Me: -Sigh- Chapter 4...

Naruto: Eh? What's wrong with her?

Kakashi: She's all depressed because since this fic started, she has only got one review for each chapter.

Me: I suppose I should be happy I get any...

Sasuke: You should, shouldn't you.

Me: -Nods- Sasuke, are trying to mentally destroy me?

Sasuke: ...hn...

Me: Evil 'hn.' Game-girl207 owns nothing of Naruto...

Naruto: OI! Stop being so depressed!

Me: Okay!:)

Naruto: Uh... That was fast...

Feet dangled off a single bed, as the owner of the feet's body lay flat on the soft mattress. Erina was resting her eyes, as the full impact that everything that happened in the past two days flooded into the usual empty feeling of her mind. The mind was clouded with every detail, every saying, every idea she could think of, trying to make sense of the situation at hand. Yet, she could not do it.

Her head had the feeling of pulsing. It had taken her a few seconds to get used to the agony, and found resting her eyes a suitable cure. Which led to her collapsing on her bed, and resting, while her brother and sister did what ever they wanted to. Probably, the same as herself.

It had only been ten minutes after they reached their destination, and Kakashi bidding farewell, with a puff of smoke, and left their sight.

The girl's thoughts soon went into the direction of ninjas. Did she really want to become one? Was it really that all important now? Is there any point...? She pondered this thought, with depression. She sighed. What was she to do? Erina decided to get a second opinion.

She turned her brother, who was sitting on the bed she was laying on, staring at his feat, like they were of great mystery, and he found them curious. "Suru," she called, grabbing his attention. "Do you think I should become a ninja?" she waited for the reply

His face showed the resemblance of a zombie. With his dark blue eyes filled with nothingness as his expression on his face showed he was fighting something, like a feeling of sorts. "Erina, I honestly don't care about that, or anything at the minute," he replied his voice encouraged what he said, as it was low and uncaring. He went back to stare at his feat again.

Of coarse! Erina realized it. How could she be so idiotic and retarded! This was a time of grieving. Mourning the loss of their parents. The people that could never be replaced. The people who set an empty hole in their heart, with their departure. The people who taught them the way of the world. The irreplaceable ground for them, and now the ground had collapsed. They were barely standing. They had lost their balance, the things they need the most. Here she was thinking, about becoming a ninja, not think of her dead parents, not even flinching every time, she thought of them.

Only realizing that minute how selfish she had been, by asking her brother that kind of question, in this time of defeat. Defeat was a terrifying enemy, yet her brother and sister were facing it, ever since they found out, and she had only begun now. She had hated herself for it.

It was worse, she thought, for Sekitan and Suru, they had lost two pairs of parents, their parents by blood, as well as their parents that had cared for them for so long. She did not remember their real parents, as she was only a three month year old infant. She hated it all.

While murmuring curses at herself, she had not realised she fallen into the depth of sleep.

Erina found her body being shaken, and grabbed at. She woke up with a start, as her flew up her head and collided with her sister's. She grasped her head in pain. "What?" she asked, her voice drowned with tiredness.

Sekitan's pain was also obvious. "The Hokage wants to see us," the older girl answered. "For education and livelihood and stuff."

Erina yawned, and stretched, then stood up. "We going now?" she asked, looking around, finding her brother behind her, not looking so depressed as he was before, but still sad

"Yeah, come on," Sekitan gestured her siblings out the door. They went followed, and headed for the Hokage tower.

The day outside showed the sun setting, like it was being devoured by the hills, that seemed to lay in front of the large star.

Once, they had reached their destination, they noticed a man with dark hair and one of the ninja vests. He staring at them, probably wondering if they were who he was waiting for.

"What is it, Hokage?" Erina asked, sleepily.

The Hokage began, "This is Umino Iruka," she gestured towards the man at her side. "He is a teacher at the ninja academy. He'll be your guide, until you reach genin rank. Is there anyone not becoming a ninja?" she asked.

Erina knew what she was going to say, she knew what her decision would be. She would of told it to, if her brother did not speak before her. That had not happened.

"No, we're all going to become ninja. It's what our parents were, it's what we will be," he spoke, with confidence.

Erina stared in shock at her brother, then looked to her sister. Sekitan nodded at her. Did they decide this when she was alseep? Pricks! Decided upon themselves, Erina huffed inwardly.

"Right. Normally you would start the academy at the age of 6, but under the circumstances, you will all have a private tutor, 'til you reach the standard of a genin," The woman stated.

"Is he the tutor?" Suru asked, pointing at Umino Iruka.

"No, he'll just help you get acquainted with people that will become your tutors."

"People? Why not only one person? Do they not have enough time, or something?" Erina asked.

"Exactly. It's chunin that's going to teach you, in their spare time. You'll meet them tomorrow morning."

Erina looked at Iruka. He seemed generally kind and nice. Though, there was something about him, she couldn't put her finger. She shook her head. She was probably paranoid as usual...

"Okay. We're gonna go, now, to get sleep and stuff. See ya, Hokage, Umino-san," Erina shook her head again at her brother's attitude towards people, who are higher than him, and was going to walk out when the female Hokage said, "You, the youngest. Erina, stay here, your sister and brother can wait outside."

