Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Moon Flower ❯ Who Are You...? ( Chapter 1 )

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Chapter One

 

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Pain… Endless pain.

 

`Is…this how…it ends?' I wondered to myself. `I…always thought…death would be quiet…'

 

One last gasping breath…then darkness.

 

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His onyx eyes calmly scanned the death and destruction of the small village. But had you looked closer, you would have seen the sadness reflected in his eyes. Uchiha Sasuke, now 19 and an ANBU, had never been able to understand the feeling of regret that washed over him whenever they were too late to do anything.

 

Turning to go, he gave the barren landscape one last glance. As he did, his eye caught a flutter of movement. Frowning slightly, he walked in the direction where he had seen movement. Bending down, he saw a young girl, maybe 15 years old, curled up on the ground, clutching at a bundle in her arms. `I thought that all the people had been taken…' he wondered to himself. `Why was this girl left behind?' Thinking a moment more, Sasuke sighed and slipped his arms under the motionless figure. `She's still alive, whoever she is…'

 

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A floating sensation…

 

`I'm….not dead?' I slowly opened my eyes and saw a man dressed in black carrying me. I wanted so badly to ask him who he was but the darkness slowly stole over me yet again. `Whoever you are, thank you…'

 

Darkness once again…but not cold anymore…warm and comforting.

 

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“Sasuke!” A pink-hair kunoichi ran towards the Uchiha as she spotted him returning with a figure in his arms. “Who is that? I thought all the villagers had been taken away!”

 

“…I found her in a field nearby…maybe they missed her…” was all the reply the shinobi gave her. “I'll leave her with you, Sakura. You're the best medic-nin here…”

 

“Ahn…and don't you forget it! I'll get her all better in a few hours!” Haruno Sakura, 18 and a prodigy in the world of medical ninjutsu, hadn't changed much from when she was 12…really, the only thing that had changed was the fact that she no longer had a crush on Sasuke and was now fully capable of taking care of herself. Flipping her bubblegum colored hair over her shoulder, she called for a stretcher as she tried to figure out her new patient's problems.

 

“It seems as if she had some internal bleeding but it was quickly stopped…how unusual. And most of her minor scrapes and burns are already healed…” Sakura looked up at Sasuke, a question in her green eyes. “I-I've never seen anything like this…”

 

Sasuke didn't comment and soon, Sakura turned her attention back onto the girl. After watching her ministrations a bit longer, Sasuke turned and left the girl to his former teammate's excellent care. It was only afterwards that he realized that he still held the girl's bag in his hands. Finding himself just the slightest bit curious, he opened it. Inside, there was only a single book lying amongst a mass of scrolls and weaponry. His eyes narrowed. `Who is this girl?'

 

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Hiro: If this is kind of short, I'm very sorry! This is my first time writing anything at all. Please leave me some reviews! I don't mind criticism…but I don't really like flames. I'll try to write more next time!