You'll get a glimpse of Kana's past here and then the rest in the second chapter. I was rushing so I might have made a few mistakes. See you in two days everyone! 3

"Well, we've rounded them all up Kakashi-sensei," Sakura shouted while Sasuke tighten the knot around the three bandits. He nodded and looked around the forest and trees. "Has anybody seen Kana?," Sasuke pushed himself off of the tree he was leaning against. "That's right, she was supposed to meet us at the rendezvous point but she never showed up," Sasuke said his voice full of concern for his friend. "That's no good," Kakashi touched the button on his receiver.

She ran behind a tree, Holding her shoulder, Kana tried to stop the bleeding. 'This hurts!' She winced in pain as she curled over a bit.

"Kana? Are you….There…Ka-Ssshhh," Kana touched her communicator with her bloody fingers. "I'm…Here, Kakashi-sensei, my receiver is broken,"

"Broken? What happened?,"

"I fell into a trap,"

"A-ssssh-?! Who's-sssh," Kana growled as static cut off Kakashi's words.

"Kana? What's your location?," She looked around the forest, sighing of relief as a river was heard close by. "I'm close to the rendezvous point a little ways by the river,"

"Kana, hold on ," Sasuke replied.

"We'll be there soon," Naruto was also worried. Sasuke shouted in unison. She smiled, their voices made her feel safe. "Are you hurt Kana?," Sakura asked through her communicator. "Yeah, but it's nothing I can't heal-,"

"I found you," They were here, they found her. Kana's eyes widen in shock. They both were covered in all black attire, only exposing their sharp, deadly eyes.

Team 7 raced through the forest as fast as they could. "Kana?! Kana!," Naruto called out her name through out the forest. "This way!," Kakashi shouted leading them towards the river. There was a sudden loud explosion,

"She's over there," Sakura shouted. Sasuke, with a worried expression had increased his speed.

Kana rolled from the explosion, smoke blinded her vision and a figure ran through the smoke. She felt a sharp pain through her stomach. She felt as if time everything stopped. She coughed and blood fell onto the ground. "Got ya!," He lifted her up by her throat. "Hehe, so this is the strongest assassin of all the land? You're a joke, your weak,"

'No, these guys are…' He walked forward, hovering over a large cliff and a river flowing at the bottom. "I'll erase you right here and now," His partner walked beside him. She smirked and crossed her arms watching. Kana looked down at her stomach. He had ran her through with a sword. "Too bad, your pretty cute," He pushed the sword deeper inside her stomach. She couldn't move and she felt heavy, pain shot throughout her body.

"Ka-Kana!,"

The man squeezed her throat tighter. "Friends? We better end this quickly," Team 7 stood on the other side of the cliff, watching in horror as their friend bled. "Gu-guys!," Kana began to struggle a bit. 'She's still able to speak,'

"I'll kill you!," Sasuke shouted as Kakashi and Naruto followed suit when he suddenly leaped over the cliff. "Too late," Kana felt him pull the sword from her wound and the release of her neck. She was falling.

"Ka-Kana!," Naruto shouted. They landed on the other side of the cliff. Naruto felt his heart skip a beat, Kana was falling deeper and deeper into the cliff. Kakashi turned to the two but they disappeared without a trace. 'Those guys were assassins'

Sasuke watched as Kana fell, he felt his heart slow down. They all did. She sunk into the water and was swiped down stream. "No, she's-," Sakura started. Naruto began to jump off the cliff but Kakashi grabbed his collar and pulled him back. "What the hell are you doing! We have to save Kana! I have to go let go of me Kakashi!," Naruto shouted his voice breaking. "I'm sorry, Naruto…She's gone," He said. Sasuke fell to his knees and hands and screamed. "….Kana!,"

Naruto began to shake as he grabbed his heart through his jumpsuit. "I promised…I promised to protect her….I promised and I failed," Tears began to fall from his eyes. Sakura covered her faces as she began to sob. "Kana!…," Sasuke dug her hands into his head and sobbed loudly.