Erina moved her eyes to the older siblings. They just looked at her with confusion. "Go on ahead. It probably won't be long..." she trailed off, since not really knowing the length she was going to be there. Yet, they still obeyed the leader and went out the door. Iruka followed them.

"What is it?" Erina asked. She was tired, she wanted to sleep, she wanted to rest. Her head was throbbing with pain, yet they kept her here, and she felt like she was about to go mad with the pain.

The Hokage began, "You saw Uchiha Sasuke, around a year ago. Tell me exactly what happened, Exactly what he said to you."

Erina breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought it was something serious..." she found the woman glaring slightly. "Uh... More like I did something wrong," Erina corrected herself, as she began to tell them what had happened. The girl surprised herself how much she remembered, flashes of the boy, and the movements of his lips stuck in her mind. Even things she had forgotten, came back to her.

When she was finished, she said, "And that's all I got, sorry," she apologized.

"I see... Let me ask you something. Have you ever met Uchiha Sasuke before then?" her face emotionless.

Erina looked at her, puzzled, "No, as far as I remember," she said weakly, as her head was throbbing more and more. She could barely stand it. The pain was... an unforgivable pain, it engulfed her head in a blazing, throbbing torture.

Her hand grasped for the head, in desperation, for the torture to stop. She gave a weak cry, "Ah..." and found her feet giving in and fell to the floor. The pain. The pain was unbearable. Flashes. Flashes of a smirk...? Dark, wild hair... Black eyes... That smirk, again. She found it so annoying, made her want to punch him! Wait, punch who? Black hair... Black eyes... The question Tsunade asked her, "Have you met Uchiha Sasuke before then?" She had... Had she...? She didn't know. The pain was too distracting. The pain! Make the pain stop!

Uchiha... Sasuke...? There was that smirk again. Definately Sasuke. Sasuke... Who was he again? She remembered something he said to her before... "What are you doing here? You aren't a ninja. You surely aren't fit to become one." No, something else. Something more important... "Don't take her away! You think you can just wipe her memory like tha-" Memory? Her memory was wiped...? She wanted to know more. She knew there was more. "Leave her alone! Nii-san! Don't let them take her away! She's my friend! Nii-san!" Nii-san? Suddenly the name Itachi popped into her head. Why did they take her away? Who were 'they'?

The pain, it doubled. It was twice as worse. Her head felt heavy, lifeless, yet so much alive, the pain reminded her of that. Something else was coming to her, some other memory... something. What was it? That smirk wasn't there, on his face. It was now replaced by sorrow, desperation, confusion... "Nii-san, Why...? Why are they taking her away?! She did nothing wrong!! Answer me, Nii-san!"

The elder brother lowered himself to his brother's eye level, and looked at him with sympathy. "Sasuke, she wasn't supposed to be here. Your friend was... being protected, but left her protection. They only want to take her back to her protection, 'til she is strong enough, and doesn't need it. All, you have to do is wait for her, okay? She will come back," he wanted his brother happy. Erina could see that as she was being carried away. She heard that little boy speak,

"She won't remember me..." he whispered so silently, she was surprised she heard him.

She smiled a sad smile. "Yes, I will, Sasuke.." she whispered, as he turned his head to her. She nodded, and the two boys left her sight, and was replaced by darkness...

The pain had dulled. It was fading. The torture retreated, she felt victorious, like she had won a battle against the pain. She opened her eyes, which she had just realized she closed. Erina found herself dizzy, and exhausted.

She noticed her brother and sister hovering over her. They appeared worried, and impatient. "Hey, did you two know that I had a childhood friend called Sasuke, but I got my memory wiped and now it's back?" she replied tiredly.

Her brother raised an eyebrow, "Are you talking about a dream?"

Erina shook her head and immediately regretted it, since it felt more dizzy now. "No, I'm pretty sure it was a memory,"

"Are you alright?" Sekitan asked, protectively rubbing her back.

"Fine, but can I sleep?"

"No," the two replied.

"Damn...," Erina gave in. She spotted Tsunade on her other side. "I have met Sasuke before then. Can I ask who wiped my memory?"

The blond woman nodded, "Hatake Kakashi," she answered. "And it was another man, in the ANBU who preformed it, but Kakashi was in charge

Erina looked relieved. "That makes sense!" She had begun to think Kakashi was a stalker, who knew her name, as well as her theory that he knew about the replacement parents.

"You're not angry with him?" the Hokage asked.

"Nah... Don't have enough energy to be angry at him at the minute...," she found her eyes drooping. "Can I please sleep?!" she whined.

"No," the Godaime was the one who said it this time. "There could be a chance that you could fall into a coma with that headache."
"But, it's more or less gone," Erina stated, fighting for her rest.

"Go on ahead then," Tsunade announced.

"Success!" Erina cheered tiredly, before falling asleep and thinking about Uchiha Sasuke again and remembering what he did to his teammate, Naruto...

Me: That's it for me, for now.

Naruto: Wow, wow, wow, wait! Sasuke is your forgotten childhood friend?

Me: Yup! Even though I think he's a fagot.

Sasuke: Stop calling me that. -Glares-

Me: Why?

Sasuke: Because-

Kakashi: Because, he'll kiss you if you don't.

Me: Eww!!! Sasuke, you're evil!!

Sasuke: -Sigh- Review, or save us from the eternal damnation, your choice.

Naruto: He didn't say he wouldn't... WEIRD!!!!!!!