A\N: Yes, so the next chapter is here, please enjoy.. by the way, when Tsunade is reading, most new quotes are new entries.. read and you'll know what I mean.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of it's charecters.. but don't let that get in the way
Eye of the wolf
Naruto led the sobbing girl to his bed, she sat on the tip, "Why… why are you being so kind to me?" she asked looking at Naruto.
"Becau…."
"Since the beginning all I've been was mean to you, and you've always received it with a white heart"
"That's not true… I mean you've been kind to me"
"Yeah but not as much as you"
"…. I Uh….."
"You saved me then stayed with me in the hospital, you let me into your hear… erm house, you stayed up all night waiting for me when I ran away..."
"Well that's what friends do for friends Ume"
She blinked her tear filled eyes, "Friend?" she whispered.
"Yeah… what did you think?"
"Friend…" she repeated, then paused, deep in thought.
"Ume?.."
She grabbed his hands and squeezed, "I'll tell you every thing.."
"Arigato" the man smiled at the nurse as she put a glass and a pitcher of water on the low table next to the hospital bed.
She nodded calmly with a smile, then closed the door behind her quietly.
Tsunade waited until the nurse walked away, "So, what did you need to tell me?" she asked the man.
He took a deep breath, then reached into his tattered jacket and pulled out some papers, documents, and a notebook, "This is all we have on Ookami" he said handing them to Tsunade.
Shizune peeked over Tsunade's shoulder, just to get a mere glance at the papers, but then Tsunade handed them to her to hold, "But how did you know to send them here? No one from Konoha had contacted you…. right?"
He nodded in agreement, "I'm sorry it took us this long to reach you, but news is very slow to reach our secluded country. But as soon as we heard, we did some research, and looking at the targets this Ookami had chosen, our suspicion seemed to be true... first let me say that Konohagakure is the last target on her list. Eiji-Sama sent me here to give all the documents we had of her, in order to help you catch her, and give you our sincere apology"
Tsunade exchanged a confused look with Shizune, "Apology? Why?" she asked suspiciously.
The man sighed then began, "You see Ookami is….."
"Kazuhiko Ume.. That's my full name, Kazuhiko Ume from the land of Sun"
"…."
"Kazuhiko Ume the daughter of the feudal lord everyone hated… my father was killed during battle, my mom died long before that. Eiji-Sama was too busy trying to get the country back in order to take care of the casualties of war, so basically I was a neglected orphan…"
She paused to swallow as she looked at Naruto, he was listening quietly, "The rebellion succeeded so everyone was confidant in showing their hatered towards my father, I was looked down at.. Eiji-Sama is a good man, a man of peace, I'm sure he didn't want for the villagers to look down on us.. but he can't focus on more then one thing, and since the village was the most important thing to him, I fell through the cracks."
Ume closed her eyes and held her hands together against her chest, "Every day I was beaten, verbally was more painful then physically. I wasn't my father, I never asked to be born to him, but everyone hated me as they hated my father.. With time I started believing what they said, I learned to hate myself, and despise myself for who my parents were….. Until 'He' came along"
A faint smile appeared on her face, as the tears locked in her eyes glimmered, "You see he was…..
Tsunade sat in her darkened room, she placed the documents on the desk. she picked up the notebook, {*My Dairy*} was the title. Tsunade looked over at Shizune, she nodded her head, Tsunade opened the book and started reading aloud:
"The other kids were beating me again today, and saying stuff like 'Daddy's little princess' and mocking me about being an orphan… the grownups didn't stop them, if anything they were secretly encouraging it…"
"Nori Oba-San slapped me today for walking into her store; she said something like 'Ano yaro! Get out of my store! The likes of you are not welcome here' I didn't really understand what she said, but I bet it wasn't very nice"
"I was training on throwing shurikens today, I'm getting much better at it… Tadao-Sensei says that I'm not allowed into the ninja academy, but someday I'm going to become a great ninja… like Eiji-Sama"
"I couldn't go home yesterday because the kids were waiting there to beat me up, but I was able to sneak away… I'm becoming a very good sneaker, almost like a ninja… oh yeah I shouldn't sleep near the river anymore, because frogs live there and they like jumping on my face"
"It's my birthday tomorrow; I'm going to be 9 years old… I wish mom was here, I heard that she used to be very nice, and that she knew how to throw nice birthday parties and bake cakes… too bad I had to be born, if I hadn't she wouldn't have died birthing me"
"Sabashii…-I'm lonely- yesterday was my birthday, I didn't get cake, but I did get a knuckle sandwich, it didn't taste very good… I miss my family… Chichi -Father- wasn't a very good one, but at least I had a home"
"I cried last night because I had a tummy ache… but I don't like crying because it makes my eyes sting, and my cheeks become salty… I wish I didn't cry any more"
"The kids were chasing me today, but I was too tired to run.. They caught me and started hitting me and calling me names. I sung a song in my head so I wouldn't cry… a new kid came he looked stronger then every one else I felt scared that he would hit me.. but he didn't instead he…..
