A/N: Hey! Thanks for visiting my story page! Anyway, as you may or may not know, this is a Sasuke and OC fan fiction. J Read and review, please!

~Josie

Chapter One: Mindless Wandering

The young girl swaggered her way over the road, struggling to take her steps clearly and carefully. As her desperate attempts to find safety rose, so did her heartbeat. Along the way, she caught the slurred voices of drunk workmen.

"'Ey! Where yah goin'?" they said. "C'mon 'ere, so I can take a better look at yah."

She ignored their annoying voices, and tried to focus on more important things, such as escaping from whatever was trying to trail behind her. Blood trickled down her forehead, and they blocked her surroundings with a dark crimson.

"C'mon, little girl," the voice taunted on. "C'mon 'ere. Yah might as well lemme look at yer wounds." The voice giggled at the last word, followed by a loud burp. The girl wrinkled her nose up in disgust, and she couldn't find any other reason to get out of wherever she was.

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"Sakura," the silver-haired sensei said. "Keep your chakra focused."

"I'm trying, Kakashi-sensei," Sakura retorted, while giving her bubblegum pink her a flip behind her shoulders. "If only you would just shut up and let me do some actual work." She muttered that last statement to herself.

Sakura Haruno's two teammates, Naruto Uzumaki were imitating the same actions. They were keeping focus on their chakra as they trained on walking along the side of the waterfall. Sakura was also a bit distracted on the fact that Sasuke's dark hair was matted with drops of water. She tried not to blush as she concentrated on what actually mattered.

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"Should we let her in?"

"She looks harmless."

"You never know. She could be undercover."

"In what? Blood?"

Two guards were discussing on the question of whether or not they were to permit the entrance of the bleeding girl in front of them.

"Just let her in," one of the guards whispered to the other. "I'll take her to the Hokage while you just stay here and patrol."

The second guard nodded. "Alright, then." He turned to the young girl. "State your name and your reason for entering this village."

"I'm Asuka Kawasaki," the girl responded. "Please. I won't do any harm. I just want to be safe…please."

The guard took the time to examine the girl. She was scrawny-looking, what with all the blood and dirt on her face, and she had brown eyes with specks of green splattered all over and brunette curls. The curls looked so tangled as if framed her exhausted and anxious narrow face. Her lips were cracked and full of

fresh and dried blood. Her outfit was torn at the sleeves, and it by the look of it, she wasn't a ninja.

"Alright." The metal gates opened, opening new opportunities in the Hidden Village of the Leaves.

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"Hokage-sama," the guard leading Asuka into the village said. "What should we do with her?"

The old man in the white and red robe looked up from the painting he was staring at so intensely and eyeballed Asuka.

"What is your name?" he asked her; his voice was scratchy.

"Asuka Kawasaki," Asuka replied, nervously balancing herself on both feet.

"What village are you from?"

"Iwagakure."

"Are you a shin obi?"

"No."

He examined her once more. She wasn't a shin obi. She was just a regular person. Then, at that moment, he knew what he would do about the situation.

"Do you have a background?" the Hokage asked. Asuka nodded slowly, and he gave her a look which indicated her to go ahead and spill.

"I am Asuka Kawasaki," she introduced once more while wiping the dry blood off her forehead. "I'm from Iwagakure. I was born from Suzuki Kawasaki and Kenichi Kawasaki. They both died on a mission to the Sand. I am not a shin obi, because I am just afraid to deal with vicious enemies. Though, I hope to become one so that I could be able to protect my village, and avenge the death of my parents…Although, I do aspire to be a writer someday."

The Hokage looked from the guard standing by the door, to Asuka. He folded his wrinkly old hands under his chin.

"Well, Asuka," he started. "I suppose we could do something about this 'fear of enemies' situation that is in your way of becoming a ninja. So, I'll be placing you on a temporary team until you learn how to protect yourself. However, you will be under 24-hour surveillance. You are not to leave this village, either, understand?"

Asuka nodded without hesitation. She bowed, and stood back up a bit too fast, causing her over tangled curls to bounce on her shoulders. "Thank you, Hokage-sama!"

He nodded in return, and gestured their dismissal.

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"I did it!" Sakura exclaimed happily, as she did a little happy dance on the side of the small waterfall. Sasuke and Naruto had succeeded a bit of a while ago, as they lay resting down on the grassy plain.

"Good job, Sakura," Kakashi said bluntly, while flipping through pages of his enjoyable book.

"Hmph," Sakura said as she landed on the ground with the graceful "thump." She folded her arms across her chest and looked towards the direction of her teammates.

Suddenly, a large bird came swooping down at Kakashi. Within its sharp claws carried a scroll, and when Kakashi took it gingerly from the bird, it flew away. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke gathered around their sensei to see what the note said.

Team Kakashi,

You will be assigned to have a newcomer to your team.

Please treat her with hospitality.

Her name is Asuka Kawasaki, and you'll to be expecting her tomorrow at eight.

Hokage

A/N: Okay, I think this (first) chapter was a bit rushed. But I got so excited that I wanted this posted up ASAP. So, please leave a review and tell me what you think!