Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Forgotten Past, Unknown Future ❯ How it started ( Prologue )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

“It isn’t fair!” yelled the little girl. “Why cant I go play outside or on the playground like all the other kids?!” she went on.

The little girl was standing in a corner with her arms crossed.

“Because there is work to do. Are the fields and rice patties going to cultivate themselves?” argued another ,much older, girl.

The older girl seemed to be drunk. Her skin was extremely pale so even the slightest shade of pink was visible.

“Well instead of going shopping all day or drinking sake until you pass out (in other words, spending all the money) you should work a little too. Besides, you’re the older one.”

“Well Kiko if that’s how you feel you can leave, im not going to stop you. You should be grateful I’ve taken care of you all this time. You’ll have to come back eventually, there’s no where for you to go.” the older girl laughed and stood there staring at the little girl.

okay fine, she wants me to leave I will. Besides, shell be have too much of a hangover to remember this tomorrow.* the little girl thought.

The little girl walked out of the house. As soon as the door closed you could hear the sound of pots, pans and glass being thrown at it.

The girl just stood there looking at the door in disbelief. The door opened and the older girl, who looked like she had even more sake, started throwing cups and knives at the little girl.
She just turned and ran down the road to the park.

No one was there.

*I guess ill stay here for the night then.* she thought walking over toward a tree.
She walked across the pitch black playground, past the swings and the slide, and sat under a beautiful Sakura tree.
~ ~ ~Boy~ ~ ~
“Come on Akamaru, mom said to be home by sundown.” said a little boy to his puppy.

The boy picked up the puppy and started walking up the road to his home. He was walking through the poorer part of town by the fields and rice patties. As he was passing a small brown house , couldn’t be very big inside, he heard someone arguing. He was going to ignore it but when he heard a drunken voice he decided to stick around just in case.

He put his dog on the ground next to him and both walked over to a bush and laid under it.

*I wonder what’s going on, this is usually a very quiet part of the village* he thought, trying to listen to what was going on.

By the time he was aware of what was happening, a little girl ran out of the house.
She had short black hair and dark blue eyes. She looked about the same age as him, 9. She was wearing navy blue khaki capris and a light blue t-shirt and she was wearing ninja sandals.

Even though she was definitely not a ninja, most people in ninja villages often wore those sandals anyway.

There were loud sounds of crashing metal , like pots and pans, and crashing and shattering of glass being thrown at a wall or maybe the door.

*why is she just standing there? She should run for it.* he thought.

He saw the front door open. There was an older girl standing there. She started throwing knives and chucking glasses at the younger girl.

This girl had long black hair, about up to her lower back. Her eyes were a dark shade of green and her skin was literally white. She was wearing black shorts with mesh stockings down to her feet. Her shirt was skin tight and it exposed most of her top and the bottom of the shirt stopped a few inches below her bust line.

*She’s so pale…I wonder if that’s from way too much sake.* he thought.

The little girl ran off in the direction of the park.

“ I don’t care when mom told us to be home by. I think we should go see if that girl is okay.” the boy said to his puppy, Akamaru.

~ ~ ~ Kiko ~ ~ ~
“Hey.” said a voice coming from behind her.

Kiko looked up.

Standing in front of her was a boy the same age as her with spiky brown hair and brown eyes. He a strange red colored triangle on each cheek. Sitting in front of him was a small white puppy.
The puppy looked like it was smiling.
The puppy was so cute Kiko couldn’t help but stare at it.

“That’s Akamaru.” said the boy laughing.

“Um. . . Can I help you with something?” asked the girl turning her head slightly to the side.

“No.” he said, sitting down next to Kiko under the tree.

“Then. . .what?” she asked hesitantly.

Kiko was not used to having other people, especially kids, willingly communicate with her. And she wasn’t exactly in the best mood to be talking to anyone right now.

“I saw what happened, I just wanted to see if you were okay.” he said, shooting her a friendly smile.

“Yeah I’m okay. My sister gets like that pretty often so im used to it. Usually after too much sake or not enough sleep. Maybe both. Why?”

Kiko was confused. Why would someone she doesn’t even know be worried about if she is okay after having an argument with her sister? It didn’t make sense to her. If she was in her normal mood she would have probably thought it was a joke and walked away but this kid really did look concerned.

“ Don’t know.” he shrugged. “If that was me, I wouldn’t want to be by myself.” he explained.

“Well like I said, I’m used to it. By the way,” she added “My name is Tsukiko but you can call me Tsuki if you want to.”

“Im Kiba. Do you plan on sleeping under this tree tonight?”

“Well, yeah. I don’t plan on going home until after work tomorrow night.” she said.

“If you want to, you can stay in out extra room.” Kiba offered.

Okay now Kiko felt extremely uncomfortable. Someone was offering to be her friend and offering her a place to stay for the night all in one day. She was almost positive she was daydreaming or asleep.

“Umm. . .well I don’t know.”

She had to decide whether to go with Kiba or not but she felt extremely uncomfortable. She just met him and she barely even knows him but he was offering her somewhere to sleep for the night.
She looked up at the sky and saw that clouds.
They were getting darker and thicker. She remembered reading in a book somewhere that when the clouds are dark and heavy, it means rain.
If she stayed under the tree she would be soaked, the branches would only keep away very little of the water.

“I gotta get home now so if you’re coming, lets go.” Kiba didn’t want his mother getting too worried.

Tsukiko followed Kiba and his puppy. As they passed her house she saw her sisters bf through the window.
She hated him so much. He treated her like dirt and he had no right to do that.
walked rite through the ‘poor section’ of the village and were shortly at Kiba’s house.
walked through the door and the boy explained everything to his mother.
Kiba’s mom smiled at Tsukiko and welcomed her to stay there for the night.