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Chapter 4

I didn't really want to leave the village Hidden in the Water. Amaya found out that she was pregnant. Like her village leader said once her powers unlocked she would get pregnant right away. She was having our kid.

"I still can't believe she had sex with you," Sakura said giving me a disgusted look. I glared at her and she just smirked. I looked over at Sasuke and he was a little bit angry too. That was not a good sign.

"Sakura, I'm tired of you treating Naruto the way you are. He is my best friend and you know he is. Why do you hurt someone that has been there for me? He's even been there for you even though you can't see it," Sasuke said defending me. I was shocked her was stand up to Sakura. That was the love of his life. I was just his friend.

"Sasuke, you know how I feel about him. He hasn't helped me at all. You are the only one that has saved me," Sakura said. I felt a blow to my heart. She was being such a terrible person. Why would she even think that way? I have saved her and she knows it. She's lucky Gaara didn't kill her. It was my strength and loyalty to both of them that save her.

Sasuke was fuming at that point. I was afraid he was about ready to knock her out, but he stayed calm. "That is not the point. Did you even hear a word he was saying yesterday? He's been hurt so much in the past. Do you really think he wants to be treated like this?"

"Yes, I know what he said. I can't even begin to imagine what he feels. He hasn't opened up about it in the past. He only did when Amaya was around. She was able to read what he was feeling. If he opened up more than maybe I would try to understand and even like him," she screamed at him. That was a low blow. I was never able to open myself up because they would just call me a depressed freak. They would hurt me. I didn't want her to have that satisfaction.

"You are being so rude again. You should at least try to like my best friend. Stop treating him as if he was something that he isn't," Sasuke retorted. I didn't like being the center of their argument. I was being pulled apart between the two of them.

She didn't really say anything after that. I was somewhat was smiling for Sasuke standing up for me. He smiled back and we continued to walk down the path in silence. I was looking at my cuts while the tension in the air got worse between Sasuke and Sakura.

I had to make sure that I wouldn't cut in front of them. Still I know if they knew they would hopefully be worried.

I started thinking back to the time when I was six when I was ignored and hated more than normal. I could feel ever word because it stung.

"Get out of here! No one wants you around!" One of the villagers said screaming at me. While he was yelling at me the other villagers were throwing rocks and other objects at me. I cried silently as they threw them. I didn't do anything because I had known that's how I would be treated.

"Do yourself a favor and die," a female villager said to me. Her voice was as cold as ice. I looked down at the ground in pain. When I looked back up into all of the villager's eyes all I could see was anger and hatred.

I am still treated the same way. It doesn't make a difference what I have done to help the village. I didn't really want to live in the village anymore, but I wasn't prepared to leave my team either. It was a lose-lose situation. I know they would still need me even if I did leave.

I never ran away because I knew one day I would be a ninja. I was going to try to protect the same village the nine tails destroyed. I will try to help the people that shunned me because I had a seal of a beast inside of me. I hoped that all of them would think of me as a hero one day. I want to prove to them that I will become the Hokage one day. That will always be my dream.

I know that if I kept cutting my dream would never come true. I couldn't care about my dream now. I just want to do what I feel is right for myself.

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Sakura was starting to talk about me again. She was going to run her mouth because she just wanted her man to forgive her. If I was her man I would never forgive her for hurting my best friend.

"Why are you treating me this way? Why are you treating me like this over him? It makes no sense. I'm your girlfriend," she asked. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at her. She knew why he was mad at her.

"You were saying rude things to my best friend and about him. I would be surprised if he even forgives you. I hope he does forgive you for your rudeness though," he said glaring at her. I knew I would have to forgive her someday. Just for the sake of the team.

"Sasuke, you know I would never do something to ruin your friendship. I just want you to be careful around him," she responded.

"What are you saying? Are you assuming that he is dangerous?" He asked.

"All I'm trying to say is that you should be careful around the demon."