They stood on the cliff letting their tears fall as life went on.

Rosa stood in the center of Tsunade's office and watched her friend, the Hokage looked out of her window not making eye contact. Rose gave a small laugh. "Tsunade, what's going on? Why are you so serious," She didn't reply. Rosa looked at Shizune who just looked at the ground. Rosa let her smile fall, the room grew tense, "Tell me what's going on…," Tsunade turned half way, and there was a knock at the door. "Come in," Rosa turned to the door, Walking in was Team 7, coming in one by one and standing by the door with heir heads down as well. "Oh Team 7, How did you-," she frowned as she noticed Kana was missing. "Where's Kana?," Wishing she hadn't asked. Naruto felt his heart clench up and it took every ounce of him to keep from grabbing it through his shirt.

"Um…Rosa-Sensei…," Sakura began to speak as she knew Naruto and Sasuke didn't want or were going to say those words. "About our mission today…," She stopped as she choked a bit. "Kana, is dead," Kakashi finished. Rosa felt herself stop breathing for a second. "…What kind of joke is this, huh?!," She spat, her anger tearing through her voice. "Where is Kana?! A simply B-rank mission like that couldn't have killed Kana!," She stated clenching her fist. "There was outside interference from some unknown assailants'," Tsunade spoke. Rosa's nails dug into her palm. "Why were you separated from here!? You were supposed to protect her!," She screamed at them. Naruto jolted, Sasuke just looked at the floor with his hair clouding his eyes. "Rosa it isn't their fault," Shizune quickly said. "A memorial will be placed at-," Rosa turned to Tsunade.

"There will be no funeral! Kana isn't dead do you even have a body?!," Kakashi closed his eyes for a second. "Rosa there's no way Kana could have survived the wound and the fall, she was stabbed through her stomach and she fell downstream," Rosa turned to Kakashi. "Silence! There is no evidence besides what you saw! I refuse to believe-,"

"Rosa!," Tsunade shouted. Rose turned back to Tsunade who was now looking at her fully and into her eyes. Rosa felt her anger slowly go away and filled with completely sadness and emptiness. "She-She's not dead she cant be she's too-." Kakashi grabbed her shoulder and pulled her into his arms. "I'm sorry," Rosa gave into her sadness and let herself weep in his arms.

"You're all dismissed," Tsunade whispered.

Sasuke walked in the rain his head down and his eyes clouded. The image of Kana's body kept flashing through his minds. Her blood, her wounds, her eyes everything. Sasuke stuffed his hands in his pocket and walked home, in pain.

Naruto laid on his bed, staring up at the ceiling in his dark home. He turned over only to meet the face of Kana, in the picture of her on his nightstand. Her smile bright and she eyes full of love and happiness. "I know your hurting kid but you can't weep forever," Jiraiya stated. "I know that," Naruto snapped back. Jiraiya sat on the chair in his kitchen. "I promised her…That I'd protect her, no matter what, and I failed because I didn't go get her when she didn't show up at the rendezvous point,"

"You can't blame yourself Naruto,"

Naruto clenched his teeth. A hawk flew by Naruto's window. "I've got to go, I'll see you in while," Naruto just kept looking at Kana's picture on his nightstand. Jiraiya glanced at him and left.

"Kana!? Kana!," Sasuke lifted up her body, that laid on the ground. She was cut up badly and bloody. "Sasuke…,"

"Kana!,"

"It hurts…," His eyes widened as blood came from the corners of her mouth. "Why? Why didn't you protect me? It hurts Sasuke!," She grabbed her stomach wound and sobbed. "Help me! Sasuke! It hurts so much, I don't want to die….Sasuke!,"

Snapping his eyes open, Sasuke sat up, panting. He sighed and grabbed the necklace on his nightstand. It was a heart shaped necklace, it was Kana's. She made it for him at a game during her birthday party. Everything kept running through his mind. Her death, hw she died and her body. 'There will be no funeral! You don't even have a body' A small light gleamed inside him. Rosa's word repeated in his mind. She was right, they didn't have a body how did they know she was dead. Sasuke sighed, he felt stupid, she was dead, but another part of him wanted that proof, he wanted to her body if she really was dead. He clenched the sheets on his bed.

