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-With Sand Host-

He saw that blind girl a few times through out the tests, holding onto the ANBU who helped her. The Villagers of the leaf talked in hushed voices about her, seemed like no one recognized her and were confused at why she was being helped by an ANBU Black Ops and every now and then he saw her turn her head his way then disappear from view.

He didn't seem to be able to catch any threat from this girl or any aura around her. He could feel her chakra as if it was hitting him visibly and he and his beast started to get angry. There was something about this girl and he was going to figure it out.


-Midnight (Right after Gaara kills Kinuta Dosu before 3rd test)-

"Genin what the hell are you doing, murdering other genin while in this village?" a voice came behind him and he turned and saw an ANBU Black Ops in a white cloak on a roof across the street. Her mask was black with red detail. "Do I need to report you to Lord Hokage?"

His eyes widened as he recognized her chakra as it rolled along his skin. He got up from his spot next to the dead sound genin and stood to his full height and summoned his sand back to his gourd. She jumped onto the roof, about twenty feet away, and he saw two Katanas at her waist under the cloak as it billowed past her in the wind.

"You," he growled.


-Maiha-

To say I was surprised, was understatement. He glared at me and his one word made it sound as if he knew who I was. I crossed my arms, acting unfazed at his demeanor.

"What about me?" I spoke calmly.

"Your following me." it wasn't a question, it was if he truly believed he knew.

"What are you talking about?"

"You pretend to be a blind girl in the street, hanging onto an ANBU Black Ops..."

"Tsk, tsk, accusing me of being Millie, I should feel offended," I laughed, feeling playful.

"Your short for an ANBU."

"Your harsh for an icicle."

"And you are undisciplined for a top shinobi."

I smirked but then tensed as his sand came out of his gourd. I saw a smirk grace his face and the sand came at me. I jumped to behind him as I tossed off my cloak and smirked as I saw a pond below us. I signed with my leg hand as I drew one katana and as soon as all the water was in an orb behind me, I drew my other katana and manipulated the water.

It was like a dance, one move of my blades and the water obeyed my thoughts. The sand shot at me and I met it with water and the sand fell to the roof as mud. He growled and used his arms to move the sand faster. I moved my blades faster and met each move of his. Growling again, he drew a kunai and jumped over the mud at me. I dropped all the water over him to make sure I got all his sand wet then brought up my blades and met his.

"Who the hell are you?" he growled.

"One that no one should mess with," I growled back just as feral.

His eyes narrowed, not getting the answer he wanted. He drew another kunai and lunged again. I jumped back a few feet and met his attack. He was skilled with taijutsu and I found that I couldn't do much more than block.i found myself at the edge of the roof with the sand host running at me. He lunged with one kunai and I blocked it with both swords so I didn't have time to block the other one that came at my face. I heard the crack of my mask and as it fell to the ground, broken, I felt blood roll down the side of my nose from the kunai that was in my brow a little.


-Sand Host-

He heard the mask crack as his kunai was impaled in her mask. The mask broke around the blade and fell to the ground as he saw blood roll down the face of a girl who couldn't have been more than a couple years younger than him. He pulled his kunai back and she didn't even flinch as her strange eyes were locked onto his.

He felt a tug in his mind and heard Shukaku whimper. The red-haired genin focused on the girl and saw the exact same pain in her eyes that he hid every day. Tears spilled over and mixed into the blood. As he studied the pain in her eyes, he felt a heaviness in his chest.

'I'm sorry,' he heared her small voice in his mind as her eyes started to close and she fell off the three story roof. He saw the ANBU that had been with her every day he had see. Her throughout the exams dash forward and catch her in his arms then jumped back as her katanas hid the ground. He picked up the blades then ran off holding the girl close.

At the genin's feet, the mask seemed to make the heaviness in his chest get heavier. He picked up the few fragments as he ran his chakra through his sand to dry it and put it back into his gourd. Then he appeared back at the hotel where his siblings were snoring loudly and sat on the couch after he pulled his gourd off. Her words and the pain in her eyes ran through his mind.

