Chap. 2: A bad start, and a strange ending

Skylark sat on the edge of the splintering red bridge, her legs hung over the edge as she lightly swung them back and forth. Her thin face was turned down as she watched the crystalline water flow by, the sun dancing wildly off the reflection of its surface. The chirps and chatter of early morning birds filed her ears. She replayed the events of what had happened yesterday in her head over and over again. She tilted her head back and closed her eyes barley listening to the whisper of a breeze. I-I think just about everyone hates me now…and it's all my fault. First I got saske to hate me and that didn't take long.

How skylark got saske to hate her:

"hey!" skylark waltzed over to saske and tapped him on the shoulder, he turned around and she grinned " I bet I'm better than you, and I bet I'm stronger to!"

Saske shot her a death glare that was seen often on bad hazardous occasions "we'll just see about that," he said his eyes narrowing "we'll just see."

Then there was rock lee…….

How Skylark got rock lee to hate her:

Skylark was practicing the technique of walking on the fragile surface of water. Her brow was furrowed from the concentration of maintaining the amount of chakra she was emitting to her feet, to be able to walk on the waters surface. To little chakra and she would plummet through the water like a stone, to much and..she didn't know what would happen.

Rock lee, on the other hand was struggling through a pair of thistly bushes to be able to get to his favorite training sight. The sight was a clear crisp green field with a small, serene, lake along side it. He pulled himself out of the pair of bushes accompanied by a vicious ripping sound that echoed through the air. The shrubs didn't seem to have wanted to let go of lee, so they had caught on the back pocket of his green slacks and torn a hand sized hole in the back, revealing a portion of his boxers which had SAKURA'S FACE ON THEM!

The ripping sound from lee's pants split skylark's concentration like a crack of lightning. Her chakra flow faltered dangerously and she catapulted down into the lake with a wet splash as if she were wearing 100 pound weights.

Lee's head shot up at the sound of a splash. He had been so occupied with the gaping hole in his pants he had forgotten to see if "his" training area was clear of everyone. He began to walk over to the edge of the lake while covering the hole in the but of his pants with his hands . It sure was drafty in the back with almost nothing to cover it, was this how girls felt when they wore skirts? He pondered this as he made his way over to the lake edge.

Suddenly a head shot of the water sending sprays of water droplets everywhere, the small droplets glistened like liquid sunshine as they flew through the air.

"WHAT THE HELL?" came a high pitched and very annoyed voice.

Rock lee stared in front of him, there was a girl her, wet hair looked like black silk, her eyes were kindling an enraged flame.

"now look what you did! I was this close to perfecting that technique," skylark measured an imaginary distance in the air with both of her pointer fingers. "and you just had to rip your shorts-" she paused noticing he was wearing pants," or whatever you're wearing! And you barged into "MY" training area!" she huffed. "how annoying."

Lee stared at the girl in disbelief, he was both angry and embarrassed. How did she know he had ripped his shorts? He hadn't turned around. What did she mean "her" training area? This was is place to practice hand-to-hand combat!

"well, don't stand there and gape you moron say something! Are you blushing or is that instant sunburn! He-llo anybody home? Are you having trouble understanding what I'm saying? I bet you are, who wouldn't be stupid with eyebrows the size of MONTANA, you could land a plane on those things!" she slapped her hands down forcefully on the waters surface with a loud 'smack" that sent a mist of water droplets outwards.

"Y-you…."

Skylark lifted an eyebrow " huh? Oh, now you're talking. Well spit it out. I what?"

"I'll show you!" he yelped pointing a finger at her "you'll see I'll prove to you that I'm not stupid! I'm a genius of hard work!" he clenched his fist in the air gripping tighter and tighter "and this is "my" training area! Not yours! So scram!"

sigh and I managed to get naruto pretty ticker to…

How Skylark got naruto to hate her:

Naruto was just about to dig into a very large bowl of steaming miso ramen, he was practicly drooling, nothing could be better than this. When suddenly he realized that he didn't have any chopsticks. "Ah, dangit," he mumbled scooting back his stool with a screech of metal against granite, he stood up "I'll go ask sakura for a pair," he said scratching the back of his head. He turned around and grinned idioticly " Wait for me miso ramen!" he called "I'll be back to eat all of you!" and with that he bounded of to retrieve a pair of chopsticks.

Skylark trudged through town dragging her feet in the dirt. She was soaking, cold, and unbelievably hungry.

"GGGGRRRRRROOOOOOOOOWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL…" the sound of her rumbling stomach stretched through the air causing people to look around.

"oooohhh, I think I wasted to much energy yelling at that weird eyebrows kid." She grumbled clutching an empty stomach. She looked around slightly dazed " I need food."

Suddenly she spotted a lone bowl of miso ramen. Her head slightly lifted up strands of slippery wet hair dangling down in her face. Ramen? She thought. Somebody really does like me she thought as she picked up the bowl of ramen. The hot glass warmed her fingers and made them tingle as a hot mist rose from the bowl and blurred her vision. The smell was intoxicating, she slurped down the entire thing in a matter of minutes.

"ah" a puff of steam popped out of her mouth. She rubbed her full stomach her cheeks were a rosy pink. " man that hit the spot." She smiled contently tucking her hair behind her ears and closing her eyes.

"gasp!"

The sound of a gasp caused skylarks eyes to flicker open. She turned around and saw an open mouthed naruto holding a pair of chopsticks. Oh great, she thought, that was probably his.

"YOU SUCK!" naruto yelled waving an empty ramen bowl in skylarks face "now what am I supposed to eat! Dirt?"

Skylark began to walk of waving her hand in the air swatting naruto's words away like buzzing flies. She shook her head, she really didn't mean for that to happen.

"AAAAuuuuugggg!" she held her head in her hands, her fingernails clawed in to her scalp, she treid focusing on the pain but she still recalled everything that happened during the rest of the day.

She threw back her head and inhailed deeply, staring up at the vast blue sky. So firs there was sakura, then saske, then lee, then naruto. Not to mention that in the process I also got hinata to hate me, her relative neji, kiba but that was because I mistook his dog for a rag and I scrubbed the dishes with him, then there's Ino, EVEN KOHNOHAMARU HATES ME! AND HE'S LIKE FOUR FOOT TWO,AND 6 YEARS OLD!

Wh-what's this feeling I have right here, she thought clutching the place over her heart I feel the same way I did that day when…

Flashback:

"mama, d-do you love me?"

"no"

End flashback

She tucked her knees up under her chin, and wrapped her arms around herself. There was a stinging feeling in her eyes, and she forcefully shook her head. NO! she screamed at herself I won't cry! I won't! I won't! I won't!

A gust of wind blew by dancing around her, stirring her hair, and cooling her burning cheeks. She lifted her head at the sound of footsteps clacking on the bridge, light creaking and cracking noises escaped from the age old bridge as the person made their way across. The person came into view. She say a boy her age, he had wild fire red hair, and dark rimmed narrow eyes the color of a clear morning sky that seemed to dance with an unquenchable fire. His mouth was closed and expressionless. There was a large gord full of sand strapped to his back, and he wore the clothes of the people of the sand village. The last thing that she couldn't seem to tear her eyes away from about him was that on the left side of his brow was a symbol in red that seemd to burn, the symbol meant "love".