Friday after school

After Ross's fight with Renji the week seemed to have passed without anyone noticing. Thinking back on it, I remembered the way Ross had been acting for a whole week now. It was like he didn't remember any of it. The other day when I wore a pink plaid skirt and a white button up, he acted like the world just exploded.

He had seen me in that outfit before, but the way he reacted was so confusing.

Flashback

"Amy what are you wearing?"

"A skirt why?"

"But it's just like the one you used to wear?"

"So?"

"It's not the kimonos you have been wearing."

"Ross, my bestest best friend in the whole universe! As a girl I feel the need to look nice, but let's be practical here. For almost a week, YOUR crazy harem has been chasing me. A kimono is very hard to run in!"

He nodded but something seemed to make him uneasy.

End of Flashback

"What has gotten into him?" I murmured, lying down on my bed.

Thinking about it, I realized he seemed to have forgotten almost everything and his most recent memories only date back to a week ago.

Seeing that it was too early to go to bed, I stood up and headed over to my dresser, only stop at a picture. Why hadn't I noticed that before? Forgetting my plans of changing into jeans and a shirt I grabbed the picture, the golden frame sparkling in the room. I smiled remembering when the picture was taken at last year's Sakura Festival.

My hand grazed the glass over my and Ross's smiling faces as we sold refreshments at a booth from our class. It was me, him and another. The image of the third, a girl I believe, was blurred. Who was she again? And why couldn't I remember her?

I placed the picture faced down; I didn't want to look at it anymore. Something about it gave me chills.

Going back to my previous task I pulled out my jeans and shirt.

"Where are you going?"

I looked at my mom, who was messing with flowers in the garden.

"Not sure, the park maybe?"

She nodded and I felt the need to run even more. She felt real; my dad felt real, my sister and her husband felt real, Ross felt real! But why did everyone else seem so fake?

I found myself wanting more answers! I wanted to tie down Ross and throw senbon at his head until he spilled his secrets!

I disappeared in a flurry of cherry blossoms before I lost control. I needed to get away from the realness; I had to escape, if only for a while.

"I figured you would come."

I nodded my head and sat on the bench beside him.

"Yuki."

And we sat there, he didn't bug me and I kept my distance. I remembered once I had a crush on him. If I thought about it, he would have been better than Sasuke too. He was nice, had emotions, and his hair didn't look like a duck's butt.

"So what brings you here, to my secret base?"

"Life."

"Yes, life seems to get in the way."

I laughed, at the same time it did and didn't make sense.

"Is it anything I can help you with Amy?"

"No, I think only Ross can do that."

"So why don't you ask him?"

"He's not ready; I'll give him more time."

"This isn't good Amy; you don't need to lose control."

I cringed a little at the thought.

"I know!"

He laughed a little and I raised an eyebrow.

"I would hug you, but we both know what happens when I transform."

I blushed hotly and looked away.

"I have no desire to be scarred for life!"

"Aren't you seventeen going on eighteen?"

"Your point?"

"It's just that you're acting like you're five."

He laughed as I attempted to throw my shoe at him, missing by a mile and ending up hitting some cyclist instead.

"And that, my friend, is why you're not a ninja!"

I scowled as I pulled out a senbon needle. Now everyone knew that I had great aim with senbon needles. Only because I used to throw pencils in my room, but hey practice is practice.

"Oh, come on Amy you know I was joking."

I grinned and twirled it around, "Yeah, I know."

I settled back onto the bench.

"You should call him you know."

"Uh huh."

"Amy we don't need a repeat of last time."

"I'm not going to lose control!"

He studied my face and something in his eyes told me, that he knew there was more to the story.

I stood and made my way to the path that led to the stream.

"Just be careful, Amy!"

I waved back at him and disappeared behind the trees.

I stopped short when I heard yelling.

"Wow, this is just like the bridge in Naruto!"

Peaking from behind a tree I see Ross admiring the small red bridge.

In Naruto?

"This world is better than I imagined it!"

He continued to study the bridge and take in his surroundings.

"The only thing that would make this wish better, is if Amy could remember with me!"

If Amy could remember with me! What does that mean? What have I forgotten?

Anger and confusion mixed, along with my delight of seeing him happier. It was causing my head to spin, forcing my emotions to run wild.

