A/N: Review or I'll sink into an even deeper depression. :[ tearsss.

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Chapter 2: He is My What!

Ren looked at her watch and saw the pink haired girl from before sitting on a swing near the academy, she smiled it was a far off smile of a memory that had flown by her mind. Sakura was remembering the day they had all been trying to see Kakashi's face under his mask, only to find out that there was another mask under his mask. Ren walked over to her, Sakura's eyes were watering and Ren could see that a sob was coming on she could tell by the shaking breathing that Sakura was doing. Ren may not have known the situation but she knew she would not want to be that obviously sad and with out someone trying to comfort her. Ren grabbed Sakura's shoulders and wrapped her arms around the older girl she held her for a little while, Sakura turned around her green eyes watery as she looked up at Ren and she began to cry like a baby. Ren muttered a few comforting words and phrases to Sakura who wrapped her arms around Ren. She was soon done crying wiping stray tears from her face.

"I don't want to pry, but why are you so sad?" Ren asked Sakura she waited for a minute she had only known this girl for a few hours and yet more words between these two had been exchanged then her and Sasuke had ever spoke to each other.

"It's just that someone I cared about betrayed me and someone who cares about me killed him because he had to do it. We were all really good friends." Sakura cried, 'It must have been a rogue ninja' Ren thought sadly.

"Then you should as a kunoichi understand that it had to be done" Ren told her, she was knew that it must have hurt but it was something that had to be done.

"I know but it just hurts so much that he betrayed us that he didn't come back to us, that he had to be killed. I know it had to be done but I loved him so much." Sakura said.

"You have to be strong, think of your other friend. I am sure it kills him just as much if not more that he had to kill his friend. What he must be going through to look strong for you…a secret pain." Ren said Sakura looked up at her.

"I know, and Naruto is one of the most amazing ninja I've ever met, and I know that he is hurting just as much as I am…but I'm weak…I'm not strong like he is…" Sakura said Ren looked at her a sympathetic yet annoyed look was on her face.

"Listen, Sakura I might not know you that well but I can see that you're strong, but the sooner you push through this the stronger you'll be." Ren said Sakura nodded she knew that she had come out of this because Naruto was trying his best even though at times she could see the sad and far away look in his eyes. Sakura wondered if one could ever forget the face of a dying friend, who had betrayed you. Ren looked at the pink haired girl who had somehow with the words she had just been told looked as if she was going to make it through this. Ren saw a big dog with a boy who had markings on his face looking at her. Ren looked at him with a smile and waved at him, he looked at her a blush spread across his cheeks although it was barely noticeable because of his red markings he waved his hand at her and gave her a charming smile. Too bad that looks alone could never sway Ren. Sakura looked at her and saw Ino who looked at her they both looked away from each other swiftly. It must have been an awkward friendship after Sasuke died. Kiba walked over to Ren.

"I've never seen you." came his scruffy playful voice, he held out his hand.

"I know, I'm new I actually just came this morning, my name is Ren Wasureta." Ren said letting a small giggle add a musical tone to her voice.

"I'm Kiba Inuzuka, and if you want I could show you around the village if you want." he said he hadn't let go of Ren's hand yet, she looked at him and thought it would be best if to wait and see when he would notice.

"I actually already got acquainted with the village, but I don't know the good places to eat, but I did have some ramen earlier that was amazing." Ren smiled at Kiba who looked a bit disappointed.

"Well, if you meet me by the academy I'll show you the best dumpling shop in Konoha." he smiled at her; he looked down finally letting her hand go.

"Great, if you're not here I might have to kill you." Ren told him Akamaru walked over to them Ren opened her mouth in shock and at first Kiba thought it was a look of fear in her eyes, but saw it was more like stars, as she bent down to him and started petting him and mumbling praises to him about his cuteness.

"What a cute puppy!" she exclaimed rubbing Akamaru's ears happily. Kiba breathed a sigh of relief and Akamaru licked Ren's cheek, she smiled. Ren looked at her watch, 5:52 pm, 'Oh shit I'm almost an hour late' she thought scrambling up frantically. Kiba looked at her, as did Sakura. "I have to go I'm really late for a meeting with the Hokage and I heard she's got a temper…" Ren said, Kiba offered to escort her but she said that she would have to run to get there on time and it would probably be best if she went alone. Ren was running at a high speed and looked into her watch as the minutes were flying by, 'Shit! Shit! Shit I'm going to -I' Ren's thoughts were interrupted as she crashed into someone and landed on her butt. She was going to apologize when she stood up but saw Naruto standing there with a look on his face.

