Two blurry figures kept calling her name, over and over. Worry clearly in their voice. Both little boys standing, rushing to her. She felt the world spinning around her as her pale lips got colder and colder.

"Rin? We'll help you!" said the smaller boy as he rushes to her, the vision moves to oncoming shadows, causing her eyes to widen.

"R-run…please….leave me…" Rin's closed eyes tightened in distress as she turned her head.

"Rin!" the Third was shaking her with a worried expression. "Rin!"

"Stop calling my name and run!" Rin's eyes open and she forms a gasp. Sweat rolled down her scared face, her body numb with pain. Her breathe was unsteady and heavy. She looked to the old man's face with a despair look to her. She moves her shaking hand but drops it, as pain shot through her. She gasps as if that little movement caused her a great deal of pain. She repeats the action and grabs the Third's hand tightly as her breathes came quicker and her body shook violently. "I-it's n-nothing m-major, I-i c-can s-shake it o-off." Another seizure took over as the poison spread faster and deeper. "I-it'll only last a-another h-hour, s-save the medicine f-for people w-who need it." An image of a wavy-haired girl with an identical face overlapped with Rin's. The Third closes his eyes and sighs, glancing at Gaara who was at the door. Rin's hand became limp as her eyes closed, Hokage sighed with a distressed face as memories flooded out of him. He slowly regains his usual composure and gets up, walking past Gaara.

"…Don't show her that rose and don't destroy it…it's for everyone's good that you don't." Confused, Gaara nods, twisting the deadly rose as the Third walks away with his hands together behind him. Gaara examines the death rose then glances at Rin who seemed to be looking at him. Her tired, begging look sent a heartbeat through him, he was wanted. He really was. He hid the rose behind his back as he edged toward her, her eyes filled with pain and sadness. Her seductive red lips moved but Gaara couldn't hear her. He bent his ear to her moving lips and soon wished he didn't.

"I'm…so…sorry….Fai….Goku." her breath rasped at the names as if the names themselves caused her pain. She winced and grabbed onto Gaara's hand tightly, her eyes fully realizing that it's him yet not changing her expression. Her saddening expression. "Am…I too corrupted to be forgiven?" Her soft whisper struck a nerve in Gaara. His expression softened in a way as he saw his old self in her.

"No…you can still be forgiven…no matter how far you've gone." Her big painful yet forced smile caused his heart to ache.

"Did…you see a black rose next to me?" her voice was filled with pain as her eyes begged for the truth.

"….." he twisted the rose behind his back then nodded a bit as he realized he couldn't lie to her. He just couldn't. He reveals the rose and her eyes filled with tears as her slim hand grabbed it, crushing it cruelly as she edged the broken petals to her. She crushed the petals and smithereens slipped through her long fingers, her expression emotionless. Gaara looked at the dust with surprise.

"Thank you…I already knew you had it." At this point his eyes widened a bit, "I just wanted to test if I could trust you…you passed." Her smile was true and filled with true happiness, causing Gaara to stiffen. Why was she so happy? He didn't know. He honestly didn't. "A present for passing, I'll let you on a little secret. Nothing can be broken if it wasn't whole to start with…like this rose. An incomplete death rose. Another example is," her face scrunched up as her eyes sneered evilly, "My heart. An incomplete robot. A useless human." Her snickers sent Gaara's eyes to narrow. She is like him. Exactly. But that was the old him. She needed help. He was rescued. But the question is…does she even want to be rescued?

"…You aren't useless, you are a human, and my…friend." Rin's sneering eyes softened drastically as sadness and pain washed over her. She put a hand to her aching, pounding head. Was it really from the after effects of the poison or from something else? Something deeper.

"Please…don't," Gaara's teeth gritted as her face was filled with fear and pain, "Don't care about me, don't look at me, don't give me special attention, don't give me hope, don't give me love, don't give me what I lost…because I know I can't regain it." She sits up, the wind through the open window blew her soft hair, half her face covered. Except one eye. That look in her eyes was burned in his memory. Lost, unwanted, broken eye that looked at him with sharpness of seriousness. She takes a step back and turns around, running and jumping out the window. As she landed on her feet, the after effects kicked in, sending pain through her but she ignored it, her stomach growling loudly.

