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I hope you enjoy my story.

It will follow more or less from the beginning.

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Part I

Everything that happens, no matter how small, creates a ripple effect.

Even from the flap of the tiniest butterflies wings.

The cry of a baby fills the air. A heart wrenching cry from such a small thing.

"We must hide her now." All though the cries were loud they spoke in hush. "Another minute ...". A joyous occasion muddled and dimmed, "No." His words meant to be harsh and unforgiving were saddened. He brought a child into the world, a beautiful baby girl but in order for her to live a full life they had to get rid of her and fast.

"Promise me Minori, promise me you will take care of her. She will be our only hope after all." His brother with no blood ties. Minori owed a life debt to this man and it seemed now was the time to cash in that debt. In all the years Minori had known his best friend he had never once seen him cry. Minori watched this broken man look down at his new born child and there was a pull at his heart. In order for Minori to save his friend's child he must in turn crush his friend's heart.

Putting a firm grasp on the man's defeated shoulders he gripped it tight, "Till I die old friend."

15 years later: A baby Grows up.

"Suiren!"

Damn it. I pushed myself off the grass and ran into the house. Again. It seemed I couldn't stay out of my own head. Running into the kitchen I bowed down in apology. I didn't have an excuse for not paying attention this time. "Suiren .." His eyes softened when he looked at me and I couldn't help but smile.

"Hai, Oji." I watched him put a bowl of homemade ramen down for me and nodded for me to sit. I didn't think twice. The smell of miso broth made my stomach lurch. He sat down across from me. "Have you been practicing your chakra control?" I gulped the noodle I had in my mouth. " .. hai?"

"You are never going to get anywhere with that kind of mentality little one." He shook his chopsticks at me and I sighed blowing one of my dark black bangs back. He grinned at me, my uncle was tough on me but only because he had to be. He always told me that one day he wasn't going to be around anymore and I was going to have to protect myself. He was right but I was only 15, I wasn't ready to have to protect myself without his help.

I have been with my uncle Minori as long as I could remember. He raised me and even though we weren't blood he was my everything. I always poked fun and called us hermits because we lived in the forest in a small home he built before I was born. We had the convenience of the river near us, and the land of waves a two day's boat ride if we needed anything else. We hardly ever went there anymore though. Corruption because of a money hungry man made the land almost nothing now.

"What's on your mind?" I glanced up at him and pushed a chuckle passed my lips. He always knew when I was over thinking. "Could you maybe … tell me some stories about dad." I flinched when he coughed. My question must have caught him off guard. "Sorry. Forget it." I let me eyes wander to the window. The tree outside blowing slightly.

"He was a brave man your father." My eyes snapped back. I didn't know much about my parents. Never met them. I didn't even know what they looked like. All I had where the stories and as I got older the stories because memories. We talked about them less and less. I probably shouldn't even care I mean I didn't know them and they didn't raise me, but still. It was hard not having them around. I found my self wondering what life would have been like had they raised me.

Something pained me in my heart when I thought about them. "Did I ever tell you the story when your dad saved my life?" My uncle's eyes glistened at the thought. "No you haven't. I thought you said you would always beat dad whenever you guys spared?" I let me chopsticks hang in the bowl as he chuckled. "Well this was just luck I swear. Usually it was the other way around and I was always saving him when we were kids."

In almost an instance his eyes got dark and his lips where pressed into a thin line. "What's—" Before I could ask my uncle grabbed my hand and pulled into his bed room. I watched him fling his closet open and start putting things in my hands. A pouch, a map, some— kunai! "What's going on what's the matter?"

"Shh" He put his finger to my lips and I gulped nodding. Shutting the door to the closet he went to the window. Quickly I shoved all the things in the pouch and clipped it around my waist. I almost got hit in the face with the black sweater he threw at me. I pulled it over my head waiting for our next move.

I winced as he grabbed my shoulders tightly forcing me to look in his eyes. I wanted to cry. I didn't know why but his looked freighted me. "Listen to me Suiren, listen to me well. I need you to run. Run as fast as you can. Remember when I taught you to pull your chakra into yourself like ball when we played hide and seek?" I nodded, my lips about to part to ask a question. "I knew this day would come. You need to go to the village hidden in the leaves no matter what. Stay hidden, Trust No One."

"B-but. What about you?" I whined softly as he open the window. "I will stay and fight. I will find you when I can, I promise." A quick kiss on the forehead broke my fragile heart. This place, my uncle, it was all I knew. "You need to find the Hokage."

"The Hokage?" I said softly. "Yes, yes child. The 3rd Hokage. He can answer the questions you seek." My body hit the dirt floor and the window was closed behind me. An uncommon mist filled the air and I gulped. Thinking hard and gathering my chakra like my uncle said I was ready. Time for hide and seek right.

I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. My eyes damp and wet. I wanted to turn back but my legs kept moving. I could hear my uncle yelling for me to run. My head throbbed with his voice echoing in my skull. Run he said so I ran.

