Chapter 5: No… Fine… May I?

"What are you planning on doing, miss?" The timid boy spoke up making me looking at him, well what I could see of his face since most of his hair was covering his face.

"Secret" I smiled snapping my fingers, watching as lightning fell from my fingers landing on the wood setting it ablaze. The boy saw that and gasped and his eyes widened, showing surprise and amazement. After the boy snuggled up to the fire and placed his hands close warming them up. I sat down after I pulled up a log to sit on, but didn't do so until the snow was brushed off.

"Are you a ninja miss?" the little boy asked quietly, staring at the fire. I expected something more along the lines of 'what's your name' first instead of the 'am I a ninja'. Looking at the little boy, his shoulders were tense and his eyes looked dead when he said the word ninja.

"Do you not like ninja's?" I asked before answering his question.

"I hate ninja's, they're evil people who hurt people." He said maliciously "who had hurt me." I was now choosing my words carefully as I didn't want the boy to fear or run away from me as I had no intention of harming him.

"To answer you're previous. Yes I am a ninja, and I have no intention of harming you." He visibly flinched and scooted away from me even though I said I wouldn't hurt him. As I added more wood to the fire it sizzled, as I had just placed the wood, snow and all in the fire. I wanted to tell him again that I had no intention of harming him. After all he was only a young boy who the world had mistreated and placed in this situation; he didn't need another thing to add to his hatred of life and ninja's. I was also going to go on a limb and assume other than being cold the young boy was hungry as well.

I had gotten up to get my bag which happened to be next to the boy.

"Are you hungry? I asked, pulling enough rations out for two people.

The boy only nodded, seeming like he didn't want to say anything at all to my comment. I sighed a little, but gave him the ration that he was going to need. He immediately ate it after me giving it to him. I gave him mine not really needing it I could always get food later and besides that I wasn't really hungry.

"Here" holding out my hand with the food. He slowly crept up to the food, looking me up and down making sure I wasn't joking with him that he could have it. Once he determined I wasn't he snatched it out of my hand and once again ate it quickly.

"Wha-" I was about to start when I noticed that the boy was out cold curled up in his ragged blanket near the fire which was slowly on the verge of dying so I quickly went to go get more wood to stoke the fire. 'Why can't I have a jutsu that makes wood for me? Or even have the wood release?' I thought to myself.

"Because you got stuck with me." Ame-san had spoken up as I picked up the last stick for the night and went back to my log.

"I was wondering where you went." I spoke softly to myself not wanting to wake the boy and make him think I'm crazy, not that I'm not already a bit crazy.

"I had things I needed to do, and why are you being nice to the boy; whom you hardly know?" Ame san questioned me. All I responded with was 'because' and it was left at that, as I got in a comfortable position to sleep in.

-3rd pov-

Some time passed by, both of them seeming to have fallen asleep. The fire cast a glow on the surrounding, giving shadows off the trees and plants around them. The boy whom Fuyuka thought was a sleep was only playing and waiting for the right moment to strike and make his move. When he said that he hated ninjas, he had meant it and wasn't sure if this woman in front of her was just pretending to be nice and didn't want to find out.

When he was certain that she wasn't going to wake, he slowly stalked closer to her pulling out a small kunai that was rather easy to conceal and fit in the small boys hands. As much as he was trying to be quite every now and then the snow would crunch underneath him and made her move slightly. The boy thought that this girl was too trusting to be a ninja as he now stood over her with the kunai up above his head. The boy stood there for a while as he noticed that the girl shivering slightly even though she was the closest to the fire. Not caring anymore about the consequences of killing her would entail he swiftly brought down his weapon. Fuyuka being the ninja that she was heard the sound of metal and wind hitting each other and dodged but not before getting a scratch on her cheek.

Fuyuka had looked at the boy not with anger or malice in her eyes but more of a curious look. She had also made no attempt to attack back this angered the boy slightly more than he normally would have been if someone looked at him dawning a curious expression. He charged once more swinging his weapon in a sloppy fashion hoping that it would strike her in a fatal spot. His attempt had proven to be unhelpful as she had dodged every slash.

"Why? Why are you nice when others are not?" the boy yelled at her

"Why…? Because I see no reason for me to hate you. You have never done anything to before now and I wanted to be nice, is that a crime?" She responded back walking closer to him reaching out to grab his kunai.

"Stay back!" he yelled once again stopping her "Don't come any closer!" The boy was obviously confused he had one version of ninja and then here came another showing him a side he thought was false. Fuyuka on the other hand was thinking of ways for him to relax around her. She had thought of a few; one being a game that she, Fumiko and Ren had played, a simple question game. In the case of her and her friends they always played up to twenty questions there was times when they went higher than that but not by much.

"Say, why don't we play a game?" Fuyuka asked snapping the boy out of his stupor "a simple game that all you need to do is ask questions and the other person has to answer and we take turns." She was hoping that he was going to nod in agreement as soon as she said what the game was about but the boy had still not trusted her enough to nod yes. So she waited for him to answer which took a good thirty minutes before he did.

