Chapter 2: Mirror Eyes

Naruto had been cleared from the hospital the next day. With nothing to do he decided to go back home and prepare for his trip. He decided to seal a couple hundred Kunai and shuriken. He also packed 100 meters of ninja wire and two dozen paper bombs.

He looked himself in the mirror and noticed that the orange jumpsuit he was wearing was old and torn. Most of his other jumpsuits were also in a similar condition. He decided that he would wait until him and Jiraiya were out of the village to buy new clothes. The villagers would overprice him if he bought new clothes here. The price had slowly reduced because he had become a ninja but it was still there.

He grabbed his hitaiate from the nightstand next to his bed. He looked at it closely and slowly brought it up to his forehead. As he was about to tie it around his forehead, he decided against it. He was hesitant. How could he proudly wear the symbol of a village who had scribes him for his entire life? Most of the people in the village would have celebrated if Sasuke's chidori killed him. Hell, they most likely would've worshipped him as a hero for getting rid of the demon.

He simply couldn't wear the headband proudly on his head. There were still people in the village that he considered precious. Those would be Tsunadae, Shizune, the Ichirakus, some of the jonin sensei and his friends. But that was all. He would protect the village only because it was the home of those he considered precious.

But to keep up appearances, he had decided to lie to Jiraiya. Becoming Hokage was a goal of his, yes. But it was only a side goal that would help him achieve his main objective. And what was that objective, you ask? That objective was to become the strongest shinobi in existence.

Sasuke had shown him that if he wanted to protect the bonds that he had made with other people, he'd need power. He would let those precious to him to choose their own path but he wanted to be the pillar to their success even if it was only in the darkness. That is the reason he needed to obtain power. He protect those precious to him. That was his objective, his reason to live.

He decided to tie his hitaiate around his arm like shikamaru wore his. He grabbed the bag that had his supplies and swing it around his back, sliding his arms throughly both straps. He walked to the door of his apartment in confident strides. He turned around one last time and took one last look at the place he called home and then walked out.

He had made another choice at the hospital. He would avoid his friends until his departure. After his lose to Sasuke, he felt as if he didn't deserve their farewells. He was also avoiding them, hoping that they'd forget him until it was too late. So he took to the rooftops.

He had arrived early to the main gates and found Jiraiya to be no where in sight. So he decided to sit on a brace of a nearby tree and wait. He eyed some of the villagers as they began their morning rituals. He also noticed something that filled him with rage.

A girl around his age was walking down the streets. She had silky black hair and dark silver eyes. She had milky white skin and a beautiful smile on her face. She wore a dark purple sleeveless shirt and black Anbu pants with a grey shuriken holster tied around her right leg with tape. She also used black shinobi sandals and her hitaiate was tied around her waist. Naruto had believed he had died and gone to heaven. She looked like the almighty Kami herself. But the smile on her face was fake. He would know better then anyone. He had used that exact same smile for 13 years of his life.

He also noticed the mutterings coming from the villagers she passed by. The eyes that expressed nothing but hatred looking directly at the girl. But even so the girl only kept smiling. Naruto had enhanced senses thanks to to Kyuubi. What he heard the villagers saying made him narrow his eyes.

Naruto jumped down from his position and made his way to the girl. She had just passed most of the villagers that were outside at the moment so that would make it easier. She turned a corner into an empty street and stopped walking

"I know you're following me so you might as well come out," said the mystery girl.

Naruto walked out from the side of a building. He slowly approached the girl and kept eye contact with her. Those eyes…

They looked empty and cold. Devoid of all emotion. He had to know her story. His mind was dying to find out the story behind her eyes.

"What do you want? Are you a stalker or something," said the girl. You'd think she'd say those words with an accusing tone but there was no emotion in her voice.

Naruto couldn't take it anymore. He had to know. "What's your name?" asked Naruto. His modest may have changed but Naruto was still as blunt as ever.

"Isn't it common courtesy to give your own name before asking for someone else's?" asked the girl with a small glint in her eyes. She didn't know why but she felt more emotions around this boy. There was something different about him. Something no one else in this village had.