"YOU!" he shouted pointing at her with an accusing finger.

"Me?" she said trying to think a way out of this Wordiness (consider revising) fast.

"You left and I had to pay for your ramen!" he told her she looked up at him.

"I'll pay you back, but I have to go" Ren told him running passed him he was shouting at her to come back and was going to chase her but she ran into the hokage's building. She stood in front of the office the doors shut and two guards on either side, their faces could not be seen through the cat mask. Ren wondered for a minute before the butterflies in her stomach had turned into some kind of monster as she put her hands on the door handle. She tugged and was looking straight into a pair of sharp brown eyes; the owner of them was sitting behind a desk with a stack of missions on one.

"That makes you an hour late. I hate waiting." the woman's painted lips moving fast as the words escaped her.

"I am very sorry, Lady Hokage." Ren said respectfully this meeting was big, it would decide whether or not she would be allowed to stay in the village.

"Well you must have a very good reason, let me hear it." Tsunade said with a smirk at, she could see the girl squirming, she probably didn't realize that she was rubbing her thumb and index finger together, or that she was scratching her head. Tsunade was just punishing her for making her wait so long. Ren could feel her stomach twisting into knots. 'This is so bad; she's going to send me back to the sand village.' Ren thought nervously.

"I honestly don't have a good reason for being late, I was exploring the village and lost track of time." she struggled not to stutter. Ren looked at the woman who sat behind the desk looking at her with amused eyes.

"Ren, I have to say I was looking over your previous mission reports and apparently you're known for your precision and punctuality, yet you stand before me an hour late." Tsunade was only trying to spook the girl to make her afraid that she would be sent back to the sand village.

"I…apologize; the village here is just so captivating." Ren said she realized that no matter how nervous she was she could not let it show because she was a kunoichi and she was not allowed to show her fear or any sign of weakness. Not even to the Hokage. Ren straightened her back and looked at Tsunade with strong determined eyes. Tsunade raised a brow at the sudden change in demeanor she liked it.

"I'm going to tell you that although the Kazekage doesn't know it, he is doing the leaf village a big favor, we've been lacking in Anbu, and you seem fit for the job. I'm assigning you to Anbu Black Ops. You'll have to learn the layout of the village with your eyes closed. You're first mission will be with your captain next week. A family has also offered to you allow to stay in their house. I hope you know what a big responsibility this is and how many are counting on you." Tsunade told the girl who looked at her with a smirk. Ren breathed out a sigh of relief.

"This is amazing, did you know I was born in this village…my mother was going to come back but she died and I grew up alone on the streets. I've always dreamed of coming here to stay." Ren smiled at the Hokage who gave her a small smile in return; there was a heavy knock on the door, before a man clad in the Anbu uniform, his hair down around his shoulders.

"This is your Captain; he's going to escort you to your new living arrangements." Tsunade said. The tall man looked down at her through the mask a frown passed his lips before he started walking out of the room, Ren bowed to the Hokage and followed the man who was walking ahead of her. The tall man had broad shoulders and stopped in front of the Nara household he knocked on the door. Toshino answered the door; she looked at the girl who stood next to the Anbu Captain. He started walking away,

"You must be Ren. I'm so happy that you'll be staying with us." Toshino said her sharp onyx eyes were almost intimidating and they weren't even glaring at her.

"I am thank you for allowing me to stay with you. I'm Ren Wasureta," Ren said to the older woman, she looked at her with a smile.

"I'm Toshino Nara, and it's an honor to have you here." Ren's jaw almost dropped as she heard the familiar surname. Ren's eye twitched a little as she looked up at the woman.

"Is there something wrong, Ren?" she asked seeing the odd reaction the girl had given her.

"…your son is Shikamaru…you're husband is Shikaku…" she said in a shocked light questioning voice, Toshino looked at her strangely.

"My son just dropped you off here, and my husband is at a bar drinking with his friends." Toshino said to the girl, Ren grabbed her head and started to freak out pulling her hair.

"HE'S MY WHATTT!" Ren yelled loudly her eyes opened wide, as Shikaku walked into the house, slipping his shoes followed by Shikamaru who was putting his hair in a ponytail and taking off his mask.

