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Kaminari opened her eyes, wincing at the bright light, and stared up at the white ceiling above her. She was lying on a similar white bed. She could quickly deduce she was in either a hospital or an infirmary.
She turned her head to the left and looked out the open window. She sat up to get a better view. Sunlight came in through the window and created a square of light on the white floor that stretched onto the bed. She followed the light from the floor to the bed. She looked down more and saw someone had changed her clothes replacing them with a long white t-shirt that was way too big for her.
She heard something and her head snapped to look at the door to her right.
"You're awake. Thought you'd never get up. It's been a few days." Kakashi said walking into the room.
"Sorry." Kaminari lowered her head.
"Well, déjà vu." Kakashi said with a small chuckle. Kaminari peeked up at him. He walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. "What do you remember?"
"That girl… it wasn't me." Kaminari lifted her head with wide eyes. "I didn't do those things!"
"Calm down, I know you didn't." Kakashi said. "What else do you remember?"
"Inazuma… she…" Kaminari looked confused. "I don't understand… who is she… why is she in my head?" Kaminari held her head.
"The Hokage seems to believe that she's attached to you." Kaminari looked at him alarmed. "She's not you, she's someone else entirely."
"Why is she attached to me? How did she… I don't understand." Tears began to well up in her eyes. "Who is she?"
"We don't know. All we know is she's dangerous and she's been asleep for a while." Suddenly a glass of water that was on the bedside table shook before flying across the room and shattering against the wall.
"I-I didn't do that!"
"I know, I know." Kakashi said quickly, putting his hands on her shoulders. He sighed slightly. "I guess she's upset with me." Kaminari looked at him confused. "Back on the island I sent a pulse of chakra to your head to knock you out." Kaminari swallowed.
"She said… since she just woke up she's trying to get a handle on things… She… she didn't mean to do that just now."
"She has been asleep for quite a while."
"She also said that you cut her fun short." Kaminari shivered. "She wasn't trying to hurt the others, only Zabuza and Haku… I think she was trying to protect Naruto and Sasuke-" Her eyes widened. "W-where are they?! A-are they okay?! Are they-?!"
"Calm down, Nari!" Kakashi gave her shoulders a quick squeeze. "Calm down. They're alright."
"What… happened to Zabuza and Haku?"
"…We won." Kakashi said. Kaminari swallowed.
"I'm sorry." Kaminari lowered her head.
"Why are you sorry?"
"I let her take control." Kaminari said in an almost whisper. "I let my emotions get to me. I just felt…" She swallowed. "Unwanted."
"Why would you feel that way?" Kakashi asked with a frown.
"You were praising everyone but me, paying attention to everyone but me. I know it's selfish but… I don't know why it affected me as much as it did. I'm used to being ignored. It was almost as if it wasn't me feeling it…" She trailed off.
"Nari, Naruto and the others have just become ninja. They're only fresh genin. You've been a ninja since I met you. You're a higher rank than them. I know you're a good fighter, I know you understand chakra and have good chakra control. You don't need to impress me." Kaminari looked down. "I am proud of you." Kakashi stroked her hair gently. Her eyes started to water more and he pulled her into a hug.
"Kashi-nii…" She said her words getting muffled by his shirt. Kakashi's eye widened for a moment but then he smiled and rubbed her back gently.
There was a knock at the door and the two pulled apart to see Naruto poke his head in the room.
"Kami-Chan! You're awake!" He ran over to the bed. Kakashi got up.
"Nari, your new team will be at the Hokage's office tomorrow. Get some rest."
"Okay Kashi-nii."Kakashi smiled and chuckled at Naruto's expression before leaving. Kaminari turned her head away from Naruto.
"Kami-Chan?" Naruto ran around the bed to look at her. She turned her head back the other way. "Eh?" Naruto ran around again and Kaminari turned her head again. After a few more times Naruto stopped. "Errr!" He went up to her and grabbed her shoulders, firmly yet gently. "Stop!" He made her look at him. "…Don't cry Kami-Chan." She closed her eyes and tears fell. Naruto pulled his sleeve and wiped her face. "Don't cry, everyone's okay." Naruto said with a smile. "And they finished the bridge!"
