I was shoved on to my back and kimono was being pulled open. I freaked, to say it plainly. My good hand was shoving Neji's away.

It wasn't even a moment, before he had pinned me to the ground, sitting on my thighs, one hand pinning my good hand, the other on my sternum. "You will let me. You are in pain, and I will find the source. Now sit still and let me," he growled, the orders sounding like threats.

I fell silent, tears still falling.

My kimono was opened, revealing the bandaging wrapped around my chest, stopping just below my breasts. Just below, black markings circled my navel, going up to my ribs.

"A seal."

"Neji, what are you doing?" TenTen's voice was high-pitched, confused.

"I found out what caused her so much pain."

I could feel TenTen's gaze boring in to the side of my face. Seeing the tears that still streaked from under the bindings that wrapped around my eyes. She took slow careful steps toward us, as if scared of what she would find. A heard a gasp escape her lips, and she dropped to her knees beside us. "N-Neji, the only other person carrying a seal like this on is that Naruto kid. And he-"

"Shut up," he snapped.

He released me and I instantly pulled my kimono closed, having issues from only being able to move one arm.

"Rai, what's up with your arm?"

I shook my head. I grasped my arm, and tried to move it back in to place. I bit my lip to keep from crying out. I couldn't replace the head of the humorous myself. I couldn't heal it, until it was back in place.

"Rai-chan?"

I turned my head in Lee's direction.

"Do you need help?" I nodded. He sat beside me, two hands grasping my arm, and carefully moved it upward, in the wrong direction.

I couldn't help but cry out as he missed the socket. My dislocation now was no longer an inferior dislocation, but a posterior. That meant instead of the head of the humorous below the socket, the head was behind it, creating a large lump on the back of my shoulder.

Lee was shoved out of the way, and someone else took his seat. I couldn't help but jump as his hands touched the swollen upper arm. I bit down on my lip as he gently maneuvered back in to place. There was a small pop, and the majority of the pain disappeared. I gave a sigh of relief and a nod of thanks to Neji.

Careful not to move the sore arm too much, I formed a few hand seals. A familiar healing glow came to my hand, and I gently placed it on the swollen shoulder. Swelling went down, and the bruising started to fade as the overly strained muscles were healed. A few minutes later, I pulled my hand away and rotated my shoulder slowly, to make sure it was back correctly.

"Now, Rai-chan, you have quite a bit of explaining to do."

I cringed at the sound of my sensei's voice. "Of course, sir." I simply allowed my kimono to fall open, exposing the black markings on my stomach.

"I've had this seal as far back as I can remember. I was told it is simply an Obedience Seal, but I know that's not true. A few months before I lost my sense of sight, I was in the reading room, studying my seals, and I found a picture of the seal. The Obedience Seal is simply two diagonal lines with two small dots on either side. I tried to research mine, but was not able to find anything on it. It does have the curse of total obedience with in it, though. So when ever an order is directed toward myself, even if it is not a literal one, it forces me to obey."

"Wait, you are forced to do anything you are ordered to?" Lee questioned.

"Correct."

"And if you don't?"

"The seal burns, sends pain toward whatever part of my body I need to move to do as told."

"So, when that Rock Nin, the guy back there, told you to bow, it made your back hurt?"

"Correct."

"So, if I told you to do a one-handed handstand, you would have to do it."

"Correct." During all of this talking, I had been retying my kimono and obi, not exactly comfortable being only in bandages and extremely short shorts, other than the tall socks I wore to cover the scars.

"If you resisted?"

"My legs, arms, back, most of my body would hurt, and the seal would burn. I'd start sweating, crying."

"Do a one-handed handstand."

I immediately refused, in my mind. The seal burned, causing me to buckle forward. My arms became like lead weights, dragging themselves toward the ground.

I knew that my body was not holding up against the strain of the seal. It had been activated three times already within a half-hour. My body was far from being strong enough to hold up against the seal well.

I flipped myself on to my hands, balancing myself, first on two hands, the shifting to one.

"Cool!" Lee exclaimed. "Now, go in to the splits, flat."

I was so tempted to refuse, but knew I couldn't stand up to the pain right now. I balanced myself on two hands again, then flipped myself to my feet, instantly sliding in to a flat split.

"Now touch your toes to your head."

I refused, but instantly gave in once the pain shot up my legs. I rolled on to my stomach, pushing myself up much like a seal does, bending back and my legs up, touching my toes to my head.

"Now three back-hand-springs!"

I refused, my body was so worn down, and I couldn't even push myself to my feet. I collapsed on to my side, curling my body in to the fetal position. "I-I can't," I stuttered. "I-I can't."

"You don't have to do it," Neji said quickly.

The pain let up, but I didn't dare move. I was panting like I had been chased a thousand miles. Sweat dampened my hair, and fresh tears wet the cloth around my eyes.

"Gomen nasai, but I'm not strong enough. I'm n-not strong enough," I said in between pants.

Heavy footsteps made their way closer to me, stopping at my side. Gai-sensei kneeled beside my fallen form. He simply placed a hand on my head, in a comforting way. "Then rest."

I gave a slight nod, and my eyes slid shut. My mind welcomed unconsciousness.

With in a few seconds, the youngest of the five was out cold, and there were no means that could wake her from her slumber.

Their sensei, despite how deep of a sleep she was in, carefully picked her up, and moved her to her rolled open sleeping bag. TenTen, having the foresight to do so as their teacher picked up their comrade, unzipped it, then re-zipped it as the blind girl was placed within it.

The four still awake gathered around the fire to converse about the information that had received on their comrade.

"It's too dangerous for Rai to be a ninja. She's blind, under an obedience seal, and who knows what else," the white-eyed male said, casting a quick glance at his sleeping comrade.

"She has figured out ways to get around some orders, I know that. She's not stupid, Neji, no matter how much you believe it, she's not. She just has problems that no else ever really had to do with. She would never betray the village, even if it cost her life," TenTen said, unable to stand hearing such things said about her friend.

"We have to go the Hokage about this. We don't really have a choice," Lee added, his voice thick with sadness.

The eldest of the group looked toward the sleeping girl. "She doesn't deserve to have the life she's wanted to have taken completely away from her. No one does. She's managed to hide from everyone for a long time now, and I believe she could make it, if we figured out a way around the obedience seal."

A dark thought suddenly struck TenTen. "But sensei, what happens if, even jokingly, someone tells Rai to just go and kill herself?"

"Then one of you, or myself, will have to stop her."

"I believe this brings a need to do more research in to these dead parents and missing brother," Neji said, his eyes locked on the youngest female. "The entire Kohana family."

Everyone agreed.

The blind girl slept on, remaining completely unaware of the conversation that had just taken place.