Hello! Hope you liked that last one! Did you get the ending? Haha! This one is also edited by Yumi-chan!

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It was a full moon and sky was full of twinkling stars. They seemed to dance with joy across the blanket of black. It would make anyone contented to see such a sight but unfortunately, not tonight. No one who would appreciate the performance was around. I ran toward the empty valley in the midst of it. Those cold and cruel words that I heard coming from they're mouths would surely be the last I hear.

Why do they hate me so? I can't take anymore of it! Mother, Father, those kids, and thier biting words. They cut through me, deeper than any blade could.

I sat down, bracing myself for what was to come next. Reaching deep into my pocket I whipped out a small but sharp pocket knife. Just as the cool metal came close to me, a small hand grabbed my cold and skinny wrist.

When I looked up, I saw a face, one of a boy. He looked friendly enough but a serious expression covered his face. He forced the knife out of my weak fingers and cast it aside.

"Don't do it..." He sounded concerned, as if he truly cared. Yeah right...

Nobody cared.

"You don't know me! You don't have a right to say what I do! How would you know what I've been through?" I stood up and glared at him. I studied his onyx eyes and face carefully as the moonlight shone down on the both of us. He then smiled a bit.

"Ending it won't do anything. If you were really smart... You wouldn't do it."

I tugged my wrist out of his grasp. I didn't want to admit it but something in my mind confirmed that this stranger was, indeed correct. I couldn't take it. My facade broke and the tears I had locked up escaped in a wild frenzy of sobbing.

"I can't do it anymore! I just can't take it!" I sobbed. He sat down beside me, staring with sympathy.

"You can stay over again... here," he stuck out his hand for me to shake. "I'm Uchiha Sasuke. What's your name?" He smiled at me with genuine kindness.

I didn't know whether to smile or be ashamed. Why was this boy being so courteous? I'm just not worth it. I avoided his stare, afraid of breaking down again.

"I-I'm Kobayashi Mizuko..." Slowly and shakily, I raised my hand to meet his. His shake was short and firm, while mine was weak, probably due to malnutrition.

"So tell me, what would make you act like this? You don't look like someone who would ever be unhappy."

I trembled with anger and fear, balled up into one.

"Nobody loves me. My mother and father said they wished I was dead. Those kids at school tease me, call me a freak and a loser. They say that nobody would want to be my friend. Nobody. You don't know what it's like to have someone you love hate you. To wish that you were never born.. To have no friends." The beams of moonlight illuminated my tears as the slowly ran down the length of my face, to fall to the ground below.

I then felt a pair of arms wrap around my small body. They were warm and inviting in the chill of the night. Sasuke was hugging me. Holding me. I've never been hugged like that before. It was so different but I was intoxicated by his scent. It thrilled my senses, taking over me, sending my heart into a fit. I didn't want him to let go of me. I wanted to forever stay in his arms. I closed my eyes and clutched his shoulder, doing something I had never thought I would do again. I was smiling because he cared for me...

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I sat on my bed looking down at my mistake...The sheets of my bed were stained red with my pain.

What have I done?

It felt oh so right, as if was the only thing that I could do, the only thing that could help. The only one who would ever care about me no longer wants anything to do with me. This was the only way. I had nothing to lose, and nothing to gain. There was no use in living my pathetic life for someone who didn't need me anymore.

I slowly picked up the glass again, letting it dig deep into my hand and I slashed quickly at my wrist. The sorrows seemed to slip away for just a moment before they came back.

My breathing was shaky as I fell on my pillow clutching my wrists, for the pain was unbearable. Not the pain of the wound. No. My heart was in pain. It was a wound of the heart.

Kokoro no Kizu.

I wouldn't let anyone know about this. About my self-abusive attitude. Though nobody would care anyways. I wrapped my wrist up in bandages tightly so the bleeding would come to a halt yet I could still feel the pain seep through.

My blue eyes shut slowly plunging my world into darkness. I wasn't tired but my body...my body forced me into a deep slumber.

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The Next Day

I walked toward Hokage-sama's office, bandages still intact from last night. None of the blood seeped through. Good. I was a ninja in my last village so the Hokage was going make me an official Konoha ninja. If he found out I cut myself, well, that wouldn't make a very good impression.

"Congratulations Mizuko. You are now a kunoichi of Konoha. The rest of your team will be arriving shortly." Hokage-sama raised his wooden pipe and puffed on it. His eyebrows, thick and white, furrowed slightly. He looked like a benevolent man, who looked after Konoha well.

I then took some time to study my surroundings. I saw the pictures of the past Hokage's faces. The men that protected the village from any harm. I then looked closer at one of their faces. He had spiky blonde hair. Yondaime. The fourth.

The door swund open on it's sqeaky hinges.

"Yo!" A silver-haired man walked through the door. His face was covered by a navy blue mask, making it hard to read him. He must have been at least a Jounin.

"Kakashi. This is Kobayashi Mizuko. She will be a new member of your team from this point on." Hokage-sama made a gesture in my direction, signalling me to introduce myself.

"Nice to meet you!" I bowed politely. It made me sick to think I had to fake a smile everday for the rest of my life. It made me wish that my life was over sooner. It probably would be, eating virtually nothing, and losing blood everyday.

"Hello, Mizuko. Let me introduce my team and myself. I'm Hatake Kakashi. This is Haruno Sakura, Uzumaki Naruto and-"

NO!

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YAY ANGST! That's right! SHE'S EMO! SHe was going to commit suicide but Sasuke stopped her! Intersting... Hn... BYE!