I didn't know how long it had been since I left my uncle and I had no idea where I was but I had to stop. My legs trembled. Leaning against a tree I sighed. I pulled out the map from my pouch and tried to make some sense of it. There was a star that looked like it had been drawn on. That was our house, I was sure because of where it was in relation to the river. Glancing around I saw the village hidden on the leaves. It was so far, I couldn't help but sigh again. I didn't even know where I was let alone know if I was going in the right direction. But I trusted my uncle and I trusted him to guide my way, somehow.

Before I could push myself up I gasped and fell to the side, a kunai was sticking out of the tree right where my head had been. I sweat dropped. That was to close.

"Naruto, you idiot stop trying to scare us!" I flinched at the sound of a voice. "I'm sorry Sakura I just thought I sensed something there." Like a baka, I didn't move from my spot. A pink haired girl push through the bushes eyeing me with her sea foam green orbs. "Look what you did Naruto." She yelled. Before I could move a yellow hair boy, shorter than my self looked over. "Oh god im so sorry." I stood up and scratched the back of my neck.

"It's alright." I muttered. I looked and noticed another young boy with black hair and an unamused look on his face. An older man with his face more than half covered and then an old geezer with a bottle in his hand. Trust to one.

My uncle's words passed through my brain. "Are you okay?" the man with the covered faced asked. I nodded quickly and stepped out from behind the bush. "I should get going." I said turning around but I ended up walking into the kid with the dark hair. He must have been stationed pretty strong cause I fell back right on my butt.

"Look what you did SASUKE!" I nibbled my lip as I watched them bicker. The pink hair girl ending it all by punching the blond in the head. I flinched a bit.

I finally notice that 4 of them had ninja headbands with leaves on them. I was slightly optimistic, but only slightly. "What's your name girl?" I looked up at the older ninja, with his face covered. He had silver hair and his headband cover one of his eyes. He put a hand out and helped me up. I dusted myself off and tried to get some kind of back bone.

"My name is Suiren." I said trying to suppress an awkward chuckle. "Well it's nice to meet you Suiren, my name is Kakashi and this is my team. Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke." They nodded in my direction and I just gave them a small wave. "Well it's great to meet you guys but I really have to get going." I turned around with a final farewell but looked around. I really had no idea where I was or where I was going.

Turning back around I kicked my foot against the ground. "You wouldn't happen to know where the Village hidden in the leaves is, do you. Could you point me in the right direction?" They all looked at me oddly and I felt my cheeks flush.

"We're from the Leaf village!" The blond said. Well that's actually a stroke of luck. "Really?" Could I really have gotten the break I needed to get to where I wanted to go? "What's your business there?" The quite one spoke up. With the dark hair and dark eyes, Sasuke was his name if I remembered correctly. My lips pressed into a thin line as the younger boy eyed me suspiciously. The squirt had to be at least a year or even two under me.

"What's the hold up? We need to get going." The man who defiantly wasn't a nin at all finally spoke. He looked annoyed at the situation. "Never mind. I'll just find it myself." I said it a huff. Screw them I can do this. I think.

"Look what you did baka." I stomped my feet slightly as I walked. I wasn't used to dealing with kids my own age and I already hated it. "Suiren?" I stopped and looked over my shoulder at the older man, Kakashi had called out my name. "You're going the wrong way." I sighed and pinched the bridge of my nose.

"Cant she just come with us Kakashi-Sensei?" The blond one, Naruto was quickly becoming my favorite of the bunch.

"Idiot we are on a mission right now. Or did you forget." Sakura commented and rolled her eyes at the boy. Poor kid.

"Oh right." He said trying to think of something else that could work. "Cant she just come with us to the land of waves and when we finish our mission we can bring her back to the village." He smiled like he had solved the million dollar question. I didn't know what to say. It might be nice to travel with some ninja. I knew some stuff that my uncle taught me but I wasn't a ninja. One wrong move and I could die out here, I was sure any of the sparing we did was nothing compared to what was actually out there.

"I guess that wouldn't be too much of a problem." Kakashi finally spoke after a moment or two of silence. I let out a grunt of relief. "Wow, really? Thank you so much." He nodded in my direction. His eyes looked like they were smiling at me. He started to walk again with the older drunk guy by his side. Sakura was soon to follow and Naruto fell in line with me. Sasuke behind us all.

"So are you from around here?" the blond tried to strike up a conversation but I kind of wasn't in the mood to talk. I thought of my uncle and not realizing it pulled my chakra further to myself as tight as I could. I felt hidden that way. "Sort of." I said knowing I had to at least be nice to these people till they helped me out. "I live with my uncle in a small house out here in the woods."

"Where is your uncle?" Sakura pipped up and asked. I sighed a bit. "He is back home. He told me he would come find me when the time was right." At least I had hoped he was alright. I'm not sure I could forgive myself anything happened to him. After all I did was run like a coward.

A grim expression graced my lips as I got pulled into my own mind. I was praying we would get this mission done so I could complete mine. Everyone had stopped and Kakashi had a uninviting look on his face.

"We are being followed."

Disclaimer: I don't own any characters. Only my oc Suiren and her uncle and maybe a few to come.

Updated 1.17.19