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I played with the headband a bit. It glistened in the sun light. A ninja. I would have never thought in a million years that I would be a ninja. I never thought that after all this time my life would just become normal. I take that back, as normal as it could be. Something tugged at the back of my mind. I replayed the Hokage's conversation over and over again. To keep me hidden. My clan was gone. As I came out of hiding more and more, would that mean I would be putting myself in danger?

I thought about enemies and trying times I knew were ahead and assumed a normal life was probably something I would never see in my life time but I could try to get as close to it as possible. "Suiren?" My eyes darted up at the dark haired boy. He must have said my names a few times before I actually heard him. "I'm sorry, what's up?" I looked around to see Kakashi saying a few words to Naruto and Sakura. He thought it was best that I didn't join in training today. He was right though. It had been a long intense day and I needed some rest.

"Hn." He said and I couldn't help but smack my forehead lightly. "I don't speak hn." I mumbled pushing myself off the ground. A faint smirk graced his lips, "We finished training." I nodded. I sort of noticed. I walked with him back to the others. "So Suiren would you like me to show you where you will be staying?" I gulped a bit. It was the Hokage's idea for me to stay close to Kakashi-sensei. One I guess because he was strong and two because besides myself and the Hokage he knew just as much as I did about myself. Maybe more.

Rubbing the back of my neck I sighed, "I'm going to take a walk first?" I said as more of a question. He eyed me suspiciously. "Sure. Here is a map. The leaf is my home." He said with an eye smile. The map didn't look so complicated. I bowed my head, "Thank you. I will see you guys tomorrow." I said waving to my new teammates. They seemed hesitant to let me go on my own, I wondered what Kakashi-sensei had already told them. "You want some company?" Naruto asked and I gave him a faint grin. "No thank you. I just need to clear my head."

Turning on my heels I started walking into the forest a bit, a light dirt path leading the way. Taking a deep breathe in I frowned. I had been holding it in for a while. I was trying to be optimistic but that wasn't one of my strong suits. It wasn't long before I stumble along another clearing with three stumps. Eyeing them I tied my headband around my waist. Taking a fighting stance I knew my hand to hand combat was terrible. Plus it would probably help me blow off some steam.

Hit after hit I made contact with the middle stump. Kick, kick, punch, Dodge, jump, kick, block, kick, punch, dodge. My breathing was starting to become heavy. I was getting mad with every hit. Anger filling my core. Punch, kick, block, punch, punch. I could feel the skin on my knuckles starting to wear down but I didn't care. Punch, Punch, block, punch, punch. Before I knew it, I was just punching the stump. Trying everything in me to knock it over. I ignored the blood staining it and dripping softly down my hand onto the floor. I even ignored the stray tears making their way down my cheek.

I jumped when a familiar chakra appeared beside me grabbing my wrist before it made contact with the stump another time. I ripped my hand away from him and quickly got rid of any trace of crying. "What are you doing?" He said coolly. If he had seen me sniffle he didn't say anything. I was thankful for that. "I-I well I just … I'm really horrible at hand to hand combat, I'm weak and kind of slow if I'm not relying on my chakra." I dropped my gaze to the floor. It wasn't a complete lie.

"Why didn't you say something? It is much more efficient to practice hand to hand with an actual moving opponent if you want to work on your speed." Looking up at him and chewed my bottom lip. That makes sense. I was a little in shock though. The boy never really said that many words in one sitting before. I guess because it was about training it brought more out of him. "That makes sense. Should we start then?" I said taking a step back assuming a fighting stance.

I noticed him roll his eyes and step forward grabbing my hand again, "Baka." He mumbled before looking at the damage of my knuckles. I winced a bit not realizing how bad the injury actually was. I had a few splinters sticking out. "Come on." He said going back to his cool unmovable nature. I let him drag me along. I didn't really know where I was or where we were going so I just let him.

"Sit." He said and I obeyed making myself at home on the rug as I leaned against the couch. I figured this was his house. I looked around, it was quiet. No one seemed to be home. There was no way that a 14 year old could live alone right? "No one home yet?" I asked and watched him stiffen up. He tried to shake it off coming back over to me with a basket. "No." he said a little harshly and I dropped the matter instantly. Sitting in front of me I eyed him pull out some tweezers, ointment and bandage wrappings. He started by pulling out the many splinters that littered my knuckles.

It was silent but not an awkward one. I watched his face intently. His eyes never leaving where he worked. "So you're not going to be living with your parents?" He asked dryly. I knew that the team wondered why I would be living with Kakashi-sensei and thankfully the older ninja left it up to me to tell my teammates when I had the nerve to. "No." I said wondering if I even wanted to tell them. I didn't want them to look at me any differently. I was just starting to get to know them.

"Oh." He said glancing up at me for only a moment before moving to the other hand. "Why?" He asked. He made everything sound so simple. Like we were having a walk in the park conversation. I started count the hairs on his head. I wasn't sure if I was ready to tell him. But maybe I could. Maybe letting one person know would ease the burden and I would soon be able to tell the others. "They're dead."

I winced as he tensed up, "Sorry." He said quickly letting some of the pressure off my hand. He didn't seem like he was giving off pity and that I was grateful for. He continued taking out the last few pieces of wood before grabbing the ointment. "Same." He said. It was my turn to tense up. Heat rushing to my neck. Maybe I had more in common with this mysterious dark haired boy then I thought.

