Hello everyone. The next chapter is here. This one is also a part of prologue and is based on Izumi. In this she is not an Uchiha, yet. Please enjoy and review.

And do I need to put a disclaimer on every chapter? This is annoying but I don't own anything. Spare me...

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Chapter-2

Prologue-2

"Oh no! I'm gonna be late! Stupid me!" A young woman yelled to herself running around the room searching for her things and stuffing them into her bag. Grabbing a toast to eat and taking a deep sip of the orange juice kept on table she ran out of the house in a hurry waving goodbye to her mother.

She ran to the bus stop glad to reach in nick of time. Panting hard she boarded it.

" Glad you made it in time, Izumi." The old conductor said.

"yup. I did it Grandpa!" the girl replied with a bright smile.

Izumi Minamoto. A young girl belonging to a ordinary family. Born with black-brown hairs, porcelain skin and big brown eyes with a small mole. She is not a exotic beauty to quickly catch anybody's eyes but no less.

What she truly is...a beautiful, brave and spirited woman with a heart of gold. A smile unparalleled and eyes holding a great gentleness to them. Her unique personality creating a comforting aura around her is what draws people to her.

BAM!

But that never meant that she wasn't clumsy.

"Ouch! That hurt!" she rubbed her head because of her banging it into the door.

"Izumi! Will you please stop banging your head on to my café's door everyday? I fear it might break of its hinges someday. Thanks to your persistent efforts, you know." a middle aged woman with black hairs and blue eyes said amused.

"No way Maya! I love this place so much that my head can't help itself but bang on to the door everyday as a sign of daily greeting." She said laughing on to her own clumsiness.

"Now come on young lady! We have a lot of work to do. And you already are late."

"Sorry about that Maya. Everything has been so blurred after the thing with mom. It's hard." The girl said with a sad smile on her face.

"I know child, I know. Only if I could have done something about it." The woman said solemnly.

"You are already doing more than enough Maya! You shouldn't feel so sad about it." The younger woman said with a grin on her face.

Maya observed her younger friend carefully. Only people close to Izumi knew that smile of hers hide some of the cruellest events of life. She went through so much in her short life. She saw pain and despair but what amazed Maya the most was that she smiled through it all. What a wonderful person.

But what Maya wanted for Izumi was to have a person to share all that pain and burden with. A man with a soul as beautiful as hers and capable of giving her happiness and protection. A man who could see the wounds behind that happy facade. A man who would be proud to have her. A man who would cherish her, treasure her and most important of all – to love her.

But there was a problem – Izumi was too selfless to do that. She would never think about something like that before she thinks that she fulfilled the responsibility of being a daughter. And they never knew when would this end as.

"Earth to Maya!" Izumi waved her hand over the older woman's face.'

"What happened?" she said sighing.

"you were kinda zoned out there? But anyway I was asking..." she was interrupted by interrupted loud ringing of the front bell signalling the arrival of their first guest of the morning.

Izumi immediately left to greet their customer with a cheerful warm and captivating smile that could have made anyone's day.

Maya smiled to herself. Izumi was truly a gem...one in a million. The man actually deserving her, the one meant to be for her will also be special...he has to be. Izumi immediately returned back with the first order of the day. She sighed.

The man for her will have to find her...someday, surely.

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Well, this chapter was a bit longer than the first one. I thank you guys for your follows but I will be extremely grateful if you reviewed too. At least it will allow me to know what you guys actually think about this story and also to improve. I hope you enjoyed this.

See you again.

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