The dark started to fade away as she opened her greenish eyes "Grandma, she's awake!," A tiny voice shouted. "Oh, you really did make it," She sat up and looked at the child and woman. She was dressed in an all white kimono and her hair was down . "Granny healed you!,"

"Healed me? Was I injured,"

"Indeed young lady, when we found you, you were almost dead," She smiled u at the old lady. "Thank you for kindness,"

"So polite, we don't get those kind of kids anymore these days, there all hurrying to grow up and take risk," The little girl sighed. "There she goes again,"

"So what's your name child," The lady asked. She opened her mouth to speak but she closed it. "I'm not sure…,"

"Oh, you must have hit your head,"

"Can we name you?!," The girl shouted excitedly. "she's not some animal you picked up off the street," The old lady shouted. "Come on grandma let her stay she doesn't even know who see is," The little girl pleaded. The old lady sighed. "Hmmm…," The little girl observed her. "You look like….A Nene!,"

"Nene?," The old lady said. "What are you? Four?,"

"I'm eight!,"

"You don't act like it,"

"How's an eight year old supposed to act,"

"Like an eight year old,"

"Granny that doesn't makes no sense," Nene felt her lips form into a smile and she began to laugh. They turned to her and began smiled. "What's so funny," The little girl asked. "Nothing, you reminded me of things,"

"Your remember something?!," the little girl asked.

"No but what you did brought back a feeling,"

"Aww, I'm sorry you lost your memories Nene,"

"Thanks you, um what's your name?,"

"My names Minami Hasagawa! And that's Granny Hasagawa,"

"Nice to meet you both," Nene smiled. "We couldn't find any items that had led to your identity,"

"Well she can start a new life here until she gets her memories back," Minami giggled. "I'll have a big sister," Nene smiled as Minami cuddled next to her on her futon. "Where am I anyway,"

"Your in our village, I'll introduce you to everyone tomorrow morning," Granny said. She nodded, "That's very kind of you,"

"It's nothing," Granny said walking over to her futon and yawning. "All this excitement has got me all worn out," She said. Minami smiled at her grandma "Granny's old so she gets tired easily, so I do what I can to help out,"

"Alright Minami, let's get some sleep, she's got to be tired," Minami nodded and walked over to her futon. She was a bit tired and her stomach hurt a bit too. She touched it through her kimono and a she felt a small scar. 'Who am I? What happened to me?'

Sasuke ran through the forest. He had left the village late at night and he wasn't stopping until he found Kana's body or he was hoping to find Kana alive and well. He was going to the place where she was fatally wounded. 'Kana, I won't rest until I find the people that hurt you! I promise I'll avenge you,'

Naruto kept running, he didn't know how long he was running but he never stopped not even for a breathe. It was early in the morning, so it was easy for him to sneak out. Naruto touched his pants pocket, his fingers grazed along a cool piece of jewelry, a heart necklace. His mind set he hurried to the place she fell.

Nene sat up stretching her arms and yawning. "Good morning!," Granny said looking up from her pot. "Good Morning Granny, where's Minami?," She asked after seeing that the little girl. "She's outside with the other children," Nene stood from her bed and immediately fell to her knees. "What is it?,"

She held her head, a pain shot through it. "My, my head, it hurt a bit,"

"I'm so sleepy…,"

"Good Morning! Kana!,"

"Good Morning Naruto!,"

She snapped her eyes open and closed them tightly as her head pains disappeared.

