"The secret of getting ahead is getting started" Mark Twain
Chapter 11: Secret mission
"So you're Yanagi, and you're Ino" Sasuke-Chan said pointing us with his fingers.
In the end, because it was lunchtime, we had been all invited to eat within the Yamanaka clan. All meant Ino-San and I (in each other's body), Sakura-San, Tenten, Sasuke-Chan, Neji-San and Lee-San. At first Tenten went to my home to pick the documents for her parents, and my cousin had followed her. On their way they had encountered my teammates, and my friend had thought it would be good to have them with us.
Also because they just come back from my hospital room.
This was a weird way to gather all the people I knew. My first friend/family/relatives/acquaintance meeting.
I was being examined by that old Yamanaka woman when they entered. She was frowning at me, telling how messed up my mind was. Apparently she wasn't convinced by my monthly therapy with Yamanaka Inokane. Her wrinkled hand on my skin felt weird: I don't remember an elder of our clan ever touched me in that fashion. As the woman left us by ourselves, I turned to the people who entered. Sasuke-Chan's gaze was piercing. I sheepishly brushed the hair at the back of my head. Ino-San hissed in my body. I was making a mess of her perfectly straight hair.
"Have you been experimenting with Ninjutsu again?" he asked.
"What? No!" I exclaimed.
"She experimented Ninjutsu?" Neji-San remarked as he sat near us.
He immediately activated his Byakugan to examine our chakra path. Being analysed by his white veined eyes felt unnerving. I looked away. I wouldn't have known Ino-San's body would flush that easily. Immediately after that I felt the weight of all the people in the room on my shoulders. What had I done again?
"I never do that." I pouted.
"That wouldn't surprise me, coming from a training freak like her." Tenten teased.
"So even your friends know you're training too much." Sasuke-Chan commented.
"Training brings out the fire of youth!" Lee shouted.
Ino-San in my body and Sakura-San looked at him in awe. Sasuke-Chan and Neji-San had the same blank face which was barely hiding their scorn at the green clad boy. My body elbowed me on the side.
"Is… is he for real?" Ino-San muttered.
"Unfortunately." I said.
"By the way, who's the long-haired hottie over there?"
I looked at Neji-San. I had never thought of him in such a disgraceful manner. Yet it seemed the remark had pleased him: I could see the smirk on his lips. I scowled at him.
"Why are you still analysing me?" I grumbled. "It's annoying."
"It's fascinating to see your chakra signals in another system." he said.
Sasuke-Chan glared at Neji-San. And why was everyone looking at me with a smile? They were expecting something from me, but I had no idea what. Yamanaka Nana clapped her hands, inviting us to eat together. She had a hesitation about which girl was hers, and finally decided we all needed a hug. I briefly closed my eyes, savouring her warmth a bit before drawing back. I didn't like being hugged much, and I didn't need reassurance.
"Sasuke-Kun! Come and hug me!" Ino-San chirped through my lips.
The boy froze before curling his nose in distaste. I stared at the girl with cold blue eyes.
"Did you think being in my body would change the fact that Sasuke-Chan isn't tactile?" I asked. "You were the one assuming you'd get him by taking my body over."
"All right, all right! I get it! I made a mistake! Are you happy now?" she ranted.
"I'm not sure you've actually understood how stupid that was." I continued.
"And here she goes…" Tenten sighed.
"Hn." Sasuke-Chan added.
We sat in the living room, Ino-San in my body next to her mother, then Sakura-San and Lee-San (he had howled his love at her as soon as he had seen the shy girl seated near him). I was in front of Sakura-Chan, squeezed between Tenten and Sasuke-Chan My cousin had insisted to be seated next Neji-San who was already busy restraining Lee-San. I had no idea he was that interested in the Hyuuga clan. Last time I talked about it, he was thinking very poorly of Hinata-hime.
I looked at Sasuke-Chan. He was glaring at Neji-San, but the Hyuuga seemed unperturbed. Yet again Sasuke-Chan was a prick to everyone.
The food was good. It had been a while since I was able to enjoy so much company in an entire course. I think my cousin was happy as well, even though he didn't show anything. Even though I could only think that there was something bothering him. Despite that the lunch went on greatly, and I think I was almost able to smile.
It seemed so easy to smile when I wasn't being myself.
How much did I lose from the day I stopped dreaming?
