The Wolf (A Naruto Fanfiction)

There had always been something wrong with the way her life was. Although, she'd never felt the need to figure out what. Actually, she'd couldn't remember feeling anything at all. It was just something she'd never done before. Her master never seemed to mind it, actually, he seemed to revel in the fact that she never felt anything. Pride seemed to swell in his eyes when she replied to how she was feeling with an I don't know. She didn't know why, it was just the way things were. He'd test her in the mornings, have her fight and train until her legs gave out beneath her, and then when she was so exhausted that she only kept her eyes open to follow orders, he would poke and prod her with needles. He asked her how her body felt she'd relay the positioning and severity of her injuries, and then he'd treat the wounds and tell her to sleep it off, on the concrete flooring of her small room. She never felt, sorrow, anger, despair, fear, they were all foreign concepts to her. She was empty. Until that day, she'd never felt anything. When her emotions came flooding back to her, she wasn't prepared for any of it. The fear made her flee, her only company the wolfish grin that expressed her maddening fear.

This child was blessed with power and cursed by it just the same. She wants to forget her emotions, but she can't seem to do so. Because of this, she decided that she would learn as much as she could from others about them. In her search, she meets a woman who is many things, but the thing that made her the most amazing person that the girl had ever met wasn't something she didn't know by name, although most would call it kindness. This woman's kindness led this strange young girl to live in the village of Konoha.

Feelings become the girl's friends and foes, as she learns how to live the life of a ninja.

However, it is in the nature of the wolf to hide in the shadows and stay as far away from people as possible.

She is not a girl or a monster.

She is the wolf.