Yo, hi to all who are reading this. This chapter may seem confusing because it wasn't done by me... my cousin, Akira, has decided to help me on various chapters. And, I will let you know which ones she is doing... she seems to know way more about Naruto than me...

I don't own any Naruto characters or ideas... except Gaara in my mind. R-R and I might another chapter up!

Chapter 1: 12 years later

Living alone, she knew what it meant to be sad. She felt there was a deep connection between her and a kid named Naruto, who was only a few months older than her. He was born in October, while she was born in the new year, January first. And although she wanted to be his friend, she couldn't find the courage to go up to him and just talk. She would find herself watching him as he made all of the elite ninja chase him, laughing at them as they failed to catch him. But, she also saw he at least had the one thing she didn't... friends.

He was always talked about, true enough, but at least he had someone to talk to. She, however, was alone completely. No one knew her name or saw her in class. Only two elite ninja would talk to her... her only true friends. Kakashi Hatake and Maight Gai... the two weirdest elite ninja she saw, but, they at least... cheered her up. They would talk to her about their teams and what were some of the stupidest things they did. And although Gai- sensei talked to her like a real person, it was Kakashi who looked at her differently. A sort of sad look in his visable eye... a sad tone in his voice. It made her wonder why he was sad when he looked at her, why there was some sort of pain in his voice.

Yuki saw Naruto walk by her house, along with two others she had heard Kakashi talk about named Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno. They wore winter jackets and scarfs, seeing as how December had hit the Leaf village a few days ago. Yuki smiled sadly as they disappeared from her veiw, wishing she could have gone to the Academy with them. But, from her only two friends said, she was requested not to go, but to have a privet tutor.

"The reason... I'm so different from others..." Yuki said softly, soft emeralde eyes glancing sadly out at the other villagers. She glanced away from the window and bit her lip, eyes closed tightly. She opened them and gazed at an older man with soft brown hair and dim brown eyes.

"It is okay to be different, Yuki. That Naruto boy is certainly different."

"He... is?" Yuki asked, surprised. "Is he like me, Kyora- sensei?"

"A little, I guess," he said slowly, scratching his head. "But, none- the- less, it's okay. What if we were all the same? What do you think will happen?"

"Um... no one would be able to tell one from the other?" Yuki said more of as an question. Kyora nodded, smiling at her answer.

"Exactly," he said, standing up. "Now, how about you get your jacket and scarf on and head outside? We might even be able to get in a few practices while we're outside."

"Okay..." Yuki got up slowly and headed towards her room, shutting her door as she went in. Once it was shut, she leaned against the door and hung her head, beginning to cry. "But... is it normal to be able to do what I can do?"

Yuki was lead outside by her privet tutor, hand firmly set on her shoulder. Yuki never understood why he was so over- protected of her, but all of the elite ninja were like this. Maybe Gai- sensei and Kakashi- sensei were more over- protected than the others and Kyora, but they were all exceptionaly over- protected when she walked about alone.

"All right, let's go," Kyora said once her front door was locked and her key placed in her pocket. Together, the two began to walk down the snowy path, footprints already made fresh in front of them and new ones being made behind them.

"Kyora- sensei...?"

"Hm? Yes, Yuki?"

"Why are all the elite ninja so protective of me? Why am I the only oldest ninja who has to have a privet tutor and not go to the Academy like the rest?" Yuki questioned once no one was seen around them. Kyora sighed, taking his hand off her shoulder.

"Well... it was requested that you be taken care of differently... since you have no family left."

"How does that relate to me being treated differently?" Yuki asked, glancing at Kyora. Kyora rubbed his head, looking high into the sky.

"Well..." he paused, glancing down at her. "I'm not the one who is supposed to tell you. Go ask Kakashi- sensei. He is the only one with permission from the fourth hokage to tell you."

The fourth hokage... Yondaime... the one who gave up his life to protect our village, Yuki thought to herself as she took off running towards the bridge she knew Naruto and his team waited for Kakashi.