It wasn't long before he wrapped my hands up, each finger and then the whole hand. Loose enough that I could move but tight enough that I could function. I clenched my hands slightly. The ointment had to be working because the pain was starting to dull down. "Thank you." I pushed past my lips as he got up and put the basket in the bathroom. He nodded back what I could only assume was a 'you're welcome'. Standing up I felt like I had over stayed my welcome. "I should get going." I tucked a stray hair behind me ear as Sasuke shoved his hands in his pants pocket walking toward the door.

Opening it for me I rushed out, surprised when he followed. "I'll show you to Kakashi-sensei's house." Locking the door behind him he started to walk and all I could do was follow. It was silent again. I could get used to the silence. It was oddly comforting.

"Can I ask you another question?" Looking to the side as I fell in step with him, I nodded. It was a touchy subject he would ask about. I could tell by the look on his face. "No family?" I didn't hesitate this time to answer. "Dead." I was curious to why his face hardened the way it did. It wasn't long till he choked back those feelings and kept pressing forward. Silence took over once more for the rest of the way. Turning around as we got to the front door a smiled softly. "Thanks." I said lifting up my hand a bit. It really was a nice thing for him to help me out.

He nodded, a man of few words once again. I heard the door open and I turned around to see a curious eyed Kakashi, "What happened to your hands?" he asked. Looking down, I then turned around to see Sasuke was gone. Damn that kid was fast. "I –I well … I just hurt myself on my walk is all. Nothing crazy I'll be fine."

I walked in while he held the door open. His house was very nice. Not to big but spacious enough for more than one. The kitchen and living room was open floor planned connected by an island with enough space for 4 people. "This way." He said walking up the stairs and down a medium sized hall way. "This is my room, the bathroom, my study and your room." I eyed his room as we walked by. The door was ajar but not enough for me to notice anything in particular.

I pushed the cream door open. The room was pretty spacious. A full size bed against the left side of the room, center in front of a small window. The desk was on the right with a book shelf next to it. A small closet next to the main door and a balcony across from where the two of us stood. "This is great. Thank you so much Kakashi-sensei." I bowed at him slightly. I could sense him smile behind the mask, "It's my pleasure I really hope you make yourself at home here. Sakura helped me by buying a simple bed spread for you, it's in the closet and there are some – gifts hiding around the room." Gifts? I bowed again to show my gratitude. Without him I would probably be living on the street. Honestly with out them I might have ended up dead in that forest and never reaching the leaf village.

With an eye smile he walked back down the hall and into his study. Cautiously I moved into the room and opened the closet. A set of black sheets sat on the top self above the poll to hang clothes I didn't have. Right next to the sheets on the same shelf was a dark Violet top sheet. I pulled it all down and smiled. I would really have to thank the girl. She really went out of her way to make me feel at home.

Quickly I made my bed and hung up my back sweater. I probably wouldn't wear it anymore just because I didn't want it to get anymore ruined. Upon inspecting the top sheet a little more I notice the violet had small swirls of what looked like stars on it. I sighed in content. Making my way to the desk I opened one of the draws to see a note book and a letter on top of it.

I know when times get tough,

I write in a journal to get everything out.

Hope you get some use out of this

-Sakura

Now I had to do something for this pink haired girl. It seemed that she would quickly be my first girlfriend, maybe ever. I let my fingers run over the bright purple notebook with the small black flowers. I wondered how she even knew they were kind of my favorite colors. If I could say that I had a favorite.

I closed the draw and opened the other larger one next to it. My brows furred together. Another note?!

Suiren-chan!

I hope you love it here as much as I do!

Here are some ramen coupons for one bowl of free ramen.

We should go sometime.

-Naruto

I smiled wide when I grabbed the envelope with three coupons in it. These teammates of mine were just too good to be true. They kind of got my cold heart going again. Maybe I would learn to like it here. Placing the coupons on my desk I shook my head. The smile still there. The only person to every make me smile like that was my uncle.

Walking over to the balcony I pulled the white curtains only to fall back on my ass. The raven boy had scared the crap out of me and I started to cough when spit went down the wrong pipe. Sasuke came in and started patting my back putting a finger to his lips. "What the hell?" I hissed pushing myself off the floor and closing the door that lead out to the hall way. I listen but it seemed that Kakashi didn't hear anything amiss.

"I forgot." Placing a small jar of ointment in my hand I watched him carefully. "I'm sure you want to heal, Then we can train." Pressing his lips into a thin line he looked around my bare room. I cleared my throat a bit. "Thank you."

"hn." He said before waving and walking back out onto the balcony. I joined him half expecting him to leave but he didn't right away. "Did you find everything they left you?" I looked over at him cocking an eyebrow. "Uhh, yea the book and the ramen coupons. It was really sweet." I smiled at the thought of their gestures. "It was Sakura's idea but we kind of all agreed it was a good idea." My nose twitched. Was there something else that I hadn't found from Sasuke?

"Here." He said handing me a red scroll." I grabbed it and looked at it turning it in my hands. A scroll? "Thanks." I said noticing it was tied with a piece of red string. I could make out the same symbol from his back on the outside of it. "It's an Uchiha scroll. From my clan, we specialize in fire Justus so I figured you would make good use of it." I smiled bright at him and couldn't help but tussle his hair. "Well thanks kid. This is really sweet." He tensed at my touch and gave me a quick glare.

"Don't get used to it." He mumbled stepping up on the edge of the balcony. Jump off into the night. What a weirdo. I mean really. One second I can't get the kid to shut up and other times I can't get him to speak actually words. Rolling my eyes I went back into my room and place the scroll on the desk. I realized how tired I really was and was delighted to crawl into bed.

Disclaimer: I don not own Naruto ™ only my own Oc's thrown into the mix.

Updated 1.17.19