I adjusted the strap on my bag one last time before appearing at the front gate. Home, Finally. I looked to Aki and smiled, then to Shi. I nodded at her to let her know that I'm behind her every step of the way. I'm excited to see my cousins again. And our old Senseis. I'm sure they are extremely worried about us, since we haven't seen or talked to them in so long. I was all smiles on our way back home. So was my twin sister Aki. We look nothing alike and that's what amuses me. We both have long black hair, but my eyes are green and hers are blue. Between the two of us, I was the fighter and she was the thinker. I love fighting. I'm more of a, beat them down and get it over with, kind of ninja and Aki is the one that has the plans and the major medical skills. To be honest, without her extra help with healing, I'm not sure we'd be coming home as soon as we were. Our teammate Shi, has black hair too, but she's got short spiky hair and dark red eyes. Shi has no family. They were killed. But she's got us. I just hope she realizes that.
It was about nine months that we were gone from Konoha. Our mission was originally a B rank mission. It didn't seem like a tough job, at least not for our skills at our ages. We went without our Sensei because we thought we could handle it, that was a bad idea. We got into a predicament and it caused us to be in a fight with several ninjas from other clans. At first we thought we could handle it, the fight was fine at first, but we soon learned how bad it really was. We were injured, but we won. I was burned on my legs, my sisters arms were burned. We got it easy. Shi got it bad. She was burned on her legs, torso, her chest, right shoulder, neck and lower part of her face. She's never worn this amount of clothing. We stayed there for nine months so she could heal fully. As a team, a family, we stayed. While Aki and Shi were recovering, I was training. Aki's wounds were less critical so she healed quicker and trained with me. Shi was able to recover in a few months and then trained with us. After a while she was ready to go home. I will be forever grateful to the family that helped us in this past year.
Aki was overly excited, as usual, as we grew closer and closer to our home, I scratched my long black hair to make sure it didn't have anything in it. You can't return home looking like crap, right? Returning home after all this time isn't easy. But we have to do it. Everyone has their reasons why not to return home, some are stupid and some aren't, but Shi has a reason that beats them all. She has no one. Her family was killed, Shi knows we're always here for her but sometimes she forgets that we're here. Maybe coming back home this time will help her remember how much we love her. Now that I think about it. Shi isn't alone, as long as I'm alive. She won't be alone. I'm here as long as she needs me to be here and even if she tells me to leave, I know I won't.