So I'd like to say think you if my story seemed interesting enough for you to click on it. I hope I can meet your expectations~
Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto, or anything that belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I only own my OC(s) that show up in this story.
"Hokage-sama… What shall we do with her?" One ninja asked as all eyes turn to the child that stood in the middle of the room. She was quiet; not making a single sound as she stared straight ahead. Wearing a large black shirt that reached her knees it was the only color she had besides the sorrowful deep blue eyes. Her skin was white, as were her lips and eyelashes, her hair- straight and white- reached her knees with bangs that stopped above her eyes but below her eyebrows- which were also white. The Hokage felt that if she wore a white dress and closed her eyes she would be lost if she were to sit in a field of snow.
"Hello, child," The Third spoke, leaning over his desk slightly to get a better look at her. "Do you know your name?"
"…" Looking up slightly she locked eyes with him before lowering them and nodding. "Yes."
"Can you tell me?" The Hokage asked patiently.
"….Ami." Smiling brightly the Hokage nods encouragement.
"Ami-Chan, do you know what happened to your parents?" It was risky asking her this question for she was very young but he took a chance.
"Yes." She didn't move, didn't fidget as all eyes looked at her, in fact it seemed like she didn't notice how all the ninja in the room seemed to tense, hoping that they'd get some answers.
"Can you tell me?"
"Murdered."
"Do you know by whom?" The tension seemed to grow as she frowns, biting her bottom lip as she tries to answer.
"Rouge." That was her best answer and her already sad eyes seemed to sadden more at not being able to help the shinobi.
"That's okay if you don't remember dear." The Hokage assures her, "Do you remember where you live?" He needed to ask this question, they had found her in the woods with her dead parents; the clothes she wore were shredded and covered in their blood so one of the shinobi had to give her one of his spare shirts.
"….No." Her eyes lift up to look at his before she shifts her eyes to look out the window.
"Would you like to stay here?" The Hokage was very generous and the other men looked at each other, none knew anyone who could care for a child that went through what she did.
"…please?" Her voice sounded hesitant, the first emotion she had shown since being found. The Hokage smiles gently and nods.
"Of course, would you like to live with someone?" Her eyes flicker to a shinobi male who had given her the shirt, everyone in the roomed seemed to think that she'd ask for him.
"Alone." The Hokage's eyebrows rose, although her eyes begged to be with someone she chose to be alone.
"Are you sure, Ami-Chan?" He was offering her another chance and from the constant glancing at the male the Hokage, along with everyone else, felt sure that she would ask for him.
"Yes." Her voice held much sadness, another emotion she had allowed to seep in since she's been found. Frowning the Hokage looks over at the ninja who had found her, noticing how disappointed he looked at how she didn't pick him and suddenly smiles.
"Toga." The Hokage calls, which the Shinobi looks up with wide eyes, "I would like Ami-Chan to stay with you until an apartment opens up. Do you think you can handle that?"
"Ah… H-hai, Hokage-sama!" Toga bows quickly before turning to smile at Ami who looks up at him with sad, sad eyes. "Is that alright with you, Ami-Chan?"
"…." She blinks slowly before nodding.
"Well then, Hokage, we will be off." Toga continued to smile as he bows again before walking towards the door. Ami hesitates for a moment before bowing a complete 90-degree angle at the Hokage before turning on the balls of her feet and walking gracefully out of the door.
Walking down the street people kept glancing at the ice maiden clad in a large black shirt; no one seemed to know who she was and why she was walking calmly besides a grinning shinobi. When a sudden silver haired ninja reading a book lands in front of them neither seemed surprise, which surprised others at their indifference.
"Greetings, Toga." The masked man smiles, he still held his book partly in front of his face so he didn't notice Ami quite yet. "How did your mission go?"
"Ah, Kakashi-san. Good evening." Toga smiles brightly before holding his hand out to Ami. "I would like you to meet Ami-Chan. We found her during our mission and…" A slight pause as he looks at the civilians before leaning in slightly, "Her family was murdered by a rouge so we took her in. She'll be staying with me until an apartment opens up."
That getting his attention Kakashi lowers his book before looking down at the quiet young girl. Putting his book up he squats down and smiles gently at her, "Hello, Ami-Chan, my name is Hatake Kakashi. Would you like a lollypop?" Pulling out one from somewhere on his person he holds it out to her, which all she did was stare at it. She didn't know whether to accept it or not so she lowers her eyes and shakes her head no.
"It's okay; you can take it if you want." Toga encourages her but she shook her head no again and Toga smiles apologetically at him, "Sorry, Kakashi-San, she's shy." Kakashi smiles and shakes his head as if to say 'it's okay'.
"How old are you, Ami-Chan?" Kakashi asks, he found her to be an interesting child. Where it was normal for children in her circumstances to be frightened of strangers, all children- wither shy or not- would have taken candy from someone if their guardian said it was okay. They would at least talk, she has not said a single word since he has arrived.
