Sora: Do the disclaimer!

Sakura: Who, me?

Sora: No. I want Sasuke-chan to do it. I dun' like you.

Sakura: It's because I have a big forehead, isn't it?

Sasuke: I don't know why you're always complaining. It's not that big.

Sakura: *wails* Yes it is! And because of it, you'll never love me, Sasuke-kun!

Sasuke: No, I'll never love you because you're a bitch.

Sora: oooooooohhh!!! You just got PWNED!!

Sakura: Nooooo!!! *Forehead expands until is about building size*

Sasuke: See, now that's a big forehead.

Sora: Uhh...

Sakura: Wah! *falls because of huge forehead*

Sora: Hey, I just noticed! All of our names start with an S! :3

Sasuke: Okaaay...

Sachiko: MINE DOES TOO! :3

Sora: Now do the disclaimer!

Sasuke: *sigh* Sora does not, and never will, own Naruto. Or me, or Gaara, or any of the other people in the series. We belong to some awesome dude named Masashi Kishimoto-

Sora: WHO TOTALLY SAID HE WOULDN'T MIND A SASUNARU ENDING TO THE SERIES!!!

Sasuke: Oh, okay- WAIT WHAT?!?!?!

Sora: *fangirl scream* OMG I KNOW RIGHT?!

Sasuke: It's not true... it's not true... I don't love the dobe... nope...

Sora: hehehehe >:3

-Kishimoto totally did say that. It was in a recorded interview with him on Youtube, if you search it you'll probably find it-

Sora: ON WITH THE STORY!!

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I'm so boooreeed... all these people are bugging me.

I sighed and twiddled with a strand of my hair, which had gone from it's usually ashy blonde to a a strange copper colour from the lighting.

"Hey Sachi-chan!" I smiled as my long-term friend, Kiba Inuzuka, sat down beside me, his new headband on, and Akamaru perched on his head.

"Hi Kiba-kun." I had kept up the good girl act for cover's sake... once I was on a proper Genin team, I would finally be able to show my true colours.

My head throbbed from the headache I was getting... Sakura and her cronies had been yelling insults at me right up until sensei arrived. Though I had managed to avoid injury. She had tried to trip me, but I had had some warning, so managed just fine.

"Finally, we've become ninja..." I nodded at Kiba's words, in deep agreement. Finally, I was one step closer to my goal!

Then, Naruto was on the desk, glaring at Sasuke... Naruto got shoved... and... smooch.

"That can't be good." I muttered, ignoring the voice screaming 'YAOI! YAOI! YAOI! YAOI!!' in my head.

"Naruto-kun!" Naruto looked up at me from amidst his spitting and choking. "Run."

Then he saw the fangirls closing in on him. By the time sensei arrived... let's just say, he was in bad shape.

I leaned back in my chair and frowned, tuning out as Iruka went into a long winded speech about how our lives were just beginning, ninja protocol, and some other stuff I didn't listen to. Hey, it's not my fault... Izanami's potent today. I was having a hard time concentrating.

Next thing I knew, my name was called. I shot up in my seat, then realised what was going on, and supressed a groan of discontent. I had Sakura on my Genin squad... well, at least I had Naruto. And Sasuke... I'm semi-okay with Sasuke. Don't dislike him, but don't particularly like him, either...

'And I don't blame you, either... he's the reason you get picked on so much.' the oh-so familiar voice resounded in my head, and I rolled my eyes. Izanami had a point, though... if I hadn't troubled myself with him to begin with, then my life would be a lot easier.

But I don't regret my actions. Regret is a pointless emotion, that only brings pain.

I used to regret not being there for my Father more... but feeling sad that I didn't help him won't bring him back, will it?

After a while, we were dismissed again. I stuck with Kiba, not bothering to go with my new team since they would most likely be arguing right now. And I had a headache.

"Shouldn't you go bond with your team?" Kiba asked, and I gave him a pleading look.

"Let me stay here, with sane people, for just a little while?" he grinned, and nodded. I grinned back, and we found a seat somewhere and ate our bento's.

Mine had all of my favourites in it... Inarizushi, rice balls, seaweed... mm...

Right now, you're probably wondering if I'm Bipolar. In response to that, well, no.

You see, on my tenth birthday, the Goddess of creation, Izanami-no-Mikoto, went into slumber where she was sealed inside of me. I don't know how she came to be there, just that she was.

And, as such, her evil counterpart, the Goddess of the Underworld (also named Izanami-no-Mikoto, confusing huh?) awakened. Since she's like a human, it's a bit like having two souls, and therefore, two minds. So I feel my emotions and hers at the same time, making my mood a little... dysfunctional.