The old lady that had examined me came back as we were finished eating. Ino-San's mother had invited Sasuke-Chan and I to stay by the time we girls could correct the problem that led us there. After a moment of hesitation, we accepted. I think the boy never slept outside the compound for his entire life, and I hadn't had a sleepover for ages.
"What should we do about the Academy until the problem is solved?" I asked then. "Should we both perform a Henge and act as if everything was normal?"
"That seems like the best thing to do." an old voice agreed. "Uchiha-San, Nana-San, please follow me."
The old woman who had examined me before was there again. I bowed politely, and so did Yamanaka Nana. As we stood up, Ino-San did the same. The old woman waved a hand at her.
"There's no need to rush things, Ino-Chan" she said.
"Aren't you going to help us separate? It shouldn't be that hard." Ino-San stated.
"Alas my child, this issue seems deeper than expected. Due to the spiritual use of both or Kekkei Genkai, we have some questions to ask Uchiha-San."
She looked disappointed. Both the women walked me to a back room. I was used to Ino-San's body now, at least for walking and strolling. I was still amazed by this chakra feeling sense. I was very aware of it since I didn't possess it before, or with a limited range. It wasn't like seeing or hearing or touching, so much of being aware of everything around. There was some sort of glow or tingling everywhere around me. And that was Chakra.
They opened a door on the side, and immediately the two women fell on their knees.
Sitting behind a table, a cup of green tea in his hands, was the Sandaime Hokage. My body was paralyzed. I was unable to move.
I still couldn't tell whether I hated that man for allowing my clan to die, or loving him for what he did after everyone was dead. He had really seemed concerned by our lives.
"Ho… Hokage-Saa!" I spluttered.
The Yamanaka elder eyed me warily. I immediately bowed to the head of our Village. The old man offered me a wrinkled smile and waved a hand at me.
"Well, well, if it isn't Uchiha Yanagi. You're still causing troubles, aren't you?" He said lightly.
I blushed and looked away. The last time I had got to see the man were before after father died, after Shisui-Nii died, and when Sasuke-Chan had managed to make the rice cooker explode. I had never got to see him in the Mission Desk, since our mission never were important enough. About that last point that was probably Gai-Sensei's doing.
"I told you it wasn't my fault if that rice cooker caused a power cut in the whole building. I paid for it, right?" I pouted.
"Please sit down."
I obeyed. A few minutes later the old woman, Ino-San's mother and myself were also given hot tea. The old Sarutobi clansman was observing me. Under his aged gaze I felt so small. I tried not to faze, not to look on the side.
"So, why don't you tell me how you manage so swap bodies with Yamanaka Ino?" he asked.
What was he doing? The Hokage wouldn't have moved for such a petty reason. It meant there was something deeper playing here. I didn't like people who weren't going straight to the point. Everyone had done that when father had died, and when brother had died as well. Everyone was walking on eggshells around me. As if they wanted to alleviate the pain by not speaking the right words. I just felt like I was treated like a kid. Though I wasn't really a kid anymore…
My eyes hardened on the old man in front of me. I could sense the old Yamanaka expressing her displeasure. I didn't care. I was the current regent for the Uchiha clan, which made me almost as powerful as the clan head. I would deal with the Hokage with my own strength, and he would treat me with the deference my role required.
"So why don't you tell me what the matter is?" I asked back.
"Such sharpness in you, Yanagi-Chan…"
"Please Hokage-Sama, it seems important enough to see me now. I'd appreciate if you didn't make us lose any more time with useless politeness."
His eyes filled with sadness. I gritted my teeth. I didn't need his sadness. I tried to put all these feelings away and to focus on the current conversation. The old man cleared his voice.
"Yamanaka Inomi, Yamanaka Nana, as I have informed you earlier, I am asking you to keep Yanagi-San in your daughter's body until Inoichi comes back from his mission. Thus Yanagi-San might endanger the body of the Yamanaka heiress during this operation. It will be off the records."
I flinched. What did he just say?
"Are you sending my underage daughter on a mission?" Nana-San worried. "It's impossible!"
"I don't think either of Yanagi-San or Ino-San will be in a grave danger. But the situation they are finding themselves is a great opportunity. In the one hand your Heiress will learn what is really needed to be a kunoïchi in our village."
"How dangerous will this mission be?" the Elder asked.
"It is a simple information retrieval. In this case, Yanagi-San and Ino-San exchanging their body isn't a well-known fact. Even if it leaks, everyone will assume your clan would have make the right changes. Which implies your Heiress will live Yanagi-San's life for a week."
