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-Eight┤

It was quite a long time until I finally caught up with him. He probably knew I was following him but like I cared.

He should have gotten it through his thick skull already that I was going with him no matter what.

Wearing no mask felt out of place as the cool rainy air blew across my face as I was jumping, or running, through the tall trees.

He had said the markings on my face had changed…so that usually meant the color would soon as well.

I had been focusing on following him that I, for some reason, didn't know that he stopped. I was just concentrating if he was still in front of me.

"Oof," was the sort of sound that came from my mouth as I toppled into him. We fell to the muddy ground together.

The strange thing was, he didn't say a word. I managed to sit up in slippery mud and looked at him.

The anger in my eyes died as I saw he was staring at something. I turned and saw a low building.

"Sasuke?" I asked. Still he didn't respond, "Earth to Sasuke, are you alright?" I asked.

Finally his stare was broken as he turned to look at me, "Huh?" he asked, still a little dazed from his intensive staring.

I smiled while waving my hand at him, "Hello Mr. Avenger, how are you doing today?" I asked somewhat sarcastically.

He blinked a couple of times before glaring at me, "What the hell are you doing here?!" he yelled.

I rolled my eyes, "I've said it what, three times already? And yet you still don't get it," I said while smacking the back of his head lightly, "Are you paying attention now? I followed you, like I said, and I will stay with you."

He rubbed the back of his head absentmindedly while staring at the mud.

I sighed, "What's so great about the ground? Combine water and dirt and you get mud, solves any questions?" I asked. Yes, I was seriously ticked off by this stupid, stupid boy.

He shot me a glare, "Why couldn't you have stayed in Konoha?" he asked, "Why'd you have to come? This is going to make everything more complicated!"

I crossed my arms. We were still sitting in the mud, "Well then why did YOU go? Why didn't YOU stay in Konoha? This already makes everything more complicated!" I yelled at him.

"I already told you my-"

"Ha! Your stupid excuses! It's getting old, trust me. You need to get stronger to defeat your brother…how sad, he just wanted you to live like this, to hate everything so you'd be miserable by your OWN making. He doesn't control your emotions, Sasuke. Sure he affects it, but it's YOUR choice if you wanna be…like this," I said not being able to think of a word to fit his way of living…besides moronic…

Suddenly his fist made contact with my stomach and his voice lowered into a hiss as he whispered in my ear, "You mind your own damn business and leave mine alone."

I coughed slightly before bringing my fist up to punch him in the head. We fought like that, in the pouring rain and thick slippery mud.

Now we were both drenched with our faces streaked with brown, glaring daggers at each other.

"If you hate me so much, why'd you follow me?" he asked.

"Because I-" I stopped right there as a couple things happened. First, I realized what I was about to say and so shut up. Second, a voice came in soon after.

"Hmm my, my what are a couple of children doing playing in mud right outside my home?" they asked, their voice taunting.

"Shut up," I muttered, very aware of how warm my cheeks were, "Unless you wanna join," I asked while throwing a mud ball at the person.

They dodged it with just a quick step to the side. A silver haired guy with circular glasses came out behind the other person.

"Sasuke," he said, "You come with us. Should I dispose of the other one sir?" he asked the person.

Then I realized that the person was Orochimaru, it HAD to be.

He was suddenly staring at me, "No," he said slowly, "She's here just like Sasuke if I'm not mistaken," with that said he strode to me quickly and crouched down.

I stared at him with a deep hate as he gently lifted my chin up and wiped some mud from my cheeks.

"Yes," he said and got up, "Most definitely. Come with us, Miya."

Sasuke looked bewildered, "She…she can come?" he asked.

"Of course," Orochimaru said with a smirk, "You need a playmate, don't you Sasuke? And besides, she can be of great use to us. She can become very powerful if she put her mind to it…"

My face suddenly reddened when I heard the 'playmate' part and Sasuke looked embarrassed a bit, his eyebrows were WAY up.

"Kabuto," he said looking at the silver haired guy, "Show them where their rooms are and where to clean off. I don't think they want to go to sleep filthy. Plus I don't want them trekking mud all over the place."

With that said, Orochimaru walked into the building, leaving the three of us pretty confused.

"Well then," The guy addressed as Kabuto said, "Whatever Orochimaru wants…follow me please."

And so we walked into the dark building together, side by side, Sasuke and I.

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-Jen-