But she has helped me a bit, I suppose. She's opened my eyes to the horrid sides of human beings, but that also brought me to appreciate kindness when I saw it. I think she wanted me to become evil and bend to her will, but... meh. It didn't work. Now I just act emotionally retarded a lot of the time.

However, although she's sealed inside of me, she's also seperated from me, if that makes sense. She says I need to find a 'key' of some sort, so that she can openly speak to me and teach me to wield her power.

Hokage-sama says I'm not to use her power, though... he says she'll try to take over me. I promised I wouldn't, and that's a promise I intend to keep. I'm not stupid, after all. I know she has some sort of vendetta against the living... but as long as I don't use this 'key', or whatever.. she can't get out.

Stuffing some seaweed-wrapped rice in my mouth, I ate happily, as Kiba watched me, faintly disgusted.

"How can you eat that stuff..?" he shuddered, holding his nose. "I hate fish..."

I blinked, then smirked. "I thought you were supposed to have a good sense of smell? This has no fish in it." I then frowned, and backhanded him over the head. "I'm vegetarian, remember? I have been since I was ten!"

Kiba whined a bit then rubbed his head, before tucking into his own meat-filled bento box. I wrinkled my nose. I was so glad I didn't live with the Yamanaka's any more (Though I was staying there for a few days while my home was under renovation)... my home was now my sanctuary, my meat-free haven... well, unless you count Phish, my pet dog. Weird name, huh?

He's not really a pet, he just appears every so often, and lets me pet him. I love all animals (except cats, I'm allergic), which is one of the reasons why I'm vegetarian. I couldn't bare the thought of eating any animal... it could have kids or a partner and then a Mom and Dad... and I'm rambling.

As the bell went for the end of break, I jumped off of the wall I had been sitting on, and saluted Kiba.

"Good luck with your team, Kiba-kun... ja ne!" I then threw my empty bento box in the bin and stuffed my hands in my pockets, walking back to the Academy. I went into the room that we were supposed to go to to wait for our sensei, and went and sat on top of a desk at the back. I closed my eyes, and meditated. I had peace for about a minute, before the other three arrived and disrupted it.

I opened one eye and observed them for a minute, then sighed as I saw Sakura giving me a nasty glare. I let my eye fall shut again, and continued my meditation.

In the time it took for our sensei to arrive, she tried almost anything to make me look a fool; throwing pencils, chalk, board erasers... fortunately, she has terrible aim. Then she started saying stuff too, and I was amazed that neither Naruto or Sasuke noticed. Nope, they were too busy staring each other down. They did look quite funny, though... it was the middle of winter, so everyone was wearing extra layers. Naruto had a rather hilarious orange duffel coat on, and Sasuke a thick, navy blue hoodie. It was quite a sight to see.

Eventually, our sensei arrived, and everyone left. I realised they were gone after a moment, and stood up to go join them. As I opened the door, a bucket of water fell on my head, drenching me. I twitched, grabbing the bucket off of my head, and crushing it in my hand. I didn't even notice, I was too angry.

With only one thought in mind, I stormed up to the roof, shivering at the cold, even with my hoodie on. Why? Because that was soaked through too, that's why!

And I knew exactly who had done it.

The second I got up onto the roof, I attracted the attention of my new sensei and all three teammates, but I wasn't focused on them. I was glaring at a certain pink haired girl, my fury almost tangible, as she smirked with obvious glee.

"You did this!" I shouted, and she stared innocently.

"Who, me? I don't know what you're talking about." I stormed over to her and grabbed her collar, pressing her into the wall.

"You know perfectly well what I'm talking about!" I snarled. "This leather braid was my mother's!" I pulled the collar of my jacket down to show a choker necklace of plaited leather, with several beads on it that were now shining with water. "And do you know what happens to leather when it gets wet?!"

She looked too scared to say anything, and that fact gave me grim satisfaction as I dumped her on the floor.

"I have taken enough of your crap, Sakura! Since I first came here, the constant bullying.. I've had it! So what if I hugged Sasuke?! It's not like he's your boyfriend or anything, so stop being so pathetic!" I was roaring with anger by the end of my rant, and Sakura, Naruto... heck, even Sasuke looked scared out of his wits.

I angrily blinked away tears as I stormed away, leaping over the edge of the roof. I briefly heard sensei say, "Uh... we'll finish introductions tomorrow... when everyone has calmed down a bit."

I wouldn't cry. Crying is weakness... that's why I smile.

