Oh my gosh. I'm SO sorry I left you guys hanging(if you even care about it anymore or to begin with). I rewrote this chapter, like, fifteen times. Yet that excuse isn't quite enough. I've had little to no inspiration whatsoever for anything Naruto related. I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR MY IMPATIENCE AND LACK OF MOTIVATION!

Disclaimer: Pick one from chapters 1-9. Don't pick on Ziela, Zane, or Quin. Or any other OCs I forgot about.

I flung the door wide and stretched as I took in the cool, almost cold, air. As a yawn bubbled up, I heard a sound near my feet. I jumped and flailed for a moment. My arms set in a chop-like pose, what I used to think ninjas did, I looked around for the source. I spotted a ball of fur at my feet and felt my body relax, my foot going back to the ground, and my arms hanging by my sides again.

The ball of fur-a cat on closer inspection-was curled into a tight ball, with its head pointed directly at me and its green eyes looked straight through my soul. It was so fluffy… so very, very fluffy. I crouched down to it and smiled directly at it. The white and black form gracefully rose to its cute paws and rubbed itself along my legs as it circled me.

I rested my hand on its back and it arched into my palm. I smiled once more and then stood up with a sudden idea.

"Stay here, fluff ball." I said, already halfway back into my room.

I dashed into the kitchen and ignored Zane's snoring as I passed the table (he was currently face down in his waffle). I yanked the milk from the fridge and poured it into a bowl. I gingerly took it back through the house to my room. The sight outside was as bizarre as finding a cat on my porch had been.

There was a summoning animal sitting right beside the cat. How did I know it was a summoning animal? It was standing on its hind legs with its front legs curled to its chest, and ears up. That wasn't all, however, its ears were glowing bright blue with tiny flames, and the end of its tail was alight with a similar blue flame. Also, the entire thing was white, looked like a fox, and practically overflowing with chakra.

I set the milk down and smiled at them both. I settled into a crisscross position as I warmly watched the two animals lap at the treat I'd prepared for them.

After a while, they left when the bowl had been emptied. I smiled lightly after them as I rose back to my feet and finally changed out of my nightgown.

*~(O.O)~*

I had neglected to tell my parents I was leaving for the day, so I figured someone would come looking for me eventually if I was needed.

I found a small clearing in one of the forests on the edge of the village and decided it would be a great place to start meditating.

As my brain ran over the chakra points I remembered, I found myself easily being distracted.

'You're easily distracted.'

I know this.

'So, which chakra points are you gonna try and clear first?'

Don't you have to go in order?

'Haha, bull****!'

Language!

'No.'

Grr

'mrrp.'

Mrrp?

'Mrrp.'

What the f-

'Language!'

-lip?

'Oh, I thought you were gonna be a hypocrite.'

Nope.

'Remember that part of The Last Airbender?'

…

'…'

Friendly mushroom!

Laughter erupted in my mind and I couldn't help but giggle along at the reference to my number one favorite anime/cartoon that just happened to be the first one I ever watched. (No offense to everyone who loves Naruto the most! They're practically tied.)

"Yo!" My laughter cut off and turned into the sound of a dying pterodactyl when a certain hyperactive Uchiha stared at me from an upside-down perch.

With a sudden though of Spiderman, I felt a bit of heat rise to my cheeks. Not even an instant later, my fist slammed into the air where his head used to be.

He had just barely dodged my attack.

"What the hell, Uchiha?!" I grumbled in utter annoyance.

He landed on his feet in front of me, holding his hands out in the universal 'sorry, sorry' symbol, "No, now, don't get your pants in a twist, I was just coming to see what you were up to."

"I was trying to meditate until you ever so rudely interrupted my concentration." I growled.

As he chuckled lightly, I rose to my feet and brushed off my butt.

"Are you okay, Ziela-san?" A sot voice asked from the right.

I didn't have to look to see Itachi, "Yeah, I'm fine."

I turned away from the two and began walking back towards town.

"Where ya headed?" Great, the two were following me.

"I'm going to visit Gai-san and ask him if he knows the chakra points and what they stand for."

"Me too!" I just ignored him and continued to walk without regards to them.

*~(O.O)~*

After several hours of search and looking around, I finally found him. He was punching a tree. Repeatedly. Annoyingly.

"Hey-lo, Gai… san!" I called out.

'Halo Guy. San. Halo Guy San?'

Shut up, I didn't prepare myself before talking.

'Nyehehehe.'

Wth?

'Kufufufu.'

Wth?!

'Kekekekeke!'

…

'…'

…

'… fufu.'

Stop distracting me.

"Hello, friend!" He called loudly.

He marched right up to me and slammed his hand down on my shoulder. A shiver ricocheted down my entire body at the painful force he used.

"I wanted to ask you some… thing." This time, I trailed off because he'd begun doing single finger pushups rapidly.

"Hai?"

"Do you know the chakra points?"

"Yes, they are-"

He was ever so rudely cut off when I was suddenly being dragged away very quickly by my two companions.

When we finally stopped, Shisui turned me around to face him and placed his hands on my shoulders as if to inform me of something extremely important, "How do you know that insane man?"

"Kakashi mentioned him, I believe."

"Okay!" With that he began walking away while waving at me cheerily as if nothing had happened whatsoever.

Itachi stayed behind for a moment while staring at me, as if he wanted to say something, but he eventually turned around and jogged after the other Uchiha.

I stared after them in confusion, but shook it off as I walked back to my meditation spot.

*~(O.O)~*

After sitting there for an hour and just thinking, I sighed and asked Zil.

'Took ya long enough.'

Just answer me already.

'Ready for the long explanation?'

I've been waiting here for an hour, get it over with.

(A/N: A very long explanation begins here. Skip down a bit if you don't want to read it.)