"Six." She answers, her voice remaining light and void of emotion.
"Do you know when your birthday is?"
"…Yes."
"Can you tell me?" This surely will make her talk more.
"…. No." He seemed to sweatdrop at the blunt answer.
"Are you thinking about becoming a Ninja for this village?" He was curious and when she tilts her head slightly it perked Toga's curiosity too.
"…..Yes." Kakashi sighs in defeat and Toga laughs at the older man's failure.
"Fine, fine, I'll only ask one more question. Do you have a last name?" At the question she frowns, biting her lower lip before looking up at the smiling Toga.
"No….?" Her voice was confused and she didn't like it.
"It's okay if you don't remember, Ami-Chan." Toga smiles, "You can have my last name if you want." Squatting down next to Ami he holds up his finger and says in a sing-song voice. "It's Mu-Sa-Ki~ would you like that name too?"
She blinks at him, watching as his finger waves side to side as he pronounced his last name before frowning. "Musaki….?" The word felt weird on her tongue as she spoke it.
"Well…? Do you want it to be your last name?" Toga was hopeful and Kakashi smiles, he knew Toga always wanted a kid but he's never found the right woman.
"…Sure." Kakashi's eyebrows rose, she said something other than 'yes' or 'no'. Both men stand up at the same time and Kakashi smiles at Toga who was practically beaming. Patting him on his shoulder the silver haired Nin says his farewell before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
"Well, Ami-Chan… should we go and buy you some clothes?" They began walking again before he stops at a child clothing store. Looking down at her he noticed that she seemed sad, well sadder than what she normally was. "Ami-Chan?"
"No…" She looks up at him before looking straight ahead. He got the message loud and clear; she didn't want to be a bother.
"No, no, I can't have you walking around in my shirt all the time, especially when you go to school. So let's buy some clothes, it's not a bother to me at all~" Grinning he walks confidently into the clothing department and she follows reluctantly behind.
When they finally left the store he had bought her all of the clothing that she had liked; which ironically enough was either black or white. Not a single pair of clothes had color in them; it seemed that she didn't like color much and no matter how much the salesclerk tried Ami would not budge on what she wanted. She had gotten three black dresses, three white dresses, two pairs of black shorts and white shirts, two black shirts, a black pair of sandals and a white pair of sandals. He had managed to buy her some ribbons because when he pointed at the ponytails she frowned with distaste, at least with the ribbons he would be able to keep her hair out of her face; as long as they were white or black.
When they finally reached his small home a young boy was leaning against the front door, a nasty scowl on his face; frowning himself, Toga stops and nudges Ami behind him with the bags he held. When the boy noticed them his scowl seemed to deepen and he pushes off the door, stalking towards them before pointing a finger at Toga's face.
"Are you Musaki, Toga?" He demands, not even noticing Ami.
"You're a Genin… Shouldn't it be Toga-san?"
"I don't care about that; I've just been pulled away from my date by my sensei, telling me that I have to give you this scroll." His scowl deepens at the mention of his date and he narrows his eyes at Toga. "You had me waiting for three hours when I was told it'd only take me one. What in Kage's name were you doing?"
"Although it's none of your business I was buying clothes for Ami-Chan." At the mention of her name she moves out from behind Toga, glancing up at him as she did, before looking at the young man. He blinks, shocked at how he didn't notice her and a slow blush met his cheeks.
"She looks like a doll…." He visibly gulps before throwing the message at Toga, who easily caught it and rose an eyebrow at his comment. "I… I'm leaving, I've completed my mission." And with that he took off running, it seemed away from her but she didn't notice.
Frowning, Toga opens the message, reads it then turns to Ami and smiles brightly- she just watched him with sad deep eyes. "The Hokage has registered you for the Academy; you start tomorrow!"
As they walk into his home he sets the bags down at the entry way before ushering her into the average sized living room. She blinks slowly, like an owl, taking in her surroundings as quietly as air; the walls were bare of pictures, holding only two sets of shelves which held books. A comfortable black leather couch sat in the middle of the room facing a fireplace with a small coffee table between them, beside the couch, on the wall farthest to the right from the front door, was a glass door that went into the backyard. Turning to look the other way she noticed the kitchen was small and clean, a bar separating it and the living room; there was a single hallway that went to the back of the house.
"Down the hallway to the left is the bathroom and to the right is my office; the last door at the end of the hallway is my bedroom, you can sleep there tonight and tomorrow I'll turn my office into your bedroom, okay?" Toga smiles lightly, running his hand through his wild black hair. She nods, causing him to smile; 'She thought O.K. was two words so she won't say it.'
