Clumsy here with the first real chapter of 'The Weeping Willow'... My OC will die in the end but from old age! The story takes place 10 years before the war starts so :p... Zetsu is not apart of the Akatsuki yet but he'll join in later chapters! So on with the story.

Disclamier: I do not own Naruto but if I did... Let's not discuss what I'd do to Sasori and Zetsu

Sasori and Zetsu: O.o 'This chick is crazy!'

Chapter 1: The Monster in the Tree and the Curious Farm Girl

A young woman picked up the basket-like backpack full of delicious oranges and placed it on her back before she wiped the sweat on her brow. Her dark purple hair was French braided back and reached down to her lower waist. She had a small heart shaped face with curious purple eyes surrounded with thick dark purple eyelashes, small pink lips that were always had a smile on them showing her white teeth, though her bottom teeth were slightly crooked and she had a small over bite, and her smile highlighted her pink tinted cheeks. She stood at about 5' 6" and was long and lanky, with a dark tan from hours of time spent out in the sun.

"Kitty are you done gathering those oranges?" An elderly man in his fifties yelled from across the field.

"Yes Ojiisan. I'm coming." She said sarcastically as she began walking towards the front of the orchard with her basket of oranges, as she rolled up the sleeves of her plaid flannel jacket. She was wearing light colored blue jeans with holes in the knees and dirt stains, old worn out brown work boots, and a dark grey tank top under her dark green and orange flannel jacket. As she sat down her basket of oranges, three children came screaming from the woods that lined up behind orchard.

"MONSTER!" They screamed as they ran to Kitty hiding behind her and staring into the woods.

"What's wrong?" Kitty was bewildered as the children hid behind her shaking lightly from fear.

"We saw a monster!" Haku whimpered from behind her.

"Yeah, he was black and white with giant golden eyes and some giant thing surrounding his head!" Hiro yelled as she waved her arms around in the air.

"He was a monster!" Nami put in her final word as they hid behind Kitty further.

"Was it a man?" Kitty asked curiously as she looked towards the tree line. The three children nodded with tears weeping down their face. "Are you sure you saw someone?" They held their head down unsure but still threw wary glances at the forest. Around the camp many of the people began throwing wary glances at the forest, the dogs began barking, Kitty curiously looked at the woods. "Come on let's go see."

The Meadow…

"Hello! Anyone out here!" Kitty yelled as they walked into the open meadow with the weeping willow.

"Kitty-chan! Sssshhh he'll hear us!" Nami whispered tears water falling down her face and her nose running.

Kitty smirked as she walked towards the riverbed before coming to a sudden halt. On the edge of the bed was a small puddle of blood that streamed into the river's current. She looked at the puddle and followed the trail before looking at the Willow.

"Kitty-chan?" Haku asked slightly afraid at the adult's sudden behavior. She suddenly spun around on her heels smiling and laughing at the children.

"Nothing here… Come on let's go back to the camp. I've made some orange pudding and well it's too much for me and the old geezer." The children cheered and ran towards the farm racing each other. Kitty followed behind them but before leaving the meadow she threw one last curious glance at the Willow, and then disappeared into the forest.

The Meadow…. Again….

Zetsu clung to his side as he watched the purple haired woman walked towards the river bed only to stop. She saw his blood; he knew she did as her eyes traveled towards the Willow he was currently hiding in. Zetsu hated hiding, but he was too far injured to travel any further. He was lucky that he had found somewhere as secluded as this meadow, but as he was washing his wound three children had spotted him and went screaming into the trees. Normally he would have caught them and killed them, but it hurt just to phase into tree, which was easier than running after three little children nobody was likely to believe. Of course it was his luck that they bring back someone, oh well he'd have dinner tonight.

"Kitty-chan?" One of the children asked. To his surprise she didn't yell for them to run or looked scared as she turned around… she laughed and smiled.

"Nothing here… Come on let's go back to the farm. I've made some orange pudding and well it's too much for me and the old geezer." The children raced back laughing; she followed but looked back for a moment.

"How strange." Zetsu muttered in a shy and soft voice as he phased out of the tree only wince at the sudden pain. He slumped into the tree, clinging to his side.

"We should have eaten her and the brats." Zetsu snapped in a dark and cruel voice.

"She did not pose any threat… Also we are injured." His politer side spoke up.

"Hn."

Hours passed by the sun was finally setting, and Zetsu had made a make shift bandage from so of his own supplies, which was difficult to wrap around his waist enough times to cover most of the gash in his side. His white beige long sleeve baggy shirt lay beside him on an overgrown root as he based himself against the trunk of the tree his breath labored as he gritted his teeth through the pain. He wouldn't be able to make in back to the base for at least two weeks. He felt a chakra present in the woods coming towards him, with a grunt he phased into the tree, forgetting his shirt on the root.

"It's that girl from earlier… He mumbled as he watched the girl with purple hair returned but instead this time she was caring a woven basket backpack with a pile of sticks tied together on the top of it. She walked to the riverbed and examined the area before walking towards the tree. Zetsu held his breath as she approached the tree and gingerly took a biege long sleeve baggy shirt into her hands. Crap! He forgot about that.

