Serena- I'm sorry for the late update! I've decided to update every three days but I took three extra this time, so sorry!

Disclaimer- I own nothing except my Original Characters, but even then- they have a mind of their own. I also own the poem thing-y so you can't have that unless you ask.

A/N- I'm thinking of writing a GaaraOc story but I'm not sure if I should seeing as a certain someone (coughcoughRonincoughcough) said that Gaara was creepy…. So I'm not sure right now.

Boundless

By: Serena

Chapter 4

Giant Man Eating Flowers- what fun!

August 3rd

And take care of my stupid plants he did. I was actually quite impressed with the job he did. As I walked down the various rows, I kept hoping I hadn't been a burden on him. I was always being a burden on someone, but I really hoped Uchiha-sama would be different.

But my hopes are often discarded as rubbish. Both by myself and others. Namely Kirinonai… but she never meant anything by it… I guess she was just insensitive…

Anyway, after finishing the morning inspections and watering, I made my way through the forest, towards Masters lair. It was a nice day- no clouds in the sky whatsoever. The birds took up a light song and flew through the air with enviable grace.

"Such beauty, such harmony.

If only humans could learn from the calm forest,

Then maybe life wouldn't be so hard.

Maybe there wouldn't be war, or famine.

Maybe everything would be peaceful and fair.

Then maybe life wouldn't be so hard."

When I was young, my grandfather would read passages from his old books to me. Kirinonai wasn't interested in books, but I was. I would sit on his lap and listen to his booming voice. Sometimes, instead of reading from a book, he would simply tell me stories. Some would be of magical things, or of the cunning ninjas. And sometimes they would simply be of his childhood, or my mothers childhood.

The book was called, "Forest Sancutary" and every time he read something from it, I took the words to heart. I didn't know why, but I felt I could relate to the forest, a completely different thing from other lands. It wasn't admired often, and most people preferred the paved roads of a city to the undergrowth of a forest.

And yet, the forest didn't really mind the preferably of the city. It liked where it was, and only wanted to change slightly. The slight change was small adaption to the world around it, something I did quite often.

Lost in my thoughts, I traveled down the passageways till I finally reached the mess hall. Surprisingly, only Kabuto was there- sitting in his normal seat. Since I had only one breakfast in my new seat, I almost went to sit there. Keyword- almost. I pulled out the seat next to vacant one Uchiha-sama would normally sit in and Kabuto said,

"You can sit in your regular seat if you want to- Master Orochimaru and Sasuke are training and won't be joining us for breakfast."

"Okay…" I sat down in my old seat, and filled my plate. After a few moments I realized something, "Why aren't you down there with them?"

"Master is personally training him, so only my medic nin skills would come in handy, and Master doesn't want him to be healed until they come back."

"Oh." I looked down at my plate. "Okay."

"What?" I looked up to meet Kabutos sly grin. "Were you hoping to see Sasuke?"

"N-no!" I stuttered.

That was brillant! A part of me yelled. Way to go, Miss Obvious!

I ignored her continuing, "I just wanted to thank Uchiha-sama for tending my plants while I slept!"

Kabuto gave a small snort, "Sure, of course."

We continued our meal in silence until Kabuto asked, "Why do you call him that?"

My eyebrows knitted together in confusion. "Call him what?"

Before Kabuto replied, I realized who he was speaking of and I asked, "Oh! You mean Uchiha-sama?" Kabuto nodded. "He's higher than me in rank, therefore I must respect him and then therefore the name fits."

"You don't have to call him that you know…"

"I will continue to call him such until he tells me not to." I stood, meal finally consumed. "I will see you later, right now I need to go tinker with my lovely kowakuteki-ningen-kuchini plant."

I opened the door and began to walk out when I heard over my shoulder, "Don't kill yourself!"

Very pessimistic, aren't we?

August 27th

Two weeks of Master Orochimaru and Uchiha-sama not coming to breakfast continued; however it wasn't just breakfast they were absent for, they also missed lunch and dinner. They seemed to have disappeared, and I didn't know where they had gone.

I didn't mind that Master Orochimaru was gone, but I would have liked Uchiha-sama to stay. I didn't pester Kabuto about where they were, and even if I had, his lips were sealed and nothing less of severe torturing would open them.

Finally, after the fourteen tedious days were through, the two were at breakfast. Master Orochimaru was perfectly fine, if not completely unscathed. Uchiha-sama on the other hand had definatly seen better days. Even though most of the bruising was unseen, his face was a complete reck.

After breakfast, I decided to check up on my newest invention. Ureshii-sensai would be proud. Satchel swung over my shoulder, I let the branches tug at my loose hair, trusting them to not tangle in too much. Coming upon the clearing where my new invention was stationed, I found the place already inhabited.

Uchiha-sama was training, or atleast he was beginning too. He took metal objects out of a pouch and I could only assume they were his weapons- kunais. He got in a stance and I watched as the kunais embedded themselves it the tree trunk.

I was so mesmerized by it all that I nearly forgot why I had come. Keyword- nearly.

"Uchiha-sama!" I shouted, making my presence known. He seemed slightly surprised, and I knew why. Most ninjas rely on sensing others charka- but with people like me whose chakra lays dormant, its harder to sense. "Be careful!"

He looked confused as he took a step back, a step right into the invisible danger zone. "Uchiha-sama!" I cried as a small lily grew ten times its normal size and quickly mutated into a larger plant with a mouth. Yellow saber teeth surrounded the mouth, and said orifice was attempting to chomp down on Uchiha-sama.

Said person jumped to the nearest tree branch and watched as the plant slowly shrank back to the harmless little lily it had been before. Uchiha-sama sighed and looked over at me with a glare, "Is it safe to come down now?"

I nodded, "It's safe as long as you stay out of the painted box."

His eyes darted to the ground, then back at me, "What box?"

"That bo-" It was then that I realized there was no box. I brought a hand to my mouth and let my head fill with all sorts of curses. After the cursing stopped, I lowered my head saying, "I'm so sorry, Uchiha-sama."

"Don't call me that." My surprised gaze lifted to look at him more closely. He had jumped down from the tree and landed in front of me. His eyes still held the same fierceness and he was still glaring but his words shocked me.

"W-what?" I asked, not sure if I had heard right.

"It's Sasuke. Just Sasuke." I nodded.

"Yes, Uchiha-sama." He gave a frustrated sigh and his glare intensified.

"Sasuke." He commanded.

"Sasuke-sama?"

"Sasuke."

"Sasuke-kun?"

He gave a small shudder before regaining his posture and saying, "Sasuke."

"Sasuke-san?"

"Sasuke."

"Sa-su-ke?" The words seemed bitter in my mouth.

"Good." He grabbed his pack and nodded towards the small seemly-harmless lily. "The Kowakuteki-ningen-kuchini plant?"

I nodded. "Yes, Uchi- Sasuke."

I turned slightly, realizing that I didn't need to check up on my newest invention anymore. Now I just needed to make more of them. "Well, I'll see you around, Uchiha-sama…"

He gave me a glare and I smiled, "Just kidding. Bye!"

He merely nodded and I walked away whispering in my head,

Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke!