Keep It Silent

Chapter 2

5 summers passed and I turned 10. Alone on each birthday. No one really cared either. Kakashi was out on a mission on my 10th birthday, Hinata was sick, and Naruto was busy training. No one. So my birthday was spent with stinging wrists and blood seeping into my clothes. I was such an idiot... How could I be so stupid? I was so blind. I should have known they'd be too busy. Were they really my only friends? Some friends if you ask me... But I guess that's what happens in life. You're born, you're loved for a few years of your life, left along the next few years, grow up, get married, have children, and die. Why couldn't I just die right then and there? I'm so stupid!

"Anika-chan!!" Anika could hear Naruto shout after her. Well atleast he was paying attention to her instead of Sakura. Anika turned and stopped, waiting for the blonde-haired child to catch up. A goofy 10-year-old grin was plastered on Naruto's face.

"What?" The kunoichi asked of him, tapping her foot on the concrete below. Naruto dug around in his pouch and pulled out a leather choker. The leather was a faded brown, and a tarnished leaf village symbol rested in the middle of the material. "This fell off of your neck when Sasuke punched you in the stomach during training. Are you feeling okay now? It looked like you were in pain..." Naruto said with a smile. Atleast someone cares... Anika thought, a slight smile appearing on her lips.

Anika grabbed the choker gently from his hands and clipped it on her neck again. "Thanks, Naruto. I'm fine now... But it did hurt for the remainder of the training session, though..."

Naruto nodded in reply. "Do you wanna stop for ramen? It's on me." Anika thought for a moment.

"I'd like that, Naruto." Anika said. I'll humor the kid... After all, he just returned my brother's necklace to me...

The choker was a gift from my brother, Shaine. I don't exactly know what happened to him. I was led to thinking he was killed by someone I knew all too well. Me. Last I knew he was dead in my arms, and blood covered my arms and hands. Shaine had given the necklace to me on my 4th birthday. It was my father's choker once before. Or, who I thought was my father. I never really knew. I didn't resemble him at all... And neither did Shaine. Shaine and I both had silver hair, but I had just recently dyed mine black. I was a broken child. I mean, come on, I was led to thinking I had killed my own brother!

Just as Anika had started walking home from Ichiraku's, another headache was forming. She got headaches everyday since her 4th birthday. Why? She never knew...

(( :) I like this chapter. It explains a lot about her past if you ask me. O.O Umm... Enjoy! Chapter 3 is on it's way soon! ))