When Natsumi got home, she instantly ran to where she knew her mother would be, on the balcony. Her mother had an odd obsession of being on the roof. Natsumi figured it had something to do with her deceased husband, but Natsumi didn't have the heart to ask. When Natsumi reached the balcony, there stood her mother as expected. Her mother starred into the sky with the look of longing and sadness buried deep within her eyes as they often did. Natsumi approached her mother slowly, she did not want to scare her, it was a mistake she had made one too many times...

"R-rao?" Natsumi said cautiously.

"Oh my!" Her mother jumped as her one hand clung to her chest. Her mother took in a deep breath before exhaling it in a warm smile. "You scared me hun. I didn't see you there."

"I apologise Rao... I did not mean to scare you."

Her mother smiled again warmly, taking her hand off of her chest. "What's up hun? Did you have fun in town?"

"Um, yeah. It was... interesting." Natsumi forced out a pitiful smile.

"What's wrong hun?" Now her mother sounded worried.

"It's just... I dunno' if I can do this. I mean, being a ninja and all." Natsumi lowered her head in shame.

"Oh hun, I know can, you were meant to be one."

"I know you keep saying that but, I just don't think you're right."

Rao sighed and leaned up against the balcony railing. "When have I ever been wrong?"

"Well, never bu-"

"But nothing then hun. Trust me okay, you will be okay. What happened that brought this up again, you seemed happy when you walked off with Kakashi."

"I was-I mean I am. I had a great time. I met the team I'd be with. It was quite fun, though I had to pay for lunch." Natsumi laughed slightly, remembering Naruto's face when he said he had no money.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing, just somethin' the one team mate had said..."

"Hm.. Well I'm glad you had fun hunny. Once you get a few more friends maybe you should have them over." Her mother smiled warmly.

"I think I will... Can I go train Rao?"

"Of course hun, you don't have to ask."

"Alright then, I'll be in the backyard if you want me." Natsumi gave her mother a kiss on the cheek before running off, her mother returned to her day dreaming.

Rao's backyard was huge. Natsumi over the years had set it up like a training ground. There were targets all around, and even some animals for her to practice her Keekei Genkai on. She often spent hours back there. It was surrounded by forest, so Natsumi never had to worry about distractions. Picking up a kunai, she closed her good eye, and opened only her cursed eye. She did this often because, unless it was serious, she never uncovered her eye, so she needed to learn how to see through her hair as if her eye was exposed normally. The kunai sliced through the air hitting the target, opening her good eye, Natsumi saw it was only a little bit to the left from being in the centre, she sighed as she pulled out another one.

Closing her good eye again, she threw the kunai, again it whizzed through the air, but this time hit the ground. Something was putting her off focus today, but what? She thought back to her time in town with team seven. It had been fun, despite that fact that Sakura hated her, she had fun. She then thought back to the boys and their reactions to her. Naruto made his crush for her instantly obvious, and she had to admit he was cute, but the other boy, Sasuke, she couldn't figure him out. All the rumours she had heard stated that Sasuke didn't show any liking toward a girl, aside from Sakura, and that had only been once when he was close to death. Thinking back, Natsumi thought that Sasuke was being really nice to her, she never once heard him use sarcasm to her, or even sigh, both things she heard other girls from the village say he did.

Sighing for a second time, Natsumi gave up and went to sit down on the grass by the bunnies that they owned. They had five bunnies, all ones she trained with, but she also had them as pets. Natsumi picked up the oldest bunny and began stroking its fur. She allowed her mind to travel into deep thought, so deep, she was completely oblivious to the person who had just entered the yard.

"Ah, Natsumi?"

Natsumi jumped causing the bunny to freak out and jump out of her arms. Looking up, she saw Sasuke.

"Uchiha... What are you doing here?" She asked as she attempted to stand, but she lost her balance and fell back over like an idiot, she could feel her face get hot.

"Ah, here let me help you." Sasuke held out his hand, Natsumi hesitated for a moment before taking his hand and let him pull her up.