That night, as Toga slept on the couch in a sloppy sprawl, Ami was lying on her side in the middle of his bed, her hair spreading out behind her. His cover was thrown to the floor, his sheets damp with sweat; she felt so hot, tossing onto her back she groans before rolling onto her stomach, her hair tangling around her. Suddenly her eyes snap open and she sits up, wild eyes frantically searching the room for something she didn't know. After a few panicked heartbeats she blinks slowly and her eyelids lower over those painfully sad eyes, her shoulders hunching forward and her hands tugging at her sweat soaked night shirt. Slowly she slips out of bed and down the hall, searching for Toga; when she finds him she just stands there, watching and pondering if she should wake him up or just try and bear the heat. Reaching out a hand she was about to call out to him when his eyes snapped open and she jerks her hand back, holding both hands against her chest as he pulls out a kunai and looks around the room.
"…Toga?" Her voice, so hesitant, so soft, caused his eyes to snap over at her; they soften instantly and he lowers his kunai, slipping it back under his pillow before sitting up and leaning forward- his elbows resting on his knees.
"Ami-Chan, what's wrong? What are you doing up so late?" His voice was soft as well; as if his tone was begging her that he wasn't mad.
"Hot." Frowning he reaches out to touch her forehead before yanking it back quickly; blinking twice he looks down at his fingertips, which were now a dull red. He looks up at her again, his head tilting to the side ever so slightly; his fingers showed signs of frost bite, not burns, she was freezing cold.
"Ami-Chan, you're freezing."
"Hot." She corrected with a hint of a whine in her voice.
"Okay, okay," Motioning with his hands to calm down he stands up, "Let's go to the kitchen and get you an ice pack." She nods and shadows him as he walks into the kitchen, not bothering to turn on the light as he reaches inside of the freezer and pulls out a bag of frozen peas. "Here, Ami-Chan." She was puzzled, gazing down at the peas before looking up at him with confused eyes; he smiles and motions for her to sit down, which she does.
"Ami-Chan, these will cool you down." Frowning her concerns she gingerly takes the pack and hugs it to her chest, a small sigh of relief leaving her lips as her body cools down. Toga just watches, leaning against the counter, as she 'cools down'; he didn't understand, she was freezing when he touched her forehead, he'd have to talk to the Hokage about this but maybe she was accustomed to the snow she so resembled.
"Come, let's get you into bed, you have a big day tomorrow." Picking her up, and ignoring the burns he got from her exposed skin, he carries her back to his bed and lays her there; he didn't bother covering her with the abandoned comforter. "I'll turn the thermostat down so it'll get a lot cooler, okay?"
She nods, causing him to smile before picking up the comforter and walking out of the room; if it was going to get colder he was going to need all the warmth he could get. He flipped the temperature down to 52 before plopping down onto the couch and making a cocoon out of both of his blankets before easily drifting to sleep. Ami, as well, fell back to sleep easily as the air cooled her exposed skin. Hugging the frozen peas closer to her chest she curls around it in hopes of keeping the heat at bay.
"Children, children, settle down; we have a new student." The teacher's voice got the students to settle down before looking over at the closed door. "You can come in now."
When Ami stepped through the doors a hush seemed to settle around the kids but she didn't seem to noticed, her eyes were locked on the smiling teacher. She was wearing one of her black dresses, the ends of it meeting at her knees; the sleeves short and puffy while it had a boxed collar. The dress seemed more like a maid's outfit but it seemed to fit her well, a black ribbon tying around her waist and forming a big bow on her back and a simple black collar round her neck. She wore her black sandals and to complete the look she wore a black ribbon in her hair, separating her bangs from the longer locks, the bow tying off on the right side of her head.
She stops when she reaches the teacher and stares at him with those sad eyes before he motions for her to face the rest of the students; when she did audible gasps filled the room, she looked like a porcelain doll. Her eyes looked around the room, roaming over the students without singling anyone one person out, before looking back up at the teacher.
"Everyone," The teacher announces, gathering the attention of the majority of the class. "This is Musaki, Ami; please welcome her warmly. Ami-San, would you like to say anything to the class?" He offers her a smile, as if to say 'go on, it's okay' but she shakes her head no and looks back out at the class. He laughs before looking around. "W-well then, why don't you go and sit next to Uchiha, Sasuke; Sasuke please raise your hand."
When a young raven-haired boy raises his hand she blinks slowly before walking up the steps quietly; she didn't seemed fazed that she was sitting next to the most popular kid in the village. Pulling the chair out from under the desk she sits down quietly and looks back up at the teacher, her arms setting down in her lap and her ankles crossing under her chair.
"W… Well then, let's get started with the lesson…."
Ore~ Ore~! I know i already have two stories out and... I haven't updated my "Failure of Motion" in... actually I haven't updated it since I published it... BUT... that's okay because... I will get to it, I'm just mulling over how things will progress romantically with Lee-Kun~
But I've noticed while searching for Sasuke stories that... there arn't many Sasuke x OC stories that are... up to my liking (Although they're good in their own way (AI: very good plots or good ideas))
So bear with me as I write this and "Troublesome Meets Bothersome" (Although I've hit a bump with that one and I find myself sitting in front of my laptop and think "Where shall this go...?")