This isn't good.

I stepped from behind the tree and walk toward Ross, who was talking about manga and anime, better than he could ever dream of.

He noticed me and stopped talking to himself.

"Hey Amy!"

Without saying a word I leaned up against the bridge and stare hard at him. He fidgeted a little and broke into a sweat.

Good, at least he remembers that it's not smart to mess with an upset girl.

"Enjoying yourself, Ross?"

He seemed troubled by my question, so I tried again.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm just exploring."

"And why would you need to do that? We have been here at least a hundred times with-"

And I stopped as the blurred picture of the unknown girl entered my mind. My head ached and I grasped the railing.

Ross seemed alarmed as he moved forward but I stopped him with my hand.

"Stupid emotions," I mumbled and straightened up.

"You haven't answered."

And the look on his face showed me, he wasn't going to, at least not yet.

I lowered my head and tried to calm down, too many emotions were jumbled up for me to control. I needed to get a handle on this.

"What don't I remember?"

The startled look he gave me showed that I struck gold. I stood a little taller, even though compared to him I was height challenged, I felt it gave me a little more power. If I didn't want to die or accidentally kill someone else I needed to get at least a few answers.

"Tell me!"

I could tell he was searching, like he wanted to answer but not give me the full one!

"You don't remember a lot of things, Amy."

"Like what?"

"Like Roxy!"

I stumbled back as the name hit me hard, the girl in the picture started to unblur. She felt real and the uneasiness started to hit me full force. This life didn't feel real, because it wasn't. I moved away from him, I couldn't remember and I was starting to forget again. Forgetting her name, the name of the girl who was my best friend, my other best friend.

Memories flowed in and out and I couldn't grasp them.

"I wish you could remember."

I smile a little shakily at him, and nodded my thanks to him. At least I somewhat knew, that something about this world was off. Now it was up to time, to discover what I'm missing.

Pushing my face blank, I turned to him.

"You want to call Gaara, Ino, and Sakura and do something for a few hours?"

"We are not doing that!"

"Why not?"

"Because it's stupid!"

"Is not!"

"Gaara, Ross, don't you guys think Amy and Sakura's plan is stupid!"

I glared at both, while Sakura cracked her fingers.

"I think Putt Putt sounds….fun."

"…" Gaara kind of said nothing as usual.

"Ha, three against. One in your face Pig!"

"Watch it, billboard brow!"

I frowned slightly and turned to Gaara, "If you wouldn't mind?"

Before we all knew it, we were at the local Putt Putt location. I, for one, hated putt putt, but I didn't want another movie incident. Not to mention it was like signing your own death certificate if you go shopping with Sakura and Ino, which was Ino's choice of activity.

"Hello, welcome to Putt Putt Town, where anyone can be a golfer!"

We all stared blankly at Eyes who was normally behind a piano. Not to mention he was famous at it and he wouldn't need a job at 'Putt Putt Town.' Oh how the mighty have fallen.

"Um….hi…..Eyes….um the five of us would like to play."

He nodded and threw five clubs at us, obviously he didn't want to be there. Honestly, none of us could blame him for that either. Putt Putt Town was probably the worse job you could get around here. The pay sucks, the manager is a creep, and the uniforms are a mixture of pink, purple, yellow, and orange. Which looked funny on him, since he normally only wears black.

Taking a club, I smiled at Ross.

"You're paying!" I yelled, grabbing a blue golf ball and running to the first hole.

Ino and Sakura both cheered, each grabbing a pink and purple ball, and both talking about how it was just like a date.

Gaara, on the other hand, stared at the golf balls, choosing a red one and reluctantly following us.

Poor Ross paid Eyes, grabbed an orange golf ball, and headed over to us.

We all just kind of stared at the hole, then at the clubs and then back to the hole. Maybe it wasn't the best idea to choose putt putt, no one really knew how to play and I stopped playing about two years ago. The main reason was because I sucked at it!

"I think because Ross paid he should go first!" Sakura volunteered.

I smiled evilly, "Oh yes Ross, show us your superior golfing skills."

He scowled at me, for we both know that I wasn't the only one who stunk in sports.