"Are you hearing what you are saying, Hokage-Sama!" Nana-San exclaimed. "You are sending my baby into battle"
"Nana! Watch your mouth" the Elder said.
"What is the nature of the information?" I asked. "I don't understand why I would need to go in a secret mission inside Ino-San's body."
"This will be a simple observation mission. I'll explain further once everyone agrees for this mission to take place."
"What are the consequences of not obtaining this information?" the Elder said.
"They won't pain either of your clans, I promise. I'm afraid they solely concern Yanagi-San."
Yamanaka Nana wouldn't want me to put her daughter in danger. But I felt there was something big going on, bigger than what the old man was explaining. Something that had to do with me. I couldn't let anything impair me. What if it was related to Itachi-Sama! Or Sasuke-Chan! I had to be strong.
"You're sure this mission won't endanger the girls?" The civilian mother asked again.
"I give you my word, Nana-San." The Hokage said and he bowed to her.
"Look at what you're making the Hokage do!" the Elder hissed.
I turned to her.
"I have a question: how dangerous is it for us to remain in each other's body for a week? Even though this mission seems very important, I wouldn't want to hurt Ino-San."
"There will be some things you will gain from each other, tiny things. Take it like remaining memories stored in your bodies. The more you stay in another's body, the more you get used to it, until the soul and the body finally merge."
I frowned. The result would get two people that wouldn't be me or Ino-San's anymore. We'd be a mix of each other.
"But don't worry, a week isn't enough for this to happen. At best you'd get a slight change in your personality. But these happen often in one's life after an important experience." The Elder explained.
While we were discussing the possible outcomes, given that both our Kekkei Genkai had clashed, the Hokage was finally convincing Nana-San to "lend" me her daughter's body for a week. I understood that a civilian had a very different viewpoint than ours. Still it wasn't much: The Hokage was just using an opportunity that Ino-San's obsession with my cousin had offered.
Speaking of which, I wondered how the man had learned about the switch. I assumed the Yamanaka clan had prevented him about it; unofficially messing with the mind of another clan's kid wasn't legal after all.
"If I understand well, you want our Heiress to impersonate the last Uchiha girl, and have said girl spying on an event that you think will happen to her. So why using not someone else as our Heiress? Why not asking Yanagi-San directly about that meeting?" the Elder asked then.
"As usual, you are really perceptive." The old man answer with a tight smile. "I am aware Uchiha Yanagi is currently unable to conceal her chakra signature. But she is also in possession of some information of importance. Observing the scene from afar will give her clues she wouldn't have while in the middle of it; she has quite a tendency of overthinking things."
My cheeks were burning with embarrassment. Overthinking things was a quality, wasn't it?
"You don't want to leak information. Again I ask you why using our Heiress? Wasn't there other possibilities?"
"There was, but the quarrel between them and the accident that happened a few hours ago is an opportunity we can't miss."
"And you're still saying this mission isn't dangerous?" Nana-San interjected.
"Yes, I gave you my word, didn't I?"
The Yamanaka elder looked at us, defying us to say we didn't believe in the Sandaime. A part of me wished I had answered the challenge. Yamanaka Nana bowed deeper. She had no choice but accept the orders of the Hokage. She was then ordered to leave the room along the elder. As they had finally cleared the room, the old woman turned to us.
"Despite all your guarantees, Hokage-Sama, may I inquire why you have let such a mentally unstable kunoïchi graduate?" the Elder then asked. "Don't take it wrong Uchiha Yanagi, but you're not fit for any battle. I shall look for your therapist and settle things with her."
"Therapist?" the Hokage said interrogatively.
Both the elder and I frowned at that. What was that questioning tone? He wasn't aware I was being treated for my traumatisms?
"Yes, about what happened four years ago." I said blankly.
"It makes sense. I wouldn't have thought you would follow a therapy, Yanagi-San. Most of the medical documents concerning you insist on your reluctance of receiving a treatment."
I blushed and looked away again. What was his deal with all these critics today?
"Hokage-Sama, I think the girl and I were under the impression of you ordering her therapy. I could read the reluctance you mentioned in all her mind. She's a tough one."
I slightly smiled, awkwardly acknowledging the compliment.
"Please look about that matter and report to me. This matter seems linked to the mission I am giving Yanagi-San."
"I shall keep my discretion Hokage-Sama. Uchiha girl, do remember to see me when you're finished with the Sandaime. We have a few things to discuss. Especially regarding the control, you have over your spiritual energy."