I winced when I heard the word demon. I was nothing like the nine tails. I don't know how she could think I was dangerous. That really was a low blow. I looked down at my feet because she was going to try to make it as bad as she possibly could.

"That's enough, Sakura," Kakashi warned her. I don't think he liked where this conversation was heading. I honestly didn't either. I barely even wanted to be around them. The tension was just getting worse. "He is not a demon. He has a demon inside of him. He does not act like the nine tails."

Sakura just glared at me. I was seriously ready to run, but Sasuke stopped me. "Naruto, I'm sorry about her."

"Maybe she should think before she makes low blows like that," I said. It was hurting to think that Sakura thought of me as a demon. I have never done anything that should make her feel that way. I didn't even want to look at her.

"If I lose my best friend because of you…you will be sorry," Sasuke said to her. Before I knew what was happening he punched her in the stomach. She clinched her stomach in pain. Sasuke took that opportunity to pounce on top of her. He was punching her in the face at that point. She screamed for him to stop, but he just kept punching her. I didn't know why Sasuke was snapping like that for. He wasn't going to lose me because of Sakura. Kakashi tried to stop it, but I just watched dumbfounded.

Kakashi looked at me to help stop the fight. I didn't really want to get into the cross fire, but, Sasuke was not in control of himself at all. I didn't understand why he was hitting her for me. I didn't understand why he was snapping for me. I guess he thought I was that bad off that I would kill myself. That thought never even crossed my mind. Although Sakura said some awful things I knew I would get over it. Just like everything else in my life.

Sakura looked over at me for help. I just knew I had to because she was my teammate. I pulled Sasuke up and made sure he was calm. "Its okay, Sasuke, you don't have to fight."

"She said those awful things to you," he said feeling bad. He didn't need to feel bad for me. He should feel worse for laying a hand on Sakura. I reassured him that he wouldn't lose me. He knew he wouldn't because he was still my best friend regardless of how Sakura felt.

"You may lose her though for hurting her," I told him. He helped her up from the ground. She was still crying from the pain of getting punched in the face. She looked at me with a look that said I'm sorry. I just somewhat smiled because I wanted everything to be okay. I did have to agree to her that I was a demon. I just didn't act like one.

I know that the fourth Hokage put the nine tails in me. Why did it have to be me though? Why did it have to be the one that was picked? I never got a say in the matter. I was just a little baby. I couldn't plan out my life. I just couldn't grasp the concept of ruining someone else's life. I was left to be an orphan because of the choice that was made. I was always alone fighting for myself. Just to keep myself alive because no one else was going to do it. At the time when I was child I didn't know what to do. I just had a will to survive. Although, I did feel at one time that I was going to die with no one.

I looked up at the sky and then at Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke was shooting her apology look. She was still crying, but it looked like she was going to forgive him. I was glad because I didn't need to be the reason to cause a rift in their relationship.

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"I truly am sorry for laying a hand on you. You didn't deserve what happened. I didn't know how to control the rage," Sasuke told Sakura.

"I'm over what you did. You were just protecting someone you cared for," she responded. I looked at her and she had a distant look on her face. I don't think she was truly over it. Mainly for the fact that she never thought Sasuke would be the one to hurt her. I was still shocked that her snapped too. It made me smile thinking about him protecting me though.

"How can you be over this so quickly?"

"You were right about him. Naruto is a good person and I know he would do anything for his friends. I was out of line with what I said," she responded. I was happy that she said those nice things about me. I had to smile and Sasuke smiled too.

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Again I was walking slowly behind them. I was staring at the kunai. It now had dry blood on it. I just stared at the blood. I just didn't have my heart into cutting that night. It was not something that I wanted to do especially since they were all up ahead.

Kakashi looked back at me and gave me a look. He knew he wanted me to hurry up. It was because we were almost back to the village. I didn't care that we were near there. I still didn't want to go back even though I knew I had too.