Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, this is just fun story I made up. Naruto and co belong to all respective owners. I do however have right to my own character. With that said, please enjoy :)

Note: Some of these character's may seem OCC and of course I do have my own character I inserted in this story. Honestly I got so annoyed Sakura and some characters in the story that I HAD to add my own character.

This takes place actually I'm not sure... well after Haku "died" I know that. Please R&R, flames are welcome but if you don't like non-yaoi don't read this!

They've all graduated and been through some battles as young ninja's. And it isn't a big secret how Sakura feels about Sasuke and how Naruto feels about Sakura. Naruto tries his best to get her to notice him but she's so smitten by Sasuke that it's never happened.

Naruto likes Sakura, something about her he just likes and doesn't think he could ever hate her. He sat at his desk looking at her gawking at Sasuke. Him and Sasuke are 'friends' per'se but Naruto never found out how he feels about Sakura.

Sasuke sat next to him, "Looking at her again? Don't you ever get tired or annoyed by those girls?"
"Eh? They don't swoon over me like they do over you"
"Tch. It's annoying you don't want them to like you so much."
Naruto wasn't sure about that he still wants to be acknowledged and having a bunch of girls like you wasn't a bad thing.
"Sasuke you know Sakura really likes you right?"
"Huh? Yeah…"
"Yeah… don't say it so cool and heartless man"
"What do you want me to say?"
"Well how do you feel about her?"
Sasuke looked surprised for a bit and smirked, "Oh I see you like her don't you?"
"Shut up and answer my question!"
"Tch. Well I do care about her but only as a friend I guess, nothing more." He looked at him, "So… you like her?" By the expression on his face gave away the answer.

They sat just looking at the girls argue with each other fighting over him and Naruto had to think twice if it at all was good to have all those girl get violent over you.

Just then a girl with shoulder length dark purplish hair appeared before them. She looked kind of lost and stopped right in front of them. Sasuke looked at her and was smitten she was really pretty and cute and he couldn't feel her presence until she appeared before them. He looked at her and she had a protector on her head, it was a Hokage bandana.
"Oi Sasuke do you remember her? I don't remember seeing her in any of our classes" Sasuke in fact did remember seeing her once around the village.

She walked up to both of them, "Naruto-kun" she said with a smile.
Sasuke got jealous, "you liar" he whispered to him.
"No I really don't know her." He looked at her, "Uh…hi, do I know you" she laughed.
"No, but I do remember you, who can forget your "Sexy Jutsu" Really no one else gives Iruka-sensei a hardtime like you."
"I'm Sasuke"
"I know, Uchiha Sasuke, Leaf Village's #1 Rookie." He was happy that she knew him but then, "I don't like you, you're so annoying."
"Tch. Annoying you don't know me."
"You don't think I don't do my homework, who do you has been watching all of your battles especially with Haku? Did you even know you are of an Advanced Bloodline?"
He didn't say anything. "You're annoying because I don't like the way all the girls run to you and how they praise you."

Sakura and the other girls looked over and saw her getting 'close' with Sasuke and decided to but in. She ran over leaving Ino there.
"Hey you just what do you think your doing with Sasuke-kun" as she was about to hit her but the girl disappeared and appeared right behind Sakura and her hand in back of her neck. "Your Sakura-chan, right? In love with Sasuke? Sasuke Sasuke do you ever think about the other people?"

Sasuke was getting mad so he tried to stop her. She stopped his kunai with her fingers, "I'd think twice about wasting chakra"

Naruto got mad too, "Hey! What's the idea?"
"Naruto-kun don't waste your time with her she'll never return your feelings, especially once she finds out…" and she disappeared.

Kakashi who was watching from a tree followed her to the other side of the village.
Naruto, "Oi oi did you see that?" referring to Kakashi and Sasuke knew this but Sakura didn't. She was too stiff to move.

Kakashi, "Oi" he threw 3 kunai's at her and she caught all 3 in between her fingers. "Kureia, that wasn't necessary and you never graduated from the academy why do you have that?"
"Kage no jutsu" she said and it disappeared. "And I did graduate just ask Hokage-sama" and she disappeared.

Kakashi went straight to Hokage-sama and ask him.

"Aa she graduated but it was kept a secret because we knew that some of you would advise against it."
"But her chakra…"
"Aa she is very strong and is able to do Class-A missions. Kakashi this is all I have to say for now." Kakashi bowed and left him.

"Kureia…"

A week passed and not a peep out of her she was also nowhere to be found. Sasuke wanted to find her though and he asked Kakashi about her. He told him what Hokage told him and they were to keep it a secret.

As Sasuke went to go into the forest to practice he found Kureia sitting in front of stone drinking sake.
"Oi your too young to be drinking" he said to her but she ignored him. "Oi can you hear me?" He stopped and realized he sounded almost like Naruto and that annoyed him. "Hey your too young…" she turned around.
"Shut up" and she this look in her eyes that was dead and he couldn't read them. He looked at the grave; there were 2 names on it, Miyu and Haku.
"Haku" he thought to himself, "It can't be..."
"Get away from here leave me alone"
He stood there not knowing what to say really because when he saw Haku's name he wasn't sure of anything. "Haku is…."
"Shut up!"

