Its dark out now.

We had stopped for a short while to rest but were moving again. Ino was saying she wanted me to be in a hospital as soon as possible. Something about infections.

No one was speaking, Ino was concentrated on my now exposed back-she had insisted I take my shirt off to heal the wounds properly. She had given me shorts that she had in her pouch to wear. Choji was staring contently ahead and seemed to struggle keeping a slow pace. Shikamaru was a few feet in front of us.

With nothing else to do, my mind began to wander. I thought about the time I spent with Mother. But I hit walls when I tried to think past Choji taking me.

How long was I there? I don't know.

Why was I hanging from chains?

How did I get my back torn up? Who stitched it up?

What was that girls name? What happened to her?

It's killing me that I can't remember. Why can't I remember?

I concentrate as hard as I possibly can and try to remember, but I can't. I can't remember anything. I feel fear set in.

My name…What was my name again?

No, I knew what it was just a few hours ago. It's….It's Seisui.

I repeated my name over and over again in my head. I can't lose that, if I lose it I'll lose everything else. I can't lose my name.

The man carrying me is Choji, the woman healing me is Ino. The other man is Shikamaru.

Okay, good. I repeated our four names, then I ran the day.

I was hanging. Okay. Choji came and saved me.

Seisui. Choji. Ino. Shikamaru.

I repeated the names over and over again.

Shikamaru, Ino, Choji, Seisui. Shikamaru….

"We're almost to Kanoha"

"Good, she needs lady Tsunade."

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I'm not sure how long it took to get to their village, but it was less than a week. It felt like a few hours, but I know it took longer than that. Couple days? We only stopped twice. I had fallen asleep on Choji's back, so I don't know if they stopped at all.

I wonder what will happen to me here. Ino healed me to the point that I could walk on my own. Though she refused to let me, she said I could open a few wounds. Choji carried me for the rest of the way. In fact, he refused to leave me. He was always within a few steps of me.

I got some strange looks from passers by. I tried to ignore them.

To say I was afraid would be putting it lightly. I hid my face in Choji's neck.

They told me they were taking me to their kage. I think they said ho…..hokage? I think that's right.

Choji told me she was going to heal me. He swore he wouldn't leave me alone.

We passed children playing, huge wooden houses, and were headed for a strange white building. I feel like I should know the words on it, but I can't place them. hos….pi…hospital? I feel like its a bad place. It doesn't look bad.

Shikamaru had parted ways with us to report to the hokage and ask her to come see me.

Once we were inside I was taken to a room. Choji was the one that carried me and set me down on the soft bed.

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Choji came back into the room. He told me that the hokage would be here soon. Then he pulled a chair from the side over to my bed and sat down next to me.

I looked to him. I could feel a nagging sensation pulling at the back of my mind. I can't place it. Fear? No, I wasn't afraid…..

I was startled by Choji's expression. I can't describe it. It was a look I've never seen. It was soft, but not sad, caring….. that isn't the right word. I know there is a word for it but I can't seem to remember it. I don't think Mother ever looked at anyone like that.

Wait. How did Mother look at me? I can't….seem to….remember…. I tried to recall her face, but I couldn't get a clear hold.

I heard running outside of my room. I sat up in my bed, I felt something tear on my back. I didn't care.

Choji shot up out of his chair so fast he knocked it over.

The door swung open and a huge, and I mean huge dark skinned man stormed into the room. Were those…lightning bolts crackling around his hands?

He had a patch of light coloured hair under a full lip and I could see jet black stars peeking out from under dark glasses.

He stood there staring at me for a while. Choji had taken a defensive stance next to my bed. He seemed to relax slightly when he saw the man.

"Rakurai-"

"Shut the fuck up Akamichi!" His deep voice boomed. "What the hell happened! Why didn't anyone tell me she was alive!"

Another equally tall man came through the door. He was slimmer, a little bit wiry, but he looked similar. He had tattooed stars going up his arms until they disappeared under his rolled up sleeves. A shorter man that was incredibly muscular shoved past the second man, the ones with stars on his arms, and ran straight for me. I rose my arms to block my face instinctively.

I felt a jolt of fear, why was he running at me? Why wasn't Choji stopping him! He was gonna-gonna- I don't know! Its not going to be g-

He threw his arms around me and pulled me to his broad shirtless chest and whispered one thing over and over again. "Seisui"

He was….shaking? Was he crying? My arms were pinned against his chest.

