a few others that she knew of. Alli also saw many other shinobi from other villages. The ones that struck her odd the most was a red haired boy with a gourd, a girl with four ponytails, and a guy with purple face paint.

Naruto came towards Alli and Sasuke, "Hey guys, I passed the Forest of Death, and now I got a whole month to train!"

"That's great Naruto," Alli cheered and she looked over from the three ninjas before and the red haired boy was looking over at them.

"That's Gaara, Temari and Kankuro," Naruto said quietly, "They are very scary and have powerful justu. Did you guys know that Ino, Shino and Kiba were in the Chunnin exams?"

Sasuke and Alli shook their head. Naruto then led Sasuke and Alli out. They were enjoying a nice chat and having a good laugh. They didn't know that they had a pair of eyes watching them as they went.

A month passed by and rumors were spreading throughout the village. Alli and Sasuke both knew what they were about. They probably knew that Ino saw them both back at the Chunnin exams building. Once the rumors were out, they both knew that they really couldn't hide the fact that they were seeing each other. They started holding hands and kissing each other in public now. It only seemed fair.

Alli was heading towards the arena with Sasuke, Kakashi, Kushina, Minato, Mikoto, and Fugaku. They were going to watch Naruto and the other leaf nin fight in the final rounds. They took their seats and they saw Sakura and a few other leaf kunoichi glare at them.

"Ignore them," Sasuke whispered in Alli's ear. Alli nodded and continued to watch the rounds.

After an hour of watching them fight, Gaara and this unknown leaf shinobi was up.

"This is going to be an interesting fight," Alli spoke aloud. Sasuke looked at her with a confused look. He turned back to the event happening in the arena.

The match began and the leaf shinobi could not hit one blow to the mysterious Gaara person. The leaf shinobi started to this weird sign to make them go faster and Alli had no idea what happened next but she felt sleepy. Within the month she knew of genjustu, taijustu, and ninjustu. She knew that these feathers that were flying around were actually a genjustu and she released and the feathers disappeared but apparently Sasuke wasn't smart enough so she just let him sleep there. Alli went over to Kakashi, Minato, Kushina, Fugaku and Mikoto.

"What's happening?" Alli asked.

"Our village is under attack," Minato replied to his daughter. "You have to go somewhere safe Alli dear."

"No, I have the strength and responsibilities to help out at least!" Alli yelled and she looked at Minato shocked eyes and Alli turned around and stabbed the intruder with a kunai knife.

Alli had a smug look on her face, "I told you."

"Fine, but stay near Naruto, Kakashi, your mom, or myself. I don't want anything happening to you again."

"I'll take no chances on following that dad," Alli replied. She went over to the arena and looked over at Gaara who was alone. She dodged many attacks but then soon Gaara fled from the facility.

"WAIT!" Alli yelled and then rushed after him.

"Alli come back!" Minato cried out as he took down another enemy.

Alli ran into the woods and then she felt a hand grab her arm and threw her to the ground. She saw it was the man with the purple paint Kankuro.

"I have to stop Gaara," Alli cried. She looked over to the man.

"No one can stop Gaara," Kankuro told her, "Once he's in that state…"

"You haven't tried," Alli spoke and saw that the girl with four ponytails, Temari was there. "Just let me try and I'll help your brother."

Kankuro looked over to Temari and she nodded.

"Okay, but don't say that I didn't warn you."

Alli nodded back at the siblings, "I'll bring back your brother." Alli continued on to look for Gaara.

Sasuke woke up to find Kakashi staring at him. "You've let your guard down."

"No shit," Sasuke mumbled. He looked around and didn't see Alli. "Where is she?"

Kakashi sighed, "She went after Gaara."

"WHAT?!" Sasuke yelled and was about to run when Kakashi stopped him.

"Think before you act, remember? Alli went by herself and she probably didn't get that far, but if she did, I want you to bring back up. Take Shikamaru, Sakura and Pakkun. Pakkun can lead you and Shikamaru and Sakura are back up."

"Right," Sasuke agreed and woke Sakura and Shikamaru up and then took Pakkun along into the woods hoping to find Alli soon. They ran into trouble with Sound shinobi trying to fight them off. Shikamaru stayed behind to fight them off. That left Sakura and Sasuke with Pakkun to find Alli.

