"Morning, sleepyhead!" Melodie yelled at her younger sister May, who moaned in complaint and lifted the rag over her head.

"One more... Minute!" She wined, shifting around on the dirt floor. Melodie rolled her eyes and flung the dirty little rag off, making may shiver.

"I dont care how tired you are, if we don't do our job and get water from that well, we won't get the money and starve to death!"

Melodie put her hands on her hips as may sighed and stood up, beckoning towards the outline of the well in the distance, silently saying "let's get It over with.."

The walked with heavy buckets in their small rough hands, feet stinging from every step taken on the cold, hard, winter 3:00 ground.

These two children were poor as poor can be.

To get enough money to survive, they collect water and do tasks for a slightly better off family.

It might sound easy, but they must trek miles just to get a simple glass of water, or do extremely implausible things just to get clothes fixed.

Either way they aren't dead, and they are thankful for that.

Another good thing about working for these people is that they have a TV.

So after the kids are done working, they are permitted to 15 minutes of TV watching!

How cool is that?!

One day, melodie and may were walking back 'home' from work, when something strange happened.

May stabbed melodie.

And pushed her into a river.

Her face was blank and showed no remorse.

Her nervous glance back meant otherwise.

A man in black approached her.

In return for Melodies death, may got 800 gems.

But why is Melodie so special?

She's just a homeless child!

Well, that's where you would be wrong...

+Melodie+

My body rests apon the bottom of the river, my eyes closed and my lungs bursting.

The water around me is stained with blood from my wounds.

So many thoughts, so many questions..

'Why did she do this?'

'Why leave me to die'

'What did i do?!

'What's in it for her?'

'Why did i need to die?'

Then my mouth opens, water floods in, and it all goes black.

+Kakashi's POV+

"Naruto, no need to get so exited. It's just a D rank!" sakura reprimanded Naruto, who pouted in annoyance.

"Well, yeah, but it's still outside the village!" Naruto grinned, and i sigh.

"Naruto, i don't think 20 metres outside the gates count." I say boredly, flipping to the next page of Icha Icha.

'They cannot interrupt my reading!' I think.'I need to see what happens, i think ryuto is about to propose!'

"Hey guys, do you hear that, 'Dattebyo?!" Naruto yells, and i narrow my eyes when i hear it too.

It sounds like someone groaning.

Something is in pain, friend or foe, i will have to check this out.

Ignoring my arguing genin, i put Icha icha away, and walk over to the source of the sound.

There in the clearing was a little girl.

"Kakashi sensei, who is that?" Naruto asks in a surprisingly quiet voice, and i turn to look at him.

"I don't know"

+Naruto+

There is a girl.

She's super pretty!

Prettier than SAKURA! (Me: That's not too hard)

She looks pretty beat though..

She seems about my age.

SHe has extremely torn brown clothes.

She doesn't have shoes.

Her skin is all pale but it looks rough too, and her hair is shoulder-length and is black.

"Hey! Who're you, 'Dattebyo?" i call out, running over to her before kakashi sensei can stop me.

She flinches at my voice, but looks relieved when she sees me.

"Uh.. where am i?" her voice sounds weird, like she doesn't use it too much.

That's when i see them.

Marks, all over her stomach.

The pool of blood around her.

Her eyes roll back in her head and she falls unconscious.

I pick her up and we take her back to the hospital.

+Melodie+

When i wake up i am in a purely white room.

There is a steady beeping noise.

"Your awake?"

A voice that sounds calm asks, and i turn my head groggily.

"Where am i?" I ask the boy who had spoken.

The boy is black haired and has a serious look to him.

"The hospital"

"The what?"

"The place where you get better" he sais as though speaking to a baby.

I nod and lean back into the cushion.

"How long?"

"How long what?"

He sounds irritated by all my questions.

'Stop talking!' i can practically hear him think.

"How long will i stay here?"

"A day?"

"Hmm...... ok"

"Now shut up"

"Rude!"

I scowl at him then close my eyes and drift off to dreamland again..

+Next morning+

"Urgh.." i murmer, glancing over at a clock that says 10;00 am.

Me and may could never afford a clock.

They look cool.

We just used this cool sundial we found.

Seeing a window and feeling quite sprightly, i open the window and look down.

The ground isn't too far down, 2 or 3 floors perhaps?

I jump out, do a spin in mid air and roll when i hit the floor so i don't feel the impact.

Parkour was always a hobby, we would stack large rocks and jumps from rock-to-rock.

Ah, the nostalgia.

And.. the betrayal.

Having my own sister betray me..

Is like having a hole ripped through my chest.

And all for what?

Money?

Fame?

Food?

I wipe away tears that are threatening to spill, and start to run.

I see a tree.

And i punch it with all i have.

*Punch punch punch*

It's letting my misery out.

*Punch.. punch..*

Remembering my sisters smug face as she stabs me..

*PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH*

Remembering the coldness of the water..

*PUNCH PUNCH*

Knuckles bleeding, i struggled to not scream.

I am so weak!

I am about to punch again, when someone stops me.

+Naruto+

That girl.. she escaped from hospital, and i'm part of the small search team.

It didn't take too long to find her.

But what she was doing shocked me.

She kept pummeling this tree.

Even though her hands bled, she kept punching.

Another punch would clearly knock her out, so i hold her arm to restrain her.

She looked at me, and i saw her eyes were filled with painful tears.

Then she hugged me.

I stood there frozen, until i hugged gently back.

Whatever it is must have traumatised her.

I remember, whenever the villagers beat me up, i would train.

And eventually, i would end up like her.

Bloody fists, and extremely emotional, going to snap at anything.

I knew she must be getting blood on my back, and tears on my front but i didn't care.

Eventually when she pulls away, i get bandages out of my pouch.

When i'm fixing her up i ask the question.

"Why were you doing that?"