Reina's P.O.V

I peered closely at Tazuna as he got teary-eyed just talking about Inari's father, the so-called hero of the land. 'Could the story be that bad?' I pondered, regret swelling in the pit of stomach. 'Maybe, I shouldn't have asked... After all, it's only bringing sad memories to Tazuna, Tsunami and Inari as well.'

"It was about three years ago, when Inari met the man..." Tazuna said, and explained the whole scenario about Inari getting pushed into the water by some bullies, so he could save his dog. "Potchi learned how to dog paddle then."

His own dog turned against him. That's horrible...

"The man who saved Inari from drowning, was a man named Kaiza. He was normal fisherman who'd come to this land from another country in search of his dreams. After that, Inari really looked up to Kaiza. It may have been because Inari had lost his real father when he was still to going to remember anything. He was very attached to Kaiza, they were like father and son. It didn't take long or Kaiza to become a member of this family. He was the kind of man this town needed." Tazuna said, smiling sadly at the memories.

Tazuna told us the whole story about the dam being over flooded, and how Kaiza managed to do it. This Kaiza man seemed pretty strong to me, to be able to swing in a strong current like that, you would've needed strong muscles in your arms.

"From then on, the people of this village called him a hero. But that was until the time Gato set his eyes on our land... Kaito was executed in front of our very own eyes, Inari's eyes. Gato's men had ruined Kaiza's arms, the ones he said he would protect our land with. Ever since that day, Inari has changed.. Tsunami, all the townspeople too.." Tazuna said, sighing.

I glared at the wall. I lifted my chin with the palm of my hands. 'That explains why Inari doesn't believe in heroes...' Naruto stood up abruptly, only to end up with his face flat on the floor.

I sighed as I rubbed my temples at Naruto's slight stupidity. "Oi, Naruto. What do you think you're doing? You're pretty much depleted most of your chakra by training, I hope you know if you keep moving like you are now you'll die." I said rather calmly.

Naruto lifted his sore body off the ground, looking up in determination. "I'll prove it.." He muttered.

Prove what exactly?

"Prove what?" Sakura asked, completely speaking my mind.

"I'll prove that there are heroes in this world!" Naruto shouted, filled with determination like usual.

Still, I couldn't help but grin. He wanted to help Inari, who wouldn't want to help a little boy get back to normal? Well, maybe Sakura wouldn't... She'd scare him away...

I gave Naruto a grin, "There we go, that's the Naruto we all know." I grinned, "Now go on, train.. Just be careful."

And he did. Naruto ran out the door to finish training, training that would to prove Inari there's heroes. Yawning lazily, I stood up from my chair and headed to the roof to gaze at the stars.

"If you want me, I'll be up in the roof. Don't bother me unless you have something important to tell me." I said a little more coldly than I intended to.

Once I reached the roof, I lied down. It was the only place I would get peace and quiet from all the trouble in the world. My eyes scanned the stars. 'They are so free, able to move around on their own will with no one to order them around. They have no feelings like we do, no pain... How I wish I could spend a small amount of time as a star, to at least see how they live.' I thought, with a small sigh. 'It isn't that easy though. Dreams are dreams; some are able to achieve those dreams while others simply cannot. Those who cannot hold dreams, which seem impossible, are pushed down and left with a small will to make another dream, one much smaller than the impossible one, one that will have a higher chance of becoming reality. And the one I have, to figure out why I'm hated for my looks...may just be an impossible one, a dream at will not be reached...'

"If only I could make that dream reality, to see why everyone hates me... I just want to understand.. It looks like I won't ever know, I might as well get used to it..." I mumbled, bringing my knees to my chest and wrapping my arms around them. "Get used to this life of mine.."

"Not everyone hates you." A voice said from behind me.

I jumped and spun around with a glare. He heard me...!

"What do you want, Uchiha? I thought I said not to come up here unless you had something important." I spat and turned away from him.

He sighed, "It is important, it's about you." He said, now sitting beside me.

My body tensed at the sudden intrusion in my bubble. "How so?" I muttered, managing to calm my body down.

"Like I said before, not everyone hates you." Sasuke said, speaking much more than I'm used to him speaking. "I know that Naruto doesn't hate you, neither do Kakashi and Iruka. Even I don't hate you, actually.. Your interest me."

I rose an eyebrow at Sasuke. Why was he talking to me of all people, and he was talking a lot unlike him saying 'Hn' all the time.

"What's so interesting about me, besides that I'm a cold hearted freak." I asked, curious to what his answer would be.

Sasuke smirked. "It's rather obvious. You don't fangirl over me like all the others girl, you don't treat me with much respect either." He chuckled, "All I can say is you're different in a good way, you're someone I could get used to."

I smiled faintly, "Why would I fangirl over a guy who has his hair shaped like a duck's rear end? That's just embarrassing." I laughed. "But thanks, it's nice to know someone likes that I'm different.. Oh, and just to let you know. You're not half bad Sasuke, if we talk more every now and then I just might hold an 'interest' in you as well." I said.

"Do you really need to bring up my hair in this conversation?" Sasuke asked, irked. Then he smirked. "I'd like to see that happen, Reina."

Nodding in agreement, I stared up at the sky when a sudden question flew out my mouth without permission.

"Hey, Sasuke.. Why do you hate your brother so much anyways?" I asked.