Walking toward them without knowing it was Sakura and Naruto looking for Sasuke. Kakashi wanted to speak to all three of them about a new mission. They came upon both Sasuke and Kureia. Sakura immediately got the wrong idea and was going to say something but Naruto felt this strong 'ki' and it was coming from her.
"Sakura-chan don't move stay here or be quiet"
"Why?" (inside her: "Damn it! What is she doing with him!?")
They moved a bit closer to hear but they couldn't because it started to rain and Naruto didn't want to hear it so he left leaving Sakura behind who in turn looked at her eyes and saw the coldness in them.

Sasuke felt the ki too but he wanted to know what was wrong. After hearing what Kakashi told him he was interested in her, find out her power.

Naruto bumped into Kakashi on the way back and pointed back to Sasuke and left.
Kakashi appeared behind Sasuke who jumped back instantly as to protect himself and Kureia.
"Kakashi-sensei"
"Sasuke what are you doing here?" Looking behind him was Kureia who was out of it. The rain poured harder and he couldn't tell whether or not she was alive or what.
"Kureia" Kakashi said and she looked at him with hatred. Her once non-readable eyes were filled with anger and intent to kill him. She threw 2 shurukin's at him, he dodged them but she was already caught up with him kicking him in the face.
Sasuke, "Kakashi-sensei!" Sasuke threw 2 kunai's and a shurikin at her but she deflected it off with chakra.
"What? With chakra?"
Kakashi escaped using the switching jutsu, "Kureia! Stop it!"
Sasuke grabbed one of her arms behind her back to stop her, but she took her other hand and started doing a number of seals. Both Kakashi and Sasuke were in shock, the only other people who they've seen do that is Haku and suddenly Sasuke looked back at the cross in the ground.

"Natsumi" She heard a voice and she stopped right before she could finish.
Kakashi jumped down, "Kureia" and she looked up at him and had hateful sad eyes.
"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!" she kept repeating falling to the floor. Sasuke was still behind her to keep her from doing anything else.

Kakashi looked behind her and saw the cross with both names "Haku?" and he looked back down at her.
She jumped from Sasuke's clutches and ran off back to the village.
Kakashi, "Sasuke…"
"I found her here. I wanted to see her how strong she is, so it is true"
"Huh?"
"There are kids younger who are much stronger then you. The power to deflect only using chakra and.."
"And the one handed hand seal? Aa Haku is the only one we've seen do that and yet…" Kakashi was very suspicious about her and was going to find out more details about her.

Back at the village Naruto sat there with Sakura staring at him. "Mou what could he be thinking? What was I thinking leaving her with Sasuke-kun? Aa Sasuke-kun! Don't be fooled!!"

Naruto, "That ki, powerful chakra came from her but why does she only talk to me?"

The next day Kakashi when to Kurenai, one of the female ninja's in Leaf Village.

Kurenai, "Yes? It rare you come to me"
"Kureia, she was one of your students before right?" She looked at him, "Why has Hokage-sama secretly given her a bandana? What is she? She did something that I've only seen once by someone and…"
Kurenai looked down, "Yes she was one of my students, my best actually. But in actuality she didn't want to graduate at first until she met someone who encouraged her."
"Haku?"
"So you know about him?"
"No I just saw his name carved on a cross along with another name. She says she hates me."
"She blames you for Haku's death. They were friends despite whom he was with and how he was. When she saw you kill him that is all she saw. He didn't have feeling for her the way he was loyal to Zabuza, but they had feelings of love and friendship, her only friend who was alive. I was very surprised at how sweet he could be."
"Only?"
"He was the reason why she wanted to graduate because she wanted to protect him from Zabuza even if she knew it was impossible, Haku gave her a reason to fight again, "To protect the one most important to you, is why I can become a Shinobi" are his words and the words she uses tell herself everyday."

Outside of a shop Sasuke sat there thinking about yesterday's event and saw her so he followed her to her house. She knew he was following her and left the door open, "Well if your coming in close the door if not close the door." He walked in and sat down.
"Kakashi-sensei…"
"Is a killer"
"Hm?"
"But we all are or we become killers. That is the way of the Shinobi, kill or be killed."
"Haku…"
She wanted to cry but she kept it, but he could tell by her eyes the sadness that came upon her when he mentioned his name.