I held down my laughter as he stomped his way over and sat the ball down in its place. He took his time in predicting how hard to swing and at what angle to hit it. After what seemed like five minutes he hits the ball it bounced off the side and went right into the hole.

"HOLE IN ONE!"

My jaw hit the floor. He just made a hole in one! He smirked at me and I knew I was so going to die from embarrassment.

"Your turn, Amy."

I frowned and walked over to the hole that was mocking me, by the way, and sat my ball down. Without really thinking about it, I hit the ball and it hit the same corner he hit, rolled over to the hole and jumped it. I growled and went over to the stupid ball and aimed for the hole once more, hitting it easier this time. The ball rolled maybe an inch and stopped.

"You have got to be kidding me!"

This time I hit it harder and the ball hit the little border thing, bounced off harder, where it hit the other border thing, only to be flung back into its starting position. I forced my feet to move over to it and once again, I hit the evil little monster that the world calls my golf ball. This time it went into my hole.

Next up Sakura wen, she hits the ball a little and when I say a little, I mean a lot too hard. The ball ricocheted off of a city prop, hit the wall and slammed Ino in the head. Next thing we knew the both of them were fighting. Ino bit Sakura, Sakura pulled Ino's hair, and some real colorful language was flying.

Gaara ignored the both of them and sat his ball down. Ross and I both watched curiously as he hit the ball and it rolled halfway to the hole.

"Sand Coffin."

Then we both watched in awe as he destroyed his ball with sand.

"Next time, we're going to the mall," I mumbled heading back to Eyes to get Gaara another golf ball.

Gaara and I glared at the score sheet as Ross did the happy dance. I had come in last place and Gaara had barely beaten me, also he destroyed at least ten golf balls, which I had to pay for. Sakura came in third, only losing to Ino by one. While Ross got a stupid hole in one on every freaking stupid hole.

I walked past Eyes and stormed out the door.

"Whoever invented Putt Putt sucks and I will hunt them down. Then I will force Gaara to use his sand!"

Gaara glared his stupid glare, "Why don't you do it!"

"Because, I'm a lady and ladies don't need to do such unladylike things!"

"Says the girl who carries nice little sharp objects of doom all the time!"

"Not the point, Ross!"

"You will do it Gaara!" I smiled evilly.

Wow I must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

"I found your soul mate," I sung, knowing he knew who I was talking about.

The next thing I knew was that I was pinned to a wall.

"Panda Girl," he growled out.

I smiled and nodded, feeling him tighten his hold on me. Ross moved over to help me, but I motioned for him to stop. Sakura moved closer to Gaara and bumped him on the head.

"You do not hold a lady like that."

Gaara glared and pushed me harder into the wall.

"Where is Panda?"

I laughed, just the fact that he said that out loud was funny.

"If you take me home and promise to go with me Sunday, I will tell you where to find her."

He scoffed a little and loosened his hold on me, "Deal."

Smiling brightly I waved goodbye to our friends and allowed Gaara to whisk me away.

"You should get it under control."

I frowned and say nothing.

"You can't use your powers until your emotions are straightened out."

"Why are you talkative all of a sudden?"

He ignored me, "Well it's the truth. That is the problem when your powers are based on emotions."

I stared at him, "I like it better when you said nothing."

He growled, "It's not my problem if you can't sort out your emotions and need a way home. That is why emotions are weak."

"Now you sound like Sasuke."

He ignored me again, "Where is she?"

"This Sunday the Zoo is getting a panda exhibit. All the panda lovers are angry, calling it an unfit habitat. I'm sure there will be some angry crazy save the pandas girls there."

I began to head inside, "Don't forget you're taking me with you, Sunday!"

I shut my room door and headed over to the picture on my dresser once again and picked it up.

"So it's you, Roxy?"

I looked at the clearer picture, "Now the real question is, where are you now?"

The picture is placed back into its spot, leaving the story of life, alone, if only for the day.

"Amy!"

"Yeah mom?"

"Why is there a pot in the garbage can?"

"It caught on fire Monday!"

"That's the twelfth time Amy, you don't need to be cooking anymore!"

"It's thr-oh never mind! I give up!"

With that said, I changed into a pair of pajamas and went to bed, I didn't feel like defending my culinary skills anymore.