'What was that? Who's Voice?,'

"That's called a physical memory," Granny spoke up. She turned to her. "Your brain may not have any memory of who you are but your body sure does," Granny smiled as she looked down at her pot, her food cooking. "Physical memory?," She started to think as she stood back up but shook it off. "Go find Minami and tell her breakfast's almost ready," Nene walked out of the hut, holding her head. Several children ran past her laughing and chasing each other. Nene spotted Minami huddled over with a bunch of other children. She walked over to her. "She's a missing princess?!," A little girl asked Minami, Minami smiled with pride. "Yup, but she can't remember that much," She lied.

"She must be a princess, she's super pretty,"

"Exactly,"

"Wow!," They all exclaimed. "Minami, breakfast's ready," Minami turned to Nene and smiled. "Alright,"

"Come down! Kitty! Oh no!," The turned to a girl who was reaching for a cat in a tree. "Luna! Get down you'll fall," A little boy shouted up a tree. Nene walked over to tree a little girl had climbed it to get her cat. "I can't I'm stuck and I have to get kitty," She shouted crawling along the branch. The little girl reached out to her cat and she suddenly slipped. They all gasped as they watch her falling. In a blink of an eye Nene caught her. The cat still sat on the branch licking its paw and watching the people down below. "Are you alright?," Nene set her on the ground and looked up at the cat. She leaped and grabbed the cat from the branch. "Here, don't ever do that again, it's dangerous," Nene said sternly giving her the kitten, She nodded snuggling her cat gently. The children and by standers looked at Nene is awe. "That was amazing!," Minami shouted. "Huh?,"

"You moved so fast,"

"No I didn't,"

"You like a ninja!," A child shouted at her. "A ninja? All I did was jump and walk," Nene gave them a puzzling look before scratching her head. A pain shot through her head, Nene leaned over a bit and held her it. 'This pain again'

"Kana! Don't ever climb that high again to get a cat!," He shouted at her, She lifted her head to meet the stern eyes of Sasuke. His ebony eyes said it all, he was irritated and happy at the same time.

"But Sasuke-,"

"I don't want to hear it," He sighed and flicked her forehead, hard with his middle finger. "Ow!," She groaned touching the area.

"Are you okay Nene?," She looked up with sad eyes. 'Nene? No, that's not my name' But of course she just smiled and nodded.

Sasuke stood at the edge of the cliff. His eyes fixated on the river below. Naruto jumped down from a tree. Surprised Sasuke looked at him.

"Sasuke?,"

"Naruto? Tch, why am I surprised," Sasuke smirked. "Yeah same goes for me,"

"So? What are you doing here," Naruto asked. "Looking for Kana, what else," Sasuke said, Naruto touched the necklace in his pocket. "I'm doing the same," He stood next to Sasuke looking at the rushing water below.

Naruto was about to jump but Sasuke pulled him back. "What the hell are you doing?," They shouted in unison and looking at each other.

"We have to follow the river to find Kana!,"

"You idiot at least climb down the mountain if you fall the-," As Sasuke spoke the cliff under them fell from under them. They gasped and screamed as they fell into the river below.

That night Nene sat next to Minami who was gobbling down her dinner. "Minami, slow down or you'll choke," Nene put her plate down. "Your not hungry?," Minami asked. Nene shook her head. "I'm a little tired," She stood and walked over to the her futon. Granny was already sleep in hers too. She really did sleep a lot. Minami watch her slowly fall asleep before grabbing the dishes and putting them in the sink in the corner of the room. Minami hopped onto the futon next to Granny. "Nene?,"

"Yes?,"

"Do you want to go back home?,"

"Huh?,"

"I mean, when you get your memories back, will you go home?,"

Nene smiled. "Maybe, it depends what my home is like,"

"Do you think you have a family?,"

"I hope so, I want to surrounded by people I love, like you and Granny, warm people," Minami smiled and reach under her pillow. Nene heard her shuffling.

