Silent Tears chapter 2

A kunai knife flew in Ro's direction and she screamed. "NARUTO, YOU IDIOT! YOU ALMOST HIT SOMEONE!" Ro heard a girl scream from the direction of the knife. She moved towards it and broke out of the bushes. "Who's there?" Asked a silver-haired man who hid more than half of his face. He wore a Konoha headband. Ro bowed deeply. "I mean you no harm!" She said. The man lowered his kunai and Ro raised her head cautiously and stepped forward.

There were two boys and one girl who all looked her age, the silver-haired man, and as she suspected, Mr.Tazuna the bridge builder. Ro stepped in front of the silver-haired man. "Please. I am starving and have no where to go." She lied as the raven-haired boy eyed her suspiciously and the other gawked at her beauty. "I'm Hatake Kakashi of Konoha, what is your name?" Kakashi asked. "Ro." She responded. Kakashi continued. "This is Uchiha Sasuke," He pointed to the raven-haired boy. He smirked. Ro nodded in his direction. "Uzumaki Naruto," Kakashi pointed to the gawking boy. Ro smiled at him and he almost melted right there. The girl next to Naruto was yelling at him in the same voice Ro had heard before. "And Haruno Sakura." He pointed to the girl. Ro nodded to her.

"May I accompany you on your journey Tazuna-san?" Ro asked Tazuna. He nodded. "You can stay with us." Ro thanked them all and walked awkwardly with the rest of the kids. "So…Ro…" Sakura started. "Where do you come from?" She asked. "I've lived in Kiragakure all my life. A few people have taken me in, but after Gato came, threw me out because they couldn't afford any extra food. I'm on my own now." She finished. She was only half-lying, Zabuza didn't feed her well, and sometimes it felt as if she were alone except for Haku. Ro sighed at the thought of him. "What's wrong?" Asked the blonde-haired boy who was gawking at her earlier. He had a strange appearance, clear blue eyes and whisker-like marks on his cheeks.

"nothing." She responded. "So you don't have a mom and dad?" Naruto asked. Ro nodded. "yep. They got killed a long time ago when I was still a little kid." That was true. "How old are you?" Naruto asked hopefully. "twelve." Ro responded with a laugh. Everyone stopped walking when Kakashi stopped. Naruto grinned. "I gotta impress this hot new girl!" He though as he pulled out a kunai and threw it into the bushes suddenly. There was silence. " Oh, only a mouse." He said in his most heroic voice.

Ro giggled while Sakura yelled at him for being such an idiot. Naruto smiled in satisfaction and threw another. This time, it hit a rabbit. Ro watched painfully as Naruto apologized to it and hugged it, hoping it would get better. It reminded her so much of Haku she wanted to cry. "I can't cry!" She thought. It would mess up the mission. Ro pulled out a kunai and struck a tree with it as hard as she could. There was silence following her sudden outburst, but she collected herself. "sorry." She apologized, and continued walking off. Suddenly , a huge sword came spiraling out of the sky. "DUCK!" Ro yelled and everyone did. Zabuza was standing on top of the sword that was now stuck In a tree.

The Konoha ninjas and Ro had Zabuza close to beaten when needles came flying at his neck. Ro recognized the needles and smiled. They hit him through the major points to create a death-like trance. The plan was going smoothly. Haku with his mask on appeared in a tree behind them. "Thank you for your help." He said in that voice Ro knew all too well. "I've been wanting to kill him for a long time now." Ro smiled at him, even though he was wearing his mask, she could've sworn he smiled back.

Ro was standing there smiling as Naruto pointed fingers and called Haku the enemy. Kakashi went and examined Zabuzas' body. "He's dead." He announced and backed away. Haku nodded and picked up the corpse. " I will dispose of it. I should be leaving now." He nodded specifically at Ro and she felt her face turn red. He made a hand sign and disappeared. Ro heard Kakashi fall to the ground behind her. She felt dizzy herself and fainted.

Ro sprang up inside a sleeping bag in a small house. Sakura and Naruto were sitting near Kakashi who just woke up also. "It turns out our little friend is helping Zabuza." Kakashi announced. Ro felt a pang of fear in her stomach. He turned to her. "Do you know anything about this Ro?" He asked her. All eyes in the room turned on her. "N-no…" She stammered.

Ro fit in for the rest of the time she spent at Tazuna's house. She trained with all the other ninja, who were climbing trees by channling Chakra into their feet. Naruto went out to train one night, and Ro went with him. They stayed there overnight and she fell asleep soundly. She felt the familiar touch of Haku and woke quietly. There he was, squatting next to her. Ro couldn't believe her eyes. She instantly embraced him tightly. "I need to wake the boy up." He mouthed after they separated. Ro nodded. After Naruto and Haku conversed for awhile, Haku asked. "Ro, can I talk to you in private for a second?" He asked. Ro nodded. Naruto decided to eavesdrop, watching between the trees.

Haku took Ro's hands in his and held the tightly. "Everything's going according to plan." He told her. "Zabuza-sama is satisfied. He'll need maybe a week to recover." Ro smiled. "this is my first real mission." She said. Haku smiled back at her. Standing face to face, Ro went up to just below Haku's nose. "I've missed you." She whispered. "Me too…" Haku drifted off. "Haku…" Ro began. "What if…What if we could just, escape? Go away? I don't want to betray these people….They're nice…." Haku frowned. "We have to…Zabuza would kill us…." Ro looked down. "Yeah." She paused. "But what if, we just disappeared?" She looked at him hopefully.

He laughed and Ro continued haistily. "If I get caught, I will never forgive myself if I don't do something." Haku raised an eyebrow. "what's that?" he whispered. Ro took a deep breath and kissed him gently. Naruto's eyes grew wide. Not only was she a spy for Zabuza, but she was also right in font of him making out with another one!

Whew, gotta make 'em longer!

/\/eko