-Flashback-
The blond extended a hand to the girl, "Don't you want to get up?" he asked with a gentle smile when he saw that she was staring at his hand hesitantly.
She cautiously extended a hand, he helped her up, "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" a boy with a brown ponytail yelled at him.
The blond boy turned to him calmly, "I'm helping her up"
"I can see that Baka! If you're not going to help beat her up then get lost" the brown haired boy yelled back.
"No" he said coldly, "and if anyone has a problem with that, then I guess I'll just have to teach you a lesson" he added.
"Are you threatening me?"
"No it's just a warning"
"Then bring it on!" the trouble making boy yelled, throwing a punch.
The blond ducked then bounced back punching the boy in the lip, "I'm bleeding!" he squeaked touching his lip.
The blond didn't flinch, he waited for the next attack. The boy charged again this time with two of his friends. The blond moved to the side fairly quickly for a kid his age, the orange haired kid flew into a pile of garbage when he couldn't stop his launch.
The blond then received another attack with his first foot; he then pulled back and swung his fist into the black haired kid's face. As that kid fell onto his back, the first boy lunged at the blond and punched him back in the face.
The blond fell back and tumbled onto the beaten girl, he rolled off her, "Are you alright?" he asked her getting up.
She nodded quietly, staring at him in awe, "Good, 'cause I'd be very sad if I caused you any pain" he said staring at the other boy.
The brown haired boy smirked, but suddenly the blond charged at him, and with a 'round the house' kick, the boy was sent flying back.
Whispers spread through the crowed, "he defeated Shirichi"
"He's very strong"
"We'd better get out of here"
And with that the group of kids hurried away. The troublesome boy Shrichi stood up and dusted his clothes as he stared at the blond. The later glared at him with icy blue eyes, "Leave" he ordered in a chilling voice.
Shirichi scrambled to get as far as he can get from this blond boy, his two friends barely able to keep up.
"Are you okay?" the blond turned to the girl.
"Y-yes *sniff*" a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Hey don't cry.. Where are you hurt?"
"W-why are you being so nice to me?"
"Uh.. Well why shouldn't I?"
"…."
"Never mind.. I'm Daisuke Satoru"
"D-daisuke?"
"Yeah"
"You're Eiji-Sama's son?"
"Actually nephew… but my Tou-Sama died during the rebellion. What's you're name?"
"…."
"Don't you know your own name?" he laughed.
"…. Kazuhiko Ume" she blurted out.
"….. Nice to meet you Ume-Chan"
"Huh?... don't you.. Hate me?"
"Why would I?"
"Because my father is Kazuhiko Tadashi"
"Yeah I figured that much when you told me your name"
"And you don't hate me?"
"Why would I?"
"Because m…"
"Look we can continue going around in circles like this" he interrupted, "Bottom line, I don't hate you because I have no reason to hate you"
She opened her mouth, "I Said: I have no reason to hate YOU" he repeated.
She looked down, "You're not like everyone else then"
"Who? Those creeps?" forget about them.."
She looked up at him, "WOW you're eyes are silver"
"I know they're scary" she said covering her eyes.
"No they're not! They're cool"
"Really?"
"Yeah.. you're like a uh.. nice wolf, or something"
"Eh? Hehehe… ehehehehehe"
-End of flashback-
Tsunade paused thinking over what she just read, "What time is it?" she asked Shizune.
"4:15"
"How long was I reading? An hour?"
"Actually 45 minutes to be exact"
Tsunade sighed and leaned back in her chair, "well I guess I should continue reading, we're past the halfway mark"
She said that and leaned forward, picking up the note book and flipping through the pages, "Yosh, let's begin"
:
"I was training again today, Satoru-Kun was passing by and he saw me.. he laughed at me….
-Flashback-
"What do you think you're doing?" Satoru giggled walking over to Ume.
"I'm training on throwing shurikens," Ume answered innocently.
"Well you're not going to hit anything from the way you're throwing Ume-Chan" he teased.
"Well I'd like to see you do any better" Ume said coldly.
He walked over confidently and picked up a shuriken, he threw it carelessly, but the star-like object hit right into the center of target board.
Ume's eyes widened impressed, but she shook her head, "That's just because you get to train at the ninja academy" she said pouting.
Satoru giggled but he seemed to be thinking about it, "Hey what do you say if I trained you?"
Ume's eyes widened, she had never thought of it before, "You'd do that?"
Satoru shrugged, "Why not? I'll teach you whatever they teach me in the academy"
Ume thought it over, then with a smile of relief she said, "Sounds good.. Satoru-Sensei" she winked.
-End of flashback-
"I just finished a three hour training session with Satoru-Kun.. it's really hard, but I really need this training.. by the way, Satoru is a very strict teacher, but I think that's exactly what I need" Tsunade read.
-New flashback-
"Satoru-Kun… where are you?" Ume called, walking around in the beautiful garden. "Where is he?" she grunted to herself.