"None of us is supposed to inform Ino-San of all this, I suppose?" I asked then.
"The least she knows, the better it is. If you'd just inform your guests the body exchange can't occur before Inoichi's return, I would be grateful to you."
"Of course, Hokage-Sama. I'll ensure this youngster keep their tongues. I might even teach them how to." the old woman crooked.
"Thank you, Inomi."
She left the room. I straightened my spine, my back didn't creak. It still amazed me.
"I have been notified that you were entering the Chuunin Exam in Mist next December."
"Notified? But Gai-Sensei said…"
Notified meant the Hokage didn't take this decision? Who could take such a decision the Hokage couldn't oppose? Probably the same person who could have me go to a therapy and make it look like an official order.
Where had I just fallen? Now that I had just pushed most of my administrative work on civilians, I was now forced to enter the political field! Dear me!
"Just when I was complaining about being a pawn." I grumbled.
"Yes, Kakashi informed me of your little discussion of yesterday."
I pursed my lips. He did, right?
"Did you send Kakashi-San to test my loyalties to the village?" I asked. "It was you, right? So why was he ensuring this?"
The old man's eyes gleamed.
"I don't know, you tell me."
"Why should I know? I am one of the last of the Uchiha clan, I get it. Konoha wants to keep me working here, and I totally respect that. I wasn't to help the village grow as much as I want to rebuild my own clan."
"You have a nice spirit Yanagi-San. But these traits of yours are unfortunately not what people think you're worth for."
"I'm not that good of a ninja. I lack in chakra control; even that old lady knew it. Plus, I am a liability because of my mental condition. The only think I would be worth then, would be the fact that I can produce Uchiha babies, with a high lineage. Sorry, but I don't want to be viewed like that."
The Hokage waved a hand at me to calm me down.
"Calm down, Yanagi-San. If you're that worked up by what we've talked already, I can't tell what will happen later."
"What does that mean? You have answers too that might change my views on the Village?"
"I do indeed have some answers, but I'm not the one who should offer them to you."
"Afraid I might turn against you? Then, with all due respect, I'd say you're afraid I turn against our government. And the head of the Village isn't the village itself."
"You really are like your brothers before you. And like Itachi-Kun for that matter."
"I'm not sure I am a peace lover like Shisui-Nii or Itachi-Sama, you know? You said 'brothers' as in plural…?"
"You didn't know? Your father didn't tell you about his first born?"
"Father and I had a conflicted relationship. Given that he died before I entered the Academy, he didn't have the time to do so. As for my brother, he wasn't often home. As a matter of fact I am way closer to Sasuke-Chan."
"Well his name was Uchiha Obito. He was a student of the Yondaime. He died during the war, a pity. He wanted to become Hokage, you know?"
"How is that concerning me? I mean we were talking about a mission and now you're analysing my political views. I don't understand. What am I missing here?"
He sipped his tea for a while. Mine was getting too warm for my taste. I tried heating it up with my Katon affinity, forgetting I wasn't in the right body. The primary trick was to act in an precise area, whether you determined that area with your own chakra like the Goukakyuu or used an existent area like the Hôsenka wrapping around shurikens (even though you could sustain it without, like I had done facing that pervert). So heating a tea up wasn't that hard, I just had to stir it with my chakra, making it vibrate. I felt the ceramic trembling under my hand, but no real heat was produced.
"And why should I need another body as well? You want me to analyse the whole meeting without taking part in it. So you think I'll be contacted by someone, and that I'd have better chances at hiding while being in a body that isn't mine? Aren't you thinking too highly of me, Hokage-Sama?"
"I don't think so, since I had Kakashi training you for a while. All your teachers sent me reports about you, even Mizuki-Sensei. You learn better and faster in stressful situation. But having you in the direct meeting might alter the plans I have."
"So, there's someone you think can change my mind about the current government, who might try and contact me this precise week. You don't want me to overthink things, but only analyse from afar. So why couldn't just tell me that and I would have acted accordingly?"
"It's not that I don't trust your acting skills. Actually this was the scenario I had thought of in the beginning. No, I think that you already have answers, or guessed some answers, that might lead the person you will meet in a more dangerous move."
