"Oof! K-Kanami!" Sasuke says, holding my arms up. I stand shakilly and wipe some dirt from my face. Sasuke stands as well and looks at me from beside me. Suddenly my knee's buckle and black crowds my vision.
"Kanami!" Everyone shouts as Sasuke grabs me by the arms and pulls me towards him to stop my hitting the ground. My eye's close and everything is black.
I stand alone in the darkness, unable to see or hear anything. Any signs of battle have vanished from my body.
W-Where am I?
"I-Is anyone here?" I call out. My brain seems to be trying to piece together outside stimuli, I hear a thump and some scrambling noises. An image of a certain blonde haired boy in his bright orange jumpsuit appears.
I walk towards him, he sits on the ground with his back turned to me.
"Naruto?" I say quietly.
Suddenly there is a yell above me and I jerk my heaad upward to see Sasuke fling a Windmill Shuriken at something.
There is a thump and Zabusa appears a distance away from me. Naruto and Sasuke begin to fade as Kakashi appears next to Zabusa, who begins to fade as well. Kakashi slowly fades away.
"Wait! Don't leave me here!" I call. But once again I am left to myself. There is the sensation of being lifted up and I look up to see Sasuke, who is walking forward. He carries me close to him, his body heat radiating off of him and sweat drips from his forehead.
I turn at the sound of grunting and see Naruto and Tasuna carrying Kakashi-Sensei on their shoulders.
Suddenly Sasuke is gone and a woman with dark hair and eyes is there instead.
She dabs my forehead with something and it suddenly feels like my veins have turned into ice.
I squint my eyes at an abruptly short flash of blinding light and put a hand over my eyes.
I open my eyes slowly.
"Wha... Where am I?" I ask to an empty room. I put my hand to my head and feel gauze wrapped around it. I sit up and remove my bangs from my eyes. I look around and see nothing in particular that will help me figure out my location.
Standing, I walk to the door of the room and pull the door open quietly. Walking into the empty hallway, I hear the sounds of metal clanging on ceramic down the hall. I shuffle towards the noise and end up in the dining room. Sasuke and Naruto stand up, holding their bowls high.
"More please!" They both ask in unison. They glare at eachother before turning and barfing. I laugh and everyone jumps, turning to face me.
"Geeze guys. Don't eat so much if your gonna throw it up." I laugh. Everyone smiles, except for a very depressed little boy.
"Hey! You woke up!" Naruto says. I sit down next to him, punching his shoulder playfully.
"No really?" I retort. Naruto sticks his tongue out at me.
I turn to the others..
"So, what'd I miss?" I ask.
Sakura and Kakashi explain to me what happened, and how they were beginning Chakara control training. I interrupt her there.
"Chakara Control?! Pfft. Thats so easy!" I say. Good thing I'm barefoot. I stand up immediatly and walk up the wall. I continue onto the ceiling and stop in front of Sasuke's face.
"I'm guessing you use too much Chakara," I say, poking my cousins nose playfully before turning to Naruto.
"And you use too little. While Sakura probably almost has this down pat." I say. Sakura laughs.
"You guessed correct." She tells me, as I walk back to the table.
Sasuke crosses his arms.
"Hn. Show off." He mutters. I pull an eyelid down and poke my tongue out.
"Well, what do you expect from your own flesh and blood?" I tell him. Naruto flashes me a toothy grin and Tasuna and Kakashi-Sensei chuckle.
"Mah mah. Seems we're already going back to normal." He says. I poke my tongue out at my Sensei and Sakura giggles.
And then the depressed looking boy who I have learned is Inari, just gets up and leaves without a word.
Talk about a buzz kill. Whats up with him?
Naruto notices my questioning gaze and leans down to my ear.
"I'll explain later." He whispers and I nod, brushing my bangs out of my eyes and take a bite out of this heavenly smelling food.