Life Is Beautiful
The next morning I awoke with a start, I felt like I was falling then shoved back into my, this, body I was in. At first I didn't know where I was, but there was a knock at my door and a pink haired doctor walked in. The memories from the day before came rushing back. I was in the Naruto Universe, a fictional place that I had read about in a manga it was even its own anime and a sequal.
"Good morning,"
She paused for a moment.
"Natsumi, I hope you had a good night's rest."
"Yeah it was just peachy."
She check all my vitals just like the day before. And took down her notes, she asked me a few of the same questions from the day before as well. Most likely to see if I had suffered from an amnesia. I answered all the question correctly and she seemed pleased with the results.
"So everything looks good, but until your body is at full strength again I can't discharge you from the Hospital. That and Kakashi-Sensei has asked that you stay here for a little while longer. Oh and before I forget."
She brought up the bag she had carried in with her.
"I got some clothes for you, they might be slightly too big but it's a start for now. Now you don't have to wear that hospital gown, I know they can be uncomfortable."
"Thanks,"
She smiled at me and then left the room. I looked in the bag and found a few different outfits inside. True to her word they did look a bit big for me, but not too much to be obvious. With the fresh air I felt coming in from the slightly open window I could tell it must be about spring time here. By the way I hadn't even noticed the window was open till just now. I pulled on a red tank and some blue pants, I even saw some shoes as well that were my size. I shouldn't have been surprised, if Kakashi knew me she would too, right.
The knock at my door signaled that Sakura was coming back in, but when I turned to see her I saw Kakashi Hatake standing in the doorway. We stared at each other for a good long minute before I said something to break the silence.
"Is there something I can do for you Lord Hokage?"
His tensed shoulders relaxed slightly.
"I um, I wanted to apologize for the way I left yesterday."
"Oh, you don't have to do that."
"No, I do. You see Natsumi I uh."
He was stumbling for words. Does me being in this body make him nervous?
"This isn't easy for me to, um, take in. The Natsumi I know is staring at me but it's not the same person that I'm talking to."
I didn't know what to say so I just stayed quiet and let him continue.
"When the time came that you would wake up I knew it wouldn't be the Natsumi I knew. It was going to be someone else. This is just still a shock to me."
"She's someone important to you?"
"Yes, very."
"Kaka-Sensei, I didn't expect you to be here."
"Ah, Sakura. I was close by and thought I'd come and get Natsumi myself."
"Oh well that's nice. Right Natsumi?"
"Yeah that's just great."
"Okay, well Natsumi here are your discharge papers. And I want you to know that if you need anything at all please come to me."
"Thanks."
I took the papers from her and she left the room with a smile and a bow to Kakashi. And then there was just the two of us. This was going to be super awkward, I could tell he still wasn't comfortable with being around me. I prayed to whatever God would listen that we wouldn't have to spend day in and day out around each other.
"Well we should get going, it's going to be a bit of a walk back to the Hokage tower and we can sort out your papers there."
Before we could walk out of the room I was able to find my voice.
"Hokage-Sama, this is probably a dumb question but where do I live?"
"Ah, first just Kakashi is fine I'm still not use to this whole 'Sama' or 'Hokage' thing. And second, with your living arrangements you, uh, well she. No, you live with me. I am going to explain everything to you later but first there are a few documents that really need you signature at the records hall."
"I feel like this is going to be more information than I can handle right now. But I need to know who I am supposed to be."
"Of course, but first I need to get you to the records hall and next I will drop you off at home. I have a few things to get done today as well, while I'm away you can take the time to familiarize yourself with the place and we can talk later."
"Okay."
We left the hospital in silence. As I walked along side of him to the Hokage Tower I kept getting strange looks from some people, they knew who I was and who we were supposed to be. I felt weird walking next to him. About half way there I felt a bit drained and we had to stop for a few minutes till I felt well enough to continue walking.
