Chapter 2

"Did you just ask me if I wanted to be your friend?" Awaii asked, now really confused. She was only asked once before this, and that didn't turn out pretty.

"Well yea….hard at hearing?" Red joked, a small smirk on her tan face.

"Look I don't even know you, and you Defiantly don't know me, so why do you want to be my friend?" Awaii asked, her hands on her hips, a slight scowl on her face.

"Because I can feel your pain, and you shouldn't have to deal with it on your own," Red replied.

'My pain….how can she feel my pain? She doesn't even understand my pain…no one does,' Awaii thought as she looked down.

"Hey! Did you guys hear me? I said we are about to head out," Shikamaru ordered. Awaii was still looking down, but slowly began walking, as they left the village. She didn't understand how someone she just met could understand how she felt…how much pain she was in.

As they all walked, Shikamaru told Kiba and Akamaru to take the front, Shikamaru after them, then Naruto and Red, and Awaii at the end.

'It's better for her to be in the end, so she doesn't get in anyone's way,' Naruto thought. Of course Awaii heard him think this, she sighed. She really hated being able to read minds sometimes. She blamed being able to do so on Orochimaru…if it wasn't for him, she wouldn't be here. The people of Kohona wouldn't hate her…hell they wouldn't even know her.

'Why is she walking by herself? Why doesn't she want a friend? No, I can tell she wants a friend…but she's afraid…of getting hurt,' Red thought as she looked back at Awaii.

"Hey Red….you should stay away from Awaii…she's not a good person," Naruto began to explain, " Awaii isn't from Kohona…she's from Sound."

Awaii could hear Naruto talking. She made a fist and grabbed for her dagger. In no time it was transformed into a katana with a blue gem on the handle, and what seemed like a snake wrapped around it. She ran up to Naruto and placed her blade tip on his neck. "Mind your damn business, or this blade of mine will be the last thing you see." She warned.

"Awaii, drop your weapon…now!" Shikamaru ordered, now standing behind her, placing his kunai up to her neck. "We are on this mission together, meaning you can't kill your comrades."

"Who ever said I was one of your comrades?…According to Naruto, I'm nothing but a Sound rat…right?" Awaii scoffed.

"This isn't the time to be fighting…" Kiba commented.

Awaii sighed then released her chakra from her katana, forcing it back to its original form. She then placed it back in her back pocket. Shikamaru then dropped his kunai, and Awaii walked back to the end of their formation line. Only this time Red followed her back. She wanted to find out what was really wrong with Awaii, and how was it she was from Sound…but living in Kohona.

"Hey Hissori, have you finally come to join the military?" A man with short black hair and wearing a blue uniform asked.

"You already know my answer Roy, I would rather wear a dress than become a dog of the military. I happen to like my freedom," the girl replied. This girl looked about 16 years old. She had white hair that was down about to her mid-back, blue eyes, and she wore a black shirt with dark blue jeans.

"Well if I get you a really short dress…then-"

Hissori punched Roy in the arm. "Not gonna happen….perv..."

"Hey I'm not a perv…I'm a major," Roy stated, placing his fist on his hips.

"So?" Hissori asked, raising an eye brow.

"So…you gotta do what I say…and NOT call me a perv." He nodded, as though agreeing with himself.

"Sorry Mustang, but I'm not one of your dogs that you have on your leash, meaning, I don't have to do what you say," Hissori explained, then walked out of the large military base.

"There you are…we've been looking for you Hissori." A boy with blonde hair in a braid and brown eyes shouted. Standing behind him was another boy, except this boy was taller than the one shouting, and his hair was shorter. Other than that, they looked a lot alike.

"What do you want Ed?" Hissori sighed.

"Well, Al wanted to make sure you weren't going to do anything stupid, like join the military," Ed explained.

Hissori yawned. "Don't worry little dude….I'm not gonna become a dog. Besides there is only use for one dog in the house at a time…and since we don't have a pet yet, I guess you'll have to do…right Ed?"

"See Al I told yo- WAIT!! Did you just…DON'T CALL ME TOO SHORT TO BE ABLE TO SEE OVER THE COUNTER AT THE STORE!!" Ed shouted, he was being held back by his younger-but taller-brother, Al. Ed hated being called short, But so many people called him short, most of them ended up getting their asses kicked. But a lot of them just laughed.

"Brother…she didn't say that, calm down," Al sighed.

Hissori laughed and walked past the two brothers, little did she know she was being watched. Actually all three of them were being watched…

"Is that her? The girl you need? The one who can make the stone?" A man asked.