She treasured how easily their hands fit together, and how soft his skin was. Finally she let go before she looked too much like an idiot. Dusting herself off she sighed before looking back at Sasuke and smirking.

"So, gonna' answer my question?"

"You know, you talk pretty tough to the wrong people." He said, as his lips formed a thin line.

"Hm, and I supposed you're talking bout' yourself right Uchiha?" She said, slightly becoming amused by their conversation.

"Yes. But that is not why I came here," His voice returned to it's normal mono-tone form, and his smile faded.

"Then what did you come here for, and a better question, how did you get in here, or even know where I live?" Natsumi asked, finally letting her mind think logically again.

"Your mother let me in. I told her I was your friend. And I know where you live because I have to pass this house often... But what I came here for, is to warn you."

"W-warn me? What are you talking about?"

"I'm warning you about Sakura."

Natsumi out right laughed in Sasuke's face, he didn't seem amused.

"That girl is useless! Why would you feel the need to warn me about her? You saw at the restaurant, I kick butt!"

"Maybe then, but Naruto wont be there to stop her, and she wont be alone."

"What are you talking about Uchiha?"

"I can't tell you. But I just came here to warn you. Bye Natsumi." Sasuke started to walk away when Natsumi grabbed his wrist.

"H-hey! Let go." He said sounding irritated.

"No. Tell me, or else I will find out on my own."

He ripped his arm out of her grasp. "I don't get shoved around by anyone, got it?" He didn't sound angry, just irritated. He sighed before his face became apologetic. "I'll see you around Natsumi." He smiled before walking off back toward the back door of her house.

Natsumi quickly put her hands together then said, Hitima! Like it was a routine by now, she felt the heat of her curse rush into her body, she could see Sasuke's emotions, but something about them scared her, it scared her so much, she screamed.

"Ahhh!" Natsumi collapssed to the ground screaming and gripping her left eye.

Sasuke who was saying bye to Rao, heard the screaming. Rao and Sasuke shared looks before running to the back yard in a panic.

Outside, Natsumi laid on her side. She was gripping her left eye and screaming loudly in agony. Rao ran to her daughter then fell to her knees at her side, Sasuke stood watching in horror.

"W-what's wrong with her?" Sasuke said, not even regonising his own voice.

"I'm not sure!" Rao was in a panic.

"RAO! MY EYE!" Natsumi screamed.

Rao ripped Natsumi's hand off of her eye and moved her hair to reveal that her eye was bleeding. Blood was dripping down her face, chest, and clothes.

"Oh god! Sasuke! Please help me! Get a Doctor or Tsunade! Please hurry!" Rao yelled, tears now pouring down her face.

"Ah yeah okay..." Sasuke hesitatied only for a second before running.

He ran and ran until he found Tsunade, she was out on a walk around Kohona.

"Lady Tsunade... Natsumi Hitama... somethings... wrong." Sasuke panted.

"Hitama? Where is she?"

"At.. her house."

"Come on then!" The two began running.

When they reached the house, there was still loud screaming. In the back yard was Rao and Natsumi still. Rao had a towel covered in blood, and there was still more pouring from her eye.

"Move Rao!" Tsunade commanded.

She moved and allowed Tsunade to take a look at her. Tsunade placed her hands together over Natsumi's eye, as a blue Ora began to glow. Natsumi's screams intensified before then calmed until they stopped completely, Natsumi, was out cold.

Tsunade stood back up, taking a look over Natsumi. Her eye had stopped bleeding, but she was still covered in blood. Tsunade then turned to look at Rao and Sasuke. Rao was on the ground crying, she was covered in Natsumi's blood. Sasuke was standing there speechless.

"Oh my god! W-what's wrong with her?" Rao half yelled, half slurred.

"This is what I was telling you about earlier. If she over uses her Kekkei Genkai, stuff like this can happen. It's a good thing I got here when I did, otherwise she would have died from blood loss."

"I-isn't there anything I can do to help her?"

"I'm afraid not. Only her real parents can help stop this stuff from happening. She will grow out of it in a few years, that is if it doesn't kill her first. See in the Hitama clan, on the child's fifth birthday, the parents are supposed to preform a ritual that stops things like this from happening. Her real parents weren't around, so shes actually risking her life every time she uses that eye of hers."