Finally reaching the Hokage tower we went inside away from the watching eyes of everyone in the Village. Thankful for modern technology finally making its way to this Village we went into the elevator and up to the sixth floor. Once more in silence the whole way there, the door dinged once to signal that someone was going to get on with us. The doors opened to reveal Anko Mitarashi, she looked right at me before greeting Kakashi.
"Ah, Lord Hokage good morning."
"I really wish you would all drop the 'Lord' part."
"And Natsumi-San so glad to see you finally up and moving around. You sure had everyone worried for a good while there."
"Yeah thanks."
She continued to talk with Kakashi while I just stood there very awkwardly listening to their conversation. On another thought I always wondered why those two never got together in the story line. Maybe I can get the answer for that later, but then again I doubt he would give me the answer. The man was known for keeping everything bottled up inside, I'm amazed at the composure he all ways has when in a stress full situation. You'd think one of these days he'd just flip his shit and got nuts on everyone. The elevator dinged again.
"Oh, this is our stop. See you around Anko."
Kakashi led me out of the elevator and down the hall to a giant wooden door. I could hear people rushing around on the other side. Without even knocking Kakashi opened the door and it was like everything and everyone stood still. One of the ladies in front of us screamed and threw her papers in the air.
"Ah, Lord Hokage!"
'She was startled.'
"Heh, what have I said about the 'Lord' part."
"My, my apologies Lord, eh, Hokage."
"Its fine, now where is Shikamaru. I believe he had some important documents that needed Natsumi's signature."
"Yes this way. Natsumi-San it is good to see you up and moving around now."
"It was getting tiring just lying in that bed all day."
"I do hope you are able to come back soon. Everyone has really missed you."
Before I could answer Kakashi put his hands on my shoulders and spoke for me. I tilted my head up to look at him, and though he was taller than me it didn't like by much maybe a head so taller or a little more.
"I think another week of rest should be enough before she comes back to work."
"Oh right, yes that certainly would be best. Come this way Nara-San should be over here."
We followed her to a section of the room where there was, what looked like to be, a table littered with paperwork. There was movement behind all that paperwork.
"Nara-San, the Hokage has brought Natsumi-San here to sign those documents."
There was no answer.
"Uh, Nara-San?"
She walked around the paperwork only to let out a squeal. And looked around the stacks of paper.
"He's asleep."
"Uh, should have seen that coming."
Kakashi looked around for a second and spotted something he could use to awaken the Nara. He grabbed a book form a nearby table and slammed it right next to Shikamaru's head.
"WHAT? I'm up, I'm up."
He looked at the people standing in front of him not really seeing us until recognition finally hit.
"Lord Hokage,"
"They just don't get it,"
"Natsumi-San, what are you doing here?"
"I do believe there are some documents that need my signature."
"Yes ma'am I just assumed a messenger would come to pick them up and take them to you. Didn't think you would be out of the hospital so soon."
"There's only so long you can spend within the same four walls."
"Right, well hold on let me get the documents. I had them locked up didn't need someone trying to forge your signature without the proper authorization."
"Smart thinking."
Kakashi was the one to speak.
"Okay, here they are. Come have a seat please. I'm sorry about your desk being a mess, the work load has gotten a little out of hand since you've been unable to be here. The really important documents could not be filed away until you sign them, I just need a few signatures. The others can wait until you are able to come back in full health."
I sat in the chair and looked over what need to be signed, I had no idea what I was signing.
"You look confused I'll walk you through it. This shouldn't take long."
Shikamaru began to explain each paper that I needed to sign while Kakashi just leaned against the wall behind us. Most of these documents were for Shinobi transfers into the Village. Evidently my job was to go through them weekly and pick out the best candidates for our Village, then I was to interview each person and sign off on whether or not we would allow them in. Once the documents had my signature of approval or disapproval the Hokage, Kakashi, would finalize them with his seal. It truly did not take long for me to go through all of them, Shikamaru had already gone through the screening and interviews, so it was about thirty minutes later when we were finally leaving the Hokage tower and walking back to what was supposed to be my home.