Her eyes accustomed to the dark night with only the moon the closest thing to light. She looks up to the moon for a while, just staring. She turns away and continues on, going in a joint. She eyes a light brown haired chubby boy with black eyes run up to the counter with her following his pace. His cheeks both have a red swirly mark, his uniform similar to a red and silver soldier's armor. They glared at each other as they slammed their hands on the counter at the same time. "A big order of steak." They both said in sync. Rin examines the boy with pure curiosity as they both had the same food taste.

"I'm Rin." She started as the boy around fifteen stared at her.

"Chouji. Nice to meet you, you new?" they both walk to the same table and sit together.

"Ya, just here for the time being." Her stomach growling echoed throughout the whole room, everyone assuming it was just Chouji. "I'm starving." She leans back a bit as she looks earnestly for their order.

"Hey, do you regularly eat that amount?" Rin looks at him weirdly.

"Uh, yah. Duh." Chouji examines her slim body and his body, his mouth drops open in disbelief. "My charka absorbs a lot of my energy so I have eat more than others." They both drool as their order comes, they start to hastily pick and eat. One piece was left and they stared at each other for a long time. Rin and him make a swing for it but she got it first. She eats it happily as Chouji has depressed air on, his defeat over the last meat hit him hard. "I like you…you seem like a good person." He looks at her in surprise as she gives him a sweet true smile, causing him to blush a little.

Shikamaru, yet again, was laying in a grassy field, watching the clouds. It was quiet. Temari was gone for a sudden mission. Just the way he liked it. Silence and relaxation was what he needed once in a while. That is until a familiar hawk landed next to him. The hawk looked at Shikamaru with its piercing light purple eyes as it ruffled its light brown feathers, squeaking a bit. "…Haruna…." He looks behind him as a shadow looms over him, "Seina, haven't seen you in a while…" the slim shadow figure smiles.

"Ya, long time no see Shikamaru." Her voice was rather soft and quiet but was filled with excitement. "Where's that new girl I've been hearing about?"

Rin and Chouji went their separate way but promised to meet again, guessing that they were now friends and food-loving buddies. Chouji and her went their separate ways. Rin looked up to the star filled sky with lonesome eyes, her arms dangling lifelessly by her side. Something took over her as she felt she should look ahead of her. She didn't know why but she felt someone coming. And she was right. A pretty girl with black long straight hair with a tint of blue that reaches her waist comes toward her with friendly intentions. Her dark purple eyes tracing Rin, a small cute smile on her pretty face. She was wearing a dark blue tanktop and a purple mini skirt with knee-lengthed black socks. She was her type of body. Not the big-builded for strength but slim for speed.

"Hi, I'm Seina." She spoke with her whisper-like voice that seemed to ring in Rin's ears. They were only a few feet apart but Rin knew this girl could change things. Change her was more like it. Doesn't mean she'll let it be easy for her. Rin shrugged.

"Rin." Seina was a bit taller than Rin as she looked at Rin with curiosity.

"Since you're new I could help you out-."

"No. I'm ok. But I'll come to you if I have a question." Rin's eyes traced Seina's forearm. A red anbu tattoo caused Rin's eyes to narrow. This girl must be strong. Gotta watch out for her…

"See you tomorrow?" Seina questioned, hope in her voice.

"…Do you know a girl named Hinata?" Rin asked, half knowing the answer already.

"Yah, we're close. You know her?"

"Ya, just wondering." Guess my intuition was right…maybe…just maybe I'll like her…HA! Don't let your emotions get the better of you…don't let them get hurt…don't care about them. Seina eyes sharpened as Rin's eyes slowly darkened and lifeless.

"…So tomorrow?" Seina questioned cautiously, checking just in case.

"Ya, whatever." Rin turned her back to her and walked back to the Third's house.

"….Rin…her name fits her." Seina looked up to the moon with a dazed look. "Seina means moon and Rin means cold…we fit our names…don't we?" She turns around in the opposite direction and walks away from Rin who was far from view by now.

(AN: OK, Seina is based off one of my awesome friends who got me obsessed with Naruto. She's really cool and is really smart. She's overall awesome and cute. Yah…she's a nice girl. Anyways hope you liked my chapter cause it's like one A.M. right now so if this chapter's a bit sloppy and a bit disappointing well, I'm super exhausted.)