"We're talking about the person who scheduled me a therapy with a psychiatrist, and who deemed me strong enough to enter the Chuunin exam this winter, right? How can this person be considered dangerous because of these moves? I mean, having a Chuunin Uchiha is better for the village's interest, right? Theoretically, you'd have me work hard, even become a Jounin, until Sasuke-Chan becomes one and I become more useful as a baby maker."
He squinted his eyes. I didn't falter under his gaze.
"You've thought things through, haven't you? Indeed, this scenario is the best outcome we can have. Though your current team has been chosen so that you'd work well together, some people thought you'd work better with sensors."
"That's true that Neji-San and I work well in 'Track and Fight' mission type." I reckoned. "But I'm no sensor, and I'm not that good at fighting. I'm much of an all-rounder."
"Yes, Gai noticed that. You think before you act, and even though they are simple, your strategies have worked well. You haven't failed a mission yet."
"They were easy." I said.
"Maybe for you, and that's what leads me to think you might be better than all of us assume. That is the exact reason you're being sent to the Chuunin exam so early."
"But you didn't give these orders. Someone else did."
"I would have preferred you'd enter the Chuunin exam next June with your current team, even if I'm not sure your teammates have the necessary experience and maturity you possess."
"I do?"
"Not in the battlefield, but being a Chuunin means you're able to lead. You can discern what's best for your team, and where your interests lie. Quite like managing a clan, I might say."
"B… But… But I'm bad at this! And I have no time for it! That's why I'm hiring people to do it in my stead."
"Then ask your employees if you had done right before or not. As a matter of fact, with the grounds of your old compound, and the grounds of the Police Centre, I'd say your clan still owns about a third of the village…"
I was flabbergasted. I had never thought of this in that fashion. If I added the different possessions in all the fire Country… Holy shit!
"But we're losing the subject. This mission is for you to observe the meeting with that person. I will ask you to get any proof you can gather on that person. This will be a secret mission. Do you accept it?"
"Yes, Hokage-Sama!" I said.
"Good." He smiled. "I have been happy to discuss with you. I think it was a mistake not doing so earlier. You have lots of talents to nurture and polish, Yanagi-San."
It suddenly struck me. There was something I could ask of him regarding the pervert this morning.
"Hokage-Sama, I have an important question to ask you."
"What is it, my child?"
"There's a man named Jiraya who was a student of yours. I had the displeasure to meet him this morning at the onsen."
The cheeks of the old man went pinker. I tried not to growl. Stupid old perverts.
"Jiraya-Kun was in the village… Don't worry, I'll have a discussion with him."
"And hum…" I went a bright shade of red. "He might have…. Hum… pictures? I'd like to have him dispose of these. If that could be arranged, I'd be very grateful to you."
The Sandaime's eyes grew bigger.
"Jiraya-Kun took embarrassing pictures of you at the onsen? What is he thinking?" he mumbled before he cleared his voice. "Anyway, do you have anything else you would like to ask of me?"
"Well you said you had answers to some questions I might have. You seemed reluctant to give them, and I am not foolish enough to try and get them from the Hokage. Which leads me to ask: who can give me those answers."
"It's an obvious question, isn't it? You're prepared to go and look for him, don't you?"
"Although asking my questions to Itachi-Sama would be ideal, I doubt this scenario would work. Both Kakashi-San and Gai-Sensei were treating this as a folly of mine. You'd just have to spread the word of my unstable mental state, and I'd be trapped in the village forever."
"You really are thinking about this, aren't you?" the Sandaime whispered.
"Yet, the person you think might change my mind about the village isn't my cousin. No, you're talking of someone who can send orders like you do. There aren't many people like that in the village."
How many people were in the Council already? I thought I had read about that somewhere, but I didn't remember. It didn't seem important at the time. But that would be very bad for Konoha if the members of the Council could order things instead of the Hokage. Then I frowned. Why me? What did it have to do with me? Both the orders were to ensure I would be a good kunoïchi, right? They were even helping me being promoted (though I doubted I had the skills to become a Chuunin so soon). So why would the Hokage consider this person as bad, except that they were abusing his orders.
"I fear that I can't place how dangerous that person is. Maybe I'll get a better idea when I meet them?" I suggested.
"Unfortunately Yanagi-San, that person is very persuasive. But I think you'll know why I had you stay away to observe and use Ino Yamanaka's body to do so. You had never been registered as a chakra sensor, nor do you know how to conceal your chakra. These two traits are easier for a Yamanaka clan member."
I frowned.
"You want me to discover something about this person's chakra?" I asked. "Why not asking an ANBU to do the spying job?"