"You're a document specialist."
"Huh,"
Kakashi brought me from my thoughts.
"You looked a bit confused even while Shikamaru was explaining things. You take care of Shinobi transfers, making sure any peace treaties I sign are on equal standing for all parts. You even like to spend most of your days decoding ancient documents and transferring them into a modern day language so everyone can read about the history of our ancestors."
"That sounds like a lot of responsibility especially when I really don't understand what my purpose here is meant to be."
"In time your mind will open up to who you once were and there will be no need to always wonder if someone will find out that you are not who you once were. Here we are, home sweet home."
He opened the door and let me walk in first. I stepped inside, reminding myself that I had to remove my shoes before I went any further into the house. I placed my shoes to the side as Kakashi did the same. I moved slowly into the main part of the house before Kakashi spoke.
"So it's not all that big, but this is the way you wanted it. A few different rooms, said it was for when we have company, but that doesn't happen often so we turned some of the rooms into an office and library for all your books and scrolls."
"So I'm pretty serious about this job, huh."
"Yeah you could say that. Anyways like I said earlier I have some things to do but I'll be home later and we can talk more."
"Okay,"
He began to walk away before speaking again.
"Make sure you lock the door, that's something I normally have to remind you of."
"I will,"
"Ah, before I forget you should find a box of more fitting clothes in the bedroom closet. And don't worry about dinner I'll bring some ramen back on my way home."
He left and like he had asked I locked the door behind him. Taking a breath I walked into the rest of the house with the mindset to first find some clothes that fit better. I know it's going to take a while to gain back the weight I had once been, but things would be easier if I had some clothes that actually fit. I walked from the front door to down the hall where I was going to assume the bedroom was, though I could have also gone up the stairs. But where I come from the main bedroom is normally on the first floor so I went down the hall.
And sure enough I did reach the bedroom at the end of the hall. It was by all standards huge, there were also three doors in the room one was open and lead to the bathroom.
'Another shower couldn't hurt, but first different clothes.'
I opened the first door to show that it held Kakashi's clothes. My curious nature brought me to walk in and look at what was inside. He basically wears the same thing all the time. Though at the end the closet had a few shelves that looked to be hold some more relaxed clothes. I didn't stay in there long and walked back out to open the other door in the room. I walked into what was meant to be my closet and looked through the clothes. In the back I found the box Kakashi was talking about and pulled it out. I sat on the ground and opened it to see what was inside.
I pulled out a few pieces of clothing out, but in doing so I took notice of the faint scar lines on my wrist.
'So these followed me here. Would be best to keep them covered.'
I grabbed the clothes I wanted, a V-neck Tee and a skirt that would come to mid-thigh. I looked around the room to see if there would be somewhere Kakashi would have kept extra bandage wrap. I didn't find anything so I walked into the bathroom and looked for some in there.
'Perfect these will do.'
I set my clothes and the bandage wrap on the counter. Then turned the shower on to hot and waited for it to get nice and steamy. My shower didn't last too long and when I was done I got dressed in the clothes that fit me a lot better and pulled my hair into a pony tail, my fringe bangs came to fall around my face.
I spent the rest of my time looking around the house. I found that one of the rooms that was made into an office was down stairs and this one belong to Kakashi.
'I'm sure he brings his work home sometimes.'
My office was upstairs right next to the library, the rooms were also connected by a door that was open. I also found three guest bedrooms and two more bathrooms. Once I was done exploring I realized I was a little hungry so I went back down to the kitchen and grabbed some fruit out of the fridge.
"I get a second chance at life, might as well take better care of this body."
In the world I came from I weighed slightly more that a person should for my height. My husband hated it he was always telling me I was fat like a cow. That man really knew how to torment me verbal and physically. I went back to the library and read through a few books while I waited for Kakashi to come back so we could talk.