Kakashi looked at Kurenai and she continued.
"He was the most important because she fell in love regardless of anything else and his words and himself are what made him important to her. By able to read him, he was happy with her she accepted him regardless of anything, I think she did him good but in the end she couldn't save him. She learned many things from him without telling Zabuza probably because it was unnecessary information to be told."
"You said he gave her a reason to fight again?"
"You know there are things kept secret for a reason, but I guess it can't be helped. You know all must graduate in order to leave the village. But she was different she didn't care about anything except the people that mattered to her. She did something that kids at the age of 9 here are not allowed to do.."
"You don't mean?"
"She was forced to paint her hands with red for the first time, but it was her best friend who paid the price for this. They were playing around and they wondered out of the village not far from here, a ninja from another country was in battle with another ninja and Miyu was caught in the middle of it, injured or thought dead she released incredible chakra and using high level hand seals killed both of them. Miyu who was on the verge of death asked her to kill her, that it was unnecessary for her to bring her back to the village, she begged with her until she took out a kunai and stabbed her through the heart." Kakashi just sat there motionless for a tiny bit. "She met Haku while walking over to the water country. There he taught her the hand seals, how to do certain jutsu that is forbidden to give outside of your clan and do what the missing-nins do with the needles. You know she can do many things with what he's taught her. Anyways Hokage-sama and I found her with Haku actually, it seemed they weren't friends before this encounter because he stopped her from killing herself. He blamed the other 2 ninjas for involving them."

Kureia gave Sasuke a glass of water, "So…what is that you want?" The truth was that she didn't mind Sasuke she lied about hating him but it is annoying to see all the girls swoon over him and not take their training seriously.
"Did you know Haku?" She was silent for a while and finally spoke.
"Haku was my lover" of course that was a partial lie, there were times when her and Haku were together but it was the kind of relationship that was never leaked out or people who saw them would have never though they were 'together'.
"What?" Sasuke had surprised look on his face, Kureia wasn't that much older than him but about the same age as Haku.
"Is that all you wanted to know? If so get out" she didn't want to talk about it anymore. He looked over at a picture and it was picture of her and Haku but he was never really able to see his face except when he was dead. He recognized Haku from the hair and his clothing. Both Kureia and Haku were smiling in the picture and looking at it and looking at her and Haku they didn't look like they could harm a living thing. They also looked like husband and wife in that picture. A picture that someone took and only she had a copy of it, Haku also had one but it was buried with him.

The next morning the three went out for some training, Kakashi gave them a free day so they decided they would try and work as a team. They walked out of the village and started focusing and practicing their jutsu. Sakura needed it most of all, she has speed but not enough strength. A few hours passed by and Sasuke and Naruto felt 2 ki around them.
Sasuke ran because he recognized it, Naruto and Sakura were right behind him. They found 2 people fighting.
"It can't be!" Sakura said out loud. Sasuke and Naruto looked in awe. It was Haku and Kureia!
Naruto, "No way! It can't be he's dead"
Sasuke looked and it was only a shadow clone but a very good one because it was a real body, an exact replica of Haku, it even talked and sounded like him.

"Natsumi you're getting better"
"Hm of course do you think I'd actually not catch up to you?" Both of them had one hand free and both started to do one-handed seals. Sasuke who was watching very closely and Naruto and Sakura also looked.

"Impossible! How can they…" she said
Naruto, "Natsumi?"

Both did the same spell and jumped back.
"You can do it one-handed"
"Aa" she said with a smile.
"Lets stop here"
She sat down and Haku walked over to her and smiled at her, "Natsumi will become more stronger." She smiled but it went down. "Don't be sad, I don't regret what I did, you knew I was going to do that someday." Kureia couldn't help it but cry. Haku touched her face leaned down and gave her a kiss and disappeared.

Naruto and Sakura had no idea what just happened. Of all the studying she couldn't explain it.
Sasuke, "You two go back"
Sakura, "Huh? What do you…"
"Go back with Naruto." Naruto understood and forced Sakura to go back with him. Kakashi appeared behind Sasuke out of nowhere. "If you're going to challenge her I advise against it. Did you see that?"
"Aa what was that?"
"It's a high level of jutsu, to create an actual body of person. It takes a great amount of chakra to replicate and have them be able to actually act on their own as if they are alive. As if his spirit she creates a body for it. Really everything has a spirit and lives on, she is the reason why Haku's spirit hasn't passed on yet, she won't let him go."

She turned around and saw them. "Spying on me now!? Kakashi!" She was a bout to do a spell but Haku appeared again. "Natsumi!"
"But"
"Natsumi" he put his hand on her hands and closing them. Sasuke and Kakashi came out and before them was Haku. "Kakashi how nice to see you, thank you and tell Naruto thank you also."
Sasuke, "Kurei…" she didn't want them to know about this.
Haku, "Please forgive her she's not thinking, she's just angry."
"Haku!" she snarled at him and he laughed.

Sasuke and Kakashi were never able to see this kind of nin-jutsu before. It was as if he was Alive.

"Natsumi be good and don't hate them it's not their fault they are not the enemy, even Zabuza was able to feel again in the end and… he also says hello" he smiled and disappeared.

"Don't tell anyone please not even Kurenai-sensei or Hokage-sama they would be angry."
"But how…" Sasuke wanted to know. He wanted to know her secret.
"Angry because now his spirit won't pass because you won't let it?" She didn't say anything.