I stumbled through the forest exhausted; when I finally came to an opening the sun light blinded me for a moment. I didn't know exactly where I was but I knew I was back in Konoha. It had taken far too long to get back, two days at least. I didn't stop once, I couldn't stop. As I fell to my knees I remembered I could have transported back home at any time.
"You're back," someone called.
Once my eyes adjusted to the sudden brightness I saw that it was Draco who called out to me. My eyes scanned the rest of the area, all eyes were wide, and then my eyes fell on the reason. There was another me standing with the group of ninja. That would explain why my captures weren't worried about being followed.
"Can we dispose of the impostor now?" Draco asked Lucian.
"Impostor?" everyone shouted.
I struggled to stand and lunged at the impostor before my team mates had a chance, sending us both into the lake's water. The moment she hit the water, she started to dissolve into a clay mass. The water heated up for a moment then she disappeared leaving a large clump of wet clay where she used to have a form.
"What the hell?" I swam away trying not to get any of the clay stuck to me "I thought this was a person."
"Jinx?" Lucian asked as I climbed out of the water.
"What?" I snapped.
"Thank goodness you're alright," he sighed.
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"We don't know how to contact you when you leave in a huff."
"What just happened?" the king demanded.
"If you don't mind I have a theory," Kakashi pondered, I nodded and he continued "I think that Jinx was kidnapped and an impostor replaced her to not cause suspicion. Draco and Lucian, being her team mates realized immediately that the real Jinx wasn't the one who hung around."
"Really?" the queen looked at me "My dear daughter. I never realized. Are you okay? Did they hurt you?"
"I'm fine," I looked back toward the water "Of course you wouldn't know if that was the real me or not. Kakashi, do you know anybody who wears black cloaks with red clouds?"
"Yes, they are called the Akatsuki," he responded "Why?"
"No reason," I forced a smile then turned my back to the royal family "Let's finish this mission quickly; I can't stand being around these people for too long."
"Let's go eat," Yurie asked tugging at Sasuke's hand "Sweets would be nice."
"I hate sweets," he mumbled.