"T-That's great." Kaminari said her voice cracking as she tried not to cry. Naruto frowned.
"I'm really glad you're oka-."
"I'm sorry." Kaminari said. "I don't know who she is." She looked at him.
"Her name is Inazuma… right?" Naruto asked. Kaminari nodded. "Can she… uh… see me?" Naruto looked around. Kaminari nodded again and Naruto swallowed.
"She won't hurt you."
"H-How do you know?"
"Because she didn't hurt you before, she was trying to protect you." Naruto nodded, understanding.
"So… um… is she just… watching?" Naruto asked. Suddenly a vase of flowers was knocked off the other bedside table. Kaminari flinched and Naruto jumped. Kaminari shook her head. "You don't have to break stuff, Ina-Chan." Naruto muttered. Kaminari blinked at him.
"You're not… afraid?"
"Huh?" Naruto raised an eyebrow then shook his head. "Well I'll admit it wasn't something I expected but if she says she won't hurt me then I believe her." Suddenly the water from the shattered glass hit Naruto in the back of the head some of it splashed onto Kaminari's face. They both blinked.
"Zuma!" Kaminari wiped the water off her face. "That wasn't nice." Naruto was chuckling.
"It's okay Kami-Chan. It's just water." He said shaking his head. The water from in his hair sprayed and hit Kaminari in the face.
"Naruto!" She laughed putting up her hands to block the water.
"Huh?" Naruto stopped. "Oops." He giggled. Both of them giggled quietly. "She's not so bad." Naruto said. "She made you stop crying." Kaminari nodded. Suddenly one of the flowers from the vase jumped up and landed on Naruto's hand. "Uhh." Naruto blinked at the flower. "I think she likes me." Naruto said with a slight chuckle as a light pink came to his cheeks. Suddenly it felt like an invisible hand was holding his wrist. It made him pick up the flower and hold it out to Kaminari. Both blinked then blushed bright pink. "Ina-Chan." Naruto whined. Kaminari took the flower from Naruto's fingers. Naruto swallowed.
"Thanks Zuma…" She put the flower in her hair behind her ear. She stopped as if listening to the other girl. "But you gave him the flower first..." She listened. "It doesn't work like that." Kaminari said shaking her head and Naruto blinked.
"So you can talk to her?"
"She's… in my head I guess." Kaminari said looking away slightly.
"Wow, neat!" Naruto smiled. "So besides the whole scary violence thing she can do, Ina-Chan's pretty cool to have around." Another flower was thrown and hit Naruto in the face. He blinked then smiled. "Thanks Ina-Chan."
"Um, Naruto, she threw that in annoyance."
"Huh? What did I do?" Naruto asked scratching the back of his head.
"I think she's afraid you'll… be afraid of me."
"I could never be afraid of you Kami-Chan." Naruto said with a smile. He got up and held out his hand. "Come on, I bet you'd rather sleep in your own bed than here." Kaminari nodded and took his hand. She stood but immediately a wave of dizziness washed over her and her legs gave out. "Ah!" Naruto quickly caught her and lowered her to the floor. "Are you okay?" Kaminari nodded.
"Just dizzy." She said.
"Hmm…" Naruto suddenly turned around. "Here, get on my back." He said pointing with his thumb. Kaminari looked down at her clothes but got on Naruto's back anyway. "Alright, let's go!" Naruto said with a chuckle before going out the window and to their apartment.
Naruto stopped in front of Kaminari's door and let her off.
"We should get some ramen tomorrow when you feel better and after you meet your new team." Naruto said. Kaminari smiled and nodded.
"Okay."
"Nice meeting you Ina-Chan." Naruto said with a smile. A small breeze blew and made his hair move. He opened his eyes and looked surprised then smiled. "I'll see you later Kami-Chan."
So I really hope you guys picked up on the thing I put in their subtly. If not that's okay I'll get to it eventually.
So next chapter we need Kaminari's new team and then the next chapter starts the chunin exam arc. There will be fighting in it and you'll see Kaminari and Inazuma fight.