'What is it about that girl that keeps her in your thoughts?' his beast whispered.

'It was as if she was in my head...as if she knew everything of my past. She didn't look at me out of fear, but sadness and understanding.' he thought as he sighed and looked at the broken mask. 'I felt a heaviness in my chest when I saw her cry for me.'

'That is known as guilt, young one. I would say go find her but after seeing that ANBU there, she may be under protection. No one even tried to stop the fight.'

'He probably had orders to not interfere.'

'Lets hope so. Rest young one, I will not fight against you tonight.'

The sand host nodded and slouches against the couch and relaxed.


-Maiha-

I opened my eyes and found myself looking at the ceiling of the guest bedroom of Hatake Kakashi. I touched my brow and felt a small scar under the fabric of my mask. I sat up and sighed as I ran a hand through my hair. I stood up and heard hushed voices in another room. I walked down the hall and saw Kakashi, Totsu, and a huge busty blond woman sitting on the couch.

"What are we missing?" Totsu asked. "We've gone over the information of that fight several times and it doesn't add up. What would make her go into a coma for five weeks?"

I leaned against the wall and cleared my throat, alerting them of my presence. They jumped in surprise and turned to look at me. I smirked and walked closer so I was standing behind Kakashi on the couch.

"Something very few people know about Kenisho Kekkei Genkai is that there is a point that our minds are possibly overloaded. That sand host has dealt with so much pain since he was born, I couldn't take it. My body shut down before his pain did some damage," I spoke doing the hand signs to rid my mind of the first point of view memories. "This jutsu let's me keep the memories if I wish but makes it all be in a third point of view instead of a first so it gets rid of all the emotions and thoughts and cuts back the detail of the memories."

"That is good," Kakashi spoke.

"If I've been out for over a month, we should go tell Sarutobi that I have recovered." everyone tensed and looked at the ground. "What's wrong?"

Kakashi stood and turned to face me. I lifted the fabric and looked at him. I saw his point of view in the attack during the third tests, the dome where Sarutobi was fighting Orochimaru, Sarutobi's battered body limp on the roof then the funeral. I closed my eyes and stumbled back against the wall. I pulled down my mask and clutched my head, not able to take any more as a whimper escaped my lips.

"Maiha..."

Kakashi tried to pull me into his arms but I pushed him away and ran to the guest room and locked it. I went to the window, opened it and jumped out as kakashi knocked on the door. I ran through the streets and to the Kage building, not able to accept what I saw. I entered the office and saw that it was empty except a single scroll on the desk that had my name on it, written in Sarutobi's handwriting.

MY DEAR MAIHA:

IF YIU ARE READING THIS NOW, THEN I AM NO LONGER THERE. DURING THE 2ND EXAM, OROCHIMARU ATTACKED ONE OF OUR GENIN SO I KNEW HE WAS UP TO SOMETHING SO I WROTE THIS. IM THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN TAKE HIM DOWN, NO ONE ELSE IS STRONG ENOUGH YET.

I SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THIS LONG AGO, I HAVE CONSIDERED YOU MY DAUGHTER FOR MANY YEARS. UNDER THE MEMORIAL STONE IN THE CEMETERY, IS A BLADE I HAD FORGED WHEN YOU HAD LEFT ON THAT TWO YEAR MISSION, BUT WHEN YOU RETURNED, I WAS TOO BUSY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ON THE 5TH. IM SORRY I WON'T BE THERE ANYMORE IN BODY BUT I WILL ALWAYS BE THER IN YOUR HEART.

LOVE, YOUR FATHER

HIZUREN SARUTOBI, THIRD HOKAGE.

I slid to the ground as a choked sob escaped. He was forever gone and only one person was to blame. Ex-Nin, Orochimaru of the legendary sannin.