"Here," She turned over and sat up. "What's this?,"

"This was my mother make-up," Nene grabbed a small shell and opened it, inside was lip stick. Nene smiled and hugged Minami, "I'll treasure it the most!," Mina blushed and went back to her futon. "Good night Nene,"

Nene smiled at the lipstick and put her index on it, she applied it to her lips. They shined with pure red, she stood up from her futon and left the hut silently.

"You idiot!," Sasuke shouted. "How many times are you gonna repeat that," Naruto asked holding him self, they were soaking wet. "Until you stop being an idiot and that wont be anytime soon," They walked away from the river. "Where are we?!," Naruto asked frustrated. Sasuke went towards the trees and gathered fire food. Naruto turned to him as Sasuke blew fire from his mouth. "Sweet! Good job Sasuke," Naruto pulled off his jacket and fun it on a tree branch, Sasuke did the same and took off his shirt and hung it next to Naruto's. "We might as well rest here,"

Naruto sighed but he had to agree, it was too dark and they were soak, Plus they came a long way down the river. Naruto walked over to the water and leaned down he cupped his hands and splashed his face, He then let out a long deserved sigh. He looked at his reflection on the water. 'Kana…,'

"Huh?," Naruto saw something shine from the moons light, Naruto grabbed an object on the rock. A Konoha headband and a heart necklace. "Sasuke!,"

"Kana, what do you see in Naruto?,"

"Well a lot of things but he makes my heart pound when I'm around him,"

"Idiot, that can happen with anyone you care for or like,"

"No your wrong, my grandmother always told me, it had to be the one you liked-Ah,"

Sasuke had grabbed her and kissed her. 'No this isn't right, I like Naruto-kun, so why? Is my heart pounding?' She asked herself.

Sasuke left leaving her with a confused heart.

Oh wait what was I sad about?

"Naruto-kuuun!," He just laughed and kissed her on her nose. She blushed but it went away quickly as he began to talk again.

"It's okay with this new nickname, Bakana, your stupider than me so this suits you," Kana sighed.

'But your wrong, wrong my IQ is 198 I'm not on your level Naruto-kun' She thought.

See ya later Bakana," He teased and left.

Oh wait what was I sad about?

"My name is Kana?," She was panting and holding her head. Once it faded away she walked towards the sound of the river. 'A river?' She saw an apple roll from a tree in front of her. Kana smiled and picked up a bunch of them. She held out her kimono like a basket and put them on it. 'I didn't eat, so I can wash these and eat them,' She smiled and walked towards the river. A small light was shining next to the river. "People?," She saw two figures. Kana approached them slowly and cautiously.

"She's alive, I can feel it," Sasuke said squeezing her headband. Naruto nodded, suddenly his stomach began to growl. "Heh, Guess I'm hungry,"

Sasuke sighed. 'It can't be helped, We'll have to look for something to eat,' Sasuke said.

Naruto nodded as they both went fishing.

Kana groaned and ate an apple on a tree branch. "This is so frustrating! I want my memories back!," She groaned and jumped down from the tree and landing on the ground. She gasped as she left a large hole on the ground. 'Did I do that?,'

Sasuke and Naruto ate their cooked fish they caught together. "When the sun comes up, we'll search for more clues," Naruto said. It was early in the morning and the sun was already slowly coming up. Sasuke walked over to his now dry shirt. He slipped it on, grabbing Naruto's jacket and tossing it at him.

"Alright Sasuke! Let's go find Kana!,"

"Are you two looking for that dead girl," A chuckled was heard. Naruto and Sasuke looked around them. "Who's there!?," Naruto shouted. A woman jumped down in front of them, the ground shook as she left a small hole under her feet. "You?! Your that woman that killed Kana!,"

"Who? Oh you mean that girl, is that what you people call her?,"

"Well she's dead now, so there's no need to get upset about a name," It was him, The man that killed her. "You! Your that bastard!," Naruto stepped forward. "Naruto hold on a second,"

"Why are we waiting! I'll never forgive him for what he did to Kana, Never,"

"I know how you feel Naruto but, we can't just rush in and blindly attack,"

Naruto growled. "It's okay, we'll end you two before you can even blink," The male assassin stated as he began to step forward.

