Together We Are Strong
Chapter 1
Sasuke was walking home from a tiring lunch with Naruto, Sakura, and Kakashi at Naruto's favorite ramen place. 'God that was disgusting!' thought Sasuke thinking about the way Naruto shoved ramen in his mouth. He almost visibly cringed at the thought. He was broken from his train of thought when he heard someone crying. Sasuke turned to see a girl sitting on the curb on the sidewalk crying. She was bleeding down her left arm and appeared to have been in a fight. ' Her problem not mine.' Thought Sasuke as he turned to walk away. He only made it a few steps before turning to look at the girl again. She had light brown hair pulled into a ponytail that went to about her shoulder blades. She had pale skin and appeared to be about his age.
Before Sasuke could even realize what he was doing he was standing about a foot in front of the girl. ' What the hell am I doing?' yelled Sasuke inside his head. ' This girl is not your problem! Who cares!' Even with these thoughts Sasuke couldn't pull himself away from the girl. The girl had obviously sensed him standing in front of her because he had been standing there for about a minute as he yelled at himself. The girl looked up at him with deep blue eyes and tear stained cheeks. She glared at him and Sasuke felt as if she could see right through him. But Sasuke could see behind the glare, he could see behind her mask. He could do this because he wore a mask as well and glared at people often. He could see the hurt in her eyes. Another reason she was like him. He was hurt but did not want the help or sympathy of others, neither did she.
" What do you want?" asked the girl in a sharp voice. But you could still hear the shaking in her voice from her previous crying. At first Sasuke was stunned. Usually the moment a girl saw him she attacked him because they would always say he was 'cute'. But this girl actually treated him like a human being! " Well?" asked the girl getting irritated and impatient.
" Oh…uh… I just wanted to see if you were okay. You were crying and have a cut down your arm." Said Sasuke in a monotone. The girl looked at her arm and for the first time noticed the gash and the blood flowing toward her hand. She let out a small laugh at her own carelessness before turning back to him.
" Thanks for your concern but I don't need your help." She said. Then she got up to leave. When she did she let out a small yelp of pain before tumbling toward the ground again. With Sasuke's fast reflexes he was able to catch and let her gently lay down on the ground and then sat next to her.
" Looks like you broke your ankle." He said. She just gave him a 'thanks for pointing out the obvious' look.
" Yeah I got that." She said. " Thanks for helping me but as I said before, I don't need your help."
" I beg to differ." Said Sasuke in a 'matter of fact' tone. " You have a broken ankle and an arm that probably needs stitches." The girl just stared at him.
" I'll manage." She said.
" Look. I'm just trying to help. It's not really something that I do that often. You need somewhere to stay and I'm sure that if I take you to the academy than they can help you. By the way, how did you even make it hear with that ankle?" Asked Sasuke suddenly very curious as to where this girl had been.
" Is that really any of your business?" asked the girl.
" If I'm going to be helping you than yes, it is." Said Sasuke getting agitated with her stubbornness. The girl sighed.
" Well as much as I hate to admit it, you're right. I can't go anywhere and I need medical attention. But do we really have to go to the academy?" She said the end part almost timidly. Sasuke looked at her confused.
" Well yeah. Why?" he asked.
" I…uh…." Said the girl stuttering. Sasuke decided to help her out and start with introductions. 'I've gotten myself way too deep.' Thought Sasuke.
" How about we start with names and then we can move on to why you are here, what happened, and why you won't go to the academy for help." Suggested Sasuke. The girl just nodded and said.
" Okay but I'm not making any promises."
" I am Uchia Sasuke." He said introducing himself and sticking out his hand for her to shake. The girl sighed and Sasuke could tell she was wondering if she could trust him.
" I'm Amaya. Lets just leave the last name out." She said shaking Sasuke's hand. ' Amaya.' Though Sasuke. ' That's a nice name.'
" Okay with introductions out of the way, why don't we move on to why you are here. Do you live in the village?" asked Sasuke. Amaya started to look kind of nervous.
" No, I don't live here or anywhere really. I travel a lot. And well I got in a fight and I was starting to lose. I knew that if I ever wanted him dead than I had to leave. I wasn't ready. So I ran." Amaya's voice wavered a bit like when she was crying. Sasuke nodded in understanding.
" Okay so with that out of the way why don't you tell me what happened during said fight." Said Sasuke getting really interested in what this girl had to say.
" I …uh…" her eyes started to get watery. " A ninja doesn't cry, damnit!' she mumbled but Sasuke still heard. She took a deep breath and continued. " There is a man that murdered my parents when I was 9 years old. Me… me and my older sister where lucky enough to get away. She was only 11 at the time so we traveled and trained for a year." A tear slid down her cheek and she shut her eyes tightly. " But then…then… after that year when I was 10 and she was 12, I had gone out to get some food. And when… when I came back my older sister was… hanging from the roof of our house. She had committed suicide! She was always looking after me...and…she just couldn't…take the pressure." Amaya was now crying again. " I traveled after that. I have to kill him! He is responsible…for the death of my sister and parents!" said Amaya.
" What happened next?" asked Sasuke.
" I was… traveling…through the forest…I got ambushed. I fought…started losing….ran…. ended up here." Said Amaya between sobs. Sasuke had a bad feeling and started looking around for any sign of the people that might of ambushed Amaya.
" Did they follow you back?" asked Sasuke in a stern voice. Amaya just shook her head. Sasuke had a bad feeling about this. He turned to Amaya and grabbed her shoulders to get her attention. " Amaya, who was it that killed your family?" he asked. Her eyes turned from pouring tears to cold stone as she said his name.
" Uchia Itashi."
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I have written other fic but this is my first Naruto fic. So please go easy on me. NO FLAMES! This will be SasuOC romance but not til later. I really hope you guys like it! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW!
-RavenEmpressOfAzarath