Sasuke growled as he clenched his fists tightly. Wincing, I knew right away I hit a nerve.

"Oh, sorry. I shouldn't have asked such a personal question all of a sudden.." I apologized.

"My older brother killed my whole clan, our very own mother and father too. He was merciless, ruthless, not once did he turn back and look at what he'd done. He left me rotting away in pain, loneliness for the rest of my life. That all happened because I was weak, to young. There was nothing I could do to stop him in any way. He made me relive the murder, he laughed at me for being a weak, foolish child who could do nothing but cry. From that day on, I swore I would take vengeance on him, for our clan. I will kill him, I will bring back my clan, no matter what it takes..." Sasuke spat, glaring murderously at the ground.

'He's that serious about killing his brother?' I thought in slight horror. 'He would do anything just to kill his brother... That's not good, who knows what he could be planning to do!'.

"I'm sorry Sasuke, I didn't mean to bring back terrible memories. But just to let you know, revenge is never the right path to take. You will only be consumed in darkness and that darkness will overpower you till it takes over your mind, leaving you with nothing to think about but revenge. How will you ever achieve your goal when revenge has consumed you, well it's simple, you won't reach it. If you happened to take a different path than revenge, you'll most likely be able to achieve that goal. But, it's not my place to speak." I said, looking over at him.

"You might be right, but like I said. I will do anything, by any means necessary to make my goal reality. Even if it means losing myself.." Sasuke stated.

I sighed, knowing that there was no way I could ever change his mind. He was to far in revenge already, he might never come back out.

"I see." I muttered.

"Now, since I told you my story. Will you tell me yours?" Sasuke said, quirking a eyebrow at me.

I tensed, "Might as well tell you, you'll find out later anyways." I said, taking a deep breath. "Like you, I understand pain, real pain and what it is. Like you I had parents when I was young, very caring ones on the outside. My mother was beautiful. She had stunning blue hair and eyes, same with my father. My parents were just the people I could look up to all the time, that was until they told me their true feelings towards me..."

"True feelings?" Sasuke mumbled.

"Yes true feelings, the ones they held up deep inside their minds. My family never once in my life said they loved me, they always had an excuse to why they wouldn't say it. Such as 'it's bedtime Reina' or 'Reina, now is not the time for that'. After hearing that so many times, it got embedded in my mind that they just couldn't say three words, 'I love you'. One day, my parents decided that had enough of me. For I was a worthless child, a failure, a monster... A child who should never had been born, but rather off dead." I said, my voice cracking at the memory of my parents giving me away to those horrible men who beat me everyday.

"They gave me away to some men because I was to powerful, a monster, that day signaled a huge change in my life. This was a change that will haunt me forever. I was beat endlessly all the time till I was bruised, bloody, scarred, or even near death. Most of the times I needed up near death, but they kept me alive to have me go through my torturous life. It was painful, so painful...that I even thought of ending my life, what reason do I have to live if I'm only going to be beaten and treated like a monster when I'm nothing but a mere child! That pain, those suicidal thoughts all started when I was three! Only three years old! Something a three year old should never have to go through, but somehow I managed to go through it alone...with no one in the world who cared."

"It all ended when I was six years old, I got a daily beating, like usual... Right way I could tell today would be different, much different than what my life had been for three years. My beater had run off when he heard screams in our clan compound, leaving me alone in my cell. It turns out my clan was being attacked by some rogue ninja, I was close to being killed by one... Until Kakashi came to my rescue, he saved me from my pain, took me to the leaf village. I met a few people who I could trust and spend my time with. I was so happy, energetic, bubbly, just a plain old happy child. Kakashi, Iruka, gramps, they all treated me with respect, with love. Though, I can't say it was the same with the villagers. They thought I was a monster for having blue hair and blue eyes. I-I don't s-see how I am a m-monster! Does it r-really go based on my h-hair color and my eye c-color?! I don't see why I'm in such a c-cruel world where no one seems to l-like me for w-who I am! I only get t-treated like trash, like a m-monster all the time! I h-hate it! Can't I k-know the r-reason everyone h-hates me, can't I-I!" I shouted as tears streamed down my face.

The emotions I bottled up over the years were now pouring out. Nothing could stop them from going back in. It was to late, there free. I cried in my arms while muttering why. And arm wrapped around my waist, pulling me to sudden warmth. On instinct I cried on the warmth.

"I'm sorry Reina, you've been through much more than I have, more than I'll ever be through. I'm sorry, just know you're not a monster, or any of those things they called you. You're you, Reina Hizo. You're the girl who is special to her team and me. "Sasuke whispered in my ear while he ran his fingers threw my hair. "I'm sure you'll find out that reason... Just work hard and you'll reach your dream."

"T-Thank you S-Sasuke, thank y-you!" I cried.

Sasuke pulled back and stared at my face. He smiled gently at me then wiped my tears away for me. "You should get to bed, you need your rest." Sasuke said.

"Y-Yeah..." I muttered, sniffling a little. "Sorry I put so much on your shoulders, I just needed to let it out."

He smirked, "It's fine, now rest. I'll take you to your bed." He said.

I jumped in surprise as he lifted me up bridal style. Sasuke smirk grew even wider. I rested my head against his chest, listening to his soothing heartbeat. My eyes fluttered shut.

"Night, Reina." Sasuke said, as sudden warmth pricked my forehead then quickly vanished.

"Night, Sasuke."

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