Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. But, I probably could if I um, bought it. All I need now is a couple hundred thousand dollars, maybe a couple million, and um… does anyone know what else I'll need? Or a couple hundred thousand dollars to start me off?

The New Annoyance

Sasuke was bored. The kind of bored where you have absolutely nothing to do and you think really hard about the stupidest things. Well, he thought about everything that happened that day, which was basically a whole lot of nothing. He looked up and noticed the clouds were rolling in. He always liked to sit near the window. It made him feel content, like something was being satisfied inside him. Anyway, what did he do today… Sitting by a tree… Walking around… Count how many times Naruto went to get Ramen… Listen to Sakura talk about nothing… Draw pictures in the dirt… meet a girl. That was pretty much his day.

There was something strange about Keitorin. He just couldn't say quite what it was. He just sensed something strange. It started to thunder. That was one less thing he could do… Practicing in a storm was not his idea of a distraction. Well, actually it was, just a bad one. Not a very good distraction from being bored. He gazed out the window. He could see Keitorin, her figure illuminated by the lightning. She was going outside in the pouring rain. Okay… Now she's practicing in the pouring rain.

Interesting… Her way of practicing was making a shadow clone attack her. She had to be nuts. Practicing in the rain! Anyway, shadow clones must have been hard. She was, by the way, only eleven. She did many various jutsus, some quite complicated. He wondered where she learned them. Keitorin was quite good at taijutsu.

It got quite windy and she finally gave up. He was beginning to get a little worried, because it was very windy, very cold, and she was dripping wet. Well, he figured that if anything horrible happened to her, it could be partially his fault, because he lives right next door to her. It seemed that they wanted her there for a reason. Number one, the house was reserved. Two, was it really just a coincidence that Keitorin got put next to Sasuke, the best of Kakashi's students? And three, it was the only thing he could think of to keep him from being bored. So basically, he was relieved when she went inside. Then again, now he nothing to watch, so he was bored again.

The rest of his night passed by in the same way- boring!- and he ate and got into bed. He was pretty tired- he actually didn't know why because he did pretty much nothing the whole day.

He was just about to crawl into the warm comfort of his bed when he heard glass break. A window break. He stood erect and poised for battle. Then he looked out his window. Did he see a dark figure? No, it couldn't have been. Then, his heart leapt into his throat as he heard a scream- as he heard Keitorin scream.

He ran out his door and got to the window. It was a cellar window, the ones that you can never see out of because they're too high at the very bottom of where the house touches the ground. Sasuke squatted down and peered through. He saw about fifteen ninja surrounding Keitorin. She was getting ready for bed, too; she was in a light blue nightgown. He watched, frozen in place. The ninja were from the Hidden Rain village. Sasuke wondered what they were doing in Hidden Leaf, and why were they attacking an eleven year old girl? She was absolutely shaking with fear.

One of the ninja, apparently the leader,stepped forward, and said formally, "Keitorin Marukomu, you are sentenced to be brought back to the village Hidden in the Rain. (If anyone finds out the other name for it, please tell me! You know, like the Hidden Leaf village is also called Konoha.) Then the ninja got close to her face and whispered so quietly that Sasuke couldn't hear it. "You know…It's a shame. Keitorin Marukomu of the Hidden Grass village… I thought you'd put up more of a fight. I guess that rumors should never be believed." He stepped back and let the other ninjas attack her.

Sasuke was watching in horror. He had to help. She couldn't fight them off! He started ticking the reasons off his fingers. She was only eleven. She was a little, inexperiencedgirl. She looked like the only fight she had ever put up with is her shadow clones, and if you ever get in trouble, you can undo that jutsu. She was… He looked up, and his mouth dropped open. She was beautiful! She had taken her ponytail out and looked prepared to fight. How much that altered her appearance! He wondered why she kept her beautiful blue hair up, she looked perfect with it down. He shook his head. What was he doing? Was he falling in love? No, he couldn't be. He shook his head, trying to shake the thought of how beautiful she looked with her hair down out of his head. But he couldn't do it. Not all the way, all least.

She did a few hand seals then shouted, "Panthera tigris tigris Jutsu!" Before Sasuke's eyes, there was a large tiger in the spot that Keitorin had been standing. The Hidden Rain ninjas seemed just as surprised as he was. She took out seven ninjas with this attack and undid the jutsu. Apparently, that took a lot of chakra. She was panting heavily, and four more ninja came flying at her. She wasn't ready, they were aiming to cut her throat. Sasuke threw four shuriken and hit his mark each time. The fight paused for a second to turn to Sasuke, who had now jumped down into the room to join the fight. Then the leader shouted to the remaining of his team, which was only four, "Spare the girl, kill the boy!" Sasuke was getting surprises all over the place. Well, surprise, surprise, Sasuke, Keitorin had her Sharingan on. Sasuke stared into her red eyes. Then, they advanced on the four other ninja. They threw their kunai at them and quickly finished them off. The next part wouldn't so easy. They had to face the leader. By this point, Sasuke had activated his Sharingan, also.

The leader looked very nervous. Two pissed off teenagers with their Sharingan activated, coming at you with many complicated jutsus that you never took the time to learn, with kunai and shuriken easily in reach equals ouch. He tried to escape, but Sasuke already had him.

He used his Pheonix Fire mixed with Taijutsu to start it off. Then Keitorin grabbed him and threw him up in the air where Sasuke started kicking and punching him. He was greeted by Keitorin who pounded him into the ground with a hard kick. The two children panting heavily stared at the intruder with a look of disgust.

"What do we do now?" Keitorin asked, putting her hair back in its ponytail.

"Well, I guess we should go to the Hokage," he answered quietly.

"Do you think that he'll wake up?" Keitorin asked.

"I doubt it," Sasuke replied.

So the two made their way to the Hokage.

Okay, Next chapter whenever I feel like it. I think I got the name for the Hidden Leaf Village correct, but I'm not a hundred percent sure. It's Konoha, right?I want at least twice as many reviews as got before to go to chapter three, so if you reviewed before, you better review again. In the next chapter, find out how Keitorin is related to Sasuke, why the ninja from the Village Hidden in the Rain wanted to capture Keitorin, and her complex and confusing past.