I refuse to put a disclaimer here cause everyone should be bright enough to know that I don't own Naruto. I'm pretty sure that's why this is called FANfiction.

├Part Twenty-Four┤

I had a bad feeling. Oh, such a bad feeling. I didn't know what it was about exactly but I felt the need to be somewhere. I got up out of my usually comfortable bed, which felt like a rock then, and got dressed. I paid extra notice to what I was wearing so I wouldn't be freezing on this cool night.

I was dressed completely in black so I wouldn't be spotted easily. The only things white were my wraps around my hands and feet.

As I stepped out of my apartment building and into the night, a cool breeze blew against me. It was sometimes a good thing that I liked to wear my mask. Of course, it was my decision.

I had a sinking feeling in my gut and so I quickened my pace. I didn't know exactly where I was going, I just walked. It eventually led me to the gate of Konoha and out.

Confused with myself, I jumped into a nearby tree and sat on one of the limbs.

After a moment where I thought I would fall asleep, I heard voices. One of them was strikingly familiar. The other I knew after listening for a while.

Then I felt horror build up inside me as I remembered something. It had occurred not too long ago.

-Flashback-

The trees all moved the same way as the wind blew all around them. Sitting on a limb, I watched the fight below. Just more training. More pointless training.

So I looked up at the sky and watched as the clouds moved in the direction of the wind. After a peaceful moment of staring up at the brilliant blue sky I felt some pressure on the tree branch.

I turned my head slightly to see Sasuke Uchiha. Normally I would have expected Naruto, not the Uchiha. Any normal day I would have been pissed at him for no good reason.

But this day was calm and tiring. We all just felt like lying around doing nothing or just sleep.

"Miya?" I heard him say ever so softly, I nearly didn't catch it.

"Hmm?" I responded, my eyes half closed from this sudden lazy mood.

There was a small pause before he spoke again, "What do you think would happen if I actually did leave Konoha?" he asked.

I looked at him fully and tilted my head a bit, "Are you talking about that Orochimaru guy?" I asked.

He nodded, his eyes not meeting mine, "Yeah," he said quietly.

I sighed and looked back to the lovely sky, "Well it's your choice. If you go, you'll most likely be called treacherous or something because that guy did what he did to Konoha. You'll make a lot of people sad because you'd be leaving behind friends. You'd gain and lose something. You'd gain merely power while you'd lose something precious," I answered and glanced at him.

He frowned slightly, staring at his hands which were playing with some leaves, "Hmm," he said and then was silent.

End Flashback

My thoughts were confirmed as I saw Sasuke walking out of Konoha's gate.The voice I had heard before, that I recognized as Sakura's, was no longer there. She hadn't come out with him.

Suddenly the Uchiha boy was gone.

"You can't pull that trick on me," I said and rolled my eyes, "So where're you going?" I asked.

"You should know," I heard his voice in my ear.

I turned to look at him, "Orochimaru's, right?" I asked and he raised an eyebrow, "Well then go. There's no stopping you."

He frowned slightly, "Aren't you 'sad' or something that I'm leaving?" he asked.

I laughed outright at that one, "Um remember the Academy? Sure it'd be sad to not see you and get in fights and all but you haven't heard me say something yet," I said getting a determined and stubborn look in my eye.

"And what would that be?" he asked looking suspicious. He probably knew already.

I smiled slightly and said, "I'm going with you of course."

"No," he said, "I'm doing this alone. If you come, it'd be too much of a distraction."

"Pfft, like I trust you to go by yourself," I said and stood up, "I'm coming whether you want me to or not. And if I don't, I'm gonna track down where he lives and I'm gonna come anyways."

He shook his head, "You were always a weird one," he said and looked away, "But seriously now, I've got to go now."

I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms, "Yeah and I'm being serious too now. I'm coming and there's nothing you can do, because I know you, that can stop me," I said.

He made an attempt to knock me out…but that didn't work. I already knew he was going to try something like that.

So I acted like I WAS unconscious and then followed him later…

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-Jen-