"Yuki! Where are you going?" Kyora shouted after her. But, Yuki just vanished, like snow melting in the spring. "There she goes again... using her Kekkei Genkai recklessly. That girl needs some restraint... especially since she is-"

Yuki finally got to the bridge in half the time she would normally have gotten there if she just ran. But, she used her special abilities to transfer herself from one place to another using her chakra to melt her body into the air. It was one of those things she had been taught that was passed down from one family member to the next. Something called a Kekkei Genkai or a Bloodline trait. Using that was a really powerful jutsu, not only to be used unless in dire need to survive or defeat an enemy quickly, not to be used as she just did. And in truth, it wasn't her fault. It was what was inside of her that made her do it.

"Man! Kakashi- sensei sure is late today! Late than usual!" Naruto complained, crossing his arms and huffing angrily. Sakura hung her head, seemingly defeated at something.

"Come on, Naruto! Stop being such a baby."

Kakashi- sensei hasn't arrived yet? Yuki bit her lip, tasting blood in her mouth.

"Yuki..." someone whispered behind her, softly so it wouldn't startle her. Yuki turned around and saw Kakashi, knealing down in front of her. Yuki smiled, wrapping her arms around his neck, burrying her face into his shoulders. "Yuki... what happened?"

Yuki held on tighter as he tried to pry her off of him, sighing when he didn't succeed. Yuki bit her lip again as she felt tears begin to form in her eyes. Why was she going to cry? What was her purpose of wanting to find Kakashi? She quickly shut her eyes and let go, falling down to the ground, crying.

"Why... am I treated differently, Kakashi- sensei?" Yuki asked, rubbing her eyes, feeling as if she herself didn't know who she was. Kakashi stared at her, a blank look on his face.

"Because you're special, Yuki," Kakashi said, placing a hand on her head. "You may not know this, but you were not born in this village. Your father died in the forest and the fourth hokage found you in his arms, already past on from this world. You were a newborn, maybe a few hours old, but Yondaime took you into his care... almost as if you were his own child. But, there was a terrible attack on our village and Yondaime went out to the battle field and sacrificed himself to seal the nine- tailed fox demon that had attacked. But, there was another tailed demon that attacked the village too. A five- tailed fox demon, the sister of the nine- tailed demon. He sealed the nine- tailed into another child a few months older than you and the five- tailed... well, he granted the great responsibility of harnessing it to you.

"You are different because of the great role you play and so does Naruto," Kakashi glanced into Naruto's direction, a soft gaze in his eye. "And you want to know something?"

"What, Kakashi- sensei?"

"I knew you when you were just a tiny baby."

"You did?" Yuki questioned, eyes lightning up with curiosity. Kakashi nodded, smiling at the young silver haired girl.

"Sure. The fourth hokage was once my jounin when I was younger so, I knew him pretty well. He let me see you and hold you, making sure I never dropped you."

"The fourth hokage sounds nice," Yuki said, standing up.

"Yuki! YUKI!"

"Did you run awau from Kyora- sensei again?"

"Not really... he told me to come find you," Yuki said, a dim look in her eyes. Kakashi sighed, standing up.

"Well, I guess you'd better come with me. Kyora- sensei must be worried."

"Kakashi- sensei! There you are! We've been waiting for hours!" Naruto shouted, suddenly spotting Kakashi.

"Yes, well... I guess I got lost on the path of life."

"Liar!" Naruto and Sakura shouted together.

"Seriously... I got lost in the time. I was helping my friend Yuki here. She was alone and we can never leave her by herself," Kakashi said, placing a hand on her head. "Bad men will try and take her again..."

"Yuki?" Sakura looked at her, a weird look on her face. "She looks to be about our age and yet... we don't know her."

"Her name is Yuki Yukino and maybe the reason you don't see her around is because she is always with her sensei," Kakashi said, resting a hand on her shoulder. "And speak of the devil now."