"I'm your boss, you're really loud," he said scratching his head and walking into his room. 'Troublesome women' Shikamaru thought walking into his room, the only other spare bedroom they had was only accessible if you went through his bedroom. 'Great, now I'm going to have to see some loud, girl at work, at home, and even walking through my bedroom for bathroom breaks. What a drag.' he thought as he laid on his bed. Ren walked inot the room walking passed Shikamaru who looked at her with a monitoring glance, he didn't want her to touch any of his things. Ren walked right into her room and saw that it was like his only a little bit smaller, a bed, it was missing the shogi board, and the bed had light burgundy sheets. There were pictures of deer all over the wall it was peaceful in a way. Ren yawned into her palm and reached into her pocket for a cigarette from her pocket, she brought it to her lips and followed by the stick was a lighter; she sucked in while holding the lighter to the end of the cigarette.

Shikamaru had been falling into an easy sleep when the smell hit his nose; he stood up and put his nose in the crack of the door that connected his room to hers. He hated that smell, it drove him crazy Shikamaru had half the mind to tell her to stop, but he wasn't going to waste energy on that. He threw his body backwards onto his bed. Shikamaru glared up at the ceiling, as he tried to ignore the smell that was invading his sense of smell.

"It's driving you crazy isn't it?" Shikaku said suddenly appearing in Shikamaru's room; he looked at his father, and nodded. Toshino opened the door and glared at both of the males in her life. They looked up at her the same thought running through both of their heads. 'Troublesome woman'. Ren blew the smoke up in the air as she laid back. She remembered the first time she had made her mother angry; she had done something with her eyes. It was something she told her never to do again, it happened when she was four and she would never forget it.

Flashback

Ren was sitting her dark hair only reached her shoulders then, the sand was whipping around everywhere. There was a little boy he was older than her but still wasn't being played with by any of the other boys, he was shunned in fear because he was special he was an exception to the nature that had created the others. He had a demon inside him, it was scary when he got angry but he was hurting Ren could see it. One day after the other children had run away from him and he was taken inside the Kazekage house most likely to be left alone for the rest of the day. Ren had run towards everyone who was being so mean to him after all, he only wanted a friend. She couldn't be that for him because her mother wouldn't allow her to and for that, her mother was also a criminal in this. Ren had bravely walked up to a group of the boys who were much older then both her and Gaara.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so afraid of Gaara he only wants a friend?" she asked them her soft childlike voice reaching their ears.

"Because little girl, he is a freak he is a monster…and if you care for that thing then so are you" one said throwing a rock at her, one of them was about to use some kind of jutsu on her but before he could do anything she was doing it to him first. She had seen it once and learned her mother had been watching what was going on when she saw the eyes of the monster she had once loved and grabbed Ren pulling her by the arm and apologizing to the boys.

"I'm sorry, please just forget that you saw anything." she had said, Ren had watched her mother's eyes narrow into cat like slits, an amber taking over the color. Her black hair, pale skin, and odd eyes always set her apart. It was her kekkei genkai those eyes came out stronger in others from her family, so much so that they didn't even have a normal eye to revert to. For someone like her grandfather it had come out so pure, his name was Orochimaru. He was legendary but evil. Ren's mother had did well hiding her daughter from him she fled from her father's care after finding out she was pregnant knowing what he would want from her daughter, from her child. The boys had acted as if nothing happened that day, because even if they wanted to they wouldn't be able to remember no matter how hard they tried. Ren wondered why her mother told her never to rely on natural talent to save her in battle, to make sure she trained as if she could do nothing but taijutsu and that is how she trained.

Ren's mother died only a few weeks earlier killed by a man no face, it was a scary thing for the child to hear of, she was left alone to wander the streets, she finished the sand academy at the age of seven and became chunin at eight, she was jonin since she turned twelve and that was when she began to make her fortune. She was known as very cutthroat in her mission style. She could remember the second time she used her kekkei genkai and what she had made happen. She had made two partners kill each other, they were enemies sure and she knew she had to do it because of her reputation for always being on time but she could feel their pain, their sorrow flowing through her because she knew if she ever had to such a thing, ever been forced to kill her teammate that she wouldn't want to live. That was the first time her eyes became slitted like a cats. She hadn't used it since then.

End Flashback.

A/N: Ahhhh Freak you all you beef jerkies. Lol hey I got hits right that makes me smile but anyways it's pouring raining outside right now and I want it to stop but I know it wont. Review this is going to be a good story I think.

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