A/N: This is 'Another Mizukagami' so if you have time, please read 'Mizukagami' also.

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.

Hikaru's POV

I was always alone. Not need by anyone, I only tried to survive this cold world. Buring myself in the past and rejecting the present, I was always alone. The only thing that kept me alive was the promise I made to him. He wanted me to live. It was his last will. So I will live. To keep the promise made to him.

"… And there you go! You are now an official resident of Konoha!"

I nodded. I wasn't a person who talks just for something like that.

I walked out of the building and looked around for a quiet place where I can think about things. But it wasn't easy to find such a place in the middle of this noisy sato.

I signed in my head and put the hood of my cloak back on my head and headed toward the forest outside of the sato.

I had always liked the forest. As long as I can remember, I was in forests – until that day.

Ever since that day, I spent my life running and hiding. I've always thought about dying and go to where he is, but that's not one of the choices I can make. I promised him that I would live. Only if he was still alive…

I always wanted to cry when I thought about those, but I couldn't. My tears where dry – ever since that day. If my tears ever flow again, I don't think I will be alone anymore.

I closed my eyes and tried to lure myself into sleep. I also liked sleeping. Because surrounded by dreams, I could escape from reality. But–

"Sakura-chan!" There was always disturbance that prevents me to do so. "Sakura-chan, wait! Why won't you come with me? You are free this afternoon anyways, right?" Judging from the voice, it probably belonged to a boy who was over energetic.

"Naruto! I have better things to do other than spending time with you! And I'm not free! I made a promise with Ino!" A voice answered back. The owner of the voice was probably the girl called Sakura judging from the conversation.

"But Sakura-chan, Sasuke… Hm? Wait Sakura-chan!" One of the two stopped.

"What? I don't know that Ino's going to do to you if I am late!" The other one stopped also.

"Where's someone unconscious there!" E? Don't tell me…

"What? Wait, there really is!" There were sounds of landing ahead of me. "Yeah… But, I don't see any injuries, and he's not really in an unconscious pose… Maybe he's just asleep." I knew it…

"But, don't you think he's face is a bit blue?"

"Yeah… I think we should have a look at him." It seemed like the girl walked toward me and stopped just in front of me.

If I ignored them any longer, I would have been touched, so even I moved by then. Slapping the hand few inches away from my face, I opened my eyes and stood up.

"A!" The two in front of me gave out a small cry of surprise and watched me as I left the place. Soon, the boy called Naruto came back to himself and chased after me.

"Ne, nii-chan!" Suddenly, my view was filled with bright yellow. It seemed that the boy had stuck his head in front of my face. "Nii-chan, you're so cool! Haven't see you around before, but you're going to Konoha, right? Then, I'll take you there! I am Uzumaki Naruto, the man who's going to be the Hokage one day!" He got hold of my wrist and leaded me toward the sato. It seemed that he did not notice the fact that I am a girl. I was surprised by his sudden move for a second, and followed him for a step or two, but I slapped his hand away and walked head toward the opposite position. I didn't even say a single word.

The action I took was clear, but it seemed like Naruto did not understand it or he was indomitable.

"Nee, nii-chan! Sato is this way!" I tried to get hold of my wrist again, but before he could do that, I stopped and glared at him.

"Get lost," two simple words. But the effect was very efficient.

"Wha-, what! I was only…" Naruto tried to talk back with all this strength. But before he could finish saying his sentence, another voice dealt a final blow.

"That is called unnecessary kindness," a voice belonged neither to Naruto nor Sakura sounded. After moving my eyes to the place where the voice came from, I saw a black haired boy leaning against the tree.

Upon seeing him, Sakura screamed "Sasuke-kun!" with excitement. But Naruto complained "Oh, it's Sasuke… Acting cool again…" quietly. Of course, I did not show any reactions.

"You seem like you have a lot of nerves. What's the name?" It seemed like he too, thought I was a boy. I wasn't those people who give their name away when being asked for. And beyond that, he hadn't even named himself yet.

I ignored his question and walked deeper into the forest. There were a few sounds behind me, but I ignored that too.

That evening…

I stopped in front of a house. The day was quite peaceful if you do not consider the meeting with the three teenagers.

After looking down to the paper in my hand, I looked up to the house again. It seemed like this is the home sato gave me. I put the paper into the chest pocket and just when I was about to go into the house, a call from behind stopped me.

"So you are the one who moved here today." Responding to the bit familiar voice, I crooked my head a bit and looked back.

"Hm," the opponent turned around without saying another word and walked into the house across from mine.

He was that black haired boy – Sasuke.

A/N: Yeah… That's it… Chapter one. Hope you like it. I hope the last part was so messed up (I typed it out while watching TV, sorry). I hope reading this is as fun as 'Mizukagami' for those who had read those. Anyways thank you for reading and please review if you have the time. If you have more free time, please read 'Mizukagami' also.