"Yuki! Don't do that again and run off! What if Ryur-" Kyora stopped short of his sentence and looked at Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura. Kyora coughed slightly and closed his eyes. "What I mean to say is what if those bad men come after you again?"

"Sorry, Kyora- sensei. I just wanted to talk to Kakashi- sensei," she said, gazing down at her feet. Kyora sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair.

"Well if you had waited, I would have went with you. You know it's dangerous to walk around the village by yourself."

"Come, now, Kyora. Don't be so hard on the girl," Kakashi said, shrugging his shoulders. "I wouldn't think that they would come after her during daylight."

"Who would come after her?" Naruto asked. Kakashi waved his hand in a lazy manner, sighing heavily.

"That's none of your concern, Naruto."

"Aw, come on and tell me!"

"I said no," Kakashi spat, glaring at the blonde headed boy. He turned to Yuki and seemingly smiled underneath the mask. "Go ahead with Kyora and try to not get into any more trouble."

"Yes..." Yuki said softly, slowly walking towards Kyora, a deep sadness in her eyes.

What makes me different from everyone... is that everyone thinks they have a say in what I do...

Yuki bit her lip when she felt Kyora's strong hand rest on her shoulder, guiding her back into the town.

"Yuki... I know you think of Kakashi as a father figure, I understand and all, but you can't run off like that!" Kyora whispered harshly, the grip he had on her shoulder tightened. Yuki shut her eyes and gripped her hands into fist. "Are listing to me? What if they came after you?"

"Betrayal..."

"Yuki... what are you saying?"

"Realization... memory of a thousand dreams entwine in one hopeless wish..."

"Yuki! Snap out of it!" Kyora made sure no one was around as he whirled on her, eyes wide.

"Grief... where do the shattered peices of love lie when love and hope is lost..."

"Please..." Kyora brought her into a tight hug, face burried into her silvery hair. "Snap back..."

"But love... comes at a price..." Yuki looked high into the sky, tears falling down her face, dim emeralde eyes growing dimmer. "Kyora... I just want to be normal..."

Kyora's hold loosened slightly and Yuki stepped back, dark spots trailing after her. And at that moment, she realized what had happened and her lip quivered slightly, looking sadly at Kyora. She saw his look was even more painful than hers, more grief striken and saddened. Snow had begun falling again, gently hitting Yuki's already cold face.

"I'm sorry..." Kyora said softly, a kunai held in his hands. "I didn't want to see you suffer anymore... but I couldn't do it..."

Yuki shut her eyes tightly and wrapped her arms around him, crying silently into his shirt. Kyora was surprised that his kunai suddenly dropped from his hand.

"Kyora... you're like a real father to me!" Yuki said, holding tighter. "So... please... just... stay for... me..." Her grip loosened slightly and she went limp, frightning Kyora. He felt something warm and slippery on his hand, too afraid to see what was on his hands... afraid to find that he had just stabbed this girl. With a frightened look on his face, he brought his hand out and saw what he feared. Dark, red blood covered his hand and he broke down in tears, holding Yuki tightly in his arms as the snow was dotted with red spots... her blood.

"I'm sorry... I didn't mean too... I wanted to, but I couldn't do it," Kyora said softly, holding his face next to hers, tears still running down his face. "Yuki... I'm so sorry... please... forgive me..."

Kyora slowly got up, holding Yuki bridal style in his arms, gazing at her limp body as he bit his lip. Why did he have that damn kunai in his hand when he pulled her into a hug? He loved her like a daughter and yet... he did this to her fragile body. But, it was an accident. He tried putting the kunai away before hugging her, but it was too late... it had already impaled her stomach.

With a heavy heart, he began his trek towards the hospital where he knew he would be taken by Anbu officials and questioned by the Hokage at why he did this. But, it was all an accident... he never meant to harm her... not in this way.