-1A note form The True Wind Sorceress…

He is the flash back chapter I've been trying to make for so long. I know a lot of this stuff is weird but bare with me, I think there more chapters after this but we'll just wait and see.

Lil' Byshop

For Lost Time-Chapter 4

She remembered the last time she had seen her mother. She was very young, both of them. Akane had blood on her hands but didn't know who from. Her memory of early demonic possession was foggy at best. Her mother was frantic. As she led Akane into the forest she murmured under her breath regrets of ever having the demon child. At only six years of age Akane didn't understand what was going on but knew some thing was wrong. Her mother led for nearly a day, deep into the shadowed forest, father than either of them had been before.

She told Akane to stand next to one of the large trees and stay there. She began to walk away and Akane followed just as she had all her life before.

"No! You must stay here!" She yelled pushing Akane back to the spot where she stood previously. She again walked away but Akane followed, this time firmly wrapping arms around her mother's thigh in a desperate attempt to bring her back. She shook Akane off and grabbed her by the collar, bringing her to eye level. She then said some thing that would replay and haunt her for years to come.

"I don't want you! You were the accident of a foolish teenager and a rogue ninja. It was your father that sealed that demon in you before you were even born! You will never be anything! Now go away!" She tossed Akane to the ground and turned to leave once more.

Even after the harsh words she couldn't help but follow, tears pouring from her eyes. She didn't even make it to her mother this time. She was slammed to the ground with a vicious fist. Akane wanted to follow again but fear took control. She sat on the ground, blood seeping from the corners of her mouth, as her mother walked away, never looking back.

It would be a frightening two days before she was found, curled into a ball, sobbing uncontrollably. It was a strange individual that discovered her, one that would have quickly killed her for fun if he had not sensed the creature that lurked with in her.

"What do we have here?" Asked the stranger in a low raspy voice. He walked over to the girl and placed his hand on her shoulder. She quickly reacted, standing and pulling out the kunai that she kept in her sleeve.

"A fighter are we?" He let out a low chuckle. "Suits you well for what you have hidden within you."

She gasped slightly, how could he have known? She did not yet understand how powerful a person he was.

"What is a girl like you doing all the way out here?" He asked.

She didn't respond, she could sense a strange evil aura about him.

"Let me guess." He said, looking at her blood-stained hands. "Something happened and no one wanted you any more. They were scared of what you would do so you were abandon."

She stared up at the strange man. He was smarter than he looked. She slowly nodded, figuring that he might be her only chance to escape.

"I know the feeling…" He told her in a faux reassuring voice. "…but I can promise you a better life. If you come with me you can be trained to be strong and all I ask in return is that you pledge your allegiance to me. I can give you any thing you want. So will you come with me?"

She was scared and confused but at the time it seemed like the only option that wouldn't end in her death so she agreed. Little did she know that this mysterious sanin could lead her to a fate worse than death.

Naruto, Akane, and Shikamaru walked towards the training grounds. Naruto stood between the latter in an almost protective fashion.

"So you've known each other since you joined the academy?" She asked.

"Unfortunately." Replied Shikamaru.

Naruto grunted in disgust.

Akane laughed at the two's responses, making Naruto smile at the sound. Everything seemed perfect on that warm summer day. What could go wrong? This was the only question on their cheerful minds.

The answer to that question was but a few hundred meters ahead and gaining speed, two figures in long black and red robes.

-End Chapter 4-

I didn't get the whole flashback in this chapter so it will continue into chapter 5. A large conflict will be coming up soon so make sure to check in for updates often.

The True Wind Sorceress