He thinks I will be convinced this person is dangerous if I sense its chakra. Why so? He seemed really confident about this.
"ANBU shouldn't be used for these missions."
"So it's a secret mission that even ANBU can't do, and you're asking a Genin and an ignorant Academy Student to do it. Why using Ino-San through my body? She might hear things she doesn't need to."
"I want to be sure you don't run into trouble." he said.
So the most important thing is having me mostly out of the way. Power was about who had the information and what to give to whom. That means what Ino-San would hear wasn't that important. That mean that if I had been in my own body, what the man would have said to me wasn't relevant. Whatever he would have been saying, the Hokage seemed to think sensing its chakra was more important to me. As well as having me away from the scene. It didn't make sense.
What had I done to find myself into these political schemes?
"Run into trouble? What do you mean?"
"I have doubts concerning the person you're supposed to meet."
"Doubts you cannot prove, but I'm apparently the only one who can confirm or discard these doubts. But, you're not telling me any information on who this person is, or what I may hear."
"I need to keep you relatively objective. If I told you who it was precisely, I'd have no doubts I'll have you look any information regarding that person."
"I already know he or she was a Council member."
I didn't know for sure, but the slight twitch of one of his eyes confirmed my guess.
"That is exactly why I don't want you to get too nosy, Yanagi-San."
Then he joined his hands. Mine widened. This was a dispel sign! Had I been with a clone all this time? He smiled at me.
"Above everything else, I have to keep Sasuke-Kun safe." He said. "This promise keeps you out of the loop. You should be careful."
He was gone in a puff of smoke. I blinked, unsure of what I had just heard. He "had to" keep my little cousin safe? Who did he promise such a thing? And why was I out of the loop? I couldn't understand. Why protecting only one Uchiha out of two? Even though Sasuke-Chan was the son of the deceased clan Head, I was the only Uchiha girl left, so I should have been as precious as him. So why was I…
I had the reflex to scratch my scar. It wasn't there. It had never been there on that body. That body had never endured the suffering I had. No scar. I felt like something was missing from me. I had very good lungs as well. But that body… I hated it! I hated it all!
Still, I wouldn't be able to cry in this body either.
The door opened behind me and the Elder walked to me.
"I can unlock some parts of your mind that you can't access anymore, Uchiha girl." She said. "But I warn you it will hurt like nothing had hurt you before."
I looked at her. My gaze was cold. I doubted she knew the extend of the madness growing in the back of my head.
"What do you want in exchange of this?" I asked. "I have difficulties to believe someone who survived the war would show that much kindness."
"You're thinking it the wrong way, Uchiha girl. It's because I saw what the war could do to the mind of others that I want to offer this to you. You shouldn't be living in such a pain. What happened to your clan…"
"Please don't say anything more. And I'd ask you not to pity me. What happened to me clan cannot be undone."
"Yes, that is true. But you lived through it, and I think you could prevent this from happening to others. I sensed it in your head, the love you have for your family, for your friends, for the village. You're a little girl looking for peace, and I'm just an old idealist. But if I can help you walk the right path, then I think it is worth it."
Kakashi-San and the Hokage had both questioned my will. They had both wanted to know where my loyalties and priorities stood. I loved my clan, I loved my Village. My brother and my cousin had always dreamed of bringing peace to this place. I never understood what they meant. To me everything was doing fine. To me there was no tension. To me there was only the clan who wanted to see me grow into a wonderful kunoïchi.
But Brother was dead and Itachi-Sama was gone. There was just Sasuke-Chan left, and he was consumed by his idea of revenge. Ideas… I had my head full of ideas, so much I couldn't see straight. I had no idea where to start and where to go.
"I want to accomplish my brother's dream." I muttered. "But how could I? I'm just a girl who survived by chance. I'm nothing else."
"Then we'll start by making you remember how much you're worth." The old lady said placing her hands on my forehead. "This will hurt like a bitch, Uchiha girl."
I gritted my teeth as her chakra entered my system. And then everything was washed away.
By black.
And red.
Wow, this update was a pain in the ass, and so are the next ones!
NightlyRowenTree: Glad you liked the update? How about this one?
Girl-luvs-manga: Just like I told you in PM, this chapter should have explained about the other people who could undo the switch.
NightsBlackRose13: Actually it really was Kakashi who went to see her in the hospital :)
I hope you've enjoyed this chapter (even though it's mostly dialogues and no epic fights)
See ya!