Lina packed up again to set out, back onto her adventure. She cleaned Himoto off and put her supplies on his back. She got out some of the food she had caught the night before and gave Himoto half of it. They always ate before going. Then they went by the river and saw a boy. He had black and short of hair. He had his shirt open and his pants long. He had a purple bow wrapped around his waist and a sword of steel in the bow. Lina approached him, not sure of what his reaction would be.
"Hello. My name is Lina. Who are you", she questioned this boy who looked of her own age. Himoto did not like this boy. He started to growl at him.
"My name is Sasuke. Sasuke Uchiha. Where are you from", said the stranger. He grasped his sword as if for intimidation. Lina was not intimidated, for she had not been taught that way.
Lina started to walk towards him and Himoto stayed right by her side. Himoto did not like this boy. There was something about him, something evil, he could not be trusted. As Lina made it to the boy Himoto stepped in front of her as to protect her of this stranger. Lina stepped over the wolf and approached this boy further. "Where are you from", Lina asked this boy.
"I am from the leaf village", he answered her. He didn't look like a leaf ninja. He didn't look like the masked man. But of course, not many people wear full masks. "Where are you from", he asked her.
She took a step towards him and spoke, "The Craftsman Village is where I live, but not where I was born."
"Then where were you born", he asked her. Lina looked down at the river and in the water she saw her mother, her father, and her older brother looking back at her. She flashed back to a time when she was with her family and how happy they were.
"Brother, where are we going? Mom and Dad said to be home soon", Lina said.
"We will Lina, don't worry so much, I won't ever let anything happen to you, I love you", said Kail. She faded back to the present and the image she saw I the water disappeared. She turned away quickly and matched the boy's eyes.
"I don't know", she said in a sad tone. "I can't remember. All I remember is my family, so happy and full of joy, like nothing wrong would ever happen to us. But I guess you are not always right about those kinds of things. I am looking for answers, but I'm not really finding much yet."
"Is it just you and your wolf out here alone? Do you think you can really handle it out here by yourself", Sasuke asked her, "If you need help, I could come with you."
"That would be really nice. But are you sure you would want to? I mean you don't have to if you don't want to", Lina told him. Himoto just growled at him. He didn't want him to come. He just seemed bad, he could just tell.
"Well then, I guess I will escort you. Where are you going", he asked her.
"I do not know yet, just traveling pretty much", she replied.
So the new team of Lina, Himoto and Sasuke set out for the journey that would surprise them and maybe learn more about themselves along the way.