"But, oh no. She was training... that must be it!" Rao yelled.

"Rao can you help me? I stopped the bleeding, but she needs medical attention, now."

"Yes of course."

Rao picked up Natsumi's lifeless body and carried it as she followed Tsunade. Sasuke followed them.

After a few hours, Sasuke was allowed to go in and see Natsumi. When he walked in Rao was fast asleep in a chair by the bedside, Natsumi was awake and starring at Sasuke. She was in a hospital gown. Her hair was slightly damp from the nurses having to wash the blood out. She looked tired and sad. Her eye was now coverd by her hair again, but Sasuke had seen her eye. The blood hadn't bothered him at all, it was just her eye.

"Hi, Natsumi." He kept his voice low.

"Thank you... Sasuke. My mother told me what you did." Her voice was cracky and weak, he figured it was from all the screaming. He then realised she used his first name rather then last for the first time.

Walking closer, he realised she was hooked up to an I.V. There was a bag of blood pouring itself into her arm.

"Ah it was nothing." He said, finally answering her question.

"No, it wasn't nothing. You saved my life... there's got to be something I can do to make it up to you." She pleaded.

"Ahhh.."

Just then there was a knock at the door. Sasuke opened it to see Naruto and Sakura.

"What are you two doing here?" Sasuke questioned, mostly Naruto, he was in his pajamas.

"We heard about Natsumi... is she okay?" Sakura asked, actually sounding worried.

Sasuke moved aside. The two walked in, they saw Natsumi's mother asleep, then they saw Natsumi. To them, aside from the I.V and being tired, she looked fine to them. Naruto walked up to Sasuke and whispered in his ear, "She looks fine to me."

Sasuke grunted a sigh as he whispered to Naruto, "Trust me I was there, she wasn't okay.."

Naruto gave him a weary look before shrugging his shoulders and walking over to Natsumi's bedside, along with Sakura.

"How are you feeling Natsumi?" Sakura asked.

"Crappy. But crappy is better then dead I suppose." Natsumi all of a sudden began hacking. All three ninjas starred at her in horror, Sasuke more then the others. Rao woke up and pushed Sakura and Naruto out of the way.

"Natsumi!" Rao yelled.

Natsumi finally stopped coughing and looked into her hand, blood.

"Oh no. I'll go get a nurse." Rao said as she ran off.

"You're just dehydrated. From what I hear you were screaming for a while," Sakura reached over and grabbed a glass of water that was on the table. "Here, drink this."

Natsumi's hands were shaking, but she manged to grab the glass from Sakura and bring it to her lips. She drank it all then with great difficulty, placed it on the table.

"I'll be fine... Y-you guys don't have to stay here with me." Natsumi said as she closed her eyes.

Naruto and Sakura nodded, they looked to Sasuke but he shook his head. Silently the two left, leaving Sasuke alone with Natsumi. He walked over and took a seat in the chair Rao was sleeping in only a few minutes before. He let his eyes drift toward her. She looked peaceful when she slept. Sasuke barely understood himself. He had never felt this way about anyone, let alone a girl. Sasuke remembered how he had agreed with Naruto that he thought she was 'amazing' as he called it. Did he really like her? Her eye scared him, but who was he to judge? He had weird eyes too. Sasuke's eyes looked over her sleeping body until they rested on her hand. It had blood on it from her coughing. Unwillingly, he reached out his hand and lifted hers. He looked at her palm and saw it had a large scar on it, just one line, it was obvious that the cut had been deep. He briefly wondered what had happened. The moon was almost at its highest point in the sky. Sasuke wrapped his hand around Natsumi's as his eyes slowly began to close, it had been a long day, he was just as tired, if not more then Natsumi. And with that, he drifted off in a peaceful sleep.

Author's Notes: Chapta 3 XD Good? Bad? Don't like? Don't read. Sasuke may be OOC... I apologise -.-" Ima still gonna continue to write it anyway XD

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