"Fine" he said in a harsh manner setting his weapon down "but you stay over there"

"You start"

"Fine, what is your name?" he asked staring at her face looking for any and all signs that she was going to lie and that this was all a big trick.

"I'm Fuyuka Kurosaki." She answered "and what might your name be?"

"Yasuhi Isagawa." He responded going back to his quite voice. They

continued to ask questions till the sun had poked up between the trees and the boy had yawned albeit a small one but a yawn none the less showing that he wasn't used to staying up this late at all, yes the girl was just as tired but she wasn't going to show it and was she glad that Yasushi woke her up. She was not sleeping well despite the fact she had a fire going and wondered how Yasushi had been able to do that on a daily basis.

When he had fallen asleep Fuyuka had taken this opportunity to gather more wood and catch some food before he woke up again. Although at the inn in Yukigakure where her team was staying only one person was awake, he was obviously worried that Fuyuka had not come back to them. 'What if she was kidnapped?' or 'what if she was seriously injured and needed help?' were the thoughts that had been running through his mind the whole night. If one looked closely one could tell you that he was secretly crying that night.

"Where are you Fu-chan?" he whispered softly to himself "please come back to us."

~Time skip 1st person~

Even though I had made it out of the frozen forest of Yukigakure I had managed to bring a tag along. Yes the bo… I mean Yasuhi had decided to follow me.

"May I come please…." Yasuhi whined behind me. I had told him 'no' on many occasions as I was almost out of the frozen forest but he wouldn't let up and kept asking me. I wondered what it would look like to another who person f they saw this randomly going by, would they think it's a brother and sister quarrel or would they think of something else that the situation I am in reminds them of.

"Fuyuka please, I promise I will behave and follow instructions and everything you tell me! Just please!" he retorted

"Just let him, Fuyuka. You have been nice to him up till now so what makes this situation any different?" Ame san asked and she did have a good point, I have been nice to him trying to show him that there was nice ninja out there and saying no now would be very hypocritical of me.

"Fine you can come with me, but what will you do once you get there?" I asked quizzically

"Why live with you of course, my adoptive mother." My jaw almost hit the ground. I don't think I look that old to be someone's mother… Do I? I mean I'm only thirteen.

"Sister." I simply stated and continued forward till we had ran into a green clad man, that took me a minute to recognize. The only man that I have ever met wearing a green jumpsuit with leg warmers. I apologized at first before one of his students had called out my name.

"Fuyuka-chan!" The student called out "It's me Lee." He smiled standing in his fighting position "I wish to challenge you once more." I would have responded but a girl who had buns and wore a pale pink shirt had smacked him and started to strangle him. Yasuhi had looked at them in an unsure manner while I on the other hand sighed slightly.

"I would love to Lee but I have things I must do once I reach my destination and I would like to reach it before the sun goes down." I responded which halted the other girl making her and her teammates curious same as Gai-sensei.

"Where is it that you are trying to reach before the sun goes down?" A boy with long brown hair asked in an annoyed tone. I looked at him closely and decided that he was someone that I would try to have little contact with in the future if I were to ever be around the same place as him.

"Since you would like to know; I am looking to speak with the Hokage in Konohagakure." Yasuhi grabbed my hand as I spoke to the three in front of me. We didn't speak for some time and when I was about to leave Yasuhi had pointed out to me that the same boy who spoke with an annoyed tone was pulling something out.

"Wait!" called Lee-san and Gai sensei at the same time halting both of us. I looked at him confused slightly and the other boy looked at him annoyed.

"What are you going to ask the Hokage, youthful Fuyuka-chan?" Gai-sensei asked me. I was debating on if I should tell him; I was having a mini argument with myself, at this moment I find that quite sad but expected from me. I had sighed, if I told him maybe he would be able to help put in a good word for me with the Hokage. I motioned for him to follow me which he got instantly. When we were a good distance away from the group I spoke up. I told him of my plan from the beginning when I was in Amegakure till now and every now and then he would nod and say 'I see' and when I finally finished he had a serious thinking expression plastered on his face.

"Although I don't like the fact that you choose to run away from there I shall help you, but I will say this… don't expect the hokage to automatically say yes, since you are from that village and the reason you left. That and you most likely will be questioned, Fuyuka-chan." he explained as we were heading back to his squad and Yasuhi. I grabbed Yasuhi's hand once more as we moved out to the village; Gai-sensei was leading the way with the two other students whose names I most likely failed to catch and Lee with me and Yasuhi. Lee tried to strike up a conversation with the little one attached to my hip but he refused to talk to lee even after I nudged him to talk. Guess it will take a lot more interaction with ninja's to cure his hatred of them, hopefully Konoha will be able to do so.

The time it took to get there the sun was still up and every one was still bustling to and from. Upon entrance of the gate I was immediately frowned upon by the gate keepers themselves, I think it's time to hide the head band till we get to the hokage's tower. It was also at the entrance of the gate where Gai-sensei had told his team that they were free to go.

"Fuyuka-chan, last time we met you didn't have the young boy with you correct?" Gai-sensei asked to make some kind of small talk till we got to our destination.

"That is correct; I brought him along with me as I was leaving Yuki." I nodded

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