Sakura didn't dare to talk to Sasuke. She knew how much Alli meant to Sasuke and didn't want to annoy him. She could always annoy Alli later. They finally reached to figures and they saw it to be Temari and Kankuro.

"Hold up," Sasuke stopped the group. "They could try anything."

"No, we didn't. WE let your friend go and try to stop Gaara, she definitely had determination."

"Did she have red hair?" Sasuke asked.

Temari and Kankuro nodded.

"We have to go after her!" Sakura yelled. Sasuke nodded and they chased after their friend.

Alli finally reached Gaara. He was mutated with sand and she knew that he was in pain.

"Gaara!" Alli cried, "You can stop this!"

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Gaara yelled to the girl. "No one wants me anyway!"

"LIAR!" Alli yelled and punch him and for once his sand didn't block it.

"BLOOD!" Gaara yelled and Alli was frightening by the scream. "YOU'RE SCARED OF ME TOO!"

"NO! I never was! You were unique and I admire that!" Alli replied hoping to calm him down.

"Liar!" Gaara replied with a sickening tone. "You're like all the rest."

"I was trying to convince you, so we wouldn't have to fight this out," Alli said sadly, "But I guess I was wrong."

"MULTI-SHADOW CLONE JUSTU!" Alli voice and then 1000 of Alli's appeared. She grab her kunai and wrapped paper bombs over them and threw them all at Gaara at the same time. Alli jumped fast as she could away from him before it went off. Alli spotted Sasuke, Sakura and Pakkun. She prayed they weren't looking for her.

"ALLI!" Sakura called out.

"Great," Alli mumbled, "There looking for me, but I can't let them fight Gaara. They don't understand him."

Sasuke, Sakura and Pakkun looked over and saw Gaara. He was still mutated but had tons of kunai over him.

"What happened to him? Why does he have all those kunai on him?" Sakura questioned.

"I did it," Alli finally revealed herself.

Sasuke and Sakura were shocked. "REALLY?!"

"Yes, and we have to move, Gaara is going to blow up any second!" Alli cried and threw them to the ground. After all they were fighting in the tree tops. Just as Alli said, Gaara blew up, but the only think that drop was the sand.

"DAMN IT!" Alli cried, "Multi-shadow clone justu!"

"Alli stop!" Sakura cried but it was too late. Alli ran over to Gaara and started to fight with taijustu and she was hitting her target well. Gaara was in fact losing for once and he no longer had the energy to fight the girl. Alli's last move was a headbutt to his head. Alli and Gaara fell from the trees and dropped to the ground.

Alli awoke and saw Gaara not too far away. She inch forward with all her might. Gaara saw what she was doing and became afraid.

"Stop don't come any closer," Gaara cried out but Alli ignored him.

"I know how you feel, all alone inside with no one to talk to. You get those icy cold stares from people around who you never heard of. I understand. When I was a little girl I was bullied and beaten for things I never did, but I got over it. Then along came my friends," Alli told them.

"Friends?" Gaara repeated.

"Yes, friends," Alli answered and then she stopped inching forward until she was right in front of him. "I would love to be your friend Gaara." Alli then passed out in front of him.

Gaara looked at this girl with amazement, "You're something different Alli." He then heard footsteps and saw Alli's friends and Temari and Kankuro. "Temari, Kankuro, let's go home, we're done."

"Don't tell me!" Sakura cried out.

"She's alive," Gaara told the girl. Gaara then nodded to Temari and Kankuro. They both knew that girl changed Gaara's life and was ever grateful to her. They picked up their little brother and left the Leaf Village. Sasuke and Sakura picked up Alli and headed back into the Leaf Village to tend to Alli's wounds.

I finally updated! Woo! Its been like 6 months and I'm sorry. A lot has happened. At least I thought about continuing this! I wasn't in the mood to write espeically after watch the Time of the Doctor, like i was so heartbroken that the 11th Doctor had to leave and I felt like I lost my best friend. Anyways. Read and Review! I hope you enjoy it! And hopefully I write faster!

-Shifuni