Kana got into a stance. 'I'm like a ninja, Huh, Okay, let's see,' Kana punched a tree.

"…Ow! Ow! Ow!," She held her fist and squeezed it. A woman's voice screamed inside her head.

"Focus your Chakra!"

"I am focusing!," Kana barked back.

A loud explosion echoed in the forest, the birds scattered and Kana looked up into the air. "What's that?," She ran towards the sound without thinking.

Soon the sound of clashing metal and shouting. She ran behind a tree and peeked from behind it. "It's a fight," There was a tall woman and man wearing nothing but black. And two boys, a blonde one on his knees and the other raven haired one in front of him, protecting him. They were hurt and unarmed. The man stepped forward with his sword in hand. "I'll kill the both of you," Kana gasped. She ran towards the two boys as the sword was brought down.

"Ah!," Kana jumped in front of Sasuke and Naruto. She grabbed his wrist and he dropped his sword. "You can't fight someone who's unarmed! You lousy bastard!,"

"How?!," The woman shouted.

"She's alive…," Kana narrowed her green eyes and starred back into his. He felt his wrist made a hideous crack before withdrawing from her.

"Kana!," Sasuke and Naruto shouted in unison. She smiled at them, "Don't worry! I wont let anything happen to you,"

"How?! How are you still alive?!," She looked up at the angry man. "I got help from a very nice village woman and her granddaughter,"

"Kana! That's really you isn't it," Naruto smiled as his cheeks turned pink.

"I'll kill you this time for sure!," Kana watched as the woman ran towards her in full rage.

"Chidori!," The sound of birds screeched mixed with the woman's as she was touched with the ball of lighting.

"Sa-Sasuke! That's incredible where'd you learn that?," He gave her a confused look and tackled her to the ground. Naruto quickly punched the man rushing toward them in the face. "Just stay down you cowardly bastard!,"

He flew backwards and skidded across the grab a couple of times. The man struggled to get up and he looked up at Kana glaring. "Naruto! Sasuke we have to leave," Kana shouted. They both were injured so they couldn't fight this way. "Quickly follow me!,"

"You won't escape," She gave chase and reached into his holster. "It's a bomb!," Sasuke shouted. He pushed Naruto and grabbed Kana just as soon as it exploded. Kana and Sasuke flew back, Kana felt a hard pain in her head as she hit a trunk of a tree.

Her head began to throb.

"Kana! Get up!," She heard Naruto shout her name, She looked up and saw the man in all black approaching her slowly, blood dripped from the corner of his mouth and his temple. "I'll kill you," He grabbed her throat wit his large hands and squeezed. "I'll kill you! You disgust me! How they let you live, is a disgrace to each and everyone of us," He panted as blood dripped from his mouth and chin and fell to her forehead. "Sasuke…Naruto?…I can't breathe…,"

"Get off her!," The man's jaw dropped and he coughed up blood, it splattered on her cheeks and his grip loosened and he fell over. She looked up from her half-opened eyes at Sasuke and Naruto.

"Kana!,"

"…Nan! Kana?! Hey," Everything quickly went black.

Kana felt her head pounding, She sat up from where she was laying. Rubbing her eyes and looking around her. Kana smiled. Sasuke and Naruto were in beds next to hers, sleeping away and bandaged up. "They're okay…," She smiled and her smiled turned into a horrorified expression. She held herself and felt her body shaking.

'No….No…No I remember! No! I want to die! Someone please kill me!' She curled up into a ball and held her head.

"Kana?," She jumped and turned to the person next to her. Rosa. Kana felt her body relax a bit and she wrapped her arms around Rosa. "I remember! I remember! I remember!" She kept whispering and clinging to her teacher. Rosa held her tightly in her arms.