"No! Gaara-kun, don't leave yet!" A young Ruine, ran up behind the feared boy. She didn't fear him at all. She hugged him from behind. "Please, don't leave me alone here with those idiots at the village! Please! I'm begging you!"

The young blonde's crystal blue eyes filled with tears as her only friend from Sunagakure stood there in her tight embrace, half taken by surprise. His own eyes softened as he looked down on her. "Ruine-"

"No! You can't leave me!" Ruine yelled, "you...you just can't leave me, Gaara-kun. I don't want to have to be alone!" Ruine's breathing became harsh as the curse seal sent pain through her whole body, even her scar hurt her. "If you leave the-"

(yes, you guessed it) Gaara cut Ruine off by kissing her (man you gotta love me for this). Ruine was slightly taken aback but she still kissed him back. When they pulled away, Ruine turned to look at the sakura tree.

'Wow, it's blooming.'

"I must go, Ruine. Please. Don't hesitate... don't hesitate to return to Konohagakure or to come find me. For now, I cannot stay here while the sound nin destroy another village. Take care of Kasumi and Henako for me, alright." Gaara then turned and walked off. Leaving Ruine to cry, he didn't turn to look at her. Ruine cried.

'I'm only doing this to protect you and Sunagakure. Don't cry.' He closed his eyes and continued to walk,Ruine's soft sobs still ringing in his ears. 'Just remember what I told you and you'll understand.'

"Bye Gaara-kun."

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Ruine sat awake in the apartment Tsunade had given her. She kept replaying her memories of Gaara, two years ago, she had fought him, and a year ago, she relised how much she really loved him. Ruine broke into soft sobs remebering the day Gaara left. She heard footsteps and quickly laid herself back down and closed her eyes and listened.

"Tsunade-sama, is this wise?" Shizune whispered.

"Of course it is! We gotta keep her from finding that silly gift that Itachi left for her to find. If I remember correctly, Ruine said it was Itachi that murdered the Uchiha that took care of her in Sunagakure. Itachi then returned and killed his clan." Tsunade smiled as she opened the door to Ruine's new home and slipped towards the small closet that Ruine hadn't even opened yet.

Ruine watched intensely, then shot up when she saw a small black wooden box that had her name written in gold paint on the top. She watched Tsunade open it and pull out a small pendant, that, in the dark, looked to be a steel gray. Tsunade stood up, and saw Ruine, sitting straight up in the bed. She held up teh pendant out to Ruine, so she could get a better look at it.

"What is it Tsunade-chan?" Ruine looked up at Tsunade, her crystal eyes filled with confusion as to why the leaf pendant has her named engraved on the back.

Tsunade sighed and shook her head. "I shouldn't tell you just yet."

"Please tell me!"

"It was a gift Itachi, Chiko, and Sasuke put together for your seventh birthday. You might not remember, but, before you even knew what chakra was, you were great friends with the three cousins. Once you left, something in Itachi snapped after they hide this here. He then killed the Uchiha assigned to keep you safe, then killed his clan. We found this letter in it. We didn't want you to find it." Tsunade held out three folded pieces of paper, tears falling from her eyes as Ruine opened the first.

"Dear Ruine,

This will be the last time you hear from me. I want you to know, that your friendship was enough to open me up and let my locked away emotions run free. You made me happy, as I write this, my tears and my blood stain the page. I'll never see daylight again. I'll miss you, I don't want you to ever change, for Sasuke's sake, don't ever change.

Uchiha Chiko"

"What happened to her? GODDAMMIT! What happened to Chiko!" Ruine sobbed. "Why are all my friends going away like this?"

Tsunade sat by Ruine and let Ruine sob onto her shoulder. "Chiko, disappeared just a few days before the slaughter. There's still hope she's still alive."

Ruine's hand shook as she opened the next letter. A letter filled with lies. Itachi's letter.

"Dear Ruine,

I'll be seeing you sooner than you think. I just hope you get this before your seventh birthday. Even if I have barely seen you, I know you're still a good friend. I'm sorry if I cause you any pain in the near future.

Uchiha Itachi"

"Bastard!" Ruine choked on her tears as she opened the last letter.

"You don't have to continue reading them, Ruine." Tsunade tried to take Sasuke's letter from her but Ruine opened it and scanned the page.

"Dear Ruine,

As i write this, I have no clue what Chiko and Itachi are wirting about. So here I go. I want you to know that I love you with every part of my being, I want to be with you, no matter what. This is no lie. As you read this, I'm probably missing you more than ever, either that or I'm watching you right now. I'll always love you and you'll always be the only one for me. Even if you are nothing like that idiot brother of yours, I swear my love to you, and it will never change from that.

Uchiha Sasuke"

"Oh my god... he-he loves me. they all loved me and I left them for this long. Chiko, Itachi... Sasuke, that's why he forced a kiss on me back at the sakura tree!"

Tsunade nodded, agreeing silently. She was going to start supporting Ruine. And Ruine was going to start hiding ehr emotions better. She was going to block all the meotions that resided in her eyes out and make her eyes seem empty, or at least drain it of all love, caring, and good.

'I was told I was destined for evil, so why not start now?'

Ruine put the pandant on and walked out of the aparment, since the sun had already risen. Ruine was itching to train with Sasuke. She waited for him and soon enough, there he came, walking towards her, his eyes locked on her as if he knew, what she wanted to do. And all he did when he got to her was greet her... with one of his strong kisses. And she greeted him back... with a kiss just as strong.