"My bad, my names Uzumaki Naruto. What's yours?" Naruto asked again with a slight twitch in his eyebrow. This girl was getting a kick out of messing with him. He could see it in her eyes. Shinobi are taught never to show emotion in battle. They may lie with their voice and actions but there was something not even the most veteran shinobi could do. Control their eyes…

The eyes in a person are an open gateway with no doors. No matter how much you try to close them, you can't. You may try to close them because they are the projections of your emotions. And even though Naruto was getting annoyed by this girl, somewhere deep in his heart he felt a sense of accomplishment for making her feel something other then sadness and loneliness. But he would never admit that to this girl. Yep, definitely not…

The girl didn't know why she should trusted him with her name. Names were very important in this world because they held power. For example, names like Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju would create fear in some cases and happiness in others.

"My name is Yukinoshita Yukino," spoke the now named Yukino. Her eyes widened at that moment. She didn't mean to tell him her name. Now she was inwardly panicking. Surely he'd heard of her by now. And now that he knew her identity, he would simply leave like all the others.

She had been hoping that maybe this blunt and idiotic boy would befriend her. He was like a ray of hope in her cloudy world. But she had covered that ray of hope with one sentence. Now he'd surely-

"Nice to meet you Yukino-chan," Naruto said with one of his foxy grins. He was showing happiness outwardly but inwardly was a different story. He hadn't missed that moment of fear in her eyes once she spoke her name.

She couldn't believe her ears. He had heard her name and still hadn't run for her like she was the plague. But why? It made no sense.

"Why aren't you running away like the others?" Yukino asked. She had to know why he stayed. Maybe he truly didn't care about her story. But he was most likely trying to trick her like all those other people. That must be it. He was only trying to hurt her.

"Why would I run away from you? It's not like you be done anything wrong to me," spoke Naruto with a confused expression. This girl was afraid he'd run away just because of her name? Why in the world would anyone do that?

Those words struck a cord in her. He must be tricking her! There was no way he didn't know who she was. She felt anger towards him but another emotion far surpassed that. She felt sadness. She thought that maybe she could finally have a friend. "You can stop trying to trick me. I already know you only want to hurt me." Said Yukino.

Naruto had been waiting for this. He was only acting the fool to get this side of her out. He didn't want to see the mask, but the person behind it. Now he could finally get to the bottom of those eyes.

"I'm not trying to hurt you. That's the last thing on my mind. After all, us outcast have to stick together, right?" stated Naruto. And at that moment he dropped his act. He looked into her eyes and showed her a mirror image of her own.

Her eyes widened in shock the moment her eyes met his. They were the same. His eyes showed her that he had gone through the same pain as her. Maybe there was still hope.

"I want to get to know you better Yukino. I want to know what this village has done to you to gain those eye," spoke Naruto. "Come on follow me, let's go talk somewhere more private."

He turned on his heels and began his journey back to the gate. She saw his back get farther and farther away until she began her own trek to catch him. She jogged until she was standing side by side with Naruto. They slowly made it back to the gate where they would later exchange their pains and learn to understand each other…

End of Chapter 2

AN:

Well I never expected this. Chapter 1 was only 1k words and you guys gave so much support. And a friend of mine kinda laughed at me for the Sakura rant last chapter. Sorry about that, I got carried away. But anyway, I want to thank each and every one of you for all the support on this story. And I want to wish you all a merry Christmas and happy new year. I also want to know what you guys think about my chapters. I could probably put up a 2k chapter every couple of days or I could write a chapter around 7-10k a week. Let me know what you guys think. Oh and I kinda made a mistake. On the summary it says OC but that's actually a character from another anime. And that character is Yukino Yukinoshita from My teen romcom snafu. I think her character is great but she does have her faults and that is why Naruto is there. If you haven't checked out that anime, I totally recommend it. Don't let the title fool you. It's worth the watch. And know to answer some questions:

LordDEPyness: don't worry there will be at least one red head in book 1

Bankai777: I'm not sure if Naruto will meet Samui. Like I said in chapter 1, I know the general direction of where this is going but I haven't planned everything out.

WindyCitySlayer1: sorry to if this disappoints you but Rin will not be in Naruto's harem.

My AN is longer then last time… Whelp that happened. And to the person that was calling me a retarded fuck and told me to go kill myself well… I could care less about a guy hating on me with a guest account. I'm not gonna bash Sakura but she sure as hell won't be worshipped in this fanfiction. But I want to thank all of you guys that are supporting this story. And I encourage all of you readers to review if you have and ideas for the story or if you simply like it. I read all of the reviews, even for guest accounts as long as they aren't extreme negative comments telling me to kill myself. But anyways, thanks for reading and have a nice day! :)