'Here goes. The Root Chakra is at the base of the spine and colored red. It is Earth and the sense used is smell. This point is what keeps your physical body alive, and it mostly relates to innocence. If this is deficient you're homeless or ungrounded; thee second is the Sacrel Chakra, slightly below the navel, orange, taste, and it has everything to do with relationships. Awareness of others and yourself; Solar Plexus Chakra slightly above the navel, yellow, fire, sight, it gives complete satisfaction and contentment, it's where all physical energy pours into; Heart Chakra, center of chest, green/pink, touch, center of real, unconditional affection, spiritual growth, compassion, devotion and love, true spirit-and-self resides there; Throat Chakra, Throat, light blue, desire to speak and hear the truth, creativity, hearing, absolute truth; Third Eye Chakra, forehead, indigo, sixth sense, intuition, forgiveness, and compassion; Crown Chakra, top of head, violet, spirit, total enlightenment and awareness. Aaand that's it!'

Oh my god that took forever.

(A/N: It's over. ^^)

Oh, but how are they unlocked?

'1) Connect with the ground and become physically strong, 2) I don't know this one, fall in love? 3) You know, I don't know the rest of these.'

Thank you.

'You're welcome.'

I'm just gonna meditate normally.

'Okay, have fun.'

*~(O.O)~*

After about three hours, I was done, and positively refreshed. I didn't know why anyone would not want to meditate.

I rose to my feet and let them carry me wherever they wanted.

I ended up at the Uchiha Compound.

I stared up at the gates and sighed softly.

As I began to step through them, a person stepped by me. He was dressed in all black, he had a hood shadowing his face, and he had an odd bundle in his arms.

"Excuse me, sir!" He turned around and looked at me, "Have you seen Itachi-san anywhere?"

"Go away, brat." He wasn't happy.

"Would that bundle you're carrying happen to be Sasuke-kun?" I allowed my eyes to narrow into suspicion, and my childish demeanor drop.

He flashed his gaze above my head for a moment, before a sharp pain on the back of my head, and I passed out.

'Idiot.'

*~(O.O)~*

When I woke up next, I had blurry vision, and massive pain in my head.

I sat up slowly-not quickly like an idiot-and looked around as best I could. There was grey everywhere except two dark blobs in front of a big orange blob, and another kinda dark, and much smaller, blob on the opposite side of the grey from me.

Zil, what happened?

'I dunno, I can't see any more than you can.'

Why is that?

'They hit our connection, or something.'

Wow… ow.

'Yeah, this hurts me a lot, too.'

So why can't I see?

'Concussion?'

Can you heal it if you have enough time?

'Duh.'

So, I just need to grab the bundle over there without them noticing, run out without them noticing, and get up a really tall tree while concealing my chakra and using it at the same time.

'Bingo!'

Huh, this sounds easy.

I slowly rose to a crouch and pushed all of my chakra down so it wouldn't even blip for a sensory type. I very carefully stepped towards the bundle. I gently picked him up, and after a brief yet silent freakout, he recognized me and became silent again. Though, the bundle was unusually large. How was this not overly suspicious when they were carrying it out of the compound?!

I slowly walked towards the entrance of the cave, I wasn't making a single sound, and the captors weren't alerted whatsoever. Actually, they were laughing cheerfully about their success.

I escaped the cave, and I took off faster than before. I actually got into a tree without a sound of pursuit.

I gently rested the boy against me and lifted a hand to the back of my head. A green glow illuminated us as I healed myself slowly.

I closed my eyes to prevent the headache of rapidly focusing and un-focusing.

When I was finally done, I looked down at who they'd captured and saw a young Sasuke staring up at me with wonder.

"Do you have any boo-boos?" I asked lifting him into my lap.

"I got a scwape whiw twying to wun away." He answered in all adorableness as he showed me his elbow.

I smiled in reassurance and healed that.

Afterwards, I held him on my back and smiled at him as I ran swiftly from branch to branch in the direction of the-surprisingly-still in sight Konoha.

I got to the gate and ignored the yells of surprise when I went over the closed doors, and continued on down the streets to the Uchiha.

When I finally got there, I saw no one was in the compound, they were all out searching.

After a quick search, I took him to the Hokage's tower.

As I stepped through the doors of his office, I smiled at Minato and showed him the baby Uchiha on my back.

"How did you-" I cut off his surprise with a huge grin.

"I was kidnapped, too!" I said as if there wasn't a problem at all.

"But how did you get away?" He walked around his desk to crouch in front of me.

"Quietly. I don't think they were suspecting it."

"You were gone for five days!" He exclaimed.

"Huh? I only woke up a while ago."

"That would explain the blood." A familiar voice said from beside me.

A hand touched the place I'd been bleeding out from, "I healed it already. Not a worry!"

I was gazing with a huge grin at Minato and Jiraya, "So, can you call everyone back but the ANBU forces currently active so someone can feed Sasuke? I doubt they've fed him very much." I set the toddler down and began walking out.

"What are you gonna eat?" Toad Sage.

"Ramen!"

"From where?"

"Ichiraku Ramen!" I called back.

"Ziela! You will go home, tell your mother, get your head healed, and take a shower before you go bother people!" A surprisingly strict Minato called after me.

I froze, turned around, stuck my tongue out at him, and ran away giggling at the faces of all ten adults that had been in the room.

[POV CHANGE] (3rd person) {Hokage's Office}

They all stared after the girl who'd just saved them from going to war, and the Toad sage let out a hearty laugh, "You've got quite the adopted daughter there, Minato."

He just sighed softly in response and smiled after her fondly.

Afterwards all of them were dismissed and Sasuke's mother picked him up and he was undoubtedly doted over back at his home.

*~(O.O)~*

Well, thank you for reading, if anyone did!

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