After a while of running, I slowly came to a stop in a grassy clearing. The training ground. My training ground, where I used to come every day to draw (and train), and the same one where I saw Sasuke that time.

I just stood in the centre of it, for who knows how long, my drenched hair sticking to my face and my sodden clothes not providing any protection from the extreme cold. I took off my necklace and gazed at it sadly. It was going to fall to pieces, now. This was the one that my mother said had brought her the luck to pass her Jounin exam. She became Jounin at my age... she was amazing. The greatest kunoichi Kirigakure had ever seen. Father said that there was even talk of her becoming Mizukage... I had hoped that this necklace would bring me luck. But there was no use worrying over it.. what's done is done. On that thought, I peeled my jacket from my body and dropped it on the frosty ground.

It was so very cold lately... abnormally cold, for Konoha. We always used to get weather like this in Kirigakure, but it's a hotter climate in Konohagakure.

I was brought out of my thoughts as I sensed someone land softly behind me on the grass. I looked to see who it was, and was met by the apathetic coal-black gaze of the Uchiha that had semi-caused this without even realising it.

He looked slightly uncomfortable, probably because all the clothes that I was wearing under the coat were sticking tightly to my body, leaving absolutely nothing to the imagination. I just turned away, ashamed, not able to face him after my outburst.

I felt him come closer, and then something was thrust into my arms. I looked up, seeing Sasuke, facing away from me, with his arm extended, holding his coat out..? What..?

"Put this on. You'll catch a chill if you stay out here like that." I then noticed just how badly I was shivering, my teeth chattering.

"I-I... b-but, what ab-bout you..?" he sighed, and shrugged.

"I'll be fine... just take it." I paused, then took it unsurely and slipped it on. It was very big, and I had to roll the sleeves up, since he was a lot taller than me. I'm not short! Everyone else is just really tall.

Except Naruto. He's short like me- I mean, we're both just not as tall as everyone else! NOT short!! I'm not!

But even Naruto is taller than me... sigh...

Eventually, I gave up on rolling the sleeves, and just pushed them up.

I smiled happily at Sasuke. "A-arigatou, Sasuke-s-san." I felt much warmer now. Much, much warmer.

He just 'hn'ed, and gave me a weird, cold-yet-warm look. We stared each other down for a moment, but the contest was broken when I sneezed, quickly covering my mouth with my hand. Sasuke looked away, gazing off into the distance at something I couldn't see.

'Or something that isn't there.'

I ignored the snide voice in my head, but Izanami seemed persistant today.

'Why didn't you kill that pink-haired brat earlier, kid? She irritates the hell out of me..'

I tuned out of her ranting, then noticed Sasuke looking at me expectantly. "Where do you live?"

I blinked a few moments, then reeled off the Yamanaka's address. I wished to go to my own home, and be in solitude, but... my heating was down.

Sasuke nodded, and started walking. I caught up to him quickly, and we walked side by side in silence for a few minutes.

Then, of course, the sky had to be an ass and start tipping it down with rain.

I squealed as a drop of the freezing water went down my back, and Sasuke sighed at me again and pulled the hood of his/my jacket up over my head. I blinked at him from underneath it; it greatly hindered my vision, but stopped the rain. I smiled wryly at him in thanks, and we both started to run.

I found it hard to keep up with him; he was fast, and had longer, stronger legs than me. Why is it that I'm so jealous of a guy for body properties? After a minute, it became a little easier, as I got into the rythym of ninja hopping and managed to move a bit faster.

When we made it to the house, both of us were soaked through. I hastily knocked on the door, then remembered something.

"Uh, Sasuke, you might want to hide." he frowned at me, though it looked quite funny since he was squinting because of the rain.

"Why?"

"Uh, because if you don't-" the door crashed open.

"Omigod Sasuke-kuuuuunn!!"

I sweatdropped as my sort of sister tackled Sasuke to the floor, and scratched my head.

"That will happen." I finished, and Sasuke scowled at me.

"You couldn't of warned me a little earlier?"

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Haha lol x3

I enjoyededed writing this chapter. I much prefer the new Sachiko, don't you? She's much cooler. But she's still her same, happy self.... mostly.

Also... who was hoping she'd kill Sakura? xD

Naw, I actually don't mind Sakura. In Shippuden, anyway... she's kick-ass in Shippuden.

Haven't forgiven her for killing Sasori though... after only one arc!! D:

But if she hadn't then Chiyo couldn't have revived Gaara....

Agh! I'm confusing myself!

Well, anyway, FAN

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