The man had white hair, pulled back in a pony tail, and glasses on his face.

"Yesss, sshe'ss the girl. Now…get her…and bring her here" A man with pale skin, and black long hair hissed.

"Very well….Orochimaru-Sama." The white haired man disappeared in a ball of smoke.

"Awaii…why'd you threaten Naruto?" Red asked, trying to talk to her, but it wasn't working to well.

"He's right, you should leave me alone….I could end up killing you," Awaii replied.

'So she doesn't want to hurt me…or anyone….I think...' Red thought.

Awaii replied, 'That's not what I said…I said I could end up killing you. Now who's hard at hearing?'

Red looked around, as though she was hearing things, then looked over at Awaii.

"Did you just?"

Awaii nodded. "Yeah…I did, now leave me alone." Awaii looked away from Red, but Red could tell she was still hurting. Red didn't want to leave her alone, she wanted to talk to her, she wanted to find more out about her. Why she was always walking alone…well from what Red could tell she was always alone. The only time she would talk was to tell the others that there was still no enemy, and that was only when she was asked…

"Alright, lets stop here….it would be too troublesome to keep going," Shikamaru suggested. They all nodded, and Shikamaru told everyone what they needed to do. Kiba and Akamaru were to get food, Red and Awaii to get fire wood, and Naruto and Shikamaru were to set up camp.

"Shikamaru, you sure its safe to send Red with Awaii?…You saw how she just attacked me…out of no were," Naruto complained.

"Naruto…you know that Lady Tsunade said, that we were not allowed to talk about her past…so you were just picking a fight," Shikamaru yawned, "Besides, don't you think Awaii would of killed her already if she wanted to? Red has been trying to talk to her, get it now…leave them alone…."

Naruto just kinda stood there. He didn't really understand what Shikamaru was trying to tell him. he just shrugged it off, and the two of them began to set up camp.

"Hey…umm Awaii?"

Awaii was picking up wood, trying to ignore Red, but it wasn't working out to well.

After a little while Awaii gave up on trying to ignore her, and looked up at her "What do you want?" She snapped.

" Well, why don't you want to be my friend?" Red asked…again.

" I already told you…if I were your friend, one of us would either end up hurt…or dead…and it wouldn't be me," Awaii declined once again, not wanting to have another friendship like her last one.

"That's not true, because you would of killed me earlier…so therefore your not the type to just kill someone…" Red reasoned, as she walked up to Awaii. 'Was she testing to see if I would of killed her, doesn't she understand?…I don't like to be around a lot of people…especially when they try to talk to me…'

Awaii sighed. "Look, I didn't kill you because I didn't want to fight, and I don't know your ability, and you already saw mine…so the odds would be against me…"

"So that dagger thing is your ability, then…reading minds is your kekei genkai?" Red asked.

'This girl doesn't get it.' "Something like that…I guess..." Awaii replied.

"You know, I still think we should be friends…you seem like a nice person…besides attacking Naruto, but I think he was out of line."

'I don't understand her, she saw me attack a teammate, and she thinks I was right…maybe I guess she wouldn't turn out like he did…maybe I could befriend her…' "Red…if I became your friend…then what?…I mean everyone in Kohona would hate you, and you would be treated the same way I am…" Awaii said. She was trying to explain to Red that things wouldn't very good for her if she became her friend. But Red didn't care, she really wanted to be her friend.

"So…then you will be my friend? I mean, I really don't care what others think of me…and I really think you and I can be good friends. I can just tell…I'm able to see things like that," Red explained.

"You said earlier that you were able to see my pain…how did you know I was feeling pain?" Awaii asked.

Red was about to answer her question, when Kiba and Akamaru walked up to them. "Shikamaru told me to come and find you guys. he said that you were taking to long, and it was getting cold, besides…" Kiba looked at Awaii then blushed a little, and turned away, "you guys should head back.."

Red looked at Kiba, then at Awaii. Awaii looked as though she didn't see him blush, and Kiba well…he was blushing. 'Does he like her?…does she even know?' Red thought.

'he doesn't like me….don't worry Red, no guys like me. They all hate me and blame me for many things- never mind….something you don't need to know,' Awaii replied to Red, by thinking of course. Red looked confused. Why would they blame her for anything? What could she of done?

-End of chapter, okay so what did you think? Heehee I hope Hissori likes her characters…anyways, will Awaii ever tell Red what happened to her in her past, and why does she blame Orochimaru for her mind reading…-