Ok guys, once again I have updated unimaginably quickly... but that probably won't last forever... I like the fact that people are reading this.. I've gotten a bunch of hits... but a few reviews would be nice...

I do NOT own Naruto, it's called fan fiction for a reason

Move Along: loneliness doesn't make a sound

Song: Hello Hello

By: SR-71

Ayako ran out of the house with tears of sadness, frustration and anger welling up in her eyes. She told herself she was going to the training grounds to practice throwing kunai, but she knew that she was running away from her problems, it wasn't the right thing to do, but she didn't know what else to do... She was different than everybody else and everybody knew it... she didn't belong...

When she reached the training grounds, she walked over to a tree and collapsed underneath it. She sat there, crying and clutching the letter, the only thing she knew was true. She felt pathetic.

When she had asked her father if she was adopted, she thought he would deny it and all her doubts would vanish... she never expected him to go and tell her that she was correct...She couldn't believe that her parents hadn't told her... wait, they weren't her parents, right?... they had just found her in the forest... so, who was she really?

Uchiha... Uchiha Ayako... that's who she was... didn't sound too bad... at least she knew that was true... yet she still didn't know where she came from... she would go and find out once she graduated from the academy... everything she knew meant nothing now... all those times her mother had tried to comfort her... all those times she had been special... different in a good was...all of those "I love yous"... they meant nothing anymore...Amagakure no longer meant anything to her... how was she going to graduate and not become one of their ninja?... it isn't her home... it's not where she's from... if only she could graduate and not be bound to Amegakure... and not have to wear that headband that would tie her to here...

She sat there crying until she couldn't anymore, and them she just sat there looking up at the sky. All the time hoping someone would care enough to find her, to tell her it was ok...

nobody came to find her that night...

As she walked back into town the next morning she looked for someone to tell her it was ok, to tell her that she still mattered to them, or even to just to acknowledge her, but everyone avoided her gaze, until, finally, she stopped trying; she just walked around looking at the ground.

After a few hours of being back with her 'father' and 'mother' she decided she couldn't show her confusion. She would put on a smile, so she wouldn't keep getting those pity looks from people... the kind of look that said 'well I don't care enough to really do anything, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be her.' She didn't talk to her 'parents' too much that week... they didn't try to talk to her much either...

As the week went on, she seemed to be happy, most people would have said she was, even though she was often lost in thought, and never really talked to anyone at all... She had this feeling that something was wrong, something was missing... she was hollow, and she hated it... she was being pulled under, no matter how hard she was trying not to.

At graduation, she sat with the rest of her class...she still was unsure if she was going to accept the headband and life in Amagakure...

"Uchiha Ayako..." the instructor announced as a wave of silence spread through the crowd , you know, the kind of scilence that spreads through a room when a teacher comes back in? ... only this time it was a whole lot more uncomfortable "Uchiha Ayako?" she asked again.

It took Ayako a few seconds to realize that she was being called, she still wasn't completely accustomed to her name. She got up and began walking to the front of the room... 'reject it? accept it?' the questions resonated in her mind... 'reject it.'

She got to the front of the room and was handed a forehead protector. She was about to politely decline it, but she noticed that there was no symbol printed on it... it was blank... it wouldn't bind her to Amegakure...

Ayako quickly bowed "Thank you so much, Astumi-san" whispered. In return, her instuctor gave her a knowing wink. She walked back to her seat, now faced with an even bigger choice... She was free to do what she wanted... she didn't have to stay in Amegakure...

Hope you enjoyed that... I have no idea how it's going to continue... I'm open to suggestions... so review if you have any... and I'm not exactly the best at writing... I have the lowest grade in English out of all my friends, and it's not like all of them are geniuses, or anything... if anyone has any pointers to help me... I would really appreciate them...