"Hey Ume!"
"Oh!" Ume gasped with surprise, "When did you learn tree climbing?" an exited Ume asked Satoru, who was hanging from a tree branch, upside-down.
"A first lesson for a new Genin" Satoru smiled proudly, dangling a brand-new head protector in front of her.
"Satoru-Kun! You did it!" she cheered.
"Not without you"
"But.. what did I do?"
"When I was training you.. it was good practice for me," he smiled, "Oh and here" he added dropping a beautiful red apple in her hand.
"Thanks.. it's really nice"
"Yeah the nicest apples are at the tops of the trees, and now I can get it without any trouble." But just as he said that he lost concentration and he fell. "Um.. Without much trouble" he corrected.
Ume giggled, then he said, "Well what are you waiting for? Eat up"
Ume paused, "Hey do you have a kunai?" she suddenly asked.
He handed her what she wanted confused, "Here" she said handing him half the apple, "Now I can eat" she added.
"Hey I still didn't tell you the best news yet" Satoru said his mouth full of apple.
She turned to him, "I was talking to Tadao-Sensei.. Actually my uncle was, any way he said…" Satoru paused for dramatic effect but Ume was too interested in eating her apple to notice, Satoru sulked with disappointment but soon recovered, "Tadao-Sensei agreed to let you into the ninja academy!"
Ume stared at her best friend wide-eyed wondering if he was messing with her, but the look on his face said otherwise, "Th-that's great!.. thank you Satoru.. thank you very much" she suddenly burst, pulling him into a boa hug.
"Ume.. can't.. can't breath"
-End of flashback-
"Dairy-Chama.. you've been my only friend for a very long time, but now since I'm going to ninja academy, I'll have to focus on my work for now.. so I'm not going to write, I'll put you in a drawer and try not to forget you.. I might come back again someday to pick you up again, but until then Good bye" Tsunade read.
….
"Is it finished?" Shizune asked.
Tsunade flipped the page, "No there's a new entry here.. it's dated three years after the previous one" Tsunade responded.
"Are you going to continue?"
Tsunade nodded her head, and turned the page to the latest entry and…
:
"Hello again Dairy-Chama.. it's nice to see you again, and flip through your pages. I'm here again after all theses years because I have no one else to turn to any more, and that's why I hoped I'd never pick you up again… you're a faithful friend that helped me through the roughest times. And I know that when I need somebody to listen you'll always be there waiting.. I know that after being put alone in a forgotten drawer that I can always come back and pick you up again.. and pick up from where I left off, as if I never did..
I've trained hard for these last three years, and I'm proud to say that I've become a ninja, I've learned many techniques and been to many very dangerous missions.. and that's the problem..
Satoru-Kun and I are just coming to understand the depths of this new problem.. the villagers never ceased to hate me, I really understand that now. After Satoru was able to get me into the ninja academy, I worked hard to graduate as fast as possible, in order to catch up to him.. And I did, I proved to be a real genius when it come to being a ninja, as was Satoru. I had always hoped that if someday I would become a great ninja, and do great things for the village. And so I'd gain the respect and approval of the villagers, and to wipe away the stain my father had left behind for me to bear.
But I never gained their trust.. in fact, the stronger I got, the more I resembled a problem to them, and they decided that they must eliminate that problem at any cost. But at that they were presented with a problem, Daisuke Satoru, the nephew of Daisuke Eiji, their leader..
But I remained a constant threat to them, and their faith in getting rid of me wouldn't parish.. and so Satoru paid the price. He became an outcast, just like me. But there was one problem that the villagers needed to face, the fact was that they couldn't just rid themselves of Satoru, the way the would have with me.. he was an important person to Eiji-Sama. But they were smart, I'll give them that. and I was naïve I don't mind to admit it, I was blinded by the undying hope of being accepted and being part of the group.
They took advantage of the fact that we were ninjas, and good ones too.. They sent us on hopelessly dangerous missions, hopping that we would die in process.. but we didn't. our high skills just grew higher, and the villagers hope slowly grew smaller. But as good as we were, we would always comeback with serious injuries. Satoru would get the care he needed, but the villagers made their disliking of me very obvious, so I learned some healing techniques to keep myself alive..
Here I have to say that Eiji-Sama had no clue of this.. he was no fool, but our country was in constant conflict with its self.. and it had also accumulated a number of enemies during father's years as the leader. and so he had his hands full, and was unaware of the devious plans the villagers were plotting."
Tsunade paused and turned to give Shizune a meaningful look, now she understood why the man was apologizing, but the story wasn't done yet…
"Tomorrow night I have a very important, very dangerous mission. Satoru was assigned to it too.. it's supposed to be hopeless according to Satoru, but were going anyways, for the village..
Wish me luck"
A\N: Yeah about that.. sorry for stopping here.. but it's all chained together and it is hard to find a place to stop in… By the way.. sorry for not making the memories in Italic but it would just be too much to read like that.
Criticize and review, until we meet again.