He was hugging me so hard it was making my back ache.

"Mittsu, you're hurting her." Choji said in a soft tone.

The man named Mittsu immediately loosened his grip on me and took my face in his hands. It was the same gesture that Choji had done, but it seemed different somehow. I could see his eyes searching my face for…for what? Tears streamed down his face. I noticed his eyes were a strange orange colour.

"Oh God Seisui, where the hell have you been?"

He started to kiss me, a quick kiss to my nose then my forehead and my hair. Who was this? The kisses weren't intimate, they were more affectionate. Like…kissing a pet, maybe? No. Not quite that. Uh...

"Mittsu, stop smothering her."

Mittsu reluctantly let go of me and took my hand instead. I saw the second man standing at the free side of my bed. The first one, uh, I think Choji said Rakurai when he came in? Yeah, he was at the end of my bed. He looked torn, like he wanted to punch someone and hold them at the same time.

"Takkai, Mittsu, Rakurai. I knew that was you." Came the voice of a woman. Choji's greeting confirmed she was the hokage.

None of them looked away.

"There is something you need to know about Seisui." All three of them looked at her. The wiry one in horror, Mittsu in confusion, and Rakurai's expression was unreadable.

"She has suffered severe memory loss."

Rakurai stared hard at her. "What is that supposed to mean." It was a question, but it sounded like a demand.

"Come with me and I will explain." And with that, she left the room.

"Mittsu, Takkai, lets go."

"But-" "No buts. I don't want to leave her either, but we need to hear what the Hokage has to say." The two gave me identical sad looking glances before they left.

Choji and I were left in silence. I was the first to break it.

"Who were they?"

"Your b-you're bleeding!"

Choji called for The hokage and she rushed through the still open door. The room was tilting, the edges were blurring. I moaned and covered my face with my hands. My head hurts….

You know….a nap would be nice right now. Yeah…..I'll just….close my….eyes for a…second….

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I woke on my stomach with a strange mask on my face. My body felt heavy. Maybe I can go back to sleep. Mhm…yeah, I'll… I slipped back into unconsciousness before I could finish the thought.

The next time I woke up I was still on my stomach, but I felt something tight around wrapped around me.

"-I searched for brain damage three damn times, and there is absolutely nothing wrong. I'm positive that this is the work of a jutsu. I don't need your permission Mr. Tenka."

"Why should we leave her here in your care? Shinobi from your village were unable to keep my sister safe, and I know for a fact that one is-"

"Do not question me! I am the one with her life in my hands. I could just as easily have her killed. I am doing this not as a favour, I am doing this because I want her to live!"

I tried to push myself up onto my elbows. I was still tired, but I hate sleeping on my front. My breasts felt strange to lay on.

"What are you doing! She needs to stay under!"

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My hand felt warm. I could tell I was on my back now. It hurt a little but it wasn't bad. I opened my eyes and looked around the room lazily. What's going on? No, I was standing, and my arms were being held up.

Wait, where am I?

Its dark.

In fact, all I can see is black.

"Don't worry Seisui, my dear. You won't remember a thing when you wake"

Mother?

"My sweet little darling, let mother have your beauty."

A knife bit into my skin just above my shoulder. I screamed in pain as it was dragged down. She did the same with my other shoulder, slicing from the top all the way down to the middle of my back. She pulled it straight down to my tailbone and laughed gleefully.

"Now, lets see what you have inside?"

I gasped and sat up quickly. Was that what she did to me?

"No don't sit up! You'll hurt yourself"

"You're awake"

I looked up to the second voice. It was the big man, Rakurai I think. But the first voice I didn't recognize. If possible it was even deeper, and it sounded strict but warm. I looked to the hands that were big enough to wrap around my head and followed them to a man that was almost a mirror image of Rakurai. Only he seemed bigger, and had stars running down his cheeks like tears.

His eyes were a bright blue, a strange contrast with his dark as night skin.

"My girl" He rumbled. He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. Who is this?


I did some editing as you can see, but I kept most of it the same. I missed some mistakes I did and fixed them up. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I might go back later and tweak a bit but that probably won't happen for a long time.