Difference
HUGE AUTHOR'S NOTE
Well, here's the deal. I've decided to post the rest of the chapters that I was working on for some time. I was going to finish the story and then post the first chapter but I was way to anxious to see how it would do. I found out that my character is a Mary-Sueish girl. Thus, I have decided to edit and make adjustments. So basically I'm going to take down the story in a week or so. This is your LAST chance to read the original. So after a week, you'll be able to read the hopefully IMPROVED version of Difference. The storyline will change a bit and character traits may change as well. I really can't go into detail. The title will also stay the same. So I have to say, thank-you to all that helped me along this journey. I hope that I shall give readers more enjoyment than this story. Well, thank-you so much! Oh by the way, this is an incomplete chapter...
HUGE AUTHOR'S NOTE
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked in the darkness and treaded near her until he was only half a foot away. He sat down and looked at the water instead of her face.
Sierra sadly looked at the water as well and replied, "My name is Sierra."
"Your name sounds familiar," Sasuke replied.
This time, Sierra looked like she was about to cry. On the other hand, Sasuke was oblivious to this and began interrogating her again, "What's your family name?"
"What is your problem?" Sierra busted out and a tear dropped from her eyes and fell down her smooth cheek.
Sasuke looked at her in surprise and went back at looking at the water, "You know I'm beginning if you're her…"
Sierra looked at him wide-eyed and asked, "What do you mean by her?"
Sasuke sighed and replied, "Why should I tell you?"
"Because so far, you've been a nasty b, and I'd rather you leave me alone right now," Sierra told him truthfully, now several tears fell from her watery eyes.
"You're emotional like Sakura," Sasuke commented and sighed again, "I suppose I can tell you. It doesn't matter though. When I was younger, I used to be friends with a girl about my age. However, when they were ki—Well, she left a long time ago, and I've never seen her since."
Sierra looked at Sasuke hard and tried to see if he was trying to mock her. However, he wore a cold look on his face and probably thought very little of her.
'So much for this kimono, it's not making me very happy since I bought it Makoto,' Sierra thought and slid to her back and watched the stars, "So you really don't remember me, do you?"
Sasuke gave an annoyed look at her and did not respond.
Sierra looked inside of her bag behind her and took out a pink ribbon (note: see Ch.1), "I used to wear this all the time. But, it brings back too many memories."
She quickly tied her hair in a bun with the ribbon and stood up on her legs. She quickly looked back at Sasuke who still had that look in his eyes. She stared at him for quite a while before turning back in the opposite direction of Sasuke.
"So both you and I have the need for revenge. But I can see in your eyes a stronger desire," Sierra replied and started walking slowly, "I wouldn't mind if you killed him, but while I'm alive, I won't see you get killed by him either."
Sasuke finally looked at her and snarled, "How do you know?"
"You really are clueless…"
"It's passed midnight. Where is she?" Derno asked and twiddled his thumbs while sitting on his bed.
Toro looked over at the shaken Derno. With a sleepy voice, Toro replied, "She'll be alright. I feel pretty confident that she's not going to get hurt. Aren't you a bit protective?"
This brought a smile to Toro, and after a few minutes, he feel back to sleep.
"Why am I so worried though?" Derno muttered.
A few minutes passed and in walked you know who.
"Yo," Orikawa greeted and looked at one sleeping boy and another boy who was wide awake, "Isn't it a bit late for you to be up? Anyways, I just wanted to see if you two were still awake. I have some details that you may like to know about the competition."
Derno looked eagerly at Orikawa and inquired, "What is it?"
"Well, I don't know if I should be telling you this," Orikawa began and chuckled.
"Oh c'mon," Derno groaned and looked quite unhappy, "You started the conversation; now finish it!"
"If you insist," Orikawa agreed and began, "There are shinobi from the Sand, Sound, Leaf, etc. as you should know. First of all, while I tell you this information, you can not ask questions. Now, there will be two Sharingan users during the competition. Fortunately, our team is one of them. The other is from my Eternal Enemy, Kakashi. His name is Sasuke."
"SASUKE!" Derno yelled in disgust.
"I told you not to interrupt," Orikawa replied and began again, "There are also two Byakugan users. One is from another of my Eternal Enemy as well whose name is, Gai. This person is Hyuuga Neji who was last year's number one rookie. The other is Hyuuga Hinata. I want you to watch out for these people. They are not the only strong shinobis during the Exam, however, their bloodlines are deadly and should use caution."
Derno smiled and replied, "Who needs caution when I'm going to beat them all?"
Orikawa frowned and cautioned Derno, "If you do not use teamwork and necessary battle skills, you will definitely have no chance in becoming a Chuunin."
"Oh don't worry Orikawa," Derno replied, "There's no way that I'd forget all the lessons you taught me."
Orikawa smiled and commanded, "Now go to sleep. I know where Sierra is, and she's about to go to sleep in another room."
"Why?" Derno asked curiously.
Orikawa laughed and answered, "She said that you boys are noisy, and girls need to be away from pigs like you two."
"WHY THAT JERK!" Derno screamed.
"I told you to be quiet," Orikawa ordered, rubbing his ears.
"So this is it," Toro replied and looked up at the Academy of Konoha, "It's pretty big."
"Yeah, well, we're going to become Chuunins," Derno replied eagerly, "I haven't seen Sierra yet. Have you?"
"She'll come. She couldn't have anything more important than—" Toro replied but stopped, hearing footsteps behind him.
"You know what? You're absolutely right," Sierra replied behind him with a bag full of weapons, "Let's go. Room 301 isn't it?"
The team began walking up a flight of stairs to find several people crowded around a room labeled 301. A fight seemed to take place.
"We're not letting you get through," a shinobi replied who apparently was guarding the door.
A boy with large dark eyebrows and green-colored clothing began punching him. Unfortunately, to his dismay, there was no effect.
"Please let us through. We're here for the Exam!" a girl dressed in pink and buns in her hair asked politely.
"We are just thinning out those that will fail. What's wrong with that?" the guard asked, toying with the mass of people in front of him.
Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard behind Team B, "I agree, but you will let me pass through, and also, remove this surrounding created with genjutsu."
A huge splurge of whispering was heard, basically due to confusion.
"So you noticed?" the guard asked and raced towards Sasuke, "But all you did was see through it!"
The guard gave a kick towards Sasuke who did the same thing. Suddenly, the same guy clothed in green sped in between the two to stop the match.
"He's fast," Toro commented to the group, "We should stay away from him."
Both Sierra and Derno nodded and watched the label turn back to 201.
"You noticed as well, didn't you Toro?" Sierra asked but knew the answer anyways.
"Well, I don't want to brag or anything," Toro replied and placed his hand behind his head, "I think we should go before something else happens."
Sierra and Derno followed behind Toro leading the way. With difficulty, they passed by the mob of Genins.
While passing they heard a conversation. A boy with long, dark hair and strange eyes asked the boy who stopped the fight, "What happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves."
"Well…" the boy in green blushed and walked near Sakura, "My name is Rock Lee. Yours must be Sakura. Let's go out together. I'll protect you till I die!"
"What a strange introduction," Sierra muttered and ran up to Toro.