"I know you're here." She spoke out loud as she walked over to her backpack. "You must be injured." She began collecting rocks beside the river to form a small circle in the sand and then untied the sticks to make a tepee with them.

"If you come out I can help with your injuries." She knocked the spark rocks together a few times before finally catching the wood on fire nearly sizzling off her own purple eyebrows. Zetsu nearly laughed but years of training as a shinobi prevented this from happening. She then walked to her backpack and pulled out a thick woolen brown blanket, an iron wired stand, a metal skillet, a white box, and two bowls before stopping to look around. She looked towards the tree again and then at the river, then with a heavy sigh she reached into the backpack for a sack and a package.

"Fine if you wanna be that way then…" She mumbled slightly agitated, she placed the sack on the blanket and the package in the skillet; she untied the bag and pulled out a fresh orange. She stood up brushing the dust off her pants with her one hand, before standing to her full height and spun around as she spoke, unsure of where she was speaking at. "The white box is medical supplies; it should all be in there… The package is raw beef, and the sack is oranges. I'll be back in the morning with breakfast and more medical supplies. Goodnight."

Zetsu watched as she walked away and disappeared into the forest before he phased out of the tree. Using the treat for support, he stood up and limped towards the made bed and the fire; after doctoring his wound he ate the meat (raw) and went to sleep on the woolen blanket.

Morning….

Kitty had woke up extra early to cook breakfast for her new 'friend'. She was making bacon, eggs, and biscuits; it was her grandfather's favorite so he would not get to suspicions. Quickly, she made her plate and another plate with more food than she could ever eat in her life and poured a glass of milk, just as her grandfather came down stairs.

"Good morning Ojiisan, breakfast is on the table along with your glass of milk. I'm going to eat in the fields and watch the sunrise. Bye. Love you." Before he could even protest she was out the door, he simply laughed and enjoyed his food.

It was a rather long walk towards the Willow, mainly due to her anticipation. Would she see him? As she came to the riverbed she noticed that all the meat had been eaten and the medical supplies had been used as well as the blanket had been slept on.

"So I wasn't crazy." She laughed and turned to sit at the bottom of the Willow tree. "I brought you breakfast… There was a long silence before she shrugged and began eating, not a word was spoken until she finally finished her milk and food. "Alright since you're so rude I'm leaving the food here humph…." She crossed her arms and stopped away from the tree. "I'll be back with your lunch; it'll be dinner from last night which was steak. So I hope you like meat." She shrugged before walking away into the forest to work.

As the purple haired girl climbed up the orange tree and began picking oranges, was a black and white man eating the small breakfast that had been given to him that morning watching the pink, orange, and red sunrise.

One Week Later…

Kitty was good to her word she came every morning, came back at lunch, and brought supplies at sunset every day and each time she would try and get the stranger to talk to her.

She was caring T-bone and eggs on a giant plate for the stranger and toast with grape jelly in her mouth as she drank from her glass of milk. She decided he didn't get milk because he wouldn't talk to her. She sat down at the Willow with a sigh, tomorrow was the beginning of March which meant that they had to start picking the oranges faster which meant longer work hours. Not only that but the annual festival was coming up, this is were the elder would decide if she was suited for marriage or not.

"Grr, could things get any more complicated?" She shouted at the sky as she glared at her empty glass before she threw it and watched it shattered.

"What did the glass do to you?" A dark voice came from behind her. She jumped and spun around to face the dark bark of the Willow's trunk.

"I believe we scared her." A shyer voice spoke this time; it came from the trunk as well.

"So what?"

"Be kind."

She stared at the trunk of the tree completely confused. "Wait, you're in the tree?"

"Yes… Way to go captain obvious."

"And there is two of you?"

"No, it's a little complicated… No it's not! We are the same fucking person!"

Kitty blinked a couple times and allowed this information to sink in before she sat down in front of the trunk crisscrossed. "Interesting… So are you a shinobi?"

"Yes." Zetsu watched as he eyes lighten up and she jumped to her feet with a giant smile.

"So where are you from? What's it like there? What kind of jutsu can you do? How are you in a tree? Wait don't answer those questions till later when I have time to listen…. What's your name?" She began jumping around in joy and arguing with herself before finally stopping on one question.

"I'm not freaking telling you!" The darker and crueler voice snapped at her. "Don't be so cruel… I'm sorry it's for your own good."

"Well what will I call you?... Hmmm well I just have to come up with a nickname for you then." Kitty said as she slapped her fist into her open palm. "Crap I'm going to be late for work! EP! See you at dinner…" She looked at the Willow before smiling. "Tree-chan!"

Zetsu fazed out of the tree and watched as the purpled hair girl ran into the forest.

"She is strange."

"Indeed she is… I like her."

"Don't get too attached idiot. Once she sees us she'll be just like the rest. In life you can only have faith in one thing and that thing is yourself."

"Yes I know." Zetsu mumbled sadly before he began eating his lunch and began working on healing his wound.