A/N: Well, here is where we meet our main character. I know this is a short chapter, but they'll eventually start to get longer. Just hang in there with me. Thank you for everyone that's been reading the story. Feel free to leave me some comments. Like the story, the author, follow it, do whatever you wish to do. Um, I do believe that's all I have to say. Read on and enjoy. :3

Robot Girl

01

It was as if they were grains of sand slipping through her fingers and no matter how hard she tried to hold onto them, keep them from leaving her, they were all falling out of her grasp. As much as she tried to hold on, her exhausted body told her to just let it go. That fading voice commanded that she never let go, but it was just the voice of someone who's life faded away a long time ago, the voice of a ghost who taught her there was a lot more to be afraid of than ghosts.

There were voices that seemed to come from all around her but the only thing she could focus on was the throbbing pain in her skull. Something pressed against her cheek and she forced herself to open her eyes, looking with blurred vision at the three faces all hovering over her. Staring at the three of them, her head would cock to the side, taking in the varying colors of their hair and eyes—blonde and cerulean, onyx and onyx, pink and emerald.

And then she felt the stabbing pain in her heart that made her cringe in pain. Then she remembered everything that had happened before this exact moment and she returned to the person she had been before the fire. Instinctually, it seemed, she seemed to freeze over and her heart went completely numb to all the pain. Oddly enough, her thoughts briefly moved toward the boys of the village before the fire ravaged it and killed them all and how they would taunt her for being so cold.

"Hey, nee-chan," her gaze moved toward the blonde teenager who, unlike the other two, had gotten even closer to her, "Are you okay?" How innocent a question that was and she wanted to be angry at him—because how could someone that had just lost everything for a second damn time be just okay?—but she just couldn't be angry at him and she wasn't sure why.

"I'm…" With a dry throat, her voice cracked. "What…happened?"

"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura," a voice from somewhere past the three teenagers over her called out, "let her have some room to breathe." The blonde one who had spoken to her first helped her lean up against a nearby tree. When they moved away from her, there was a silver-haired man standing in front of her, staring at her intently.

After a short period of silence, the man bent down in front of her. "Can you remember anything that happened before you woke up?"

A plan formed in her mind and she shook her head after a few moment of silence. "I'm sorry but all I remember is a fire. Everything else is…hazy…"

The man sighed and lifted up. "Well, we can't just leave you here with a burned village and nowhere to live. We'll have to bring you back to our village to be healed and then the medics can work to restore your memories and we can piece together just what happened here." He explained.

"Sensei," the pink-haired one spoke up, "we haven't introduced ourselves to her. Won't she be scared to travel with a bunch of strangers?"

With a laugh, the older man rubbed the back of his head. "I suppose you're right about that." He glanced back at her up against the tree. "I'm Hatake Kakashi, a Jounin from Konohagakure no Sato. This is my team." He pointed toward the pinkette, "This is Haruno Sakura," then the blonde, "Uzumaki Naruto," and lastly the dark-haired one, "and this is Uchiha Sasuke."

The girl, using the tree to support her, managed to get to her feet. "I'm not sure about much," she started as she smiled slightly, "but what I can be sure about is that my name is Haruka. It's nice to meet you all."